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ture thoroughly as he. In this work he
| writes of home, describing fairly all the ad-
| vantages and disadvantages of southern Cal
| ifornia for the settler, the farmer, the inva-
lid, the climate hunter, the fruit raiser, the
| fisherman, sportsman tsand traveller. The
| first chapters are given to the scenery; then
| follow descriptions of the flowers, animals,
| etc. The chief value of the work lies in the
| last part, where agriculture and all the
| things appertaining to it are set forth. It
| gives great fund of information which only
| naturalist and attentive observer could
| bring together. The writer has a perfect
/ command of the English language and writes
in bright and vivid style, yet marked with
| candor and sincerity. The book is hand
somely made and deserves the success which
| it will without doubt receive. Fords, How
| ard & Hurlburt, publishers, New York. For
| sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
"a Race for Life and Other Stories by
Leading Writer'S 'tMy Night Adventure"
and 'sWho Took It?' are among the latest
| of CasselPs 'sSelect' library of entertaining
| fiction. In the Rainbow" series of original
novels "Wanted-A Sensation" and "a
| Moral Sinner" have just appeared. "The
| Phantom City" is volcanic romance by
| William Westal1, author of Ralph Nor
breek's Trust, - Red Ryvington, etc, also
| a Voice. by Margaret Russell MacFarlaue,
aud sfIhe New Man at Rossmere," by Mrs.
J. FL. Walworth, author of "The Bar Sinis-
| ter" ETC., are novels of an interesting tone
and well planned and developed. Read
ers of entertaining fiction will be charmed
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| A spelling book is almost necessity.
Spelling is largely a matter of memory and
the retaining of sense impressions. Lippin-
| colts Popular Spelling Book is one designed
| to teach spelling only without the natural
history, geography, physics and morals
which usually are combined in such works
The words in large part of the book
undivided and have been carefully selected
upon the principle of comparison and con-
trast. The writer refers the learner to the
dictionary frequently, thus enabling him to
work for himself. It contains many test
words and will be found OF great value to
the teacher both in its methods and contents.
j. B. LippincotJ Sc Co., publishers, Philadel
| phia. For sale in this city by Judd the book
seller.
"The Book of Eloquence" is collection
of extracts in prose and verse from the most
famous orators and poets, intended exer-
cises for defamation in colleges and schools,
by Charles Dudley Warner. In the collec-
tion the prose outbalances the poetry and di-
alogues are entirely omitted. The old mas
terpieces Of eloquence not lost sight of,
as they will never grow old BY repetition and
should always find place in a book of this
character. Rules for defamation are not in
serted, as valuable works on that subject are
easy of access to every student All the
best pieces for defamation will be found in
this volume. 1t is treasure in itself. Lee
& Shepard, publishers, Boston. For sale in
this city by Judd the bookseller.
Poverty Grass" by Lille Chase Wyman.
In this the author tries very sincerely to de-
scribe the life which she knows best and
which appeals most strongly to her imagina-
ton. The stories were written separately
and are now brought together SO that they
have sequence and form series, as all
drift in current The stories studies
of people of different races who have been
more or less subject to hard conditions, who
have successively occupied that portion of
New England which is most familiar to the
author. For this reason the title of the
book is the name of that grass which gains
nourishment from the sands wherein other
plants perish. Evil and pain, grace and
goodness, beauty and truth are strangely
mingled in both ideal and real ways The
book will best explain itself, cannot
find what there is in it without reading it.
Houghton, Miffiin & Co., publishers, Boston.
For in this city by H. Fl. Peck
s'The Rear Guard of the Revolution" by
Edmund Kirke, author of "Among the
Pines" 'sDown in Tennessee" etc., is a his
tory compiled from facts given by old set
tiers in east Tennessee and western South
Carolina. It is full and connected history
of the early settlers beyond the mountains. |
The volume depicts the work of John Sewer, |
Isaac Shelby and James Robertson from the |
first settlement of Watauga to the close of
The Revolutionary war. The statements of |
the old settlers have been carefully compared |
and verified SO that the author gives Us a |
correct and complete history. He expresses
the hope to bring the history of this country |
down to the death of these men in second |
volume. D. Appleton & Co., publishers, |
New York. For sale in this city by Judd the |
bookseller.
ga History of Education" by F. V. N. |
Painter, A. NJ, professor of modern Ian |
guages and literature in Roanoke College, is |
the latest volume of the International Edu- |
cation series. The author takes up the sub |
ject from the standpoint of the history of |
civilization. Each State has evolved q sys-
tenn of education in conformity with its own |
views The attention of the reader is direct |
ed first to the contrast between the spirit of |
education rs it existed in Asia and that In
Europe After the reader has studied the
spirit of the Asiatic systems hs will find his
interest in fixing the spirit of Christianity as
given in the third chapter of the work. Thus
by gradual development through the
church. politically and doctrinally, the author
carries on his idea to education it exists
to-day. exhibiting all the pedagogical princi-
Piles. 1abors and progress of the past and
tracing the history of education in it's rela-
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conditions of each country The author
does more than he promises to do and gives
us valuable and interesting work. D. Ap-
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stThe Full Stature of a Man." by Julian
Warth, is the initial volume in the Round |
World series. The story possesses the merit |
of being ''transfxed with purpose" and
quality seldom found in the novels of to-day. |
The author has decided opinions upon some |
of the questions of the day-labor, Socialism, |
church going, ETC., which are sharply brought |
out in the progress of the story. He deals |
with tie labor question not in the way of ar |
gument, but by showing the results of long !
hours and low wages upon laborers and in |
dustrial workers, and tracing their reflex ac- |
ton upon the community at large. For |
checking the spread of Socialism the author |
believes in making the laboring people prop
erty holders. He asserts that the present |
system of charity breeds paupers. Nothing |
should be free to any man in an orderly state |
of society, not even spiritual things. The |
ideas are worked out incidentally in the con-
versations of the characters. The story is
bright and fnll of description and incident
D. Lothrop & Co., publishers, Boston. For
sale in this city by Judd the bookseller
An important contribution to the litera-
ture of Electrical Science will be found in
work entitled Electricity in the Service of
Man" 1t is a popular and practical treatise
on the applications of electricity in modern |