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of "On the Heights etc., is said to hay
 l been pronounced the best of his novels by
 its author. It is certainly as good as any of l them In style it is somewhat more dra- I matic than his previous productions, but the
 plot though of sufficient depth to sustain the l interest, is far from complicated In it's l character portrayal and incidents it is very | strong, and is throughout perfectly natural
 story. The translation, by Clara Bell, is I well made. Published by Henry Holt &HCo., ! New York, in their Leisure Hour Series, and
 for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller I D. Appleton & Co. have published a new
 edition of Professor Julius H. Seelye's epit-
 ome of Schwegler's History of Philosophy D I revised from the ninth German edition, with
 an appendix by Mir. Benjamin E. Smith, the
 revision including some new matter and some
 notifications of the old, and the appendix l consisting of review of the reaction against l Hegel, another of Schopenhauer, still another 1 of Edward Von Hartmann, followed by short criticisms Of Comte, Herbert Spencer andDr.
 L. P. Hickok, formerly president of Union ! College. For sale in this city by Judd the l bookseller
 The second volume of Jules Verne's three volume york under the general title of t'Cel- ebrated Travels and Travellers" gives an &C., count of "The Great Navigators of the Eigh- teenth Century," The volume is profusely illustrated with nearly hundred pictures by French artists of note, Philippoteaux, Bennett and Mathis, and there are several excellent maps. Tho style is M Verhes own, and he makes this true narrative as fascinating as his wonderful romances. The titles of the chap
 ters of the first part are: Astronomers and
 Cartographers,' Voyages in the Eighteenth
 Century, Captain Cooks Predecessors"
 Cooks First, Second and Third Voyages !"
 Chapter first of Part Second is devoted to a
 description of French Navigators'' and their
 discoveries Chapters second, third and
 fourth to ''African Explorers,'' Asia and it's
 Inhabitants" and ''The Two Americas" A large space is devoted to the story of Captain Cook, and this portion of the volume is per haps the most exciting, and the pictures
 representing his adventures are specially in- teresting. The whole work however. is ex- tremely attractive, and will prove a most acceptable Christmas gift for boys who de- light to read of adventures. The work is complete in itself it is handsomely bound in red cloth, the print is clear and the paper good. The third volume will give an account of ''The Great Explorers and Travellers of the Nineteenth Century," Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''The Hour Will Gomez tale of an Alpine cloister, by Wilhelmine von HiIlern, is strange and painful book, but it is true. One h0 Of fa1Ic of castaway noble women, bigots, hell on earth, piety; it tells of dozen riddles that can find no solution save beyond the grave Happy he whose mysteries of life are solved in death; but in this story death gives no relief. It is sad, true and pitifully wretched. Then 1t is best not to read the queer book? Yes. And yet every life has all these contra dictions in it, part of it's madness, much of its experience, the larger part of it's sadness, a very little of it's bliss. The story names the puzzles and does not solve them. It is sometimes good to be puzzled but it is sweet and blessed to have the great puzzles of life solved. It is great pity that W. V. Hillern knows so much and does not know little more" The translation is by Clara Bell. Published by William s. Gottsberger, New York; and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''The Pictorial Tour of the World" is richly made volume of sketches of travel, scenery, architecture and adventure, in vari- ous parts of the world, from Windsor Castle to India South Africa and the islands of the South Seas It is profusely illustrated with woodcuts and acknowledgements and richly gilt externally The book will find favor at he holiday time, doubtless, both on account of its external attractiveness and because of he entertaining nature of it's contents, espe- ,ially to young readers. Published by Cas- 'ell Petter, Galpin db Co.,, London and New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the