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Stevens, T: Scouting for Stan. ley,1188. Through Russia,1220Stevens, W: B. Stoneham,1224. Stevenson, R. L: Ballads; A child's garden of verses, 1168. Stillé, C: J. J: Dickinson, 1196. Stirling, W: Works, 1164. Stix, H: S. Christ the pupil of Buddha, 1208. Stockton, F: R., etc. Eleven possible cases; The Rudder Grangers abroad, 1196. Stoddard, R: H: The lion's cub, 1172.

Stoddard, W: 0. Inside the White House, 1200.

Storey, M. Politics as a duty, 1204.

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Sustos á los regatones, 1200. Suttner, B. v. Die Waffen nieder, 1216.

Swedenborg, E. Spiritual di ary, 1164. Swisshelm, J.G.C. Half a century, 1204.

T., C. J. Folk-lore, Eng., 1164. Russian; Scandinavian, 1192. Tacitus, C. C. Hist. lib. quæ supersunt, 1192. The reign of Tiberius, 1164. T[ailhade], F. Poésies gasconnes, 1216. Taine, H. A.

La France contemporaine, 1176. Taisey-Chatenoy, I.

A la cour

de Napoléon III., 1200. Talhoffer, H. Fechtbuch, 1216. Talleyrand Périgord, C: M. Correspondance, 1176. Mé. moires, 1200. Eng., 1188. Le prince de T., 1176. Tanner, H; S. Map of Penn.; Ohio, 1184.

Tanto le pican al buey, 1200. Tatistcheff, S. Alexandre I., 1212. Taylor, I. A. 1204.

Vice Valentine,

Tellet, R. A draft of Lethe, 1188. Teresa, St. Life, 1164. Tertullianus, Q. S. F. Select works, 1200.

Teuffel, W: S. v. Roman lit.,

1216. Thanet, O. Otto the Knight, 1208. Thayer, W: R. Harv. Univ.,1176. Theal, G: M. S. Africa, 1200. Theuriet, A. Le bracelet de turquoise, 1168. Charme dange. reux, 1220. Mlle. Roche, 1228. Reine des bois, 1196. Thiaudière, E. De l'une à l'autre,

1204.

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Roy. Acad. di Belle Arti. Catalogo, 1196. Vercamer, E. diplomatiques, 1208. Verconsin, E. Saynètes, 1196. Verdadero Liberal. Pax, union, 1200.

Verne, J. Caesar Cascabel,1168. Unwritten Verner, W. First Brit. Rifle Corps, 1168.

Tiffany, N. M. Colony to com- Very, L. L. A. Poems, 1176.

monwealth, 1188. Tilton, S. W.

First book in

color, 1196. Tinseau, L. de. Plus fort que la haine, 1224. Tirard, H. M. and N. Sketches from a Nile steamer, 1216. Tixier, J: L'art rétrospectif, 1194. (Gulbert and Tixier.) Tocqueville, A. C: H: C. de. Régne de Louis XV., 1228. Toner, J. M. Amer. ancestors of G: Washington, 1210. Torrey, D. The Torreys in

Amer, 1184. Totten, C: A. L. Joshua's long day, 1192.

Tourneux, M. Bibliog. de l'hist. de Paris, 1180.

Toy, C. H. Judaism and Christianity, 1168. Traherne, J: P. The salmon, 1176.

Traphagen, F. W. Index, 1204. Traquair, P. A.. Dante ilust.,

1188.

Trembicka, F. Mém. d'une Po. lonaise, 1228. Trumbull, M. M. Free trade struggle in Eng., 1176. Tsar, The, 1200. Tucker, G: F. A quaker home, 1172.

Tuckerman, A. Chemical in

fluence of light, 1204. Tuetey, A. L'hist. de Paris,1180. Turner, E. The cowslip; The daisy, 1196. Tutin, J. R. tionary, 1224. Tuttle, E. R. From soul to soul, 1200.

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Tuttle, H. Religion of man,1168. Tyson, G: E. de. Le glaçon du Polaris, 1216.

U. S. Adj.-Gen. Synonyms of organization. 1196.

Dept. of the Interior. Decisions of Supr. courts, 1196. Navy Dept. Uniform of officers, 1196.

Viaud, J. Le livre de la pitie, 1228.

Vico, G.B. Philos.de l'hist..1196. Villetard, E. Le test. de César

Girodot. (Belot and Villetard.) Vimont, C: Hist. d'un navire, 1216.

Violet-le-Duc, E. E. L'Eglise

abbatiale de Vézelay, 1224. Un hôtel-de-ville, etc., 1188. Virgilius Maro, P. Eneydos; Opera, 1164.

Voisenon, C. H: de F. de. An-
ecdotes lit., 1224.
Wagner, W: R: Letters, 1180.
Waite, H: E. Amer.Navy, 1176.
Walford, L. B. The mischief of
Monica, 1224.

Walker, H. B. Internat. atlas,

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Universal Peace Cong. Pro- Watson, J: Poachers, 1212.

ceedings, 1184. Upham, C. E.

craft, 1220. Upton, II. T.

Salem witch

Our early pres.

idents, 1168. Urbino, L. B. Art recrea.,1200. Vacquerie, A. Futura, 1196. Valdez, A. P. La espuma; Scum, 1200.

Valera, J. Algo de todo, 1204.

Doña Luz, 1200. Pepita Xi menez, 1208.

Valois, N. Le Conseil du Roi,

1188.

Vandal, A. Napoléon, 1204.

Watts, A. M.. M. Pioneers of the spiritual reformation, 1192. Webb, S. Eight hours day,1200.

The London programme, 1224. Webster, N. Yorktown, 1196. Weir, R., etc. Riding, 1200. Weitemeyer, H. Denmark, 1208. Wells, H: P. City boys in the woods, 1180.

Welchinger, H: Le roman de Dumouriez, 1224. Wendell, B. Eng. compos.,1220. Wendell. O. C. Obs. with meridian photometer,1164. (Pick. ering and Wendell.)

Wesselhoft, L. F. The winds, the woods, 1176. West of Scotland Tactical Soc. Present condition, 1224. Westcott, B. F. Relig. thought in the west, 1196. Westermarck, E: Human mar. riages, 1220. Weyman, S. J. The house of the Wolf, 1168. Wharton, E: R. Etyma Latina, 1204. Whately R. Good and evil angels, 1192.

Wheatley, H: B: London, 1184. Whitby, B.. One reason why,

1228. Part of the property,1188. White, A. Tries at truth, 1220. White, A. S. Africa, 1176. Whitford, J: Canary Is., 1176. Whitmore, W: H. Laws of Mass. Colony, 1192.

Wiggin, K..D. Timothy's quest,

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Wilkins, M.. E. N. E. nun,1188. Williams, M. Later leaves,1188. Williams, W: K. Communes of Lombardy, 1196. Willoughby, W. W. and W: F. Government of U. S,, 1196. Wills, C: J. A maiden fair to

see, 1215. (Philips and Wills.) Wilson, D. The right hand, 1220. Wilson, E: L. In Scripture lands, 1220.

Windham, W: Select speeches,

1196.

Winn, W. Boating man's vademecum, 1200. Winslow, W: C. Pilgrim Fathers in Holland, 1196. Winsor, J. Columbus, 1224. Winter, A. N. Y. State Refor matory, 1188.

Wolff, H: W. The Black Forest, 1200. Country of the Vosges, 1224. Watering places of the Vosges, 1200. Wolff, J: E. Clastic feldspar,1224. Woodburn, J. A. Higher education in Indiana, 1228. Woodhead, G. S. Bacteria, 1220. Woodward, C.M. Manual training, 1164.

Woodworth, W: M. The tubellaria, 1200. Woolsey, T. D. Internat. law, 1188.

Wordsworth, C: My early life,

1224.

Wordsworth, E. W: Wordsworth, 1228.

Worth, R: N. Devonshire,1164. Wright, A. Baboo Eng., 1188. Wright, W: Semitic lang., 1172. Yonge, C.. M. Two penniless princesses, 1208. Yriarte, C: E. Autour des Borgia, 1192. Zagoskin, M. N. Tales of three centuries, 1220. Zavala, F. J. Derecho internat. privado, 1188. Zeumer, K: Indices,Mon.Germ. hist.,1214. (Holder-Eggende Zenmer.)

Zilcken, P. Jozef Israëls, 1195. (Netscher and Zilcken.) Zola, E. L'argent, 1204. Zollikofer, G: J. Exercises of piety, 1216.

Aïssé, Mlle. Lettres à Mme. Calandrini; préc. d'une notice par A. Piedagnel. 1878. Argenson, R. L: de V., marquis d'. Rapports inédits du lieutenant de police d'Argenson, 1697-1715; avec introd. etc. par Paul Cottin. Bancroft, H. H. Literary industries; a memoir. Banville, T. F. de. Petit traité de poésie française. Barante, A. G. P: B., baron de. Souvenirs, 17821866; pub. par C. de Barante. Vol. 1. "Le récit est simple, facile, familier même au besoin; l'anecdote l'agrémente souvent d'un trait heureux, et néanmoins la personalité de celui qui parle ne se révèle dans cet entretien, libre de toute contrainte, que par sa réserve et sa modestie. Le fil qui relie ces souvenirs est bien biographique mais l'attention est toute réclamée par la chose publique et par les hommes qui en tiennent en leurs mains les destinées. Nous avons donc là moins une biographie ou une étude historique suivie qu'une sorte de commentaire destiné à expliquer au moyen de renseignements personnels et parfois curieux des événements jugés trop Plutôt que notoires pour les relater de nouveau.

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de piller ces mémoires, nous y renvoyons le lecteur, qui nous saura gré de ne pas les lui déflorer. Il nous suffit de l'avoir alléché, et, le livre une fois entre ses mains, il ne le quittera plus.". Bibl. univ., mars.

Bates, A. The poet and his self.

Bax, E. B. Outlooks from the new standpoint.

"It is divided into three parts, the first containing two historical papers, very readable, and probably the best part of the book; the second containing six papers more or less socialistic, in all of which strong bias is more visible than critical insight; and the third containing three philosophical notes, none of them important, but reminding the reader of the time when Mr. Bax was an authority on such subjects."- Academy, Aug. 22.

Baynes, H. Dante and his ideal.

"An attempt to lay before English readers 'a consis tent view of Dante's trilogy according to the well-known theory of the late Dr. Karl Witte.'"-Sat. rev., July 4. Bolles, F. Land of the lingering snow; chroni

cles of a stroller in New England from January to June. Bos, A. Glossaire de la langue d'oil, 11e-14e siècles; cont. les mots vieux-français hors d'usage, et leur concordance avec le Provençal et l'Italien.

Boulay de la Meurthe, A. comte de. Documents sur la négociation du concordat et sur les autres rapports de la France avec le SaintSiège, 1800-1801. Tome 1.

Boutmy, E. Studies in constitutional law; France; England; the U. S.; tr. by E. M. Dicey, with introd. by A. V. Dicey.

"The foreigner's standpoint from which they are written gives them a delightful freshness and piquancy. The commonplaces of the constitution when described by M. Boutmy cease to be trite. Placed in a new light, and looked at from a new angle of vision, we see points of interest and importance we had ignored before. Combined with a deep and liberal knowledge of our laws and institutions, he possesses in a high degree that faculty of clear and logical disquisition which belongs in some measure to all Frenchmen. When,

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as in the present case, accuracy and a true instinct for the subject are joined to lucidity, the result is all that can be desired." - Spectator, July 25.

Broc, H., vicomte de. France pendant la Révolu

tion. 2 v.

"L'auteur ne s'est nullement proposé d'écrire une histoire complète de la période révolutionnaire; il a voulu simplement montrer dans un récit véridique et

impartial la vie publique de la France à cette époque et animer son tableau par l'esquisse des personnages et des evénements caractéristiques." Revue bleue, 11 juil. Bryson, Mrs. M.. F. J: Kenneth Mackenzie, medical missionary to China. 2d ed. Call, W. M: W. Final causes; a refutation [of the design argument in all its applications]. Camp, W. American football; with 31 portraits. Cappeller, C. Sanscrit-English dictionary; based upon the St. Petersburg lexicon.

Carey, R. N. Our Bessie.

Chasles, V: E. P. L'Arétin, sa vie et ses écrits.

1873.

Clark, A. The colleges of Oxford; their history and traditions; by members of the colleges. "Mr. Clark has, on the whole, been fortunate in his contributors. They have all enjoyed special opportu nities of access to unpublished original authorities; most of them have devoted much time to their work, and they have generally succeeded in presenting the result of their researches in a readable form. Nor could they have worked under a better editor, for apart from the value which his knowledge of history of the University at large adds to these papers, he has set forth the main characteristics of the history of each College in a short preface, which forms the best possible introduction to the study of the ensuing chapters." - Sat. rev., Nov. 14.

Coloma, L: Pequeñeces. 1890. 4 v.
Cooke, Mrs. R. T.

Huckleberries gathered from

New England hills.

Dalin, T. European relations; a Tyrolese sketch. (Unknown lib.)

"The story is extremely thin, and by no means stirring. The pictures of Tyrolese scenery and life are, on the other hand, very prettily presented, and full of life and colour." Sat. rev., Nov. 7.

Davillier, C:, baron. Fortuny, sa vie, son œuvre, sa correspondance. 1875.

Day, C. R. Descriptive catalogue of musical instruments exhibited at the Royal military exhibition. 1890.

De Forest, H. P., and Bates, E: C. History of Westborough, Mass.

Drayton, M. Poems, lyrick, and pastorall. (Spenser Soc.)

Dreyfus, A. Scènes de la vie de théâtre. 1880. Euripides. The Iphigenia at Aulis; ed. with introd. and notes, by E. B. England.

"Mr. England's explanatory notes are subordinate to his critical ones; yet the former are good in their way. But he is naturally disposed in dealing with a text so manifestly vitiated to dispose of any incidental difficulty by simply striking out the line a procedure which, convenient as it may seem, is not we think, jus. tified in every case where it has been adopted. Now and again we find a tendency to reject lines because they are not strong, not apposite, or not what Euripi. des would or ought to have written. That is a dangerous criterion to adopt, and would play havoc with far sounder texts than the one to which Mr. England has devoted much labour, and for which he has performed no inconsiderable services." Sat. rev., Oct. 3.

Faguet, E. La tragédie française au 16e siècle.

1550-1600. 1883.

Fergusson, J. History of modern styles of architecture. 3d ed. rev. by R. Kerr. 2 v.

"The short Life of Fergusson by Mr. William White, at the beginning of the first volume, is full of interest, and shows Fergusson to have been a man of extraordinary energy and power of work. Though not a profes. sional architect, his knowledge of the subject was re

markably wide, and he was well acquainted with the more technical branches of the subject, such as the principles of construction, and the use of different materials. The long list of literary works which he has left contains much that is readable, though not in a wholly undiluted form, and it is to be feared that the present editor has done little to correct its shortcomings or add to its original value."- Sat. rev., Aug. 15. Féval, P. H: C. La reine des épees. 2e éd. Flaubert, G. Correspondance, 1854-69. Fleury, J: Monsieur Tringle. 1866.

Fremont, Mrs. J. B. The will and the way stories. Gérard de Nerval, G. L. Le rêve et la vie; Les filles du feu; La Bohème galante. [2e éd.]

1868.

Gibbins, H: de B.

History of commerce in Eu

rope. "Intended primarily for commercial classes in schools. Mr. Gibbins has very conveniently ar. ranged his book in sections, and upon these sections has based useful tables of questions which form altogether a capital index to the thoroughness of his work. He has with excellent judgement dealt with the hindrances to development that commerce has suffered, and not confined his narrative to a connected statement of progress. Thus we find the operations of treaties and the influence of wars duly noted. The maps of trade routes, spheres of commercial centres, and so forth, will be found very serviceable."-Sat. rev., Aug.

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Grant, R. The Carletons; a novel.
Greenwood, T: Public libraries; a history of the

movement and a manual for the management of rate supported libraries. 4th ed. Griswold, W. M. Descriptive list of British novels.

Grosclaude. Les gaietés de l'année; illust. par Caran d'Ache. 1886-[87] 2 v. Guettée, R. F. V., l'abbé. Histoire de l'Eglise de France, composée sur les documents originaux et authentiques. 1857. 12 v. Hall, H. Antiquities and curiosities of the exchequer, with pref. by Sir J: Lubbock. (Camden Soc.)

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"Mr. Hall has long made a special study of the antiquities and curiosities of the Exchequer, and is probably as deeply versed in the 'Dialogus' and the subjects to which it relates as any writer in this country. He has shown thorough acquaintance with the minutiae of Exchequer practice, and the strangely persistent survi val of its almost mystic rites, and we are glad that by collecting his work on this subject he has made it more accessible to students. In a short preface, Sir John Lubbock expresses his belief that, if the succeeding volumes are as well done as that by Mr. Hall, the series will be both valuable and interesting.' -Athenæum, Nov. 14.

Hawker, M.. (pseud. L. Falconer). d'Angleterre and other stories.

lib.)

The Hôtel (Unknown

Contents. Tho Hôtel d'Angleterre. -The violin obbligato. A rainy day. - Granny Lovelock at home. — Miss A wdrey at home.

"The style of the writer is as neat and picturesque as ever; but this hardly compensates the reader for the poverty of her matter." - Athenæum, July 25.

Henley, W: E. Lyra heroica; a book of verse for boys.

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"Mr. Henley ranges from Drayton to Mr. Rudyard Kipling, and he has been especially fortunate in his solicitations to those not always generous persons who control the reproduction of modern authors' work. It is a very fine book, which will, we hope, help to keep the blood of many English boys from the wretched and morbid stagnation of modernity.'" Sat. rev., Nov. 7. Henty, G: A. The dash for Khartoum; a tale of the Nile expedition.

Held fast for England; a tale of the siege of
Gibraltar, 1779-83.

Redskin and cow-boy; a tale of the western
plains.

"Mr. Henty's pen is inexhaustible. His boys' books this year show no falling off, and among them we would place first in interest and wholesome educational value the story of the siege of Gibraltar."- Athenæum, Nov.

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Herpin, Mlle. (pseud. L. Perey). siècle; le duc de Nivernais.

Le fin du 18e 3e éd.

A sequel to Un petit neveu de Mazarin. "Lucien Perey's volume (or her second) on the Duke of Nivernais is much more complaisant to human weakness, and we must say, though perhaps a less valuable book, is much better reading (than the Duke of Broglie's Maurice de Saxe). Not that the Citizen Mancini Nivernais as he was called in the rather degrading days when he was reconciled to the Republic, was a very important person but that he was a very characteristic one." Sat. rev., Aug. 1.

Hissey, J. J:

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Across England in a dog-cart; from London to St. David's and back. "The author, it is needless to say, is not a Borrow or a Hawthorne, and has none of the consummate art by which a charm can be imparted to the most familiar objects. His style is diffuse, and his remarks are frequently too obvious to be edifying; but his large sense of enjoyment leaves a pleasant impression, and we close the volume with too friendly a feeling for the writer to enlarge upon defects that are comparatively of slight importance.". Athenæum, Dec. 5. Hodder, E. George Fife Angas, father and founder of south Australia.

"This Puritan of the Puritans' brought up in the narrowest principles in the straitest sect of his religion, took William Penn for his exemplar; his heart, however, was larger than his creed, and in his old age he modified the austerity of his youth. None can doubt his sincerity, or the deep piety which pervades every line of his diary. His zeal for religious liberty led him to organize a large emigration of German Lutherans, who so lately as fifty years ago, suffered for con. science' sake at the hands of the Prussian government." Athenæum, Nov. 7.

Hughes, W: R. A week's tramp in Dickens-land, with personal reminiscences.

"Mr. Hughes's book is in its own way a museum of interesting curios which will give pleasure to the de. parted novelist's friends and admirers. It would take us long to speculate why one favoured author has been selected for this odd form of compliment; for there is no such eagerness to track the steps of either Scott or Thackeray. But it may be said that no author has ever received so exquisitely flattering a tribute to his power of creation as the standing' advertisement in the Bradshaw and other guides' inserted by the proprietors of the inns at Rochester and Ipswich - to wit, Mr. Pickwick stayed at this hotel;' and again, It was at this hotel that Mr. Pickwick met the single lady,' etc. Mr. Hughes himself is so much under the delusive spell that he recalls with delight having occupied Mr. Winkle's bedroom at the Bull!'Wonderful Dickens'! Mr. Hughes supplies some interesting details as to the incomplete Edwin Drood.'"- Sat. rev.,, Nov. 21.

Hume, F. The year of miracle; a tale of the year 1900.

"The elements of melodrama are crudely presented in Mr. Hume's story. They are unharmonized for want of a persuasive medium of actuality, and the imagination within us is left unthrilled in consequence of this essential quality being lacking." - Sat. rev., Oct. 10. Imbert de St. Amand, A. L., baron. Marie Antoinette and the end of the old régime; tr. by T: S. Perry.

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"He has the gift of so marshalling his facts as to leave a definite impression. Comparatively short as the book is, it tells its story, in many respects, better than some histories of greater pretensions." - Academy, Aug. 22.

Janvier, T: A. The uncle of an angel; and other stories.

Jenks, E: The government of Victoria, Australia.

"Mr. Edward Jenks, Professor of Law in Melbourne University, furnishes invaluable information to every student of Australia and its institutions." - Westminster review, Dec.

Jerrold, W: B. Life of Gustave Doré; with illust.

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from [his] orig. drawings.

"As the biographer of Doré, Mr. Jerrold in many respects possessed peculiar qualifications. Not only was he more minutely familiar with France and Frenchmen than it is often given to Englishmen to be, but he had enjoyed the exceptional advantage of a close friendship with the subject of the book - a friendship which had given him opportunities for studying him at all times. For energy, force, superabundance, originality, sparkle, and gloomy grandeur, I know only one equal to him,' says M. Taine, and he instances Tintoretto. But he adds, All that Doré wanted was to have been born in a good atmosphere, and to have drawn for twelve to twenty years in a thorough studio or acad. emy. For this reason his more ambitious works will always excite wonder rather than admiration. But as a designer of unexampled invention, facility, and resource as the illustrator of Dante and Milton and Ariosto, of Rabelais and Cervantes and La Fontaine and Perrault, his originality can never be questioned, nor his distinction be a matter of dispute." - Sat. rev., Nov. 14.

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Krehbiel, H: E: Studies in the Wagnerian drama.
Laing, S: A modern Zoriastrian. 1890.
Laisnel de la Salle, G. Croyances et légendes du

Centre de la France; coutumes et traditions
populaires comparées à celles des peuples an-
ciens et modernes; avec une préf. de G:
Sand. 1875. 2 v.

Law, E. History of Hampton Court Palace. Vol. 3: Orange and Guelph times.

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"The third volume is in respect of interest and value inferior to neither of its predecessors. The interest of the work is historical, picturesque, and antiqua. rian. To all classes of readers it thus makes appeal. An animated panorama of history is laid before us, the details given being those precisely of which your orthodox historian is most chary. To a realization of the picturesque and antiquarian interest, the numerous and excellent illustrations which are supplied contrib. ute." Notes and queries, Oct. 31.

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Linton, Mrs. E. L. An octave of friends; with

other silhouettes and stories.

"The outlines are bold and clear, and the figures vivid, nay, glaring, in their distinctness; but there is no light and shade about the portraiture. The style is straightforward, trenchant, incisive, without any pretence to elegance or subtlety, and the matter is quite in keeping with the manner."- Athenæum, Sept. 12. Lowry, R., and McCardle, W: H. History of the Missippi; [1541-1889].

Lyall, Sir A. Natural religion in India; the Rede lecture, June 17, 1891.

MacDougall, J. Folk and hero tales. Maitland, F: W:, and Baildon, W: P. The court baron; being precedents for use in seignorial and other local courts; with pleas from the Bishop of Ely's court at Littleport. (Selden Soc.)

"Mr. F. W. Maitland, who has already done more for the science of the law than any former Professor of the Laws of England at Cambridge, and any save Blackstone at Oxford, continues to do valiantly under the banners of the Selden Society. He now gives us a gen. eral view of the way in which business was carried on in a lord's court in the fourteenth century, by printing four collections of actual precedents."-Sat. rev., Nov.

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Martin, T: C., and Wetzer, J. The electric motor and its application. 3d ed.; with app. on the development of the electric motor since 1888 by L: Bell.

Marx, K:, and Engels, F: Manifesto of the communist party [1848]; ed. and annot. by F: Engels, 1888.

Maynard, C: J. The butterflies of New England;

with original description of 106 species, [and] appendix. 2d ed.

Maynard, Mrs. N. C. Was Abraham Lincoln a spiritualist? curious revelations from the life of a trance medium.

Morris, W: The story of the Glittering Plain, which has also been called the Land of Living Men; or, The Acre of the Undying; repr. in fac-simile.

"The manner of telling is to us at least quite charming, and we pity the person who is so discomfited by a few harmless mannerisms as not to be able to taste it. The interest is kept up from the first to the last page, the characters are sufficient and happily contrasted, and there is by a long way more real knowledge of hu man nature than in the elaborate fretwork of modernity which it is the fashion to admire. What matter that there is much fighting, much love-making, and not a little sheer eating and drinking? To fight heartily and to love heartily, not neglecting at proper (and frequent) times the equal banquet, how good it is! For these things are among temporal things in a way eternal, and the other things among temporal things are so plusquam-temporal!" Sat. rev., Nov. 21. Moussac,., marquise de. Popo et Lili; histoire de deux jumeaux.

Neesima, J. H: Life and letters; by A. S. Hardy. Newhall, C: S. Leaf-collector's handbook and herbarium; an aid in the preservation and classification of specimen leaves of the trees of northeastern America; illust. "The descriptions are carefully done, and they have the great advantage of being accompanied by outline illustrations of the leaves which are generally characteristic. The book is well adapted for its purpose." -Athenæum, Sept 12. Nordenskiöld, A. N. E., Baron.

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Facsimile atlas

to the early history of cartography, with repr. of maps printed in the 15th and 16th centuries; tr. by J: A. Ekelöf and C. R. Markham. 1889.

Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. The heir presumptive and the heir apparent.

Pimlyco; or, Runne Red-cap; 'tis a mad world at Hogsdon, 1609; repr. in facsimile with pref. by A. H. Bullen. (Antient drolleries.)

Pitcairn, W. D. Two years among the savages of New Guinea, [1887-89]; notes on North Queensland.

"The most readable book on New Guinea which has yet appeared. He has not gone in much for internal exploration, although he occasionally quotes the narra. tives of other explorers with due acknowledgment. But he can tell much of the doings of the adventurous traders who have settled on these unhealthy and inhospitable coasts among warlike savages who are seldom to be trusted. The story of his own cruises and expe riences in seas that are swept by storms and cyclones, and among archipelagoes, and in channels as yet unmapped, where submerged reefs of coral make the intricate navigation singularly treacherous, is sufficiently exciting." Sat. rev., Sept. 12.

Pitray, O., vicomtesse de. L'usine et la château. Pizzamiglio, L: Distributing co-operative societies; an essay on social economy, [ed. by F. J. Snell].

"Shows much erudition in a small space more erudition, perhaps, than originality. It is acutely writ ten, and not discursive. The description of the progress of the movement in Milan alone shows us that the system has now thoroughly taken root in the Italian kingdom, for Milan is the centre whence the movement will spread, and is indeed, already spreading through. out the country, as in England the initiative was in the city of Manchester. Also, the author gives a good account of the foundation of the movement at Rochdale, and indeed, in this the first paragraph of the book he places the logic on which the system is based in a nutshell. A point in which the book is useful is in that it discusses the movement generally and internationally, for like all great movements which spring from the working classes, it is of its nature cosmopolitan." Westminster review, Sept.

Prevost, C. L'escrime, et Le duel, par G. Jollivet. Repplier, A. Points of view.

Riddell, Mrs. J. H. My first love and my last love.

Rockhill, W: W. The land of the lamas; a journey through China, Mongolia, and Tibet. "Our American author is to be congratulated and honored as an explorer and hewer-out of new paths. His footsteps were over a path almost untravelled by white men, and only rarely by Chinese. His experiences were varied, sometimes exhilarating, often danger. ous and full of fascination. This element of personal adventures lends a powerful charm to his singularly straightforward narrative. Besides being a trust

worthy exploitation of an unknowu land, and a work of permanent value, this book furnishes the materials for a week of pleasant fireside travels under the winter evening lamp." Critic, Nov. 7.

Roscoe, W: C. Poems, ed. by E.. M.. Roscoe.

"Of all the minor poets of the Victorian reign, William Caldwell Roscoe is one of the most fascinating. There is a refinement about his genius that is not due to his fastidiousness or delicacy of taste, but rather to the vividness of his spiritual discrimination. His gen. ius was not fertile, but it was singularly true and discerning, and, what is more, it was a genius that worked in the finest material, that translated its conceptions into the most perfect and expressive forms of human speech." Spectator. Nov. 14.

Ross, C. The adventures of three worthies.
Savage, My official wife; a novel.

The plot of the story - and the plot is everything -is daringly American, exciting, and in parts highly entertaining. It is admirably developed, and the resources of Helene, the Nihilist, are inexhaustible. The skill with which she sustains the part of a piquant Americaine is so great as to be incredible; but whoever wishes to enjoy a well-worked-out sensational story will not object to, but rather enjoy such skill.” — Spectutor, Sept. 12.

Schlözer, A: L: Letters of Brunswick and Hessian officers during the American Revolution; tr. by W: L. Stone [and] A: Hund. (Munsell's hist. ser.) Schopenhauer, A. The wisdom of life, being the first part of Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit; tr. by J: B. Saunders. 2d ed. Schuchhardt, C: Schliemann's excavations; an archæological and historical study; tr. by E.. Sellers; with app. on the recent discoveries at Hissarlik by Schliemann, and W: Dörpfeld; and introd. by W. Leaf.

"Dr. Schuchhardt has written a book in which he tries to sum up the results of Dr. Schliemann's discoveries, as far as they can be understood. Mrs. Sellers has

added useful references to classical authors, and to ob
jects in the British Museum, and an account of those re-
markable works of early art, the Vapheio golden cups.
The volume is also enriched by an introduction, which
we only wish were longer, from the pen of Walter Leaf,
probably the English scholar most deeply read in Ho-
Dr. Schuchhardt writes very
meric archæology.
clearly, learnedly, and in good temper, and Mrs. Sel-
lers's excellent translation makes his book even more
valuable in English than in German."- Saturday rev.,
Oct. 17.

Schurz, C: Abraham Lincoln; an essay.

"Mr. Schurz has rightly insisted upon the great moral effect produced on the American people by Lincoln's character. His peace-loving nature, his sympathy with suffering, his moral earnestness did much to prevent America from feeling the evil influences of civil war. Abused by violent partisans, attacked by Southerners during his own lifetime, it is even yet only barely possible to estimate fairly the work of President Lincoln, but Mr. Schurz has made an attempt to form such an estimate, and with his conclusions most of us will agree." Westminster review, Dec.

Shaler, N. S. Nature and man in America. Stephenson, A. Public lands and agrarian laws of the Roman republic.

Taylor, R: W. C. The modern factory system. "Gives a history of the factory system, and most of the legislation bearing on it from about the year 1719 to the present date. The author has been for many years Her Majesty's Inspector of factories, and has evidently gained a very large experience in that capacity; but he is also a laborious student, and appears to have collected all the legislation and all the information of the last hundred years or more, thus producing a work which must be of the deepest interest to all practical politicians, and to persons of every class who are concerned in dealing with the present interests and future prospects of the population of this and other countries." Sat. rev., Nov. 28.

Tierney, R: S., and others. Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga; ed. by Rev. J. F. X. O'Conor; by the students of rhetoric, class of 92, of St. Francis Xavier's College, N. Y.; tercentenary life. 8th ed.

Tynan, K. A nun, her friends, and her order; a sketch of Mother Mary Xaveria Fallon.

"Miss Tynan writes with much force and eloquence, and in a kindly spirit where those outside her own com munion are concerned. She has added some interesting particulars of the history of the order of which Mother Mary Xaveria was so illustrious a member, giving sketches in particular of the life of Mary Ward, who first conceived the idea of a teaching order, and of Frances Ball, whose place Mary Fallon was afterwards to fill."- Spectator, Nov. 7.

Whitman, W. Good-bye my fancy; 2d annex to Leaves of grass.

Wither, G: Poems; ed. with introd. by H: Morley.

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