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by the Bancroft Company, San Francisco.
sour Christian Heritage" is an octave
volume by James Cardinal Gibbons. Arch
bishop of Baltimore. 1t is from the pres:
of John Murphy & Co., Baltimore. The
CARDINAL addresses himself to the mass Of
readers who are disinclined to exhaus
tive reading upon theological topics
1t is concise, clearly written
and vigorous exposition of the
Christian faith. 1t does not assail any
Christian denomination that contends fol-
the divine mission OF Jesus Christ. At the
same time it is an unmistakable argument
for the Roman Catholic Church as the orr.
gin and seat of authority il all things spir.
itual on earth. One chapter is devoted to
the labor question, and one section of the
book to an exposition of the superiority OF
Christian over any pagan civilization. The
| divorce question is handled boldly and the
position of the church upon it vigorously
defended.
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, u
published for Harvard University by
George H. Ellis, Boston. began its fifth
| volume with October. The number con-
tains papers by Professor A. G. Warner, of
| Nebraska, on Some Experiments in Be-
half of the Unemployed" by Professor s.
NJ. Macvane, of Harvard University,
I on the discussion of Value and
Wages in the recent great work of
Boehm- Bawerk, the Austrian economist;
by Chauncey Smith, of the Boston bar, on
"a Century of Patent Law" and by
| Henry Hudson, on The Southern Rail
way and Steamship Association In addi-
ton, there is the usual list of recent publ
cations on economics and general notes
and memoranda, among which is a de-
scription by Herr Stephan Bauer of Vienna
| of recent discoveries by him of unpub-
lished material on the French economists.
The English Illustrated Magazine" for
October Macmillan & Co., New York and
London), is bright with illustrations of an
attractive character, notably SO are the
| views of the chief points of interest in and
| about Edinburgh. The contents Of the
magazine are: IAN Autumn Vision" AL
ger on Charles Swinburne; The New Trade
Union Movement" Urquhart A. Forbes;
The Vicar of Wakefield and Its Illus.
traitors" Austin Dobson; IAN Interlude,"
Mrs. w. K. Clifford; in New Guinea"
Hume Nisbet; Inheritance" Mary Mac
leod; Edinburgh" Mrs. Oliphant; The
| Witch of Prague" F. Marion era ford
Renee; or. In the Whirlpool of Napol-
cons Reign" Emile Zola's last novel, is
published by T. B. Peterson & Brothers,
hliddClpIid. IL 10 Tic OIc lIOlu WulCu
Zcla's new play of Renee" has been dram
at zed being study of the life led by
c.rtain class of spectators and pleasure
seekers, who made the gay capital of
France their home and field of operations
during the reign of the Emperor Napoleon
the Third lis world is the world of fash
ion and fashionable dissipation, and the
various vices of the exciting period are ex-
posed aud dissected in Zolas strongest
style.
Doctor Zay" is a novel by Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps, issued by Houghton, Mifflin
q Co., Boston and New York, as one of the
Riverside Monthly Series, continuing the
Ticknor Paper series Mrs. PHELPS style is
too well known to demand comment upon
it here. Doctor Zay was woman, and the
story of her career afforded Miss Phelps an
excellent opportunity to discuss many
questions relating to woman's sphere and
possibilities. 1t is unnecessary to say that
they are discussed with great intelligence
and force, and that the spirit of the story is
altogether noble and elevated.
The Sin of Edith Dean" is poem BY
Bella French Swisher. It occupies a
hundred pages of neat volume from the
press of John B. Alden New York Major
VIM. NJ. Walton has said of the work that
"it is a perfect idyl of woman's love, of
mans denial of self and submission to
Gods will. In some scenes Indignation
burns in others, consoling tears flow un-
hidden. As whole, it is not literary
gem only, but a rare and beautiful one"
We quote Walton in the exieency of not
having command of time sufficient to read
the extended poem.
prehistoric America" by the Marquis
de Nadaillac: translated by n. D'Anvers
and edited by w. II. Dali, is issued by G.
P Putnam's SONG, New York and London,
and is for sale by the Bancroft Company,
San Francisco. 1t is embellished with 2l9
illustrations. The work was first published
by Mason in 1882 in English. Since then
the text has been revised and modified.
The book ranks among the most valuable
of works relating to the history of the
American continents, and has few equals
in archie illogical literature. The volume
sells at 81 25.
The Bancroft Company, San Francisco,
has published a small work by w. w.
Felts, entitled The Principles of Science"
Mr. Felts contends for the absoluteness of
circular motion and the evolution of force
as applied to all phenomena. He assails
the doctrine that the earth was once
molten mass, that the straight line is the
natural path of motion, and that there is
nelu ny Tue dStIOuO-
mers. The treatise is one defending evo-
luton in its broadest sense, and it is an al
most entire departure from all accepted
theories.
Heroes and Martyrs of Invention" is by
George Makepeace Towle, and is from the
press of Lee & Shepard, Boston. 1t is a
book for young people and has the quality
so essential to attract them to biographical
reading-that is, the dramatic style
The author tells the stories OF the lives of
Gutenberg, Palissy, Watt, the Montgalfiers,
| Davy, Stephenson and others in a manner
that must absorb the young readers atten-
ton and stimulate his love for knowledge
of the great men of mechanic arts. For
sale by The Bancroft Company, San Fran
cisco.
From Pearson & Robertson, booksellers,
San Francisco, we have of WortLington's
International Library Paul Heyse's Chill
dren of Worlds novel translated from
the German and accompanied by photo
gravure illustrations by Frank NJ. Gregory.
| Heyse is one of the most graceful, finished
and dramatic writers of fiction Europe has
| given to the day. His stories are strong,
natural. full of human sympathy and dis
tinguished for the strength and symmetry
of their characters. The Worthington
Company, New York, publishers.
Charles ]. Bellamy's story, Were They
Sinners" involves questions that space does
not afford US sufficient room to discuss in
this column. That the title conveys a
suggestion of the character of the novel is
clear to the reader, of course. Mr.. Bell.
amy's treatment of question of love and
temptation, forbidden by social and politi-
cal laws, we shall take up at later date
The book is one of The Authors Library
Series" and is from the press of The
Authors Publishing Company, Spring
field, Mass.
CALIFORNIA;: An Historical Poem" is by
Alfred Robinson, author of Life in Cali
fornia" Published by William Doxey, San
Francisco. The author says that his poem
is IAN attempt to delineate and expose the
ecceltricities of country whose sudden
rise and progress have no parallel in the