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jects by Mr. James Huneker. VIII be published
March Il by the Scribuers. Among the varied
themes treated by Mr.. Huneker are Richard
Strauss" "Parsifal." Literary Men Who Loved
Music" "Auarchs Of Art" "Nietzsche. the Rhap-
sodist" and The Eternal Feminine" The book
is dedicated 10 Richard Strauss. as "a music
maker OF individual style. a supreme master OF
the orchestra, an anarch OF art"
We have received from the Government Print
ing Office 1T Washington the seventeenth vol
ume of the first series Of the Official Records
Of the Union and Confederate Navies in the
War OF the Rebellion" This volume gives the
record OF the operations OF the Gulf Blockadng
SQUADRON from December Is, 1861. to February
q. 1SG2, and of the East Gulf BlockadinB
Squadron from February 30. 1862. TO July L.
1865. Apart from the value OF this publication
as an official history It viii be found that many
OF the reports herein included provide most in
teresting reading The volume IS Illustrated
with numerous maps and pictures Of thu yes
sells engaged in the work Of blockade
II is now said that even the Appetons the
publishers OF the now anonymous novel Il: In
Which a Woman Tells the Truth About Her
self" have no idea OF the identity Of the author.
The manuscript. It appears. came to them
through a friend OF the writer, and this friend
has conducted all the negotiations incident to
publication.
MI. James BaIdwin's The Wonder Book OF
/ Horses" published by The Century Company.
! comprises a number Of stories from his larger
work The Horse Fair" adapted for youthful
| readers Altogether there are eighteen tales.
none Of which are dull. while all are IN sense
educational Bucephaus. Grihen. Al Borak.
! Rakush Broiefort. Rozinante and the famous
/ horse Of Troy among the wonderful steeds
whose doings are briefly chronicled here. The
work viii serve as capital introduction to the
literature that has immortalized these horses.
breaking Into Society" is the title Of a col
lection Of new fables by George AIDE. published
! by the Harpers.
The Fleming II. Reven Company mas just
! sent Dr. Arthur J. Browns New Era In the
Philippines" to press for another edition. The
/ work has been revised and corrected in accord
! ance with the latest statistics available. This
will be ITS third edition.
DR.. Isidore Singers Russia the Bar of
| American People" CThe Funk * Wagnalls Com
| pany) is the latest contribution to the Judeo-
Russian question. 1t includes a history Of the
| Kishineff petition and speeches on the problem
| by many eminent men,
In The Standard OF Pronunciation in English
! Garper & Bros) Professor T. r, Lounsbury
| seeks to prove that there never has been and
| never can be undisputed standard Of pro-
| nunciation for the English language. He also
! traces the history Of the pronouncins dictionary,
| from John Walker and Thomas Sheridan down
/ ward.
wisdom and the Jewish Apocryphal Writ
| ings" and ''Tobit and the Babylonian Apocryphal
! Writings" are additional volumes in The
| Temple Bible" published in this country by the
| J. B. LIppincott Company The former is edited
| by Mr. w Z. Stevenson and the latter by DR..
| A H Sayce. Each has a scholarly interpreta-
| tive and critical introduction TO The Temple
| Series OF Bible Characters and Scripture Hand
books" have been added Joseph and the Land
OF Egypt" by Professor Sayce; Joshua and the
Palestinian Conquest" by Professor w. II.
Bennett. and The Twelve Apostles" By Mr.
George Mnligan. The three writers contrive to
compress great deal of illuminative informa-
tion in small compass.
The literary department of d. Appleton & Co
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