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est of the 'sNo Name" SERIES The story is an
English one and opens in rather gloomy
house in dull street of London. Here we
the ''Don john of the story, to his nurse
whose character is a prominent one, and to
his father and mother. The scenes are soon
shifted, however, and we find the nurse and
baby transferred to country lodgings and
there we make the acquaintance of the
wicked old mother of the nurse, who brings
to her her own baby, Lancelot Arid The
mother tempts the nurse to change the
babies she is Mortified at first, but gradually
the temptation to make her baby the heir of
the rich Johnstones grows stronger and
stronger, and she has about made up her
mind to the deed, when she is taken i'll, the
babies are removed, and if they are changed
her mother has done it. On her recovery she
goes to her own home, but the baby whom
she finds there is strange to her, and when
she sees the baby at the Johnstones' he is
equally strange, and she cannot tell which
is which. Her mother makes no sign, and at
last the torment becoming unbearable, she
makes up her mind to insist upon the truth,
but Is just too late, her mother is stricken
down before the question is asked, ana is
now unable to speak. It comes to the knowl-
edge of Mr.. and Mrs. Johnstone that the
children were perhaps changed. Their con-
duct under these trying circumstances the
story of the growth and development of the
two boys, both of whom they bring up as
their own, gives the author an opportunity
to make story that is remarkable in many
respects. Published by Roberts Brothers,
Boston, and for sale in this city by H. HI.
Peck
A new volume in the 'Epochs of Modern
History series is devoted to Frederick the
Great and the Seven Years War" The work
is by F. w. Longman. and the book deserves
and will doubtless win popular appreciation.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New
York, and for sale in this city by Judd the
bookseller.
ga History of Greece from the Earliest
Times to the Present" by T. 7. Timayenis
is published IN two volumes by D. Appleton
& Co. The author is Greek resident in the
United States, and dates his history from New
YorE. He acknowledges his Indebtedness to
Grote, Gibbon and others, but differs from
them in some important matters. This work
gives us complete history of Greece from
the earliest ages down to 1880. The record
begins with the NEUROLOGICAL tales drops
down among the Argonauts, takes part in the
romantic episodes of the old Greek drama
fists, and accompanies the kings to the siege
of Troy. The dawn of the historic age
- HILL. L.
and the first Persian wars begin. The
growth and supremacy of Athens are pic
tured, and then we read of the Peloponne-
sian war and the triumph of Sparta. In this
way period after period and epoch after
epoch follows in succession, until the middle
ages and the Moslem conquest are past and
the modern revival comes. The story is very
complete. For sale in this city by Judd the
bookseller.
Life and Letters of John Howard Ray
mond," edited by his eldest daughter, is an
interesting biography Few men have been
more prominently or more efficiently active
in educational work in New York than the
subject of this memoir. His eminent SER
vices to the cause of higher education in the
Rochester Univ ersity, the Brooklyn Poly
technic Institute and Vassar College have
identified his name with the history of educa-
tional advancement in the State. Scattered
through the book are many private letters of
such interest as always attaches to the details
of real life when set forth in clever or hu-
morous or graceful or earnest fashion, and
there are also several contributions of per-
sonal reminiscence concerning the subject of
the book, his ways and words and works, by
friends who have been associated with him
either socially or in educational labors.
Among these two classes will be found the
names of President Anderson and Prof. Ken
drick of Rochester, Rev. II. w. Beecher and
DIR. Thomas J. Conant of Brooklyn, Gail
Hamilton, Mrs. H. B. Stowe, Mrs. Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, Benson J. LOSING, VIM.
Allen Butler, and others. Some of the best
are from Dr. Raymond himself and from
personal friends entirely unknown to fame,
and many of those from Vassar graduates,
signed only with initials, are of marked in
terest. The editor has done her work we'll
The book is for sale in this city by H. II.
Peck.
The Popular Science Monthly for March
contains several important and interesting
papers, The first article is by DIR. Oswald,
and is a continuation of his fresh and Incl
sive treatment of the subject of physical
Education" ''The Problem of Municipal
Nuisances" is discussed by DR.. r. S. Tracy.
Other articles are Cerebral LocaliZation,
or the New Phrenology," by Henry de Va
rigny; "a Piece of Coal" by r. S. Calvin;
ssPoiitical Forms and Forces, =" by Herbert
Spencer Lingering Barbarism," by Carl
Vogt; 1.-THE Legal Position of Married Wo-
men, by Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer; Crock
Weathering, as Illustrated in Churchyards,
by Professor Geike F. r. s.. ''The State as
an Educator" by H. H. Wilson; ''The Nor
ais of Luxury" from the French of Emile
de Laveleye; mind as Measure of Ma
ture,'' by Charles T. Haviland. The body of
the magazine closes with sketch of the late
distinguished Professor of Astronomy and
Mathematics in Harvard College, Benjamin
Peirce, of whom the number also contains
an excellent portrait The departments are
as full and varied as usual, the Popular Mis-
cellany particularly containing large amount
of useful reading, invaluable to those who
wish to keep posted in the progress of sci
ence.