Arabian, Nights 314
Scott, W. A., Monev and Banking 124
Scott, W. E. D., Story of a Bird Lover 156
Seaman, O., Borrowed Plumes 30
Sears, B., Circle in the Square . 374
Sears, L., Amer, Lit. in Colonial and National
Periods 31
Seawell, Molly E., Children of Destiny. ... 136, 185
Fortunes of Fifi 259, 365
Francezka 29
Great Scoop . 281
Secombe, T., and Allen, J. W., Age of Shake-
speare 253
Sedgwick, H. D., Essays on Great Writers.... 347
Selmer, L., Boer War Lyrics 253
Serao, Mathilda, Conquest of Rome 18, 29
Severn's (A) Recollections of Ruskin, Lit. Misc. 254
Shaftesbury, Edmund (pseud.) See Edgerly,
W.
Shakespeare, W., Elizabethan Shakspere 220
Poems 283
Moral System of, Moulton 241
Shakespeare Beyreuth ("Marie Corelti"),Coates. 240
Shoemaker, M. M., Great Siberian Railway. 97, 119
Sholl, Anna M., Law. of Life.. 258, 274, 372
Shorthouse, John Henry. Editorial on 83
Shuman, E. L., Practical Journalism 292
Sidnev, Mars:, (pseud.) ' See Lothrop, Mrs.
H. M.
Silberrad, Una L., Success of Mark Wyngate,
S8, 82
Silver, R. N.. Golden Dwarf 314
Simons, A. M., Class Struggles in Amer 221
Sinclair, S. B., Possibility of a Science of Edu-
cation 312
Sinclair, U.. Prince Hagen 217
Singleton, Esther, Social New York Under the
Georges ._^ 56
Slosson, Mrs. A. E. T., Life's Common Way. . 185
Smedley, Constance, An April Princess 314
Smith. A. C, Turquoise Cup 107, 121
Smith, Mrs. A. C, The Legatee iS3
Smith, A. H., Rex Christus. 311
Smith, C. S., Barbizon Days no, 118
Smith, G., Founder of Christendom 221
Lit. Misc ., 254
Smith, G. B., Practical . Theology 349
Smith, H. P., Old Testament History 349
Smith. J. H., Arnold's March from Cambridge
to Quebec 315
Smith. W. H., Hist, of Indiana 31S
Political Hist, of Slavery 198, 218
Snvder, C, New Conceptions in Science 220
Social Evil (The) 92
PAGE
Social Unrest, Brooks 92
Socialist (The) and the Prince, Older 200
Soley, J. R., Admiral Porter 34,1, 372
Sommerville, M., Joliffe 284
Sonnicfasen, A., Deep Sea Vagabonds 185
Spalding, J. L., Socialism and Labor 61
Sparhawk, Frances C, Honor Dalton 314
Spears, J. R., and Clark, A. H., Hist, of the Mis-
sissippi Valley 315
Speer, R. E., A Young Man's Questions 284
Spencer, H., Lit. Misc 254
Springer, Mary E., Elizabeth Schuyler. 250
Spurr, H. A., Alexandre Dumas 12, 27
Spyri, Mrs. Johanna, Dorris and Her Mountain
Home 281
Staley, E., Jean Francois Millet 118
Watteau and His School . 87
Standard Oil Co., Montague.... 230
Stannard, Mrs. H. E. V., Marty 121
S_tanton, F. L., Up from Georgia 60
Stanwood, E., Amer. Tariff Controversies. .338, 349
Star Dreamer (The), Castle 75
Starr, Ida M. H., Gardens of the Caribbees... 311
Stedman, E. C. and T. L., Complete Pocket
Guide to Europe 151
Steele, R., Best Plays 316
Stelzle, C, The Workingman and Social Prob-
lems 188
Stephens, R. N., Mystery of Murray Davenport. 185
Stephenson, N., Eleanor Dayton 292, 314
Steuart, J. A., The Samaritans 217
Son of Gad 58
Stevens, F. E., Black Hawk War 346
Stevenson, B. E., The Heritage 29
The Holladay Case 3S6
Stevenson, R. L., Essays and Criticisms 347
Memories and Portraits 249
Some Letters 150
BibliQg. of, Prideaux 327
Stiles, H. R., Hist, of Wethersfield, Lit. Misc. 286
Stiles, R., Four Years Under Marse Robert 314
Stiles,. W. C, Out of Kishineff 251
Stimson, F. J., Jethro Bacon of Sandwich.... 121
Stinson, S. S., Whimlets 363
Stockton, F. R., Captain's Toll Gate.. 193, 245, 372
John Gayther's Garden .' 29
Stoddard, C. W., Exits and Entrances. ... 123, 140
For the Pleasure of His Company 217
Stoddard, F. H., Life and Letters of Chas. But-
ler 278
Stoddard, R. H., Recollections 364
Stoddart, J. H., Recollections of a Player 27
Stone, W., and Cram, W. E., Amer. Animals. . 60
Stoney, Emily A. M., Practical Points in Nurs-
ing 252
Strang, L. C, Players and Plays of the Last
Quarter Century 27
Streamer, D., Perverted Proverbs 218
Stringer, A., Silver Poppy 275, 308
Strong; C. A.. Why the Mind Has a Body 219
Strong, Isobel, and Osbourne, L., Memories of
Vailima 55
Stuart, Mrs. Ruth McE.. Napoleon Jackson... 29
Stuckenberg, J. H. W., Sociology 221
Sturgc, M. C, Truth and Error of. Christian
Science 1 24
Sturgis, R., How to Judge Architecture 340
Suburbanism ("The Egregious English"), Mc-
Neill 8s
Sullivan. T., Humorous Stories of the Ball Field. 251
Sun-Dials and Roses of Yesterday, Earle 37
Sweven. G., Limanora 260
Swift, F. R.. Florida Fancies 189
Sykes, P. M.. Ten Thousand Miles in Persia.. 141
Symes, Mrs. , Character Reading 316'
Symonds, E. M. See Paston, G. (pseud.)
Takaki, M.. Hist, of Japanese Paper Currency. 284
Tarde. G., Laws of Imitation 356
Tarkington, P>., Cherry 366
Two Vanrevels 29
Taskmasters (Ihe), Turner 80
Taylor, B., Storv of Kennett 376
Taylor, J. R., The Overture 316
Taylor, Mary I.. Rebellion of thp Princess 153
Templeton, Herminie, Darby O'Gill and the Good
People 185
Tennyson, Lord, Glimpses of, Weld lib
Terhune, Mrs. M. V. H., Marion Harland's
Complete Cook Book 279
Thacher, T. B., Christopher Columbus i';4. 3"
Thomas, W. I., Relation pf the Medicine Man
to the Origin of the Professional Occupations. 218
Thompson. C. L., The Presbyterians 124
Thompson, H. B.. Mental Traits of Sex 283
Thompson, V., Spinners of Life 175. 185
INDEX.
XI
PAGE
Thompson, Warwick (pseud.) See Ridge, W. P.
Thorpe, F. N., Spoils of Empire 185
Thurston, Kath. C, The Circle 74, 91
Thurston, Mabel N., On the Road to Arcady. . 374
Thwaites, R. G., Daniel Boone ..17. 55
Thwing, C. F., Liberal Education 347
Thwing, E., The Red-Keggers 314
Tiernan, Mrs. F. C. F., Daughter of the Sierra. 153
Tilford, r.. Butternut Jones 372
Tillinghast, J. A., Negro in Africa and America. 61
Tilton, D., On Satan's Mount iii, 122
Tioba, Colton 73
Tirebuck, W. E., 'Twixt God and Mammon.228, 250
Todd, C. B., Real Benedict Arnold 182, 209
Tolstoi, Count L. N., More Tales from Tolstoi. 185
Resurrection 185
Tolstoy, as Man and Artist, Merejkowski 106
Tooker, L. F., Call of the Sea 60
Tooley, Sa. A., Royal Palaces and Their Mem-
ories 341
Torrey, B., Clerk of the Woods 348
Townsend, E. W., Lees and Leaven 122
A Summer in New York 122
Edward W. Townsend 105
Tracy, L., Wings of the Morning 314
Train, G. F., My Life in Many States 24, 27
Trask, Katrina, Christians 373
Trent, H., Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 251
Trent, W. P., Hist, of Amer. Literature 252
Triana, P., Down the Orinoco in a Canoe 119
Trowbridge, J. T., My Own Story 336, 370
Tucker, G. F., Monroe Doctrine 281
Turner, G. K., The Taskmasters 58, 80
Turner, W., Hist, of Philosophy 219
Turquoise Cup, Smith 107
Tuttiett, Mary G., Richard Rosny 99, 114
Twain, Mark (pseud.) See Clemens, S. L.
Tyson, J. A., Stirrup Cup i53
Uganda Protectorate, Johnston. 66
Ulmann, A., Landmark Hist, of New York.... 218
Van Deventer, E. M., The Danger Line 281
Van Dyke, H., Blue Flower 19
Van Dyke, J. C, Meaning of Pictures 86, 145
Van Middeldyk, R. A., Hist, of Puerto Rico.. 154
Van Tyne, C. H., Loyalists in Amer. Revolu-
tion 122
Van Vorst, Marie, Poems 253
Van Vorst, Mrs. J. and Marie, The Woman
Who Toils 102, 124
Van Zile, E. S., The Duke and His Double. 243, 281
Perkins, the Fakcer 251
Veblen, T. B., Use of Loan Credit 221
Vedder, H. C, The Baptists 124
Verne, Jules, Lit. Misc 286
Viaud, L. M. J., Iceland Fisherman 281
Last Days of Pekin 28, 48
Vincent, L. H., Moliere 88
Virginia Girl in the Civil War, Avary 99
Voltaire Index, Leigh. 239
Voyse, C, Religion for All Mankind 157
Waddington, Mrs. M. A. K., Letters of a Dip-
lomat's Wife 215
Wagner, C, The Better Way 166, 189
Wagner, R. , Parsifal 298, 311
Waldstein, C, Art in the 19th Cent 249
Walford, Mrs. L. B., Stay-at-Homes 204, 281
Walkley, A. B., Dramatic Criticism 249
Walks in New England, Whiting. 203
Wallace, Kathryn. See Lizabeth (pseud.)
VVallace, Mrs. L., City of the King 365
Wallace, W.. James Hogg 155
Wallihan, Mr. and Mrs. A. G., Hoofs, Claws
and Antlers of the Rocky Mts. 214
Walpole, Horace, Letters of 360
Waltz, Eliz. C, Pa Gladden 271, 364
Wandell. H. B., In a Nutshell 341
Ward. Mrs. H., Lady Rose's Daughter. ... 100, 122
Mrs. Ward in French, Lit. Misc 32
Mrs. Ward's Profits, Lit. Misc 116
Ward, L, F., Pure Sociology 124
Ward, Susan H,, George H. Hepworth 240
Ward, Mrs. W.. The Light Behind 122
Warner, B. E., Young Woman in Mod. Life. . 342
Wasson, G. S;, Cao'n Simeon's Store 186
Watanna, Onoto. Heart of Hyacinth 294, 366
Wooing of Wistaria 29
Waters, C. E., Ferns 295, 368
Watson. T., Homely Virtues. . . 60
Our Neighbors 122
Watson. T. E., Thomas Jefferson 322, 372
Weale, Frances C. Hubert and John Van Eyck. 34.0
Webber. T. W.. Forests of Upper India 89
Webster, Daniel, Letters of 55
PAGE
Webster, H. K., Roger Drake 29
Webster, Jean, When Patty Went to College.. 153
Webster, W. C., Gen. Hist, of Commerce 188
Weedj C. M., The Flower Beautiful 182
and Dearborn, N., Birds in Their Relations
to Man 253
Weinburgh, H. B., Perfect Health 218
Weld, Agnes G., Glimpses of Tennyson 118
Wells, Carolyn, Nonsense Anthology 60
West, C, Cliveden 122
Wet, C. R. de. Three Years' War 30
Wetraore, C. H., Out of a Fleur-de-Lis 375
Wetmore, Mrs. E. B. See Bisland, E.
Weyman, S. J., In King's Byways 29
The Long Night 266, 376
Whaleman's Wife (A) Bullen 89
Wharton, Mrs. Edith, Sanctuary 323
Wheeler, Mrs. C. T., How to Make Rugs 61
Principles of Home Decoration 118
Wheeler, Marianna, Plain Hints for Busy Moth-
ers , 282
Whitaker, E., Gay ; 34ef
Whitcomb, M., Hist, of Mod. Europe. 186
See also Munro, D. C.
White, Eliza O., Lesley Chilton , 346
White, Mary, Miore Baskets 189
White, S. E., Conjuror's House 108, 153
Whiteford, R. N., Anthology of Eng. Poetry. . 252
Whiteing, R., Yellow Van 346, 364
Whitham, A. R., Holy Orders 189
Whiting, C. G., Walks in New England. ... 187, 203
Whiting, Lilian, Boston Days 28, 71
The Life Radiant ...si 368
Whitman, S., Personal Reminiscences of Prince
Bismarck 46, 88
Whiton, J. M., Miracles and Supernatural Re-
ligion 1 284
Whitson, J. H., Barbara .162, 186
Wiener, L., Anthology of Russian Literature. .. . 155
Wiggin, Kate D., Rebecca ' 306, 355
Kate Douglas Wiggin's Popularity, Lit. Misc. 32
Wilde, Sir J. P., Lord Penzance on the Bacon-
Shakespeare Controversy 155
Wilkins, Mary E.,Six Trees 69, 120
Wind in the Rose Bush ....... 142, 152
Willard, A. R., Land of the Latins 28
Willard, J. F., Rise of Ruderick Clowd 168, 184
Willcock, J., ed.. The Great Marquess.... 118
Willey, F. ., The Laborer and the Capitalist. 284
William i., and Bismarck, Prince v.. Corre-
spondence 341
William 11^ The Kaiser's Speeches. 188, 195
Williams, C., The Captain 66, 175
Williams, E. R., jr.. Hill Towns of Italy.. 341, 375
Williams, H. N., Memoirs of Mad. de Monte-
span 341
Williams, J. E. H., Robert Louis Stevenson.... 118
See also Chesterton, G. K.
Williams, J. L., New York Sketches 28
Williams, S. G., Hist, of Ancient Education... 215
Williamson, C. N. and A. M., Lightning Con-
ductor 29, 212
Williamson, G. C, Frederic, Lord Leighton.... 87
Murillo 87
Williamson, G. M., Cat. of a Collection of Books,
etc., bv Walt Whitman 187
Willis, li. P. See Laughlin, J. L.
Willson, H. B., The New America 155
' Story of Rapid Transit 349
Wilson, A. F., Wars of Peace.... ....186, 201
Wilson, D. M. , Where Amer. Independence Be-
gan 38, 59
Wilson, H. L., Lions of the Lord 217
Wilson, R. R.. New York. Old and New 28
Wilson, W., Hist, of the Amer. People 30, 366
Wilson. W. R. A., Rose of Normandy. .. .131, 186
Winchilsea, Countess of. Poems 123
Winter, John Strange (pseud.) See Stannard,
Mrs. H. E. V.
Wister, O., Philosophy 4, 217
Wister, Sarah, Sally Wister's Journal 91
Wolfiilin, H., Art oif the Italian Renaissance.... 373
Woman (The) Who Toils, Van Vorst 102
Wood, C. W.. Norwegian By-Ways 215, 249
Wood. Marg. L., Princess of Hanover 156
Wood. N. F... Dollars to Doctors 317
Woodburn, J. A., Amer. Republic and Its Gov-
ernment 124
Polit. Parties and Party Problems in U. S.,
156, 162
Woods, Alice, Edges 21, 30
Woods, R. A., ed.. Americans in Process 61
Woolsey, Mrs. K. T., Republics Versus Woman. 156
Work of Wall St.. Pratt 61
Wotton, Sir H., Elements of Architecture 278
Wright, H. B., That Printer of Udell's 177, 213
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INDEX.
PAGE
Wrong, G. M., The British Nation 281
Wyatt, Edith, TTrue Love 122
Yeats, W. B., Celtic Twilight 217
Ideas of Good and Evil 253
In the Seven Woods 348
Where There Is Nothing 283
Yechton, Barbara (pseud.) See Krause, L. F.
Young, B. H., Battle of the Thames 218
Young, C. A., Lessons in Astronomy 220
PAGE
Young, Ella F., Scientific Method in Education. 312
Young, T. M., Amer, Cotton Industry 124
Yoxall, J. H., Rommany Stone 30
Zangwill, I., Blind Children 253
Grey Wig 153
Zangwill, L., One's Womenkind 58
Zimraern, Helen, Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema. . 87
Zola, E., Truth.. no, 122
Zueblin, C, Amer. Municipal Progress 31
BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.
Adams, Andy, Log of a Cowboy 221
Alcott, Louisa M., Jo's Boys. . , 384
Alger, H., jr., Chester Rand 379
Anderson, R., Jack Champney 93
Appleton's Books for Young People 380
Baker, R. S., Boys' Bk. of Inventions. Boys'
Second Book of Inventions 378
Bangs. J. K., Bikey the Skicycle 93
- Emblemland 93
Barbour, R. H., Weatherby's Inning 380
Barnard, C, Door in the Book 381
Barnes, J., Giant of Three Wars 380
Bartnett, A., Angelo, the Musician 189
Bashford, H. H., Tommp Wideawake 189
Baskett, J. N., Sweetbrier and Thistledown.... 93
Baum, L. F., Enchanted Island of Yew 379
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus 379
Magical Monarch of Mo 379
Master Key. 379
New Wizard of Oz , 379
Bill, Lilian, A Book of Girls 349
Blaisdell, A. F., and Ball, F. fe.. Hero Stories
from Amer. History 221
Blanchard, Amy E., A Gentle Pioneer 383
Two Maryland Girls 350
Blodgett, Mabel F.. The Giant's Ruby 384
Bobbs-Merrill's Children's Color Books 379
Bolster, Edith R., Ethel in Fairyland 284, 380
Brady, C. T., In the IVasp's Nest 93
Brill, G. R., Andy and the Ignoramus 381
Bobby Bumpkin 381
Brine, Mary D., Funny Land Boys 384
Brooks, Amy, Randy and Her Friends 93
Brown, Abbie F., Curious Book of Birds 381
Brown, Alice, The Merrylinks 378
Burgess, G., More Goops 380
Butterworth. H., Brother Jonathan 342, 380
A New England Miracle 189
\
Caik, N., Fairies' Circus 382
Fairies' Menagerie 382
Carson, W. H., Tito 124
Caster, A., Pearl Island 221
Century Co.'s Books for Boys and Girls 377
Chambers, R. W., Orchard Land 382
Champlin, J. D., Cyclo. of Literature and Art. . 380
Childhood Classics 284
Chipman, W. P., Daring Capture 284
Chittenden, Charlotte E., What Two Children
Did 350
Church, A. J., Stories from Homer 317
Coates' Books for Young People 379
Connolly, J. B., Jeb Hutton 93
Countryman, May E., Curmer Club 285
Crissey, F., The Country Boy 380
Crothers, S. M., Miss Muffet's Christmas Party. 381
Daring, Hope, The Furniture People 312
Deland. Ellen D., Three Girls of Hazelmere.. 383
Dent, Phyllis O., In Search of Home 350
Denton. Clara J., Twinkling Fingers and Sway-
ing Figures 35
Dodge, Mary M., comp., Baby Days 377
Douglas, Amanda M., Little Girl in Old Detroit. 93
Drinlcwater, Jennie M., Works 285
Du Cliaillu. P. B., King Mombo 93
Dudley, A. T., Following the Ball 377
Eastman, C. A.. Indian Boyhood 93
Edey, Mrs. B. O.. Six Giants and a Griffin 382
Edgeworth. M., The Parent's Assistant 317
Ellis, E. S.. An American King 379
Limber Lew 379
Flower, E., Nurse Norah's Up-to-Date Fairy
Tales 3S0
Foster, Edna A., Hortense 93
Foster, W. B., With Washington at Valley
Forge 93
Fox, Frances M., Little Lady Marjorie 350
Froggy Fairy Books 381
Gilbert, Edith L. and Ariadne, The Frolicsome
Four 302,377
Gottschalk, O. H., In Gnome Man's Land.... 380
Griffis, W. E., Young People's Hist, of Holland. 381
Gross, T., The Humming Top 380
Habberton, J., The Tiger and the Insect 93
Harper's Provision for Young People 382
Harris, J. C, Wally vVanderoon 378
Hawkins, W. B., Andy Barr 285
Headland, I. T., Our Little Chinese Cousin... 285
Henty, G. A., Treasure of the Incas 93
With Kitchener in the Soudan 93
Forbes. Cora, Elizabeth's Charm String 384
With the British Legion 93
Hobart, G. V., Li'l Verses for Li'l Fellers 382
Hodgson, Geraldine, Rama and the Monkeys... 189
Holt's Treasuries for Young People 380
Hopkins, W. J., The Sandman 350
Home, Olive B., and Scobey, Kath. L., Stories
of Great Artists 222
Houghton, Mifflin's Juveniles 381
Jackson, Gabrielle E., The Three Graces 380
Jamison, Mrs. C. V., Thistledown 377
Jerrold, W., ed., Reign of King Oberon 94
Kaler, J. O., How the Twins Captured a Hes-
sian 94
With Rodgers on the President 383
Kipling, R., Just So Stories 8
Lang A., ed. Book of Romance 94
Laugnlin, E. O.. Johnnie 379
Lawson, Martha K., The Lord's Prayer for Chil-
dren 285
Lee & Shepard's Books for Young People 377
Le Feuvre, Amy, Jill's Red Bag 350, 381
Two Tramps 381
Leonard, Mary F., Pleasant Street Partnership. 383
Little, Brown's Books for Young People 384
Long, W. J., Following the Deer 285
School of the Woods 94
Wood Folk at School 222
Loomis, C. B., Partnership in Magic 285, 380
Lothrop's New Juveniles 380
Lucas, E. v., Anthology of Verses for Children. 380
McClure's Children's Annual 378
McDougall, W., Rambillicus Book 285
McMurry, C, Pioneer Hist. Stories of the Mis-
sissippi Valley 222
Madden, Eva A., The Little Queen 383
Martin, Mrs. G. M., Emmy Lou 384
May, Sophie, Joy Bells 377
Miller. C. J., Dogs of all Nations 285
Monteith, j. and Caro., Some Useful Animals.. 124
Morley, Marg. W., Insect Folk 285
Mowry, W. A. and A. M., Amer. Heroes and
Heroism 222
Musson, B., Maisie and Her Dog Snip in Fairy-
land 382
Otis, J. (.pseud.) See Kaler, J. O.
Packard, W., Young Ice Whalers 381
Page, T. N., Two Prisoners 382
Peary, Josephine D., Children of the Arctic... 380
Peltier, Flo., A Japanese Garland 222, 380
Phillips, Marv E., ed., Laurel Leaves for Lit-
tle Folk. . .'. 377
INDEX.
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PAGE
Phillips, W. S., Indian Fairy lales 94
Pierson, Clara D., Dooryard Stories 222
Polhemus, Eliz., jane and John 384
Revell's Juveniles ". 381
Rhoades, Nina. Little Girl Next Door 94
Winifred's Neighbors 277
Rich, C. E., New Boy at Dale 124
Robinson, Mary Y., Songs of the Trees 379
ScANDLiN, Christiana, Hans the Eskimo 285
Scudder, H. E., comp., The Children's Book.... 381
Smith, Gertrude, Stories of Peter and Ellen.... 382
Stein, Evaleen, Troubadour Tales 379
Stevens, T., Children of the World 382
Steward, R. M., Surprising Adventures of a
Man m the Moon 377
Stoddard, W. O., Ahead of the Army 285, 380
Spy of Yorktown 380
Stokes' Books for Young People 380
Stratemeyer, E., Young Explorers of the Ifethmus. 222
Sweetser, Kate D., Micky of the Alley 380
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Taggart, Marion A., At Aunt Anna's 380
Tappan, Eva M., The Christ Story 381
Thayer, W. M., From Boyhood to Manhood. . 285
From Log Cabin to the White House 285
Tomlinson, E. T., A Lieutenant Under Wash-
ington 381
With Flintlock and Fife 383
Turner, J., Pioneers of the West 189
Van Zile, E. S., Defending the Bank 285, 380
Warner. Anna B., West Point Colors 381
WellSj. Carolyn, Trotty's Trip 381
Wcsselhoeft, Lily F., Jack the Fire Dog 384
Wetraore, C. A., In a Brazilian Jungle 383
White, Mary and Sara, Book of Children's Par-
ties 377
Whitson, J. H., With PVemont the Pathfinder.. 382
VVilde's Juveniles 383
Wilkinson, Flo., Kings and Queens 378
Williams, E. L.. The Mutineers 285, 380
Wood, C. S., Sword of Wayne 383
Wright, Eva T., Robin Hood 384
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Vol. XXIV.
JANUARY, 1903.
No. I.
From "The Real Siberia." I). Appleton A Go-.
THE REAL WAY TO TRAVERSE SIBERIA.
The Real Siberia.
In a state of society in which men are sel-
dom taken at a higher valuation than their
own, the merits of J. Foster Fraser's volume
on Siberia are in danger of being underes-
timated. It claims to be nothing more than a
record of personal impressions. It is free
From ** The Reai Siberia." 1). Appleton & Co.
A COUPLE OF BURIATS.
from the statistical and political padding
which lends seriousness to so many books of
real weight. From beginning to end it bears
the Stamp of accuracy; though his journey
was originally undertaken in the interests of
a daily paper, The Yorkshire Post, Mr. Fraser
has resisted the temptation to sensationalism
rmd exaggeration which besets those who
write for serial publication. Its connection
with journalism gives this book a brightness;
of style which does not, however, degenerate
into flippancy or mere smartness. Its author
was well equipped for his task both by his ex-
perience as a traveller he was one of the
three young men who a few years ago went
'round the world on a wheel" and by-his
skill as a descriptive writer.. The latter fliiali-
ty shows itself at the outset, in his pictures of
the scene at the Moscow railway station, and
on many occasions later in observations that
would have escaped the notice of the average
tourist.
Mr. Fraser set about executing his commis-
sion in the spirit of an investigator who is
anxious above all things to get at the facts.
Instead of journeying by the luxurious Si-
l^erian express, he took the ordinary daily
train that jogs along slowly, stoppings): all
the wayside stations, and thus giving cpn-
stant opportunities of watching the life of. the
moujiks, especially the emigrants. He halted
for some days at such important towns as
Omsk and Irkutsk, and spent more than a
week in Vladivostok before returning via the
forbidden land of Manchuria.
The Siberia which Mr. Fraser found was
a country of immense agricultural possibili-
tiesin his judgment, destined to be ultimate-
ly the greatest food-producing region in the
world. It possesses vast stretches of prairie.
THE LITERARY NEWS.
[January, 1903
waiting for the plough, huge forests, and mag-
nificent waterways. Then, east of Lake Baikal,
there is a region so full of mineral wealth that
Mr. Fraser does not hesitate to call it a sec-
ond California.
As yet only the merest beginning has been
made in the exploitation of this promising
country. The Russian is one of the worst
farmers on the face of the earth, lacking
energy and objecting to the use of modern
appliances. All stimulus to enterprise must
therefore come from outside. According to
Mr. Fraser, the nationalities which are doing
most to develop Siberian trade are, in order of
merit, Germany, America, Great Britain,
France, and Austria. (Applet on. $2 net.)
N. F. Times Saturday Review.
The Confessions of a Wife.
"The Confessions of a Wife" is a wom-
an's book woman's pathos, humor, passion,
pain. It is not a novel, not a romance, not
a story ; first, last and always it is a study
of a woman who was cursed with an emo-
tional nature. It is the study of a passionate,
high-strung girl who was woo'd and won,
worried and wasted by a man who was bad?
No. Physically cruel? No, but a man just
selfishly shallow. Dana Herwin had ardor of
a certain type, masterfulness, devotion ; but
ap ardor, masterfulness, devotion that was
skin-deep honey-moon deep, if you care to
call it that. He was selfish, stubborn, fickle,
shallow ; he was in short, distinctly not worth
while; but if you pity Marna for her excess
of temperament, it would be fair perhaps also
to bear with Dana's limitations of tempera-
ment. He was a handsome man ! Let it go
at that. Beauty is as bad for a man as tem-
perament is for a woman.
People who scoff at these "Confessions"
characterize Marna as absurdly "difficult."
There is no doubt in the world that her emo-
tional constancy must have been exceedingly
trying to a man of Dana Herwin's nature,
but there is also no doubt that a better man
than he could have made her radiantly and
wholesomely happy, and been supremely
blessed in return. She was high-strung, emo-
tional, impetuous, but certainly she was not
extreme of her type, and her love letters which
so many have called "mawkish" or "hysteri-
cal" are no more mawkish or hysterical than
the love letters of the Brownings or Victor