ALLEN ness side of the marriage. Unexpectedly a question of heredity comes up which threatens to separate the young people. A confession Hubert's mother makes ends the complication. Grant Allen treats her "splendid sin in an unconventional and wholly scientific manner. *Allen, C: Warrenne, M.D., and Sobel, Jacob, M.D. Handy book of medical progress. N. Y., W: Wood & Co., 1899. C. 8°, buckram, net, $2. *Allen, Ethan, D.D. The Garrison church: a sketch of the history of St. Thomas Parish, Garrison Forrest, Baltimore Co., Maryland, 1742-1852; ed. in 1898 by Rev. Hobart Smith, with additional sketches. N. Y.. Ja. Pott & Co., 1899. 193 p. il. 8°, cl., net, $2.50. *Allen, H. C., M.D. Keynotes and characteristics; with comparisons of some of the leading remedies of the materia medica. Phil., Boericke & Tafel, 1898. 179 p. 12°, cl., $1.25. Allen, H: E. In hell and the way out: a nonpartisan political handbook: a comparative stucy of present conditions, and a plan of social democracy outlined; respectfully inscribed to the farmers and trade unionists of America, by one of their number. Chic., C: H. Kerr & Co., [1898.] c. '96. 64 p. sq. S. (Unity lib., no. 77.) pap., 10 c. *Allen, Ja. Lane. The choir invisible. N. Y., American News Co., 1899. 12+364 p. il. 12°, (People's lib., no. 2.) pap., 50 c. Allen, Ja. Lane. Two gentlemen of Kentucky. N. Y., Harper, 1899. c. '91, '99. 2+ 73 p. nar. S. (Little books by famous authors.) cl., 50 c. A story taken from Mr. Allen's "Flute and violin." *Allen, J: Gamaliel. Topical studies in American history. New rev. ed. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 36+93 p. 12°, cl., net, 40 c. Allen, Katharine. The treatment of nature in the poetry of the Roman republic (exclusive of comedy): a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1898. Madison, Wis., University of Wisconsin, 1899. 3+89-219 p. O. (Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, no. 28; Philology and literature ser., v. 1, no. 2.) pap., 50 c. Contains a bibliography of principal literature consulted (2 p.). Allen, Mary Wood, M.D. Teaching truth. New ed. Ann Arbor, Mich., Wood-Allen Publishing Co., [1899.] c. '92. 24+4 p. il. sq. S. pap., 25 c. Suggests to a mother how to impart information to her children about the origin of life in unobjectionable language. C. *Allen, R: Hinckley. Star-names and their meanings. N. Y., G: E. Stechert, 1899. 20+485 p. il. 8°, cl., net, $5. *Allen, W. J. Annotations of amendments and alterations made in the Wisconsin statutes of 1898; also index-digest lines of all the new laws of general importance, enacted by the Legislature of 1899. Milwaukee, Wis., C. N. Caspar Co., 1899. printed on gummed pap., net, $1; hound, net, $1.25. C. Allen, Willis Boyd. Cleared for action: a story of the Spanish-American war of 1898; sequel to " Navy blue ": il. by G: A. Traver. N. Y., E. P. Dutton & Co., 1898. 8+346 p. The heroes of "Navy blue" reappear in this book for boys; it will be found to contain not only a record of the experiences of Ensign Rexdale, Engineer Holmes, and others, but an abridged history of the Spanish American war in which they took part as officers in the United States Navy. *Allsop, F. C. Telephones, their construction and fitting: a practical treatise on the fitting up and maintenance of telephones and the auxiliary apparatus. 5th ed. rev. and rewritten. N. Y., Spon & Chamberlain, 1899. 184 p. 12°, cl., $1.25. Althaus, E: Synopsis of German grammar for the use of high schools and academies. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1899. C. 6+115 p. D. cl., net, 60 c. Professor Althaus is instructor in German at the High School, Borough of the Bronx, New York. Altsheler, Jos. A. The last rebel; with frontispiece by Elenore Plaisted Abbott. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1900 [1899.] c. '98, '99. 3-219 p. il. D. cl., $1.25. "The last rebel "is an old colonel of the Confederate army who, in 1896, would not acknowledge that the war was over. He established himself with his daughter and a few old soldiers in a fortress in the Allegheny Mountains of Kentucky. A young artist, lost in the snow, is found by this fanatical soldier and treated as a spy. The strength of the story lies in the descriptions of nature in the mountains during an unusually inclement winter. *Ameer Ali Seyd. A short history of the Saracens: being a concise account of the rise and decline of the Saracenic power, and of the economic, social, and intellectual development of the Arab nation from the earliest times to the destruction of Bagdad and the expulsion of the Moors from Spain. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 19-+638 p. maps, il. 8°, cl., $3. American Academy of Political and Social Science. The foreign policy of the United States political and commercial: addresses and discussion at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, April 7-8, 1899. Phil., American Acad. of Political and Social Science, 1899. 2+216 p. O. cl., $1.50; pap., $1. American Agriculturist year-book and almanac, 1899: a cyclopedia of progress and events; a treasury of statistics for farm or home, and office or factory, by Herbert Myrick. V. 3, no. 4. N. Y., Orange Judd Co., [1899.] 512 p. D. pap., 50 c. A reference work on every subject pertaining to agriculture, industry, commerce, and markets, public affairs, economics, and politics, household education, religion and society, an almanac of calendars, astronomy of 1899, the weather, hints for each month, dates, etc. *American and English corporation cases: a coll. of all cases affecting corporations of every kind, other than municipal and railroad, decided by the courts of appellate jurisdiction in the U. 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O. shp., ea., $5. *American and English railroad cases, Digest to cases reported in v. 1 to 10, inclusive, new ser., and index to the notes thereto with table of cases reported; by T: J. Michie. Northport, N. Y., G: R. B. Michie & Co., 1899. C. 346 p. O. shp., $4.50. American bankruptcy reports: annotated (cited Am. R.R.;) reporting the bankruptcy decisions and opinions in the United States of the federal courts, state courts, and referee in bankruptcy; ed. by W: Miller Collier. V. 1. Albany, N. Y., Matthew Bender, 1899. C. 23+782 p. O. shp., $5. The American bankruptcy reports are compiled and annotated with the purpose of presenting to the profession prompt, complete, and authentic reports of all the decisions made under the new bankruptcy law of 1898, whether the same have been rendered by the federal judges, by the referees in bankruptcy, or by the state courts. American church almanac and year-book for C. 3228 columns, O. shp., subs., ea., $6. *American digest, 1899 annual, continuing without omission or duplication the century ed. of the Am. digest, 1658 to 1896. 1899. A digest of all current decisions of all the American courts, as reported in the national reporter system, the official reports, and elsewhere, from Sept. 1, 1898 to Mar. 31, 1899; prepared and ed. by the editorial staff of the Am. digest system. St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1899. C. 12 p. 4888 columns, O. (Am. digest system, annual for 1899.) shp., $6. p. American Economic Association. The federal Handbook of the American Economic Association, 1899; with Report of the Eleventh annual meeting, New Haven, Ct., December 27-29, 1898. N. Y., published for the American Economic Association by The Macmillan Co., 1899. 3-126 p. D. (American Economic Association Supplement to Economic studies, v. 4, no. 2.) pap., 50 c. American Economic Association, President's American educational catalogue for 1899, American practice reports: official leading cases in all state and federal courts, annotated and systematically arranged so as to include in the table of cases of each state its reported, cited, and digested practice cases; editor-in-chief C: A. Ray. V. 1. Wash., D. C., Washington Law Book Co., 1899. C. 70+726 p. O. shp., $6. This is the first volume of a series which will be published at the rate of four bound volumes a year. those decided during the months of September, 1897, Cases for the first year's publication are selected from to September, 1898. *American state reports, cont. the cases of *Ames, Ja. Barr. A selection of cases on the ANNESLEY Annesley, C: The standard opera-glass; containing the detailed plots of one hundred and twenty-three celebrated operas, with critical and biographical remarks, dates, etc., etc.; with a prelude by Ja. Huneker. N. Y., Brentano's, 1899. c. 15+446 p. D. cl., $1.50. This volume ranges from 1714, when Gluck was born, to 1863, when Mascagni saw the light; from "Ar mida" of Gluck to "The cricket on the hearth " of Goldmark is a wide range, as varied as it is valuable. Index of the operas. Index of the composers. Annual American catalogue, 1898; being the full titles, with descriptive notes, of all books recorded in The Publishers' Weekly, 1898, with author, title, and subject index, publishers' annual lists, and directory of publishers, [Fourth supplement to the American Catalogue, 1890-95.] N. Y., Office of The Publishers' Weekly, 1899. C. 16+221+98 p. O. hf. leath., $3.50. *Annunzio, Gabriel d', (pseud. for Ra pagnetta.) The child of pleasure; from the Italian, by Georgina Harding; the verses translated with an introd. by Arthur Symons. N. Y., G: H. Richmond & Son, 1898. C. 12°, cl., $1.50. Ansorge, W. J. Under the African sun: a description of native races in Uganda, sporting adventures and other experiences; il. from photographs by the author. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1899. 10+355 p. il. 2 col. pl. O. cl., $5. P.ofessor Ansorge is late senior professor at the Royal College of Mauritius and medical officer to Her Majesty's government in Uganda. He took the journey over the old caravan route from Mombasa to Uganda six times, and spent a year in the more remote parts of Africa known as Unyoro, crossing Lake Albert four times. In the appendix Mr. Ernest Hartert, director of the Tring Museum, has given an interesting account of the author's collection of African birds. Hon. Walter Rothschild contributes a description of some new species of African lepidoptera. *Antin, Mary. From Plotzk [Poland] to Boston; with a foreword by Israel Zangwill. Bost., W. B. Clarke & Co., 1899. C. 80 p. 12°, pap., net, 50 c. Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius. Selections from the meditations of Marcus Aurelius; tr. from the original Greek, with an introd., by B: E. Smith. N. Y., The Century Co., 1899. C. 26+202 p. nar. T. (Thunib-nail ser.,) leath., $1. C. 2 V., A new translation of the best parts of this ethical masterpiece by the managing editor of "The Century dictionary." A double frontispiece, in tint, shows both sides of an old coin bearing a portrait of the emperor. Appian of Alexandria. The Roman history of Appian of Alexandria; tr. from the Greek, by Horace White, N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 68+413; 34+554 p. maps, il. D. cl., $3. Appian of Alexandria lived in Rome during the reigns of Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius. His works constitute an indispensable part of Roman history. The portions which have come down to modern times embraces the Spanish, Hannibalic, Punic, Illyrian, Syrian and Mithridatic wars, and the Civil wars of Rome, besides a considerable number of selections and fragments preserved in the writings and compilations of others. The last English translation of Appian was made in 1679, and the last one in any modern language (German) in 1831. The present translator has added many historical notes explaining obscurities and correcting inaccuracies. He says of Appian, "impartiality and the judicial temper are his striking characteristics." Bibliography (6 p.). Appleton, Amelia. That other woman. Y., F. Tennyson Neely, [1899.] 3-264 p. D. cl.. $1. N. Boston is the scene of the misunderstandings of two young people. The girl's father had married, believing That other woman" for years his wife lost at sea. made him believe his second marriage illegal, and the young man's mother would not consent to his marriage with a girl under a cloud. *Appleton's annual cyclopædia, 1897, 1898. Vs. 22, 23. N. Y., Appleton, 1898, '99. 8°, cl., $5. *Appleton's dictionary of New York and vi cinity. New ed. for 1899. N. Y., Appleton, 1899. maps, sq. 12°, pap., 30 c. *Appleton's European guide-book, for English-speaking travellers. 29th ed. N. Y., Appleton, 1899. 2 v., 12°, mor., $5. *Appleton's general guide to the United States. New ed. for 1899. N. Y., Appleton, 1899. il. maps, 16°, flex. mor. with tuck, $2.50; or in 2 v., ea., $1.25. Apthorp, W: Foster. By the way: a colleclection of short essays on music and art in general, taken from the program-books of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Bost., Copeland & Day, [1898.] c. 2 v., 12+157; 8+196 p. S. cl., $1.50. The material was first printed under the heading of Entre'acte," in the programmes prepared for the Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts. In this department the editor has been free to print any sort of matter he considered of musical interest to the audience. The little volumes are full of interesting matter for readers of artistic feelings and impulses. *Arabian nights. A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments, now entitled "The book of the thousand nights and a night," with introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The nights. by Richard F. Burton. In 16 v. V. 1-5. [Denver, The Burton Society, 1899.] 27+(1)+362; 343; 8+356; 9+309; 11+407 p. 26 il. O. This is an extra illustrated facsimile of the edition issued by the Kamashastra Society at Benares, 1885. It is issued by The Burton Society for circulation among members The edition is limited to 1000 copies. The price for the set is at present $100. *Arabian nights. The story of Ahikar; from the Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Greek, and Slavonic versions, by F. C. Conybeare, J. Rendel Harris, and Agnes Smith Lewis. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 88+162 p. 8°, (Cambridge University Press ser.) cl., net, $6. *Arblay, Mme. Frances Burney d'. Evelina. N. Y., The Home Pub. Co., 1898. 400 p. 12°, (Welcome ser., no. 37.) pap., 50 c. Arbuthnot, Sir Alex. J: Lord Clive: the foundation of British rule in India. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1899. 15+318 p. por. D. (Builders of Greater Britain ser., no. 5.) cl., $1.50. Lord Clive, in the words of Sir Alfred Lyall, is "the man to whom above all others the English are indebted for the foundation of our Empire in India." It is the object of this brief memoir to show how this came about, to describe the salient points in Clive's career, and to explain how entirely it was owing to Clive that the place now filled by the British Raj in India was not occupied in the middle of the last century by the French. Archer, W: America to-day: observations and reflections. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1899. c. 6+260 p. D. cl., $1.25. The letters and essays which make up this volume appeared in the London Pall Mall Gazette and Pall Mall Magazine respectively, and are reprinted by permission ARCHITECTURE of the editors of these periodicals. The ten letters which were sent to the Pall Mall Gazette appeared also in the New York Times. *Architecture Française. V. 12: Paris and its Ardel, H: Little Arlette; or, my cousin 50 c. Ardel, H: 'Twas to be; or, everything hap Ariel booklets. N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, Contents: Sonnets from the Portuguese, by Mrs. Eliz. Barrett Browning, 175 p.: School for scandal, by R: Brinsley Sheridan. 189 p; Our best society, by G: W: Curtis, 3-107 p.; Rab and his friends, and Marjorie Fleming, by J: Brown, M D., 108 p.; The culprit fay, by Jos. Rodman Drake, 137 p.; The gold bug, by Edgar Allan Poe, 100 p. *Aristophanes. The clouds; ed., with introd. and notes, by C. E. Graves. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 10+172 p. 16°, (Pitt Press ser.) cl., net, 90 c. N. Y., F: Warne & Co., 1899. 21+928 p. 8°, cl., $7.50. Arnold, Howard Payson. Historic side-lights. N. Y., Harper, 1899. C. 8+331 p. por. il. diagrams, facsimiles, O. cl., $2.50. Benjamin Franklin and his friends both in America and abroad are the central figures of a most enter taining collection of delightful gossip, personal anecdotes, and quaint and curious historical lore, gathered from those out-of-the-way corners which historians proper for many reasons neglect. Arnold, Matthew. Poems; with an introd. by A. C. Benson; il. by H: Ospovat. N. Y., J: Lane, 1900 [1899.] 34+376 p. D. cl., $2.50. *Arnold, Matthew. Sohrab and Rustum, and other poems; ed. by Louise Imogen Guiney. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1899. 16°, (Riverside lit. ser., no. 133.) pap., net, 15 c. *Arnold, Matthew. Sweetness and light; reprinted from "Culture and anarchy." [Also,] An essay on style, by Walter Pater; reprinted from 'Appreciations." N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 140 p. 16°, (Miniature ser.) cl., 75 c. Arnold. Mrs. T. B., ed. Arnold's practical Sabbath-school commentary on the International lessons, 1900. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1899. 233 p. map, and blackboard exercises, 4°, cl., net, 50 c. Arthur, Timothy Shay. Ten nights in a barroom. N. Y., A. L. Burt, 1899. 304 p. il. 12°, (Home lib.) cl., $1. Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. Essays Arville, Greville d'. Omega et Alpha, and Omega sets forth the end of the old; Alpha deals with *Arkansas. Acts, passed at the ninth session of the general assembly of the territory of Arkansas: which was begun and held at the city of Little Rock on Monday, the fifth day of October, and ended on Tuesday, the fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Published by authority. City of Little Rock, Printed by J. Smith and J. H. Reed, Printers to the Territory, 1835. [Reprinted in photo-fac simile by Statute Law Book Co., Washington, D. C., July 15, 1899. 50 copies (only) printed.] 103 p. [1] [3], D. $12. *Arkansas. Laws of the territory of Arkansas: comprising the organic laws of the territories of Missouri and Arkansas, with their amendments and supplements annexed; all laws of a general nature, passed by the general assembly of the territory of Missouri, at the session in 1818; together with the laws passed by the general assembly of the territory of Arkansas at the session in 1819 and 1820. (Published by authority.) Arkansas, Printed by William E. Wood-cards; Description of a gaming house, 1669; Gambling ruff, Printer to the Territory, 1821. [Reprinted in photo-facsimile by Statute Law Book Co., Washington, D. C., July 15, 1899. 50 copies (only) printed.] 149 p. [3], D. $15. *Arkansas. Supreme ct. Reports, v. 65, from *Arkwright, J: P., ed. Cabinet-making for *Ashton, J: Florizel's folly. N. Y., imported by C: Scribner's Sons, 1899. 308 p. 12°, cl., $2.25. Ashton, J: The history of gambling in England. Chic., H. S. Stone & Co., 1899. 8+ 286 p. O. cl., $2.50. A few of the many topics touched upon in the twen ty-two chapters are: Difference between gaming and gambling: Universality and antiquity of gambling; Celebrated gamblers; Latimer and cards; Discourse between a preacher and a professor; Legislation at dotes of Mrs. Centlivre, E. Ward, Steele, Pope, Beau Nash, and others: Horse racing; Betting houses: The gambling ladies; The gambling clubs-White's, Cocoa Tree, Almack's, etc.; Crockford's club, his life, etc.; Hells in the quadrant, 1833; Gambling on race courses; The lottery, etc. in church: Gambling early eighteenth century; Anec *Askwith, E. H. The Epistle to the Gala. Aston, W: G: A history of Japanese litera- ing over twelve centuries, which to this day has been ATHERTON Hence the historian of their literature is thrown mainly upon his own resources. Little space, therefore, has been devoted in this volume to what is necessarily a record of personal impressions and opinions, the outcome of rough pioneer work. Much room is given to translated extracts, and to such biographical notices as are necessary to show what manner of men the authors were. The general plan, however, of the series has not been lost sight of. Important writers have been treated at comparatively greater length, and an attempt has been made to follow the movement of the literature, and trace the causes which determined its character at particular periods. The author has been for some time assistant Japanese secretary H. B. M.'s Legation at Yedo. Atherton, Mrs. Gertrude Franklin, ["Frank Lin," pseud.] A daughter of the vine. N. Y., J: Lane, 1899. c. 3-300 p. por. D. cl., $1.50. The father of the heroine is represented as a former boon companion of Branwell Brontë, the ill-fated brother of Charlotte Brontë. While under the influence of liquor he marries an ignorant barmaid. To hide his social downfall he gives up his home in Yorkshire and comes to America, finally settling in San Francisco in the forties. With such a father and mother Nina Randolph is far from being a normal girl. The part heredity plays in her story, particularly in a love affair with a young Englishman, is painfully depicted. *Atkinson, E. H. de V. Text-book of practical solid geometry; for the use of military students. N. Y., Spon & Chamberlain, 1899. 115 p. 8°, cl., $3. *Atlantic reporter. v. 41. Permanent ed. Sept. 21. 1898-Aug. 23, 1899. St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1899. O. (National reporter system, state ser.) shp., ea., $4. Contains all the reported decisions of the supreme courts of Me., N. H., Vt., R. I, Conn., and Pa.; court of errors and appeals, court of chancery, and supreme and prerogative courts of N. J.; supreme court, court. of chancery, superior court, court of general sessions, and court of oyer and terminer of Del., and court of appeals of Md, with tables of Atlantic cases. A table of statutes construed is given in the index to each volume. Atterbury, Anson P. Islam in Africa, its effects, religious, ethical, and social, upon the people of the country; with introd. by F. F. Ellinwood. N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. c. 24+208 p. D. cl., $1.25. A study of Mohammedanism, by the pastor of the Park Presbyterian Church, N. Y. He takes a middle ground between those who view Islam as wholly an imposture, destitute of all true ethics, wholly opposed through all its history to enlightenment, and breathing only cruelty and destruction, and therefore unworthy of serious study, and those who go to the other extreme of laudation, claiming that Islam is a sort of preparatory school by which such countries as Africa, for example, may most successfully be brought to an ultimate civilization. *Attorneys' and agencies' association legal directory. V. 9, Jan., 1899, (revised to Jan. 1, 1899;) cont. a list of the associate attorneys of the association, together with the names of 5000 other reliable attorneys in U. S. and Canada, [etc.] N. Y.. Attorneys' and Agencies' Association, [1899.] c. 340 +28 p. O. shp., $2.50; pap.. $1.50. Atwood, E. L. Text-book of theoretical naval architecture. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1899. 5+295 p. il. D. cl., $2.50. Author is assistant constructor, English Royal Navy. This book was prepared by him in order to provide students and draughtsmen engaged in shipbuilders' and naval architects' drawing offices, with a text-book which should explain the calculations which continually have to be performed. It is intended, also, that the work, and more especially its later por tions, shall serve as a text-book for the theoretical portion to the examinations of the science and art department in naval architecture. This refers to English offices and schools. Aubrey, Frank. A queen of Atlantis: a romance of the Caribbean Sea; il. by D. Murray Smith. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1900 [1899.] 3-391 p. D. cl., $1.50. The events which culminated in the author's" Deviltree of El-Dorado" (see " Weekly Record," P. W., May 15, '97, [1820]) are here described. Abandoned by the crew in the Sargossa Sea, between the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, the four people left upon an old brig reach an island they name Atlantis. Here swordfish, vampires, flower-people, ghosts and every terror assails them, from which they are rescued by the hero of the "Devil tree of El-Dorado." The almost perfect heroine is crowned queen by the wild inhabitants of the island. Aucassin and Nicolette, the lovers of Provence: a ms. song-story of the twelfth century; rendered into modern French, by Alexandre Bida; tr. into English verse and prose, by A. Rodney Macdonough; with engravings after designs by A. Bida, Mary Hallock Foote, W. H. Gibson, and others. [New ed.] N. Y., Fords, Howard & Hulbert, [1899.] c. '80. 82 p. S. cl., $1. Aulnoy, Marie Cath. Jumelle de Bernville, Comtesse d', [and others.] Old-fashioned fairy tales. Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1899. 407 p. 16°, cl., $1. *Aulnoy, Marie Cath. Jumelle de Bernville, Comtesse d', [and others.] Old French fairy tales. Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1899. 336 p. 16°, cl., $1. *Austen, Jane. Works. Temple ed. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1899. 10 v., col. il. 16°, cl., $8. *Austin, Mrs. Jane Goodwin. Betty Alden. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1899. 16°, (Riverside pap. ser.) pap, 50 c. Austin, Oscar Phelps. Uncle Sam's soldiers: a story of the war with Spain. N. Y., Appleton, 1899. 22+346 p. D. (Appleton's home-reading books, division 3, Social science.) cl., net, 75 c. C. The story is based upon the experience of two boys Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. It is designed verging upon manhood who served with the armies in to give young readers information about modern military methods, including the organization and handling of armis, the methods of their training and field work, the gathering and distribution of supplies, modern arms, artillery, ammunition, coast defences, etc., and especially modern methods of fighting in actual active field work. This is done through numerous conversations. Avery, Harold. Mobsley's Mohicans: a tale of two terms; il. by J. H. Bacon. N. Y., T: Nelson & Sons, 1899. 4-318 p. D. cl., $1.25. The scene is laid in England in a boy's school; the youngsters atter ding it being the characters. The events are not thrilling, the first one being a cricket match on the top landing on a hot night in June; after that the boys petition for a playing-field; have a teameeting in the loft; bury Mobsley's white mice: celebrate the Joneses' birthday: start the "Mohicans," etc., etc The scene ends in the school, with the boys obtaining a cricket field and starting a club. *Avis, R: Bird preserving and mounting, and the preservation of birds' eggs. N. Y., F. Warne & Co., 1899. 48 p. 12°, pap., 15 c. Awdry, Mrs. W. Early chapters in science: a first book of knowledge of natural history, botany, physics, and chemistry, for young people; ed. by W. F. Barrett. N. Y., E. P. Dutton & Co., 1899. 18+348 p. D. cl., $2. The object is to provide young people, especially the junior classes in schools, with an introduction to the two great divisions of science-biological and experimental-to the World of life" and the "World of experiment." The first part of the book teaches the boy or girl to observe, the second part to question nature. Whilst the young reader is throughout led to feel he is still on the threshold of scientific knowledge, the aim has been to make the work accurate as far as it goes. |