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PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF FINANCE A
| Practical Guide for Bankers, Merchants and
| Lawyers, Together with Summary of the Ma
tional and State Banking Laws and the Legal
| Glossary of Commercial and Financial Terms.
By Edward Carroll, jr. New York: G. P.
| Putnam's Sons.
In these days when financial questions
are such frequent topics for political dis
cussion, work of this sort, dealing in a
plain manner with the principles of money
| ard commerce, has unquestionably prom
Using future. There is no scarcity of works
on political economy, but they are not
modern and Mr.. Carroll has in this volume
| brought the principles of that somewhat
| obstruse science into the latter day form
| that is very readable His appendix of
| tabulated facts and a glossary of terms
are valuable additions to the work.
BEAUTIFUL BRITAIN. The Scenery and splendors
of the United Kingdom, Royal Residences,
| Homes of Princes and Noblemen, Palaces, Cas-
| ties and Stately Houses. Beauties of Mountain,
Lake and River. New York: The Werner Co.
| This is gorgeous work, being one of the
finest books of scenery ever published. The
! photographs that embellsh it, nearly two
| hundred in number, were taken by permits
sion of Queen Victoria and the titled own
| ers of the historic places that are depicted
| on every other page. Accompanying each
| illustration is wcll-written bit of descrip-
| tive text, and the work forms one of the
| most complete and artistic guides to Great
| Britain and souvenirs of a visit to that
country to be obtained from any source.
WASHINGTON IN LINcoLN's TINE. By Noah
| Brooks, author of American Statesmen and
| Abraham Lincoln and the Downfall of Amer-
| can Slavery New York: The Century Co.
| Washington: Robert Beall.
| To Waskingtonians Mr.. Brooks book
which is the result of his personal observa-
tons in the national capital during the
civil war, will be of unusual interest. 1t
| is in reality a history of the conduct of the
war at headquarters from the point o.
view of all active and interested onlooker
It's particular value is its plain and simple
| style, that commends it to the use and
study Of young People.
THE ART OF LIVING LONG AND HAPPILY. BY
Henry Hardwicke, author of The Art of Win
ming Gases or Modern MasSeacF NSw hops
| Lothrop.
Mr. Hardwicka has in this a harder tasi
| than his former one of dealing with Legal
subject. the rules of happiness are
many and varied IS the numbers of men
| and women. However, the subject Is at
tackled. With spirit and treated with al
| abundance of matter. No man can tell an.
other man how to be happy with certainty
of successful achievement, but Mr.. Hard
| wicke has at least produced an interesting
| work.
|
| 4ence Hutton. New York: Harper & Brothers
Washington: Woodward Lothrop.
! This is another budget of Mr.. Hutton's
charming essays, ranging from the sports
| to a discourse on Christmas. The style i.
| piquant and the matter is nouriShing. The
! beck is compilation, in dainty style, O.
Mr.. Hutton's Harpers Weekly papers.
LIFE OF CHRIST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Ii
Questions and Answers BY Mary Ha sting
| Foote New York: Harper Brothers Wash
inyfn Wn,lENy .trI A Ix.fhy
A book that religious teachers will fin
] Useful. II is expanded catechism,
| its questions and answers are clearly
| lected and arranged
SKEPTICISM ASSAn.ED; or. The Stronghold of
Inideity Overturned Being Powerful Rep
Absolute Truth 'n of 5he oS Sf na
| Britton Ii. Tabor of the New York Bar. To
Which is Added Lord LytteltSns Famous Ifsa
| by Rev. DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst of New
York. Philadelphia: Syndicate Publishing Co.
IDwYMoN. A Story of Napoleonic Complications.
| Orleans and Bourbonc Complication Entangie-
| ments: ! Romance of the Pyrenees and Can
tabran Mountains of Spain the Mountains o.
Durango. Mexico the Grand Canon Rio Colorado.
Kings River Canon and Yosemite Valley, Cali
fornia. and ielowstone-now National Parh,
BY Frederick A. Randle. New York: g. W.
Dillingham;. Washington: Brentanos.
A SET OF RoGrES. THEIR WICKED CoNSPI-
RACY and True Account of Their travels and
prising Things Now Disclosed for the Frs,
Time. the Faithful Confessions of Christie
| pher Sutton. BY Frank Barrett, author of Tho
| iesper." &c. New York: Macmillan & Co.
| Washington: Brentano's.
| THE TIGER OF MYSoRE Story of the War
with rippoo Salb; BY G. 4. Henry, author OF
With Give in India .Beris the Brkon.
Fame Sc. With illustrations by W. Ii.
MaEeason s and map New York; Charles
REPORT OF THE L. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM,
| Of he lnsti.
| tuition, for the year ending June 30, 1898. An
Smithsonian Institution showing the Operations
Expenditures and Condition 20 of I the
ton: Government Printing Office.
coRMoRANr 'cRAG. A Tale of the Smuggling
Days. By Geo. Manyille Fem, author OF
Frst iR in the Field hoang Tn.
trated by W. Rainey. New York: Dodd, Mead
Co.
THE YOUNG REPORTER. Story of Printing
House Square. Ey, William Drys.lale, author o.
Abel !, torefnser,,' In sunny Lands s, Pre-
by Charles Copeland. Boston: W. A. Wilde 4
THE CHAIN OF GOLD; or, In crannied Rocks: A
G ss of Of and H hy snnanh
Du-Corrig,' The Bog of Stars The Coming
of Cucuain, &c. New York: Dodd. Mead 4
SCIENCE OF TIE SOIL A Scientific Demonstra,
ton of the Existence of the Soul of Man His
Conscious diyiduality Independently Of the
Physical Organism; of the Continuity of Life
| and the Actually Of Spirit Return. By Loren
Albert Sherman. Port Huron: The Sherman Co.
AT WAR WITH PONTIAC; Or. The Totem of the
Bear. A Tale of Redcoat and Redskin. h,
Kirk Munroe. rutkor of The White Conquer
ors,'' &c. Illustrated by J: Finnemore. New
York: Charles Scribner's Scps. Washington
Brentano's.
THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING PEOPLE
Eighth Special Report OF the Commissioner OF
LABOR. Prepared under the direction of Carroll
ID. Wright, Commissioner of Labor. by E. X. L.
Gould. Ph.D. Washington: Government Print