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the memory and the ina gination with de-
leht. II recalls Francis Bacon and Baron
parks and Traddles and Serj .ant Bu1fnl,
mixed associations. il is trr". but pleasant
ones j. recalls DR. Johnson. too. and Tom
Pinch. among memories that are not of the
Law. Mr.. Pello's Book, we learn. il the
first thai treats Of the Temple as a whole.
II does it, work thoroughly. dealing not
only W.T. n The history. hut With all its Ner-
airy and other associations. " i- = guild.
book AZ well. for any ore Who is lucky
enough TO stray into the Temple precincts
and 20 know where he is The volume s
gotten mp very pre,tily With many illus
trative pictures.
The archaeological discoveries Of the
last score of years have wholly revolu-
tionizei our ideas of the early history Of
the Euphrates Valley. There was room,
consequently. for a new History Of the
Bahylonlans and Assyrians" such as Prof
George stephen Goodspeed OF the Uni
versity Of chicago has written Charles
Scribners Sons. II is written in the light
of the cuneiforn inscriptions that have
been discovered in Babylonia and Assyria
and is Told lucidly and appreciation ~. II
is q necessary aid 10 modern Bible study.
We are particularly grateful TO Prof. Good
speed for not Disgusting in the new.fangled
spellings the names Of old acquaintance
such as Nebuchadnezzar and Senpacherib
and Belshazzar and Sardanapslus.
A valuable addition to I he student :
| apparatus for the study Of the queer fl
nancial experiments Of early New Eng
land i- made by the documents published
| by Nj Andrew Mcfarland Davis in Tracts
| Relating 10 the Currency Of Massachusetts
BAY" tHoughton, Mffiin & Coz The
| rare pamphlets included in the collection
| there are eighteen Of them-are difficult
| Of access. They range from -Severals
Relating to the Fund 1882, to Some Pro-
| po>als 10 Benefit the Province" 1920. and
are edited with faithful adherence to the
spelling and other peculiarities Of the
originals Facsimiles OF the title pages
are provided, and Mr.. Davis annot ates
the pamphlets learnedly and luminousy.
| Mr.. Archer Butler Hurlbert sends a
second volume Of the Historic Highways
| of America" series. Indian Thorough.
| fares" The Arthur H. Clark Company
| Cleveland In il lie trGs es and describes
methodcally the chief Indian trails leading
asst and west to the Ohio Valley and the
! paths in that valley az least IA far west
As Detroit. that went north and south az
well as those to the west. There is much
curious antiquarian and geographic lore
in the little volume, which is distinct ad
| di'ion TO the store of American history.
Chicago great and cultured as it is. is
not 20 old but what living men remember
its earlier days Mr. Edward o. Gale
in his "Reminiscences Of Early Chicag go
(Fleming II. kevell Coz is unable to g
back as far az the establishment Of Fort
Dearborn, but he remembers the Athens
of Lake Michigan when ii was village
Of a few hundred inha bi,ants. His Iecol
lections will be of interest TO Chicag
they might be of interest TO others il ther'
were less of Mr.. Gale and his friends il
them and more Of the real life of Chica go
At the end Mr. Gale, like Slas Wegg, kindl!
drops into poetry Of his own.