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DIR. MITCHELLS'S NEW STORY.

The Red City; A Novel OF the Second
Administration of President Washing
ton. BY S. Weir Mitchell. NJ. D. LID.
With Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller.
The Century Company. Publishers, New
York.
This is very fine illustrated edition
of this historical novel, which is, In
fact, continuation of DR.. Mitchell s
former novel, "Hugh Wynne.' 1t is
another of DR.. Mitchell 8 characteris-
tically strong studies of human nature
and human character. The scene of the
story is in Philadelphia while President
Washington was there AS President. 1t
is the romance of a Huguenot emlgre
whose father was wantonly killed at
Avignon by the revolutionists, and who
comes with his widowed mother to
Philadelphia. There he falls in love
with sweet young Quakeress, goes into
the employ of our old friend, Hugh
Wynne, comes in contact with Jetfer-
son, Hamilton, and other public men,
and also with mysterious German and
with Aunt Gainor. who figured so large
story is an account OF the great plague
in Philadelphia. 1t tells the story from
the professional standpoint. When the
English and French factions are embar~
RAISING President Washington, the hero
of the novel becomes mixed up in cabi-
net intrigues and gets in trouble there
on. The story is spirited and valuable
picture of the time of Washington g
presidency, and has much TO do with
him personally. DR.. Mitchell in this
novel has exceeded his previous efforts,
and his admirers will be corresponding
ly elated and his readers edited.
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NEW ENGLAND LIFE.

Cy whittaker's Place. BY Joseph c. LIN
coin. With Illustrations by wallace
Morgan Published by D, Appleton and
Company, New York.
The author of this work has shown
by his "Cap'n Erie, y " Mr.. Pratt;
etc, that he is a great master OF de-
scription of New England life and de
picser of New England character and
thought The high qualities that he has
shown in his works hitherto are brought
into this work in eminent degree. "
Whitaker as 3 boy ran away from his
father and went 10 seu, as many New
England boy did in his day. Returning g
TO the old place after an absence of
thirty years, he finds things much the
same. but the old Cy Whitaker place
is ruinously dilapidated. He makes it
condition, and when he gets estab.
lished, there comes TO him a little girl,
the daughter of a woman whom he
recollects as q winsome young lady who
had done him much grace at 4 country
dance. This little girl quickly estab.
fishes herself in Captain Whitaker s
affections, and presently he finds him.
self right In the whirl of New England
social and political village life. There
ber of Congress, Heman Atkins, who
has been playing fast and loose with
an appropriation for the village port.
Whitaker is made the occasion of much
social gossip and a good deal OF cen
sure He is found in opposition to the
great Atkins when dissipated rascal
comes and claims 10 be the father of
Emmie. the little girl whom Whitaker
has adopted and whom he calls Bos n
There is q school teacher. Miss Dawes
whom the Captain has got into the
school, and she espouses his case very
warmly. In the end and after much
investigation of the mystery, the Cap.
tain comes out triumphant and there
is much JOY universally in the place
everybody having come over IN the
meantime 10 the Captain s side. It is
the pleasantest kind of story. told
with an acuteness and skill altogetheI
cantivatin0
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CRITIoUE OF THE COLLEGES.
The American College: Criticism. By
Abraham Flexner. The Century Co..
Publishers. New York.

The American College: a Criticism. By
Abraham Flexner The Century Co.,
Publishers. New York.
This work seems TO be much need
ed, intelligent, expert criticism OF
American colleges in general, of the
qualifications fixed for entrance TO
them, and Of the work they do. Mr..
Flexner claims that the American col
lego shows weaknesses which its best
friends clearly recognize, and which
should be corrected. He analyses the
educational procedure Of the colleges
from the secondary school to the day
when the bachelors 8 degree is conferred,
and finds many things to repreheud. A
noteworthy presentation is where he
shows the number of candidates ex-
amined and those who passed in ali sub.
lects and those conditioned In from one
10 five or more subjects in Princeton,
Yale, and Harvard He finds that of
the total number Of candidates exam
ined, more than ope-half and In some
cases more than two-thirds are so con-
ditioned. And he argues, tbereupon,
either that the entrance examination
is too stiff or that the college should
live up to it. and require applicants TO
pass And he considers the question
whether colleges, instead of allowing
the students to be kept under the con-
ditions should not rather adapt the sys
tenn to the hoy and not the boy TO the
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MODERN socIALISTIcs.

First and Last Things: a Confession Of
Faith and d Rule of Life Rv H. G.
Wells. Published by c. L. Putnam 8
Sons, New York.
Mr.. Wells is famous writer. one of
great skill, and is man of studious
habits and of deep learning. He is very
deeply imbued with the SociaHstic
ideas theoretically. but apparently he
is suspicious that those idcas will not
work out well in practical form. But
he sets forth IN this book his beliofs.
deductions. and experiences, with great
force and fervor, bur still in a manner
quite free from dogmatic insistence.
The convictions aud ideas which con
stitute his social faith have provided
him with complete guide and rule Of
life. Needless TO say, that rule Of life
is on high plane. and any one fol.
lowing 1t Is not likely TO go amiss. He
discusses man and society. and from his
ideas on them, now concretely and sue
cinctly expressed, havo in the past al.
so flowed from the same pen The eroup
of novels and miscellaneous writings
which have made him famous aud have
proved highly entertaining 10 the world
Mr.. Wells, Of course. rejects much ira.
ditlon, and trusts 10 the higher tendency
of human nature and to the best de.
velopment Of human thought Tor the
working out of the great rules Of life
and OF whatever hope there NAV be for
earning and obtaining a beatific life
in the hereafter. Ii is a book full of
thought and human nature. but withouJ
much spirituality In ii, and still less
Of revealed religion
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oCcULTIsM AND SCIENCE.

Science and Immortalty. BY Sir Oliver
Lodge. +. r. s Published by MoftaL
Yard & Co, New York.
Sir Oliver Lodge is well known as
a devotee Of the occult and the mys.
terious. He seems fully possessed of
the idea that he has at last found the
true way to get behind the veil and
know what is going on on the other
side. Tt is n marvel TO see with what
ferVor and undoubted earnestness he
takes up this idea that he can really
get something substantial in the sort
of quest that he has undertaken. He
lends a sort OF scientific authority also
10 his views that the ordinary investi-
-ator in occult mysteries entirely lacks
In this work the author deals with h >
subject under four general headings:
l., 'Sciepce and Faith -; II. Cor
porate Worship and Service; III,
''The Immortality of the Soul'; VI.
''Science and Christianity. Without
doubt those who are already predis.
posed to the views set forth in this
book will consider II complete proof
of the matters presented; while those
on whom this sort Of thing makes no
impression will dismiss il as OF no I'M
portauce 1t is hardly to be considered
however from the standpoint of either
extreme. IL is not proof of anything,
vet its very earBestneSs and painstak-
ing forbid its dismissal as of no I'M,
portance. It is work OF inquiry, but
no one at present can possibly know
wither this sort of inquiry may event
ually lead
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to the family Of the young hero; the
return Of Corrie and her effort again
to escape. There is the analysis Of the
girl 9 condition by herself; the regret
OF Mrs. Gelkie for having suspected
Corrie; the vulgar, prying curiosity Of
those who have no business to know
what they are trying 20 fnd out; and
by Mr.. Stanton, who has posed as Cor
RES father. She is eminently relieved
by the offer, which shows that he is not
her father after all, and she thanks
God that she is saved that shame And
ehe adds that Stanton is fnothing but
q common thief and cheat" After all,
however, Corrie finds some one who is
not in the least thief or q cheat. un-
less hiding from ner his worser qualities
is cheating and stealing her heart is
being thief. 1t is a nice, gossipy sort
of story, most entertainingly told.
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A NOVEL IMPROVES ON A PLAY.

The Witching Hour. BY Augustus
Thomas. Illustrated from Scenes In the
Play. Harper & Brothers. Publishers.
New York,
This Is another of the now rather
numerous novels that have been con-
structed from plays as shown on the
stage. This one involves the under
lying elements of mystery, hypnotism,
mental suggestion, and the like. Tho
telling points of the drama are we'll
brought out, and altogether the work
is one that the admirers of the play
will no doubt be glad to see. 1t often
happens that a fine novel is sadly
marred by being dramatized, In fact,
we do not know Of any case where
the dramatization of the novel has done
Justice to the novel itself, where the
novel was really worth dramatizing. On
the other hand, novel writer's in ex-
panding and elucidating the drama have
free hand, and the work is almost
certain TO be an Improvement rather
than deterioration. And that is EN-
phatically truo of 1.-The Witching
Hour -
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AN EDITORS VIEW.
Women, Etc: Some Leaves from an
Editors Diary. BY George Harvey.
Harper &. Brothers. Publishers, New
York.

Women. Etc: Some Leaves from an
Editors Diary. BY George Harvey
Harper & Brothers. Publishers, New
York.
This is series of learned essays
from the experience of tho man at the
desk The work is divided into two
parts; the first relating to "Womon, ,,
be Studied by Women, The Greed of
Women HOf Friendship Among
Women" "Of Woman's Right to En-
nance Nature S Charms - son Being
Younger or Older "The Lesson Of
Aspasia, " NOf the Ignorance of Won.
en- in the Management of Men, "0f
Second Wives and Husbands con
Bachelors Should Not be Taxed. +"
1.-The Selection of Husband. "The
Sagacious. Frivolity of Widows, >,
Glove, Fiction, and Learned ladies'
Jealousy as Durable Disease and as
an Admirable Attribute" 4" "The Theory
and Practice of Oscillation, !" 1.-The
American Girls and Boys" "of OBJ
stinacy in Conversation, - " A Plea for
Loquacity. - The Necessity of Woman
Men and Women, "a Decalogue for
Women
The "Etc." part embraces thirty
short essays on miscellaneous subjects,
all written from the standpoint of thor
ough information, ripe experience, and
with remarkable skill in expression.
The author closes his dedication, after
sociable account of how the essays
come 10 be put together and the ac-
acknowledgement that they do not in all
cases consist, with these words: 80 So,
with hearty contempt for the plated
bauble known as consistency, we place
this small aggregation or trifles at the
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THE SUPERIOR CONDITION.

Arcana OF Nature. BY Hudson Tuttle
With an Introduction Giving an Ac.
count OF the Phenomenon OF It's Author
ship, and the Superior ConditI1rl" OF
Andrew jackson Davis, Emanuel
Swedenbors. and other Psychlcs. by
Emnet Densmore, NJ. .. Stiilnan Pub.
lishing Co, New York.
This is a faithful and enthusiastic.
not to say credulous, account Of the
spiritualistic OF occult dojnes of en-.
inent mystics. There is first an ex.
travagant account Of the telepathic
powers Of Emanuel Swedenborg, then
of Andrew Jackson Davis. Hudson Tut.
tie, Cora L. V. Richmond w. J. Col.
vile, and a Joint presentation of Kant
and Swedenborc, with conflicting
teachings and accounts Of various mys.
tics, phases Of inspiration, and charac.
terlstics. and spontaneity of genius.
Then follows ''Arcana of Nature. - or
90 The History and Laws Of Creation. ,,
Of course, in this the author, whether
old or young, male or femals lettered
or unlettered. learned or unlearned, bril-.
liant or stupid, scientific or illiterate,
can have things his own way 1t is
easy enough for one of fancifuI. spec
ulative, and lively imagination to sit
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WRITTEN BY THE TWELVE.

The Whole Family: y Novel By Twelve
Authors. William Dean Howells; Mary
e. wilkins Freeman. Mary aeston
worse, Mary Stewart Cutting. Eilza-
Henry James, Elizabeth stewart Phelps.
Edith Wyatt, Mary z. Shipman An
drews Alice Brown and Henry van
Dyke. Harper Il Brothers, Publishers,
New York,
This is 4 composite novel with a
vengeance. There is, to be sure, sort
OF thread of connection between the
chapters. but each of, the twelve noted
authors writes one of the twelve chap
ters in it, each being an way sep
arate essay. William Dean Howells
writes the opening chapter, 1.-THE
Father" Then follows. "The 0ldMaid
Aunt by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman;
''The Grandmother, by Mary Heaton
Worse; "The Daughter-in;l Law by
Mary Stewart Cutting;- "The School
Girl,'' BY Elizabeth Jordan; ',The Son
in Law by John Kendrick Bangs
1.-THE Married Son." by Henry James;
''Thc Married Daughter, by Elizabeth
Edith WYATT: "The School Boy" by
Mary r. Shipman Andrews; "Peggy, :,
by Alice Brown, and 1.-THE Friend of
the Family by Henry Van Dyke. 1t
is a curious experiment In novel-wrlt-
ing, and will be attractive from Its
very curiousness, There is no discount
on the greatness OF the chapters as
written, but, of course, the idea OF a
real plot with a well-connected story,
consistently conceived and developed, is
out of the question in such composition
as this. The book, however, is one that
will necessarily be much sought after,
because every one viii want to see what
sort of production can issue from TINS
NC1l
we believe. be eminently satisfactory
fo jhe reader
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HAPPY IN ADOPTION.

The Sunny Side Of the Hill BY Rosa
Nouchette Carey. Published by J. B.
Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
This is an English story, where the
Aunt Elizabeth OF the family, having
her property, transmitted by will. go
tied up that she must use 1t for herself
and cannot hel p her brother in his en-
terprises or in his family expenses, has
a certain distinction. However, the
aunt, being a spinster, feels the need Of
q companion, and writes TO her brother
TO send her one Of his daughters The
family canvasses the matter over thor
ly, and finally decides that Maureen is
the only one that can be spared.
Maureen goes accordingly. The result
is her chance in life, and we have a
very fine. novel of. society, of human in
terest, of personal achievement, and OF
great happiness, The story is wrought
out with much skill, and no reader can
be disappointed in it or fail TO appre-
ciate its entertaining quality. It is in
deed ono one Of the best novels of the
season
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FROM THE INNER CIRCLE.

The Distributors. By Anthony Partridge.
The Mcclure Company, Publishers. New
York
This is a work in which a young
American girl finds herself in English
society Of certain class, certain in"
ner circle, as you might say, in which
The ghost legend or cult is supposed to
be predominant. The social affaire Of
this circle move along good deal in
the way Of the ordinary men and wom
en- of fashion and society, mixed with
certain mysteries, including a mysteri-
ous murder where an American agent
is supposed to have been shot through
the heart. There is the usual love-mak-
ing, there are the usual heart burnings,
the usual envies and backbitings, but
all is set forth with candor and with
a skill and entertaining quality that are
altogether admirable. Mr. Partridge
has made distinct success in this
novel, and whether it is his first or not
1--WE have no indication ON the title
Page),. we hope that it may not be his
last: for as an entertainer he has en-
tered the first class.
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A FAIR UNKNOWN.

Corrie who7 By Macmillan Foster. IL
Illustrated by George Brehm. Published
by Small. Maynard & Co. Boston.
The opening chapter in this book
raises the curtain on one Of those siugu-
lar occasions peculiar to New York
City's West Side society, depicting a
Sunday evening at home with her
Mrs. Pinchin There is following this
faithful account of New York West
Side life in which the matter of dealing
with the unenviable position of paid
companion is brought forward. There
is a discussion on the merits Of break
fasting in bed. There is the rage of
the house boss when she finds that her
lock has been tampered with; an ac-
count of what happened when the door
bell of an unknown New York house
was rung; the episode Of her conscience
of coward: the presentation of Corrie
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REVIEWS OF BOOKS

Gown GOV ana tell whai ne en sg.neS aSgd Rud
of course, in so far as nobody knows
anything about it, the stuff cannot be
refuted. But as for this matter, IN
so far as anybody does know about IT.,
it is absolutely unscientific and i'm
possible. We suppose there must be
sort of credulous curiosity in the
minds of great many persons as to
wise they would not be produced in
such numbers and with such ridiculous
assumptions OF veracity and wisdom,
and such an air of finality in the set:
tlement Of all questions, human and
divine
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THE DEVIL MIGHT WRITE


sgil's Note Book. By Oliver gain-
Illustrated by wet" Anderson.
ochrane Publishing CO.. New York.
pbook is made up Of a series of
pms OF essays written to differ
~ appearing in, periodicals from
tIme. The scheme Of il is that
al is writing notes as he visits
'1ses of society in Europe and
and sets down The crimes and
"a the several rulers, including
III Of Russia, the Sultan Of
. and q number Of men and wo.
;s,mlnent IN public life. Not con.
'th THIS, he treats upon the so.
ds and tendencies that are most
.dvantage Of those who are hell
and points very clearly to the
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TWO WORTHY BOOKLETS.

The Chariot Race from Ben-Hur. BY
Lew Wallace. Illustrated by Sigismond
Ivanowski. Harper g. Brothers. Pub
fishers, New York.
This is an edition de luxe of che spec
tacular incident in Lew Wallace's great
novel, ben. Hur' - The embellish-
ments. the binding. the paper, the print,
are all Of such attractive character as
as to leave nothing to be desired, and
the admirers OF General Wallace and
his great work will be refreshed by this
fragment of it set forth in such at
tractive style. The illustrations are
good works Of art, and help materially
the presentations as made.
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BEAUTIFUL JUVENILES.

Christmas Every Day: Story Told a
child By w. u. Howelis. With Illus
trstious and Decorations by Harriet
Roosevelt Richards. Harper e. Brothers
Publishers. New York.
This is surely child S story and an
art gallery ali in one. II is one of the
finest children s books that could be
imagined, and is put forth with all the
art. This is due 10 Mr.. Howells, who
is master story-teller, and whose work
will delight children by the tens OF
thousands all over the world, It is art
in its best form. both in text and pic.
ture Nothing finer could be desired,
or is likely to be produced,
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Bill: Cheerful Dog. Pictures and Verses
by Frederick White. Published by Moi
fat Yard G. Co. New York

A handsome child g book, dedicated
''To All Good and Bad Children and
Four Little Girls. - The hope is that
gooder and the bad better, and the four
little girls just as good and happy as
they can possibly be, There isn't a
doubt but that this will be the tendency
of this special dog. The cover is in
color, and the pictures are lively and
catchy, and are of wonderful variety
and ingenuity. The book ought to make
any child happy, and and,tl the a. edition Will
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feet of most excellent comrade who,
through no fault of her own, happens
to be wife of ours.''
The essays are first-class reading in
every respect, and the author should,
and donhtIess will receive the annTovai
OF a large and discriminating public.
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impossibility of their escape from
damnation. The Devil is especially
forcefu in dealing with that old blk,
King Leopold of Belgium. And he does
not spare other prominent characters
in the least. 1t is a very keen, sar..
castle sort Of work that any one of
mature mind and reflection can read
with much pleasure.
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The Hole Book By Peter Newell Pub
lIshed by Harper 6; Brothers, New York

This is n book illustrated in coIors
and also by the hole that pierces every
page, This hole has various offices TO
perform, and is made TO do the most
curious and varied services. Par, Of
the time it is the mouth of tho boy;
part of the time it punctures an au,
tomobile; part Of the time it is o water
spout; sometimes it plugs melon, and
so on. There is ACCOMMODATING text in
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Pictures. By Estelie NJ. Kerr. Pub
lished by Moffat. Yard & Co. New
York.
The little boy calls "AD Aboard +"
and invites all to 90 with him to
Volendam; tells Of getting on board, of
what occurs then. the different points
of view, what is seen in the doorway,
the wreck of the wooden shoe, tells
all about Trinka, the cruel mothers, of
the carriage. Of the windmills, the tee
ter, Of Monday, of the soldiers, gives
n lullaby, tells of the grandfathers, Of
sights on the canal, of a would.be hero,
and bids Jolly goodbye 1t is all in
excellent FORM, and the little folks are
sure to be captivated by the grace, wit,
humor, and the funny pictures.
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The Boyhood OF Lincoln. BY Eleanor
Atkinson. The Mcclure Company. Pub
fishers, New York

This is report of "reminiscences of
"old Dennis Hanks,'' on his farm in
Northern Illinois. as to what he recol-
iected about Lincoln as boy, as a.
very old at the time. of the converse
ton and yet his talk between maps ia
of the most interesting character The
author has done well TO reproduce it in
the verisimilitude of the surroundings,
OF the Interruptions, and Of the Ian
guage of the old man. 1t is a right in
teresting story. and valuable relic OF
the great President
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system. It is right good, thoughtful
work, and worthy the serious considera-
tion Of all educators.
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rhyme. all set forth in the most catchy
style, and the book is sure to be pleas
ant one for the little folks.