Istoritcheski Vyestnik.-St. PetersbuRG. A. S. SUVORIN. Sept. A Voyage in Manchuria. M. Grulef. Dubna; an Historical Sketch. K. P. Botchkaref. Mir Bozhi.-ST. PETERSBURG. LIGOVKA, 25. Sept. China and the Chinese. T. Bagdanovitch. Vladimir Soloviof. P. S. Transformism and Darwinism. Ernst Haeckel. Russki Vyestnik.-Moscow. MALAYA DMITROFKA, 29. August. From Chita to the Amour. P. S. Alexeief. A Child's Baedeker. "WHAT shall we do now?" is a frequent question on children's lips. E. V. Lucas and-E. Lucas have supplied the answer in an admirable book which is sure to find a hearty welcome in every home where there are children. In the future no nursery will be complete without it. Parents and all those who have charge of children will find it an invaluable and indispensable assistance in helping the little ones to amuse themselves. The book is filled with suggestions for games and amusement of every sort and for all occasions. They are divided into chapters, and excellently arranged, so that any game can be found at once and without trouble. There are games indoors and outdoors, in the country and at the seaside, in the garden and even in bed. There are hints on what to do at picnics, when out for a walk, and when travelling in the train. There are suggestions about how to make things, about cooking, gardening and the keeping of pets. In short, the two hundred games cover almost every conceivable description of pastime. There is also a very carefully compiled chapter on the best books for children, which will be found to be most helpful and useful. The book is published by Grant Richards (6s.). The Novel Readers' Handbook. MR. WILLIAM ROBERTSON, the author of the "Kipling Handbook," has published a small book entitled "The Novel Readers' Handbook." Its object, as stated in the preface, is to afford the masses of toilers a guide-book as to the best work of recent novelists. Mr. Robertson has put together, in the space of less than 200 pages, notes concerning the novels of a variety of writers, beginning with Grant Allen, and ending with Mrs. Henry Wood. Of course there are endless points for criticism in such a book. The first and most obvious observation which occurs to the reader is that the book has no index, a sad fault in such a volume. In this elementary book Miss Yonge is relegated to four lines at the end of an addendum. The addendum occupies four pages, and in it he disposes of Merriman, Harold Frederick, Morley Roberts, Francillon, Farjeon, Hitchens, and others. Nevertheless, notwithstanding a certain lack of proportion and the absence of index, the book may be useful to those who want to choose stories to suit their taste from modern English fiction. Bailey's Annual Index to the "Times" (Vol. 1, 1899). I WOULD Congratulate Miss Bailey upon the production of her first Annual Volume, which contains a complete index to the Times newspaper for last year. It is an octavo volume of 864 pages, with double columns. It is the handiest index published to any daily newspaper, and it is an indispensable guide to the wilderness of printed matter issued every year from Printing-house Square. Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode are the publishers of this index, which, I believe, owes its origin largely to the enterprise and initiative of the indexer-general, Miss Bailey. It is, of course, open to the obvious objection that the index for the year ending December 31st, 1899, can only be published in September, 1900, nine months after date. This objection, however, is completely met by the fact that Miss Bailey issues her index in monthly parts, which are supplied to all subscribers. The monthly parts are for ephemeral use during the year, but the bound volume can take its place on the library bookshelves. I again congratulate Miss Bailey upon the marvellous industry and indomitable perseverance with which she devotes herself to the task of furnishing the journalist, the politician and the public generally with a key to the Times. Miss Bailey is well known as the official indexer of Hansard. It is to be hoped that the new Parliament will see that her position is recognised, and that the indexer of the Parliamentary debates is not left absolutely at the mercy of the contractors who from time to time undertake the duty of preserving the eloquence of British legislators. The Songs of Sir Philip Sidney. MR. THOMAS BURLEIGH publishes an illustrated edition at 7s. 6d. of the "Sonnets and Songs of Sir Philip Sidney," which Philip Sidney, R.R.H.S., edits, and to which he contributes a memorial introduction. Of these sonnets it is sufficient to quote Ruskin's saying: "If you don't like these love-songs, you either have never been in love, or you don't know good writing from bad." 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It is accompanied in parallel pages by the English translation, which is not a mere translation, but a description of the action of the play. The book is handsome y got up, and is illustrated by admirable reproductions of the peasant players and the sacred tableaux of 1890; besides a series of interesting photographs of Ober Ammergau itself. English and American visitors to Ober Ammergau this year found no book so useful as this. ANNUAL INDEX TO PERIODICALS. The Annual Index to the Contents of the British and American Periodicals, issued in connection with the London Review of Reviews, supplies exhaustive classified lists of articles on every subject which has been dealt with in the periodicals of the year. It may thus be described as a series of bibliographies alphabetically arranged for convenience of reference. Pollacca Brillante (Van Biene)-In Days of Old (Robins) - A Norse Her Dance (Valsen)-Romance (Van Biene) -Adagio (Beethoven)- No. 4. 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