Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
NCANDEsCENr ELECTRIC LIGHTING

INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHTING: A
Practical Description Of the Edison System.
by L. II. LATIMEK. New York: ID. Van Nos
trand & Co. Washington: Vim. Bsllantyne &
Son.
A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THE EIGHT
ZENITH CENTURY. By WILLIAM EDWARD
HAETPoLE LEcEY. Volume MI. New York:
d. Appleton & Co. Washington: Robert Beall.
Stories. By ANNIE THOMAS (,lrs Pender Cud-
lip, author of THAT Other Woman" esc., etc.
New York: United States BOOK Co.
DRAMAS OF LIFE; BY GEORGE R. SIMS. author
Authorized Edition. New York: United states
BOOK Co.
SELECTED LETTERS OF NJ. TULLIUS CICERO.
With an Introduction and Notes, By A. y.
MONTAGUE. Philadelphia: Eldridgo & Brother.
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, By FRANK BAE-
RETT author Of "kit Wyndhani," etc, etc.
New York: United states BOOK 60.
THE HOUSE OF HALLIwELL- By Mrs HENRY
WOOD, author OF Fast Lynne" etc, etc. New
YORK: United States Book 20.
A BLACK BUSINESS. BY HAwLEY SMART. author
OF Without Love or License" ETC., etc. New
York: United States book Co.
RUFFINO, and Other Stories. By OUIDA, author
OF Moths, " "Chandos,' ETC., etc. New York:
United States Book Co.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH JEFFER-
son. New York: The Century Co Washing
ton: Robert BealL
y n Y.
New York: Tho Century Co. Washington:
Robert BeaL
THE LADY FROM THE SEA, and Other Plays.
by HENRIK IBsEN. New York: United States
Book Co.
THE DEMAGoGUE- APolitical Novel By DAVID
Ross LOCKE ("Nasby'1. Boston: Lee q shep-
BABYLAND. FOR 1890. Edited by the Editors of
wide Awake" Boston: ID. Lothrop & Co.
WAS 1T PISTOL. A Nut for Lawyers. WASH
ington: Rufus II. Darby.
The publication Of a new, revised and en-
larged edition of the Webster Dictionary
under the appropriate title, "Webster's Inter
national Dictionary"-is a literary event Of
more than common interest; for, notwith-
standing the new aspirants to public favor in
that direction, Webster is still recognized as
the peoples favorite in the fields of SPELL
ing, pronunciation and definition. That
feature which will first strike favor
ably the every day consulter of the
work Is the disappearance of the supplement
of former editions-the material which made
up that important addition having been prop
erly placed in the body OF the book. But there
are other improvements hardly less striking
aud important. In bulk the volume has been
increased, both in the size and number of its
psges; many new words have been added, as
seemed justified by their value and the demands
Of the times; the number of illustrations. both
in the text and the appendix, has been in-
creased; the definitions have been made fuller
whore ampliications seemed necessary or de-
sIrable; but at the same time the old aud eK-
cellent principle OF compactness has been OBJ
served throughout, the editors and publishers
wisely keeping in view the needs of busy peo-
pie who demand precise information by the
shortest routes.
Those who have read the autobiography Of
Joe Jefferson. as it appeared in The Century,
will be glad to find it complete in the handsome
volume in which it now appears, and those
who have not enjoyed it on the instalment plan
have a rare treat in store. The typography of
the volume is good fer sore eyes." as the old
saying used to go, and it is enriched by many
interesting portraits that did not appear in the
magazine publication.
The edition noted above supplies the lack Of
a suitable commentary upon Cicero's interest
ing letters. The labors of editor and commen-
tator are ably and admirably performed by Mr..
A. p. Montague, professor of Latin in Column
bian University, of this city.