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N the list of holiday books on the following five pages you will find many well-known names-F. Marion Crawford, Alice Morse Earle, James Lane Allen, Frank R. Stockton, etc. New books by these authors appeal to all; and the list contains other books the subjects of which make them easily of the first importance in their year or decade of publication. Bismarck: Some Secret Pages of his History-the most remarkable book of the year. A Diary kept by Dr. Busch, during twenty-five years of closest association with Prince Bismarck; its amazing revelations aroused the greatest excitement in the German papers, but even they admit its trustworthiness. Mr. Crawford's new book, Ave Roma Immortalis, that is, "Hail, Immortal Rome," is not a novel, but the story of Rome told as only he can tell it, born in the city, familiar with thrilling traditions no novelist would dare invent, and a master of the story-telling art. In two illustrated volumes, it is a gift book most desirable. 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In ART there is a less expensive edition, yet with even more illustrations, of Malcolm Bell's Sir Edward Burne-Jones; in FICTION a new book by Henry James, an illustrated edition of The Choir Invisible, and also those curiously "eerie" short stories by Mrs. Elia Peattie entitled The Shape of Fear; for younger readers, Four-Footed Americans, by Mrs. Wright, the author of "Tommy-Anne," stands alone and unapproachable. Our Stories from American History will please all whom patriotism has roused to a new interest in their country. Two of the new volumes describe scenes in those West Indian seas so lately visited by our ships. Most timely, also, is Prof. Worcester's illustrated work on The Philippine Islands and their People. We believe that every intelligent person is the better for an occasional visit to the bookseller's shop where a well-selected stock enables one to see what the literary world is thinking and talking about. At Christmas time, however, when the shops are full and you may dread the crush, why not mark this list and send it to the bookseller with whom you usually deal, asking him to send you the selected books for your quiet examination at home? We have already informed him that you may do so. In view of the offer of some of the publishers to send their books 66 on approval" direct to purchasers, we request the kindly co-operation of booksellers in carrying out the provisions of the last paragraph of our letter. We will ourselves carry them out only where a bookseller refuses to do so. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. The Macmillan Company's Christmas Books THE STORY OF ROME, by MR. CRAWFORD Headpiece to one of the fourteen divisions of Mr Crawford's text, corresponding to the Regions or Wards of the City, each of which has its own heraldic device. The above is that of the Region X. CAMPITELLI. JAPAN By Mrs. HUGH FRASER, author of "Palladia," etc. Medium 8vo. Beautifully illustrated. Price, $6.00. As the wife of the British Minister to Japan, the author had exceptional opportunities to observe the people and their customs, and had access to unusual sources of information which she has been enabled to use in a striking way. |