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| tpon, In tho third cfaae af0 the contributions
| OF tho experts. the Govern nsnt publications
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".n W"O nsvo V'sitou hinshs 70 ossuoyiN ssn-
no'o9y Ns nsturai history. W. geoio9y. or 70
MAKE msteofoIoGicai obeervhtioAe. The WORK
OF these specialists has been mainly for the
| beneit Of special students. ThvrS Arc possi-
bly In the VJoitrd StateS half a 6pSnn man vho
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MT Enott 10 ono OF tnsee' and no ID Sne nret
70 put his abundant Information and sound
personal OF perien0o into book which oyery-
body can read with interest
Resh Nsses.
n. a Lsws's once popular romance sTNs Btsve OF
Venice 10 puSlishea in the last volume OF Cssss,is Ns
tionsi LIBRARY
F.BD Cur,ts pub,tshss ssysrAl styl<s OF calendar
containing an ful, record OF syents for each
day of the yoa.
pretty book for children IL ..Undsr Blue akies"
(worsh,neton Col containing poems and tinted Illus
trsticns By 8. J. Brigham
"His Only Psuls" by j. r. rrovb 20 Ito, Shes
ard Boston, 10 capital story for bovs with an edyins
moral Tho sudics OF YAuk % ohsraotst Arc e,evsr
"Towsrd the QUIZ (Hsrpors, 10 . DO weyfui story OF
Southern life illustrating tho atrepsth OF ths race p,eiu
dices st,ll prevalent snd The d,fcutss 10 be encoun
tered In attsm p,inR TO reconcile them,
.rhe Ruddhst Dist Book" by I,urs O. Holloway
funk WnRnnlIh n n IN dat N Of he
vegetable diet practised by the Buddhist,
by Buddhlss rsceips for cooking cereals vegetables
and tsuita
We have received the sxteenth volume oe the .Noes
zine Of American History edited BY Mrs Martha j.
Lamb II contains ak hunde id pares of
reading matter Illustrated by many from
rare rrinta
Walter BAKER Co. Of porchester rssa have issusd
volume en,isled COCOA and Chocolate which gives
history of their production and use with An
~ thai, ,h> -.
ine them Tor food
"Lifss verses" second serisa and Tho Good rbines
Of Life third series arc published By white stokes
Allen Thev the choicest thines in verHs or
illustration which hive appeared In recent numbsrs of
our sprightly contemporary, Ltye
"Hours with Eminent lrishmcn" (rord's National
Library consists Of q number Of we'll, written sssays
CRITICAL BIOGRAPHICAL or historical by Justin H. NcCar
thy. Two we,,.knovn names are missing from biz list
John Phpot Curran and Thomas Moore
We have examined with care Robert II. Labbsrton's
"Iiiatorical Atlas and uepcral History" trownsend
Mac Coun. sAd are satisfied that 1t 10 work Of un.
usunl merit. Tho colored maps u in number, are
Of smah sze but perfectly distinct and the hstor.
es portions give the essential facts with
brevty Ard nccuraoy Tns tables Of renealoxs, are
u,erul feo,ur. ~ IN. work
Nora Porrv,s last vo,ume of verss "Nev sones and
Ballads, (Ticknor 4 Co. Boston, is not unworthy OF
her previous efforts Tier lines dow melodous,y thsy
arc a. rule SIMPLY constructed and she can ex press
herself with decness and often with FORCE In such
Cherry Feast she touches chord Of human sympashy
| to which few l.esr,s " ill fail 10 respond
Thu App,stons publish . selection from Lambs
Essays OF Ella" with numerous Illustrations by C. O.
Murray Tho idea is 40 happy ono that We wonder IL
has itself before Tho illustrator Ia IN
full sympathy with the author and tho reader will mad
sach eavorItes "rhe Praise OF Chimnoy Sweepers"A
Dissertation Roast Pig and Poor Relations" In.
vested with additional attractions through the faails
| psncn OF Nc. Murray.
White Stokes Allen send us 1hree little volumes on
the feathered tribes which dainty specimens Of
hook mukirr wo have for many . day. They
ars entitled Birdie OF tue Meadow aud Grove. sou9
sers Of the Brsnchea" and Sones OF the Birds" ana
are edited BY suste Rarstow Shedding an illustrated by
Pidslia Bridges. The letter press consists Of poems
rroprate to the subject selected from the writings
OF many suhors Thecoosed illustrations charming
| Cnssen Co. have issued the fourth volume Of "Ae
| tors and Actresses Of Great Britain and the United
| States" edited by Rrander Matthews and Lawrence
Hutton. II contains fourteen biographies. including
those OF Macroady Forrest Mr. and Mrs Charles Kcan
Charlotte Cushman Fechtsr. and Adelaide Nelson. all
Of which arked by ooncissnsss OF statement crti
cal accuracy and sympsshetio spirit This soriss was
happily conceived and Will prove Of value to all fr!snds
OF tue stage.
Casssu Co. publish 1aaslation BY X. A. H. Steven
son OF vicomte Henri Delseordss Engraving; ito
O'Rn. hF"ee"s'. s"o "n'oey' ~ e'e"'entsT "osA OF
conspcuons sxcellenos by ons OF the most competent
authon1'ss OF the osy 1he aluaHa'ohs are numerous
oas ot uaequs' mss'e An saa'!ohst chapter on en-
eAs"s :" o"s'a'i "uu '"s o"'s' o's.ee uoee ""pAs
justice 70 American en9ravexs on WOOD ana etchers.
The former are declared to bs in decacy OF work ana
elaboration OF detail" tue best 10 the world
george i. coomoes puoshss IN al elegant hstie VOL
ume. "lmpreasons OF Painting by Alfred Stevens.
theweknswn French painter OF genre translated with
tho authors psrmisson oy Charlotts Adams. Ihs I'M
prssons comprise over on subjects con-
nected with art. As specimen, We quote C4Li-;
More than 500 pictures shoud bs srsmoveo from ths
Louvre" In al Introduction to this American edition
Stevens sxpressss his Faith IN tile future OF srt In
America and mentions the fact that hiliss was appre-
~ his proper value in this country when still un-
recognized In France "Itis America" he says that
regulates prices In the European picture market"
Mr. RAsmus B. Anderson has translated from the Ger
man OF Gcorg Brandes. Danish author who writes flu.
entity and Automatically In that language series Of crit
essays which he entities Eminsn Authors Of the
Ninsteenth Century" Thonas y croweil 4 Coz Tho
authors selected for notice are Paul eyss Hans Chris
sisn Andersen John stuart Mill Ernest henan hsaias