too highly the excellence of the notes. They help to make Homer's world live again. It is a most interesting and valuable work, full of patient and acute research."- Sat. rev., July 23. Legouvé, G. J: B. E. W. Fleurs d'hiver; Fruits d'hiver, Histoire de ma maison. 4e éd. 1890.

Litchfield, F: Illustrated history of furniture.

"It is only in discussing the furniture of comparatively recent times that he seems to show any real knowledge of his subject. On the whole the numerous illustrations are well executed, and they are none the less valuable because many of them have already appeared in various works." Sat. rev., Aug. 20.

Loftus, Lord A: (in full A: W: F: Spencer). Diplomatic reminiscences, 1837-62. 2 v. "Lord Augustus was connected with the diplomatic service for upwards of half a century, and visited in an official capacity nearly every country in Europe; whilst of the diplomatic life of the three great empires of Germany, Russia, and Austria, he knows perhaps as much as any man living. The volumes will throw light on many subjects which have been, and still are, of world-wide interest."— Literary world, Aug. 27. Lowell, E: J. The eve of the French Revolution. Maeterlinck, M. Les sept princesses. 2e éd.

1891.

Mallarmé, S. L'après-midi d'un faune; églogue. 1882.

Les dieux antiques; nouvelle mythologie d'après G: W: Cox. 1880; illust.

Petite philologie; les mots anglais. [1877.] Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association. Annals, 1795-1892.

Michel, E. Les Van de Velde. (Les artistes célèbres.)

"Herein those who have but a vague idea of the painters hit at in the first half of Mr. Ruskin's petulant phrase, the Van-somethings and Back-somethings,' may en large their information and sharpen their criticism. Even in a country where the arts were so much of an hereditary profession as in the Low Countries, the family of the Van de Veldes was astonishingly prolific in persons of remarkably various powers and kinds of talent. Founded by a plain writing-master, it gave birth, in the course of about a century to the quaint cuts of Esaias, the more highly-finished and original engraving of Jan, the sea-pieces, peaceful and warlike, of Willem the younger, and the landscapes and animals of Adrian, besides minor things from minor members."- Sat. rev., Aug. 27.

Millet, F. D. The Danube from the Black Forest to the Black Sea; illust.

"If the makers of the book had not written any letter press at all we should learn much from the pictures, which half as numerous as the pages, tell their own story. We see the physiognomy of many nationalities, all in their own costumes, varying with age, sex, occupation, as well as with working or festal days. Then we see bulbous domes, towers of more stories than Babel, high-peaked gables, town walls, castles perched like eagles' nests on top-most crags, modern fortresses, mosques, and minarets, cathedrals, monasteries scarcely surpassed by their mother and model, Monte Casino. The river is given us by installments in half-a-dozen sectional maps. But Mr Millet's narrative is worthy of his pencil sketches, and it may be doubted which of them owes the more to the other." - Nation, Sept. 29. Mills, H. V. Lake country romances.

"Deals with historical material rather than with local legends. The Wooing of Katherine Parr,' and its sequel, 'A tragic coronation,' are fair specimens of the historical tale, with sketches of illustrious personages, quite up to the Ainsworthian standard observed in the Tower of London.'"- Sat. rev., Sept. 10.

Morelli, G. (pseud. I. Lermolieff). Italian painters; critical studies of their works; the Borghese and Doria-Pamfili galleries; tr. from the Germ. by C. J. Ffoulkes with introd. by Sir A. H. Layard; illust.

"Among all the art critics of this century, none has aroused such storms of vituperation as Signor Morelli; and on the other hand,no other writer has been praised and quoted with such fervent belief and admiration. Sir H: Layard, who seems inclined to accept the dogma of Morell's infallibility, devotes part of his interesting Introduction to a reply to attacks which were made in a very intemperate and ungenerous spirit on Morelli very soon after his death. The volume is a handsome one and contains a great mass of most valuable and interesting matter, treated with much literary skill, and forming a work which no one who really cares for Italian art should fail to read and to think over." Sat. rev., Aug. 6.

Paris. Inst. Acad. Française.

Dictionnaire de

l'Académie Françoise. 1694. 2 v.

Petrie, W: M. F., and others. Medum.

"The work carried out by Mr. Petrie at Meydoom has not produced many antiquities, but it has added immensely to our knowledge. There were not many inscriptions, but they were sufficient to prove that he had opened the temple of the pyramid of the predecessor of Cheops."— Sat. rev., Aug. 20.

Pool, J: J. Studies in Mohammedanism; with chapter on Islam in England.

"Although Mr. Pool has, in our opinion, attributed an exaggerated importance to the quixotic vagaries of Mr. Quilliam, he has done good service in publishing this popular exposition of the doctrines and real char ter of Islam. His too favourable account of the Moor. ish régime in Spain is the only part of his book that is open to serious question. The rest is both readable and instructive."Spectator, July 30.

Rand, McNally, & Co. Indexed atlas of the world; with hist., descr., and statistical matter; illust. by diagrams showing the population, wealth, etc.; accomp. by a reference index.

Rafn, C. C. Antiquités russes d'après les monuments historiques des Islandais et des anc. Scandinaves. Vol. 1. 1850. Reichardt, J: F: Un Prussien en France en 1792; Strasburg, Lyon, Paris; lettres intimes; tr. et annot. par A. Laquiante.

"Ce qui distingue ces lettres, ce n'est pas la profondeur des aperçus politiques, ce n'est pas le pittoresque encore que Reichardt sache voir; ce n'est pas la vivacité du style; mais c'est la sincerité, la saine et intelligente ingénuité, et la justesse d'esprit. Ce Reichardt, qui, du reste, connaissait très bien la France, où il avait fait, avant 1792, deux séjours prolongés, nous voit et nous juge en ami, en grand ami, en ami chaud, mais avec lucidité, avec tranquilité, avec bonhomie et sans ombre de déclamation. Il est profondément révolutionnaire, comme la plupart des étrangers lettrés à cette époque mais cela ne lui ferme les yeux ni sur nos fautes, ni sur notre légèreté, ni sur nos précipitations, ni sur nos illusions, ni sur rien." Revue bleue, 30 juil. Revon, M. L'arbitrage international; son passé, son présent, son avenir.

"Crowned by the Académie des sciences morales, et politiques."

Roberts, M. A younger sister.

"A slight, fresh, pleasant tale, which, though containing no crimes and no events more unusual or startling than a thunderstorm, a lake-mist, a wedding, and a death from natural causes, yet easily holds one's attention and interest." - Spectator, June 25.

Robinson, H. J. Colonial chronology; principal events connected with the Eng. colonies and India, from close of 15th century to present time.

"Perhaps the most striking feature of this book is afforded by a series of four chronological maps. By means of these we get a more comprehensive and instantaneous bird's-eye-view of the growth of the Empire than even the brief epitome of history in the par. allel columns of the tables can give us, though we have to turn from them to history if we would know the means by which results have been attained. The results themselves compel attention, and could hardly fail to awaken interest to learn something of that secular struggle and expansion that has in four centuries so altered the face of the habitable globe, ethnologically, politically, and materially." — Sat. rev., July 16. Robinson, W: Garden design and architects' gardens.

"Two reviews which deal with two recent publica. tions, The formal garden in England," by R. Blomfield and F. 1. Thomas, and Mr. Sedding's 'Garden craft.'"- Sat. rev., Sept. 3.

Rome. K. Preuss. Hist. Inst. u. K. Preuss. Archiv.-Verwaltung. Nuntiatur Berichte aus Deutschland; nebst ergänzenden Actenstücken, 1533-85.

Ross, F. Bygone London.

"A collection of sketches, slight and desultory and ill-connected." — Sat. rev., Aug. 20. Rothan, G. L'Europe et l'avènement du Second Empire. 1890. (Souvenirs dipl.) Ruepprecht, C. Münchens Bibliotheken. 1890. Sainte Croix, L. de. La déclaration de guerre et

ses effets immédiats; étude d'histoire et de législation comparée.

"Il traite son sujet d'un point du vue élevé et large. Les études supérieures de l'auteur s'y révèlent à chaque page." Revue de droit int., v. 24.

Saintsbury, G: Miscellaneous essays.

"He is always consistent in adherence to his own excellent rule of critical conduct; always to put the exposition of the subject before the display of personal cleverness. He is always consistent in his refusal to enter into those niceties of consideration which appear to his very English sense of things to be mere toolishness, which to critics like Mr. Pater are the one thing needful in criticism. He is entirely faithful to that which has point but not charm, which bristles with offence yet interests by its individuality." — Academy, August 27. Séailles, G. 1452-1519. Léonard de Vinci, l'ar

tiste et le savant; essai de biog. psychologique.

"Léonard ne' composait jamais. Il écrivait, presque dans la même journée, de ceci, de cela et puis d'autre chose. Il pensait, pour lui, sur le papier. Ses écrits, comme dit joliment M. Séailles, sont un dialogue continu de Vinci avec la nature. Ce qui devenait nécessaire, c'était donc un livre qui mît un certain ordre dans ces réflections éparses et ramenât à un système, du moins à un groupement d'idées générales, toute cette précieuse matière éparse. C'est ce que M. Séailles a cru qu'il était temps de faire, et c'est ce qu'il a fait d'une manière très judicieuse."- Revue bleue, 2 juil. Shakespeare, W: Hamlet, Prince de Danemark; trad. par T. Reinach. 1880. Spuller, E. Lamennais; étude d'histoire, politique, et religieuse.

"Une étude très approfondie sur cet orage intellectuel qui s'est appelé sur la terre Félicité de Lamennais. L'étude est très sérieuse, très impartiale et très judicieuse. On y trouve la clarté, le bon ordre, le jugement sensé, mesuré, et prudent qui sont les qualités de l'homme d'Etat. M. Spuller nous a montré Lameunais

comme le promoteur de tout le mouvement chrétien, ce n'est pas assez dire, de tous les mouvements' chrétiens de ce siècle. Car il est assez raisonnable, si on laisse de côté pour un instant le protestantisme, de partager le catholicisme français en trois groupes: catholiques ultramontains, catholiques libéraux, catholiques socialistes. Eh bien, Lamennais est le chef de chacun de ces trois groupes." Revue bleue, 16 juil.

Stanhope, P. D., 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Letters with characters; ed. with introd., notes and index by J: Bradshaw. 3 v.

"Contains all the matter published by Lord Mahon in his five volume edition (1845-53), and the omitted passages,printed for the first time in 1853, which now ap. pear in their proper places. In addition, the editor has obtained possession of some unpublished letters." Stephens, H. M. Principal speeches of the statesmen and orators of the French Revolution, 1789-95. 2 v.

"Mr. Stephens has a knowledge of the subject which is certainly not surpassed in England, with a very great deal of industry, if not in all respects, as it seems to us perfect judgment. He has borrowed that excellent custom of the French historical school, which, whenever a person of the slightest importance is mentioned for the first time, appends a sufficiently exhaustive note as to his life and adventures."— Sat. rev., Aug. 6.

Stoddard, C: W. South-sea idyls.

"Makes its reappearance after nineteen years. While Mr. Stoddard's fantasy and humour have probably still a power to charm and amuse, he now has to compete in style and theme with R. L. Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling, who were unknown and unexpected in 1873." Nation, Sept. 22.

Tompkins, H. B. Burr bibliography; list of books relating to Aaron Burr.

"Indicates in what public libraries the book may be found."

Tracy, A. Rambles through Japan without a guide.

"No doubt the plan had its disadvantages; none but superficial impressions could be gathered by a traveller whose knowledge of the language was confined to a few conversational phrases. But at least the impres sions were his, and not those of a professional showman. The result is, perhaps, the most vivid and interesting picture of wayside life in Japan that has hitherto been limned." Athenæum, Sept. 10. Watson, W:

Adventures of a blockade runner.

(Adventure ser.)

"A capital book of adventure. A really good account of the state of the Southern ports during the closing years of the American Civil War as seen from a blockade runner's point of view." Athenæum, Aug. 20. Weiss, A. Traité théorique et pratique de droit international privé. Tome 1.

"Ce volume est consacré à la nationalité, considérée à juste titre comme le frontispice nécessaire de toute étude de droit international. Toutes les délicates questions que soulève ce sujet ont été abordées et traitées avec le sens juridique si sûr et si fin, la connaissance si approfondie de la doctrine et de la jurisprudence qui avaient déjà conquis à son Traité élémentaire' l'estime du monde savant. Nous croyons pouvoir dire qu'il n'est pas un point un peu intéressant dans cette difficile matière que l'auteur n'ait examiné et fixé d'une façon qui n'écartera peut-être pas d'emblée tout con. troverse, mais qui se justifiera par les plus sérieuses considérations."- Revue de droit int., v. 24.

Zola, E. La débacle. (Les Rougon-Macquart.) "Treats of nothing but horror, yet from cover to cover it does not contain three needlessly repellent senIt is not a novel, it is what the French call

tences.

...

a document. Nearly three-fourths of the book might be treated as an historical account of the campaign of Sedan." Athenæum, Aug. 27.

Abbott, C: C.

Recent rambles; or, In touch with nature; illust. "These pleasant papers reveal the moderately interesting play of mind of a careful but not very acute ob server, who enjoys nature and believes in it without taking it deeply to heart; but they lack the original charm which makes the work of R: Jefferies so delightful, and gives value to the lightest word of Thoreau."Literary world, Nov. 5.

Adams, C: F. Three episodes of Massachusetts history: The settlement of Boston Bay; The Antinomian controversy; A study of church and town government. 2 v. Allen, W: F. Short history of the Roman people.

1891.

Amicis, E. de. Fra scuola e casa; bozzetti e racconti. 2e ed.

"Written in the style that made his Bozzetti militari,' and his books of travel famous. The work is a species of continuation of the 'Romanzo d'un maestro,' in which the author revealed the struggles, privations, and difficulties, official and private, that beset the life of that pioneer of civilization, the village schoolmaster. The scene of the present sketches is laid in Turin -no longer in the Alpine villages that encircle it — and the difference in the surroundings from these mountain vil. lages is extremely well portrayed." Athenæum, July

9.

Annuaire de la pairie et de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe; pub. sous la dir. de B. d'Hauterive. 1843-91. 46 v.

Arnault, A. V., and others. Biographie nouvelle des contemporains. 1820-25. 20 v. Atkinson, E: Taxation and work; treatises on

the tariff and the currency.

"They give ample scope to his powers of investigation and comparison and statement, and contain many hard sayings for those who are responsible for our present economic and financial policy.". Nation, Oct. 13. Bacon, L. Historical discourse delivered at Wor

cester, in the Old South meeting house, Sept. 22, 1863; with introd. by Ira E. Barton, and appendix. 1863.

Bale, J: A brefe chronycle concernynge the examynacyon and death of Syr J: Oldecastell, the Lorde Cobham. 1729.

Bardoux, A. La jeunesse de La Fayette, 1757-92. "Il n'y a rien de plus vif, de plus allègre, de plus jo yeusement héroïque que cette première jeunesse de La Fayette, que l'histoire de La Fayette en Amérique. C'est aventureux et charmant comme les expéditions des Français en Italie au 15e siècle, ou comme la croissade de Villehardouin, avec quelque chose de plus moderne, une foi nouvelle, une croyance touchante à la liberté, à la justice, au droit, à la reconnaissance des peuples. Les lettres écrites d'Amérique par ce ga min héroïque à sa toute jeune petite femme sont charmantes de gaiété, même quand il est blessé, de bonne hu. meur, même quand il campe, en mourant de faim, dans des marais, de bonne grâce et d'amabilité spirituelle aussi, qui sentent merveilleusement leur 18e siècle." Revue bleue, 16 juil.

Bérard, A. Les Vaudois; histoire sur les deux versants des Alpes du 4e au 18e siècle.

Besant, W. The Ivory Gate; a novel.

"He draws a banker who unconsciously lives a double life, being a hard and close-fisted man in his bankparlour, but a benevolent socialist in his secondary and comatose phase." Athenæum, Oct. 15.

Blake, F. E. Rutland, and the Indian troubles of 1723-30. 1886.

Book collectors. Pt. 1. Bynner, F. I.. Zachary Phips. Calamy, E. Continuation of the acct. of the ministers, etc., ejected after 1660, by or before the Act for Uniformity; added, The Church and dissenters compared as to persecution, and Some remarks on Dr. Bennet's Essay on the 39 articles. 1727. 2 v.

Calmire. 2d ed.

"The sincere book of a strong man. Although in novel form it is in purpose and effect an essay co-extensive in scope with the vital questions of morality, duty, and religion. The author is equipped with accurate knowledge of the present status of advanced thought, and has, moreover, a keen, personal apprehension of its strong and weak points. The book is full of clever sayings and one does not regret the 750 pages."- Critic, Aug. 6.

Carmelianus, P: Sex quam elegantissimae epistolae; printed by W: Caxton, 1483; reprod. in facsimile by J. Hyatt; with introd. and tr. by G: Bullen.

"Relate to a war between Sixtus IV. and the Duke of Ferrara, and throw much light on the unscrupulous methods pursued by the popes in piecing together what they subsequently termed the Patrimony of St. Peter." Sat. rev., Aug. 27.

Casgrain, l'abbé H: R. Histoire de l'Hôtel Dieu de Québec. 1878.

Catlin, W. W. Echoes of the Sunset Club; papers read, and addresses delivered before Sunset Club of Chicago. 1891.

Child, T. The desire of beauty being indications for æsthetic culture.

"Mr. Child has a very happy knack of writing sentences with an epigrammatic turn which makes them cling in the memory, and his essays are finished and polished to the last degree." — Literary world, Oct. 22. Clemens, S. L.. (pseud. Mark Twain). The American claimant.

"Is quite up to its author's usual standard. The idea that runs through it, of two claimants, the one American, and the other British, to the same peerage, is well worked out." — Academy, Oct. 29.

Cohn, M. M. Introd. to the study of the Constitution. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies.) Colombo, C. Writings descriptive of the discovery and occupation of the New World; ed. with introd. by P. L. Ford.

"The will of Columbus, his privileges,' and the deed of entail are given, as well as seven letters furnishing an account of the great discovery and his subsequent fortunes. Mr. Ford in his introduction takes a sensible view of the character of Columbus." - Lit. world, Oct. 8.

"The editor's introduction is a curious specimen of hero-worship. He acknowledges the truth of all the charges against the Admiral, but argues that any delin eation of the personal character of a man of the 15th century which uncovers these qualities is a projection backward of the 19th, and is therefore not critical. It seems to weigh nothing with him that the intellectual and mental mentors of all ages, civilized and even bar. baric, have denounced these traits as unworthy of coun tenance."- Nation, Oct. 6. Counsel, E:

Maxims; political, philosophical, and moral. 2d ed. Dalton, R: Remarks on prints to be published relative to the manners, customs, etc., of the inhabitants of Egypt, from drawings, 1749 1781.

"A very bright and readable series of articles." Literary world, Oct. 22.

Dear; by the author of Miss Toosey's mission. "The first half of this book is delightful." - Specta tor, Oct. 15.

Dellard, J: P:, baron. Mémoires militaires sur les guerres de la République et de l'Empire.

"Ils n'ont ni l'importance ni l'étendue des Mémoires de Marbot, mais tels qu'ils sont ils présentent une suite d'aventures de guerre comme l'on n'en rencontre d'ordinaire que sous la plume des plus hardis conteurs; et la véracité des faits pourrait parfois meme être suspectée si elle n'était attestée par l'histoire. Le général Dellard nous promène à la suite des armées françaises en Belgique, en Hollande, en Suisse, et en Espagne. Le récit de la campagne de Suisse, à laquelle il prit une part des plus actives, est éminemment dramatique." - Rev. bleue, 23 juil.

Dobell, B. Catalogue of privately printed books. Pts. 1, 2. 1891.

Doyle, A. C. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

"A series of detective stories, ingenious in plot and skillful in arrangement." Literary world, Nov. 5. Engels, F: Socialism; Utopian and scientific; tr. by E: Aveling.

"Rapidly but clearly sketches the historical evolution of socialism, commencing with the condition of mediæval society, when the prevailing system was individ. ual production on a small scale for immediate consump tion, with exchange only where there was an excess of production, followed by the capitalist revolution,' when production became socialized, the capitalist appropriating both the means of production and the products, and ending in the breakdown of the system, and the conversion of all the means of production into public property. A great deal might be urged against the assumption of Herr Engels that all the evils of modern society are due to capital, but it is impossible to deny his dialetical skill, and we cannot fail to admire the earnest. ness and sincerity he displays in advocating the cause of socialism."-Westminster review, Oct.

Etudes romanes; dédiées à Gaston Paris, par ses élèves. 1891.

Includes an essay on the curious subject of the pronunciation of the name of John Law, the financier of the South Sea bubble.

Foignet, R. Manuel élémentaire de droit international public.

"Il s'agit ici non d'un ouvrage ayant quelque valeur scientifique propre, mais simplement d'un volume des. tiné à graver dans la mémoire des élèves les matières d'examen. Jugé à ce point de vue modeste, il peut mé. riter des éloges lesquels cependant ne seront pas illimités." Revue de droit internat., v. 24. Fuller, H: B. The chatelaine of La Trinité.

"In an exquisite style, now reminiscent of Henry James, now recalling Mr. Pater, Mr. Fuller unrolls chapter after chapter of description, showing the fleeting and changing aspects through which the Chatelaine and her friends pass as they journey on as almost unearthly pilgrims to their Beulah." Gazier, A. Petite histoire de la littérature française, principalement depuis la Renaissance. 1891.

"With vignette heads of noted authors."

"A toutes sortes de mérites, mais son plus grande mérite, c'est l'originalité. Ne cherchez dans son livre aucun reflet des opinions courantes, aucun echo des ju. gements rendus. Appliquant à la littérature le procédé appliqué par Descartes à la philosophie, il a fait hardiment table rase et son livre est d'autant plus inté ressant que tout y est plus nouveau.” — Revue critique, 30 maí.

Georgiadès, D. La Turquie actuelle; les peuples affranchis du joug ottoman, et les intérêts français en Orient.

"On y trouve de tout: des tableaux statistiques du commerce français en Orient, l'histoire des origines de l'indépendance hellénique, une page sur la Bulgarie et cent pages sur l'internement du sultan Mourad. C'est plein d'imprévu. C'est toujours très interressant. Vous forez bien de lire ce livre qui, sur l'avenir de la Turquie, sur les ressources des peuples nouveaux affranchis du joug ottoman, sur l'administration turque, sur l'effacement, hélas! et le déclin rapide de l'influence française en Asie Mineure, sur les progrès de la colonization et de l'influence allemandes dans les mêmes régions, renferme des renseignements très curieux, très détaillés, très topiques, et puisés évidemment à la source même." Revue bleue, 30 juil.

Gérard, F. H. Angelica Kauffmann; a biography. "The unexpectedness of this volume attracts attention, and wins a new and serious sympathy for the Ty rolean girl, who, before she was twenty-five, leaped to the crest of cosmopolitan fashion. As we see her in this book she is a far more interesting figure than the heroine of Mrs. Ritchie's novel."- Spectator, Oct. 22. Gilliodts Van Severen, L: Coutumes des petites

villes et seigneuries enclavées du quartier de Bruges. T. 4: Ostende, Oudenbourg, Sluis. Gladstone, W: E. Special aspects of the Irish question; reflections in and since 1886; repr.

Gonneville, Col. A. O. Le H. de. Souvenirs militaires; pub. par la comptesse de Mirabeau, et préc. d'une étude par le gén. baron Ambert. 2e éd. 1876.

Griswold, W: M. Descriptive list of international novels. 1891.

A

"Adventures of Sarah Parris, who travelled across the Alleghanies a hundred years ago, and who came through hairbreadth escapes to a happy haven. clever and interesting story."- Athenæum, Oct. 8. Harvard graduates magazine.

Hawthorne, N. Wonder-book for girls and boys; illust. by W. Crane.

Hector, Mrs. A. F. The snare of the fowler.

"Shows her usual dexterity. Nothing can be less complicated than the plot, but the characters, if not impressive, are lifelike and preserve their distinctness.” — Athenaeum, Oct. 8.

Henty, G: A. In Greek waters; a story of the Grecian war of independence, 1821-27. "Full of stirring incident." - Literary world, Oct. 8. Herbé, Gen. J: F. J. Français et Russes en Crimée; lettres à sa famille pendant la campagne. "Les anecdotes abondent dans le volume et certains portraits sont fort intéressants." - Revue critique, 13 juin. Horsley, J: Britannia Romana; or, The Roman antiquities of Britain; added, a chronological table and indexes. 1732.

Howells, W: D. A little Swiss sojourn; illust.

"Mr. Howells saw nothing extraordinary in his Swiss sojourn, nothing which any of us might not see; but happy is he who can so disguise his commonplaces as almost to make them seem originalities."— Literary world, Oct. 22.

Kent, J: Racing life of Lord G: Cavendish Bentinck; and other reminiscences; ed. by F. Lawley.

"An accurate and vivid description of the most interesting epoch of an extraordinary sporting career. Possessed of iron nerve, calm judgment, inflexible will, the dash of a born gambler combined with rare power of self-restraint and an apparently unlimited command of money, he seems to have solved a problem approach. ing in insolubility to that of squaring the circle. Mr. Kent and Mr. Lawley have turned out a masterpiece of racing literature. It fills in with circumstance, shade, and detail many a dim outline of turf history which has often excited a legitimate curiosity.". Sat. rev., Oct.

22.

The Naulahka; [New ed.]

Kipling, R., and Balestier, W. a story of West and East. "There is no one but Mr. Kipling who can make his readers taste and smell as well as see and hear the East; and in this book he has surely surpassed himself." Athenæum, July 30.

Lecomte, Col. F. Les Suisses au service de Napo

léon 1, et les Mémoires du gén. baron de Marbot; quelques mots de réponse à ces Memoires; extr. de la Revue militaire suisse. Lomazzo, G. P. Idea del tempio della pittvra; dell' origine e fondamento delle cose cont. nel suo Trattato dell' arte della pittura. [1590.]

Lowell, E: J. The eve of the French Revolution. McClure, A. K. Abraham Lincoln and men of war times; with introd. by Dr. A. C. Lambdin. 3d ed. Marbury, Mrs. M. M.. Favorite flies and their histories; with replies from anglers to inquiries concerning how to use them; illust. "The object is to give a clear idea of what the artifi cial fly is an imitation of, the habits and histories of the originals, what flies are best to use, and how, when, and where to use them. Shows a wonderful fund of semiscientific knowledge on this little-known subject, evidently the result of a thorough course of study and investigation. The greater part of the volume is made up of contributions from well-known anglers in every sec tion of the country, relating their experiences with flies. Certainly unrivalled, and standing almost alone in the field of fishing literature, this is a work of almost in. estimable value to the great army which goes a-fishing in true sportsmanlike manner, while it is so cleverly written and arranged that it cannot fail to interest the general reader."- N. Y. herald. Marvin, Rev. A. P.

Life and times of Cotton

Mather; or, A Boston minister of two centuries ago, 1663-1728.

Matthews, B. (in full James Brander). Americanisms and Briticisms; with other essays on isms.

"A spirited and graceful collection of his recent es says in the periodicals."— Lit. world, Nov. 5. Mitchell, S. W. Characteristics.

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Discours; des progrès du droit international public au 19e siècle. 1891. Nugent, M., Lady. Journal of voyage to and residence in Jamaica, 1801-05, and of events in England, 1805-11. 1839. 2 v. Journal, 1811-15; incl. voyage to and residence in India; with tour to north-western parts under the Bengal government. 1839. 2 v.

Payne, E: J: History of the new world called America. Vol. 1.

"We have here only the voyages of Columbus and of his immediate successors, together with an account of the mythology of Peru, Central America, and Mexico. The writer follows the same general conception of history of which Buckle is chief exponent, but he purposes apparently to enter more into continuous his torical detail and concrete fact. To write history in this fashion demands not only vast reading and untiring industry, but also almost encyclopædic knowledge. The writer not only touches, but generalises upon almost every side of human learning. It is impossible that any one person can attain the exactness of a specialist on all these points, and Mr. Payne has done well to protest beforehand against any such claim. But, however many faults, this work will remain one of the most important, if not the most important, on the history of the New World yet published on this side of the Atlantic. It will delight all those who take an interest in the origins of history and of civilization; it cannot be neglected by any student of American history.". Academy, Oct. 1.

Peck, W: Popular handbook and atlas of astronomy; guide to the heavenly bodies, and aid to those possessing telescopes. 1891. Pinkerton, A. History and evidence of the passage of Lincoln from Harrisburgh to Washington on the 22d and 23d of Feb. 1861.

Platt, J. Excelsior.

Poole, W: F. The ordinance of 1787; a reply; from The inlander, Jan. 1892.

Q. (pseud. for A. T: Quiller-Couch). I saw three ships; and other winter's tales.

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"Very pleasant and very sympathetic sketches of her father's friends." - Harper's mag., Oct. Roth, E: Christus Judex; a traveller's tale.

"An attempt to connect the profile among the White Mountains, which Hawthorne has called the Great Stone Face,' with an antique altar-piece in a church in Lombardy."

Ruggles, H: Germany seen withont spectacles; or, Random sketches from different standpoints. [1883.]

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Rustan. Poems; in Persian. Salter, U: M. First steps in philosophy; physi cal and ethical.

"Mr. Salter is an idealist in philosophy and in ethics a believer in a practical reconciliation of utilitarianism and intuitionism. His little volume is best adapted for reading by those who have studied philosophy and ethics to a considerable extent without finding much satisfaction in either direction." - Literary world, Nov. 5. Scaife, W. B. America, its geographical history,

1492-1882; with suppl., Was the Rio del Espiritu Santo of the Spanish geographers the Mississippi. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies.)

Seelye, E.. E. The story of Columbus; with introd. by E: Eggleston. (Delights of history.) "The latest researches are used, and an attempt is made to strike that mean in the character of Columbus which gratifies the common run of readers.". Nation, Nov. 3.