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NAPOLEON. Warrior and Ruler, aud the Military
supremacy of Revolutionary France. BY WV.
OCoNNoR NORRIS, sometime scholar of Oriel
College. oxford New York: G. p. Putnam 5
sons Washington: Brentanos.
Least ponderous Of the many biographical
sketches Of Frances great soldier The work
Of a student and an admirer Of great military
genius. who has been fair in his TRANSCRIPTION
OF history. Summing up the Napoleonic
character Mr.. Morris says that .'despite his
imperfections. errors and misdeeds, Napoleon
was one of the greatest of men, and it is vain
to describe him as kind Of Attila in war, a
Borgia in government and affairs of state, a
Nero In cruelty and lcentious wickedness, a
reckless. inhuman and selfish tyrant And as
we look back at that career of wonders justice
takes into account the facts which explain
much that was devious and wrong, and the
good largely exceeds the evil He
made France the foremost state of the continent;
he believed her supremacy would be enduring
But he contributed to the fall OF the old Ger
man empire. which kept Germany in the
shackles of the past; he encouraged the dream
of an independent Italy; his oppression fused
tOSttucr ltulOnlc race, ana endc6d the
divisions which made it powerless: and all this
has tended to surround France with great and
growing nations, which have become her rivals,
and to deprive her Of the sscendancy she once
possessed"
COLUMBUS AND ISABELLA-THE MINOR
TAILS. A Souvenir Centennial Poem. BY HAIR
RET n. RALsroS. Washington: Gibson Bros.
A highly creditable production. in which
true poetry. fitting illustrations and grade
typographical skill combine to please. In
smooth verse Of the variety that charms and
without the annoving prclixity so common to
latter-day epics Mrs. Rals.on retells the story
of Columbus and his great discovery. Emma
Naynicke designed the attractive covers to this
one OF the incest of multitude of Columbian
souvenirs.
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE ART GALLERY
OF THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSI-
TlON. Edited by CHARLES VI. KURT. assistant
chief OF the art department of the exposition.
Philadelphia: George Barrie, exclusive pub
Usher of all official illustrated publications re-
lattng 10 the departments of fine and liberal
arts
Three hundred and thirty-six engravings of
many OF the most important paintings and
sculptures selected for exhibition in the art
department of the fair. Good half tone work
on such paper as plates of that description
need to show their impressions off to the best
advantage.
MEMORIES OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND so
ClAL LIFE OF JOHN E. OWENS. By his
WIFE Baltimore: John Murphy i Co. Wash
mgtoa: Robert Beall.
delightful string Of "reminiscences narrated
as they could only be by one who participated
in the joys and SORROWS that gave the life OF
variety which Is sometimes termed spice.
THE STORY OF POLAND By W. X. MORRILL,,
III. A, reader in Russian and other Slavonic
language; in the University of oxford, corre-
spending member of the ROYAL Scientific Soei-
ETY. OF Bohemia author of The story Of Rus
STA. "Siavonic Literature" &c. New York: G.
r. Putnalns sons. Washington: Brentanos.
The latest addition to The Story of the Ma
tions' series. and extremely interesting A
readable history of a country that has suffered
much. written by one who is evidently without
political bias.
CHRIST. A dramatic poem in three acts. By c.
SADAkICHI HARTMANN
c. Sadakichi Hartmann is, if his dramatic eff
fort mirrors him correctly. one of those unfor-
tunate individuals who fail to distinguish be-
tween dramatic license and studied blasphemy
This Is Mr.. Hartmarn's first published work.
He should either write more and with due re-
gard for decency or cease to write forever.
ual for teachers BY ANsoN X. CROSS, instruc-
tor in the Massachusetts Normal Art School
and IN the Museum of Drawing and Painting
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: author of Free
hand Drawing, Light and Shade, an, Free-hand
Perspective" Boston: A. X. Cross.
MAJOR MATTERsON. OF KENTUCKY By s.
GEORGE RATHBoRSE. author of Doctor Jack"
ST. Paul: The Price AcGill Company
THE LOVES OF PAUL FENLY. By ANN. NJ.
FITCH. New York: q. P. Putnam's Sons Wash
ington: Brentano's.
J.CULLES, rector of ST. James Church. LIBERTY
Mo. Baltimore: John Murphy 4 Co.
CALIFORNIAN RAILWAY TOURS IN SCOT
LAND. Artistically Illustrated and with ap-
prOpriate text Glasgow: Offices of the Gale
dOnia Railway Company.
FLEETING THOUGHTS. By CAROLINE EDWARDS
PRENTIsS- New York: q. p. Putnams sons
Washington: Brentanos.
MONSIEUR MASON, AND OTHERS By GRACE
HOWARD PIERCE. ST. Paul: The Price McGill
Company.
ARE MEN GAY DECEIvERS. And other sketches
BY Mrs FRANK LESLIE New York: +. Tenny-
son Nicely.
A MARRIAGE OF REASON. By MAURICE FRAN
CHS EGAS. Baltimore: John Murphy 4 Co.
JOHN PAGET. novel By SARAH BARNwELI
ELLIOTT. author OF Jerry" "The Felmeres,"
"a Simple Heart" New YORK: Henry Holt &
Co.
MONTE CARLO; ITS SIN AND SPLENDoR. By
one of the victims Illustrated. Chicago: y.
c. Smith Co.
THE ODD WOMAN. By GEORGE GIssING, author
of "Denzil Quarter" &C. New York: Macmil-
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