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gold Of one pirate and start on o hunt for that
OF another. And so, with y trusty friend the
young man sets out for the island Of Captiva, in
the Caribbean Sea, to dig for the buried treasure
of the pirate Lolonius. II IN needless to say that
they ind heaps Of glittering jewels and doub-
looms, have some terrific fighting with one Of
those bands Of daring buccaneers that arc so
numerous nowadays, and meet q young and
lovely maiden with glowing eyes and masses Of
black hair that fall unloosened to her waist.
The beautiful black-oyed maid, tho far-away
islands, and the buried box Of gold are rare
things to o~onjuro with, and the novelist using
them viii always ind a reader, oven though the
oft-repeated cry Of pieces OF eighti'' may some
times recall tho monotonous iteration Of the
immortal Long John silver's parrot.
There are some remarkably queer stories In
Emma Frances Dawson's "An Itinerant House.
CWilliam Doxey. San Franciscol, wherein ghosts.
opium smokers, writers of verso, ~lunatios, and
lost spirits Join In q nightmarc-like revol lod by
the Prince OF Darkness himself. Yet mid much
incoherenco Of thought and language and bo-
hind all the feebler interpolated versincation
and the dismal ghastliness of many Of these tales
We get glimpses Of q world that IN always
worth study. No city in tho Union presents
moro picturesque possibilities to the writer
than San Francisco, with her Chinese gam
bling and opium bells. secret societies,
dingy boarding houses. and noisome dives, and
tho strange, restless. everBhifting agglomera-
ton Of races and colors that throng her
harbor and her streets. Tho best Of Miss Daw-
sons stories. "The Dramatic In Ny Destiny"
wierd, shadowy and unconnected as the visions
OF the opium smoker, who Ii supposed to relate
1t, yet gives q vivid picture OF Chinatown. that
strange, outlandish corner Of tho earth where
East meets West in q way that sharply defines
their incongruity. Ton-ko-lin-sing, tho bland
and willy, Is an interesting study, and tho episode
OF the search for o missing man amid tho laby-
rinths and underground depths of the mysteri-
Gus town is sufficiently thrilling.
Twenty-six chapters Of the FIRST book Of Tho
Essayes Of Michael. Lord Of Montague" form
tho latest published volume of "Tho Temple
Classics" (Macmillan.) The third folio 1882 Of
Florio's TRANSLATION has been taken as tho basis
OF this scholarly and compact edition. which IL
edited by Mr.. A. R Waller, who has revised the
text and added marginalia, a glossary, and some
critical notes. A man will not easily find q moro
pleasant pocket companion for an idle hour than
this handy little volume Of essays, OF which the
world has formed such various estimates;
which Mr.. Andrew Lang speaks Of a. "among
the few works that really and literally mako life
moro opulent with accumulated experience.
criticism. reflection, humor;' while q solemn
ecclesiastical critic once dubbed the book "the
breviary Of idlers." Wherefore, slyly says
DIsraeli, the elder, 1t will never lack readers.
Prof. William A. Setchell, Phi. d. of the Uni
versity Of California, in Laboratory Practice,
for Beginners In Botany Macmillan), treats Of
the study OF tho larger plants BY means Of prao-
teal experiment and Investigation in tho labo-
ratory. He points out tho Importance. to teacher
and pupil alike, Of considering the plant a. q
living, working. struggling being, with q single
nhiaCt In 1ffA tho ranHnInrtfNn ~ lie blvd
Hence the necessity for the study and OK.
animation Of every variation in structure
and organism. more particularly In those plants
which store away nourishment, protect them
selves from grazing animals, take their food
from other plants or by capturing animals. or
climb above their %neighbors for light and air.
what we must look for in our different labora-
tory studies IL to SEQ how different plants have
changed or modified very different parts to 40
complish practically tho Same object" The
volume, which az its title implies, Is intended
for beginners, should both interest and attract
the pupil.
Part XII. of "Bibliographica" Kegan PauI,
is issued by Charles Scribner's Sons. the i'm
p~orters. in the Same admirable style as the pro-
vious parts. Its articles arc on q manuscript of
the "Biblia Pauperum,"" Old Jsoobite Tracts"
by Andrew Lang; "The Isham Books" by
Robert Edmund Graves, and illustrations in
"Frsnch Booka Of Hours" by Alfred w. Col.
lard. As usual, tho engraved illustrations arc
beautifully printed.
A new svo edition of the works Of Thomas
Carlyle Is issued by Charles Scribner's Sons.
We have received Of It "The French Revolu.
tion." in three volumes; Heroes and Hero
Worship" one volume, and the first volume Of
solver Cromwol's Letters and Speeches"
Tho Statesman's Year Book creates O do
mand which It alone can Ill. Tho volume. for
1897, tho thirty.fourth annual volume, ia as
accurate as its predecessors. and moro COM
pletely up to date than they have been. For
example, 1t contains q List of Mr.. McKinley's
Cabinet Its series OF maps to indicate the ter
ritorial changes which have occurred since
Queen Victoria asconded the throne in 1887 are
well intentioned and interesting. Unfortunate
ly. tho coloring Ii inaccurate In some OF them:
II the colo-key is to be trusted. Spain was the
principal competitor Of Great Britain in India.
and is still powerful there; and there arc lines
on the maps Of South America that mean either
nothing at all or else that Great Britain has o
protectorate over Venezuela, Uruguay, and yari-
Gus other countries. The book, however, apart
from the maps, 10 valuable. MACMILLAN Coz
Hazel's Annual for 1897 Charles Scribner's
Sons) IL the twelfth Of q series which has made
fox itself an important place. and has grown
moro valuable each year. 1t ia, as Its title
claims, "A Cyclopsedic Record OF Men and Topics
of the Day" Omitting much that tho best
aImanacs have, 1t contains much that they do
not; and completes the trinity of English year
books that every writer must have: Whitaker's
Almanack. tho Statesmans Year Book, and
Hazell's Annual.
We have also received:
stephen Lescombe, Bachelor of Arts" Julius
NJ. Hurst. tPutnam's)
"Tho Falcon of Langeac," Isabel Whitley.
copeland & Day.
Tho Heaven of the Bible" Ida O. Craddock.
Qippincott Col
Art Education the True Industrial Educa-
tion." William T. Harris, LII D., Commissioner
of Education. Second edition, from now plates.
&c. W. BardeonJ
"a Willing Transgressor, and Other Stories"
A. g. Plympton. (~3oberts Bros)
9TH King. the Knave. and tho Donkey"
Pythias Damon. ct. 8. Denison. ChioagoJ
"The Builders and Other Poems" Henry Van
Dyke. tScribners.l
"Christian Citizepship," Carlos Martyn.