alizing on the altered fortunes of the palace of Versailles, he exclaims, Not even the chambers of the kings inspired respect." We think it would puzzle M. de Saint-Amand to give a good and sufficient reason why they should.

THE second volume of the "Adventure Series (Macmillan) is a reprint, elaborately edited by Captain Pasfield Oliver, R.A., of that very curious eighteenth century document, "Robert Drury's Journal." The Journal" is, or pretends to be, an account of the fifteen years' captivity of the author in Madagascar, during which period he claims to have been held in slavery by the natives of the island. Drury's story was first published in 1729 and has passed through six editions, being generally regarded as authentic and freely quoted as first-hand authority by subsequent writers on Madagascar. Drury's veracity has, however, been impeached of late, and the editor of the present volume, after much deliberation, enrolls himself among the doubting Thomases, basing his distrust chiefly on certain suspicious resemblances between the Journal" and De Flacourt's "Histoire de Madagascar," which was issued sixty-eight years anterior to it. Drury was an unlettered man, and his "Journal," in the form in which we have it, is largely the work of an editor (perhaps the “unabashed Defoe" himself) who, in compiling the narrative from the "yarns" of the returned castaway, probably drew on extant works on Madagascar, besides enriching the whole with the embellishments of his own imagination. But there is undoubtedly a substratum of truth to the story, which is told very much in Defoe's manner. Drury's adventures, as related in the "Journal,” were certainly of the most surprising character, and we commend them to the attention of lovers of the marvellous. The volume is liberally illustrated, and contains, in addition to Drury's narrative, a critical and descriptive introduction by the editor, Drury's vocabulary of the Madagascar language, and an abridgement of the Abbé Rochon's " Account of Madagascar."

A WELL-ARRANGED and well-considered work for advanced students in the German language is Book I. of Professor Carla Wenckebach's "Deutsche Literaturgeschichte" (Heath), and we take pleasure in recommending it to all who wish to lay the foundation of a thorough and scientific knowledge of the German language and literature. The series will consist of three books, each embracing the productions of a separate period: the first, from the dawn of the German literature until 1100; the second, from 1100 until 1624; and the third, from 1624 up to the present time. Professor Wenckebach's work seems to be arranged throughout on the rational principle that instruction in the development of a literature, if it is to be thorough, must be accompanied by instruction in the development of the people, period for period; that no lit

erary work can be grasped and enjoyed unless something is known of the social conditions that surrounded its author. Teachers are often compelled, through inaccessibility of material, to attempt to impart a knowledge of German literature without giving the pupil adequate examples. In the Literaturgeschichte will be found, under the head of Musterstücke (specimen-pieces), a well-chosen collection of examples conveniently arranged for reference. Lack of space compels us to pass over other commendable features of this work. It should be mentioned, however, that the typography is especially good-so good as to reduce considerably the eye-destroying qualities of the German text.

"In

THE fact that public attention has so recently been drawn to the republics of Guatemala and Salvador renders Mr. Frank Vincent's new book, and Out of Central America" (Appleton), a very timely one. The writer is a keen-eyed and practiced observer who rapidly "takes in" the chief outward features of the places and peoples he visits; and while he does not linger very long, or cut very deep, he gives us plenty of the sort of information that intelligent readers look for in books of travel. The volume is written in a very agreeable style, clear, direct, with an occasional touch of humor. Unlike many other writers in his chosen field, Mr. Vincent is modest enough to think that what he saw is of more importance to his readers than what he felt when he saw it; hence no time is wasted by him in florid "word painting" or sentiment. Not more than half the book is devoted to Central America

the states of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Salvador, and Guatemala being treated in turn,— while the rest is made up of sketches ranging from the Antilles and Brazil, to Siam and Cambodia. The work is liberally illustrated and is supplied with the requisite maps.

MAJOR CONDER'S "Palestine," in the "Great

Explorers" series (Dodd), takes us for a pleasant ramble in those holy fields" which the author has so recently explored. The work is not an archæological treatise, but a running glance at the work of the Palestine Exploring Expedition, which Major Conder led. Major Conder led. Much of personal incident is scattered through the narrative and enlivens it. The position is well taken that the students of Biblical history of the school of Ewald and Wellhausen take a one-sided view of their subject, through a deficiency of archæological knowledge, and that a lengthened sojourn in Palestine would modify many of their dogmas. Major Conder suggests forcibly that the oriental mind has ever been, not an editing, but a commentating one. His picture of the Moslem world is an interesting revelation, showing as many hypocritical professors of the faith there as in Christendom. The author, of course, parades his hobby, the " Mongolian " Hittite theory, and he is too eager to tell us how competent Major Claude Regnier Conder was for

the work undertaken; but we can condone his assumptions and his foibles in view of his valuable researches.

A CONTEMPORARY volume on a kindred theme with the above, "Palestine under the Moslems" (Houghton). is one in which a competent scholar sinks himself in his subject. Mr. Guy Le Strange has won greater distinction in editing mediæval travels for the Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society than in editing semi-political correspondence of the In present century, in which he is not at home. the work now under notice his foot is on his native heath, his object being "to translate and thus render available the mass of interesting information about Palestine which lies buried in the Arabic texts of the Moslem geographers and travellers of the middle ages." The result is a work which must take its place on our shelves alongside Robinson's Biblical Researches in Palestine" and the publications of the Palestine Exploration Fund. those who do not read Arabic the work is done once for all, and an exhaustive and scholarly guidebook for mediæval Palestine is provided. It is dry reading in many places, but at times the narrative expands into most vivid and fascinating portrayals, with all the naïveté of a mind at once mediæval and oriental.

ONE of the most amusing things in the way of feminine "globe-trotting" reminiscences that we have seen is Miss Sara Jeannette Duncan's "A Social Departure" (Appleton). Women are usually denied humor; but Miss Duncan has a good deal of it a dry cis-Atlantic humor with a Mark Twainish flavor. Unfortunately, the writer's fun. sometimes degenerates into flippancy; the book, too, is rather too long, but it is so amusing that we cannot quarrel with it on that score. The numerous illustrations by F. H. Townsend are spirited and well reproduced.

THE DIAL is again called upon to chronicle the death of one of its contributors,-one of its oldest and best, the Rev. Dr. Horatio N. Powers, who died suddenly at his parsonage home at Piermont-on-the-Hudson, September 6, in his sixty-fourth year. Last winter, his health failing somewhat alarmingly, Dr. Powers took a trip to Europe with his family, from which he returned in the summer apparently much improved. A letter received from him hardly two weeks before his death shows at its full that buoyancy and hope so characteristic of him throughout his life. Dr. Powers was born in Amenia, N. Y., was graduated at Union College and the Protestant-Episcopal Theological Seminary in New York City, was ordained by Bishop Horatio Potter, and became rector successively of parishes at Lancaster, Pa.; Davenport, Iowa; Chicago; Bridgeport, Conn.; and Piermont-on-the-Hudson. In addition to his regular and successful pastoral work, Dr. Powers found a large space in his life for literature, and for the companionship of literary men-among them, Bryant, Bayard Taylor, and others of the older school. Art study and criticism was always with him a favorite pursuit ; he was for several years the American correspondent of

"L'Art," and was a frequent writer upon art and literary topics in the periodicals. He also wrote much for the religious press, and a volume of his religious essays, with the title "Through the Year," was published in 1875. But his best love was given to poetry. Many of his pieces have been widely copied, and have a place in the standard anthologies of English verse, Two volumes of his poems have been published Early and Late" in 1876, and " A Decade of Song " in 1885. His poetry reflects a tender and genuine feeling for nature, an introspective habit that enabled him to see a spiritual meaning in all things, and a cheerful serenity of disposition that kept his spirit young and his imagination responsive to all beautiful forms and thoughts. Such poems as "My Walk to Church," for example, are truly Wordsworthian in depth, tenderness, and simplicity. Our readers will, we are sure, be glad to see this poem reprinted here, not only for its characteristic poetic qualities, but for its personal tone and for the glimpses it reveals of the beautiful and kindly spirit that inspired it.

MY WALK TO CHURCH.
Breathing the Summer-scented air
Along the bowery mountain way,
Each Lord's-day morning I repair
To serve my church, a mile away.
Below, the glorious river lies -

A bright, broad-breasted, sylvan sea;
And round the sumptuous highlands rise,
Fair as the hills of Galilee.

Young flowers are in my path. I hear
Music of unrecorded tone.

The heart of Beauty beats so near,

Its pulses modulate my own.

The shadow on the meadow's breast
Is not more calm than my repose,
As, step by step, I am the guest

Of every living thing that grows.
Ah, something melts along the sky,
And something rises from the ground,
And fills the inner ear and eye
Beyond the sense of sight and sound.

It is not that I strive to see

What Love in lovely shapes has wrought.--
Its gracious messages to me

Come, like the gentle dews, unsought.

I merely walk with open heart
Which feels the secret in the sign;
But oh, how large and rich my part

In all that makes the feast divine!

Sometimes I hear the happy birds

That sang to Christ beyond the sea, And softly His consoling words

Blend with their joyous minstrelsy. Sometimes in royal vesture glow

The lilies that He called so fair. Which never toil nor spin, yet show

The loving Father's tender care. And then along the fragrant hills

A radiant presence seems to move, And earth grows fairer as it fills The very air I breathe with love. And now I see one perfect face; And, hastening to my church's door, Find Him within the holy place Who, all my way, went on before.

TOPICS IN LEADING PERIODICALS.

October, 1890.

Altdorf. W. D. McCrackan. Atlantic.
American Girls in Europe. Madam Adam. North American.
American Literature, Women in. Helen G. Cone. Century.
American Universities. A. D. White. North American.
Ancient Dwellings of the Rio Verde. E. A. Mearns. Pop. Sci.
Anthropology and Fall of Man. A. D. White. Pop. Sci.
Arnold's Treason. John Fiske. Atlantic.
Assessment Life Insurance. G. D. Eldridge. North Am.
Atlantic Barrier Beaches. F. J. H. Merrill. Pop. Science.
Balfour's Answer to Parnell. John Morley, North American.
British Labor Tendencies. Michael Davitt. North Am.
Cable Expedition, With a. H. L. Webb. Scribner.
Cave-Dwellings. F. T. Bickford. Century.
Character in Schools. Abby M. Diaz. Arena.
Chemical Truth. Louis Olivier. Popular Science.

China, Irrigation in. Tcheng Ki Tong. Popular Science.
China's Menace. Thomas Magee. Forum.
Citizenship, A Test of. Century.

City Houses. J. W. Root. Scribner.

Climate and the Gulf Stream. J. W. Redway. Forum.
Constitutions and Institutions. James O. Pierce. Dial.
Cotton-Spinning. H. V. Meigs. Popular Science.
Crowns and Coronets. G. P. A. Healey. North American.
Daughters, Future of Our. Helen E. Starrett. Forum.
Death Penalty. G. F. Shrady. Arena.
Descartes, René. Popular Science.

Earth-Artificers, Two. Selim H. Peabody. Dial.

Earthly Tabernacle." Olive T. Miller. Popular Science. Electric Lighting. David Salomons. Lippincott. Essays, New and Old. Anna B. McMahan. Dial. Faith and Credulity. John Burroughs. North American. French Canadian Peasantry. Prosper Bender. Mag. Am. His. French Salons, Women of the. Amelia G. Mason. Century. Girls' Private Schools. Mrs. Sylvanus Reed. Scribner. Guatemala. F. J. A. Darr. Cosmopolitan.

Health's Invisible Assailants. Samuel Hart. Pop. Science. Hexameters and Rhythmic Prose. G. H. Palmer, Atlantic. Ibsen, Henrik. E. P. Evans. Atlantic.

Ibsen, Henrik. W. E. Symonds. Diai.

Japan, An Artist's Letters from. J. La Farge. Century.
Liquor Laws. G. F. Magoun, Popular Science.
Merit System, The. Century.

Meteorites and Stellar Systems. G. H. Darwin. Century.
Moneys of Lincoln's Administration. L. Chittenden. Harper.
Moose-Hunting. Julian Ralph. Harper.

Municipal Reform. E. L. Godkin. North American.
National Progress. R. S. Storrs. Mag. American History.
Nationalism. Edward Bellamy. Forum.
Newman, Cardinal. J. T. Bixby. Arena.
Office Patronage. H. C. Lodge. Century.
Over the Teacups. O. W. Holmes. Atlantic.
Pan-American Conference. North American.

Persistency of Historic Myths. William F. Poole. Dial.
Postmaster-General and Censorship of Morals. Arena.
Race Problem. W. S. Scarborough. Arena.
Sand-Waves. J. R. Spears. Scribner.

Silver Act, The New. F. W. Taussig. Forum.
Southold and Her Homes. Mrs. M. J. Lamb. Mag. Am. His.
University Extension. S. T. Skidmore. Lippincott.
Vivisection. Edward Berdoe. Century.
Zodiacal Light. A. W. Wright. Forum.

BOOKS OF THE MONTH.

[The following list includes all books received by THE DIAL during the month of September, 1890.]

BIOGRAPHY.

Henrik Ibsen: 1828-1888. A Critical Biography. By Henrik Jæger. From the Norwegian by William Morton Payne, translator of Björnson's "Sigurd Slembe." Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 275. Uncut. Gilt top. A. C. McClurg & Co. $1.50.

Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix. By Francis Tiffany. With Portrait. 12mo, pp. 392. Gilt top. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.50.

Famous European Artists. By Sarah K. Bolton, author of "Famous American Authors." Illustrated. 16mo, pp. 423. T. Y. Crowell & Co. $1.50.

Citizeness Bonaparte. By Imbert de Saint-Amand. Translated by Thomas Sergeant Perry. With Portrait. 12mo, pp. 306. Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.25.

Alfred the Great. By Thomas Hughes, M.P., author of "School Days at Rugby." Illustrated. 16mo, pp. 324. Uncut. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.00.

Life of Henry Dodge. From 1782 to 1833. By William Salter. With Portrait and Maps. Large Svo, pp. 76. Paper. Mauro & Wilson. $1.00.

HISTORY.

The Jews under Roman Rule. By W. D. Morrison. Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 426. Putnam's Story of the Nations" Series. $1.50.

History of the American Episcopal Church. From the Planting of the Colonies to the end of the Civil War. By S. D. McConnell, D. D. 8vo, pp. 392. Thomas Whittaker. $2.00.

The Study of History in Holland and Belgium. By Paul Frédéricq. Authorized Translation. 8vo, pp. 77. Paper. The Johns Hopkins Press. 50 cents.

An Elementary History of the United States. By Charles Morris, author of "Civilization." 12mo, pp. 250. J. B. Lippincott Co. 60 cents.

ARCHEOLOGY.

The Antiquities of Tennessee and the adjacent States;
and the State of Aboriginal Society in the Scale of Civil-
ization Represented by them. A Series of Historical and
Ethnological Studies. By Gates P. Thruston. Illustrated.
Royal 8vo, pp. 369. Robt. Clarke & Co. $4.00.
The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the
Northmen, with Translations from the Icelandic Sagas.
By B. F. DeCosta. Second Edition. 8vo, pp. 296. Boards.
Uncut. Joel Munsell's Sons. $3.00.

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES. Civil Government in the United States. Considered with some Reference to Its Origin. By John Fiske. Crown 8vo, pp. 360. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.00. An Introduction to the History of the Science of Politics. By Sir Henry Pollock, Bart, M.A. 12mo, pp. 128. Macmillan & Co. 75 cents.

Want and Wealth: A Discussion of some Economic Dangers of the Day. By Edward J. Shriver. 12mo, pp. 35. Paper. Putnam's Questions of the Day." 25 cts.

Abraham Lincoln's Pen and Voice: Being a Complete Collection of his Letters, Addresses, Inaugurals, etc. By G. M. Van Buren. With a Steel Portrait. 12mo, pp. 435. Robt. Clarke & Co. $1.50.

Essayes of Montaigne. Translated by John Florio. Edited by Justin Huntley McCarthy. Vols. III. and IV. With two Frontispieces. 32mo. London: David Stott. $1.50. The Essays of Elia. By Charles Lamb. Edited by Augustine Birrell. With Etched Frontispiece. 16mo, pp. 328. Gilt top. Macmillan & Co. $1.00.

The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey. By David Masson. New and Enlarged Edition. In 14 Vols. Vols. X. and XI., Literary Theory and Criticism. 16mo. Illustrated. Uncut. Macmillan & Co. Per Vol., $1.25. Short Studies of Shakespeare's Plots. By Cyril Ransome, M.A. 12mo, pp. 299. Macmillan & Co. $1.00. The Defense of Poesy. Otherwise known as an Apology for Poetry. By Sir Philip Sidney. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Albert S. Cook. 16mo, pp. 143. Ginn & Co.

Representative Men; Nature; Addresses and Lectures. By Ralph Waldo Emerson. Popular Edition, two vols. in one. 12mo, pp. 648. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.00. Rab and His Friends; and other Dogs and Men. By Dr. John Brown. With an Outline Sketch of the Author and a Portrait. 18mo, pp. 299. Houghton's "Riverside Classics." $1.00.

The Nine Worlds. Stories from Norse Mythology. By Mary E. Litchfield. Illustrated. 16mo, pp. 163. Ginn & Co. 60 cents.

FICTION.

Come Forth. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Herbert D. Ward. 16mo, pp. 318. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.25. Plain Tales from the Hills. By Rudyard Kipling, author of "Departmental Ditties." Third Edition. 12mo, pp. 310. Uncut. Macmillan & Co. $1.50. The Anglomaniacs. 12mo, pp. 296. Cassell Pub'g Co. $1. Two Modern Women. A novel. By Kate Gannett Wells. 16mo. J. B. Lippincott Co. $1.25.

"Choir

Whose Fault? By Jennie Harrison, author of
Boys of Cheswick." 12mo, pp. 356. E. P. Dutton &
Co. $1.25.

The Riversons: A Tale of the Wissahickon. By S. J. Bumstead. 12mo, pp. 448. Welch, Fracker Co. $1.25. Catherine's Coquetries-A Tale of French Country Life. By Camille Debans. Translated by Leon Mead. Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 174. Worthington Co. Paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.

Flirt A Story of Parisian Life. By Paul Hervieu. Translated by Hugh Craig. Illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire. 12mo, pp. 273. Paper. Uncut. Worthington Co. 75 cts. Paul Nugent, Materialist: A Reply to "Robert Elsmere." By Helen F. Hetherington (Gullifer) and Rev. H. Darwin Burton. 16mo, pp. 344. Paper. E. P. Dutton & Co. 50c. Dmitri: A Romance of Old Russia. By F. W. Bain, M.A. 16mo, pp. 282. Paper. Appleton's "Town and Country Library." 50 cents.

At an Old Chateau. A Novel. By Katharine S. Macquoid, author of At the Red Glove." 8vo, pp. 226. Paper. Harper's "Franklin Square Library." 35 cents.

The Courting of Dinah Shadd, and other Stories. By Rudyard Kipling, author of "Plain Tales from the Hills." With a Biographical and Critical Sketch by Andrew Lang. 8vo, pp. 182. Paper. Harper's "Franklin Square Library." 30 cents.

Two Masters: A Novel. By B. M. Croker, author of "Proper Pride.' 12mo, pp. 300. Paper. Lippincott's "Series of Select Novels." 50 cents.

In Trust; or Doctor Bertram's Household. By Amanda M. Douglas. 16mo, pp. 383. Paper. Lee & Shepard's "Good Company Series. 50 cents.

Sunset Pass; or, Running the Gauntlet through Apache Land. By Capt. Charles King, author of The Deserter." 16mo, pp. 203. Paper. Lovell's "American Authors' Series.' 50 cents.

Hermia Suydam. By Gertrude Franklin Atherton, author of "What Dreams May Come." 16mo, pp. 207. Paper. Lovell's American Authors' Series." 50 cents.

The Chief Justice. By Karl Emil Franzos. Authorized Edition. 16mo, pp. 272. Paper. Lovell's "Series of Foreign Literature.' 50 cents.

50 cents.

The Bishop's Bible: A Novel. By D. Christie Murray and Henry Hermann. Authorized Edition, 16mo, pp. 398. Paper. Lovell's "International Series." The Keeper of the Keys. By F. W. Robinson. 16mo, pp. 385. Paper. Lovell's "International Series." 50 cts. The Word and the Will. By James Payn, author of "Thicker than Water." 16mo, pp. 240. Paper. Lovell's "International Series." 50 cents.

For One and the World. By M. Betham-Edwards, author of "Love and Marriage." 16mo, pp. 340. Paper. Lovell's International Series." 50 cents.

The Vicomte's Bride. By Esmé Stuart. 16mo, pp. 317. Paper. Lovell's "International Series." 50 cents. The Confessions of a Woman. By Mabel Collins. 16mo. Paper. Lovell's "International Series." 50 cents. The Great Mill Street Mystery. By Adeline Sargent, author of "A True Friend." Authorized Edition. 16mo, pp. 372. Paper. Lovell's "International Series." 50 cts. The Tale of Chloe: An Episode in the History of Beau Beamish. By George Meredith, author of "The Egoist." 16mo, pp. 144. Paper. Lovell's "Westminster Series." 25 cents.

The Night of the 3d Ult. By H. F. Wood, author of "The Passenger from Scotland Yard." 16mo, pp. 320. Paper. Lovell's "International Series." 50 cents. POETRY.

English Lyrics. By Alfred Austin. Edited by William
Watson, author of Wordsworth's Grave, and other
Poems." 16mo, pp. 172. Uncut. Macmillan & Co. $1.25.
Shakespeare's Poems-Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, Son-
nets, etc. Edited, with Notes, by William J. Rolfe,
Litt.D. Illustrated. Post 8vo, pp. 411. Harper & Bros.
Gilt top. $1.50.

Helena, and Occasional Poems. By Paul Elmer More. 16mo.
pp. 78. Gilt top. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.00.
In Friendship's Name. Compiled by Volney Streamer.
Fourth Edition, enlarged. Square 12mo. Unique Paper
Binding. Privately Printed. $1.00.

Selections from Heine's Poems. Edited, with notes, by Horatio Stevens White. 16mo, pp. 220. Heath's "Modern Language Series." 80 cents.

TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
European Days and Ways. By Alfred E. Lee. Illus-
trated. 8vo, pp. 376. J. B. Lippincott Co. $2.00.
Aztec Land. By Maturin M. Ballou. Crown 8vo, pp. 355.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.50.

The Round Trip from the Hub to the Golden Gate. By
Susie G. Clark, author of "A Look Upward." 16mo,
pp. 193. Lee & Shepard. $1.00.
Far-West Sketches. By Jessie Benton Frémont, author of
Souvenirs of My Time." 16mo, pp. 206. D. Lothrop
Co. $1.00.

Campaigning with Crook, and Stories of Army Life. By
Captain Charles King, U.S.A., author of Between the
Lines." Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 295. Harper & Bros.
$1.25.

SCIENTIFIC.

The Colours of Animals: Their Meaning and,Use, especially Considered in the Case of Insects. By Edward Bagnall Poulton, M.A., F.R.S. Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 360. Appleton's "International Scientific Series." $1.75. Dragon Flies vs. Mosquitoes: Can the Mosquito Pest Be Mitigated? Studies in the Life of Irritating Insects and their Natural Enemies, by Working Intomologists. With Introduction by Robert H. Lamborn, Ph.D. Illustrated. Svo, pp. 202. D. Appleton & Co. $1.50.

On the Hills: A Series of Geological Talks. By Prof. Frederick Starr. Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 249. D. Lothrop Co. Co. $1.25.

Dynamo-Building for Amateurs: How to Wind for any

Output. By Frederick Walker. First American Edition. 18mo, pp. 104. Boards. D. Van Nostrand Co. 50 cts. Health for Little Folks. Illustrated. 16mo, pp. 121. American Book Company. 30 cents.

PHILOSOPHY THEOSOPHY, ETC. Introduction to Philosophy: An Inquiry after a Rational System of Scientific Principles in their Relation to Ultimate Reality. By Prof. George Trumbull Ladd. 8vo, pp. 426. Charles Scribner's Sons. $3.00.

Echoes from the Orient: A Broad Outline of Theosophical Doctrines. By William O. Judge. Square 16mo, pp. 68. The Path."

The Power of Thought in the Production and Cure of Disease. By Dr. Wm. H. Holcombe. Second Edition. 12mo, pp. 21. Paper. Purdy Pub'g Co. 15 cents. Influence of Fear in Disease. By Dr. Wm. H. Holcombe. Second Edition. 16mo, pp. 13. Paper. Purdy Pub`g Co. 10 cents.

REFERENCE.

Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language. Being the Authentic Edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, comprising the Issues of 1864, 1879, and 1884, now thoroughly Revised and Enlarged under the Supervision of Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D. With a Voluminous Appendix. Profusely Illustrated. 4to, pp. 2,118. Sheep. G. & C. Merriam & Co. $10.00. Novels and Tales dealing with American Country Life: A Descriptive List. Compiled by W. M. Griswold, A.B. 8vo, pp. 51. Paper. W. M. Griswold. 50 ets. Bulletin of the Library Company of Philadelphia, September, 1890. Svo, pp. 102. Paper. Published by the Library.

TEXT-BOOKS.

The Elements of Psychology. By Gabriel Compayré. Translated by William H. Payne, Ph.D., LL.D., author of "Chapters on School Supervision." 12mo, pp. 315. Lee & Shepard. $1.00.

A Compendious French Grammar. In Two Independent Parts (Introductory and Advanced). By A. Hjalmar Edgren, Ph.D. 16mo, pp. 293. D. C. Heath & Co. $1.20. An Easy Method for Beginners in Latin. By Albert Harkness, Ph.D., LL.D. Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 348. American Book Co.

Handbook of Latin Writing. By Henry Preble, A.B., and Charles P. Parker, B.A. Revised Edition. 16mo, pp. 109. Ginn & Co. 55 cents.

Historiettes Modernes. Recueillies et Annotées par C. Fontaine, B.L. Tome II. 12mo, pp. 158. D. C. Heath & Co. 65 cents.

Abeille. Par Anatole France. Edited by Charles P. Lebon. 16mo, pp. 90. Paper. D. C. Heath & Co. 30 cents.

JUVENILE.

Chuck Purdy. The Story of a New York Boy. By Wil-
liam O. Stoddard, author of "Dab Kinzer." Illustrated.
16mo, pp. 318. D. Lothrop Co. $1.25.
"Bonnie Little Bonnibel" and her "Day Off." A Story.
By Mary D. Brine. Illustrated by Mrs. A. G. Plympton.
Svo, pp. 63. E. P. Dutton & Co. 75 cents.
Friday's Child. By Frances. Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 170.
E. P. Dutton & Co. 75 cents.

Wikkey: A Scrap. By Yam. Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 75.
E. P. Dutton & Co. 60 cents.
Stories of Famous Precious Stones. By Mrs. Goddard
Orpen. Illustrated. 12mo, pp. 286. D. Lothrop Co. $1.25.

[Any book in this list will be mailed to any address, post-paid, on receipt of price by Messrs. A. C. MCCLURG & Co., Chicago.]

75 cts.

"It is in every way admirable. To say that the editing is worthy of the text is saying a great deal, yet hardly too much."-Prof. M. B. Anderson, Iowa State University. SIMONDS' SIR THOMAS WYATT AND HIS POEMS. With Biography and critical analysis of his poems. HODGKINS' 19TH CENTURY AUTHORS. Gives full lists of aids for studying the leading authors. $1.00. MEIKLEJOHN'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Treats salient features with a master's skill and with the utmost clearness and simplicity. $1.50.

WILSON'S THE STATE. Elements of historical and practical politics. The organization and functions of government. $2.00.

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THE LIGHT OF ASIA; OR, THE GREAT RENUNCIATION. Being the Life and Teaching of GAUTAMA, Prince of India and founder of Buddhism. By Sir EDWIN ARNOLD, M.A., K.C.L.E., C.S.I. Holiday Edition. Square 12mo. Bound in Oriental colors. With a new portrait of the author by DAMMAN, and illustrative cover design. Gilt top, price, $1.50; full gilt, gilt edges, $2.00.

The illustrations are taken for the most part, from photographs of Buddhist sculptures and frescoes found in ancient ruins of India, averaging 2,000 years old, many of them being identified by eminent archæological authorities, both in India and at home, as actually illustrating scenes in the life of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, and the hero of Mr. Arnold's ́s poem.

American Editions of Two Popular English Books IDYLLS OF THE FIELD.

BY LEAFY WAYS.

Brief Studies from the Book of Nature. By F. A. KNIGHT. With numerous beautiful illustrations and full-page plates by E. T. COMPTON. 12mo, cloth. $1.50 each.

For casual reading or leisurely perusal there are few recent products of the press so well suited to be the chosen companious of the lover of out-door life as the two whose characteristics we have briefly indicated. Would that our own woods and fields might find so earnest, competent, and unpretentious a historian.-Boston Beacon.

New Library Edition.

THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS. A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark. Written in prose and verse by WILLIAM MORRIS, author of "The Earthly Paradise." 12mo, Oxford style, $2.00. An admirable estimate of the present book, by the Athenaum, appended to this edition, refers to Aristotle's assumption that invention and not singing is the indispensable basis of poetry. Who shall say whether Morris is the better inventor or singer in this beautiful work-in a song that is so laden with story, a story which, whether prose or verse, is such pure singing?-Nation.

ONE SUMMER'S LESSONS IN PRACTICAL
PERSPECTIVE. Told in the form of a Story for Young
People. By CHRISTINE CHAPLIN BRUSH, author of "The
Colonel's Opera Cloak" and Inside Our Gate." With
many illustrations. 1 vol., 16mo, cloth, 75 cents.
An admirable little book.
We advise every would-
be artist to take Mrs. Brush as a mentor.-Boston Beacon.

MISS BROOKS. A Story of Boston. By ELIZA ORNE WHITE, author of "A Browning Courtship." 16mo, cloth, $1.00.

The author's style is exceedingly good and her portrayal of the inner motives of the characters of the story is such as to give her a prominent place among the many analytical novelists of the day.-Cleveland Leader.

THE WINDS, THE WOODS, AND THE WANDERER. A Fable for Children. By LILY F. WESSELHOEFT, author of "Sparrow the Tramp" and "Flipwing the Spy." With illustrations. 16mo, cloth, $1.25. DEAR DAUGHTER DOROTHY. By Miss A. G. PLYMPTON. With 7 illustrations by the author. Small 4to, cloth, $1.00.

STORIES TOLD AT TWILIGHT. By LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON, author of "Bed-time Stories," "Firelight Stories," etc. With illustrations by H. WINTHROP PIERCE. 16mo, cloth, $1.25.

For sale by Booksellers generally, or will be sent postpaid, on receipt of price, by the Publishers,

ROBERTS BROTHERS, BOSTON.