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Abby Press, publishers. ia Fifth avenue,
New York city. Cloth, 90 cents. The
writer of this bright little story was born
here in Savannah, and still has many
friends here. The story is an account
of her trip abroad in search of musical
education. including many interesting ex-
periences in different European countries.
There is no plot. of course, yet every
chapter is full of interest, and those who
read the book will not regret having done
so.
The Bench and Bar as Makers of the
American Republic" by Hon. w. w.
Goodrich, presiding justice of the Appel
late Division of the Supreme Court of
New York. Z. B. Treat & Co, Al-243
West Twenty third street, New York City,
publishers. This is delightful little vol
ume, made up of an address delivered by
the author on the occasion of the cee-
bration of the 2S0th anniversary of the
landing of the Pilgrims. 1t is a little
work that will well repay those who
read it.
Her Majesty's Minister" by William
lie Quex. Dodd, Mead & Co, New York
City, publishers. Cloth, $15O This is a
curious chapter of the secret history of
a nation, a narrative of strange facts
and diplomatic wies. Ii opens in the
embassy of the British legation at Paris,
where the dastardly betrayal of a state
secret. supposedly known only 10 the
British ambassador and one of his secre-
taries, has placed the English diplomatists
in a most unenviable position. Lord Bar
mouth declares the trickery to be the
work of a certain woman and the COM
plcations which thereupon ensue compel
the closest attention till the last word is
read.
''Side Lights on Management World
Systems Railways by Maj. Pangbourne.
e by 5lk, PIP. 2S.) j. @. Pangborn, Balti-
more The author affords insight into
railway methods which is of peculiar in
terest ait this time. Probably no other
man has met in person so many railroad
men,, or, passed over so many different
lines of railway The world his field of
investigation and study, few men, indeed
have gotten over and through it as has
he Well equipped to observe intelligently
and draw conclusions advisedly, from his
operation, and prior to SUCH on the
Santa Fe, the Major had practical expe-
rience, rather than mere theory, as the
preliminary qualification for reaching de-
termination of causes leading up to eff
fects. In other words, what he saw, as
we'll as that which he heard, he under
stood, and his differences, as his facts
and his data throughout, present clear
ness of drectness, whatever may be the
70 h. r,.1a ,ofL y
strikingly characterizing the book. What
soever may be the general view of the
railway situation, there can be no gain
saying Major Pangbourne's breezy, pun
gent and pithy manner of presenting his.
'El Captain Veneno," by D. Pedro A. de
Alarcon! Edited by George Griffin Brow
nell, professor of Romance Languages,
University of Alabama. Cloth. 12mo.,
143 pages. Price 80 cents. American Book
Company, New York. An edition of this
little story prepared for American stu
dents is very acceptable. for Alarcon is
one of the most popular of modern Span
ish writer's. and this charming novelette,
is in his happiest vein. 1t humorously por-
trays the fate of the grabbed, woman
hating old soldier. nicknamed from his
disposition, THE Choleric Captain" The
style in which it is written is simple, and
the story is admirably suited for class
reading.
1.-THE Story of Little Nell" by Charles
Dickens. Edited with an Introduction by
Jane Gordon. Cloth, 12mo., 357 pages. Price
so cents. American Book Company, New
York This is the latest addition to the
series of Eclectic School Readings. so
widely and favorably know to teachers.
1t comprises the groundwork and much
the larger portion of THE Old Curiosity
Shop" and is given in the present volume
Just as Dickens wrote 1t, but freed from
the various episodes and other passages
originally employed to introduce other
characters. The story, thus abridged and
confined solely to the relation of the pa
thetic adventures Of It's heroine, will, we
are sure, appeal especially to young read
ers.