Drifted ashore, 331 p.; Head of the house,
450 p. ; Her husband's home. 384 p. ; Mistress
of Lydgate, 324 p. ; Two enthusiasts, 448 p.

Halevy, Ludovic. Abbe Constantin and A
marriage for love ; from the French ; with a
critical introd. by Robert Herrick. Apple-
ton. 12, (A century of French romance,
Parisian ed., v. 16.) per v., from $5 to $50.

Harkins, E. Francis. The schemers: a tale
of modern life ; with a frontispiece by Ern-
est Fosbery. Page. 12, $1.50.
London, Jack. The call of the wild ; il. by
Philip R. Goodwin and C. Livingston Bull.
Macmillan. 12, $1.50.
A story of wild life in the Klondike, in
which human nature as well as animal life are
seen at both their best and their worst. The
hero, "Buck," is a magnificent dog, who was
stolen from a luxurious home in southern
California and trained for a sledge dog in
Alaska. The training process and the hard-
ships he endures develop his dominant traits,
and "Buck" becomes master of the pack. The
first strong note in the book is the coming out
of the dog's good blood through infinite hard-
ship the last, when he finally obeys "the call
of the wild," and relapses into savagery, be-
cause his last and best friend was killed by
an Indian.

McViCKAR, H. Goelet, and Collins, Percy,
{pseud.) A parish of two: Douglas Day-
ton letters by H. Goelet McVickar ; Percy
Dashiel letters by Percy Collins. Lothrop.
12, $1.50.

A love tale told in letter form by two au-
thors in collaboration. The world of fash-
ionable society is displayed in an intimate way,
while, in sharp contrast, the life spiritual is
revealed fascinatingly in the words of an in-
valid clergyman, as he writes to his man-of-
the-world friend.

Magnay, Sir W. Count Zarka : a romance ;
with a frontispiece by Maurice Greiffen-
hagen. Page. 12, $1.50.
The extraordinary disappearance of Prince



Roel of Rapsberg, apparently off the face of
the earth, is the incident which starts the
story. Count Zarka is one of two who is ap-
pointed to find him, and to ascertain if he has
simply been kidnapped through political rea-
sons, or abducted and killed on account of
some love affair. There is a mystery also
about Count Zarka, the book elucidating both
mysteries very successfully.

MuMFORD, Ethel Watts. Wbiteash; il. by
A. G. Earned. Estes. 12, $1.50.
A fascinating young man, claiming to be a
wealthy Pole and patriot, travelling incog-
nito, is received by several good New York
families. A young girl who had spent the
previous year in France with companions
thinks she recognizes him as the perpetrator
of a brutal murder and robbery that occurred
in an obscure inn where the party spent the
night. A good detective story is built up,
and clever glimpses given of fashionable and
Bohemian life in New York City.

Naylor, Ja. Ball. Under mad Anthony's
banner; il. by C. M. Coolidge. Saalfield.
12, $1.50.

The story opens in Ohio in 1791, in the
home of a young pioneer, an English refugee.
He leaves his wife in their cabin and starts
on a hunting expedition. On his return his
wife has disappeared. He finds a letter appa-
rently written to him by her saying she no
longer loves him and has returned to Eng-
land with his cousin. The young man be-
lieves her faithless and offers his services to
General Anthony Wayne. The fate of the
wife is tragical, while the husband goes
through some equally sorrowful experiences.

Read, Opie P., ["Arkansaw traveller,"
pseud.] The Harkriders. Laird & Lee.
12, $1.50.

The Harkriders are descendants of an old
Virginia family. Colonel John Harkrider, of
the Confederacy, is introduced just after the
Civil War. The story of his love for a pretty
teacher, with other incidents of family his-
tory, are told in a romantic and, dramatic
manner.

Russell, W. Clark. The captain's wife;

with a frontispiece by W. H. Dunton. Page.

12, $1.50.

The action of the story takes place on
board an English sailing vessel the Dealman,
bound on a voyage from England to an island
oft the coast of Cape Horn. The object of
the voyage is to raise part of the valuable
cargo of a steamer that had foundered in a
bay of the island. The captain of the Deal-
man had just been married; his wife finds it
very hard to be separated from him, and man-
ages to smuggle herself aboard his ship. This
is against orders, but when she is discovered
it is too late to put her ashore. The adven-
tures of the shio and "the captain's wife"' are
numerous and startling.

Sandeau, L. S. Jules. Mile, de la Seigliere;
from the French ; with a critical introd. by
R: Mansfield. Appleton. 12, (A century
of French romance, Parisian ed.) per v.,
from $5 to $50.

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Island : a story of the sea. Home Pub. Co.

12, $1.25 ; pap., 50 c.

Returning after a three years' cruise in the
staunch whaHng ship Reindeer, Hiram Worth,
third mate, has but one thought to meet his
sweetheart again and make her his wife. The
cruise has made him a rich man, and life
looks very beautiful to him. The news that
his promised bride has given him up for a
rich rival ruins his life. Bent on vengeance,
he becomes a traitor to his country (the time
is 1864 during the Civil War) and enters the
Confederate service, leading their warships to
the fishing grounds where his rival is cruis-
ing. The ending is dramatic.

Seawell, Molly Elliot. The great scoop;

il. by W. F. Stecher. Page. 12, $1.

The story of a bright boy of fifteen who en-
ters a newspaper ofiice as office boy, becomes
a reporter and wins his spurs in a "great
scoop."

Spyri, Mrs. Johanna. Dorris and her moun-
tain home: [a story;] from the German by
Mary E. Ireland. Presbyterian Com. of
Pub. 12, 75 c. net.

Stringer, Arthur. The silver poppy. Ap-
pleton. 12, $1.50.

Van Deventer, E. Murdoch, ["Lawrence L.
Lynch," pseud.] The danger line: story
of a mysterious case. Laird & Lee. 12,
75 c.

Van Zile, E. Sims. A Duke and his double;

with frontispiece by Florence Scovel Shinn.

Holt. 16, 75 c.

John T. Flint, known in Chicago as the
"flour Baron," relies upon the Duke of Hast-
ings, an English peer, to place him on a solid
social basis in New York. The Duke failing
him, he engages the services of a man who
resembles the peer to personate that noble-
man. The Duke's double is seen in some
striking situations in which an American
heiress likewise figures.

Viaud, L. Marie Julien, ["Pierre Loti,"
pseud.] An Iceland fisherman; tr. from
the French ; with a critical introd. by Jules
Cambon. Appleton. 12, (A century of
French romance, Parisian ed.) per v., from
$5 to $50.

Walford, Mrs. Lucy Bethia. Stay-at-homes.

Longmans. 12, $1.50.

An English story of the upper class, the
scene being placed in an old-fashioned coun-
try house, where the people have grown nar-
row and uninteresting from lack of contact
with those around them. There are three
daughters in the family, the elder being a girl
of fine character.

HISTORY.

AcTON, Sir J. E. E. Dalberg. Cambridge
modern history ; planned by Lord Acton ;
ed. by A. W. Wood, G. W. Prothero, Stan-
ley Leathes. In 12 v. v. 7, The United
States ; with complete bibliography, chro-
nological table of leading events, index.
Macmillan. 8, $4 net.

Curtis, Lillian Johnson. The Laos of
North Siam ; with an introd. by Rob. E.



Speer; il. from photographs taken by the

author. Westminster Press, il. pors. 8,

$1.25 net.

The author recently spent nearly four years
among the Laos people as a missionary.
Aside from several books about Siam which
merely touch upon "the Laos," very little has
been written about them. Her purpose is to-
give concrete facts and incidents which are
illustrative of the people as a whole.

Cooke, J. Esten. Virginia : a history of the
people. [New ed. ;] with a supplementary-
chapter by W. Garrott Brown. Houghton,
M. & Co. map, 12, (American common-
wealths; ed. by Horace E. Scudder.) $1.25.

Gardiner, S.i^Rawson. History of the Com-
monwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656. la
4 V. V. 3, 1653-1655. New ed. Longmans.
12, $2. Supplementary chapter. Long-
mans. 8, $1.

This work as first projected was intended
to be in four volumes, but Mr. Gardner fell
ill soon after he published the third volume
of his history. He was, unhappily, able to
complete very little of the proposed fourth
volume, and the chapter now printed is the
only part of it in a sufficiently advanced state
for publication.

Hulbert, Archer Butler. Boone's Wilder-
ness Road. Arthur H. Clark Co. il. I2^
(Historic highways of America, v. 6.)
$2.50 net.

The Wilderness Road to Kentucky from
Virginia and Tennessee was, according tcv
the author, the longest, blackest, hardest road
of pioneer days in America. It was broken
open for white man's use by Daniel Boone,
and therefore originally called Boone's trail.
It was also known as the "Kentucky Road""
and "The Road to Caintuck,' or "The Vir-
ginia Road," but the "Wilderness Road" has
for years been the commonest name. As in
the case of other highways dealt with ii>
these monographs, the history of the roadway
is of minor importance to the phases of his-
tory which it suggests.

Stuart tracts, 1603-1693; with an introd. by
C. H. Firth. Dutton. 8, (An English
garner.) $1.25 net.

"The tracts that stand first in this volume
describe the accession of James 1. and the re-
joicings which accompanied his progress,
from Scotland to London. To them is pre-
fixed, in order to explain the narratives fol-
lowed. Sir Robert Carey's account of the cir-
cumstances of Queen Elizabeth's death, and
of the manner in which he brought the news
to Edinburgh." Introduction.

Tucker, G. Fox. The Monroe doctrine.

George F. Tucker. 12, pap., 10 c.

An abridgment of the author's work on the
same subject published in 1885. A historical
survey of the Monroe doctrine.

Wrong, G. M. The British nation : a history.
Appleton. il. maps, 12, (Twentieth cen-
tury text-books.) $1.40 net.
"The aim of the present work is to per-
form what will seem to many the impossible
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handy volume the saHent features of the his-
tory of the British nation as it now stands
before the world and on the basis of the fuller
information which modern research has made
accessible. Though political development has
been kept to the front, about one-third of the
chapters are devoted to social life. By recog-
nizing the principle that the less important
periods may be passed over lightly to leave
room for fuller treatment of great eras, the
author has tried to avoid the dulness of mere
annals." Preface.

HYGIENIC AND SANITARY.

Krohn, W. O. First book in hygiene: a
primer of physiology. Appleton. 12, 35 c.
net.

Wheeler, Marianna. Plain hints for busy
mothers; il. by F. M. Miller. E. B. Treat
& Co. 12, leatherette, 35 c.
Simple and practical suggestions for feed-
ing, bathing, dressing, and the general care
of babies. Intended for mothers of limited
means. The author, who is a graduate of the
training schools of the New York Hospital
and Sloane Maternity Hospital, has been
superintendent of the Babies Hospital since
1891.

LITERARY MISCELLANY, COLLECTED WORKS,
ETC

Annual American catalogue (The) cumu-
lated, 1900-1902; containing a record under
author, titles, subject and series of the
books published in the United States, re-
corded from January i, 1900, to December
31, 1902, with a directory of publishers.
Office of The Publishers' Weekly. 4to, $3.
Opens with articles on the book production
in the United States, England and France in
1902 ; also gives the report of the Register
of Copyrights for 1901-1902. The "Directory
of American publishers issuing books in 1900-
1902" covers 31 pages and embraces over 2000
names. The catalogue itself covers 684 pages.

Cambon, Jules. Essays and addresses. Ap-
pleton. 8, $1 net.

Contents: Two essays entitled: Pierre
Loti's Iceland fisherman ; Diplomacy and the
development of international law ; eight ad-
dresses entitled : A true view of France. New
York, April 18, 1900; France and the forma-
tion of the American ideal, Boston, March
24, 190 1 ; France as the champion of liberty.
New Orleans, January 26, 1902 ; France and
American independence, Washington, April
19, 1902 ; Unveiling of the Rochambeau
statue, Washington, May 24. 1902 ; The peo-
ple of France, presentation of Mr. A. Croizet
at the University of Harvard, Cambridge,
Mass.. May'31, 1902; Farewell banquet. New
York, November 10, 1902.

Clemens, S. Langhorne, ["Mark Twain,"

pseud.] Complete works. Hillcrest ed.

Amer. Pub. Co. 23 v., il. pors. 12, subs.,

$36.50.

Contents: The innocents abroad, 2 v. ; A
tramp abroad, 2 v. ; Following the equator,
2 V. ; Roughing it, 2 v. ; Life on the Missis-
sippi ; The gilded age, 2 v.; Tom Sawyer;
Huckleberry Finn; Pudd'nhead Wilson; The
prince and the pauper ; Connecticue Yankee ;



Joan of Arc, 2 v. ; Sketches new and old ;
Tom Sawyer abroad, etc. ; American claim-
ant, etc. ; My debut as a literary person ;
Literary essays.

Delitzsch, Friedrich. Babel and Bible : two
lectures based on the significance of As-
syriological research for religion ; embody-
ing the most important criticisms and the
author's replies ; from the German by T. J.
McCormack and W. H. Carruth. Open
Court Pub. Co. 8, bds., 75 c. net.
The first lecture on Babel and Bible was
delivered on the 13th of January, 1902, under
the auspices of the German Oriental Society
in the Academy of Music at Berlin, in the
presence of the German Emperor, at whose
wish it was repeated on the ist of February
in the Royal Palace at Berlin. The second
lecture was delivered on the 12th of January,
1903, in the same place and in the presence of
both the Emperor and Empress, who, though
dissenting from Professor Delitzsch's theory,
took a great interest in his statement of the
results of Assyriological research and its sig-
nificance for our interpretation of the Bible.

Epictetus. The golden sayings of Epicte-
tus ; with the Hyrnn of the Cleanthes ; tr.
and arr. by Hastings Crossley. Macmillan.
16, (Golden treasury ser.) $1.

Fifteenth century prose and verse ; with an
introd. by Alfred W. Pollard. Dutton. 8,
(An English garner.) $1.25 net.
"An English garner," to which this volume
belongs, is a reissue in 12 vs. of Prof. Ar-
ber's ingatherings from English history and
literature. The edition is in a rearranged
and classified form, often, as in the present
volume, with many additions. Mr. Pollard's
additions consist of some Christmas carols, a
miracle play, a morality, and a number of the
interesting prologues and epilogues of Will-
iam Caxton, etc. Each volume has an intro-
duction which is wholly new.

Goldsmith, Oliver. Goldsmith's essays:
The bee and other essays. Macmillan. 16,
(Temple classics.) 50 c. ; leath., 75 c.

Hunter, Sir W. Wilson. The India of the
queen, and other essays ; ed. by Lady
Hunter; with an introd. by Francis H.
Skrine. Longmans. 8, $3 net.

Is it Shakespeare?; by a Cambridge grad-
uate. Dutton. 8, $4 net.

Livingston, Luther S. A bibliography of
the first editions in book form of the writ-
ings of Charles and Mary Lamb's death in
1834, N. Y. Printed for J. A. Spoor at the
De Vinne Press, [for sale by Dodd, Mead &
Co;] 8, $20 net.

mental AND MORAL SCIENCE.

Bain, Alexander. Dissertations on leading
philosophical topics; (mainly reprints from
Mind.) Longmans. 8, $2.50 net.
Some of the contents : The meaning of
"existence" and Descartes's "Cogito ;" On
moral causation ; Mill's Theory of the Syl-
logism ; Association controversies ; On some
points in ethics ; Is there such a thing as pure
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the subject-sciences; Definition and problems
of consciousness, etc.

Dewing, Arthur Stone. Introduction to the
history of modern philosophy. Lippincott.
8% $2 net.
Thompson, Helen Bradford. The mental
traits of sex : an experimental investigation
of the normal mind in men and women.
Univ. of Chicago Press. 12, $1.25 net.
The introduction says: "The object of the
present monograph is to furnish some accu-
rate information on the much-discussed ques-
tion of the psychology of the sexes. The
main part of it consists in the report of a se-
ries of experiments carried on in the psycho-
logical laboratory of the University of Chi-
cago during the years 1898-99 and 1899- 1900."
Bibliography (6 p.).

NATURE AND SCIENCE.

Batson, H. M. a book of the country and
garden, Dutton. 8, $3 net.

BosTOCK, Frank C. The training of wild
animals ; ed. by Ellen Velvin. Century.
12, $1 net.

''The training of wild animals" is an animal
book out of the ordinary, for the writer,
Frank C. Bostock, has spent his life with
wild beasts and knows all their ways, their
whims, their good points, and their bad. The
book tells interestingly how the lad Bostock
proved his fitness for an animal trainer de-
spite his father's hope of a Church of Eng-
land career for his son ; of thirty years' ex-
perience with lions and tigers, elephants, and
other wild creatures ; and gives many details
of the training always a work of unlimited
patience, courage, and endurance which
tames the wild animal into his trainer's pup-
pet.

Burkett, C. W., Stevens, Frank Lincoln,
and Hill, Dan. Harvey. Agriculture for
beginners. Ginn. il. 12, 75 c.
The authors occupy the positions of pro-
fessors of agriculture, biology, and English
m the North Carolina College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts. They believe "that
there is no line of separation between the
science of agriculture and the practical art of
agriculture." Contents: The soil; The soil
and the plant; The plant; How to raise a
fruit tree; The diseases of plants; Orchard,
garden, and field insects ; Farm crops ; Do-
mestic animals ; Farm dairying. Both for
schools and the general reader.

Fox, Frances Margaret. Mother nature's
little ones ; il. by Etheldred B. Barry.
Page. 12, (Cosy corner ser.) 40 c. net.
Information about insects the mosquito,

the sand wasp, katydid, etc. given in story

form.

Jordan, D. Starr, Kellogg, Vernon Lyman,

and Heath, Harold. Animal studies : a

text-book of elementary zoology for use in

high schools and colleges. Appleton. 12,

(Twentieth century text-books.) $1.25 net.

" 'Animal life' in the series treats largely of

ecology, 'Animal forms' of morphology. In

this volume the same authors present the

salient features of each of the above-named



hooks ; with entirely new and additional chap-
ters on classification, the economic value and
the ancient history of animals. Several new
plates not found in the other volumes have
been added." Preface.

POETRY ANR DRAMA.

Bell, Mrs. Hugh. The dean of St. Patrick's :
a play in four acts. Longmans. 12, $1.
The chief character of the play is Dean
Swift. The^ scenes are laid in Sir W. Tem-
ple's residence. Moor Park, in Swift's room
iii St. James's, in Stella's house in Dublin, in
the Deanery, and in Vanessa's room at Mar-
ley Abbey.

Combe, W. Tour of Doctor Syntax in search
of the picturesque : a poem ; with 31 col. il.
by T. Rowlandson. Appleton. 12, $1.50.
This issue is founded on the seventh edi-
tion, published by Rudolph Ackermann in
1817.

Kastner, L. E. a history of French versifi-
cation. Oxford Univ. Press. 12, $1.90.
"In the present work I have endeavored to
apply the historical and scientific methods of
Tobler's 'Versbau' to a concise yet complete
history of French versification. . . , But in-
stead of confining myself to the treatment of
certain phases of the subject only, and of de-
voting my attention chiefly to the old French
period, I have dealt most fully with the pe-
riod extending from Marot to the present
day, and have included several chapters
omitted by Tobler. . . ." Preface. Bibliog-
raphy (8 p.)

Moore, T. Sturge. Danae : a poem. Lane.
(Vale Press ser.) $8 net.

Shakespeare, W. Poems. Lane, decor.,
hand-made pap., 8, (Vale Press.) $16 net.

Yeats, W. Butler. Where there is nothing:
a drama in five acts ; being volume one of
plays for an Irish theatre. Macmillan. 8,
large pap. ed., limited to 100 copies, vellum,
$5 net.

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL.

Coman, Katharine. The history of contract
labor in the Hawaiian Islands. Published
for the Amer. Economic Assoc, by Mac-
millan. 8, (Pubs, of the Amer. Economic
Assoc, 3d ser., v. 4, no. 3.) pap., 75 c.

Duff, Rob. A. Spinoza's political and ethical
philosophy. Macmillan. 8, $3.50 net.

Ely, R. Theodore. Studies in the evolution
of industrial society. Macmillan. 12,
(Citizens' lib.) hf. leath., $1.25 net.

Gulick, Sidney L. Evolution of the Japa-
nese ^social and psychic. Revell. 8, $2
net.

Lieb, Hermann. The iniative and referen-
dum. H. Lieb. Jr., & Co. 12, 75 c.
Gen. Lieb, of Chicago, believes that the
corrupt local government existing in so many
of our large cities the result chiefly of politi-
cal partisanship may be done away with
through the measure known as "the iniative
and referendum." He devotes chapters to
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measure, and of its exercise in Switzerland
and New England; to Political degeneration;
Representative system ; Machine rule ; Gov-
ernment of cities, etc.

Takaki, Masayoshi. The history of Japa-
nese paper currency, (1868- 1890.) Johns
Hopkins Press. 8, (Johns Hopkins Univ.
studies in hist, and pol. science, 2d ser.,
no. 5.) pap., 30 c.

A monograph tracing the development of
the paper currency system of Japan in four
chapters, viz. : Genesis of Japanese paper cur-
rency ; Circulation of the paper currency ;
Kinds of paper currency; Redemption of pa-
per currency. Bibliography (i p.).

WiLLEY, Freeman Otis. The laborer and
the capitalist. National Economic League.
8.

The authors says : "I have made no attempt
to justify the present condition of trade and
industry, nor have I intimated that great im-
provement is not possible. I have labored to
establish the fact that the interests of labor
and capital are one and the same, and that
the remedy for our political and financial ills,
whatever they may be, is not in a more so-
cialistic government, but in a more thorough
education of the people in first principles,
from the richest to the poorest and from the
highest to the lowest."

SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS.

Camp, Walter Chauncey, ed. Foot ball
rules. [1902.] Amer. Sports Pub. Co. 16,
(Spalding's athletic lib., v. 14, no. 159.)
pap., 10 c.

Doherty, R. F. and H. L. On lawn tennis.

Baker & T. 12, $1.50 net.

Contents: The strokes; Singles; Doubles
and mixed doubles ; Hints on practice, train-
ing, and match play ; Brief notes for begin-
ners, with a list of common faults ; Our im-
pressions of play and players in America ;
Ladies' play (by Miss Toupie Lowther) ;
Some hints on the construction and care of
grass courts (by G. W. Hillyard) ; How
lawn tennis compares with some other games
(by Eustace Miles) ; Lists of champions,
rules and regulations, etc.

Evans, Henry Ridgely. Magic and its pro-
fessors. Mackay. il. por. 12. $1.25.
Contents: Life of Robert Houdon con-
juror, author and ambassador; The mechan-
ism of ghosts ; The shadows of a clever pair
01 hands; Biographies of the princes of pres-
tidigitators, American, English. French. A
symposium of magic, in which the prominent
magicians of America and England take part,
containing many new tricks.

Patterson, Howard. On yacht etiquette :
what to do and how to do it ; courtesies,
discipline, ceremonies and routine for any
and all circumstances ; duties of officers,
etc. Rev. ed. Rudder Pub. Co. 16,
(Rudder-on ser.) $1.

Contents: Colors in general; Special lights;
Official ceremonies and courtesies ; Salutes in
general ; Boat service ; Government of the
yacht ; Duties and responsibilities of officers ;
Synopsis of U. S. yachting laws.



THEOLOGY, RELIGION AND SPECULATION

Bell, J. A miracle of African missions: the
story of Matula, a Congo convert. Revell.
16, 60 c. net.

Hubbard, G. H. Spiritual power at work: a
study of spiritual forces and their applica-
tion. Dutton. 12, $1.25 net.

Jacobs, Jos. As others saw him : a retro-
spect, A.D. 54; with introd., afterwords, and
notes. Funk & W. Co. 12, $1.25.
A life of Christ from the standpoint of one
of the members of the Sanhedrim. Looking
back twenty years later he recalls for the
benefit of a Greek friend the incidents that
occurred at the time, showing the motives-