Brentano's -OF NEW YORK, CHICAGO, WASHINGTON, and PARIS, Beg to announce the opening of their establish ment in LONDON: 430 Strand. It is their intention to make this branch the headquarters of Americans in Europe, as is already the case with their house in Paris, by offering them all possible facilities for keeping fully informed of the doings of American authors and publishers. They propose also to offer to the English reading public an opportunity to acquaint itself perfectly with current American literature. The latest issues of all the leading American dailies, weeklies and monthlies will be constantly kept in stock, as will be complete lines of Continental literature. BRENTANO'S, NEW YORK-5 Union Square. CHICAGO, Ill.-101 State Strect. WASHINGTON, D. C.—1015 Penn. Ave. PARIS-17 Ave. de l'Opera. LONDON-430 Strand. WHY DO PEOPLE SUBSCRIBE? Because BOOK CHAT is simply of incalculable value to any one who, by reason of his or her profession, or for other causes, may require an instantaneous reference to any topic treated upon in the publications issuing from day to day. The ability to keep posted on what is appearing on any special subject, whether in the form of books, or as an article in magazine or periodical literature, is given to any one who will subscribe to BOOK CHAT. It gives a synopsis of all books; an index to all periodical literature, properly classified under subjects; and, in addition, a complete survey of new books in all departments of literature. BOOK CHAT FOR 1889. VOLUME 4. W ITH the January number of 1889, BOOK CHAT will begin its fourth year. Encouraged by the unqualified approval with which it has met in the press and among the general public, the publishers intend to add several new departments in the course of the year. The department for FRENCH BOOK REVIEWS received so warm a reception from French students on account of its completeness that the publishers have resolved to add to it: A GERMAN DEPARTMENT, A SPANISH DEPARTMENT and AN ITALIAN DEPARTMENT successively. During 1888 SELECTED READINGS from English works were added to those from American books, and during the coming year the department will be completed by translations from prominent foreign books. The list of periodicals indexed monthly in MAGAZINE LEADERS was increased from 766 to 773. Especial attention will be given to this department which is of incalculable help to students. While nearly every prominent periodical published in America and Europe is represented in BOOK CHAT'S LEADERS, the list will be still further extended by the addition of technical and scientific papers not indexed thus far. The department for NEW BOOKS will continue to be a reliable guide to the book-buyer and the litterateur. 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It will continue to be an absolutely reliable guide to all who wish to keep abreast of the times. P. S.-Orders for Vol. III. (1888) reaching us before February 1st will be filled at the regular subscription price: $1.00 in parts, $2.00 bound. TO AGENTS: Special terms to agents for subscriptions. Send 10c. in stamps, for sample copy and full particulars. BRENTANO'S. Publishers, 5 Union Square, New York. LETTER AND PRESS COMMENTS ON LIEBER'S UNIVERSAL TELEGRAPHIC CIPHER PRICE $10.00. 2 CUINEAS. 51 FRANCS. American Exchange National Bank. New York, June 19, 1888.....Admirably adapted to meet the requirements of Banks. New York, June 19, 1888......It is very clear, and its arrangement is almost perfect, John Munroe & Co. New York, June 29, 1888......A most complete and useful cipher, and well adapted to Bankers' and Brokers' uses. Henry Clews & Co. New York, June 19, 1888......It is one of the best that has ever been compiled. We take pleasure, therefore, in recommending it to the public. New York Herald. A very complete and ingenious scheme of sending telegraphic messages with secrecy, and at a minimum of expense, is comprised in the volume just published by Mr. B. Franklin Lieber. Money article.-Oct. 18, 1888. It is as good a cipher book as could be asked for by the business classes for whose use it was prepared, and its code words are so well classified and so numerous that it will serve as a basis for any one who may wish to construct a private cipher. The author has taken warning of objections made to some older ciphers, and avoided very long words, as well as words which closely resemble others in orthography.-Literary Article, Nov. 5, 1888. Journal of Commerce. Its simplicity is matched only by its ingenuity. One of the many novelties of the work is the provision of many blank cipher lists to which subscribers may attach their own phrases, thus establishing a private and exclusive key if desired.-New York, Oct. 25, 1888. Commercial and Financial Chronicle. Is as good a cipher as one would wish; it will also serve as a basis for any one who may want to construct a private code.-New York, Nov. 10, 1888. The World. Has the merit of extreme simplicity, and at the same time provides every man with his own cipher, which is absolutely secure. This single example will show its compactness and effectiveness. The cipher dispatch is "Jackets," one word, and the translation is: "Market opened unsettled. Corn in Chicagocent lower. Wheat in Chicago 1 cent lower. Corn in New York, cent higher. Wheat in New York cent higher"in all twenty-nine words. It will be readily seen how adaptable and valuable this system. may be made to any business in which ciphers are used.-N. Y., June 17, 1888. Mail and Express. It is certainly the most concise and complete yet issued. It comprises a number of special tables, and is carefully indexed for handy use.-N. Y., October 31, 1888. The Paper Trade Journal. It is a very ingenious system, valuable as a means of economy and conciseness in communicating by wire. The longest messages can be condensed into a remarkably small amount of space.-New York, Nov. 24, 1888. Shipping and Commercial List. It is so comprehensive that it comprises every ordinary requirement, and at the same time contains no words, that from their orthography, are likely to lead to confusion either in transmission or translation.-New York, Nov. 24, 1888. Bonfort's Circular. It is an excellent cipher, and for simplicity, comprehensiveness and thoroughness, is unequaled.-New York, Nov. 10, 1888. Bradstreet's. An ingenious system has been devised, whereby the sender of messages may convey sentences by means of a word.-New York, Dec. 1, 1888. Commercial Advertiser. It covers every business emergency likely to arise. The customary words of commerce are not used as ciphers. By an ingenious contrivance of slips, the tables can be made exclusive and private, and applicable only to the business of the parties using the code. It is by all odds the most complete and serviceable telegraphic cipher that has come to our notice.-New York, Nov. 27, 1888. BRENTANO'S, WASHINGTON, D. C.-1015 Pennsylvania Ave. NEW YORK-5 Union Square. CHICAGO-ior State Street. LONDON-430 Strand. Some Notable Publications Our Prize Dogs. RECENTLY ISSUED. Description and Criticism of the Prize Winners of 1887. With 31 Artotype Illustrations from Life. By Charles H. Mason. Quarto, Cloth, $7.50. The list of dogs included in this volume comprises all the winners of first, second and third prizes at the Buffalo, Newark, Providence, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Hartford, and New York shows of 1887. A complete description of each dog is given, and critical comments are added, noting the points of excellence and the defects of each. The Merchant of Venice. The Players Text of 1600, with the Hemings and Condell Text of 1623, with an introduction touching the question, Why were two quarto editions of the play printed A. D. 1600? and, Is the Author's knowledge of Law, as shown in the trial scene, such as to sustain or disprove the (so called) "Baconian Theory?” by William Reynolds, A. B., LL. B. Being vol. 3 of The Bankside Shakespeare. This magnificent edition of Shakespeare will be completed in 20 vols., 8vo, $2.50 per volume. But 500 copies of each volume will be printed, and as they are being rapidly subscribed for, in this country and Europe, those desiring to secure a copy should subscribe at once. Memoirs of Count Grammont. By Anthony Hamilton. Edited with Notes, by Sir Walter Scott. With a portrait of the author, and 33 Etchings by L. Boisson, on India Paper from Original Compositions by C. Delort, 1889. In original cloth covers, $18.00; in full morocco, $30.00. Hitherto very little has been known about Anthony Hamilton. An effort has been made in this edition to give a few more particulars about this singular and very ingenious man than the public are thus far acquainted with. Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Edited by John Denison Champlin, Jr. Criti cal Editor, William Foster Apthorp. With more than 1,000 illustrations. 3 vols., $25.00 per volume. Sold in Sets only. This set, of which 300 copies only are printed, bids fair to become equally as scarce as the Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, published in precisely the same form and which now commands from $150.00 to $175.00 per Set. Subscriptions are solicited. The Bookworm. An Illustrated Treasury of Old Time Literature. A curious collection of Stories, Essays, Poems, etc., from old and quaint books. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00. A perfect treasure for the Bibliophile. The Republic of Plato. Translated into English. With Introduction, Analysis, Marginal Analysis, and Index. By B. Jewett, M. A. The Third Edition, revised and corrected throughout. 8vo, half bound, $4.00 net. The additions and alterations, both in the introduction and text, affect at least a third of the work. Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. By Rodolfo Lanciani, LL.D. With 100 Illustrations. 8vo, cloth, $6.00. A work of wonderful interest. Giving an account of the vast accumulation of relics of ancient Rome, discovered within the last few years. Life Aboard a British Privateer in the Time of Queen Anne. Being the journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner. With notes and illustrations by Robert C. Leslie. 8vo, cloth. Illustrated, $3.60. Most people know their Robinson Crusoe and have heard of the author DeFoe. But how many of us have heard even the name of Capt. Woodes Rogers who discovered the original Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk ? English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages. (XIVth Century.) By J. J. Jusserand, Conseiller D'Ambassade, Dr. ès Lettres. Translated from the French by Lucy Toulmin Smith. 8vo. cloth; Illustrated. Gilt top, uncut edges, $6.00. Some Notable Publications RECENTLY ISSUED. Through the Heart of Asia Over the Pamir to India. By Gabriel Bonvalot. With 250 illustrations (many of them full-page engravings) by Albert Pepin. Translated from the French by C. B. Pitman. 2 vols., imperial octavo, cloth, $10.50. The London Spectator says: "The pages are illustrated by hundreds of engravings, many being good and helpful to the letter-press. The volumes written throughout with French brightness, are a valuable contribution to our knowledge of Central Asia." The Industries of Japan. Together with an account of its Agriculture, Mining, Forestry, Arts and Commerce. From travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian Government. By Prof. J. J. Rein, University of Bonn. With illustrations (many of them full-page engravings), some beautifully colored, and 3 maps. Royal octavo, cloth, gilt top, $10.00. Extracts from Author's Preface: "In publishing these results of many years of study, I hope to afford welcome information and instruction regarding many questions as to the state of civilization in Japan and the industrial activity of its inhabitants. The rich literature upon this land and people has either not touched at all upon many matters which are here thoroughly treated, or at least in such a way that their scientific and technical side has received scant justice." Japan: Travels and Researches. Undertaken at the cost of the Prussian Government. With numerous illustrations (many full-page) and two maps. Royal octavo, cloth, gilt top, $7.50. London Spectator: "No existing work on Japan can pretend to vie with the present one in the fullness and accuracy with which the physiography, natural history, and topography of the country-subjects which Dr. Rein has made specially his own-are treated, and for a long time to come it must rank as the standard authority in such matters." Lives of the Fathers. Sketches of Church History in Biography. By Frederic W. Farrar, D.D., F. R. S. 2 vols. 8vo., cloth, $5.00. In these volumes it is not the object of the author to write a full and continuous history of the early church. But rather to connect the history of the Church during the first four cnturies with the lives of her principal fathers and teachers. The Last Voyage to India and Australia in the Sunbeam. by By the late Lady Brassey. Illustrated nearly 200 Wood-cut Illustrations in the Text, and 40 Illustrations in Monotone (20 fullpage) from drawings by R. J. Pritchett, and from photographs. With charts and maps. Octavo, cloth, gilt top, $6.00. "It is only natural that a great though melancholy interest should be felt in Lady Brassey's last volume of travel. Has not the Voyage of the Sunbeam' found its way into every house where books are read, and has it not become a classic because of the freshness and the simplicity with which the hardy and adventurous wife of Lord Brassey describes the wanderings of the famous yacht in every sea and over every ocean? Although the Voyage' was far the most popular of the three books of travel which Lady Brassey published-In 'The Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties,' and 'Storm and Sunshine'-of course, the others which are enumerated had a great vogue, and many people whose literary food is largely supplied by books of travel, will take keen interest in the Last Voyage.'"-Pall Mall Budget. The American Commonwealth. By James Bryce, author of "The Holy Roman Empire." M. P. for Aberdeen. 2 vols., large 12mo., $6.00 net. "Both from the author's exceptional mastery and from the collaboration he has secured from American specialists, we have no hesitation in placing this book at the head of those which pretend to treat of our form of government in theory and in its practical working. We bespeak for it the largest possible circulation, and at this season no more fitting gift could be made to any one interested in political inquiry, whether young or old. Taken as a whole, it is an incomparable mine of information and philosophic observation.Evening Post. The Works of Dr. Thomas Campion. Edited by A. H. Bullen. 8vo., boards, uncut edges. $8.40 net. Of this beautifully printed edition but four hundred copies were printed. Operatic Tales. By F. R. Chesney. 12mo., cloth, $2.25. In these days, when there is a marked revival in the taste for Opera, people often sit for two or three hours delightedor bored-by the music and come away with a very hazy idea of what it has all been about. It has been suggested that a series of tales on which Operas are founded, might supply a want in current Literature. Those selected in this volume, it is believed, have never before appeared i similar garb. |