AWDRY

*Awdry, Mrs. W. Early chapters in science: a first book of knowledge of natural history, botany, physiology, physics, and chemistry for young people; ed. by W. F. Barrett. N. Y., imported by C: Scribner's Sons, 1899. 348 p. il. 12°, cl., $2.40.

Backes, Jacob. Manual of the American stenocode: a new system of rapid writing, which will save time, space, and labor for all who use a pen, a pencil, or a typewriter. N. Y., published by the inventor, Jacob Backes, 1898. c. 24 p. Tt. pap., 20 c. This new system of rapid writing does not require any new appliance or contrivance, mechanical or otherwise, nor the employment of any new symbol. It makes of each of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet a word representer. The duplication of any of the letters signifies the word it represents is followed by the article the. Words not covered by the word representers must be spelled out, written legibly, and the regular system of punctuation and capitalization must be followed. It is claimed that the system will save twenty per cent. in time, and be of special benefit to type setters and proof-readers.

Bacon, Edwin F. A new French course; comprising the essentials of the grammar, with a series of illustrated conversation in Paris. N. Y., The American Book Co., [1899.] 315 p. S. cl., $1.

Bacon, Francis, (Lord.) Essays, civil and moral. N. Y., Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1899. 2-192 p. S. (Cassell's national lib., v. 7, no. 321, new ser.) pap., 10 c.

Bacon, Leonard Woolsey, D.D.

Discourse in memory of H: Leavitt Goodwin, pronounced in the parish church of East Hartford, April 16, 1899; [also] The story of a suppressed document. [Norwich, Ct., Cranston & Co.,] 1899. 88 p. O. pap., 25 c.

Badenoch, L. N. True tales of the insects; il. by Margaret J. D. Badenoch. N. Y., E. P. Dutton & Co., 1899. 18+255 p. it. O. cl., $3.

Essays on the devil's riding-horse, walking-sticks and walking-leaves, locusts and grasshoppers, green grasshoppers, symbols of psyche, day-flying moths, the case moths, the hawk moths, and the death's head moth.

*Baedeker. K:, ed. Dominion of Canada; with New Foundland, and an excursion to Alaska. 2d rev. ed. N. Y., Scribner, [imported,] 1899. 62+268 p. 12°, cl., net, $1.50. *Baedeker, K:, ed. Italy: handbook for travellers; northern Italy, incl. Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, and routes through Switzerland and Austria. Rev. ed. N. Y., Scribner, [imported,] 1899. 64+539 p. 12°, cl., net, $2.40.

*Baedeker, K:, ed. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and Tyrol: handbook for travellers. New [18th ed. N. Y., imported by C: Scribner's Sons, 1899. 34+512 p. 12°, cl., net, $3.

*Baedeker, K:, ed. The United States, with

an excursion into Mexico: a handbook for travellers. New rev. ed. N. Y., imported by C: Scribner's Sons, 1899. 579 p. maps, plans, 12°, net, $3.60.

Bailey, Alice Ward. Outside of things: a

sky book; verses by Alice Ward Bailey; pictures by Annita Lyman Paine. N. Y.,

E. P. Dutton & Co., 1899. C.

O. bds., $2.

unp. il. obl. Verses for children encircled by emblematical borders, printed in colored ink. The binding is a delicate blue, stamped in silver.

*Bailey, J. C. Studies in some famous letters. N. Y., Truslove, Hanson & Comba, 1899. 12°, cl., $2.

*Bailey, Liberty Hyde, ed. Principles of agriculture: a text-book for schools and rural societies. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 15+300 p. il. 16°, (Rural science ser.) cl., $1.25.

American comprehensive Bailey, M. A. arithmetic. N. Y., American Book Co., 1899. c. '97. 320 p. sq. S. (Bailey-Wiemer ser., 3d book.) cl., 65 c.

Bailey, T: P., jr. Love and law: an essay based on some talks to teachers and parSan Francisco, Cal.. The Whitaker & Ray Co., 1899. C. 23 p. O. pap.,

ents.

25 c.

*Bailey, W: F. The law of jurisdiction including impeachment of judgments, liabil ity for judicial acts, and special remedies as follows: divorce; contempt; habeas corpus; certiorari: prohibition; quo warranto; mandamus. Chic., T. H. Flood & Co., 1899. c. 2 v., 74+560; 10+561-1210 p. O. shp., $12.

*Bain, R. Nisbet, ed. and tr. Cossack fairy tales and folk tales; selected, ed., and tr., by R. Nisbet Bain. N. Y., A. L. Burt, 1899. 10+356 p. il. 12°, (Fairy lib.) cl., $1. Baird, S. W. Graded work in arithmetic. Fifth year: Grammar grades. N. Y., American Book Co., [1899.] c. 356 p. D. cl., 65 c.

Completes a well-graded and progressive series of five arithmetics, and furnishes to grammar school pupils a text-book carefully planned to strengthen their power of mathematical reasoning, presenting a range of topics sufficiently comprehensive to familiarize the students at the same time with the important practical applications of the science of numbers. Famous authors of *Baker, Adella L. America brief sketches of prominent American authors. Syracuse, N. Y., G. A. Mosher, 1898. 63 p. pors. 16°, silk fibre binding, 50 c.

Baker, C: Whiting. Monopolies and the people. 3d ed. rev. and enl. N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. c. '89, '99. 23+368 p. D. (Questions of the day ser., no. 59.) cl., $1.50. It is ten years since the original work was issued. The older portion of the work (Pt. 1) in this new edi• tion is substantially the same as in its original form, with the exception of a few minor points. In Part 2 new material has been added, presenting a survey of the growth of monopolies in each of the several de partments of industry during the past decade. The most important results of the author's study will be found in the three concluding chapters included in Part 3. He has here set forth a few of the serious, yet little understood, economic evils with which society is now afflicted, which are traceable to the disappearance of competition in the evolution of modern industry.

Baker, G: A:, jr. Point lace and diamonds; with new il. by Louise L. Heustis. New presentation ed. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., 1899. c. '75, '86, '99. 5+150 p. D. cl., $1.25. *Baker, Ira O. A treatise on masonry construction. 9th ed. rev. and partially rewritten. N. Y., J: Wiley & Sons, 1899. 8°, cl., $5.

BAKER

Baker, Louise R. Sunbeams and moonbeams. N. Y., T: Y. Crowell & Co., [1899.] c. 4+ 190 p. 1 il. sq. D. (Sunshine lib.) cl., 50 c. The Sunbeams "is the name of a club of girls in emulation of whom their play mates the boys form a club of Moonbeams," and the story tells of their generous rivalry in doing kind and helpful deeds for the benefit of the community in which they live.

Baker, M. N. Potable water and methods of detecting impurities. N. Y., D. Van Nostrand Co., 1899. c. 97 p. S. (Van Nostrand's science ser., no. 61.) bds., 50 c.

The object is to present clearly and briefly the essential qualities of potable water, how it may be obtained and the significance of chemical, bacterial, and microscopical tests of its quality, both in themselves and relatively There is also some discussion of the value of pure water, the relations between water and disease, and typhoid fever records as an index of the purity or impurity of public water supplies.

*Baker, Mary Baker. Animal jokes: [comic pictures and text.] N. Y., R. H. Russeil, 1899. sq. 8°., bds., $1.25.

Baker, Ray Stannard. The boy's book of inventions: stories of the wonders of modern science. N. Y., Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. c. 15+354 p. il. O. cl., $2.

Contents: A voyage on the bottom of the sea: Liquid air: Telegraphing without wires: The modern motor vehicle: X ray photography; Tailless kites; The story of the phonograph; The modern skyscraper; Through the air.

Baker, Mrs. Woods. The fisher by the sea: a story told in rhyme. N. Y., T: Whittaker, [1899.] c. 47 p. il. sq. T. pap., 20 c.

A Swedish legend, telling of a fisher who became dumb from fear that his child was drowned. Balch, T: International courts of arbitration, 1874. Phil., H: T. Coates & Co., 1899. 3+49 p. O. cl., n. p.

The son of the late Thomas Balch, a well known lawyer and writer of Philadelphia, has reprinted his father's pamphlet on the subject of international arbitration, first published in the Law Magazine and Review, of London, for November, 1874, and afterwards issued in pamphlet in this country. To it Mr. Balch's son has added a brief prefatory note, and his father's notes of an interview with President Lincoln in November, 1864, and a reference to Mr. Balch's letter to the New York Tribune on the subject printed on May 13, 1865. *Baldock, T. S. Cromwell as a soldier. N. Y., 15+ imported by C: Scribner's Sons, 1899. 538 p. 8°, (Wolseley military ser.) cl., $6. *Baldry, A. Lys. Sir John Everett Millais: his art and influence. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 15+123 p. il. 8°, cl., $3. *Baldwin, D: A., M.D. The family pocket homoeopathist: a concise manual of homoeopathic practice for families and travellers. 3d ed. Rochester, N. Y., E. Darrow & Co., 1898. 148 p. 24°, cl., 50 c.; bds., 25 c. *Baldwin, Ja. Mark. Mental development in the child and the race: methods and processes; with 17 figures and 10 tables. 2d ed. corr. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 16+496 p. 12°, cl., net, price reduced to $1.75.

*Baldwin, Ja. Mark. Social and ethical interpretations in mental development: a study in social psychology. N. Y.. The Macmillan Co., 1899. 14+574 p. 12°, cl., net, price reduced to $1.75.

*Baldwin, Josephine L. The shepherd psalm for children. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1899. 63 p. il. 16°, cl., with key, 35 c.

Balfour, Lady Betty. The history of Lord Lytton's Indian administration, 1876 to 1880; comp. from letters and official papers.

N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1899. 6+ 551 p. pors. O. cl., $5.

Ball, Rev. C: Ja. Light from the east; or, the witness of the monuments: an introduction to the study of biblical archæology. [N. Y., E. & J. B. Young & Co.,] 1899. 33+ 256-24 p. il. O. cl., $6.

This collection, containing over 330 pictures (which comprehensive series of biblical illustrations from the include 30 plates in color), is one of the fullest and most

monuments that has hitherto been brought out. The selected subjects cover the whole field of modern archæological discovery in Babylonia, Assyria, Syria, and Egypt. The letter press descriptions include a large amount of original matter bearing on the history and development of Semitic religion, literature, and civilization, valuable both to the student and to the general reader of the Bible. Contains also a new

comparative list of the proper names of the Bible.

Ball, J: Hints and notes, practical and scientific, for travellers in the Alps: being a revision of the general introduction to the "Alpine guide. New ed., prepared on behalf of the Alpine Club, by W. A. B. Coolidge. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1899. 164 p. S. bds., net, $1.

*Ballard, Susan, comp. and tr. Fairy tales from far Japan; with a prefatory note by Mrs. Isabella L. Bishop; il. by forty-seven engravings from Japanese originals. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1899. 128 p. 4°, cl., 75 c.

Ballard, Tilghman E. and Emerson E., eds. The law of real property, being a complete compendium of real estate law, embracing: all current case law, carefully selected, thoroughly annot. and accurately epitomized comparative statutory construction of the laws of the several states; and exhaustive treatises upon the most important branches of the law of real property. V. 5. Logansport, Ind., The Ballard Pub. Co., [1899.] c. 24+839 p. O. shp., $1.50.

*Balme, E. The luck of the four leaved shamrock: [a novel.] N. Y., G: Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1899. 224 p. il. 12°, cl., $1.25. La comédie humaine, *Balzac, Honoré de. (Scenes from private life;) tr. by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Centenary ed.; il. by Wagrez, Guyon, Girardet, Moreau, and others. Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1899. c. '85, '92-'96, '99. 33 v., il. 12°, cl., per v., $1.50.

Contents: V. 1, Père Goriot; The marriage contract; il. by Jeanniot and Georges Cain. V. 2, Memoirs of two young married women; Albert Savarus; il by Jules Girardet and Maximilienne Guyou. V. 3, Fame and Sorrow; Colonel Chabert; The atheist's mass; La grande Bretèche; The deserted woman; The purse; La grenadière: A double life; The rural ball; il. by LaurentDesrousseaux and Georges Cam. V. 4, Modeste Mignon; The peace of a home; A daughter of Eve; il. by Adrien Moreau and St. Rejchan. V. 5, A start in life; Vendetta; A study of woman; The message; Paz; Madame Firmiani; il. by George Roux. V. 6, Béatrix; A commission in lunacy; il. by Albert Fourié. V. 7, Eugéne Grandet, and Pierrette. V. 8, The two brothers, and An old maid. V. 9, The lily of the valley, and A gallery of antiquities V 10, Ursula, and The Vicar of Tours. V. 11, Lost illusions, and The illustrious Gaudissart. V. 12, The great man of the provinces in Paris. V. 13, Lucien de Rubempré, and Duchesse de Langeais. V. 14, Last incarnation of Vautrin, Ferragus, and Gobseck. V. 15, César Birotteau, and other stories.

v. 16. Bureaucracy, and other stories. V. 17, The lesser bourgeoisie. V. 18, Cousin Bette, V. 19, Cousin Pons. V. 20, The Chouans, and A passion in the desert, V. 21, An historical mystery, etc. V 22. The brotherhood of consolation, and Z. Marcas. V. 23, The deputy of Arcis. V. 24, The country doctor. V 25, The village rector. V. 26, Sons of the soil V. 27, Catharine de' Medici. V. 28, Seraphita, and The Alkahest. V. 29, The magic skin, and The hidden masterpiece. V. 30,

BALZAC

Louis Lambert, and other stories. V. 31, Juana, and other stories. V. 32, Memoir of Balzac. V. 33, Personal opinions of Balzac.

*Balzac, Honoré de. Novels; ed. by G: Saintsbury. In 42 v. Vs. 34, 35. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 12°, sateen, ea., $1.50.

Contents: V. 31, A Gondreville mystery, (Une Ténébreuse affair-un episode sous lu Terreur,) tr. by Ellen Marriage, 12+260 p. V. 35, The middle classes, (Le petits bourgeois,) tr. by Clara Bell, 8-+-537 p. Balzac, Honoré de. The personal opinions of Honoré de Balzac taken from his correspondence and his miscellaneous writings, preceded by the address of Ferdinand Brunetière delivered at Tours, May 6th, 1899, on the occasion of the Balzac centenary; comp. and tr. by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Bost., Hardy, Pratt & Co., 1899. 28+340 p. D. hf. rus., $1.50.

These personal opinions of Balzac on the men and women of his time, the politics, literature, theatre, social issues, etc., are selected from the concluding volumes of the Edition Definitive of his works. The separate works are not referred to, as such references would be monotonous and take up unnecessary space. The opinions follow chronologically, and cover the years from 1822 to 1838.

Bancroft, Hubert Howe. The new Pacific. N. Y., The Bancroft Co., 1900 [1899.] c. 5+738 p. map, O. cl., $2.50.

Presents the Pacific Ocean, shores, and islands in their entirety, their resources and climate, history and romance, with the events culminating in the present active development. Important chapters are: Interoceanic communication; Resources of the Pacific;

Mines and manufactures: Commerce on the Pacific: Hawaii; Race problems. etc., etc. The condition of the Chinese in the United States is fully treated. The author believes that the negro, left to himself in America, deteriorates. The work is encyclopedic in its treatment of its various subjects

Bangs, J: Kendrick. The dreamers, a club: being a more or less faithful account of the literary exercises of the first regular meeting of that organization; reported by J: Kendrick Bangs; il. by E: Penfield. N. Y., Harper, 1899. c. 7+247 p. D. cl., $1.25.

A collection of parodies of the authors of the day, told by the thirteen members of "The Dreamers' Club.

Bangs, J: Kendrick. The enchanted type writer; il. by Peter Newell. N. Y., Harper, 1899. c. 6+171 p. S. cl., $1.25.

In his introductory chapter Mr. Bangs explains how he has been enabled to furnish so large a fund of in

formation regarding the state of affairs in present-day Hades Noticing that an antiquated typewriting machine in his possession had taken to clicking and ring. ing in the dead of night, he makes an investigation and discovers it is being used by Boswell-and later by Xanthippe-in their editorial work upon the Stygian Gazette anceship with two persons who are in a position to give him information at first hand, and all that he learned is faithfully recorded in the book.

all classes of people the means of forming an intelli gent opinion of the historical and the religious value of Jonah.

Banks, L: Albert, D.D. Anecdotes and morals: a volume of illustrations from current life. N. Y., Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1898. C. 46+417 p. D. cl., $1.50.

"The contents of this volume have not been gath ered either from books or from the religious press. They are almost entirely composed of incidents hap pening throughout the world within the last few months, which have been seized upon to point a moral and illustrate some important theme. I have gath ered here five hundred and fifty-nine of these anec dotal arrows, to which I have prepared an index with

cross references."-Author's Preface.

Banks, L: Albert, D.D.

The great sinners of the Bible. N. Y., Eaton & Mains, [1899.]

C.

329 p. D. cl., $1.50.

A series of sermons preached on Sunday evenings through the autumn and winter of 1898 and 1899 in the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Ohio. Banks, L: Albert, D.D. John and his friends: a series of revival sermons. N. Y., Funk & Wagnalls Co., [1899.] c. 8+289 p. D. cl., $1.50.

The

Thirty-three sermons delivered in the First Metho dist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1899. texts are from the Gospel of St. John, according to the revised version. The present volume is the fourth in the series and a companion to" Christ and his friends," "The fisherman and his friends," and "Paul and his friends"

Banks, L: Albert, D.D. My young man: a series of addresses to young men. N. Y., Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1899. c. 3-123 p. D. cl., 75 c.

Addresses delivered in the Young Men's Christian Association Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. They are devoted to the consideration of the young man in his relation. ships as a son, a brother, a member of society, a lover, a husband, a citizen, to a young man and his money, and the young man as himself. The aim of these addresses, or character studies, is to arouse in young men a love and respect for things they are apt to regard lightly. Banks, L: Albert, D.D. A year's prayermeeting talks. N. Y., Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1899. 8+289 p. D. cl., $1. Contains fifty two short talks for prayer-meetingsone for each week in the year The book is rich in suggestions and illustrations which can hardly fail to be of practical service to preachers and church workers of all denominations Anecdotes, stories, bright similes, and poetical quotations enliven the talks.

C.

Barber, Edwin Atlee. Anglo-American pottery; old English china with American views: a manual for collectors. Milwaukee, Wis., C. N. Caspar Co., 1899. 161 p. 12°, cl., net, $1.50.

Banks, C: Eugene, and Cook, G: Cram. In Hampton Roads: a dramatic romance. N. Y. and Chic., Rand, McNally & Co., [1899.] c. 288 p. il. D. cl., $1.25.

A story of the war between the north and the south, beginning immediately after the fall of Fort Sumter. The scene is Virginia, and the story of the birth of the ironclad war vessel is told in detail. The heroine is a southern girl in love with a northern naval officer. The Merrimac and the Monitor, and their great work in the war, are graphically described. Northern and southern spies play important parts. Banks, Edgar Ja. Jonah in fact and fancy; introd. by Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D. N. Y., Wilbur B. Ketcham, [1899.] C. 2+ 194 p. D. cl., 75 c.

The aim of this book is to present to the large body of busy clergymen and biblical students a clear, simple statement of all the facts which are known and many of the fancies which are entertained of Jonah and the biblical book which bears his name, and to place before

school, football, and golf; il. by B. West Clinedinst. N. Y., Appleton, 1899. c. 5+ 267 p. D. cl., $1.50.

Mr. Barbour's hero is introduced at a preparatory school, where the serious work and discipline are varied by golf and football matches and a regatta. Later the young half-back of the school earns a place upon a 'varsity team and distinguishes himself in a great university game, which is sketched in a brilliant and stirring chapter.

Bardeen, C: W: Authors' birthdays, 2d ser., containing exercises for the celebration of the birthdays of Bayard Taylor, Lowell, Howells, Motley, Emerson, Saxe, Thoreau, E. S. Phelps-Ward, Parkman, Cable. Aldrich, J. C. Harris. Syracuse, N. Y., C. W. Bardeen, 1899. c. 98. 3-459 p. pors. S. cl., $1; pap., 50 c.

Bardeen, C: W: Commissioner Hume: a story of New York schools. Syracuse, N. Y., C. W. Bardeen, 1899. c. 210 p. S.

BARING-GOULD

(Standard teachers' lib.) cl., $1.25; pap., 50 c.

was

A description of rural New York schools in 1875. The story, which is a sequel to "Roderick Hume, originally published serially, twenty years ago, in The School Bulletin, and at the same time the first hundred pages were printed in book form The author, however, being dissatisfied with parts of his work, recalled the printed pages, with the intention of rewriting them This has since been reconsidered, and the text is here given as it was first written, and as a contribution to educational history. *Baring-Gould, Sabine, Rev. gold: twelve fairy tales, old Bost., L. C. Page & Co., 1899. pl. 12°, cl., $1.50.

The crock of and new. 44+252 p.

Baring-Gould, Sabine, Rev. Pabo, the priest: a novel. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., [1899.] c. 3+274 p. D. bds., 50 c.

A historical novel of the reign of Henry 1. of England, surnamed Beauclerc. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror. His only son was drowned in the White Ship in the English Channel, 1120 He accepted his bereavement as a punishment from heaven for his cruel persecution of the Welsh in his attempts to conquer them. Pabo is a Welsh priest, hunted by the Normans, who had wickedly maltreated his people. A fine picture is given of the Welsh people of the twelfth century.

*Barker, G: F:, ed. Röntgen rays: memoirs by Röntgen, Stokes, and J. J. Thomson; tr. and ed. by G: F. Barker. N. Y., Harper, 1899. 7-76 p. 8°, (Harper's scientific memoirs, no. 1, ed. by Jos. S. Ames.) cl., 60 c. A new series of handbooks in science, embracing translations and reprints of various articles on physics, astronomy, chemistry, and other sciences, hitherto practically inaccessible to the general student. *Barker, Lewellys F., M.D. The nervous system and its constituent neurones; designed for the use of practitioners of medicine and of students of medicine and psychology. N.Y., Appleton, 1899. c. 1150 p. il., 2 col. pls., 8°, cl., $5.

*Barnard, P. Mordaunt. Clement of Alexandria's biblical text. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 19+64 p. 8°, (Texts and studies, contributions to biblical and patristic literature, v. 5, no. 5.) cl., net, $1.25. Barnes, Annie Maria. The ferry maid of the Chattahoochee: a story for girls; il. by Ida Waugh. Phil., The Penn Pub. Co., 1899. c. 343 p. pls. D. cl., $1.25.

Has a cheerful, happy heroine, who never falters in her task of supporting her family.

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Barnes, Annie Maria. Tatong, the little slave: a story of Korea. Richmond, Va., The Presb. Committee of Pub., [1899.] c. 252 p. il. D. cl., $1. Barnes, J. The darkey phrenologist: a nigger absurdity in one act.

Dick's American ed. N. Y., Dick & Fitzgerald, [1899.] 11 p. S. pap., 15 c.

Barnes, Ja. David G. Farragut. Bost., Small, Maynard & Co., 1899. c. 18+132 p. T. (Beacon biographies, ed. by M. A. De Wolfe Howe.) cl., 75 c.

This is the first of a new series of biographies, in

tended in time to include the most notable figures in American history. Four other volumes are entered in this "W. R." under Hale, Howe, Hapgood, and Trent. The aim of this series is to furnish brief, readable, and authentic accounts of the lives of those Americans whose personalities have impressed themselves most deeply on the character and history of their country. Each volume is equipped with a frontispiece portrait, a calendar of important dates, and a brief bibliography for further reading. The volumes are printed in a form convenient for reading and for carrying handily in the pocket.

*Barnes, Ja. Drake and his yeoman: a true

accounting of Sir Francis Drake, as told by Sir Matthew Maunsell, his friend and follower, wherein also is set forth much of the narrator's private his tory. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 13+415 p. 8°, cl.,

$2.

Barnett, P. A. Common sense in education and teaching: an introduction to practice. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1899. 7+ 321 p. D. cl.. $1.50.

Contents: Instruction as discipline; The discipline of character; The physical basis of education; The genesis of curricula: The manipulation of curricula; Audible speech; Literature and formal linguistic study; Latin and Greek; Mathematics and physical science; Geography and history; Warnings from history; The making of the teacher.

Barr, Mrs. Amelia Edith. I, thou, and the other one: a love-story. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898. c. 4+354 p. il. D. cl., $1.25.

The closing days of the reign of George IV. and the troublous days of King William Iv. furnished the historical background for a love-tale in which the Reform Bill, and the work of Peel, O'Connell, Sydney Smith, and others are deciding factors. "I" stands for the heir of a dukedom, “thou" for the daughter of his staunch adherent, and "the other one "for a rich young ward of the duke who almost wrecks the happiness of many, but finally marries for love and loses her

life in the horrors of the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Barr, Mrs. Amelia Edith. Trinity bells: a tale of old New York; il. by C. M. Relyea. N. Y., J. F. Taylor & Co., 1899. c. 7+278 p. D. cl., $1.50.

A romance of old New York, opening with the return of Catharine Van Clyffe from the Moravian school at Bethlehem to her brother and her handsome home. Their father had been captured by Tripolitan pirates and held in slavery by the Dey of Algiers. The story turns on the courageous efforts of Paul to ransom his father, and the self-denial of his mother and sister. The silver Trinity bells sound messages of hope and

joy throughout the story.

Barr, Mrs. Amelia Edith. Was it right to forgive? a domestic romance. Chic., H. S. Stone & Co., 1899. C. 3+294 p. D. cl., $1.50.

A story of New York City and a beautiful suburban spot where the actors in the tale are first thrown together. A very worldly mother and self-absorbed father have brought up a son and daughter who be come the fates in the lives of a son and daughter of a Dutch Calvinistic builder, who in their turn are models of patience and unselfishness. Theorizes very fully upon the separate standard of morality required for men and women.

*Barr, J: H. Kinematics of machinery: a

brief treatise on constrained motions of machine elements. N. Y., J: Wiley & Sons, 1899. 5+247 p. il. 8°, cl., $2.50. Barr, Rob., ["Luke Sharp," pseud.] Jennie Baxter, journalist. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., [1899.] c. 4+337 p. il. D. cl., $1.75. The story of a young American woman, a journalist of the modern school, pretty, bright, and audacious. While visiting London she began to introduce her methods into the English and Continental newspapers. The author is a veteran newspaper man and points out new and old methods with spirit and much humor.

Barr, Rob., ["Luke Sharp," pseud.] The

strong arm. N. Y., F: A. Stokes Co., [1899.] c. '97-'99. 4+336 p. D. cl., $1.25.

The besieging of Castle Von Schonburg and the rescue of an emperor are the most interesting incidents in the first story, "The strong arm." The other stories are entitled: The Count's apology: Converted; An invitation; The Archbishop's gift; Count Konrad's courtship; The long ladder; "Gentlemen: the King" The hour glass; The warrior maid of San Carlos; The Ambassador's pigeons.

*Barr, Rob., [" Luke Sharp," pseud.] Tekla: a romance of love and war. N. Y., The H.