READERS' GUIDE TO BOOKS RECEIVED.

New York.

Broadway Publishing Company:

Zebadiah Sartwell. By Dr. S. Paige Johnson.

A rustic novel. One David H. Beecher says of it: "Better than Eben Holden or David Harum," and the publishers say that "Zeb is one of the most unique and lovable types of a rustic wit in all literature." There is really nothing to add to these statements, beyond pointing out to the publishers that this absurd method of exploitation has outlived its usefulness. Doubleday, Page and Company:

The One Woman. By Thomas Dixon, Jr.

Mr. Dixon's new novel which received considerable advance notice, and which at the present time is attracting attention. Mr. Dixon's previous book, The Leopard's Spots, continues on its prosperous way. A review of The One Woman will be found in a later number of The Book

man.

Funk and Wagnalls:

Ireland and Her Story. By Justin McCarthy.

A short history of the Irish people. In a prefatory note, Mr. Howard Angus Kennedy writes: "The angry time has already passed when no Irishman could read with patience and profit a history of his native land by an Irishman of other politics than his own, and when the predominant partner was inclined to shut his ears to both."

Harper and Brothers:

The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company. By Gilbert Holland Montague.

A study of the Standard Oil Company from its beginning in 1865 down to the present time.

Macmillan Company:

The City of God. By St. Augustine. Translated by John Healey. In Three Volumes.

These little volumes are brought out in the Temple Classic Series of which Messrs. Dent and Company are the publishers in London and the Macmillans in this country.

Philip. By William Makepeace Thackeray. Two Volumes.

New volumes in the Dent edition, edited by Walter Jerrold, and illustrated by

Charles E. Brock. "A Shabby Genteel Story" is prefixed in volume I. We shall say more of this series later.

The Call of the Wild. By Jack London.

A story which has done much to augment Mr. London's reputation. The tale has for its hero a dog named Buck, a cross between at St. Bernard and a Scotch shepherd. Mr. London gives a vivid picture of the primeval life of the Klondike after the gold fever set in. The story was greatly praised during its serial run in the Saturday Evening Post, and will be discussed at greater length in this magazine. The Saint of the Dragon's Dale. A Fantastic Tale. By William Stearns Davis. The fifth volume in the Macmillan Little Novel Series. Mr. Davis will be remembered as the author of "A Friend of Cæsar" and "God Wills It."

Putnam's Sons:

Arnold's March from Cambridge to Quebec. By Justin H. Smith.

The author of this book, a professor of Modern History in Dartmouth College, has written a history of the American invasion of Canada in 1775 and 1776. The book contains a number of maps and a reprint of Benedict Arnold's Journal.

Francis Adrian van der Kemp. Edited,

with an historical sketch, by Helen Lincklaen Fairchild.

An autobiography covering a period from 1752 to 1829. Although portions of this autobiography have appeared both in this country and in Holland, it is believed to have appeared entire in print but once, in 1837, in an English periodical. volume contains a number of extracts from Mr. van der Kemp's correspondence. Revell and Company:

The

The Faith of Robert Louis Stevenson. By John Kelman, Jr., M.A.

The author of this book is a preacher in Edinburgh, and he has been called the legitimate successor of Professor Drummond. The Rev. Mr. Kelman's study of Stevenson from a religious point of view is, therefore, of particular interest.

Scribner:

The Works of F. Hopkinson Smith. The Under Dog. Volume X.

Mr. Smith's latest collection of short stories may be found in this volume. The edition, which is sold by subscription only, is complete in ten volumes. The publishers call it the "Beacon Edition" in

honour of the author's prominence as an engineer and as a builder of lighthouses. Cooke:

Tales in Metre, and Other Poems. By
Frederic Crowninshield.

A collection of poems limited to an edition of one hundred and fifty. Mr. Crowninshield is the well known mural painter as well as the author of "A Painter's Moods" and "Pictoris Carmina."

Silver, Burdett and Company:

Tools and Machines. By Charles Barnard.

A book of instruction for boys and girls on the practical use of various kinds of tools. Mr. Barnard is an editorial contributor to the Century Dictionary.

Stories from the Hebrew. By Josephine Woodbury Heermans.

A text-book for use as a supplementary reader in the public schools.

Holt and Company:

A Duke and His Double. By Edward S.
Van Zile.

An amusing little tale of New York life to-day that contains the elements of a pretty good comedy. The Duke's double is, as a matter of course, a mystery.

Treat and Company:

Plain Hints for Busy Mothers. By Marianna Wheeler.

A paper covered handbook by the Superintendent of the Babies' Hospital, New York, and author of "The Baby."

Ogilvie Publishing Company:

The Sociable Ghost. Written down by
Olive Harper and Another.

A sensational looking novel, described in the sub-title as the adventures of a reporter who was invited by the Sociable Ghost to a grand banquet, ball, and convention, under the ground of old Trinity Churchyard. In the illustrations skeletons figure conspicuously.

Comrade Publishing Company: Revolutionary Essays in Socialist Faith and Fancy. By Peter E. Burrowes.

A collection of fifty-six essays which are certainly revolutionary in character. Naturalism in the Recent German Drama. With Special Reference to Gerhart Hauptmann. By Alfred Stoeckius, A.M.

A pamphlet "submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Faculty of Philosophy, Columbia University." Miss Träumerei. A Weimar Idyl. By

Albert Morris Bagby.

A novel which is now in its fourth edition, and which has been published by the author. Lizst figures in the story, and the

This Guide Book was prepared for the Convention of the National Education Association, July 6-10, 1903.

Lothrop Publishing Company:

A Parish of Two. By Henry Goelet McVickar and Percy Collins.

A story told in letters which pass between an invalid clergyman and his manof-the-world friend. "Percy Collins" is a pen name. The idea of two men writing to each other has also been carried out in The Kempton-Wace Letters, although it is pretty generally known that in that book one of the correspondents is a

woman.

Andy Barr. By Willis B. Hawkins.

A story of the lives of two boys up to the time when they fight for their country in the Civil War. The scenes are laid in a small village, and the quaint sayings of Andy are generously sprinkled through the story.

A Partnership in Magic. By Charles Battell Loomis.

This, we believe, is the first long story from the pen of Mr. Loomis, the well known humourist. A Partnership in Magic may be classed as a juvenile, but there is lots of fun in it for the adult.

On Special Assignment. By Samuel Travers Clover.

A sequel to Paul Travers' Adventures, in which the hero of Mr. Clover's former story has some experiences in different parts of the far West, in connection with his work as a newspaper correspondent. This is a book to appeal to the young rather than to the old.

Badger:

Neale Publishing Company:

Lingo Dan. By Percival Pollard.

A novel by the author of The Imitator and Cape of Storms. Mr. Pollard first introduced "Lingo Dan" to his readers in 1894, through the San Francisco Argonaut "If it be objected against me," writes Mr. Pollard, "that I have delayed nearly ten years in thus continuing the chronicle begun in 1894. I retort that even this has taken a deal of temerity; my gentleman is still alive, and there is no knowing what form his reproaches for these indiscretions of mine may take."

SALES OF BOOKS DURING THE MONTH.

New books in order of demand as sold between June and July, 1903.

We guarantee the authenticity of the following lists, as supplied to us, each by leading booksellers in the towns mentioned:

New York-Downtown.

1. The Mettle of the Pasture. Allen. (Macmillan.) $1.50.

2. The Call of the Wild. Loudon. (Macmillan.) $1.50.

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3. Gordon Keith. Page. (Scribner.) $1.50. Lady Rose's Daughter. Ward. (Harper.) $1.50.

5.

How Paris Amuses Itself. Smith. (Funk & Wagnalls.) $1.50 net.

6.

Under Dog. Smith. (Scribner.) $1.50.

Albany, N. Y.

A collection of Mother Goose melodies and stories, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales, with two hundred and fifty illustrations. Such favourites as Mother Hubbard, Cinderella, Blue Beard, Little Red Riding Hood, and the Sleeping Beauty may be found therein.

Jungle Larks. By "Gar." (R. H. Garman.)

Under this title may be found a collection of funny animal stories for the little people. The illustrations are in colour, and the cover design shows some of the animals dancing around a Maypole improvised by a giraffe, the ribbons being composed of snakes and monkeys.