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hook NOTICES.


THE Troy Fairy Book" by A. J.
Drexel Biddle. Drexel-B iddle & Bradley
Publishing Company, sos Walnut street,
| Philadelphia. Anthony ]. Drexel-Biddle's
contribution to the Christmas literature
of the year appears in attractive form,
bearing the foregoing title. THE story,
which is cleverly conceived, tells of the
adventures of Elsie Lee, a typical little
American girl of tender years, among
the frogs that inhabit a certain little
brook babbling nearby Esies home.
Youthful readers will be very apt to be-
come deeply interested in the movements
of 'F'roggy, the Fiddler" one of the lead
ing characters in this little drama of
dreamland. For it will be. seen that
''Froggy, the Fiddler" conducts himself
as should a little gentleman" frog
The book is printed in large type, on
fine paper, suDerbly bound in red art
canvass, and stamped in gold. A leading
! feature of the work is the Illustrations
nine in number.
THE Flirt to Death" by Luke Leary
]. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company. 81 Rose
street, New York. Paper, 50 cents. This
is an intensely interesting story and one
that most readers, when they have begun
it, will not want to put down until they
have finished it,
Alfred B. Shepperson, of New York. has
| Just issued the November edition of Got
ton Fact" publication which is consider
ed the most reliable of the kind in the
| United States. 1t is a compilation from Of
| hcial and reliable sources, of the crops,
| receipts. exports stocks home and for
eign consumption, visible supply, prices
| and acreage of cotton for series of years.
| The book also contains the reports of the
| condition of growing crops, issued by the
| United States Agricultural Bureau since
| 1879, with complete statistics of cotton
manufacturers, and the cotton acreage and
yield of each state in the south, from the
| United States census of 1890. Other fea-
| lures of interest are weekly quotations of
cotton and silver since 1877; weekly quota
/ tions of wheat since 1875 fluctuations in
| silver and cotton each six months since
| 1877; dates of the highest and lowest prices
/ of cotton and silver each year since 1877;
the question of the relation of silver to the
price of cotton; principal causes of the
! decline in cotton since 1873 and the pro-
gress of japanese cotton mills.
MAGAZINES.
The Review of Reviews for December
has quite a number of special features.
Among them are an authorized account of
the great work know as the "Polychrome
Bible" which is just about to appear in
| this country; articles on THE Kindergar-
| ten Age by Hezekiah Butterworth and
! "Child-Study in the Training of Teachers"
by E A. kirkpatrick Goth illustrated); an
/ illustrated description of New York's
| Great Movement for Housing Reform"
and an article on THE Sunday Schools:
/ Their Shortcomings and Their Great OPP
portunity," by President Walter L. Her
vey of the Teachers Training College.
/ New York city. The book department of
| this number contains Some Estimates
/ of the Years Literary Output" by Ham
/ ilton w. Mabie, Albert Bushnell Hart and
| Ripley Hitchcock, together with notices
| of the latest publications and many por-
| traits and other Illustrations. Review of
/ Reviews, 10 Aston Place, New York.
The December number OF The Atlantic
Monthly opens with very clear study Of
the most important social problem that
confronts us-"Social Glasses in the Re
| public" by Mr. f.. l.. Godkin OF New
/ York, who points out the necessary exist
! ence of different classes, and the unnec-
| essary distinctions that are based upon
such differences. Prof II. J.. Glider
sleeve, Of the Johns Hopkins University,
writes an article, partly reminiscent and
partly prophetic, on classical Studies in
/
! the difference in the spirit and the method
| between studies of half a century ago
! and to-day, both in Germany and in
1 American universities. There are in this
number three notable personal studios.
In addition to these articles, there IS a
notable paper by Mrs. Mary Caroline Rob
bins. the author Of The Rescue Of an
! Old Place" and special student Of out
/ door decoration, on "The Art of Public
Improvement" There IS also an
exceedingly instructive series OF
/ sketches from crowded city life,
/ by Mr. J. K Paulding Of the university
settlement in New York under the sug-
gestive title OF Landscapes with Fig
ures;" and Col. Thomas Wentworth Hig-
gnsoa nas a second instalment Of his
| Cheerful Yesterdays" which are his
"reminiscences Of life during the last half
| century Houghton, Mlinin a. Co., IL
East Seventeenth street, New York.
The December Century continues to en-
phaslzo the Christmas traditions Of this
magazine. not only by papers and poems
bearing directly upon the Christian festi-
| val, but by others breathing the spirit Of
the common human feelings. The 'front.'
/ ispiece OF the number Is q study for the
| Head OF Christ" from the painting Of
| THE Last Supper" by Dagnan- Bouvcret,
| exhibited at the salon OF the Champ dc
| Mars last spring. 1.-THE Christmas ka-
lends OF Provence" by r. A. Janvier. With
| illustrations by Louis Loeb, is the pro-
! duct Of intimate acquaintance with the
| charming life Of the south OF France.
"a Painter Of Motherhood IS the title
| given TO a paper on Virg.nie Demont-
| Breton. a daughter Of Jules Breton. This
| paper Is By Mrs. Henry Bacon. and pre-
! sents a view Of the nome lie u the pain
ter. together with three examples Of her
/ Ia .fsttt If oh Ia
! Dark Places" by Jacob A. lSiis, Is a study
| 81 thn haitnr Nav Ynrlt nrnsanllnn hnna.