Under the caption of "The Clocks of Rondaine and Other Stories" (Scribner), Mr. Frank R. Stockton has collected, chiefly from "St. Nicholas," seven of his popular tales. The central idea of the first of them is very pretty, and the picture of the quaint old town with its innumerable clocks is not without charm; but the style is diffuse, and the story would be improved if it were condensed to half its present length. Boys and girls will have much more fun, though, with "The Christmas Truants," whose whimsical adventures with the robbers are told with dash and spirit. They will enjoy, too, the novelty of "The Tricycle of the Future," and the delightful jumble of nonsense in "The Great Show in Kobol-land." The last tale is cleverly illustrated by Mr. D. C. Beard, and Messrs. Blashfield and Rogers have made good drawings for the others.

Curiously enough, one of the most interesting of the season's books for the young bears the name of Louisa de la Ramé (Ouida) upon its titlepage. It is called "Bimbi " (Lippincott), and is a collection of short stories which are gracefully illustrated by Mr. Edmund H. Garrett. "The Nürnberg Store" is both instructive and stimulating to the imagination; it takes the child far away from the life most familiar to him and gives him a glimpse into past centuries and into countries other than his own. Different manners and ideals are made present to him, and he is shown some of the beauty of devotion and courage. The dream in the old shop, where the beautiful porcelains and carved tables find voices and speak, is given rare picturesque charm, and contains some talks that any one of us might read with profit; - as when the fine old porcelain stove says: "We, the begotten of ancient days, derive all the value in us from the fact that our makers wrought at us with zeal, with piety, with integrity, with faith,- not to win fortunes or to glut a market, but to do nobly an honest thing and create for the honor of the arts and God." The fascinating story is told in the main simply, but it has vigor and life and color. It is followed by several others, notably by a charming little allegory called "The Ambitious Rose-Tree," and by "The Child of Urbino," an episode in Raphael's youth, touched here with poetry. Of different calibre is the volume for boys by Mr. Brander Matthews, entitled "Tom Paulding" (Century Company). It is a vigorous story of American boy life, and the types presented are healthy, energetic, and natural. There is no over-strained sentiment about it, although an affectionate home life is the core of the book. A novel plot, centring in a search for buried treasure in the streets of upper New York, gives the story plenty of dash and excitement, which is rather intensified than diminished when the treasure is shown to be counterfeit coin. The illustrations by Mr. W. A. Rogers are capital.

Another American story is written by Mr. Rossiter Johnson, and it is pleasant to find this, like the last, filled with the dash of our own life. Dreams of the gold that is supposed to lie at "The End of a Rainbow" (Scribner) trouble these active children, and their gallant efforts to find it are told with humor and sympathy. Other amusing adventures are given place, and the boys' attempts to write stories, with the ridiculous idea of eating certain kinds of fish to produce certain results in the brain, are particularly delightful. Their discoveries in regard to unhaunting houses are interesting, also; and while a stirring breeze blows through the entire book, it is not without a serious, invigorating influence.

Two books by Mrs. Molesworth will be welcomed by the many girls who admire that facile writer, though her code of morals is painfully severe, and one longs for a dash of wickedness to give her heroes and heroines the flavor of humanity. Even the best little boy could not be as constantly good as Willie in "The Next-Door House" (Cassell), and one wonders what will develop from a child whose enthusiasm is so continually repressed. There would seem to be no future for a boy who dares not go into the kitchen unbidden, and whose father is good enough not to reprove him for showing an interest in his profession. By way of foil, two disagreeable old maids and a detestable child are too bad to be even attractive.

In "Robin Redbreast" (Whittaker), Mrs. Molesworth has written a story for older girls, in which the motives are not quite so simple and the characters have more variety than in the volume just noticed. It is diffuse and rather dry, however, and the long conversations have no sparkle. Right is properly triumphant, but in spite of Colonel Mildmay's almost quixotic sense of honor, the atmosphere of the book is rather earthy after all, and riches cut too large a figure. Nevertheless, the book is wholesome and will be interesting to a large class of girls. It is illustrated with wash drawings by Mr. Richard Barnes.

In " An Affair of Honour" (Lippincott), Alice Weber shows a keen sympathy with the better part of child life. She understands the childish hopes and fears, and gives their due importance to the small trials which are so easily overlooked. The little girl, who is the chief figure in the story, is left in charge of her grandmother, and her fight in the beginning with homesickness is very sweet and natural, and not in the least overdrawn. Her character is carefully developed, and one cannot help admiring the thoughtful, tender, brave little creature. Her talks with Fanshawe the butler, and her painstaking sympathy for the outcast, are charming; and they are drawn with warmth and kindliness. The book is rather well illustrated by Emily J. Harding.

The merit of "Uncle Bill's Children" (Lippincott) lies in the presentation of the children themselves and their capture of the heart of the indifferent bachelor uncle. But the author, Helen Milman, defeats her own purpose, which is presumably the entertainment of children, by using sentimental quotations as chapter headings, and by emphasizing unduly the love episode, which is in questionable taste, to say the least.

"The Boys of the Mirthfield Academy" (Estes), edited by Mr. Lawrence H. Francis, is an example of the stories of English school life which were commoner a few years ago than now. The old-time schoolmaster who flogs his pupils for the smallest offenses, the many adventures and hair-breadth escapes, the jealousies and bitter enmities among the boys, make the book too thrilling in a rather degraded fashion to be entirely wholesome. But the frightful cover and the intolerable drawing in the illustrations should be enough to keep the book out of every sensible household. Fortunately, the day is past when children had to content themselves with such pictures.

Captain C. A. J. Farrar describes in "Through the Wilds" (Estes) the adventures of a party of boys in the woods of New Hampshire and Maine. The style is stilted, and the writer has a disagreeable way of throwing in long quotations relative to the appearance and history of noted places; but the sport itself is in

vigorating, and there are many useful suggestions in regard to camping, cooking, fishing, and moose-hunting. The book is illustrated with photographs and amateurish drawings.

Every healthy, sturdy boy who likes to skate and ride and play tennis will find something that appeals to him in "The Boys' Own Book of Out-door Games and Recreations" (Lippincott). It is carefully edited by G. Andrew Hutchisou, and contains a large amount of useful matter concerning physical training and numerous healthful out-door sports. The directions for riding, to instance only one of these pastimes, contain hints not only in regard to the correct seat and grasp of the reins, but also in regard to the proper kindly care of the horse. It is not a dry chronicle, the text being interspersed with many amusing anecdotes, and illustrated profusely with practical diagrams and drawings.

"Jack Brereton's Three Months' Service" (Lothrop) is a vigorous piece of work by Maria McIntosh Cox. A story of the war, it tells of a brave lad who is mustered in as a home-guard by his father as he leaves to join the army. The account of Jack's plucky acceptance of the responsibility, and of his heroic efforts to protect and assist his mother, makes healthful reading for the boys of these quieter days.

The scene of the new story by Rebecca Harding Davis is laid in Virginia before the war, in the days when Henry Clay was the idol of the Whigs. "Kent Hampden" (Scribner), its hero, has vigorous stuff in him, plenty of life and daring and ambition; and a boy who is not thrilled by his exciting adventures in the efforts to vindicate his father must be hardened indeed. Mrs. Davis has found an interesting plot, which she has developed with unusual earnestness and fire.

Mr. Homer Greene's new volume, "The River-Park Rebellion" (Crowell), is less wholesome in feeling, though its action is interesting. The jealousies and bitter enmities of a military school are his motives, upon which he has built an exciting story. The same volume includes "A Tale of the Tow-Path," which is much simpler, finer, and truer than the other.

"The Cadets of Flemming Hall" (Crowell) is another tribute to the popularity of boarding-school life as a subject. The atmosphere of Miss Ray's book is clear, and the life she depicts is pleasant and wholesome. She is more successful in this than in her description of camp life in the Rocky Mountains, " In Blue Creek Cañon" (Crowell), for the latter is rather too old and has too much sentiment for the public to which she appeals. What we have just said is also true of Five Little Peppers Grown Up" (Lothrop), by Margaret Sidney, although it is gay and prettily written.

There is no touch of sentimentality in "CanoeMates" (Harper), by Mr. Kirk Munroe. Hunting, sailing, and paddling are the diversions in this story of the Florida reef and everglades, and they are described by a writer familiar with their subtleties and devoted to the excitement attending them. Mr. Munroe handles character well, too, and has selected alert and interesting types.

Ten good lively stories are included in Mr. H. H. Boyesen's "Boyhood in Norway" (Scribner), stories of struggle and privation and self-sacrifice, as well as of sport and gayety. Though one concludes, after reading them, that boys are much the same the world over, there is a pleasant foreign flavor to the tales, and the reader has many glimpses of strange customs and fascinating, unfamiliar sports.

Mr. J. T. Trowbridge is so popular with boys that his last book will undoubtedly receive a cordial welcome. "The Fortunes of Toby Trafford" (Lee & Shepard) is a vigorous, well-written story of life in a small town. The sturdy boyish hero has plenty of adventure in his efforts to find his proper work, and passes through happiness and misery with honor untarnished.

Mary P. Wells Smith follows New England back to the time of our grandmothers for the scene of her last story, "More Good Times at Hackmatack" (Roberts). The healthful active life of Parson Strong's children is described without prudishness, simply and pleasantly. The politics of the time add another interest, and the speech of Daniel Webster near the end is an inspiring climax.

Olivia L. Wilson has studied the same period of our history in "At the Sign of the White Swan" (Estes), but the scene of the story is laid in Pennsylvania instead of Massachusetts. It is full of adventure and intrigue, but in spite of conspiracies and wrongful imprisonment, right is triumphant in the end, and the villains are punished. The exciting story is well told, and its interest is increased by the fact that it has a historical basis.

Mr. Willis Boyd Allen completes his "Pine Cone Series" with "Gulf and Glacier" (Lothrop), descriptive of a journey to Alaska and the interesting sights that may be seen there. The "Wild-Woods Series" is continued with "On the Trail of the Moose" (Porter & Coates), by Mr. Edward S. Ellis, in which the battles fought by two youths with snow, wolves, and Indians are narrated with spirit. But one incident is certainly unique,- Nick's capture of the horns of the moose while the animal is tossing him into the air. Oliver Optic, whose popularity never wanes, has added another spirited story to the Blue and the Gray Series," "Fighting for the Right" (Lee & Shepard), a tale to stir the blood and fire the patriotism of every American boy. Mr. Harry Castlemon's war series is also continued by an exciting book called "Marcy the Refugee" (Porter & Coates).

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"The Rovings of a Restless Boy" (Cassell) is described by its title, but Mrs. Foot shows the trials and misery that await a runaway, and teaches the lesson that happiness is not gained through independence alone.

"From the Throttle to the President's Chair "(Cassell) is a story of American railway life, the hero ruling the road at the end and not the nation.

In "Digging for Gold" (Porter & Coates), an attempt is made by Mr. Horatio Alger, Jr., to mine the wealth that lies hidden in the early history of California, but he brings back little to enrich us.

Among the other stories for boys are "Axel Ebersen" (Lippincott), a Norse narrative, by Mr. Andre Laurie; "Catmur's Cave" (National Book Co.), by Mr. Richard Dowling; "Mixed Pickles" (Crowell), by Evelyn Raymond; "Under the Water-Oaks" (Roberts), a southern story by Marian Brewster; and "The Captain of the Kittie wink" (Roberts), by Herbert D. Ward, a fine book for any boy who is fond of sailing.

The books for girls are almost as numerous this season as those for boys, but unfortunately they seem to be made of less virile material. It is not easy to understand why girls should be fed on the social relations and differences, while their hardy brothers, who require such nourishment less, are given wholesome food. A story like the first one in "A Rosebud Garden of

Girls" (Little, Brown & Co.), is artificial and complex, and has no rightful place in a girl's library. The end, strained in itself, does not make amends for the snobbishness and vulgarity of the beginning. The picture of refinement is not an alluring one, and the whole tone of the story is degrading. Several others are bound in the same volume, with Nora Perry's name on the titlepage, several of them much better than the first; but they all contain too much talk about refinement and fine people. "The Cross Roads" (Whittaker), by Charlotte M. Youge, is an English story of the lower classes. It is written for older girls, and though it is prosaic in the extreme, the simple love story is treated decorously. Laura E. Richards has written two new books, one of which, "Hildegarde's Home" (Estes), is a pretty, quiet story, in which the talk is bright and natural. The author of "Miss Toosey's Mission" publishes two books this year. The more important, "Dear" (Roberts), is a pretty, bright little love story with a charming heroine who is persuaded to marry the wrong man, with disastrous results. Order is finally brought out of this sad state of affairs, however, and everyone is happy ever after. The account of it all is not the best possible reading for girls, but the sentiment is not strained nor morbid. 66 Baby John" (Roberts) is as natural and fresh and sweet as a flower of the fields,a delicate little sketch, full of love, warmth, and genuine feeling. The baby is alive, as the mother is, and this writer's touch in drawing the child is exquisite in its daintiness. Several lessons that it would be well to learn are taught in the little book, though it contains not a word of preaching. Mrs. Evelyn Raymond has written a story of Southern California in "Monica, the Mesa Maiden" (Crowell), so her Spanish heroine is given a picturesque background. Mrs. L. T. Meade issues two books, "Four on an Island" (Cassell), for very little folks, and "A Ring of Rubies" (Cassell), which is much too artificial for girls of any age. Beatrice Washington's "Story of Juliette" (Roberts) is much simpler and better, and it has an attractive touch of romance. "At the End of the Rainbow" (Whittaker) and "Elsie at Viamede" (Dodd) are also for older girls. And very little women are favored with the rough and fascinating Captain January" (Estes), by Laura E. Richards; The Little Sister of Wilifred" (Roberts), by A. G. Plympton; "A Modern Red Riding Hood" (Warne), by C. A. Jones; "Ruby and Ruthy" (Estes), by Minnie E. Paull; and a book by Mrs. C. F. Wilder which contains too much talk about theology for the childish intellect,- "Polly Button's New Year" (Crowell).

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BRIEFS ON NEW BOOKS.

Character building in our public schools.

THE crying need for moral instruction in our schools is attested by the alarming and increasing proportion of pupils who find their way within a few years after leaving school into the reform schools, prisons, and penitentiaries, where out of every six prisoners but one is illiterate. Evidently these pupils who become criminals are not reached, or if reached are not sufficiently influenced, by the moral instruction of religious preachers and teachers. It remains to be seen whether our public schools can be made equal to the task of dyking and stopping this rising

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tide of immorality and criminality. That many are deeply interested in the solution of this problem is proved by the number of books upon this subject that have this year issued from the press. latest and in many respects the best of these is Mr. Felix Adler's "Moral Instruction of Children,” in the "International Educational Series" (Appleton). The author points out that, owing to the separation of Church and State in America, this instruction must be unsectarian. It is the duty of the public schools to give systematic instruction in that common fund of moral truth upon which all good men of whatever sect or opinion are agreed. There is a wholesome sanity about Mr. Adler's recognition of the claims of the senses, the intellect, and the feelings, as well as of the moral sense. Ethics, according to him, is the science of the limits within which any action or end may be pursued. Morality crystallizes into habits. Habits are acquired by imitation and repetition. The example of parents and teachers is not sufficient, because the temptations of adults are not the same as those of children, and adults lack occasion to display the peculiar virtues of children. But we may find a large stock of ideal examples of the special virtues of children in the literature of fables, fairy tales, stories from the Bible and Homer, etc. These stories should be presented during the primary course, and the pupil should be led by means of them to perceive moral distinctions. Later on in the grammar school he may begin to reason about moral distinctions. The instruction should be given without a text-book, by direct discussions between pupils and teacher, beginning with a concrete illustration, adapting a principle to this case, then bringing up other cases, and modifying it as much as may be necessary to make it fit every case. An appendix treats of the effect of manual training upon character. Mr. Adler promises another volume containing an advanced course treating of the ethics of the professions, of friendship, of the conjugal relation, etc., and laying down the lines for a systematic study of biographies.

Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean.

LEE MERIWETHER'S "Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean' (Scribner) is a very amusing book, vivacious, anecdotal, fluent, and not without a sprinkling of information withal. Mr. Meriwether, like all discreet travellers, escaped as often as feasible from the beaten track, the light draught of his little craft, the "Principe Farnese," enabling him to thread his way securely among the tiny islets of the Ægean, and to put into sequestered halcyon ports where the Cookean red-guidebook and linen "duster" are as yet unknown. The route embraced Lisbon, Seville, Gibraltar, Genoa, Rome, Syracuse, Athens, Scio, Smyrna, Rhodes, Jerusalem, and lesser intermediate points; and in many of these places the author and his two companions met with some little adventure or other, such as may befall itinerant young men with a healthy appetite for risk and frolic. One of the tourists, it may be noted, met his fate

en route in the shape of a flaxen Fraulein of wholesome and rosy exterior, with a turn for archæology, the Greek tragedy, and sentiment; and like a prudent man married her instanter. Such little inci

dents tend to vary the monotony of a journey. At Syracuse the pilgrims saw the famous rock-hewn grotto, "Dionysius's ear." "This vast expanse of ear is two hundred and ten feet long, seventyfour feet high, and thirty-five wide. It is said to have been constructed by Dionysius, whose tyrannous nature led him to devise means whereby a prisoner's faintest whispers could be heard by the guards, and reported to him. The acoustic properties of the ear grotto are certainly remarkable: the softest sound can be heard from one end to the other, two hundred and ten feet distant. The custodian clapped his hands, and the sound, magnified a hundred-fold, reverberated through the tortuous grotto like a peal of thunder. A hundred yards from this place are the Roman and Greek theatres,

- both better preserved than most ruins, from the fact that their amphitheatres are not built by putting one layer of stone on another, but are hewn out of the solid rock. In the cliff, at the top of the Greek theatre, the rooms cut into the rock in the shape of pavilions, and perhaps once used as 'green rooms' by the Greek actors, are now converted into pigstys." This is surely a deplorable instance of that "decay of the drama" of which one hears so much. The volume is well illustrated with halftone prints from photographs.

The memorials of an "estimable lady."

THE "Memorials of Sarah Childress Polk" (Randolph) is a neatly appointed volume, the joint work of Anson and Fanny Nelson. The book is written with much kindly intention, little literary skill, and less sense of fitness and proportion. We gather 'from the preface that its raison d'être is chiefly the fact that Mrs. Polk was an estimable lady, and that her "example of womanly purity and dignity is a valuable legacy to the country." Estimable ladies are not, we opine, rare aves in this land; nor does it seem just or wise to thus make their estimability a pretext for subjecting their lives to the impertinence of public scrutiny. The book is largely made up of those "trivial fond records" that inevitably take on the ludicrous outside the family circle. We learn, for instance, that, while at school," Sarah did a little piece of needle work . . . the picture of a tomb gleaming white through the foliage of surrounding trees, and is worked in chenille on a white satin ground," etc. But why inflict this sepulchral performance upon the general public? Why arm death with a new sting for "estimable ladies"?

with the early training of children. Among these so-called essays, we note a course of lectures delivered at Detroit on "The Study of Children," and several papers originally contributed to the "Christian Register," the "Christian Union," and the "American Journal of Psychology." Though these little papers make no pretensions to depth or thoroughness of treatment, parents and primary teachers may find in the book many useful suggestions presented in an attractive way, and with a genuine loving enthusiasm for children and kindergartens.

LITERARY NOTES AND NEWS. Announcement is made that there will be no Wagner festival at Bayreuth during the coming year.

Lord Lytton's posthumous poem, "King Poppy," a work of six thousand lines, has just appeared in London. Mr. Lowell's lectures on the English dramatists will be published early this month by Houghton, Mifflin & Company.

Mrs. A. V. S. Anthony is preparing a memorial volume from the papers and correspondence of the late James R. Osgood.

Mr. F. Marion Crawford is making a visit to America this winter, and will give readings from his works in a number of cities.

Professor C. G. D. Roberts of King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, has written a poem on the centenary of Shelley's birth, and will soon publish it in book form.

The most important literary article of the month is about Lowell, containing a number of his letters, and contributed by Mr. W. J. Stillman to "The Atlantic Monthly" for December.

The copyright on the writings of the Russian writer Lermontoff expired last year, and in consequence thereof no less than ninety-two new editions appeared, of which upwards of a million volumes were sold.

"The Californian Magazine" for December has the account of a visit, by Miss Grace Ellery Channing, to Shelley's Italian haunts. The article is entitled "A Passionate Pilgrimage," and is of charming interest.

The publication of Heine's letters to various members of his family is an event of much interest. These letters, to the number of more than a hundred, have been given to the world by the poet's sister, Frau Embden.

Mr. J. M. Bowles, of Indianapolis, proposes to publish a quarterly art magazine to be entitled "Modern Art," limited to 300 copies, at two dollars a year. Subscriptions are invited, and only the copies ordered in advance will be printed.

Macmillan & Company announce "A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theories of Evolution," by Mr. C. M. Williams, in a volume of 500 pages.

The front page of "The Independent" for November 17 is filled with a memorial poem, by Mr. Richard Hovey, on the late Thomas W. Parsons. The work is excellent in feeling, but a little mechanical in execution.

D. Appleton & Company announce "General Taylor," by Major-General O. O. Howard; "Three Centuries of English Love Songs," edited by Mr. Ralph Caine; and "In Gold and Silver," an outdoor book by Mr. George H. Ellwanger.

The Committee on Philology of the World's Congress Auxiliary is about to issue to the philologists of Europe and America a preliminary address, setting forth the aims of the Committee, and inviting the cooperation of scholars in all parts of the world.

"The Nineteenth Century" for November contains a series of tributes in verse to the memory of Tennyson by Mr. F. W. H. Myers, Mr. Theodore Watts, and others. Professor Huxley also appears in these friendly lists, and his verses are among the best of all.

Mr. David Douglas, who lately gave Sir Walter Scott's journal to the world, is about to publish the "Familiar Letters" of the great novelist, written between 1797 and 1825. Mr. Douglas has over two thousand such letters from which to select, and will make two annotated volumes.

In the December" Forum," President Eliot discusses the failures of popular education, and Dr. J. M. Rice tells us what he saw in the public schools of St. Louis and Indianapolis. To the schools of the latter city he gives almost unqualified praise, and praise from so careful an observer is worth something.

Brentano's announce the following books: "Chicago," with photogravure illustrations; "The World of Music," by the Comtesse de Brémont; a limited edition of Motteux's "Don Quixote "; and the new edition of Fairbairn's "Book of Crests," which will contain over a thousand engravings not before included.

There will be an "authors' reading" at Chickering Hall, New York, on the evening of January 16, in which Messrs. F. Hopkinson Smith, Charles Dudley Warner, Edward Eggleston, and others will take part. It will be given under the auspices of the Booksellers' and Stationers' Provident Association of the United States.

Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have just issued Professor Woodberry's edition of Shelley, in four volumes; Signor Lanciani's "Pagan and Christian Rome"; "The Story of Mary Washington," by Marian Harland; "Uncle Remus and His Friends," by Mr. Joel Chandler Harris; and "Aladdin in London," a novel by Mr. Fergus Hume.

There are now three vacancies in the French Academy, and many times that number of aspirants for the unoccupied fauteuils. MM. Zola, Bourget, and Anatole France, among the novelists, and M. Brunetière, among the critics, ought to stand a very fair chance of election. Among the living members there are no less than five octogenarians.

The deaths last month of Mr. Theodore Child and Mr. T. Adolphus Trollope removed two highly respectable writers from the field of English letters. Mr.

Child wrote much upon travel and art; Mr. Trollope was the author of many novels and historical books, while his two volumes of reminiscences entitled "What I Remember" are among the most entertaining works of the sort that recent years have produced.

T. Y. Crowell & Co. announce a "Library of Economics and Politics," to be edited by Professor R. T. Ely. The following volumes are promised: "The Independent Treasury System of the United States," by Mr. David Kinley; "American Charities," by Mr. Amos G. Warner; and "Repudiation of State Debts in the United States," by Mr. William A. Scott. Professor Ely will contribute two volumes on socialism to the series.

LIST OF NEW BOOKS.

[The following list, embracing 135 tities, includes all books received by THE DIAL since last issue.]

ILLUSTRATED]GIFT BOOKS.

The Conquest of Granada. By Washington Irving. "Agapida edition," in 2 vols., 8vo, illus. with 30 photogravures; each type-page surrounded by a Moorish border, in red. G. P. Putnam's Sons. In box, $6.00. The Makers of Venice: Doges, Conquerors, Painters, and Men of Letters. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of "The Makers of Florence." Extra-illustrated edition, large Svo, pp. 410, gilt top, uncut edges. Macmillan & Co. $6.00. A Short History of the English People. By J. R. Green, M.A. Illustrated edition, edited by Mrs. J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate. Vol. I., large Svo, pp. 468, gilt top, uncut edges. Harper & Brothers. $5.00. The Armies of To-day: A Description of the Armies of the Leading Nations at the Present Time. Illus., large 8vo, pp. 438, gilt top, uncut edges. Harper & Brothers. $3.50.

Peg Woffington, with Pictures of the Period in Which She Lived. By J. Fitzgerald Molloy. New edition, illus. with portraits, in 2 vols., 12mo, gilt top. Dodd, Mead & Co. In box, $3.00.

The Fallow Field. By Julia C. R. Dorr. Illus. in charcoal, by Zulma DeLacy Steele. Oblong 4to, gilt edges. Lee & Shepard. In box, $3.00.

Hyperion: A Romance. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illus. in photogravure, 8vo, pp. 382, gilt edges. Porter & Coates. In box, $3.50.

Daisy Miller, and An International Episode. By Henry James, Jr. Illus. by H. W. McVickar. 8vo, pp. 300, gilt top, uncut edges. Harper & Brothers. In box, $3.50. Prue and I. By George William Curtis. Illus. by Albert Edward Sterner. 8vo, pp. 272, gilt top, uncut edges. Harper & Brothers. In box, $3.50.

Tales from Shakespeare. By Charles and Mary Lamb. Edited, with an introduction, by the Rev. Alfred Ainger, M.A. Illus. with 20 photogravures, 12mo, pp. 428, gilt edges. Porter & Coates. $2.50.

The New England Country. Text and illustration by Clifton Johnson. Size 74 x 114 inches, gilt edges. Lee & Shepard. In box, $2.50.

Eighteenth Century Vignettes. By Austin Dobson. Illus, with portraits, 12mo, pp. 261, gilt top, uncut edges. Dodd, Mead & Co. $2.00.

Gleams and Echoes. By A. R. G., author of "Night Etchings." Illus., sm. 4to, gilt top. J. B. Lippincott Co. In a box, $2.00.

My Uncle and My Curé. Translated from the French of Jean de la Brète, by Ernest Redwood. Illus., large 8vo, pp. 253, uncut edges. Dodd, Mead & Co. Paper, $1.75.

Selected Photogravures. Oblong 4to, in box. F. A. Stokes Co. $1.50.

The Autobiography of a Slander. By Edna Lyall, author of "Donovan." Illus., 16mo, pp. 145, gilt edges. Longmans, Green & Co. $1.50.