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finally results in its discovery at the bot
tom OF the crater of an extinct volcano IN
the remote Businesses of the Olympfcs,
this is the absorbing theme of the story.
Laird & Lee, publishers, Chicago. Price
"A YANKEE BOYS sUCcEss-By H. S.
existence of whom is vouched for by
Chauncey NJ Depew. Frederick A. Stokes
company, New York.
THE CHOIR INVISIBLE-By James
Lane Allen. A new edition of the book
that made such a stir about eighteen
months ago.. The author has made q
thoroughly revised the work. The MAG
milan Company, publishers, New York.
THE TWIN SISTERS OF MARTIGNY
ian story of forty years ago. The book
belongs to the class of permanent rather
than ephemeral works, because It truth
fully reflects certain era in Italian his
tory and portrays with pathos those deep
sentiments which are ubiquitous and
eternal. The reader moves with the au-
thor (who is an old and frequent traveller
there among the grandest scenes of ma
ture and mingles with him in converse
ton with the lowly and the great: The
date of the story is at one of the impor-
tant crises in the Italian struggle for free
dom, and has a substratum of the au-
thors own experience there at the time.
Lee d Shepard, publishers, Boston. Price
RED PATRIoTs-By Charles H. Coe.
Ir5 The story Of the seminoles. The Editor
p1Rlshng WoieEg GoSmpfn9y o H9pEeT Gneinnf Horaio W.
lem of life, optimism and the Christ.
GfoIge H Els EM 4 PHbshsr Boston Art,,r
D. Pierson. This little book is brief
sketch of one of the most remarka BILE
women Of history. 1t is calculated to
inspire and stimulate consecrated woman
hood. The elements of true testimony
are independent of sex; and there Is an
especial fitness in bringing to the front
such woman preacher in the day when
godly women are fast coming into real
prominence as workers in the mission
field at home and abroad, and when the
SfSterhood of the race seems to be for
the first time mounting to the true throne
of woman's influence. Funk & Wagnalls
Company, publishers, New York. Price,
CHESTER-By Herbert B. Robinson
4 novel. w. B. Conkey, publisher, New
York.
touching little story of maid Of Prov.
ence. It smatters a little of '"Trilby,"
but the description of artist life in the
Latin ..at1 Quarter of Paris are strong and
vivid as II the author was thoroughly
familiar with them. Rand, McNally &
Co. Chicago. Price. ST.
THE STORY or THE RAILROAD
building OF the earlier transcontinental
lines across the. true west. 1t tells the
story of the engineer who found the way
civilization among the Indians and buff
falo of the plains and in the mountains.
Historically the book is valuable because
1T gives comprehensive sketch of a
great subject in a brief compass. and, fur
thermore. the strange and picturesque
phases of life which are depicted are full
of immediate interest. An actual war.
now forgotten. for the possession of a
canyon in Colorado. is vividly described by
the author, who has shared in the work
of the railroad men and who made a
special journey through the West to
gather fresh material for this valuable
and entertaining book. D. Appleton &
Co. publishers, New York.
THE NEW WOMAN-By DR.. John
Hund. sociological study woven into
the form of a story. w. B. Conkey Com
pany, publishers Chicago.
MUSIC AND MANNERS IN THE
CLASSICAL PBRIOD-By Henry Ed
ward Krehbiel. A valuable and carefully
studied addition to musical literature
Charles =, serib9ers' Sons. publishers. New
HOW MUSIC DEVELOPED-By w. J..
anderson. critical and explanatory
account of the growth of modern music
The cultivation of modern music, the au-
thor holds, was begun by the medieval
priests of the Roman Catholic church.
and the music drama. The work is one
destined to prove of the greatest value
to all students of music. Frederick A
Stokes & Co, publishers, New York
price 81 %. For sale by William Doxey.
posers of music, has just produced a pret-
ty and catchy ballad entitled, Don't For
get Old Dad" The work is highly credit
able and the sentiment will appeal to all.
California School of Elocution and Ora
tory. publishers, San Francisco.