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LITERATURE.

GsssEENERA4 ANDREW JAoEsoNr1 By
sSle Bonner's Sons. Cloth. 37s PIP. ST.
- This work is history of 'Old Hick-
ory." by Oliver Dyer, who is the author of
several exceedingly interesting works, in-
Guiding The Great Senators Of the United
States" CHARACTER Sketch of Henry w.
Grady" and The Life and Writings of
George Bancroft" Books in which the life
of the seventh President of the United
States is given are not lacking, but it is
doubtful If there Is any that is written in a
more entertaining manner than this Que.
1t is written with view Of firing the am
bition of young readers, by showing how
one born in obscurity and poveriy and
forced in great measure to rely upon his
own efforts to rise made name for HIM
self that is now inscribed on the scroll OF
fame never TO be erased. 1t is first-cass
book which cannot fail to be productive of
good to all readers. offered by the Ban
croft Company.
THE BUSINESS OF TRAvEL-By W.
Fraser Rae (London and New York:
Thomas Cook & Son. 318 pp.) This is book
issued by Thomas Cook Il Son in comment
Grafton of the completion of fifty cOntlnu-
Gus years in the same business. that of con-
Quoting tourists from one point to another.
The book is not Intended for sale but for
distribution TO the friends Of the firm. 1t
contains sketch of the founder of the bust
ness and the manager, besides many inter-
estng chapters on the progress made in the
matter OF transportation of passengers to
different parts. The first excursion was un-
dertaken by the founder on the 9th of July,
1S4l, which was from Leicester TO LOugh-
boro', distance OF eleven and half miles,
and now tHese excursions extend over thou
sands of miles. In this book the writer in
commenting upon the first railway excur-
sion proposed, which was from Lon
don to W0olwch, and was announced to
carry passengers at the rate of eighteen
miles per hour. says that writer's for the
most powerful organs of public opinion con-
sidered the new mode OF locomOti0n as the
device of Satan, and communicated their
fears to their readers. A contributor to the
Quarterly Review" wrote that 1--WE should
as soon expect the people of W0olwich to be
fired off upon one of the Congreve ricochet
rockets as to trust themselves to the mercy
OF such machine going at such a rate of
speed" The writer OF that article in the
"Quarterly" set forth not only that rail-
roads were dangerous, but also that their
construction on an extended scale WAS i'm
practicable. To read this, when one thinks
Of the achievement in the railroad world,
makes one smile. The book is full of in
formation on the subject Of travel, past and
present.
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Soc1ALs-By Etfie w. Merriman. Chi
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ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. By Amelje
Rves. New York: The John w. Lowell
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| volume is presented the latest work OF the
author of THE Quick and the Dead" This
new novel has been run as serial In one Of