to win her completely. It is hard to judge at
this stage of the story whether Eaton Brand
is the more knave or fool. He tells Carissa
that there is absolutely no truth in the poly-
gamy stories that have been told about the
Mormons. She loves him and believes in him,
and off to America they go after a marriage
ceremony performed in London. Arrived at
Salt Lake City Carissa's eyes are opened and
one of the strongest chapters that Mr. Henry
has written is that in which the husband
makes the disclosure of the practice of poly-
gamy among the Mormons. He tells her,
however, that as far as he is concerned he
shall have but one wife.
Brigham Young is depicted in revolting
colors. He orders Brand to marry a second
v/ife, a woman who has been a servant in the
Brand household. Brand is obedient because
he is a firm believer. Mr. Henry makes the
most of the dramatic possibilities in the scene
when Brand tells Carissa that he is to take
ur.to himself another wife.
There is a happy issue out of the black pit
for the heroine of this story of Salt Lake. It
comes after trials that fall little short of
being crushing, but it comes and that is what
the reader wants. There are four or five
characters in "By drder of the Prophet" that
are ma.sterfully drawn. The book is more
than a story. It is a study. The narrative is
stirring. The scene is laid prior to the Civil
War, and the author expresses his belief that
the sons and daughters of the Mormons of
that generation "are rising to a better under-
standing, and, it may be, to a purer faith."
(Re veil. $1.50.) Chicago Record-Herald.
A Book of Curious Facts.
Curious facts are indeed to be found in
the handbook compiled by Don Lemon and
edited by Henry Williams. After one has
searched between its covers he comes forth
with a heterogeneous knowledge of the most
assorted subjects. There is a curious fact
relating to the death of George Washington.
It occurred the last hour of the day of the
last day of the week of the last month of
the year of the last year of the eighteenth
century. This regrettable incident is sand-
wiched quite merrily between a statistical re-
port of the ocean's wealth in herring and a
revival of that pleasant jest touching the ex-
istence of a lawyer's sign reading "U.
Catchem and I Cheatham." Again on page
145, many of our historical idols are shat-
tered, while on the page opposite one learns
all the superstitions regarding numbers. A
simple remedy to remove cinders from the
eye is offered along with countless other items
of interest, all intended to instruct more or
less the eager reader. There is, indeed, a
beautiful catholicity about the selection of
subjects which renders the book doubly in-
teresting. One can learn almost anything
necessary or valuable to the scholar, from
curious superstitions regarding babies to ab-
solutely certain signs of death. Armed with
a copy of Don Lemon's very interesting col-
lection of items and an up-to-date dream book,
one ought to be able to trace the significance
01 everything from the dream in which he
thought he was Emperor of Russia to the
paring of his nails on Sunday, which latter,
hy the way, means something very wicked,
indeed. This is an excellent book to put in
one's trunk and take to the hotel. Upon a
rainy evening its heterogeneous facts will
start many a conversation. Who is more wel-
come than the guest that has a new idea at a
summer hotel? (New Amsterdam. 75 c.)
A''. Y. Saturday Times Review.
J tine, 1903]
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179
CcUctlt Movftt)li SebifSn of Current fLittraturt,
EDITED BY A. H. LEYPOLDT.
JUNE, 1903.
THE BOOKS OF THE HOUR.
There is a fashion in books as there is in
clothes, and there is a large class of readers
(by courtesy) almost as much afraid to be
seen with a book of last season as to be seen
it) a garment that might betray to a perfectly
unknown fellow-being that it had been in the
wearer's possession since last summer.
The books are turned out from the pub-
lishers* factories as they are from the shirt
waist factories, skirt factories and neckwear
factories. They are advertised as the dry-
goods are advertised and are immediately
asked for at the libraries and book stores,
when they have been brought to public atten-
tion as the "latest success'" just as all "latest
successes" are demanded in every other line.
When the average reader speaks of books
it means novels. Fiction is the mental food
on which the average minds are built up, and
from fiction, and the newest fiction, alone al-
most all information as to history, geography,
politics, the sciences religion even, is gath-
ered by the "reading public."
Fiction in itself is not to be despised, but
fiction written to order to give a view of Na-
poleon's career, the Franco-Prussian War, the
Spanish-American War, Christian science,
labor problems, and all the questions of the
hour, and then supplied without price by pub-
lic libraries and read merely to pass time, does
not add much to solid information, balanced
judgment, strength of character, or potent
individuality.
Some cynics run down all fiction, forget-
ting that all the greatest literature of the
world really comes under the head of fiction.
What did Homer, Dante and Shakespeare
stand for but fiction.^ What did Thackeray,
George Eliot, Hawthorne and Thomas Hardy
write but fiction ! But they wrote what can-
not be understood or appreciated without a
foundation of solid information and applied
thought.
The fiction of the hour throughout the
world is not of this high standard. It makes
no demand on intellect or feeling. Its tech-
nique is good ; its form is almost perfect ; but
upon how little that is lasting is the clever
workmanship put forth?
BOOKS OF OUT-DOOR LIFE.
Bailey (F. M.), Handbook of birds of the western
United States, net, $3.50 Houghton, M
Bailey (L. H.), The nature-study idea, net, $1.
Doubleday, P
Bennett (I. M.), The flower garden, net, $2.
McClure. P
Bignell (E.), My woodland intimates, net, $1.
Baker & T
Blanchan (Neltje), How to attract the birds, net,
$1.35 Doubleday. P
Bolton (G.), A book of beasts and birds, net, $1.50.
Scribner
Cecil {Mrs. E.), Children's gardens, $i.75.Macwi7/on
Chapman (F. M.), Bird life, new ed., net, $2.
Appleton
Comstock (J. H.), Insect life, new ed., net, $1.75.
Appleton
Cook (E. T.), Trees and shrubs for English gardens,
*iet, $3.75 Scribner
Dugmore (A. R.), Nature and the camera, net, $1.35.
Doubleday, P-
Eliot (I. M.), and Soule (C. G.), Caterpillars and
their moths, net, $2 Century
Elliott (J. W.), A plea for hardy plants, net, $1.60.
Doubleday, P
Ely (H. R.), A woman's hardy garden, net, $1.75.
Macmillan
Femow (B. E.), Economics of forestry, net, $1.50.
Crowell
Going (M.), With the trees, net, $1 Baker & T
Henshall (Ja. A.), Bass, pike, perch and others,
(Amer. sportsman's lib.), net. $2 Macmillan
Holder (C. F.), The big game fishes of the U. S.,
(Amer. sportsman's lib.), net, $2 Macmillan
Huntington (D. W.), Our feathered game, net^ $2.
Scribner
Job (H. K.), Among the waterfowl, $1.35.
Doubleday, P
Jordan (D. S), and Evermann (B. W.), American
food and game fishes, $4 Doubleday. P
Heeler (H. L.), Our native trees, net, $2. .Scribner
Our northern shrubs and how to identify them,
net, $2 Scribner
Keyser (L. S.), Birds of the Rockies, net. $3.
McClurg & Co
Leyland (J.), Gardens old and new, 2d ser., net, $12.
Scribner
Long (W. J.), School of the woods, net, %i.$o. Ginn
Wood folk at school, 50 c Ginn
Mathews (F. S.), Familiar flowers of field and gar-
den, new ed., net, $1.40 Appleton
Familiar trees and their leaves, new ed., net, $1.75.
Appleton
Miall (L. C), Injurious and useful insects. $1.
Macmillan
Miller (O. T.), True bird stories, net, $1.
Houghton, M
Milman (H.), My kalendar of country delights, net,
$1-25 Lane
Nuttall (T.), Nuttall's birds, new rev. ed., by M.
Chamberlain, $3 Little, B
Parkhurst (H. E.), How to name the birds, net, $1.
Scribner
Song birds and water fowl, net, $1.50. . .Scribner
Trees, shrubs and vines of the United States, net,
$1.50 Scribner
Porter (Gene S.), The song of the cardinal, $1.50.
Bobbs-Merrill
Pycraft (W. P.), The story of fish life, 75 c.Wessels
Eoberts (C. G. D.), The kindred of the wild, new
ed., %2 Page
Roberts (Harry), The tramp's handbook, (Country
handbooks, no. i.), net, $1 Lane
Sogers (J. E.), Among green trees, $3. . . .Mumford
Roth (Filibert), First book of forestry, 75 c Ginn
Sandys (E.), and Van Dyke (T. S.), Upland game
birds, $2 Macmillan
Sanford (L. C), and others. The waterfowl family,
(Amer. sportsman's lib.), net, $2 Macmillan
Sargent (C. S.), Trees and shrubs, v. i, pt. 2, net,
$5 Houghton, M
Scott (W. E. D.), Story of a bird lover, net, $1.50.
Outlook Co
Stone (W.), and Cram (W. E.), American animals,
net, $3 Doubleday, P
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THE LITERARY NEWS.
[June, 1903
THE NEW NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES.
Adams (A.), Log of a cowboy, i^z. so. Houghton, M
Ade (G.). People you know, ^$1. . .Russell (Harper)
Agnus (O.). Sarah Tuldon, t$i-50 Little, B
Aitken (J. R.). The sins of a saint, -f^t. so. Appleton
Aldrich (T. B.), A sea turn (short stories), t$i.2S-
Houghton, M
Altsheler (J. A.), Before the dawn, t$i-5o-
Doubleday, P
^ My captive, $1.25 Appleton
Austin (M. W.). Veronica, ^%i.so. .. .Doubleday, P
Bacheller (I.), Darrell of the Blessed Isles, t$i-So.
Lothrop
Banks (N. H.), Oldfield, t$i.50 Macmillan
Barbour (A. M.), At the time appointed, +$1.50.
Lippincott
Barlow (Jane), The founding of fortunes, t$i.50.
Dodd, M
Barr (Mrs. A. E. H.)f A song of a single note,
t$i.5o Dodd, M
Thyra Varrick, t$i-5o /. F. Taylor
Barry (J. D.), A daughter of Thespis, ^%i. so.. Page
Bates (Arlo), The diary of a saint, t$i-5o-
Houghton, M
Bayly (A. E.), ("Edna Lyall"), The hinderers, $1.
Longmans, G
Bell (J. J.), Ethel, t$i Harper
Wee Macgreegor, t$i Harper
Bengough (E. A.). The talk of the town, t$i-25-
Appleton
Benson (B. K.), Bayard's courier, ^%i. so. Macmillan
Old Squire, t$i-5o Macmillan
Besant (Sir W.). No other way, ^$1.50. . .Dodd, M
Betts (L. W.), Story of an east-side family, t$i-50-
Dodd, M
Blake (Bass), A lady's honor, t$i; pap., tso c.
Appleton
Bland (Mrs. H.). The red house, t$iSo Harper
Boone (H. B.), and Brown (K.), The Redfields sue-
cession, t$i-So Harper
Bottome (Phyllis), Life the interpreter, t$i.5o.
Longmans, G
Brady (C. T.), The bishop (stories), t$i-5o-^<r/>^r
The Southerners, t$i.5o Scribner
Brown (Alice), The Mannerings, t$i-5o-
Houghton, M
Bullock (S. F.), The squireen, ^%i. so. .McClure, P
BuUen (Frank T.), A whaleman's wife, t$i-5o.
Appleton
Burnham (Mrs. C. L. R.), The right princess,
t$i.5o Houghton, M
Burr (A. R.), Truth and a woman, t$i-50 Stone
Carling (J, R.), In the shadow of the Czar, t$i-50-
Little, B
Castle (A. and E.), The star dreamer, ^%i.so.Stokes
Charles (Frances), The siege of youth, t$i-So.
Little, B
Church (S. H.), Penruddock of the White Lambs,
t$i.5o Stokes
Colton (A.), Tioba and other tales, t$i-2S Holt
Conrad (Jos.), Youth: three tales, t$i.5o-
McClure, P
Cook (G. C), Roderick Taliaferro, t$i-50-
Macmillan
Cotes (Mrs. S. J.), Those delightful Americans,
t$i.5o Appleton
Couch (A. T. Q.), "Q," pseud.. Adventures of Har-
ry Revel, t$i-50 Scribner
Crawford (F. M), Cecilia, t$i.5o Macmillan
Crockett (S. R.), Flower-o'-the-corn, t$i.5o.
McClure. P
Crowley (M. C), Love thrives in war, t$i.5o.
Little, B
Daskam (J. D.), Middle-aged love stories, t$i.2S-
Scribner
Whom the gods destroyed (short stories), t$i.SO-
Scribner
Dawson (A. J.), Hidden manna, t$i.5o Barnes
Dudeney (Mrs. H.). Robin Brilliant, ^%\.so.Dodd, M
Edwards (L. B.), The Tu-Tze's tower, %2. so. .Coates
Flint (A.), A girl of ideas, t$i-50 Scribner
Foote (Mrs. M. H.), The desert and the sown,
t$i.5o Houghton, M
Forbes (Mrs. W. R. D.), Unofficial, t$i; pap., tso c.
Appleton
farman (J. M.), The garden of lies, ^%i..so. .Stokes
Journeys end, net, $1.50 .Doubleday, P
Forsslund (L.), The ship of dreams, ^%i. so. .Harper
Foster (M. G.), The heart of the doctor, t$i.5o.
Houghton, M
Gerard (D.), The blood-tax, t$i.So Dodd, M
The eternal woman, t$i.so Brentano's
Gibbs (G.). The love of Monsieur, ^$1. so. .. .Harper
Gilman (Bradley), Ronald Carnaquay, t$i-50.
Macmillan
Goldsmith (M.). A victim of conscience, f!$i. .Coates
Greaves (R.), Brewster's millions, t$i.5o Stone
Greene (Mrs. S. P. McL.), Winslow Plain, t$i.5o.
Harper
Guthrie (T. A.), A Bayard from Bengal, t$i-25.
Appleton
Gwynne (Paul), The pagan at the shrine, net, $1.50.
Macmillan
Hardy (A. S.), His daughter first, t$i.5o.
Houghton M
Harrison (E.), The stage of life, t$i.5o.
Rob. Clarke Co
Hart (M.), Sacrilege Farm, t$i; pap., tSO c.
Appleton
Henderson (C. H.), John Percyfield, t$i.5o.
Houghton, M
Henniker (F.), Contrasts, $1.50 Lane
Hope (Graham), pseud.. Triumph of Count Oster-
mann, t$i.5o Holt
Hornung (E. W.), No hero, $1.25 Scribner
Howells (W. D.), Questionable shapes, t$i.5o.
Harper
Hughes (R.), The whirlwind, t$i.5o Lothrop
Hutten (Bettina v.). Our Lady of the Beeches,
t$i.25 Houghton, M
Isham (F. S.), Under the rose, "t^i.so.Bobbs-Merrill
Jacob (V.), The sheep-stealers, t$i.20 Putnam
Jordan (E. G.), Tales of destiny, t$i.5o Harper
Keats (G), The Roman road, $1.25 Scribner
Eempton-Wace letters, t$i.5o Macmillan
Kinkaid (M. H.), Walda, t$i.5o Harper
Lewis (A. H.), Black Lion Inn, $1.50 Harper
Llljencrantz (O. A.), Ward of King Canute. t$i-5o.
McClurg
London (J.). A daughter of the snows, t$i.5o.
Lippincott
HacGrath (H.). The grey cloak, t$i.5o.
Bobbs-Merrill
Mackie (P. B.), The voice in the desert, t$i.5o.
McClure, P
HacManus (S.), A lad of the O'Friels, t$i-5o.
McClure, P
Miller (A. D.), The modern obstacle, i^i. so. Scribner
Mitchell (S. W.), A comedy of conscience, t$i.
Century
Moore (F. F.), Castle Omeragh, t$i.So Appleton
Moore (G.), The untilled field, t$i.5o Lippincott
A mummer's wife. t$i.5o Brentano's
Morrison (A.), The hole in the wall, t$i.50.
McClure. P
Mowbray (J. P.), The conquering of Kate, t$i.50-
Doubleday, P
Murfree (M. N.), A spectre of power, t$i.5o-
Houghton, M
Ifason (F. L.). The blue goose, 1i$i. so. .McClure, P
NichoUs (J. H.), Bayou Triste, t$i-5o Barnes
Nicholson (M.), The main chance, t$i.5o.
Bobbs-Merrill
Norris (Frank), The pit, t$i.5o Doubleday, P
Korris (W. E.), The credit of the county, t$i; paP-.
tso c Appleton
Lord Leonard the luckless, t$i.So Holt
Faterson (A.). The king's agent, t$i.So Appleton
Payson (W. F.), The triumph of life, ii%i. so. Harper
Pemberton (Max), The gold wolf, -i^i. so. .Dodd, M
The house under the sea, t$i.5o Appleton
People of the whirlpool, t$i.so Macmillan
Phelps (E. S.), Avery, t$i Houghton, M
Phillips (D. G.), Golden fleece, ^%i. so. . .McClure, P
Phillpotts (Eden), The river, t$i.5o Stokes
June, 1903]
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Fopham (F.), Tiie housewives of Edenrise, t$i.So.
Appleton
Powell (Frances), The house on the Hudson, t$i-5o.
Scribner
Prince {Mrs. H. C), The strongest master, t$i.So.
Houghton, M
Fugh (E.). The stumbling-block, t$i-So Barnes
Pyle (Howard), Rejected of men. ^%i. so. .. .Harper
Baine (Allen), pseud., A Welsh witch, f$i; pap.,
tso c Appleton
Eice {Mrs. A. C. H.), Lovey Mary, t$i Century
Boberts (C. G. D.), Barbara Ladd, t$i.So Page
Eohlfs {Mrs. A. K. G.), The filigree ball, t$i.5o.
Bobhs-Merrill
Boseboro' (V.), The joyous heart, t$iSo.
McClure. P
Scott (H. S.), The vultures, t$i.5o Harper
Scott (J. W.), Jack Hardin's Arabian nights, net,
$1 Turner & Co
Seawell (M. E.). Children of destiny, t$i-5o.
Bobbs-Merrill
Francezka, t$i.50 Bobbs-Merrill
Smith (F. H.), Fortunes of Oliver Home, t$i.5o.
Scribner
The under dog, t$i.5o Scribner
Steuart (J. A.), A son of God, t$i.So Appleton
The Samaritans, t$i.so Revell
Stockton (F. R.), The captain's toll-gate, t$i.So.
Appleton
John Gayther's garden (stories), ^%i.so. .Scribner
Tarkington (Booth), The two Vanrevels, t$i.so.
McClure, P
Taylor (M. I.), The rebellion of the Princess, t$i.5o.
McClure, P
Thompson (V.), Spinners of life, ^%i.so. .Lippincott
Thorpe (F. N.), Spoils of empire, ^%i. so. .Little, B
Thruston (L. M.), A girl of Virginia, t$i.So.
Little, B
Thurston (K. C.), The circle, t$i.5o Dodd, M
Townsend (E. W.), Lees and leaven, t$i.5o.
McClure, P
A summer in New York, 1$i.2s Holt
Truscott (L. P.), The poet and Penelope, net, $1.
_ ... . . Putnam
Tuttiett (M. G.). ("Maxwell Gray"), Richard Ros-
ny, t$i.5o Appleton
Tyson (J. A.), The stirrup cup. t$i.25 Appleton
Van Hillern (W.), On the cross Biddle
Ward {Mrs. M. A.), Lady Rose's daughter, t$i.5o.
Harper
Ward {Mrs. \V.). The light behind, t$i.So Lane
Wasson (G. S.), Cap'n Simeon's store, t$i.5o.
Houghton, M
Wells (H. G.), The sea lady, t$i.S0 Appleton
Weyman (S. J.), In king's byways, t$i-5o.
Longmans, G
Wharton {Mrs. E.), The valley of decision, new i v.
ed., t$i.5o Scribner
White (S. E.), Conjuror's house, ^%i.2S. McClure, P
Whitson (J. H.). Barbara, t$i.so Little, B
Wilkins (M. E.), Six trees (short stories), t$i-2S.
Harper
The wind in the rose-bush (short stories), t$i.So.
Doubleday, P
Williams (F. C), The captain, t$i-So Lothrop
Williamson (C. N. and A. M.), The lightning con-
ductor, 1$i.50 Holt
Wilson (H. L.), The spenders, t$i.SO Lothrop
Wilson (W. R. A.), A rose of Normandy, t$iSo.
Little, B
Wister (O.), The Virginian, 1$i.so Macmillan
Philosophy 4, ts c Macmillan
Wright (H. B.), That printer of Udell's, $1.50.
Book Supply Co
Toxall (Ja. H.), The Rommany stone, t$i.So.
Longmans. G
Zack {pseud.). The Roman road (stories), t$i-5o.
Scribner
Zangwill (Isaac), One's womenkind, ^%i.so. .Barnes
Zangwill (Israel), The grey wig (stories), t$i.5o.
Macmillan
Appletons' Summer Reading.
Maxwell Gray's novel "Richard Rosny"
presents a psychological study of a sudden
change in the character of the hero, who from
a frank, happy young naval officer in the Eng-
lish service, became a grave, reticent, brooding
business man. All Maxwell Gray's stories
are fascinating from start to finish. The cli-
max is almost always a surprise to the most
practiced novel reader.
"Castle Omeragh," by F. Frankfort Moore,
is a story of Ireland in the days of Cromwell,
and of the ruthless warfare and barbarity by
which the Protector subdued the island. Al-
tl'.ough the red hand of war is everywhere felt
throughout the pages, the tension is lightened
by the play of Irish humor and an interesting
love story. This author has become expert
in writing fascinating and instructive histori-
cal novels.
"The Sins of a Saint," by J. R. Aitken, tell
of England in the long ago before the Con-
quest. Midnight flights and thrilling escapes
over the wild country to the sea are vividly
portrayed and the early pastoral scenes are
in most refreshing contrast to the gloom that
finally settles over the ill-fated king and queen.
Most interest settles in the announcement
that Frank Stockton's last work "The Cap-
tain's Toll-Gate" is to be ready after long
waiting. The story is said to be as Frank
Stockton wrote stories at his best. With
thoughts divided between tears and smiles
readers will take up the memoir included in
the volume, the work of Mrs. Stockton. A
good bibliography of Stockton's writings is
also included. What memories the titles of
Mr. Stockton's books must stir ! Who has
ever forgotten the first reading of "Rudder
Grange," of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Aleshine,
or the endless discussions among "all sorts
and conditions of men" about "The Lady or
the Tiger" ? Truly Frank R. Stockton
brightened many hours for many people !
There have been four editions in three
months of Myrta Lockett Avary's "A Vir-
ginia Girl in the Civil War," a true story
which reads like invention, and there is a
graceful story of the youthful Aaron Burr
in J. Aubrey Tyson's "The Stirrup Cup," got-
ten up in the beautiful style of the Novelettes
de luxe.
A book to take to the country is "Million-
aire Households," by Mary Elizabeth Carter.
All the world loves a rich person and this
tells about many of those who can have and
do without consulting anything but their own
caprice.
1 82
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[June, 1903
0urt)tB of Current Citcrature.
ijg Order through your bookseller. "There is no worthier or surer pledge of the intelligence
mnd the purity of any community than their general purchase of books ; nor is there any one who does
more to further the attainment and possession of these qualities than a good bookseller." Prof. Dunn.
ART, MUSIC, DRAMA.
Lavignac, Albert. Musical education; from
the French by Esther Singleton. Appleton.
8, (Appleton's musical ser.) $2 net.
Author is professor of harmony at the Paris
Conservatoire. His book is an inquiry into
"the best means to pursue a musical education
under its most healthful conditions a matter
which is far more difficult than is generally be-
lieved." The advice offered, which will be
invaluable to parents, amateur and profes-
sional musicians, teachers, and students, is
"the fruit of forty years' experience in teach-
ing nearly every degree of talent and every
condition of life." The real object of the
work, to quote from M. Lavignac again, is to
set forth "the best manner to pursue any study
in order to reach the end that one desires to
attain."
Weed, Clarence Moores. The flower beau-
tiful. Houghton, M. & Co. 8, $2.50 net.
This is probably the first book on the sub-
ject of the decorative use of flowers, and with
its abundant illustration it awakens a fresh
interest in the use and arrangement of flowers
for beautifying interiors. The author has
treated the subject seriously as a branch of
art, and applies the principles of art to govern
its practice. He points out the importance of
harmony in color and form, not only between
the flowers used, but the flowers and their re-
ceptacles and surroundings.
BIOGRAPHY, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
Adams, C. Francis, ed. Life in a New Eng-
land town, 1787, 1788: diary of J. Quincy
Adams while a student in the office of
Theophilus Parsons at Newburyport. Lit-
tle, B. & Co. 8, $2 net.
Banks, L. Albert. Youth of famous Ameri-
cans. Jennings & Pye. 16, 50 c. net.
Sketches dealing only with the youth of
thirty distinguished Americans. Among them
are Washington, Franklin, J. Quincy Adams,
Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Webster, Clay, An-
drew Jackson, Pocahontas, Audubon, Irving,
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Brooks, Phillips. Phillips Brooks as his
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imitable traits, by Rev. F. B. Allen ; Influence
at Harvard, by Prof. F. G. Peabody; Among
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Bryce, Ja. Studies in contemporary biog-
raphy. Macmillan. 8, $3 net.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, and Grimm, Her-
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