St. Gregory's Guest, and Recent Poems.-By John Greenleaf Whittier. 16mo., pp. 66. Illuminated. Price, $1.00. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. This little volume contains all of Whittier's poems since the appearance of his "Bay of Seven Islands," in 1883. Some of his sweetest verses belong to this period. (Pennsylvania School Journal.) Essential Studies in English and American Literature.-By James Baldwin. Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Co. pp. 384. Price, $1.00. It has questions and answers, selected readings and references, numerous biographical notes, &c., arranged for school and college use. Historic Boys.-Their endeavors and their achievements. By E. S. Brooks. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons. Price, $2.25. The lives and exploits of these twelve historic boys are chosen from the nations and times of Rome, the Norsemen, Crusaders, Germany, England, Italy, France, Sweden, Holland, and Mexico. It is wholesome, inspiriting, interesting, and instructive. (Pennsylvania School Journal.) The Story of the Nation Series.-Greek, Germany, Norway, Rome, Spain, Chaldea, and the Jews. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons. Illustrated. Price, $1.50. (New England Journal of Education.) Byron: Childe Harold.-Edited by H. F. Tozer, Clarendon Press. Valuable to students. Bacon's Essays.-With introduction, notes, indexes, &c. Edited by Starr and Gibson. (Rivingtons.) The idea of using these essays as a school text-book is a good one if wisely carried out. (Academy.) Edge Tools of Speech.-By M. M. Ballou. Boston, Ticknor & Company. It is one of the best book of quotations in the language; indispensable in the library and office. (New England Journal of Education.) The Delsarte System of Dramatic Expression.-By Genevieve Stebbins. New York, Edgar S. Werner. Illustrated. Price, $2.00. No one of Delsarte's gymnastic exercises is practised simply for physical results, but to develop mind and soul as well. (New England Journal of Education.) FOREIGN LANGUAGES. French. 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The aim of the system is to awaken ideas and thoughts to be expressed in foreign words. (New York School Journal.) Montaigne's L'Institution des Enfants.-Cambridge, Charles W. Sever. Price, 25 cents. Racine's Andromaque.-Cambridge, Charles W. Sever. Price, 50 cents. De Musset's Histoire d'un Merle Blanc.-Cambridge, Charles W. Sever. Price, 25 cents. Stahl's Histoire d'un Lièvre.—Cambridge, Charles W. Sever. Price, 25 cents. George Sand's La Mare au Diable.-Cambridge, Charles W. Sever. Price, 25 cents. German. The German Verb Drill.-By Adolph Dreyspring. New York, D. Appleton & Co. 12mo., pp. 276. Price, $1.40. A series of drill exercises on the verb, by which means the learner will speedily acquire command of this essential element of a sentence in its various modifications and connections. (Educational Journal of Virginia.) Easy Lessons in German.-By Adolf Dreyspring. New York, D. Appleton & Co. 12mo., pp. 103. Price, 70 cents. First Lessons in German Reading.-By Fraulein Jagst. 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(New England Journal of Education.) A History of Germany.-By C. T. Lewis. 12mo., pp. 799. Price, $1.50. New York, Harper & Bros. A marvel of condensed fulness; reliable and clearly written; invaluable for the practical work and use of the teacher. It is founded on Dr. David Müller's history of the German people, rearranged and adapted for the use of American students. (Pennsylvania School Journal.) Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Gebrüder Grimm.-Selected and edited with English notes, glossary, and a grammatical appendix. By W. H. Van der Smissen. Boston, D. C. Heath & Co. Price, 85 cts. Charming stories for beginners in German. (New York School Journal.) An Introduction to German.-By Alonzo Williams. New York, Holt & Co. 12mo., pp. 153. Price, $1.00. Conversation and composition, including social and commercial correspondence. A Brief German Grammar.-By Wm. D. Whitney. New York, Holt & Co. 16mo., pp. 143. Price, 75 cents. A superior little text-book, presenting the most important facts of the German language in the briefest form consistent with accuracy and clearness of statement. (New England Journal of Education.) German Simplified.-By Augustin Knoflach. P. O. box 1550, New York. School edition. Cloth. Price, $1.25. Complete English-German and German-English Dictionary.-By Dr. J. F. Leonhard and Louis H. Tafel. Philadelphia, Ig. Kohler. Price, $1.00. The book contains 874 well-bound pages, well adapted to the use of business men and students. (New England Journal of Education.) Progressive German Reader.-By G. Eugene Fasnacht. New York, Macmillan & Co. It contains an introduction to the German order of words, with copious examples, extracts from German authors in poetry and prose, notes and vocabulary. (New York School Journal.) A Manual of the German Language.-By Augustin Knoflach. Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Co. 12mo. Price, $1.00. Elements of the German Language.-By Theodore Soden. 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Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates.-With introduction and notes by Samuel R. Winans. Boston, John Allyn. 16mo., pp. 290. Price, $1.20. A Lexicon of the First Three Books of Homer's Iliad.-By Clarence E. Blake. New York, D. Appleton & Co. 12mo., pp. 215. Price, $1.20. The Greek Preposition.—By F. A. Adams. 131. Price, 75 cents. New York, D. Appleton & Co. 12mo., pp. Plato: Apology and Crito.-By L. Dyer. Boston, Ginn & Co. pp. 204. Price, cloth, $1.25; paper, 95 cents. Euripides' Bacchantes.-Edited by I. T. Beckwith, in "College Series of Greek Authors." Boston, Ginn & Co. One of the most brilliant pieces of the Attic drama. Has been little read in our colleges because no edition has hitherto been published in this country. Helping notes are introduced, and difficulties are explained to encourage in the learner a habit of broader study. (New England Journal of Education.) Introduction to the Language and Verse of Homer.-By Prof. T. D. Seymour. Boston, Ginn & Co. pp. 94. Price, 50 cents. A practical book of reference, which clears away many of the student's difficulties by explaining dialectic forms, metrical peculiarities, and difficult points in Homeric style and syntax, with carefully chosen examples. (New England Journal of Education.) Greek Inflection, or Object Lessons in Greek Philology.-By B. F. Harding. Boston, Ginn & Co. pp. 110. Price, 55 cents. This volume is of special value to the teacher, as it presents the forms of the Greek language in a simple and scientific manner. (Educational Journal of Virginia.) A Sanskrit Primer.-With exercises and vocabularies. By George Buhler and Edward D. Perry. Boston, Ginn & Co. Care has been taken in this revision to retain nothing but what would supply the real needs of the beginner. (New England Journal of Education.) The Lives of Greek Statesmen.-Second series. By Sir Geo. W. Cox. New York, Harper & Bros. Every classical teacher and student will welcome the second picture of the Greek world. The lives sketched in this volume are Ephialtes, Kimon, Perikles, Pharmion, Archidamas, Kleon, Brasidas, Demosthenes, Aikias, and Her mokrates. (New England Journal of Education.) Thucydides.-Books VI and VII. By W. A. Lamberton. New York, Harper & Bros. 12mo., pp. 324. Price, $1.50. Outlines of the History of Greek Philosophy.-By Edward Zeller. New York, Henry Holt & Co. Price, $1.75. Full index. (New England Journal of Education.) Preparatory Greek Texts.-Required for admission to American colleges. Cæsar, Cicero, Ovid, and Virgil. New York, Holt & Co. 16mo., pp. 289. Price, 75 cents. Italian. The Meisterschaft System.-By Dr. R. S. Rosenthal. Boston, Meisterschaft Publishing Company. A short and practical method of acquiring complete fluency of speech in the Italian language. Latin. The Three Pronunciations of Latin.-The claims of each presented, and special reasons given for the use of the English mode. By M. M. Fisher. 12mo., pp. 229. New York, D. Appleton & Co. The book strives to be fair, and certainly is interesting. (Pennsylvania School Journal.) Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus.-Edited with English notes. By Henry Clark Johnson. New York, A. S. Barnes & Co. 8vo., pp. 102. Price, $1.25. The Agricola and Germania of Cornelius Tacitus.-With explanatory notes and maps, By Henry Clark Johnson. New York, A. S. Barnes & Co. 8vo., pp. 77. Price, $1.25. A Grammar of the Latin Language.—For use of schools and colleges. By Wm. Bingham. Philadelphia, E. H. Butler & Co. 12mo., pp. 432. Students of Latin will find this book as useful and helpful as any text-book of the kind we know. (Peunsylvania School Journal.) Shumway's Hand-Book of Latin Synonyms.—Boston, Ginn & Co. Price, 30 cents. Tellow's Inductive Latin Lessons.—Boston, Ginn & Co. Price, $1.12. Exercises taken from Cæsar. Tomlinson's Manual for the Study of Latin Grammar.—Boston, Ginn & Co. Price, 20 cents. The New Cæsar.-By Allen and Greenough. Boston, Ginn & Co. pp. 500, illustrated. Price, $1.40. Latin Grammar.-By Allen and Greenough. Boston, Ginn & Co. Price, $1.12. Allen's New Latin Method.-Boston, Ginn & Co. Price, 40 cents. Blackburn's Latin Grammar and Exercises.-Boston, Ginn & Co. Price, $1.00. A Parallel Syntax Chart of Latin, Greek, French, English, and German, based on the logical analysis.-By W. W. Smith and R. E. Blackwell. Boston, Ginn & Co. (Ohio Educational Monthly.) The Beginner's Latin Book.-By Wm. C. Collar. Ginn & Co. (New England Journal of Education.) Questions for Classical Students.-On the first books of Cæsar's Gallic War, and Xenophon's Anabasis, with grammatical references. By E. C. Ferguson. Boston, Ginu & Co. Price, $1.25. It gives such questions as every skilful teacher uses in the daily examination of his classes. (Educational Journal of Virginia.) Selections from Latin Authors for Sight-Reading.-By E. T. Tomlinson. Boston, Ginn & Co. pp. 237. Price, $1.10. The selections are good and from standard authors. (New York School Journal.) First Steps in Latin.-By R. F. Leighton. Boston, Ginn & Co. pp. 431. Price, $1.20. Highly commended as a classical text-book. (New York School Journal.) Greenough's Bucolics and Six Books of Virgil's Æneid.-Boston, Ginn & Co. Illustrated. Price, $1.60. With vocabulary. Leighton's Latin Lessons.-Boston, Ginn & Co. Price, $1.12. Six Weeks Preparation for Reading Cæsar.-By J. M. Whiton. Designed to accompany a grammar and to prepare pupils for reading at sight. Cloth, 18mo., pp. 100. Price, 55 cents. Ginn & Co. (New England Journal of Education.) Cicero de Officüs.-By Austin Stickney. New York, Harper Bros. 12mo., pp. 357 Price, $1.50. Preparatory Latin and Greek Texts, required for admission to American colleges. Cæsar, Cicero, Ovid, Virgil, Xenophon, and Homer. New York, Holt & Co. 16me., pp. 767. Price, $1.50. Preparatory Latin Texts, required for admission to American colleges. Cæsar, Cieero, Ovid, and Virgil. New York, Holt & Co. 16mo., pp. 478. Price, $1.00. First Lessons in Latin.-By K. Macaulay Eich. New York, Macmillan & Co. Price, 40 cents. (New England Journal of Education.) College Latin Course in English.-By William Cleaver Wilkinson. New York, Chantauqua Press. Price, $1.00. This volume completes a series of four books known as "The After-School Series," designed to give to English readers in their own language the treasures of the best Greek and Latin authors. (New England Journal of Education.) GENERAL SCIENCE. The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences.-By the late Wm. K. Clifford, New York. New York, D. Appleton & Co. Price, $1.00. The whole volume is written in a masterful, scholarly manner, and the theories are illustrated by one hundred carefully prepared figures. (New York School Journal.) GEOGRAPHIES AND MAPS. Outlines of Geography.-By Josephine K. Brown. Syracuse, C. W. Bardeen. 16mo., pp. 59. Price, 25 cents. Adapted to any text-book. Elementary Geography.-Edited by James Monteith. New York, A. S. Darnes & Co. Quarto, pp. 96. Price, 75 cents. Complete Geography.-Edited by James Monteith. New York, S. A. Barnes & Co. Large quarto, pp. 140. Price, $1.50. Bradley's Atlas of the World.-With index to maps. Philadelphia, Wm. M. Bradley & Bro. Folio, pp. 112. Price, $25.00. This atlas seems to leave almost nothing to be desired in a complete atlas of the world. (New England Journal of Education.) Lessons in Mathematical Geography.-With introductory exercises in form. For the use of teachers. By Silas Y. Gillan. Danville, Ill., Geo. E. Cockerton. (Ohio Educational Monthly.) Practical Work in Geography.—By Henry McCormick. Chicago, A. Flanagan. Price, $1.00. This work is divided into three departments-preparatory, elementary, and advanced. (New York School Journal.) Elements of Co-ordinate Geography.-By W. B. Smith. Boston, Ginn & Co. This work has been tested at every point in the class-room and is strongly commended to students. (New England Journal of Education.) Classical Atlas.-Boston, Ginn & Co. In twenty-three colored maps, with complete index. Cloth, quarto. Price, $2.00. A classical atlas; a marvel of accuracy, completeness, and discriminating judgment. (New England Journal of Education.) A Manual of Mathematical Geography.-By A. A. Moulton. Columbus, Ohio, Hann & Adair. Price, 30 cents. Teachers will find it very helpful in the study. (Ohio Educational Monthly.) Outline Map of the United States.-Drawn under the direction of A. B. Hart, and edited by E. Channing. Boston, D. C. Heath & Co. For the use of classes in history, geography, and in geology. Price, 50 cents. Classic Atlas.-Standard. For schools and colleges, with index. New York, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. This atlas is a valuable addition to a stock of classio text-books. Price, $2.50. (New York School Journal.) New Historical Atlas and General History.-By Robert H. Labberton. New York, Townsend MacCown. Containing 141 maps. Price, $2.00. The historical atlases by this author are generally conceded to be the best that have ever been published. (New York School Journal.) Historical Atlas.-By R. H. Labberton. New York, Townsend MacCown. Price, $2.00. This is one of the most attractive atlases in the market. The table of contents being of itself a most thorough and complete outline of historical study. (New England Journal of Education.) The Essentials of Geography.-By G. C. Fisher. Boston, New England Publishing Company. Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Complete. With perforated maps for slate-drawing. One of the best aids to the teaching of geography. Pocket Atlas of the World.-Chicago, Rand, McNally & Co. With colored maps and statistics of each State and Territory, and of every country in the world. Illustrated by over one hundred colored diagrams, tables, &c. pp. 191. Price, 25 cents. Atlas of the World.-Indexed. Chicago, Rand, McNally & Co. It contains 92 maps 21 x 14 inches, 251 diagrams, and 928 pages. Cloth. 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