WEEKLY RECORD OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.* The abbreviations are usually self-explanatory. c. after the date indicates that the book is copyrighted: if the copyright date differs from the imprint date, the year of copyright is added. Books of foreign origin of which the edition (annotated, illustrated, etc.) is entered as copyright, are marked c. ed.; translations, c. tr.; n. p., in place of price, indicates that the publisher makes no price, either net or retail, and quotes prices to the trade only upon application. A colon after initial designates the most usual given name, as: A: Augustus; B: Benjamin; C: Charles; D: David; E: Edward; F: Frederic; G: George; H: Henry; 1: Isaac: J: John: L: Louis; N: Nicholas; P: Peter; R: Richard; S: Samuel; T: Thomas; W: William. Sizes are designated as follows: F. (folio: over 30 centimeters high); Q. (4to: under 30 cm.); O. (8v0: 25 cm.); D. (12mo: 20 cm.); S. (16m0:171⁄2 cm.); T. (24m0: 15 cm.); Tt. (32mo: 121⁄2 cm.); Fe. 48mo: 10 cm.). Sq., obi., na., designate square, oblong, narrow books of these heights. Alexander, Archibald. Theories of the will in the history of philosophy. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. C. 7+357 p. D. cl., $1.50. [2717 A concise account of the development of the theory of the will, from the earliest days of Greek thought down to about the middle of the present century. The writer believes it is not sufficiently comprehensive to be called a history, for it includes only the theories of the more important philosophers, and does not by any means exhaust the literature of the subject. In addition to contributing something to the history of philosophy, it has been the author's purpose to introduce in this way a constructive explanation of voluntary action. The account closes with the theory of Lotze. C. Alger, Horatio, jr. The young bank messen- Bates, Arlo. The Puritans. Bost., Hough- Two young men, members of a ritualistic Episco- Bayly, Ada Ellen, ["Edna Lyall," pseud.] Hope the hermit: a novel. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. c. '97. 5+ 412 p. D. cl., $1.50. [2721 Beard, Lina and Adelia B. The American [2723 See notice, "Weekly Record," P. W., May 14, 1598, [1872.] Bhartrihari. A century of Indian epigrams; chiefly from the Sanskrit of Bhartrihari, by Paul Elmer More. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898. c. 3+124 p. S. cl., $1.50. [2724 Bhartrihari was a Hindu king and sage who lived in the early part of the Christian era, who, like Buddha, abandoned a palace to seek salvation. Mr. More is one of the best Sanskrit scholars in America. An introduction explains the work of Bhartrihari. The Bible. New Testament. The teachings of Jesus extracted from the four Gospels, and arr. by Jean du Buy. Bost., Ja. H. West, 1898. c. 8+80 p. nar. S. cl., 50 c.; pap., 25 c. [2725 Boothby, Guy. The lust of hate. N. Y., The story of an Englishman who seeking a fortune in Australia, is told by a dying mate, whom he has nursed through a long sickness, of a gold mine of limitless wealth. While the young hero in his turn is struggling with fever his secret is stolen from him, and when he finally arrives at the gold field it has already been claimed by and awarded to his enemy. He dedicates his life henceforth to killing this man; follows him to England, and while hypnotized by "Dr. Nikola," one of the author's previous heroes, imagines he has killed him; then takes a steamer for South Africa, is wrecked, falls in love, regrets his evil deed, again meets Nikola, etc., etc.; the story ending most satisfactorily. Bowne, Borden P. The Christian revelation. Cin., O., Curts & Jennings, [1898.] c. 107 p. nar. D. cl., 50 c. [2727 The essential thought of this paper is that the cur rent difficulties concerning revelation are needless, if not gratuitous, and arise mainly from the abstract discussion of a problem which can be successfully dealt with only in the concrete. *Brooks, C. P. Cotton: its uses, varieties, [2728 It is to tell, in story fashion, but as correctly as the sifted reports and records of both sides render possible, the real tale of Custer's last rally aud heroic death that this book has been written. Intended priand girls who delight in adventure and wish their marily for young Americans-for those of our boys stories spiced with action - the book still endeavors to appeal to all mericans and to so deal with facts as to explain in some fashion the causes and misfits" of that rash enterprise which closed in the tragedy of Custer and his brave troopers under the bluffs of the Little Big Horn."-Preface. Brooks, Noah. The boys of Fairport. New enl. ed. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. c. '80, '98. 8+266 p il. D. cl., $1.25. [2730 Originally published under the title of "The Fairport nine." See notice, "Weekly Record," P. W., October 23, 1880, [458.] The present story has been revised and enlarged to make it uniform with "The boy emigrants" and "The boy settlers." The title has been changed because the new chapters deal with other adventures than those of the baseball field. verses are in a measure a summary of Hindu religion Burnham, Mrs. Clara Louise Root. A great and philosophy. *In this list, the titles generally are verbatim transcriptions (according to the rule of the American Library Association) from books received. Books not received are indicated by a prefixed asterisk. and this office cannot be held responsible for the correctness of their record. Boston. Canfield, H: Spofford. A maid of the frontier. N. Y. and Chic., Rand, McNally & Co., [1898.] c. 219 p. S. cl., 75 c. [2732 Clarke, Rebecca Sophia, ["Sophie May," [2734 In "Pauline Wyman" the author has drawn a typical New England girl, whose strong and beautiful character is developed by her environment. Coale, I:, jr. The Sambo books; il. by Kath- book on the scene of the events described. The famous old towns, battle-fields, cathedrals, and castles are shown as they exist to-day. A table of the reigns of English kings has been prepared, but the book still needs a good index. Dobrée, Louisa Emily. Stories on the rosary. Pt. 2. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 2+137 p. 1 il. D. cl., 50 c. [2739 Eliot, C: W: Educational reform: essays and The present collection comprises President Eliot's most important essays and addresses on educational questions, beginning with his Inaugural Address as President of Harvard University in 1869, and closing with the address on the Function of Education in a Democratic Society, delivered before the Brooklyn Institute in 1897. A few of the important essays are: Teachers' tenure of office; On the education of ministers; What is a liberal education; Liberty in education; The aims of the higher education; The grammar school of the future; Medical education of the future. Farmer, Ja. Eugene. The grenadier: a story of the empire. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., c. '96. 4-328 p. il. D. cl., $1.25. 1898. [2741 A story in which are interwoven the campaign of Napoleon from 1809 to the end of his marvellous career at Waterloo. The grenadier follows the French eagles from the towers of Saragossa to the Kremlin's gilded dome at Moscow. Fezandié, Clement. Through the earth. N. Y., The Century Co.. 1898. c. '97, '98. 7+ 238 p. il. D. cl., $1.50. [2742 Describes minutely the digging of a tunnel through the earth from New York to Australia and a final trip, made through it. Some scientific knowledge may be gained by the relation of this impossible feat by young people. Fish, Pierre A. Practical exercises in comparative physiology and urine analysis. Ithaca, N. Y., Press of Andrus & Church, 1898. c. 4+71 p. D. pap., 75 c. [2743 Fortescue, Walter. An Irish patriot. N. Y., F. Tennyson Neely, [1898.] c. 2+412 p. D. (Neely's continental lib., no. 14.) pap., 50 c. [2744 "Sambo was the name given to a little colored boy brought to Lucy Carroll's home from off a wrecked schooner; he becomes her faithful follower and playmate, and they enjoy the Christmas festivals and other things together-all of which is told by an amusing text and many full-page illustrations. Collins, Jos., M.D. The genesis and dissolution of the faculty of speech: a clinical and psychological study of aphasia. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. c. 6+432 p. O. buckram, $3.50. [2736 The author is professor of diseases of the mind and nervous system in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School, etc. This essay was awarded the Alvarenga prize of the College of Physicians of Philadel-Foss, Sam Walter. Songs of war and peace. phia, 1897. While the book appeals directly to physi cians and psychologists, there is in it much that will interest teachers and others concerned with the development of language in the young. Contents: Disorders of intellectual expression, known as aphasia; History; An analysis of the genesis and function of speech; Conception of aphasia: Motor, sensory, subcortical sensory and total aphasia; Diagnosis of aphasia, etiology; Morbid anatomy of aphasia, etc. Croker, Mrs. Bertha M. Peggy of the Bartons. N. Y., R. F. Fenno & Co., 1898. 5-442 p. D. cl., $1.25. C. [2737 Lower Barton was a village of Sandshire, England; Peggy Summerhayes, the village beauty, lived there with her sister, who had married a plain farmer; the sisters, though poor, were far above John Travenor socially, and Mrs. Travenor schemed in every way to make a good match for "Peggy." The result is "Peggy" becomes the wife of Captain Goring, a handsome, unprincipled gambler, supposed to be rich and well connected. Her miserable married life in Ireland and her gradual disillusion are the story. Another English officer, in every way worthy, intervenes to save her in her despair. Dickens, C: A child's history of England; 0. [2738 The illustrations were all made especially for the The story begins in Dublin. Introduces Fenians, who get into trouble with church and state and go to America. The hero, after getting into touch with his New York countrymen, goes back to keep an appointment with his promised wife. The story leaves him working with his old-time zeal, but with more discretion, to bring together all Irishmen, and, uniting them, to make Ireland a nation, where every one will be free to profess any religion he pleases. Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1899 [1898.] c. '98. 7+146 p. D. cl., $1.25. [2745 A new volume of verses by the author of "Back country poems" and "Dreams in homespun." Gale, Rev. Ja. S. Korean sketches. N. Y and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1898. C. 2+256 p. il. D. cl., $1. [2746 Contents: First impresssions; The coolie; The Yalu and beyond; From poverty to riches; The Korean. pony; Across Korea; The Korean boy; Korean New Year: The Korean mind: The Korean gentleman; missionary chapter. Korea's present condition; Some special friends; A Gerstacker, F: Adventures in the tropics; tr. by Felix L. Oswald. N. Y., W. L. Allison Co., [1898.] c. 210 p. il. D. cl., $1. [2747 Three stories of adventure, entitled "A hunter's paradise," "Adventures in the Pampas," and "The convent treasure.' "" Glasgow, Ellen. Phases of an inferior planet. N. Y., Harper, 1898. C. 3+325 p. D. cl., [2749 $1.25. The author of "The descendant" tells another story of New York City. Her chief scene is "The Gotham," a fourth-rate apartment-house and restaurant, where impecunious artists, journalists, and students congregated. The heroine, Mariana Musin, lives in "The Gotham." She is a southern girl, existing on a small allowance, and is cultivating her voice for grand opera. Adjoining her rooms are the apartments of Anthony Algarcife, a young scientist, who has gone through various phases of belief and unbelief, and is now an utter sceptic. The lives of these two people as they affect each other are related with force and picturesqueness. Gray, D: Gallops. N. Y., The Century Co., 1898. c. '97, '98. 5+226 p. il. D. cl., $1.25. [2750 Ten short stories dealing with life and character in a social circle where steeplechasing and cross-country riding are the main diversions. famous naval battle of Aboukir, and later is in the hardest fighting of the defence of Acre. Henty, G: Alfred. Both sides the border: a tale of Hotspur and Glendower; il. by Ralph Peacock. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. C. 5+378 p. D. cl., $1.50. [2756 A story of the stirring times of the beginning of the War of the Roses, when the Scotch, under Douglas, and the Welsh, under Owen Glendower, were attacking the English. The hero of the book, Oswald Forster, lived with his father near the Scotch border, and saw many a hard fight there. Henty, G: Alfred. Under Wellington's command: a tale of the Peninsular war; il. by Wal Paget. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. C. 7+386 p. D. cl., $1.50. [2757 The dashing hero of this story, Terence O'Conner, was the hero of "With Moore at Corunna," to which this is really a sequel. He is still at the head of the "Minho" Portuguese regiment and is also on Wellington's staff. Being detached on independent and guerilla duty with his regiment, he renders invaluable service in gaining information and in harassing the French. He is wounded finally in the battle of Salamanca. Gregory, Eliot, ["An Idler," pseud.] Worldly Hepworth, Rev. G: Hughes. Through Ar ways and byways. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. c. 9+281 p. D. cl., $1.50. [2751 Forty shrewd, witty papers on American life and manners and American foibles, as seen at home and abroad, that first appeared in the Evening Post. The suggestive titles for a few are: Charm; Contrasted travelling; The complacency of mediocrity; The discontent of talent; Slouch; Social exiles; Our élite and public life; The small summer hotel; The last of the dandies; A nation on the wing; Husks; Men's manners; Living on your friends, etc., etc. Hamblen, Herbert Elliott. The story of a Yankee boy: his adventures ashore and afloat; il. by Harry Edwards. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. c. 8+339 p. D. cl., $1.50. [2752 Will Kimball and his chum, Frank Gibbs, were two New England boys, full of life and fun, whose high spirits were apt to carry them a little too far sometimes and give great annoyance to their elders. Their many ridiculous pranks and adventures are told with unusual spirit and humor. Harrison, Mrs. Constance Cary, [" Mrs. Burton Harrison."] Good Americans. N. Y., The Century Co., 1898. c. '97, '98. 3+ 220 p. il. D. cl., $1.25. [2753 A study of the views of life and of the characters of that growing class of rich New York men and women who spend half their lives in restless pleasure-seeking and sell their birthright of American ideas and ideals for a mess of the pottage of European comfort and conventionality. An ambitious young lawyer, full of patriotism and American capacity for work, marries a girl brought up among the "400," and the story tells of their checkered career before they settled into "Good Americans." Harrison, Mrs. Constance Cary, [" Mrs. Burton Harrison."] The well-bred girl in society. N. Y., Doubleday & McClure Co., [1898.] c. 5+213 p. por. S. (Ladies' Home Journal girls' lib.) cl., 50 c.; full leath., $1. [2754 Contents: A girl's first glimpses at society: Her dress and ornaments; Her behavior in public places; The small courtesies of her social life; Her attitude toward young men; Her choice of a husband; Social life in New York; Ladies' Home Journal; Matrons and maidens; and a Newport symposium. Henty, G: Alfred. At Aboukir and Acre: a story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt; il. by W: Rainey. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. c. 7+331 p. plans, D. cl., $1.25. [2755 The hero, Edgar Blagrove, having saved the life of the son of an Arab chief, is taken into the tribe on his father's sudden flight from Egypt, and with that tribe he has a part in the battle of the Pyramids and the revolt at Cairo, in the latter of which he goes through most exciting adventures and again saves the lives of the chief and his son. He is an eye-witness of the menia on horseback. N. Y., E. P. Dutton & Co., 1898. C. 12+355 p. por. il. O. cl., $2. [2758 The trip described was undertaken at the request of Mr. Bennett, of the Herald, with the aim of discovering the real cause of the Armenian massacres, and of presenting both sides of the Armenian question with strict impartiality. The route travelled 'included the places where the worst massacres had occurred-these the Sultan. Mr. Hepworth's conclusions are: that the localities were investigated with the full sanction of root of the difficulties was political rather than religious; that the Turks, hating the Armenians for their superior intelligence, thrift, and business enterprise, had so oppressed them that an Armenian revolutionary party had been created; the acts of the revolutionists had been the Turk's excuse in his attempts at exterminating the Armenian people. Mr. Hepworth does not believe that the end of the trouble is reached. Holden, E: S. A primer of heraldry for Americans. N. Y., The Century Co., 1898. c. 12+105+24 p. pl. il. S. cl., $1. [2759 Discourses of emblems, flags, seals, arms, heraldry in different countries, in architecture and in literature and history, the coat of arms, charges, helmets, crests, crowns and coronets, supporters, badges, mottoes, knots, blazoning, marshaling, arms of kingdoms and states, the seal, arms, and flags of the United States of America, titles of nobility, orders of knighthood, silver plate, hereditary patriotic societies in the U. S., and how to trace a pedigree, etc.; Holland, Clive. An Egyptian coquette. N. Y., M. F. Mansfield & Co., [Agts. for Ja. Bowden, 1898.] 8+232 p. por. D. cl., $1.25. [2760 A demonstrator of the latest discoveries in hypnotic science succeeds in hypnotizing a very beautiful girl who just before coming fully under his influence stabs a man with an Egyptian weapon. All efforts to dehypnotize her are abortive for a time. The secret of the peculiar conditions of the experiment make a thrilling story, in which a priceless Egyptian papyrus plays an important part. Incidentally introduces newspaper life in London. Hudson, W: H: Birds in London; il. by Bryan Hook, A. D. McCormick, and from photographs from nature by R. B. Lodge. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 16+339 p. il. O. cl., $3.50. [2761 N. Y., The Century Co., 1898. 4+279 p. il. O. cl., $1.50. [2764 In language that can readily be comprehended by young people, Mr. Ingersoll tells about the ocean and its origin, and about the phenomena of waves, tides, and currents. He describes the building of ships from the remotest times to the present, and he gives the romantic story of the early voyages and explorations. Other chapters are: Secrets from the frozen north; War ships and naval battles; The merchants and robbers of the seas; Yachting and pleasure-boating; Dangers of the deep; Fishing and other marine industries; The plants of the sea and their uses; Animal life in the sea. Inman, H: The ranche on the Oxhide: a story of boys' and girls' life on the frontier. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. c. 9+ 297 p. il. D. cl., $1.50. [2765 The time of this story is about 1865-1866, when immigrants began to rush into the new state of Kansas. A family from the east take up a claim on Oxhide Creek, in what is now Ellsworth County. On their experiences the story is based. After building a house and getting settled, the young people have a varied experience. Among their exciting adventures are a fight with a lynx, the killing of a panther, a fight with a wolf, a hunt with the Pawnee Indians, the stealing of one of the girls by Indians, and a massacre, fights with wolves, etc. Jackson,Gabrielle E. Denise and Ned Toodles: a true story; il. by C. W. Relyea. N. Y., The Century Co., 1898. c. 8+224 p. D. cl., $1.25. [2766 An account of a full year in the life of a happy little girl whose parents were enabled to bestow upon her many rich gifts. *Jesuit (The) relations and allied documents: travels and explorations of the Jesuit missionaries in New France, 1610-1791; the original French, Latin, and Italian texts, with English translations and notes; ed. by R. G. Thwaites, (in about 60 vols.) V. 25, Iroquois, Hurons, and Quebec, 1642-1644; v. 26, Lower Canada, Hurons, 1642-1644. Cleveland, O., The Burrows Brothers Co., 1898. c. 289; 216 p. facsimiles and maps, 8°, cloth, ea., net, $3.50. (Limited to 750 sets.) [2767 Contents: V. 25. LI. Relation de ce qui s'est passé en la Novvelle France, en l'année 1642 and 1643. (Chaps. xiii.-xiv., concluding the document.) Barthelemy Vimont; undated. LII Epistola ad R. P. Mutium Vitelleschi, Praepositum Generalem Societatis Jesu, Romae. Carolus Garnier, Soyae. Mariae, apud Hu rones, April 8, 1644. LIII. Relation de ce qvi s'est passé en la Novvelle France, és années 1643 and 1644. (Chaps. i.-viii. of Part I. being the first instalment of the document.) Barthelemy Vimont, Kebec, September 5, 1644. Bibliographical data, Notes. V. 26. Preface. Document. LIII. Relation de ce qui s'est passé en la Novvelle France, és années 1643 and 1644. (Chaps. ix.-xiv. of Part I. and Chaps. i.-v. of Part II. being the second instalment of the document.) Barthelemy Vimont, Kebec, September 5, 1644. Hierosme Lalemant, Des Hurons, September 21, 1643. Notes. Johnston, Mary. Prisoners of hope: a tale of colonial Virginia. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898. C. 6+378 p. il. D. cl., $1.50. [2768 A story of Virginia in 1663, when Berkeley was governor. The hero was transported to Virginia and sold into service. The dangers of colonial settlements from the Indians and life in the Old Dominion are graphically described. Joyce, Patrick Weston. The origin and history of Irish names of places. 7th ed. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 2 v., 14+589; 8+538 p. D. cl., ea., $1.75. [2769 Kaler, Ja. Otis, ["James Otis," pseud.] The Charming Sally, privateer schooner of New York: a tale of 1765. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898. c. 5+379 p. il. O. cl., $1.50. [2770 The Charming Sally was a privateer schooner of New York in the year 1765, when the causes of the American Revolution were working rapidly. The Charming Sally was chosen to intercept the vessel bringing "stamped paper after the passage of the "Stamp Act." She was unsuccessful in this, but met with many successful adventures afterwards. Kernahan, Mrs. Coulson. Trewinnott of A story of life among the students of medicine in Guy's Hospital, London, and of the many ways in which impecunious young doctors eke out the means necessary to complete their course. Incidentally the author offers some criticism of the methods obtaining among English physicians and apothecaries, and the laws which countenance and make necessary such methods. These views are always expressed by her characters. A prettily told love-story brings about the various situations in which the reader meets the young doctors. Kidd, B: The control of the tropics. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. c. 5+101 p. D. cl., 75 c. [2772 From history and political and social conditions the author draws his premises: that the tropics must be developed; that such development can only take place under the influence of the white man. The issue is larger than any mere question of commercial policy or national selfishness. The tropics must be governed as a trust for civilization. The methods must be scientifically studied and people put in trust who have passed examinations in great universities. Upon Engfish-speaking peoples seems to have been laid this great responsibility, for they now stand in the world for the ideas and principles needed for the work. Kuyper, Abraham, D.D. Encyclopædia of sacred theology: its principles; from the Dutch, by Rev. J. Kendrick de Vries; with an introd. by B: B. Warfield, D.D. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. c. 25+683 p. O. cl., $4. (2773 The original work, a part of which is here given in These together English, consists of three volumes. form a systematic whole. The first volume contains an introduction to "Theological encyclopedia,' " included in pages 1-55 of this translation. It treats of the name, idea, and conception of encyclopedia, and then, more specifically, of the idea, divisions, and (most copiously) the history of theological encyclopedia. The second volume is given entire in this volume. It is the general part, and discusses all those questions which concern the place of theology among the sciences and the nature of theology as a science with a "principium" of its own. Dr. Kuyper uses the word encyclopedia as the name of an independent science, which has for its object of investigation all other science. La Grange, Jos. L: Lectures on elementary mathematics; tr. by T: J. McCormack. Chic., The Open Court Pub. Co., 1898. 14+156 p. por. O. cl., $1. C. [2774 Lansing, I. J., D.D., Trueblood, B: F., and Sleuth, Rev. D. W. Secrecy and citizenship; prize essays; ed. and supplied by the New England Christian Assoc., Bost. Bost., Ja. H. Earle, 1897. c. 137 p. D. cl., 50 c. [2775 The late Deacon Philo Carpenter, of Chicago, left in trust a fund" to be used in opposition to secret societies." A portion of the fund it was decided by the scripts obtainable, discussing the evils of secret associations touching the obligations of good citizenship, and especially Christian citizenship. The three essays offered by the Philo Carpenter Fund. in this volume were awarded the three highest prizes The New England Lawton, W: Cranston. poets: a study of Emerson, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Whittier, Lowell, Holmes. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. C. 16+ 265 p. D. cl., 75 c. MacDonald, Arthur. Emile Zola: a study [2776 of his personality; [reprinted from The Open Court, August, 1898.] Wash., D. C., published by the author, Arthur MacDonald, 1898. c. 467-484 p. il. O. pap., 25 c. [2777 Based on an investigation of Zola, recently con trustees, should be used for securing the best manu ducted by a number of French specialists. It was a scientific investigation, presenting the effects of mental, moral, and physical forces upon the body, and is, perhaps, the most thorough one ever made upon an individual in society-although a number have been made on criminals in prison. 1898. c. Mason, Luther Whiting, Butterfield, F. H., and McConathy, Osbourne. The Mason school music, Book 2. Bost., Ginn & Co., 13+111 p. D. bds., 40 c. [2778 While designed to follow and complete the instruction begun in "Book 1," this book is in itself quite complete, beginning, as it does, with the simplest tonal and rhythmic elements. A number of progressive and miscellaneous songs (words and music) from wellknown composers conclude the volume. Mitchell, Silas Weir, M.D. forest: a story. [New ed.] Century Co., 1898. c. '89, '98. cl., $1.50. Far in the N. Y., The 3-302 p. D. [2779 The dream beautiLouisville, Ky., J: c. 5-56 p. D. cl., [2780 See notice," Weekly Record," P. W., May 11, 1889, [902.] The present edition has a new chapter added. Musgrove, C: Hamilton. ful, and other poems. P. Morton & Co., 1898. $1. *New York. Cts. of record. The miscellaneous reports other than the court of appeals and the appellate division of the supreme court, including the appellate term of the supreme court for the hearing of appeals from the city court of the city of N. Y. and the municipal ct. of the city of N. Y.; special terms and trial terms of the supreme ct., city ct. of the city of N. Y., county cts, and of the surrogates' cts., [etc.] Rob. G. Scherer, rep. V. 23. Alb., Ja. B. Lyon, 1898. 42+831 p. O. shp., $2. [2781 Norris, Frank. Moran of The Lady Letty: a story of adventure off the California coast. N. Y., Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. 4+293 p. D. cl., $1. C. [2782 Ross Wilbur, a young society man of San Francisco, was, in rogue's parlance, "shanghaied" and carried on board The Bertha Milner, a twenty-eight-ton keel schooner, commanded by Captain Kitchell, a brutal white man, whose crew consisted entirely of coolies. An account of Wilbur's exciting voyage on The Bertha Milner is given, with a graphic description of the capture of the derelict Lady Letty, and the tragic history of Moran, who is, aside from Wilbur, the most interesting personage in the singular novel. *Northeastern reporter, v. 50. Permanent ed. Apr. 29-July 22, 1898. St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1898. C. 20+1209 p. O. (National reporter system, state ser.) shp., $3.50. [2783 Contains all the current decisions of the supreme courts of Mass., O., Ill., Ind., appellate court of Ind., and the court of appeals of N. Y.; with table of northeastern cases in which rehearings have been denied; with tables of northeastern cases published in v. 171, 172, Ill. reports; 169, Mass. reports; 159, N. Y. reports; 57, O. reports. A table of statutes construed is given in the index. *Northwestern reporter, v. 75. Permanent ed. May 21-July 23, 1898. St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1898. C. 16+1222 p. O. (National reporter system, state ser.) shp., $3.50. [2784 Contains all the decisions of the supreme courts of Minn., Wis, Iowa, Mich., Neb., N. D., S D., with table of northwestern cases in which rehearings have been denied; with tables of northwestern cases published Peattie, Mrs. Elia W. other ghostly tales. The shape of fear, and N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. c. 5+175 p. S. cl., 75 c. [2786 Contents: The shape of fear; On the northern ice; Their dear little ghost; A spectral collie; The house that was not; Story of an obstinate corpse; A child of the rain; The room of the evil thought; Story of the vanishing patient; The piano next door; An astral onion; From the loom of the dead; A grammatical ghost. Peterman, Alex. L. Elements of civil government: a text-book for use in public schools, high schools, and normal schools; and a manual of reference for teachers. Pennsylvania ed. N. Y., American Book Co., [1898.] c. '91. 2-263 p. D. cl., 60 c. [2787 Pinocchio's adventures in Wonderland; tr. from the Italian, with an introd., by Hezekiah Butterworth. Bost., Jordan, Marsh & Co., [1898.] c. 5-212 p. il. S. bds., 30 c. [2788 Pinocchio is at first a wooden puppet; he strays into Wonderland and has a series of adventures as remarkable as those of " Alice," the heroine, also of Wonderland. Rhoden, Emily. Taming a tomboy; tr. from the 25th ed. of Emily Rhoden's Dertrotzkopf, and adapted for American readers by Felix L. Oswald. N. Y., W. L. Allison Co., [1898.] c. 3-236 p. il. D. cl., $1. [2789 The heroine is a little motherless girl, who, when the story opened, was a decided tomboy. It became apparent to her father that she needed careful and systematic training, so little Fanny was sent to boarding-school. Her experiences at school make a very readable story for young folks. Ridge, W. Pett. By order of the magistrate. N. Y., Harper, 1898. c. 3+275 p. D. cl., $1.25. [2790 A study of London cockney character in the person of a small and totally irresponsible girl, called among her kind "Mordemly," a corruption of Maude Emily. This odd little coster girl, with her surprising vocabulary, her delicious humor and equally delicious gravity, enlists the reader's keenest sympathy. Incidentally the dealings of organized societies with this class of girls are placed in strong light. [2791 Rorer, Mrs. Sarah T. Good cooking. N. Y., Doubleday & McClure Co., [1898.] c. 7+ 245 p. por. S. (Ladies' Home Journal household lib.) cl., 50 c.; full leath., $1. Besides recipes for the making of soups, the cooking of fish, meat, poultry, and vegetables, the making of bread, desserts, tea, coffee, etc., Mrs. Rorer presents under domestic lessons the following chapters: Indigestion, how to avoid it, and what to eat when you foods for stout and thin women; The best food for bloodless girls; The proper cooking for the nursery; The best food for a growing child; Cooking for the sick and convalescent. have it; The right food for different men; The best Sherard, Rob. H. The iron cross: a story. N. Y., M. F. Mansfield & Co., [Agts. for Ja. Bowden,] [1898.] 4+311 p. D.cl., $1.50. [2792 According to the story "The iron cross was made by the Roman soldier. Cassius Longinus, from the head of the lance with which he is said to have pierced the side of our Saviour at the time of the Crucifixion. The cross was eventually given by Pope Clement vn. to Charles v. of Spain, who placed it in the Monastery of Malano, where it remained until the time of the Peninsular War, when it was stolen by a soldier of Wellington. The history of the cross is traced in a novel which brings events down to the present day and introduces incidents of a modern love-story. in v. 102, 103, Iowa reports; 108, 109, Mich. reports: 51, Slosson, Annie Trumbull. Fishin' Jimmy; il. Neb. reports; 9, S. D. reports. A table of statutes construed is given in the índex. Oswald, Felix Leopold. Adventures in Cuba; or, how an American boy saved his friend and escaped from a Spanish prison. N. Y., W. L. Allison Co., [1898.] c. 206 p. il. D. cl., $1. [2785 by Alice Barber Stephens. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. c. '89, '96, '98. 4+66 p. sq. O. cl., $3. [2793 See notice, "Weekly Record," P. W., July 27, 1889, [913.] Stratemeyer, E: Under Dewey at Manila; or, the war fortunes of a castaway. Bost., |