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The succeeding winter was spent at Kashgar, where Dr. Hedin had ample opportunity of observing the curious In 1896 he life of that remote and ancient city. explored the country between the Kashgar and Yarkand rivers, making many corrections on existing maps of that little-known region. He also crossed the dreaded Takla-makan desert between the Yarkand and Khatan rivers, a distance of 200 miles, on which excursion he rearly lost his life. Later he recrossed the desert to the river Tarim, then to Lop-nor Khotan, through the Kiven-leen mountains and Tsaidam to Koko-nor, and thence through Alaskan and the Ordos country across the Hwang-ho river to Peking, whence he made his way home by Siberia. This most important journey of exploration is interestingly described and very fully illustrated. In "Old Chester Tales will be found eight of the delightful stories Margaret Deland wrote for Harper's Magazine during the past year or two. They are illustrated by Howard Pyle. D. APPLETON & Co. will publish immediately the first volume of a new edition of Herbert Spencer's "Biology," which work the author has subjected to a severe critical revision. J. B. LIPPINCOTT Co. have just published an interesting volume entitled "Charles Lamb and the Lloyds." It comprises newly discovered letters of Lamb, Coleridge, the Lloyds, and others. The whole is edited by E. V. Lucas, who says of the twenty new letters by Lamb, here brought to light, after lying hidden for eighty years, that some of them are worthy to rank with his best. The volume contains four portraits, of Lamb, Coleridge, Charles and Sophia Lloyd, and a facsimile of a letter from Lamb to Charles Lloyd. WEEKLY RECORD OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.* The abbreviations are usually self-explanatory. c. after the date indicates that the book is copyrighted; if the copyright date differs from the imprint date, the year of copyright is added. Books of foreign origin of which the edition (annotated, illus.rated, etc. is entered as copyright, are marked c. ed.; translations, c. tr.; n. p., in place of price, indicates that the publisher makes no price, either net or retail, and quotes prices to the trade only upon application. A colon after initial designates the most usual given name, as: A: Augustus; B: Benjamin; C: Charles: D: David; E: Edward; F: Frederic; G: George; H: Henry; I: Isaac; J: John; L: Louis; N: Nicholas; P: Peter; R: Richard; S. Samuel; T: Thomas; W: William. Sizes are designated as follows: F. (folio: over 30 centimeters high); Q. (4to: under 30 cm.); O. (8v0: 25 cm.); D. (12m0: 20 cm.); S. (16m0:17%1⁄2 cm.); T. (24m0: 15 cm.); Tt. (32mo: 12%1⁄2 cm.); Fe. 48me: 10 cm.). Sq., obi., nar., designate square, oblong, narrow books of these heights. Apgar, Austin C. Mollusks of the Atlantic coast of the United States, south to Cape Hatteras. Trenton, N. J., Austin C. Apgar, [1898.] 74-161+3 p. il. D. flex. cl., $1. [3677 Key and descriptions of mollusks for students. Glossary to molluscan terms. Apgar, Austin C. Pocket key of the birds of the northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains. [New issue.] Trenton, N. J., Austin C. Apgar, [1898.] c. '93. 363 p. S. flex. cl., 50 c. [3678 Armstrong, Annie E. My ladies three; il. by G. Demain Hammond. N. Y., F: Warne & Co., 1898. 4-383 p. il. D. cl., $1.50. [3679 An English story of the last century with its scene at Tunbridge Wells. Traces the love affairs of three girls. The principal girl of the group has been engaged by her father to a man she has never seen. He is a soldier in India and her guardian as well as her betrothed. Her first meeting with him is full of romance. *Austin, Alfred. Lamia's winter-quarters. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 164 p. il. 8°, cl., $2.50. [3680 Bachelor ballads: being certain of the masterpieces of verse wherein is set forth the sentiment of good-fellowship, set to pictures by Blanche McManus. N. Y., New Amsterdam Book Co., [1898.] c. 159 p. O. cl., $1.50. [3681 Contains the following ballads: Give me the old; The mahogany tree; The betrothed; A seat for three; A-hunting we will go; Let the toast pass; The ballad of Bouilabaisse; A wet sheet and a flowing sea; A bachelor's dream; At an inn at Henley; The wants of man; A farewell to tobacco; A golden girl; The canebottom'd chair, etc. N. Y., F. Tennyson Neely, 1898. c. 4[3687 The sub-title runs as follows: "Being a chronicle of events in the life of Charles Norton, Knt., from the 24th of June, 1538, to the Feaste of Sainte John the Baptiste in 1537; gathered from ancient and musty documents wherein are recorded, stirring tales of uprisings in the west and north." Benedictis, Jacobus de. The stabat mater: comprising versions of the "Mater speciosa" and "Mater dolorosa," by Neale and Earl Crawford. N. Y., E. P. Dutton & Co., [1898.] unp. col. il. O. cl., $2.50. [3688 Illustrated with six colored plates of celebrated pictures of the Madonna and child. Bentley, C: S., and Scribner, F. Kimball. The fifth of November: a romance of the Stuarts. N. Y. and Chic., Rand, McNally & Co., [1898.] c. 4+228 p. D. cl., $1. [3689 The characters, with two exceptions, are real personages. Guy Fawkes is introduced after he has been summoned to England by Sir Thomas Winter; Garnet, the Jesuit, Anne Vaux, Sir Robert Catesby, and others are seen in secret conference. Besides giving interesting incidents in the life of the arch conspirator, the tragic love-story of Elinor, daughter of Guy Fawkes, is told. *Biagi, Guido. The last days of Percy Bysshe Shelley. N. Y., New Amsterdam Book Co., 1898. il. 8°, cl., $2. [3690 *Bible. New Testament. The Epistle to the Colossians; analysis and examination notes by Rev. G. W. Garrod. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 6+176 p. 8°, cl., $1.25. [3691 Bingham, Joel Foote, D.D. The twin sisters of Martigny: a story of Italian life forty years ago. Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1899 [1898.] c. '98. 7+390 p. il. pl. D. cl., $1.75. [3682 [3692 Baker, Louise R. Cis Martin; or, the furriners in the Tennessee mountains; il. by F. P. Klix. N. Y., Eaton & Mains, 1898. 2-270 p. D. cl., $1. C. Cis Martin's father had filled the position of professor of Latin and Greek in a New York college. He breaks down under a stress of work, and his services are dispensed with. With his wife and family he settles in the mountains of Tennessee and engages in the lumber business. They are the "furriners." The children have a varied experience, of which "Cis" writes. The people and their odd ways are described. *Baring-Gould, Sabine. An old English house and its dependencies. N. Y., New Amsterdam Book Co., 1898. il. 8°, cl., $2.25. [3683 Barnes, Ja. The hero of Erie (Oliver Hazard Perry). N. Y., Appleton, 1898. 167 p. il. D. cl., $1. c. 4+ [3684 The story of Oliver Hazard Perry; his adventures as a boy on the frigate General Greene and as the hero in the exciting scenes that attended the battle of Lake Erie. *Barrett, Frank. Was she justified? [a novel.] N. Y., New Amsterdam Book Co., 1898. 12°, cl., $1.50. [3685 *Behâ ed Dîn. The life of Saladin. N. Y., New Amsterdam Book Co., 1897. 20+ 420 p. maps, 8°, cl.. $3.50. [3686 Belden, Jessie Van Zile. The king's ward. Bogart, Ernest Ludlow. The housing of the working people in Yonkers. N. Y., pub lished for the American Economic Assoc. by The Macmillan Co., [1898.] c. 4+273348 p. D. (Economic studies, v. 3, no. 5.) pap., 50 c. [3693 An effort to present as fully as possible and to analyze clearly statistical data as to the social and economic condition of a large fraction (one-sixth) of the population of Yonkers, particularly with regard to their housing accommodations. *Boothby, C: A prisoner of France: the memoirs, diary, and correspondence of Charles Boothby, captain Royal Engineers during his last campaign. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 11+282 p. sq. 8°,cl., $2. * In this list, the titles generally are verbatim transcriptions (according to the rule of the American Library Association) from books received. Books not received are indicated by a prefixed asterisk nd this office cannot be held responsible for the correctness of their record. British army, by "A British Officer"; il. by R. Caton Woodville. N. Y., Harper, 1899 [1898.] c. '98. 4+95 p. D. cl., $1. [3696 These articles, originally published serially in Harper's Magazine, form an intimate account of the duties, military and social, of officers in the crack regiments of the British service The articles have the great merit of being written by one who knows whereof he speaks, and are calculated to remove many misconceptions of a British officer's manner of life. *Buchan, J: John Burnet of Barns: a romance. N. Y., J: Lane, 1898. c. 9+444 p. 8°, cl., $1.50. a C. [3697 book for Barnard. 132 p. [3698 Buffalo, *Bull, Jacob B. Fridtjof Nansen: the young; tr. by Mordaunt R. Bost., D. C. Heath & Co., 1898. il. map, 12°, hf. cl., 30 c. *Burdick, Arthur J. Just jingles. N. Y., Peter Paul Book Co., 1898. C. 11+ 157 p. pl. 12°, cl., net, $1.25. [3699 *Byron, G: Gordon Noel (Lord.) Childe Harold: a romaunt. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 1 il. 16°, (Temple classics.) cl., 50 c.; limp leath., 75 c. [3700 *California. Notes on the California reports showing the present value as authority of the decisions of the supreme court of Cala., as determined through the citations in subsequent decisions of this court, the courts of last resort of sister states, and of the federal courts; by C: T. Boone, W: Foster, Jos. A. Joyce, and Albert Raymond. V. 1, embracing v. 1-16 Cala. reports. San Francisco, Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1898. 816 p. O. shp., $7.50. [3701 Oandlin, Rev. G: T. Chinese fiction; il. from original Chinese works. Chic., The Open Court Pub. Co., 1898. c. 2+51 p. O. (Religion of science lib., no. 33.) pap., 15 c. A review of Chinese fiction. C. [3702 *Card, F: W. Bush-fruits: a horticultural monograph of raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 12+537 p. il. 12°, (Rural science ser.) cl., $1.50. [3703 *Carroll, Stella W., and Jerome, Harriet L. Around the world geographical series. Second Book; ed. by Clarence F. Carroll. N. Y., The Morse Co., 1898. C. 167 p. 16°, cl., 50 c. [3704 *Caskoden, Edwin. When knighthood was in flower; or, the love-story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, the king's sister, and happening in the reign of King Henry VIII.; rewritten and rendered into modern English from Sir Edwin Caskoden's memoir. Indianapolis, Ind., BowenMerrill Co., 1898. c. '97. 11+249 p. pl. 12°. cl., $1.50. [3705 Castlemon, Harry, [pseud. for C: Austin Fosdick.] The ten ton cutter. Phil., H: T. Coates & Co., 1897. C. 3+425 p. il. D. (Afloat and ashore ser., no. 3.) cl., $1.25. [3706 The scene of the story is a watering-place in the neighborhood of Baltimore. A boy named Hank Lufkin is very industrious and earns money for his mother, though his father is given to idleness. A steamboat comes into the dock one day and a young girl falls overboard. Hank rescues her, and her weal thy father rewards him with a ten-ton cutter, with which he proceeds to make a living by carrying excursion parties. His financial success excites envy, and attempts are made to steal his boat, etc. hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. N. Y., Hirschfeld Bros., [1898.] 5-489 p. D. pap., 50 c. [3707 Chambers, Rob. W. Ashes of empire: a romance. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., [1898.] 7+342 p. D. cl., $1.25. [3708 C. A story of the time of the siege of Paris, "from the disaster at Sedan to the surrender of the city. It tells the adventures of two young men, an Englishman and an American, two newspaper correspondents, who passed through the siege of Paris. Incidentally there is a pretty love-story, the two heroines being French girls. This is the middle volume of a triad of novels covering the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune. The first of the series was "Lorraine," the last "The red republic." *Channing, E: A student's history of the United States. New ed. enl. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 41+615 p. mars. il. 8°, cl, net, $1.40. [3709 Chap-Book. New stories from the "ChapBook": being a miscellany of the curious and interesting tales, histories, etc., newly composed, by many celebrated writers, and very delightful to read. Chic., H. S. Stone & Co., 1898. c. 3+260 p. D. cl., $1.25. [3710 Contents: The sands of the Green River, by Neith Boyce; The unsullied brow of the viceroy, by Edwin Le Fèvre; The saving of Jim Moseby, by Anthony Leland: The escape, by Dabney Marshall; Dick, by Maria Louise Pool; The primrose dame, by John Regnault Ellyson: When His Majesty Nicholas came to England, by Clinton Ross; The temple of unending peace, by Alfred Dwight Sheffield; The Tumbrils, by Nathaniel Stephenson; Gil Horne's Bergonzi, by Maurice Thompson; Her last love, by Clarence Wellford; A little boy of dreams, by Beatrice Witte; The wolf in sheep's clothing, by Edith Franklin Wyatt. Chesney, Weatherby. The adventures of an engineer. N. Y., M. F. Mansfield & Co., [1898.] 4-245 p. il. D. cl., $1.25. Seventeen episodes, of which the same man, a civil engineer, is the hero, make up the book. They are both amusing and tragical, and carry the reader from England to America, thence to Africa and to various out-of-the-way corners of the globe. Chetwood, J: Manila; or, Monroe doctrine? N. Y., Rob. Lewis Weed Co., [1898.] c. 2-52 p. D. pap., 10 c. [3711 [3712 the Monroe doctrine in annexing the Philippines. The author believes we run counter to the spirit of Children (The) of the Bible. Chic., The Bible Institute Colportage Assoc., [1898.] 6-123 p. D. (Colportage lib., v. 4, no. 69.) pap., 15 c. [3713 #Cleland, J:, M. D., and Mackay, J: Yule, M.D. A directory for the dissection of the human body. 4th ed. rev., and furnished with copious references to the work "Human anatomy, general and descriptive." N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1898. 8+198 p. 16°, cl., net, $1. [3714 *Clement, Clara Erskine. Angels in art. Bost., L. C. Page & Co., 1898. pls. 12°, cl., $2. Codd, Margaret Jane. The story of Lafayette. Chic., A. Flanagan, [1898.] c. 3-112 p. por. D. (Home and school ser. for young folks.) cl., 30 c.; pap., 20 c. [3716 A condensed biography compiled from reliable historical sources. The time covered is from the birth of Lafayette, 1757, until his death, 1834. C. 267 P. [3715 Coe, C: H. Red patriots: the story of the Seminoles. Cin., O., The Editor Publishing Co., 1898. c. 12+290 p. pors. D. cl., $1.50. [3717 The latest history of the Seminole War was published soon after the termination of hostilities, more than a half century ago. The present volume has been written more from the standpoint of the Indian, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. El ingenioso and includes much new and interesting information, and the correction of many erroneous ideas, in connection with almost every leading feature of Seminole history. The author further states "that his chief object in thus reviving an interest in this long-neglected people has been to create public sentiment in behalf a record of some remarkable extinct species and a plea for some threatened forms. N. Y., New Amsterdam Book Co., 1898. 8°, cl., $2.50. [3726 of the deserving remnant still lingering, by sufferance *Dromgoole, Miss Will Allen. Three little only, in Southern Florida." C. *Cook, W: W. A treatise on the law of corcrackers from down in Dixie; il. by Ethelporations having a capital stock. 4th ed. dred B. Barry. Bost., L. C. Page & Co., Chic.. Callaghan & Co., 1898. 1898. 3 v. c. 249 p. il. pl. 12°, cl., $1. [3727 268+789; 5+791-1781; 4+1782-2783 p. O. *Dunham, E: K., M.D. Histology, normal shp., net, $18.00. [3718 and morbid. Phil., Lea Bros. & Co., 1898. Craigie, Mrs. Mary, ["John Oliver Hobbes," 448 p. il. 8°, cl., net, $3.25. pseud.] The ambassador: a comedy in four acts. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., [1898.] C. 9+173 p. D. cl., $1. [3719 A story of love and intrigue told in brilliant dialogue, with a setting in London. The play was first produced at the St. James's Theatre, London, on June 2, 1898. Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler. Latitude 19°: a romance of the West Indies in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty: being a faithful account and true, of the painful adventures of the skipper, the Bo's'n, the Smith, the mate, and Cynthia; il. by G: Gibbs. N. Y., Appleton, 1898. 5+518 p. D. cl., $1.50. C. [3720 Includes an account of the pirates and voodoo worshippers of the early part of the century in Haiti. Dana, C: Anderson. Recollections of the civil war; with the leaders at Washington and in the field in the sixties. N. Y., Appleton, 1898. C. 13+296 p. por. O. cl., $2. [3721 Mr. Dana, it will be remembered, was Assistant Secretary of War from 1863 to 1865. The subjects to his "recollections" are found in the chapter headings, which are as follows: From the Tribune to the War Department; At the front with Grant's army; Before and around Vicksburg; In camp and battle with Grant and his generals; Some contemporary portraits; The siege of Vicksburg; Pemberton's surrender; With the army of the Cumberland; The removal of Rosecrans; Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge; The War Department in war times; Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet; The army of the Potomac in 1864; The great game between Grant and Lee; The march of Petersburg; Early's raid and the Washington panic; The secret service of the war; A visit to Sheridan in the valley. Davenport, J. S. Life in Christ: a spiritual essay. N. Y., T: Whittaker, 1898. 3-30 p. sq. D. pap., 15 c. [3722 An attempt to make clear the supernatural principle in Christianity and to give definiteness to the inward and spiritual grace of the sacraments. Dawson, Sir J. W: The testimony of the holy scriptures respecting wine and strong drink: being the substance of a course of lectures delivered before the Pictou T. A. Society in 1848; first published in 1858; 3d ed. rev. in 1858. Montreal, Can., F. E. Grafton & Sons, 1898. 52 p. D. pap., 20 c. [3723 Demolins, Edmond. Anglo-Saxon superiority, to what it is due, (A quoi tient la supériorité des Anglo-Saxons;) tr. by L: Bert Lavigne. N. Y., R. F. Fenno & Co., 1898. 30+343 p. D. cl., $1. [3724 A work dealing from a French point of view with the causes of the superiority of the English-speaking peoples. [3728 Dunn, Byron A. General Nelson's scout. Chic., A. C. McClurg & Co., 1898. c. 3320 p. il. D. cl., $1.25. real incidents of the Civil War are introduced. [3729 The time is 1861. The most notable historic character in the story is Lieutenant William Nelson, of the United States Navy, who asked permission to raise ten regiments of Kentucky troops, and who established a recruiting camp near Danville. The real hero is Fred Shackelford. The story tells how young Shackelford conveyed a message to Louisville, and of the part played by his cousin Calhoun Pennington, who ar rayed himself on the side of the Confederacy. Many Dunton, Theo. Watts, Aylwin. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898. c. 3+460 p. D. cl, $1.50. [3730 The author is one of the most scholarly critics of The Athenæum. He was the intimate associate of Tennyson, Browning, William Morris, Rossetti, Meredith, and Swinburne, and has studied carefully the of these notable men figure under a thin disguise in thoughts of the leading men of the century the book. The plot turns upon a curse pronounced by the father of the hero upon any one who should steal from his grave a diamond and ruby cross. The power of superstition, life among a specially enlightened clan of gypsies, and art theories of the pre-Raphaelite school, play an important part in a novel addressed to a cultured, well-read public. Several *Eliot, C: Vegetation and scenery in the metropolitan reservations of Boston: a forestry report written by C: Eliot and presented to the Metropolitan Park Commission, February 15, 1897, by Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot. Bost., Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1898. c. 23 p. pl. obl. 16°, cl., net, $1. [3731 *Elizabeth (Princess) of England, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg. The correspondence of Princess Elizabeth of England, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg; ed. by Philip C. Yorke. N. Y., New Amsterdam Book Co., 1898. il. 8°, cl., $4.50. [3732 Farmer, Fannie Merritt. Chafing-dish possibilities. Bost, Little, Brown & Co., 1898. c 6-161 p. D. cl., $1. [3733 Miss Farmer is principal of the Boston Cooking School and author of "The Boston Cooking School Cook-Book.' This book includes nearly two hundred and fifty recipes, all of which have been tested by actual experience. Careful directions for measuring are given. Contents: Glimpses of chafing-dishes in the past; Chafing-dish suggestions; Toast, griddle cakes, and fritters; Eggs: Oysters; Lobsters; Some other shell-fish: Fish réchauffés; Beef; Lamb and mutton; Chicken; Sweetbreads: With the epicure; Vegetables; Cheese dishes; Relishes and sweets; Candies. Ferris, Mary C. As a man lives. Cin., O., 3+175 p. [3734 A story of California and of a young girl named Janet Stanton, whose father, an Englishman of rank, *Dewey, W. A., M.D. Essentials of homoeo-ying from his creditors, had settled when she was a pathic therapeutics; being a quiz compend of the application of homoeopathic remedies to diseased states: a companion to the "Essentials of homoeopathic materia medica." 2d ed. rev. and enl. Phil., Boericke & Tafel, 1898. 12°, cl., net, $1.50: flex. leath., net, $1.75. [3725 *Dixon, C: Lost and vanishing birds: being baby in a rough mining camp of California, and had been killed there in a gambling row. Janet had been cared for by Jack Stanton's intimate friend, and after some disagreeable episodes of school and home life goes back to England to her father's relatives. Finley, Martha F., [Martha Farquharson.] Elsie on the Hudson and elsewhere. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., [1898 ] c. 3+329 p. il. S. (Elsie books.) cl., $1.25. [3735 The scene is Crag Cottage on the Hudson. Many of |