The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31
BOOK NOTICES.


Xonophons Cyroraodin By Clarence W.
GLEASON. a. NJ. Of the Roxbury Latin
School. Cloth. limo 202 pages. Price a.
cents. American Book Company. New
York. In the STORY Of Cyrus" just pub
lishod. teachers will ma a book which
VIII solve one Of the greatest difficulties
which presents Itself. Adapted from %e-
nophoas Cyropnedm. II furnishes an In
teresting and at the same time instructive
text for use during the last half OF the
first year Of Greek and tine beginning
Of The second u VIII supplement the
work Ia the beginner book ana will nl
happily the interval between that ana
the Anabasis or the Cyropaedia.
Twentieth Century Guilds 10 PALMS
try" by the Zaueies The Henncbcrry
Company. Publishers. i09-29 Dearborn
street. Chicago. cloth 81 This Is tho
simplest. clearest and yet the most ex-
aaustive presentation this interesting sub
ject has yet received. All OF the ditoov.
cries. Investigations and researches Of
centuries are summed up Ia this prac-
ticat treatise on palmistry.
In Waite and Btck." by W w Pin
son. The J. ". Burke Company. Macon.
Ca, publishers. Cloth. StS The scenes
Of this story are laid IN the South and
West. and IN that Interesting period sue
coeding the war. It's incidents blossom
amid the struggles OF "a people facing a
new condition and laying. amid tears ana
trials. the foundation % a new prosper
icy. The author enters into fellow snip
with the common s0rrows and struggles
Of men and has that touch Of nature thar
makes the whole world kin His charlc-
tiers move on human plane and appeal
20 the sympathies 81 the reader u b.
written IN "a pleasing style and abounds
In the breath and bloom Of nature. Tho
descriptions are charming word picture
ana We are made 90 see the scenes anil
which the characters move or posture.
whether Of Southern forest or In tho
broad prairie Of the West Though not "a
dialect story the characters are made 10
help tel their own story la their own
language
college Entrance Requirements IN
English" FOR study and practice 1901
1875. Cloth. Emo. Price gl.O0. American
Book Company. New York From the
wei known Eclectic English Classics there
have here been collected Burke's Concii-
iatlon with the American Colonies. Shake
speare's Macbeth" Millions Minor
Poems" Macaulays Addison" and Ma
gauiays Milton" These constitute the
college entrance requirements in English
for study and practice i90i-is05. ana have
here been bound together for the conven-
ience Of students who are preparing them
selves for these examinations.
Overheard IN the Wilmington Family"
Illustrations by c. Allan Gilbert. Cloth.
ieia by n. Life Publishing Company. New
York city. 81 Life sends us overheard
In tho wilmington Family" ono OF the
richest illustrated books that has appear
ed this year II f. composed OF drawings
by c. Allan Gilbert. part Of them printod
In black and part IN color on very heavy
surfaced paper The binding is unique
aud artistic one. one side cloth and the
other paper. with a handsome drawing
by AFR Gibcr'. Among the younger illus
traitors. Mr. Gilbert. who works entirely
IT, wash. is noted for his richness of tone.
his fine sentiment. and delicacy Of treat
menf His young women are distinguished
and beautiful. and are types Of real lie.
Overheard IN the Wilmington Family
would make a most attractive Christmas
SIT. and would ornament any library "a
bic.