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finally, urged by her words and her noble renunciation of everything but her duty, he becomes the strength of his almost ruined cause. Some of the characters are very well drawn. The heroine's mother, uncle, and husband especially so. The translation is good. Much political matter has been omitted.

*Gallaudet, E. M. International law. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1886. D. cl., $1.50. *Geikie, Cunningham, D.D. Bible. Standard ed. 6 v. Co., 1886. D. cl., $7.50. 3 v. D. cl., $4.50.

Hours with the N. Y., Ja. Pott & Same, Popular ed.

*Giberne, Agnes. Madge Hardwicke. N. Y., Rob. Carter & Bros., 1886. D. cl., $r. Gilman, Wenona. Oni; or, averted vengeance. N. Y., Norman L. Munro, 1887. c. 206 p. D. (Munro's lib., no. 741.) pap., 20 c. *Goodell, T. D. The Greek in English. H: Holt & Co., 1886. D. cl., 75 c. *Grimm, Jac. L. and W: C. Kinder und hausmärchen. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1886. D. cl., 50 c.

N. Y.,

Hale, W: Gardner. The art of reading Latin; how to teach it. Bost., Ginn & Co., 1887. c. 74 p. D. pap., 30 c.

The method described and urged in this pamphlet (now tested by a considerable experience in the writer's teaching) bases itself directly upon the Latin order (the method is of course the same for Greek)-that is to say, upon the actual process of statement of the thought; and shows, in some detail, how it is to-day possible for any properly trained mind of ordinary power to comprehend a Roman sentence without translations, being guided by those same indications of meaning, of one kind and another, scattered through the Roman sentence, which were sufficient, on a single reading or hearing, to convey its full contents to the Roman mind.

Hardy, T: Far from the madding crowd. N.Y.,

J: W. Lovell Co., [1887.] 272 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 964.) pap., 20 c.

Harrell, Eugene G., and Neathery, J: B., comp. The North Carolina speaker; comprising new, original, attractive, and patriotic recitations and declamations by citizens of the state for every grade of pupils in North Carolina schools. Raleigh, N. C., Alfred Williams & Co., 1887. c. '86. 16+200 p. D. pap., 40 c. *Hoadley, J. C. Warm blast-furnaces. J: Wiley & Sons, 1886. O. cl., $1.50. *Holt, Emily Sarah. In all time of our tribulation: a story. N. Y., Rob. Carter & Bros., 1886. D. cl., $1.50.

N. Y..

*Holt, Emily Sarah. The slave girl of Pompeii. N. Y., Rob. Carter & Bros., 1886. S. cl., 60 c. N. Y., Rob. Carter &

*Home (The) series, 8 v. Bros., 1886. D. cl., $8. How to make a saint; or, the process of canonization in the church of England; by the prig. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1887. 3+118 p. S. cl., $1.

In uniform style with "The life of a prig" and "The venerable Bede," by the same author. Like these works, a satire upon the methods of the English church. *Hugo, Victor. Ruy Blas. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1886. S. flex. cl., 50 c.

*Hunter, T:, ed. Home culture: an aid to social hours at home: a catechetical cyclopædia of test questions and answers. N. Y., E. B. Treat, 1886. 672 p. il. D. cl., subs., $3.50. Interstate primer words, Box A, packets 1-10. Bost., The Interstate Pub. Co., 1887. box, 50 c.

Per

Ten packets in one box. Each packet contains two pages of the "Interstate primer," printed on cardboard, with duplicates to be cut up into words, for the child to put together like the other page. The packets are num

bered and carefully graded, the words being chosen from the primers and first readers most in use in the public schools.

Jackson, G: T., M.D. Diseases of the hair and scalp. N. Y., E. B. Treat, 1886. 320 p. il. D. cl., subs., $2.75.

Jameson, J. Franklin. William Usselinx, founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies. N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, 1887. c. 1+234 p. O. (Papers of the Amer. Hist. Assoc., v. 2, no. 3.) pap., $1.

This is a life of William Usselinx, b. at Antwerp in June, 1567, gathered from the best sources. The work is completed by a bibliography of his printed works which is fully annotated and another of writings not printed. Index.

Keddie, Henrietta, ["Sarah Tytler," pseud.] Disappeared a novel. N. Y., Harper, 1887. 41 p. Q. (Harper's Franklin sq. lib., no. 584.) pap., 15 c.

The scene is laid in an English university town. Hugo Kennet, a stolid young professor fresh from a course of studies in Germany, accepts a chair at St. Bernard's and the hospitality of Prof. Gage's family; just as Hugo becomes interested in Petronella Gage, he has a strange encounter with her brother; this is followed by the latter's disappearance, and Hugo's inability to account for the event leads to an estrangement, which ends with his return to Germany, where the mystery of the story is unravelled.

Our darling.

Kent, E: H: N. Y., H. E. Simmons, [American Tract Soc.,] 1887. 7 p. Fe., ribbon-tied, pap., 15 c.

A poem of comfort for those who have lost their little ones. Printed in handsome type, with a delicate spray in tint on each page.

Lean, Mrs. Francis, [formerly Florence Marryat.] Her world against a lie. N. Y., J: W. Lovell Co., [1887.] 264 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 979.) pap., 20 c.

Lean, Mrs. Francis, [formerly Florence Marryat.] Mad Dumaresq. N. Y., Norman L. Munro, [1887.] 300 p. D. (Munro's lib., no. 744.) pap., 20 c.

Lean, Mrs. Francis, [formerly Florence Marryat.] Open sesame. N. Y., Norman L. Munro, [1887.] 297 p. D. (Munro's lib., no. 743.) pap., 20 c.

Lectures delivered before the students of Phillips Exeter Academy, 1885-1886; by Pres. McCosh, Walker, Bartlett, [and others.] Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. C. 4+208 p. D. cl.. $1.50.

Contents: Physical, mental, and spiritual exercises, by Rev. E: E. Hale, D.D.; Habit and its influence in the training at school, by Ja. McCosh, D.D.: Socialism, by Francis A. Walker: The spontaneous element in scholarship, by S: C. Bartlett, D.D.; The sentiment of reverence by Franklin Carter; Men, made, self-made, and unmade, by E. G. Robinson, D.D.; The ideal scholar, by Noah Porter, D.D.; Biography, by Rev. Phillips Brooks, D.D. *Lloyd, A. Parlett. A treatise on the law of

divorce, with the causes for which divorces will be granted in all the states and territories; the time of residence required in each; and a brief digest of the leading decisions by the appellate courts. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. O. cl., $2; shp.. net, $2.50. Lucian. Trips to the moon; from the Greek by T: Francklin, D.D. N. Y., Cassell & Co., [1887] 192 p. S. (Cassell's nationa! lib., no. 71.) pap., 10 c.

Lyall, Edna, [pseud. for Ada Ellen Bayly.] Knight-errant a novel. N. Y., J: W. Lovell Co., [1887.] 367 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 962.) pap., 20 c. McCray, Florence Thayer. Environment: a story of modern society. N. Y., Funk & Wagnalls, 1887. C. 404 p. D. cl., $1.25.

Stoneham, near New York, is the scene of the story at

*Pennsylvania county court reports; cont. cases decided in the courts of the several counties, 1886-7. V. 2. Phil., T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., 1887. C. 24+705 p. S. shp.,

first it afterwards changes to New York. The usual
scenes of love and courtship, and worldly gossip and
social episodes make up a readable narrative. Inciden-
tally it illustrates the fearful evils of the drinking cus-
toms, which the author claims are stealthily creeping
into fashionable life and among ladies of wealth and high
social standing.

*Macduff, J. R., D.D. Ripples in the twilight.
N. Y., Rob. Carter & Bros., 1887. S. cl., $1.
*Marshall, Emma. The life of our Lord Jesus
Christ, for very young children. N. Y., Rob.
Carter & Bros., 1886. Il. O. cl., 75 C.
*Marshall, Emma. The roses of Ringwood.
N. Y., Rob. Carter & Bros., 1886.
$1.50.
*Muller, Max. Deutsche liebe. N. Y., H:
Holt & Co., 1886. D. pap., 40 c.
Munger, Theodore T.

D. cl.,

$5.

Rame, Louise de la, ["Ouida," pseud.] Strath-
more; or, wrought by his own hand a life
romance, 2 pts. Pt. I.
N. Y., G: Munro,
[1887.] 3-256 p. D. (Seaside lib., pocket ed.,
no. 974.) pap., 20 c.
*Rapalje, Stewart.

A treatise on the law of
witnesses. N. Y. and Alb., Banks & Bros.,
1887. c. 87+573 p. O. shp., $6.
*Ruffner, E. H. Improvement of the non-tidal
rivers of the U. S. N. Y., J: Wiley & Sons,

1886. O. cl., $1. The appeal to life.

Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. c. 12+ 339 p. D. cl., $1.50.

The title of this volume indicates its purpose to set forth the truths to which it refers in the direct light of human life and common experience. The subjects of the fourteen discourses are: The witness from experience: Christ's treatment of unwilling skeptics; Truth through and by life; Life not vanity: The gospel of the body; The defeat of life; The two prayers of Job Trust and righteousness; The twofold force in salvation; Faith essential righteousness; Evolution and the faith; immortality and modern thought; Man the final form in creation; Music as revelation.

Sand, George, [pseud. for Mme. A. L. A. D. Dudevant.] The lilies of Florence, and other stories and legends; tr. from the original ms. by Lew Vanderpoole. N. Y., J: W. Lovell Co., [1887] c. '85, '86, '87. 217 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 965.) pap., 20 c.

Scudder, H. E., ed. Men and manners a hundred years ago. New cheap ed. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1887. D. cl., $1.25. *Sedgwick, W. T., and Wilson, E. B. Biology. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1886. O. cl., $2. *Shaw, Catharine. Dickie's attic. N. Y., Rob. Carter & Bros., 1887. D. cl., $1.25.

New York Civil Service Reform Assoc. Report of the executive committee; read at the annual meeting, May 5, 1887. N. Y., pub. for the Civil Service Reform Assoc., by G: P. Put-*Skene, Alex. J. C., M.D. Diseases of the nam's Sons, 1887. 17 p. D. pap., 3 c. Noble, Lucretia. A reverend idol: a novel. 15th thousand. Bost., Ticknor & Co., [1887.] 4+450 p. S. (Ticknor's pap. ser.)

c. '82.

no. 4.) pap., 50 c. *Northwestern (The) reporter, v. 31, cont. all the decisions of the supreme courts of Minn., Wis., Iowa, Mich., Neb., and Dak., Jan. 29March 26, 1887, with tables of Northwestern cases published in v. 68, Iowa reports; 57, Mich.; 34, Minn.; 66, Wis.; Robertson Howard, ed. St. Paul, West Publishing Co., 1887. c. 11+1048 p. O. shp., $3.50.

bladder and urethra in women. New ed. (2d) rev. N. Y., W: Wood & Co., 1887. 382 p. il. O. cl., $3. South Carolina.

Supreme Court. Reports of cases, v. 24, cont. cases of April and Nov. terms, 1885; by Robert W. Shand, state rep. Columbia, James Woodrow & Co., 1887. 8+643 p. O. shp., $6.

C.

Stevens, T: Around the world on a bicycle. V. 1. From San Francisco to Teheran. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1887. c. 14+574 p. il. O. cl., $4. This handsome volume is dedicated to Col. Albert A. *Not so very long ago. N. Y., Rob. Carter & Pope, of Boston, who "by unstinted financial patronage Bros., 1886. D. cl., $1.25.

Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. Lucy Crofton. N. Y., J: W. Lovell Co.. [1887.] 109-201 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 994.) pap., 10 c.

*Oregon. Supreme Court. Reports of cases, Oct. term, 1886, and March term, 1887; J. A. Stratton, rep. V. 14. San Francisco, Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1887. c. 18+628 p. O. shp., $6.

Origin (The) and unity of religions; one symbolism and one morality; ancient myths and modern isms; showing the influence of materialism, occultism, and spiritualism in determining the religion of the future. Cin., Robert Clarke & Co., 1887. c. 4+85 p. il. D. pap., 40 c.

Pa; a history of comical adventures; by the author of " He," "It," etc. N. Y., Norman L. Munro, [1887.] c. 224 p. D. (Munro's lib., no. 733.) pap., 20 c.

An amusing story of rather broad humor in which the characters are a widowed father, three lovely daughters. and a maiden aunt, who have been left a large fortune, They had previously to this been living on a farm in New Hampshire. Their increased means and new elegant surroundings expose them to the wiles of fortune-hunters, and some very funny episodes are the result. *Packard, A. S. Elementary zoology. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1886. D. cl., $1.

made the tour around the world on a bicycle by Mr.
Thomas Stevens possible. The narrative is full of dash
and adventure, and descriptions of nature as seen from
the Sierras, and spinning across the great plains, he finally
a bicycle. Starting from San Francisco, climbing over

reached New York, from whence he embarked for Europe.
In Europe he went through Germany, Austria and
through Turkey.
Hungary, Slavonia, Servia, Bulgaria, thence into Asia
Here he finds his way through the
Angora goat country, across the Kizil Irmak River to
Yuzgat, and by many other interesting steps to Teheran.
The book is a very elegant one, fully illustrated, and
with a portrait in lithography of the handsome author.
Stickney, J. H. A third reader. Bost., Ginn
& Co., 1886. C. 7+328 p. il. S. (Classics for
children.) cl., 55 c.

The selections are mainly literary in character, and in the narrative style. The poetry is chosen in large part from standard authors. The aim to lead pupils to the reading of books, both in poetry and prose, shows itself in fewer short, disconnected lessons, and greater continu

ity of subjects.

Symonds, J: Addington. Renaissance in Italy:
The Catholic reaction. N. Y., H: Holt & Co.,
1887. 2 v., 12+430; 6+433 p. O. cl., $7.
The history of social, intellectual, and moral conditions
in Italy during the seventy years of the sixteenth cen-
tury which followed Charles V.'s coronation at Bologna,
forms the subject of this work. It is what the author
calls "a logically-necessitated supplement" to the five
former volumes of the "Renaissance in Italy," namely,
"The age of the despots," "The revival of learning,'
"The fine arts," and "Italian literature" (2 v.). While the
treatment is analogous to that used in the early vol-
umes, Mr. Symonds found it "needful to enter more

minutely into details regarding facts and institutions connected with the main theme of national culture." The Catholic revival was by its nature reactionary. "In order to explain its influences, I have," he says, "been compelled to analyze the position of Spain in the Italian peninsula, the conduct of the Tridentine Council, the specific organization of the Holy Office and the Company of Jesus, and the state of society upon which those forces were brought to bear." A list of books covering two pages indicates the most important sources consulted and referred to.

*Trautwine, J: C. Civil engineers' pocket-book. 11th ed., rev. for 1887. N. Y., J: Wiley & Sons, 1887. 866 p. D. mor. tucks, $5.

Verne, Jules. Robur the Conqueror; or, a trip round the world in a flying-machine. N. Y., G: Munro, [1887.] c. tr. 181 p. S. (Seaside lib., pocket ed., no. 976.) pap., 20 c.

pa

The flying-machine is described as made chiefly of per, and propelled by electricity. It starts from Fairmount Park, Phila., carrying some learned citizens, much against their will, around the world. It defies the common theory in that it is heavier than the air it displaces, the inventor declaring that, to be stronger than air and so to dominate it, such superiority of weight is essential. Virginia Historical Soc. Miscellaneous papers, 1672-1865; now first printed from the manuscript in the collections of the Virginia Hist. Soc.; ed. by R. A. Brock. Richmond, Va., published by the Society, 1887. 5+374 p. O. cl., $5.

Comprises: The fourth charter of the Royal African Company, 1672; Report on the Huguenot settlement in Virginia, 1700; Papers of George Gilmer, of " Pen Park," Albemarle County, Va., 1775-1778: Orderly-book of Cap: tain George Stubblefield, 1776; Career of the ironclad Virginia, or Merrimac, by Dinwiddie B. Phillips, Surgeon, Confederate States Navy, 1862; Memorial of the

Federal prison on Johnson's Island, 1862-'64: Parole of Beale's Cavalry Brigade, Confederate States Army, April 10, 1865.

*Warner, L. C., M.D. Woman's handbook in health and disease. N. Y., E. B. Treat, 1886. 400 p. il. D. cl., subs., $2.

Washburn, C. A. From poverty to competence; graduated taxation. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1887. c. 163 p. D. pap., 25 c.

The leading argument is based on the theory that, as all mankind must live on the fruits of the earth, it is but right and just that all taxes should be collected from the land in proportion to the area or productive capacity of that portion held by each individual; that the tax on the first few acres, or enough for every family to have its house and garden, should be very light, enough to distinguish the landowner from the tenant and to serve as a poll tax and qualification to vote, without regard to the sex of the owner. As the acreage is increased the rate of taxation is to be increased, so that it shall not be for the interest of any one to hold more land than can be profitably cultivated.

*Wellington, Arthur Mellen. The economic theory of the location of railways. New rev. and enl. ed. N. Y., J: Wiley & Sons, 1887. O. cl., $5.

*Whitney, W. D. Key to Whitney's "Practical French grammar." N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1886. D. cl., $1.

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Bennett, C. The massage case: a novel. 2 V. Cr. 8°.

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· Every man is a debtor to his profession, from the which, as men do of course seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves by way of amends to be a help thereunto."-LORD BACON.

AN ANNUAL CATALOGUE FOR 1884-85. We have had a number of communications as to the filling out of our catalogue system, of which one of the most interesting is printed in another column, calling for an annual catalogue for the year 1884 and 1885. This has seemed to us a matter of comparatively small importance, as the information called for is given in the "Trade List Annuals" for 1885 and '86, but we should be quite willing to complete an annual system of catalogues back to 1884, when the last volume of the American Catalogue was completed if there should prove to be a real demand for it in the trade. We desire, indeed, to honor every demand of the trade which we can meet, but that demand must necessarily be shown in the only terms in which it can be effective, that is, in terms of

money.

We should be pleased to make the catalogue or catalogues called for by Mr. Mac either in two annual lists for the year 1884 and the year 1885, or as an eighteen-month list from the completion of the American Catalogue to the beginning of the Annual Catalogue just issued, and to include in the latter not only the omissions which we have so far discovered in the American Catalogue, but a number of distinctive features which we think would be of trade benefit. The cost of this work, for which the index would have to be entirely re-set, would be so considerable, however, that we should scarcely feel justified in undertaking it unless there were fair assurance of something like 500 subscribers at $5 for the volume or two volumes. Such a demand seems to us so improbable that we do not consider that we are likely to be called upon to fulfil this promise, but we shall be very glad to consider any suggestions from the trade as well as to register any

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A WORD TO CARELESS CORRESPONDENTS. CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET ST., LONDON, E. C., May 23, 1887.

To the Editor of the Publishers' Weekly. SIR Having large correspondence with the United States, chiefly with publishers and booksellers, we shall be glad to be allowed to mention letters we receive weekly we are surcharged from the fact that for at least twenty per cent. of the threepence upwards (according to weight), simply because our correspondents put on only the home stamp instead of the foreign one. This is doubtless due to carelessness on the part of those who stamp the letters; but it is a growing evil, and one which occurs more or less from nearly every correspondent, the result being a heavy and quite unnecessary weekly tax upon ourselves. Doubtless the same thing occurs with other recipients of American letters on this side. You will be doing a kindness to our mutual friends by asking their kind attention to this small matter. Yours faithfully,

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & Co.

A CATALOGUE FOR 1884 AND 1885.
NEW YORK, May 19, 1887.

To the Editor of the Publishers' Weekly.

Now that the American Catalogue for 1886 is an accomplished fact, let us know what can be be done for 1885 and 1884. A plain statement of where the records of these two years are and their condition will show the need of some new compilation. What is wanted, I think, is one alphabet something like the 2d part of the American Catalogue of 1886 (or the monthly indexes). As that was about 75 pages, the two years 1884-1885 would be considerably less than say 200 pages. The design should be, I think, to include in it all books dated 1884 or 1885, so as to have but one This would of

place to go to for those years.

course take some titles from each of the follow

ing places: Publishers' Weekly Record, Sept., 1883-April, 1886; Trade List Annual, 1884-1886 inclusive; American Catalogue, 1876-1884; Annual Catalogue, 1886.

Perhaps it would do to rely entirely upon the data in the first mentioned between the dates indicated.

No record for any year will ever be probably quite complete. The only thing that can be done is to make each as good as it can be, and any titles subsequently found should go into the next weekly, monthly, annual, and decennial records following its discovery.

Excuse the digression. Having made a careful estimate of the cost of a catalogue for 18841885 as indicated above, divide by 100 and by 300. In any case let the edition be limited to the number that can be very promptly taken up and give investment, which they cannot do if there is a supthose investing opportunity to realize on their ply beyond enough to satisfy original subscribers.

E. A. MAC.

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