CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS' New and Popular Books for Summer Reading. I. The Poetical Works of Richard Henry Stoddard. With Portrait. One vol., 8vo, extra cloth, pp. 512, $4. "The eminent place of Mr. Stoddard among American poets has been won by the long cultivation of rare natural gifts, combining high creative power of imagination, delicate and subtle fancies, a quick sense of poetic beauty, a singular aptitude for pensive and even solemn contemplation, and an instinctive tendency to transfigure the experience of life into artistic imagery, and tender, graceful, and suggestive expression. Not many of our living poets have united, to so great a degree, the endowments of original genius, with a reverent obedience to the claims of classical art. Some of his lighter pieces are as exquisitely dainty as the dew which sparkles in the morning grass; but the prevading tone of his poems is that of deep reflection, no less than of chaste and vigorous expression. The collection of his works in the present appropriate and beautiful form is but a just tribute to his high position, and will tend to enchance the brightness of his fame."-Dr. Ripley in the New York Tribune. 66 II. Louisiana. By FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT, author of "That Lass o' Lowrie's," Haworth's," etc. One vol., 12mo, with a Frontispiece, $1.25. "Louisiana,' though less of a work than 'That Lass o' Lowrie's,' or, Haworth's,' is equal to the former and superior to the latter in artistic quality. The characters are engaging, their traits are skillfully drawn, and the contrast which they afford is sharply defined; the situations are well conceived, the locale is comparatively untrodden, and the motive altogether fresh."-The Christian Union. Loiterings in Pleasant Paths. ¡III. By MARION HARLAND, author of "Common "Those who are going abroad will find this volume a delightful companion by the way; while those who are com pelled to stay at home will find in it the best possible subsitute for the pleasure of foreign travel."--N. Y. Evangelist. Rudder Grange. IV. By FRANK R. STOCKTON. One vol., 16mo, paper, 60 cents; cloth, $1.25. Humor like this is perennial."-Washington Post. A new and enlarged edition "There is in these chapters a rare and captivating drollery."-Congregationalist. "Rudder Grange is an ideal book to take into the country for summer reading."-Portland Press. "The charm of these nearly perfect stories, lies in their exquisite simplicity, and most tender humor.”—Philadelphia Times. "Mr. Stockton has rare gifts for this style of writing, and has devoloped in these papers remarkable genius.”—Pittsburg Gazette. BOOKS FORIA LEISURE HOUR. Theophilus and Others. By MARY MAPES Dodge. A book for older readers. One vol., 12mo, $1.50. Old Creole Days. By GEORGE W. CABLE. One vol., 12mo, $1. Saxe Holm's (Stories. Two Series. Each, one Original Plays. By W. S. GILBERT, author of "Bab From the Lakes of Killarney to the Gold- From Egypt to Japan. By HENRY M. FIELD, The Witchery of Archery. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S Illustrated. A Complete Manual of Archery. By MAURICE THOMPSON. One vol., small 12m0, $1.50. SCRIBNER'S SONS, Publishers, Nos. 743 and 745 Broadway, New York. NEW SUMMER BOOKS. THROUGH THE LIGHT CONTINENT; or, The United States in 1877-78. By WILLIAM SAUNDERS. Demy 8vo, cloth, new and cheaper edition, $2.50. "A very ably written, exhaustive work on the resources of the United States."-Daily Telegraph. Mr. Saunders' Book is exhaustive, and has a permanent value. In fine, there are few chapters in the book from which an American may not obtain both instruction and food for reflection."-New York Nation. WOMAN'S WORK AND WORTH. In Girlhood, Maidenhood, and Wifehood. Illustrations of Woman's character, duties, rights, position, influence, responsibilities, and opportunities, with hints on self-culture, and chapters on the higher education of women. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS, author of "Dictionary of English Literature." 551 pages, crown 8vo, cloth extra, $2.50. CONTENTS: Chapter I. Woman as the Mother. II. Woman as the Wife. III. Woman as Maiden. IV. Woman in the World of Letters. V. Woman in the World of Art. VI. Woman as the Heroine, Enthusiast, and Social Reformer. VII. The Higher Education of Women. VIII. Employment for Educated Women. "A volume which should give comfort to all who are laboring for the elevation of woman, and which is adapted to contribute to the entertainment and the knowledge of readers of either sex. One can hardly open the pages anywhere without finding something suggestive and readable.”—Boston Journal. "Every woman and every girl desirous of self-improvement, and interested in knowing what other women have accomplished, should possess a copy of this work, which is one of the most comprehensive of the kind published, and is written in a style which makes it more interesting than a novel.”—Demorest's Monthly. FAMILIAR WILD-FLOWERS. By F. E. HULME, F.L.S., F.S.A., Art Master at Marlborough College. With forty COLORED PLATES from Nature, and reproduced on separate Plate Paper in the form of Chromo-Lithography. First Series, handsomely bound in cloth, with emblematic design in colors on side, gilt edges, $5. The text which accompanies each plate gives a description of the flower, and a variety of interesting information respecting it; and the volume contains, in addition, a concise scientific summary of the characteristics, habits, locality, etc., of each of the plants described. The colored figures are exquisitely beautiful; they are more like finished paintings than prints, and the appearance of the work is elegant throughout.”—Gardener's Magazine, England. "The binding is of the most elegant character, not grand, but perfectly chaste and lovely. Within are given forty full-page illustrations of wild-flowers, superbly colored after nature, and accompanied with brief and interesting descriptions. We predict for the book a wide popularity."-Boston Home Journal. THE PRACTICAL PIGEON-KEEPER. BY LEWIS WRIGHT, author of "The Illustrated Book of Poultry," "The Practical Poultry-Keeper," etc., etc. With numerous illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.50. In this work the same plain and practical character has been preserved which obtained for the "Practical Poultry-Keeper" such a wide popularity. The object has been to get the greatest amount of practical information on practical points into the smallest space. THE SPORTSMAN'S YEAR-BOOK FOR 1880. Containing a digest of information relating to the origin and present position of British Sports, Games, and Pastimes. Edited by J. KEITH ANGUS. 272 pages, 8vo, cloth, $2.50. "A new annual which will be welcomed by sportsman and journalist alike. The rapid extension of sports of all kinds has rendered a work of this nature an indispensable adjunct to all libraries."-Forest and Stream. "The 'Sportsman's Year-Book' is very interesting, as it gives descriptions of various games, with brief sketches of how they originated; also records of remarkable performances in all popular sports, with a fund of general information interesting to athletes and sportsmen."-Boston Herald. THE PRACTICAL RABBIT-KEEPER. By "Cuniculus," assisted by several eminent fanciers. Fully illustrated. Uniform with "The Practical Poultry-Keeper" and Practical Pigeon-Keeper." Crown 8vo, cloth, $1.50. In this work the distinguishing features which have rendered the companion books so popular is preserved while the mass of practical information given will render it an invaluable companion and work of reference for all who keep rabbits for pleasure or profit. THE FIELD NATURALIST'S HAND-BOOK. By the Rev. J. G. WOOD and THEODORE WOOD. 8vo, cloth extra, $2. This new work embraces a full list of the Plants, Eggs, Insects, and Birds found in each successive month of the year, and furnishes a valuable practical Guide to the Field Naturalist in the three favorite Departments of Entomology, Field Botany, and Egg-Collecting. A YEAR'S COOKERY. Giving Dishes for Breakfast, Luncheon, and Dinner for every day in the year, with practical instructions for their preparation. By PHILLIS BROWNE, author of "CommonSense Housekeeping." Second edition, now ready. Cloth gilt, $2. "A capital household book for any mother of a family whose income comes under the term 'moderate.'"-Graphic. "A really unique cookery-book."-Liverpool Post. This is, without exception, the best book of its kind we ever saw."-Victoria Magazine. For sale by all Dealers. Send for Complete Catalogue. CASSELL, PETTER, GALPIN & CO., London, Paris, and 596 Broadway, New York. DODD, MEAD & COMPANY'S LATEST PUBLICATIONS. E. P. ROE'S NEW BOOK. SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS. One elegant octavo volume, 312 pages. Printed by Francis Hart & Co. With nearly 100 Illustra tions, from designs by Gibson, Mary Hallock Foote, Sheppard, Winslow Homer, Jessie Curtis, Kappes, and others. Cloth, extra, bevelled boards, $5.1 Liberal outlines of this work, with its illustrations, appeared in Scribner's Magazine; but the larger scope afforded by the book has enabled the author to treat many subjects for which there was no space, and also to give his views more fully concerning topics touched upon in the serial. Mr. Roe has thus aimed to give, in an attractive and at the same time a thoroughly practical form, the full result of his extensive knowledge and experience in this field. The result is a book which, while indispensable to practical fruit-growers, will be of especial value to every owner of a country home. By the same author, and introducing many of the same characters: ALASKA. By the Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D.D. I vol., 12mo, with Map, Portrait, and nearly 100 Illustrations, $1.50. ADVENTURES IN PATAGONIA. A Missionary's Journal of Exploration. By RevTitus Coan. I vol., with Map, Portrait, $1.25. DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK. VIEW ON THE NAVESINK, NEPTUNE CLUB-HOUSE IN THE DISTANCE. (Harper's Monthly.) SUMMER AGAIN! | New Race," or investigate with curiosity "The Tragedy of the Unexpected." Musing thoughtfully on "The Immortal Life," or communing 66 DING-A-LING! the curtain is rung down on the crowded scene, the entr'acte is announced, vacation time is here again. The sweet girl-with "English Men of Letters," we may tread graduates have spoken their flower-laden valedictories, the newly fledged alumnus has received his titled sheepskin, the business man closes his eyes to the spectres of an unbalanced ledger, the careful housewife clothes her cherished Penates in their holland shrouds, and hurrying from the cares and worries of the work-day world, by boat and rail, with modest handbag or portentous Saratogas, each day new trains of summer pilgrims seek their respective havens of rest. Swinging lazily in the hammock on some shady hotel veranda, lolling in the rest-inviting steamboat chair, Europe-bound, in camp or cabin, or pleasant country house, the summer lounger fingers the leaves of some alluring book, and varies the delicious monotony of healthy idleness with intermittent glances at the attractive page. Without discriminating as to what book this shall be, or how or where it shall be read, this Summer Catalogue confidingly steals into the pleasant preliminaries of the prospective summer loiterer, and spreading before his gaze the list of freshest books, invitingly remarks, " Here, O reader, is the key of the storeroom of delight; open, scan, choose and read your fill." The delights offered are many and various; seductive novel and breezy essay, pungent criticism and song-burdened verse, sketch and narrative and grave reflection. Guide-books are here in ample measure-compasses to direct the wanderer over the unknown ocean of sightseeing, from the modest ten-center, that numbers the consecutive sands of Coney Island, to the portly five dollar aristocrats that lead us to our "kin beyond the sea." Following these in right of succession may justly come "The Undiscovered Country," crowded with the latest fancies of Howells' ready pen. Passing on "Through the Light Continent," and "Eastward Ho!" we may perchance discover "A the storied paths that stretch "From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn," making Sketches and Studies in Southern Europe," or, sauntering "Through Normandy," catch now and then "A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness." Others of us, pacing the white-sanded shore with one of Beauty's Daughter's," may find all nature one living Summer Book," or as we seek, with unsteady hand and perplexing gun, to rival "The Prodigious Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon," we may find on "Second Thoughts' that we have in truth gone upon "A Fool's Errand." Better far to keep to our less hazardous "Loiterings in Pleasant Paths," crooning some one of the "Flower Songs for Flower Lovers," or marking the perfect rhythm of the "Songs of the Spring-tide." If, again, our endeavors to analyze "Woman's Work and Worth" should prove "A Hopeless Case," we may retire with "Confidence" to some secluded spot where each one perhaps may say, "Alas! all the Memories of My Exile' prove but the 'Reminiscences of an Idler.'" In this reflective mood, assured that life's experiences are either "Odd or Even," we may, as the "Ode of Life" floats in dim symphonies through our dreamy hours, find this lotus life more worth our thought than the "Confessions of a Frivolous Girl," more worthy our philosophic musing than the personal idiosyncrasies of "His Majesty Myself." But the possibilities thicken as the titles crowd, and debating which to choose, the intending tourist or expectant idler may well pause in bewilderment, subscribing anew to the reflection of the royal proverb-maker as he sat ages ago, at his library table, with his student's lamp, surrounded by the papyrus-filled shelves of the Imperial Library of Old Jerusalem, "Truly, of making many books there is no end." FROM "ROE'S SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS." (Dodd, Mead & Co.) Summer. From Spenser's "Faerie Queene." And now would bathe his limbes, with labour heated sore. The Appalachian Mountain Club. BY E. S. BROOKS. NORTHWARD and southward, for over 1300 miles, and nearly parallel with the Atlantic coast line, stretches the great Appalachian Range. More ancient than Alps or Andes, these Titan ridges send down from cooling heights great draughts of fresh air and new life to the fagged and weary brain-worker, while hill and valley, rocky boulder and mountain stream, alike offer their welcome refreshing to the city visitor, be it among the White Hills of New Hampshire, or the Catskills of New York, the Alleghanies of Pennsylvania, or the Blue Ridge of Virginia; among the haunts of the moonshiners in Carolina and Tennessee, or on the storied heights of Chickamauga and Lookout. Mountain climbing is at once a tonic and a fascination. The routine worker of yesterday is to-day the reckless explorer, and the plodding city clerk transported to the green slopes of the everlasting hills, finds in the tramp and excursions of his vacation hours, new fonts of perpetual youth, new worlds of scenic beauty, becoming for the time a practical Ponce de Leon, an enthusiastic Balboa. How deeply this love of the mountains, and of the innumerable glories of field, and slope and forest is implanting itself in our American life, the ever lengthening annual train of toiling pi!grims, mountain-bound-an army in blue flannel storming impregnable fastnesses with alpenstock and guide-book, map and hammer, sketchbook and specimen-case-abundantly testifies. If from this yearly hegira comes naught but renewed health and a fresh supply of mental oxygen, the summer days are well spent, the tedious tramp is well repaid. But other results follow. Artist, pedestrian, and student bring home with them something more than dim memories of pleasant hours; they return stored with fresh food for thought and work, while the practical lessons of the hills are such as touch many of the vital issues of the daily life. Some five years ago, a few enthusiastic White Mountain tourists, periodical pilgrims to the shrine of Our Lady of the Hills, devotees of mountain-climbing and annual admirers of grim Chocorua and the Old Man of the Mountain, conceived the idea that an organization of the lovers of mountain scenery, and the students who sought to read the secrets of the hills, could be made with equal profit to the members and the travellers who each year throng the mountain routes. Early in 1876, therefore, was formed the Appalachian Mountain Club, which had for its specific object "the advancement of the interests of those who visit the mountains of New England and the adjacent regions, whether for the purpose of scientific research or summer recreation." Thus the dolce far niente of the lazy tourist gave place to the practical labor of the hillside philanthropists. The club consists of active, corresponding, and honorary members, of whom the active members must be residents of New England and adjacent sections, and its officers are a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and five Councillors, who, together with the higher officers, form a governing board known as the Council. The five Councillors are chosen to represent the departments of Natural History, Topography, Art, Exploration, and Improvements. They offer to the Council each spring a plan for the summer's work, and recommend places at which field meetings shall be held. Active members are subject to an annual assessment of $2, or a commutation of fees may be purchased for $30. The Appalachian Mountain Club includes among its members many whose names are familiar in scientific, literary, and social circles, and the researches of successive years, followed out as a labor of love, have unlocked many of the secrets of the New England hills, and given to the tourist new paths to tread, new sights and landscapes to enjoy. The publications of the Club, which appear in the semi-occasional issues of its magazine Appalachia." include reports of meetings, description of trips among |