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BOOK NOTICES.

ALDEN's MANIFOLD CYCLoPEDIA. Volume VI.
John B. Alden, publisher, 1893 Pearl street,
New York
The sixth volume of "Alden's Manifold
Cyclopedia" extends from bravo" to Gal
ville," its 635 nicely printed pages including
10 illustrations. Along with its manifold
number of words and topics treated briefly,
there are many extended articles, as for in
stance. Brazil" seven pages; "Breach-
loading Guns" eleven pages; Bridge"
eleven pages; British Museum, " ten pages
'Brooklyn," five pages; Buddhism" fif-
teen PAGES and California" sixteen pages.
The cyclopedia well deserves the commenda-
tlOn 1t Is receiving from all Sides
A MODERN JACOB By Hester Stuart 12mo,
Sl % d. Lothrop & Co., Boston.
There is some remar kably good character
drawing in this story of home life in city
and country. The different personages
stand out, physically and mentally, with
Photographic clearnesS; they are consistent
IN what they do aud say, and one feels that a
keen analysis of motive is not necessary to
an understanding of their distinctive char
acters. Plain, honest farmer Balcome and
his wife, and their neighbors, Mr. and Mrs.
Roper, are drawn with fidelity and even
such passing characters as Miss Elmira Dow,
the village seamstress and gossip are skill
fully sketched in with few strong strokes
The story is good from beginning to end,
one of the SCR that will bear re-reading.
II 9 Overland Monthly for June contin,
ues the work of illustrating different por-
tions of California in articles by men
whose names are guarantee of the trust
worthlness of their statements, and with
illustrations from photogra apis and draw
Dir ~,
article on Rancho Chico" known to all
who have followed the history of
Northern California as the most
striking instance where a Spanish
grant has been developed by the continuous
pfoprietorship of an enterprising American.
The pictures are in great variety
and OF marked excellence. President
Holden, director of the Lick observa-
tory, contributes an article on "Stellar
Photography" and John S. Hittell paper
on "The Doom of the California Indians. ="
In the line of stories, "Margaret's Room
Mate" is continued, developing into a
valuable paper on middle class life in San
Francisco 1.-The Last of the Ships Crew.
is one of the Oue1Land'S famous short
stories of pioneer life, and Melissa" is a
touching picture of a little back-woods
heroine. With this number the Overland
concludes its eleventh volume of the new
series The Overland Monthly Company,
43O Montgomery street, San Francisco.
The June number of The Writer BOSTON,
is bright and full of interest. The work of
the Washington correspondent is fully de-
scribed by Herbert s. underwood, one of
the most able correspondents of the capital
"ShOrthaud Writing and Its Advantages
is discussed in a brilliant and sensible article
by James w. Clarke, who gives some inva-
hi "a cd to Sbn rfh o ita,c
Richard e. Burton has n sharp article on
"Slovenliness in Versc-making," and James
Newton Matthews discloses Zone Secret of
Writing Popular Poetry" The article in
the May number of the magazine criticising
the English of Miss Amelie Rives is an
swered in the present number by Marion NJ
Horsf1eld, who makes a spirited reply to the
critic of the young Virginia writer. The
Writer, P. o. box 1908, Boston, Mass.
The SloisS Cross for June is fine num-
ber-fine in illustrations and in literary
matter. 1t always has variety of valu-
able information, and the present number
is no exception to the rule. n. D. Hodges,
Al Lafayette place, New York.
In the June number of Outing the lead
ing article is an excellently written chapter
on the Westminster kennel club, in which
Mr.. Charles S. Pelham-Clinton reviews the
use and progress Of kennel sports under the
auspices of the club from its organization
to the present time. The article is replete
with life-like pictures of the occupants Of
the clubs kennel, and of celebrated dogs
seen in the recent bench shows of the open
ing season. Following this is a very in
teresting and instructive chapter on "Arch-
ery,n by Henry Chadwick 1t givs the
experiences of novice in acquiring the
rudiments of the art of handling the bow.
Capt. Coffin has a most readable sailor
story entitled "a Yarn About Ghosts" and
this is succeeded by well-written story by
Mrs. King Hamilton, entitled "In Search
of Wife. Outing certainly shows marked
improvements with each humber. Outing,
239 Fifth avenue, New York.
In the June Wide Alvake, Margaret
Sidney gives an amusing story of home
boy-hfe, called "Eurania's Boys and How
They Kept House." F. Anstey the author
of "Vice Versa" and 1.-The Tinted Venus, y
has funny story too, "Don," chronicllng
the heroic treatment Of a deceitful greedy
little dog by a young lady of IA. Edward
Everett Hale begins 1.-THE Story of Boston
Common" and tells about the witches and
the wishing stone and the old train-band
parades and the cow pastures of this cele-
brated old park. Another historic
field is surveyed, over sea, by
Amanda B. Harris, in "The Wild
Viii Cattle of England" Mrs. Sherwood
in Double Roses goes on with the expo
riences of Phyllis and Wilhelmina in New
York City. Margaret Eytinge, Mrs. Ca
vazza, NJ. Z. B., Mrs. Margaret Deland and
Mary L, Wilkins contribute the poems of
the number. d. Lothrop Company, Boston
Mass.