WEEKLY RECORD OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. In this list, the titles in brevier are direct transcriptions from books actually received, according to the rules o the American Library Association; those in nonpareil are from the best information available, and will be repeated in brevier when the book is received for registry. The notes followed by a number are those which are sent out on printed title-slips, as revised by the Library Association authorities; unless bracketed, which means that they have not yet been so revised. Those not followed by a number are on the sole authority of the WEEKLY, and are not included in the title-slip registry. The abbreviations are usually self-explanatory. A colon after initial designates the most usual given name, as: A: Augustus; B: Benjamin C: Charles; D: Daniel; E: Edward; F: Frederic; G: George; H: Henry; I: Isaac: J: John; L: Louis; N: Nicholas; P: Peter; R: Richard; S: Samuel; T: Thomas; W: William. Sizes are designated as follows: F. folio: over 30 centimeters high): Q. (4to: under 30 cm.); O. (8vo: 25 cm.); D. (12mo: 20 cm.); S. (16mo: 171⁄2 cm.): T. (24m0: 15 cm.); Tt. (32m0: 12 cm.); Fe. (48mo: 10 cm.). Sq., obl., nar., designate square, oblong, narrow books of these heights. Where figure instead of letter symbols are used, the record is from publisher's designation, and not measurement. Imported books are marked with an asterisk; authors' and subscription books, or books published at net prices, with two asterisks: educational books published at “wholesale" prices, with a dagger. Balzac, Honore de. Cat and the battledore, and other Cont. general instructions to be observed while exercising relative to clothing, time, etc.; method of using dumbbells and Indian clubs, and the exercises, with figures fully illustrating the different movements; instructions for exercising on the trapeze, suspended rings, in the gymnasium, with quoits, archery, etc.; rules for muscular training, and striking bag exercises. Braddon, Miss M. E. [Mrs. J: Maxwell.] Barbara; or, splendid misery: a novel. N. Y., Harper, 1880. 69 p. Q. (Franklin sq. lib., no. 108.) pap. 15 c. English novel of fashionable life. Bruck, Jul. Bunte Blüthen: Scherz u. Ernst in Versen. N. Y., S. Zickel, 1880. 108 p. S. cl., 50 c.; pap., 30 c. Collection of vers de société by a well-known" man about town." Divided into 2 series, "Lachende Lieder," containing the humorous, and "Herz u. Welt," containing the serious verses. Concludes with a well-rendered translation of Poe's" Raven.' Buell, C: J. The elements of education. Syracuse, N. Y., Davis, Bardeen & Co., 1880. 25 p. T. pap., 15 c. Paper read before the Alumni of the State Normal and Training school at Cortland, N. Y., June 30, 1879, and pub. by request. Cincinnati. Album of Cincinnati: 20 views. Cin., M. & R. Burgheim, 1879. 8°. cl., 50 c. Cincinnati. Der Führer von Cincinnati: Wegweiser durch die Stadt u. Umgebung. 3d ed. Cin., M. & R. Burgheim, 1879. 288 p. 8°. cl., $1.50. Cincinnati. Guide map of Cincinnati, Covington, Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Ludlow and Bromley, with street directory. 4th ed. Cin., M. & R. Burgheim, 1879. 12°. pap., 25 c. Codman, J: Free ships. 2d ed. [also] Review of the plans of Senator Blaine and Secretary Sherman for the restoration of the Amer. carrying trade. N. Y., G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1880. 54 p. D. (Economic monographs, no. 6.) pap., 25 c. An argument in favor of the free importation of ships. Cook-book for Lent: receipts for preparation of dishes without flesh meat, suited to all seasons of the year. N Y., Benziger Bros., 1880. 64 p. 16°. flex. cl., 25 c. Cooke, Sydney G. Politics and schools: the President's address; del. at annual meeting of the Assoc. of School Commissioners and City Superintendents of State N. Y., at Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1879. Syracuse, N. Y., Davis, Bardeen & Co., 1880. 23 p. D. pap., 25 C. A defence of our public schools, as they are, and not merely as they might be. Denslow, V. B. Modern thinkers, principally upon Deutsch-Amerikanischer Familien Kalender, 1880. Farrar, F: W:, D.D. Life and work of St. Paul. Complete in 1 v. N. Y., E. P. Dutton & Co., 1880. 20+ 781 p. maps, O. cl., $3. See note in P. W., Sep. 27. '79 [402]. New issue, complete in one v. Fowler, W: Worthington. Twenty years of inside life in Wall St.; or, revelations of the personal experience of a speculator. N. Y., Orange Judd Co., 1880. 576 p. il. O. cl., $1.50. Published in 1870, under the title of "Ten years in Wall St.;" as now issued it contains much additional matter bringing the sketches of the prominent brokers of Wall St. up to date; also "sketches of the great rises and panics, the mysteries of the rings, pools and corners, and how fortunes are made and lost on 'Change." Author a grandson of Noah Webster. Froude, Ja. Ant. Nemesis of faith. Chicago, Ill., Bel- Hodgson, Jos. Cradle of the Confederacy; or, the times Hooper, Lucy Hamilton. Under the tricolor; Chiefly descriptions of the life of to-day in the American colony in Paris, introducing under fictitious names wellknown wealthy Americans figuring there; grouped around a slight thread of a love story. La Rame, Louise de. [“ Ouida."] Moths: a novel. Phil., J. B. Lippincott, & Co., 1880. 525 p. D. cl., $1.25. Aims to depict the immorality of fashionable European society of the present time; scenes laid in France and Russia chiefly; characters, a Russian Prince, a celebrated high-born English woman who marries her daughter to the tenor, a wealthy American girl who marries a duke, and a Russian Prince, and whose frivolities and flirtations occupy Manual of the black scapular of the Passion: meditations This work, prepared by the Commissioner of Indian affairs, 1853-1857, and Chairman of the Sioux Commission of 1876, places before the public such facts regarding the wrongs done our Indians as may afford a solution of our numerous Indian troubles and complications and enlist public sympathy in measures of reform and aid suggested, by the writer. Marshall, Emma. A chip of the old block: story of Lionel King, of Kingsholme Court. N. Y., Rob. Carter & Bros., 1880. 121 p. il. S. cl., 50 c. Story for young people; the details of a heroic life. Meade, L. T. The children's kingdom: story of a great endeavor. N. Y., Rob. Carter & Bros., [1880]. 8+ 338 p. il. D. cl., $1.50. Story of a young boy's endeavor to do right in spite of many adverse circumstances; characters, six young people and their parents, who have been forced through poverty to give up an estate in Ireland and live in London; the "children's kingdom" is their attic play-room, sacred to themselves, their amusements and consultations. Meigs, J. Forsyth, M.D. On the internal use of water for the sick, and on thirst: clinical lecture, at Penna. Hospital, Oct. 25, 1879. Phil., Lindsay & Blakiston, 1880. 54 p. D. pap., 25 c. Advocating the giving of water to thirsty patients in fever, etc.; illustrated by histories of cases, where the patients have suffered and died from a want of water to allay thirst. Mill, J: Stuart. Socialism and utilitarianism. Chicago, Ill., Belfords, Clarke & Co., 1880. 300 p. 12°. cl., $1.25. Mulholland, Rosa. The story of Jesus simply told for the young; with pref. by Rev. R: Brennan. N. Y., Benziger Bros., 1880. 172 p. il. sq. 16°. cl., $1. Mussestunden: Geschichten u. Bilder zur Unterhaltung u. Belehrung im häusslichen Kreise. Cin., M. & R. Burgheim, 1879. 133 p. 8°. cl., $1. New chance acquaintance: a trifle, served up on twelve plates. Bost., A. Williams & Co., 1880. 18 p. 16°. pap., 25 C. Paine, T: Complete political works. Chicago, Ill., Belfords, Clarke & Co., 1880. 450 p. 12°. cl., $1.50. Paine, T: Complete theological works; with biog. sketch by Calvin Blanchard. Chic., Ill., Belfords, Clarke & Co., 1880. 450 p. 12°. cl., $1.50. Perry, Rev. J. Practical sermons for all the Sundays and holidays of the year. Ist ser., new ed. N. Y., Benziger Bros., 1880. 398 p. 16°. cl., $1.20. Ryan, Rev.-. Poems. Mobile, Ala., John L. Rapier & Co., 1880. 264 p. por. 8°. cl., **$2.50. Stretton, Hesba. A thorny path. [New issue.] N. Y., J. S. Ogilvie & Co., 1880. 30 p. Q. (The Sunday lib. no. 12.) pap., 10 c. Smithsonian Institution. Journals of the board of regents, reports of committees, statistics, etc., ed. by W: J. Rhees. Washington, D. C., Smithsonian Institution, 1879. 7+844 p. O. (Smithsonian miscellaneous coll., 329.) cl. Smithsonian Institution. Scientific writings of Ja. Smithson, ed. by W: J. Rhees. Washington, D. C., Smithsonian Institution, 1879. 7+159 p. por. O. (Smithsonian miscellaneous coll., 327.) pap. Smithsonian Institution. Visitors' guide to Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., Judd & Detweiler, 1880. 96 p. il. O. pap., 35 c. Catalogue of the Smithsonian collection, with descriptive notes. Société Française d'Hygiène, Paris. Hygiene and education of infants; or, how to take care of babies, by the society committee: R. Blache, Ladreit de Lacharrière, Ménière (d'Angers); tr. by G: E. Walton, M.D. Cin., Rob. Clarke & Co., 1880. 4+72 p. T. pap., 25 C. Tr. of a recent work, ed. and published by the Société Française d'Hygiène of Paris; it tells the young mother, in a pleasing and accurate way, all that is necessary to know concerning the minute details of a baby's life; how to clothe it, feed it, etc. Stark, Ja. H. Illustrated history of Boston harbor. Bost., A. Williams & Co., 1879. 167 p. il. and map, 16o. pap., 35 C. Stearns, Jonathan F., D.D. Bedford sesquicentennial celebration, Aug. 27, 1879: historical discourse; [also] A sketch of the celebration. Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1879. 85 p. O. pap., 35 c. Oration delivered at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Bedford, Mass. Swan, Jos. R. Treatise on law arising before justices of the peace and in business transactions, as administered in courts of record in Ohio and under the revised statutes of 1880; with practical forms. 4th ed. Cin., Rob. Clarke & Co., 1880. 27+ 1002 p. 8°. shp., net, $6. Welcome baby: poems for the young. Fost., A. Williams & Co., 1880. 12 p. obl. 16°. (tied with ribbon) pap., 35 c. Whipple, J: Free trade in money, the great and principal cause of fraud, poverty and ruin; stringent usury laws the best defence of the people against hard times: answer to Jeremy Bentham; [also] Letters on the same subject from Nahum Capen to R. H. Gillet and Edmund Burke; articles on the power of interest, weights and measures, the usury laws of the different States; introd. by Nahum Capen. 4th ed. Bost., A. Williams & Co.; N. Y., Ja. Miller, 1880. 18+62 p. O. pap., 25 c. Williams, Joshua. Principles of law of real property, intended as a first book for students in conveyancing. 5th Am. from 12th Lond. ed., with notes by W: H. Rawle and J. T. Mitchell, and add. notes by E. C. Mitchell, LL. D. Phil., T. & J. W. Johnson & Co., 1880. 570 p. 8°. shp., $5. Wood, H. C., M.D. Brain-work and over-work. Phil., Presley Blakiston, 1880. 3-126 p. S. (Amer. health primers, ed. by W. W. Keen, M.D., no. 10.) cl., 50 c. Popular manual on the causes which produce diseases of the brain, generally attributed to an overplus of brain-work; with practical advice how to avoid them. Chapters on : General causes of nervous trouble; Work; Rest in labor; Rest in recreation; Rest in sleep. T. &. J. W. JOHNSON & Co., Phil. Williams, Law of real property, 5th ed.... 5.00 ORANGE JUDD Co., N. Y. ...... 1.50 A. WILLIAMS & Co., Boston. New chance acquaintance... Fowler, Twenty years of inside life in 25 35 35 25 .50 C.; 30 ANNOUNCEMENTS OF FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS. RESOLVED, That this Convention recognize the PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY as the established organ of the entire trade, and recommend it to publishers as the medium through which they should make their “ announcement" of books they propose to publish, and the full title of all books immediately on publication.-AMERICAN BOOK-TRADE ASSOCIATION. Thousand flashes of French wit, wisdom and wickedness, coll. and tr. by L. G. J. de Finod. Rodman the keeper: southern sketches, by Constance Fenimore Woolson, 8°. Recollections and opinions of an old pioneer, by Peter H. Burnett, 12°. Memoirs of Madame de Rémusat, vol. 3, completing the work, early in March. The life of his royal highness the Prince Consort, by Theodore Martin, vol. 5, 12°, completing the work. Appletons' annual cyclopædia, and register of important events of the year 1879, new series, vol. 4 (whole series, vol. 19), 8°. Search for winter sunbeams, by Hon. S. S. Cox, new ed. il., 12°. The life and words of Christ, by Cunningham Geikie, D.D., new ed. (from the same pl. as the 2 vol. il. ed.), 8°, $1.50. Fourteen sermons by the late William Rollinson Whittingham, late Bishop of Maryland, selected since his death, and published by request, 12°. Appletons' cyclopædia of applied mechanics: dictionary of Ceremonial institutions, by Herbert Spencer, vol. 2. pt. 4, LEE & SHEPARD, Boston. first The exodus of the children of Israel, by Francis H. Underwood. LITTLE, BROWN & CO., Boston. Browne on the statute of frauds, 4th ed. PETER PAUL & BRO., Buffalo, N. Y. Addresses, speeches and miscellanies on various occasions from 1854 to 1879, by James O. Putnam, 430 p., 8°, cl. PORTER & COATES. Phila. Memoirs of Louis Kossuth. The romance of a brave man, by Edmond About. J. M. STODDART & CO., Phila. Reminiscences of the stage, by James E. Murdoch. HENRY A. SUMNER & CO., Chicago. Odette's marriage: a novel, by Albert Delpit, tr. from the Revue des Deux Mondes. PETER G. THOMSON, Cincinnati. Bibliography of the State of Ohio: catalogue of the books and pamphlets rel. to the history of the State,with collations and bibliographical and critical notes, together with prices at which many of the books have been sold at the principal public and private sales since 1860, and a complete index by subjects, by Peter G. Thomson, roy. 8°, cl.. $8; hf. mor., $10. (By subscription.) WARD & DRUMMOND, N. Y. Hints and helps to a Christian life, by Rev. Wayland Hoyt. In the volume of the book, Rev. G. F. Pentecost, new and rev. ed. |