Contents; Frost foliage; An ice-bound brook; Winter bells; A corvine congress; After the storm; Heard on the hillside; Blunders in bird-nesting; A morning in May; Dinner at noon; The poetry of shelter; My elm tree oriole; Short summer days; An October outing; A notheast storm; In defence of desolation; A very old mile-stone; Christmas out of doors; The rustic; A protest; The charm of the inexact; The unlettered learned; The comfort of old clothes; In deep, dark woods; Correspondence and critics. *Acquilia. Digest IX; 2. Lex Acquilia; tr., with notes, by C. H. Monroe. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 96 p. 16°, cl., net, $1.25. [3244 Allen, Phoebe. May-duke blossoms: a story for mothers' meetings; il. by W. S. Stacey. N. Y., E. & J. B. Young & Co., [1898.] 2+ 224 p. il. D. cl., 80 c.

[3245 A wilful little girl who persists in breaking off the blossoms of a fine cherry tree, and who comes in for a reproof from a neighbor, is the heroine. Her mother then asserts it is impossible to curb her strong will, and acting on this allows the little one her own way till she is a grown woman. The result of this is much sorrow for the girl and those she loves.

*Anthony, W: A. Lecture-notes on the theory of electrical measurements; prepared for the third-year classes of the Cooper Union night-school of science. N. Y., J: Wiley & Sons, 1898. 6+90 p. 12°, cl., $1. [3246 Atkinson, G: Francis. Elementary botany. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1898. C. 23+444 p. il. D. cl., $1.25.

[3247

The method followed in this book has been thoroughly tested in practical work. It is to first study some of the life processes of plants, especially those which illustrate the fundamental principles of nutrition, assimilation, growth, and irritability. In studying each one of these topics, plants are chosen, so far as possible, from several of the great groups. Members of the lower plants as well as the higher plants are employed, in order to show that the process is fundamentally the same in all plants. Then another process is studied in a similar way, using so far as possible, especially where the lower plants are concerned, the same plant.

Austen, Jane.

Novels. New ed.. including memoir and letters. In 12 v. Vs. 1 and 2. Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1898. c. '92. 2-250; 2-298 p. il. S. cl., ea., 75 c.; hf. mor., $2.25; hf. cf or hf. mor. extra, $2.50. [3248 Contents: Vs. 1 and 2, Sense and sensibility. Austin, Arthur E., M.D., and Coriat, Isador H. A laboratory manual of physiological and clinical chemistry and toxicology. Bost., Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1898. 8+97 p. D. cl., $1.25.

C.

[3249

"While this little work does not pretend to be a complete working manual of medical chemistry and toxicology, if it accomplishes the purpose for which it was written, that of leading the student by simple steps to the more complicated methods of clinical chemical diagnosis, the authors will be thankful. ."-Preface. | *Balzac, Honoré de. Novels; ed. by G: Saints

bury. In 42 v. V. 33, The member for Arcis, (Le député d'Arcis;) tr. by Clara Bell; with a preface by G: Saintsbury. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 12+515 p. 12°, cl., $1.50. [3250

Barr, Rob., ["Luke Sharp," pseud.] Tekla: a romance of love and war. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., [1898.] c. 6+437 p. D. cl., $1.25. [3251

A mediæval romance, describing feudal life in the 14th century, when the electorate and archbishopric of Treves was at the zenith of its temporal and eccletravelling incognito and meeting Tekla, the ward of siastical power. The story describes the emperor as the all-powerful bishop, with whom he finally arranges a marriage. The historical incidents are accurate. There is a blood-curdling description of the hurling of a prisoner from a catapult of a besieged castle. Beddard, Frank Evers. Elementary zoology. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., [1898.] 5-208 p. D. cl., net, 90 c. [3252 The structure and Beddard, Frank Evers. classification of birds. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 20+548 p. il. O. cl., net, $6. [3253

*Bell, Malcolm. Sir Edward Burne-Jones: a record and review. New cheaper 4th ed. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 13+151 p. 12°, cl., $3. [3254 *Bellamy, E: Looking backward. German ed. The new edition, with a portrait of Mr. Bellamy; tr. into German by Rabbi Solomon Schindler. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898. 16°, pap., 50 c. [3255 *Bible. New Testament. The Epistle to the Romans; with notes, critical and practical, by Rev. M. F. Sadler. New cheaper ed. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 19+ 379 p. 12°, cl., $1.50. [3256

*Bible. New Testament. The First Epistle of St. Peter, 1, 1-11, 17: the Greek text; with introd. lecture, commentary, and additional notes, by F. J. A. Hort. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 16+188 p. 8°, cl., $1.75. [3257 *Bible.

New Testament. The First and Second Epistles to the Corinthians; with notes, critical and practical, by Rev. M. F. Sadler. New cheaper ed. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 16+451 p. 12°, cl., $1.50.

[3258

Blanchard, Amy Ella. An independent daughter; il. by Alice Barber Stephens. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1898. c. 3291 p. D. cl., $1.25.

[3259

Continues the stories of the characters of "Three pretty maids." Persis Holmes is just leaving college when the story opens, and Basil Phillips, who loves her, has gone to Paris to study art. Some unexpected complications in Persis's life lead her to secretly leave her home and accept a position as teacher in Virginia. Blanchard, Amy Ella. Kittyboy's Christmas; il. by Ida Waugh. Phil., G: W.

Jacobs & Co., 1898. c. 5-74 p. sq. D. cl., 50 c.

[3260 The story of a little black cat that followed an elderly bachelor home and into his lodgings one stormy winter night. The cat is the unconscious instrument of good to many unhappy people.

Blanchard, Amy Ella. Thy friend Dorothy; il. by Ida Waugh. Phil., G: W. Jacobs & Co., 1898. c. 3-320 p. il. D. cl., $1.25.

[3261 The story of Dorothy James and her mother, refined English people, who become Quakers and emigrate to America in the seventeenth century. They suffer great privations, living for a while in huts and doing their own work. The settlement of Pennsylvania and the beginnings of Philadelphia, with William Penn's work, are described with accuracy and picturesqueness.

*Bosanquet, Mrs. Bernard. The standard of life, and other studies. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 7+219 p. 12°, cl., $1.50. [3262 Brunetière, Ferdinand. Manual of the history of French literature;__authorized tr. by Ralph Derechef. N. Y., T: Y. Crowell & Co., 1898. c. 27+569 p. pors. O. cl., $2.

[3263 The treatment of this history of French literature differs from most manuals; it is not classified into centuries and the arbitrary divisions of prose and poetry, but into "literary epochs," the writer paying more attention than is ordinarily paid to the epoch of transition. The proportions of the work are laid out as mathematically as possible, giving to each author the importance that he seems best to deserve. A running essay occupies about a half of each page, and the other half is devoted to a series of marvellously devised notes or notices, with an invaluable bibliography of each author. The manual, which begins with the year 842, is brought down to the end of the epoch of

Naturalism, or the year 1875, the last great figure

studied being Alexandre Dumas, fils. *Carpenter, G: Rice, ed. American prose; selections, with critical introds., by various writers, and a general introd. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 18+465 p. 12°, cl., net, $1. [3264 Carvalho, C. N. Otterburn Chase; il. by Ernest Prater. N. Y., E. & J. B. Young & Co., [1898.] 256 p. il. D. cl., $1. [3265

The Messrs. Otterburn & Co. had made their wealth in a large paper mill that had been owned by the firm for at least half a century. The extravagance and recklessness of the elder son causes the firm to fail, and both the mill and their home, Otterburn Chase, are sold. The story deals with the sons reduced to poverty. The youngest goes back to the mill as a clerk, the elder prefers to live on his friends. The moral of the two lives is well brought out. Clark, Mrs. Hattie Arnold. Pro Christo: the story of a royal Huguenot. N. Y., American Tract Soc., [1898.] c. 330 p. il. D. cl.. $1.25.

[3266 A story in which the author has aimed to faithfully portray the life and times of the Huguenots during the reign of Louis XIV. Many of the characters introduced are notable figures in French history; among these are Claude Brousson, the Huguenot advocate; Fulcrand Rey, the young preacher and martyr; Jean Paulet, the Abbé Fenelon, and Madame de Maintenon. "Pro Christo," (For Christ) and the King is the Huguenot motto and seal. D'Aubigne, Guizot, and other well-known authors are the sources of the historical information.

Coleridge, Christabel Rose. Rough cast; il. by W. S. Stacey. N. Y., E. & J. B. Young & Co., [1898.] 159 p. il. D. cl., 60 c. [3267 Her mother's death calls Grace Bennett home to

look after her father's house and her brothers and sister. Grace has had a good education and lived as companion in fine families. Her father is a farm-bailiff, rather ignorant and uncouth, as are the rest of the family. Grace finds herself in altogether new surroundings, which for a while seem almost impossible for her to endure. How she comes through is an edifying story for girls.

Corelli, Marie. The Marie Corelli birthday

*Cowper, Frank. The island of the English: a story of Napoleon's days; il. by G: Morrow. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 357 p. 12°, cl., $1.50. [3269

Cunningham, G. Cunyngham. Tales from the land of Manana. Čin., O., The Editor Publishing Co., 1898. C. 4+241 p. S. cl., 75 c. [3270

Contents: In the days of the plague; The ghost of the count; An incident; Dolores; Jumping beams; The love of Carita; Lupe-a heathen; A spider's sting; The ley de fuga; An unromantic romance; Carmen; In the rôle of Christ; Unclean: The mummy of José; For a sombrero de fiesta. Some of the stories appeared first in the Argonaut, San Francisco. Darwin, G: Howard. The tides and kindred phenomena in the solar system: the substance of lectures delivered in 1897 at the Lowell Institute, Boston, Mass. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898. c. 18+ 378 p O. cl., $2. [3271

Contains the substance of a course of lectures delivered by the author on the tides at the Lowell Institute in Boston in 1897. This book embodies the results of many years of observation and study by him, and is the most authoritative volume yet written on the causes, origin, movements, and diversity of tides. Its interest is greatly increased by its treatment of similar phenomena in the vast system of which our earth is so small a part. Mr. Darwin is the son of the illustrious Charles Darwin.

Delany, Mrs. Mary Granville. The autobiog raphy and correspondence of Mrs. Delany; rev. from Lady Llanover's ed., and ed. by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. [New issue.] Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1898. 6+465+499 p. por. O. cl., $2.50. [3272 Originally published by Roberts Brothers in 1879 in two volumes, the same being now bound together.

c. 79.

Dodge, Mrs. Mary E. Mapes. Irvington stories. New ed. rev. and enl. by the author; il. by F. O. C. Darley. N. Y., W. L. Allison Co., 1898. c. 4+251 p. il. D. cl., $1. [3274 Dunham, Curtis. ed. The Casino girl in London, by herself; ed. by Curtis Dunham. N. Y., R. F. Fenno & Co., 1898. c. 4-270 p. il. D. cl., $1; pap., 50 c.

[3275

Describes an American theatrical company travelling in England. In London they meet with a little much-needed success. The Casino girl is bright, and writes down her ideas of Londoners, from dukes and duchesses to the most subordinate theatre attachés, with originality and spirit. The news of the Maine catastrophe reaches her in London, and incidentally the incidents of the short Spanish-American war are

commented upon.

E., M. The story of little Jane and me. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1898. c. 2+100 p. D. cl., $1.

[3276 The history of two little girls of New York City, who lived more than half a century ago. It is apparently

a true story, and told with so much humor that grown folks will be interested in it. *Earl, Alfred. The living organism: an introduction to the problems of biology.

N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 13+271 p. 12°, cl., $1.75. [3277 Eliot, George, [pseud. for Mrs. J: W. Cross.] Romola: an historical novel. New rev. ed. N. Y. and Chic, Rand, McNally & Co., [1898.] c. 2 v., 3-273; 3-274 p. il. O. cl., $3. [3278

Contains over fifty full page illustrations. *Elizabeth and her German garden. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 175 p. 12°, cl., $1.75.

[3279 woman of fashion. Chic., H. S. Stone & Co., 1898. c. 9+273 p. S. cl., $1.25.

Etiquette for Americans by a

[3280 Contents: Etiquette versus fashion; Introducing as an art; Calling: Invitations; Dinner; Luncheons; Weddings; Funerals; Letters; Conversation; Phrases and titles of address; Telephoning; Smoking; Sportsgolf, bicycling, etc.; Chaperonage; Rules for unmarried women; Miscellaneous hints for men; Obligations for bachelors; Dress; Servants; Treatment of reporters. F., A. M. Foreign courts and foreign homes. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 5+ 320 p. D. cl., $2. Farlow, A. M.

[3281 The crown of character. Cin., O., The Editor Publishing Co., 1898. C. 4+223 p. D. cl., $1. [3282 Twenty essays: The essentials; Philosophy: Christ the teacher: Great men; Heroes of Israel; Success; Bible diction; Selfishness and self-love, etc., etc.

*Farquhar, G: The beaux stratagem: a comedy; ed., with preface and notes, by H. Macaulay Fitz-Gibbon. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 32°, (Temple dramatists.) cl, 45 c.; mor., 65c. [3283 Farrar, F: W:, (Dean.) The cathedrals of England. Illustrated library ed. 1st ser. N. Y., T: Whittaker, 1898. 2 v., 5-351; 7349 p. il. O. cl., $5.

[3284

Contents: Westminster Abbey, by Archdeacon Farrar; Canterbury Cathedral, by the Canon Fremantle; Durham Cathedral, by the Rev. Canon Talbot; Wells Cathedral, by 8. M. S. Pereira; Lincoln Cathedral, by

the Rev. Precentor Venables; Winchester Cathedral, by the Rev. Canon Benham; Gloucester Cathedral, by the Dean of Gloucester.

*Farrow, F: R:, Cooper, T:, and Russell, Alex. Specifications for building works and how to write them: a manual for architectural students; the chapter on terra-cotta by T: Cooper; and that on electric wiring by Alex. Russell and Neville J. Payne. N. Y, The Macmillan Co., 1898. 141 p. 12°, (The Builder student's ser.) cl., $1.25. [3285 *Fielding, H. The soul of a people: a study of Buddhism. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 8+363 p. 8°, cl, $4. [3286 Francis of Assisi, St., [Giovanni Francesco Bernardone.] The little flowers of St. Francis of Assisi; from the Italian, with a brief account of the life of St. Francis, by Abby Langdon Alger. [New issue.] Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1898. c. '87. 26228 p. D. cl., 50 c. [3287 Originally published by Roberts Brothers, 1887. French, Alice, ["Octave Thanet," pseud] A slave to duty, and other women. H. S. Stone & Co., 1898. c. 4+221 p. S. cl., $1.25.

"On the choice of a wife," and "On the choice of a husband," are the four sub-titles of this treatise. Mme. Grand has much sympathy with the new ideals of the new woman. But she thinks there is danger lest the peculiarly feminine qualities of gentleness, kindness, and truth may suffer, and that the woman exposed to all the rivalries of the world may become hard and coarse and unlady-like.

Hale, E: Everett. The man without a country. New ed., with an introduction in the year of the war with Spain. Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1898. c. '63-'98. 32+59 p. S. cl., 50 c. [3290

The introduction to the new edition of this famous story gives an interesting account of the circumstances under which Mr. Hale wrote his sketch.

Harkness, Albert. A complete Latin grammar. Ń. Y., American Book Co., [1898.] C. 14+448 p. D. hf. leath., $1.25. [3291 Designed at once as a text-book for the class-room and a book of reference in study, this volume aims not only to present a systematic arrangement of the leading facts and laws of the Latin language for the benefit of the beginner, but also to make adequate provision for the needs of the advanced student. By brevity and conciseness in the choice of phraseology, and compactness in the arrangement of forms and topics, the author has endeavored to compress within the limits of a convenient manual an amount of carefully selected grammatical facts which would otherwise fill a much larger volume. *Hawthorne, Nathaniel. A wonder-book, and Tanglewood tales. Holiday ed. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1898. il. 8°, cl., $2. [3292 Heath, Gertrude E. Rhymes and jingles for a good child. Cin., O., The Editor Publishing Co., 1897. C. 96 p. D. cl., 50 c. [3293 Henderson, G. F. R. Stonewall Jackson and the American civil war. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 2 v., 14+550; 4+641 p. pors. maps, plans, O. cl., $10.

[3294 Henty, G: Alfred, ed. Yule logs: Longman's Christmas annual for 1898. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 11+430 p. il. Ŏ. cl., $2. [3295 *Higginson, Mrs. Ella. When the birds go north again: poems. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 12+175 p. 16°, vellum, $1.25.

[3296 Hoche, Jules. The real Bismarck; Englished by Mrs. C: R. Rogers. N. Y., R. F. Fenno & Co., 1898. C. 14+222 p. por. il. O. cl., $2. (Corr. price.)

[3297

This is an unflattering biography of Bismarck, entirely from a French point of view; however, the writer believes that readers will find in it an essential ele. ment which he finds absent in all other biographies of Bismarck, namely, "absolute impartiality." Hogg, Ja. The confessions of a justified sinner. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1898. 266 p. il. D. cl., $1.

[3298

[3288

Short stories dealing with the characteristics of women. The titles are: A slave to duty; A colonial dame; A jealous woman; A problem in honor; On the blank side of the wall.

Grand, Sarah, [pseud. for Mrs. Haldane MacFall.] The modern man and maid. N. Y.. T: Y. Crowell & Co., 1898. C. 41 p. D. (What is worth while ser.) el., 35 c. [3289 "The modern girl," "The modern young man,"

Its subject is "The

and verses by Eliz. S. Tucker. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., 1898. C. unp. Q. bds., $2. [3300 *Hutchinson, H: Doveton. The campaign in Tirah, 1897-1898: an account of the expedition against the Orakzais and Afridis under Gen. Sir William Lockhart, G.C.B., K.C.S.I., based (by permission) on letters contributed to the London Times. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 16+250 p. 8°, cl., $3.50. [3301 Hutton, R. E. The soul here and hereafter. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 18+ 258 p. D. cl., $1.50. [3302 Jacobs, W. W. More cargoes. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., [1898.] c. '97, '98. 5-231 p. D. buckram, $1. [3303 Stories of the sea, by the author of "Many cargoes, are entitled: Smoked skipper; A safety match; A rash experiment; The cabin passenger; Choice spirits; A disciplinarian: Brother Hutchins; The disbursement sheet; Rule of three; Pickled herring; Two of a trade; An intervention; The gray parrot; Money changers; The lost ship.

Jowett, J. H. From strength to strength. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898. 3+131 p. nar. D. (Little books on religion.) cl., 50 c.

[3304

Chapters on the strengthening of the will, the conscience, the heart, and the mind. *Keats, J: Sonnets: with decorated borders and initials by Christopher Dean. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 54 p. 12° vellum, $1. [3305 Kemble, E. W. The billy goat and other comicalities. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. c. 106 p. il. obl. S. cl., $1. [3306 Embraces the funny pictures that have for a long time been one of the features of the back pages of Scribner's, such as "The billy goat," "A citizen crossing Broadway," "The intelligent mule," "Scotch civility," etc.

King, C: From school to battlefield: a story of the war days; il. by Violet Oakley and C: H. Stephens. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1899 [1898.] c. '98. 4-322 p. il. O. cl., $1.50. [3307

The story opens in 1860 in New York City. The chief actors are school-boys of a then famous school, whose famous "head," nicknamed "Pop," was worshipped by his boys. Scenes are given from school life of antebellum days, illustrating the final causes which made two young men enlist for the war then just dawning The old fire department comes in for a sketch, and New York City life of that day is pictured with much cleverness.

*Kinglake, Rev. Alex. W: Eothen; reprinted from the 1st ed., with an introd. by Rev. W. Tuckwell. N. Y., The Macmillan Co, 1898. 26+263 p. 16°, cl., $1.75. [3308 Kinkead, Eleanor Talbot. Florida Alexander: a Kentucky girl. Chic., A. C. McClurg & Co., 1898. C. 3-276 p. S. cl., $1. [3309 The heroine is introduced upon her return to her father's house after an absence, owing to reasons which remain a mystery for the greater part of the story. Her father had married again, and much light is shed upon Florida's character by the conversations of her original little step-sisters. The old problems of affinity and the narrowing or broadening effects of marriage is again discussed. Kipling, Rudyard. Barrack-room ballads and New ed. N. Y., M. F. Mansfield & Co., [1898.] c. 4+96 p. col. il. S. cl., $1; 34 mor., $1.75. [3310 Kipling, Rudyard. Departmental ditties, and other verses. N. Y., M. F. Mansfield & Co., [1898.] 4+198 p. por. D. cl., $1.25. [3311 Kipling, Rudyard. Departmental ditties, and

verses.

other verses. New ed. N. Y., M. F. Mansfield & Co., [1898.] c. 4+93 p. col. il. S. cl., $1; 34 mor., $1.75. [3312 Kirlew, Marianne. Green Garry: a schoolboy's story. Bost., A. I. Bradley & Co., [1898.] 4-220 p. il. D. cl., $1.

C.

2-140 p. D. cl., 75 c.

[3313

Green Garry" was a nickname bestowed upon Garfield Glynne by the boys of St. Bede's because of Garry's ignorance of school-boy trickery. The story is an interesting series of school episodes. Knowles, Archibald Campbell. Joscelyn Vernon: a story of the days of King Charles the First. Phil., G: W. Jacobs & Co., 1898. [3314 Founded on events of the religious political war that devastated England in the 17th century. The hero, Joscelyn Vernon, is supposed to have been a soldier of King Charles I. He tells how he came to go to war; how he joined Lord Herbert and had an adventure; how Monmouth was taken; of his meeting with a strange messenger on the way to Tinterne; of a night-watch at Tinterne; how the battle of Naseby was lost; how he was taken prisoner and met Cromwell; and other incidents of English history and in the life of Dorothy Arden.

*Knox, J: The history of the Reformation of religion within the realm of Scotland; ed. for popular use by C. J. Guthrie; with notes, summary, glossary, index. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 26+364 p. il. 12o, cl., $2.50.

[3315

Lagerlöf, Selma. The story of Gösta Berling; from the Swedish, by Pauline Bancroft Flach. Bost.. Little, Brown & Co., 1898. [3316

6+473 p. D. cl., $1.75.

C.
Gösta Berling is an unfrocked minister who, having

lost his parish because of his devotion to corn brandy,

becomes one of the pensioners of Ekeby, a wild com

pany living in free quarters on the estate of a great mine-owner. The action of the story covers little more than a year. The story is founded on actual occur. rences, and depicts the life in the province of Värmland at the beginning of this century Värmland is a lonely tract in the southern part of Sweden, and has retained many of its old customs, while mining is the principal industry. Miss Lagerlöf grew up here, and gives some fine descriptions of scenery. The book was first published in Sweden in 1894.

Lamb, C: and Mary. Poetry for children: il. by Winifred Green, with a prefatory note by Israel Gollancz. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. nar. 12°, cl., $1. [3317 Lang, Andrew. Coleridge; il. by Patten Wilson. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., [1898.] 43+245 p. il. D. (Selections from the poets ser.) cl., $1.25. [3318 Lawrance, W: V. The loves of Laos in sonnets sung. Cin., O., The Editor Publishing Co, [1898.] c. 150 p. D. cl., $1. [3319 Lawton, W. C. The successors of Homer. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 201 p. 12°, cl., $1.50. [3320

Loughead, Mrs. Flora Haines. The black curtain. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898. C. 4+369 p. D. cl., $1.50.

[3321

The scene is among the foot-hills of California, on the sea-coast not far from San Francisco. The hero and heroine, Mr. Paul and Miss Judith, unknown to each other, simultaneously take possession of the same section of government land in the woods. The friendly contest as to which is the rightful owner is admirably described, and is an important and interesting part of the story. A black curtain in Mr. Paul's cottage, and guarded very watchfully by him, figures conspicuously, giving rise to sundry natural conjectures on the part of Miss Judith. Just what was behind it, and how closely connected with Miss Judith it was, and much more, including a charming love-story -all this is contained in Mrs. Loughead's volume.

Mabie, Hamilton Wright. Essays on work and culture. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898. C. 2-247 p. D. cl., $1.25. [3322 Contents: Tool or man?; The man in the work;

Work as self-expression; The pain of youth; The year of wandering; The ultimate test; Liberation; The larger education; Fellowship; Work and pessimism; The educational attitude; Special training; General training; The ultimate aim; Securing right conditions; Concentration; Relaxation; Recreation; Ease of mood; Sharing the race fortune; The imagination in work; The play of the imagination; Character; Freedom and self-consciousness; Consummation.

Macleod, H: Dunning. Indian currency. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 9+55 p. O. cl., $1. [3323 MacNaughton, Eleanor Le Sueur. Meadowhurst children, and other tales. Cin., O., The Editor Publishing Co., 1898. C. 4+ 153 p. il. D. hf. cl., $1. [3324 Maynard, Cora. The letter and the spirit. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., 1898. C. 3+330 p. il. D. cl., $1.25. [3325 The misery that lurks under silk and jewels, and the heavy hearts that attend exhibitions, operas, galleries and festivities in fashionable New York society, are uncovered in this story of modern married life of wholly unsympathetic natures. Creeds without heart, holiness without charity, are held responsible for the hollowness of society. The value of the letter learned in the right spirit is brought home to many a typical case of the society evils that lie about all thinking people. One of the heroines is musically gifted in a rare degree.

*Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa, ["Ennis Graham," pseud.] The magic nuts; il. by Rosie M. M. Pitman. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 8+194 p. 12°, cl., $1.25. [3326 Morgan, G: John Littlejohn of J.: being in particular an account of his remarkable entanglement with the king's intrigues against General Washington. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1898. c. '96. 281 p. D. (Lippincott's select novels, no. 210.) cl., pap., 50 c. See notice, 12, 1896, [1298.]

$1;

[3327

Weekly Record," P. W., December

Muirhead, Ja. Fullarton. The land of contrasts: a Briton's view of his American kin. Bost., Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1898. c. 8+ 282 p. O. cl., $1.50.

[3328 This work is the result of several visits of years' duration, during which the author visited every state and territory in the Union in gathering statistics and information for "Baedeker's handbook to the United States." While not ignoring the defects of American civilization, the author's chief aim has been to dwell

In

rather on those features in which it seems to him "John Bull may learn from Brother Jonathan." strong, epigrammatic English he sketches the contrasts of American society, American women, the American child, our sports and amusements, journalism, etc.

*Mull, E. E. Practical handbook of business law. Rev. ed. N. Y., E. E. Mull, 52 E. 23d St., 1898. C. 93 p. D. cl., 75 c.

[3329 Munro, Neil. John Splendid: the tale of a poor gentleman and the little wars of Lorn. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898. 3+475 p. D. cl., $1.50.

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An historical tale of the days of Montrose, in which Alexander Gordon, the great Scottish Covenanter, is one of the most important characters. John Splendid is supposed to have been a poor cousin of the great marquis who had gone through two fortunes in black cattle, fought valiantly here and there, and at the time the story opens was manager of some Scottish silver mines. He traced almost all the disasters that fell upon the Scotch to the introduction of book-learning. The events of the Covenanting days are once more told by a new writer of spirit and learning. Nash, L. L.. D.D. Spiritual life; with an introd. by Bp. O. P. Fitzgerald. Nashville, Tenn.. Publishing House Methodist Episcopal Church, South, (Barbee & Smith, Agts.,) 1898. C. 2-203 p. D. cl., 75 c. [3331 Discusses the spiritual sphere; The natural man; The

awakened man; Repentance: Regeneration; Spiritual growth; The law, unity, and fruit of spiritual growth, etc. Newth, G. S. A manual of chemical analysis, qualitative and quantitative. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. 12+462 p. D. cl., net, $1.75.

[3332 Ollivant, Alfred. Bob, son of battle. N. Y., Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. 356 p. D. cl., $1.25.

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tal line of the gray dogs of Kenmuir." The tale is of Bob, son of battle, is a dog, "the last of the immorshepherds of the extreme north of England and their dogs, their rivalries and contests into which the human and canine races enter with the same interest and during which they develop the same traits of character. The hero, Adam M. Adam, a widower, idolizing his dead wife and cruelly treating her only son, is an original character whom the reader hates and loves and pities and despises in almost equal measure. Oman, C: W: Chadwick. England and the hundred years' war, (1327-1485 A.D.) N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1898. 2-168 p. S. (Oxford manuals of English history.) cl., net, $1.50.

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Parker, Gilbert. The battle of the strong: a romance of two kingdoms. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898. c. '97, 98. 3+ 466 p. maps, D. cl.. $1.50.

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of the potent charm of a historic atmosphere. The

As in his previous novels, Mr. Parker avails himself

scenes are laid in the Isle of Jersey and in France. The story opens in January. 1781, when a company of capture the island from the British. The characters French soldiers was sent by the king of the French to are largely inhabitants of the coveted island, who fight, run, make love, and enact comedy. The French Revolution casts its lurid light upon the scene, as does the war of the Vendée.

Parkman, Francis. Works. New library ed. In 12 v. Vs. 1 and 2. Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1898. c, '65-'97. 25+493; 17+586 p. por. map, O. cl., ea., $2; hf. cf., $4.50; hf. levant, $6. [3336

Contents: V. 1, Pioneers of France in the new world; v. 2, Jesuits in North America. The text of this edition is that of the latest issue of each work prepared for the press by the author He carefully revised and added to several of his works, in the light of new documentary evidence. The indexes have been entirely remade. Illustrated with twenty-four photogravure plates from historical portraits and from original drawings and paintings.

*Peabody, Cecil Hobart. Thermodynamics of the steam-engine and other heat-engines. 4th ed., rewritten and reset. N. Y., J: Wiley & Sons, 1898. 6+522 p. 8°, cl., $5. [3337 Perine, G: C., comp. Poets and verse-writers of Maryland; with selections from their works. Cin., O., The Editor Publishing Co., 1898. C. 4+318+2 p. O. cl., $1.50. [3338 Extracts and selections are given from seventy-five Maryland poets; they are preceded by brief biographical sketches.

Peterman, Alex. L. Elements of civil government: a text-book for use in public schools, high schools, and normal schools. New Jersey ed. N. Y., American Book Co., [1898.] c. '91. 2-248 p. D. cl., 60 c. [3339 Petronius Arbiter. Trimalchio's dinner; tr. from the original Latin, with an introd. and bibliographical appendix. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898. C. 10+202 p. il. D. cl., $1.50.

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This fragment is all that survives of a novel written by Petronius, the elegantiarum arbiter of the Emperor Nero, whom readers of to-day learned to know chiefly through "Quo vadis." Trimalchio is a rich, vulgar freedman, living under the Empire. He gives a dinner which includes men and women of all ranks of life. The details of the dinner are given in full, with the conversations of the guests.