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NE who enjoys & story for the ry's sake will take pleasure in The Palace of the King,” by Mar- fon Crawford, which is now pub- ished 1n book form after having appeared al in one of the magazines. It is ce pure and stmple—all diversity Do attempt at anaylsis aracter. Now that the romantic s having a renewal of its day, al- v that is written in readable E crowded with a sufficient of stirring scenes stands a good of being sold by the thousand and attaining to the dignity of a ae edition with binding and illus. ¢ the most approved elegance. last book of Crawford’'s is some of the novels of the ve met with success, it is t will repay a second s chief charm lies in its in the swift 1, the romance to a person who on to which it not be amiss in this connection + paragraph written by the eld in 1594, which read: “The new National Library wiil have space for four million books. We men- tion this merely to encourage Mr. F. Crawford to keep right on.” er or not Mr. Crawford has been by Field's good advice is a er 1« D it 1s that say olides threat he convent safely guarded fre e he of Mendoza to pre- » Dolores, decides t way to & place of sa I grows him strikes to then e hears Mendoza implore im bear the blame of King consents and then room, whers the les of the court. e reception begins Mendoz: before the King to confess t Don John. Mendoza is led wed by the execra- 1 people She is sent retired to a by threaten- an order who has Dolores. gains a. d that instead of King Don John has stunned by his fall. The ng, glad to escape so easily thg conse- s of bis act, withdraws his opposi- he union of his brother and Do- the story ends in the conven y most pleasing to the majority ished by the Macmillan Price $150.) Banking in the United States. { the more notable publications of A History of Banking in nited States,” by the late John J. x, who after years as Deputy « r r twelve years as Comp- { the Currency, became president jonal Bank of the Republic in nd in that position estab. tion as a banker second to u The work is a com- ather than a completely digested r it is composed largely of pa- en by a corps of writers in vari- The whole has been revised Rhodes and E. H. Young, e Bankers’ Magazine. Thus orship of Mr. Knox appears to ted in writing a portion of the rk and directing what other materiai Id be used. book upon & subject so Important as crican banking prepared under the di- tion of such &n authority as Mr. Knox ts the attention of every student of ory or of banking problems, In country there have been almost ail s and forms of banking known to The systems tried in one State were r exactly the same as those tried in and moreover, in all of the older ates several different systems were tried one after another as each successive one failed to produce good results. The work contains a comprehensive review of all these experiments, and in that respect may be called a storehouse of wisdom irawn from experience for the enlighten- ment of legislators in providing banking laws. B ore entering upon the®record of cs in the United States, Mr, Knox de- votes a chapter to the origin and devel- opment of banking in Eurcpe from the ys of the Banks of Venice and Amster- dam down to the latest regulations for the banks of England and France. He then proceeds to American affairs, begin ning with the establishment of banks and the issues of paper money by the colonies. interesting account foliows of the . early banking acts of Congress, including .an elaborate history of the famous con- test between the United States Bank and President Jackson. Interesting as is the account of the United States Bank, perhaps the student of politics as applied to finance may find more instruction in the record given of State banks. The various papers on that portion of the general subject constituie a special feature of the work and add much to its value. . The volume is handsomely printed, fllustrated with steel engravings of the more eminent financiers of the republic, and contains brief biographical sketches reviewing their work not only in finance but in our political history general (Published by Bradford, Rhodes & ( New York) is Spencer’s “First Principles.” Herbert Spencer’s *First Principles” has become an established classic of philo- sophical literature, so that the appear- ance of a new edition to meet public de- mand is not surprising: nor is it neces- sary to make any comment upon the na- ture of a work so well known even to those who have not read it but who have rlearned of it through the widespread pop- ularity given to its essential elements and doctrines. Evolution has become the ac- cepted philosophy of the time, and this work stand o-day as it did when it was , as the cleverest, the ab- most forceful presentation les upon which that philes- ce to the 7 , dated April 27, w edition “In ten (the vs reached iuced no my from an er keynote could feel not one in the day. feast tual signific glyphic of matert would paint the artist’s ecsta working burn t fast or shows, hencef, he giobe with wings. She brings to her work most conscie tious study and tes sci terateurs glibly. In the ch: rmmunicati * she gives full counts iterviews with her lifelon, friend . Field) through Mrs. Piper, the me- embloyed by the “Society for Psy- 1 * and she laims that sociely, “such iam Crooke fessor Sidgwick of Cambridge (England), Dr. Richard Hodgson and Prof r Oli- ver Lodge, preside of an English col- 1 nreservedly e their convie- t there is ercourse berw the seen and in the un Pro- tho: worlde.” She believes it to be only a qucstion of in time before the world shall see “the de- velopment, of man’s psychic faculties, making each individual to enter directly, without benefit of medium, into communi- cation with those in the unseen world.” The alm of this book, as of all her oth- ers, is to prove the close correspondence between the developments of modern sci nd sy 1 of th nobles divine presence life here and brings us inte closer relations with those in the spiritual world (Published Wy Little, Brown & Co. Cloth $1, decorated clcth $1 25 Faiths of Famous Men. Faiths of Famous Men,” compiled and : Kilbourn, D.D., is There has never be- fore, perk been an attempt to gather into one volume a consensus of the per- sonal opinions of the world's great think- ers and doers upon the leading topics of religious belief, and Dr. Kilbourn's work, therefor. tand: one. The extent of his performance shows tireless industry and the widest range of patient reading. He gives us Augustine d Irenaeus, Wik- liffe, Luther and Calvin, Bishop Butler, Phillips Brooks and Dr. McCosh, Tom Paine and Robert Ingersoll, Grover eland, Benjamin Harrison and, Wil- Ham McKinley, Confucius, Socrates and Mohammed, Jew and Gentiie, heretic and true believer, agnostic and devotee, dreamer and thinker, poet, scientist, sol- dier, statesman and man of affairs in every walk of life. More than five hun- dred people, women as well as men, are here made to speak for themselves in numberless extracts. It is a sort of dic- tiopary of personal faiths and a book of vivid interest as well as a valuable work of reference. To the preacher, the writer, the public speaker, the teacher or the journalist it is a volume whose uses are evident; and certainly it may have a place in any library for constantly recurring use as well as for present readable inter- est. The arrangement divides the subject into nine topics—“God,” “Creation,” “The Bifle,” *“Chrigt,” “Immortality,” “The Millennium,” *“The Intermediate State,” “‘Resurrection,” “Heaven,” and in each the authors’ name alphabetically. is also a full index. (Published by Hehry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia. Price $2.) Yankee Enchantments. In “Yankee Enchantments” that genial humorist, Charles Battell Loomis, intro- duces us to a strictly new kind of fairy tale. Mr. Loomis’ is a thoroughly scien- tific, up-to-date fairy fale; it takes ac- count of trolley cars, liquid air, automo- biles, and village libraries. It is, in this way, thoroughly practical., And yet it is just as fairy-like as any other fairy tale. Simply by the power and spell of his hu- mor, in the heart of Connecticut and New Jersey, under circumstances the most matter-of-fact and realistic, the fairies perform their strangest tasks and play their most fantastic pranks with entire convincingness. The boy who became en- dowed with more than a steam engine’s strength whenever he filled himself up with a certain kind of apple that grew In his father's rock-bottomed orchard—there is no erediting his achievements, of course; they are quite impossible—until you read Mr. Loomis' plain, straightfor- ward, gospel-truth account of them. Mr. Loomis’ are genuine American fairles, full of “American cléeverness and invention and humor, and thoroughly endowed with the modern democratic spirit. (Published by McClure, Phillips & Co., New York. Price $1 2%5.) Jack Among the Indians. Nothing is more engrossing to the small than a good Indian story. George Pird Grinnell has sent the flutters through many a youthful heart by his tales of adventures among the red men, and his latest book, “Jack Among the Indians,” will well sustain the reputafion alveady made In “Pawnee Hero Stories,” ®Glackfoot Lodge Tales,” “The Story of the Indian,” “Indians of To-day,” ete. The present book is supposed to be an account of the further adventures of “Jack, the Young Ranchman,” or inother words a recital of what befell Jack the next season, when he spent the summer with the buffalo eaters of the Northern plains, hunted their game, fought their enemies and lived their life. (Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Price $1 25.) AM HENRY HUDSON, pro- 3 glish at the Leland University since ssued th der & Shep: cis. ne charming verse un- der the The Spninx and Other Poems.” - His poems p s the touch of degree and his £ d effect collec- ionge through t! d. T? equaled. tion *“The Sphinx™ o¢ promingnce aithough ns the position, of the th: ' sta Sphinx to man of not however of the juestioning re iy a the silence that I hold Thou would'st my mean My riddle would'st unfold And lsy my secret bare? ““Fool! thrice fool indeed! ck to thy folly go! ?—There's none to read! 'here's none to know!'™* She ceased; and a vapor Over the face of the siy And behold—no Sphinx—no world-~ Nothing—not even I! ra If I recall it aright, This is the dream I dream’d. It did not seem strange in the night, Waling, how strange it seemed! . The quatrains which close the book arc @ i A Godson of Lafayette. Elbridge S. Brooks, the well-known his- torical writer for boys, has written an 'excellent book in “A Godson of Lafay- ette.” The work is intended as the sec- ond in the series of “Sons of the Repub- lic,” the first one of which dealt with the adventures of Tom Edwards, the son of the Revolution. In the present volume Mr. Brooks gives a dramatic account of that phase of American history which deals with Eleazer Willlams' crazy at- tempt to unite the Indians of America into one great confederacy, which should dominate and control the W Eleazer Willlams believed that he was the lost Dauphin of France, son of Louis XVIand in line for the throne. In this story he wins the boyish heart of the hero by his glowing accounts of what he intends to accomplish. The youth goes through all kinds of interesting adventures ere he has his ideals in regard to Williams final- ly and effectually shattered. This book, as are all of Mr. Brooks' works in this order, is exceptionally ac curate in historical details, and will com- bine mugh instruction as well as pleas- ant reading for the fortunate youth who is afforded the opportunity of perusing its pages. (Published by W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. Price $150.) Shall We Believe in a Divine Provi- dence? In “Shall We Believe in a Divine Provi- dence,” D, W. Faunce, D.D., makes no attempt to solve all the mysteries of providence. He even holds that mystery in part, during his present life, is itself a providential arrangement; giving, as it does, room for trustfulness and incentive to courage. But there are some very serious misunderstandings which make for men a needless and harmless mystery; and the attempt is made to lift some of cast more by our human mistake than by any- thing which the divine wisdom sends upon The more nearly we can come into we see things as through the eve of God, the clearer and these denser, shadows which are us. the position where wider will be our vision. Ministers ard students will find present- ed in the new book an unusually thorough, and moral realms, but in the physical reaim also, for our belief in a' God whose provi- basfs, not only in the intellectual dence is not only ours, but in all the sonnets are written. his pranks, his impuls!veness and his con- trition, his love for Mamsie and his inev- itable retreat to the mother arms of that unfailing fount of admonition, reproof and forgiveness, is oune of the best vol- umes in the famous Pepper set. (Pub- lished by the Lothrop Publishing Com- pany, Boston. Price $150.) The Fields of Dawn. Considering a sonnet as a fourteen- line poem written in iambic pentameter and rhymed according to diagram, many Considering it as world. The discussion is necessarily brief a poem, few sonnets have appeared in on these two topics; Rita. but it is sufficiently contemporary lterature. full for the end intended, and is in accord with the method of argument used by our some pages of the latter. best modern thinkers.( Published by Funk part, & Wagnalls Company, New York. Price, Lloyd Mifflin's new volume contains For the most “The Fields of Dawn" is more studied than inspired, but now and then the true poetical feeling hides in the formal lines. A touch of wistful sad- ness in many lines suggests itself as more “Rita,” by Laura E. Richards, is a adapted to lyric form than to the stately story of the Spanish-American war, sonnet. “The Dying Day,” ‘Estranged,” wherein a little Cuban girl undergoes ‘“Fettered,” mourn even in thelr titles. dangers and privations without number. Neither {s such a theme as the cider press For young giris who delight in hovels of adapted to this form, as is evident in the adventure “Rita” will be fouhd enter- lines: taining, but s rather too tull Bf ad- 7The waiting load of pippins yet to squeess. venture to be especially recommended to Ana . 5 ‘ the youthful mind unless well balanced. (Published by Dana Est Price $1 20.) & Co., Boston. well chosen. Here are three 1l tend to give an idea of thelr PAST AND PRESENT. ame day’s actions will to-morrow be t of thy heritage of memory. hink well, how much each present, at the last, )f good or evil draws from out the past! Obscene imaginings—gihbering shapes impure— The refuse of the gutter and the sewer- the dreary unclean page is rife. at mitist tells us—this is life. CARPE DIEM, ile you live. Life calls for all your This instant day your utmest strength demands. wastes He himself who stops to watch the , hoard up the golden hours. or Hudson was born in England librarian of Siow College, Lon- librarian City Liberal Club, stant lbrarian Cornel! He was for some time o pencer and has written a most_valuable introd ion to that great thinker's works on p He Is also an author well establs igher ficids of literature through his writings ¢n “The Church and the Stage,” “Studies in Interpretation,” *ldle Hours in a Li- “The Study of English Litera- etc. Instructions in Hypnotism. “Plain Instructions in Hypnotsm and Mesmerism” is the title of a small book recently written by A. B. Carpenter, for thirty vears a demonstrator of practical psychology. Hypnotism is constantly attracting more and more attention, and no other man jn this country is quite so well able to give a plain, popular and yet scientifically ac- curate account of its nature and uses for the Anstruction and entertainment of the general reader as Professor Carpenter. ‘T'he thousands who have been amused and instructed by him during the last thirty years will rejoice to know that he has at last consented to Issue a book in which he tells the public all he ¢an, and In the clearest possible manner. “Part II is de- voted to the narrations of psychic ex- periences, strange but true, and the book concludes with a remarkably strong chapter on auto-suggestion. (Published by Lee & Bhepard, Boston. Price, 5 cents.) e ; Adventures of Joel Pepper. Every one remembers the “Five Little Peppers and How They Grew,” and the dear, homely, delightful ttle brown house” which Margaret Sidney told about so well. The friends of the little Peppers will be glad to know that there has been recently published another volume about the same family. *“The Adventures of Joel Pepper” is the story of the irrepres- sible Joel, Joey or Joe, who, while he was the harum-scarum of the Pepper family. is nevertheless a prime favorite with all readers simply because he is so full of life and so often getting into “‘scrapes.” Mar- garet Sldney also, it is evident, is quite as fond of this well-meaning, heedless and lovable small boy as are her readers, and her story of Joel, his adventures and e Then drawing forth the barrel's foamy bung. But in “To an Aged Poet” there is no lack of dignity; no whimpering complaint. Tt is written in the true spirit of the son- net and i worthy the name. Whaut if the boat be drifting down the stream, And oars, well worn, hang idly by its side? Must man forever pull against the tide Nor bask a little in the sunset beam? O. werker in the icrious realm of dream, thou awhi 4 lot the river guida: far beyond 3 waters gl Behold the Beauteous golden, gleam! Vex not thy soul, nor fear the coming night: When evening goes, shall burst the wmorning light O'er all the ccean of eternity: Be sure, O friend, thers is a Dest That hoids the rudder, and that aright— Then let the current sweep us to : (Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.. Price $1.) The Young Bandmaster. Capiain Ralph Bcnchill has given pleas- ure to many a boy and girl through his wartime books and records of recent ents in Cuba, in the Philippines and in the Hawalian Islands. He now publishes a new stery, whose hero, Paul Graham, is a splendid young fellow. who, through the rascaiity of his guardian, is forced to make his own way in the w He inherits a great ta and by trading a pafr of skates a cornet he carns money (ake lessons. He first jo compary and then a regular which he later on becomes the er This is at the time 3p and Paul joins one of our les military bands and takes part lowntall of Santiago. ie book is tuil of interest. depfetir Paul's ups and downs while he bel various iheatrical companie He rather a hard timeg of it until he the leader of an orchestra it is plain sailing. He gos after the victory at San Jua return to the United States and once Joies his band He cemes in for an inheritance his guardian had tried to confiscate at the close of the book he is lex band, ng solos, making himself mous erally endearing hipself to the young reader who has been following his career. (Published by The Mersnon Company, New Y Price §1 5. A Hero of ths Forzcastle. Every schooibey s familiar story of the saflor who bravely interposed his own person between the descendi scimetar of a pirate and the life of 1 commander, Stephen Decatur, in one the batties of the Tripolitan war near century ago. In a recent volume in the “*Young Heroes of the Navy" series Cyrus Townsend Brady has given us many par- ticulars of the life of Reuben Jam a common sailor. who, having as a child been befriended by Stephen Decatur, fol- lowed that great commander throughout his naval eareer. In his later years James fell a vietim to that besetting sin of the saflor, drink, and was occasionally repri- manded by his superior officers. Once during the twentles, while serving on the corvette John Adams, Captain Dailas, his commander. determined to punish the old saflor, and calling him up before all hands wi said: “Reuben James, you are a trouble- some old rascal, always getting drunk, and I am going to make an example of you. You are herewlth disrated from the positicn of boatswain's mate to-that of seaman.” “Thank you, sir,” said Reuben, “for your kigh opinien: but, if your Honor pleases, I am only celebrating the day when I saved Captain Dceatur’s life. and I will promise not to get drunk again except when I go on liberty.” “Who will go your securily, sir?”’ said the captain. Commodore Porter. who was walking the quarterdeck, stepped forward and said: “l will go his security, Dallas;: a man who saved Decatur’s life is entitled to get drunk occasional (Pul *hed by D. Appleton & Co., New York. Price $1.) ‘With Preble &t Tripoli. In James Otis's latest book, “With Preble at Tripoli.” there is enough of his- torical fact to make the work instructive and yet plenty of plot and adventure to lighten events and render the story inter- esting for boys. “The author takes up the causes which led to the Tripolitan war, giving them in the words of an old sailor, the “Captain of No. 8 gun.”” The destruc- tion of the Philadelphia, after she had Leen captured by the Tripolitans: the pur- suit and capture of blockade runners; the bombardment of Trivoli, and the desper- ate venture with the Intrepid, which cost the lives of so many brave men, are all set forth in detail. (Published by W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. Price §1 3.) The Treasury Club. The first volume' In the United States Government Series, which is to be run bty the W. A. Wilde Company, Boston, is “The Treasury Club,” written by Wil- liam Drysdale. The book portrays the iuner workings of the Treasury Depart- ment of our National Government-not the ancient history of its organization, but the story of its vast business as it is conducted to-day, where the money comes from and how it is spent. The book is written in an interesting style to hold the attention of boys. It gives the story of Leonard Gray and his business experiences and adventures. From his position he is able to gather much infor- wation about the department. The char- acters introduced are offictals who may be met with any day in the Treasury building and the facts and figures have been passed upon as accurate by former United States Treasurer Danicl N. Mor- gan. Price $1 50.) Nature’s Miracles. Tt is certain that whoever has read the .first volume of Professor Eiisha Gray's familiar talks on science, treating of “Earth, Air and Water,” and the second, on “Energy, With Its Manifestations in Heat, Light, Sound and Explosives,” will eagerly look for the third and last, on “Electricity and Magnetism.”” This is the special domain in which Professor Gray _ stands among the first authorities. Dur- ing his long and active life he has spent forty years in the laboratory—forty years on the frontier line of electrical science. Electrical currents, generators and atmos- pheric conditions; the measurement of electricity; the various interesting detalls of the telegraph and its working, includ- Ing the marvels of multiple transmission; the telephona and how it talks; divers curiosities; the telautograph: submarine and wireless telegraphy. and finally a derles of chapters on the use of electro- magnetism in manufacturing processes, as at Niagara Falls, are among the topics treated. It is a book written for *‘the plain people”—but in that phrase are in- cluded the mest of us, educated and un- educated allke—the high school youth, the collegian, the business man end the pro- fessionai, whose knowledge does not lis in a clear understanding of the common- place “miracles” of nature and sclence. (Published by Fords, Howard & Hulbert, New York. Price 80 cents.) A New Physiology. There has just been issued for use In higher grammar grades a new physiology belonging to the New Century Series of Physlologles, by Winfield S. Hall, Ph.D., M. D. (Leipsic), Northwestern Medleal School, Chicago. It is officially indorsed by the department of sclentific instruc- tion of the W. C. T. U. of the United States. It is founded on the experimental method which to-aay is so popular in school Instruction. The subject of human physiology is introduced with a brief treatment, largely experimental and practical. of the physiology of the grow- ing plant. Through this means the inter- dependence of the plant and animal king doms is shown together with the unity and harmonv of nature. The appliances and mat ggested for the experi- nent m be provided by any in- telligent teacher. (Published by the k Company, New York. A Daughter of Freedom. ithern eampaign of the Revolutiona war aflc an author an excellent scene for atic as well as A Daughter of Freedom,” & Jlanchard, ad- vantage is taken exciting situa- tions of that period, and an excellent his- torical romance is the result. The daughter of freedom, Byrd Graham, is the daughter of 2 South Carolina regu- and is residing when the story opens romantic lar, with her brother in the home of her father, who is a stanch 6ld royalist and her brother are ready to stand ch their father died, of opinion with the many domestic by the cause for w! this difference dfather provokes at Christmas time, which have ugh. (Pub- any, Boston Wilde Price and ( Doctor North and His Friends. T “Dr. North and His lends,” the recent work of Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell, one is permitted to enter-a eir- cle of gifged people whose finished conver- tion, w experience and keen observa- rusal of s give to the reader a loftier concep- of life. Like ma of the other of Dr. Mitchell, this story contains valuable psycho ical material without losing a of its charm of fiction. The ideal home, the man of law and of medi- cine, the ab bed scientist, the fascinat- ing and nonchak artist] the woman of thought, beauty and refinement, make up the subjects of this narrative, while about them springs up endures one of the most unu 1 and the tenderest of ro- mances. This romance which quletly threads the tale b at an { al dinner at the coun- try home of the American scientist and closes amid the anclent splendor and ai- luring beauties of a Venetian palace. (Published by the Century Company, New York. Price §150.) moniously The English Flower Garden. Charles Scribner's Sons have importad a book which at first glance one would claim for a botanical library, but it is not at all a botanical book. “The Eng- lish Flower Garden,” as it is called, deals with the ouestion of design, and is fol- description of the plants and bs of Great Britain and Ireland. The on wood are nearly all taken raphs which have been used nth edition of Mr. Robin- given where possible so that the descriptions de not shut out people who have a heart for a garden, but have not at hand the Latin names which are a growth of our own century and entirely unnecessary. Price $6. Reels and Spindles. “Reels and Spindles,” by Evelyn Ray- mond, will be found excellent reading for young girls of about fourteen. It tells the story of a girl raised in the midst of culture, wealth and refinement who is obliged finally to face the hard world of actual necessity and make a living for herseif. Her bravery in taking up her life in the humblest walks and doing her best though at first n the smallest ca- pacity, and then the success which crowns her efforts, is all weli told and will prove an inspiration to the young reader. (Pub- lished by W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. Price $1 50.) i The Animals of Aesop. All children delight In animal storles, and especially if well fllustrated. Joseph J. Mora has just issued a volume of this kind with the stories fitted to the animals of Aesop—Aesop, as it were, brought up to date. Mr. Mora {llustrates his own stories and it is difficult to say whether the tales or the pictures should rank first —certain it is that they are both excei- lent. There are many colored full pages in the volume to give life to the book, and as every page is profusely illustrated it cannot fail to please the youngsters. The type is clear and large; the cover bright and well ornamented, and the stories themselves just the kind to hold the in- terest of the younger generation. (Put- lished by Dana Estes & Co., Bost Price §150.) S Chatterbox for 1900. Chatterbox for 1900 is full of good things for young and old. e are a great number of excellent colod pages included in the contents of this year's number. The 6sual number of good short stories and interesting articles are there, besides some serfal articles both instryctive ar amusing. There are puzzles and games, anecdotes and plenty of plctures.” Ths tone is good and wholesome throughout. (Published by Dana Estes & Co., Boston, Price $1 25.) Drawings by C. A. Gilbert. ‘When the Life Publishing Company of- fers anything to the public it is pretty safc to count on its being something good even before you have seen it. They em- ploy. artists who are artists; the lines that they fit to the drawings are always &o0d, and the style in which their books rinted is always most artistic. Thel® l‘:&-’: publication, “Overheard in the Wit- tington Family,” s no exception and will prove a most creditable addition to any library table. Mr. Gilbert's work is hard- ly as even as the drawings of Gibson, Christy or Wenzell, but some of his fig- ures are really splendid and more thax compensate for others of his sketches which are not so attractive. The voluma is beautifully bound and printed. Idylls of the Kin This is a most interesting addition to the eclectic English classics, now so widely used in secondary and preparatory schools, as the idylls stand first among Tennyson's poems in grace and in human interest. Though not so fusitful to the thoughtful mind as “In Memoriam,” the appeal to a far wi atence. The book also inc! Arthurian legends, a chronology and a blioy E bln.gnr:&h.yh‘vo been well edited by Mary F. Willard and seem sufficlently full for the use of students. (Published by Amer- fcan Book Company, New York. Pri 2 cents.) In “The Filibusters” Cutcliffe Hyne has written a romance containiag not tbe least little bit of romance. He introduces all the stock characters so dear to the hearts of readers of the late lamented Beadle & Adams series of thrillers, but fails to get them moving fast enough to cause a sin- gle heart-beat. It is sheer waste of time to open the covers, which reflect great credit on the artistic taste of L. 3 lishers, Frederick A. Stokes & Co. York. Price $150. —_—— Literary Notes. The winter number of the Book Lover of San Francisco is filled with just that peculiar sort of real bookish articles that the real book lover is happy over— ies about books as books, ateut exten ooks, -about coilecting and about men who love books Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowell nounce that they have ari Hon. Joseph H. Choate to ately In beautiful form his famous ad- dress, ‘“Abraham Lincoln,” deltvered on November 13 befors the Edinburgh Phtlo- sophical Institution. number of the London Acad- symposium of opinions f famous literary men on books yhich have appeared in 1900. Among them Fred- eric Harrison says that “the omly fi class book of 1300 has been Maurice Hew- lett’s ‘Richard Yea and Nay.' " In the la; emy is a The December number of Current His- tory has an unusual abundance of timely articles of interest, among them reviews of the most recent developments in China, South Af! Europe and the new Ameri- can posse: The treatment of the French Ca is especially y of attention. able and wo: The Christmas number of Camera Craft, a magazine published here in San Fran- cisco and of interest to all photographers, contains some of the finest half-tone work and photographic studtes that it has been our pleasure to see for a long time. East- ern publications of a similar nature can well look to their laurels when we are able to place in the fleld a magazine of such excellence as Camera Craft. The Raven, whi as been published during the last year by Mary Lambert in Oskland, is out with an exceptionally good number for December. The maga- zine has shown that it can lve up to its motto of “Originaiity, quaintness and quality.” It is filled with literary gems in the way of short stories and poems that reflect the greatest credit upon the enterp: and taste of its editor, Miss Mary Lambert. > Winston Spencer Churchill, the Eng! war correspondent and son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill, has written for the January number of the World's Work an intimate and graphic character sketch of Lord Roberts, much of t aterial for which was gathered at first hand in South Africa. An infinite capacity for taking pains is set down as the secret of the success of England’s ablest general. ‘With the beginning « B the year R. H. large a and unique This is a departure of the Russell souv nirs in that it will contain a historical and ecritical dame Bernhardt with pages, sketch W th of Ma- an autograph troduction by herself. There will be six: five splendid pictures showing her in a her famous roles and In her home, to- gether with a portrait of her in her girl- hood, and reproductions of many cartoons and other drawings of her by well-known artists. The price of this is 3 cents. It constitutes a notable addition to the Rus- dell list of theatrical publications. In the Christmas edition of the Owl, which is published by Hoitt's School at Menlo Park, San Mateo, there appears a remarkably well written sketch by “R. B. 8. We have heard that “R. B. 8. 1 none other than John P. Irlsh Jr. Such being the case, it would seem that tha youth has inherited quite a bit of his father's talent. The Owl Is a very credi- table little publication and its editorial staff is deserving of compliment for thas work of the last year. A magazine pub- lished by a school and for the school is an excellent scheme and of far more im- portance in the way of instruction than might at first seem apparent to the casual observer. Books Received. THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA—By Rev. L. B. Hardman, D. D.. LL. D. The Abbey Press, New York. Cloth, 0 cents. Paper, 25 cents. EGYPT AND SCYTHIA—Herodgtus. Cas- sell’s National Library, New York. In paper, 10 cents. SCENES OF MY CHILDHOOD—By Charles Eimer Jenney. Fresno Republican Publishing Company, Fresno, Cal. $1 5. O.C.l‘:: Bg:: IN THE COUNTRY—By Clinton ing. The Al OrweesBuwiiing. Bbey Press, New COLLEGE BNTRANCE REQUIREMENTS IN ENGLISH—1901-105. American Book Com- pany, New York. $1. THE RELIGION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN —Correspondence between General Charles . T. Collis and Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll. G. W. Dillingham Company, New York. Im paper, 2% cents. ; THE STORY OF CYRUS—Adapted from Xenophon's Cyropaedia—By Clarence W. Glea- fon, A. M. (Harv.) American Book Company, New York. 75 cents. OVID — SELECTED WORKS — Edited by Frank J. Mille. Ph. D. American Booi Company, New York. $1 40. TWENTIETH CENTURY GUIDE TO PAL- MISTRY—By The Zancigs. The Henneberry Company. Chicage. THE ROYAL HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH—By George O. Little, D. D. Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York. 8. MOORE’'S METEOROLOGICAL ALMANAQ AND WEATHER GUIDE—Rand, MeNally & Co.. Chicago. 50 cents. OVERHEARD IN THE WITTINGTON FAMILY, with drawings by Charles Allen Gil- bert. The Lite Publishing Company. New York.