Todd, C. Burr. The real Benedict Arnold.
Barnes. 12, $1.20 net.
Noticed elsewhere in this issue.
OCStRIPTION, EORAPHY, TRAVEL, ETC.
Abbott, G. F. The tale of a tour in Mace-
donia. Longmans. 8, $5 net.
The tour described was undertaken by Mr.
G. F. Abbott, of Emmanuel College, Cam-
bridge, under the auspices of that university,
with a view to the collection of materials for
a work on Macedonian folk-lore, to be issued
shortly. The present volume contains the
author's impressions of the country, and pres-
ents a vivid picture of the social and political
conditions prevailing therein at the time of
the tour.
Abruzzi, {Duke of the,) [Luigi Amedeo of
Savoy.] On the Polar Star in the Arctic
sea, by His Royal Highness, Luigi Amedeo
of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi ; with the
statements of Commander U. Cagni upon
the sledge expedition to 86 34' north and
of Dr. A. Cavalli Molinelli upon his return
to the Bay of Teplitz ; tr. by W. Le Queux.
Dodd, M. & Co. 2 v., $12.50 net.
The object of the expedition of the Polar
Star was to sail as far north as possible along
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some coast-line, and then to travel on sledges
towards the Pole from the place where the
winter had been passed. The Pole was not
reached, but the sledge expedition, led by Com-
mander Cagni, pushed on to a latitude which
no man had previously attained, and proved
that with determination and sturdy men, and
a number of well-selected dogs, the frozen
Arctic Ocean can actually be crossed to the
highest latitude. These two very handsome
volumes, profusely illustrated from photo-
graphs, give an account of the whole expedi-
tion by the explorers themselves. The expe-
dition started in 1899 on a four years' cruise.
Blair, Emma Helen, and Robertson, Ja.
Alex., eds. The Philippine Islands, 1493-
1803; tr. from the originals, ed. and annot.
by Emma Helen Blair and Ja. Alex. Rob-
ertson ; with historical introd. and addi-
tional notes by E. Gaylord Bourne. In 55
V. Arthur H. Clarke Co. 8, $4 net.
To be noticed later.
Brandes, G. Poland: a study of the land,
people, and literature. Macmillan. 8, $3
net.
James, W. Puerto Rican and other impres-
sions. Putnam. 8, $1.50 net.
Monroe, Mrs. Harriet Earhart. Washing-
ton, its sights and insights. Funk & W. Co.
12, $1 net.
Noticed elsewhere in this issue.
DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL.
Bell, Mrs. Hugh. The minor moralist : some
essays on the art of every-day conduct.
Longmans. 12, $1.60 net.
Contents: A plea for the minor moralist;
On the better teaching of manners ; On some
difficulties incidental to middle age; Concern-
ing the relation between mothers and daugh-
ters; "Si jeunesse voulait" ; On the merits
and demerits of thrift and of certain proverbs
regarding it ; The lot of the servant.
Haskins, C. Waldo. How to keep household
accounts : a manual of family finance. Har-
per. 16, $1 net.
A handbook of family finance. Its object
is to save housekeepers time, money, and wor-
ry, by showing them the practical, easy way
of keeping simple accounts. It requires no
previous knowledge of bookkeeping. Its style
is conversational and clear, and readily un-
derstood. Arranged with tables, etc., it makes
a perfectly clear exposition of the best possi-
ble way of keeping family accounts.
EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, ETC.
Bowker, R. Rogers. Of education; with ap-
pended addresses on "The scholar" and
"The college of to-day." Houghton, M. &
Co. 12, (Arts of life.) 75 c.
Besides the chapter from Mr. Bowker's
"The arts of life "Of education" are in-
cluded two recent papers from his pen, "The
scholar" and "The college of to-day," which
bear directly upon the question of the relation
between the university and the college.
FICTION.
Bacheller, Irving. Darrell of the Blessed
Isles ; il. by Arthur I. Keller. Lothrop Pub.
Co. 12, $1.50.
Noticed elsewhere in this issue.
Barr, Mrs. Amelia Edith HuddlEstone.
Thyra Varrick : a love story; il. by Lee
Woodward Ziegler. J. F. Taylor. 12,
$1.50.
Noticed in May issue.
Barry, J. Daniel. A daughter of Thespis : a
novel. Page. 12, $1.50.
A realistic story of the American stage ; the
heroine is the leading lady of a stock com-
pany; her joys and triumphs, her love affairs
and disappointments are told by one thorough-
ly familiar with stage life.
Bell, J. J. Wee Macgreegor. Harper. 16,
$1.
The humorous and realistic story of a little
Scottish boy, Wee Macgreegor, of his father,
who slyly pets and spoils him, and of his
mother, who adores and disciplines him.
Benson, Blackwood K. Old Squire: the ro-
mance of a black Virginian. Macmillan.
12, $1.50.
A story of the Civil War as seen from the
Confederate side. "Old Squire" is an old
negro slave, loyally devoted to his master,
who is in the Confederate cavalry; his quick
wit in helping his master and his faithfulness
to the very end are finely drawn. There is
another typical negro character, "Barney,"
who guides the Union column to victory in
1864; he is offered as a foil to "Old Squire."
The author says the subject of his book is
"not to defend slavery but to do justice to
slaves."
Betts, Lillian W. The story of an east-side
family. Dodd, M. & Co. 12, $1.50.
A story in which is traced the evolution of
a typical east-side family of New York, be-
ginning with a "marriage of convenience."
From very meagre beginnings, the young
couple through industry, thrift and good man-
agement go step by step up the social ladder,
until the husband becomes the foreman of the
factory in which he works and the wife a
leader and an acknowledged power in the
neighborhood.
BooNE, H. Burnham, and Brown, Kenneth.
The Redfields succession. Harper, 12,
$1.50.
The scenes of this story are laid chiefly in
Virginia, and give an accurate and entertain-
ing account of Virginia country life. The
principal characters are a Southern girl and
an impecunious New Yorker, who is a fine
fellow at bottom and descendant of an old
Virginia family. There is an exciting con-
test over the will made by his uncle, who
owned the handsome estate of Redfields, and
there are many turns in the plot before the
final denouement.
Brady, Cyrus Townsend. The bishop, being
some account of his strange adventures on
the plains. Harper. 12, $1.50.
Stories of a militant, lovable bishop, whose
work among the rough-and-ready men of
Western camps, forts and villages results in
his sharing in many incidents of frontier life
comedy, tragedy, always drama.
Couch, Arthur T. Quiller, ["Q," pseud.]
Adventures of Harry Revel. Scribner. 12,
$1.50.
Noticed elsewhere in this issue.
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Daskam, Josephine Dodge. Middle-aged
love stories. Scribner. 12, $1.25.
Contents: In the valley of the shadow ; A
philanthropist; A reversion to type; A hope
deferred; The courting of Lady Jane; Julia
the apostate; Mrs. Dud's sister.
Edwards, Louise Betts. The Tu-Tze's tow-
er. Coates. 12, $1.
To be noticed later.
Flint, Josiah, {pseud.] The rise of Ruder-
ick Clowd. Dodd, M. & Co. 12, $1.50.
"Mr. Flint's studies in criminology have
been of the kind which exclude sentimental-
ity. In this life story of Ruderick Clowd one
sees the incalculably important part that en-
vironment plays in the life of the individual.
Clowd came into the world with the brand of
illegitimacy upon him. Brought up in the
streets, educated in a reform school, he in-
evitably was graduated into the ranks of the
criminal. How he became a notorious
'crook/ his ups and downs of fortune, his
loves, his final determination to 'quit the
road,' are pictured with a vividness that
makes the story read like a transcript from
life." Brooklyn Daily Times.
Gerard, Dorothea, [nozv Mnte. Longard de
Longarde.] The eternal woman. Bren-
tano's. 12, $1.50.
"The detailed adventures of a young girl
who, from being circus waif, becomes a sec-
ond Becky Sharp, but finally deserts Becky's
ideals and falls in love with the man she
sought to ensnare. When the thing she de-
sired to gain is almost within her grasp her
conscience, startled into life by her love, tor-
tures her with doubts of the honesty of obey-
ing the dictates of her heart. The situation
possesses many interesting possibilities."
Public Opinion.
Gilman, Bradley. Ronald Carnaquay, a com-
mercial clergyman. Macmillan. 12, $1.50.
A novel, which aims to "hold the mirror up
to nature" as manifested in certain phases of
the church life of our time. The author de-
picts, with both humor and pathos, a pastor's
relations with his congregation, his trustees,
and some of the women of his flock. One of
the chief interests of the story lies in the
development of the character of the rector who
has been a commercial traveller, and who goes
into the church for what he can get out of it.
The woman in the story is a widow, young
and not without charm, and it is her influ-
ence on the commercial rector around which
the story plays.
Greaves, R. Brewster's millions. Stone. 12,
$1.50.
Montgomery Brewster, a young New
Yorker, is left seven millions by an uncle he
has never seen, on condition that he is abso-
lutely penniless a year from the uncle's death.
As Brewster has just inherited a million from
his grandfather, the year is devoted to spend-
ing the million in hand that he may acquire
his uncle's wealth. The story is an account
of his wild dissipations in his effort to become
penniless.
Hardy, Arthur Sherburne. His daughter
first. Houghton, M. & Co. 12, $1.50.
Noticed elsewhere in this issue.
Harrison, Ellanetta. The stage of life : a
Kentucky story. Rob. Clarke. 12, $1.50.
Hart, Mabel. Sacrilege farm. Appleton.
12, (Appleton's town and country lib.) $1;
pap., 50 c.
Henniker, Florence. Contrasts: [a novel.]
Lane. 12, $1.50.
Hornung, Ernest W. No hero. Scribner.
16, $1.25.
An Eton boy, adored by his widowed moth-
er, takes a vacation in Switzerland, and falls
in love with a beautiful woman older than
himself, who is thought to be an adventuress.
A friend of his mother, an invalid soldier,
just home from South Africa, undertakes to
disillusionize the boy. It is this friend who
tells the story, the result proving him "no
hero" as he believes.
Keats, Gwendoline, ["Zack," pseud.] The
Roman road. Scribner. 12, $1.50.
Three stories, two being novelettes in
length: "The Roman road," a story of an
English manor-house and its inmates, in a
vein entirely new for this author; "The bal-
ance," which touches life at many points and
in unusual ways ; and "Thoughty," a story
of the youth of two boys.
Lewis, Alfred H. The Black Lion Inn; il.
by F. Remington. Harper. 12, $1.50.
A group of snow-bound men in an old tav-
ern called "The Black Lion Inn," tells the
stories collected under this title. They are
stories of the American frontier, and are both
dramatic and amusing. By the author of the
"Wolfville" stories.
McCall, Sidney, Truth Dexter. New popu-
lar ed. Little, B. & Co. 12, 75 c.
McCarthy, Justin Huntly. Marjorie. Har-
per. 12, $1.50.
"Mainly about a voyage that began in a
simple-hearted seaman's desire to found a
Utopia beyond the sea and ended in battle,
murder, and sudden death. The manner of
telling it takes away some of the gory effects
that might otherwise mar the narrative, and
the general impression is not unpleasant. It
is frankly a novel of adventure, but it is
no more unreal and far more carefully writ-
ten than such stories usually are." Public
Opinion.
MacGrath, Harold. The grey cloak; il. by
T. Mitchell Pierce. Bobbs-Merrill. 12,
$1.50.
Noticed in May issue.
Mackie, Pauline Bradford, [Mrs. Herbert
Muller Hopkins.] The voice in the desert,
McClure, P. & Co. 12, $1.50.
A story of subtle attractions and repulsions
between men and women ; of deep tempera-
ment conflicts, accentuated and made dramatic
by the tense atmosphere of the Arizona desert.
The action of the story passes in a little Span-
ish mission town, where the hero, Lispenard,
is settled as an Episcopal clergjmian, with his
wife Adele, and their two children. The in-
fluence of the spirit of the desert is a leading
factor in the story.
Miller, Alice Duer. The modern obstacle
Scribner. 12, $1.50.
The lack of money is the modern obstacle
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to a marriage purely of love. An ingenious
story is evolved, showing how the hero and
heroine may be happy in spite of this obstacle.
Mowbray, J. P., ["'J. P. M.." pseud.] The con-
quering of Kate. Doubleday, P. 12, $1.50.
The scene is laid in the secluded farming
region of southern Pennsylvania some thirty
years ago and the story is chiefly concerned
with the fortunes of the spirited and beautiful
young lady whose name gives the book a title.
She and her sister and a Virginia aunt are
left, by the death of her father, in financial
straits and with a huge unremunerative estate.
Their family pride revolts at the changes and
improvements suggested by the common sense
of their guardian. It is he who brings young
John Burt from the north as overseer, in the
hope of saving the situation by business man-
agement. The resulting love story (or double
love story) is full of charm.
Paysox, W. Farquhar. The triumph of life.
Harper. 12, $1.50.
A story of modern American life. It tells
of the struggles of a young writer, Enoch
Lloyd, with what seems to be financial suc-
cess at the price of moral failure. There are
two women in the case, the two opposing in-
fluences. One is Celeste Moreau, the worldly
daughter of a French hotelkeeper in New^
York; the other is Marion Lee, daughter of
Lloyd's publisher. His struggle between these
two influences the one demoralizing, the oth-
er ennobling is worked out through many in-
tricacies of plot and a series of dramatic sit-
uations.
Phillips, D. Graham. Golden fleece: the
American adventures of a fortune hunting
earl; il. by Harrison Fisher. McClure, P.
& Co. 12, $1.50.
"The story of two English noblemen who
seek wealthy brides in the United States. One
of the men is successful in his quest, and by
his success saves the other man from making
a 'sacrifice' of himself. The smart sets of New
York, Boston, Washington, and Chicago are
unmercifully satirized, but if report be true, not
unjustly. The conduct of the marriage mart
in uppertendom is an interesting theme, and
one about which humbler citizens would like
to be informed." Public Opinion.
Roseboro', Viola. The joyous heart. Mc-
Clure, P. & Co. 12, bds., $1.50.
A study of a woman, who is pagan almost,
yet warmly human and lovable. The story of
her short life is the story of a joy in living
that no sorrow could subdue, that remained
triumphant to the end. The scene of the
novel is in the south, during the war and after.
Seawell, Molly Elliot. Children of destinv ;
il. by A. B. Wenzell. Bobbs-Merrill. 12,
$1.50.
Noticed in May issue.
Slosson, Mrs. Annie Eliot Trumbull. Life's
common way. Barnes. 12, $1.50.
A story of the modern woman as she is
developed in American, or more especially,
New England society. It deals with the vary-
ing effects upon character of our daily Ameri-
can life, the fortunes of a king of finance and
the complex currents beneath the surface of
what appears to be a purely conventional
progress along "life's common way."
SoNNiCH'sEN, Albert. Deep sea vagabonds;
by Albert Sonnichsen, able seaman. Mc-
Clure, P. & Co. 12, $1.50.
The adventures of two young men who
shipped before the mast, on the Pacific Coast.
By the author of "Ten months a captive
among the Filipinos." The story begins in
3, and resids like veritable adventures.
Stephens, Rob. Neilson. The mystery of
^Murray Davenport: a stofy of New York
at the present day; il. by H. C. Edwards.
Page. 12, $1.50.
Playwright and book illustrator is Murray
Davenport, a man of varied gifts, but one who
has been most unfortunate in his contact with
real life. His sudden determination to .right
himself in a grievous wrong, irrespective of
the legal side of the question, and his change
of identity are the story. The mystery is well
managed, a love story and scenes from New
York life belonging to the narrative.
Templeton, Herminie. Darby O'Gill and the
good people. McClure, P. & Co. 12, $1.50.
Sets forth an account of the adventures of a
daring Tipperary man named Darby O'Gill
among the fairies of Sleive-na-Mon: Quaint
and humorous sketches woven about Irish su-
perstitions and folk-lore.
Thompson, Vance. Spinners of life; il. by
E. M. Ashe and Rollin Kirby. Lippincott.
12, $1.50.
Thorpe, Francis Newton. The spoils of em-
pire: a romance of the old world and the
new; il. by Frank B. Masters. Little, B.
& Co. 12, $1.50.
Noticed elsewhere in this issue.
Tolstoi, Count Lyoff Nikolaievich. More
tales from Tolstoi ; from the Russian ; with
an enlarged biography of the author by R.
Nisbet Bain. Brentano's. 12, $1.50.
After the biography are ten tales entitled :
The snowstorm ; The captive in the Caucasus ;
Hatred is sweet, but God is strong ; Elias ;
The two brothers and the gold^ The children
wiser than the elders; The death of Ivan
Il'ich; The penitent sinner; Three death's;
The story of Ivan the fool.
Tolstoi, Count Lyoff Nikolaievich. Res-
urrection; tr. by Mrs. Louise Maud. Play-
ers' ed. ; il. from the play. Dodd, M. & Co.
12, $1.50 net.
"The occasion for this new edition of Tol-
stoi's greatest work is the opportunity to in-
clude a number of illustrations from scenes in
the play founded upon the novel. Whatever
one may think of the play, there is no denying
the fact that its scenes make very effective
pictures. We long ago passed upon the book
itself; it has strength of the rare sort that only
goes with such faith and sincerity as Tolstoi
possesses, but it is marred by dullness and ex-
aggeration." Public Opinion.
Trumbull, Annie Eliot. Life's common way.
Barnes. 12, $1.50.
A story of the modern woman as she is de-
veloped in American, or more especially. New
England society. It deals with the varying
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effects upon character of our daily American
life, the fortunes of a king of finance and the
complex currents beneath the surface of what
appears to be a purely conventional progress
along "life's common way."
Wasson, G. S. Cap'n Simeon's store. Hough-
ton, M. & Co. 12, $1.50.
The title, "Cap'n Simeon's store," is taken
from the favorite haunt of the ancient sea-
captains, who sit around "Cap'n Simeon's"
hospitable fire and spin out yarns of life and
death on the great deep, and of witchcraft and
other strange happenings on shore. "Cap'n
Simeon's store" is "down Gloucester way."
Whitson, J. H. Barbara : a woman of the
west; il. by Chase Emerson. Little, B. &
Co. 12, $1.50.
Noticed elsewhere in this issue.
Williamson, C, and Norris, A. M. The
lightning conductor ; the strange adventures
of a motor-cor. 4th ed., rev. and enl. Holt.
12, $1.50.
Wilson, A. F. The wars of peace ; il. by H.
C. Ireland. Little. B. & Co. 12, $1.50.
A novel in which the leading subject is
trusts and their consequences. Albion Hardy,
a successful and immensely ambitious finan-
cier, organizes an industrial combination
which causes much suffering and disaster,
and eventually alienates his only son, who,
declining to enter the "Trust" withdraws his
capital from his father's business, and buys a
small mill and attempts to manage it accord-
ing to his own ideas. The destruction of his
mill and his rescue is one of the dramatic in-
cidents. There is abundant love interest.
Wilson, W. R. A. A rose of Normandy ; il.
by Ch. Grunwald. Little, B. & Co. 12,
$1.50.
Noticed in May issue.
Wright, Harold Bell. That printer of
Udell's : a story of the middle west ; il. by
J : Clitheroe Gilbert. The Book Supply Co.
12, $1.50.
The opening scene is laid in the Moonshin-
er's district of Arkansas. From there the
story soon carries the reader into the more
familiar localities of the middle west, and
later on returns for a time to the life of the
mountaineer in the Ozarks.
HISTORY.
Chittenden, Hiram Martin. History of
early steamboat navigation on the Missouri
river : life and adventures of Joseph La
Barge, pioneer, navigator and Indian trader.
Francis P. Harper. 2 v., 8, (American ex-
plorers ser., no. 4.) $6 net.
To be noticed later.
McCaleb, Walter Flavius. The Aaron Burr
conspiracy: a history largely from original
and hitherto unused sources. Dodd, M. &
Co. 8, $2.50 net.
Pears, Edwin. The destruction of the Greek
Empire and the story of the capture of
Constantinople by the Turks. Longmans.
8. $7. . . . .
In order to make his story intelligible and
to explain its significance the author has given
a summary of the history of the empire be-
tween the Latin conquest in 1204 and the cap-
ture of the city in 1453, and has traced the
progress during the same period of the race
which succeeded in destroying the empire and
in replacing the Greeks as the possessors of
new Rome.
Whitcomb, Merrick. A history of modern
Europe. Appleton. 12, (Twentieth cen-
tury text-books.) $1.10.
HYGIENIC AND SANITARY.
Griffith, J. P. Crozer, M.D. Care of the
baby : a manual for mothers and nurses.
3d ed., rev. Saunders. 12, $1.50 net.
Pratt, Nannette Magruder. The body beau-
tiful ; common-sense ideas on health and
beauty without medicine. Baker & T. 12,
$1.25 net.
Contents: The meaning of physical culture;
Foods digestible and indigestible; The com-
plaint of a stomach ; The kidneys ; Constipa-
tion; Fasting; About meat; Health bath;
Sleeping, tight lacing, and a word to fleshy
and thin people ; Outdoor exercises ; Care of
the teeth, hair, hands, and feet; How to cure
a cold without medicine, etc. ; Specific rules
for reducing flesh ; How to put on flesh ; For
the complexion ; Perspiration of hands and
feet ; A punch-bowl episode ; Exercise ; .
Health meals for one week; A few health
rules in a nutshell ; Recipes.
Untrained nurse (The), by a graduate of
Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Angel
Guardian Press. 12, 75 c.
"The untrained nurse" has been written
with a great desire to help those who are un-
able to hire a trained nurse. It is simply and
plainly written and goes into every detail of
nursing.
LITERARY MISCELLANY, COLLECTED WORKS,
ETC.
Alden, Raymond Macdonald, ed. English
verse ; specimens illustrating its principles
and history. Holt. 16, (English read-
ings.) buckram, $1.25 net.
"The aim of this book is to give the ma-
terials for the inductive study of English
verse. Its origin was in certain university
courses, for which it proved to be necessary
often for use in a single hour's work to
gather almost numberless books, some of
which must ordinarily be inaccessible except
in the vicinity of large libraries. I have tried
to extract from these books the materials nec-
essary for the study of English verse-forms,
adding notes designed to make the specimens
intelligible and useful." Preface.
CooK^ E. T. Introductions to the Library edi-
tion of the works of John Ruskin, Intro-
duction to V. I. Longmans. 8, 25 c. net.
Corbin, J. New portrait of Shakespeare.
Lane. 12", '$1.25 net.
KiNGSLEY, C. Life and works of Charles
Kingsley. Ed. de luxe. In 19 v. Macmil-
lan. 8, ea., $3 net.
Newell, W. Wells. The legend of the Holy
Grail ; and the Perceval of Crestien of
Troyes : papers reprinted from the Journal
of American Folk-Lore. Houghton, M. &
Co. 8, $1 ; bds., $1.25.
In this treatise are brought together, with
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consecutive paging, articles contained in num-
bers of the Journal of American Folk-Lore
between the years 1897 and 1902. An account
is given of all mediaeval forms of the story,
with a view of exhibiting their relations and
origin. In notes, the critical literature of the
subject is brought down to date. The writer
gives his own view of the sources and signifi-
cance of the legend.
Paltsits, Victor Hugo. Bibliography of the
separate and collected works of Philip Fre-
neau, together with an account of his news-
papers. Dodd, M. & Co. 16, pap., $750.
Harrison, Ja. A. Life and letters of Edgar
Allan Poe. Crowtll. 2 v., 12, $2.50 net;
hf. cf.. $5 net.
Prof. Harrison, of the University of Vir-
ginia, the author of the present biography, is
the editor of the Virginia edition of Poe's
works. The biography fills the first of the
two volumes of the present work, the second
volume is a collection of Poe's letters and of
letters written him by his friends and liter-