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little singular that his Life and Let
tiers have been so long withheld from
publication. But the excuse offered by his
biographers. Marie Hansen Taylor and
Horace E. Scudder, is that if volume had
been brought out within few months of
his DEATH it must have failed to present
any full and ineligible Interpretation of
caree. which was frequently misunderstood
through superficial acquaintance with it.
They continue: " The delay in the appear
ance of this work has enabled the editors
to gather larger number of letters, to ar
range them, and TO supply such connecting
links and slight comment as seemed neces-
sary to clear and comprehensive nara
tive. 1t has been their aim to let the poet
tell his own story so far as is possible, and
above all to follow the clue which his own
confession affords. No mans life can be
truthfullv written which does not takevery
close account of the ideal which the man
has kept before himself; and, fortunately
for the reader, Bayard Taylor repeatedly
discloses in unmistakable language the
dominant idea of his life. BY keeping that
in mind one easily brings the various turns
of an apparently changeable life into an
order which explains every movement"
The suggestion that Taylor's career was
misunderstood we do not believe has any
wide application. Certainly no modern
man of letters was more thoroughly appre-
ciated by his own than Bayard Taylor. The
volumes before us, two in number, are
thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying We
are taken throughout Taylor,s travel life,
into his study, into his Ministerial career,
and into the quiet ard sincerity of his
heart. We commune with the man as
cultured observer, as an editor, correspond
! ent, philosopher, critic and poet The ed
itorS have been faithful and exhaustive in
| their work, and every page shows it to have
been labor of love. The volumes are from
the press of Houghton, AIitfiin e Co, Bos-
ton, and are for sale by C. S. Houghton.
Sacramento, at 81 for the two.
From Hardy & Mahony, Philadelphia,
we have the Catholic Quarterly Review "
for the current quarter. This standard
periodical now occupies place in the front
rank Of the best literary and scholarly eff
forts of the day. The papers are =" Eng
lish Agnostic Concets," by A. F. Marshall,
B. A, 0xon.; The Acadan Confessors of
the Faith-1755," by d" Sc" What Are the
Things that it Most Concerns Us to Know ?"
by 4. de G.; The Religious State BIZ
Rev. NJ. Ronayne, $. J.; THE Rights and
Duties of the Church in Regard to Educa-
ton" by Rev. James Conway, S. J.; 1.-THE
Necessity Of Religion for Society" By Most
Rev. James Gibbons, d. D.; AN Italian
Champion of Catholic Rights" by Rev.
Bernard OReilly l.. D. UayaD; Catholic
Free Schools in the United States-Their
Necessity, Condition and Future by John
Culinary Shea, LII. d. " The Recent Ag-
gressions of European Powers il Asia and
Africa by Bryan j. Clinche; THE Inter
national Electrical Exhibition of Phila-
delphia, September to October II, 1884"
by Rev. J. NJ. Degni, S. J.
we have the Atlantic Monthly" for De
cember: In addition to the regular serials
and editorial departments, these leading
Stuart Chisholm; Francois Coppee," by
Frank T. Manials; "Penelopes Suitors,'
by Edwin L. Bynner; Two Harvests," by
Helen Jackson; Combination Novels. ~ by
George Lathrop; "These are Your Broth
ers," by Olive r. Miller; q Among the Red
woods by E. R. Sill; "Poe's Legendary
Years, by G. E. Woodberry; An Ameri-
| can Flirtation,' by Grace D. Litchtield
Canada and the British Connection by
Edward Stanwood. 1t is announced that
the Atlantic for January will contain
the first of series of papers entitled " The
| New Portfolio by Oliver w. Holmes, and
the opening chapters of serial stories by
| Mrs. Ollphant, Sarah o. Jewett, and Charles
E. Craddock.
| From the Century Publishing Company,
| New York, we have volumes " and VI. of
the Century Magazine" These include
| the numbers from November, 1888, to Octo-
Der, 1884, inclusive. They contain 800
pages and $50 illustrations, of which % are
full page pictures. 1t is needless to enlarge
| upon the excellence of a magazine so
widely known as the Century" Its
| bound volumes form books that are com
plete reflex of the style tone and head of
current literature and criticism, and en-
brace also some of the most scholarly pro-
ducts of modern writers of fiction and
some of the best examples of modern
p5etry. The leading feature of the "Cen-
| fury " for 1SS4-5 is to be the battles and
leaders of the civil war, by such partici-
pants as Generals Grant, Beauregard, Rose
Grams and Mcclellan, and Admiral Porter
and others.
The Baptist Quarterly Review" CT. R.
| Barnes, Cincinnati, o. for October, Novem-
| Der and December has these leading papers
"'Life and Death in the New Tesla
ment,' by Rev John Greene, a. NJ, Prin-
| cipal, Peddie Institute, Hightstown, n J.;
Two Phases Of Emerson's Thought" by
Rev. J. C. Allen, pastor First Baptist
| Church, Elizabeth \, j.; g Paupcrism," by
! Rev. c. Il. Henderson, y. D., pastor Lafay-
| ette-aycnue Baptist Church, Detroit, Mich;
War Correspondents, by David D.
| Thompson, Cincinnati, o.; The Exegete
and the Theologian," by Rev W H. II.
Marsh, d. D., pastor First Baptist Church,
New Brunswick, n. j.; Luther as Bible
Translator" by DR.. Edward Rhiem. Ger
many translated by Rev. James f. Morton,
Newton Center, Mass.).
A charming book for boys or even for
adults with leisure, is the quarto holiday
volume issued by Harper Il Bros, New
Y ork, and for sale by A. L. Bancroft & Co.,
San Francisco, entitled Indian History
for Young Folks" by f. s. Drake. 1t is
richly illustrated, and embraces a great
deal of useful information, with a great
deal of romance, in the form of historical
recitals concerning the Indian tribes of
North America. 1t is q spirited book, and
one Of the best of the new holiday volumes
yet out.
OF the American Commonwealth series.
edited by Horace f.. Scudder and published
by Houghton. Milflin e Co., Boston, we
have from {. S. Houghton Maryland. the
History of Palatinate," by VIM Hand
Browne. No State in the Union has more
of romantic history attaching to its ante
revolutionary period than Maryland Mr.
Browne has made the present narrative one
of profound interest and has added to the
material value of recent literature by this
historical contribution. / vol, 81 %.
The North American Review go La
fayette Place, New York; for December
presents this table of contents Labor
| and Capital before the Law" by Justice T.
NJ. Cooley; The Palace of the Kings of
Tiryns," by DR.. Henry Schliemann
= Notes on Railway Management" by Will
lam X: Alderman; The British House OF
\ Il