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In October they will issue Musset's Croiselly;" also a new novel by Bourget, entitled "Trois Amis d'Artesty." They have just ready in the Collection Lemerre Illustrée Fr. Coppée's "Rivales," with illustrations by Moisand. J. B. LIPPINCOTT Co. have just ready "Ferdinand and Isabella," two volumes in the Universal Edition of the works of William H. Prescott; "A Short History of China," by D. C. Boulger, who aims to give a popular account of that empire and its people; " The Ghost World," by T. F. Thiselton Dyer; and a new novel by John Strange Winter, entitled "Aunt Johnnie," which is issued in their Series of Select Novels. They have also published a useful " Medical Handbook," intended for students and practising physicians, by R. S. Aitchison. HARPER & BROTHERS have just published "Other Essays from the Easy Chair," a second volume of Mr. George William Curtis' delightful papers, reprinted in the American Essayists' Series from Harper's Magazine. 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They have just published in the Town and Country Library Victor Cherbuliez' new novel, "The Tutor's Secret." It is stated that "Many Inventions," Rudyard Kipling's new volume of 164 stories, has passed into a third edition. 169 168 166, 167, 170 164 167 143 168 164 164 168 167 168 LAIRD & LEE have just reissued "Hill's Guide to Chicago," with valuable additions and a new cover. The Guide makes sight-seeing in the World's Fair city easy and convenient. THE W. F. ADAMS Co., Springfield, Mass., have in preparation for the holiday trade "Pict uresque Berkshire," a work illustrating the natural beauties and points of historic interest in that county of Massachusetts. The book will be issued in two parts, one being devoted to the north and the other to the south part of the county. It will be profusely illustrated by R. 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A colon after initial designates the most usual given name, as: A: Augustus; B: Benjamin; C: Charles, D: David: E: Edward; F: Frederic: G: George; H: Henry; I: Isaac ; J: John; L: Louis; N: Nicholas; F: 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. (12m0: 20 cm.); S. (16m0: 171⁄2 cm.); T. (24m0: 15 cm.); Tt. (32m0: 121⁄2 cm.); Fe. (48mo: 10 cm.). Sq., obi.. nar., designate square, oblong, narrow books of these heights. American Economic Association. Report of the proceedings of the American Economic Association at the fifth annual meeting, Chautauqua, N. Y., August 23-26, 1892. Balt., Md., American Economic Assoc., 1893. C. 5-130 p. O. (Publications of the society, v. 8, no. 1.) pap., 75 c. Americans in Europe, by one of them. N. Y., Tait, Sons & Co., [1893.] c. 8+241 p. D. cl., $1. A collection of gossip often verging on scandal of Americans in Paris; the American dentist; American editors in Paris, American students in Paris, the American church in Paris; pensions, or boarding-houses, Florence; American artists in Paris, etc. Archer, T: The highway of letters and its echoes of famous footsteps. N. Y., A. D. F. Randolph & Co., 1893. 15+507 p. il. D. cl., $2. A gossipy reference to people and achievements which characterize the story of Fleet Street, London, in relation to the growth of literature and to changes in social and political aspects at various periods. In order to preserve reasonable continuity some of the habitués of Fleet Street are followed beyond the actual boundaries of the historic thoroughfare. Beginning early in the fourteenth century the author describes all the important characters who have wandered through Fleet Street. Full table of contents and good index. Brainerd, Marc Burridge. Robert Browning as an exponent of a philosophy of life. Cleveland, O., printed for The Book Shop, 1893. 3+56 p. O. pap., $1.25. [Edition limited to 150 copies.] This essay was originally in the form of a thesis, presented by the author before the department of English literature in Trinity College, Hartford, Ct., for the master of arts degree. Burke, J: M., ["Arizona John," pseud.,] comp. "Buffalo Bill" from prairie to palace: an authentic history of the Wild West; with sketches, stories of adventure and anecdotes of "Buffalo Bill," the hero of the plains; with the authority of General W. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill.") N. Y. and Chic., Rand, McNally & Co., 1893. C. 4 275 p. por. il D. cl., $1; pap., 50 c. "Buffalo Bill" was born in the backwoods of Scott County, Iowa. His father was seized with the gold fever, and when quite young little Willie Cody began his life on the plains. His biography is a history of life and dangers among Indians and wild settlers. Though fearlessly brave" Buffalo Bill" was not a lawless rowdy, and has been admitted into and admired by some of the best society of Europe. Carew, S. Moore. A conquered self. N. Y., F: Warne & Co., 1893. 3+182 p. S. (The Tavistock lib.) cl., 75 c.; pap., 50 c. Bernice Yorke, daughter of a Lidford bookseller, betroths herself to Harold Warren, believing him to be in love with her. Shortly after this event Bernice learns that Harold is actuated by mercenary motives. Her action thereafter is both surprising and self-sacrificing. This story of middle-class English life is chiefly interesting for its character studies. *Carus, Paul. The philosophy of the tool. Chic., The Open Court Pub. Co., 1893. c. 24 p. il. 8°, pap., 15 c. *Carus, Paul. The religion of science. Chic., The Open Court Pub. Co., 1893. C. 112 p. il. 8°, pap., 50 c. *Clerke, Agnes M. Popular history of astronomy during the nineteenth century. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 15+573 p. 12°, cl., $4. Comfort, Eliz. Maxwell. The little heroine of Poverty Flat: a true story. N. Y., T: Whittaker, [1893.] c. 2-86 p. il. D. hf. cl., 50 c. Poverty Flat is an isolated mining settlement in the Rocky Mountains. The men of this hamlet, while at work in the mine Silver Heart, are buried under a snowslide, until Norah Fleming, the little daughter of one of the distressed miners, travels twelve miles on snowshoes, over a dangerous mountain pass, to Lone Man's Gulch and effects their rescue. The story describes the adventures of this perilous journey, and tells how and by whom Norah was finally rewarded. Eastwood, Mark. Within an ace: a story of Russia and Nihilism. Chic., E. A. Weeks & Co., [1893.] 3-215 p. D. (Melbourne ser., no. 8.) pap., 25 c. The hero is hung by the Russian government and his body sold to a great physician. He awakes to find himself in a box in a laboratory. He escapes and then begins a series of most wonderful adventures to avoid government spies, etc. Some sensible ideas about nihilism are woven into the rather ghastly plot. Euclid. Euclid's elements of geometry; ed. for the syndics of the press, by H. M. Taylor. Bks. 5, 6. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 176 p. 12°, (Pitt Press ser.) cl., net, 40 c. Fleming, Mrs. May Agnes. A changed heart: a novel. N. Y., G: W. Dillingham, 1888 [1893] c. '81. 3-480 p. D. (Madison sq. ser., no. 63.) pap., 25 c. *Fortune Gulch: a story of the mines. Phil., American Baptist Pub. Soc., 1893. 176 p. 12°, cl., 90 c. Fuller, Anna. Pratt portraits sketched in a New England suburb. [New cheaper ed.] N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. c. '92. 3+325 p. sq. S. pap., 50 c. See notice, Weekly Record," P. W., May 7, 1892, [1058.] .. Gage, Matilda Joslyn. Woman, church and state: a historical account of the status of woman through the Christian ages; with reminiscences of the matriarchate. Chic., C: H. Kerr & Co., 1893. C. 2-554 p. O. cl., $2. In 1878 the author delivered a speech on the injustice of church and state to women before the National Woman Suffrage Association. This theme she has now elaborated. She believes there was a time before the Christian era when women ruled and the world was better. With the patriarchs, she thinks began the degradation of women. The author quotes freely from well-known writers and interprets inany statements for her own purposes. * In this list, the titles generally are verbatim transcriptions (according to the rule of the American Library Ass ration) from books received. Books not received are indicated by a prefixed asterisk, and this office cannot be held responsible for the correctness of their record. *Galton, Francis. Deciphering of blurred finger-prints. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 18 p. 8°, cl., 80 c. *Golden treasury Psalter: being an edition with briefer notes of the Psalms chronologically arranged, by four Friends. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 11+270 p. 16°, cl., $1. *Haferkorn, H: E., comp. Handy lists of technical literature; reference catalogue of books printed in English from 1880 to 1888 inclusive; to which is added a select list of books printed before 1880 and still kept on publishers' and jobbers' lists. Pts. 5 and 6, Fine arts and architecture, painting, sculpture, decoration, ornament, carpentry, building and art industries, etc., incl. issues up to May, 1893, and a number of earlier books frequently met with in catalogues, with a list of periodicals and annuals in these branches. Milwaukee, Wis., H. E. Haferkorn, 1893. C. 6+336+22 p. O. cl., $3.50; pap., $3.25. (Incl. key to publishers.) (Corr. title) *Hallam, Arthur H: Poems of Arthur Henry Hallam, with his essay on the lyrical poems of Alfred Tennyson; ed. with an introd. by R: Le Gallienne. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 38+139 p. 12°, cl., $1.50. Hare, Francis A: The last of the bushrangers: an account of the capture of the Kelly gang. Chic., E. A. Weeks & Co., 1893. 4-271 p. D. (Melbourne ser., no. 9.) pap., 25 c. The author, a late superintendent of the Victorian police, gives his reminiscences of the Colony of Victoria, from the years 1852-1880. These include a description of the methods of the Bushrangers and their leader, Kelly, with the incidental history of Katie Kelly and other outlaws noted in Australian criminal records. *Hawkins, C. C., and Wallis, F. The dynamo, its theory, design and manufacture. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 14+520 p. il. 12°, cl., $3. Haycraft, Mrs. M. S. Sybil's repentance; or, a dream of good. N. Y.. Hunt & Eaton, 1893. 3+152 p. il. D. cl., 70 c. Sybil Agmere's love for the woman who adopted her caused her to conceal the knowledge of the whereabouts of her grandfather's missing will, and thus bring about a disposition of his money which was in opposition to his last wishes. On this act of deception depends a story of a boy's self-sacrifice and a girl's atonement. *Herodotus. Bk. 8, Urania; with introd. and notes by E. S. Shuckburgh. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 38+276 p. 16°, cl., net, $1.10. Hill, T: E. Hill's guide to Chicago and the World's Fair: the great exposition fully described. New ed., complete. Chic., Laird & Lee, 1893. c. '92, '93. 3-248 p. il. maps, D. pap., 25 c. *Hole, Dean. The memories of Dean Hole. New ed. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 14+331 p. 12°, cl., $2. *Hunter, Sir W: Aurangzib. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 212 p. 12°, (Rulers of India ser.) cl., net, 60 c. *Hutchinson, G. W. Caldwell. Some hints on learning to draw. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 13+199 p. 8°, cl., net, $2.25. Ingersoll, Ernest. Rand, McNally & Co.'s illustrated guide to the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. N. Y. and Chic., Rand, McNally & Co., 1893. 7-243 p. map, il. D. cl., $1; pap., 50 c. Describes the natural features of the Hudson River, from its source to its mouth, and all places of interest on both its shores from New York City to Rouse's Point, on the Canadian boundary line, fifty miles from Montreal. Includes also historical sketches, information about transportation charges, and an alphabetical list of hotels in the Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountains. Irving, Washington. Life and voyages of Christopher Columbus, (condensed by the author from his larger work.) [New ed.] N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, [1893.] c. 14+ 412 p. por. il. D. (Library of American biography, no. 4.) cl., $1.75. L., M. The story of a telegraph_operator. N. Y., J. S. Ogilvie, 1893. 96 p. D. (Sunnyside ser., no. 73.) pap., 25 c. The heroine, an eager aspirant for a college education, is forced to stifle her hopes in this direction and enter the employ of the Western Union Telegraph Co. in New York. She is later transferred to Pennsylvania, and from there to Kansas, where she has the disappointing experience that concludes the story. Langbridge, F: Miss Honoria: a tale of a remote corner of Ireland. N. Y., F: Warne & Co., [1893.] 3+216 p. S. (The Tavistock lib.) cl., 75 c.; pap., 50 c. Miss Honoria was the good genius of the remote and self sacrificing love was enacted. Smuggling and little sea-coast settlement where this story of selfish drink caused much trouble in the neighborhood and the self-indulgence of an amateur artist almost wrecked three lives. *Lea, H: C. Superstition and force: essays on the wager of law, the wager of battle, the ordeal and torture. New (4th) ed., rev. and enl. Phil., Lea Bros. & Co., 1893. 629 p. 12°, cl., $2.75. *Lee, Sidney, ed. Dictionary of national biography. V. 35, MacCarwell-Maltby. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1893. 442 p. 8°, cl., $3.75. Lewis, Mrs. Harriet. Guy Tresillian's fate: a sequel to "Tres llian Court;" il. by A. W. Van Deusen. N. Y., Rob. Bonner's Sons, [1893.] c. 70, 93. 280 p. il. D. (Ledger library, no. 87.) cl., $1; pap., 50 c. This novel deals with the adventurous history of Guy Tresillian after he had been wrecked in Sicilian waters, and robbed of his birthright by Jasper Lowder. In the present story some of the sensational consequences of Jasper's villainy are revealed. The scene is English. Lys, Christian. The doctor's idol. N. Y., F: Warne & Co., 1893. 5+207 p. S. (The Tavistock lib.) cl., 75 c.; pap., 50 c. The doctor is a hard-working, philanthropic man in the Whitechapel district of London. He has an Indian idol as a parlor ornament which is of great interest to his servant, a Hindoo, who has entered his service in mysterious fashion. The doctor's professional duties lead him to see much of human nature, and also lead him to new friends, among whom he finds another "idol." McFadden, B. A. The athlete's conquest: a novel. N. Y., G: W. Dillingham, 1893. 295 p. D. pap., 50 c. The scene is St. Louis Harry Moore, a young merchant of that city who has been greatly benefited by a course in physical culture, forms some very decided opinions on that subject, especially as it relates to matrimony. So exacting are his conceptions of perfect womanhood that he despairs of ever meeting his ideal, when his wishes are suddenly realized by an accidental meeting on Olive St. McHale, Frank, comp. The Tuxedo reciter: a repository of original and selected recitations and readings contemporaneous and |