tion. He has added many notes which for the region east of the Mississippi, and eastern Canada, bring the work up to date as to the actual facts recorded. He has rewritten the descriptions of plumage in untechnical terms, and has added some account of the eggs and nest of each species." Critic, Dec. 12, 1891. Ortoli, F: Les conciles et synodes dans leurs rapports avec le traditionnisme. 1890. (Coll. internat. de la tradition.) Paris, G. B. P., and Jeanroy, A. Extraits des chroniqueurs français, Villehardouin, Joinville, Froissart, Commines; avec des notices, un app., un glossaire, etc. Les "Les notices sur les quatre historiens sont assez développées et ne laissent rien à desirer soit au point de vue biographique, soit au point de vue critique. auteurs ont tres justement constate que l'on s'habitue avec trop de facilité à l'idée que seuls parmi nos vieux chroniqueurs, ces quatre écrivains méritent d'être cités. Pour dissiper ce préjugé, ils ont imprimé, dans un court appendice, quelques pages empruntées à des historiens intermédiaires dont la valeur, déclarent-ils, n'est pas contestable."- Revue critique, déc. 7, 1891. Paton, W. R., and Hicks, E. L. Cos. 1891. Inscriptions of "Besides the inscriptions, the work contains about ninety pages on the history and antiquities of the island. With very few exceptions the texts here given depend on the copies made by Mr. Paton from the original stones. A considerable number, including some of the most interesting, are his own discovery; but even of those which had been copied by previous travellers the text has in many cases been improved by his careful reading, and appears here in a more accurate and intelligible form than in previous publications." Athenæum, Mar. 12. Philips, F. C. The Dean and his daughter. 1891. Strange adventures of Lucy Smith. 1891. Pike, G. H: C: H. Spurgeon; with anecdotal reminiscences; introd. by W: C. Wilkinson, and concluding chapter by J. C. Fernald. "We shall sometime have a much better biography than this hasty and scrappy compilation. The best part of the volume is the introduction by Dr. Wilkinson." - Nation, Mar. 31. Pool, M. L.. Roweny in Boston; a novel. "Life in third-class boarding houses has never been better described. It is a transcript of the lives of workers who are not found in working girls' clubs or at labor exchanges but who exist by the thousands in crowded cities." Literary world, May. 26. Praeger, F. Wagner as I know him. Tells the story of a life-long friendship with Wag. ner, deepening the conviction that he was selfish, magnificently conceited, dogmatic, prejudiced, and devoid of all ideas of personal responsibility in the pecuniary affairs of every-day life." Critic, Mar. 26. Rand, B: Selections illustrating economic history since the Seven Years' War. Rees, J. R. With friend and book in the study and the fields. Reeves, E: Homeward bound after thirty years; a colonist's impressions of New Zealand, Australia, Tangier, and Spain. Ritchie, J. E. Brighter South Africa; life at the Cape and Natal. "Pleasantly written description of a short visit to the Cape and Natal. The most interesting chapters are those in which the writer gives the prevalent views of the colonists on such subjects as their relations to Great Britain, the treatment of the natives, and temperance legislation. Some light, also, is thrown upon the relig ious conditions, and especially upon the peculiar position of the Church of England in Natal." - Nation, Mar. 24. Robertson, W: B. Martin Luther; German student life; Poetry. 1891. Robinson, R. E. Vermont; a study of independence. (Amer. common wealths.) "In this book will be found the peculiar local color which could come only from the long and minute knowl. edge of a Vermonter sensitive to the charms of the region he describes." Literary world, Mar. 12. Ross, Rev. D. M. The cradle of Christianity; chapters on modern Palestine. 1891. Ross, F. Legendary Yorkshire. Saintsbury, G: Political verse. 1891. "It may be we are unappreciative, or it may be that the editor has been unfortunate in his examples. Their allusions do not appeal to us, and their style or rhythm is rarely racy."-Westminster rev., April. Savidge, E. C. Life of B: H. Brewster, with discourses and addresses. 1891. "With due respect to the memory of Mr. Brewster, we feel impelled to characterize the laudations of his biographer as rather extravagant. Among his contemporaries and in his own surroundings, he was a somewhat striking and picturesque figure; but he did nothing and said nothing that will cause his memory to live when the generation that knew him is gone."- Nation, Apr. 28. Seidlitz, M. von. Ongeluckige Jerusalemsche reyse, de wonderlijcke gevanckenis ende de geluckige verlossinge van vier hoog. duytsche edelluyden, door P. van Engelen vertaelt. 1662. Seyffert, O. Dictionary of classical antiquities, mythology, etc.; rev. ed., with add. by H. H. Nettleship [and] J. E. Sandys. 1891. "It is important to call attention to the full title of the book, for the reader who finds so much will, perhaps, expect to find more, and will look in vain for some account of persons who made their fame in politics or war. Within his limits he has produced, on the whole, a good and useful book, but it would be much better if it were furnished with an index, and with more crossreferences, and if Greek type had not been so carefully eschewed."- Athenæum, June 20, 1891. Smith, A. H. Chinese characteristics. "Mr. Smith is evidently a man with that rare gift, the gift for racial diagnosis. He is able to discriminate between the fundamental and the merely superficial differences that exist between Western and Chinese civilisation; more than that he can transfer to his readers the appreciation of characteristics which the Chinese pos. sess, but for which it is impossible to find an analogy among Europeans. He manages to bring his readers far closer to the actual Chinaman than the ordinary writer on the Celestial Empire; he does not merely describe what is behind the curtain; he lifts it and lets us look in." - Kegan Paul's catal., April. Smith, S. Back from the dead; a story of the stage. (Unknown lib.) "Deals with the lives of two brothers one of whom is supposed to have murdered the other, and is hung for it. The story furnishes a good argument against the value of circumstantial evidence." Literary world, Mar. 12. Stanton, E. Dreams of the dead. "Refers to the astral shapes which, according to his theory, wander on earth until the soul, wholly detatched from material things, rises to heaven." Stuart, V. Adventures amidst the equatorial forests and rivers of South America, in the West Indies and the wilds of Florida; added Jamaica revisited; illust. 1891. "The author brings Jamaica up to date, but leaves Demerara and Trinidad where they were more than a quarter of a century ago. It is true that he contrasts the present aspect of Jamaica with what he saw on a former visit; but he nowhere states that at least an equal improvement has been going on elsewhere. He describes well the intensity of tropical forest scenery. A more important feature is his description of Tampa." Sat. rev., Feb. 6. Styx, pseud. Hermetic philosophy; lessons, discourses, and explications of "fragments" from the schools of Egypt, Chaldea, etc.; for students of Hermetic, Pythagorean, and Platonic sciences, and western occultism. Vol. 1, 2. 1890-91. 2 v. Symes, J. E. The French Revolution, 1789-95. Thayer, Rev. H: 0. The Sagadahoc Colony; relation of a voyage into New England; with introd. and notes. (Gorges Society.) Tibullus, A. Elégies [avec trad. et notes] par [H. G. R. comte de] Mirabeau. 1798. 3 v. Contents. Vol. 1. Tibullus. Elégies. 2. Tibullus. Elégies. Baisers. Secundus, J. 3. Mirabeau, H. G. R., comte de. Contes et nouvelles. Tirol, H. Holzschnitt darstellend die Belehnung - König Ferdinands 1. mit den österreichischen Erbländern durch Kaiser Karl v., auf dem Reichstage, Augsburg, 5 Sept., 1580; hrsg. von A. Essenwein. 1887. Traveller's narrative, A; written to illustrate the episode of the Báb; ed. and tr. with introd. and notes by E: G. Browne. 1891. 2 v. "Mr. Browne, who is an excellent Persian and Arabic scholar, undertook a journey to Persia in order to fathom the mysteries of the new sect, and to make the acquaintance of its most eminent living exponents. The practical result is the printing and translation of a precious ms. In the book before us we do not find a gospel of avowed robbery, sedition, and assassination. The new religion is there one of equity, godliness, and purity." Sat. rev., Mar. 12. Twichell, J. H. John Winthrop, first governor of the Mass. Colony. [1891.] (Makers of condition of the English peasantry in the Middle Ages, the other with the manorial system and its relation to the agricultural community." Waite, A. E: The occult sciences; a compendium of transcendental doctrine and experiment; magical practices, spiritualism, mesmerism, and theosophy. 1891. Walkley, A. B. Playhouse impressions. "The dramatic critic who troubles himself to define with delicate exactitude his theory of the calling, may fairly be regarded as a serious person. Mr. Walkley has done this thing very completely, by a clear statement of what he claims, and of what he disclaims, in virtue of his office. He is for subjecting himself to a sea of impressions, and as he notes the fleeting sensa. tions of the short playhouse hour he would be many. sided." Sat. rev., Feb. 20. Warden, F. (pseud. of Mrs. F. A. P. James). A witch of the hills. 1891. Warren, C. Miss Wilton. "Rather clever character sketch by a new writer." Literary world, Mar. 12. Whitby, B.. A matter of skill. [1891.] White, A. T. Improved dwellings for the working classes, etc. [1891.] White, A. The destitute alien in Great Britain; papers dealing with foreign pauper immigra tion. "This volume is interesting because written chiefly by men whose knowledge is not derived from books, but who have a personal acquaintance with our very undesirable guest, the destitute alien. In Mr. Crackanthorpe's thirty pages is the condensed essence of the volume. In them the facts and arguments which are relevant to the issue are stated with the lucidity and precision of a trained and judicial intellect." — "Sat. rev., Feb. 20. Whitney, Mrs. A. D. T. A golden gossip; neighborhood story no. 2. "The golden gossip is a Roston spinster who moved out to Shepaug partly with a view to the regeneration of its society by showing the dimly censorious the good that exists in the objects of their criticism, and clearing away the little mists of misunderstanding which are apt to cloud the clear heavens of village society." - Lit. world, Apr. 9. Wicksteed, P. H: Four lectures on H: Ibsen; dealing chiefly with his metrical works. "Chiefly addressed to that class of readers who have not felt themselves drawn to Ibsen, and are yet not willing to place themselves on the side of his hostile critics." Literary world, Apr. 23. Wilson, J. G. Memorial history of the city of New York. Vol. 1. "General Wilson has summoned around him experts in Dutch and colonial history, and himself supervised the varied work. After special visits to Holland he has secured valuable documentary and illustrative material for the work much of which is new." — Critic, Mar. 12. Wineberger, J. A. The home of Washington at Mount Vernon. 1860. Wooley, C. P. Roger Hunt. "A clever study of a thoroughly selfish man, entirely unhampered by religious belief, and impervious to the stings of a criticism which he regards as purely conventional."- Catholic world, April. Wright, Rev. H: P. Story of the "Domus Dei " of Stamford, Hospital of William Browne. 1890. Alba, M. del R. F. y O. G. de los R., condesa de Siruela, duquesa de Berwick y de. Documentos escogidos del archivo de la casa de Alba. 1891. "Considering the wealth of the collection from which it is made the volume could not well help being interesting; but it is not what under more fortunate circum. stances it might have been. So much has disappeared, the liberality of the Dukes of Alva has given many scholars and editors access to their archives, and as the Duchess has endeavoured to avoid reprinting docu. ments which were already accessible, her volume has inevitably been largely compiled from what had not hitherto been thought of sufficient interest to deserve reproduction. The chief interest of the volume belongs to a period anterior to the 17th and 18th centuries. There are numerous letters from and to the great Duke of Alva. Many show him in an unexpectedly genial light as a patron of the arts and artists. Several are from Philip II., others from Catharine de Medici, Mary Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth." - Sat. rev., Mar. 26. Albiousse, L. d.' Histoire des ducs d'Uzès; suivie d'une notice sur leur château ducal. 1887. Allen, J. H: Christian history in its three great periods: 3d period. 1884. Arnold, Sir E. Potiphar's wife; and other po ems. "Good verses it is perhaps impossible for their au thor not to make when he makes any, but for this once he has made none likely to cling to fastidious memories." Catholic world, April. Atwater, L. H. Manual of elementary logic. Rev. ed. [1867.] Aubert, F. Le parlement de Paris de Philippe le Bel à Charles VII, 1314-1422; sa compétence, ses attributions. 1890. Aulard, F. A. La Société des Jacobins. 1889-91. 2 v. Ballou, M. M. Equatorial America; a visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Belot, A. Folies de jeunesse. 1886. the 8th century; done into mod. prose, with "The old English epic is not only a valuable and interesting poem; it illustrates in various ways the Homeric controversy. Mr. Earle first gives us the history of the ms. as far as it is known; then he chronicles the various modern texts and theories of origin, date, and composition. The style of the translation is occasion. ally odd and inharmonious, the notes are too full of miscellaneous light literature, but the book is an excellent book with all deductions." Sat. rev., Mar. 5. Bigelow, P. The German emperor and his eastern neighbors. We are "His brief monograph on the emperor, who was his early companion and playmate, is absolute eulogy, with no admixture of either analysis or criticism. given a portrait of an ideal young ruler, firm, daring, with a pervading sense of human responsibilty, and the courage of his conviction. Everything that conflicts with this portrait is omitted."- Literary world, June 4. Birch, T:, Sons. Catalogue [of the] collection of the effects of G: Washington, and of Lawrence and Lorenzo Lewis; to be sold Dec. 10-12, 1890. Blémont, E. Esthétique de la tradition. 1890. (Coll. internat. de la tradition.) Bonilla, C: de. La guerre civile en Espagne, 1833, 48, 72. [1875.] Bouldin, P. The old trunk; sketches of colonial days. 1888. Bourget, P. Sensations d'Italie; Toscane, Ombrie, Grande-Grèce. 1891. "He enters upon his Italian tour in a joyous, unsci. entific spirit, ready for the charming experiences which await the tourist in the land of which all other nations are lovers. The book has a wandering charm, and an individual quality which renders it the antithesis of a guide-book, the pervasive spirit of a highly analytic and imaginative personality."- Literary world, Apr. 9. Brassington, W: S. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; with reproductions. 1891. Caro, Mme. P. C. Amour de jeune fille. 9e èd. "A pretty story, for the most part sad, with an admirable portraiture of two characters of girls, one sweetly good, and the other giddy without being really bad at any point." — Athenæum, Oct. 31, 1891. Cheney, S. P. Wood notes wild; notations of bird music; coll. and arr., with app., notes, bibliog., etc., by J: V. Cheney. "The matter is curious and not without interest, but the investigations cannot be set down as scientifically Critic, Apr. 23. accurate." Church, Mrs. F. M. (now Mrs. F. Lean). The risen dead. 1891. "The writer is seen to greater advantage in "The risen dead' than in most of the stories she has published for some time."- Academy, Aug. 22. Churchill, F. H. Sketch of the life of General S. Churchill; with notes and appendices. 1888. Collection de textes pour servir à l'étude et à l'enseignement de l'histoire. 189-. Coltman, R., Jr. The Chinese; their present and future; medical, political, and social; illust. 1891. "He tells what he saw, not what he went to see; with wit and good sense, and in English of short metre and straight line, he makes a readable story. It belongs in the front rank of recent works on the middle kingdom." - Critic, Mar. 5. Cooke, J. P. Address at the commencement dinner, Harvard Univ., June 26, 1889. Darmesteter, Mme. A. M.. F. R. Marguerites du temps passé. (Bibl. de romans hist.) "Des historiettes du Moyen Age ou de la Renaissance, toutes très caracteristiques d'un temps et d'un pays précis. Il y en a qui sont écrites en français moderne et dans le meilleur français moderne; il y en a d'autres qui sont écrites en bon vieil langage du siècle seizième, et ce sont, à mon gré, incomparablement les meilleures. Mme. Darmesteter manie cette langue merveilleusement."- Revue bleue, 12 déc., 1891. Dreer, F. J. Catalogue of [his] collection of autographs. Vol. 1. 1890. Dubief, E. Le journalisme. (Bibl. des merveilles.) "M. Dubief connaît à fond le journalisme d'autrefois et le journalisme d'aujourd'hui, et il nous donne làdessus un très utile et très intéressant volume. Voilà le journalisme élevé au rang d'une des merveilles du monde." Rev. bleue, 16 jan. Dubois, P: De recuperatione Terre Sancte; traité de politique générale; pub. par C: V: Langlois. 1891. Dumas, Capt. J. B. La guerre sur les communications allemandes en 1870; première campagne de l'Est; campagne de Bourgogne. 1891. Earle, A. M. The Sabbath in Puritan New England. 1891. "Includes many details of the Puritan's meetinghouse, his pews, his discomfort from cold, his tithing man, his psalm-book, his music, the authority of his church and ministers, his ministers, their pay and plain speaking."- Unitarian review, Nov. 1891. Ehrich, L: R. The question of silver; a summary of legislation in the U. S.; with a practical analysis of the present situation, and of the arguments of the advocates of unlimited silver coinage. (Questions of the day.) "Mr. Ehrich's thorough information and effective power of homely argument have already become widely known."- Nation, Mar. 31. Fenn, G: M. Mahme Nousie. 1891. 2 v. Mr. Fenn has broken comparatively new ground in his tale of Haytian ways, and Voodoo worship. He knows the kind of people that he is writing about, their passions and their virtues, their gross superstitions and the patience with which they will endure all things for those they love. His story will therefore have a power to charm which is often lacking in tales of higher pretensions." -Sat. rev., Sept. 19, 1891. Fishwick, H: History of the parish of St. Michael's on Wyre in the county of Lancaster; with appendix. 1891. Fiske, J: The discovery of America; with some account of ancient America and the Spanish conquest. 2 v. "Two handsome volumes tell the story, not of Columbus's, but of John Fiske's Discovery of America.' Indeed, the Genoese himself apparently needs to be rediscovered. In wealth of maps, diagrams, explanatory notes, references to authorities, thorough literary equip ment, and charm of style, this book is worthy of the author's great fame. Whether for good or evil, the author's imagination, and the influence of the latter-day philosophy which inspires it invest his work with all the elements of popularity." - Critic, Apr. 30. France, Treaties. Les grands traités de la guerre de cent ans [1359-1444]; pub. par E. Cosneau. 1889. Franklin, A. Les médicaments. 1891. (La vie privée d'autrefois.) "Toute la thérapeutique de nos pères est exposée dans ses moindres détails; la vertu des pierres précieuses, l'action des eaux minérales, les procédés employés pour les guérisons à distance, rien n'est omis."-Revue des questions hist., jan. Variétés gastronomiques. 1891. (La vie privée d'autrefois.) "Curieux renseignements sur la salle à manger, le couvert, sur un luxe, une richesse dont nous n'avons guère l'idée." — Polybiblion, juil. 1891. Freudenberger, S. Histoire des mœurs et du cos tume des Français dans le 18e siècle; texte par Restif de la Bretonne; rev. par C: Brunet; préf. par A. de Montaiglon, avec la vie de F., tr. de l'allemand. 1878. Fustel de Coulanges, N. D. Hist. des institutions politiques de l'ancienne France. [T. 6] Les transformations de la royauté pendant l'epoque carolingienne; rev. par C. Jullian. Galbert, Syndic of Bruges. Histoire du meurtre de Charles le Bon, comte de Flandre, 112798; suivie de poésies latines contemporaines; pub. par H: Pirenne. 1891. Galdós, B. P. La incognita. 1889. Garnier, C:, and Ammann, A. L'habitation humaine. "Les recherches d'ordre historique et architectural à la fois ont dû être exceptionnellement considérables. Patiemment, ils ont interrogé le génie particulier de chaque race, de chaque peuple; ils ont suivi chaque groupe important dans ses migrations et ont reconstitué jusque dans les détails, tous les types d'habitation adoptés depuis les temps préhistoriques jusqu'à nos jours." · Polybiblion, jan. Gastine, L. Apôtre; avec lettre critique de Mgr. Fara, et post-face en réponse. "Le caractère aigu que semblent prendre en ce moment les relations du haut clergé avec le gouvernement devait necessairement appeler l'attention des littérateurs. M. Gastine dans un roman d'une forme assez reservée, distribue à chacun les critiques que leur con. duite dans le conflit actuel lui semble devoir mériter."Rev. des livres nouv., jan. 15. Harris, W. A. The record of Fort Sumter, from its occupation by Maj. Anderson to its reduction by S. Carolina troops. 1862. Hilliard, H: W. Politics and pen-pictures at home and aboad. "Altogether the volume is unusually readable, and much of it is really valuable as lighting up memorable passages of American history and distinguished personages who have figured therein." Literary world, May 7. Imbert de Saint-Amand, A. L., baron. Les femmes de la cour des derniers Valois. 1889. Marie Antoinette and the downfall of royalty; tr. by E.. G. Martin. 1891. Portraits de grandes dames. 3e èd. 1886. Ivanovski. I. Recueil des traités en vigueur, conclus par la Russie avec les puissances étrangères. 1889-90. 2 v. Jacqueton, G. Documents relatifs à l'administration financière en France de Charles VII. à François, 1443-1523. 1891. (Coll. Lang, A. Etudes traditionnistes. 1890. internat, de la tradition.) Laveleye, E. L: V: de. Le gouvernement dans la démocratie. 1891. 2 v. "We confess to not being so greatly interested as we have been in many of the esteemed economist's other books. The present work strikes us as being less well arranged and less marked by that essential of all philosophic works, a point of view, without which, clearly fixed in the author's mind, books of political philosophy such as this become somewhat dreary wastes." Athenæum, Dec. 26, 1891. Lawless, Hon. E. Grania; the story of an island. "This sketch of human life on the frontiers of the Atlantic is the best work Miss Lawless has yet done. The fisher-folk are untroubled by problems such as those suggested by David Grieve, or Tess of the D'Urbervilles,' and perhaps we have all the more sympathy with their primitive humanity. The study is sad to the utmost limits of sadness, and yet it is never pessimistic. We lay down this picture of passion and sacrifice and struggle, this record of painful environment and broken lives, with a sense of gain in the simple beauty of it, that the most strenuous and powerful work Spectator, fails to give if it fails in imaginative art.' Mar. 26. Longmore, Sir T: Richard Wiseman, SergeantSurgeon to Charles II.; a bibliographical stndy. 1891. "This is a curious volume and one worthy, perhaps, of the great labour bestowed upon it. The interest is, however, special, and the general reader will find little Lorimer, J. Studies national and international; lectures in the University of Edin., 1864-89; with biog. notices by R. Flint and G. RobinJacquemyns. 1890. Malus, E. L: L'agenda; souvenirs de l'expédition d'Egypte, 1798-1801; publié et annoté par le Gén. Thoumas. "Document tres curieux relatant jour par jour ce qui se passait à l'armée d'Egypt de Bonaparte. Malus, dont le nom est bien ignoré aujourd'hui, était un élève des écoles du génie de Mézières, puis de Metz, membre de l'Académie des Science, section des mathematiques, à trente ans à peine: il fut de la grande famille des Monge, des Arago, des Laplace. L'agenda de Malus pourrait être comparé aux Mémoires de Marbot; ils sont écrits avec la simplicité du vrai savant." — Feuilleton, 9 jan. Marshall, E. Winifrede's journal. "The more interesting features of Mr. Lewis's Life of Bishop Hall worked up in the form of a romance." - Athenæum, Dec. 26, 1891. Molinier, A: Les obituaires français au Moyen Age. 1890. Norris, W: E: Mr. Chaine's sons. 1891. 2 v. But "Mr. Norris does not hit upon any particularly new situations, and most of his men and women are what his readers will recognize as stock characters. there is no lack of freshness and fidelity, whilst the author's mildly cynical style will be as pleasant as ever to such as have acquired a taste for it." Athenæum, Oct. 17, 1891. Nys, E. Les initiateurs du droit public moderne. 1890. "I remonte jusqu'au 14e siècle, c'est-à-dire, à l'époque où la reaction en faveur de l'indépendance du pouvoir civil contre les prétentions du pouvoir ecclé. siastique se traduit à la fois dans le domaine des faits et dans celui de la science."- Rev. de droit int., 1891. Onffroy de Thoron, H:, vicomte. Les Phéniciens à l'ile d'Haïte, et sur le continent américain; les vaisseaux d'Hiram et de Salomon au fleuve des Amazones. 1889. Paris, Parlement de. Textes relatifs à l'histoire du parlement depuis les origines jusqu'en 1311; pub. par C: V: Langlois. 1888. Perret, P. M. Notice biographique sur Louis Malet de Graville, amiral de France, 144?-1516. 1889. Petrarca, F. Lettres à J: Boccace; tr. du lat. par. V: Develay. 1891. "Les deux noms qui figurent au titre le recommandent déjà à l'attention; mais on peut conseiller la lec ture comme d'un ensemble de documents très propres à faire pénétrer directement dans le caractère de Pétrarque et Boccace. Les lettres, de longueur très inégale, vont de 1356 à 1374, et sont à peine quelques débris de la corre. spondance activement echangée entre les deux poètes pendant la seconde partie de leur vie." Phipson, C. B. 2 v. Redemption of labor. 1888-92. "The work is in every way iconoclastic. But it has been undertaken and carried through with a lofty purpose, and in an earnest spirit. One by one he takes the well-known principles of economies and turns them inside out till a new and strange lining appears." - Westminster rev., Jan. Radulphus Glaber. Les cinq livres de ses histoires, 900-1044; pub. par M. Prou. 1886. Rauwolff, L. Aigentliche Beschreibung der Raïss so er gegen Auffgang inn die Morgenländer, fürnemlich Syriam, Iudæam, etc., volbracht. 1582. Reinach, S. Chroniques d'Orient, documents sur les fouilles et découvertes dans l'Orient hellénique, 1883-90. 1891. "Aujourd'hui, grâce au zèle indefatigable de M. Rei. nach, le premier venu peut se mettre en quelques heures au courant de toutes les découvertes fait en Grèce et en Orient depuis huit ans, et de tous les problèmes nou. veaux qui solicitent l'attention des archéologues. Les informations sont surtout précieuses quand il s'agit de fouilles et d'explorations lointaines, entreprises dans les parties les plus reculées de l'Asie Mineure; lorsque M. Ramsay expose lui-même les résultats de ses voya ges, ou que M. Reinach commente les recherches et les découvertes archéologiques de M. Démosthène Baltazzi, les Chroniques d'Orient' prennent, aux yeux de tout lecteur impartial, la valeur d'une publication vraiment scientifique." Revue critique, 30 nov. 1891. Renan, J. E. Feuilles détachées; faisant suite aux Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse. "On y trouvera un jugement sur George Sand qui me paraît exquis, quoique les ombres y soient dissimulées, ou plutôt oubliées, avec un peu trop de complaisance; une critique excellente, dans une mesure admira. ble, de 'la Tentation de saint Antoine;' un bien joli article,qui est une page d'histoire,sur Mme. Hortense Cornu;' une étude d'une singulière pénétration sur Amiel, et un 'Examen de conscience' qui est le dernier (jusqu'à pré. sent) des Dialogues philosophiques,' et une char. mante nouvelle qui est une étude de femme,' Emma Kosilis. Un côté un peu nouveau de son beau talent, se révèle ici. Je veux parler de ce que l'on pourrait appeler le récit philosophique. M. Renan raconte quelque chose. Ce quelque chose n'est presque rien. Il le raconte avec grâce, avec un charme abandonné et négligé en apparence qui est exquis, et qu'il serait bien difficile aux plus habiles d'attraper; et puis mêlés insensiblement au récit, ne le suspendant point, faisant corps, ou plutôt àme, avec lui, ce sont des réflexions de moraliste, des digressions de philosophe, des rêveries discrètes et sans apparat d'homme à idées. Ainsi est faite Emma Kosilis, ainsi est traité le dix-huitième centenaire de Pompéi,' qui est bien la plus jolie impression de voyage, ou le plus émouvant chapitre du livre des ruines, à votre choix, ou bien plutôt les deux ensemble. Ainsi racontait Montaigne quand il racontait. Le Montaigne moderne, c'est bien la définition de M. Renan. Je sais bien que Montaigne, auprès de M. Renan, est le plus grand fainéant du monde. Aussi j'ai dit Montaigne moderne. Cela fait bien des différences, dont une est l'érudition et le labeur. — Revue bleue, 27 fév. Robbins, M.. C. Rescue of an old place. "Mrs. Robbins has told with much charm and sentiment the story of the redemption of a dreary old homestead here in Massachusetts. She does not exaggerate the vicissitudes of experimental farming, nor rail too difusely at the insects and blights and disappointments which are the discipline of the amateur ruralist." Literary world, Apr. 23. Robida, A. Mesdames nos aïeules; dix siècles d'élégances. "Illustrates a seductive theme with a lively pen and a facile pencil. No one is more fully qualified to treat of the archæology of dress, or the history of fashion than M. Robida."- Sat. rev., Jan. 23. Robinson, J: Our trees; the trees of Salem, and the native trees of Essex Co., Mass.; with the location, and hist. and botanical notes. 1891. (Essex Institute.) "Letters which the author says were written for popular entertainment and instruction, and are not intended as botanical essays. They are well written, and the con |