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pleted, for there is younger q. H. Furness
who is also a Shakespeare scholar and VINO
may take up the task when DIR. Furness
lays down the pen.
The fundamental book on which the
modern science Of political economy has
i,een built, Adam Smiths AN Inquiry into
the Nature and Causes Of the Wealth OF
Nations" has been edited in very attrac-
tive form, in two volumes, by DR.. Edwin
Canaan (Methuen d Co.; G. p. Putnam's
Sons). The text is that OF the fifth edition
with variants from the earlier editions;
the editor supplies notes OF his own In
addition to Adam Smiths, an introduction
elaborate marginal summaries OF the
several paragraphs, and full indexes, Inc
chief value Of the book, however, is that 1t
supplies an authoritative text OF an
economic classic.
A delightful book, whose charm remains
undimmed by years. Mary Russell Mitford's
Our Village" is issued In very pretty
volume by J. NJ. Dent 4 Co. and E. P. button
A Co. 1t makes one Of the best holiday
gifts imaginable Mr.. c. E. Brooks colored
illustrations are pretty, but are as much
lacking in feeling for his author as were
his pictures for the Thackeray edition.
The main charm Of Prof. Barrett Wen
dells Literary History OF America lay
in the ingenious self-revelation OF the
author Much Of this has been cut out
OF the abridged edition prepared for schools
Nv Prof. Wendell and Mr.. Chester Noyes
Greenouah with the title "A History OF
Literature in America" Charles Serb
ner's Sons). An astounding variety OF
n inf n1nda
school curriculum, and probably all human
knowledge, cut into high school or into
kinde rgarten measure, will find Its place
there. What need or use there may be Tor
teaching in schools the history OF literature
in America apart from English literature
we do not see, nor how it Is consistent with
the reverence due to youth to place before
it Prof WendeD's sallies.
Literature takes stran &c forms nowadays,
and possibly some persons may like to carry
around favorite poems in the guise OF little
account books That Is the shape OF the
.yest Pocket Series" issued by G. P. Put
MANS Sons, in gilt edged thin volumes
hound in limp leather. Six Of these have
come TO us, Robert Burns's tam O'Shan-
terr and sThe Cotter's Saturday Night, v
oliver Golosmiths THE Deserted Village.
Tennyson's sLocksley Hail. Browning's
aThe Last Ride" and the inevitable "Ru-
baiyat Of Omar Khayyam. The size OF
the books is ~ by 81 inches, and the text
is printed lengthwise instead OF across the
page. w
conventional shape, a miniature quarto,
il also published by @. P. Putnam's Sons
under the name Of THE Ariel Booklets. v
These are chiefly classics, and good deal
Of matter Is contained in the prettily printed
pages enclosed in limp leather covers.
The half dozen that have come to us are:
Swift's "A Voyage to Llliput, De La Motto
Fououe's "Undine." Washington Irving's
aold Christmas. Robert Browning's Christ
mas Eve and Easter Day King James rs
"A Counterblaste to Tobacco and Miss
Edaevorth's Castle Rackrent," to which
are Joined some of the Irish tales by John
and Michael Banirn.
Five ohildren's books compiled and
written q quarter Of a century ago by the
Raw. Edward Everett Hale have been re-.
published by Little, Brown d Co.. with H.
iuutrstions, and two Of the volumes. Stories
OF Discovery and Stories Of Adventure. +"
have come to US. DR.. Hale's idea was to
make the disooverers, adventurers and
oti,ers tell their own stories. The con-
nsctine narrative has the merit Of enthus-
rotA