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school in country villages The documents.
however. are judlciously selected and might
well be read by older readers. already familiar
with their countrys history. The cover OF
Prof Harts book is the most hideous we have
seen In many long day. and unlike anything
that has yet issued from his publishers hands.
Studies OF Life and it's Variations" by Z. J.
Bayer u. f. ORilvie Publishing Company, as
the author explains. are based on the theory
that the maternal psychic or mental power OF
the mother operating on the budding form OF
the offspring is the cause OF degeneracy in man.
as well as what Is known as genius" Starting
with his theory the author sees evidence OF 1t
in pretty nearly everything that happens about
him, his form Of reasoning being that with
which we have become familiar through the
psychic research people. He also includes
many irrelevant and apparently unimportant
incidents. including baseball game and the
exact description " OF the wedding OF some
friends OF his. who have nothing to do with his
theory
What Women Can Earn; Occupations OF
Women and Their Compensation " Frederick
A. Stokes Company Is q collection Of all sorts
OF opinions by all manner Of persons on mat
ter about which many people would like practi-
cal and definite knowledge. To be Of any use
the book should have been edited carefully.
and contributors should have been selected
who were competent and willing to impart in
formation. As it is. while u few OF the short
articles are helpful and precise. many are
either open or poorly disguised puffs OF little
known individuals or OF business firms or else
are vague generalities written by uniformed
persons or by such as decline to tell anything
about their own businesses.
Gettysburg Then and Now: The Field OF
American Nalor; Where and How the Regi-
ant
tered: an Account of the Battle. Giving Move
ments. Positions. and Losses OF the Commands
Engaged" by John NJ. Vauderslice tG. W. Dill
lingham Col seems to be pretty fully and
accurately described on the title page. We
shall only add that 1t Is the official history Of
the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Associa-
ton. written by direction OF the Board OF D-
rectors and in its original form. intended for
private distribution only. The present edition
contains 1875 illustrations o. monuments and
other objects Of interest.
Mr.. Robert p. Porter who was Superintend-
ent Of the last United States census was sent
by President Mckinley as Special Commits
sioner to report on the Industrial. commercial
and financial condition OF Cuba as soon as the
peace protocol was signed. The work was
done naturally under great difficulties. but
MIR. Porter visited many parts Of the island.
examined great many persons who were
competent to give information and made use
OF documentary matter as well. The results
OF his investigation are embodied in a large
volume. Industrial Cuba" tG. p Putnam's
Sons). While many statements and figures
will doubtless have to be revised whenever a
thorough census OF the island is taken. the in
formation obtained by Mr.. Porter is. It Is
safe to say. the best procurabe at present by
the Government and must be looked upon as
almost official. An effort has been made to
make the book more readable than books OF
reference usually are and there are many illus
trations. The maps might be better.
The report that Mr.. Rudyard Kipling had
bought back the copyright Of his Depart
mental Dltties " in order to suppress the book
ia apparently groundless, for the new edition
of Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room
Ballads" published by the Doubleday & Nc
Clure Com pany. is doubly copyrighted by Mr.
Kiping himself and. besides. bears his swas-
tika mark.
We have also received:
The Government OF Municipalities" Dor
man b. Eaton. Columbia University Press;
Macmilans.I
Educational Aims and Educational Values"
Paul II. Hanus tMacmillans)
Royal Academy Pictures, 1899" tCassell
In Quest OF Life: or. The Revelations OF tho
Wiyatatao OF Xipantl" Thad. W. Williams. NJ
d. IF. Tennyson Neelyl
Andrew Melville" William Morrison. I'm
ported by Charles Scrbner's Sona)
George Eliot's Silas Mariner" Edited by
Edward L. Gulick. lMacmilans)
THE Study OF History in Schools" Report
by the Committee OF Seven tMacmansl
Descriptive Mentality from the Head. Face
and Hand Illustrated Holmes W. Merton.
David Mckay
'Compend OF Latin de Cuisine Kitchen
French and Lexicon Of Culinary Terms" Burr
Wright. Press HarJes Il Wright
The Yellow Wall Paper" Charlotte Per-
kns Stetson. Small. Maynard Co..