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sugges stions is given over to 1.-The Feeding
OF Children" The book is tastefully and
strongly bound New York: The Century
Company. For sale at the bookstores
The demand for Progressive Cookery"
Mrs. Z. NJ Hnckley's admirable little
work on the culinary art, has necessitated
second edition, which has just come from
the press. The author is well known in
San Francisco as Instructor OF the School
OF Cookery, and all the recipes she pub
fishes in this volume have been practically
tested A number OF explanatory rules and
suggestions which the housewife will find
well worth perusing serve as a fitting intro
ducuon to the series of recipes. san Fran
cisco Printing Company. For sale at the
bookstores, or may be procured of the
authorl
HinckeY, will be found a valuable hand
book for the young housekeeper The
recipes are prepared for parties of four or
six PERSONS and have bean compiled from a
series of demonstration lessons given by
the author over chafng dish. Published
by the San Francisco Printing Company
and for sale at the bookstores.
THE ORIGINAL PAPERs.-A second edi-
tton of This unique little volume by Chester
Bailey FernaId has been issued. For a
fr0ntispiece it has a reproduction of the
photograph of a young lady who presuma-
bly, is the heroine of the story-for there is
story, though it is not told like most tales
OF love or romance.
The idea adopted by Mr.. Fernald of
strlnging together lot of fac-simile letters,
teIegrauS, newspaper clippings, bills, etc.
on thin thread of narrative is not new, but
he has shown much ingenuity. and his work
Will doubtless obtain appreciative recogni-
tion. There Is an intensely local flavor to
the book, and possibly some of the charac-
tiers may be recognized in society circles
The author appears TO be his own publisher
but the excellent typographical work was
done by Crocker & Co.
WERNER's READINGS AND RECtrA-
TIoNs.-This number of "Werner's Read
ings and Recitations," compiled by Caroline
B. LIE Rev. is known as Americas Recita-
tion Book" because it presents the best pro-
duetions in prose and verse that have been
written on the great events in the history
Of our country. These are arranged in
chronological order. and are accompanied
with explanations intended to increase their
interest and value. The aim of the book is
70 stimulate the study of American bi-
ography and history. New York: Edward
s. Werner. For sale at the bookstores]
DYNAMIC BREATHING AND HARMONIC
GYMNASTICS This book, by Genevieye
Stebbins, is the outcome of the authors
latest investigations and of many years
teaching OF young and old in different walks
of life. Next to Steele Mackaye she is the
greatest DelSartian In America. She was
the first to publish an American exposition
OF the DelSarte system, and she has done
more to develop, practicable and popularizs
IT than has any other woman. New York;
Edward S. Werner For sale at the book
stores.
TRIANGULAR SURVEYs.-Un the title,
"Triangular SURVEYS From Lofty Sta
tiOns," Augustus Knudsen. an engineer of
some prominence, has put forth a little
volume which will be gladly received by
the engineering fraternity. The author
says that he has had his method In practical
use for over fourteen years in many de-
scripti0ns of work and always satisfactorily.
San Francisco: Brunt Il Co. For sale by
Osborn " Alexander. Price, rs cents]
CIVILIZATIONS INFERNo-In this vol
ume the author, B. o. Flower, editor of
The Arena, has sought to present, In a
manner as interesting as possible to the
general reader, some phases of the great
social questions rs they relate to the social
problems of the day, especially as thew re-
late to the slums of our cities, TBoston
The Arena Company.l
PRANG's PUBLICATIoNs-T Easter
publications of L, Prang & Co. are fully up
to the standard. The firm appears to have
taken unusual pains in preparing its de-
signs and some OF the cards show striking
and novel effects. There can be no more
acceptable offerings for Easter than these
publications.