Among the books which are suited to children all the way from ten to threescore and ten, we may class A. G. Plympton's "Dear Daughter Dorothy (Roberts Brothers). The children proper will find it a bright and entertaining story, abounding in amusing incident and surprising situations; and the children of older growth will view it as a truthful and interesting study of quaint child life, skilfully drawn and consistently maintained throughout.

There are some books which appear under the guise of juveniles, but are really much better suited to more mature readers on account of the emotions with which they deal. In this class we should place "Zoe," by the author of "Miss Toosey's Mission (Roberts Brothers). A small waif of a gypsy is the leading character, but the one whose actions and emotions form the chief feature of the book is Mr. Robins, the organist, who refuses to own the little stranger, although believing him to be his grandchild. The gradual softening of heart, brought about by the baby, is well portrayed; and the cheeriness in the closing scene is a legitimate result of this change.

The story part of history is about all that a child should be expected to grasp, and good historical stories for children are always in demand. In some respects we may place in this class Ruth Ogden's "A Loyal Little Redcoat" (Stokes). The story has some vivid descriptions of New York and vicinity in the old colonial days, the localities being identified with their present positions. It is a bright and interesting story, and sure to please young people. The illustrations are many and admirable, and add materially to the interest of the book.

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This season, still another is added to the long series of Elsie books by Martha Finley- Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds" (Dodd). The character of these stories is so well known that no comment is needed, except that this volume differs from many of the others by containing more facts and less moralizing. It begins with a trip down the Hudson, then to Newport, and later in a yacht along the New England coast, introducing throughout these trips the history of the localities, told in interesting narrative to the children.

The child who loves Nature often gives personality to his companions of the woods and fields. To him, as to Emerson, the branches speak Italian, English, Basque, Castilian." By such children Lily Wesselhoeft's "The Winds, the Woods, and the Wanderer" (Roberts Bros.) will be appreciated. The story is based on the affection of Nature for a little boy, whose guardian, not appreciating his ar tistic powers, wishes to educate him to be a business man. Through all the vicissitudes brought about by this misunderstanding, he is constantly watched over by his friends of the woods and fields, and by an Indian boy who shares his kinship with

Nature. The plot is well sustained, and the style bright and picturesque.

A very pleasing and instructive little manual for beginners in object-drawing is issued by Roberts Brothers. The author, Christine Champlin Brush, embodies her teaching in a simple story, telling how a little country girl learned to draw the common objects around her. The directions are clear and practical, and the use of a framed pane of glass seems to us a very happy idea. The author has kindly stated in her preface that she should be glad to answer any questions sent through her publishers in regard to difficulties not sufficiently explained in the book.

One of the daintiest bits of coloring and artistic design for children greets us this season in "Rhymes for Little Readers," lithographed from original water-colors by Miss A. W. Adams. In addition to the inherent charm of the pictures, we have heavy paper and handsome print, and appropriate rhymes for each picture, both familiar and new, but all with the marked rhythm sure to please a child's fancy. (Lothrop.)

Eleven stories of varying degrees of merit are contained in Louise Chandler Moulton's "Stories Told at Twilight" (Roberts Brothers). The slender thread of these stories is somewhat marred by sentimentality and obscured by badly constructed sentences. In fact, some of them, which occupy half a dozen pages, would be much more acceptable if condensed into one.

It is well that in the preparation of books for Christmas, the younger children should not be forgotten; and Mary Lee Eldridge has given them a treat in "Mrs. Muff and Her Friends " (De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.), a pleasing collection of stories, principally about the animals on a farm and how they try to manage their own affairs. We wish, however, she had read "Black Beauty" and profitted by it in her account of breaking the Shetland pony. The cat Muff" is by her nature and position the prime mover in all the animals' affairs, and we have some interesting experiences of her brother, Molly Garfield's cat of the White House. How the children mistook a bear for Santa Claus is es

pecially pleasing in its illustration. The book is made both acceptable and useful by strong paper, good print, and several interesting pictures.

J. T. Trowbridge's books are too well known to need comment, and are always sure of a welcome from the boys. The latest one, "The Kelp Gatherers" (Lee & Shepard), is a story of the Maine coast. The plot is simple, but carefully worked out, and in the end the good triumphs, according to Trowbridge's usual plan.

Mr. Boyesen gives us this season another story in the wonted style which has proved so acceptable to juvenile readers-"Against Heavy Odds" (Scribner). Its scene is laid in a fishing village on the coast of Norway. The old magnate of the village has lost all his property through the villainy of his

clerk, who succeeds to his high position and influence, and uses his power to oppress his poorer neighbors. Ingoman Vang, the son of the ruined man, has invented a wonderful harpoon, which is to revolutionize the whale-fishing and retrieve their ruined fortunes. His way to success, beset with difficulties and snares by his enemies, furnishes an interesting and well-sustained plot.

The idea that everything we learn may sometime be turned to good account, is carried out in W. O. Stoddard's "Crowded Out o' Crofield" (Appleton), which has been running through "St. Nicholas" the past year, and is now issued in book form. It is the experiences of a country boy in New York, and shows how a quick-witted energetic boy carries in himself the secret of success. story is bright, interesting, and natural and improving reading for any boy. It is illustrated with clear and effective wood-cuts.

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Stories of a miner's life in the Rocky Mountains are so numerous, and often given with such rosy coloring, that a tale like Ernest Ingersoll's "Silver Caves" (Dodd) is truly refreshing, leaving out as it does the romantic element, and giving a plain record of the daily toil and dangers of this isolated life. In this story of the various difficulties which beset the path of the young miner in his attempt to hold and develop his claim, the murderous and unscrupulous nature of the rough border settler is well portrayed. The illustrations, especially the landscapes, are quite good.

The boys who were last year fascinated by "Kibboo Ganey" will be no less pleased to know that Walter Wentworth has prepared a sequel in "The Drifting Island" (Roberts), the same island that figured in "Kibboo Ganey." This book deals with the same characters-Colonel Leslie, Bob, Ted, and the dog Jack, and foremost of all, Nap, the lost chief, for whose rescue from the slave hunters the expedition is undertaken. The story is told in good English, and will be an acceptable addition to any boy's library.

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Around Normandy, and especially around Mt. St. Michael, stories of chivalry naturally cluster; and this is the scene of Marguerite Bouvet's story of Sweet William" (McClurg). This has for its theme the time-honored one of the jealousy of an elder son for his younger brother. There are tragedies in consequence, which, however, end satisfactorily. There are good picturesque descriptions and life-like delineations of character, and the plot is interesting and well carried out.

Alice Weber's "When I'm a Man, or Little St. Christopher" (Dutton & Co.) is the story of a little boy who wants to become a strong man that his father may be proud of him. He learns from his namesake Christopher couchant," he being "Christopher rampant," the lesson that a strong man is one who endures and is cheerful under great bodily weakness, as well as one who goes out to do battle with the world. The principal character of the

book is the delightfully natural and manly little boy Christopher, and the scene is a seaside and country home in England. But besides the boy we have a circle of just such grown people as it is good for a boy to be with, and chief among them Christopher's invalid friend, "Mr. Sandy." The many ups and downs of the two children, Christopher and Eruline, in their search for adventure, especially in their expedition to destroy the fabulous "scarker," are delightful reading, full of Christopher's quaint, bright ideas. The illustrations both pleasing and appropriate.

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One feels the breath of the sea and the roar of the breakers in Laura E. Richards's "Captain January" (Estes), a well-written story of a lighthouse island on the Maine Coast. Here, among "the winds and the waves and the wild uproar, lives Captain January, the lighthouse keeper, and little "Star," a beautiful child 'who as a baby was washed ashore from a wreck. Captain January's character as a genuine sailor is especially well drawn, and his talk and maxims are typical of a man of strong feelings, shrewd common-sense, and manliness. His doctrine that it takes but three things to bring up a baby, "The Lord's help, common-sense, and a cow," works well in such hands as his. The story of his island life, where he educates" Star" from the Bible and Shakespeare, is full of bright touches of wit and wisdom, as well as picturesque description.

Children's lives are often directed by some principles entirely apart from the thoughts of their elders. We find such an instance in Stella Austin's story of "Paul and his Friend, a Story for Children and the Childlike" (Dutton), with sixteen illustrations by Sebastian Gatos. Two philosophical little twins, Paul and Paulina, are firmly impressed with the truth of the old German fairy story of "The Cold Heart"-the story that runs through so many languages and times, of the man who sold his heart to an evil spirit for the sake of wordly prosperity, and at length, after long years of wealth and misery, by true repentance regains his own warm beating heart, and with it his sympathy for his fellowmen. The children's faith in this story leads them to look with compassion on those who are harsh and hard in their dealings with others, as being compelled to this course by their cold heart; and on the results of this compassion depend the thread of the story. The scene is laid first in a wealthy English home, and later, when the children lose their fortune, in a French village, where their father supports them by his paintings, and the children still lead a joyous life. Taken all in all, it is a sweet and refreshing story, pleasing in description and true throughout to the personality of its hero and heroine. The illustrations are quite good, but rather monotonous in tone.

Though a certain class of persons have penetrated the mysteries of Theosophy, or think they have done so, it hardly seems probable that children

will be interested in such speculations as Mrs. J. Campbell Ver Planck has set forth in her "Wonder Light and Other Tales; True Philosophy for Children," dedicated to Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. The field for a child's healthy mental work is the visible and the tangible, and whatever speculations grow out of these will have a strict and logical connection with the real. This we can hardly say of Mrs. Campbell's so-called philosophy, and we heartily sympathize with the little boy on whom all these theories are poured out, when he says, "Make me understand better, dear Light." Through the whole book the child's common-sense is far superior to the writer's philosophy. There are many good ideas scattered through the book, but, obscured by mysticism, they would fail to appeal to the mind of a child as they might in some other connection. We cannot too decidedly deprecate the spirit of the first chapter, in which the false relation of the father and mother is appar ently gloated over. Neither do we consider that bad grammar put into the child's mouth makes him appear more childlike.

For a unique and entertaining fairy book, we would recommend Mabel Louise Fuller's "In Poppy Land" (De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.) This is a collection of seven new fairy stories of the good old fashioned type, in which all sorts of impossibilities are made possible. Here flourishes the griffin who is really an enchanted prince, the serpent stone with its wonderful transforming power, the magic mirror, and the fascinating fairy devices. We are at a loss to name the best story when all are so good, but "The Princess Astra" and "The Fascinating Griffin" are among the best.

Ingersoll Lockwood's "Little Giant Boab and his Talking Raven Tabib" (Lee & Shepard) is a mirth-provoking account of a descendant of Pepin the Little, who is supposed to inherit many of his wonderful traits from his illustrious ancestry. At least, so the preface tells us, and kindly adds that we may treat these truly Munchausen adventures like other "Castles in Spain" and accept or reject them. But whichever we may do, the humor and genuine sense of the ridiculous which pervades the book ensures much enjoyment for the reader, especially if read in company of appreciative friends. The many illustrations by Clifton Johnson add greatly to the text, being clear, forcible, and grotesque.

"Maroussia, a Maid of Ukraine" ( Dodd ), translated from the French of P. J. Stahl by Cornelia W. Cyr, is a thrilling story of the heroic struggle for independence of the inhabitants of Ukraine, more than a hundred years ago. The book, however, is not a tale of bloody battles, but of peasantlife on the grassy steppes and in the forest. story is told with simplicity and strength.

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In her "Children of the Castle" (Macmillan), Mrs. Molesworth deals with real flesh-and-blood children. The story, however, partakes of the fanci

ful and fairy-like. The fairy princess Forget-menot resides in the west turret of the castle and interests herself in the welfare of the children, whom she spirits from place to place in her misty blue mantle, almost as intangible as the golden mist of Fouqué's Aslanga. There is a moral, but so skilfully concealed in the story that it will be useful and not offensive.

Grace Denio Litchfield has collected a number of her stories, which have already given much pleasure to the readers of "The Century," "The Atlantic," "All the Year Round," and "The Independent," into a volume, with the title Little Venice, and Other Stories" (Putnam). The stories are well worthy a more permanent form than a periodical can afford. In "Little Venice" one is at loss which to appreciate most-the wonderful description of the marshes, with the ever-varying tints and silvery water paths, or the delineations of human character and passions. Altogether the stories are admirable in their pathos and their merriment, and we close the book with a desire for more.

In war literature for the young, the season brings the closing volume of C. C. Coffin's admirable series covering the whole period of the Civil War. The present volume is called " Freedom Triumphant (Harper), and covers the period from September, 1864, to the end of the Rebellion. Mr. Willis J. Abbot presents his annual war book, under the title of "Battle Fields and Camp Fires " (Dodd). It is a narrative of the principal military operations of the Civil War. "Rodney the Partisan (Porter & Coates) is a continuation of Castlemon's war series. All the above are profusely illustrated. "The Grand Army Picture Book (Routledge) presents brief descriptions of the leading events of the war, with large illustrations, many of them in colors.

Two charming picture-books in colors are "Baby Sweethearts" and "Tiny Toddlers" (Stokes). They are large folios, containing sketches in color and outline by Maud Humphrey, with verses by Helen Gray Cone. The baby faces and figures are very winning, and the volumes are a credit to their publisher. "Two Little Tots on their Way through the Year" (Stokes) is a dainty little volume containing new pictures in colors by Pauline Sunter, and new verses by Josephine Pollard. Another book in colors that might almost be called unique is Good Children and Bad” ( Cassell), illustrated by M. B. de Monvel. It contains some most spirited object-lessons in manners, and points its moral in a quite irresistible way for both good children

(Porter & Coates), a new volume in the "Way to Success" series, by Horatio Alger, Jr.: the "Cabin in the Clearing" (Porter & Coates), by Edward S. Ellis, in the "Wyoming Series"; "Santa Claus on a Lark, and other Christmas Stories (Century Co.), by Washington Gladden; "Half Hours in Story Land" (Nims & Knight), a series of stories by Lynde Palmer; "Horse Stories, and Stories of Other Animals (Cassell), by Thomas W. Knox; Chivalry" (Routledge), translated from the French of Léon Gautier, by Henry Frith; "English Fairy Tales" (Putnam), collected by Joseph Jacobs, and illustrated by John D. Batten; and a new edition of "Swiss Family Robinson" (Routledge), with profuse illustrations, many of them in colors.

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We find our allotted space exhausted, with a considerable pile of juvenile books remaining on our table, many of them meritorious and worthy of more extended mention than it is possible to give them. "The Story Hour" (Houghton) is an attractive little volume "for the home and the kindergarten," written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith; the illustrations are particularly commendable. "Rosebud " (Routledge) is an essentially English story, written by Mrs. Adam Acton. "Gyppy, an Obituary," by Helen E. Starrett, is an affecting little sketch of a dog, written with an admirable humane motive; it has an introduction by Frances Power Cobbe, and is published by Searle & Gorton, Chicago. "Little Jarvis" (Appleton) is a spirited story of the U. S. Frigate "Constellation," written by Molly Elliot Seawell, and illustrated by J. O. Davidson and Geo. Wharton Edwards. "The Lion City of Africa" (Lothrop) contains good descriptions in story form, written by Willis Boyd Allen, and profusely illusThe Humming Top, or Debit and Credit in the Next World" (Stokes), is a translation from the German of Theobald Grosse, by Blanche Willis Howard. "A Real Robinson Crusoe" (Lothrop) strange and moving tale" by J. A. Wilkinson. Dollikins and the Miser" (Lothrop) is a story of the home missionary labors of a little girl, written by Frances Eaton. Through Thick and Thin" (Estes) is a story of "school days at St. Egbert's," by Laurence H. Frances.

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BOOKS OF THE MONTH.

[The following list includes all books received by THE DIAL during the month of November, 1890.]

ILLUSTRATED HOLIDAY BOOKS.

A Marriage for Love. By Ludovic Halévy, author of The Abbé Constantin." Translated by Frank Hunter Potter. Illustrated by Wilson de Meza. Edition de Luxe, 4to, pp. 98, in silk portfolio. Dodd, Mead & Co. $10.00. The Golden Flower-Chrysanthemum: Verses by various Poets. Collected and Embellished by F. Schuyler Mathews. With Reproductions in water-colors of Studies from Nature. 4to, gilt edges. L. Prang & Co. $10.00. The Chouans. By H. de Balzac. Newly translated into English by George Saintsbury. With 100 engravings by Léveillé, after drawings by Julien le Blant. 4to, pp. 418, gilt top. Cassell Pub'g Co. $7.50.

A Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX. By Prosper Mérimée. Newly translated into English by George Saintsbury. With 110 illustrations by Edouard Toudouze. 4to, pp. 309, uncut, gilt top. Cassell Pub'g Co. $7.50. A History of Greek Literature. By Thomas Sergeant Perry, author of "English Literature in the 18th Century. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp. 877, gilt top. Henry Holt & Co. $7.50.

The Sun Dial: A Poem. By Austin Dobson. With Drawings and Decorations by George Wharton Edwards. 4to, gilt top. Dodd, Mead & Co. $7.50. Romola. By George Eliot. Illustrated with 60 PhotoFlorentine Edition. 2 vols., sm. 8vo, gilt top, gravures.

slip covers. Porter & Coates. $6.00.

The Poets' Year: Original and Selected Poems Embodying the Spirit of the Seasons. Edited by Oscar Fay Adams. Over 100 Illustrations. Oblong 4to, full gilt. D. Lothrop Company. $6.00.

A Selection from the Sonnets of William Wordsworth. With numerous Illustrations by Alfred Parsons. 4to, pp. 90, gilt edges. Harper & Bros. Leather, $5.00. Queens of Society. By Grace and Philip Wharton. Illustrated with 18 Photogravures. 2 vols., sm. 8vo, gilt tops. Porter & Coates. $5.00.

Wits and Beaux of Society. By Grace and Philip Wharton. Illustrated with 20 Photogravures. 2 vols., sm. 8vo, gilt top. Porter & Coates. $5.00.

The Haunted Pool (La Mare au Diable). From the French of George Sand, by Frank Hunter Potter. With 14 etchings by Rudaux. 4to, pp. 180, uncut, gilt top. Dodd, Mead & Co. $5.00.

The Devil's Picture Books. A History of Playing Cards. By Mrs. John King van Rensselaer, author of "Crochet Lace." Illustrated, 4to, pp. 207, uncut, gilt top. Dodd, Mead & Co. $5.00.

Our Early Presidents, Their Wives and Children. From Washington to Jackson. By Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton. Illustrated, 4to, pp. 395, full gilt. D. Lothrop Co. $4.00. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. By R. D. Blackmore, author of "Cradock Nowell." With new Preface by the author. Exmoor edition, 3 vols., 12mo, uncut, gilt tops. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $3.75.

Glimpses of Old English Homes. By Elizabeth Balch. With 51 Illustrations, 4to, pp. 223. Macmillan & Co. $3.50.

Curious Creatures in Zoölogy. By John Ashton. With 130 Illustrations, 8vo, pp. 384, gilt top. Cassell Pub'g Co. $3.50.

The Gallant Lords of Bois-Dorée. By George Sand. Translated from the French by Steven Clovis. 2 vols., 12mo, gilt top. Dodd, Mead & Co. $3.00.

The Last Days of Pompeii. By Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton. Illustrated, large Svo, pp. 461. George Routledge & Sons. $3.00.

Fra Lippo Lippi. By Margaret Vere Farrington, author of "Tales of King Arthur." 14 Photogravure Illustrations. Svo, pp. 225, uncut, gilt top. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $2.50. Christmas in Song, Sketch, and Story: Nearly 300 Christmas Songs, Hymns, and Carols. Selected by J. P. McCaskey, author of " Harper's Franklin Square Song Collection." Illustrated, 4to, pp. 320. Harper & Brothers. "Thus Think and Smoke Tobacco." A Seventeenth Century Rhyme, with Drawings and Decorations by George Wharton Edwards. 4to, full gilt. F. A. Stokes Co. $2.50.

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Voces Populi. Reprinted from "Punch." By F. Anstey, author of "Vice Versâ." Illustrated by J. Bernard Partridge. 4to, pp. 136. Longmans, Green & Co. $1.75. Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance. By Thomas Moore. Vignette Edition. Illustrated by Thomas McIlvaine. 12mo, pp. 379. F. A. Stokes Co. $1.50. Lucile. By Owen Meredith. Vignette Edition. Illustrated by Frank M. Gregory. 12mo, pp. 420. F. A. Stokes Co. $1.50. The Princess, and other Poems. By Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Vignette Edition. Illustrated by C. H. Johnson. 12mo. F. A. Stokes Co. $1.50.

Tenting on the Old Camp Ground. Words and Music by Walter Kittredge. Illustrated, 12mo, full gilt. Nims & Knight. $1.50.

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! Written and composed by George F. Root. Illustrated, 12mo, full gilt. Nims & Knight. $1.50.

The Winds of the Seasons. By Frank T. Robinson. Illustrated in color and monochrome by L. K. Harlow. Cover design in color. L. Prang & Co. $1.25. From an Old Love Letter. Designed and Illuminated by Irene E. Jerome. Antique covers, tied with silk. Lee & Shepard. $1.00.

Summer Thoughts for Yule Tide. By S. Elgar Benet. Illustrated in color by L. K. Harlow. Oblong. L. Prang & Co. $1.00.

The Spirit of the Pine. By Esther B. Tiffany. Illustrated in monochrome by William S. Tiffany. 4to. L. Prang & Co. $1.00.

The Day's Message. Chosen and arranged by Susan Coolidge. 18mo, pp. 366. Roberts Brothers. $1.00. The Story of a Dory. Told in Verse by Edward Everett Hale, and Salted Down Picturesquely by F. Schuyler Mathews. Shape of a Dory. L. Prang & Co. $1.00. My Lighthouse, and other Poems. By Celia Thaxter. Illustrated by the author. 16mo. L. Prang & Co. Paper, 50 cents.

A Kalendar from Jap Town. Designed by J. Pauline
Sunter. 18 pictures of Japanese life, done in water-color.
Size, 4 1-2 x 5 3-4 inches. Nims & Knight. $1.00.
The Seasons Calendar for 1891. Fine designs in water-
color, by Alice M. Baumgrass. Size, 7 x 9 inches. Nims
& Knight. 75 cents.

The Cosy Corner Calendar.
scenes, by Nelly O. Lincoln.
Knight. 75 cents.
Calendar of the Birds, 1891.

A series of indoor window Size, 7 x 9 inches. Nims &

Designed by J. Pauline Sunter. 16 bird idylls, done in water-color. Size, 4 1-2 x 53-4 inches. Nims & Knight. 75 cents.

A Calendar of the Months for 1891. Twelve Landscape and Flower designs, by Alice M. Baumgrass. Size, 7 x7 inches. Nims & Knight. 75 cents.

The Whist Calendar, 1891. Compiled by Robert Fuller. Illuminated card, size 8 x 11 inches. W. B. Clark & Co. All Around the Year Calendar-1891. Designed in sepiatint and color by J. Pauline Sunter. Size. 43-4 x 5 1-2 inches. Lee & Shepard. 50 cents.

Kate Greenaway's Almanac for 1891. Illustrated in color. George Routledge & Sons. Torchon, hand painted. 25 cents.

Playing School. Water-color by Ida Waugh. 23 1-2 inches. L. Prang & Co.

BIOGRAPHY.

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The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson. Profusely Illustrated, large Svo, pp. 501, uncut, gilt top. Century Co. $4.00.

Richard Henry Dana. A Biography. By Charles Francis
Adams. With 2 Portraits, 2 vols., 12 mo, gilt top. Hough-
ton, Mifflin & Co. $4.00.
Gustavus Adolphus, and the struggle of Protestantism for

Existence. By C. R. L. Fletcher, M.A. With portrait and
map, 12mo, pp. 316. Putnam's "Heroes of the Nations."
$1.50.

Four French Women. By Austin Dobson. With frontispiece, 16mo, pp. 207, gilt top, uncut. "The Giunta Series." Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.25.

Désirée, Queen of Sweden and Norway. Translated from the French of Baron Hochschild, by Mrs. M. Carey. 16mo, pp. 96, uncut. Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.25.

The Court of the Empress Josephine. Translated from the French of Imbert de Saint-Amand, by Thomas Sergeant Perry. With Portrait, 12mo, pp. 334. Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.25.

England in the Eighteenth Century. By William Edward Hartpole Lecky. Vols. VI. and VII. 12mo. D. Appleton & Co. Per vol.. $2.25.

The Founding of the German Empire by William I. Based chiefly upon Prussian State Documents. By Heinrich von Sybel. Translated by Marshall Livingston Parrin, Ph.D., assisted by Gamaliel Bradford, Jr. In five vols. Vol. I.. 8vo, pp. 492, gilt top. T. Y. Crowell & Co. $2.00.

Switzerland. By Lina Hug and Richard Stead. Illustrated, 12mo, pp. 430. Putnam's "Story of the Na$1.50. tions." The Story of Wisconsin. Illustrated, 8vo, pp. 389.

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By Reuben Gold Thwaites. 'Story of the States" series.

D. Lothrop Co. $1.50. Ireland under Elizabeth and James the First. Described by Edmund Spenser, Sir John Davies, and Fynes Moryson. Edited by Henry Morley, L.L.D. 12mo, pp. 445. Carisbrooke Library." George Routledge & Sons. $1.00.

A History of Rome. By P. V. N. Myers, author of “A General History." Illustrated, 16mo, pp. 230. Ginn & Co. $1.10.

The Intercourse between the United States and Japan. An Historical Sketch. By Inazo (Ota) Nitobe, A. B. 8vo, pp. 198, uncut. Johns Hopkins Press. $1.25. Tabular views of Universal History. A Record of the more Noteworthy Events in the World's History. Compiled by G. P. Putnam, A.M., and continued to date by Lynds E. Jones. 12mo, pp. 211. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.75.

Papers of the American Historical Ass'n for July, 1890. 8vo, pp. 128. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Paper, $1.00. Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Embracing the Fifth and Sixth Biennial Reports, 1886-1888. Compiled by F. G. Adams, Secretary. Vol. IV. Large 8vo, pp. 819. Kansas Publishing House.

LITERARY MISCELLANY.

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott. From the Original Manuscript at Abbottsford. In 2 vols., with 2 Frontispiece Portraits. Large 8vo, gilt top, uncut. Harper & Brothers. $7.50.

London Letters, and Some Others. By George W. Smalley. In 2 vols., large Svo, gilt top, uncut. Harper & Brothers. $6.00.

Lowell's Prose Works. "Riverside edition," in 10 vols. Vols V. and VI., Political Essays, and Literary and Political Addresses. 12mo, gilt top. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $3.00.

The Best Letters of Lord Chesterfield: Letters to his Son and Letters to his Godson. By Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. Edited, with an Introduction, by Edward Gilpin Johnson. 16mo, pp. 302, gilt top. Laurel Crowned Letters" series. A C. McClurg & Co. $1.00. The Essays or Counsels of Francis Bacon. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Melville B. Anderson. 16mo, pp. 275, gilt top. A. C. McClurg & Co. $1. The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of his Discourses, the Enchiridion, and Fragments. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. A new and revised edition. Two vols., 12mo, gilt top. Little, Brown & Co. $2.50.

The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey. By David Masson. New and enlarged edition. In 14 vols., Vol. XII., Tales and Romances; Vol. XIII., Tales and Phantasies. Illustrated. 16mo, pp. 467, uncut. Macmillan & Co. Per vol., $1.25.

Essays In Philosophy, Old and New. By William Knight. 16mo, pp. 367, gilt top. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.25.