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in Private Practice by Emily n. Nj. Stoney,
is a work whose purpose is largely explained
in its title The author is superintendent
OF training school-for nurses at the Carney
hospital, Boston, and has had ample ex-
periencc. The book is designed to instruct
the nurse how to meet the various emer-
gencies of medical and surgical cases, when
distant from medical and surgical aid. 1t
contains rules for feeding the Sick, recipes
for invalid foods and beverages; weights and
measures; dose list; and full glossary OF
medical terms and nursing treatment. IL
Illustrations and color plates are also literally
interspCrsed, no expense evidently being
spared to add to the efficiency of the work
w. b, Saunders, 925 Walnut street, Phia-
delpha
denounced" by John Bloundelle-Burton,
tells of the days which followed the Jacobite
rising of l745 The scene alternates between
France and England, the young Pretender
Charles Edward being one of the characters.
Life in the Bastile is well described. The
events of the story result from the love of
two men for the same woman They are
both followers of Charles Edward but one
goes over to the Hanoverian side, and seeks
the life of the other by denouncing him
while in England. d. Appleton & Co., New
York
Five short and pithy tales has The Black
Cat for November, among which are "Silas
+. Quigley-To Arrive" by Lewis Hopkins
Rogers, and THE Polar Magnet" by Philip
Nerrill Migheis
The subject of Monaghan literature en-
bracing under it Ugro Frnic literature,
Turko rartaric literature, and Chinese and
Japanese literature, are admirably treated
by Edmund Buckley, Phi. D.. in the current
issue of Progress A contribution upon
Hindoo literature by Elizabeth A. Reed,
A. NJ, is another of the pleasing features of
this number. which is throughout rich in
handsome illustrations and translated ex-
| cerpts from original manuscripts
Seven complete stories In the November
issue of the Cosmopolitan are its GROWING
feature. General Edward Forester tells of
his Personal Recollectons of the Tai-Ping
Rebellion;" James S. Metcalf dlates upon
THE Stage and the Beauty Problem" and
| William Croker DuXbury contributes "A
| Legend of the NavajOes.'
An article of college Renaissance enti
tied princeton Traditions and Tendencies"
| opens The Critic for October "a The
! ounger's notes include comments upon the
famentcd poet, William Morris, and the late
Du Maurier.
a portrait with autograph Of the late
Miss Kate Field appear as frontispiece to
the November number of the
Arena, and sketch of the
gifted woman is presented by Lillian
whiting. Prof. Frank Parsons, in a paper
entitled "The Issue of 1896" endeavors to
convey the impression that not free silver,
| but man against money has been the real
issue Justus Walter Clark, LID, strangely
discusses passenger fares, freight charges
and free passes in an article headed Free
| Coinage Indispensable. but Not Psnacea,"
maintaining the claim intimated In its title
| by nothing stronger than an assertion in
his Introductory statement.
NEW BOOKS
"a Book of Martyrs" by Cornelia Atwood
| Pratt, consists of a number of stories dealing
| with more or less tragic or dramatic episodes
| in the domestic history of the people of the
| small towns and cities of the central west
| and are altogether remarkable both for the
insight into human nature which they show
| and for the fine art with which the strangely
attractive stories in the lives of these plain
| people are unfolded. Charles Scribner's
| Sons, New York Megeaths.
| In Mrs. Cliffs Yacht" Mr.. Frank r.
| Stockton furnishes an extension OF the "Ad-
ventures of Captain Horn" 1t will be re-
membered by Captain Horns admirers that
| this estimable matron OF Maine was coun-
| try storekeepers widow, who came into a
fortune of several millions The new story
| relates what she did with this golden
| shower; how, recovering from her first
| amazement, she launched out on her career
Of afiuence by having her back door mended
| and buying a new dish pan, prodigality
| which led her by swift and inevitable stages
to the acquisition of a steam yacht, on
| whose hospitable deck she carried off four
| teen weary, synod-attending ministers for a
| cruise. The events of the voyage and the
| astounding adventures Oh the DeWllutTluB
| clerics form the staple of the tale, and moth
| ing more absurd more impossible, more alb
| solutely authentic has ever been related
even by the veracous Stockton. Charles
Scribner's Sons, Megeaths.
| In THE Sense of Beauty" by George
| Santayana, the authors theory of aesthetics
| is elaborated from the proposition that
| beauty depends upon the satisfaction OF the
| perceiving sense and his book is therefore
| mainly psychological on its philosophical
| side It9 distinction however consists in
| the treatment of the theme which is in
| the best sense and in the highest degree
| literary. 1t is, indeed, in felicity OF ex-
| preston, in fecundity of illustration and
| allusion, in grace of style and acuteness OF
| analysis a substantial contribution to the
| literature of scientific discussion. The in
| PRODUCTION discusses the various methods
| of aesthetics, and the book is divided into
four parts, treating respectively of the ma
| ture of beauty, its materials of form and
| of expression. Charles Scribner's Sons
New York Megeath's
I'm the South Seas is collection of
previously published letters and sketches
| written by Robert Louis Stevenson some
years ago describing two yacht cruises in
the Marquesas, Paumotus and the Gilbert
| islands. There are those who are inter
| ested in the South sea islands for their
own sake. and others whose interest is de-
rived mnly from the romantic glamour cast
about them years ago by Hermann Mel
| Vile, which Stevenson has always seemed
10 reproduce III comparatively palllu tlntS
| Charles Scribners Sons, New York. Me-
! geaths,
most valuable work is the Thirteenth
| Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology
| to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
| ton" by j. w. Powell director. 1t is a
comprehensive and elaborate production
amply illustrated and most carefully and
infinitely describing each particular detail OF
| interest. Among the subjects chiefly dealt
| with are prehistoric textile art of eastern
United States stone art, aboriginal remains
in Verde Valley. Arizona; Omaha dwellings,
furniture and implements; the Casa Grande
ruin and outlines Of Zuni creation myths
| An immense amount OF labor and research
| is represented in it's contents
THE Story OF Christine Rochefort," by
Helen Choate Prince, who. by the way is
tho granddaughter of Rufus Choate has
charming old world favor about 1t and yet
| II deals with one of the stirring questions
of the nineteenth century-the relations be-
tween labor and capital The characters
are clearly drawn and the book as a whole
Is eminently thoughtful and suggestive
| Houghton, Miin g. Co. Poston.
In "Rick Dale Kirk Munroe has utilized
more OF the material which he gathered in
his recent trip through the Pacific north
west. The story is founded on a rich boys
disgust over the coddling TO which he was
subjected and his flight from the tedious
couple who had been engaged to attend
him on tour around the world He Is a
thorough boy, and, meeting with q bright