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BATTLES AND LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAR Nos
II and IS. Price SOC. each. The Century,
Union Square, New York.
No. II opens with Bragg's invasion of
Kentucky, and the two numbers which
have just been issued contain great deal
of interesting and valuable matter relative
to the civil war. The illustrations are also
of the best.
The 1883 YEAR Book OF THE YOUNG MEMS
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS. Issued by the
American Tract Society of New York, $50
Nassau street.
This volume contains all that is really
| important about the doings of the Young
Mems Christian Associations, and members
| of the associations will find it invaluable as
| a book OF reference.
AMERICAN CoMMoNwEALTHs Edited by Horace
F. Scudder. Houghton. Miffiin & Co., pub
fishers. Boston. For sale by Wylly & Clarke,
Savannah. Price 81 25.
This volume contains a vast amount of
| interesting information of a historical char
acter relative to the early history of ten
| States of the Union. The student of his
tory will find it great help, as it's facts are
| in condensed form.
| THE KING OF Folly ISLAND By Sarah Orne
Jewett. Honghton, Miffln & Co., Boston and
| New York For sale by WILLY & Clarke, Sa-
vannah. Cloth, ST. %.
| This is a collection of eight interesting
stories, all of which are well worth reading.
The author has wall deserved and well
| established reputation as a writer, and this
collection Of stories will be found to be
worthy of her reputation.
DAPHNE; Novel By Rita" J. 3. Lippincott
Company publishers, Philadelphia. Paper,
! rs cents.
This will be found to be an entertaining
story for holiday reading.
MAGAZINES
BabyLdnd for June is here, bright as
ever. This little magazine is better than
candy for keeping the baby in good humor.
1t is full Of pictures and jingles, and little
stories. D. Lothrop Company, Boston.
For little folks beginning to read there is
nothing better than Our Little Men and
Women. The June number is made
especially for youngest readers and has
| plenty of short stories and pretty verses
all easy for the little ones to read and I'M
derstand. d. Lothrop Company, Boston.
The June st. Nicholas has very strong
leading article, entitled "a Great Show"
by Prof Alfred Church, describing the
Circus Maximus at Rome 1t is finely
illustrated by E. II. Blashfield. Thomas
| Nelson Page continues the excellent serial
1.-TWO Little Confederates, " and Celia Thax-
ter contributes charming childrens story,
"Cat's Cradle" Dogs of Noted Ameri
cans, Part l., contains accounts by Gertrude
Van r. Wickham of the dogs belonging to
| Garfield, Lee, Eggleston, Whittier, Miss
Woodson, and Mrs. Burnett. The pictures,
from photographs, are full of character.
| Miss Magruder continues the child sketches
| fir 0m George Eliot, by the first of two pa
pers devoted to Tom and Maggie Tulli-
veI," of the mill on the Floss" Among
the lighter features are contributions by
Amelie Rives and Emile Poulsson. The
Century Company, Union square, New
York
The American Magazine for June is an
exceptionally good number. The illustra-
lions and letter-press are excellent, and the
contents varied and entertaining. Among
the notable features is an interesting and
finely illustrated paper on Our Defenses
from an Army Standpoint" by Gen. o. o.
| Howard; Mrs. Gen. John A. Logan con-
tributes graceful article on 1.-The Art of
Entertaining" a subject she is well quail
flied by experience to handle; and George
Edgar Montgomery has charming paper
| on "Dickens on the American Stage" that
army of the distinguished novelists friends.
This article is illustrated by portraits of
| leading actors, showing their conception of
| Dickens characters. The month furnishes
Zitela Cooke with the text for a pretty
poem, June" Barbados the Elbow
Island" is described in an illustrated paper
| bv DR.. William F. Hutchinson. The Ameri-
can Magazine Publishing Company, New
| York.
The June number of The Century opens
with the second of Mr.. Kennan'S illustrated
articles, this one being on "Plains and
Prisons of Western Siberia" The fronts
piece of the magazine shows an exile party
ON muddy road near Tiumen. The sub
iects treated by Mr. Kennan are "Siberia's
Enormous Territory" Varieties of Gil
mate, =" "A Farming Region" Flowers and
| Mosquitoes, THE Forwarding Prison"
"The Hospital Wards" "The Women's
Prison" Gan Exile Marching Party" The
Convict Barge" The Lincoln history in
| this number contains chapters on THE Ad-
vance" Bull Run" Fremont and
military Emancipation. A striking point
in this installment is the account of Lin
coins reception OF the news or Bull HUN.
The fiction of the number includes some in
teresting chapters of DR.. Eggleston's novel,
THE Graysons,n accompanied by a picture
| by Miss EgCleston, wherein is depicted the
young lawyer Abraham Lincoln. The CON
Guiding portion of Henry James 'The
Liar" is given; with two short stories,
"Selina's Singular Marriage" by Grace
, DEMO Litchfeld, and a love story, "By
Telephone" by Brander Matthews. An
illust ated article is written by Mr.. Theo-
dore DeVinne, printer on The Century, and
is entitled "A Printers Paradise" The
Topics of the Time" are Reform in our
Legislative Methods, 1.-THE American Flag
for America and cart Revival in Ameri-
can Coinage" The open Letters" have to
The Century Company, Union square, New
York.
| AT 70 Mr.. Browning does not look to be much
| more than 40; nor act so. He goes everywhere
and sees everything. Within a few days be
went to the funeral Of Matthew Arnold, 10 the