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supplements the text with numerous
illustrations. The new edition contains
new illustrated chapters on the spine and
on breathing, and has new cover de-
sign: VIM. G. Bryant Il Co., Brooklyn,
n. y, publishers.
The Engineering and Mining Maga-
Mne" Tor October World building, New
/ ork) is richly illustrated 1t is a maga-
Ahe OF SURPRISING interest. We know of
none OF technical character that is bet
Ter, more exhaustive, broad and vigorous.
Inc papers for October are: industrial
Development of the SOUTH. Enterprise
Before the War;" Il. Ii. Edmonds; shall
the Professions be Regulated?" Nathan
lei Southgate Shaler; bridge building in
America illustrated, T. Kennafd Thorn
son; Industrial Decadence in Ger
many," James G. Bayles: 1.-The Cop
per region of Michigan" illustrated,
Frank b. Phelps; ''How We Can Guard
Against Cholera" George f. Shrady:
ioW Electricity is Measured" :" Herbert
Laws Webb; The Phosphate Industry
OF FLORIDA illustrated, Floyd B. Wilson;
interior tireproof Construction" Illus
trated, John M. Carrere; Reciprocity
with Canada" Erastus Wiman: s9toIoneI
r. &. Smeed and His Work" GEN
eral Herman Haupt, and depart
4iehts OF Electricity" Franklin l..
rope; Mechanics" Frederick II. Hut
Ton; Architecture" Barr Ferree; "Civil
Engineering" II. Graham Gribble:
Mlhlng and Metallurgy," Albert viii
1ams, Jr.; "Machine-shop Notes.n Albert
d. Pentz.
From Finland to Greece, is a hand
some and freely illustrated volume bv
Harriet Cornelia Hayward. John b.
Alden, publisher, New York. The author
gives the pictorial in few effective
touches, but wastes no words, and con-
qenses much lntormation.on every pare.
indeed, her book is so business-like a
record OF her Journeyings that a tourist
might Well take it as a guide-book for the
route she followed Her intelligent ewes
are wide open to everything, her mind
interested IN industrial and social mat
ters as well as IN the incidents Of travel.
and her style is that Of a clear-headed and
very accomplished writer Such a vol
ume can but have freshness and perma-
nent ue, and is especially fascinating
ana instructive to the many who, if they
travel IN any sense, must be .s6reside
travellers" While this book is up to the
level of the cultivated reader. it is so
Iucldly and attractively written that it
may we'll be put into the hands of school
pupils. TO be read with the help Of an
atlas.
''Short Stories' for November Current
literature Publishing Company, New
~ iitts7 iI4tCGii DlGlG stories, as FOL
lows: The Maid of st. Philippe" F" lbv
Aate Chopin; The Tale of a Hat by
jules Verne; 1.-The Governors Dauph
ter" tale of the Old Dominion, bv A. q.
Cantield; sleep" by Alice Macjiowan:
Ihe Vengeance of the Sea" by Maxwell
Gray; "A Banking Misadventure.u bv
~ y. =. Granyille Murray; IAN Amateur
nlng From Clear Sky" by Auguste
Lenzoni; The Broken Rail-" by E.
Munson; The Transfer Ticket,H by
GaIpaux; Luck" by A. Thurston: s6
Man Hunt on the Moor" by Nav Crom-
melln; The Gamblers Debt" by sam
Davis; "a Model Cashier" by Wit and
Wisdom; What Was It?" by Fitz-James
OBrien.
OF Nanderpoole's Bi-Monthly Series
we have: The Primrose Path of DALI,
ance"-a story of the stage, by Nym
Crinkle. The author is a famous New
ork dramatic critic. Few men have
seen more of the inner life of the STAGE or
more correctly and sharply criticised it.
Inc story OF Marc and his love blight,
ms success as dramatic author, and the
manner in which he discovered the heart
lessness of some and the truth of others
upon the stage, is vividly and feelingly
told III this novel. Lew VanderDoOle IL
Co., publishers, New York.
OF the "QuestiOns of the Day'' series
we have j. Schoenh6fs Economy of
High Wages" with an introduction by
eX-Secretary of State Bayard. Schoenhof
was appointed by the United States to in
qulre into the ec0nomy'of production and
the state of technical education in Europe.
bis present work is strong clear and
exhaustive argument and valuable ad-
dltion to sociological study. q. 2. Put
nam's Sons, New York, publishers.
Of the ''Story of the Nations Series"
and by the way no better series of his
torical works is issued-we have 'sThe
Byzantine Empire by Prof. c. W. c,
Oman of Oxford. New York: G.. 2. Put
nam's Sons. 1t is handsomely illustrated
Professor Oman has done admirable
work in this book. His treatment is
strong, clear, dispassionate, and his re-
search exhaustive.
IL L'EvangeIiste'' is Alphonse Daudet's
famous novel. 1t is freely illustrated.
and comes as one OF Neely's Library of
Choice Literature. Daudet is the fore
most genius Of all foreign fiction writers
Of the day. +. I. Neely, publisher, Chi
cago.
Philip Meyers Scheme" is a story of
des-unionism, by Luke A. Held. 1t
is strong in advocacy OF labor organiza-
ton and tho Peoples party. j. S. Ogilvie,
New York, publisher.
The Mothers Nursery Guide and
Babyhood" for October Is Beekman
street, New York; is at hand. 1t is
capital number and invaluable to