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and obedience from the natives There are excellent illustrations by George Gibbs and E. W. Deming. Price sl1o; for sale by all booksellers
 Eliza" by Barry Pain, published by Dana Estes and Company, Boston, is delightfully."- amusing book, sprightly and readable from title-page to back cover. The droIlery of the situations and the wit of the dialect, combine to make story that has all the freshness and originality of the best American humor. although the setting is English and the scene of the plot is laid in Lon- don. Eliza is the wife of the young husband that narrates, in the first per- son, his domestic and marital experi- ences. He is a good fellow, but has a thoroughly British appreciation of his own importance and of the subordinate role which he expects Eliza to play. That excellent girl, however, rises to the top in every clash of wills and con fiict of plans, though her husband al- ways fails to see that he is conquered. His patronage of the clever Eliza is ir- resistibly funny. While the humor is delicate rather than broadly farcical, Eliza's husband has as many mishaps as any hero of comedy. Through his good qualities. not the least of which is his imperturbable self-complacency, he survives them all. The chapters are all short. Among the best are those about Eliza's mother, the Mopworth's Annual Party, the Quarrel with the Pagrams, the. Mushroom, the Penwi- per and the Day Off. The story is well suited fora holiday gift, and is just the thing for long winter evenings en- joyment. This .is the first and only American edition of book that has sold over sixty thousand copies in Eng land. The cover design is strikingly effective and is by Wallace Goldsmith. Price 75 cents; for sale by all book sellers.
 Larry the Wanderer," or the Rise of a Nobody is by Edward Stratemeyer; illustrated by A. B. Shute. It is a plain tale of everyday life, written especial ly for boys and girls who do not care particularly for stories with a histori- cal or geographical background. Larry | is a youth who has been knocked around from pillar to post for a num- Der of years. He knows nothing about i himself. where he came from, or where he belongs. He is bit rough in his ways. but beneath this rude exterior is a heart of gold. By the merest acci- dent he becomes a boat-boy, and earns his living by catching fish. At the lake he meets people who have had much to do with his past, and have likewise much to do with his future; and the unraveling of the curious mystery which surrounds the lads identity makes reading that no young folks VIII tcare to miss. A story of good moral tone, and quite out of the ordinary. Price $1. Lee & Shepard, Boston, pub fishers; for sale by all booksellers.
 Two Young Inventors, the story of the flying boat, is by Ayah Kerr, au- thor of Young Heroes of Wire and Rail,,' and is published by Lee & Shep- ard, Boston. Here is a rattling good story. Mr. Kerr, whose service as tel egraph operator and train-despatcher I in former years enables him to deal with exciting matters of real life in a
 thorough, accurate manner, has writ ten a tale of mystery, mechanism and getting on in the world that will be a
 boys fayorite for years. Two youths, both born inventors. make each others s acquaintance as the result of misfor- tunes attending a Minnesota cyclone. Their efforts to perfect a fying-boat, that shall not only skim the water, but rise into the air, result in the securing of mechanical education, and finally, after an exciting adventure, in which they render important service in the
 North Shore railroad, they are reward led by positions in the engineering de- partment The clearing up of a mys- | terry concerning the identity of one of
 the youths forms part Q the story. Much mechanical information is given, and the story inculcates the importance
 of being practical rather than visiona- ry. MT. Kerr has solved the problem
 of a book that shall be intensely exci- ting and yet thoroughly wholesome.
 The book Is attractively illustrated; price SIPS; for sale by all booksellers.
 Making the Nine" is the second vol ume of the Phillips Exeter Series" by "A. T. Dudley. It is illustrated by Charles Copeland and by Exeter views, land is published by Lee & Shepard,
 Boston. A leading boys athletic
 book of last season was the great foot
 ball story, Following the Ball." which also had the distinction of so fine a
 spirit in it's development of the hero's
 school life that not only the boys, but their elders were enthusiastic over it. Its cordial reception has led to this sec ond book, in which baseball is suffi- I ciently prominent to suggest the title. It is a pleasure for publisher to pre- sent such a book as this, in every way IWorthy to continue. the success of the previous volume. The special points of excellence are. that the story is lively and worth telling, and the life present. led is that of q real school, interesting, diversified and full of striking incl dents, while the characters are true and consistent types of American boy haod and Unl1th The athletics are