The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-05-21

Lon. stevens, the dramatlst has taken up his
torical romance. His first work in the new field
is to be called ''The Continental Dragon"
While Sir Walter Eesant is wondering what
literary form will succeed the vanishing novel
DRIVER Mirchell's s'Hugh Wynne''is selling at
the rate Of 800 copies daily.
Gilbert Parker, chief Of the Canadian novelists.
Is to be set forth by the. Mac Williams in uni
form edition. 1t is becoming quite the fashion
to honor living authors in this way, as, witness
| Riley, Kipling ct al.
Large varieties Of latest models can be found in
| the late numbers of McDowells Fashion journal
| published at West 18th Street New York; "La
Mode &c Paris' ia Ss.50a year, IS cents a single
| copy. "French Dressmaker" is $50 a year and
| 80 cents single copy.
The May number Of Current Literature is at
hand with its abundant store of good things liter
airy and International. All OF the departments
are we'll filled and interesting, as usual, the ed
toria)s being specially strong and timely An
other timely feature this month is the compilation
OF newspaper verse entitled, Remember the
Maine!'
The warlike and unprecedented condition in
which the United States is now involved adds
great force and interest, in the mind of every
thinking man to the weighty and well-considered
words In which Hon. Richard Olney, late Sec
retarV OF State, discusses in the Nay Atlantic GU
unfortunate, as he thinks, International Isoar
1:on.
The warlike conditions of the time give piog-
nant and impressive interest to Secretary OIney,s
statesmanlike paper, in the May Atlantic on the
International Isolation of the United States and
his we'll weighed suggestion that the time is COM
lngWhen this policy should be abandoned, and we
should no longer hold ourselves aloof and stand
alone In the family of nations. ..-
The Waverly Magazine for May will publish in
Its four weekly parts more than 20 sho1t stories
among which we notice the following: Ring
and Master, by Lillian CUTLER Couch Winters
and Summers, by j. De @. Donehoo. Lost in the
Bush, by E. W. Hornung. A New England Quar-
rel, by Jane Power Rowe. A Blue Umbrella. py
81. s. Keller. The Sin of Minerva Lane, by Mrs. |
H. W. Thompson. 'Twixt Twelve and One. by
w. Bert Foster.
Story Of Aeneas. BY b. M. Clark, author of
"Story of Troy etc. Cloth, 12mo, sos pages
with numerous Illustrations. Price Is cents
American Book Company, New York, Cincinn-
att and Chicago. This book presents In simple
narrative the history Of the wanderings and adven
lures of the celebrated Trojan hero and his com.
panlons after the destruction Of Troy, including
great varieties Of events and Incidents which, as
related by the famous Roman poet, have beenlread |
with delight for nearly 1000 years.
The Students Manual Of Physics. For the !
Study Room and Laboratory. By Leroy @.
Cooley, Phi D., Cloth, 12mo, AS pages. Price !
$1.OO. mcrtcan Book Company, New York
Cincinnati and Chicago. It is now recognized |
that the best method Of studying any science is |
5y wise combination of oral instruction including
illustrative experiments, Of textbook study, and
of original laboratory investigation. 1t presents
clear systematic treatment Of the chief laws of
rhysics. e
Mnna Won Barnhelm. comedy In five acts. |
BY Gotthold Ephriam Leasing, Edited for school !
use by NJ Lambert, Board, 12mo, 1859 pager. |
Price, so cents. American Book Company, New
York, Cincinnati and Chicago. From it's first
issue in print and representation ON the stage in
1865 down to the present day Lessings great
comedy has continued to be popular favorite |
1t was the first great German drama dealing with !
living events. and it still maintains its place as
the typical comedy of German literature
school history Of the United States, by John
A'ASAA HASHAoSS0As PAOlCsSOE kAmcElCdtl
In the University Of Pennsylvania, cloth, 12mo |
507 pages, price $100, American Book Company.
New York. Cincinnati. and Chicago. The
present volume is rew arkabc not only for con.
tanning treatment of the subject entirely new
to rchool histories, but for the remarkable power
of condensation which it exhibits, combined
with a mastery literary style which renders the
Whole narrative one Of absorbing interest
Applied Physiology for Advanced Grades.
lncludidg the Effects Of Alcohol and Narcotics
By Fsank Overton. A. NJ, M. D.. Late House
Surgeon to the City Hospital, New York Cloth
IL mo, 432 pages. With Illustrations and Dia-'
grams Pre-. 80 cents. American Book Com
panp, New York. Cincinnati and Chicago. This
book represents new and radical departure from
the old time method pursued in teaching phisiol-
ogy. 1t begins with the study of the cells Of the
body the units in which life exists and acts. and
with this as the basis Of treatment, shows theiI
relation toall the elements Of the human body
and all the process7of human action. This is
the keynote Of the treatment throughout the
book. . il. 1852. es5s--y.,,