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plets and elaborate volumes. In all

great beceft. The brief biographical
sketches will also prove of special value, for
TIE actors in the scenes of history constitute
the essential part of every historical incident.
In this age of push. kernels of knowledge are
sought for, rather than feasts of detail, and
while that demand may, unless guarded, lead
to i'll refults. the cyclopeiiac works of this
character will be very valuable to the great
multitude. The work is, in short, q ready
response to questions concerning events in our
history. and may be thus called an index to
it. useful alike TO the young, the instructors
Of youth, to Journalists, publicists apd
writers whose vocation compels them to OBJ
tain information with the utmost facility, end
often when the opportunity for access to
library is out of the question.
RALEIGH HIS EXPLOITS AND VOYAGES. By George
Makepeace Towle. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Sac
ramento: W. a. & C. s. Houghton.
This is one of the I" Young Folks Heroes
of History series. 1t is rapid sketch of
Walter Raleigh, famous In several fields Of
action that have record in the worlds history.
1t is written for boys and girls, who, by the
way, are occupying larger share of the at
tention of the publishers of England and
America than adult folks just now. Seine.
thing over half of the works from the press
nowadays are for children, and the highest
skill of the topographic and engraving arts.
and the best of literary talent, are brought
out for the special delight and instruction Of
the boys and girls of the cay. Surely this
generation Of little folks is doubly blessed.
SO far as books go, at least. The book in
hand ia choice one, and can well be placed
in the possession of son or daughter, to awaken
their interest for thorough historic reading.
You've Folks HISTORY OF AMERICA. Edited by
Hezekiah Butterwortb. Boston: Estes s. Lau-
rat. Sacramento W. A. & c. S. Houghton.
Mr.. Butserworth will be remembered as
the author CT "Zigzag Journeys" in Europe,
classic lands snd the Orient. Tie
present volume is very fair sample of the
effort now being made by publishers to pre-
sent in proper form for youthful mental d.
gestion the history of every civilized people.
Some have thought that the plan may be,
even il, carried to the extreme, and that
these condensed histories will not create
desire for more thorough reading, but, by
satisfying youthful curiosity, prevent further
research There is middle ground to take,
and this book takes il. 1t occupies the same
plane that school textbook of history does,
but it is presented in a more attractive form,
and is illustrated lavishly. Mr.. Butterworth
has drawn the material for the larger part OF
the work from McKenzie's History Of the
United States" In that text he has interpo.
lated attractive stories and has made such
changes as adapt it to the capacity of the
youthful reader. 1t is brought down to the
Inauguration of President Garfield.
"The Sanitarian for December "a. N.
Bell, New York; is of unusual interest.
pages, including an illustrated page of
recent sanitary patents, and an index
to the whole series of nine volumes.
now complete, swell this number to almost
twice its ordinary size. 1t not only
looks we'll for " The Sanitarian," but for the
readers of this useful magazine, for every
household to have their facilities increased
for acquiring that kind of knewiedge-the
best means Of preserving our health. Every
subject bearing directly or indirectly upon
health is discussed with clearress and pre-
sented in its most practical light to the mind
of the reader.
From A. i. Bancroft & Co., San Fran
cisco, we have samples of holiday cards, which
the collection in the stock of the firm to be
very large and exceedingly varied. The ad-
vance in printing in souvenir cards has been
greater than ia any other branch of art That
must be poor taste that cannot find in the
collection under notice q number of cards
which in design, shape and execution do not
awaken admiration. For black and white
card work, nothing we have seen in that line
surpasses the cards spoken of.
From the Leonard Scott Publishing Com
pany, New York, we have Blackwood's
Edinburgh Magazine for November Ameri-
can reprint), with these leading papers:
"The Fixed Period" 50 The Lspd of Khemi"
-conclusion, "David Scott, r. S. A., . "The
Latin Lesson: Boy and Girl" 1.-The Py-
renees," 1.-The Ethics of Gladstouianism,
I" live. and vet Dead or, Some Passages in
the Life Of French Convict" 40 Victis, y
by W. w. s., and 1.-The Stump Ministry
It's Second Session"
''The Wide-Awake" for December ID.
Lothrop & Co., Boston, is at hand. It is
superior number, and will greatly please the
little folks, for whom it is issued. 1t opens
with children's operetta, and is followed by
choice selection Of matter prepared spe-
cially for the magazine. Ella Fornas, the
editor is making 6 The Wids-Awake 2" ons
OF the very best Of journals for the youth Of
the land.
From the Leonard Scott Publishing Com
pany, New York, we have the London
Quarterly Review" for October. The chief
papers are: New Testament Revision-the
New Greek Text y "rhe Past and the
Future of the Conservative Party = Dean
SANKEY'S Christian Institutions ;" The
Development of Electric Lightning The
Works of Alexander Pope;" Luxury
Ancient and Modern p "Jebb's Attic Ora
tors !" /" Fair Trade and British Labor
From A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Fran
cisco, we have of " Harper's Franklin Square
Library" "The Braces of Yarrow, by Chas.
Gibb;n "Poetry of Byron" by Mathew
Amula ChristGwell, Dartmoor tale, by
r. D. Blackmore.