W: Wood & Co., 1887. O. (Encyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology, v. 1.) cl., subs. [for complete work, 12 v., $16.50.] *Clapp, R. M. The law in patents and decisions of the courts in patent cases; comp. from official reports, covering a period of over twenty-five years,, with references to law reports, [etc.] Burlington, Vt., The Author, [R. M. Clapp,] 1885. C. 8+777 p. O. cl., $4. Cooper, Susan Fenimore. Rural hours. New ed., abridged. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. 5+334 p. S. cl., $1.25. Countess of Monte Cristo ; a sequel to the "Count of Monte Cristo," by Alex. Dumas ; tr. by Jacob Abarbanell. N. Y., J: W. Lovell Co., [1887.] 2 pts., 189; 176 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 891.) pap., ea. 20 c. Crawford, F. Marion. Saracinesca. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1887. c. 4+432 p. D. cl., $1.50. The scene is laid entirely among the patrician society of Rome in the year 1865-a class that Mr. Crawford has carefully studied and observed. The Prince Saracinesca, his only son and heir Giovanni, and a beautiful girl whom the latter loves, the Duchesse d'Astrardente, who is married to an infirm old man, are the leading characters. There is also a political element in the story, one of the characters being a spy of the Liberal cause. good deal of society gossip and excellent delineation of Roman scenes and characters make it a most delightful novel. Curry, Lily. Drops of blood. Α N. Y. J. S. Ogilvie & Co., [1887.] 189 p. S. (Fireside ser., no. 22.) cl., 50 c.; pap., 25 c. Contains 14 short stories: The curtain of death; Uncommonly common; One woman's work; Peace Ellithorpe; Out of the world; A talkative man; Very interesting; On the old red roof; Felix Gray; The colonel's widow; Lilith; The cherry-picker; The wine-bottle; The last act. Donovan, J. W. Secrets of success; or, how to make a fortune; also giving hints and helps how to use money; how to secure happiness. N. Y., J. S. Ogilvie & Co., [1887.] 133 P. D. (Fireside ser., no. 21.) cl., 50 c.; pap., 25 c. *Edwards, W. H. Butterflies of North America. V. 3, p. 2. Colias Harfordii and C. Barbara, Neonympha I., Gemma and Henshawi, Argynnis IV., Coronis, Argynnis Callippe. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. 3 col. pl. Q. pap., net, $2.25. *Fallows, S:, D.D., ed. The supplemental dictionary. Bost.. The Interstate Pub. Co., 1887. O. lib. shp., $3.75; hf. mor., $4.50. Farley's (A. C. & Co.) reference directory of the booksellers, stationers, and printers in the United States and Canada, [1887-8.] Phil., A. C. Farley & Co., 1887. C. 5-375+63 p. O. cl., subs., net, $15. Comprises lists of booksellers, stationers, printers, publishers, paper-dealers, bookbinders, paper-box manufacturers, and news-dealers of U. S. and Canada arranged geographically and alphabetically under states and cities; also lists of the purchasing agents of stationery for the railroads in the United States and Canada, and the names of the buyers of wholesale houses. *Folk-songs of Italy; specimens, with translations and notes, from each province; prefatory treatise by Miss R. H. Busk. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1887. S. vellum, $2. Fosdick, C: A., [" Harry Castlemon," pseud.] Our fellows; or, skirmishes with the Swamp Dragoons. Phil., Porter & Coates, [1887]. c. '72, '86, '87. 304 p. S. cl., $1.25. A story of Mississippi some forty years ago. The boy who tells the story is sixteen when he begins the narrative; our fellows" are his "chums" of the adjacent plantations. The Choctaw Indians, then very numerous in the South, gave them a great deal of trouble; added to the Indian depredations were the attacks of the "Swamp Dragoons," a set of lawless young men hiding in the swamps. With these episodes and many hunting adventures the book does not lack excitement. *Franklin, B: Complete works; comp. and ed. by J: Bigelow. In 10 v. V. 2. N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, 1887. 13+533 p. il. O. cl., subs., $5. [Edition limited to 600 copies.] Fuller, Andrew S. The illustrated strawberry culturist. N. Y., O. Judd Co., 1887. c. 59 p. il. D. flex. cl., 50 c. Contains the history, sexuality, field and garden culture of strawberries, forcing or pot culture, how to grow from seed, hybridizing, and all other information necessary to enable everybody to raise their own strawberries; together with a description of new varieties and a list of the best of the old sorts. The first edition of this work was written twenty-five years ago; as now presented it is almost entirely a new work. British remains, *Gomme, G: Laurence, ed. Gentleman's Magazine library being a classified collection of the chief contents of the Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1868. In 14 V. V. 7, Romanopt. I. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. O. cl., $2.50; Roxburgh, net, $3.50; large-paper ed. (50 copies only), Roxburgh, net, $6. *Gould, James. A treatise on the principles of pleading in civil actions. 4th ed., with notes, adapted to the New York code of procedure, by G: Gould. 5th ed., by Franklin Fiske Heard. Alb., W: Gould, Jr., & Co., 1887. c. 21+581 p. O. shp., $5. *Gunter, Archibald Clavering. Mr. Barnes, of New York: a novel. N. Y., Deshler, Welch & Co., 1887. D. pap., 50 c. *Gynecological transactions, v. 11, being the proceedings of the 11th annual meeting of the American Gynææcological Soc., held in Balt., Md.. Sept. 21, 22, 23, 1886. N. Y., Appleton, 1887. 516 p. O. cl., $5. Haggard, H. Rider. Dawn. N. Y., Norman L. Munro, [1887.] 416 p. D. (Munro's lib., no. 724.) pap., 20 c. *Haggard, H. Rider. King, Solomon's mines: N. Y., Harper, 1887. 10+274 p. S. a novel. hf. cl., 75 c. *Haggard, H. Rider. She. N. Y., Harper, 1887. S. (Harper's handy ser., no. 126.) pap., 25 C. *Hale, E.: E. Ten times one is ten : the possible reformation. New cheap ed. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1887. S. pap., 30 c. *Hardy, T: The woodlanders: a novel. N. Y., Harper, 1887. 364 p. S. hf. cl., 75 c. Hardy, T: The woodlanders: a novel. N. Y., Norman L. Munro, [1887.] 307 p. D. (Munro's lib., no. 725.) pap., 20 c. Haweis, Rev. H. R. The story of the four (Evangelists.) N. Y., T: Y. Crowell & Co., 1886. 21+203 p. D. (Christ and Christianity.) cl., $1.25. The first volume of the series comprised under the general title, "Christ and Christianity.' Deals with the sources of the gospel narrative, and the historic environments of eye-witnesses. Contents: Mark, the citizen's story; Matthew, the publican's story; Luke, the physician's story; John, the fisherman's story; The physician's diary (Acts); The fisherman's cryptograph (Revelation). He; by the author of "It," "King Solomon's wives," etc. N. Y., G: Munro, [1887.] 132 p. D. (Seaside lib., pocket ed., no. 966.) pap., 10 C. "He" is a burlesque of H. Rider Haggard's "She." Contains also two stories by John Strange Winter, "A siege baby" and "Childhood memories." *Herrmann, Gustav. The graphical statics of mechanism: a guide for the use of machinists, architects, and engineers; also a text-book for technical schools; tr. and annotated by A. P. Smith. N. Y., D. Van Nostrand, 1887. D. 7 folding pl. cl., $2. *Illinois. Appellate Courts. Reports of decisions; by James B. Bradwell. V. 20, cont. all the remaining opinions of the first district filed in 1886, and a portion of those filed in Jan. and Feb., 1887; and all the remaining opinions of the fourth district, up to and including a portion of those filed Jan. 8, 1887. Chic., Callaghan & Co., 1887. c. 9-723 P. O. shp., $3.50. *Kansas. Supreme Court. Reports of cases, by C. F. W. Dassler. V. 21, cont. a revised reprint of all cases reported in v. 21 of the Kansas reports, with notes and ref., etc., also notes of current case law, by J: C. Thomson, [1878-1879.] St. Paul, West Publishing Co., 1887. c. 589 p. O. shp., $5. *King, T. Starr. Christianity and humanity; new ed. with a memoir by E. P. Whipple. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. D. cl., reduced to $1.50. *Knowlton, Helen M. Hints for pupils in drawing and painting. New ed. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. II. S. cl., $1. Lean, Mrs. Francis, [formerly Florence Marryat.] Why not? N. Y., J: W. Lovell Co., [1887] 263 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 931.) pap., 20 C. Lockwood, Ingersoll, [Irwin Longman.] How to be witty; or, old saws with new teeth; il. by W. T. Longman. N. Y., G. W. Dillingham, 1887. c. 86. 4+117 p. sq. S. pap., 75 c. A new rendering and a fresh application of old stories and proverbs; a little humorous volume designed simply to entertain. Lockwood, Ingersoll, [Irwin Longman.] 1000 legal don'ts; or, the lawyer's occupation gone: a legal remembrancer, instructor, and adviser for those who have no time to read big books. N. Y., G. W. Dillingham, 1887. C. 143 P. sq. S. cl., 75 c. These 1000 legal maxims relate to the following subjects in their legal aspects: agency; contracts; constitutional law; crimes; evidence; landlord and tenant; liens; marriage and divorce; notes, checks, etc.; partnership; persons under disabilities; real property; trusts and trustees; wills, etc. *Longfellow, H: W. The golden legend; with notes by S: Arthur Bent, pt. 2. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. S. (Riverside lit. ser., no. 26.) pap., net, 15 c. Macaulay, T: B., [Lord.] The Earl of Chatham. N. Y., Cassell & Co., [1887.] 192 p. T. (Cassell's national lib., no. 65.) pap., 10 C. McPherson, E, ed. The Tribune almanac and political register for 1887. The Tribune AsSoc., [1887] 100 p. D. pap., 30 c. Contents: Abstract of laws passed at the first session, 49th Congress; party platforms of states, 1886; members of the 49th and 50th Congress; gold and silver tables; executive and departmental officers U. S.; diplomatic officers, judicial officers, foreign legations in U. S., etc.; revenue and expenditures: tariff votes; appropriations, 1884-1887; foreign immigration, etc., etc. *Michigan. Supreme Court. Reports; cases decided from May 13, 1885, to Sept. 29, 1885. V. 57. Chic., Callaghan & Co., 1887. c. 15+ 694 p. D. shp., $3.50. *Mitchell, S. Weir, M.D. Wear and tear; or, hints for the overworked. 5th ed., rev. and enl. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1887. S. cl., $1. *Morton, A. Stanford. Refraction of the eye; its diagnosis and the correction of its errors. 3d ed. Phil., P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1886. 8+67 p. D. cl., $1. Moulton, C. W., comp. Prize selections; being familiar quotations from English and American poets, from Chaucer to the present time. Bost., D. Lothrop Co., 1887. c. 4-242 p. S. cl., $1. The publishers offer a series of cash prizes to the persons who are able to name the authors of the greatest number of these selections. The quotations are numbered, embracing 825 extracts from popular and obscure sources. *Murray, Rev. Andrew. The children for Christ. N. Y., A. D. F. Randolph & Co., 1887. S. cl., $1.25. *Nason, H. B., ed. Biographical record of the officers and graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1824 to 1887; with introduction by B: H. Hall. Troy, N. Y., W: H. Young, 1887. 614 p. por. O. cl., $2; $2.50; hf. mor., $4. *New York. A digest of New York statutes and reports from Jan. 1, 1886, to Jan. 1, 1887, with tables of statutes, constitutional provisions, rules of court, and cases cited; by Austin Abbott. N. Y., Diossy & Co., 1887. c. 38+ 466 p. O. shp., $4. *New York. Court of Appeals. Reports of cases, from and including the decisions of Oct. 5, 1886, to and including all the decisions, save one, of Dec. 17, 1886; with notes, [etc.;] by H. E. Sickels, state rep. V. 103. Alb., Weed, Parsons & Co., 1887. c. 23+788 p. O. shp., $2.50. Nicholson, H: Alleyne. Text-book of zoology for junior students. 4th ed., rev. and enl. N. Y., Appleton, 1887. 8+388 p. D. cl., $1.60. Has undergone a thorough revision and been brought up to the present standard of knowledge. The general plan and classification of previous editions have not been changed. The more important recent additions to our acquaintance with the existing or extinct fauna of the world have, however, been noticed in the text, and fresh illustrations introduced where they appeared desirable. Oliphant, Mrs. Marg. O. W. A poor gentleman. N. Y., J: W. Lovell Co., [1887.] 345 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 925.) pap., 20 c. 222 p. *Oswald, Felix L., M.D. The poison problem; or, the cause and cure of intemperance. New ed. N. Y., Appleton, 1887. S. pap., 25 c. Pearse, Mark Guy. Some aspects of the blessed life. N. Y., Phillips & Hunt, 1887. c. S. cl., 75 c. Meditations upon the Psalms by the author of "Thoughts on holiness." *Prime, W: C. Holy cross: a history of the invention, preservation, and disappearance of the wood known as the true cross. New ed. N. Y., A. D. F. Randolph & Co., 1887. S. cl., $1.25. Raffensperger, Mrs. A. F. Fritz's ranch: a book for boys. N. Y., American Tract. Soc., [1887.] c. 195 p. il. D. cl., 90 c. Mrs. Fahnestock with her boy Fritz, a lad of fourteen, being left destitute in St. Louis by the death of her husband, writes to her brother in Kansas, asking him for help. He sends her a draft and makes her an offer to come out to Kansas and occupy a little house on his farm, around which are five acres of land. This becomes Fritz's ranch, and through his industry and enterprise a source of profit and income to himself and his mother. A healthy story of Western life that all boys will like. Reddall, H: F: Who was he? six short stories about some of the mysterious characters and well-kept secrets of modern times. N. Y., Phillips & Hunt, 1887. c. 300 p. D. cl., $1. The subjects of these stories are Louis the seventeenth, "the lost heir of the Bourbons;" "The unknown of the Bastile," designated in French state annals as "the man of the iron mask;" Kaspar Hauser, the foundling of Nuremberg; The wandering Jew; Junius and the Junius quest; and the youth who fell from crown to kitchen, and some similar strange stories. *Rossetti, Dante G. Dante and his circle; with the Italian poets preceding him, (1100-12001300.) Bost., Roberts Bros., 1886. O. cl., $3.50. Ruskin, J: Thoughts of beauty and words of wisdom; from the writings of J: Ruskin; ed. with an introduction by Rose Porter. Bost., D. Lothrop Co., 1887. c. 290 p. D. (Spare minute ser.) cl., $1. In preparing this volume Miss Porter has confined herself to Ruskin's discourses on nature, morals, and religion, for the reason that they are less known to general readers than those that deal with art and kindred topics; yet they are full of revelations of the wonders of sky and cloud, mountain and rock, trees, mosses, grass, and flowers. She has made her selections with discrimination and judg ment. *St. Alphonsus de Liguori. Complete ascetical works; from the Italian; ed. by Rev. Eugene Grimm. Centenary ed. In 18 v. V. 1-5. N. Y., Benziger Bros., 1887. Ea., S. cl., net, $1.25. *Smiley, Sarah F. Garden graith; or, talks among my flowers. New red-line ed. N. Y., A. D. F. Randolph & Co., 1887. S. canvas, $1.50. Stinde, Julius. Woodland tales. N. Y., T: Whittaker, 1887. 4+199 p. D. cl., $1. Six short stories of German life by the author of "The Buchholz family," entitled "Aunt Juliana," "His stupid wife," "Brother Johannis," "Three times ten years," "Bello," "Princess Goldhair." Struggle (A) for the right; or, tracking the truth. N. Y., G: Munro, [1887.] 245 p. D. (Seaside lib., pocket ed., no. 964.) pap., 20 c. Taylor, B: F. Theophilus Trent: old times in the Oak Openings. Chic., S. C. Griggs & Co., 1887. c. 8+250 p. D. cl., $1. Theophilus Trent is a young schoolmaster from the East, who settles in North-western Michigan in its early days. His experience as the principal of the Bodkins Institution is extremely amusing and also full of information. Theophilus' courtship, marriage, and wedding-tour are pleasing episodes in the narrative, and we only take leave of him when ill-health forces him to return to the East and forever take leave of Oak Openings. Scenes AMERICAN TRACT SOC., N. Y. Raffensperger, Fritz's ranch... from early life in the settlements give a special interest to the story. *Taylor, C. F., M.D., and Waugh, W. F., M.D. Manual of treatment: a concise presentation of the modern methods of treating disease. Phil., published by the Medical World, 1887. 532 p. O. cl., $4. Thoroddsen, Jon Thordssön. Sigrid: an Icelandic love story; from the Danish by C. Chrest; ed. by T: Tapper, jr. N. Y., T: Y. Crowell & Co., [1887.] c. 4+286 p. D. cl., $1.25. The author of this volume is one of Iceland's most eminent poets of recent times; he is extremely popular with all classes and extensively read. "Sigrid," though a prose novel, carries out his reputation as a poet; its theme is delicately handled, and its descriptions rich in word-painting. Sigrid is a little shepherd-girl, who has her love affair, which promises for a time to be most unhappy. Both the town-life and country-life of the Icethinking, modes of living, and common intercourse. landic people are sketched, with their different ways of *Ultzmann, Rob., M.D. Pyuria; or, pus in the urine, and its treatment: comprising the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic urethritis, prostatitis, cystitis, and pyelitis, with especial reference to their local treatment; tr. by Dr. Walter B. Platt. N. Y., Appleton, 1886. D. cl., $1. Warren, S: Ten thousand a year. N. Y., J: W. Lovell Co., [1887.] 3 pts., 328; 1+329641; 1+642-985 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 935.) pap., ea. 20 c. *Western reporter, v. 6. All cases determined in the courts of last resort, as follows: Mich., Ohio, Ind., Ill., Mo., [1886;] with notes, [etc.] Robert Desty, ed. Rochester, The Lawyers' Co-operative Pub. Co., 1887. c. 1109 p. O. shp., $5. *Wilde, Lady, ["Speranza," pseud.] Ancient legends, mystic charms, and superstitions of Ireland; with a chapter on the ancient races of Ireland, by the late Sir W: Wilde. Bost., Ticknor & Co., 1887. 2 v., O. cl., $5. Winter, J: Strange, [pseud. for Mrs. H. E. V. Stannard.] Garrison gossip; gathered in Blankhampton: a novel. N. Y., Harper, [1887] 48 p. Q. (Harper's Franklin sq. lib., no. 578.) pap., 15 c. A light gossipy story of love and marriage. *Ziegler, Ernest. A text-book of pathological anatomy and pathogenesis; tr. and ed. for English students by Donald Macalister, M.D. N. Y., W: Wood & Co., 1887. 1118 p. il. O. cl., $5.50; leath., $6.50. ORDER LIST. CALLAGHAN & Co., Chic. 90 Illinois, Appellate cts., reports, v. 20 (Brad- D. APPLETON & Co., N. Y. Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth pulpit. $1.00 Gynecological transactions, v. II... Nicholson, Zoölogy, 4th ed., rev. and enl. Oswald, The poison problem, new ed.... 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Ir is gratifying to note that, so shortly after the discussion of the decline of the ugly quarto reprints and their equally objectionable paper-bound sixteenmo progeny, a reaction has begun in the right direction and that at last there appears on the horizon of readers the forerunner of honestlymade and cheap literature. We refer more particularly to the issues in the department of fiction. Such books, for instance, as Baldine," "Jess," "The Woodlanders," and others recently published by Harper & Bros., all excellent literature by standard authors, are books that are books sold at a moderate price. Handy in shape; set in readable type, carefully printed on substantial white paper, with black not muddy ink—and, above all, daintily bound in cloth with paper sides, these are volumes that are not only an intellectual feast, but decidedly pleasing to the eye. Books that can and will be preserved, and that will have more influence in cultivating a taste for 44 good literature than a whole year's issue of the so-called cheap" literature. The half-bound novels issued by the J. B. Lippincott Company also are in the right direction, and so, for that matter, are the neat paper editions published by the Appletons and Charles Scribner's Sons. We were never afraid that the poor trash would hold out forever, and only regret that it has been deferred to so long by those who especially had it in their power to head it off at once. PUBLISHERS. THE J. B. Lippincott Company have once more given evidence in the recent publication of the new improved edition of "Worcester's Unabridged Dictionary," that they wish to be aut Cæsar aut nullus. Certainly, whatever one's opinion or prejudice may be, it cannot be denied that they have succeeded in making a prodigiously fine volume of that compendious lexicographical work. As to the quality; merits, and standing of this work, these have been too long fixed and approved by the great literary minds of the Englishwill therefore confine ourselves to pointing out speaking world to need any tribute of ours. some of the differences of the first and last issues. We THE publishers, and the public also, are, or should be, eagerly interested in the trial which has been in progress for a fortnight past in regard to the disinfecting of rags. The basis of the trial is the claim that, taking advantage of a popular fear of cholera infection by means of im- | WORCESTER'S DICTIONARY AND ITS ported rags, which fear the parties in interest had more or less promoted, the health officer at this port and other persons concerned in, or having influence with, the powers of national and state quarantine, "put up a job" to turn an un-honest penny by compelling rag importers to pay tribute to the proprietors of a disinfecting process into whose hands they were playing. As the facts are now before a court at law, it is scarcely proper to pass verdict on them by "newspaper trial." But it is proper to point out how the wheels of commerce can be put out of gear by incompetent and dishonest officials, and how important, practically, it is that business men should do all that they can to promote the appointment or election of honest ones and the peremptory disposal of dishonest ones. The general complaint of those most competent to know was that disinfection in most of the cases in which it was forced was quite unnecessary; that the process designated spoiled a good part of the rags; that the result was to increase the cost of paper stock, and, finally, that the entire business of publishing and printing was threatened with serious disarrangement by this small manifestation of official corruption. We trust this case will be fought out to the end, and guilty parties punished in person as well as by pecuniary loss. In 1860 there appeared in Boston, with the imprint of Hickling, Swan & Brewer, an illustrated royal quarto volume of over 1800 pages, entitled "A Dictionary of the English Language," by Joseph Emerson Worcester LL.D. The volume had been printed by H. O. Houghton & Co., then as now ranking among the best printers of the country, and at once attracted attention by its neat typography and beautiful presswork. The author, a son of Jesse Worcester (well known by his contributions to the press), a graduate of Yale, had already achieved an enviable reputation as a lexicographer. His gazetteers and dictionaries had from the start been commended for completeness and perspicuity. This new work was formed on a plan similar to that of his Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English Language," published in 1846, but was much larger and more comprehensive. Assisted by Messrs. R. Soule, Jr., W. A. Wheeler, Loomis J. Campbell, W. P. |