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A FEW NEW BOOKS.

/ II. 20 r.
~ "a woodward a Co., Baltimore.
DhuMMoNDs ADDRESSES. The same.
Wotidhss WNnidhs2uE 2qsisE SHICAGQ and Guide 10 th
| TALKS TO CHILDREN ABOUT JESUS, by Mrs
" r. Morton. Illustrated. The same.
| vi these books from Baltimore the ad
dresses OF Prof. Drummond is by far tn,
most important and desirable. II Is moi
new out IL is made up OF the sort of lit
erature that is never old. The addresses
Deiong TO that variety of literature that
Is never old. The addresses belong "a
that variety OF literature that nobody Is
Justined In remaining unacquainted with;
nobody can afford TO neglect them. They
| puild character. They inspire the right
thinking and right living they are
among the classics in ethics, and they are
TOO generally well known To need extend
ed notice. DAILY Help" is selecI ion
from the writings of that greatest of
modern writers, Spurgeon, for every day
In he year. The editing seems to have
oeen well done. and the substance Of the
little sermons could scarcely be better.
Inc Chlcayo book is d volume that will
prove particularly useful next year. The
Talks 10 Children About Jesus" is in
our opinion, almost unredeemably bad,
as most OF the children's religious books
are. On the first page it assures the lit
tle readers that their "hearts will ache"
before the story is done. A sensible per-
amount OF harm such books do.
A TRiSCEss OF FILL by william Churchill.
Dodd Mead a Co New York
Perhaps Robert Louis Stevenson has
attracted attention TO the unworked ISL
ands OF the Pacific. This book is rather
intense, aud we must say rather high
wrought for our own palate. Yet il is
story that Will DO read and liked by more
people than will reject IL or dislike il If
they read IL. It is not half bad which is
equivalent TO saying that it is better than
the average.
MAN IN ART. flustrats ed by photographers. etch-
nnS Sy bhD I'M ANA wo0d
Es,eEN IN ART. LIFE AND LITERA-
TUhE by Harry QuilIer. The same.
latter volume includes an impor.
tant history Of Pre- -Raphaelitism and
|, An Essay upon Contemporary English
PAINTING" Special care has been taken
with the "a full-page plates which have
oeen printed in the best Partisan style.
The plan of this work, which in one of it's
aspects is Mr.. Quilter's testament of
.aste is very simple. OF the innumera BILE |
Inc things he has seen, and of the true |
,hlngs about them he has tried TO say, he
las here selected those that will best bear
he test OF his experience and of his ma
ure JUDGMENT. They are but his pre-
erences" after all, ana he gives them
My for what they are worth, vet with SO
much TO justify them that no one can
ccuse him of caprice. The net result for
ne book lover is an edition du luxe of
he most exquisite reproduction of mod
rn art, Mr.. Hammerton's sumptuous
olume is for an art critic to notice. The
ook reviewer can only admire.
on oRsINo by +, Marion Crawford. Macmn.
Ian a Co, New York.
IL is said that though Mr.. Crawford
dmits that "Zoroaster," which has been
ransiated into six modern Languages,
ontain some of his best work, it is un'
ouotedly oy his great trilogy of Roman
lie, which has just been completed by
ne publication OF Don Orsino," that he
III live longest; The three volumes
""Sant 'Ilario." and "Don
rsiuo" together give vivid descrip-
on or society in Rome during the last
yenty. or thirty years, beginning at a
me when the city was In great measure
: old self down to the present day. The
,ecial excellence or these three books
es IN the drawing of the characters.
le dialogues, and the high dra-
attic quality of various scenes, and i'm
lese respects the power shown Is so con-
derable as to raise Mr.. Crawford to the
ghest level as a psychological novelist.
ld as painter of manner and charac-
II. Don Orsino" presents wonderful
vid picture of Italian social life at the
'esent day. The plot is one of the very
st the author has ever constructed. and
the description of Don Orsino himself
ere is displayed subtle undersl and
x OF the heart Of IA young man, which
worthy to rank with Thackeray's nor
ait of Give Newcome and George
eredith's Richard Feveral
)MIRAL FARRAGUT. by Capt. A. r Nahsn
L. = y. SI25. ID. Appleton Il Co. New YORK
David Glasgow Farragut has a CONNIE.
nc blographer in the president OF the
lited States Naval War College at New
rt Those VINO have read Capt. Ma
MS book, The Influence of Sea Power, \
d The Gulf and Inland Watersu
ow in advance the quality Of the feast
epared for them. H. is "a lively story
at Is told OF Farragut's boyhood and
cruise in the Essex. The great sea-
ng was growing and training silently
ring the War OF 1912, and the
~ years of peace thereafter. =
pit. Mahan does well to devote his main
ength TO the brilliant record made i'm
: late war The outbreak OF hostilities
md Farragut one of the foremost ofli-
$ in point of preparation. professional
Iiity aud loyalty. The story of the
gnificent triumphs of the fleet in the
ssissppi and at Mobile is again told
tn SHINING detail, and with wealth of
llosophic insight which lends new
lrm TO the old story. In a word, here
model biography. IL is the story of
king told by a seaman to whom the
| is as familiar as the sword or rope.
Will interest the young reader and the
dent or the great war. but il will be "A
light TO those who value also a fine
sNfo of Ia a I n