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When a work like Kingsley's Life can elicit such different judgments as "A book to be recommended to everybody", and "The subject of this biography was so wonderfully conceited that I had not pa- tience to finish it", it will not be surprising if those who read on the strength of the following recom- mendation should occasionally decide that they had been misled. It is hoped, however, that the notes may be, on the whole, of sufficient assistance in the choice of books, at least to persons who want the time or the opportunity to peruse many critical journals, to justify the trouble of preparing them. Adams, J. Q. Memoirs, Vol. 12. Adi Granth, or holy scriptures of the Sikhs ; tr. by E. Trumpp. '•The Bikh G-ranth ia incoherent and shallow in the extreme, and couched in dark and perplexing language, in order to cover these defects." — Preface, Learned preliminary essays explain the Sikh religion. -^schylas. Agamemnon ; by FitzGerald. "In FitzGerald's version of the Rabaiyat of Omar Khayyan a real poet revealed himself beneath the garb of a translator." — Acad. Alboquerque, 13. A. d". Commentaries. 2 v. (Hak- luyt Soc.) Anderson, J. Mandalay to Moniien ; two expedi- tions to western China. Archiv f. Litteraturgeschichte. Bd. 6. Arnim, L. A. von, and Brentano, C. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. 2 v. A much improved edition of one of the best col- lection of German ballads. Art, L'. 9 V. i". Anillustrated journal, resembling Hamerton's Port/o- iio rather than the English and American Art Journal. Audsley, G. A., and Bowes, J. I/. Keramic art of Japan. Pt. o. Illustrated in the most admirable manner. Beha-ed-Diu Zoheir. Poetical works ; with a met- rical English translation, notes, and introd., by E. H, Palmer, Berlin. Akad. der Wiss. Coi-pus inscriptionum Latinarum. Vol. 6, pt. 1. Berty, Adolphe. La renaissance monumentale en France, specimens de composition et d'orne- mentation architectoniques. 2 v. f°. Bible. The four Gospels ; trans, from the text of Tischendorf ; by N. S. Folsom. 2d ed. Said by good judges to compare well with Dr. Noyes's translation. Blackburn, H. Academy notes for 1877, [illust.]. — Pictorial notes in the National Gallery, [il- lustrated]. Blades, W. Biog. and typography of W. Caxton, iSngland's first printer. Blakey, B. Historical sketch of logic. Bocher, E. Les gravures fran^aise du 18e sifecle, ou Catalogue raisonne des estampes, etc., 1700-1800. 4 v. Boettger, C. Das Mittelmeer. Highly praised by Petermann. The only physical geography of the Mediterranean except Smyth's. Number 1.] [Sept. 1, 1877. Bowring, Sir 3. Autobiographical recollections. "Avery readable story," says the Atheufeiim, yet complains that all the aiiecclotea are about ' myself ' with adjectives in the superlative degree. Bradley, F. H. Mr. Siclgwiclc's Hedonism ; an exam, of the ' Methods of ethics'. Brivols, J. Bibliographic de I'oeuvre de P. J. de Beranger. Brown, C. B. Canoe and camp life in Brit. Guiana. ^'Unsatisfactory" ; ^'missed good opportunities". Buerstenbinder, E. ^'illeta. Burnouf, E. L. La villa et rAcropole d'Athenes aux diverses epoques. An account of the archaeological discoveries of Beule and others, viewed in the light of modei-n ideas. Unlike most histories this begins with one of the latest epochs, theTurkish, and thence the investigation is pushed back through five othere to the ante-Pelasgian. Burridge, F. AV. Horticulture. (Brit, indus- tries.) Butt, G. Dieudonnee. (Half-hour series.) — The time of roses. (Half-hour series.) These stories are praised by the Acndcmij. Carmina clericorum ; Studentenlieder des ilittel- alters. Carpenter, Wm. B., M.D. Mesmerism, etc., his- torically and scientifically considered. By a decided disbeliever in spiritualism. A reply, by A. K. Wallace, is printed in Pop. science Tnonthly, suppl., no. 5. Chadbourne, P. A. Strength of men and stability of nations ; sermons. Characteristics of old church architecture in the mainland and western islands of Scotland. Chatfield, A. AV. Songs and hymns of earliest Greek Cliristian poets; trans, into English verse. Cherbuliez, V. Samuel Brohl and Company. Not a novel of much iuteiest. — Ath. One of Cherbuliez's best. — C. A. 0. Collins, Mrs. Francis. Mortimer Collins. A gossippy, readable sketch of a Bohemian pur sanff, with liberal extracts from his letters and his verses. Collins wrote half a score of bright, ini probable novels, sprinkled with verses, usually epigrammatic, sometimes poetical. Collins, ^\■ilkie. Percy and the prophet. (Half- hour series.) In CoUins's usual style; a story with an ingenious plot told simply. Comte, I. A.M. F.X. Lettresii J. S. Mill, 1841-46. 45 letters. "Self-aufricieiicy and arrogance appear in nearly all." Mill's answers, unfortunately, are not yet published. Conway, iloncure D. Idols and ideals. "Pleasantly written but of the sermon class, and rep- resenting the views of an extreme party." Conwell, R. H. History of the great five in St. John, June 1877. Couruot, A. A. L'enchainement des idecs fonda- mentalcs dans los sciences et dans I'histoire. "Hare \igor of tiiought and a boldness and indepen- dence which will ensure him a lasting place in the his- tory of philosophy of the Wtb century." — .k<«/. Crowe, J. A., ami Cavalcaselle, G. B. Titian. ((Amass of material with which foi-rncr historians adorned the life of Titian is swept away, without giv- ing us much beyond dry records .and business-like cor- respondence in its place." — Mri. lleaton in Ath. Daudet, A. Jack; [trans.] by M. N. Sherwood. Daudet, E. Contes choihi.s. — Le crime de Jean Mallory. Davies, Rev. J. Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius. (Ancient classics for English readers.) Dawson, J. AV. The dawn of life. An account of the eozobn. Deas, J. History of the [river] Clyde. Denison, tieut.-Col. G.T. History of cavalry. Doudan, X. Melanges et lettres. " A'ol. 3. The three volumes of Doudan's letters have been to the Parisians what Macaulay's Life and Martineau's ."Vutobiography have been to us. Droysen, J. G. Grundriss der Historik. 2e Auil. Droz, G. Babolain. 2oe ed. The hero's cap.acity for being imposed upon is exas- perating. Edwards, H. S. Slavonian provinces of Turkey. 2d ed. Praised by the Ath. and .SV(^. riv. Eiohthal, G. d'. Stir les originesbucldhiques dela civilisation americaine. le pte. 1865. Evans, A.J. Through Bosnia and the Herzegovinn on foot. 2d ed. Fearon, D. School inspection. 3d ed. Results of an experience of ten years. Ferraz, — . Etude sur le philosophic ea France au 19e siecle. 2e ed. Fogg, W. P. Arabistan. Fortnum, C. D. E. Descriptive catalogue of the bronzes in the S. Kensington Museum, with introd. notice. With 2.5 photos and 9 etch- in ffs. Freeman. The Ottoman power in Europe. *'He writes as only a man can write who is saturated with his subject. Every line shows that he knows all about it, and that iiis knowledge is not of recent date. He denionstrales the utter hopelessness of effecting any real change for the better through the instrumentality of the Turks in that part of Europe now under their con- trol." — yriCion. Freshfield, D. AV. Italian Alps ; sketches. Freytag, G. DieAhnen. 4eAbth. : Marcus Ktinig. Gardner, Francis. Memorial. Gebler, K. v. (J. Galilei u. die romische Curie. '•WelLwrittLMi and instructive." — Acad. Gill, AV. F. Life of E. A. Poe. " Xfr. Gill is a partisan of PoeV and loses no oppor- tunity to expose and upbraid Dr. Uriswold and other alleged defamers." Goedeke, K. Goethe's Leben und Sehriften. Gonse, L. L'a'uvre de J. Jacijuemont. Gould, S. Baring-. Yorkshireodditics. 3ded. 2v. Grant, sir A. Aristotle. (Ancient classics for English readers.) Green, AV. L. A'cstiges of the molten globe, in the figure of tlie earth, volcanic action, etc. Believes in a jn-estht thin crust and molten interior. Grimm, Ilertnan. Giithe. 2 v. Habberton, J. Other people's children. Hale, E. E. G. T. T. ; or, The wonderful adven- tures of a Pullman. Hallock, C. Sportsman's gazetteer and general guide. Handbook [Jlurray's] to the cathedrals of Eng. : St. Albans. Hetty's stran^'O history. (No name ser.) Hoey, .l/'s. C. Kate Oronin's dowry. (Half-hour series.) Holdsworth, E. \V. II. Sea fisheries. Huebner, J. A., Frciherr \on. Promenade autour du monde. Edition illustree. He ed. Number 1.] 3 4 [Sept. 1, 1877. Hugo, V. M., comte. L'avtd'r'tregrand-pfere. 5e ed. "Depicts his grand - diilcli'cn in every iiUitude" ; "splendid poetry"; yet "never Ima Victor Hugo in- dulged in such outbursts of biid taste". — G. Monod. — La lei^ende des siecles. Nouv. ser. See nn able article in Rev. pol. et lit., 1877, p. 877, which complains of tlie exaggeration und want of per- spective, and the nffectatiou of bonhommie and naivet6. Hutton, R. H. Essays in literary criticism. Upcfiilfor "people who have a htlle time, but not much, for study, and who know not whither to turn. Contains a long and really admirable est^ay on Goelhe and his influence, one nearly as long on George Elioi's writings, and four on Hawthorne, Matthew Arnold, Wordsworth (full of instruction), and Clough." Irving, Washington. Old Christinas, from the * Sketch book', illustrated by li. Caldeeott. Charming wood cuts. Jackson, C, ed. Yorkshire diaries and antobiogra- phies. (Surtees Soc, v. 65.) " The diaries of a Parliamentary captain, who yet was by no means a puritan (1646/(-49), a Puiitaii rector (1608-64). a yeoman (7699-1760), a tanner (1725/6-34/o), and a dean (166-1/5-1739). James, H. The American. "Reaches excitement without descending to ecnsa- tion." — Sut. 7i'V' ■ " Mr. James has read Balzac just a little too much and has fallen into the tendency to bestow reflned dis- section and analysis on characters which are not of suf- ficient intrinsic interest to deserve such treatment; yet the excellence of his manipulation forces one to interest oneself in his story." — Acad. Jesse, J. H. Memoirs of celebrated Etonians. Kayanagh, J. English women of letters. Agreenble sketches of the earlier English novelists, Behn, Miss Fielding, D'Arblay, Charlotte Smith, llad- cliffe, Iiichbald, Edgeworth, Austen, Opie, Lady Morgan. Keats, J. Poetical "works; ed., with a memoir, by Lord Houghton. Kitchin. History of France. 3 v. "Relates in capital style the political history, but leaves almost unnoticed all that concerns the manners, the ideas, the literature, and even the institutions of the connti-y. A by-gone method; for people are agreed nowadays that what it is above all import:int to make known to young people is not facts, but the ideas of which those facts are the expression," — At/i. Kock, C. Paul de. CEuvres. Said to contain faithful pictures of a certain sort of French life. Certainly not to be recommended for in- disciiminate reading. Kremer, A. von. Culturgeschichte des Orients unter den Chalifen. 2 v. Laird, E. K. Rambles of a globe trotter. Kntertaining. Lange, F. A, History of materialism. Polemie as well as historical. Lawrence, E. Primer of Greek literature. (Half- hour series.) — Primer of Latin literature. (Half-hour ser.) LeHon, "H. L'homme fossile en Europe, son indus- trie, sesmceurs, etc. 4e ed. Leigh, H. S. Jeux d'esprit. Lodge, H. C. Life and letters of George Cabot. A history of New England federnlinm. Gives new documents relating to the pcheme to dissblve the Union in 1804, the Hartford Convention in 1814, r(c. "The papers are excellently edited." MacDonald, G. The Marquis of Lossie. "A much better book than the novel to which it is the sequel, Mnlcohn, though wildly hnprobable and heavily weighted with matter which has no business in a novel." — ^(a('- Macedo, J. M. de. ]5razilian biographical annual. 3 V. McKeen, S. History of Bradford, Vt. McLean, John. History of the College of New Jersey. 2 v. Macquoid, K. S. Mill of St. lierbot. (Half-hour series.) Mansfield, K. B. Log of the Water Lily. A pleasant account of the cruise of a four-oar on the German streams in 1851-52, one of the earliest trips of the sort. Mareoartu, A. de. Litemationalism ; two prize essays. Marenholz-Biilow, B, Reminiscences of Froebel, Michaelis, C. Antologia espaiiola ; poesias liricas. la pte. Michelet, J. L'etudiant. Political lectures delivered in 18i8. Mlln, J. Excavations at Carnac, Brittany [of the remains of a Gallo-Roman establishment]. With numerous woodcuts and chromos. Morley, J. Critical miscellanies. 2d series. "A style healthy and vigorous. Studies, on Turgot, Robespierre, J. S. Mill. Taine's 'Ancien regime,' Ma- caulay, and Popular culture. Of Mill he is an enthu- siastic but perfectly independent admirer. The essay on Robespierre is distinguished for its manful attempt at absolute fairness of treatment." — Ath. Mullinger, J, B. Schools of Charles the Great [i.e., Charlemagne], A prize essay by a young man; learned, perhaps too learned. Musset, P. de. Biog. de Alfred de Musset. 4e ed. " Readable butsingularly deficient in pieces jusUfiea- tivea. Paul Lindau in his life of Musset in supplying the deficiency combines French liveliness with German thoroughness." — -s'(/^. rev- 'J'he Itevuepol. et lit. complains of a certain fraternal reticence. Nagler, G. K. Die Monogrammisten. Vol. 5. Nimport. (Wayside series.) Olfers, M. von. Novellen. — Neue Novellen. Olipbant, Mrs. ISL 0. W. Mrs. Aithur. "A decidedly original story, with the object of show- ing how very detestable women can be." ~ Acad. "Full of clever touches both of thought and charac- ter." — Sat. rev. O'Meara, K. Fr. Ozanam. "A graphic and graceful sketch of the life of the chief founder of the modern Society of St. Vincent de Paul." — Spectator. Page, H. A. T. de Quincey. "But for Mrs. B. Smith, whose graphic reminiscences are heie freely used, we should never have known hrtif of De Quincey's whims and oddities, — peculiarities so great tliat opium-eating seems merely the commonplace beginning of the series. The work has very great merits." — Nation. ■ Pascoe, F. P. Zoological classification. Pepys, S. Diary and correspondence, deciphered by M. Bright. Vol.4. In this ed. a considerable portion is published for the first time. Peters, S. General history of Connecticut-; [ed.] by S. J. McCormick. The editor defends his ancestor, Dr. Peters, against J. H. Trumbull, from the charge of inventing the famous 'Blue laws'. Procter, B. "W. Autobiography. '- Mr.. Procter's part of this col. is very pleasant read- ing; the editor's is cumbrous and clumsy." — Acad. Reade, C The jilt. (Half-hour series.) Number 1.] / [Sept. 1, 1877. Reeve, H. Residence in Vienna and Berlin dur- ing the eventful winter 1805-6. A graphic picture. Bi^musat, Charles de. Abelard, drame philoso- phique. Written in 1838, now first published. Reumont, A. von. Geschichte Toscana's. 2 v. *'R. shows care, jnclgment. and discretion, but has not the gift of graphic description." — Acad. Rimmer, W. Art anatomy. Rink, H. Danish Greenland, its people and its products ; with illustrations by the Eskimo. The author spent 16 winters and 22 summers in Greenland. Roberts, sir R. Asia Minor and the Caucasus. Robinson, C. E. Cruise of the Widgeon. Ruskin, J. Mornings in Florence. 6 : The shep- herd's tower [i.e., Giotto's Campanile]. Schuebeler, F. C. Die Pflunzenvvelt Norwegens. Schumann, R. Music and musicians ; essays and criticisms ; trans, by F. R. Rittcr. "Everybody who carefully studies these notices will be better prepared to enjoy music by entering into its many meanings, and by connecting it with the com- poser's personality." — Sut. rev. Seyd, E. The fall in the price of silver, its causes, consequences, and their possible avoidance. Shairp, J. C. Poetic interpretation of nature. "The place of poetry in the iTiterpretation of Na- ture, and the mode in which poets have represented her voice to mankind." *' .V true intellectual feast." Shakespeare. ^Midsummer- night's dream, with notes by Rolfe. Sheppard, J. B. Christ Church, Canterbury ; mediffival letters rel. to [its] affairs. (Cam- den Soc.) Simcox, Edith. Natural law ; an essay in ethics. "Discusses the source and nature of obligation. —le- gal, moral, and religious. The object is to trace the common elements in laws 'properly so called', the mor- al law generally acknowledged, and the scientific laws of natul'e." Smart, II. Two kisses. Printed in distressingly small type. Smith, W. G. Mushrooms and toadstools. 3d ed. How to distinguish between edible and poisonous fun- gi : with woodcuts. Sumner, \\'. G. Lectures on the history of pro- tection in the U. S. Sybel, H. von. Gesetze des historischen Wissens. "Able." Symonds, J. A. Renaissance inltaly. "Rhetorical coloring, frequent use of metaphor or simile, graphic portraitures of individual characters, and numerous anecdotes. A skillfully constructed and most readable volume." — Acad. Taelen, .1/me. vnn der. Ilistoires b. I'envers. Tenney, E. P. Coronation. "A singular chai-m in the conversations, in the quaint moralizing, and odd, incisive, strong way of putting things, and in the de\otionaI spirit." — Lit. world. Tevis, A. II. Beyond the Sierras. That husband of mine. Theuriet, A. Gerard's marriage. Thirlwall, Bp. C. Literary and theological remains. Vol. 1, 2 : charges. Thomas, E. Jainism, or the early faith of Asoka, with illust. of the anc. religions of the East from the Pantheon of the Indo-Scythians. Toepifer, R. Genfer Novellen. Towle, G. M. Brief history of Montenegro. — Modern Greece. Townley Hall mss. ; Eng. Jacobite ballads, songs, and satires, etc. ; ed. by A. B. Grosart. — Spending of the money of Robt. Nowell of Rcade Hall, Lancashire, 1668-80 ; ed. by A. B. Grosart. Trollope, A. The American senator. The horsey and hunting element prevails as largely as usual in his later novels. An .Vmerican congressman is made the vehicle for satire on English customs, and in his person the peculiarities of some Americans are not unjustly ridiculed. "It is rumored that Trollope is beginning to ' let out ' parts of his novels" as Dumas did. — Christmas at Thompson Hall. (Half-hour ser.) Trollope, T. A. Papal conclaves. The modn.s operandi in a Papal election, not unlikely to be brought into requisition before many years, is fully dest-rihed. Trueba, A. de. Narraciones populares. Turgenef, I. S. Terres vierges. 2e ed. — Eng. Virgin soil. "Since his 'Fathers and sons' in 186-3 nothing that T. h!i8 written has excited such intense interest as Vir^n soil. Its masterly qualities, especially, as usual, in its delicious portraiture of the female character, arc unde- niable and unapproachable. The story contains sketches of revolutionary socialists, which are pronounced by a Russian critic real types; but he thinks that certain others should have been included to make a fair repre- sentation of the party." — A'alion. Aug. 2. Unsere Zeit. 12r Jahrg., 2e Halfte. Veitch, Prof. J. Lucretius and the atomic theory. Voss, S. JI., GrOfin von. 69 years at the Court "of Prussia. A gossipy book by a thorough courtier. Waring, G. E., Jr. Village improvements and farm villages. Weil, G. La campagne des Russes dans le khanat de Kokhand, 1875-6. Weise, A. J. History of Troy. White, J. f'alstafFs letters ; orig. pub. 1796 ; with notices of the author from Lamb, Leigh Hunt, etc. Lamb thought very highly of these letters. White, W. Holidays in Tyrol. Whiteford, S. T. Guide to porcelain painting ; with illustr. Whitney, \V. D. Essentials of English grammar. Williams, J. F. Histoi'y of St. Paul, Minn. Williamson, J. Historv of Belfast, Me. Willshire, W. H. Catalogue of playing and other cards in the British Museum. ' Winsor, .T. Bibliography of the original quartos and folios of Shakespeare. Wohl-s^ll, E. Der Inquisitionsproeess des G. Gtililei. " .4 spurious document fabricated expresslv in order i?.,.*T.V''' " =°'"'''^''on was the means which alone ren- W,'! Iwni.'"'"'^''"!,",'"'"" °^ '^""'''" ''^»"'l>- sustainable, rnn. -ul P^'mphlet In support of this view is a most 1 e ,' m,!i l,?''""""' °{ ^'";,"- "'^'Sht, strenuous argu- ment, and tei>e exposition." —^dccirf. Wolff, C. Historischer Atlas. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlttndischen Ge- sellschaft. 30r Bd. Zimmern, H. Arthur Schopenhauer. Zoological iiecoiid for 187.5, L., 1877. BOSTON ATHEN^UM. LIST OP ADDITIONS. Second Series. No. 2. November 24,, 1877. Aohard, L. A.E. Envers et centre tous. Nouv. 6d. Alfieri, V. Life ; with an essay by W. J>. Howells. Allen, G. Physiological eesthetics. "Mr, Allen's theory is that aesthetic pleasure is simply nerve stimulation well adjusted in degree to nerve nu- trition, the balance between function and waste on the one band and rest and repair on the other. He confines his investigations for the most part to the simpler and sensuous side of aesthetic feeling." It might be worth while to compare this work with the chapters in which the French evolutionist, L6on Dumon't, treats of taste, wit, grace, the picturesque, moral beauty, etc.t in his "Theorie scientilique de la sensibility." Appletons' annual cyclopaedia, 1876. Ball, B. L. Three days on the White Mts. Dr. Ball was lost on Mt. Washington, Baumann, F. L. Quellen zur Geschichte des Bau- ernkriegs in Obersehwaben. (Stuttgart. Lit. Verein.) Bigelow, E. B. The tariif policy of England and of the U. S. contrasted. Billroth, T. Lectures on surgical pathology and therapeutics. Vol. 1. Bonnechose, C. de. Montcalm et le Canada fran- cais. '■Au 17e sidcle lea deux tiers de I'Amfirique Septen- trionale ap^artenaient A la France." This hook gives a sketch of its loss. Bowen, F. Modern philosophy, from Descartes to Schopenhauer and Hartmann. Bradley, F. H. Mr. Sidgwick's hedonism. Brooks, Phillips. Lectures on preaching ; at Yale College. Ballen, G. Caxton celebration, 1877; catalogue of the loan collection of antiquities, etc., connected with the art of printing. So. Ken- sington. Burnaby, Capt. F. On horseback through Asia Minor. 2 v. A light aud amusing narrative of a five months' jour- ney to Armenia. Much space filled with the quarrels of the author's English groom and hia Turkish servant, and it has been unkindly suggested that the Turk was hired for this purpose. Burnett, Mrs. F. H. Dolly. — Surly Tim and other stories. — Theo. '"Surly Tim" and "Thatlas,s of Lowrie's" are the only works "corrected for nublication" by Mrs. Burnett. The present issue of "Theo," one of the earlier work-*, is against her wishes. Burty, P. Maitres et petits raaitres. Essays on modern French painters. Delacroix, Rous- seau, Di-az, Millet, Huet; with an estimate of Sainte- Beuve as a critic of art, a chapter on the teaching of drawing, etc. "An agreeable collection." Calvert, G. H. Charlotte von Stein. Carr, J. C. Drawings by the Italian masters re- produced by the autotype process from orig- inals in the British Museum. f°. Contenis. Mantegna. — Perugino. — Francia. — Kaphael, — Da Vinci. — Di Credi. — Buonarrottl, — Titian, -^ Veronese. — Del Sarto. — Romano, — Garo- falo. — Ligozzi. Characteristics of old church architecture, etc., in the mainland and western islands of Scotland . Charles, Mrs. E. Lapsed, but not lost. Chase, P. E. Denominational education in the Society of Friends. Chasles, V. E. P. Meraoires. 2 v. It is said that Chasles' fierce attacks upon his contem- poraries — G-aucher calls his second volume "une mi- trailleuse" — were due to his disappointed ambition. He aspired to a scat in the Academy. Cherbuliez, V. Samuel Brohl et Cie. Claretie, J. Les derniers Montagnards ; hist, de r insurrection de prairial an iii. — Les pauvres gens : Noel Rambert. Clark, Rev. S. D. The New England ministry sixty years ago : memoir of J. Woodbridge. Cobden Club. Correspondence relative to the budgets of various counties ; ed. by J. W. Probyn, CoUignon, E. Les machines. 2e ed. (Bibl. des merveilles.) Cook, Joseph. Biology; with preludes on current events. Coues, E. The fur-bearing animals of N. America. — and Allen, J. A. Monographs of North Amer- ican rodentia. Cratiunesco, I. I^e peuple roumain d'apres ses chants nationaux. Dxch, S, Simon Dach ; hrsg. von H. Oesterley. (Stuttgart. Lit. Verein.) Dicus, .T. A, Annals of the great strikes in the United States. Dale, R. W, Nine lectures on preaching, at Yale College. Darmesteter, J. Ormazd et Ahriman. "Among the most important works treating of the Persian religitjn." — ff. Munod. itt Acad. Number 2.] f 6 [Nov. 24, 1877. Darwin, C. DiflFerent forms of flowers on plants of -the same species. "A repi'int, with acid., of his celebrated papers on tlio . dimorphic condition of primi-osee, which appeared in the Jour, of the Linnsean Soc, 1862, as well as other f)aper8 rel. to the similar conditions met with in lythum, inum, and other plants." — Athen. Daudet, A. Contes choisis. •'Contains many stories which' display a true and un- forced pathos." — Sat. rev, — Jack. "Shows a distinct advance on 'Fromonl jeune* in originality and power." — Sat. rev. '*As regards composition and power Jack is inferior to Fremont jeune." — Acad. Dawson, J. W. The origin of the world. De Cosson. Cradle of the Blue Nile [i.e. Abys- sinia]. 2 V. Unusually well written travels inji country seldom de- scribed. Delaunay, F. Moines et sibylles. An essay on the Easenes and ThcrapeutflB, and the Greek and Hebrew sibyls. De Leon, E. The Khedive's Egypt. •'There is not a dull jMge in it, and yet it is as in- structive as Itis amusing. It really depicts the Khedive's Egypt, and shows Egypt' as it is." — Ej-.am. Desnoiresterres, G. Le B. Voltaire et la societe fran^aise au 18e siecle: V.aux delices; V. et J. J. Rousseau ; Son retour et sa mort. 3 v. Last volumes of a work "written with much spirit, zeal, and care", Dodea Danz, Des ; hrsg. von H. Baetheke. (Stutt- gart. Lit. Verein.) Dolbear, A. E. The telephone. Doudan, X. Melanges et lettres. T. 4. "Doudan never wrote without literary charm, with- out wit and knowledge of the world and books. . . . Delightful hun\or, delicate judgment, modest wisdom." — Atlantic. Ends with a brilliant essay on "Revolutions du goat". '■Doudan a vieilli, sa santiS' s'est altiree, il n'a plus autour de Ini le m6me cercle d'admirateurs; le present est triste, I'avenir plus sombre encore. Le voili done ra6content et aigri. Et n6anmoins que de pages char- mantes I Que de traits ing^nieuxl Quelle hauteur de dcdain pour tout o,o qui I'irrite I" — Rev. pol. et lit. Doussault, C. Le Venus de Jlilo j doc. ined. Contains an account of an interview with M. Brest, who witnessed the discovery of the Veyms. Dowden, E. Shakspere. (Green's Lit. primers.) Introductions to the several plays, and a sketch of Shakespearian history to the present time. "Sound and helpful throughout." — Acad. Dafau, P. A. Souvenirs d'une jeune aveugle-nee. "Kat-ce roman, est-oe hlstolre? Nous ne savons. Un grange recit, plein d'uii puissant et tendrc interSt. M Dufau y developpe il inerveille les aons.ations ik nnlles autros pareilles do ces corps incomplets que la c<e retranche ft part dans la vie sociale." Several critics quoted in the preface dwell upon the wonderful skill with which the author has represented the feelings of a blind person; but neither the critics nor the author have been blind themselves. Egger, E. Essai sur I'histoire de la critique chez les Grecs. Elliott, C. W. Pottery and porcelain. Fields, J. T. Underbrush. Contents. My friend's library. — A oeculiar ease Familiar letters to house-breakers. 1 Our v.^lage do7 mat.st. - A w.atch that -wanted cleanYng'. -!1 Tothe? some peope.- Pleasant ghosts. -The Pettibone line- fn .~ Ci-^"'"? home "Sfiin. - How to rough it. - An old-time scholar. — Diamonds and pearls. — The autW of 'Paul and Virginia'. - If I were a I'oy again Fisher, G, P. The beginnings of Christianity. Fleury, J. Rabelais et ses CEUvres. 2 v. "Gives a carefully selected anthology of extracts from the Pantagruel and the most satisfactory comment on the satirist's romance yet made." — Sat. rev. "Cet ouvrage compose par un Fr.an^ais, professeur k rUniversite de St. P6tersbourg porte I'influence du milieu oil il vit: il y a comme une saveur exotique : cer- tains rapprochements ne seraient, jamais venus 4 I'esprit d'un critique habitant Paris." — Rev. pol. et lit. Foucher de Careil, L. A., comte. Leibniz et Pierre- le-Grand. Frederica Sophia Wilhemina, MarhgrOfin von Bai- reuth. Memoirs ; with an essay by W. D. Howells. Gebhart, E. Rabelais, la Renaissance, etla Reforme. "Belle etude, que I'Acad. Franqaise a couronne. . . . Les differences et les reesemblances entre les satiriques Kabelais. Aristophane, Cervantes, et Swift, sont mar- quees avec une deiicatesse et une precision rares " — Revue politiqxie. Goblet d'Alviella, E., comte. Inde et Himalaya ; souvenirs de voyage. Goldoni, C. Memoirs; trans, by J. Black, with an essay by W. D. Howells. Gould, Rev. S. B. Lives of the saints. November. Graveura de 1468, Les. Gray, 0. \V. Atlas of the United States. Grosart, A. B. English Jacobite ballads, songs, and satires. Mostly poor stuff. For the songs which the Jacobites would have written if they had been poets and not par- tisans one must go to Seott and Aytoim. Gaell-Fels, Dr. Venice; with photographs, etc. Guillemin, A. La lumifere et les couleurs. Hamley, Col. E. B. Voltaire. (Foreign classics for English readers.) Hamlin, C. Among the Turks, [18.3.5-77]. Dr. Hamlin was President of Robert College at Con- stantinople. He sympathizes with the Turks. Handbook [Murray's] to the cathedrals of England : St. Albans. Harrison, G. L. Chapter on social science as con- nected with the admin, of state charities. Treats of compulsory educ, reformatory oduc, prison discipline, and the care of the insane. History of the witches of Renfrewshire burned on the gallow green of Paisley. Originally published in 1809. Preceded by Sir Geo Mackenzie's "Treatise on witchcraft", 1678, and followed by curious extracts from the records of the Presbvterv of Paisley. Hodge, H. C. Arizona as it is. Holland, J. G. Nicholas Minturn. Howard, Blanche. One year abroad. Howells, Wm. D. A counterfeit presentment; comedy. • Hugo, Victor. Notre Dame de Paris. Nouv. ed. illiistr^e. Hullah, J. Music in the house. A pleasant book on the best kind of music for the house, with chapters on 'Practice and rehearsal' and •The musical library'. •'No musical performance is so de- lignttul as that to the performance of which we ourselves contribute. The bulk of 'music in the house', therefore should be of a kind that will employ the largest number _ of performers, —choral music." King, J. \y. Report on European ships of war and their armament, etc. Johnson. Oriental religions: China. .V careful and interesting study of the r.-liiiions o-ov ernment, literature, history, and character of the Chinese, 'containing the essence of all other bonks unon the subject' {Lit. world). ^ Number 2.] [Nov. 24, 1877. Johnson's new universal cyclopaedia . 4 v. Projected by Horace Greeley, edited (on a somewhat different plan) by Pres. Barnard. The articles are signed, and on some controverted subjects there are articles on both sides. Rich in Amer. matters, goog. and biog. ' Joret, C. Herder et la renaissance lit. en Allemagne. ■*Cette remurquable etude, dont on s'est plus occup6 en Allemagne qu'eji France, offre le tableau curieux et souvent piquant de revolution acconiplie par I'Alle- magne au ISe si6cle pour 6chapper au joug de la France et retrouver une litterature nationale. Nous avons et6 long teraps dupes des vertus des Allemands, nous avi)ns tropcru&leur desint^ressement, A leur humanity, il est temps de retablir les droits du bobs sens avec ceux de I'esprit frangais. Joret loue ce que les Allemands ont montie depuissante originality, sans riendissimmulerde leurs crreurs et de leur injustice envers la France." — Bev, pol. et lit. ' King, T. Starr. Christianity and humanity ; ser- mons. Klunzinger, C. B. Upper Egypt; its people and its products. The inhabitants of Upper Egypt have preserved the ancient type and many manners and customs -which have been lost in Cairo and the trading towns of the North. With a pr(?face by Schweinfurth who speaks highly of the author's opportunities and capacity of observa- tion, and pronounces his description of the Egyptian Christians more satisfactory than that of Lane. Knowlton, I. C. Annals of Calais, Me., and St. Stephen, N. B. Kompert, L. Nouvelles juives. The stories of Kompert have been noted for twenty years in G-e'rmany as entertaining and faithful pictures of the peculiar character, manners, and belief of the German Jews. • Kotschoubey, A. Manuscrit de Mademoiselle Ca- mille. Laco'ir, L. Le Tartuffe par ordre de Louis xiv. Lavoix, H. Lapremifere representation du 'Misan- thrope', 4 juin 1666. "To have some idea of what a dramatic performance in Paris was during the reign of Louis xiv. read the amusing treatise of M. Lavoix." — Sat. rev. Lefroy, J. H. Memoirs of discoveries and early settlements of the Bermudas. '• Interesting." — Acad. Legeay, IT. Histoire de Louis xi. 2 v. Linderman, H. R., Director of the Mint, Money and legal tender in the U. S. Luard, H. R. Relations between Eng. and Rome, reign of Henry iii. Maclean, J. Hist, of the Coll. of New Jersey. 2 v. McCoan, J. C. Egypt as it is. "A hash-up of guide-books and ofB,cial materials. His opinions are those of an advocate pleading for his client [the Khedive] ; facts are glossed over, excuses and palliatives urged. The style too is cumbroufl and pretentious." — Spectator. Manning, H. E., Archhp, of Westminster. Miscel- lanies. Matthews, W. Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians. Mazade, C. de. Life of Count Cavour. From the Retme des Deux Monclea. "The best work on Cavour is by H. von Treitschke, having the great merit that the milieu in which Cavour lived and worked, the atmosphere in which he was brought up, and the varied social and political forces which he partly guided and partly followed, are de- scribed with a fulness and clearness which make the book much more than a simple biography. Mazade has not all these merits, yet his narrative is full of life and ease, his style readable, and his criticism clear, ]tointed, and vigorous. His book is aimed at the un- derstanding of a foreign people and not at the fostering of French national vanity." — Exam. M6rim6e, P. • Chronique de Charles ix. — Melanges historiques et litteraires. Gontentn. Les Mormons. — T^es Cosaques de PTTkraine et leurs derniers Atamans. — Sur un tombeau d6couverfc A Tarragonc. — De I'histoire ancienne de la Gr6ce. — L'hOtol de Cluny. — De la litterature espagnole. — Les Romains sons I'Empire. — M6moires d*une famille hu- guenote. — Do I'enseignement des beaux-arts. — Res- tauration du Musee. — Vie de C6sar-AugUBte. — Inven- taire des joyaux de Louis, ducd'Anjou. Miln, J. Excavations at Carnac. Mr. Mili^ made important discoveries of traces of Roman occupation at the Bossenno and Mont St. Michel, and here describes them modestly, and perhaps a little drily. '"leS pages of interesting details adnairably and ^ abundantly illustrated." — Acad. Mitchell, S. W. Fat and blood ; and how to make them. Modern surface ornament. [24 plates.] Moreau, H. I^a politique franqaise en Amerique, 1861-64. Morlev, J. Critical miscellanies. 2 series. Gontfints. Vol. 1. Vauvenargues. — Condorcet. — J. df Maistre. — Carlyle. — Byron. — Some Greek con- ceptions of social growth. — On the development of morals. — Condorcet, J. A. N. C. Plea for the citizen- ship of women. 2. France in the 18th century. — — Robespierre. — Turgot. — The death of Mr. Mill. — Mr. Mill's Autobiography. — Mr. Mill on religion. — On popular culture. — Macaulay. The Contemp. rev. praises M.'s earnestness, courage, scrupulous honesty, and psychological acuteness. "Mr. Morley has in the course of the last few years risen out of the class of brilliant periodical essayist into the higher class of the very few who influence opinion. He has long had the ear of the public as one they are willing to listen to; he is now looked to as one from whom they expect to learn. And he has long exchanged the juvenile grntification of saying a smart thing for the manly satisfaction of trying to say the true thing." — Acad. Morris, E. E. The age of Anne, (Epochs of modern hist.) Narjoux. Notes and sketches of an architect in the north-west of Europe. "One of the pleasantest books of light reading which we have met with for some time." — Acad. Nineteenth century. Vol. 1. "The ablest piece of literary criticism in the vol. is the paper on George Sand by F. "W". Myers." Nowell, R. Spending of [his] money, 1568-80. That is, liis account-book. Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. Caritk. '"■Written with more care than usual. Has one or more characters struck out from observation which may live in the reader's memory, and this is saying a good deal for a modern novel." — Sat. rev. •'Uneven but always pleasant and readable." "Contains, as is inevitable in a story from Mrs. Oli- phant, fine observation, and clever semi-cynical remarks on life." — Brit. q. rev. Osborn, R. D. Islam under the Arabs. Parkman, F. France and England in N. A. Pt. 6 : Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV. Peile, J. F. Philology. (Green's Lit. primers.) "A brief and able resum6; fresh, bold, and inde- pendent treatment of the subject." — Nation. Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart. Story of Avis. "The author is suffering from the common complaint called 'gush', and many of her sentences are little better than those of the authoress of 'St. Elmo'. Yet, in spite of great Flemishes, the novel is interesting, almost absorb- ing. Miss Phelps, for all her unreality and overstrain- Number 2.] [Nov. 24, 1877. ing, does Bay many good things that show a knowledge of human nature. Her very boldness and excess ntlay have an attraction, but she also has more deserving ' qualities. She reads women excellently in spite of the alarming pedestal she hoists them upon. The fault of her literary work is not in the conception, but in the execution." — Scribner^s. Pierce, E. L. Memoir and letters of Ch. Sumner. Deals only with Sumner's private and literary life, 1811-45, including his European tour.in which are m.iny entertaining sketches of men famous in literature, art, society, and politics. Pitman, Robert C. Alcohol and the State. Powell, J. W. Contributions to North American ethnology. , Prentiss, Mrs. E. Pemaquid ; a story of old times in New England. Price, Francis C. Fac-similes illustrating theja- bours of W. Caxton at Westminster, and the iutrod. of printing into Eug., with memoir, etc. Proctor, R. A. Myths and marvels ot astronomy. Contents. Astrology. — Religion of thegreat pyramid. — Mystery of the pyramids. — Swedenborg's visions of other worlds. — Other worlds and other universes. ;— Suns in flames. — The rings of Saturn. — Comets as portents. — Thelnnar hoax. — Some astronomical par- adoxes. — Astronomical myths. — Origin of the con- Btellation-i^gurcs. Kadcliffe, C. B., and others. Diseases of the spine and nerves. Ramsay, Allan. Poems ; with life. Ravaisaon, F. Archives de la Bastille. Tome 9. Renan, Ernest. Les evangilesetlaseconde genera- tion chretienne. Richthofen, F., Freiherr von. China. Ir Bd. Sellar, W. Y. Roman poets of the Augustan age : Virgil. A descriptive monograph, very warmly praised in the Nation. And the JV". A. rev. pronounces the book "a masterpiece. Such a piece of critical writing is hardly to be found in English." To be succeeded by a volume on Horace. Seyd, E. The fall in the price of silver. Shairp, J. C. Poetic interpretation of nature. •*It is one of the writer's chief objects to show that the imagination in dealing with external nature is as really a truth-discovering faculty as is the intellect, although truths of the imagination areof adiflFerent order from those which science ascertains. Beauty, although for its existence it requires a living soul, is no less real than light or gravitation." — E. I>owden, in Acad. Sharp, fi. Rudiments of geology. Shields, C. W. The final philosophy. Smith, H. B. Faith and philosophy, discourses and essays. Gonttnti^. The relations of faith and philosophy. — Nature and worth of the science of church history. — Reformed churches of Europe and America. — Christ- ian theology as a system. — The new latitudinarians of England. — Theological system of Emmons. — Christ- ian union and ecclesiastical reunion. — SirW. Hamil- ton's theory of knowledge. — Draper's Intellectual de. velopment of Europe. — Whedon on the will. — Re- nan's Life of Jesus. — The new faith of Strauss. Southgate, H,, Bp. The cross above the crescent ; a romance of Constantinople. Stedman, E. C. Hawthorne and other poems. Stieler, K., and others. The Rhine from its source to the sea. Sumner, C. "Works. Vol.12. Sweetser, M. F. Raphael. (Artist-biographies.) — Titian. (Artist-biographies.) T., M. W. Sursum corda ; hymns for the sick and suffering. Taylor, T. Historical dramas. "Mr. Taylor is a skilful playwright, a fair dramatist, and poor poet. — Nation. Theuriet. Gerard's marriage. "A story of provincial life and as fresh and charming in its idyllic simplicity as Goethe's Herman and Doro- thea. M. Theuriet is a skillful artist, whose slightest touch tells upon the general effect; we make the acquaintance of a whole village society whose members are as clearly discriminated as the most labored crea- tions of the modern English school." — Appleton'a journal. Other critics arc a little less enthusiastic. Thompson, J. P. The TJ. S. as a nation; lectures on the centennial. Vapereau, L. G. Diet. univ. des litteratures. A convenient book of reference in questions of liter- ary Jiistory, literary sesthetics, and composition, and of bibliography. Verne, Jules. Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais. — Decouvertes de la terre; histoire des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs. le ser. — Hector Servadac ; voyages et aventures k tra- vers le monde solaire. le pte. The heroes of this story are carried away through space on the comet Gallia, and Verne exceeds himself in extravagant fancies. — L'ile mysterieuse. 3 v. — Les Indes-noires. — Le pays des fourrures. 2 v. — Une ville flottante. Vilbort, J. Nouvelles campinoises. "Tres-agrfiables petitea toiies de genre." — Rev. pol. et lit. Villari. In change unchanged. (Leisure hour ser.) "The writer, English by birth, Italian by marriage, uses her great advantage of a double nationality with a taste and skill which remind us of "Quits' and 'The initials'," Wagner, R. The Nibelung's ring ; a festival play ; English words to R. Wagner's Ring des Nibe- lungen, by A. Forman. Walford, L. B. Pauline. (Leisure hour ser.) By the author of Mr, Smith. "Fully sustains the fa- vorable reputation produced by the writer's former story. To take a commonplace mortal and so to set him .before the reader that he shall become a personal ac- quaintance, this is art, . , . And he has succeeded in the wellnigh impossible task of putting a fairly new Minna and Brenda on paper." — Acad. Wilkinson, J. Narrative of a blockade-runner. Includes a full account of the passage by the U. S fleet of the forts below New Orleans, and some new facts about blockade-running. Woolsey, T. D. Political science. 2 v. Wright, E. Traps baited with orphan ; or. What is the matter with life insurance? Wylie, W. G. Hospitals ; their history, organiza- tion, and construction. Tonge, Miss C. M. Womankind. "I have no hesitation in decLaring my full belief in the Interionly of woman, nor that she brought it upon her- self. " — Chap. 1. .*. A critical account of "The best works on the Eastern question", by E. S,, of Constantinople, will be found in the Nation. Nov. 8, p. 284. - -♦- There is a full and good list (by .J, B. Matthews) of modern French plays in the November no, of .S.rihner'x entitled "French plays for American amateurs" He vouches for his list as not conlainiriga single nlav "to the reading of which the most fastidious mother could object". All not now in this library will be immediatelv procured. •' BOSTON ATHENAEUM. [No. 6. Mar. 15, 1878. y of English literature. tjTiG of every autlior of any % facts in his life, and an ac- so, iimlur separiilu headings, the principal clmiacters in ■ quotations, iirst lines of plume. ss directory, 1878. s d'un ofticier polonais ; taire en Espagne.et en . par A. A. Ernouf]. by the baron A. A. Ernouf II dcs Gen. H. von Brandt", iared in part in tho Hevue IS les armies du premier em- ■ain, et quel bonne humeurl 3omme il s'etait battu, avec -Rev. pol. et lit. quatrains; anc.etmod. ev. pol. et lit. ix, et ici il n'y a pas eu de oix, il n'y a eu d'ordre dans icea." — Polybiblion. emorials ; selected from ed. by his son. 2 v. an folk. arc' pretty, but they are e may be said of Mr. Galde- ■nceum, Feb. 9. in local types of character." nte de. Correspondance *aciaudi, theatin, 17o7 - le I'abbe Barthelemy et ■ le meme, pub. par C. cette correspondance, qui a t la bibliothiique de Farme ips exactes et minntieuses. de I'antiquite figuree qui a ingues; niais on se trompe- 8 ces lettree il n'est question 3 surtout conte ^ son ami e a Paris ; il le tient an cou- ce qui regarde les Jesuites. ipagnie d'une de ccs haines le thuologien. — Revue d. D. la marine frangaise pen- dependance americaine ; 3 sur la marine militaire stitutlons depuis le com- ecle. e demontrer que les Phari- i ont ete les protestants du cm s'est ecroulee Ic phai'i- monotheistc. lis se sont a la beatification des saints, 18 faites par I'apostolat ehr6- dc I'unite divine accessible L'oeuvre est fortement cussion s'ecIairentjTiutuelle- osition of the philosophy of instalment of Taine's new la France", "written with a ! and detail," and a pleasant innhardt's -'Field and forest f Melusine, by the way, has hardt on tlie "Formation of ith several very curious ex- le of Iceland in the his- institutions ; Lothian Treats of the growth of the commonwealth, Icelandic law, hitrod. of Christianity, and fall of tho republic. Cook, D. liook of the play ; studies and illustra- tions of [English] histrionic story, life, and character. 2 v. Daudet, E. Le proems des ministres, 1830. Four of the ministers of Charles x. wore impeached by tlie Chamber of Deputies and tried for high treason. Davis, N. S. Contributions to the history of medi- cal education and medical institutions in the U. S., 1776-1876. Dingelstedt, Franz. SJimmtliche "Werke. 8 v. Contents. Vol. 1-6. le Abth : Erzahlevde Dichiun- gm- Vol. 1. Bade-Novellen : Rcine Liebe. Ischl; — Der Schein triigt, Karlsbad; — Molken-Kuren. Kreuth; — Esel-Fritze. Ems; — Kreuz-Maviage ; — Baden- Baden ;—I>a8Miideheu von Helgoland. 2. Kiinstler'-Ge- Bchichten : Der Sclunied von Antwerpen ; — Ein armer Poet; — Ein reichcr Poet; — Lorbeer und Myrthe; — Vier Jahres-Zciten ; — Deutsche Naehte in I'aris. 3. Buntelieihe: Kinder-Liebc ; — Dasbose Auge; — Blinde Liebe; — Nnehbar-Kinder ; — ileister Gutenbergs Tod; — Die Schule der Welt. 4. Unter der Erde. 5. Wan- derbuch : Bilder ausPlesPcn-Kassel ; — Wilhelms-Hohe; -^- Boa-Conslrictor; — Ein stiller Freitag in Weimar; — Rhonc-Fahrten; — Tagebuch ansOstende; — HollancL- ische Schildereyen ; — Fontninebleau ; —Anf der Seine: — Seesltick ; — Kin Tag in Ileilbronn ; — Der Zauberer von Rom ; — Die Externsteine. 6. Die Amazone. 7, 8. 2e Abth: Lyrische Dirhtung. J/ondes. Chevalier, E. Histoire de la marine frangaise pen- dant la guerre de I'independance americaine ; prec4dee d'une etude sur la marine militaire de la France et ses institutions depuis le com- mencement du 17e siecle. Colien, J, Pharisiens. 2 v. "M. Cohen a enLrepris de d6montrer que les Phari- siens ont-^ete calomnies; ils ont 6te lea protestants du juda'isme. Quand Jerusalem s'est ecrouli^e le phari- seisme a sauvo le principe monoth^iste. lis ae sont refuses au cuite des images, a la beatification des saints, enfin k toutes les concessions faites par I'apostolat clir6- tien pour rendre le principe de I'uuite divine accessible aux nations polytheiates. ... L'reuvre est fortement composee ; I'histoire etla discussion s'ecIairentjTiutuellc- ment." — Rev. pol. et lit. Contemporary rev. for Feb. Contains an elaborate exposition of the philosophy of Noire by Max Miiller, an instalment of Taine's new volume of ''Les origines de la France", "written with a masterly grasp of principle and detail," and a pleasant summary by lialston of Mannhardt's "Field and forest myths". The last number of 3/elu>ii?i€, by the way, has an excellent paper by Mannhartlt on the "Formation of myths in modern times", with several very cuiloua ex- amples. Conybeare, C. A. V. Place of Iceland in the his- tory of European institutions ; Lothian j)rize es.say, 1877. Treats of the growth of the commonwealth, Icelandic law, introd. of Clirietianity, and fall of the republic. Cook, D. Book of the play; studies and illustra- tions of [English] histrionic story, life, and character. 2 v. Daudet, E. Le proems des ministrcs, 1830. Four of the ministers of Charles x. were impeached by the Chamber of Deputies and tried for high treason. Davis, N. S. Contributions to the history of medi- cal education and medical institutions in the TJ. S., 1776-1876. Dingelstedt, Franz. Sammtliche AVerke. 8 v. Contents. Vol. 1-6. le Abth ; Erzdhlende Dichiun- g^n. Vol. 1. Bade-is^ovellen : Reine Liebe. Ischl; — Der Scheiri liiigt- Karlsbad ; — Molken-Kuren. Kreuth ; — Esel-Fritze. Ems; — Krcuz-Mariage ; — Baden- Baden;— DasMadcheu von Helgoland. 2. Kiinstler-0e- schichten : Der Schmied von Antwerpen ; — Ein armer Foct; — Ein veichcr Poet; — Lorbeer und Myrthe; — Vier JahroB-Zeiten ; — Deutsche Niichte in Paris. 3. BunteUeihe; Kinder-Lii.be; — Das bbseAuge; —Blinde Liebe; — N;iclibar-Kinder;— Meister Gruteubergs Tod; — Die Schule der Welt. 4. Unter der Erde. 5. AVan- derbuch : Bilder nusHessen-Kaasel ; — Wiihelms-Hbhe ; — Boa-Constrictor; — Ein stiller Freitag in Weimar; — Rhbne-Fahrten ; — Tagebuch aus Ostende; — Hollan^r isclie SchikUrcyen;— Fontainebleau; —Auf der Seine: — Seestiick ; —Kin Tag in Heilbronn ; — Der Zauberer von Rom ; — Die Externsteine. 6. Die Amazone. 7, 8. 2eAbth: LijrUche Diditung<-iu 7. Erste Liebe; — Jahrcftzeiten ; — Dornrbslein; — Ein Secptern; — Irr- fahrten ; — SpaziergUnge eines kasseler Poeten ; —Poets- Corner; — Lctzle Liebe; — Erziihlende Diclitungen. 8. Nachtwiiehters Stilleben; — Nacbtwiichters Welt- gang; — Intermezzo; ein Roman; — Hobe Liebe : Son- ettenkranz; — Hauslieder; — Nacbt und Morgen. Durand, Uync. {pseud. Henri Gr^ville). Les Kou- miassine. A Russian slory .'somewhat in the style of Turgenef. "Just the novel which people want who are always looking after a story in the French tongue which shall not deal directly or by implication with evil-doing." — Atlantic. Duruy, V. Histoire de France. Nouv. ed. A good history of fi'^^ce to place in the hands of young people ; profusely illustrated. Espinas, A. I)es societes animales ; etude de psychologie comparee. "Uno livre d'un rare interet, nn livre qui n'avait pas encore et6 fait et qui ouvre une voie feconde de recher- ches et de decouvertes. Cet ouvrage nourri de faits, ^crit dans la meilleure langne fran9aise, avec un tour vif et piquant, se rocommande surtont par de fines, in- genieuses, et profondes analyses. Aucun philosophe n'ctait encore entre a ce point dans I'ame des bStea 6t n'avait si bien compris leui-s jalousies et leurs rivalites, leurs sympathies et leurs amours, leurs vertus domes- tiques et politiques." — Rev. ]X>1. et lit. "A very important study of two problems :- (1) What is the relation between the individuals and the physical centre to which their activity binds them or the group within which they live each with, a distinct body and conscioneneHs of their own? (2) What sort of a thing is society? Is it a being properly so called — a thing real and concrete, or is it only an abstraction, a concep- tion without object, a word? Is society a living thing like the individual, oris it only a unity of collection, a verbal entity? ... His object is to make manifest the presence of comnninal life throughout the animal king- dom from the lowest grades to the liighest. Collective life is, he contends, no accidental occurrence here and there, but a normal, constant, universal fact." — Mind. E-wald, A. C. Sir Robert Walpole; a polit. biog., 1676-1745. •■Although it requires hut a very alight examination to discover many errors of carelessness in the details and constant sins against good taste in Mr. Ewald's volume, candid criticism will allow that the conception which he has formed of the character of his subject is corroborated by an independent study of the politics of the age." — ir. P. Coxcrtncy in Acad. Number 6.] 22 [Mar. 15, 1878. "Wherever the new biographer differs from hie prq- decessor Coxe, he does so for the worse, and whunuvtr a gross blunder is found in the pages of the new work it is generally due ^o careieea transcription from the old one. There is llLLle between the title-page and colophon to which strong exception cannot be taken." — At/ten. Fau, J". Anatomy of the external forms of man : atlas, cent. 28 drawings from nature ; ed. by R. Knox. Feuillet, O. Les amours de Philippe. "Nous voilibien loin et bien au-dessous de'Sibylle'ou du'Jeune homme pauvre'. Pen d'invention. une fable iis6e et, en outre, mal construite; des figures que Ton ealne comme de vieilles connaissances, sanf une." — Jiev. pol. et lit. "M. Feuillet est bourgeois irSme quand il parle de la noblesse." — Burbey d'Azir evilly. '"His talent as a writer is as brilliant as ever, but the subject is revolting to all sense of delicacy. Philippe is the most vapid creature imaginable." — Acad. "Has two distinct parts, one of which is as fine as anything he has ever done, the other worse." — Exam. "It is essentially a nasty book, — a nasty book which plays at being nice." — AtJun. Fletcher, Miss J. jNIirage. (No name ser.) Fontaine, H. Eclairage i I'electricite ; reriseigne- ments pratiques. Describes especially the Gramme machine. Foreati6, Edouard. Les auciennes faioneeries de Montauban, etc, Ed. rev. et augm. An account of 15 potteries in the department of Tarn et G-aronne, with illustrations. George, E. Etchings in Belgium ; with descriptive letterpress. "He sees, in exactly the light way that pleases every eye of average cultivation, the prettiness and quaint- ness of these Belgian towns, ... but there is no very striking individuality about the t-ichings."— F. Wed- more in Academy, Feb. 16. Giebel, C G. Thesaurus ornithologiae. Vol. 3 : P-Z. —Appendix. Goethe, J. W. von, and WilUmer, M. J. von, {pseud. Suleika) . Briefwechsel ; hrsg. mit Lebens- nachrichten von T. Creizenach. Goltz, baron C von der. Gambetta et ses armees. 2e ed. "Ecrit avec une intention tr63 marqutSe de justice et d'impartialite. M. de Goltz voit en M. Gambetta deux hommes. qu'il etudie et qu'il jiige k part: le minislre de la guerre et le strategiste. Comme 9trat6gisto, M. Gambetta fit, au jugement de I'auteur allemand, preuve de clairvoyance en prechant la t6naoili5, la pei'severance danslalutte. II fit tout pour prolonger la re^istunce. Mais il no prit pas les meilleurs prodSdes pour y par- venir." ^- Rev. pol. et lit. Goodenough, Com. J. G. Journal during his last command as senior officer on the Australian station, 1873-75; ed. with memoir, by his widow. Graham, E. Tell me a story. 2d ed. Gray, R., Bp. of Cape Town. Life of Robert Gray, Bp. of Cape Town; ed. by the Rev, C. Gray. Great Britain. Pari. England and Wales, ex- clusive of the metropolis ; return of owners of land, 1873. 2 v. Grindon, L. H. Manchester banks and bankers ; historical, biog., and anecdotal. 2d ed. Grote, G. Fragments on ethical subjects. Contents. Origin and nnture of ethical sentiment. — Philosophy of morals. — Ancient systenis of moral pliil- oeophy. — Idea of ethical philosophy. — Ethics of Aris- totle. — Politics of Aristotle. "A small but golden book of the first importance as a contribution to the seieiitific study of morals." — F. Pollock, hi Mind, ii. 337. Hafiz. A century of ghazels ; or, A hundred odes selected and trans, from the Diwan. "Wherever any collection of Persian books, however small, i-J found, a copy of Hafiz is sure to be amongst them." — Prelim, notice. Hale E.E. What career? ten papers on the choice of a vocation and the use of 'time. Hall E. On English adjectives in -able, with spec. reference to reliable. After remarks on the necessity of more study and reflection than is usually found on the part of those who discuss questions of English philosophy,defendsthe use of "reliable" on grounds of analogy and convenience. Hammond, W. A. Cerebral hyperaemia, the result of mental strain or emotional disturbance. Harte, E. Bret. The story of a mine. Hertzberg, G. F. Geschichte Griechenlands seit dem Absterben des antiken Lebens bis zur Gegenwart. 2r, 3r Th. : 1204-1821. Hillebrand, K. Geschichte Frankreichs von der Thronbesteigung Louis Philipp's bis zum Falle Napoleon's III. Ir Th. 1830-37. Hoadley, J. C. Memorial of Henry Sanford Gan- sevoort. Holmes, 0. W. Poetical works. Hood, T. Practical guide to English veneification. New ed. Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward. Memoir of Br. Samuel GridleyHowe; [printed for the blind]. Hull, E. Physical geology and geography of Ire- land. Huxley, T. H. Manual of the anatomy of inver- tebrated animals. "My object, in writing the book, has been to make it useful to those who wish to become acquainted with the broad outlines of what is at present known of the mor- phology of the invertebrata, though I have not avoided the incidental mention of facts connected with their pliysiology and their distribution. On the other hand, I have abstained from discussing c^uehtions of ffitiology because the growing tendency to mix up setiological speculations with morphological generalizations will, if unchecked, throw biology into confusion." — Pre/ate. Inman, T. Ancient faiths and modern. Jackson, W. H. Descriptive catalogue of photo- graphs of N. A. Indiana. Jacox, F. Shakespeare diversions. 2 v. "Mr. Jacox takes a character of Shakespeare and tells you what has been said by every man that has written of it and of everything else that by the most liberal indnlgence can be conceived to have any con- nexion with it. The book is a storehouse of informa- tion and the man who knows the value of what he takes may plunder incessantly; and it is readable." — Ath. Jennings, L.J. Field paths and green lanes ; with sketches by Whymper. "He gives some racy conversations with rustics, in wliich he sustains the unusual part of a travelled Con • servative and a half- Americanized Tory." — Nation. "There is a breeziness and freshness about this pleas- ant volume" — Evam. "Mr. Jennings has come within an ace of writing a classic. Without putthig it on the same level as White's "Selborne", or Warner's "Summer in my garden", we can say that he has given us a delightful story of his walks and rambles through Sussex and Surrey, a story which some people will like to read twice. ... We have been involuntarily tempted to compare Mr. Jennings's little volume with another, whicli it resembles in some re- spects, George Sand's "Promenades autour d'un village", but of course we do not find in Field paths the great touches which George Sand, even in her most trivial work, never fails to imprint." — Spectator. Keary, E. The magic valley ; or, Patient Antoine. Number 6" [Mar. 15, 1878. Keller, Gottfried. Die Leute von Seldwyla ; Erzah- lungen. 3e Aufl. Contents. Vol, 1. Pankraz, der Schmoller. — Romeo unci Julia auf dem Dorfe. — Fniii llegL-l Ainrnin uiul ihr JUngstcr. — Die drei gerechl-en ICammacher. — Spiegel, das Katzclien. 2. Kleider marfien Leute. — Der Bchmied seines GlUckes. — Die miusbi-auehteii Liebesbriefe. — Dietegen. — Das verlorene Laelien. Legouve, E. L'art de la lecture. 9e ed. The fii-st chapter, in whicli Legouv6 spealia of his own iiistructiou in the art of reading —from professors, from the great actors and actresses with whom he was in constant intercourse iu the preparation for the stage of tlie plays by which he won his seat in the French Academy, and from his experience as lecturer in the College de France — is worth reading even by those who do not care to read the detailed directions given in the following chapters. Lenormant, F. Les dieux de Babylone et de I'As- syrie. "The best account of the nature and development of B.abylonian religion." — Acad. Library journal, The. Vol. 1. Longfellow, H. W." Poems of places : Greece, and Turkey in Europe. — - Switzerland and Austria ; Germany. 3 v. Lorenz, O. Catalogue general de la librairJe fran- gaise. 1866-75. 2 v. Lotze, K. H. Mikrokosmos ; Ideen zur Natur- geschiehte und Geschichte der Menschheit. On Lotze see an article by T. M. Lindsay in Mind, I. 363-382. "The Microcosmos is Lotze's greatest worlt, by which he is best known and will be longest remem- bered." Lukin, Rev. J. The boy engineers ; what they did and how they did it. A story of boys, who in their own workshop make a clock, an organ, engines, etc. McCarthy, J. Miss Misanthrope. {In Gentle- man's mag., V. 240, 241. 1877.) "A tale of unusual merit." — Spectator, Feb. 9. "A brilliant and charming book. The heroine is one of those rare charactei's — rare in real life, rarer still in fiction — which uuite a sound, a quick, and a cultivated . intelligence with a sympathetic and generous heart. ... His style Js simple and easj', if not wholly unaffected, and he is judiciously sparing of the epigrams which are always good when they come." — Examiner, Jan. 26. "ill-. McCarthy, who seems to improve steadily in his art, has always relied more upon the study of character than on the dovetailing of unexpected incidents. Those who care for a keen — one might almost sjiy a brilliant — chronicle of the fashions and follies of the times, the satire of which is just enough dashed with tenderness, are certain to read Mr. McCarthy's novel with pleas- ure." — Sat. rev. M'Clintock, J., and Strong, J. Cyclopaedia of biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical litera- ture. Vol. 7 ; New-Pes. Mackenzie, D. The flooding of the Sahara; plan for opening Central Africa to commerce and civilization from the north-west coast. Maemillan for Feb. Contains a plea by Goldwin Smith against 'The pioposed substitutes for religion', and Pi-of. Brjce's lec- ture on Constantinople, Macquoid, K. S. Through Biittany : South Brit- tany. Maginn, W. Shakespeare papers ; pictures grave and gay.. Orig. pub. in Bentley's miscellany. Contents. Blog. sketch of Dr. Maginn. — Sir J, Fal- staff. — Jaques. — ■ Romeo. — Midsummer night's dream : Bottom. — Shakespeare, W., the weaver, — His ladies : Lady Macbeth. — Timon of Athens. — I'olonins. — lago. Mariette or Mariette-Bey, A. E. The monuments of Upper Egypt ; tr. of the 'Itineraire de la haute Egypt', by A. Mariette, "We can only hope it may be so received as to en- courage M, Alphonse Mariette to give us similar trans- lations of his brother's other works." — Sat. rev. Marmorne. (No name series.) Generally attributed to P. G. Hamerton, the writer on etching, and editor of the Portfolio. "One of the most powerful novels of the narrative, as opposed to the analytical cltiss, tliathas appeared for a long time. The scene is laid mainly in the Morvan, that litlie-visited district which occupies the north-west coi-. ner of Burgundy and part of the Nivcrnais." — Athe- naeum. "The author does not seem very much at home in French law. ... The book stands out remarkably In many ways from the common run of novels, and deserves to be read. The first description of Bois- vip6re, the record of Julius' pranks while in training, atid above all the skirmish between the Prussians and thefranc-tireursare decidedly noteworthy." — G, Saints- bury in Acad., Feb. 23, The author, however, defends his knowledge of French law iu Acad., March 2, saying that "no French- man has raised tl.e slightest objection to the book on the ground of law." Moland, L. , Theatre de la Revolution ou, Choix de pieces de theatre qui ont fait sensation pendant la periode revolutionnaire ; aveo une introd. Contents. Chenier, M. J. Charles ix; ou, L'eeole des rois; trag. — Monvel, J. M. B. de. Les victimes cloitrees: drame. — Laya, J. L. L'ami des loie; com. — Mar6chal, P. 8. Le jugement dernier des rois; prophetic. — Ducancel, C. P. L'interieur des comit6s revoiutionnaires; com. — Maillot, A. F. E., di^ Mme. Angot; opera-comique. "t_)n pourrait 6crtre un histoire de la Revolution par le theAlre. M. Moland annonce un travail analogue pour lo Consulat." In connexion with this it may be worth while to read Geruzez', 'Hist, de la iitt^rature fran^aise de la Revolution'. Musset, P. de. Biography of Alfred de Musset ; trans, by H. W. Preston. — I.ui et elle. lOe ed. "En 1833 eommen^a entre I'auteur de 'Namouna' et la femme celebre qui signait du pseudonyme de George Sand une liaison qui devait etre la grande, I'unique pas- sion serieuse de sa vie. Les deux poiites voyagerent en Italic dans I'hiver de 1833-34, et s'arretferent A Venise. Li A. de Mussetfut atteintd'une fifevre c^r^brale qui mit ses jours en danger. A peine convalescent, il quitta Venise, mais seul. Sur cetle liaison, qui a donn6 lieu rccemment k deux regrettable publications, 'Elle et lui' de George Sand', Lui et elle' de Paul de Musset, il faut lire la premiere des 'Lettres d'un voyageur' de George Sand publiiSe dans la Riv. d. D. ilondes (15 mai 1834); on ti'ouve li un magnifique portrait de M. k vingt-trois ans, portrait fidele, quoique trac^ par une main passion- nee." — L. Joubert in Nouv. biog. gen. Th. Barrifere maliciously calls Alfred de Musset "Un Thoocrite des boudoirs, un Tibulle du cold-cream et de la poudre de riz". Nicholson, H. A. The ancient life-history of the earth ; outline of the principles and leading facts of palaeontological science. "The study of fossil animals from the historical point of view, regarding them principally as so many land- marks in the ancient records of the world," and exam- ining "their relations to the chronological succession of the strata in which they are entombed. ... He decidedly recognizes organic evolution."-* Quar.jour. of set., Oct. Nineteenth century for Feb. Has an essay on Spinoza by Fr. Pollock, and contem- porary notes on Mrs. Siddons as Lady Macbeth by Geo. Bell, Perkins, C. C. Raphael and Michelangelo ; a crit- ical and biographical essay. Number 6.] 24 [Mar. 15, 1878. Playfair, Col. R. L. Travels in the footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis. "Col. l'laj''fair is an. experienced traveller in North Africa. He acknowledi^i.'s liimself to be tlie author of 'Murray's Handbook to Algeria'. In this volume oneof hi8 objects has been to provide an 'advanced handbook' for travellers who are tired of the beaten paths. He has succeeded and has produced a sumptuous volume. He also desired to viiidicate tlio accuracy of Bruce, and undo yet more completely the injustice done to the great traveller in Iiis lifetime. He discovered that there were 'immense stores of Bruee'a mes. and drawings' in the possession of Lady Thuriow, and the gre, it feature of this volume is the reproduction in fac-simile of a se- lection from these skelclies." The drawings of Bruce are very highly praised by Cetar L>ii!y for tlieil' a(;euracy. Rawlinson, G. The origin of nations. liepub. from the Li^ is are hour, 1S75-76. liawlinson undertakes to "state impressions with re- gard to the blaring of modern disco\eries in the Iiisior- ical field upon the authenticity of tiie Scripture nai'ral- tivc. ... The author is of opinion that thi?re is no suffi- cient evidence uf a settled monarciiy in Egypt prior to about B.(J. •lo'.w); and that civilization can nowhere be traced back to adate anterior to this. ... Fnially regard- ing it as a pure assumption that the primitive condition of mankind was one of savagery, lie lias endeavoured to show cause in favour of the opposite hypothesis, that man's primitive condition was one very remote indeed from savagery, and cont;iining many of the elements of what is now termed civilization." — Pre/ace. Routledge, J". English rule and native opinion in India ; gleanings from the notes of a journal- ist, 1870-74. The author's object has been "to depict various phases of Indian life as they actually are, and to make them as simple and clear as possible to r.eaam., Feb. 23. McKnigM, G. Firm ground: thoughts [inverse] on life and faith. McMillan, D. C. The elective franchise in the U.S. Proposes a new system of election. Macmillan's mag. for March. Contains the second of Lady Augusta Cadogan's pleasant articles on French society/'called "La grande dame de I'Ancieu Regime". Michelet, J. The bird ; with illust. by Giaoomelli. New ed., rev. Giacomelli's charming designs are well reproduced on wood. Moli^re, J. B. P. de. Dramatic works ; tr. by C. H. Wall. 3 V. Montaiglon, A. de. Eecueil de poesies franjaises des 15e et 16esifecle. Vol. 10-12. Morley, H. Illustrations of English religion. Motley, J. L. Peter the Great. (Harper's half- hour ser.) Murger, II. Leserment d' Horace; com. Nouv. ed. Musset, P. de. Histoires de trois nianiaques. Contents. Les dents d'un Turco. — Histoire d*un dinmant. — Don Fa-tutto. "Trois recits fantastiques, pleins de verve et d'hu- meur oil une plume elegante et facile s'est plu A des- siner trois portraits de maniaq'ues et £L raconter leurs aventures Ires extraordinaires.'* — Rev. (J. D. Mondes. Muybridge, photographer. Central America, illust. by [202 photographs]. Neale, K. Medical digest ; a means of reference to the principal contributions to medical science during the last thirty years. (New Syd. Soc.) News, Daily. The war correspondence, 1877 ; with a connecting narrative forming a hist, of the war between Russia and Turkey. 2d ed. "All these collections of letters have their special merits. As the principal writer in the Daily news col- lection was Mr. F&rbes, all the well-known merits of Mr. Forbes^s writings appear." — Sat. rev. Nibelungenlied. The fall of the Nibelungers, otherwise the book of Kriemhild ; a trans, by W. N. Lettsom. Nineteenth century for March. Has a pleas.nnt account by Rev. R. W. Dale of his impressions of American society (reprinted in Fop. sci. monthly, snppl. for April); and a ballad by Tenny- son, -'The revenge", on the fight between 8ir Rich. Grenvilleand the Spanish fleet in 1590.— The Academy, Mar, 19, makes an interesting comparison of the ballad and Ralegh's account of the same light. Norman, C. B., correspondent of ilie Times. Ar- menia, and the campaign of 1877. "I landed at Trebizond an advanced philo-Turk, but soon learnt that no words could exaggerate the amount of misrule that exists in Asiatic Turkey, where Christian and M.ahomedan alike groan under an intolerable yoke. ... As regards the Turkish army, I never saw a Nizam battalion that could liold its own with our worst-drilled regiment of Bengal Infantry." — Preface. Onderdonk, H., Jr. The annals of Hempstead, 1643-1832; also the rise and growth of the Society of Friends on Long Island and in N. Y., 1657-1826. Rameau, — . TTne colonic feodale en Amerique. (L'Acadie, 1604-1710.) "A rather indiA'crenthook carelessly written, contain- ing, however, some facts not elsewhere to be found about certain small settlements in Acadia." — F. P. See an unfavorable notice in the Nation, no. 652, and the re. joinder to Ramcau's reply, in no. 666. Rhode Island historical tracts. No. 1. Contains Prof. Diman's address at the centennial of the capture of Gen. Prescott, with the ballads relating to the exploit. Eobert-Houdin, J. E. The secrets of conjuring andinagic; tr. and ed. with notes by Prof. Hoffman. Written for his sons and first published in 1868. Gives a history of conjuring, lays down the general principles of the art with great clearness, and adds detailed explanations of various particular tricks, often accompanied with the appropriate "patter" ; being in fact directions by which anybody who has the qualifica- tions of a pickpocket can become a good conjurer. "Many of his chapters on the dramatic side of his pro- fession might give food for thought even to practised actors. Short though they are, they seem to go very far into the mysterious relation between a public per- former and his audience." ^ Examiner, Feb, 2. Number 7.] 28 [Apr. 1.878. "If it was intended to enable the ordinaryj-eador 'to become a wizard* the book is a failui'e. No need to fear that the fascinating mystery is henoefoi'Lh to be no mystei-y. The explanations are more marvellous than the performances. You are merely to hold balls, money, cards in the palm of your hand and go on using your fingers as though nothing were in it, etc., etc., all of which is as simple to read as it is incomprehensible in the piactico." — Harper*8 mag. Roberts, .Miss M. Fair Else, Duke XJlrieh, and other tales ; by the author of "illle. Mori". ContenU. Fair Else. — Seheiden thut Weh. — Duke Ulrich with the curly loclis. — Rough limes. "The four stories in the present volume are. as usual with this writer, Continental in subject and scenery." — Academy. Scherr, J. La societe et les moeurs allemandes. 3e ed. Tissot having been accused of exaggerating German defects translated this wort to exhibit the Germans "painted by themselves". Schiller, J. C. F. von, and Cotta, J. F., Freiherr von Cott'endorf. Brit'fwechsel. Schliemann. Mycenae. The Builder iovM.?\.Y. 2. contains the translation of a reply published by Prof. Liudehschmidt in the Allgevn. Zeitiinff, to A. S. Murray's attack in the Academy, and Murray briefly anawei's in the next no. of the Builder. Shakespeare, ^\^ History of King Henry > . ; ed, with notes, by W. J. Rolfe. — Midsummer-night's dream ; designs by P. Konewka. Shaw, C. The Inns of Court calendar ; a record of the members of the English bar. Skene, F. M. F. Life of Alex. Lycurgus, Arch- bishop of the Cyclades. Smith, P. V. History of English institutions. '■Just the book one would recommend to a foreigner who wished to get a general notion of English institu- tions. ... For purposes of instruction, whore the stand- ard works of Stuhbs, llallam, and May cannot tx? used, we prefer it to the bulkier book of Mr. Taswell-Lang- mead." — Contemp. rev.. Mar. Sola, pseud. An American girl, and her four years . in a boys' college ; [fiction]. Southall, J. C. The epoch of the mammoth, and' the apparition of man upon earth. "Contends that the cave-dwellers of Europe were not of older date than the highly civilized races which peo- pled Egypt at the date of the first dynasty; that there id no trace of the earlier existence of man in Kgypt or elsewhere; and that consequently, as man first made his appearance upon the earth in a state of comparatively advanced civilization, the Darwinian theory of the evolu- tion of the race must be abandoned." — Srottinan. Statesniati*3 year-book, 1878 ; by F. Martin. Sta/Uben, D. Sc6nes de la vie juive en Alsace. Note. Repub. from the lievae d. D. Mondea, 1837-59. Stevens, H. Bibles in the Caxton Exhibition, 1877 ; a bibliog. description of nearly one thousand representative Bibles in various languages, 1450-1877. "With an entertaining preface in which Mr. Stevens re- plies smartly to some ill-informed and Saturday review- ish criticism of the collection of Bibles at the Exhibi- tion, their arrangement, and ilr. Stevens's catalogue. Thornton, W. T. Indian public works and cognate Indian topics. With chapters on land tenure and national education. Trotter, J. JI. Music and some highly musical people. Contains a description of music, music of nature, his- , tory of music, power, beauty, and uses of nnuic, lives of ; colored musicians, and music composed by colored men. i TuUoch, J. Pascal. (Foreign classics for Englistt readers.) "Trincipal Tulloch had to show the greatness and the position of a marlde Hercules from fragments of his foot. ... How shall we show what Pasf-al was and did when there is so little of him left which anybody cares ■to read? How phall we explain the depth of the im- pression which he leaves on many minds when we can reduce most of the fragments which people siill read to a few formulas of almost geometrical simplicity? ... He has made a little volume which is excellently pitched for English readers and, avoiding critical questions, col- lects into a charming miniature all that cati be most in- - teresting to them, - In the .eelection of Pascal's thoughts, however, Principal Tulloch has taken many which we regard as mere platitudes and has carefully excluded those most trenchant sayings on which rest the snppo- Hition of Pascal's scepticism. And one kind of criticism we somewhat miss*— that of style. Pascal is said to have made the modern French language, and this es- pecially in the 'Provincial letters'. Bu^if so, it would surely be interesting to have some account of Pascal's Ftyie; how it began ; and how it grew to perfection." — Pall mall gaisette, Feb. 28. University mag. for Feb., March. Contains two lectures on Shelley by Rossetti. "bril- Jiant, thoughtful, and discriminating papers"; no. 2 of tlie "Contemporary portraits" (Sir John Lubbock) and no. 3 (Prof. Owen); and a continuation of the "Home side of ft scientific mind". Waring, O. E., //•. The bride of the Rhine ; 200 miles in a Mosell'ow-boat ; repr. with add. from Scribner's. "The multiplicity of woodcuts enables us to justify for ourselves the enthusiastic descriptions of the author. In tite rapid disappearance of old-time beauty from the more travelled routes of Europe a debt of gratitude is due to one who thus pursues the picturesque into its delightful by-ways." — 2^aUon, Feb. 21. Wild, J. J. Thalassa ; essay on the depth, tem- perature, and currents of the ocean. "Mr. "Wild, whilst tabulating the newest facts, and graphically delineating the most recent observations, writes as if he was unacquainted with the results at- tained by modern meteorology and geography." — Brit. quart, rev., Jan. 1. Wither, T. P. Bigg-, Pioneering in South Brazil ; three years of forest and prairie life in the Province of Parana. "A narrative of travel and adventure which owes its origin to .i scheme for the construction of a great highway through the centreof the South American con- tinent fi'om the Atlantic to the Pacific, originally con- ceived by Captain Palm, an officer of the Swedish army, and afterwai'ds approved by the Brazilian Gov- ernment. ... The author has the happy faculty of bringing the men or the scene before us with vivid clearness and evident fidelity." — Academy. Feb. 23. Wreck of the "Grosvenor".; an account of the mu- tiny of the crew and the loss of the ship ■when trying to make the Bermudas ; [fiction] . Yonge, C. M. Aunt Charlotte's stories of German history. "Aunt Charlotte has made a mistake in calling her ■ stories, stories for the little ones. We doubt whethe r any "little ones', unless of preternatnrally precocious understanding, could make head or tail of the elaborate stories here related. We feel sure that, if they could do so, their dige'^tions would be permanently impaired." — Examiner. Mar. 2. Young, E. D. Nyassa ; journal of adventures whilst exploring Lake Nyassa ; rev. by Rev. . H. Waller. "The aiithor was selected to found a mission on the southern shore of Lake Nyassn, to be called after Dr. Livingstone. This diary is the narrative of his iourney to Livingstonia and back. The diary is full of incident and its stylo is clear, manly, and unpretending." — Sat. reo. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [Ko. 8. Apr. 27, 1878. Bishop, N. H. Voyage of the paper canoe from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, 1874-75. A pleasant accuunt of a trip along the Atlanlic coast in a boat weighing 58 pounds. Black,' C. A Sussex idyl. '* 'A Susses idyl' is thorouglily deserving of , its name. ... Mlsi^ Black's simple and pure style. ... A charming story. We should indeed be ungrateful did we not look forward with pleasure to more work from the same hand." — Ex.amiiiei\ Boyle, r. Narrative of an expelled correspondent. "Letters from the Russian head-quarters on the Dan- ube, to a period shortly before the Muuond unsuccessful assault on Flevua, when the writer's honesty or indis- cretion occasioned his expulsion from the camp." — Fortnightly rey., Feb. Brassey, T. Lectures on the labour question. 11 lectures delivered at various places, and containing much repetitiun. "Mr. Brassey is distinguished among writers upon the labour question, not only for his life-long familiarity with its sevenil phases and for the pains with which he devotes himself tu acquire a knowledge of the actual circumstances of the period and place in which he lec- tures, but also because his pages are free from all illu- sions." — A. Arnold in Acad., Feb. 23. Butler, S. lufe and habit, '■This work attempts to demonstrate that the great majority of structures and instincts are due to*mem- ory on this part of offspring of its own past exlst- ence§ in the persons of its forefathers, and then traces to a comnioa source the sterility of hybrids and the phenomena of old age. It also shows reason for preferring the Laraarckiun to the Darwinian view of evolution." "Ituna dangerously near ... to the 'unconscious intel- ligence' of Hartraann's philosophy. "— Sa^. rew., Jan. 26. •'Teems with curious and bewildering speculationw, but all is conjecture from beginning to end. and after paying all due tribute to the author's ingenuity and to the marked subtlety and ability of his thought it is impossible to avoid asking to what purpose it ail is. If it be a mere jeu d'esprit it is too elaborately wrought out; as a work of earnest import it is too flighty. —Al/i., Jan. 26. "'Life is memory'; so Mr. Butler summarises the re- sults of his investigation. ... He is in full sympathy with that stream of tendency in science and philosophy which strives to make religion, and ethics, and spiritual life merely problems in natural history. Readers of the voluminous and popular writings of Von Hurtmann will observe a striking resemblance between his meth- ' ods and results and those of Mr. Butler. VonHartmann moves, as is natural to a German, with a heavy equipment of technical terms. Mr. Butler moves in light skirmish- ing order, swiftly, easily, with many a joyous quip to beguile the weary way. ... Mr. Butler's system is pes- simism of the purest water. Life is a mockery; all conscious effort is weakness; the search after truth, the passionate longing after purity, the striving after nnsellishness are brushed aside, as not worthy to be mentioned in the same breath with that perfect creature, an English youth who lives much in the open air and never reads." — Spectator, Feb. 9. Campion, J. S. On the frontier. 2d ed. ■■Maj. Campion, although an officer in the service of the United States, appears to be an Englishman by birth' and feeling. He writes with force and spirit and extreme enthusiasm; he reproduces with graphic and artistic fidelity the scenes he has figured in and the . scenery he has admired ; and he describes the ludicrous side of his adventurous life with very considerable hu- mour. ... He writes of the Indian^ with dispassionate candour." — Sat. rev.. Mar. 9. Church, R. W. The beginning of the Middle Ages. Ciemensi S. L. {pseud. Mark. Twain). Punch, brothers, punch ! and other sketches. Contemporary for April. , Contains "Positivism on jin Island, the new Paul and Virginia", C''a story that should amuse all who retain tiieir liking for broad unmeaning farce^" — itlcato.) by W. H. Mallock, tlio author of "The new republic", and of -'The future of faith" in the March Oonteviporai-y , "Wife torture in England" by Miss Cobbe, the third of Prof. Jcvons'a tilts at J. S. Mill's philosophy, a re- view of Froude's Becket by Freeman, and a symposium on Future punishment by eight writers. Cooke, p. St. G. Conquest of New Mexico and California. Cruttwell, C. T. A history of Roman literature, to the death of Marcus Aurelius. "Though Mr. Cruttwell's book on Latin literature is not long, he has successfully avoided, we think, the faults of painful scantiness and dullness. Possibly the example of Mr. G-reen's work on English history lias taught him something, and helped him to a method. He has produced that rare thing, a manual which con- tains all necessary facts and references to all indispen- sable authorities, and which, far from being repulsively dry, is ratlier attractive, and apt to make the student go on" reading longer than he originally intended." — Sat. rev,, Feb. 23. Dana, W. B. Cotton from seed to loom ; a hand- book of facts for producer, merchant, and consumer. Dempster, Charlotte L. H, Blue roses ; or, Helen Malinofska's marriage. "A. very beautiful story". — 19iA Oent. "Describes the Polish national character with vigor of portraiture and keenness of insight." — Acad. "A new story written with artistic care, about new scenes and a new kind of people, and pleasant to read, except for the exceeding abundance of the tragic. There is not a page of padding." — Sat. rev. '■Violates at least a dozen of the artistic canons, to its own disadvantage." — Covtemp. rev. •*We may resent the pain this story causes; but its power, its freshness of feeling, and simple dramatic completeness compel admiration." — Spectator. Dixon, R.W. History of the Church of England. "His mission is to refute Mr. Fronde, but Mr. Dixon's Reformation is one in which historical students will in these days feel only a secondary interest. It seems to be identical with the ecclesiastical revolution begun and ended under Henry's Vicar-GJ-eneral, Thomas Crom- well." — Examiner, Feb. 16. Contains evidence of independent thought and of con- pcientious labor. — Ath., Feb. 9. Douglas, R. K. Chinese language and literature. "'We have nowhere met within the compass of a small volume so much valuable information on the sub- ject." — Spectator. Daerer, A. Oiuvre; reprod. par A. Durand, texte par G. Duplessis. f°. "Such reproductions give us actual possession of Durer's work, and cannot be reckoned as copies. Every delicate line and every soft tone are rendered with fidelity."— ^caci. Emerson, Geo. B. Reminiscences of an old teacher. llepr. from the Journal of education. Fawcett, E. Fantasy and passion. Fortnightly for April. Contains the first iuistalment of *The political adven- tures of Lord Beaconsfield', which promises to be an in- teresting history. Frasers for April. Contains an interesting paper on the Gunpowder Plot in its relations to Shakespeare. Gillmore, P. The Great Thirst Land; a ride through Natal, Orange Free State, Trans- vaal, Kalahari Desert. "Grives a desci'iption of the unknown lands lying be- tween the Limpopo and the watersheds of the mighty rivers lately explored by Stanley and Cameron. The labours of the missionaries in the interior are noticed at length, as well as the scene of the present war on the frontier of Cape Colony. —Ath., Feb. 9. "Pleasantly and graphically written sketches scenes and adventures." — Acad., Mar, 9. Number 8.] 30 [Apr. 27, 1878, Gosse, E. W. The unknown lover ; a drama ; ■with an essay on the chamber drama in Eng. Mr. Gosse contributes criticisms of drama and poetry to the Academy. '•His theory is, however, better than his practice, his essay better than his play. The essay contains some erudition, presented with grace, and a certain measure of fervour even ; the play, though it is correctly written and interesting, is not dramatic even from the stand- point Mr. Gosee accepts." — Athmceuniy Feb. 16. *'As a play for children, it is perfect; the plot is slight, the situations are simple, everything is wiihin the aspirations and the acting capacities of juvenile players. Some of the lyrics interspersed are deliciously sweet." — Examiner, Feb. 16. "Assuredly does not fail for lack of poetry. ... The four characters of the play move in an atmosphere of music and sentiment. ... The passions of love, jealousy, regret move the characters, and there are some amus- ing and dramatic situations. The piece is written in blank verse, which is a quite legitimate way of giving remoteness and refinement to The characters of a pasD age and to the action." — Sat. rev., Ftih. 2. "A charming little piece of drama." — S. Dowden, in Acad.. Feb. 16. Gray. China. A truthful and vivid picture of Chinese life. "Archdeacon Gray lived for upwards of a quarter of a century in China. ... He has a reputation, not con- fined to China, as a connoisseur of all objects of native art, and his own collection of Chinese bric-A-brac is probably unrivalled, ... Of the makingof many books on China and the Chinese there seems to be literally no end. To name only a few of the best known. Sir John Davis's work still holds its ground as a tolerably com- plete compendium for the general reader. It is old enough, it is true, to have become obsolete, had it treated of a people less averse to progress. ... The more serious student will find the history, geography, system of administration, and general economiert of the Celestial Empire treated with much detail and equal drynessinWiiliams's 'Middle Kingdom'. Dooli ttle has illustrated the social life of the Chinese with more or less success. Hue's admirable 'L'Empire Chinois' combines the information to be found in ordinary books with the narrative of a traveller who, in addition to keen powers of observation and a sympathetic appreciation of this strange people popsessed literary skill and de- scriptive power. ... The glimpses of travel with which the author occasionally favours us constitute decidedly the most interesting feature in his book." — Exam., May 9. Greenwell, W. British barrows ; examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of Eng. "By no means a book for the 'general reader', though it is a perfect treasure of information for the man of science. The extreme accuracy of the printing is only an outward sign of the careful and painstaking «tyle of the book. One meets few hypotheses, and not very many general statements. The enigmatic contents of ancient tombs constantly tempt the incautious explorer to guess and to generalize. Mr, Greenwell shows an almost fastidious caution.'' — Sat. rev., Feb. 2. Hare, A. J. C. Walks in Loudon. 2 v. "Mr. Hare has made good use of his library, as well as his eyes, in the compilation of these pleasantly writ- ten volumes." — Spettatur, Feb. 2. Ireland, W. W. On idiocy and imbecility. "A comprehensive and scientilic study of' the whole question." — Westminster rev. Jewitt, L. Ceramic art of Great Britain. "To those collectors who only care for rarity and to whom beauty is a matter of secondary impoi'tance Eng- lish china offers irresistible attractions. With a good memory for marks yon may form a collection of value. No tahte and very little knowledge are required. For the most part old English ci-ramics are not worthy of imitation, and can only be called beautiful where all is ugly. There are a few exceptions. Wedgwood, with an immense quantity of rubbish, produced also much that is valuable ; there wns some good tile work made in England in the Middle Ages; and there is some origi- iiahty in the older pottery; Mr. Jewitt's account of it is not only the must interesting, but, from the character of the illustrations, the moat pleasing also." — /Sat. rev., Apr. 6. Journal of nervous and mental disease. Vol. 2. Keats, J. Letters to Fanny Brawne. "Nothing in the literature of this century has been so much looked forward to and desired as these.love-letters of Keats have been ever since they were first known to exist." — E. W. Gosse in Acad., Feb. 9. "Good gods, what a shame it is that our loves should be so put into the microscope." — Extract from one of the Iftteri. "Some of the letters display, as was to be expected, great force of expression, but the light in which, on the whole, they present Keats to us is very painful, and not instructive in proportion." — Oontemp. rev.. Mar. "The letters are unmistakably those of a sick man; the fatal disease is written all over them." — Lippin- LOtVsmag., Apr. "Forman's notes are dry, unsympathetic, and dull in the extreme." — Exain. There is a brief biographical and critical study of Keats by R. H. Stoddard in the Dec. and Jan. nos. of Scribtier'8 mag. Latham, H. The action of examinations consid- ered as a means of selection. "Shows what are the tendencies created or developed by examinations, and how their mischiefs may be avoided or corrected and their unquestionable benefits guarded and distributed. Discusses fully the cautions needed where the examination is regarded simply as a test of knowledge, and the further cautions needed where it is intended to infer from the knowledge din- played what are the qualities, mental or moral, of the candidate." — Contemp. rev., Mar. Lewes, G. Actors and the art of acting, "It is valuable, first, as the record of the impressions produced upon a mind of singular sensibility by many actors of renown, and lastly, indeed chiefly, because it formulates and reiterates sound opinions upon the litth^- understood principles of the art of acting." — Nation. Lewis, E. A. Sappho ; a tragedy, by Stella. 4th ed. Loftie, Mrs. The dining room. "With somefaults, really a clever, useful, and brightly written book." — Exam. Mallock, AV. H. The new republic; or. Culture, faith and philos. in an Eng. country house, *'If we were to be told that the first novel of a young Oxford graduate dealt with the deepest social, religious, and political problems; that it had no plot wliaiever; that its chief characters were Tyndall, Huxley, Matthew Arnold, Kuskin, and others under thin disguises; that the action was confined to forty-eight hours in an Eng- lish country-house by the sea; that the whole aim of the book was to give an accurate reflection of the doubts which serve our generation for beliefs, to exhibit in their nakedness the ideals which we are striving for. and to weigh these in a just balance, the safe inference would be that such a book was an absurdity and its au- thor a madman. But like all safe judgments it would except the unusual. The element omitted is the spark of genius. ... It is hardly necessary to say that no dehnite conclusions are reached, such as would be of use in a Kindergarten, for example. 'The new repub- lic' is in many ways a modern piose Faust. The same qnesLionings are there, but not fierce and wild as with luiust. — Aorth Amer. rev , Mar.-Apr. "A very clever and sufticiently reckless bit of llterarv caricature." — London. "If it furnishes few weapons to the faithful, it blunts and breaks a goodly array of the swords and spears of the unbelievers." — Standard. "Of the male characters, Mr. Storks is John Ruskin Irather Huxley], Mr. Stockton is Professor Tyndall, Mr. Herbert is Thomas Carlyle [rather Uuskinl. Mr. Jenkenson Is Jowett, the Oxford professor cele- brated for his edition of 'Plato's Dialogues', Mr. Luke IS Matthew Arnold, Mr. Saunders is K. Clifford, « rising essayist of radical tendencies, Mr Rose is Walter H. later, autlior of 'The Renaissance'; or, Studies iu art Hnd poetry', a small work much admired, Mr. Leslie Number 8.] 31 [Apr. 27, 1878. is Mr. Hardingc; [Seyclon isDr. Pusey; Donnld Gor- don 18 perhaps CarlyleJ. Of the ladieH Miss Morton is Mirfs Froudc, who i-ertiiinly is the inoet brilliant chftrac- tur 111 the book. Sho is the daughter of the historian. Her couveraion to Catholicism a few years back wan the occasion of mueh newj-paper comment nt the time. Lady Grace is the wife of Mark Fattition, rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, author of a life of 'Isaac Ca- Baubon', a very scholarly production. Mrs. Sinclair is Hon. Mrs. Singleton, famous in London circles for her personal attractions, and as the author of some successful volumesof poems of great length, a comi)oundof Swin- ,' burne and Ouida, all of which have been reprinted ir/ America, under her pseudonyrae of Violet Fane." — Transcript, Apr. 9. Marsh, H. C. A ride through Islam; journey through Persia and Afghanistan to India, via Meshed, Herat, and Kandahar. "The story of a long, 'dangerous, and interesting jour- ney." — A. Wilson in Acad. Marshman, J. C. History of India. Vol. 3. Maxwell, J. C. Matter and motion. Repr. from Vati Nontrand^s magazine, Apr , May 1877. Moreton, R. Horse-breaking. "It has been my endeavour to point out some of the errors in horse-breaking which have been blindly fol- lowed from generation to generation." — Pre/ace. Morris, E. E. Epochs of modern history. The following note is condensed, from the Conkmp. rev. for March. 1. Church, R. "W. The beginning of the Mid- dle Ages. "Introductory volume. By far the most difficult in the series, and, on the whole, the most valu- able. To bridge over the gulf between ancient and modern history in two hundred short pages is in itself a feat; to have done it in an admirable style, clear and easy, and at times very spirited and strong, with no sense of effort, nor the t-llghtest confusion, even where the history is in itself most iucoherent, is a real triumph. ... A sketch of the great struggle for domination in Europe between the influences of the Germanic and the Latin raeec>. ... Eastern history Is confined to a single chapter. ... Deals in a singularly temperate tone with the religious questions which again and again agitated Christendom. Treats the Arian kingdoms with com- plete fairness, recognizing the broad spread of Ariaii opinions, their freedom from violence, their tolerant spirit. The matters at issue between the Eastern and Western churches in the 9th century, and the hot disas- trous quarrels which split Christendom in twain, are handled with clearnesrt and fairness. ... The catena of causes and events is excellently drawn out; and when, as in the case of Charles the Great, he does make a pause over a period, the result is a true and brilliant 4>icture, full of life and energy." 2. Johnson, A. XL The Normans in Europe. "There is nothing in this which the young student can- not fi,nd elsewhere. ... The work is neither adequate nor even altogether correct." 3. Cox, G. W. The Crusades. '"The author of this tiny *Ge8ta Dei per Francos', does not hold that the crusading 'Franks' were much inspired or con- trolled by Him in whose name they fought. He paints their dense ignorance, their neglect of the simplest rules of prudence, their mixed motives, their grossneas and. sensual triumphs, with a merciless hand. ... The one map which acts as frontispiece to the volutne is posi- tively bad. Theboundaries of states are often wrong." 4. Gairdner, J. House of Lancaster and York, with the conquest and loss of France. "Helps to fill a gap in English history which has not re- ceived adequate attention since Sharon Turner wrote. It is strange that this should have been so, for much new matter has turned up, and fresh light has been thrown on the subject by the labours of foreign scholars, and hy Gairdner's own excellent edition of the Paston let- ters, which is of course the chief authority on the social state "of the England of that day." 5. Gardiner, 8. K. Thirty years' war. "Till this appeared, the Thirty years' wi\r must have seemed to the world a dull and chaotic period; the only availa- ble source of general information respecting it being Schiller's wearisome [ I ] work ... This is one of those rare works which become more and more useful the more knowledge the reader brings with hira to the pe- rusal. ... The narrative Is clear and chaFacteristic; the historical judgments sound and convincing; the sketches of personal character have the stamp of faith- fulness and reality. The growth of the principle of re- ligious toleration, with its varying features in Germany, France, and England, forms the basis of the book; and that this semi-religious struggle had side by side with it a cognate struggle for the establishment of the unity of Germany, is well brought out. The work is ^ust what n good manual ought to be: arrangement admirable, balance between historical fact and reflection well sus- tained, style perfectly clear; nothing trivial let in, nothing valuable for a sketch of the kind left ont, a de- lightful map as introduction to the volume. If there is a fault, it arises ont of the very goodness of the work-* manship; we fail, as we read, to be aware of the terri- ble confu^ion of the time." 6. Morris, E. A. The age of Anne. "The main difficulty of Mr. Morris' subject lies here : he was bound to give the chief prominence to Queen Anne and English affairs, while at the same moment Louis xiv. was still great in France, and the wild and brilliant conflict be- tween Peter and Charles xii. was attracting all eyes towards the North. A skilfull management of the period might have linked these things somewhat to- gether; but this is just where Mr. Morris seems to fall short." 7. Ludlow, J. M. War of American inde- pendence. "A brilliant sketch, in a singularly at- tractive style. The summing up of the whole case in ch. 7 is the best piece of work; the references to the Indians, the careful appreciation of the characters, the notices of the state of American opinion at the various stages of the struggle must also be mentioned as espe- cially good and novel." News, Daily. War correspondence. "All these collections of letters have their special merits. As the principal writer in the Daily J/ews collection was Mr. Forbes, all the well-known merits of Mr. Forbes'fi writings appear." — Sat. rev, Nohl, Dr. L. Life of Moza;t ; tr. by Lady Wal- lace. "A good work : Lady Wallace has given it a worthy English version." — Westtninater reo. "Singularly deficient in novel information. ... He has made the same mistake as other writers have made with reference to Beethoven, Schubart, etc., and that is, he has tried to make musicians martyrs by surrounding them with persecutors, real or assumed, and bringing accusations of neglect and of incompetency to appre- ciate rightly their genius. It is really absurd to accuse the numerous patrons of Mozart of guilt, because he brought on an early death by dissipation." — Athehceum, Feb. 23. Palgrave, R. F. D. House of Commons ; illustra- tions of its history and practice. Queen of the Colonies, The ;■ Queensland. 2d ed, Bawle, F, Ways and means for the inhabitants of Delaware to become rich. Phila.", 1825. 100 copies repr. from an unique orig. in the Loganian Library, Phila. Sayce, A. H. Babylonian literature, ••This will give an idea of its extent, and furnishes an excellent outline of the subject. Ten years ago the very title of the book would have been an absurdity, as Babylonian literature was as non-existent as the lost books of the Sibyl." — .Scriftrtcr, March. Skene, W. F. Celtic Scotland.; a history of an- cient Alban. 2 v. *'In G-ermany, as at home, the first volume of this learned and satisfying book drew much regard from competent judges of its value, and was welcomed by them with great cordiality. ... The pietistic imagina- tions and credulous reasonings of Montalembert, the absurd conjectures and daring inventions of Hector Boece, no less than the myths embalmed in many an ex- quisite legend and song, he has been forced to disown and explode. ... For a long time it is certain to be tho Number 8.] S2 [Apr. 27, 1878. book on its subject. It unites plodding diligence and thorough hom^Rty with vividness of narrative and u habit of generalisation." — Spectator, Apr, 6. Smith, G. 13. Shelley ; a critical biography. *'Thc reader, will, in fact, to a certain degree, have to perform the Inboura of a biographer by .trying to evolve from the mass of heterogeneous BtatemeiUs a true like- ness. Mr. Hogg's *Shelley' differs to a certain degree from the Shelley of Mr. Peacock or the 'Shelley memo- rials'. Mr. Hoxg is a humorist, and all that was wild, extraordinary, and fanciful in Shelley's charaerer had for him so great a charm tliatita deeper aspects were ap- parently left unnoticed. But, with all its faults, where is there another work on the subject that takes so strong a hold of the imagination — that gives so vivid and vigo- rous a picture of the poet's personality? 'Shelley's early ^ life', by Mr. D. F. MacCa rthy , -pub. in 1872, is another cotitribution towards the story ol^ the poet's youth. If Shelley's college life is tliochiif point of interest in Mr. Hogtj'a work, that of Mr. MacClarthy'a centres in the poet's expedition to Ireland. Mr. Smith is nt his best in liis remarks on Shelley as a politician. He vindicates the common sense and political judgment of the poet. He fails to throw any new light on his domestic relations. Our chief sources of information on these poims are the facts as related by Peacock in Fraser'a mag , June 1858, Jan, 1860, and Lady Shelley's account of the same in •Shelley memorials'. Mr. Peacock, in spite of his Greek and his literary tastes, evidently failed from lack of sympathy to comprehend the inner workings of Shelley's mind. Lady Shelley probably gives us a truer picture. The diligent student may glean sundry interesting traits of character from Medwin's book. Mr. Middle- ton's, on the other hand, is merely an inferior compila- tion, made up of other people's materials. W. M. lios- setti's substantial and conscientious memoir Is not a biography, if by biography we mean the dramatically, told story of a man's life, in which the philosophical insight into the mainsprings of character and action t^hall be combined with the power of Infusingthu breath of life into its subject." — Athencenm. "Concentrated, thoughtful, pithy, and at times elo- quent." — Contemporary rep. "Mr. Smith undertakes to realise to us what Shelley was as a man and as a writer, introducing the leading biographical facts more by way of illustration than of regular narrative. This design is carried out with mod- erate success. ... The last two sections are on the *Poetry of Shelley*. They appear to us to add little to the stock of criticism. Mr. Smith tells ns a few things ; which are new; others which are new without the stamp of truth; and some which are decidedly erroneous." — W. M. lioBHeUi in Acad., Jan. 19. "Not perhaps a very original or profound work, but a very readable sketch. The author gives us a short biography of the poet, some remarks on his political and religious views, and a criticism of his poetry. The last-named portion is the part of the book which has pleased us most. It follows the tendency of to-day to place Shelley in the very first rank of our Engllah singers." — Wcftini/iater rev. Stanley, E. J. Rambles in wonderland, — up the Yellowstone, and amon}]^ the geysers, etc., of the National Park. [With wood cuts.] Strangford, Lord. Orij^inal letters and papers upon philological and kindred subjects ; ed. by Viscountess Strangford. "Wc fi.'el sure that no correspondent of Lord Strang- ford ever burned a lettnr of hiw. His letters ran over alike with wit and with information; there was some happy allusion, wome apt sarcasm in every line. Nor was this all. No one was ever more ready and generous in cammunicatingknowledi^c. In short, a letter, written in one of his happiest veins, was a mixture of wit and learning which it was really a privilege to receive." — tSat. rev., Jan. 16, 1869. "Ld. Strangford is one of the most retnarknbic in- stances on record of men who impress everybody that comes in contact with them with a sense of their vast powers, but who yet pass away without accomplishing anything of general note." — Exaiib., Mar. 23. "The reader will rise from the b(Kik with a feeling of disappolntmeut. Wo expected a scholar, and we lind only a ddcttante; we looked for instruction, and we get little else than dogmatic statements for which no evidence is given, or else exaggei-ated denunciation." — Ath--, Mar. 23. Thirl wall, C. Remains, literary and theological; ed. by J. J. S. Perowne. "Thirlwall was a bishop whom nature intended fpr a judge. Judicial weightincss — the quality which the Romans designated as gravltas — was the distinguishing trait of his character." — Nation, Feb. 28. Trench, R. C. Lectures'on medieval church hist. On some questions he scarcely seems to be on a level with recent research. ... The weak point of Dr. Trench's lectures is knowledge of political history; its strong point is its keen sympathy with Christian modea of thought in the Middle Ages. He is most at home in dealing with the eucharistic controversies, the school- men, and the sects of the Middle Ages. His lectures are admirable in their general survey of the field, but are not profound in matters of detail. They are the work of a theologian rather than a historian. Still we know of no summary that is nearly so good." — Exam-t Mar. Upton, E. The armies of Asia and Europe; offi- cial reports on the armies of Japan, China, etc., accompanied by letters descriptive of a journey from Japan to the Caucasus. In 1875-76 Gen. Upton was sent through Asia and Europe to report upon the organization, tactics, disci- pline, and manteuvres of the various armies. Virginia; a Roman sketch. '■Enough ability shown in it to entertain throughout with a Sense of cleverness, giving the impression that the author could do a good deal more. The scenes of the story — for a complete one is told, having quite a finished little plot of its own — nearly alt pass in the Eternal City. A glimpse is afforded into the crafty nai'veness of a Roman family." — Oontemporary. Wilson, D. Reminiscences of old Edinburgh. "The author seems a well-intentioned but thoroughly provincial bookmaker. He is industrious and enthusi- astic, no doubt, like the Chamberses and Arnots who have worked in the mine of Edinburgh antiquities, scandals, and 'good stories' with him or before him. But he has not Dr. Chambers's power of saying simple things in a simple way. Many of the anecdotes ho gives us are not only old, but have been much better told before. ^^^. Sharpe was fond of expressing his sentiments in annotations on his friends' books; and he did this to a great extent on the margin of a previous work by Wil- son on Edinburgh. So these volumes are dotted with Sharpe's rasping comments on men and things. Such a curious cross between Horace Walpole and Samuel Johnson, such a compound of cynic and cavalier, will probably never be seen again." — Ath.^ Feb. 23. Wolf at the door. The. (No name ser.) Wreck of the Grosvenor. We have seldom met with a novel calculated to in- spire the reader with a more lively curiosity us to its authorship than the 'Wreck of the Grosvenor.' From the first line to the last it is marked by power of a rare order, managed with an uncommon degree of skill. The description of the working of the vessel in fair weather or foul is technical and minute to the last de- gree. The sea-language employed is always correctly trsed, and some of the descriptions of the atmospheric effect nt sea show that the writer is familiar with the ocean. In fact the book is the book of a thorough seaman. If its author does not prove to be some writer of established reputation, he will be one by virtue of this story, as soon as hia identity is made out. — Xu- tion, Apr. 18. Wriothesley, C. A chronicle of England during the reigns of the Tudors, 1485-1559; ed. by AV. D. Hamilton. Vol. 2. (Camden Soc. New ser., v. 20.) Zimmern, H. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ; his life and works. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 9. May 10, 1878. Art, L*. Tome 10, 11. These volumes contiiii n series of articlee on Rubens and his works sujjgcsted by the turuenteiiary festival at Anlweri> lust August. Babeau, A. Le village sous TAncien Regime, '•Faii'e connnitre I'administration des campagnea sous raiicienne inonarchie; (Studier la gestioti des aflfiiires communales par ies habitants des villages; montrer la part qu'y prenaient le pretre, le seigneur, et le prince; indiq^uer le concoursquetous apportferent k I'instruction, k I'assistance publique, k I'agriculture; tel est le but de ce livre." — Introduction. "He has drawn a picture, with the most minute accu- racy, from documents collected with infinite care." — Cuntemp. rev. Barbey d'Aurevilly, L. L. F. dit J. Les bas- bleus. Contents. Mme. do Stael. — Mme. Le Normand. — Mine. Sophie G-ay. — Mme. Emile de Girardin. —Mme. George Hand. — Daniel Stern. — Mme. de Gasparin. — Mme. Kdgar Quinct. — Eugenie de Gu^rin. — Mme. A. Craven. — Mme. Marie Alexandre Dumas. — Mme. la priueesse de Belgiojoso. — Mme. Swetchine. — ^^L'auteur de Uobert Emmet. — 'Mme. la marquise de Blocqueville. — Mme. de Saman. — Le x-etour du Christ. — Souvenirs d'une Cosaque. — Mme. Louise Golet. — Mme. Gustave Haller. — Mme. Andre Leo. — La comtesse Guiccioli. — — Henry Gr^ville. — Mme. Claire de Chandeneux. — Mile. Clarisse Bader. — La soeur Emmerich. •'Ce n'est pas une inconsequence qued'introduire dans *Les ceuvres et les hommes au 19e sifecle', la s6rie des femmes qui 6crivent, car les femmes qui ^crivent ne sont plus des femmes. La punition de ces jalouses du genie des hommes a ete de n'avoir plus le moindre droit aux managements respectueux qu'on doit h. la femme." — Introd. "So M. Barbey d'Aurevilly, having a strong dis- like to female writers (which is, to be sure, but a part of his antipathy to authors in general) has treated his vic- tims 'sans menagement'. The resultis an amusing book if one likes bitter criticism and an evident intention of seeing only literary faults and moral defects." — Nation, May 2. Bonnal, E. Manuel et son temps ; etude sur Top- position parlementaire sous la Kestauration. "Son livre, qui atteste de longues et serieuses re- cherches, nous donne d'abord une excellente biographie du grand orateur de la Reatauration. Autour de son heros, M. BoutiuI a groupe les ev6nements et lea hommes qui ont donn6 a cette epoque une physionomie si at- tuchante et si curieuse; il ii'a voulu n^gliger ni la poli- lique 6trang6re, ni les problfemos les plus importants soit de la legislation, soit de I'economie politique, qu'il traite d6jii en maitre; entin il a compost un livre rempli du fails et de discussions, trop touffu peut-§tre et trop anime, car, au milieu des faits qui s'accumulent et des emotions auxcjuelles I'auteur s'abandonne, Manuel lui- mSme risque d'etre quelquefoie oubli6." — //. Reynold in liev. pot. et lit. Cabier, 0. Nouveaux melanges d'arcbeologie d'histoire et de litterature sur le Moyen Age. *-A learned and most ititeresting work, beautifully illust. with woodcuts and copperplates." — /Sat. rev. Cassagne, A. T, Traite d'aquarelle. Treats both the technical and the theoretical part of water color painting in detail and with apparent thor- oughness. Includes letters of Jos. Vernet and of Char- let, and a number of illustrations, some colored. Curci, C. M. Le dissentiment raoderne entre I'eglise et ritalie. "For many years Father Curci has ranked among the most conspicuous champions of the doctrine supposed to be_embodied in the Society of Jesus, and powei-fully expressed through the Civilti cattolica. It now ap- pears that for years he has become more and more estranged from the lines of thought and action vehe- mently insisted upon by the authoritative organs of the Society, and in every instance his difficulties arose out of conflict in his mind between whnt was being per- emptorily demanded by these exacting exponents of Catholic requirements and what the irrepressible promptings of hig Italian heart felt to be due to the civil authorities in possession of his native land." — W. C. Cartwright in Acad., Mar, 30. It is now said that Father Curci has recanted. Dudevant, Mme. A. L. A. D. Derniferes pages. "George Sand nous fait entrer dans son intimite. On y punt dem^ler comment et pourquoi George Sand n'aviiit'pas le g6nie du theatre. ... Sa mobility d'im- pressions et sa naivete qui s'intiSrcsse k toutes choses, voilH ce ^ui explique que la contrainte du theatre lui fut une gene insupportaUle. ... George Sand, en eftet, nianquait de ce qu'on appelle proprement I'esprit. ... Ello considere les choses t6panJment, avec une lenteur un pen etoniiee, puis les rell6clHt tour k tour comme un miruir Hdele et biillant. ... De li les lenteurs tr^s-ac- ceptables dans le rtunan, et dans ses romans i elles le plus souvent ch;trmanles, mais au th^sltre k peine sup- portables. ... Vous truuverez dans ce dernier volume une petite comedie ecrite pour le theatre de campagne. 4 C'estCa laitiere et le pot au lait'. On ne saurait imag- jner rien de plus enfaiitin, de plus insignifiant." — M. Gaucher in liev. jiol. et lit. "One of the most interesting sketches in this volume is the account of the author's marionnette theatre at Nohant. ... The whole essay deserves to be read for its own interest and for the light it throws on the woman who wrote it. In its thoroughness and sincerity, as well as in its subject, il reminds one of Goethe. Of consid- erable importance is 'Mon grand-oncle', in which she gives a fuller :iceount of thia relative, whom she had mentioned in her 'I-listoire de ma vie'. His career was a singularly adventuresome one, and in hardly any of her novels has she invented a more startling combination of incidents than those which made up this abba's life." — AtlantiCt March,. Contaviis also an estimate of Napoleon ill., of which it is said that "She, patriot and republican, managed to be just to the man who created the Empire and lost Alsace and Lorraine". — Nouvelles lettres d'un voyageur. Contentii. Nouvelles lettres d^un voyageur. La villa Pamphili. — Lea chansona des bois et des rues. — Le pays des anemones. — De Marseille k Menton. — A propos de botanique. — Melanges. Une visite aux eatacombes. — De lalanguo d'oc et de la langue d'oil. — La princetiHe Atma Czjirtoi-yska. — Utilite d'une 6coIe iiormale d'equitation. — La berthenoux. — Les jardins en Italic. — Sonnet k Mme. Ernest Perigoia. — Les bois. — L'ile de la Reunion. — Conchyliotogie de I'jle de la Keunion. — A propos du cholera de 1865. — Les amis disparus. Nenuid pfere. — Gabriel de Planet. — Carlo Soliva. — Le comted'Aure. — Louis Maillard. — Ferdi- nand Pajot. — Patureau ■ Francceur. — Mme. Laure Fleury. "In them we recognize the full limpid style of the great novelist, her love of nature and wondrous de- seriptive talent, and that philosophical optimism which had its source in profound goodness." — G. Monod in Contemp. rev. Durand, A/me. A. F, {pseud. H. Greville). Dosia. — L' expiation de Saveli. "Xous avons en ce moment une veritable avalanche de romans sign6s Henry Gr6ville. ... 'Doaia' et *PEx- piiitlon de Saveli' sont vraiment sup^rieurs. 'Dosia' res- semble beancoup au 'Major Franz' de Mme. Boosboom- Toussaint, et ^ la 'Ilenee.Mauperin' d'Edmond et Jules de Goncourt. ... 'L'Expiation de Saveli', sous une cou- leur k la foia sobre et originale, offre de saisissants tab- leaux dea mcBurs, des superstitions et des passions de ta cla'ise rurale en Kussie, — de meme que, dans 'Dosia', les 'Koumiassincs', et la 'Princeese Ogherolf, sont photogra- phiees les moeurs bizarrea de la noblesse et de la riche boui'geuisie. Ce quWait le charme de 'Dosie' et de M'Ex- piatlon de Saveli', c'est la constantc limpidity du style, une pointe de gaite qui amcne le sourire, et un parfum litterairement exotique, auxquels les gourmets intellec- tut'lrt sont tonjours sensibles." — Polybiblion,JHn. "Very intert sting and absolutely unobjectionable stories."— f/.JJ. Mme. Durand is now 36 years old. Her name was Alice Fleury, and at the age of 15 her father, who was a teacher, had already taught her L-atin, English, and Italian. Fleury became a teacher in Russia, and there Number 9.] 34 j;May 10, 1878. began licr literary work. She married M. Diirand, the assistant editor of the St. Petersburg Journal, in which some of herearliest writings appeared. The Paris pub- lishers for several years refuse-l to print any of her stories. Thei-e is a sketch of Mnie. Duraiid's life in The Literary world for April. Duvert, F. A. Theatre choisi, 5. v. Contents. Vol. 1. 1825-33. Ketty; ou, Le retour en Suisse. — Ilarnali ; ou La contrainte parcor. — Ileur et malhcur. — La famillc improvisee. — Marionnette. — Mile. Marguerite.— Prosper et Vincent. 2. 1832-36. Les cabinets particuUers. ('*Ce n'est pas merae une farce que cttte piece, mais Arnal ct Lepeintre surent faire d'une parade ridicule une des plus folles bouffonneries dontoD ait garde Ic souvenir." La.) — Jacqufmin, roi do France. — Unscandale, — Fich-Tong-Khan ; ou, L'orphe- lin de la Tarlarie. — Impressions de voyage. — Acteon et le centaure Chiron. — Le mari de la dame de ehceurs. 3. 1836-40. Monsieur et niadame GalocharA — Cara- bins etcarabine-i. — Uenandit) di- Caen. (**Ce vaudeville cetun v6ritable eclat de rire." La.) — Le marchand de peaux de lapln, ou Le revo. — Le plastron. — La famitle du fumiste. 4. 1841-42. La ecDur de Jocrisse. — Cornaro. tyian pas doux. — Un docteur en herbe. — La chef dans la dos. — Une qni-ue rouge. — I/omelette fantastique. 5. 1843-17. L'homme blase. — L'ilede KobiPison. — La viede Napoleon racont6e dans une fete de village. — Kiche d'amour. — Le diable. — Co que fcmme veut. DuverL's first vaudeville was played in 1823. Since then ho has written nearly 160 farces, several of which still keep possession of theFrench — and English — stage. Van Laun, in his translation of Moliere, has lately, with some exaggeration, traced many of the best scenes in English comedy to Moliere. A similar inqniry in regard to Duvert would give him the credit of much that passes under the name of Morton. Matthews, etc. For instance 'Lend me iive shilliugs' is 'Riche d'amour'; 'Used up' is *L'homme blase'. Enault, L. La veuve. "La muse de M. Enault est une discrete, sage, et decente personne. Ellene connaitni les enthousiasraea qui transportent, ni lesaudaces qui effraient. ... Bi les trois premiers quarts de ToBavre trainent en longueur, le dernier quart est vraiment imagine d'une fa^on heureuse ettraite d'une main trfes-delicate. II y a U un certain nombre de pages tout & fait distingu^ea." — Ii€v. pol. et lit. Etex, A. Les souvenirs d'un artiste. "A Etex Ton doit entre autre-* osuvres remarquables les deux groupea de I'Arc de Triomphe faisant face A I'avenue de Neuilly. Qiede deboires, que d'amers de- senchantements, quelle implacable hostilite des horame^ et des circonstances I Les inimiti^s qu'll s'est attirees, son imagination les lui grossit encore. II est persficut^; tous B'acharnent contra lui. L^ voilA victime des cri- tiques, qui ont forme une ligue et le donigrent sys- t^matiquement; victime des artistes, qui no lui pardon- nent ni son talent ni son caract6rc; victime de I'Acadfi- raie, qui se venge do tant do recriminations amerea ; victime des ministres, qu'effralent sos opinions r«publi- caines." — Rev. pol. et lit. Gautier, T. L'Orient. 2 v. A collection of papors originally published in vari- ous periodicals. Un ouvragG oil I'on retrouve toutes les quaiit^s du c616bre 6crivain, son imagination brillante, son style color6 et plein d' images, sa romarquable finesse d'es- prit. En rclisant ces pages, on se sent presque trans. port6 dans ces pays de soleil et de vive lumi^re que I'auteur aimait tant et diSerivait si bien." — Rev. des D. M. ^ On G-antier see the study of Q-. S. Saintsbury in the Fortnightly for March. Gaiifrey, J. J. LesCaffiiri; sculpteursetfondeurs- ciseleurs ; etude sur la statuaire et sur I'art du bronze en France au 17e et au 18e siecle. "Tout le monde connait les admirables busies de Piron, de Rotrou, de Corneille, de du Belloyqui deco- rent le grand foyer de la Gomedle-Fran^aise. Pourquoi le nom de leur auteur, Jean-Jacques CafB,6ri, est-il A peine connu, tandis que celui de Houdon, son heureux rival, jonit universellement d'une legitime reputation M. Jules Guiffrcy a fait I'histoire de ses oeuvres les plus importantes ot a donn6 depiqnants details sur la nvalite de Caffi6ri et de Houdon. Autour de ce personnage principal, I'auteur a groupe les membrcs de cettefamille qui compta huit ou dix artistes, dont plusieurs d'un merite sup6rieur dans des genres differents: d'abord Philippe Caffi6ri qui pr^ceda et eurpassa peutgtre, dans I'execution des bronzes d'ornament, Gouthifere sur qui M. Guiffrey a d6couvert et public ici des documents nnuveaux du plus haut interet; Jacques Caffieri, en m6me temps sculpteur et fondeur en bronze, qui fut charge par Louis xv d'executer la boite en bronze dore dc I'horloge de Passement, cette merveille de la m^ca- nique que conserve le palais de Versailles; Philippe Caffieri I'ancien, qui vivait sous Louis xiv et travaillait a la fois pour les Gobelins, le Louvre, Versailles, et decorait laflottille du canal des plus fines sculptures. C'est lui qui fonda a Brest une cotonie dc sculpteurs en bois, dignes continuateurs des Puget, qui, pendant tout le 18e siecle dirigferent la decoration des vaisBeaux de guerre de la flotte royale." — Blbl. de la France. Guimet, E. Promenades japonaises ; dessins d'aprfes nature par F. Regamey. ''L'auteur des 'Promenades japonaises'estdepuis pen de temps de retour de eon voyage au Japon. ... Tone lea dcHhins qui illuptrent le volume ont 6t6 pris sur les Heux memos." — Bibliog. de la France. "A profusion of lively pen and pencil sketches of domestic life in Japan." — Fortnightly rev., Feb. "Notwithstanding the severe remarks of M.Bousquet [author of Le "Japon de nos jours'], who appears to nave been irritated and annoyed by everything, the 'Promenades' gives a most favorable idea of the intelli- gence, lightheartedness, politeness, and acuteneas of this hitherto little-known people.*' — Acad. Havard, H. Histoire de la faience de Delft. "A splendidly illustrated work, valuable in addition for its copious notices of the principal designers of Delft ware." — FortJiightly rco., Feb. ro, V. Histoire d'un crime. Tome 2. 'Contains more new matter than did the first vol. ... On the other hand it U, in style, decidedly less brilliant." — Athencenm, Mar. 23. James, H., Jr, French poets and novelists. Contfinis. Alfred de Musset. — Th^ophile Gantier. — Charles Baudelaire. — Honore de Balzac. — Balzac's letters. — G-eori;c Sand. — Charlep de Bernard and G-nstavc Flaubert. — Ivan Turgenietf. — The two Am- peres. — Madame de Sabran. — Merimee's letters. — The Theatre Frant^aU. Mostly republisliernr. 9, "Proves that Cnmpani'llii was greater as a poet than a philosopher." — Fortniohthj rev., Feb. Burlin^ame, E. L. Current discussion; a coll. from the chief Eng;U'=h essays on questions of the time. Vol. 1. : International politics. Contenta. Vol. 1. Forbes, A. The Kussians, the Turks, and the Bulgarians. — Canning, Sir S., Vlstro\s Lan- caster to the East Indies. (Hakluyt Soc.) "Lancaster was 'one of the leading seamen in the reign of Elizabeth', and a great promott-i- of voy.agcs of dis- covery. His name has been immortalized by the -Arctic na\ igator, Bailin, who called one of the chief porUals of tile .\retic regions 'Sir James Lancaster his sound*." — At/i., Apr, 20, Marmontel, J. F. Memoirs; with an essay , by W. D. llowells. 2 v. Marsh, O. C. Introduction and succession of ver- tebrate life in Americr.. Martineau, J. Hours of thought on sacred things; sermons. 2d ed. Murray, E. C. Grenville. The Russians of to-day. From the P,i// Mall g,i.'.pUi-. ".-in amusing book, and some parts of it testify to a close accmaintance, on the part of the author or of the persona from whom he derives ids inforniMli.jn, with the political and social life ot contemporary IJussians. Of course, its caricatures must not be accepUd as laithful Number 11.] 43 [June 17, 1878. portraits. And whatever the -writer may know of the Uussiaiis of to-day, ho is singularly ignorant of all that conci'rns the Rusaians of olden days. His 'introduction' is full of the most extraordinary mistakQs." — W. R. S. Ralston, in Acad., May 4. New quarterly mag., April. "The jV. q. mag. has changed hands, and has received a frosh infusion of energy. Mr. Watts has an elahorate paper on Alfred de Muaset. Prof. Calvin's article on the Apollo Belviderc is an admirable popular statement of the now vit'ws which are begiuning to prevail about that famous statue. — J. EUkiu'i, in Acad., Apr. 27. Nineteenth century, May. "The skctcdi ofMervon,the skotcher of Paris — the strange, bitter, implacable man of genius, who so studied the city which did not recognize bim, and which he thtrcfore hated — scemts to us better than almost anything Mr. Wedmore has done." "Professor Mivart writes on 'Force, energy, and will.* M. Pictet describes in this number, through Mr. Harvey of Geneva, hi.-, successful attempts to reduce hydrogen and oxygen to liquid and solid states." Nissan, 11. Pompoianische Studien zur Stildte- kunde dcs Altertums. Oliphant, L. Piccadilly \ a fragment of contempo- ^•ary biography. Originally published in lilackwood's mag., v. 97, 98. 1865. "This story is shadowy and improbable to a degree. A convenient peg on which to hang his reflections on modern society. ... Mr. Oliphant has, by writing of a kind that is very seldom met with, managed to compose an interesthig book, and one that will repay perusal." — ^i//., Mar. 19, laTO. "Piccadilly is not a work of philosophy, nor is it a record of religious experience, nor a novel, nor a satire on modern society, but all these put together." Oort, H., and others. The Jiible for learners ; [trans, by V. H. Wicksteed], Vol. 1. With an excellent index. Orcutt, S. History of Torrino;ton, Conn. Otis, Lieut. Col. E. S. The ludian question. Overbeck, J. A. Griechische Kunstmythologie. Besonderer Th., 2r lid., 4s Buch : Demetcr und Kora. Parker, F. A. The battle of Mobile Bay, and the capture of Torts Powell, Gaines, und Mor- a^an, Aug., 1864. Payn, J. By proxy. Pfoandes, C Fu-so mimi bukuro ; a budget of Japanese notes; rep r. from the Japan mail. "The work may keep ali^ a recollection of customs and beliefs which the Japanese of the present day are rapidly discarding, A comparison between Mr. Pfoun- des's notes and the works which appeared on Japan when the country was first opened to trade illustrates tlio vastness of the change which has come over the face of Japanese society." — ^S'a^ rev. Phyllis ; a novel. 3 v. Putnam's Sons (G. P.), ed. Christ; his nature and work. Puttrich, L., and others. Systematische Darstellung der Entwickelung der Baukunst in den obei- stlchsischen Landern, 10-15 Jahrh. ^Reeve, H. I'etrarch. (For. classics for Eng. ' readers.) "A good life of Petrarch is wanting in English. Oamp- bell's well-known hfe drawn from the voluini;ious biog- raphy by the Abbe de 3ade, besides having bei'n written at a time when men's ideas about mediaeval hihfory and persons wei'e in a pre-scientific state, is furthtr ilislin- guished by an amomit of flippancy and discursiveness which makes it occasionally amusing, but destroys its value as » serious historical work. Foscolo's essays are interesting, but deal more with Petrarch's works than with himself. ... Mr. lleevchas wisely given large extract^i from the prose writings, and of Pi-trarch's more famous sonnols and odes he gives the most aj>proved translalions." — Ath.y Mar. 30. "'I'hcre is probably no writer so famous as Petrarch who is now studied so little. Everybody, it is true, who dabbles in Italian r^ads n few of his world-renowned sonnets to Laura. But these, and the whole of bis 'Canzoniere', form but a small part of his immense liter- ni-y labors. ... From the standpoint of Petrarch's ilevotion to learning and services in the field of schohir- ship, Mr. lioLvc has not considered him quite seriously enough. The few words Mr. Symonds has consecrated to the memory of PetrarcJi in his 'Revival of learning' do much more to make the great poet live before us as the^dcid lover and patron of letters; for, though Mr. Reeve writes with knowledge and authority, and gives us a fairly vivid yketeh of the writings themselvcis, he omits almost entirely to dt-seribe that noble enthusiasm and elevation of luirpose thut ni;ide Petrarch in some sort the prophet ol' all futuru culture. ... There was an excuse for the extrtime veneration v.hich the learned world expressed for Petrarch. He had more than the tact of a poet; he had that penetrative intuition of genius that guesses in the dark, and yet is right. ... In a few points Mr. Reeve's bottk has seemed to us wanting in force; but it is never wanting in knowledge or care." — Kxmn., Mar. 9. Rosenberg, A. S. u. B. Beham ; zwei Maler der deutschen Renaissance; mit 25 Holzschritten. "The Behams were two of the 'Little masters of Nu- remberg', 'Little' having reference to the small size of their engravings. The monograph of 140 p. is iiitei-CKting, and has 25 beautifully executed woodcuts." — Acad. Rutherford, J. Secret history of the Fenian con- spiracy. 2 V. St. John, M. The sea of mountains ; an account ■ of Lord DufTerin's tour through British Columbia, 1876. 2 v. "Has not done justice to his subj(;ct." — Ath. Sainte-Beuve, C. A. Correspondance. "Ce qui me frappe dans cette correspondance, c'est que dcs IcB premiers jours elle ne porte la trace que d'une ac'ule passion, la passion litti^raire. Wy cherchez ni confidences intimes, ni 6panchemeiits juveniles, ni g^n- creuses illusions, ni ardeurs folios et d6]'aison charmante de la vingtieme ann6e. ... Trlste et froid prl n temps : I'automne a 6t6 sombre. Les lettres d'automiiu respirent je ne sais quel secret ennui. J^a jeunesse des (-coles lui a fait i'accueiUque Ton sait; I'opinion publlque lui est SiSv^re pour les attaches oflicielles on il s'emprisonne, lui qui faisait gloire autrefois de se refuser a toute attache. ... ]>!ins cette meilleure part de h:l vie on trouvc la passion qui a manque au reste, passion de la justice et de la verite. Aussi, s'il est vrai que cette correspondance ne fait pas aimer I'horame, commo jc I'ai dit, elle fait cstimer N I'homme de lettres." — M. Gaucher, in liev. pot. et lit.., fev. -l. Sawtelle, I. B. History of Townscnd, Mass. Scheffel, J. V. v. Der Trompeter von Sakkingen ; ein Sang vom Oberrhein. 51e Aufl. Schure, E. Le poete pantlieiste. {In Revue d. D. Mondes, fev. 1877.) "Few literary phenomena are more interesting than the increasing popularity of Shelley's ijoe'try. His fame has already overshadowed that of Byron, and seriously threatens to dispossess Wordsworth. But little has been been known in France of Shelley till recently. 'He is indeed just mentioned in Gautier's 'Ilistoire du roman- tismc', and M. Odysse Barot knows our literature too well not to give him a high place; hut the popular Byron- ism has received a brilliant expression from M. l\aino, and it is fortunate that so competent a critic as M. Sehur6 has undertaken to enlighten French readers on Shelley's true merits and position. "We only wish there were more French writers of a« exact a knowledge and delicate a ta^tc in foreign literatures." — Sat. rev., Mar. 30. Scribe, A. E. Piquillo AUiaga ; ou, Les Maures sous Philippe m. 3 v. Tlie original of the hero is Fray Luiz AHaga, con- fessor of Philip III., of whom little is known except that Number 11.] 44 [June 17, 187S. he had a part in the expulsion of the Moors in 1609. Scribe has taken great liberties with history, to make his hero interesting. "Quelques peintures relatives ^ la sit- uation des Maures en Espagne au 16e et au 17e 8i6clc, ctquelques types secondaires, sont assez reussis." — La- rousse. Stebbins, E. Charlotte Cusliman ; letters and life. "Brings before us distinctly the keen intelligence, the loving disposition, the faculty of niaking and keeping friends, the unchanging cheerfulness, the self-reliance, the ck-ar common-sense, and, above all, the stalwart strength of will which made Charlotte Cushman what she was. — From this biography there is much to be learned about her as a woman. 'I'here is nothing — in- deed, less than nothing — to be learned about her as an actress. The author has plainly but little knowledge of the stage cither internally or e.^ternajly. llcr book if» full of blunders in theatrical liistory and in dramatic criticism." — Nation, June 13. Stowe, Mrs. H. B. Pogauuc people; their loves and lives. •'.V life of oUl-fashioned 'eourtin*, and Yankee dialect, and sectarian divisions ; set ai;:iin8t a glowing background of N"ow England scenery. The subjeet is one which Mrs. Stowe has before handled; she here only gives the kalei- doscope another turn." — Literary world. Symonds. Renaissance in Italy. 3 v. See an ingenious ariiulein \\\ii DubliR reviiio (Ciitholie) for Jan. on this period. "As far as regards mere con- crete facts Mr. Symonds is generally accurate. But his deductions, abstractions, and speculations, are, upon the whole, of little value," an opinion which is called forth by his injustice towards mediaeval learning. "The rhetorical colouring of the whole, the frequent use of metaphor or simile, the graphic portraitures of individual characters, and the numerous anecdotes stamp the volume as one designed to popularise a subject but little known. In G-ermany. Mr. Symond's resear.;h has been forestalled by Dr. Georg Voight's admirable work, *Die \Viederbelebung des classischen Alterthnms', pub. in 1859 — a work that includes the German IIum.iniB- mus, and to which our author makes special acknowl- edgment of his indebtedness. In England, however,— if we except Shepherd's Life of Pog^io Bracciolini (a volume whose merits are obscured by a singularly infe- licitous style) and the incidental notices in Roscoe and Hallam, — the work of Hody, the Oxford professor, is the only one of much value in rebition to the subject that has appeared. But this is in L:itin." — Acad , June 9, 1877. Tacitus. Works ; by A. J. Church and W. J. iJrodribb. "They have given us a really good translation of this difficult historian, and one which for the classical stu- dent's requirements is all but perfect. Their work is marked by sound scholarship and good-sense ; it is thoroughly and hemestly done; with valuable notes and excursusL-s. To make it a perfect translation for general readers, the one thing lacking is stt/le." — iSpec- tator. Theuriet, A. The godson of a marquis. (Col. of for. authors, no. 9.) "A decidedly Frenchy plot, but the wondrcftis delicacy and refinement of Theuriet relieve it of all coarseness." — Lit. world, June. Tissot, V. Vienne et la vie vieunoise. "His detestation of Prussia is only equalled by hie enthusiasm for that motley assemblage of Germans, Magyars, Slavonians, and Poles which constitutes the Austro-Hungarian Empire; he looks upon it as the natural ally of Franco; and he tries to discover on the banks of the Danube that sympathy which he fails to see on those of the Spree." — Sat. rev.. May 4. Towle, G. M. Voyages and adventures of Vasco da Gama. The only popular account of Da Gama; fur a more thorough study see the Hakluyt Sjciety's "Thrff voyages of V. da Gama from the 'Lendas da India' of Correa, ed. byH. E. J. Stanley". Trollope, A. Is he Popenjoy ? Itepublitth^'d from All the yeur round. Vissering, W. "On Chinese currency; coin and paper money. "Dr. Vissering has drawn hia materials for the work "before us from MaTwan-lin's celebrated encyclopaedia, entitled 'Wan been tang kaon', and we do not know which is most to be congratulated — the Chinese author for the very complete view he has given of the subject, or Dr. Vissering for his admirable translation of the Chinese text." — Ath. Wake, C. S. The evolution of morality ; a history of the development of moral culture, 2 v. "The author is an original thinker, who has brought to b.ar an enormous amount of original research acquired in a wide field of anthropological study." — Pall Mall gaictte. "Mr. Wake has attempted a work too great for his r<"50urces and his powers. Yet his book contains a great d'v';il of information about early rules of conduct and the practices of early races. It might be hard to find abetter riccount of the blood-feud than that which he gives. There'are acute spLcuIations to be met with, and the tons of the work, even when disagreeable topics are dealt with, is temperate and reverent. — Sat. rev.,' Mar. 23. "Mr. Wake begins with a somewhat lengthy criticism of 'Modern theories of morals'. Some of the author's remarks are sensible and pertinent, though, on the whole, he can hardly be said to display the highest kind of crit- ical ability. Mr. Wake has not confined himself to his special subject, but has rather given a sketch of the development of culture as a whole. The 2d volume consists of an account of the special developments of the higher morality which has reached the altruistic stagj." — Exam., .Vpril 27. Wallace, A. U. Tropical nature. "With his usual clearness of style, discasses the nature of the phenomena which are essentially tropical in con- tradistinction to those which are general or accidental, and considers how far the causes and conditions of these phenomena admit of being determined. We are carried along hitherto untrodden lines of inquiry, from which we are led to see the ti'opical world under wholly novel aspects. The scientific valuf of the book is made doubly rccuptabb' by the charm of the nari'ative, and the endless variety of the information it conveys." — Exam.flS&y 18. Warner, S. (author of "The Mide, wide world"), Uiana. Whitney, D. R. The Suffolk Bank. Williams, M. Modern India and the Indians, GonlnUit. The fiv? irates of India. — First imprcss- iona of India. — SmUdh. sacrifice, self-immolation, and Bflf-turLur.-. — The Towers of Silence. — Funeral cere- monies and offerings to ancestors at Bombay, Benares, and Gaya. — Indian rosijirics — (Tcner.il impressions. — The Snuth Indian famine of 1876-77. — Parsi funeral rites and tlie I'ur-i r^^gion. — Indian and European civilization in n I. tn each other, and in their effect on the progress of Christianity. — Indian Muhammadanism in rcl. tf> C'hristianity, and the prospects of missionary enterprise towards it. —r The three religions of India compared with each other and with Chrisfianity. — Pro- motion of good-will and sympathy between England and India. Reprinted from the Timess, Athenmtm, etc. Much ad- ditional matter has been added. "He deserves the thanks of every Indian, Parsee or Hindoo, Buddhist and Moslem, for his clear exposition of their manners, their creeds, and their necessities." — Timpn. "The manufacture of gods may he studied in any vil- lage; hut very few Anglo-Indiana ever think of it; and Mr. Williams has learned more ahout native religious ideas than most of them have acquired in a life-time." — A'lrnn., Apr. 27. "In Hindu poetry, in particular, he is much at home, and has done the subject full and intelligent justice. His account of Hindu jurisprudence is also meritoriously executed, at least as regards the nldestand most valuable of the legal instihites; and he has conscientiously com- piled, from multifarious sources, chiefly German, a circumstantial description of the Vedas, their append- ages, and their supplements." — Nation, May 23. Williams, W. M. Through Norway, with ladies. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 12. July 13, 1878. Andrej e vich, Major V. Les femmes en Turquie. ■2eed. "If ever tliore was an institution Burroundod "by mys. tery, it was the seraglio at Constantinople ; but the light of publicity has penetrated even there, and tlae domestic manners and habits of Turkish ladies are now mac'e known to the, world through the patience and enterprise of Major Andreievich, otherwise called Osman-Bey. The revelations which his book contains have for the most part the value of novelty. ... We are afraid that the poetry of Oriental life will be ruthlessly swept away by this matter-of-fact writer." — ^ut. reo., Feb. -J. Autran, J. Drames et comedies. *'Le succos de la fiUe d'Eschyle avait <5t6 retentissant ; raais Autran n'osa pas depuis tenter la chance. II ne semble pas qu'il ait eu tort ; je crois que ni son 'Don Juan de Padilla' ni son 'Uoi d' Aries' n'cussenteu une heureuse fortune. A vrai dire le sons du th60.tre lui manquait. Son g6nio, comme son style, avai^ une sorte de roideur fiere qui ne se pretait pas au mouvement rapide que demande la 8c6ue. Meme 'La fille d'Eschyle' est peu draraatique. La fantaisie qui a pour titre, 'Lcs noces de Th6tis', est laborieuse. On lira avec plaisir 'Le cyclope', traduib d'Euripi'le. ... 'Le cyi.-lope* et surtout'La lille d'Eschyle' font la valeur de ce volume." — J/. Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit., fev. 16. Bayne, P: The chief actors in the Puritan Kevolu-^ tion. "He holds the historical scales with fairness. ... The chapter on Henrietta is brilliant." — /Spectator, April 13. "Where Mr. Bayne goes astray he errs from the insuf- ficiency of his preparation. Even when lii.s conclusions are most unfair, he has evidently attempted to be just and honest, and he has frequently succeeded." — Acad., May 18. ■ Beke, Dr. C: Discoveries of Sinai, in Arabia and Midian ; ed. by his widow. Narrative of an expedition to north western Arabia in 1874, to establish by personal observation the con-ect^ noss of the views expressed in hie Origincs Siblicce (44 years ago) respecting the true position of the mountain on whici the law was revealed. **Dr. Beke treats of the traditional Mount Sinai, and its rivals within the Penin- sula of Pharau; of the non-identity of the Mitzraim of Scripture with the Egypt of profane history, its position and that of the Land of Midian, and of the dynasties of Manetho, and especially those of the shepherd kings, or Mitzrites. The account of the expedition itself, and of Dr. Beke's sojourn in Egypt, is given in Dr. Bcke's very characteristic letters on his last journey." Benjamin, S. G. W. The Atlantic Islands as resorts oi health and pleasure. Contents. The Bahamas. — Azores. — Channel Is. — Magdalep Is, — Madeira. — Teneriffe. — Newfonndland. — The Bermudas. — Belleisle-en-Mer. — Prince Edward Is. — Isles of Shoals. — Cape Breton Is. — The Isle of Wight. Besant, W., and Rice, J. By Celia's arbour ; a tale of Portsmouth town. (In the Graphic, 1877 -March 23, 1878.) "Wi-itten by unequal hands; consequpntly it docs not Maintain the same literary level throughout. One of the authors is strong in description, minute but never tediou.-^, masculine in outline, yet tender in touch; the other is wealc, uncertain, verbose, yet sketchy. ... Had it all been kept up to the highest point it would have bt'on a "remarkable "work; as it is, it is only good. in fragments; but then theye fragments are very good indeed." — Sat. rev.. Mar. 2ij. Brassey, Mrs. A. Around the world in the yacht "Sunbeam". •'Mrs. Brassey's most entertaining log constantly re- minds one of the adventures of a new Swiss Family Robinson." — Sat. rev., Apr. C. Church, A. J. Stories from Homer. "In spite of its too modest title, this is very much more indeed than an equivalent, in relation to Homer, for such a book as Lamb's 'T:aes' in relation to Shake- speare. It ought to become an EngUi^h clas«ic, ... Mr. Arnold has observed that the four principal character- istics of Homer are rapidity of movement, plainness of words and style, simpUcity of thought, and nobleness of manni?r. In all these foia* resx^ects Mr. Church's 'Stories' approach perfection, though to suit them to the form of prose tboy omit innumerable touches of gi'eat^ beauty. ... They will give even greater pleasure to those who know Homer as he is, than to those who learn to love him for the lir>t time through Mr. C.'s 'Stories'. Iffor tht'y interpose no new film of modern suggestion between us and the poet. Much that is lovely in Homer we lose. But we get nothing either beautiful or ugly which is wholly foreign to Homer. ... The illust. from Elaxman are as good a6 F!axm;in's illustrations could be ma(jle. They are always full of grace, but strangely wanting in character." — Spectator. Clarke, E: H. Visions ; a study of false sight ; with au introd. und memorial sketch by 0. W. Ilolmes. A physiological explanation of visions, internal influ- ences producing "in the organs of vision the conditions and movements which accompany and constitute normal sight; that is, the person really sees, but sees what has no present objective existence or relation to the.eye. A number of interesting cases are given". — Natioru Colquhoun, J: The moor and the loch. "An exhaustive book on sporting. ... His remarks on the habits of birds and beasts are indicative of close aud constant observation." — Sat.rev., Mar. 30. Cook, Dutton. Doubleday's children. "Mr. Cook always appears to be going to write a good book, and only too often fails after all to do so. Mr. Cook has adopted the plan of separate narratives told by different people. This plan may be presumed to be a sort of illegitimate descendant of the old device of telUng a story by means of letters. It is conceivable that it might be of use as Wilkie Collhis uses it, to let in hght from diflerent sides on an intricate plot, or, as the invent- ors of the letter plan used that, to sketch strongly the characters of the writers. 'Doubleday's children', how- ever, has a plot which is the reverse of intricate, and the characters are of a very cut-and-dricd sort. ..." There are, however, good pieces in it, and a very spirited eulogiura on the charms of the Thames." — 6r. Saints- biiruin AcfoL, Oct. 27. "Mr. Dutton Cook introduces a good many out-of-the- way characters, such as Dickens used to dig xiy, — prisoners imprisoned for debt, editors and others engaged upon a very obscure and very violent newspaper, poor players, bailiffs — rather a miscellaneous collection." — Atk., Oct. 27. Cornhiil for June. ''Has 'Dnisy Miller, a study', by H. James, Jr., who may or may not be a real person. "WTiichever he is, the author is wasting observation of the keenest kind, and a delicate sense of humor, on a very thin story, which might have easily been developed into something chann- ing, and whielt, tvcn as it is, is the most attractive sketch of maimers that has appeared this year or two." ~ Spee- iaior, June 15. In the June no. is Fart 1 only; it is re- printed in Littell, July 6. Cournot, A. A. Considerations sur la marche des idees et des evenemements dans les temps modernes. "Matbematicien, M. Cournot a laisse des travaux con- nuB et appre.-ies des savants speciaux; philosophe, on lui doit une tlieorie du hasard tout k fait neuve, et dont il a fait lui-meme plus d'une ingenieuse application ; his- torien, il a ecrit sur le mouvement des idees et des faits dans le inonde moderne un livrfe de vigoreuse philosophic historique, un de ees ouvragcs qu'on pent h^siter k lire, mais qu'on n'ouhlic pa:^ une fois qu'on les a lus; edono- miste, il est le premier qui ait tente d'appliquer los methodes mathi^matiques h la science de la production et de I'eeli.ingo. ... Comment se fait il qu'un tel homme Biiit.^i peu^connu? ... II faut bien I'avouer, ancien pro- fess'eurdemathi5matiques,M. Cournot n'a jamais dcpou- ille le viejl horams. ... Le pubhc iettre ne recule pas, quoi qu'on dise, devant une lecture s^rieuse; mais il entend qu'un livre soit un livre, et non une le^on. Les livi'es de M. Courjiot sout un peu trop des lc5ons." — Hev-pol. et lit. Number 12.] 46 [July 13, 1S78. Bidier, E: La rose d'Antibes. "Reminds us of Charles de Bernard's beat novelettes." — Sat, rev.. Mai'' 9. See, by the way, an estimate of C : de Bernard by Q. Salntsbury in the Fortnightly rev. for June. Bowden, E: Studies in [English and French] lit- erature, 1789-1877. Contents, The French Revolution and literature.— The transcendental movement and literature. — The scientific movement and literature. — The prose works of Wordsworth. — W. S. Lftndor. — Mr. Tennyson and Mr. Browning. — George Eliot. — 'Middlemarch' and 'Daniel Deronda'. — Lamennais. — Edgar Quinet. — On some French writers of verse, 1880-77. — The poetry of Victor Hugo. — The poetry of democracy : Walt Whitman. V<.>.'p\ih.froTD.t\vG Fortnightly, Contemporary, ComhiJl, Westminster, Academy, and 'Afternoon lectures'. To he followed by studies in Orerman literature. *'I have cared more to understand than to oh.iect. I have tried rather to interpret than to judge." — Preface. "Ci'ammed with thought, and it must he an exceedingly dull, or a wonderfully unreceptive, person who pats them down without feeling that he has enriched by a goodly amount his stock of theses to he argued about in solitary walks and other times of meditation." — O. iSaintslntry in Acad.y Jl^iy !!■ "Mr. Dowden commits the capital offence of being tiresome, with the extenuating circumstances of doing It on principle and in good English." — Sat, rev,, June 22. "The author of the excellent 'Critical study of the mind and art of Shakspeare', and of tlie superlatively excellent 'Shakspeare primer', has chosen to collect and reprint a number of ephemeral specimens of 'padding', but we are not inclined to be unduly severe upon him for doing so. In the world of readers there are many appetites, and the stomach which rejects strong meat may batten quite contentedly on a diet of milk and whey. ... In the case of Walt Whitman, Mr. Dowden must thank himself if some portion of the contempt which we have no hesitation whatever in expressing for that shallow and bumptious writer must inevitably seem to recoil on his own exaggerated laudation of him." — Spectator, June 15. DuCamp, M. Convulsions de Paris. T. 1 : Les prisons pendant la Commune. 2e ed. "He had previously shown us what is the life of Paris in its normal condition ; we are now asked to study Paris in a state of revolutionary frenzy, when all the wheels of the immense machinery are out of gear. ... He shows that the boasted era of absolute liberty was introduced by acts of despotism far more tyrannical than the worst deeds committed by monarchical dynasties; and that, in particular, the idea of destroying Paris, far from being the result of an impulse of despt.ration coin- ciding with the entry of the Versailles troops, was seriously entertained at the very beginning of the move- ment." — Sat. rev-, Apr. 0. Durand, iUme. A. F. {ps. H: Greville). Ariadne; from the French of H. Greville. But the author has done her best in her last creation, 'Ariadne.* ... Besides the qualities which the authorens has already displayed, she proves herself in thij" work a great artist. He who does not possess the feu sacr6 himself can not possibly pronounce the best and most profound decisions in matters of art." — Dosia; from the French, by M. N. Sherwood. Dumas, A.,Jils. La dame aux Camelias ; pref. de J. Janin. Nouv. ed. Edwards, Mrs. A. Jet, her face or her fortune. "A lively story." — Ath. Engliache Studien ; hrsg. von E.Kolbint;. Vol. 1. The articles of most general interest arc: Polk lore, — Zur charaktoriHtik Ficldingw, — Ueber Otway's lebeu u. werke. Estournelles de Constant, P., baron d\ La vie de province en Grfece. "Si Ton vent connaitro la vrale Grfece, celle oCi Ic present envolojtpe et r6v61c i chaquo instant le paflf;e le plus lointain, il faut s'addruBser k ceux qui, comme I'autcurdu present livre, ont v6cu loin d'Athfenes, dans une petite ville, out parcourii les montagnes et les plaines grecques, couchant sous le toit du paygan dont lis par- laient la langue et savaient s'assurer la confiance." — I£ev. d. D. M., avr. 1. , . , At the end are chapters on "Les contes populaires de Gr^c-e mod." and "Ce que signifie aujourd'hui un conte des fees," and the translation of a Greek legend, "Les trois Bceurs". Fergusaon, J. The temples of the Jews, and other buildings in the Haram area at Jerusalem. Contains a careful drawing of the probable appearance of the Temple. Maintains that the Church of the Sepul- chre is not at the real place of execution and burial of Christ, which was rather at the Dome of the Rocks (?). Mr. Fergusson presents us "with a railway station and a grand hotel, combined into one structure.aa the outcome of our own period for the design of the Jewish Temple." Franklin, A. Les, sources de rhistoire de France; notices bibliog. et analyt, "CJontient le catalogue tres complet avec le d(5pouille- ment tres precis de toutes les grandes collections. EUes Bont aujourd'hui si nombreuses en effet, et si volunni- neuses pour la plupart que c-'etait un veritable travail que d'avoir a y chercher seulcment ce que I'on savait devoir y trouver." — Revue d. D. Mondes, avr. Goethe, J: W. v. Faust; a tragedy; tr. by C. H. Bo wen. "We will not say that we like Mr. Bowen's version of Faust as well as wo like Mr. Hayward's prose version, which gives us, as we think, the best approximation possible to the original. But we like his version better than either Mr. Bayard Taylor's or Mr. Theodore Mar- tin's, and in certain passages of lofty and eloquent spec- ulation it may take a very high rank indeed." — Spec- tator, Mar. 23. Goldziher, I. Mythology among the Hebrews. *'A shining example of how abundant learning and ingenuity, under the forms of scientific method, when unrestramed by sobriety of judgment, may lead the comparative mythologist to the most extravagant and absurd conclusions.'* — Kation, Jan. 3. The whole no- tice and its continuation, in the no. for Jan. 10, are worth reading. Hare, A. J. C. Walks in London. 2 v. "He shows himself a vehement partisan of Charles the First, calling Cromwell and his people 'regicides' and 'rebels' continually ; and it may be that this mental con- dition inclines him also rather to care for what in London belongs to the aristocracy of rank, wealth, vice (Nell Gwynne, etc.), or intellect; while the life of the common people is not quite sufliciently cared fbr." — Westminster rev., April 1. Haug, M. Essays on the sacred language, writings, and religion of the Pareis. 2d ed. This 2d ed. w;is prepared after the author's death by the author's pupil, E. W. West. "The work was first printed in India and bas not been easy to procure, though highly valued by students of the wonderfully in- teresting literature to which it relates."— iVaiion, July 11. Havers, D. (;?5. T. Gift). Maid Ellice ; a novel. (Leisure hour series.) "This is one of those books wherein the author has at- tempted the impossible task of playing with pitch in whito kid gloves. The result is, a confused medley of motives and circumstance, wanting all cohesion, likeli- ^ hood, or naturalness." — Sat. rew., June 15. Hindley, C. Old book collector's miscellany ; reprints of rarities, 16th and 17th cent. Vol.1. Contents. Vol.1. Gosyubill, E. Dialogiic bvtwene le commune secretiirtr finrl inV.T.r^,.^ ncc -ji a i V Ihe commune secretary ,-ind jalowsyc. [166-?] - A bun- f ,?C'!'',?''""^'' "50-70. - Eeptore, J. A. Trcwc et tiytMiill hystone of Prl.ioe Hadapanthus. — Hirman, I . Caveat for cursctors. 1673. — Greene, " •> " .-pstart courtier. 1692. — Harvey, Q-. r. Nasho by Don Richardo de Me Caveat for cursctors. 1673. — Greene,' It. ' A nvin for an vnstai-t courtier 1692. _ Harvey, G. Tbo trini- ?? ^. K-^^'^f"' ^y °°" Richardo de Mcdico-Campo. ~.?^nu' ^- .'^^"'en stuff; description of Yarraoutli, with 1 he pvaise of the rod-herring. 1500. — T. Nash his ghost to the Anabaptist, the libertine, and the Browuist. iti4J. — reele, a. Mcrrio conceited iests. [18— ] Number 12.] 47 [July 13, 1878. Hinds, W: A. American communities. *'An accurate description of the existing communities in 1876, -when he visited them for the express purpose of writing about them. It treats of the Harmonists, Sep- aratists of Zoar, Bethel Community, Icarian Community, The Shakers, Oneida Community, Wallingford Commu- nity, etc. He is associate editor of the America7i social- ist." Hinton, J", Life and letters ; ed. by E. Hopkins. **Hc was but fifty-three when, in Dec, 1875, his career of intense practical and intellectual activity was closed by death. But in that time he sowed & seed of moral and intellectual regeneration for society which will not soon cease bearing its fruit. He has contributed much towards realizing that which is the end of the great struggle of modern times, the bringing science, philoso- phy, and religion into a perfect accord, and that not merely for the philosopher ^t his desk, but for all men and women as practical actors in the great drama." — S. II. Hodgson in Acad., Apr. 6. "Among the fundamentals of Mr. Hinton's philosophy a marked feature presents itself in his rejection of the atom, for which, with Faraday and other eminent modern scientists, he substituted a centre of force ; herein foil ow- ing Boscoviteh. Almost of necessity, he who sets out with this hypothesis must discard the sharp distinction which is ordinarily taken between what are popularly denominated matter and mind. Matter may thereby be spiritualized, if we maybe allowed the expression; and so it was in all the speculations of Mr. Hinton, which involve nothing which fails to harmonize entirely with the deductions of the most advanced science." — J^ation, June 27. "Mr. Hinton's style, though undistinguished by any remarkable quality, is nevertheless, in general, sufficiently perspicuous. The fault is the prevailing haziness of thought, the aj)parent inability or reluctance to formulate a categorical proposition. The speculative, as distin- guished from the biographical part of this volume, would be almost an enigma to most readers but for the torse exposition of its leading idea in the brief and masculine preface of Sir W. OuU. ... Hv innate bias a mystic to whom all ereeds were alike, H. was by profession an orthodox bQliever. ... The whole man, on the specula- tive side, is thus a suppressed contradiction, a contradic- tion only veiled by thfe mist of a general indefiniteness. As such he well repays study, fragmentary as are the materials, and unsatisfactory as must he the result. Mr. Hinton's leading thought is thus expressed by Sir W. Gull : — 'Theonly deadness in Nature, the only negative condition, was man's selfishness. The same error which led man, from limited Observation, to suppose the earth the centre and at rest, repeated itself in a new form in supposing himself to be a living centre surrounded by dead things.' His writings are little else than perpetual variations on this theme, either in its physical aspect of the actual vitality of inorganic matter, or its ethical aspect of the dullness of the selfish instincts in man." — jL'xam.f Mar. 16. A controversy on Hinton's altruism may be found in the Spectator, May 11, p. 595, and May 18, p. 630 and 634. Homerus. Stories from Homer, by A. J. Church. "All pi'ofessed translations in metre have hitherto, however literal or however free they might be, resulted cither in something stiff, awkward, and disagreeable to read, or in something, smooth indeed to read, but so powdered and periwigged k la Queen Anne, like Pope's, or so mock-Miltonic, or otherwise so thoroughly English in tone, as to rob the reader completely of the flavor of the original. On the other hand, a prose version render- ing the G-reek as near as may be word forword, but ignoring its i^oetic tone, and straining with painful con- toi-tions to transfer to English the vivid, graphic, and melodious long compound epithets of the Hellenic epos, also fails utterly to giv& an ordinary reader any idea of the poet. The best way for a mere English reader to get an idea of the 'Hiad' and the 'Odyssey' will probably be through such a book as this, where the poems appear in the form of stories, told in easy, natural English, which any child could understand and enjoy. The tone of the original is carefully preserved. The secret of the au- thor's success lies, we think, to a great extent in the h.ippy rendering of similes, in the simplicity of his English, and, most of all, in his writing in the true spirit of the epic, the spirit of childlike, joyous story-telling." — Nation, May 16. later national Congress of Orientalists. Transac- tions of the 2d session, 1874. Kaufmann, Rev. M. Socialism ; its nature, its dangers, and its remedies ; founded on the German' work "Kapitalismus und Socialis- mus," by Dr. A. E. F. Schaffle. Keim, Dr. T. The historj' of -Jesus of Nftzara. 2 v, "Keim is not like Zeller, the representative of a partic- ular school. He is too conservative for Tiibingen (as it was when its criticism lived), but much too progressive and advanced for Leipzig and'JErlangen. ... A model of Q■erm.^n thoroughness, nothing that could illustrate its subject has been neglected, tocography, physiogra- phy, chronology, history, religion, literature, art, all are laid under contribution. And as the author has spared himself no labor, he spares his readers none. We have his processes as well as his results. It Is noli a book for an indolent man, or a hasty or ignorant reader, hut essentially a book written by a student for students. ... His interpretations are often violent and arbitrary; his criticism often rash and wayward." — Contemp. rev., Mar, Keller, Dr. F. The lake dwellings of Switzerland and other parts of Europe. 2d ed., tr. and arr. by J. E. Lee. 2 v. "Since Mr. Lee first published his translation of Dx- Keller's work, now nearly twelve years ago, numerous discoveries of great archEcological interest have been made in many of the shallow lakes of Switzerland, throwing much light on the sti'ucture of the old pile- dwellings, and on the arts of the people who reared them. ... !N"ot only has he translated the last of Dr. Keller's Reports, hut he has drawn upon the works of other explorers wherever they relate to the lacustrine settle- ments." — Ath., Mar. 23. King, M. Harvard and its surroundings. 2d ed. lUust. Lafon, M. Pasquino et Marforio ; les bouches de marbre de Rome. A collection of the squibs, chiefly on church dignitaries, afiixed to the two famous statues, with translations into French. Levinstein, E: Morbid craving for morphia; a monograph founded on personal observa- tions ; tr. Lindau, R. Gordon Baldwin and the philosopher's pendulum. " 'Grordon Baldwin' is a story of striking power, the scene of which is laid in the American colony at Paris. 'The philosopher's pendulum', by the same author, appeared twojyears ago in Blackwood's magazine. The stories are by a Q-erman author, but the characters are , mainly Americans." — Boston d. adv., June 29. Both stories are sad. Longfellow, H: W. Poems of places. Russia. Lovett, W:, d. July, 1877. The life and struggles of Wm. Lovett, in his pursuit of bread, knowledge, and freedom. "Lovett was the author of the 'Charter'. The work gives an account of the early experiments in co-opera- tion, the associations for the extension of the suftrage, for the abolition of the taxes on knowledge, and the Chartist movement. A healthy, breezy, cheerful voice from the old Radical days,'' — Examiner. Mag; £1 story of to-day, Mayers, W: F: The Chinese government, a manual of Chinese titles. Muegge, T. Afraja; or, Life and love in Norway; from the German by E. J. Morris. An interesting picture of life in Finmark a century ago. The deseriijtions of scenery are vivid and exact, and the book is read by travellers in the north of Nor- ' way, as Andersen's Improvisatore is by visitors to south- ern Italy. Number 12.] 48 [July 13,1878. Murray, E. C. G. The Russians of to-daj'. "As a pictiin; of the liunsiaius as thoy aru, the work posscHscs about the same vuluf as a trilliant Freui-h journalist's sketch of English so<-k-ty in wlaioli thi.- com- mon eergerint should bo described as the typical English officer, the Lord JLayor hh the typical English peer, Sir Kenealy as the typical member of Parliament." — Exam-t May 23, "A political pamphlet, false throughout and intended to be liilHC. The character sketches are excellent, but the Rusf^ians of the author's today are the liussians qf twenty yOiiVH ago" when he was Consul General at Otk-ssii, and "after a few yc;.i-s was turned out of the service for gi'eat 'irregularities' in his accounts". — Na- tion, July 11. My heart 's in the Highlands; by the author of "Artiste". "Tells its story well and spiritedly." — Acad. National Assoc, for the Prom, of Social Science. Transactions, 1877. \ News, Daily. War correspondence, 1877-78, from the fall of ICurs to the signature of the pre- liminaries of peace. Nineteenth century, June. Contains a paper by Midhat Tasha, *Fast, present, and future of Turkey', which is reprinted in Pop. xci. in07i(My8uppl. for July. "The arlifleon' Voltaire and Ma- daitie du Cliiitelet', by Mrs. Clarke.is an opportune picture of the more human side of a man whose destructive work is just now receiving so much praise and blame in France; and the picture is well drawn, with perhaps more freedom of treatment than is usual in the English handling of such themes." — Acad., June 8. Payn, J. By proxy. "A novel of which the plot is bo absorbing that wo find ourselves longing to read the last chapter before we are half way through the first volume, while the dialogue and the dei^eriptions are so full of wit that it requires an- effort to skip a single page." — Exam., May 4. Phillips, Barnet. A struggle. Keprintcd from App!f.to7i*8 jaumal, Aug. - Oct. 1877. A story of the Erauco-l'russiairwar. Prescott, G: B. The speaking telephone, talking phonograph, and other novelties. Quinet, E. Vie et mort du genie grec. "Les pages ineilites que Ton public aujourd'hui ont et6 ecrites tout d'une haleine le 19 et I9 20 mars 1875: la main d6faillante s'arreta au raiheu de la phrase cora- mencee. ... L'idee fondamentale est cellc-ci: de la grande .iournee de Salamino et de la grande journee de Vlatee sont n^s tons les chefs-d'teuvres de la Grece. ... Toutes cL-s ccuvrcs d'art ont n^cessairement un earaeture commun ; celui que donne le sentiment d'avoir vaincu, c'est-^-dire la pais, I'equilibre, la serenite des immortels." — M. Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit., mars 9. See an account of Quinet in Flint's Philosophy of his- tory, V. 1. Rae, E: The country of the Jloors, from Tripoli to Kairwftn. Travels in Ti-ipoli and Tunis, told pleasantly enough except for some unsuccessful attempts at faeetiousness "Mr. Uae vinited ICiiirwan, a Mubammadan city with a very fanatinal population, whiili has seldom, and only at long intervals, been entered by Christian travellers." — C. R. Mftrkhum in Academy, Jan. 19. "He sees a very f;iir average number of things, hut he has not a sufllcieht preparation to make much of what he sees. He has read and become imbued with the style of Artemus Ward and Mark Twain, without catching their gifts of humour." — Westminster rev., April 1. Ris-Paquot, — . Manuel du coUectionncur de faiences anciennes. RoUand, E. Devinettes, ou Enigmes populaires de la France. "M. G. Paris, in an interesting notice prefixed to M. RoUand's collection of quibbles, shows how universal the taste for conundrums is, and has been, and how nearly tlie jests of one race resemble those of the most distant peoples." — Sat. rev., Feb. 23. "A study in the comparative history of enigmas. ... He, in collaboration with M. Gaidoz, edited that too short-lived periodical, Mtlmine." — Ath., Apr. 6, Rougemont, F: de. L'^ge du bronze; ou, Les Semites en Occident. "PlusJeurs historiens tels que M. H. Martin, n' hesitent pas i admettre que le genie de la race gauloise s'est evoille au contact de I'industrie et du commerce des Ph6niciens. Et quel est le mythologue qui, en presence du druidisme et de sa doctrine de la migration des ftmes, Tie reclKTche point les liens qui rattachent I'Occident k la terre du Nil. L'hypothtse meme qui fait des Semites les civilisateurs de rC'ecideut date du Chanaan de Bochart, qui parut en 1646. Mais le s6miti8me etait oubiie ou discr6dit6 quand le baron de Donop en releva le drapeau, de 1819 A 1841. Mais bientot G^senius appela I'attention du mondc savant sur les inscriptions ph6nieienncs ; la' conquete de I'AIgerie remit en m6moire les traditions roraaincs et arabes relatives aux origines orientales des pcuples de PAtlas ; Raoul Rochette suivit vers I'Occident les traces^dcs dieiix et des sym boles de I'Asie ; Movers pub- lia son grand ouvrage sur les Ph6niciens et leur colonies, et Ed. Roeth, Knobel, Redslob mirent en lumi&re les migrations ou le commerce des Hycsos, des Pheresieus, des Philistins, des Ph6nieiens dans Toccident et le nord de I'Europe. Le semitisme, qui recommence mfime deji a faire valoir ses droits surlalangue grecque,s'etaitain^i assnrfi sa place au soleil en face de I'eeole des Bopp, quand parut I'ouvrage du su^dois ir. Nilsson. ... CJe qui jusques alors semblait n'etre que la these favorite de quelques ^rudits, s'est offert commc la seule solution possible de problemes archeologiques." — Prdface. Sarcey, P. Comediens et comediennes : la Comedie Fran(jaise. See the review by 11. James, Jr. in his French poets and uovelists. Smith, R. B. Carthage and. the Carthaginians. "Might as well have been called 'A history of the Punic wjir', or, 'The struggle of Rome and Carthage'. Practically we know very little about Carthage save in its connexion with Rome. Mr. Smith's account of the Punic Wars is vigorous and spirited. ... He writes with thorough enthusiasm for his subject; his sympa- thies, though not his reason, are on the side of the Car- thaginians." — Exaiaine.r , May 25. Taylor, Col. M. A noble queen ; a romance of of Indian history. 3 v. Written after his return to England, when he was suffering under an incuraftle complaint, and hia brain was temporarily :iffected. "Not that it is without merits and great merits; but from the author of 'Tara' and *The story of my life', it is a disappointment." — Athenmum, Mar. 23. *'His intense sympathy with the people enables him to place tlieir lives before the Enghsh reader in a familiar, human way that does more to dispel the common ignor- ance and arrogant assumption regarding the natives of India than all the formal histories that ever were written." ' — Spectator, Apr. 20. "Originally published in a newspaper. It is impossible for a diligent reader of Scott not to be struck with a probably unconscious adaptjuion of several notable scenes in the Waverlcy novels to the camps and palaces of tho Dekhan. But it would he unjust to the author not to recognize that for a sreat deal of the local scenery and coloring he stands indebted to no one but himself. In scenery and manners Col. Taylor is never at fault. His descriptions are consistent, forcible, and correct."— Sat- urday rev.. May 2r). Tenney, E. P. Agamenticus. Theuriet, A. Le tilleul d'un marquis. 2e ed. "Vaut bcaucoup par certains details d'observation dt-licate, par I'oriunnalite de quelques situations et eufin par le style." — J/. Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit., fev. 23. TroUope, A. Is he Popenjoy ? "Is he Popunjoy? belongs to the least pleasant of Mr. Anthony Trollope's three manners — that represented by such of his novels as -The Eustneo diamonds', in which he is pleased to treat of the seamy side of society." — Acad., June 8. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM, [No. 13. Aug. 12, 1378. Achard, A. Le sanglier des Ardennes ; coraedie. Ashworth, H. Recollections of Uichard Cobden and the Anti-Corn-Law- League. Arber, E. An English garner. Vol. 1. Contents. The late expedition in Scotland made T)y the King's army under tlie Earl of Hertford. 1544. — Sidney, Sir P. Astrophel and Stella. 1581. — Spenser, E., and others. Astrophel; a pastoral elogy upon the death of Sir P. Sidney. 1591. — The great frost; cold doings in London except it be at the lottery. 1608. — Dennya, I. The secrets of angling. 1613. — Peake, R. Three to one; an English-Spanish comhat at Sherries [Xeresl in Spain, Nov. 15, 1625. — True relation of a bravo English stratagem practised upon a sea-town in Q-alicia in Spain. 1626. — Taylor, J. The carriers' cos- mography. 1637. ~ England's joy, or a relation of the passages from His Majesty's arrival at Dover to his entrance at "VVTiitehall. 1660. — N., N. Narrative of all the proceedings in the draining of the great level of the fens, extending into the cos. of Northampton, etc. 1661. — A relation of the retaking of Sta Helena and three Dutch East India ships. 1673. — Knox, Gapt. K. Nine- teen years' captivity in Conde Uda in Ceylon, Mar. 1660 - Oct., 1679. 1681. Arundel Society. Chromo- lithographs, 1878. St. Blaise and St. John Baptist; St. Giles and St. Jerome ; by H, Memling, in the oath, at Lubeck ; drawn by C. Schultz. Aub6, B. Persecutions de Teglise. [28 ser. :] La polemlque pa'ienne k la fin du 2e sifecle. Is said to give the best digest of Celsus that has ever been written. Auerbach, B. Landolin ; trans, by A. B. Irish. (Leisure hour ser.) Bell, R. Early ballads illust. of history, etc. ; also, ■ Ballads and songs of the peasantry of Eng- land. Bergsoe, W. The bride of Eoervig ; tr. by N. Francis. "A carefully imagined story [of a girl who sees visions], readable even through the medium of a rather stiff translation. The scene is on the shore of the Kat- tegat," and the descriptions of scenery and manners are interesting. Besant, W., and Rice, J. Shepherds all and maidens fair ; [fiction] . — When the ship comes home ; [fiction]. Blavignac,' — . Histoire des enseignes d'hotelle- ries, d'auberges, et de cabarets. Etdi of curious antiquarian research. Brisebarre, E., and Nus, E. M. M. Les pauvres de Paris. "Chas. Reade in his *Hard Cash', and M. E. Braddon in her 'Rupert Grodwin', took the skeleton of 'Les Pauvres de Paris', clothing it each after the fashion that seemed most fit." Broome, Capt. A. History of the Bengal army. Vol. 1. Bryce, J. Constantinople. Bulletiuo della Commissione Archaeologica Muni- cipale, nov. 1872 - die. 1877. 5 v. Buonarroti, Michael Angelo, il vecehio, and others. Fac-simile eseguito in eliotipia ; raccolta di 120 disegni nella R. Accademia di Belle Arti in Venezia. 2 pts. Cbeever pedigree. Broadside. Ohodzko, A. Theatre persan, choix de teazies ou drames ; tr. "In the land of the Shah the stage is still very primi- tive. There are no regular companies or theatres; the performances arc given for the most part in the open air or in the courts of inn's, as in England juet before Shak- spere's day. The actors arc apparently amateurs. 'J'he Persian play has no action and no climax; it is only an incident mournfully narrated, for as all the dramas relate to the martyrdom of Hassan and Hussein they are all sorro)vfui. There are a few ambulatory companies of jugglers and acrobats playing in rude farces full of prac- ' tical jokes, and resembling seemingly a very low form of the Italian coramedia dell'arte. But thia sort of tcma- sha, or farce is but little esteemed in compHrit-on with the religious teazle already referred to, and of these tho iive specimens in M. Chudzlio's little volume scarcely give one a desire to know more." — Nation, July 11. Claretie,- J. A, Les femmes de proie : Mademoiselle Cachemire. — Jja maison vide. *'H s'attaque tree reeolflment aux theories de M. Dumas. II eric, Ne la tue pas! ne la tiie pas! Bien ncuvrante, I'histoire du pauvro amii-al. M. Claretie I'a egay6e en y faifiant passer une comedienne de septi^me ordre et un vieux professeur de declamation qui disent I'un et I'autre ime foule de chosee pen utiles, mais asbez amusiuitL's. Eu somme, on litavcc pla^air ce volume, malgr6.quelques longueurs.'* — Rev. poL et lit. Conder, C. R. Tent work in Palestine; a record of discovery and adventure ; illust, by .J. W. Whymper. 2 v. Contemporary rev. " Mr. Cyples has a really interesting review of Dr. Johnson's mind and work, in tbe paper which he inge- niously calls 'Johnson without BobwelP, Mr. Cyples is following a right method in, so to speak, flinging Boswell overboard, and going straight to the Itarabler and the Idler to seek for the real Johnson there."— Acad., July 13. Craik, G. M., and Stirling, M. C. Two tales of married life. 3 v. "Genre paintings, both good of the kind, and carefully studied." — Acad. Miss Stirling's tale "for a story of its length is one of the strongest of the season." — JIarper's monthly. Craven, Mme. A. Natalie Narischkin, sister of charity of St. Vincent of Paul ; trans', by Lady G. FuUerton. 2 v. Dhammapada. Texts from the Buddhist canon, Dhammapada ; tr. from the Chinese by S. Beal. " *Thou almost persuadest me to be a Buddhist', one fancies Father Bigandet saying, as one muses over his life of Gautama Buddha. Abb6 Hue's admiration for Buddhism was perhaps equally sincere, but it led him into trouble, when he descnbed the tonsures, mitres, and dalmatics, the holy waters, saintly relics, and con- fessionals, of the Pagan reUgion, the Holy Father became alarmed, and the Abbe's book was put on the Index. ... The present work is intended to give general readers some insight into the genius of the religion which has thus fascinated so many western minds. In- the verses of the Dharamapada, says Max Miiller, we have the nearest appr-oach to the actual teaching and the words of Buddha." — Exam., July 27. Deane, C. Lieut.-Gen. John Burgoyne and the convention of Saratoga. Doggett, S. B, History of the Bradlee family with particiilar reference to the descendants of N. Bradley of Dorchester, Mass. Du Boisgobey, E. Les deux merles de M. de Saint- Mars. 2 V. "II semhlerait aujourd'hui que I'homme au masqhc de for n'etait autre que le chevalier des Armoises, se laisant appeler i Paris le chevalier de Kiffenhach, le chef de la grand conspiration de 1673. M. Fortune du Boisgobey se declare en faveur de cette dernicre version et essayc de la populariser par le roman. Les deux meiies sont un roman assez bien eonstruit, avec aventures surpre- nantes, pcSripiiticB saisissantes, et iuvraisemblances ravis- santes, ce que comporte le genre." — M. Gaucher in Jiev. pal. et lit., fev. 2. DulF, M. E. (jr. Notes of an Indian journey. Rcpr. from the Contemporary review. Number 13.] 50, [Aug; 12, 1878. Dupont, L. Tours et Bordeaux; Souvenirs de la ilepublique k outrance. •'A lively narrative, inspired "by intonsQ animosity to the Republic." — JTortnightly rev. Durand, G. Sea-bathing, its use and abuse. Edwards, M. B. Bridget. 3 v. "Has no villain, nor tiny very .sensational inciclcnts." "Her characters are never very profound, hut they are always cleverly sketched, gcnerafly well susUiined, apd eeldom unnatural." — Exam. — Jet. Keprintod from Tcm/dc Bur, Fi^h.-Junc. _V fairly entertaining .ytory, tu which the E:ra>iii.ner\3 (.rilicism will apply us well an to Bridu;et. Emerton, J. H. Structure and habits of spiders; iUust. Erckmann, E., and Chatrian, A. L'ami Fritz; CO me die. — Contes vosgiens. 3e'6d. Fetherstonhaugh, Mrs. Kingsdenc. Fortnightly for July. Mr. Saintshury continues his nrdiccs of French writers with Oct. Fcuillet. (Another series of papers o;i "Ki'ench writers and artists, by W: Minturn, is going on in Appleton'ft. The June no. treated of B'Horvilly, and the July no. of Zola and Goncourt.) There .ire also articles by Matthew Arnold and (joldwin Smith. Prof. Hodgson writes: — "Rumour docs me too much honor in attributing to me the authorship of the articles in the Fortnightly i-eview on 'The political ndventnre.- of Ijord Beaconstield*. It U tr\ie that they say what I think, buti am not the writer." — Ath., June 1. Franco, G. Habiti delle donne vcnetiane intagliati in rame. [Venezia, 1610, 7'epr. 1877.) — Habiti d'huomeni [sic] et donne vcnetiane. [Venetia, 1610, repr. 1876.] — Nuova inventione de diverse inostre. Venetia, 1596. repr. [Venezia, 1876]. Lace pattcnia. Freeman, E. A, The Turks in Europe. Gachard, L. P. Histoire politique et diplomatique de Pierre Paul Rubens. "Rubens is intelligent and Hharp-sighted in hJ8 dcilings with courtiers and statesmen; he easily plar^s himseljf on friendly terms with those whoso intimacy it iw import- ant for him to acquire ; and he' tracks out witii skill the plans of those whom he wishes to baffle. 'I'huronghly loyal to his employers, ho has no self-esteem to gratify at their expense, no love of _^nes«fi to bring him intti trouble. Rut wo look in vain for the higher insight of the sl^Ues- man. The book is intended to afford us materials for forming a judgment on Rubens' character as a politician, but it should bo distinctly understood that a satisfactory judgment even on this point cannot be formed without a ■ knowledge of much to which M. Gachard does not even allude." — S. li. Oardiner in Acad. German home life. "It is stated that the Chancellor was rather pleased with 'Cxerman home life', although it provoked 1,'eneral indignation in the Fatherland." — Ath., ADiy ]S. Gozlan, L. Dicu merci ! le convert est mis. "There is no direct version, hut, as the subject is identical with ']':;i[,^en.'^inn', a Gei-man play by the hitc R. lienedix, the l^:ni,'lish version of this, called 'Obstinacy', will fairly give an idea of the French." Grohman, W. A. B. Gaddings Avith a primitive people. "Sketches of life and manners among the TyroU-Kc peasantry. The pirturew eould hardly bo bctter'ehosou or better drawn. The book opens with a most lively and amusing account of a Paradise Play in a secluded village among the Fastern Alps. ... 'J'hcn follows a most interesting and charming chapter on the village priest, and more generally on the popular notions of religion . prevalent in the Catholic Alps. ... Other chapters in the book arc given to Alpine weddings, to the mountain beauty who is the heroine of them, to Tyrolcse rifle matches, to a 'i'yrolese peasant's watering place, etc. Many of the marriag:; customs are very curious; they look like survivals of the old practice of marriage by captui-e." — J£xarrh., June 15. Guerini, F. Genio ed amore. "Language pure, style quiet and elegant." — Exam. Guichard, E, Tissus anciens reconstitues a. I'aide du costume, des miniatures, et de documents inedits. "The plates, engraved bj' a new process of photo- engraving, are very strong. ' They are fair copies of the documents, materials in Avhicli the primitive forme are accentuated for the use of draughtsmen for the different ent industries." — Acad. Harwood, J. B. Paul Knox, pitman. "A story of English mining hfe. ... One of tho strongest wtories that we have read for many a day. One instinctively compares it with That lass o' Lowrie's, and it docs not suffer by the comparison ; indeed, it seems to us to be the more artistic work of the two." — Harper's mag., Aug. Haussonville, J. O. B. de C, comte de. Souvenirs ct melanf^es. "Bide by side with some remarkable essays on Cavour, on the Congi-esscs of ChMilion and Vienna (1814 and 1315), we have a most trraphie biogi-aphy of the father of M. d'llaussonville. based on his own statements. Kuc- ressively a member of the Chamber of Peel's during the Restoration and the Monarchy of July, he was a true specimen of that old French noblesse which, having neither by fortune nor intellect any special part to piny in [society, was compelled to cling to every power in order lo retain a sense of its own impoilance." — G. Monod., iji Arad., ifar. 9, "( 'c sont des articles qxii avaiont paru dans la Revue des Deux Mondes en Lfi-ande partie. Ces monograph ice * contiennent d'utilcs documents pour les historiens, qui leur ont deji f:iit, dans ces deraiers temps, de nombreux emprunts. Le volume comprend, en outre, enfin les discours qu'il a prononces h rAcademio Fran9aise, Bien charmants'ces discoui-s, ou la roideur acad6miqnc est si hercusement temperee par une aisancc aimable et uno eei-taine dCsinvolture toujours dlstinguee, ... Tout aimables vt aif^i'-s qu'ils sont, ces discours ont lo tour oratoire, le geste et I'aeeent. ce qui est le point." — ^f. Gaucher in R08Bes8ion8 in Southern India, in which cJise a French general would have soon quarrelled with Hyder and Tippoo, and have gained a marshal's b:\ton for the re- duction of Seringapatam," — Sat. rev.. May 4. Manley, J. J. Notes on fish and fishing. This work, besides containing descriptions of all fresh- • water fish and the modes of taking them, also contains chapters on fishing as a sport, as a fine art, the literature of fishing, nat. hist, of fish, Thames fishing and punts- men, etc. Mantegna, A. Triumph of Alexander. Photo- graphs. Manzoni, A. I promessi sposi ; nelle due ed. del 1840 e del 1825, raffrontate tra loro dal Prof. 11. Polli; prec, una lettera di R. Bon- ghi. Mario, Mrs. J. W. La miseria in Napoli. "Her vigorous narrative of her ambulance experiences during the G;Mbaldian campaigns appeared in Franer. She undertook a journey to Naples for the express pur- pose of examining its poorest habitations, its woi'st dens of misery and vice." — Acad. Marshall, J. Anatomy for artists. Mathews, C: Un Anglais timide; comedie. Maxwell, ^ir W. S. Antwerp deliv. in 1577; a • passage from the history of the troubles in the Netherlands; ilhist. by M. de Vos. F. Hogenberg, and others. Meilhac, H., and Halevy, L. M. M. L'etc de la St. Martin ; comedie. — Frou-frou. "The latest v.ariation on the theme of 'The Stranger', and *A woman killed with kindness'." Molesworth, Mrs. Hathercourt. An interesting story, poorly written. By the author of "Carrots." « Montgomery, Miss F. The town crier; [with] The children with the indian-mbber ball. More, K. J. Under the Balkans ; a visit to Philip- popolis in 1876. Morris, W. Deco;rative arts; address. Musset, P. E. de. Nouvelles italiennes et sicili- ennes. 3c ed. Nus, E., and Durantin, A. M. M; Une p5che miraculeuse ; comedie. Oliphant, Mrs. M. 0. W. The primrose path. Onderdonk, H., Jr. Jamaica centennial, July 4, 1876 ; also, recollections of school-and college life. Orred, M. Honor's worth ; or, The cost of a vow, Patrick, M. Christine Brownlee's ordeal. Peard, F. M. Madrigal and other stories. "They belong to the same school as Miss Thackeray's minor writings, and are maz'ked with the same ■under- current of melancholy ; and also, it must be added, with the same grace and dehcacy of execution. ITour of thu seven have their scene cast in various spots on the con- tinent, and exhibit that close familiarity with the habits and thoughts of the people which the best^kind of Eng- lish travellers have a special faculty for acquiring. The three remaining ones are English, and are as good in tlK'ir way." — Acad., June 10, 1870. Peking gazette. Translation of the, for 1877. Number 13.' 52 [Aug. 12, 1S78, Perkins, F. B. Check list for American local history. Physicus, pseud. Canrlid examination of theism. "I have endeavoured to fix the precise elanding of the evidence in favour of the theory of Tlieism, when the latter is viewed in all the flood of light wliich the progress of modern science — physical and speculative — has shed upon it. And foraBmuch as it is impossible that demon- strated tiTith can ever be shown untrue, and forasmuch as the demonstrated truths on which the present exam- ination rests ai*e the most fundamental which it is possible for the human mind to reach, I do not think it presump- tuous to assert what appears to me a nece.«poasible errors in reasuning apart, the rational potiition of Theism as here defined must remain without material modilieation as long as our intelligence remains human." — Preface. Poor, H. V. Manual of railroads of the U. S. for 1878-79; with an analysis of the debts of the TJ. S. and of the several states. Popular science monthly, suppl., July. Has an article on the social origin of nihilism and pessimism in Germany. Putnam, J. P. The metric system of weights and measures. 2d ed. Kadical review; ed. by B. R. Tucker. Vol. 1. No longer published. Renan, E. Caliban, suite de La tcmpetc; drame philosopliique. "The interest of the little piece ismuch more political than literary, and thus one feels that a i-iithcr unjiistiiiablc liberty has been taken with Shakepere. It is perhaps no wonder that the Republican party in France should have been bitterly annoyed at it. ... M. Kenan's main design was to show the readiness of democracy to admit any leader, and the readiness of the leader to cool down in his revolutionary ardour when he is once arrive. This object he has fiilhllod hapftily enough, itad sit tlio same time he has gratilied Voltalreans by a most stinging pictui'e of the sycophancy of the clergy. Caliban will remind some people a little of *Rabag:i8', and others a little of *A soul's tragedy'. But it is a pity that a grand subject which, treated as M. Kenan has in parts treated it, somewhat on the plan of the second part of Faust, might have been made a whole satiric drama of modern society, should have been thus insufliciently handled." — ' G. Saintshury, in Acad., May 4. "Caliban is a type of the people, of the prol6tairo, of democracy, of communism, or any other 'ism' that ex- presses discontent with things as tljey arc. He is loud and bitter in his dissatisfaction with Pronpero's treatment of him, and stirs up a revolution against his dreamy lord; but, when once he gets into power and assumes the reins of government, he adopts just the same princi- ples as those of his defeated predecessor. The chief impression that 'Caliban' has left on us is that M. Kenan began with the intention of being humorous and satir- ical — it is said, at the expoase of a prominent politician — but that as he proceeded and got absorbed in his work old habitudes grew too strong for him, and he became serious in spite of himself, bo that in the end he wan left a little uncertain as to whether he had intended to be sober or jocose." — Exam., June 22. — Melanges d'histoire et de voyages. In an eloquent preface M. Kenan given an account of his introduction to the Jievue d. J). Mondes in 1852, of his distinguished associates, of the progress of historical and archceological studies since then, and of the iJoHtical situation of France since the war. The latter discussion is short but full of interest. Robinson, J. Ferns in their homes and ours. Illustr. Rocquain, F. L'esprit revolutionnaire avant la Revolution, 1,715-89. "II a not6 les plaintcs, lee murraures, les pamphlets, racont6 les 6mcutcfl, signalc jusqu'aux aHlches sedititiuses placard6es la nuit au coin des rues ; en un mot, il n'a rlen neglige do ce qui pouvait montrer la fennentatiou dcs csprits. ... II nous d^montrc que ec no sout pas les philosophes qui ont cre6 I'eBprit r^volutidnnaire; que, des le milieu du 18e siecle, la nation etait deja complete- ment tournee contre Teglise et centre la royaute; que, d6s Pannee 1754, non-seulemont la revolution 6tait faite dans lesidfiea, mais qu'cUe etait prete k passer dans leff faits ; que la violente haine manifest^e alors centre le roi et le clerf^e avait une tout autre origine que le 'Diction- naire philosophique', et que le moment outVoltaire et ses amis se saisirent enfm de la direction de I'opinion est marqu6, au contraire, jwir un apaisemcnt des esprits et I'dtabliasement d'une tranquillite presque inconnue dans les premieres- ann6ee du sificle." — Rev. pol. et lit. Romania; recueil ti'imestriel ; consacre k Tetude des langues et des litteratures romanes. 6e annee, 1877. Rome. Istituto Archeologico. Ephemcris epi- graph ic a. Vol. 3. Rosenkranz, K. Hegel as the national philoso- pher of Germany ; tr. by G. P. Hall. Reprinted from the Journal of speculative philosophy. Roaveyre, E. Connaissances necessaires k un bib- liophile. Row, C. A. .Christian evidences in relation to mod- ern thought. (Bampton lect., 1877.") Royce, S. Deterioration and race education. Sanctis, F, de. Storia della litteratura italiana. 2 v. "L'oeuvre est exquise. ... M. de Sanctis a un amour du beau si entraioant, qu'on ne peut lire ses chapitres Bur Dante, sur P6trarque, sur I'Arioste, sans avoir envic de relire les chefs-d'oiuvro qui les ont inspires. PoSte, il parle des poetcs comme coux qui entendent la langue des dieux savent seuls le faire. Sa critique est 61evee et p6netrante. Si elle merite un reproche, c'est d'etre trop ingt^uieuse." — A. JBarine, in Rev. pol. et lit. Saunders, J. Shipowner's daughter. 3 v, Stephens, L. Samuel Johnson. "The specimen wliich lies before us has for its raison d'fitre a presumed or ascertained inability on the part of some portion of the Engiish reading public to master Boswell's 'Life of Johnson.' From lack of leisure or inclination, the number of people who read our classical writers for pleasure is steadily diminishing. We are drifting into an age of literary middlemen. ... As to the excellence of the workmanship in this case there is no posfiibility of question. No one, probably, could have been selected with better qualifications for dealing with Johnson than Mr. Stephen, whose knowledge of the 18th century is very complete, and whose sympathy with the personage he describes, if not very expansive, is still unmistakable." — Ath.^ July 6. *'No writer could be more competent to supply what is wanting in Boswell, a comprehensive sketch of his hero's jKJsition in the literature of thelSth century, and he has also shown great judgment and dexterity in his illustration of Johnson's personal oddities and his powcre as a talker." — Exam., June 15. Tenney, E. P. The new West as related to the Christian College. Theuriet, A, La fortune d'Angfele. — Mademoiselle Guignon. 2e ed, — Le mariage de Gerard, suivi de Une ondine. For French reviews of Theuriet, see *Les romao- ciers contemporaiiiH*, by Topin, and, in the Rev. d. D. Mondea^ d6c. 1, 1876, an article hy Mont6gut. Thiboust, L. Un mari dans du coton. "There are three English versions, of which the best^ 'A husband in clover', by H. Merivale, is a neatly turned little play." Thierry, A. Nestorius et Eutychfes ; les grandes heresies du ve sifecle, "M. Thierry had so thoroughly studied the history of the Roman Empire in its days of decline that he manages to keep up our attention from one end of his work to Sie other, although the personages brought before us are far from bomg distinguished by heroic characteristics, and we are expected to take an interest in the subtlc&t problems of divinity," — Sat. rev., May 4. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEjST^UM. [No. 14. Sept. 20, 1878. Adams, C: F., Jr, Kailroads, their origin and problems. "The picUiruaque history of pioneer railway achieve- ments, and of the fresh and deep impressions made upon the first witnefcises of the new marvels, form an admirable prelude to the author's able discussion of existing railway phases. The strong faith in the perennial and absolute beneficence of railway effects which inspired the strenu- ous labors of projectors in the beginning, is in vivid contrast with the multitudinous social and commercial evils since begotten by the system, and so clearly por- trayed in the closing portion of the work." — Nation, Aug. 29. Andrews, I. W. AVashington Co. and the early settlement of Ohio. Aristophanes. The revolt of the women ; a tr. of the Lysistrata; by B. B. Rogers. Barnes, Reu.W: Outlines of English speech-craft. "This little book is put forth as one small trial towards the upholding of our own strong old Anglo-Saxon speech, and the ready teaching of it to purely English minds by their own tongue." — Preface. Baudelaire, P. C. Petits poemes en prose; Les paradis artificiels. 3e ed. For notices of B. nee Barbey d'Aurevilly's Les ceuvres et les hommes, v. 3, J. A. Harrison's Group of poets, and H. James, Jr's., French poets. "His 'Little poems in prose' have become celebrated as dainty little statuettes or bits of fifteenth century carving." — Harrison. "He tried to make fine verses on ignoble subjects, and in our opinion he signally failed." — James. *'La po^sie touriie, dans cette imagination po6tique, comme ces vins excellent, mais qui ne peuvent supporter certains conditions de locality ou d'atmosphiire. ... B. ne pent aspirer une gorgee de potSsie sans que cette gorg^e s'impregne de venin ou d'amertume," — Pant- martin. Bergev, F. K, Winter in the city of pleasure ; or, Life on the lower Danube. British quarterly, July. Has an anti-evolutionary article on the 'Ethics of Evo- lution', with which may be contrasted 'The place of conscience in evolution', by T. W. Fowle, in the Mne- teentk century, and reprinted in the Pop. ad. monthly for Sept. Carapanos, C. Dodone et ses mines. '*No centre of old Greek religion is fitter to excite interest and curiosity than Dodona. Its site has been sought in most of the ruinous places of Epirus. "Whether M. Carapanoa has really found it or not is a question which we may expect to be eagerly discussed. The results of his excavations are set forth with scientific austerity; he does not fill up his magnificent volumes w^ith anecdotes of diggers, pashas, peasants, and consuls. He writes for no popular audience, but for philologists and archaeologists, who may not admit all his conclusions, hut must honor his industry, his learning, and modesty. In an age of archaeological claptrap he has not advertised his discoveries in the Times, nor nightly to the listening grocers has he repeated the story of his birth. He has recovered a fragment, blotted and mutilated indeed, but still authentic, of the history of Hellas. "We could scarcely help wishing that, he would add to bis scientilic statement a more popular volume, containing some account of the life led by modern peasants in the remote and distracted land where Mandylas kept his sheep before the gods were named by the lii^s of Pelasgians." Coffin, C: C. Hist, of Boscawen and Webster from .1733 to 1878. Conant, Rev. T. J., D.D.f and Blandina. General and analytical index to [Appleton's] Ameri- can cyclopeedia. Coader, C. R. Tent work in Palestine. '•Though extremely interesting, the book is by no means Ught reading. To be read with profit it frequently requires constant reference to the Bible, involving as attentive a study as would be necessary to pass an exam- ination. But the study is fruitful, and can seldom be prosecuted far without encountering some picturesquo detail. The author is endowed with very considerable di'iseriptive talent, and although he never forgets the surveyor in the word-painter, the business-like character of his narrative is continually relieved by some graceful piece of still life or glowing landscape." — Mxam.^ Aug. 3. Cornhill for August. Mr. Leslie Stephen discusser the first Edinburgh re- viewers. "Every one," he says, '*who turns from the periodical literature of the present day to the original A'dinhurffh review will be amazed at its inferiority. It is generally dull, and, when not dull, flimsy." Contemporary review, Aug. *'One of the most interesting articles is Prof. Max Miiller'e memoir of Julius Mohl. There is, indeed, a special appropriateness in the fact of the German scholar who has made his home in Oxford writing in honor of the German scholar who has made his home in Paris ; in the trani?lator of the "V^edas paying honor to the trans- lator of the Shah-Nameh." — Academy, Aug. 10. Cox, G'. W., and Sankey, C: Epochs of Koman history. Kote condensed from the Contemp. rev., August. 1. Beesly, A. H. Gracchi, Marius, and Sulla. 'Wonderfully successful in the disposition of his materials. All the necessary facts are staled, but there is no over-crowding. There is a just appreciation of the comparative importance of cvctUs ; the facts are well grouped, the characters are well drawn. The style is vigorous without effort, and fluent without prolixity. The introductory chapter, 'Antecedents of the Revolu- tion', is especially praiseworthy. ... And the Gracchi certainly have full justice done them by Mr. Beesly. We are especially grateful to him for his eloquent vindi- cation of the elder brother. Momrasen's cynicism is nevermore displeasing than in his caricature of Tiberius Gracchus, and Mr. Beesly shows good reason why it should be considered, in this instance, not only displeas- ing, but mi6ll. Ballue, which ap- pears in large folios of some 340 pages four times a year, corresponds in technical importance with the great British quarterlies, but literature has never had a critical organ of the sumptuousness of this commentary on the tine arts ; neither has music, neither has science." — Nation, Sept. 12. Augier, V. G. E. Les Fourchambault. *'Ont obtcnu au Th^^tre-Francais un 6clatant et reten- tissantsucces. Les critiques le eelebrent & Tenvi, heureux de rendre hommage ^ une oeuvro saine, forte, virile, in- spirant de g(Jn6l*euses resolutions, faisant monter plus haut les coeurs." — Rev. pol. et lit. There is a well-considered* criticism on Atlgier by A. Cartiiult in the RevJie pol. et lit., 27 July 1878. Beaussire, E. La liberie dans I'ordre intellectuel et moral ; etudes de droit naturel. 2e ed. "Dans le temps oti nous sommes, il n'est gufere de livree plus utiles que ceux qui viennent rappeler aux politiques retrogrades que les 60ci6t6s modernes ne sauraient s'ar- Teter dans la vole du progrfes, comme aux impatiens qu'il lie suffit pas de d6creter des reforraes pour les faire cntrer dans les moeurs. C'est oe que s'est propose de faire M. Beaussire, en traitant i fond ces questions, si delicates et si controversees, de la libert6 d'enseignement, de la liberty de conscience, de la liberte de la presse et de la liberte de reunion." — Revue d. I). Mqndeii, June 1. Bergsoe, AV: Pillone ; from the Danish. " 'Pillone' is a charming story. The bandit of our childhood reappears in the most gorgeous costume, with underground passages leading in every direction, a purse full of unset jewels, and all proper apparatus. We had tbrgotten what a delightful creature he is ; how he de- ceives and outwits the stupid police, whom we feel to be our n.atural enemies; by what feats of strength, when necessary, he transcends all their foolish combinations; how he blows up old castles in a trice ; and, when luck goes ag.%in8t him, how naturally he tjvkes refuge in the (Tiiter of Vesuvius, and there bides his time. There is nobody like him, and when the story is threaded together with telegraph lines, railroad trains, and raoderp politics, the effect on our nerves is doubled." — Jffation. Aug. 22. Bernard, C. Legons sur les ph^nomfenes de la vie communs aux animaux et aux veg^taux. Bible. The Holy Bible ; with an explanatory and critical commentary ; ed. by F. E. Cook. N. T., vol. 1. ""We have more than once noticed the 'Speaker's com- mentary' on the Old Testament, but have seldom found much to say in its favor. The first volume of the New Testament seems to us in many respects superior to its predecessors." — Sat. rev,, Sept. 21. Blackwood's magazine, Sept., Oct. "The tale of 'A Fetish city' is quite equal to any of the •Tales from Blackwood'." — £xam., Sept. 7. It is re- printed in Litlell's, Oct. 12. " 'The new ordeal' is an amusing specimen of a type that is only now beginning to be cultivated — satire veiled under the form of a story of the future. ... The 'Scots traveller' is Wm. Lithgow, and the paper is a re- casting of his 'Most delectable discourse of peregrination from Scotland to the most famous kingdoms in Europe, Asia and Africa', a most readable article." — Acad., Oct. 12. Blanc, Mme. Bemorse; a novel, from the French. " 'Remorse', which appeared recently in the Ifemte des de?ix Mondes, is a novel of great power. The author, who writes under the name of Th. Bentzon, is Madame Blanc, 'a woman*, says a writer in Lippincott's Magazine, 'of great intelligence and the highest character'. " Bowden, J: E: Life and letters of F. W. Faber. Brooks, Phillips. Sermons. Browne, I. Short studies of great lawyers. Bryant, W: C, and Gay, S. H. A popular history of the V. S. Vol. 2. "This is not the history of the United States which the country longs for. It is not to our own country what either Hume or Macaulay is to England. There is an almost total lack of historical perspective. The material has been gathered, the characters have been studied, the author has made himself familiar with the incidents; but he possesses no art of generalization and no artistic skill in grouping. ... For such a work as this the author must know uot only by special study the history of the time he is describing, but all history, so that he may comprehend the relation of phenoraeua in his own field to the great world movement of life and thought. ... Of this broad culture, which makes so rich the pages of Gibbon and of Macaulay, Mr. Gay's history bears no evidence." — Harper^s, Oct. Burokhardt, J. The civilization of the period of the Renaissance in Italy. "The Italian Renaissance has almost been turned into the standard of a special school of art and thought amongst us. The translation of Dr. Burckhardt's book comes most opportunely to check the sentimental and unwholesome tendencies of this movement. It is schol- arly and learned, without being at all oppressive in its erudition. He neither wishes to blacken the Renaissance as a means of glorifying the Reformation, nor to extol it by way of having a fling at dogmatic theology. He does not wish to prove that art is necessarily identified with morality, or that art is a necessary solvent of mo- rality. He does not wish to investigate the conditions under which art flourishes, or indeed any other of those abstract problems which have misled most of those who have dealt with the Renaissance. Honestly and soberly, he wishes to show us what sort of a place Italy was in the 15th and 16th century, how its men and women wrote and thought and lived. He first examines the political condition of Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries, and shows the development of the conception of the state as a work of art, — plastic, that is, aud admitting of ready manipulation by man's dexterity or energy. The uncon- scious 'discovery of man' (as he calls it) by himself is the great result of the chaos which Italian history at first sight presents to view. ^Vhen the Italian looked about for a means of expressing these facts which he discovered about himself, ho naturally turned to antiquity for a model. ... The enthusiasm for classical antiquity in Italy may be defined as 'The search of culture after style'. The condition of Italian life and pjlitics devel- oped the individual, and the individual 8*ght a fitting expression for himself. ... Dr. Burckhfrdt closes his book by an inquiry into the influence of the Renaissance on morals and religion. He is very cautious in coming to any conclusion, but the general tendency of his re- marks is opposed to the view of those who would paint the Italian Renaissance in the blackest colours." — JSxam., June 15. Bynner, E. L. Tritoris. "His story is full of bright thoughts uttered by bright people, and he has quite a philosophic insight into life and character with a decided leaning to; philanthropy. Tritons is not commonplace, though there are faults to prune, not the least of which is its occasional abrupt- ness and the stilted phrasing." — Librai-y table, Aag. 31. "Idiosyncrasies of character rather than incidents or action are the noticeable features. ... Mr. Samuel Cur- Icy with his pottery craze is a happy hit on the times." — Harper^a mag., Nov. C, R. O. Official hand-book for the National Training School for Cookery. 2d ed. "The receipts are homely, direct, and meant only to be easily and distinctly understood. ... The book, in fact belongs in the kitchen where cookery is done ; and it is'now republished because its success there has been demonstrated." — Pop. set. monthly, Sept. Calvert, G: H. AVordsworth; a biographic aesthetic study. Carrington, Col. II. B. Crisis thoughts. Clarke, C: and M. C. Recollections of writers. "Pre-eminently a good-natured book. If over there Number 15.1 / 58 [Nov. 8, 1878. have been cheery, ingenious souls who loved their friends and valued their acquaintances, and who looked at both from the bright side, and took them at their own valuation, or even at a higher than their own, seeing all the good in them, and refusing to see or to say the evil, such are Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. They con- sist of recollections of Keats, Charles and Mary Lamb, Leigh Hunt, Douglas Jerrold, and Dickens, with a con- siderable number of letters from all these friends except^ ing only Keats. A portion of the book has already appeared in the Gf^ntlemarVa ■niiiguzinp. In the earlier chapters will be found something about Edmund Kean, Godwin, Shelley and his wife, Coleridge, Procter, Horace Smith, Hazlitt, Thalberg, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Macready, Cobden, Hood, Emerson, Etty, Mrs. Somer- ville, and a host of others." — Athencfum, Oct. 12. Contemporary review, Oct. "A striking paper is by Prof. F. W. Newman in de- fence of theism against atheism. ... After having delivered random blows all round, he snntches up the shield of Paley's argument from 'design' and buckles on tlie breast-plate of 'universal consent* to do battle with that intangible creature, an 'Agnostic'." — A'xamini-r, Oct. 6. Cook, J. Biology, Transcendentnlism. Very favora'bly reviewed in the BibHothera tarra, for April, the first by "a scientist specially interested in th.; suoject of the work," the second "by a scholar,'* See also a notice in Jlrlt. q, rev., July. Cornhill magazine, Sept., Oct. "()ne of the articles in the Sept. no. which best repays the reader — leaving out of sight the stories, which ar.' always good — is Mr. dymonds* paper on 'Como and II Medeghlno', a paper of which the first half tells the story of the building of the lovely Duomo in the fair lake-city, and the last half that cf the pirate-chief Gian Giacomo de' Medici, commonly called II Medeghino, who, at the very time the Duomo was building, held the strong castle of Mubso against all comers, fighting now for the Duke of Mii.an and now against him, and proving himself by his cunning, his bloodthirstiness, and his cynical changes of front, a true child of the Italian Re- naissance. Mr. Symonds tells an episodical story of this kind admirably, and, what is more, tells it better and better as time goes on. There is more restraint and resei-ve in his work than of old, and the gain is great in all ways." — Acad., S 'pt. 14. The Oct. no. has a "p.iper on Runeberij. 'the great'^st poet that has ever used the Swedish tongue', but, like many otthe leading Swedish writers from the 17th century f%our day, not properly a Swede, but a Finn. The article bears the well-known initials E. W. Gfosse], from which it naturally follows that it is both enthuRiastlc and learned, and that the translations with which it is interspersed are melodious and vivid." — Aiad., Oct. 12. Craik, Mrs. D. M. M. A legacy ; tlie life and remains of John Martin. Danson, J. T. Thirteen short lectures on the political economy of daily life. Daudet, A. The little good-for-nothing; from the French by M. N. Sherwood. " 'No account' would have been a better and more taking equivalent forthe title than the one chosen by the translator, which, as It stands, givi-.s the impression that the story is for children. It is, on the contrary, by no means the lea.nt of the author's serious efforts, whether as regard.-i carefully discriminated study of character, delicacy of touch, or sustained interest." — Nation. Daudet, E. La terreur blanche; episodes et sou- venirs de la reaction dans le midi en 181-5. "In 1815 the restoration of the Bourbons wils accompa- nied, in the south of France, by atrocities which found their equal only in the massaeris of Si'plember. M. Daudet has rendered a true scnke to the eimse of impar- tial justice by giving us an aceount of the 'White Terror' ; for, till recently, all we knew ijbout it was derived from the brief statements of other historians."— Sat. rev., Sept. 7. "Dcpouill6e des exag6rations qui ri'pnsaiput snr defl ligendes mensongires, I'histoire de res sanglantes peri- piStios forme encore un assez sombre tableau, qui miSnte d'etre regards de pr6s, car il prouve que tons les partis ont commis des fautos." — Itcme d. D. JfontJeK, .June 1. "II parait que M. de Vaulabelle, en nous racont.nnt les exces de la reaction royaliste dans le Midi en 1815, a 6crit un pur et simple roman. M. Daudet I'afln-me. M. Daudet ne tient pour authentiques que les Episodes attestes par de bons documents officiele, bien ranges, classifies, et 6tiquet6s dans nos archives soit nationalcs, soit locales. Ne pourrait-on pas \m objecter que dans les ^poqnes oil r^gne la Terreur mille excfes se comraet- tent et bien des crimes qui ne sont pas et ne peuvent Stre oflBciellement enregistres? M. Ernest Daudet n'a pas de rival pour appliquer les calmants et les refrigerants k I'histoire." — liev. poL etUt., June 22. The Athenmmi, Sept. 14, said : "Mr. Ernest Daudet is a writer who prefixes to his new novels a list of his own works, but who would do better to replace it by a list of his brother's books, so much is his reputation the result of his brother's popularity." Mr. Daudet replied {Ath., Sept. 28) ; " ... Peisonne n'appiaudit plus que moi aux succfes de mon frfere et ceux qui nous connaissent savent quelle affection passionn^e a toujours exists et existe entre nous, mais .ie ne crois pas manquer aux devoirs que cette aifection m'impose en r^tablissant la verit6. Ma notorl^te est le resultat de vingt annees passties dans la presse, de plnsieui-s romans et de divers livres d'histoii-e. 'Lc ministere de M. de Martigoac', *Le proc6s des mln- istres', 'LaTerreui- ]31anche', dont Puna et6couronn6pnr I'Acad^mie Frang.aise. ..." Debidour, A. La Fronde angevine ; Tableau de la vie niunicipale au 17e sife.cle. "Eclaire & nouveau toute une epoque curieuse. Left promesses du titre sont tenues, et nous avons bien \k un tableau complet de la vie municipale au 17e siecle. Le livre se termine par d'importantes pifeces .iustificativeft et par une biographie du marechal de Breze." — liev. d. d. JlondeH. mars 1. Denison, Reii. F: Westerly (R.I.) and its ■n-itnesses for two hundred and fifty years, 1826-1876. Denton, J. B. Sanitary engineering; a series of lectures before the school of military engin- eering at Chatham, 1876. "Well arranged and useful." — Ath. Deschampa, P., and Brunet, G. Manuel du libraire et de I'amateur de livres. Supplement, con- tenant : lo un complement au Dictionnaire bibliographique de J. Ch: Brunet; 2o la table raisonnee des articles, au nombre d'environ 10,000, decrits au present .supplement, par P. DeschampsetG. Brunet. T. 1 {A.-M.).Didot. (V- supplement aura 2 volumes. Draper, J. W. Scientific memoirs ; experimental contributions to a knowledge of radiant energy. Dudevaut, Mme. A. L. A. D. {ps. G: Sand). Questions d'art et de litterature. "Quelques pages sur toute sorte de sujets, prefaces, letties, notices hibllographiques, etc., qui avalent parn k des Spoques tres diverses, feuilles volantes .jetees & tous les vents. On trouvera des jugemens tr^s personnelfp des appreciations parfois profondes, toujours originalcs sur bien des figures contemporaines, sur beaucoup de livres qui ont fait du bruit. Eggleston, E: Roxy. "Written in a prov^oking style, vet a remarkable novel. ... He has Mrs. Oliphant's eye for the peculiarities of people to whom religion, rather than conduct, Is throe- T 1 1' .r° 1? • ^"' lie does not gloat over them too long, .i * aI: ^■'Jy' he presents us with the humours, the traditional philosophy, and the elementary passions ot humble people in particular locaUties; but they do n,'?„\."J.''T ^-f" "'"-'''""'. »8 in 'Far fVom the madding fnf ^i ■ * ,? literary artist, however, he is immeasurably nlsH^L ^>?^\ - ''^o^y' ™'>*«' of 'he soil in its L^^tl u ■' .f h'lmour, its pecuUarities of dialect, and ^i^J-^nt ''""'""'?''"'* '''''eo'- litenn outspokenness of the chaiacters. ... 'Koxy' is one of the ablest of recent Number 15.] 59 [Nov. 8, 1878. American novels, and indeed of all recent works of fiction." — /Spectator, Oct. 5. "There are three things in this etory wliich suffice to stamp it na one out of the common : the entire character of Nancy, the self-conquest of the originally priggish heroine, and^the courtship of parson Whittaker." — Ath., Sept. 14. Eggleston, N". H. Yillages and village life. "Mr. Eggleston points out the double evils that ensue from the over-crowding of cities, — feverish, frivolous, and sometimes ferocious life in the great centres; a sparse population, inadequately supplied with schools and churches, dwarfed and stunted in its social life, and degenerating into ignorance and semi-barbarism iu the country. He gives emphasis to one of the causes of overpopulating of towns which political economists and sociologists have too little regarded — social dullness in the country. He places first in the order of necessary village improvements the cultivation of social life." — Harper's mag., Nov. Elliott, Mrs. F. Diary of an idle woman in Italy. '■Is it the object of her title-page to recall Lady Bles- sington's 'Idler in Italy'? There are many reasons why the present author should have avoided any such com- parison, for there is nothing about her book to raise it above the level of ordinary descriptions of a winter in Rome". — Ath., June lo, 1871. Emerson, R. W. Fortune of the republic ; lecture. "In Mr. Emerson's lecture there are hard blows, criti- cisms upon American life and manners almost savage in their cold plainness of speech, and yet there is a hope- fulness and charity illumining the whole with a kindly light. ... The American as well as the philosopher is clearly speaking in the whole lecture, and his countrymen^ can be only grateful to the most thoughtful of American authors that, at the close of a life which has witnessed so much of ill report in American politics and society, he sees 'the felicity without example that has rested on the Union thusfar', and finds 'new confidence for the future'." — Nation, Aug. 15. "The year that has produced this lecture and the *North American' article on the 'Sovereignty of ethics' must be regarded as a fruitful one in an old age that keeps wonderfully the aims and the freshness of its prime." — Unitarian rev., Oct. Fagan, L. Handbook to the department of prints and drawinafs in the British Museum. Fawcett, Prof. H. JTree trade and protection ; causes which have retarded the general adoption of free trade. Fersen, J: A., comte de. Le comte de F. et la cour de France; pub. par le baron R. M. de Klinckowstrom. 2 v, / "No documents throw more light on the last years of the reign of Louis xvi., on the beginning of the French Uevolution, and on the designs of Europe when the revolutionary wars began; but the chief interest of this work is not so much historical, after all, as it is personal and dramatic. It is well known tliat Fersen was hand- some, that he felt a passionate and romantic attachment for Marie- Antoinette; and it is generally beUeved that the Queen was not insensible to it," — Nation, Aug. 29. "Every one knows that on the occasion of the abortive flight to Varennes, it was a Swedish nobleman, Count Fersen, Who had a chief band in contriving the escape out of Paris, and who himself drove the royal family the first stage on the road as far as Bondy. That this for- eigner had long stood high in the Queen's favour, and had enjoyed her confidencein a marked degree, has been matter of general notoriety. But what hitherto has been shrouded in much obscurity are the details of this confi- dential intercourse, the acts in regard to -the particular influence exercised on the minds of the King and Queen of France by this foreign nobleman who had no recog- nized official character. The mystery surrounding the action of this hidden agency is at last to a great extent dissipated in the two volumes before us." — ^Spectator, Oct. 19. Feuillet, O. La petite comtesse. — Le pare. — Onesta. Nouv. ed. Fortnightly review, Oct. " 'The beginning of nerves in the animal kingdom' is 'quite too awfully learned' to be very enchanting, but will repay the reading. The reader hungering for light literature will be pleased with the Chinese romance of 'The two fair cousins', who most amicMbly marry the same man, and live happily ever after. This is the more odd because he is not rich, but only clever, and the cleverness of a man is generally in inverse proportion to the happiness of his wife." — /Cram., Oct. 5. "There is a highly thoughtful but rather technical paper by }ower of seizing upon salient traits of character, and selecting picturesque incidents, the book reminds n.-^ very much of Mr. Green's English History. We will venture to prophesy that it will become the work on the subject for readers in our part of Europe." — Atheiupiun, May 38. "M. Rambaud cries enthusiaatically, after his story is told, 'we have been reciting the history of the Uusr-'iau state; that of the Russian people id about to begin'." — Jnteroiat. rev., Sept. Beid, C. A summer idyl. "In no wise remarkable either for plot, situations, or strong character-drawing. It is merely a simple story, simply and naturally told." — Lib. table, Sept. 14. Renouvier, C: TJchronie; TUtopie dans I'histoire; esquisse hist, apocrypho du developpement de la civilisation europeenne, tul qu'il na pas ete, tel qu'il aurait pu fitre. "Un livre fort curieux, oCi il suffit de supposer quelqucs incidents de plus ou de moins pour changer corapleto- ment le cours des eevnements survenua depuis U-s Uo- maina jusqu'i nous." — Gutronlt. Rltter, L. Malerische Ansichten aus Nurnher^. Well selected views of the most picturesque city of Europe. Roehholz, E. L. Tell und Gessler in Sage und Geschichte. "Exhaustive." — Ath. Rous, r. Thule; or, Vertues historie. (Spenser Soe.) Roxbury. First Religio?ls Soc. Memorial of Rev. G: Putnam. Rubieri, E. Storia della poesia popolare italiana. "Rubieri'a Storia will oflFer a pleasant approach to the whole subject of Italian popular poetry — a treasure- house in which any one with the 'animus deliciarum egens', a passion for dainty trifles, will find ever fresh enjoyment." — Acad., Aug. 24. Raskin, J, Works. Vol.?: Ariadne Plorentina/ "■The technical part of his aubjeet he handles with ease and presents with pert'picacity; the historical view is. well defined and the ethical relations are set forth witti moderation. ... Mr. Ruskin is always seeking for prin- ciples, but he is not always so fortunate as herein stating the absolute foundations of art." — Atlantic, Nov. Vol. 10: The two paths ; lectures on art, and its application to decoration and manufac- ture, 1858-59. Shakespeare, W. As you like it; ed. with notes by W. J.Rolfe. ' — Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; ed., ■with notes, by W. J. Rolfe. Six to one ; a. Nantucket idyl. "A new writer, endowed with the precious gift of rare and genuine humor, is a prize not lightly to be esteemed. ... Humor ie not the only quality of this little gem of a story, but it is that for which the reader feels most grate- ful ; it is so quaint, so odd; so indefinable. The book is not written in English, but in American, and It ought not to be read in English, or some of the pleasure of it will be missed. Headers who would be worried by what they would regard as vulgarisms occurring in the strious portions of the stoiy will not enjoy it as much as they otherwise might. If they think of nothing but the fun and the feelings that are in it, the lovely Utile bits of nature, they cannot fail to rejoice in it as a real treat." — Spectator, Sept. 21. Smiles, S. George Moore, merchant and philan- thropist. "George Moore was a great-hearted merchant prince. Hla name was a synonyin for pluck and sagacity and iiprightness in the business world." — Univ. mag., July. "Mr. Moore worked hard, made money, liked to asso- associate with bishopa and parsons, and to take the chair while Dr. Percival. Dr. Jex Blake, or the Archbishop of York were making speeches ; gave away liberal sums of money, and was perhaps rather intolerant. ... There is not a thought or phrase of Mr. Moore's that is worth' perpetuating; and, excellent man as he was, we regret that he has occupied so much of Mr. Smilcs's useful time." — Westminster rev., July. Smith, B. p. History of Dartmouth College. Smith, M. R. D. Le Marquisse de Boissy, and the Count de Waldeck. Smith, P. The student's ecclesiastical history; the tirst ten centuries. "Very dry reading, better suited to the student than for the general reader. ... Mr. Smith is a painstaking and conscientious writer, and, so far as we can judge, always intends to be fair. ... But we cannot recommend this book as a safe guide for those who have no independ- ent knowledge of ecclesiastical history." — Sat. rev., Sept. 28. Smith, R. M. Burlington Smiths ; a family history. Starbuek, A. History of the American whale fishery. "A valuable work." ■ miitsioner. Stevenson,' R. L: Inland voyage. A canoe voyage from Antwerp to Brussels, and In France on the Sambre and Oiae to Pontolse. It is to ordinary books of travel as the vers de socJ6t6 are to poetry. His merit ie in liErhtness, grace, the touch and go, agreeable trifling. "Since the 'Log of the Watcr- LUy,' there has been no book of the kind so much above the level of an ordinary narnitive of a holiday tour. This brilliant and entertaining wiiter may at one moment show himself too raw in youth, and at another his words may sl-lto to carry in them an echo of Heine, or another of Sterne; but he has both gifts .ind promise, and one Inestimable gift in especial — charm." — Ath., June 1. "Mr. Stevenson does not trouble his readers with information tliat can be gleaned from a g;izetteer. Ho notes only. what is characteristic or picturesque, and whatsuits his sometunes mirthful, sometimes melancholv - Pre/. Baird, C. S. Fi>ih Com- Numljer 16.] 63 [Nov. 15, 1878. humour. Simple incidents of travel are told with a pathetic feeling that is eminently attractive. His style is founded on some of our curlier writers, hut it has a distinct flavour of Its own. Tastes differ, and the 'Inland voyage' is not a hook to charm every one, hut readers who like it at all will like it very much indeed." — Spectator, July 20. The Academy calls the author "in his own way one of the most perfect writers living, one of the very few who may yet do something that will hecome classical". Stubbs, W. Early Plantagenets. (Epochs of his- tory.) Sturgis, J. H. Jphn-a-Dreams. I "Apparently he intends to show us how a young man, iilled with the self-questioning and egotistic vices charac- teristic of our time, may he converted to a more whole- some frame of mind; but the pi-ocess is not very inter- esting. The story of this modern Hamlet would he quite as entertaining if the part of Hamlet were left out. 'John a Dreams' would still remain a series of carica- tures, lively, pert, and entertaining." — Exam., Apr. 27. "A pretty love-story, interspersed with as many sketches of character as might have furnished forth several novels of the orthodox length." — ■ Ath. Sunday review, Oct. 1876 -July 1878. 8 nos. '■The objects of the Sunday Society — which are the opening of museums, art galleries, libraries, aquariums, and gardens on Sundays — will form a special feature of the Sunday review; and to this will be added the production of articles respecting the general observance of Sundny." Sweetser, M. F. Michael Angelo. (Artist biog- raphies.) Sybel, H. von. Die Lehren cles heutigen Socialis- / mus. "Prof. Syhel's sketch of the growth of the opinions of socialism .and communism is brilliant and masterly. Bitterly opposed to the doctrines he describes, bespeaks of his antagonists with the dignity of a true historian." — Spectator, Aug. 17. Taine, Les origines de la France contemporaine : I, a Revolution. Tome 1. The Ist editio^i was exhausted in Paris on the day of publication- "The historical reader cannot live on facts and ex- tracts from archives. There is no penetrating thought, no literary charm in this volume. Of all historians of the French Revolution M. Taine is the dullest. ... Nor have M. Taine's facts the merit of substantial novelty. We never get beyond the materials out of which Mr. Carlyle framed his history.' ... Where Mr. Carlyle would tell us that chateaux were burnt in Poitou, M. Taine would tell us specifically of ten Poitevin chateaux that were burnt. Perhaps it may be satisfactory to the English reader that once for all a French writer should have taken the trouble to put together the materials oij which Mr. Carlyle founded his -epigrammatic or poetical statements. M. Taine has discharged his humble duty, arid discharged it well. But "Ivhen we once know that ample evidence has been given of the accuracy and ' width of Mr. Carlyle's information, we may let M. Taine's book alone.'"' — Sat. rev., July 6. ■'This book will doubtless raise many storms, for it paints the Revolution, even in its most moderate period, an blackest colours. Certainly there is a good deal of truth in the picture drawn by M. Taine; and he gives us not merely words but facts. He has laid under contri- bution enormous massos of original and unpublished ■documents, studied national life in its least details, and nil these facts, presented in the vivid and forcible style peculiar to him. stand out in terrible relief. But has he Attained his aim? Has he given us the philosophy of these events, explained their results, and the way in which modern France has sprung out of them? ... The Revolution has been too long deified. M. Taine's book denotes the inevitable reaction against a blind admiration; but it only shows us one side of the question, which however it is well to show-, for we ought to under- stand why the Revolution failed in part, and what was chimerical in its conceptions." — G> Monod in Covtemp. rev., Mar. "Lcs insurrections populairos et les lois de rABsembl6e constituante flnissent par detruire en France tout gouv- erncment: c'est le sujet dit present volume. XJn partie se forme antour d'une doctrine extreme, e'empare du pouvoir et I'exerce conformement k sa doctrine ; cc sera le sujet du volume suivant." — Prejace. Thausing, M. Albert Di^rer ; sa vie et ses ceuvres; tr. par G, Gruyer. A work of German thoroughness, in which is collected Apparently all the information obtainable about Btlrer's cjty, j!Turemberg, his patron, the Emperor Maximilian, his family, and his thoughts and feelings. Very fully illustrated. Theuriet, A. Antoinette. "The leading idea of this story wns borrowed from 'Good-bye, Sweetheart', by Miss Rhoda Broughton. It would be interesting, it was thought, to place in analogous situations personages thoroughly French, and to see what transformations the differences of race, of manners, and of 'surroundings, would require in the progress of the action. The characters and incidents, however, have been modified, new characters have been introduced, the language and the landscapes are differ- ent, and finally the catastrophe is entirely distinct." — Prpfate. "The 'analogous situations' in being transported across the English Channel have 'suffered a sea change', if not into 'something rich and«Bti'ange', at least into something finer and better than their first state." — Amer'. book- seller, Sept. 16. — The house of the two barbels. "It is quiet and delicate, simple and probable, and above all interesting, and exhibits the striking superiority of workmanship of the subordinate French over the subordinate Anglo-Saxon writers." — Library iable, Aug. 31. Thonissen, J. J. Quelques considerations sur la theorie du progrfes indefini dans ses rapports avee ri^istoirG de la civilisation et les dogmes du christianisme. 2e ed. Thurston, E,. H. History of the growth of the steam engine. • "The principles involved in the mechanism at all its successive stages are analyzed and stated with clearness, and the numerous contrivances and "constructions by means of which the steam-engine has been built up and adapted to various ends are plainly and fully described. Thy characters, circumstances, and labors, of the great men who have had a share in producing it are pleasantly sketched." — Pop, sci. monthly, Oct. Tolstoy, L., Count. The Cossacks ; a tale of the Caucasus in 1852 ; tr. by Schuyler. "The work has gained a great popularity in Russia. Readers who are as little acquainted as most Russians are with mountains, must ever find a special charm in descriptions of such scenery as the Caucasus can offer, especially when ,the describer is so skilled a literary artist as Count Tolstoy. ... It deals with so unfamiliar and so picturesque a region, and it brings vividly before the eyes of its readers so strange a form of life, such singular specimens of human nature, the whole portrayed with so much artistic skill, that it is well worthy of being widely read. — Ath., Aug. 24. TroUope, A. The lady of Launay; TroUope, ^J>'s. F. E. Among aliens. (Franklin Square library.) — A charming fellow. 3 v. "Delicate work." — ^at. rev. TroUope, T. A. A peep behind the scenes at Rome. "The Court of the Pope is admirably sketched ; epigram and picture are artistically made to relieve each other." — £rit. qic. rev. Turner, J. M. W. Fac-similes of 33 etchings for the Liber studiorum. "Turner's etchings of the designs of the 'Liber studi- orujn' arc of excessive rarity, very few impressions having been taken from the plates in this early condition. Number 16.] 64 [Nov. 15, 1878. They are among his best works in outline, and they afford the most complete examples of the methods of delineation and composition of the chief master of the :irt of landscape. No otfter worlds of the Icind equal them as standards of good landscape drawing in line." — C. E. Norton. Verconsin, E. En wagon, episode de voyage. Verne, J. Un capitaine de quinze ans. le pt6. 8e ed. "The worst thing concerning his books is tliat they should have constant and delighted readers. One of Dickens's heroes asks 'What passions must rage in the bosom" of that man who could shy a music-stool at a fellow-creature?' and one might ask what sort of inco- herent notions and crude imaginings must fill what Jt reader of Jules Verne is pleased to call his miud." — Nation, July H. ' Something like this used to be said of all novels; whereupon Thackeray wrote : "Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them, — almost all-women, a vast number of clever, hard-headed men. Judges, bishops, chancellors, mathematicians are notorious novel- readers." "Which reminds me of three well-known members of the Americim Academy of Arts and Sciences, —a chemist, a clergyman, and a mathemati- cian and astronomer, —-who look for Verne's works with eagerness, read them with enjoyment, and fijid them quite sufficient to interest "what tj^ey are pleased to call their miud" Vian, L. Ilistoire de Montesquieu ; sa vie et ses ceuvres ; prec. d'une pref. par E. Laboulaye. "A young lawyer, M. Louis Vian, has attempted to write the life of Montesquieu with the most minute exactness — not in the vague and apologptic style which has so long been the fashion, but with the precision to which Sainte-Beuve has accustomed the later generation. Mr. Vian began fifteen years ago to collect the editions of Montesquieu; from a mere bibliophile he became a historian. He has made real discoveries simply in turning over the pages of the various copies of the 'Esprit des lois', and has detected in all the works of Montesquieu the hand of the ccMisor, who was alwaj's curtailing and changing the works submitted to him." — Nation^ Mar. 7. *'M. Vian has given us a Montesquieu tout nouvfeau. ... This volume must supersede all pre\'ious biographies of the illustrious Bordelais philosopher, and is in 'every respect a very remarkable work." — Sat. rev.. May 4. *'M. Vian's work lacks force. He writes as if he were feeling after the character of Montesquieu rather than drawing a portrait after he has caught the right exprecs- ion." — Contemp. rev., Sept. Vian has added a Biographic et iconographie de Montesquieu. Wallner's allgemelne Sohaubuhne. Contents. 1. Horn, G-. Ein reizonder Abend; Solo- Scene. 2. Batz, G. W. Die Biografie der Kilnsth-rin ; dram. Scene. 3. Horn, G. Im Seebado; Luatspiel. 4. Raven, M. Der erste April; dram. Scherz. 5. Wehl, F. Eio Pionir der Liiebe; dram. Scene. 6. Jonas, U. Im Regen; Lustspiel. 7. Fischer, G. Konigln Isabellc; Lustspiel. 8. Heinrich, It. Die beiden Wirthe; Lustspiel, nach M. von *** umgearb. 9. Raven, M. Der Zauberspiegel ; dram. Scherz. 10. Brunswick, L. L. Kbnig und S^ihauspieler; hie"t. < 'har- acterblld. 11. Bauermeister, ±M. Mitgleicher MUnze; Solo-Scone. 12. Hildebrand, E. Aclit Tagp nai;h der Hochzeit; oder, Die Kom'ddie der Liebe; Lustspiel. 13. Nay, C. Ein Don Juan wider Willen ; Schwank. 14. Bauermelster, M. Marketenderiiebe ; militar. Zeilbild. 15. Drost, W. Alter schijtzt vor Thorheit nicht; Lust- spiel. 16. Horn, M. Qaintin Messis, der Schmied vod Antwerpen; lyrisches Spiel. 17. Hildebrand, E. Nur nicht empnndlich! Schwank, frei nach dera Franz- Ssicben. 18. Bauerm eiater, M. Er macht Visite; LuBtpiol. 19. Kostial, J. C. Herzllcbchcn mein un- ter'm Rebendach; GenreTjild. 20. Stein, W. Unter- hrochene RoUenstudien ; Schwank. 21. Bredow- Goerne, A., Grd/i?ivon. Gute Freunde; dram. Scherz. 22. Horn, M. Flaundereien; Schwank. 23. Bredow- Goerne, A., Griijln von. Der Lauf der Welt; Origiual- Lustspiel. 24. Horn, M. Drei Dingo nenn' ich eueh! Lustspiel. 25. Bredow-Goerne, A., Grafin von. EIn Fetister beim Einzug; Lustspiel. 26. Bauermeister, M. Ein Thraue; Lustspiel. 27. Drost, W. Prinz Panetellas y Xemenes; Burleske. 28. Hildebrand, E. Die Herren Gt-lehrten; Lustspiel. 29. Drost, W. Das Karaeel; Schwank. 30. Bauermeister, M. Dop- peltea Fiasco ; Original Lustspiel. 31. Bauermeister, M. In sicherer Hut; Original Lustspiel. 32. Hilde- brand, E. Im Lager vor Paris ; oder, Fusilier Kutschke ; mil. Schwank. 33. Volger, F. Fante und Niehte; Original-Lustspiel. 34. Bauermeister, M. Gliickliche Reise! dram. Scherz. 35. Volger, A. Wer die Wahl hat; Luutspiel. 36. Bauermeister, M. Bolongaro; Lustspiel. 37. Bauermeister, M. Eine komische Alte; Original-Lustspiel. 38. Bauermeister, M. Farbe halten; Conversations-Lustspiel. 39. Kahlen, M. Ein Frilhlingstraum ; Soloscherz. 40. Wexel, C. DieXJngliicklichen; Schwank. 41. Glasenapp, H.von. Der Hassliche ; Lustspiel. 42. Wexel, C. Die wei- blichen Drillinge; Bchwank. 43. Bauenueieter, M. P'reunde ; Original-Lustspiel. 44. Bauermeisterr M. Mit Damen; Lustspiel. 45. T., E. Vereinswuth; Posse. Waring, E, J. Bibliotheca therapeutica ; bibliog- raphy of therapeutics chiefly in reference to articles of the materia medica. Vol. 1. Waring, G. E.. Jr, Book of the farm, a rev. ed. of the Handy-book of husbandry. Warring, H. Squire Paul; trans, by M. A. Rob- inson. (Harper's half-hour ser.) Watts, Pi'of., D.D. ' Examination of Spencer's biological hypothesis. Weber, A. The history of Indian literature; tr. by J. Mann and T. Zachariee. "At their first appearance these lectures were by far the most learned and able treatment of their subject; and with their recent additions, they still maintain decidedly the same rank. Wherever the language, and institutions, and history of India are studied, they must be used and referred to as authority." — Pro/. J. 1}. Whitney. Wellesley, A., I'iuke of Wellington. Despatches, correspondence, and memoranda ; ed. by hia son. Vol. 7. "It would be easy to enlarge upon the special apposite- ness of the appearance of this book to the present cneis of Eastern affairs. , The parallels are so close as to strike the least obsei-vant reader. ... A jealous dread of all re-adjustment of the balance of power will be found the key to the foreign policy of the Duke of Wellington m 1830, equally with that of Lord Beaconsfield at the present time." — Atli., May 4. Wilson, A. J. The resources of modern countries ; essays towards an estimate of the economic position of nations, and British trade pros- pects. 2 v. Kepr. with add. frcnn Frasn-'f mag. Considers the question whether Britirih trade with oth&r nations may be expected to revive. "Mr. Wilson's book is the work of a financial pessi- mist, whose investigatrions appear tu have been carried on in an atmosphere of sepulchral gloom. He surveys mercantile mankind from China to Peru, and he comes to the conclusion that the whole world is out of joint, and that the nations of the earth are swlf.ly going to the dogs." — Exam , Mar. 23. "The chapter on India is the boldest in the book; hardly a single point connected with the fuiaueial or political management of our Indian Empire but rouses Mr. AVilson's indignation and scorn." — Stieitatof. Apr. 20. / Wood, J. G. Nature teachings ; human invention - anticipated by iiHture. Wurzbach, C. von. Eiograpliisches Lexikon. Vol. 34; Seidl-Sina. Zambrini, F. Serie delle edizioni dellc opere di G. Boccacci. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 17. Dec. 3, 1878. Afghanistan. "The literature upon Afghanistan is by no means raoa- gre. In addition to Colonel Henry Yule's sli(,'btly per- functory article in the Kn<-yclopa'.'lia Bntdnnxa, and ^ Marquiu-daen's spirited little essny in the tirst yolnme of [Rotterk and Wehher'-^l 'Stuatslexicon', ICtu/e'ii 'War in Afghanistan', and James Atkinson's 'Expedition into Afghanistan, notes and sketches desci-iptive of that country', deserve attention. The latter has also pub- lished a finely iilnstrated work, 'Sketches of Afghanis- tan'. ■ Students will find much information scattered throughout the Englieh government publicationH, and in the transactions of almost all learned socitMies of Europe, especially those of London, Paris, and St. Petersburg. Among the. older authorities three are of value even now — Mnrnes, Elphinntone^ and Carl liitter. The description of Afghan geography by the latter, notably in the 8th volume of his immortal work on Central Asia, is by far the most spirited essay upon the present theatre of war and its relations to India, Persia, and Turan. The best maps are found in the works of Fer- riev. Wood, Vambery, Strelbitzki, Klaproth, and the publications of the Anglo-Indian government. For common use, A. Petermunn's are among the best. It must be stated at the very beginning that Afghanistan is classic ground* The earliest records of China and India, of the great geographers of Greece and Rome, Marco Folo, Klaproth, liitter, Humboldt, H. T. C'oie- bronke, and H. H WiUon, — in a word, the fathers of modern philosophy and the heroes of modern culture, all deal in subjects connected with what is now known as Afghanistan," — B. d. Advertiser^ Nov. 29. 41®^ Italics indicate that the work Is in the Athenaeum. Lady Sulcus J ournal gives a good account of the British disasters in 1841-2. Alzog, J: Manual of universal church history ; tr. with add. 3 v. A Catholic church history; approved by Arbp. Pur- cell. Angell, H: G. How to take care of our eye.s, with advice in regard to the management of the eyes of children. A question of the greatest importance in a, reading nation. Arnold, M. Selected poems. "Mr. Matthew Arnold would rather fail than produce an effect by anything like trick or violence; he stakes everything on harmony and completeness, and wins. If his extreme care and discipline in form sometimes give an air of coldness to his work, they no less give the impression of a store of power in reserve." — Sat. rev., Nov. 2. Atkinson, W: P. On the right use of books ; a lecture. Barker, E.B. B. Syria and Egj^pt under the last tive Sultans of Turkey ; experiences during 50 years of Consul-Gen. Barker; from his letters and journals. Beecher, Mrs. H. W. All around the house; or, How to make homes happy. "Contains, in addition to a large number of receipts for cooking and rules for marketing, numerous hints for the management of servants, directions as to fur^iishing, repairing, cleansing, etc., and information on all the innu- merable things on which housekeepers need informa- tion." Biseoe, A. F. Earls of Middleton, etc, Blackwood. "Apples, a comedy", from the July no., has been translated into French, and published in J'igaro. The writer, it appears, is Julian Sturgis, author of John-a- l>rearas. The Oct. no. has a trifle, "Fireflies", apparently from the same pen. The Nov. no. compares Mr. Gladstone's article with another which appeared in the North American review, by Mr. Francis Parkman. 'It is scarcely possible', we are told, 'to conceive a greater contrast than that fur- nished by the pei-fection of Mr. Parkman's literary style as compared with the ungrammatical sentences of Mr. Grladstone'. Blanc, j\!me. T. (pseud, Th. Bentzon). Remorse. "The moral is severe enough to satisfy the most puri- tanical. We have really delicate studies of half a dozen types of character, all brought within the space which . an English novelist of similar rank would require for merely introducing his' figure upon the boards." — Appleion'y, Dec. "In such pictures of provincial French life as 'La petite pcrle', 'La Grand Saulicre', and 'Desiree Turpin' she comes nearer to what is beet in George Sand than any contemporary French author. T. Bentzon, who has been for several years an industrious contributor to the Revue deft Di-ux MondfH, belongs to an old French family, and is a higlily accomplished woman. A portion of her girlhood was passed in England, to which fact, we are indebted for the careful and scholarly translations of American works which have appeared from time to time during the last six or seven years in XYvc Remie." — Atlan- tiv, Dec. Breeher, A. Darstellung der territorialen Entwick- elung- dcs Brandenburgisch-Preussischen Sttuites von 1415 bis jetzt. Brooks, Phillips. Sermons. "Their dominant characteristics are unaffected natu- ralness, vigorous directness, and modest simplicity of style, '['he real secret of their power lies, however, less In any characteristics of style than in the fine sympathy and tender love which run through them and kindle a response in every heart." — Harper's mag., Dec. Brown, C. B., and Lidstonei W. Fifteen thousand miles oy the Amazon and its tributaries. "There is much that is amusing and interesting in this rather bulky volume of river travel. ... It is no re- proach to the resolute and energetic writers that they iire somewhat deficient in literary skill ; but we wish it had occurred to them in revising the proofs that they have made their narrative unnecessarily tedious." — •'>at. rtv., Jan. 20. Chadwick, J. W. The Bible of to-day. "Aims to present, in compact and solid form, the results in Biblical criticism reached by the 'fiberal' school of thinker!-, ei^pccially hummarizing the conclusions of what is known as the Dutch school, at the head of which stands Kuenen." Cherbuliez, \'. Jean Teterol's idea. "His unconventional choice of character is the greatest stumbling-block to his French critics. Spotless 'jeunes fines' they know, and anything but spotless married women they know ; but who are these young ladies who are inr.oci'nt without being milk-and-watery, and these married women who are interesting without bfeing guilty?" — Aiad., Oct. 19. CoUignon, M. Essai sur les monuments grecs et ronuiins rel. au mytlie de Psycho. Collins, W: W. The haunted hotel; a mystery of modern Venice. - Conant, H. S. Primer of German literature. Contemporary review, Nov. "Prof Mi.x iJilller's clever article on theisms with various prefixes ['Henotheism, polytheism, monotheism, and atheism'], hiuncbL's one more of those brilliant theories for which he is noted. Why the late Cardinal Culleu did not succeed in converting all ritualists into Uomaii Catholics, as he assured Pins ix. he would eventually do, is explained by Mr. F. Littledale." — A'rain., Sov. 9. K; Lenormant gives an 'account of 'Boukh* iind monuments bearing upon figured representa- tions of antiquity'. Cotterill, J. H. The steam-engine as a heat engine. "His 'Steam-engine' is not only by far the best theo- retical book on the subject which has yet appeared in England, but is in some respects in advance of any other books upon it, English or ftjreign, which we have seen. It not only contains old matter accurately put and well (explained — which alone would be something to be thankful for in this subject, but also, as we have already indicated, the result ot much original investigation on some most important points." — Kngineerirtg, Mar. 1. Number 17.] 66 [Dec. 3, 1878. Denison, Archdeacon G. A, Notes of my life, 1805-78. 2ded. "The book ie like the man, — arbitrary, sturdy, good- humoured, lop-sided, wilful; it contains tedious diasurta- tlon interspersed with humorous anecdote — is indeed at oncG freakish and persistent, odd and stolid, grotesque and lotelUgent, capricious and sagacious. From the beginning to the end you feel what a quantity of genuine fibre there Is in the author, and into what very strange, irregular knots and knobs that fibre has distributed itself." — Spectator, July 27. Douay. English College. 1st and 2d diaries. (Records of the English Catholics under the penal laws.) "Encouraged by the receprion with which the publica- tion of the Records of the English .Icsuits lias met, Cardinal Manning has committed to the Fathers of the Oratory the task of editing the voluminous documents ■which are now deposited in the Archives of the Pee of Westminster. ... They coneint of narratives of the sufferings endured by priests in prison or at the gallows; memorials addressed to people of position and influence abroad on the concerns of the English CathoHcB; an immense collection of letters from the Catholic refugees or others who were connected with them ; and other miscellaneous documents illuntrating the history of the English Catholics from the accession of Queen Elizabeth to the present time. Of all this curious collection per- haps the most curious and valuable record is the set of volumes of which I)r. Knox has just commenced the publication, and which contain the original registers or •Diaries' of the English College of Douai. ... Whatevci else Dr. Knox may be, he certainly has no strong leanings in favour of the Jesuits.*' — Athenoiuvi, Mar. 16. Drake, F. S. Town of Koxbury ; its memorable per.son3 and places, etc. Durand, Mme, A. F. (H: Greville). ^ "The local color is all there, says Turgenef, of her Russian novels, but every now and then Henri Greville strikes a false note, and these trifling errors are suffi- ciently numerous to make it impracticable to tx*anslate the novels into Russian." — Xaiion, Oct. 17. Edinburgh review, Oct. *'Containa an interesting review of the new books which have lately been throwing light upon the life and character of Honore de Ralzac, The writer is a literary veteran ; at least, he begins by chronicling an interview which he had with the great novelist forty-five yeurs ago." — Acad., Oct. 26. Eggleston, E: Roxy. "High-colored," "The body and spirit of the Indiana village are re- flected with such skill and with so little admixture of the accidental, that the story is still broadly representative of the slow-changing river-towns of that state. The mechanism of the story — to speak of what is hardly apparent to the reader — displays an unusual knowledge and use of motives in natural and spontaneous ecmbina- tlons. In this respect, Dr. Eggleston must take rank with the best of modern etory-writers." — lSvribntr'n movthtt/, Dec. "He is often lively, at times vigorous, though his live- liness and vigour would have been far more apparent had he cut down his story by at least one quarter. Too often he rises into a fine style which used once to be known as bombast or fustian." — Sat. rev.^ Kuv. 'J. Forbes, K. 13. Personal reminiscences, "The style of these 'Rorainiscences* bears evidence that Mr. Forbcs's achievements have been those of the man of action rather than the closet, but it has the advantage of being perhaps more realistic than a more polished narrative. ... Mr. Forbes may furnish valu- able material for a New England historian of the 20th century. Still, it is rather original to print many columns of verses to prove that one is not a poet." — Nation Kov. 14. Fortnightly rev. J. Chamberlain's article on *Thc caucus' has excited much comment in the English papers. Fothergill, J. The first violin. "The first violin is, as m^y be supposed, the hero; there is a soprano heroine, and violoncello for first friend. Manners, morals, and music are all sustained at concert pitch throughout. ... We may hope for good work from the author la the future, if he will cultivate his at ftresent rather latent giffcof humour, and prune his too uxuriant growth of high-flown incident." — Lxam., Nov 2. ' 'The author, unlike most musical people, has to a very creditable extent refrained from gushing. At the same time it is a sentimental book. But the sentiment is pure and genuine. The story, too, is full of interest." — AthencBuin, Nov. 2. Giffen, U. Stock exchanp^e securities ; essay on the general causes of fluctuations in their price. "An attempt by a thoughtful man' to introduce some- thing like order and law into the confu.*iing and fluctu- ating phenomena of the Stock Exchange." — Bnllionist, "A scientific treatise, and distinct aduition to the Euro- pean sholf of political economy. Suited to become a text-book for professors and students of political econ- omy." — Finuncitil opinion, "Mr. Glfi'en has made good use of his varied opportunities. Yet we miss that lucidity of style and wealtli of illustration which enabled the late Mr. Bagehot, for example, to make even abstruse questions seem easy." — Sat. rev. Gordon, C. A., 3/.D. Our trip to Burmah, with notes on that country. Guerzoni, G. II terzo renascimento. "Tout recerament, SI. Guerzoni a fait de Parini comme le h^roa du livre ^ la fois si paradoxal et si instructif qu'il a intitule 'II terzo renascimento'. Mais a I'etranger, Burtout en France, eelui que Manzoni appelait le divin Parini est preeque Inconnu." — I£ev. pol. et lit., 5 oct. Harrison, J. A. Greek vignettes. "A strange mixtui'c of good and bad taste, of brilliant and vapid writing. "We use the word 'brilliant' advisedly, for his descriptions of scenery are often exceedingly graphic, his remarks original and shrewd, and when he is in a favourable vein he can be exceedingly amusing " — Acad., Oct. 0. Harte, F. B. Drift from two shores. — A shadow on the threshold. Heyse, P. In paradise. "The scene of the story is the Munich of to-day; the time of its action, the Franco-G-crman war, the interest, its photographic descriptious of art life and character." — Harper's mag., Nov. James, G: P. R. The bride of Landeck. "This reminds us of the ingenious story of *0!d Kil- dare and Young Kildare', which used to-be told in olden time, in which the narrator showed hie skill by com- mencing to tell a story which he never brought to a con- clusion, from the incessant interiuptious in which he Indulged himself, till the time of tne patience of his auditors had been exhausted." — l/aiper's mag.. May. James, H:, Jr. The Europeans. "An extremely clever book, and readable from first line to last. ... It is a piece of work so capable and original, so vigorous, and to a certain point so telling, as to be worthy of equal praise and study. ... There is not any plot in 'The Europeans'; there are scarcely any landscapes or interiors ; and such good things in the way of phrase or generalization as occur in it are quite inseparable from their context, and would seem com. monplace outside of it. And vet, it is not possible to read 'The Europeans' without the admiration of absorp- tion. ... Mr- James has a sufiicient contempt for pretti- n(ss and obviousness. His form is ascetic even to uncomeliness; he has nothing whatever to say that is not absolutely essential ; and he suppresses all signs of his own personality with such austerity as could scarcely have been beUeved to be within the compass of a modern novelist. His purpose has been, not at all to write a book, and still less to write a story, but to show ofl" the epn-itual machinery of some six or eight men and women, all of whom are interestinj,' from a certain point of view, but none of whom are in any degree heroic or oven extraordmary ; and to do this'with as much art and" as Number 17.] 67 [Dec. 3, 1878. little apparent excuse for it as could possibly be imagined. ... TBe book is perhaps the purest piece ofrealiam ever done." — Acad., Oct. 12. "Too light in its workmanship to be classed among regular novels, superior as it is to moBt of them. It is, in fact, a daintily written and well constructed prose comedy, containing very few incidents, and some of these being rather preposterous, but, on the whole, giving a lively 'sketch*, as he fitly calls it, of one phase of life and one aspect of character in New England." — J-Jxaininer^ Oct. 12. •'The story is of the very thiunest, — perhajjs sufftcient, but barely sufficient, for the threading together some admirably dramatic and highly humorous conversation, wherein European manners are skillfully contrasted with the thin and refined provincialism of Boston society. ... The way in which Felix's ejisy, happy, lively nature is painted, a nature; so completely fused with the usually irritablto aud insatiable artistic temper as to make quite a new species of character, would be in itself sufficient for a literary success; but contrasted, as Mr. Henry James contratts it, with the anxious embarrassments and sad ethical fatigue of'the Puritan temperament, the effect is a picture full of those fine touches which make yoa laugh heartily even when alone, — and not with the laughter of mere amusement, but rather with the laughter which comes of finding your own perceptions suddenly widened by the skill of your author. ... No figure is really quite adequate, except those of Felix Young and Charlotte Wentworth. The slownesH and inherited gravity of Mr* \V^entworth are just a little exaggerated, and (rertrude rsmaina something of a problem to the reader, no less than to her own family." — Spectator, Oct. 2S. Johnson, S: The six chief lives from Johnson's •Lives of the poets'; ed. with i^ref. by M. Arnold. ^ "In his preface Ifr. Arnold has traced the growth of the modern English prose style with much acuteness. He seems to us, however, scarcely to do justice to our early writers. ... To the Restoration he greatly attrib- utes the improvement which he traces. England desired a modern prose, and our writers, he says, turned nat- urally to French literature. ... It is interostingto com- parL- with these views the opinion of so great a master of our language as Walter Savage Landor, who maintains that Milton asserts both in poetry and prose his mastery above those three Romans who have immemorially been considered the most elegant and careful writers in the language — Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil. He insists on the high pitch our language has reached in the authorized translation of the Bible and in the Liturgy. *The sanc- titude of Miltou', he writes, *gave it support until the worst of French invasions overthrew it'. Mr. Arnold perhaps considers too much the purposes of modern life, A great historian, a great divine, a great philosopher required surely something more than a mere serviceable prose style." — ^'ai. rev., Oct. 5. Lang, R. H. Cyprus ; its history, present resources, and future i^rospects. Lindaii, R. Liquidated. "The scene is in China during the eariier sixties, and the thread of the narrative is the friendship of two men singularly unlike in temperament and disposition." — The seer. "A curiously interesting sketch — for it is hardly more — of second sight." — Lib. table, Sept. 14. Loher, F. von. Cyprus : historical and descriptive ; ■with matter by Mrs. A. B. Joyner. "Mrs. Joyner's adaptation is the merest paraphrase of a charming book of travel. ... The 'traducer 'larda her Inutilated text with reflections of her own on the bright future of Cyprus under British rule, or .with passages from other authors selected for their favorable view of the island's salubrity and capacity. ... In short, this work is a bit of catchpenny Jingoism, and we sincerely commiserate Herr Loher on having fallen into such unworthy hands." — Nation, Oct. 17. Mackay, C: Gaelic etymology of the languages of western Europe, and especially of the Eug. and lowland Scotch. Macpherson, G. Memoirs of Anna Jameson; by her niece. Life of the autbor of 'Legends of the saints', 'Leg- ends of the monastic orders', and 'Legends of the Madonna'. "Few will be prepared to be told how hard a struggle against ever-recurring sorrows and difficulties Mrw. Jameson maintained from her childhood to her grave. ... Two or three pages, with the bignature *M. O W. Oliphant', tell us to whom we are indebted for the final superintendence of the volume in its passage through the press, and for a sad story of the labors, the disappointments and distress, and the last sickness of Mrs. Macpherson herself.'* — Athenceum, Nov. 9. Macc^uoid, K. S. IJ^ris Barugh ; a Yorkshire story. "Mr.s. Macquoid has risen into a higher spherp of art this time than ever before, in so far as conceiving a thoroughly marked and individualised character, and working it out consistently to the end." — Academy. Mallock, W: H. Imcretius. (Anc. class.) "One of the most interesting volumes in the generally intercstilig wf^ries of 'Ancient classics'. ... Mr. Mallock does not look at Lnci'etius as a poet would look at him, hardly even as a man of letters, or a man of general culture. He seems almost solely concerned with him in his Bcientilic aspect, and his monograph is only significant in its bearing upon Lucretius' relation to the scientific movement of the 19th century. To find a perfect con- trast to this way of looking at the subject, we have only to turn frfjm Mr. Midlock's prose to Mr. Tennyson's poetry The Laureate does not wholly or chiefly value Lucrutius for his relation to modern thought. In his ambition, in his moral enthusiasm, in his tragic and mysterious fate, the Itoman poet is to him a picturesque and majestic figure, as deeply impressive and as deeply human as (i ray's Bard, or 'the blind old man of Scio's rocky islf\ He sees in Lucretius a diamond; Mr. Mal- lock, little more than a mirror in which Messrs. Tyndall and Huxley may be invited to contemplate slightly cari- catured reflections of themselves. ... His exposition of the Lucretian philosophy is clear, painstaking, accurate, and impartial." "If a considerable facility for smnrt writing, an entire want of insight and sympathy, and a perfect omission of anything like real diligence, are qualifications for setting before Lngflish readers the spirit of the most profound and one of the greatest of Roman poets, then is Mr. Mallock excellently qualified for the task. Having made himself a reputation by a satire which grossly violated the laws of litLrr;iry courtesy, and maintained his notoriety by a series of little disquisitions on things in general, a subject in which the difllculty of detecting ignorance is in inverse proportion to the amount of jjositive knowledge which exi.-'ts, Mr. Mallock has at last committed himself to a business more fitted to furnish some test of his competence for serious work. ... Never was a great poet more completely and perversely misapprehended. ... The literary failure of Mr. Mallock's performance is probiibly due in some measure to his pi'eoccupation with the scientific aspect of his theme. ... Instead of honestly trying to understand how physical speculation stood in Lucretius'rt days, how much was due to unavoid- able ignorance of facts, and how much tq unscientific habits of mind, Mr. Malloek is always thinking how he can best use the bones of Lucretius as sticks to beat Mr. Darwin and Mr. Huxley with. "In Prof Sellar's work on the Roman poets of the Republic there is an essay on Lucretius which cannot be too strongly recommended to all who, being able to read Lucretius, would .understand him better, or, not being able to read him, would acquire atrustworthy conception of his qualities as a philosopher and poet." — jSat. rev., Oct. 19. Metric bulletin, The ; official jaurnal of the Amer. Metric Bureau, July 1876 -Dec. 1877. 2 v. Nature, Nov. "Mr. Pole's careful article proves very conclusively that Homer was color-blind, adding one more link in the chain of argument held by modern scientists who contend that the sense of color and shadings of color is a gift to moderns, and another result of evolution." — Library tablp, Xov. ■:.3. Number 17.] 68 [Dec. 3, 1878. Proctor, R: A. Pleasant ivays in science. Contents. Oxygen in the snn. — San-epot, etorm, and famine. — New ways of measuring the sun's distance. — Drifting light-waves. — The new star which faded into Btar-mist. — Star-grouping, star-drift, and star-mist. — Mallet's theory of volcanoes. — Towards the North Pole. — A mighty sea-wave. — Strange SGa-ci*eatures. — On some marvels in telegraphy. — The phonograph, or voice- recorder. ^ The gorilla and other apes. — The use and abuse of food. — Ozone. — Dew. — The levelling power of rain. — Ancient Babylonian astrogony., Prothero, G. W. Life of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, with special ref. to the parlia- mentary history of his time. Quarterly review, Oct. The current no. "opens with a remarlvable article on Dryden — remarkable for its length and fulness, and also for the vigorous style in which it is written. Such a eulogy on the personal as well as Intellectual qualities of Dryden )ias scarcely been expressed since Congreve, in addressing the Duke of Newcastle, extolled his great friend with all the elegance and persuasive grace of which he was so line a master. The Quarterly reviewer surpasses Scott and even Johnson in his reverence for the personal character of one of the greatest poets whom evil to"ngue8 ever maligned." — Sat. rev., Nov. 2. Souvestre, E. Contes et nouvelles. Nouv. ed. Springer, A. Michelangelo in Itom, l.'508-12. Stanley, Miss. Work about Five Dials. Five Dials is the London Five Points. Stedman, A. M. M. Oxford ; its social and intel- lectual life. Sweetser, M. F. Turner. Based on but not copied from Thornbury's 'Life of Turner*. Perhaps the most interesting of tlie series of 'Artist biographies'. Swinburne, A. C. Laus Veneris, and other poeuis and ballads. Twenty years' residence among the people of Turltey ; by a consul's daughter; ed. bv S. L. Poole. "There is no side of Turkish life which the author has not familiarized herself with." — Atk., July 13. "The first part deals with the races of Turkey, the second with their lands and dwellings, the third with their manners and customs, and the Yuurth with their religion and superstition. 'The Consul's daughter' writes entirely without political bias." — Exam., July 27. XJnger, W: Qiuvres ; eaux-fortes d'aprfe les raaitres anciens coramentees par C. Vosmarr 7 pts. "The surprising versatility and interpretative quick- ness of his wonderful hand continue to the close. ... Unger ha.i earned a monopoly of l-Ials, and no etcher ought to touch his magical impruvlNations for fcnturies to come; they are tnws die jorce that can only be fol- lowed by the fingore of a specialist, and Unger renders him as Kubinstein renders Beethoven." — Hution. "A majority are etching.* from pictures of the Dutch school. In fine, whoever has this seiies m;iy be said tu have the Dutcli school at hand, always excepting, of course, its coloring, which alone tlioKe wonderful etchings cannot give. Toije, ehlaroscuro, sentiment, humor, spirit, are all here with cxlr.iorJinary equ;illty and the subtlest sympathy of exccutiiiii ; and theKc qualities constitute in vast degree the character of Dutch painting which con- cerned itself so largely with unidealized life. Looking at these etchirigM, one sees the origin of qevre art, but simple, sincere, and unsentimentalized genre." — Atlanilc. University mag. The 'Contemporary portrait' in .\ ug. is that of Charles Darwin; in Sept., Stopford Brooke; in Oct., Max MUl- Icr; in Nov., W: Morris. In the Oct. no. is also an interesting article on Margaret Fuller. Ure, A. D. Dictionary of arts, raanufaeturos, and mines. Vol. 4. Suppl. Vandenhoff, G. The art of reading aloud, in pulpit, lecture room, or private reunions. Van Laun, H: French revolutionary epoch ; a history of France from the beginning of the fiis^ Fr. Rev. to the end of the Second Em- pire. 2 V. Veeellio, C. Corona delle nobili et virtuose donne. 4a imprcs. Venetia, 1600, 1593, repr, [Venezia, F. Ongania, 1876], 4 pts. Heliotype fac-similes of Vecellio's lace patterns. "Per- haps afccr Venciolo the most widely circulated.of all the pattern books." — Acad. Vincent, J. Jacques de Trevannes. Voragine or Varagine, J. da. The golden le- gend ; reprod.from a copy in the Manchester Free Library; with an introd. by A. Asp- land. (Holbein Soc.) Walford, E: Tales of our great families. 2 v. Westminster review. Oct. "The article on Bulgarian literature seems the best and most interesting. This paper, which is attributed to Mr. Morjili, of Oxford, is the work of a man who knows his subject thoroughly, and at first hand, and who by his .acquaintance with comparative ballad lore is specially fitted to deal with such a literature of songs and stories as the Bulgarian." — Acad., Oct. 26. V/eyer, S. van de. Choix d'opusculcs. 3e and 4e ser. 2 V. Content.:. Vol. 3. Introd. — Coup d'oeil sur la philo- Bophie d'Uemstcrhuis. — Lettre sur la revolution beige. — Essai sur 1' 'Euseignement universel' de Jacotot — Les jacotins et leur antagonistc, satire. — II faut savoir direnon; petit traits de morale et de politique, [avec] appendice [d'extraits]. — Articles de critique litteraire: Du j6suitisme ancien et moderne, par de Pradt; — La philosophic; considerations generales; — Tablettes bei- ges ; — LittiSrature ; — Montlosier, le c-omte de. Dd- nonciations aux cours royales relativement an systemo religieux et poUtique; — Esquisse sur C. Victor de Bon- Btetten; — Analyse du memoire de .N'. G. Van Kampen; — Six mois en Kussie, par M. Ancelot; — Reponse li C. Froment; — De la multlplicite des livres; — Principea dc littcrature, par le baron Massias. — Epigrammes en vera. 4. Littre d'un vieux bibliophile beige 4 P. Na- mur. — Complement de I'ouvrage de Namur sur les ana. — Observ. surquclques ana par I'editeur. — Maximes et reflexions morales. — Les aveugles, Ic ministere, et I'op- posltiun. — L'autorite, la petite ville, r'c. ; letiro 4 un ministre beige. — The Queen and the Duchess of Ne- mours. — Li s pendules de Thiers et le cuismier de Van de Weyer; Ictire au Times. — Le Roy, \. Van de Weyer, publiuiste. — Laugel, A. Un fondateur de la mon.'irchie beige, S. van de Wevcr. — Bemmel E van S. van de Weyer. — Turner, \V. B. S.-lf-forgetfulnoss, a sermon in remembrancE of W. — In memoriam. Wheildon, \V; \V. Semi-centennial celebration of the opening of Faneuil Hall Market, Aug. 26, 1876. with a history of the market. Whitman, S. H. Poems. Whitmore, W: H. The graveyards of Boston. Vol. 1 : Copp's Hill epitaphs. Whitney, A. D. T. Just how ; a key to the cook- books. Wildfowler, Snapshot, pseuds. Shooting, yacht- ing, and sea-fishing trips, at home" and on the continent. 2d ser. 2 v. Witt, C. de. Histoire de Washington et de la fon- datioii de la republique des Etats-Unis. 7e ed. Yonge, C. il. Story of the ChrisUans and Moors of Spain. Young, J. J. The ceramic art; a compendium of the lii.story and manufacture of pottery and porcelain. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 18. Dec, 12, 1878. Arnold, T: English literature, 696-1832. From the Encyclopiedia Britamiiea. Baedeker, JC: Egvpt; handbook for travellers. Pt. 1. "Here we find no crude quotations from the contra- dictory guesses of ignorant writers. Tlie history of Egypt is admirably condensed in a few pages, in which almost every fact will be new, or at least appear new, to the English reader. The different periods are carefully discriminated. There is no confusion, nor is any violent attempt made to reconcile popular theories of scriptural chronology with the unqueetionftble records of the stones ; attempts which seem calculated, in the present state of our knowledge, to do more harm than good, and leave a result similar to that presented when two trains run into each other at a junction." — Sat. rev., Aug. 3. "The maps are miracles of clearness and accuracy." — Acad., Sept. 21. Balzac, H. de. Les petitB bourgeois (oeuvre pos- thurae) . "A novel of character, not unworthy of its great author. If it will not rank with his best novels, with 'Le P6re G-oriot' and 'Le lys ^i^us la valliSe', neither will it with his worst, with *La cousine Botte* the hbrrlble, or *Ursule Mirouet' the dull." — Acad. Baudrillart, H: J. L. Histoire du luxe public et privee. Vol. 1. "M. Baudrillart finds unmistakable signs of a fondness for luxury even amongst comparatively barbarous com- munities, and he states the philosophical theory of what seems to him a principle inherent to human nature. He examines from nie special point of view the history of Egypt, Babylonia, India, and China. The first volume ends with G-reece," — Sat. rev., Aug. 3. Beers, Prof. H: A. Century of American literature, 1776-1876. (Leisure hour ser.) Specimens, with brief notices. Bismarck, O; E: L., FUrst von. Letters to his wife, his sister, and othei;s, 1844-70; tr. by F. Maxse. "As a letter-writer pure and simple, he is superior to two men with whom he has some impulses in common, Byron and Burns. He is simpler and more natural than either. ... As a letter- writer, too, Bismarck is superior to himself as a speaker." — Spectator, Nov. 2. Black, W: Macleod of Dare. Another of Black's beat novels. "The hero is a male •princess of Thule'." "The illustrations", says the AthencBum, "do not call fo.r much remark, except that eminent artists, when,illiiBtrating a book, seem often as liable as obscure ones to overlook the details in the text", and that it would have been well to try to have some faint resemblance between the representations of the hero in the difi'erent illustrations. Bonner, S. Like unto like. "The scene is laid in a typical southern country village, and describes the peculiar social conditions resulting from the late civil war. Southern planters and their families, once wealthy, but impoverished by the great struggle, officers of the Union army, abolitionists, and freedmen are the characters. ... As a southern woman of unusual keenness of observation, the author has been able not only to give us vivid portraitures, but to rescue from oblivion certain typical traits and customs which are rapidly passing away with the changed condition of things. ... She steers with very fair success a middle course between extreme northern and southern opinion." — Lit. world, Nov. Buerstenbinder, E., {pseud, E. Werner), Under a charm. "There is a curious likeness between the main thought of this novel and that of the author's former book, 'Success ; and how he won it*. Still, this new novel of Herr Werner's will be delightfully fresh and unhack- neyed to the general reader. The tone of the book is pure throughout." — Sat. rev. Butsch, A. F. Die Biicher-Ornamentik der Re- naissance. Chantelauze, R. Le cardinal de Retz et Taffaire du chapeau. "Co n'est pas sculement la richesse exceptlonnelle des documens qui fait la valeur de cet ouvrage ; c'est aussi la connaissancc approfondie qu'a acquise de cettc epoque M. Chantelauze aprfes Tavoir 6tudi6e durant vingt an- n6es, ... Le style est ferme, 6nergique, et sobre." — Hev. d. D. AT., f6v. 15. "Ce qui fait le grand mfirite de I'ceuvro de M. Chan- telauze, c'est la d6couverte de la correspondance de lietz avec sou agent i Rome et compare I'abb^ Charrier. Le depouillement 'minutleux de cette correspondance a permis k M. Chantelauze de reconstltuer I'histoire de la nomination de Retz et de prendre encore I'auteur des M^moires en flagrant d61it d'assertions mensongferes. ... Si l^oeuvre de M. Chantelauze diminue la valeur historlque des M^moires de Retz, elle ajoute au m6rite littdraire du cardinal. Plusieurs de ses lettres k Charrier spnt de viJritables modules. La langue de Retz ne ressemble en rien k celles de Balzac et de Voiture. C'est une langue parl6e quMl n'a point apprise dans les livrea, mals par I'oreille, dans les salons, dans les conversations du monde. Courante, vlvante, naturelle, ineorrecte parfois, mais pleine de vigueur, de precision, de souplesse, et de tours originaux, elle est sans precedent dans le genre ^pisto- laire. Ces lettres de Retz sont de la meme famille que les 'Provin dales', au moins par la vivacity, la clart6, I'^le- gance, et aussi plus d'une fois par la hauteur et la v6h6mente Eloquence." — Revue pol., 1 juin. Clark, E.L. The races of European Turkey; their history, condition, and prospects, 3 pts. Conimts. The Byzantine empire. — The modern Greeks and the Albanians. — The Turkish Slavonians, the Wallaehians, and the G-ypsies. Cook, J. Conscience ; with preludes on current events. (Boston Monday lectures.) Dana, 3. D. Manual of mineralogy and Uthology ; cont. the elements of the science of-minerals and rocks. 3d ed. Durand, Mme. A. F., {pseud. H: Gr6ville). Marier sa fiUe. 5e ed. Feuillet, 0. Le journal d'une femme. Republished from the ffevue d. D. Mondes. "Quelle observation p^n^trantc, et en mSme temps quelle 16g6ret6 de touche 1 ... Que de remarques neuves, que d'aper^us ingenieux! Et toutcela, sans p^dantismc aucun, sans airs profonds et attitudes de r^v^ateur! Et puis quel charme de style! C'est le chef-d'oeuvre de M. Feuillet." — Rev.pol. et lit., 24 aofit. "M. Feuillet gives us the narrative of a young girl, and afterwards of a young woman, whose character is at once romantic and serious, who is passionately fond of heroism and the ideal, but yet has all the sparkle of that penetrating wit, full of life and jest, which the custom of the world attributes to the women of Paris. ... There is no redundancy, no defect; you feel the master's hand in the surenessof the touch, in the elegant ease of the narrative, in which every word goes straight to the mark, in which there is nothing suggestive of negligence or of effort. Never has M. Feuillet had a happier in- spiration." — Acad., Oct. 12. "The mere art of writing is one which seems to come naturally to Frenchmen, but M. Feuillet gains distinction where all are excellent. ... Readers of 'Un mariage dans le monde' will remember the charming bits of humor introduced into the descriptions, especially that of Mme. de la Veyle's salon. There is, perhaps, nothing of its kind equal to that in 'Le journal d'une femme*. But the dialogue in the present book was certainly not surpassed in the former.. It is, in fact, in the first of the two parts into which the book is divided, beyond praise; always natural, but never commonplace, and finished with an exquisite refinement and polish. It is not easy to find the proper word to describe the brilliant raeiness of C6cile'8 talk." — Athenatim, Aug. 24. Great German composers. ConteiUs. Bach. — Handel. ~ Gluck. — Haydn. — Mozart. — Beethoven. — Schubert, Schumann, and Franz. — Chopin. —Weber. — Mendelssohn. — Wagner. Number 18. 70 [Dec. 12, 1878. Handbook for travellers in NorthamiDtoii&hire and Rutland. Murray. Helm, H. T, American roadsters and trotting horses ; a sketch of the trotting stallions of- the U, S., and treatise on [their] breeding; ■with app. Hessey, Archdeacon J. A: Moral difficulties con- nected with the Uible. 2d ser. Boyle lectures for 1872. Hitchcock, R. D., D.D, Socialism. Holland, H: W. ^Villiam Dawes and his ride -with Paul Revere ; app. a genealoo;y of the Dav/es family. "This Tttook ie divided into two parts; one personal and relating to a well-known episode in our revolutiunjiry history, the other genealogical purely. The first is a vindication of the claim of Wm. Dawes to the honor of being- one of the two men who roused the country on the eventful night preceding the battle of Lexington." — J^ation, Nov. 28^ Johnston, W: P. Life of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. "By common, consent Johnston is treated iis one of the leading characters of the war, yet his career in it was brief and marked only by disasters to the cause he espoused." — Nation, Sept. 26. Keary, C. F, The dawn of history, an iutrod. to pre-historic study. "Undertakes to sum up and present in a combined and systematized view the principal results of study in the several branches of prehistoric enquiry. Of these there are at least five which have received independent treat- ment — archaeology, language, institutions, religion, :ind spcial lifo. Scientific explorers in these several fields, such as Max MilUer, Sir Henry Maine, and Mr. Taylor, hardly trench at all upon each other's fields. It is, theru- fore, no easy task to take the materials they furnish and construct out of them a ti-uthful and harmonious view of the early ages of mankind." — Kation, Aug. 15. Kemp, D. A manual of yacht and bout snilinw. *'Thorough and compreheiif^iTe." — Sat. rev., July 20. Lacombe, P. Short history of the French people; tr. from the French. Lessing, G. E. Laokoon ; ed. with En^;. notes by A. Ilamann. (Clarendon press ser.) "Few books stand more in need of explanatory notes, few deserve a commentary as much as this standard work on the limits of art and poetry. For although many of the conclusions at which the author .'irrives may now appear obsolete, the Laokoon abounds with interi'&ling and highly suggestive observations, and fonns at the same time an excellent example fif that fascinating st.yle in which Lessing far surpasses all his couirtrymen, ... Its importance is attested by the literature which has sprung from it; a list of the books and essays written on the Laokoon would fill three pages of close print." — I^'eface. Leypoldt, F,, and Jones, L. E. American catalogue. Vol. 1 : authors and titles; pt. 1 : A -Ed- wards, Marlowe, C. Tragical history of Doctor Faustus, and Greene's Honourable history of friar Bacon and friar Bungay ; ed. by A. ^y. "Ward. (Clarendon press ser.) Marshall, J: Anatomy for artists. *'An exhaustive and compact exposition of human anatomy, "which is at once clear and lliU and authorita- tive." — AthencBum, Oct. 5. Mat6riaux pour Thistoire ,de Thomme; pub, par Mortillet, contin. par Trutat et Cartailhac. 1864-76. 11 V. A rich magazine of prehistoric archffiologj^ lake dwellings, bone caves, efc; illustrated. Matthews, W: Oratory and orators. Meredith, G: Thehouseonthebeach; a realistic tale. Miles, H., .\[.D. Stock-breeding ; the applications of the laws of development and heredity to the improvement of domestic animals. Miller, C. li. Songs of Italy. "Joaquin Miller has not grown under the Influence of culture and civilization and longer practice in writing into the poet it was hoped he would become. The 'Songs of Italy' have the same spontaneous vigor, the same vividness and originality of imagery, the same lack of proportion, of taste and thought, the same excellences and defects, an the 'Songs of the Sierras'." — Nation. Nov. 29. Morley, S. Margaret Chetwynd. 3 v. "It is an English story of careful workmanship, marred by no extravagances of style, nor monsti'osities of character, nor improbabilities of incident, nor vulgar, ities of wickedness; but full of agreeable people, and engrossed with an interesting family history." — Littrary world, Mozley, J. B., D.D. Theory of development; a criticism of Dr. Ne^wman's Es.«ay on the development of Christian doctrine. Murray, E. C. G. French pictures in English chalk. 2d ser. "Few more charming sketches of social life than the first scries have ever appeared ; and, indeed, the brilliancy and point of 'Our first auccoss' could hardly he surpassed. But, it is proverbially possible to have too much of a good thing, and the kind of good thing supplied in these stories is peculiarly capable of being overdone." — £^xaminer, Aug. 10. — Round about France. "Sketches reprinted from the Dailij w?c». Throwing a strong light upon the exasperating methods by which the government sought to carry the late elections, and nX>on the social condition which lent to those methods the hope of success. For this reason, probably, the gov- ernment seized it and forbade its circulation in France. It tells the story of the Due de Broglie's party wiUi a vigor, a liveliness, and a photographic minuteness of detail, and at the same time with an English-bred con- tempt for assaults upon majoritit^s of the popular cham- ber. ... The main value of the book is in its infoi-mation about what we should call 'the machine'. ..'. It contains some clear and concise historical sketches of the various constitutions since 1789, of the B:ink, the conscription laws, and the press; much information in regard to the army and the attitude of the peasants towards the polit- ical parties; outlines of the careers of Thiers and Emile Girardin, and sketches of the personal appearance of other notable men. It has nothing to do with salons, theatres, and fetes, but it has many anecdotes bj- the way, and it is written in an entertaining stylo.^' — Nation, Oct. 17. Kew quarterly mag.. Oct. In 'The G-ospel aceordi'ng to Walt Whitman', R. L. Stevenson says, "Any reader who hears in mind Whit- man's own advice and 'dismisses whatever insults his own sour, \yill find plenty that is bi-acing, brightening, and chastenhig to reward him for a little patience at first. It seems hardly possible that any being should get evil from so healthy a book as 'Leaves of grass', which is simply comical wherever it falls short of nobil- ity; but if there be any such, who cannot both take and leave, who cannot let a single opportunity pass by with- out some unworthy and unmanly thought, I should have as great difficulty, and neither more nor less, in recom- mending the works of Wliitman as in tending them Shakspeare, or letting them go abroad outside of the grounds of a private asylum." There is also an article on Theodore de Banville. Notley, F. E. M. Love's crosses. (Franklin Sq. library.) Oliphant, T. K. The old and middle English. "This is a much enlarged and improved recast of all hut the modern part of Mr. Oliphant's well-known 'Sourcefl of standard English'. 1S74. In four vears 2,000 copies of the earlier book sold." — Acad^, Oct. 12. Number 18.] i . [Dec. 12, 1878. Ormsby, J. Stray papers. Petitot, J. Emaux du Louvre; portraits de per- sonnages historiques et de femmes cel^bres du sifecle de Louis siv. 2.v, p Petitot was loom in 1607, in Switzerland, of ITrench pnrents; had thy greatnst success in painting on enamel the portraits of the nobility at the coxirts of Charles i. and Louis XIV. ; at the revocation of the edict of Nantes, he ■was imprisoned, and Bossuet unsuccessfully attempted to convert him to the Catholic faith, but he escaped into Switzerland, and died in 1691. "Les (5maux de Petitot sont d'une beant6 de dessin, d'une harmonic et d'une vivacite de coloris extraordi- naires. Lee petits portraits sont executes avec une finesse ^tonnante et nul, dans son genre, no I'a surpasse depuis." — Larousne. Pine, J: The Spanish armada, 1588; the tapestry hangings of the House of Lords; reprod. in heliotype ; with biog. sketches of the Eng. commanders knighted. Piton, C. Practical treatise on china-painting in America. — [Plates.] No. 1. Plutarchus. Shakespeare's Plutarch; a selection- from the lives in North's Plutarch which illust. Shakespeiire's plays; ed. with pref., etc., by W. W. Skeat. Poore, 13: P. Political re^ster and congressional directory. ■* Porter, Noah. The American colleges and the American public. New ed. Blamed by the Library table for "the contempt which he shows for those who differ from him, and the delight which lie talies in pointing out the moral and mental defects which probably occasion the beliefs which they express". Proctor, K: A. Pleasant ways of science. "Mr. Proctor's latest contribution to popular science is marlted by hia usual originality of view and liveliness of treatment, together with more than his usual versa- tility of thought and variety of subject-matter. ... He is clearly liable to a cacoethes which impels him to write upon any topic that offers itself, whilst unbounded self- confidence gives him boldness when floundering out of hia depth in untried waters," — Sat. rev., Nov. 9. Putnam, G: Sermons. Rimmer, A. Pleasant i>pots around Oxford; illust. Rusaell, W. C. Auld laiig syne. Sadlier, A. T. Seven years and mair. Samuelson, J. History of drink, "Follows the course of history, commencing with some of the prehistoric races, and selecting tribes or nations whose habits present features of interest in the history of drink. The drinking customs of those countries which constituted 'the cradle of the human race' afford a completely untrodden field of investigation and philosophical study." "Mr. S. is extremely careless about the character of the authorities he quotes, Hia book has scarcely any literary value, and carraes no weight at all with the scholar. It is a large pamphlet, in which facts, chosen in a more or less casual way, are treated with fairness and moderation." — Sat. rev., Aug, 3. Sergeant, L. New Greece. "He seems to show clearly that not a single English statesman, since 1S15, with the exception of Canning and possibly Gladstone, has been just to the Greeks, and that the present ministry has actually broken pledges made to them. It may be said, it is true, that this is merely a partisan political pamphlet, but if so, it certainly is one that calls loudly for an answer, and to which it will not be easy to give one. The book may be almost unreservedly commended to those who wish to see this side of the question strongly and not unfairly presonted." — Natiu)},. Shakespeare, W: Comedy of Much ado about nothing; ed., with notes, by W. J. Rolfe. Shepherd, H: II. Bibliography of Ruekin ; a bibliog. list in chronolog. order of [his] pub. writin-^s from 1834 to Oct. 1878. Sherwood, Mrs. M. M. Roxobel. 3 v. Simon, J. Le gouvernement de M. Thiers, 8 fev., 1871 - 24mai, 1873. 2 v. "The most interesting chapter in this important work is, perhaps, the first, in which M. Simon gives the secret history of the elections to the first National Assembly after the fall of the Empire. M. Shnon was behind the scenes. ... The secret history of the memorable ten days between the conclusion of the armistice and the election of the Assembly, before M. Thiers appeared upon the scene, was comparatively unknown, although it contains the records of an a,chicvemcnt hardly less remarkable than the liberation of the territory and the founding of the Kepublic. ... M. Simon's history of the government of M. Thiers should take very much the same position in French hteraturc that Bp. Burnet's 'History of his own time' holds in ours. Like that valu- able work, it is almost exclusively a political history." — Athenceumy Oct. 12. Stanley, P. bt. Petersburg to Plevna. "A collection of most interesting pen-and-ink sketcheB of various Russian celebrities, and the interviews he had with them." — Athenceum, Apr. 27. Sweetser, M. P. Leonardo da Vinci. (Artist biographies.) Symonds, J: A. Many moods; a volume of verse. "The poems of a very learned, enthusiastic and many- sided mind, full of love for verse and desire to write it, full of love for what is beautiful and ancient, a sincere and enlightened spirit anxious to express its thoughts in the noblest medium, and recognizing that medium to be metre. And yet, by some freak of nature, inspiration is lacking, and, instead of being charmed, startled and taken, as it were, out of ourselves, wc are merely inter- ested and coldly pleased." — Exam., June 16. "Mr. Symonds' imagination manifests itself most pur>.lj' in a series of sonnets *0n the thought of death', and in that division of his book entitled 'Lyrics of life'. He has mastered the form of the sonnet completely, and he uses it as a vehicle for expressing all the conflicting speculations regarding the ultimate destination of the soul with which men are now so busy. He discusses hopes and philosophies and suggestions, however, only to find himself confronted at the end by the blank de- spair of one to whom nothing is that is not proven ; who awaits in death the final and sole revelator," — Atlie- 7imam, June 29. Symondson, P. W. IT. Two years abaft the mast; or, liife as a sea apprentice. Taylor, J. H. B. Prince Deukalion. "Recalls the Rpirit of the 'Prometheus desraotes' of ^schylus. ... Mr. Taylor has inspired his work with that yearning of man for complete knowledge of moral strength which has been common to the race in all ages. ... At the end of the long trial, after the wrong has wrought its extreme of disorder and human woe, the right must conquer and put all things under its feet. ... Ten centuries elapse between the first act and the second, which is dated a. d. 1300. ... Act. Ill is laid ir this century. ... The fourth and last act is thrown forward into that future whereof no man knows. ... The poem is one of great strength and beauty, one for study and slow reading." — Advertiser. Nov. 19. Thirlwall, C, Bp.of St. Davids, Remains, literary and theological; ed. by J. J. S. l*erowne. Vol. 3. "The essay on 'The irony of Sophocles' is full, lumin- ous, and authoritative, showing that he would have taken a high place in literary criticism had he devoted himself exclusively to that work- 'Memnon', too, shows thorough scholarship, and the power of directing minute and scattered knowledge to the illumination of one point.?' — Brit. qnar. rev., OvX. 1. Number 18.] 72 [Dee. 12, 1878. Thurston, R. H. A history of the growth of the steam-engine. **The principles involved in the mechanism at all its Buccessive stages are analyzed and stated with ciearnesu, and the numerous contrivances and conBtructions hy means of which the steam-engine has heen built up and adapted to various ends are plainly, perspicuously, and fully described. The characters, circumstances, and labors, of the great men who have had a share in pro- ducing it are pleasantly sketched." — Pop. sti. monthli/, Oct. Th-wing, C. F. American colleges; their students and work. Tolstoy, Count L. The Cossacks; a tale of the Caucasus in 1852; tr. from the Russian by E. Schuyler. 2 v. "This work, which Turgenef has pronounced on the whole the best Russian work ever written, haH been translated at Turgenef s instance by Mr. Eugene Schuy- ler. For some particulars about Count Tolstoy one may consult the article 'Russian contemporary thought' in the Contemporary rev. for June." — Nation, July 4. Trimen, Capt. R: Regiments of the British aimy, chronologically arranged. Take, D. H. Insanity in ancient and modern life. '*Dr. Tuke addresses himself especially to an inquiry into the manner and nie-isure of that action of individu- als upon themselves, which may tend to prevent insanity in those who reasonably suspect in themselves a tendency to irregular mental action." — Weitmin. ri-v., Oct. Van Laun, H: French literature. 3 v. An attempt, by no means successful, to treat the history of French literature in the style of Taiue. V6ron, E. L'esthetique. "By far the best book on aesthetics we ever met with. M. Veron is at the same time a master of his subject and singularly free from those traditional prejudices which usually hamper the judgment of Frenchmen in art mat- ters. He is quite independent of the stupid, tiresome, official teaching, and in perfect sympathy with true artistic genius in its various manifestations." — Sat. rev., Aug. 24. "He is over anxious to denounce the evils of academic influence, and allows himself to be diverted from a study of tiie permanent truths of his subject by the constant desire to do battle with the presumptions of a particular school. But even this fault only tends to give a more completely modern stamp to his teaching. ... The guiding idea of M. Veron's speculations is his repeated assertion of the supreme importance of the artist's per- sonality. ... One of the first points upon which he insists Is the essentially subjective character of every art product. He thus,> at the outset, reduces the imitative faculty to a subordinate place, and reiects altogether the assumption of any external ideal of beauty which the artist is bound to accept and to follow." — Exam., Aug. 10. Ware, W. R. Greek ornaments; illust. with 12 plates, printed in the orig. colors. (Tilton's hand-books of decorative form, no. 1.) Yonge, C. M. The story of the Christians and Moors in Spain. "The fortunes of the small Christian and Mohammedan States which Dunham's dryness and coarseness made intolerably dull, Miss Yonge's literary good-breeding has succeeded in weaving into a readable and lively whole, ... and yet blunders swarm in this book side by side with an amusing parade of recourse to authorities and appeals to 'modern criticism'." — Acadtmy, Nov. 16. French plays recommended by J. B. Matthewn (Scribner^s, Nov., 1877.) Barrifere, T., and Decourcelle, A. Un monsieur qui suit les femmes ; comedie-vaudeville. — onii Thiboust, L. Les filles demarbre; drnme. Bayard, J: F. A., and Bifeville.'C: H: E. E. D. de. Jerome le ma^on ; com6die-\audevillc. — and Jaime, fiU. Le reveil du lion ; comedie- vaudeville. Deslandes, R., and Decourcelle, A. TJn et un font un ; vaudeville. Dumanoir, P. F. P., and Clairville, L: F. Nicolaie, dit. Charlotte Corday ; drame. — Lavater; comedie-vaudeville. , Duveyrier, A. H. J., and Bayard, J: F. A. Les bijoux indiscrets; comedie-vaudeville. Gozlan, L. Le lion empaill^ ; comedie-vaudeTille. — Notre fiUe est princesse ; drame. Lockroy, J. P. S. de, and Cormon, P: E. P. Le chien du jardinier ; opera-coraique. Lucas, P: H. L'horame sans ennemis ; comedie- vaudeville. Morny, C: A: L: J., comte de, and Offenbach, J. M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le ... ; oiierette bouffe. Sauvage,T: SI. F. Les porcherons ; opera-comique. German stories. Putlitz, G. H: G., Edler zu. Die Alpenbrant; Novelle. — Brandenburgische fiteschichten. — Fuuken unter der Asche ; Novelle. — Die Halben ; NoveUe. — Novellen. — "SValpurgis ; Novelle. 2e Aufl. Sacher-Masoch, L., Bitter voa. Der Emissar; eine galizische Geschichte. Neue Ausg. — Falscher Hermelin ; kleine Geschichten aus der Bvihnenwelt. — GuteMenschenund ihreGeschichten; Novellen. — Kaunitz ; kultur-historischer Roman. Neue Ausg. 2 V. — Ein weiblicher Sultan. 3 v. — ^Viener Hofgeschichten. 1. Bd. Maria The- resia und die Freimaurer. — Zur Ehre Gottes ! "Sacher-Masoch boasts that he forms with Wagner and Bismarck the best abused trio in dermany. ... Although by birth and sympathies a &allielan Pole, he writes In (ierraan. ... All his most notable stories treat of Sla- vonic peoples, to which his sympathies are exclusively confined, and whom he regards as the coming race. It is his endeavour to demonstrate how the future rulers of Europe regard life and the world generally, and whatever we may think of his political prophecies, we cannot deny his graphic force. ... He is yet anotlier of those ethno- graphical novelists, who, like Tourginieif, assist us in justly comprehending their countrymen. ... What has been named 'the perfume of the Steppes' pervades the writings of both authors, and both combine the capacity for keen, analytic observation, with a leaning towards the melancholy which is characteristic of the Slav. But while throughout Tourgenieff 's novels there breathes a spirit of sad resignation to inevitable conditions, Sacher- Masoch does not regard these conditions as inevitable, and desires to stir up a spirit of revolt against bureau- cratic oppression." — Speclator, Oct. 12. Schmid, H. Alte und neue Geschichten aus Bay- ern . — Concordia, 5 v. — Mein Eden ; cine miinchner Geschichte aus den Zeiten Karl Theodor's. — Miltze und Krone; Roman. 2^ Aufl. 5 v. — Die Tilrkcn in MUnchen ; Roman. 2 v. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN.EUM. [No. 19. Dec. 31, 1878 INDEX to nos. 1-18 (books recpived July 1877 -Dec. 1878). Words in parentheses after the page-numbers indicate the heading under which the note referred to will be found. Abney, W. de W. Photogra- ■ phy, 35. Acnard, L. A, E. Euvera et oontre tous, 5, Le sanglior des Ardennes, 49, Adam, L. Examen gram. coin, pare de seize Lmgaes amur. ; Sis langues americaiues, 4=1. Adams, (J.F.,t/r. Railroads, 53. Adams, H. - New Eiig. federal- ism, 17. Adams, J. Q. Memoirs, 1. Adams, W. D. Diet., Eng. Ut- erature, 21. Adi Granth, 1. ^schylus. Agamemnon; by Filz Gerald, 1. Agamemnon, tr. by Morshead; tr. by li. Browning, 37. Afghanistan, 65. Agnew, Jiev. D. C. A. Pi'otest- iint exiles, 57. Agoult, M. de F., comiesse d*. Kea souvenirs, 9. Aio, pseud. Ceramics, 9, Albociuerque, B. A. d'. Com- mentariea, 1. Aldrich, T. B. The Queen of Sheba, 13. " Alexander, W. Christ and Ofaristianity, 25. Alfieri, V. Life, 5. Allardyce, A. City of sun- shine, 25. Allen, G-. Esthetics, 5, Alzog.J: Manual, ch. history, 65. Amaury-D aval, — . L'atelier d'Ingi'es, 57. American Acad, of Arts and Sciences. Proceedings, 9. American almanac, eic, 17. American Ltrehitectand building news, 1876, 37. Amicis, E. de. Constantinople; Constantinopoli ; Marocco ; Hovelle; Olaiida; Ricordi di Londra; Ricordi del 1870-71; 8pagaa;^La vita militare, 37. Anderson," A. D. The silver country, 9. Anders an, J. Mandalay, 1. Andrejevich, V. Pemmes en Tarquie, 45. Andrews, I. W. "Wash. Co., 53. Angell, H: G-. Eyes, 65. Appleton, T. G-. Windfalls, 9. Appletou's aun. cyclop., 1876, 5, Arber, E. An English garner-, 41, 49. Archiv fiir das Studiura der neueren Spracben, 13. Archiv f. Littfiraturgesch., 1. Aristophanes. The revolt of the women, 53. Arnim, L.A.v. Wunderhorn.l. Arnold, M. EquaUty, 26 (Fort- nightly). A French critic, - 20 (Quarterly). Sel. poems, 65. Arnold, T: Eng. literature, 69. Amot, liev. W. Autobiogra- phy, 25. Arundel Society. Autotypes. Holbein portraits ; 26 drawings of Watteau, 38. — OhromO'UtJiogr. Christ's charge to St. Peter, 9. St. Blaise, etc., 49. — Photograph!}. Ivories, 25. Raphael's cartoons, 38. Ashworth, H. li: Cobden, 49. Atkinson, W: P. Use of books, 65. Aub6, B. Persecutions, 49. Audsiej, Gr. A...,and Bowes, J. L. Keramlc art of Japan, 1. Auerhach, B. Drei einzige Tochter, 41. Landolin, 49. Angler, V. Gr. E. Les Four- chambault, 67. Theatre cora- , plet, 37. Autran, J. Drames et eomfidies, 45. Babeau, A. Le village, 33. Backer, A. de. Bibliotheque de la Comp. de J6sus, 13. Baedeker, K: Egypt,' 69. Bagf ord ballads, The, 13. Balfour, F. H. Waifs and strays, 41. Ball, B. L. WhiteMts.,5. Balliugall, W. Edinburgh, 25. Balzac, H. de. Les petits bour- geois, 6J. Barapton lectures. ( Alexan- der. Christ and Christiimity,) 2-3. (Jackson. Retribution,) 18. Barbey d'Aurevilly, L. L. F., dlt J. Les bas-bleus, 33. Barker, E. B. B. Syria and Egypt, 63. Barkley, H. C. Between the Danube and the Black Sea, 41. Bulgaria, 17. Barnes, Rev. W. English speech- cr.aft, 53. Barridre, T., and Decourcelle, A. Un monsieur qui suit les fsrames, 72. — aftfiThiboust, L. Lesfilles de marbrc, 72. Barry, A. Masters in English thfcoL, 17. Barry, C. A. Primer of design, 41. Bartoli, A. I precursori del Boccaccio, 38. Bartsch, K. Deutsche Dich- tungen des Mittelaltera, 41. Batterson, liev. H. G-. A^ner. episcopatf, 41. Christmas carols, 9. Baudelaire, P. C. Petits po-^ ernes en prose, 53. Baudrillart, H: J. L. Histoire du luxe, 63. Bauer, K., {p^ntd. K. Detlef). Bis in die Steppe; Nora; Un- Ibslicbe Bande, 41. Baumann, F. L. Oberschwa- ben. 5. Bayard, J: F. A. Les bijoux indiscrcts, _ 72 (Duvey- rier, and Bayard). — and Bi^ville, C: H: E. E. D. de. Jerome le majon, 72. — and Jaime, ,/iln. Le re- veil du lion, 72. BayTie, P. Actors in the Puri- tan Rev., 45. Beaconafield, Lord. Pol. adv. of, 42 (Fortnightly), 50 (Fort- nightly) . Beaussire, E. . La liberie, 57. Beckwith, A. Majolica and Fayence, 13. Beecher, E. Retribution, 25. Beecher, Mrn. H. W. All around the house, 65. Beers, Prof. H: A. Century of Araer. lit., 1778-1876, 69. Beesly, A. H. Gracchi, 53 (Cox). Beha-ed-Din Zoheir. Poetical works, 1. Beke, Dr. C. Sinai, 45. Bell, D. C. St. Peter ad Vin- cula, 25. Bell, R. Ballads, 49. Bellini, B. Dizionario, 40 (Tommaseo, N., and Bellini), Benjamin, S. U. W. Atlantic Islands , 45 . Contemporary art in Europe, 9. Bentzon, T. , psead. See Blanc, Mme. T. Berger, F. K. City of pleasure, 53. Bergsoe, W: The bride of Roervig, 49, Pillone, 57. Berlin. Akad. derWiss. Cor- pus inscr. Latinarum, 1, 25. Abb., 1876, 25. Bernard, C. Les ph6nom6nes de la vie, 57. Berti, D. Copsrnlco; Galilei, 38. Bertocci, G. Repertorio bih- liog. delle opere stampate in Italia nel sec. xix, 38. Berty, A. Renaissance, 1. Berzezio, V. Tre racconti, 38. Besant, W., and Rice, J. By Celia's arbour, 45. Shepherds all and maidens fair; When the ship comes liome, 49. Biart, L. L'Amurique, 25. Bible. The Holy Bible; ed. by F.E.Cook, 57. N. T. Four Gospels ; tr. from Tischen- dorf; byN. S. Folsom, 1. Bibliographie de Belgique, 1875, 9. Bifiville, C;H:E. E.D. de. Je- rome le maqon, 72 (Bayard, and Ei6ville). Bigelow, E. B. Tariff, 5,9. Bigot, A. Li bourgadieiro, 13. Billroth; T. Surg, pathol., 5, 25. Biscoe, A. F. Earls of Middle- ton, e.tc, 65. Bishop, N. H. Voyage of the paper canoe, 29. Bismarck, O: E: L., Furst von. Letters, 69. Bitard, A. Diet, de lyog., 25. Black, C. A. Sussex idyl, 29. Black, W: Green pastures and Piccadilly, 9. Macleod of Dare, 69. Blackburn, H. Academy notes, 1877 ; Pictorial notes, Nat. Gall., 1. Pictures, S. Kensing- ton, 25. Blackie, J. S. Atheism, 17. Men of Greece, 13. Blackraore, W. D. Erema, 17. Blackwood's magazine for March, 25. Sept , Oct., 57. July, Oct., Nov., 65. Blades, W. Caxton, 1. Blakey, R. Logic, 1. Blanc, Mme. T., {pseud. Th. Bentzon). Remorse, 57, 65. Blavignac, — . Hist, des en- seignes, 49. Block, M. TraitiS de statistique, 38. Bluecher, G. L. von, Fiirst ton Wahhtatt. B. in Briefen, 13. Bocher, E. Gravures fran?. du 18e siiiclo, 1. Bock, Dr. F. Kleinodien, 25. Boettger, C. Mittelmeer, 1. Bollandus, J. Acta sanct., 25. Bonnal, E. Manuel et son temps, 33. Bonnechose, C. de. Montcalm, 5. Bonner, S. Like unto like, 69, Borlase, W. C, 20 (Schlie- mann) . Borron, R. de. Holy Grail, 25. Boston. City Council. Dedica- tion of the monument, 25. Boston almanac and directory, 1878, 21. Bousquet, G. Le Japon, 17. Bowden, J: E; Life of F. W. F.iber, 57. Bowditch, II. I. PubUc hy- giene in America, 9. Bowen, F. Mod. phjlosophy, 5. Bowes, J. L. Kcramic art of Jap- an, 1 (Audsley and Bowes). Bowring, Sir J. Autobiog., 2. Boyle, F. Narrative of an ex- pelled correspondent, 29. Bradley, F. H. Sidgwick'a hedonism, 2, 5. Braithwaite, R. ^Nature's em- basde, 25. Brandt, H. von. Souvenirs, 21. Brasaey, Mrs. A. 'Sunbeam', 45. Brassey, T. Labour question, 29. Brecher, A. Der Brandenbur- gisch-Preussische Staat, 65. Brentano, C. Wunderhorn, 1. Bridgman, M. F. Mosses, 9. Brisebarre, E.. and Nus, E. M. M. Les puuvres de Paris, 49. British almanac, 1878, 25. British quarterly, July, 53. Brivois, J. Beranger, 2. Brooks, Phillips. On preaching, 5. Sermons, 57, 65. Broome, Gapt. A. Bengal army, 49. Brown, C. B. Brit. Guiana, 2. — and Lidstone, W. The Amazon, 63. Browne, I. Great -lawyers, 57. :Browning, R., 37 (.Sschylus). Brunet, G. Manuel du libraire, 58 (Deschamps, P., and Br-unet, G.). Brunton, J. Anthol. de qua- trains, 21. Bryant, W; C, and Gay, S. H. Hist, of U. S.,57. Bryce, J. Transcaucasia, Ara- rat, 17. Constantinople, 49. Bueratenbinder, E., (pseud. E. Werner) . Under a charm, 69. "Vineta, 2. Bullen, G. Caxton celebration, 1877, 5. Number 19.1 [Dee. 31, 1878.' Bulletino cU'l, Comm. Ardi. Manic, 49 Buonarotti, M. A. Sonnets, 33. — anil othern, Fuc-i^imile csL'guito in cllotiiii.i, 4'J. Burckhardt, J. llcnaibbUiice in Italy, 57. Burlingamo, E. L. Current discussion, oS, 41. Eurnaby, F. Asin Minor, 5. Burnett, J/r*. F. II. Dolly; tSuiIy Tim ; 'J'heo, o, Burnouf, E. L. L' Aero pole d'Athencs, 2. Burridge,F.\\'. IlnrLicuIturc, 2. Barton, Ct. K. F. Sind re- visited, 41. Eurty, F. Mailres et pcliLs maitrcs, h, Butler, ri- Life and linliit, 2J. ButBch, A. F. BULliLi-Orna- meutik, 6y. Butt, G; Diondonnuc; The time of rosL's, Li Bynner, K. L. Tritons, ".". C , It. O. Handbook for cook- ery, 57. Cadogan, Laily Aui,'u--t;i. La grande drame, 27 (Macmil- lan). Caliier, <*'. Xouv. nulangcs d'archiiol., eV ., 33. Caird, E. Kant, 9. Calvert, G; II. Charlotte \on Stein, 5. Wordsworth, .07. Calvin, J. M'iliis, Sf.r\Ltii3, and C;il\ ia, 11. Camden, W- Waruk-k, 2'.. Camoron, JA'S 11 L. Deceivers ever, 41. Campanella, T. Sonnets, 38 ( Buonarrotti, M A.). Campardon, E. Lew ^pcct;^rle8 de la fuire, 'i'l. Campbell, J. M, Memorials, 21. Campion, J. S. On the friintier, 20. Cantu, C. DJla indipeudenza iUil., 3S. Capes, W, M'. Antuniiies; Early empire, -yZ (Coxj. Carapanos, C. Dudone, fiS. Carducci, G. Boccacci, 3S. Carminaclericoriim ; Studenten- Lieder des Milti hdters, 2. Carpenter,W: B. Mesmerism, 2, Carr, J/r-v. C. Korth Ilalian folk, 21. Carr, J. C. Drawings, Ilalian masters, 5. Carrington, Col. II. B. Crisis thought.'*, 57. Caasagne, A. T. Traite d'aqua- rclic, 33. Caniaeld, L. St. Fin Barre'^ Cathedral. 9. CavalcaselU, G. B. Tillan, 2. CayluB, A. C. P. de T., i:oi)it<- de. C'orrespoiidance, 1707- 6.J, 21. Cervantes Saavodra, M. Span- ish salt, 41. Cesnola, L. 1'. di. Cypriw, 9. Chadbourne, P. \. SermcuiK, 2. Chadwick, J. W. The l;ible of to-day, 65. Champeaux, A . do. Tapestry, 39. Champney, Mrs. L. W. Bour- bon lilies, 17. Chantelauze, 11. Lc cardinal de Retz, Gi. Character is tics of ch. aicliit. in Scotland, 2, 5. Charcot, J. M. Maladirs du , eystimc nerveux, 9. Charles, yfrs. E. 'Lapsed, hut not lost, 5. Chase, P. E. Soc. of Friends, 5. Chasles, V. E. P. Memoires, ■>. Chassant, A., and Delbarre, P. J. Bigillographie, 39. — and Tausin, H. Diet, des devise'^, 3.). Chatfleld. A . \V. Greek Christ- ian poets, 2. Chatnan, A. L'ami Fritz; Conies voFgiens, .00 (Erck- mann, (md Chatrian). Chaucer, G. C- for children, 13. Cheevor pedigree, 49. Chefd-d'ceuvres de la sculpture an Louvre, 39. Cherbuliez, V. Jean Tettrol's idea, 6j Samuel Brohl, 2. Samuel Brohl ct Cie, .'j. Chevalier, E. La marine fran- eaise, 21. Child, Mm. L. M. Aspirations, 41. Chodzko, A, Theatre persan, 49. Church, A. J. Homer, 40; 47 (Homerus). Church, R. W. Middle Agijs, 2i; 31 (iVIorris). ClairviUe, L: F. Xicolaie, dit. Charlolle Corday; Lavater, 72 (Dumanoir, A. and Clair- viUe). Claretie, J. A. Lcs pauviea gens: Noel Rambert; Mon- tTgnards, 5. Lea femmcs de proic ; La maison vide, 49. Clark, E. L. The races of European Turkey, 69. Clark, Rev. S. D." Xew Enj,' ministry, 5. Clarke, C; and M. C. Recol- lections of writers, 07. Clarke, 10. H, \'isions, 4.j. Clarke, J. F. Go up higher, 9. Mem. and biog. ^^kl.-tches. 41. Clarke, M. C- Reeullections. 57 (Clarke, C. ant M. C ). Clemens, S L I'unch, broth- f rs, puneli ; 29. Cobden Club. Corrcsp., 5. Coccajo, M., p'ieud. ."yee Folen- go, T. Coffin, C. C Boscawen and Webster, :>X Cohen, J. riiari.'-iep,.^. 21. Collignon, 1'^. M;icliiiies, 5. Collignon, M. Lcs monuments rel. au mythe do PsyiJie, Oj. Collins. Jlrs. F. Mortimer Col- lins, 2. Collins, W. L. Thucydidcs, 41. Collins, W: W. The haunted hotel, 65, Percy and the pro- phet, 2. Colombo, C. Uclazione delle scnpcrte fatte da C, 40. 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Pays des milliards ; Prussiens en Allemagne ; Voy- agers aux pays annexes, 24. Vienne, 44. Toepffer, R. GenferNoveUen, 4. Tolstoy, L., count. The Cos- sacks, 63, 72. Tommaseo, N., and Bellini, B. Dizionario, 40. Topiuard. P. Anthropology, 24. Torrens, W. T. M. Melbourne, 20. Tonrneur, C. Plays, etc., 20. Towle, G. M. Montenegro; Mod. Greece, 4. Vasco da Gama, 44. Townley Hall mss., 4. Trafton, Miss A. His inherit- ance, 56. Trelawny, E. J. Shelley, 56. Trench, R. C. Medieval church hist., 32,40. Trimen, Oapt. R. Regiments of the Brit, army, 72. Trollope, A. > Amer, Senator; Christmas at Thompson Hall, 4. Is he Popenjoy? 44, 48. The Lady of Launay, 63. , Trollope, Mrs. F. E. Among aliens; A charming fellow, 63. Trollope, T. A. Papal con- claves, 4. A peep behind the scenes, 63. Pius ix., 16. Trotter, J. M. Music, 23. Trowbridge, J. T. Book of gold, 12. Trueba, A. do. Narracioops, 4. Tucker. liev. H. W. Memoir of E. Feiia,40. Take, D. H. Insanitv, 72. TuUoch, J. Pascal, 28. 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Letters, 33 (Caa- sague) . Veron, E. L'esth6tique, 72. Vetault, A. Charlemagne, 24. Veuillot, L. Moli6re et Bour- daloue,36. Vian, L. Montesquieu, 61. Vilbort, J. NouvoUss campi- noiscs, 8, 12. Villari, L. In change, 8. Villehardouin, G. dc. Con- stantinople, 12. Vincent, J. Jacques dc Tre- vannes. 63, Viollet-le-Duc, E. L'art russe, 40. Mont Blanc, 20. Virginia; .V Roman sketch, 32. Vissering, W. Chinese ciir- rency, 44. Vogue, Le wip. E. M. de. Syria, Palestine, Mt. Athos, 24. Voragine or Vara^ine, J. da. The golden legend, 68. Vosmaer, C. Rembrandt, 36. Vosa, S. M., G^'ofin yon. Court of Prussia, 4. Wagner, R. The Nibelang's ring, 8. Wake, C. S. Evolution of mo- rality, 44. Walford, E. Great families, 68. Walford, L, B. Pauline, 8. Walker, F. A. Money, 40. Wallace, A. R. Reply to Car- penter, 2 (Carpenter). Trop- ical nature, 44. Wallner's allgemeine Sehau- bUhne. 64. Ware.W. R. . Gr. ornaments, 72. Waring, E. J. IBibliotheca therapeutica, 64. ' Waring, G. 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Shooting, yachting, etc., 68. Wilkins, A.S. Rom.antiq.,12. Wilkinson, J. Narrative of a blockade-runner, 8. Williams, J. F. St. Paul, Minn., 4. Williams, M. Hinduism, 12, Modern India, 44. Williams, W. M. Norway, 44. Williamson, J. Belfast, Me., 4. Willimer, M. J. v. Briefw., 22. Willis, R. Servetus, 12, Willahire, W. H. Playing cards at Brit. Museum, 4. Wilson, A. J, Resources of mod, countries, 64. Wilson, D. Old Edia., 32. Winsor, J. Bibliog. of Shake- speare, 4. Wither, T. P. Bigg-. South Brazil, 2-i. Witt, C. de. Washington, 68. Wohlwill, E. Galilei, 4. Wolf at the door. The, 32. Wolff, C. Historischer Atlas, 4. Wood, J. G. Nature's teach- ings, 64. Woolsey, T. D. Polit. science, 8, Wreck of the Grosvenor, 28, 32. Wright.C. Philos. discuss'ns, 20. Wright, E. Traps baited with •oi-phaii, 8. Wriothesley, C. Chronicle of Eng., 1485-1559, 32. Wurzbach, C. v. Biog- Lex., 64. Wylie, W. G. Hospitals, 8. Wynn, C. W. Memorials, 16. Yonge, Miss C. M. Christians and Moors in Spain, 68, 72. Stories of German history, 28. Womankind, 8. Yorick figllo di Yorlck, pseud. See Ferrigni, P. C. Young, E. D. Nyaesa, 28, Young, J. C. Journal, 4. Young, J. J. Ceramic art, 68. Yriarte, C. L'Adriatique et le Montenegro, 36. Venise, 20. Zambrini, F. Boccacci, 64. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Mor- genlandiechen Gesellschaft, 4. Zimmern, H. Leseing, 32. Schopenhauer. 4. Zoological record, 1875, 4. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 21. Jan. 7, 1879. Alcock, Sir R. Art and art industries of Japan. "Sir Rutherford Alcock writes upon Japanese fine arts with the sobriety and gravity of long acquaintance with the subject, a sohviety and gravity tliat contrasts with the vehemence and exuberance wherein other writers marlc their ignorant enthusiasm. Sir Rutherford Alcock was amongst the first to give this country a comprehensive knowledge of the Japanese fine ai'ts by the formation of a Japanese Court in the JExhibition of 1862, and he complains without hitterni*8fi, but not without justice, that this effort is passed over as if it had not been made by Messrs. Audsley and Bowes in their 'Keramic art of Japan'." — Westmi7i. rev., Oct. Alzog, J: Universal Church history. "This American reproduction is not only an excellent translation; it also contains valuable additions." — /Ves- byterian quarterly and Princeton review, "Alzog is one of the very best Roman Catholic writers who has undertaken to record the history of the Church. His learning is suflicient. He has studied Protestant writers as well as those of his own Church. Although influenced throughout by his dogmatic opinions, the effect of this bias is less marked and less mischievous than is usually the case with writers of his class." — Nation. Amero, J. L'Anglomanie dans le frangais, et les barbarismes anglais usites en France. — French gibberish; a review showing how the French language is misused in England and other English-speaking countries. Bartsch, K: Chrestomathie de I'ancien frangais. Seed. Beesly, E: S. Catiline, Clodius, and Tiberius. "These striking articles originally appeared in the FortnigJitly review, 1865-69. ... Mr. Beesly undertakes to show that the three men have been deeply wronged by writers of a 'literary class', which class he holds in deep contempt (as if he himself did not belong to it} ; and he maintains, not by any means that they were estimable men, but that they were not so black as they have been painted. ... These opinions are presented with great vivacity and incisiveness, and supported by ingenious and scholarly arguments. The criticism upon the senatorial leaders, and upon the statements of former writers, is always keen and instructive." — Nation, Aug. 29. Benedict, Rev. W: A., and Tracy, Rev. H. A. History of Sutton, Mass., 1704-1876; includ. Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1813; and parts of Northbridge, Upton, and Au- burn. Berthet, E. Histoire des uns et des autres. "M. Berthet is the fortunate possessor of an inex- haustible fund of anecdote with regard to such celebrities as Thiers, Baron Taylor, Mme. Dorval, the great actress, Julee Janin, Cavaignac, Cherubini, Louis Philippe, Mery, and Leon G-ozlan; and he has given us a series of glimpses of the characters of these noted folks, such as has never before been assembled in book form." — Inier- nat. rev. Bewick, T: Select fables of ^sop and others ; with the orig. wood engravings by Bewick, and an illust. pref. by E. Pearson, Bible. 0. T. Psalms. Scotch. The Psalms; frae Hebrew intil Scottis, by P. H. Waddell. The translator's "work is done directly from the He- brew. — The bulk of the language, both in terras and phraseology, is such as was in daily use by all well- educated peasants and country gentlemen of the last generation, and such as they had received by tradition from their own forefathers, men who represented the true vernacular of their country, from the days of the Reformation and of the Covenant. With such language the translator was familiar in his youth ;" — and it gives the familiar sentences a new force and a strange charm. Browning, R. La Saisiaz. The two poets of Croisic. "He attempts to draw to a focus all the light that the spirit of man can throw on the old questions of the immortality of the soul, and the prospect of an after life. It will easily be believed that the discussion of these themes gives Mr. Browning an opportunity of being excessively ingenious and subtle ; it also tempts him, be it confessed, to be excessively enigmatical and dry." — Examiner, May 25. "In the 'Two poets of Croisic' Mr. Browning tells, with certain poetical licenses, the story of the famous literary hoax played off so successfully by Desforges- Maillard — the poet of Croisic in Brittany — upon Voltaire, Destouches, La Roque, etc." — Ath., May 25. Bryant, \V: C, and Gay, S. H. A popular history of theU. S. Vol. 1, 2. "But throughout a strong prejudice is manifested against the founders of the MassachusettB colony, — 'The Boston Puritans', they are called; and it seems 'strange' to the writers of this history (Vol. II, p. 39, note) that such men should have 'defenders'. The de- fence of the founders of the Massachusetts colony rests on impregnable ground ; and it may be safely left where it now stands. It is, however, occasion for regret that a history which has so many and so great merits should be disfigured by a partisan tone, and lend its countenance to gratuitous sneers at men who deserve only to be held in honorable remembrance." — Boat. d. advertiser, Aug. 17. Burton, K: F. Gold mines of Midian and the ruined Midianite cities ; a fortnight's tour. 2d ed. "Was Ophir really no further away than the Midianitic peniuisula between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Akaba? ... Captain Burton's researches seem to have established that, if Solomon did not actually draw gold from Midian, he very well might have done. ... A skillful digest of all accessible information respecting the peninsula; a series of brilliant descriptive studies of tlie vegetable life, and the atmospheric tints that clothe and diversify these sterile rocks, and the many-lined profusion of animated existence, ichthj'ological, ceralline, zoophytic, which, in forcible contrast to the penury of the land, renders the Red Sea one of the most populous of marine regions." — Exam., May 4. Champlain, S: de. Voyages; tr. from the Fr. by C. P. Otis; with hist, illust., and a memoir by E. F. Slafter. Vol. 2. 1604-10. Clarke, Capt. F. C. H. Armed strength of the ' Gei-man Empire. Pt. 1, Organization and administration, with map. Collins, W: W. The haunted hotel; a mystery of modern Venice. "There is, if we may venture on a fresh compound, a Fee-fi-fo-fumness about his stories that has scarcely been equalled since the days when the giant smelt the blood of an Englishman. ... Mr. Collins has gone beyond Mrs. Radchffe. He does not explain away his ghosts.'* — Sat. rev., Nov. 30. Conference of Librarians, London, Transactions and proceedings, Oct., 1877. Cornhill, Dec. "The 19th 'Hour in a library', which has Landor's 'Imaginary conversations' for its subject, is quite as de- lightful as" its forerunners." — Exam., Dec. 7. Cross, L. Characteristics of Leigh Hunt, as ex- hibited in [his] London journal, 1834-35 ; with illust. notes. Daudet, A. Les femmes d'artistes. "M. Baudot has surpassed himself, to our mind, in three charming and reiined little tableaux de genre. It would seem, at first, as though these rapid easy sketches of a pencil were wholly intended to amuse the reader at some odd moment. But this is not the case. A very serious tone unites these twelve recitals. ... O artists, painters, poets, and musicians, do not marry ! Wliatever may be your tastes, your character, your desire of having your own hearth-stone, marriage will be for you a never- failing source of suffering and vexation." — Intemat. rev., Sept. Number 21.] 82 [Jan. 7, 1879. Derry, J.T. Georgia; a guide to its cities, towns, etc. Deville, J. Dictionnaire de tapissier; critique et historique de Tameublenient fran^ais jusqu'k nos jours ; dessins par Creuzet. Disraeli, B:, Earl of Beaconsjield. B. Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield ; iu cartoons from Punch. Durand, Mme. A. F.. {pseud. Henry Greville). Marrying off a daughter ; tr. by M. N, Sher- wood. Ebers, G: Homo sum. '*The first two novels by the learned Egyptologist suffered from a contradictiun between the ancient dress and the modern sentiment. In the new work the heroes are e'hristiane of the 4th ceiitui-y, hermits, it is true, and people whu.sc ideas uf (,'hristianity assume a Bomewliat eccentric and exaggerated form; but thei*e ideas have been familiar to us from our youth up; the dri ^8 aico of the later Koman civilization is known to us, and not ho t-K^eutially different from our own as to appear Btrant,'e. In consequence tbc poetical powers of the author fur the first time have full play." — Acad , Mar. 16. "It is impossible not to compare 'Homo sum' with Kingsley'y brilliant story of 'Ilypatia', and that much to the disadvantage of the Grernian aittlior, who, if more exact in certain archseological details, has drawn by no means so vivid and interesting^ a picture, nor been able to throw himself at all so thoroughly into the real spirit of the age he undertakes to paint for us." — Acad., July 13. "The Kcenc of action is the Sinaitic peninsula, the time the early part of the fourth century of our era, and the hero an anchorite. ... Archieologicat speculations, however, play a much smaller part than usual in this romance. ... The story does not awaken any lively ititerebt. ... Nor will readers ca^e much for Prof. Kbcrw' present hero, though the portions of the hook where the author quits romance and employs his powers of description of ancient life will not fail to charm them as usual." — Athenamm, Jan. 19. "AVc have always Kuspeeted that 'Romola' was a picture takf n at a wrong foeuw. Not even transcendent genius can make the reader so intimate with the charac- ters of a past age as to enter into their inner life, and be made cognizant of subtle nhades of feeling. In the choice of a right distance for the object-^ to he delineated, we think that Scott must always remain a model for the historical painter. His heroes, however much wc may he told about them, never come into that zone of inti- macy in which we discern any feeling or thought of theirs which we cannot imagine tliem ready to utter. We will pay 'Homo sum' the high eonijiliment of saying that it reminds us in this one jjaiiicular of the acknowl- edged master of historical fiction." ... Then the reviewer contrasts 'Homo sum' with "a novel of greater f lower and of a more absorbing kind of interest, but osing the effect of its real historic wealth through ju^t this want of self-restraint, 'Hypatia'. A hook which brings the reader into contact with tlie ideas of a mind as interesting as Charles KingsU-y's must be itself inter- esting, but we cannot sjiy that we think his elaborate study of a past age brings him into contact with the ideas of any time so much as witli those of our own." — Spectator, Aug. 17. Estelle ; by the atithor of *Four messengers'. 2 y. "The grace, the artistic colouring, and the happy blending of playfulness and pathos in this charming story are a sufficient raison d'etre to need no other, yet it is evident that another exists in tlie author's desire to present a picture, at once faithful and attractive, of modern English Judaism. ... But, although 'Estelle' is to our thinking to be regarded as primarily a novel with a purpose, it is besides, considered as an ordinary story,one very pei-fectof its kind, full of human interest, and of tiM(t and delicate touches of thought, observation, and humour." — Contemp. rev,, Apr. Farrar, F: \V., D.D. Saintly workers ; five Lenten lectures in Holboni, Mar. and Apr., 1878. Covtents. The martyrs. — The hermits. — The monks, — The early Franciscans. — The missionaries. App. —Index. Fortnightly rev., Dec. " 'The migration of centres of industrial energy*, hy L. H. Courtney, gives an interesting account of the rise and fall of great industrial centres both in ancient and modern times." — Exam., Dec. 7. Garden, A. A theatre of Scottish -worthies, and The lyf, doings, and deathe of William El- phinston. (Hunterian Club, no. 41. > Hale, E: E. Mrs. Merriara's scholars ; a 'story of the 'original ten'. (Ten times one ser.) '* 'Mrs. Merriam's scholars' is one of Mr. Hale'a most characteristic stories, warm, rapid, real, dramatic, and interesting. It is on the old but never worn-out theme, personal influence. The story is mainly of the negro schools in the South and their Northei-n teachers just before the close of the war, and the lawlessness, chivalry, and heroism of that time are vi\idly sketched. It is the 2d of the 'Ten times one' series." — ^os^rf. a^Zy., Dec. 20. Hardy, T: The return of the native. "Inferior to anything of his which we have yet read. It is not that the story is ill-eonceived — on the contrary, there are the elements of a good novel in it; but there is just that fault which would appear in the pictures of a person who has a keen eye for the picturesque without having learned to draw. One sees what he means, and is all the more disappointed at the clumsy way in which the meaning is expressed. I'eople talk as no people ever talked before, or perhaps we should rather say as no people ever talk now." — At?t., Nov. 23. Hill, J: W. Management and diseases of dogs. The best treatise on the subject. Hitchcock, R. D. .Socialism. "Section 1 makes it clear that inequality of social con- dition is a permanent fact in political economy. ... 2 treats of communistic socialism ; the scheme to remove all inequality, by reducing the cosmos of society to the void and formless chaos of joint and equal possession of aU things. ... In 3 Dr. Hitchcock takes the part, though temperately, of labor. ... 4 turns to Christian socialism; says to capital : he content with just gains, and oppress not; to labor: be content with fair wages, and rebel not against (iod's providence." — Lit, world, Dec. 10. Homerus. Odyssey; ed., with notes by W. W. Men-y, and J.Riddell. "Mr. Merry has furnished us with three appendices, all of them interesting and valuable, on the 'Homeric ship' ; 'Some various forms of the legend of the blinded Cyclops'; 'The geography of Ithaca'. ... "We have followed with considerable care the continuous annota- tion, and find little or nothing in it but what seems well worthy of praise." — Spectator, Apr. 6. Kuenen, Dr. A. Prophets and prophecy in Israel; an hist, and crit. enquiry; tr. from the Dutch by A. Milroy; with Introd. by J. JIuir. Lacombe, P. Petite histoire du peuple frangais. "A wonderfully terbo and pregnant narrative." — Nation, Oct. 3. Lafayette, M. JI. P. de la V., comtesse de. La princesse de Cleves ; pref. de H. Taine. "L'ingenieuse et delicate etude de M. Taine." — i?«j. poL et lit.. May 11. Laveleye, E. L: V. de. La propriete primitive. "Not only the most brilliant and complete review of the modern investigations into early land tenure, but contains a great deal of new matter collected by M. de Laveleye himself, especially with reference to the Swiss tenures Wherever Sir H. Maine's works are found in an English library, this book ought to stand on the same shelf." — Westminster rev., April 1. Lear, Mrs. H. L. S. Life of Mme. Louise de France, daughter of Louis xv., known as Mother Terfese de St, Augustin. — Life of S. Frangois de Sales. Lock, — , and Whitfield, G: C. Men of mark ; a gallery of contemporary portraits; with biog. notices by T. Cooper. 1st - 3d ser. 3 v Number 21.] 83 [Jan. 7,-1879. Locke, D: R., (ps. Petroleum V.Nasby) . A paper city. Lockwood, M. S., and Glaister, E. Art embroi- dery; a treatise on the revived practice of decorative needle- work. Longfellow, H: W. Poems of places. America; New England. 2 v. Lowell, R. A story or two from an old Dutch town. Mase, E. Art-needlework for decoratixe embroid- ery ; ed. by L. P. Hale. Mason, G: C. , The old house altered ; illust. Mathews, W; Oratory and orators. *']N*early one half of the book is devoted to short de- scriptive sketches of the foremost English and American orators ; "while in the remainder are discussed the qual- ifications, the trials, the helps and the influence of the orator, and various interesting questions .about oratory." — Lit. world. Dee. 10. Mayer, J. On the art of pottery ; with a history of its progress in Liverpool. Mozley, J. B., D.D. Sermons before the University of Oxford and on various occasions. 3d ed. Napier, J. Folk-lore; or, Superstitious beliefs in the west of Scotland within this century ; with app. Newman, J: H:, D.D. The Aryans of the 4th century. 4th ed. — Callista ; a sketch of the 3d century. — Certain difficulties felt by Anglicans in Catholic teaching. — Discussions and arguments on various subjects. 2d ed. Fifteen sermons before the Univ. of Oxford, 1826-43. — The idea of a university defined and illust. 4th ed. — Lectures on the present position of Catholics in England ; addr. to the Brothers of the Oratory. 4th ed. — Tracts theological and ecclesiastical. Contents. Dissertatiunculse quatuor crit.-theol. — ' Causes of the rise and successes of Arianism. — The heresy of ApoUinaris. — St. Cyril's formula, ^i'a ^vo-is fjeaapKuiij.t^i'Tj — The ordo de tempore in the breviary. — Hist, of the text of the Douay version. — Two essays on biblical and on ecclesiastical miracles. 4th ed. — The via media of the Anglican Ch. 2 v. Vol. 1. Lectures on the prophetical office of the Church viewed relatively to Romanism and popular Protestantism, as pub. in 1837, with new preface and notes [1877]. 2. Occasional letters and tracts. Nineteenth century, Nov. "Virchow and evolution", by Tyndall; "The three colours of pre-Raphaeiitism", by Ruskin. Parr, H. Straightforward ; by H. Lee. 3 v. "Straightforward is a good story. ... Perhaps of all the quidnuncs of Mrs. Medium's shop, the rector, Mr. Douce, is the best described. ... Other characters are equally well sketched, and a happy love-story runs par- allel with the troubles of the hero. ... The style is lively, and occasioniilly a turn of thought is original." — Athenceum. Raper, H: Practice of navigation and nautical astronomy. 12th ed. Rare pale Margaret. (Franklin Sq. libr.) Richardson, G: G. Com and cattle producing districts of France. Riddell, R. The artisan; illust. by plates of geo- metric drawing. Rodwell, G. F. Etna ; a history of the mountain and of its eruptions. Roscher, W: Principles of political economy, with add. chapters on paper money, etc., and essay on the hist, method in political econ- omy, from the Fr., by L. Wolowski; tr. by J. J. Lalor. 2 v. Rowe, R; Jack afloat and ashore. Royce, S: Deterioration and race educatioti. "Mr. Royce ... lays great stress upon those forces in society which lead to pauperism and physical, mental, .and moral degeneracy, and it is as a corrective of these evil tendencies that lie chiefly regards the subject of education. The fundamental idea of his work, illu'eti-ated and enforced by numerous facts and copious discussion, is that the great deficiency in our system of mental cul- tivation is the non-recognition of the element of indus- try." — Pop. scl. luontldy, Dec. "What we miss in this elaborate and honest and wholesome book, is a careful study of the peculiar char- acteristics of our age and an analysis of its besetting evils; also a philosophical statement of the true race education, witli a fair appreciation of physiology and medicine, and a just recognition of the great moral and spiritual convictions that bind man to man in lifting him up to God." — iV. A. review, Nov. -Dec. S., J. R., and H., M. B. Lady Huckleberry en- larges on her husband's follies ; a continua- tion of the 'Irene Magillicuddy' papers. — A romance of a j^achting party. Salicis, G. Enseignement primaire et apprentis- sage. 2e ed. Sewall, S: Diary. Vol.1: 1674-1700. (Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 5th ser., v. 5.) "Among the most conspicuous names in our early provincial history is that of Samuel Sewall, one of the judges of the special tribunal created at the time of the witchcraft delusion, and afterward a judge, and for ten years chief justice, of the Supreme Court. ... He was a man of strongly marked character, and credulous in the extreme ; and many readers of his diary will smile at the puerile notions which he readily accepted. No man, however, was ever more faithful to the light which he had received. ... This diary covers a period of more than fifty years. ... Negotiations were opened some years ago in behalf of the British Museum for the pur- chase of these precious memorials of our colonial and provincial history, and their transfer to England." — B.d. advertiser, Nov. 18. Sheldon, G. W. American painters. Shippen, E. Thirty years at sea; the story of a sailor's life. Sinclair, T. The mount ; speech from its English heights. Slafter, Rev. E. F. Pre-historic copper imple- ments ; letter to the Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin. Southern Historical Society. Papers. Vol. 6. "We read this interesting publication with pleasure, not unmixed with surprise that the southern chieftains, who have thrown down the sword for the pruning hook, seem to forget that this implement may be as profitably employed in literature as in horticulture. Some of these sketches read more like the stories of Gawain and Lan- celot, or the gabes of the knights of Charlemagne, than accounts of modern history. Proverbs without end bear testimony to the safety that is found in moderation." — Marj. of Araer. hist. Spectator, Dec. 7. Discusses well in two articles, 1. affirmative, and 2. negative, the question: Does "progress" diminish joy? Spedding, J. Account of the life and times of F. Bacon. 2 v. Condensed by an American editor from Spedding's 'Letters and life of Bacon, including all his occasional works'; and finally revised by Spedding. Number 21.] 84 [Jan. 7, 18 Steevens, N. The Crimean campaign with the 'Connaught rangers', 1854-56. "A better and more exhaustive book than Col. Pack's, although that also was interesting after its kind. But Col. Pack saw little of life in the trenches at Seba8toi)ol, whereas it is doubtful whether any officer now living could claim longer or more varied experience of that state of existence than Col. Steevens. ... A plain, unvarnished tale of fortitude and patience under terribly trying circumstances. " — Exam., June 15. Stevens, H: Catalogue of the American books in the library of the British Museum, 1856. Contents. Books printed in the United States, includ- ing those printed before the Declaration of 1776. — Canadian and other British North American books. — Mexicim and other Spanish American and "West Indian books. — American maps. Symonds, J. A. Shelley. (Eng. men of letters.) "Written with knowledge, grace, and tact; presents the essential facts and a variety of appropriate details in a compact shape, ... Mr. Symonds docs not profess to have any new information about the facts of Shelley's life." — Athencewm, Nov. 2. "We regret that in a popular series of lives intended expressly for those 'who have to run as they read' should have been included the life of one who has exerted so profound an influence, both for good and for evil, on English literature, as Shelley, with so very little in it of wit*u guidance of the judgment, and such indiscriminate and, as it seems to us, such mistaken praise. Mr. Sy- monds enters into the transcendental beauties of Shelley's genius with an ardent and a thoughtful admiration But he takes no intelligible standard with hira hy which to try Shelley's curiously tainted nobility of nature, and you follow him through the moral tangle of Shelley's short and sad cjireer, without any distinct perception of the great moral deficiencies in Slielley which maim and stunt his otherwise lofty idealism, or any clear insight even into the weak side of that marvellous poetry which has left behind it at least as many literary heirs of its evil as of its good." — Spectator', Nov. 2. Taylor, J. E. Flowers; their origin, shapes, per- fumes, and colours. Theuriet, A. Mile. Guignon. Theuriet has been compared to George Sand, and there are certain resemblances, chiefly in his love of nature, but, in tJie present book at least, the workmanship is clumsy and the tone coarse compared with hers. Thomson, S. Sepulchral monuments in Italy medi- aeval and cinquecentist ; with introd. by G. E. Street ; the photographs and text by T. PL 1-6. Thorburn, S, S. Bannu; or, Our Afghan frontier. Nearly half the book is devoted to "Customs and folk- lore, with a collection of Pashto proverbs", in English and Pashto. Tileston, Mrs. M. W. The blessed life; hymns. Towle, G; M. Pizarro; his adventures and con- quests. (Young folks' heroes of history.) Tyler, M. C. History of American literature. Vols- 1, 2; 1607-1765. "The result of original and independent studies for the past ten years, gives an altogether new analysis of American literary forces and results during nearly three centuries. The present two volumes — a complete work in themselves — cover the colonial time." 17. S, Centennial f'ommisRion. Grounds and build- ings of the Exhibition ; ed. by D. Gardn&r. — Corps of Engineers. Geological exploration of the 40th parallel; by C. King. Vol. 1. With striking plates of scenery in Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. — Geol. and Geog. Survey of the Territories. Bulletin. Vol. 4, pt. 3, 4. — National Museum. Bulletin. No. 12. University mag., Dec. "In this number we have the conclusion of Miss Col- lins's very beautiful sketch of the life and work of Margaret Fuller. ... It also contains an abJe article by Mr. Keningale Cook on 'Theism and ethics in ancient Greece' , and a graceful little poem, entitled 'Under the Cocoa', by Richard Garnett. 'Laelia' is also a story of considerable interest and originality." — Exam., Dec. 7. Veley, M. For Percival. " 'For Percival* is an able book, but the weakness of the plot in its main incident to a great extent spoils the interest of the story." — Ath., Nov. 23. "A book which may be honestly praised; which is neither crude nor coarse, nor even ill-bred; which does not aim at the destruction nor even the reconstruction of society, but which leads one with a gentle interest through pleasant scenes and people, with a gleam of light here and a touch of shadow there, till the faces grow definite and the places familiar, and we follow willingly, and the end comes too soon." — Nation, Dec. 19. "In some respects a clever novel; but emphatically a long one." — Hat. rev., Dec. 7. "Miss Veley betrays the bent of her talent in this, — that the most effective of all the touches, even in her most pathetic scenes, are the touches in which she dwells on the waste of the noblest feelings ; while the most hu- morous of her effects, even in the most amusing scenes, are those in which she triumphantly exhibits a certain affinity between the vulgarest nature and the noblest." — Spectator, Dec. 7. Villari, Pj-of. P. N. Machiavelli and his times; tr, by L. Villari. 2 v. VulUemin, L, Histoire de la confederation suisse. 2 V. Vulhemin Is known as the translator and continuator of Johann Miiller's history, and the author of monographs on the chateau de Chillon, the canton de Vaud, etc. The present work is well written, well thought out, and founded on the latest researches. Ware, W. R. Greek ornament ; plates, printed in the orig. colors. (Tilton's handbooks of dec. form, no. 1.) Wheatley, H: B. What is an index? Whistle-binkie ; or, The piper of the party ; a coll. of songs. 2 V. Wilkinson, Sir J: G. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians. New ed., rev. and corr. by S. Birch. 3 v. "Egyptian ideas deduced from Egyptian sources, having far more uuportance to the student and reader than those transmitted from classical writers, have been given wherever practicable. The great merit of the acute observation of the author, and the exhaustive illustrations of Egyptian manners and customs as de- picted by the monuments, have made the present work a text-book; its chief excellence consists in the great trouble which the author took in explaining and com- paring Egyptian and Greek notions." — F7-e/ace. Wilson, H. S. Alpine ascents and adventures; or, Kock and snow sketches. 2d ed. Winthrop, R. C: Addresses and speeches on various occasions, 1869-79. Wood, S: The bulb garden ; a manual adapted for both the professional and amateur gardener. "Mr. Wood's little book on bulb-gardening supplies the want which has hitherto existed of any sufficiently modern work of the kind. Beyond this reason for its appearance, its author, who evidently loves his subject, was anxious to convince people of the advantages of bnlb-cultiv:ition over more modern styles of floriculture 'as being less expensive and more certain, and far better suited to the majority of second-class gardens'. The book contains various practical suggestions as to the arrangement of the flowers, and the growth of flower- roots for the trade as well as for amusement, aud has a special chapter on the diseases of bulbs." — Sat. rev., Sept. 14. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 22. Feb. 7, 1879. Alcott, L. M. Under the lilacs. Art, L". Tome 14. "The Exposition finds this wide-eyed chronicler of art-news in a state of preparedness, and the staff seems to have heen full-handed enough to take it up not as an interruption, hut as an occasion. ... The Salon natu- rally shares attention with the Exposition." — Nation, Deo. 12. Bates, W: George Cruikshank ; the artist, the humourist, and the man. Bay, W: V. N. Reminiscences of the bench and bar of Missouri ; with an app. "The hook itself, the characters portrayed, and, ahove all, the literary style, are very typical and peculiar. The style particularly, hoth as to words and grammar, will afford a suhject of curious enquiry to the future philolo- gist. The prevailing characteristic is size. ... The immense pohtical importance of lawyers in a half-civil- ized community, the extraordinary mixture of races in early Missouri history, the desperate struggle hetween the Virginia and New England elements for the possess- ion of the state in 1S20, and finally the awful condition of affairs in 1860, Lave much light thrown on them hy Judge Bay's hiographies. There are also a few hitherto nnpuhhshed letters given relating to the Burr conspir- acy. ... The author is always genial and honest and well-intentioned, while many of his incidental opinions — as, for example, on trial hy jury — are sensible and thoughtful." — Nation, Nov. 28. Beard, G: M. The scientific basis of delusions ; a new theory of trance, and its bearings on human testimony. "It is designed as an Introduction to a work on the philosophy of delusions, which will aim to unfold in detail the phenomena of the involuntary life, including trance, and to give practical suggestions for the recon- struction of the principles of evidence in their application to history and to logic, to science and to law." Bernard, C. La science experimentale. Bernardinus Senensis, St. Novellette, esempi mo- rali, e apologhi. Blackwood, Jan. "The notice on Alphonse Daudet*8 novels is exceed- ingly interesting." — Exam., Jan. 4. Bracton, H: de. De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae ; ed. by Sir T. Twiss. Vol. 1. Broglie, A. V., due de. Secret du roi ; correspon- dauce secrfete de Louis xv. avec ses agents diplomatiques, 1752-74. 2 v. Bucknill, J: C:, M.D. Habitual drunkenness and insane drunkards. Colombo, C. Letters of Columbus [2] and A. Ves- puccius [1] ; with introd. by G. Dexter. Translated from the 'Cartas de India', puhlished lately for the first time hy the Spanish government. Cornhill magazine, Dec. "Gives UB an 'Hour in a lihrary' in the form of a criti- cism of Landor most solid and sound. Mr. Henry James writes the first part of another of his excellent short stories; returning, as is so natural in him, to the attract- ive theme of contrast and contact hetween the Old World and the New, though dealing this time with a very differ- ent phase of the contrast from that presented in 'The Europeans'. For a masterly transcription of the talk of a pretty coquette, we recommend readers to turn to the pages that report Mrs. Westgate's first conversation with Lord Lambeth." — Acad., Dec. 21. Coues, E. Birds of the Colorado valley. Cousin, C: Voyage dans un grenier. A description of the author's rich collections of auto- graphs, pottery, old books, and hric-a-brao. Crlpps, W. J. Old English plate. "Nowadays there are many collectors of old English silver-work. Some collectors appreciate the antiquarian and historical interest that attaches to the manufacture ; some recognize the superiority of the old elegance and workmanship to the modern fiissiness and filmsiness; some want the plate for use, others for show. And there are, of course, many persons who collect old silver because their friends collect old silver. These last are the most numerous, and, being the most ignorant, are the readiest dupes of the forgers. These are the people that buy old hlue-and-white china hot from the kiln ; old Wedgwood medallions but just arrived from Stafford- shire; old hrass dishes of beaten work produced hy the electrotj^pe process; old Venetian glass manufactured by a limited liability company. ... The pages given to modern forgeries and describing an amateur's experi- ences are most amusing, but we fear they will sadly distress some collectors, and disconcert not a few deal- ers." — Acad., Aug. 10. Drake, S: A. Captain Nelson. "A story of colonial days; it opens in Boston in 1689, just before the deposition of Sir Edmund Andros. Nelson, the hero, is a fine fellow, a patriot, and an Episcopalian. That being a rare combination in those days, his patriotism was doubted and he himself very badly treated by the stricter sort of anti-church men." — Advertiser, Jan. 25. Durand, Mme, A. F. Pretty little countess Zina ; a Russian story ; tr. by M. N. Sherwood. A translation of "Les Kouraiassines." Falke, J. v. Art in the house: hist., critical, and ajsthetical studies on the decoration and furnishing of the dwelling; ed., with notes, by C. C. Perkins. Illust. Ferrier, Miss S. Destiny. — Inheritance. . — Marriage. "Three clever, satirical, and most amusing novels. They exhibit, besides, a keen sense of the ludicrous almost unequalled. She may be said to have done for Scotland what Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth have respectively done for England and Ireland, — left por- traits painted in undying colors, of men and women that will live forever in the hearts and minds of her readers." — jProm a biographical sketch in Temple Bar, repr. in Littell, Dec. 14. Feuillet, O. Diary of a woman, from the Fr. (Coll. of for. authors, no. 16.) Fletcher, Rev. J. C, and Kidder, D. P., D.D. Brazil and the Brazilians. 9th ed. Flint, R., D.D. Theism ; Baird lecture for 1876. 2ded. Flipper, Lieut. H: 0. The colored cadet at West Point ; autobiography. Foster, C: J. The white horse of Wootton ; a story of love, sport, and adventure in the midland counties of Eng. and on the frontier of Amer. "A story depicting life, sentiments and manners in the midland counties of England forty years ago, with scenes and adventures among the hunters, trappers, traders and Indians of the western plains of America at the same epoch." "Charles J. Foster, the author of 'The white horse of Wootton', was born in Oxfordshire, England. He was brought up near the great racing stahles of that sporting shire, did a stroke of sailoring in his youth, and finally landed in this country, where for a long time he Uved among the floods, forests and fields of what was then the "West — Wisconsin, Iowa, and Ohio. A natural taste, improved hy such opportunities, makes him the best turf writer in this country." — WasMngton Capital. Gentleman's magazine, Dec. "Mr. Farrer's admirable paper on 'Savage fairy lore." — Acad., Dec. 7. — Jan. "Three chapters of the new serial 'Under which Lord', by Mrs. Lynn Linton, promise a story of strong interest, bearing on a vexed social question of the day." — Exam., Jan. 4. Gosse, E. W. On viol and flute. 2d ed. Number 22.] 86 [Feb. 7, 1879. Greenfield, W. S., M.D. Alcohol ; its use and abuse. (Health primers, no. 2.) Hatton family. Correspondence, being chiefly letters addressed to Christopher, 1st Viscount Hatton, 1601-1704; ed.by E: M.Thompson. 2 V. (Camden Soc. New ser., v. 22, 23.) Hendrlk, H. Memoirs of H., the Arctic traveller; written by himself, and tr. from the Eskimo by Dr. H. Rink. "Who that has read, even in the most cursory manner, the literature of Arctic exploration has not heard of Greenland Hans, Dr. Kane's dog-driver, who, all for love of Shanghu's pretty daughter, cast in his lot with the Smith's Sound Eskimo? In Hayes's expedition Hans again occupied m prominent place; ... he shared in all the perils of Hall's expedition, and finally reached civilization by floating into the Atlantic on a piece of ice. ... In 1875, he was unable to resist Capt. Nares'a eloquence, and served Her Britannic Majesty most faith- fully for the better part of eighteen mouths. ... It may be questioned whether such an autobiography was ever published before. It is, we believe, the second literary effort of the Eskimo nation, and the quaint, simple narrative, with all its blunders in orthography, geogra- phy, and nomenclature, bears the obvious marks of stern fidelity to the truth. ... The author did not re- ceive the slightest aid from any one; but Dr. Rink has translated it into English." — Athenceum, Oct. 26. Hill, G: B. Dr. Johnson : his friends and his critics. "Dr. Hill's picture of the Oxford of Johnson's time is fresh and vivid. ... But equal attention should be given to the following chapters, in which he has laboured to remove misconceptions both of Johnson and of Bos- well, formed by Lord Macaulay and by Mr. Carlyle. Dr. Hill, in defending Johnson against Macaulay, is, we think, almost as unjust to Macaulay as Macaulay was to Johnson." — Sat. rev., July 13. The most entertaining part of the book is the descrip- tion of Oxford at a time when *'the Colleges generally were abodes of indolence and coarse dissipation, the whole place permeated with abuse, and prejudice, and gross stagnation of mind" {Spectator). Hoey, Mrs. C. Out of court. 3 v. Holmes, O. \V. John Lothrop Motley ; a memoir. House and its surroundings, The. (Health prim- ers, no. 3.) Hunt, Mrs. A. W. The hazard of the die. 3 v. Jackson, Lady C. C. Old Paris: its court and literary salons. "Full of talk, easy, sprightly, now and then satirical, just a little scandalous, and invariably amusing." — Ath- ejiceum, Nov. 30. Johnston, K. M., and Browne, W. H. Life of Alex. H, Stephens. "Apparently Mr. Stephens desires to become an his- torical character during his own lifetime, and listen to the criticism which is usually withheld while a man is still before the world. The freak seems a strange one, and is not perhaps in the beat taste ; but if Mr. Stephens enjoys it there is nothing more to be said. Mr. Stephens's biographers have kept themselves in the background and allowed their hero to tell his own story in his own way. When they deviate from this prudent system their success is not very encouraging. " — Motion, Oct. 17. King, M. Hand-book of Boston. Knight, W: The English lake district, as inter- preted in the poems of Wordsworth. * 'Charming compendium of poetic description and rare verse; follows the career of Wordsworth from his birth in Cockermouth to his death at Rydal Mount, not in the spirit of either biographer or critic, but with regard to the natural features which more particularly attracted the poet's eye.'' — Athenceum, Dec. 7. Legouv6, E. Reading as a fine art; tr. from the 9th ed. by A. L. Alger. List of serial publications now taken in the princi- pal libraries of Boston and Cambridge. Macquoid, T: and K. Pictures and legends from Normandy and Brittany. "Bouvestre, in his delightful supplement to Cambry'e *Voyage dans la Finisterre', laments, as antiquaries are wont to do, the rapid decaj' of antiquity. ... Yet 'time, which antiquates antiquities', has not succeeded bo thoroughly in blotting out from Brittany its natural characteristics. ... Brittany has, in the character of its inhabitants, far more distinctive features than Corn- wall, which of course, among Enghsh counties, it most resembles. Normandy corresponds well enongb to our Devonshire, so far as the aspect of nature is concerned, but it gains an air of distinction from its numerous cha- teaux and the remains of its stately architecture. As we pass from these to the domestic buildings and low manor-houses of Brittany, we leave also the fair-haired English-looking men and women, set off so well by their blue dresses and white caps, for the dark Celtic physiog- nomy and the Breton's sadder-coloured raiment of black and white. ... Mr. and Mrs. Macquoid were fortunate in securing the company of a friend who understood the Breton language. ... Though they do not profess, hke the genuine gleaner of folk-tales, to have gathered all their store at first hand, they have succeeded In putting together a very interesting volume of legends which have all the stamp of genuineness, and some of which will probably be in part new." — Sat. rev., Dec. 21. Mareschal, A. A. Les faiences anciennes et mod- ernes, leurs marques et decors ; faiences etrangferes. 2e ed. — Faiences frangaises. Marivaux, P. C. de C. de. "Marivaux the forerunner of Sedaine, Emile Angler, Alfred de Musset, and to some extent George Sand, ... delights in seeking out and dwelling upon nuances which are almost imperceptible; he likes to split up and refine upon sentiments until the shades of variation require as it were a strong moral magnifying glass to enable us to perceive them. To this delicate filigree work of analysis, which, moreover, is rarely false, is due, as we have already said, a great part of the admiration of the present generation for him. It is the same sort of subtle, highly polished, and analytical conversation which one finds in a dozen of the pieces of Emile Augier; it Is the same refined, tender, and romantic sentiment which we find in the comedies of Alfred de Musset, and the same spirit of loyalty and chivalry which we find in the dramas of George Sand. As a romancer, he is above Richardson in Richardson's own particular fields; and as a writer of comedies, the romantic and poetical character of his genius and style, and especially his exquisite types of blooming womankind, make us wonder if he had not penetrated by some secret way into the enchanted do- mains of 'As you hke it', or of 'The midsummer night's dream. He has left behind him some twenty-eight com- edies, out of which eight are worth reading : *La sur- prise de I'amour' (in his CEuvres, v. 4), 'La double inconstance' (v. 4), a worthy pendant to 'Love's labour's lost', 'La seconde surprise de ramour' (v. 1), 'Le jeu de I'amour et du hasard' (v. 5), 'Le legs' (v. 2), the direct predecessor of De Musset'B 'Caprice', 'Les faussei confidences' (v. 3), 'Les sin cores' (v. 3), one of the pleasantest of Marivaux's comedies to read, and' 'L*6preuve' (v. 4). ... The 'M6moires d'une coquette retiree du monde', and 'L'hietoire d ' u n m i r o i r ' are two little masterpieces." — Corn- hill, Jan., 1878. "'Le jeu de I'amour et du hasard' (in hit (Euvres, v. 5), has always been a favorite with leading French actresses, including Mlje. Mars and Mme. Ar- nould-Plessy. Marivaux was among dramatists what Watteau was among painters, — a writer of much grace, but httle force, who by preference depicted, and depicted well, an idle and useless, but gay and picturesque, though shghtly corrupt society. Though he began to succeed in l|20,he IS singularly modern in style, and he had a special gift for creating girls who, though 'actresses in that eternal comedy' of false love which was the amusement of Versailles under the old r6gime, are still youthful, Number 22. 87 [Feb. 7, 1879, natural, and tender. He scarcely makes plots, but relies upon the difficulties his lovers make for themselves, and ■which the audience see from the first will end. ... He also wrote some novels, and one of them, 'Marianne' {ill his CEuvres, v. 6, 7) , was pronounced by Jules Janin, a novel whose author trod very close upon the heels of the author of 'G-il Bias'. ... The 'Paysan par- venu' (v. 8) is almost as charming a book as Marianne. It is written in the same style, only with more sarcasm and irony, as the subject naturally permitted; and for any one who wishes to get an idea of the society of the 18th century, perhaps there is no collection of portraits more complete." — /Spectator, partly taken from the Comhili' Masque of poets, including Guy Vernon, a novelette in verse. (No nffme ser.) "Nearly eighty poems of varied length, from a frag- ment of a dozen lines to the closing novelette in verse which covers more than a hundred pages. ... Borne pieces are of rare excellence, many are of ordinary worth, and not a few are so inferior in quality that they might have been taken from the poet's corner of any provincial newspaper. Not one of the number, however, can fairly be called a great poem." — Lit. world, Dec. 10. "The conjectures have almost universally been wide of the mark. 'A song before singing', with which the volume opened, which was set down as the work of Longfellow or Tennyson, is by G-. H. Boker, who must feel much complimented. 'The unseen preacher', which we thought was certainly Whittier's, owes its authorship to Miss E. S. Phelps. Everybody at once cried 'Holmes' on reading 'Question and no answer', but everybody was wrong, for Lord Houghton is the author. 'One hundred and one', instead of being the work of Emerson, was written by Miss H. W. Preston — another unintentional compliment. E. C. Stedman wrote 'Proven9al lovers'; James Russell Lowell, 'Red tape, and 'My heart, I can- not still it'; H. H., 'A woman's death wound'; William Allingham, 'Amy Margaret'; and Miss Rossetti, 'Hus- band and wife'. Stedman was generally credited with 'Theocritus', the real writer being Mrs. Annie Fields. R. R. Bowker is the author of 'My lady's voice', one of the best poems in the book. Celia Thaxter contributed 'Awakening', and 'The marshes of Glynn' is from the pen of Sidney Lanier. The singular inaccuracy of the guessing, even by the most competent critics, is a striking proof of the little value of internal evidence in determin- ing questions of disputed authorship." — Traveller, Jan. 15. Mozley, J. B. Essays, historical and theological. 2 V. "Show a fair amount of historical ability and a theolog- ical bias which the writer made no effort to conceal. While trying to do justice to the character of Luther, for instance, Mr. Mozley's six-score pages were an elaborate attack on the man who had dared to attack the Church. That Luther did good work, and honestly aimed to do more than he achieved, his critic admitted; that he was self-willed and overbearing, crafty, and ambitious of power, he could not much complain of, seeing that in these respects he only rivalled the ecclesiastical statesmen who were Mr. Mozley's saints; but what Luther could not be forgiven for were his efforts to break down instead of reforming the elaborate system of priestcraft that had grown upon the papacy. ... The four historical essays here brought together have a clear purpose in view. They are an elaborate exposition of the tractarian theory as to the mischief done to the world by Protestantism, Puritanism, and all such 'isms', and as to the now slighted virtues of hierarchy, monarchy, and all such 'archies'. The contents of Canon Mozley's second volume are more various. His essays on Dr. Arnold and Blanco White enabled him to protest against two types of religious life in his own day which were wholly obnoxious to him, while in his reviews of the volume of 'Theological essays*, which brought a small persecution on F. D. Maurice, and of Dr. Pusey's famous sermon on 'Entire absolution', he had opportunities of putting forth some of his own theological views. His essay on 'The book of Job' is a curious study, and that on 'Indian conver- sion' contains very sanguine anticipations as to the ultimate triumph of Christian dogma over Brahmamsm. Finally, in 'The argument of design', we have a small hit at Mr. Darwin, and in 'The principle of causation' a r6chaufF6 of high church metaphysics."— ^a-am., Aug. 24. "The article on Lord Strafford, though professedly a review of Mr. Forster's Strafford, is a genuine essay, such as Macaulay might have written. The style indeed is not that of Macaulay, the thought of course still less so ; but it has a glow, an enthusiasm, a slashing out-spoken- - nesB — we may add, a one-sidedness, though the side taken is different — which remind us of the great Whig historian. Written in 1843, it breathes the spirit of the 'Tractarian' warfare then raging. ... The essay upon Luther is an acute and on the whole unfavorable piece of criticism. ... The article on Laud of course takes a highly favorable view of its subject, though Dr. Mozley sees and admits the Archbishop's failure as a politician. ... Dr. Mozley treated even his historical subjects from a religious rather than from a purely historical point of view; this at least does not diminish their interest, nor injure their life and vigor." — Sat. rev., Aug. 17. Nineteenth century, Dec, Jan. "Mr. Mallock's article, which is an avowed apology and plea for the Church of Rome as 'the logical develop- ment of our natural moral sense' reaches a point of clever folly beyond which even Mr. Mallo.ck can hardly go. . .. Mr. Ruskin's concluding pages on 'The colours of prse- Raphaelitism' are unequal, but contain some pearls that ought not to be missed. ... Mr. Ralston, in his essay on 'Beauty and the beast', compares a number of variants of this 'Marchen', from the polite French to the cannibal Cretan version." — Acad., Dec. 14. In the Jan. no. "Anthony Trollope takes the immortal books of Dickens and Thackeray as a text for an essay on 'Novel- reading' — a thoroughly genuine and loyal tribute to the genius of the great writers of English fic- tion, and a review of the general nature of their work, and its relations to English literature ; and the editor, with the counsel of Prof, Huxley, writes on Recent science, paying special attention to the later experiments with electric light." — £. d. advertiser, Jan. 18. The Spectator agrees with Mr. Trollope that the moral teaching of our most important recent novel-writers is much more potent than moral teaching of a more abstract kind ; but is not satisfied with his eulogy on some recent novelists. "Dickens teaches people to gloat over their own nat- ural feelings of sympathy, or pity, or even of mere personal love, as if they were positive merits, and merits of no mean order. ... We doubt whether Dickens has not done almost as much harm by conveying the impres- sion that men who feel sweet and kind feelings become, as it were, by the very fact, benefactors to their race, and entitled to claim the benediction of Heaven, as he has done good by holding up avarice and proiligacy and cruelty to hatred and contempt. ... Thackeray, too, has popularised, amongst the class which reads him, an unmanly tone of sentiment. An almost Oriental resig- nation to an inscrutable Power, an emotion touched with despair is the emotion which pervades bis novels. Thackeray's sentiment is exquisitely refined, but it is softening, relaxing, and never bracing. Tou do not feel the more manly for reading him, as you do for read- ing Scott; nor the more free, as you do for reading Miss Bronte ; nor the more just, as you do for reading Q-eorge Eliot. You feel that your knowledge of the weaknesses and insincerities of human nature is greatly enlarged — that your hope of subduing those weaknesses and insin- cerities is greatly diminished — and that your pity for every one, yourself included, is deeper. But that is hardly the feeling with which a great novelist, who was also — as Mr. Trollope seems to think Thackeray — a great moralist, should send you away." — Spectator, Jan. 4. Philalethes, pseud. Bos-well again. "We had always supposed that since the republication of Carlyle's essay on Boswell there was but one opinion as to the justice of Macaulay's remarks on that 'first of biographers'. But it is worth while returning to the notion, prevalent enough when Macaulay wrote his review of Croker's edition of 'Boswell', that Boswell had been for ever demolished, to enjoy the vigor with which 'Philalethes' turns and rends the critics. We have read few productions of late in which there is so much old-fashioned energy of recrimination combined with so much sound scholarship.'' — JSxam,, May 18. Number 22.] 88 [Feb. 7, 1879. Porter, J. W. Genealogy of the descendants of R. Porter, Weymouth, Mass., 1635. Premature death ; its promotion or prevention, (Health primers, no. 4.) Punch. W: E. Gladstone; cartoons from the coll. of P. Punch's pocket-book for 1879. Ralfe, C. H., M.D. Exercise and training. (Health primers, no. 1.) Rassegna settimanale. Roma. Has juBt been added to our list of periodicals. It will be welcome to persons who desire to lieep up or improve their acquaintance with Italian, but have not courage to attack a whole book; for it contains a considerable variety of interesting matter, and it is excellently printed. The no. for Jan. 5 has, besides correspondence, reviews, and communications, "Una nuova narrazione della dis- fida di Barletta" and "Le ultime ricerche suUa natura dei contagi." In the no. for Jan. 12 is Mantegazza's account of his researches on **I1 dente di sapienza e il Darwinismo", and an essay on Etruscan antiquities h Sropos of the new edition of MilUer's Etrusker by leecke, Sandeau, L. S. J, Madeleine ; trans, by F. Chariot. "His scenes as well as his characters repeat themselves. The former are almost invariably taken from the depart- ment of the Creuse, his own birthplace and, as he often eays, the least betoured and least bewritten part of France, or else from the districts of Brittany, in the immediate neighbourhood of Nantes. His favourite characters, though of course more numerous, are also not very difficult to count. A nobleman of the old style returning to his diminished estates after the emigration or after 1815, his daughter, and one or more aspirants to his daughter's hand, supply the cast of perhaps his best books, 'La maison de Penarvan', 'Made- moiselle de K6rouare', 'Mademoiselle de la Seiglifere*. Another group, the best of which are 'Fernand', 'Marianna', and, to a certain extent, 'Valcreuse', displays the usual trio of hus- band, wife, and lover; the tirst, as I have said, rarely objectionable — perhaps the only exception is in *Le docteur Herbeau* — the second incomprise, and suffering extensively from what our fathers called the vapours; the last ardent and insinuating, but eventually very sick of his bargain. In a great many other novels these types reappear partially and piecemeal, reinforced of course to a certain degree by others. Nearly all are drawn from either the old noblesse and their contempo- raries, or from the generation of 1830. The Empire figures but little, Bernard Stamply, in 'Mile, de la 8 e i g 1 i 6 r e ' , being almost the only Imperialist character of importance. Generally speaking, the author is de- cidedly on the side of the past. He speaks intelligently enough of the defects of the noblesse, and has by no means a mere bric-a-brac affection for them. But at the same time the defects of their adversaries and suc- cessors appear to strike him, as it is natural that they should strike a man whose hterary and artistic sympathies are especially developed, with peculiar repugnance. " 'Mile, de K6rouare' is a short novel, hardly going beyond the dimensions of a nouvelle; the story ia simple enough, and depicts somewhat antique and heroic passions. It is an exquisitely drawn picture of the higher manners and morality. The author's comic power is b etter shown in *La maiaon de Penarvan*. 'La petite viferge' is a subject which, with less careful workmanship and handling, would be ordinary and commonplace enough. 'Mile, de la Seigli^re' has a curious theme of an enriched peasant driven by aristocratic wiles to restore to his old seigneur the estate which the latter has forfeited by emigration. •Vale re use' deserves special notice for its merits and because it illustrates a peculiar theory of feminine weakness as a matter of course ['if you put butter in the sun it will melt' — Turkish proverb]. 'Madeleine' is a little Utopian, but it is a charming sketch. So is •La chasse au roman', a decorous but most amusing treatment of the same theme which Gautier in •Celle-ci et celle-14' and Feydeau in 'Sylvie', and others have handled, all of which the familiar English play- title of 'The way to win him' tells the story. *Le docteur Herbeau' is an exaggerated and painfnl study of senile folly and its punishment. 'Sacs et parchemins' is almost the only one of M. Bandeau's books which I have found tedious. The boys' book, 'La roche au mouettes', deserves the honor of translation into English which has fallen to its lot. His chief work since the war is 'Jean de Thommeray', which gives a sketch of 1830 from a new point of view. 'Olivier' is spoilt by some obvious improbabilities, but 'Le chateau de Montsabey', 'Le jour sans lendemain', *Un d6but dans le mag- istrature', areperfect in their kind." — Fortnightly^ Jan., 1878. Stewart, B., and Tait, P. G, Paradoxical philos- ophy ; a sequel to the 'Unseen universe*. "Most of the characters are no mere materialized spirits, or opinions labelled with names. ... The au- thors avail themselves of the general interest in theolog- ical dogmas to imbue their readers at unawares with ^e newest doctrines of science." — Nature, Dec. 19. Temple bar, Jan. " 'Probation', by the author of 'The first violin', bids fair to be of interest. Mr. Wilkie CoUins's short sketch, 'The mystery of Marmaduke', is mysterious enough and in that writer's most engrossing style. 'The New En- dymion', by Julian Hawthorne, like most of tiiat charm* ing writer's tales, is weirdly poetical and visionary." — Exam., Jan. 4. TibuUus, A. Elegies; tr. into Eng. verse, with life and illust. notes, by J. Cranstoun. IT. S. Entomological Commission. 1st annual re- port for 1877, relating to the Rocky Mt, locust ; with maps and illust. — Geological and Geographical Surveys of the Ter- ritories. Geological and geographical atlas of Colorado, and portions of adjacent terri- tory ; by F. V. Hayden. Very full, admirably arranged, and perfectly clear. V6ron, E. -^Esthetics; tr. by W. H. Armstrong. Villari, Prof, P. Niccolo Machiavelli and Ms times ; tr. by Linda Villari. 2 v, "The author's intention is to seek Machiavelli in his intellectual, moral, and social environment, to detect Machiavelllsm in Italian politics before the apparition of the hero on the scene, and to discover what conditions of the national existence rendered the originality of his genius possible, supplied him with his special problema, and led him to the solutions which he offered for them." — Acad.y Dec. 7. Virgilius. Stories from Virgil ; by A. J. Church. "Mr. Church has on this occasion read into his original a greater simplicity than he possesses. The language of Macaulay would have been a more appropriate vehicle than that of the authorised version. If Homer, like the Hebrew prophets, is grand because simple, Virgil is only grand by force of elaborate art. ... The illustrations are by Pinelli, a Roman artist who acquired a consider- able reputation among his own countrymen early in the present century, especially for the power of representing energetic action. ... He was a painter rather than a sculptor, and delineates motion more skillfully than repose. It is hard to thrust him into comparison with Flaxman." — Acad., Nov. 16. "Mr. Church is as great a master of a pure, simple, and poetic narrative style as there is in England. The stories from the last six books of the ^neid strike us as even better than those from Homer, though the associa- tions suggested may not be quite so noble or so capti- vating. Even the first six books, though Mr. Church has not caught in them the especial ring of the Virgilian genius, are pure in their style, rapid in their narrative, and spirited in their colouring." — Spectator, Nov. 23. Youghal. Corporation. Council book, 1610-69, 66-87, 90-1800; ed. from the orig.. with annals and app, compiled from public and private records. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 23. Mar. 7, 1879- Appleton's journal, Feb. "Mr. Appleton Morgan does not attempt to show who wrote Shakespeare, although it is plain that the great Bacon, if not the lesser Raleigh, is in his mind's eye ; but he ... presents many facts to show that the real Shakespeare was a vagrant, a loafer, finally a theatrical manager, one of whose duties was to adapt plays, re- ceived by him, to the vitiated taste of his public." — Library table, Feb. 1. Aristotile, N: d', called Zoppino. Gli universali de i belli recami antichi e moderni. Art, L'. "The Christmas number, which ends vol. 4, is in itself a sumptuous gift-book, and of a style and quality rarely seen in England. It is largely occupied with art at the Paris International Exhibition, and with a discussion of the merits of the 6cole anglaise.'' — Exara.^ Jan. 11. Ball, R. S. Astronomy. "This kind of hooks as a species has done more harm than good. ... For those educated men who have forgotten the details of the astronomy they learned at college and wish to refresh their ideas, for intelligent boys and girls who wish to forestall or supplement their school-lessons in this subject, the science-primer ... is quite too bemlderingly and condescendingly simple, as it omits all the difficulties and most of the facts. It is noxious and deceptive, as it leaves them with the idea that they really understand something, at least, of the subject, whereas no subject can be at all comprehended if every difficulty is uncandidly avoided. These stric- tures do not apply to Dr. Ball's work, which is direct, comprehensible, and valuable, and will require some thought. The student can obtain an accurate idea, not only of the phenomena itself and the causes, but of how it was discovered originally. This last most important point is usually not considered at all in text-books." — Nation^ Jan. 30. Cand^ze, E. The curious adventures of a field cricket.; tr. by N. d'Anvers. "The story itself is clever, and full of instruction as to the manners and customs of the insect-world, the facts in it being far more astounding than most fiction. The part relating to the ants and the description of their nest on the stump of the old tree is most interesting, and the field-cricket himself becomes quite a personality before the reader has done with him. But the great charm of the book lies in the illustrations, which are irresistibly funny." — Acad., Nov. 23. Cummins, Mrs. A. M. Memoir of G: D: Cum- mins, first bishop of the Keformed Epis. Church. Daudet, E. La marquise de Sardes. "Les deux Daudet. ... Alphonse a plus de talent qu'Ernest; mais Ernest a plus de savoir, plus d'acquis, plus d'eradition qu'Alfonse. Ernest n'est pas seulement romancier; il est aussi historien et ecrivain politique. Comme romancier, Ernest manque d'originalite; il s'ef- force, k I'instar d' Alphonse, de peindre les mceurs mon- daines; mais il y reussit. moins bien." — Polybiblion, Jan. 1878. Dempster, C. L. H. Within sound of the sea. "Many readers will like this Scotch story because of its wit and wisdom, others will enjoy its admirable sketches of scenery." — Spectator', Feb. 15. Dennis, G: The cities and cemeteries of Etruria. 2 V. "Thirty years have elapsed between the publication of the first and second editions. Since the earlier of these dates Etruria has seen many important and interesting discoveries. ... In preparing a new edition, therefore, the author has visited the sites of these discoveries and noted all that was remarkable on the spot. He has made four tours through Etruria during the last three years, and has also collected the published records of all the researches made since 1848, and incorporated notices of them with the original work." — Tablet, Jan. 18. "Mr. Dennis has even gone outside the limits of Etruria proper, having sketched for us the discoveries made of late years at or near Bologna." — Spectator, Feb. 8. Diplomatic sketches by an outsider. 2 : Gen. von Biilow. "Places the Schleswig-Holstein question before us in a perfectly lucid manner, and no one reading the book with attention can lay it down without having acquired a thorough insight into the causes which determined the Danish and the Seven-days' war. Our author is dis- tinctly anti-Prussian in his leadings." — Exam., Nov. 9. Dumas, K„fds. Entr'actes. 2 v. Durand, 3/me. A.F. Philom^ne's marriages; with a pref. to her Amer. readers; tr. from the French by Miss H. Stanley, "A story of life in Normandy." Edinburgh review, Jan. "The article on 'The discoveries at Olympia' is full of knowledge and masterly in treatment. ... The great merit of the paper is, indeed, a feature that cannot be reproduced in any abridgment — namely, the exceed- ingly minute accounts which it gives of the various statues, etc., that have been found, and the critical opinions with which these accounts are inttrspersed. Another article of considerable merit is that on 'Campanella and modern Italian thought', suggested partly by the publication of Mr. Symoiid's volume of translations, and partly by a recent Italian work on Campanella and others by Prof. Turbiglio, of Rome. It is a perplexing paper, not easy to characterise: not without much learning and force, hut marred, it seems to us, by a want of sympathy with the modern Italian literary movement, and by the obtrusive orthodoxy of the conclusion." — Academy, Feb. 1. Ewald, G: H: A: von. Commentary on the proph- ets of the Old Testament; tr. by J. F. Smith. Vol. 3. Force, M. F. Some early notices of the Indians of Ohio. "Two papers; the first relating to authentic informa- tion still existing as to the early history of the Eiies and Shawnees ; the bccond ofi'ering evidence that the mound- builders were flourishing about a thousand years ago, and were tribes of American Indians of the same race with tribes now living." Fortnightly rev., Jan. "Mr. Saintsbury paints for us Chamfort and Rivarol, two forgotten Frunch writers of the eighteenth century, who, for aught we can gather, are just as well forgotten. Chamfort made trenchant and bitter epigrams, and wrote indecent novels, and was guillotined; Rivarol wrote maxims and satires, particularly a prose 'Dunciad', translated Dante, and was called the 'Deity of Conversa- tion'. The account of both is, nevertheless, charming reading." Anthony TroUope writes on G; H: Lewes. Freeman, F: Civilization and barbarism ; illust. by especial ref. to Metacomet and the ex- tinction of his race. Froschammer, J. Mouaden und Weltphantasie. Gariel, H. La bibliothfeque de Grenoble, 1772- 1878. 2e ed., rev. et augra. George, E. Etchings on the Loire and in the south of France, with descriptive letterpress. "The genius of Meryon has perhaps spoilt us a little for the exhibitions of similar talent. But Meryon, with his vision of Paris, was a profound imaginative artist, and Mr. G-eorge puts forth no claim but that of a pictur- esque and sympathL'tic sketcher. ... In this pleasant dilettante fashion, is produced much of the work, enter- taining and acceptable, that finds currency among us. And just in this way, great work — such as M^ryon's — is not produced. ... Yet Mr. George's etchings combine many agreeable qualities." — Acad., Feb. 16, 1878. Goulburn, E: M., D.D., and Symonds, H: Life, letters and sermons of Bp. Herbert de Lo- singa ; ed. from a ms. in the possession of the University of Cambridge, and accomp. with Eng. tr. and notes. 2 v. Number 23.] 90 [Mar. 7, 1879. Grisy, A. de. Histoire de la comedie anglaise au ITesifecle, 1672-1707. "Seems to us far superior to the corresponding chap- ters of M. Taine'8 large work."— Acad., Sept. 7. *'De 1672 b, 1707. ... Sur loute I'tStendue de la Q-rande- Bretagne, un dechainement inou'i de la chair et du sang, un reveil auesi brusque general des appetite grossiere, des pasBionH brutalee.des jouissanccs eftr^nees. ... La cour de AVhitehall pretend imiter VerealUes. ... Le theatre fait de meme ; lea poetes comiques prennent pour laodeks Moliere et Regnard; mais ce costume k la fran^aise. \U le font craquer avec leurs dcploiements d'humeur excentrique, leurs gestes brusques et leurs mouvements desordonntSs de Saxons." — Rev. pol. et lit., May 11. "Ll'S quatre auteurs dramatiques qui repr^sentent le mieux la comedie anglaise vers la fin du 17e siecle sont Wycherly, Congrfive, Vanbrugh, et Farquhar; M. de Grisy les fait connaitre par des analyses etcndues de leurs principales pieces et par de longucs citations, vive- ment traduites. II ne dissimule pas ce qu'il y a dans ce theatre de licence et d'immoralite; mais il salt faire valoir les qualites d'esprit, de verve, et d'observation qui ont fait jadis le succfes de ces poetes et qui nous les sig- nalent encore maintenant comme des peintres de mffiurs utiles k consulter." — Bevae d. D. MondeH. Guyau, — . La morale d'Epicure et ses rapports avec les doctrines contemporaines. Havard, H: La Hollande pittoresque : le cceur du pays, Hollande meridionale, Zelande, Bra- bant. "Describes regions where primitive customs have to a certiiin degree survived, and where cosmopolitanism has not yet exercised its deleterious influence. ... Dor- drecht, Zerichsee, Middleburg, and Flushing are, if we may believe M. Havard, the places where we should study Holland; his revelations are mostly new to us, and in the volume before us we have anecdotes, sketches of modern life, and descriptions of scenery, agreeably diversified by historical pictures and episodes of the olden times." — Sat. rev,, July 6. "Quel plaisir de parcourir k sa suite ces contrees paisi- bles et hospitalieres, qui ont prepare la grandeur de I'union, ces villes coquettes et gi-acieuses, Dordrecht, la Briclle, Zierikzee, Middelbourg et Flessingue, toutes ces legions oii Pesprit autochthone a conserve toute sa vigueur, — de retrouver ces antiques usages, ces vieilles coutumes, ces maieons conservees dans leurs formes primitives, ces campagnes plantureuses, ce peuple hon- nete ct bon, qui rappellent les charmans tableaux des maitres hollandais. Les anecdotes, I'^tude des mceurs modernes, se melent dans ce volume a des recherches sur le passe, i des aperQus historiques, k des desci-iptions des monuraens de i'art, qui aioutent encore k I'mter^t de son recit." — Revue d. D. Mondes, June 1. Heyse, P. J: L: Tales from the German. (Coll. of for. authors, no. 15.) Contentft. Count Ernest's home. — The dead lake. — The fury (1' Arrabiata) . — Judith Stern. "The writing of really good short ^lories is, if not the most diflicult, certainly one of the rarest achiL-vements of literary art. ... Now and then, however, there appears a writer of real genius who finds in the short story or tale the natural and most effective medium of literary expression. Edgar Poc and Bret Harte are conspicuous instances in this country, and Paul Heyse is a similarly conspicuous example in Germany." — Apple- ton's joiuiial, March. Hooker, J.'D., and Ball, J: Journal of a tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas ; with app. including a sketch of the geology of Marocco, by G. Maw. "Essentially a botanical journey, yet much incidental information may be gathered from the diary of two men of exceptional culture." — At/ienevum, Jan. 25. Hosmer, J. K. History of German literature. •'The accounts of books and authors are relieved by historical pictures and details of visits to places mem- orable through association with gn-at writers." Q; W: Curtis speaks of "the fresh and lively manner in which he treats his theme"; and W: D. Howells likes certain chapters "very much, both as to matter and man- ner." "In twenty-eight chapters, treating of the Nibelungen Lied; Gudrun; the Minnesingers; the development of prose; the Master singers; Luther in literature; the thirty years' war; Leasing; Klopstock, Wieland, and Herder; Gothe; Schiller; the romantic school; Hein- rich Heine; the modern era; German style." Howgate, H: W. Polar colonization. The author thinks the only way to explore the regioni around the N. Pole is to establish a colony of men pro- vided with provisions and other supplies for three years, on the borders of the Polar Sea, at the end of which period they should be visited, and if still unsuccessful in accomplishing the object, re-victualled and again left to their work. Hunt, Mrs. A. W. The hazard of the die. 3 vols. "A story of some eighty years since, most pleasantly told. The descriptive parts have been written either from experience or full information as to life in China, and the domestic parts of the story are equally well told." — AtheTi/Bum, May 11. Janet, P. Saint-Simon et le Saint-Simonisrae. "Ecrit substantiel, loyalement impartial," says G. Gueroult in Revue pol , Sept. 14; he regrets, however, that Janet had not treated certain questions. " 'Pen precis', dit M. Janet, 'peu consistant, improvisateur plutot que penseur, Saint-Simon a eu cependant un fonds d'idees durables qui se sont repondues paitout et que nous avons tous plus ou moins respirees dans I'atmo- sphere de notre temps'. Comment et pourquoi ces idfies Be Bont-elles ainsi r^pondu? Par quel lieu se ratta- chaient-elles k celles qui ont et6 emportees dans le nau- frage du saint-simonisme olficiel? Les arrets prononc^B par les contemporains sur les uns et les autres sont-ils egalement definitifs ou sueceptibles d'ltppel au tribunal de la posterite ?" These questions M. Gueroult proceeds to answer. Jevons, W. S. Condition of the metallic currency of the United Kingdom with ref. to interna- tional coinage. Kemble, F. A. Records of a girlhood. "Considerable portion of this work originally ap- peared in the Atlantic montJily; much new matter, never hitherto published, has been added, and the whole carefully revised." "This record of a girlhood has the merit of 'ringing true'. It is compiled from letters and journals written at the time ; the phases of character gradually developing are revealed along with all the faults, mistiikes, contra- dictions and aspirations of the days as they passed by, and there is no attempt to exti*nuate immaturity or rec- oncile inconsistencies. ... The book does not convey the impression of egotism — the proportion of things is preserved. ... The reader hears and sees with the ears and eyes of Frances Ann Kcmble, and shares the life and experiences of a little human being who, more than most children, must have been a source of perplexity and dismay to her parents." — Athenceum, Nov. 9. King, C. Systematic geology. "Among innumerable geological surveys in this coun- try and elsewhere the exploration on the line of the 40th parallel has, for various reasons, excited high hopes of considerable results, and particularly because it under- took to make one continuous suction of the earth's crust through the broadest expansion of the American moun- tain system, at right angles to the great line of mountain elevation. Such au effort could hardly fail to make the rocks tell the story of their birth with a clearness never yet attained. The task is now done. After more than ten years' labor, Mr. King sums up the results of his own and his associates' work in this volume, which is all the more interesting because of Mr. King's very high repu- tation, in regard to which, strangely enough, the popular impression seems for once to be in accord with scientific opinion. Four chapters form the bulk of the volume, and raay be almost said to contain a practical treatise on the systematic geology of the four great periods of geo- logical time — the Archaean or Azoic, the PalaBozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic; so complete is the picture which is offered by the region surveyed. Each of these Kurti'ber 23.] 91 [Mar. 7, 1879 chapters is accompanied by an exquisitely finifihed map, with supplementary maps of the glaciers and lakes of the glacial period. The seventh chapter deals with the subject of tertiary volcanic rocks, with a section era- bracing volcanic rocks in general and another map. Finally, an eighth chapter with four maps deals with the orography of the district, or the nature of its mountain elevations. Here, then, is a systematic section, covering sixteen degrees of longitude, or some eight hundred miles of contiguous mountain ranges, and disclosing all the broader divisions of geological time through not less than 125,000 feet, or more than twenty-two miles' thick- ness, of visible sedimentary deposits." —JV^aiiOH, Jan. 23. Labrouste, H: Temples de Psestura, [restauration executee en 1829] . (Rome. Acad, de France k Rome, Restauratioiis des monuments an- tiques.) Lef&bre, A. Philosophy historical and critical ; tr. "with introd. by A. H. Keane. (Libr. of contemp. sci.) Louis-Lande, L. Basques et Navarrais ; souvenirs d'un voyage dans le nord de I'Espagne. "Charmans r6cits de voyage qui ont fait connaitre I'etat ou la guerre civile a laisse les provinces du nord de TEspagne. M. Louis-Lande a visite les coins les plus caches du pays, et sa connaissance approfondie de la langue lui a perrais d'obtenir partout des renseignments de premiere main." — Reii. d. D. dlondes, 15 Sept. Mackinnon, D, G. Lapland life; or, Summer adventures in the Arctic regions. Macmillan, Jan, "Every one should read Dean Stanley's generous and beautiful lecture upon 'The historical aspects of the United States', for himself, and learn how a man gifted with large sympathies, as well as large imagination, can find in America, not only material advantages and prac- tical qualities, but those very romantic and poetic asso- ciations in which it is a British foible to assume that the new world is necessarily deficient." — Exum., Jan. 11. Malleson, Col. G. B. History of Afghanistan, from the earliest period to the outbreak of the war of 1878. "Colonel Malleson has thrown into his pnges a mass of material which, to be converted into permanent use, needs a sieve and a crucible." — Acad., Jan. 11. Melville, G: J: Whyte, d. Dee. 5, 1878. " 'Dighy G-rand', his first novel, appeared in 1853, fol- lowed by 'Greneral Bounce' in 1854, and 'Kate Coventry* in 1856. In this last-named book the heroine, a girl with sotoewfaat 'horsey' tastes and habits, is so depicted as to be a lady throughout, free from both slanginess and sensualism. ... In the 'Int-erpreter' (1858), Major Whyte- Melville embodied some of his Crimean experiences, and gave a somewhat idealized portrait of Omer Pasha; but his historical novels are his best work, and next to them come those costume-stories, like 'Cerise', which lie in a bygone day. l*erhaps on the whole, the 'Gladiators' — in which he exhibited much of that taste for classical literature which enabled him to win a succ6s d'estime as a translator of the Odes of Horace — is his best story; but there is an audacity of brilliant conjecture about 'Sarchedon' (a romance based on the wild legend in Cte- sias of Ninus and Serairamis) which entitles it to rank very high in its class. In 'Holmby House' he showed that the vein of the English civil wars is not yet worked out; but the 'Queen's Maries' is one of his weaker pro- ductions." — Acad., Dec. 14, Mind, Jan. Contains two articles by Americans, "Philosophy in the U. S.", by Q-. Stanley Hall, and "Are we automata?" by W; James. "The number opens with a vigorous discussion of the question 'Are we automata'? by Dr. W. James, of Harvard. The paper is altogether ingenious and well- reasoned. A German-Swiss lady, Frau Olga Plumacher, gives us a lively article on 'Pessimism'." — Acad., Feb. 1. Morice, F. D. Pindar. (Collins, W.L. Ancient classics, suppl. ser.) Moulton, W. F., D.D. History of the English Bible. Miiller, F. M, Lectures on the growth and origin of religion as illustrated by the religions of India. "That such a course, discussing the very possibility of religion, should have been delivered before crowded audiences in the Chapter-House at Westminster Abbey is in itself a remarkable sign of the times. The worth of the book scarcely answers to the expectations raised. The Professor seems to have been hampered by the double task he has set himself, to discuss the philosoph- ical question of the origin of religion, and to give an historical account of the rise of religion in India." — AtJienceum, Dec. 14. New quarterly rev., Jan. "An interesting paper is one on Prof. Max MUIler'o lectures ; we fancy we recognize the hand — it is that of a skilful and strenuous defender of the noble savage against the metaphysic with which Prof. Muller would credit him ; and of one who wholly refuses to see in the Vedas any traces of really early, much less primitive, religion. 'The custodians of learning in the Middle Ages' is an account of the literary work done by monas- teries, and a defence of them on this ground against the destroying emissaries of Thomas Cromwell. But the pages to which most readers will turn are those which contain Mr. Meredith's lurid history of the marriage and death of Attila. A special interest will attach to this strange poem, from the fact of its dealing — in a wholly different way, of course — with the story told by Mr. Morris in the last canto of Sigurd." — Acad., Jan, 25. Noel, E. J, Michelet et ses enfants. Pascoe, C: E. The dramatic list. A record of the principal performances of living actors and actresses of the British stage ; with criticisms from contemporary journals. Pertuiset, E. Les aventures d'un chasseur de lions. "Apr^s Jules G6rard, M. E. Pertuiset. II ne fait pas profession d'une foi absolu dans les recits de son pr6cur- seur, ce qui nous dispose d'abord i la defiance pour ses propres recits; car enfin, s'il continuait la tradition? Mais non ! il nous raconte surtout les lions qu'il n'a pas tues; et si par accident il a 6te vivement emu, il I'avoue tr^s-francbement. ... Pas plus de contentement do soi qu'il n'est permis k un homme qui a expose si souvent sa vie. Reprocherons-nous i I'auteur de parler un peu trop de lui? II nous repondra simplement que ses aventures eont arrivees ^ lui et non pas a d'autres, ce qui est incon- testable." — liev. pol. et lit., 31 aout. Pollock, W, H. Modern French theatre. "These sketches appeared onginally in the ExuTininer. ... It is no easy matter to say twenty times in succession, with becoming variety of expression, that an artist is excellent in his or her particular line. Mr. Pollock, how- ever, has not only avoided sameness, but has so cleverly seized the individual characteristics of each of the se- lected artists that those wbo have never so much as heard their names will be able to realize their individuality from his description." — Academy, Aug. 17. "Although he writes always with the temper of a critic, his analysis is conducted in a spirit of liberal apprecia- tion for the higher attributes of French acting. ... We could have wished that the writer had developed at greater length the essay upon the genend characteristics of the modern French theatre, which precedes the sketches of individual style." — Sat. rev., July 27. Prejevalsky, Col. N. From Kulja across the Tian Shan to Lob-nor; incl. notices of the great lakes of Central Asia. "During the last six years he has travelled in Mongo- lia; he has visited the Chinese Province of Kansuh; he has passed several months in the Lob-nor district; and he is now about to try to make his way into the forbidden land of Thibet. ... While fully recognizing his zeal in the cause of science, we cannot help thinking that the 'new country' would not have had the same attractions for him hadit not lain in the direction of the gold-fields of South-eastern Asia." — Sat. rev-, Jan. 25. "Lake Lob-nor has long been a coveted goal for Cen Number 23.] 92 [Mar. 7, 1879. tral Asian explorers. The fact of its having been an important halting-etnge on the road between Cathay and the West, and its circumstantial mention by Marco Polo, have served to attract the attention of many learned geographers and historians ; but its inaccessible position, bounded as it is on three sides by an almost impassable desert, and on the remaining side by one of the loftiest, bleakest, and most forbidding regions of the inhabited globe, has proved an effectual bar to European research. ... The most important of Prejevalsky's discoveries is the existence of the great Altyntagh range south of Lob- nor. ... These mountains were generally supposed at this meridian to lie much further south, and many a puzzling incident in Chinese history is explained by the discovery of their true position." — Q. K. D. Black in Acad., Feb. 15. Quarterly rev., Jan, *'By far the best article is that on Prince Bismarck, evidently from the hand of Mr. Hayward, and teeming, as might be expected, with the experiences of one who has watched contemporary events from a point of van- tage, and who i« always ready with historical illustra- tions and parallels. Certainly this writer possesses the secret of readabloness, and for those who do not ask for more his article is perfection." — Acad., Jan. 25. Richardson, C: F., and Clark, H: A, College book. Contents. Ames, J. B. Harvard University. — AVil- liam and Marv College. — Kingsley, W: L. Vale Col- lege. — Vinton, F: College of New Jersey. — Columbia College. — Stille, P. C. J. Univ. of Pennsylvania. — Guild, R. A. Brown Univ. — Dartmouth Coll. — Doo- little, T. S. Kutgers College. — Gladden, W. Wil- Uams Coll. — Wells, W: Union Coll. —Packard, G. T. Bowdoin Coll. — The Military Academy. — North, E: Hamilton Coll. — Amherst Coll. — Brocklesby, W: C. Trinity Coll. — Univ. of Virginia. — March, F. A. Lafayette Coll. — Winchester, C. T. Wesleyan Univ. — Fairchild, J. H. Oberlin Coll. — Adams, C: K. Univ. of Michigan. — Naval Academy. — Backus, T. J. Vassar Coll. — Cornell Univ. Runeberg, J: L: Nadeschda, a poem in nine can- tos, tr. from the Swedish by M. A. Brown, "From the first, Runeberg was realistic and classic. He had no sympathy, indeed, with the pseudo-antique of the 17th century; but the veritable art of ancient Greece fascinated and possessed him. He had a passion- ate love of form, and a sense of the dignity and harmony of art; ^is poems are remarkable for their breadth of style, and when he is at his best he reminds us most of Homer. Among Scandinavians there is only one man with whom he is in comnmnion; and that is not a poet at all, but the sculptor Thorwaldsen. It is interesting to note that in the next generation this passion for form has taken its most obvious direction. The eldest son of the poet, Walter liuneberg, has attained more eminence as a sculptor than any of his countrymen. An excellent work of nis Im to be found in the Paris exposition, this year." — Saturday rev. Schure, E: Le drame musical. 2 v. "A work having no other object than the glorification of Wagnerian teaching as the summum bonum of the art with which it deal.'^. ... M. Schure's first volume discusses the historic development of music and poetry, from the earliest period of Greek history to the lime now present. The writer's objeet was not so much to deal with his subject per se as to make it lead up to Wagner's 'music drama', and exhibit that as a legitimate expansion, under modern conditions, of tlie Grtek ideal. What that ideal was, in its wonderful union of the dance, poetry, and music, our author, always interesting and eloquent, takes eare tu show. ... In his efforts to realize this union Wagner 'conceived a drama where all the arts could serve the same end; where great poetry and great music could unite, each finding in the other its highest expre.Hision — a work, in fine, which should be for us what antique tragedy waa for the Greeks.' It is thus, no doubt, that \V;igrier and his mission should be looked at. Nothing is more common than to hear the master judged and condemned on his merits as a musician solely; whereas, .save for a few unimportant marches and such like, he has never appeared in that character. ... M. 8chur6's second volume is devoted to a biography of Wagner, and an examination of his principal music- dramas," — Westmin. rev., Oct. Seeley, J. R. Life and times of Stein; or, Ger- many and Prussia in the Napoleonic age. 3 v. **Ab to Pertz's 'Life of Stein', its stiffness almost rieea to genius. No light passage, no powerful one, ever seems to interrupt the whole gigantic course of the seven mighty volumes which bear witness to the enthusiasm of a Teuton, and to his utter lack of anything approaching to esprit. Prof. Seeley has not been so utterly oblivlouB of the taste of English readers as to follow Pertz in more than the facts he gives. He has given spirited sketchea of the lives of Stein's greater contemporaries, and a lucid account of the way in which the Prussia of Fred- erick the Great gradually changed into the Prussia of the War of Liberation. The constitutional struggles our author has described with precision and without ped- antry. Every day we see more and more clearly the outlines of the great constitutional struggles, possibly of the revolution, that must surely soon come about. To understand the Germany of to-day one must study the Germany of many yesterdays, and now that study has been made easy by this work, to which no one can hesi- tate to assign a very high place." — Ath., Jan. 18. "A deficiency almost complete in the power of pictorial writing has spoiled the result of great labour, great knowledge, and much careful thought. The biography, to begin with, is a failure. The reader who toils pa- tiently through these 1600 pages will know much about Stein, the times in which he lived, the people among whom he moved, and the kind of policy which he ap- proved; but he will not know Stein, and will probabfy be less interested in him and his work than he was when he began." — Spectator, Feb. 1. Shedd, Mrs. J. A. The Ghiberti gates ; an account of L. Ghiberti and the bronze doors of the Baptistery at Florence. Signer Monaldini's niece. "The best novel of foreign life since 'The initials'." — //. /J. Attributed to W. W. Story. *'This is a story of Italian life, written by an American author, with the benefit of the experience of a long resi- dence in Italy. It is the first volume in a new series of 'No name' novels, the first series, comprising fourteen volumes, ending with the publication of 'A masque of poets'." Simmonds, P: L, Commercial products of the sea; or, Marine contributions to food, industry, and art. Handbook for those interested in marine productions; furnishes accurate details respecting all articles and products of importance in a commercial point o^ view; statistics oflicial and brought down to date ; divided into three parts : 1. Food products obtained from the sea. 2. Marine contributions to industry. 3. Mariue contri- butions to art. Stokes, il. Early Christian architecture in Ireland. "Of course the round towers form a prominent subject of discussion in this volume, and we cannot but think that Miss Stokes goes very near settling the great con- troversy of which they have been the object." — Nation. Theuriet, A. Sous bois ; impressions d'un forestier, "Oe qui me charme dans ces enthousinpmes, c'est leur sincerite. Ni role, ni parti pris, ni effort momentanfi d'imagination comme dans Michelet. Michelet faisait an petit hail de trois, sis ou neuf moix avec la foret, puia avec la montagne, puis avec la mer. C'etaient de vivea amours, mais subites et ephemerea, sans racines dans le pas,sc' ct laissant peu de traces. M. Theuriet est ne, a veeu, vit et vivera boisicr." — Rev. pol. et lit., 30 nov. Wilson, A . Leisure- time studies, chiefly biological ; a series of essays and lectures. Among the contents are : Biology and its teachings — rteience and education — A study of lower life — Moot points in biology — Sea serpents — Some facts and fictions of zoology — Animal architects — The law of likeness — The distribution of animals — The origin of nerves — Aninial development and what it teaches — Animals and their environment — Science and poetry — What I saw in an ant's nest, etc. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 24. Apr. 1, 1879. The following abbreviations — initials followed by a colon — have for some time been used in this list: — A: for Augustus, B: for Benjamin, C: for Charles, D: for David, E: for Edward, F: for Frederick, G: for George, H; for Henry, I: for Isaac, J: for John, K: for Karl, L: for Louis, il: for Mark, N: for Nicholas, 0: for Otto, P: for Peter, R: for Richard, S: for Samuel, T: for Thomas, W: for William. Alien, J: The blessed bees. An account of a Buccessful bee-farm in the backwoods of Michigan. American almanac, 1879, ed. by A. R. Spofford. Athanasius, ^Y., Arbp. of Alexandria. Historical tracts ; tr., with notes. — Select treatises in controversy with the Arians; tr., with notes. Ayrton, G. Child life in Japan, and Japanese child-stories. "A book whose title promises quite a feast of thought for the adult ethnologist is entirely devoted to children. ... But as a child's book, this work is marred by a cer- tain hardness of style and evident want of sympathy with the characteristics of our own native child-life. ... The plan of the book is to give sketches of child-life in Japan illustrated with pictures, as a kind of first part, and then a selection from Japanese tales as a second part. The pictures are quaint, being drawn and engraved by Japanese artists, but as they have no colouring, they give a poorer idea of what Japanese picture-drawing really is, than could be obtained by the expenditure of a very few pence on the genuine Japanese pictures." — Spectator, Dec. 28, '78. "Enables English children to understand the happy carelessness of existence in a country where most things are made of paper, and there is scarcely any furniture 'not to be touched'." — Sat. rev., Dec. 7. Ballantine, H: Midnight marches through Persia ; with introd. by J. H. Seelye. Bernard!, Major J: Short history of [his] life, written in Newgate. London, 1729. Lived 40 years in Newgate. See Gent.^s mag., v. 50, p. 125. Black, W: Goldsmith. (Morley, J: Eng. men of letters.) "Mr. Black's first chapter is devoted to a protest against Mr. Forster's notion that the gentle Goldsmith was a singularly unlucky man, persecuted by circum- stances, and very illiberally treated by the English public. ... Mr. Black brings a tine sympathy and tact to bear in his criticism of G-oldsmith's writings, as well as in his sketch of the incidents of his life.'* — Ath., Feb. S. Blunt, Lady A. Bedouin tribes of the Euphrates. "Lady Blunt is the grand- daughter of Lord Byron. Having previously exploi-ed the Sahara south of the Atlas chain, she spent last winter with her husband among the wandering Arabs of the Syrian desert. Ad- mitted by their hosts to the privileges not only of hospi- tality but of sworn brotherhood, the travellers hved with them in their tents, moved with their encampments, and were even spectators of some of their feuds and tights. ... Ml". Blunt has contributed several chapters on the manners, laws, superstitions, etc., of the Arabs, and on the various breeds of Arab horses, their pedigrees apd capabilities." — Athenceuvi, Oct. 26. Belles, A. S. Industrial history of the U. S. ; a complete survey of Amer. industries; with a descr. of Canadian industries. Boyeson, H. H. Goethe and Schiller; their lives and works, incl. a commentary on Goethe's 'Faust'. BrvLgsch-Bei/, H: K: History of Egypt under the Pharaohs; tr. ; added, a mem. on the exodus of the Isr. 2 v. "Rather a collection of materials thrown into chrono- logical order than a sustained narrative of the consecutive events of Egyptian history." — At/i., Feb. 22. Erunet, G. Les livres cartonnos; essais bibliog. "Un recueil excessivement curieux. On trouve des milliers de piquants renseignments dans ce recueil ou sont mcntionues les ouvrages les plus varies." — Poly- biblion, Sejit. Bucknill, J.C. Habitual drunkenness, and insane drunkards. "A vice or depraved taste our author considers drunk- enness to be in the vast majority of cases ; and he thinks government or state asylums for its special treatment, as a disease, failures in this country and not to be advised in England, even for the few whose craving for strong drink can be fairly attributed to actual disease. As the weak went to the wall in olden time, so now, in his opinion, are the drunkards eliminated from the race as being among the untitted to survive. If likely to be improved, he believes they get cured (or return to decent habits, as he would say) in all but exceptional cases, nearly as well at home or with family treatment." — Nation, Mar. 6. Bunce, J: T. Eairy tales ; their origin and mean- ing. "A useful book, fairly down to the level of childish comprehension, and simply and entertainingly composed. Nothing but good can come of the comparison here instituted between the mythology and folk lore of the several Aryan nations." — Nation. Canterbury Cathedral. Register booke ; ed. by K. Hovenden. (Haiieian Soc. Pub. E,eg.) Cernuschi, H: ^Monetary diplomacy in 1878. Cherbuliez, V. L'idee de Jean T^terol. "Cherbuliez's books, as might be expected from a true (lenevese, are republican; in this respect nothing could be more dift'erent than his novels and those of a writer like Octave Feuillet, who, though he resembles Cherbu- liez in a certain purity and delicacy of style, is essen- tially a novelist of aristocratic life." — Nation, Feb. 6. Contemporary rev., Feb. "Mr. Freeman writes a characteristic and very appre- ciative article on Prof. Geddes' Homeric book, with much praise of the 'wonderful ingenuity' which it dis- plays. The lovers of natural history and travet will read with iuterest what Mr. Wallace has to say of New Guinea, and Dr. Weissmann of the migration of birds. Mr. Stuart Poole continues his 'Egypt'. But the article that is of most Literary interett is that of M. Lenormant, about 'Money in G-reece and Rome', not only a contribu- tioQ to our knowledge of antiquity, but an economical and even political argument of much power." — Acad., Feb. 8. Conway, M. D. Demonology and devil-lore. 2 v. "The mass of evidence which he has collected, classi- fied and analyzed is immense. The history has been so copiously illustrated with legends, tales, and anecdotes, that even the mere seeker after amusement, provided he does not attempt to assimilate too much at a time, will be satisfied. Whether we have gained any fresh insight into the mysteries of the unseen world, have advanced a single step towards a knowledge of the truth which may be supposed to underlie all honest human error, is another question." — Ath., Jan. 11. Cook, J. Heredity, with preludes on current events. (Boston Monday lectures.) Corrafin. 2 v. "The writer has the peculiarly Irish faculty of making the weeper laugh, the laugher weep. The two volumes, though the title impUes a unity, are really composed of three separate stories and a choice selection of racy Irish anecdotes, but we readily forgive the author for treating us to so simple an alternation of comic chapters in consideration of her rare sense of fun and her delicate handling of painful themes." — £xam., June 15. Number 24.] 94 [Apr. 1, 1879. Cuthbert, J. H., D.V. Life of R. Fuller. Durand, Mme. A. F. Bonne Marie, a tale of Normandy and Paris; tr. from the French by il. N. Sherwood. Emerson, W: A. History of Douglas, Mass., from the earliest period to the close of 1878. Fortnightly rev., Feb. "Haa seldom been better than this month. There is Prof. Tyndall's lecture on the electric light, and the first of four 'Chapters on socialism', hy Mr. Mill, which Miss Helen Taylor has at length consented to give to the world. But the most striking paper in the number is certainly that of Mr. Frederic Myere on Virgil. He avows himself flatly opposed to the modern Q-erman disparagenu-iit of Virgil. What he dwells on are mainly two elements in Virgil, — his music and his religious- ness; while he admits besides that 'characteristic charm' of his which has appealed in turn to so many genera- tions." — Acad., Feb. 8. Frasers magazine, Feb. "There is an article by H. Giles on 'Mesmerism, planchette, and spiritualism in China'. The writer's experiences with planchette are decidedly curious. W. B. Scott's article, 'A portfolio of ancient engravings*, discourses pleasantly on Diirer and some of his prede- cessors and successors. The paper entitled 'The wonder- working magician* is a study of Galderon's 'El magico prodigioso', by R, H. Home. The opinion exprefis(-d of Shelley as a translator is interesting.*' — Acad., Feb. 15. Gamekeeper at home. "Delightful sketches republished from the Pa ;; 3fa!lga- zett^. The ditference between these sketches and those in 'White's Selborne' is, that while they are little less chatty and neighborly, and give less of the air of easy member- ship in a pleasant animal society in which the naturalist moves freely, ... they are, on the other hand, more distinctly picturesque and poetical, conveying more of the sense of homely beauty and vivid vision than Gilbert White's chatty anecdote and curious gossip." — /Specta- tor, July 13. Gladstone, W: E. Gleanings of past years. 2 v. "Mr. Gladstone possesses on the one hand a quick sensibility to new impressions, a great power of assim- ilation, and a great respect for the changing conditions of the age as regulative forces in life and thought; on tlie other hand we are constantly surprised by the tenacity with which old traditions and cherished doctrines have held their ground in his mind. ... He is perfectly ready 'to accept thankfully and freely' the changing conditions of the age ; he faces with perfect confidence the prospect of universal Buffr.ige and nearly universal examination. But from religious scepticism he shrinks with genuine horror. ... The most valuable articles in this collection are that on 'The court of Queen Victoria', and, in part at least, that on 'Kin beyond the sea'. ... Mr. Glad- stone will, we think, be read with the greatest pleasure when be is dealing with art or literature. His admirable sketch of Wedgwood may fairly claim to have anticipated the due appreciation of the man and his work," — Ath.. Feb. 2J. Godwin, Mrs. Mary Wollstonecraft. Letters to Imlay ; with prefatory memoir by C. K. Paul. "She ran counter to the customs of society, yet not wantonly or lightly, but with forethought, in order to carry out a moral theory gravely and religiously adopted. People who adopt such a course as this must of course expi'ct to find society resisting their rebellion, and Mary Wollstonecraft chose for attack the one point on which ex])! rience has shown it to be necessary to keep a most jealous guard. ... No one suffered more bitterly for her mistake tlian she, and it is assuredly an act of justice to rescue her name from imputations needlessly and un- justly cast upon it." — Sut. rev., Dec. 14. "The letters read like chapters out of some novel of Richardson. They begin in 1793, and close in Dec. 1795. A whole lifetimeof hope, anxiety and despair is included in the fluctuating record of those two years." — Aci;d., Dec. 21. Guernsey, A. li. T: Carlyle; his life, books, theories. (Appletons' New handy-vol. ser.) Hamerton, P. G, The life of J. M. W. Turner. "The complete life of Turner has yet to be written. But the fact that Mr. Hamerton has not written it need not deter us from acknowledging that many of his criti- cisms may be read with interest, and that, if he has not assembled many new particulars of the life of the painter, he has gone over leisurely in his own mind the various stages in Turner's career. ... His view of the painter is perhaps not enthusiastic, but it strives to be appreciative and at the same time impartial." — Acad., Feb. 1. "The book is a translation by a man of culture of the rather flashy but rich record of anecdotes collected by Thornbury. In addition, we are supplied with Haraer ton's comments upon Turner*s shortcomings, his vulgar. ity, his egoism, his untruth to nature; and Ruskin is proved to be essentially not a critic, whatever else he may be. ... The emphasis which Hamerton lays on the independent basef* of existence of art and nature seems to us excellent as a theorem. But his application of this theorem to Turner's work we believe to be radically unsound By far the gravest and, in our opinion, most unti'ue assertion to which he has committed himself, is that about Turner's colouring, as being right in itself, and yet false to nature." — Spectator, Feb. 1. "Ruskin's poetic tendencies, his intense imaginative sympathy, and subtle though wayward and fantastic analytic faculties, were not accompanied by adequate powers of comparison or calmness of judgment, nor (at the time when his plea for Turner committed him to the general line of argument he has since been obliged to follow) by a wide acquaintance with, nor catholic views of, modern art, while even to this day his technical edu- cation remains so incomplete, and his knowledge of technical processes and qualities so imperfect, that he remains the most untrustworthy critic as to the merits or demerits of particular works of art. ... Ruskin has not made Turner too great, but he has done him the grave injustice of putting him on a pedestal that did not belong to him." — Iv'ation, March 27. Heyse, P. Tales from the German. "Heyse's stories have always a certain charm of fresh- ness and actuality; the world seems wide and life various as one reads. The beauty of lake and wood and sea is vividly and simply indicated, and, above all, in his shorter stories his theories find less place, thotigh they are sufficiently suggested." — JSfation, March 13. Hill, D: J. Washington Irving. (American au- thors.) Howells, AV: D. The lady of the Aroostook. "A more charming superstructure of storj' was prob- ably never erected on a slenderer basis. The story is an altogether pleasing one, piquant in its beginning, satisfactory in its ending, and delightful all the way thru. Mr. HowoUs has revived in it the tradition of a beautiful and charming heroine, part of whose charm lies confessedly and avowedly in her beauty. One other feature of the story should not be overlooked, — the testimony which it bears to the changed attitude of American literature towards Europeans and their stand- ards of life and conduct. Hitherto, Americans have been as it were summoned to the bar of European opinion. Mr. James's subtle irony and Mr. Howells* more direct and poignant satire are unmi^takable indica- tions that the social assize will now be held on this side of the Atlantic.'* — A-pfdeton'a j<,m-iial, Apr. Hughes, H. \V. Popular treatise on the currency. James, H; Society the redeemed form of man, and the earnest of God's omnipotence in human nature. Kempe, J: E: Classic preachers of the English Church. 2d ser. Lect. del. at St. James's, 1878. Contents, Warburton, Rev. W. Bull (the primitive preacher). — Woodford, J. R., m>hysic on his showig is a little of both doctrines because it is not exactly either. His metaphysic is ontology because it is the study of the nature of existence. But it is not ontology, because, far from assuming any absolute or sclf-supportir) character in existence, it holds that existence is only the objective aspect of what in its subjective aspect is con- sciousness, and that these two aspects, though distig- guishable, are in truth inseparable." — Acad., Sept. 7. Holyoake, G; J. History of co-operation in Eng- land ; Its literature and its advocates. Vol. 2. The first co-operative society started in 1844 with £28 worth of provisions; the Co-operative Wholesale Society sold goods last year to the value of nearly £3,000,000. "Mr. Holyoake in his quaint and forcible style tells the story well." — Acad., Aug. 10. Howitt, "\V:, b. 1795, d. Mar. 3, 1879. The book of the seasons ; or. The calendar of nature. For obituaries of Howitt sec Acad., Ath. Jordan, H. Topographic der tStadt Rom. 2 v. "This work is characteristically Gei-man in its high grade of scholarship, familiarity with existir) materials on the subject, and we may add, in a scepticism occa- sionally excessive, and is worthy of study as the only recent thorough comprehensive German work in it^ own sphere. ... Jordan speaks with great respect of l>c E,08si and Lanciani, but desceuds on Parker's Archjeol- ogy of Rome (still in course of publication) very severely. ... While the reader of this book may be disappointed at being forced to realize how surprisigly little we know of the ancient city, how very maperfect most of the existir) topographical material is, and what a mass of UHcless polemics and obsolete or demonstrably false the- ories has to be removed, leavig hut a small heap of wheat by a mountain of chaff", he will he paid hy the residuum of indubitable, strictly tested fact. — Jl^ation, Aug. 1. Kennedy, Capt. A. W. M. C. To the Arctic Regions and back in six weeks ; a summer tour to Lapland and Norway ; with notes on sport and nat. hist. "It is only by courtesy that the journey described here can be called Arctic. ... The account given of the trip is simple and unpretendii), and contains a great deal of information likely to be valuable to travellers, sportsmen, and naturalists. There is no attempt at iine writiij, tho the pages devoted to the Laps and the reindeer are i-eally interestin.'' — Nation, Oct. 3. *'He is on all occasions intelligently inquisitive. He 'draws' the farmers, the peasants, and the fishei-men as to their pursuits and special knowledge. We find him a well informed cicerone when we accompany him to the stores of the merchants who sell a little of everythig that is likely to find customers in those latitudes. He is somc- thig of an archaeologist; his knowledge of natural his- tory and his likii] for it give the hook its greatest charm. We know no writer on the natural history of Scandinavia, with the exception perhaps of Lloyd and the 'Old Bush- man', who has told us more that we care to know about Norwegian beasts, birds, and fishes." — Sat. re??., Aug. 3. Kiepert, H: Lehrbuch der alten Geographie. Kym, A. L. Das Problem des Bosen. Latham, Dr. P: M. Collected works; with memoir by Sir T. Watson ; ed. by R. Martin. Vol, 2. (Vol. 80 of the New Sydenham Soc.) Latham, R. G., M,D. Russian and Turk from a geographical, ethnographical, and historical point of view. Lie, J. The barque Future. "Quiet family story of Finland; relates the fortunes of a little girl who is rescued from a wreck and kept for years in ignorance of her true parentage ; interestig details of manners, customs, dress, etc., of the Finns; story opens 1807." Linton, Mrs. E. L. Our professor. (Harper's hf.- hr. ser.) MacGregor, Col. C. M. Narrative of a journey through Khorassan, and on the N. W. frontier of Afghanistan in 1875. 2 v. "Col. MacGregor, of the Beggal Staff Corps, has Ion been known beyond mere military circles as an ofScer of exceptional intelligence and energy. He is a practical surveyor, a strategist of no mean order, a keen observer, and last but not least, he is gifted with tact, temper, and a thorough knowledge of Eastern character. If anyone caics to know how so promisiij an opportunity for ac- quirii) valuable information regardir) the present theatre of the Eastern (^uistion was lost thru sheer bureaucratic Bupineness, he will find the melancholy tale unfolded in the present work. ... The most important part of his journey hiy thru the towns and districts of north-eastern Persia, a rei,non which events are comblnir} to briq into political prominence. The author owes the readig pub- lic another book on his subsequent journey, in Capt. Lockwood's company, thru the Desert of Baluchistan, hut we look with far greater interest to the recorded result of his labors in Afghanistan, where he is now actively employed." — AtJi., March. 8. Macmillan's magazine, Mar. "A very full number. Apart from Prof. Paley's reply on the question of the ^A'^q of Homer', there are papers of more or less interest on Burns, Lamb, and Shelley. ... Mr. Andrew L;ing's charmir} ballade, 'To Theocritus in winter', shows the author's command over the excep- tional dlfla.cullie8 of the form chosen." — J.cad.,Mar. 15. Macquoid, K. S. The awakening; a tale of Englis!i life. (Harper's hf.-hr. ser.) Mantegazza, P. La mia tavolozza. A collection of detached thoughts and sentiments, more or less commonplace. Masterman, J. Worth waiting for. 3 v. "Most stories that introduce Indian life, or, indeed, life in any foreign land, have about them a highly instructive tone which goe^ far to spoil their interest, but 'Worth waitii) for' in an exception. It has a natural yet thoroughly original plot, but \U chief cleverness lies iu the faithful- ness and reality of some of its characters." — Acad., Aug. 10. Nineteenth century, Mar. "The notable articles are Prof. Clifford's abstruae paper on 'The universal statements of arithmetic'; the curious essay in which Prof. St. George Mivart tries to extract religious and even Catholic doctrine from his speculations on 'The meaning of life'; and the amusig and equally curious article which Prof. Qalton calls 'Psychometric facts'." — Acad., Mar. 8. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENJEUM. [No. 26. May 7, 1879. j|^=- The character rj is not used in the present number. Suhscrihers to the List are requested to communicate to me by "writing or orally their approval or disapproval of the Spelling Reform in general and of the slight changes adopted in the List. Allen, G. The color-sense; its origin and develop- ment. (Eng, and for. philos. lib.) "His process is that of inductive generalization. The theory of the work is stated by the author as follows : 'That the taste for bright colors has been derived by man from his frugivorous ancestors, who acquired it by exercise of their sense of vision upon bright-colored food-stuffe ; that the same taste was shared by all flower- feeding or fruit-eating animals; and that it was mani- fested in the sexual selection of brilliant mates as well as in other secondary modes, such as the various human arts'. While the work was in preparation a German, Dr. Magnus, published a work maintaining that the color-sense of mankind was a late historical acquisition whose beginnings were hardly so far away as Homev'g time. Mr. A. R. Wallace, in his book entitled 'Trop- ical nature', attacked vigorously Mr. Darwin's theory of sexual selection, which was founded in great part upon the ground of a love for pure colore existing among the lower animals. The appearance of these works induced Mr. Allen to go carefully over his work anew ; hut he has not abandoned his views. He still maintains that the color-sense of mankind dates back to the earliest days of our race, and that a modified form of the sexual selection theory is tenable, notwithstanding the ingenious and powerful attack of Mr. Wallace. The author's argument is tersely summed up in the following propo- sitions : 'Insects produce flowers. Flowers produce the color-sense in insects ; the color-sense produces a taste for color; the taste for color produces butterflies and brilliant beetles. Birds and mammals produce fruits; fruits produce a taste for color in birds and mammals. The taste for color produces the external hues of hum- ming birds, pai-rots and monkeys. Man's frugivorous ancestry produces in him a similar taste; and that taste produces the final results of human chromatic arts'." Noticed in Sat. rev-, March 15, p. 337. See a review and reply by Wallace in Kature, Apr. 3, p. 500-505. Archief voor Nederlandsche kunstgeschiedenis. le deel. Audisio, G. Delia societ&L politica e religiosa ai secolo XIX. Bacon, T: S. The reign of God not 'the reign of law' ; a "vvay to decide the debate between science and religious faith. Bailey, J. M., {*Hhe Da^ibury Neios ?nan"). England from a back- window; with views of Scotland and Ireland. Balzac, H. de. Correspondance, 1819-50. 2 v. "These letters show that the first, tho, of course, by no means the whole secret of Balzac's power, was transcend- ent Industry and concentration, which have never, per- haps, been surpassed by a man of letters. ... *I am now working for twenty hours a day', he writes on one occa- sion." — Spectator, Jan. 11. Banzole, 0. de. Monotonie; versi. Baths and bathing. (Health primers, no. 6.) Becker, B. H. Adventurous lives. 2 v. Contents Vol. 1. A princess of the first empire [Mme. de Talleyrand]. ■— Saint-G-ermain. — Cagliosti'o. — Casanova. — Bonueval. — John Law. — William Caxton. — Odd members of Parliament. 2. Ville-Hardouin. — Joinville. — Rubruquis. — Marco Polo. — Mandeville. — A wandering Jew [Rabbi Benjamin of Tudcla], — A travelled Moor [Ibn Batuta]. — A learned ambassador [Busbec]. — The last of the Valois. — A free-lance [Sir John Hawkwood]. — A buccaneer [Sir Henry Morgan]. — William Dampier. — Some eminent pirates. — Barentz and Heemskerck. — A fine old English gentleman [Wil- liam Windham] . — A saint of the revolution [Ter^zia Cabarrus]. Beerbohm, J. Wanderings in Patagonia ; or, Life among the ostrich hunters. "Of the Tehuelche Indians, Mr. Beerbobm gives us an interesting account. These people are, accordint^ to the author, 'in general intelligence, gentleness of temper, chastity of conduct, and conscientious behavior, im- measurably superior, not only to the other South-Amer- ican indigenous tribes, but also, all their disadvantages being taken into consideration, to the general run of civilized white men'. Tbcy have a remarkable facility for picking up a language, and grasp new ideas in quite an extraordinary manner. They set no special value upon wealth, ... personal independence being most jealously cherished." — Spectator, Feb. 1. Berti, D. Vita di Giordano Bruno da Nola. Besant, W., and Rice, J. 'Twas in Trafalgar's bay. (Harper's hf.-hr. ser.) Buerstenbinder, E., (pseud. E. Werner). At a high price; from the German. Campbell, G. J. D., Duke of Ai-gyll. The Eastern question, from the treaty of Paris, 1856, to the treaty of Berlin, 1878, and to the second Afghan war. 2 v. "Full of relevant facts, of powerful and lucid criticism on those facts, and of political inferences which seem to us almost as certain as the facts themselves." — Specta- tor, Feb. 15. Cantacuzene, Princess O. In the spring of my life; tr. by E. Klaus. Caro, E. Le pessimisme aux 19e sifecle. "11 est impossible, de mettre au service d'un bon sens qui n'a rien de vulgaire plus d'esprit, de grace, d'ironie I6i^ere et discrete. Et puis, ce style est plein de charmes. M. C:iro ne se le dissimule pas ; son 6tude a plus de curio8it6 psychologique que d'utilite pratique ; et, en effet, cette philosophic du d^sespoir ne sera jamais en Europe qu'une philosophic d'exception. Combien en est- il, aujourd'hui, qui se persuadent que I'existence est un malheur et que le neant vaut mieux que I'etre. ... Leo- pard!, Schopenhauer, et Hartmann Hunt les trois grands pessimistes qu'interroge et que refute tour h. tour M. Caro. ... Rassurons-nous done, et voyons avec lui dans ces cauchemars un accident momentane, qu'il explique par plusieurs raisons ingenieuses et vraiserablables. En ex;po8ant ces reves de malades, il en montre I'iuanit^. II tait voir surtout ce qui releve la vie, pretia vitee, comme dit un ancien ; enfin il nous reconforte en nous presentant le travail, I'effort genereux, le devoir accompli comme portant d6s maintenant avec eux leur recompense." — Rev- pol., 23 nov. Church, Mrs. E. M. Out of his reckoning. Cole, J. B. The horse's foot and how to shoe it. Continental tour. A, of eight days for forty-four shillings; by a journeyman. "It is in no sense a guide-book, and tells one nothing about the places visited. . .. There are no novel specu- lations, social or otherwise. ... And yet the book is simply delightful. It brings us face to face with the holiday mood of an honest man, whose observant eye and thoughtful mind make the most of the pleasures which change of place and life afford him, even among the least interesting scenes." — Spectator, Feb. 15. Cooper, K. Sebastian. Cooper, T. Men of the time ; 10th ed. Cowper, W: The diverting history of John Gilpin ; with drawings by R. Caldecott. "Mr, Caldecott has a larger humor than Mr. Crane; he looks more at what is real; he revives a fine old Eng- Ush world of rosy-cheeked men and maids. His rival prefers the quaint and slim French figures of the years just before the Revolution, who move niodishly in the fashionable minuet," — Sat. rev., Dec. 21. Crane, W. The baby's bouquet ; a fresh bunch of old rhymes and tunes. "If this delicately illustrated little book were really meant for babies, we should be obliged to protest. It is a great deal too good for them." — Spectator, Nov. 30. Number 26.] 102 [May 7, 1879. Daudet, E. Zahra Marsy. "This last work is infinitely superior to anything this unvariably pretentious, and sometimes tiresome author, has given us." — Amer. bookseller, Dec. 16. Delacroix, F. V. E. Lettres, 1815-63 ; pub. par P. Burty. "Pendant in ann6ea M. Burty n'a cessfi d'augraenter sou tiesor. 11 n'a eupprime que certaiues exag^rations, cerLaines violences ou est necessairement entrain^, dans le feu de la hataille, tout artiste trfes discLitu. ... Entre les apotre de la ligne et les enthousiastes de la couleur la lutte a et6 vive, comrae on salt; Delacroix, en qui tout ^tait vehement, ne devait jius etre un dee moins ardents sur le champ de bataille. Mais ... ce qui ra'a surtout frappe dan« ces lettres, c'est la bonne humeur et la s6ri5n- iti5 rarement !ilt6r6es du peintre. II a see preventions et ees antipathies d'artiste, ses i^rosses colferes quand on le discute et surtout qu'on le condamne; mais ce sont de courtes explosions, et puis c'est fini. ... Ce qui me plait encore dans ces aimables lettres, c'est que nous ne trouvons x^^is toujours I'artiste. II n'y a pas pour Dela- croix de plus nobles preoccupations que celles de son art, mais il y en a d'autres." — Ii<-v. pol. et lit., 4 Jan. "In the maws of aesthetic criticism the century has produced there are no pages more profound and brilliant than his articles on art. Of fine writing they contain none. He has his subject at his fingers' ends. He is able to impart a clear understanding of the work under examination, because he has pierced the deepest import of the artist's conception, and perfectly realized the means by which it bad been worked out. Plis style is vivid and picturesque. In these unstudied utterances is contained enduring evidence of the warmth of his friend- ship, his delicate courtesy, bis vivacity, his genial philos- ophy, and his devotion to all that was nol)le in art and literature." — AtJi., Jan. 18. Dennys, N, B. The folk-lore of China, and its affinities with that of the Aryan and Semitic races. "Mr. Dennys expounds, not only that the Cbiuose have been credited with more rationality than they really possess, but also that their superstitions run to an unexpected extent parallel with ours. ... If the Chinese folk-lore may equal ours in its poetry and its epics, it is not outdone in its nonsense. ... How, without apparent connection with each other, euch beliefs should at once be found in the farthest east and the extreme west is puzzling." — Acad., Oct. 19. "Very amusing as well as instructive. ... The first ■ impression to be gathereil would be that the popular superstitions of the ChincsL' and the English are ex- tremely similar, but that these superstitions have a prac- tical dominance over the life of the Chinese, sucli as, within the historical period at least, they have never even approached in relation to the practical life of the Eng- lish. ... But there is more difierenee, we suspect, between the nature of the "Western and the Chinese folk- lore than Dr. Dennys admits, ... The purely uninter- esting and arbitrary, in a word, the grovelling side of superstition, as distinguished from the ima-finative, or humorous, or tragic side, appears to take uj) a far greater proportion of the Chinese folk-lore than it docs of our own. The myths of China are astonishingly deficient in poetic clement." — Spectator, Mar. 16. Desjardins, E. Geographic historique et adminis- trative de la Gaule romaine. T. 2 : La conqnt'te. "M. Desjardins a trace le tableau de cotte histoire prewque iiKr\'cilleuse d'un pays assimiU an bout d'uii siecle k la nation conqu6fante, diSsapprenant sa langue et oubliaut see dieux pour parler I'idiome et adorer le pantheon deses vainqueurs. Les RomaiTisavaientdetruit le Hentimi'Ut national en developpant I'autonomie dei^ cites provincialesj en subwtituant la patrie municipale it, la patrie uatirmale. La commune avait tiie la patrie : la bonne administration de I'cmpire romaine lit le reste. ... d- brillant tableau resume les resultats de l;i conquete ; riii^toire memo de cette conquete forme I'objet dc ce 2d vidiirne. M. Desjardins ne se borne pas i refaire le r^cits bien connu des campagnes do Oewar; il duerit I'ethnographie de la Gaule, les divisions ttrritoriales ct \'organization politique des peuples gauloises; il resume d'une fa9on attacbante et simple ce que I'on a juequ'icl rctrouve de la langue et de la religion des Gaulois. ... C'est un ouvrage bien ordonn6 et hrillamment 6crit." — Eev. pol. et lit., Dec. 28. Noticed by A. Maury in Journal des savants, sept., oct. 1878. Dixon, W. N. Royal "Windsor. 2 v. "A severe student may smile at some of the pages, but Mr. Dixon makes eveiytbing vivid and picturesque, spares all troublesome erudition, and offers the plums of learning on the most attractive dish that he can mould. ... The picturesquenese of English history has been greatly overlooked, to the detriment of historical knowl- edge. The vastness and intricacy of the constitutional problems which England has worked out with steady persistency tend to absorb the attention of historiana, and make them omit mere personal considerations. Yet there is no real reason, as Mr. Dixon abundantly shows, why Englishmen should look abroad to see the rapid alternations that attend individual effort." — Athencmm, Dec. 7. "The first really exhaustive work upon Windsor was ' written in 1853 by Messrs. Tighe and Davis, under the title of 'Annals of Windsor'; and this is founded upon it. The 'Annals' is learned, but dull to a degree. 'Koyal Windsor' is eminently a popular work, bristling with anecdotes and amusing sketches of historical char- acters, and charmingly devoid of any dry details which might interfere with the full development of the author's fancy. His style is a most remarkable one. It is a kind of burlesque upon the peculiar mannerisms and affecta- tions of all the great historians of the day. Sometimes the stury is told in the strange, semi-coroic manner of Carlyle, occasionally the author breaks off into a grand- iloquent passage which reminds us of the stately periods of Mr. Freeman, and the work as a whole is framed after the school of Mr. Green, whose aim is to convey to read- ers by the high coloring and imaginary conversations the soul rather than the superficial part of history." — Sj'fctator, Dec. 7. Dyer, Rev. T. F. T. English folk-lore. Frothingham, O. B. Visions of the future, and other discourses. Geikie, C. The English Reformation : how it came about, and why we should uphold it. "Few recent contributions to religious literature have met with a more cordial acceptance than 'The fife and words of Christ'; and 'The English Reformation' exhibits the same qualities of comprehensive research, sound judgment, picturesque treatment, and vigorous style. ... llecent investigations and the publication of state papers from the Rolls Office have furnished the historian with new points of view and much fresh illustrative material. Of all this new material, and of considerations to which niiHlcrn German research has given a special importance, Dr. C eikie has availed hunsoif to the full ; and his account of the Reformation in England is at once the freshest, fullest, and must readable that has yet appeared. ... The object of the work is quite as much controversial as historical. ... Dr. Geikie's principal aims in writing it were evidently — first, to discredit utterly Romanism and the Papist pretensions ; and, secondly, to arrest, and if possible defeat, those Romanizing tendencies in the Church of England which he sees in the so-called 'Ritu- alism' of the day." — Appletun's journal, April. Gill,A/'rs.D: Six months in Ascension; an unscien- tific account of a scientific expedition. An account of Mrs. Gill's stay on the barren volcanic island of Ascension, a naval station about midway be- tween Africa and 8. America, where Mr. Gill had gone to determine the sun's parallax by observations of Mars. "The chapter on the Kroomen and their religion and customs will be valuable to the ethnologist; it shows the same quick perception and ready tact of description which characterize the rest of the hook." — fnteimat. rev. "Unaffectedly natural." — Ath. Gottschall, R. von. Der neue Plutarch. 6. Th. 6. Erdmannsdorffer, B. Der grosse KurfUrst. — Pauli, R. Arthur Herzog von Wellington. — Baeren- bach, F: von. J: G. von Herder. — Althaus, F: Graf J: Russell. Number 26.' 103 [May 7, 1879. Goulburn, E. M. Life, letters, and sermons of Bp. Herbert de Losinga. "Tlio life of a Bishop of the English Church during the twelfth century, while the hattle of Hastings was yet freshly in men's minds, and the First Crusade was sum- moning warriors from f:ii- and, wide. ... Not only of ex- treme interest and value in an historical point of view, as hearing upon the annals of his country, hut as afford- ing in many of his letters glimpses of home life and education rarely to he found elsewhere. This is specially the case in his epistles to his young pupils.*' *'Deiin Goulburn and his friend have spent ten years in shovelling together a congeries of rubbish awkwardly collected from second-rate dictionaries and cheap hooks of reference till 900 pages of closely printi'd matter have been piled up — ponderous, dense, confused, enormous. ... The hook is inconceivably silly, superstitious, and ignorant; the editors do not appear to have e\-er heard of Mr. Freeman's 'Norman conquest' or Bir Francis Palgrave's 'Normandy and England'. They quote Harpsfield and Bale and the Magdeburg Centuriators as of L-qual authority with Bartholomew Cotton or the Saxon chronicle." — Ath., Mar. 29. Hale, L. P. Plain needlework, knitting, and mending. Hare, A: J. C. Life and letters of Frances Baron- ess Bunsen. "An English heiress, Miss "Waddington (6. 1791, d. 1876), afterwards wife of Baron Bunsen, a celebrated G-erman writer and diplomat; wrote 'Memoirs of Baron Bunsen' ; her influence as a Christian woman was wide- spread, her friendships with eminent people extensive; the story of her surroundings, vicissitudes, aims and endeavors, told mostly in her own words through letters, and by Mr. Hare, her friend, the well-known author of 'Memorials of a quiet life*." Hay, M. C. A dark inheritance. (Harper's hf.-hr. ser.) --- aiid others. Lady Carmichael's will and other Christmas stories. (Harper's hf.-hr. ser.) Contents. Hay, M. C. Lady Carmichael's will. — Robinson, F. W. Romance on four wheels. — McCarthy, J. The commander's statue. Hayward, A. Selected essays. 2 v. "Mr. Hay ward enjoys a high degree of celebrity in the London world as a talker and a raconteur, and his essays bear the stamp of a man who, during half a century, has been familiar \vith the most noteworthy people and most interesting English society, and whose memory ia an inex- haustible fund of anecdote and illustration. He has picked out here more than a dozen of the articles con- tained in his earlier volumes, and the readers of these will confess to a lively desire to make acquaintance with those he has omitted." — Nation, Dec. 26. Hertz, H. King Rene's daughter; a Danish lyrical drama ; tr. by T. Martin. Hill, D: J. ^y: C. Bryant. (Amer. authors.) Hinton, J. Chapters on the art of thinking, and other essays. House that Jack built, The ; one of R. Caldecott's picture-books. See the note under Cowper. Huxley, T: H: Hume. (English men of letters.) "Mr. Huxley has evidently immersed himself in Hume's leading ideas, yet without any sacrifice of the power of critical insight. This process of intellectual self-immersion, while it accounts for the clearness and ease of the exposition, is the cause of the chief error of the book — namely, the attempt to further develop Hume's doctrine by bringing it up to the level of present Ideas. ... It abounds in passages of well-directed force, and of genuine humour." — James Sully, in Acad., Feb. 22. "It is no matter for regret that Prof. Huxley has devoted only two chapters to narrating the life of Hume, and eleven chapters to an explanation of his philosophy. In Dr. John Hill Burton's admirable biography one may read all that is known of Hume ; but a clear and certain guide to his philosophy is not to be had, and we say so without forgetting Mr. Green's voluminous prefaces to his edition of Hume's philosophical works." — London times, Feb. 5. Kirby, E. A., M.D. Phosphorus as a remedy for functional disorders of the nervous system induced by over-work, etc. ; with formulae and direction for treatment. 4th ed. Lamson, Mrs, M. S, Life and education of L. D. Bridgman. Le Goff, F. Life of Louis Adolphe Thiers; tr. from unpublished ms. by T. Stanton, "For the American public, to throw light on the present crisis in France; biography, many anecdotes, a connected view of French politic;d history for 50 ye;ns ; a defence of the unity of Thiers' political lite. M. Le Uotf is a French Conservative- Republican writer; he knew Thiers person- ally, and is thoroughly conversant with the lustory and politics of France; 20 pages of appendices, statistics, etc. Translator adds notes on French polities, customs, and characters mentioned." Longfellow, H: W. Poems of places. America ; Middle States. Marklxam, A. H. The great frozen sea ; voyage of the Alert, 1875-6. "Captain Markham's pleasant Whaling cruise to Baf- fin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia went into a 2d edition; and he now gives us a charming record of travel and adventure." — AcfoL, June 20. Marryat, Capt. E: Newton Forster ; or. The mer- chant service. Marvin, Bev. A. P. History of Lancaster, Mass., 1643-1879. Mery, J., b. 1798, d. 1865. Nouveau the^itre de salon. CoiUtnts. La com6die chez sol; com. — Une educa- tion ; com. — M. Rousseau ; com. — Com^dieus et diplo- mates; com. — Gloire et amour; com. grecque. — Le rOcit de Theramfine. — La soubrette de Clairon; com. — Le prix de famille; com. enfantine. "Inf6rieur dans le drame h Alexandre Dumas et k Victor Hugo, dans la comedie ^ Dumas fils et ^ Emile Augier, Mery a son genre de merite k part; h'il y a trop de caprice et de fantaisie dans son theatre, en revanclie la forme est toujours soignee, le verd fluide et d'une richesse de rime surprenante. Dumas disait que les rimes de Mery n'^taient pas seulement riches, qu'elles (5taient millionaires. Son 'Theatre de salon' a rassembU quelques hluettes, trop menues pour @tx"e exposdes sur la sciiue." — Larousse. Did. univ. — Theatre de salon. 2e ed. Co7itents. Aprfis deux ans; com. — La coquette; com. — Aimons notre prochain ; parabole. — Le chMeau en Espagne; com. — Etre presents ; com. — La gi-otte d'azur; legende napolitaine. — tJne veuve inconsolable; ou, Planete et satellites; com. — L'essai du mariage; com. Meyer, il/rs. B. Aids to family government; or, From the cradle to the school, according to Eroebel. "Founded on the teachings of Froebel and Richter. An excellent book, tolerably well translated, but dealt with atrociously by the printer and proof-reader.'* Middleton, C: H: A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Rembrandt. Morris, L. Gwen ; a drama in monologue ; by the author of the 'Epic of Hades'. "The sole difference in form between the two poems is that while in 'Maud' we hear the story from only one of the two persons concerned, in 'Gwen' we hear it from both, each speaking in the absence of the other. In several points the resemblance is very close indeed; so close that it may safely be assumed that, \^^thout 'Maud' 'Gwen' would never have come into being. ... The poem really is full of beauty; and the author of the 'Epic of Hades' is one of the best of living poets in the second rank." — Athenceum, Feb. 8, Number 26." 104 [May 7, 1879. Nichols, G: W. Pottery; how it is made, its shape and decoration ; with a full bibliography of standard works upon the ceramic art and illust. "Covers the whole ground from the digging of the clays till the iinished object is ready for market; de- scribes the different methods of making and decoratiDg in different countries famous for their potteries; gives tables of colors, with their chemical constituents, and the chemical as well as artistic effect of their combina- tion." — Library tablet Mar. 30. Northcote, J. S. Epitaphs of the catacombs; or, Christian inscriptions in Rome during the first four centuries, Oliphant, jV/>-s.M.O.W. Dress. (Art at home ser.) — Within the precincts. Perez, B. Etude de psychologie experimentale ; les trois premieres annees de I'enfant. "An excellent study of human development on what one may call Darwinian lines. It is a series of careful and well-considered observations on the natural history of the children of civilized European parents. We may assume that all the subjects observed were the children of persons of a certain standing and culture ; hut whatever hereditary differences may be due to ancustral education and refinement probably do not come out until a much later time, or at ail events may he neglected in the present rough fttate of our knowledge. M. Perez has, it would seem, a rather extensive acquaintance with small child- ren. He begins with the first evidences of sensibility to the influence of the outer world, and goes on to the appearance of the passions in a rudimentary form. The next topic is *motricit6', the development of motions both reflex and voluntary. Under the head of imagination we have a rather miscellaneous list of notes, including the beginnings of dramatic play. On the point of gen- eralization, M. Perez differs from the opinion of Max Milller and Taine, that no general ideas can be formed without words. We pass on to the more complex feiits of reasoning and language. M. Perez has some excellent remarks on the folly of repressing the mental growth of children by too much supervision ; he counsels a 'vigilant and benevolent neutrality, not occasional despotic inter- ference'. ... The last chapter deals with the rudiments of the moral sense, and lands us on the threshold of adult psychology." — Mind, Oct. Reid, Capt, M. The giraffe hunters. Reuter, F. An old story of my farming days, XTt mine stromtid ; tr. from the German by M. W. Macdowall. 3 v. "Proves how excellent the book is in itself, and that Renter's tales are not wholly dependent upon the con- ditions of dialect and local color." — Ath., Dec. 14. "A delightfully quaint and in some places pathetically tender story." — Acad., Dec. 21. "Herr Reuter describes the country folk of Mecklen- burg in much the same way as MM. Erckmann and Chatrian dehcribe the country folk of Alsace and Lor- raine, He is at home with all the joys and sorrows, the cares and labors of their everyday life. He paints a Eastoral picture, but it is the picture of an artist who as spent his days among shepherds and farmers, not of one who has merely wandered among them on a tour in his search of the picturesque." — Sat. rev., Dec. l-l. Reybaud, Mme. H. E. F., wife of C: A thorough bohemienne ; tr. "Character study of a young girl, the daughter of a French mountebank; herfather'w death brings her under new and refining influences, as the inmate of a French country house, where she is received as an equal." Richardson, B: W. Health and life. Romana, li. Ornamento nobile per ogni gentil matrona. Ruskin, J: Notes on his coll. of drawings by Turner, exhibited at the Fine Art Soc.'s galleries ; also a list of [his] engraved works ; with plates. Selkirk, J. B. Ethics and assthetics of modern poetry. The Iflt, 4th, and 6th essays are reprinted with slight alterations and additions from £lackwood*8 magazine and the Cornliill. "Mr. Selkirk's criticism is generally sound, and some- times unexceptionably good ; but his illustrations drawn from modern poetry are comparatively few, and confined almost entirely to the works of well-known poets. There was room for ample comment and detail which the essayist seems to have missed." — Spectator, Mar. 1. "One page cari'ies you with it, and contains some fresh- ness of thought; the next and the next seem to go on thrashing out the old idea, or repeating illustrations which are not always vivacious. — Mr. Selkirk's eseays reflect very clearly the flux and reflux of taste in the mind of a cultivated man who likes to reason about the metaphysics of poetry. Most of us probably have our hot and cold fits about this or that poet of the day, and probably the majority come hack, as Mr. Selkirk seems to do, to contented pleasure in the earlier works of Mr. Tennyson." — Sat. rev., Nov. 16. Shakespeare, W: Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet; ed., with notes, by W, J. Rolfe. Streckfuss, A. F: K: Castle Hohenwald ; a ro- mance; after the German, by Mrs. A. L. Wister. "German story of people of rank ; scene laid in Saxony; time the Franco-Prussian war, which is a motive in the story ; plot turns upon the love affairs of several young couples." Springer, A. Raffael und Michelangelo. "The chief merit of the work is the clear and vivid manner in which these two great artists and their crea- tions are represented to us. The author displays a thorough knowledge of the times and people, joined to a nice understanding of the individual minds of his heroes; and the vigorous and beautiful language harmonizes with the wealth and clearness of the thought. A number of careful illustrations give additional value to the book." — Acad., Mar. 16. Torelli, A. Schegge ; versi. Vallery-Radot, R. Journal d'uu volontaire d'un an au lOe de ligne. 7e ed. "Crowned by the Academy, and is illustrated by M. P. Philippoteaux. A work full of interest and amusement. The author was one of those young men who, being obliged to leave whatever profession they were following to serve in the army for a time, are fortunate in being able to reduce that time to a year by enlisting under the title of volunteer and paying 1500 francs." — Sat. rev., Dec. 21. Villari, P. Niccolo Maehiavelli e i suoi tempi. Vol. 1. Waitz, G: Deutsche Yerfassungsgeschichte. 8.Bd. Webb, T: E. Intellectualism of Locke. Wenzelburger, K . T. Geschichte der Niederlande. 1. Bd. (Gesch. der europ. Staaten.) Wild life in a southern county ; by the author of "Game-keeper at home". "Not, of course, that his style is equal to that of his fascinating prototype; ... but in the essentials of a book of this kind — in that closeness of observation which is horn of the loving eye — in the power of giving, by an instinctive selection of physiognomic details, a picture far beyond the eff'orts of the mere word painter, who has to rely solely upon the cumulative process eo much now in vogue — he is the equal of the Selbome rector, perhaps his superior." — Athenmum, Mar. 1. "The 'Southern county' is Wilts in the south of England, where life is still primitive. "With its infinite variety of rural attractions, it is made a very paradise for wild animals of all kinds. ' 'Wild life' is, perhaps, even a more delightful book than 'The gamekeeper at home'." — Lit. world.. Mar. 29. Zeller, Dr. E. Plato and the older Academy; tr. Zoega, G.^ Li bassirilievi antichi di Roma, incisi da T. Piroli, colle illust. 2 v. Aiditions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENiEUM. [No. 27. May 13, 187E. Abbey, C: J., and Overton, J; H. The English church in the 18th century. 2 v. "Bears evidence of many years of reading and thought before the task of writing began. ... His chapter on 'The evangelical revival', with that on 'Church fabrics and church services', and indeed nearly the whole of the 2d volume, will attract the interest of general readers as well as of historical students. ... The subject of 'Church cries' and that of 'Church aliuses' are dealt with, while Mr. Abbey has supplied an essay of great interest upon the sacred poetry and hymnology of the century." — Sa(. j-CT.,Feb. 8. Bagehot, W. Literary studies ; with a prefatory memoir. 2 v. Bain, A. Education as a science. (Int. sci. ser., V. 2.3.) Bewick, T: Select fables of .^Esop and others. "Bewick in Saint's edition of 1784 (from which this present is a reprint) was far from having reached the incomparable skill he afterwards displayed both in design and ir) engraving. Still there is a simplicity and directness about these cuts which brings them close to the childish apprehension, while some of the brute figures and not a few of the landscapes are among the best that Bewick ever executed ; and, in all, the fulness cither of incident or scenic detail, is quite beyond the meaning- less wash of modern draughtsman's background. The text is antiquated in the sense of being too elevated for the very young, but, as Mr. Pearson undertakes to prove in the preface, it is probably G-oldsmith's." — Nation, Nov. 28. Bianchi, N. Carlo Matteucci e I'ltalia del suo tempo. Bismarck-Schoenhausen, 0: E: L., Fnrst v. Bis- marckbriefe, 1841-70. 2e Aufl. Blackburn, H: Illustrated catalogue to the National Gallery ; foreign schools, with notes. With 250 spirited illustrations thiit serve at least to recall to mind the composition of the pictures, and act as a memento of their characteristic styles, etc. Boardman, G: D., D.D. Studies in the model prayer. Boulger, £). C. England and Russia in Central Asia. "Includes a facsimile of the latest Russian oiScial map of Central Asia." "In a series of short yet elaboriite essays he surveys the whole field of Central Asian politics, examining in the first volume the position of Russia in Turkestan, the condition of her army, its ability to invade India, and a variety of other topics which the newspapers daily sug- gest; and, in the second, reviewing our position in India, our policy towards Afghanistan, Persia, and Russia, and the progress of events in each country down to the fall of Candahar. There is hardly anything that one would like to know about the region between Calcutta and Orenburg that cannot be found in Mr. Boulger's book." — Exam., Apr. 12. Boyesen, H. H. Falconberg. Broglie, Prince A. de. The king's secret; the secret correspondence of Louis xv. with his diplomatic agents, 1152-11 . 2 v. Browning, O. Modern England, 1820-74. (Creigh- ton, M., ed. Epochs of Eng. hist.) Busob, Dr. M. Count Bismarck in the Franco- German war, 1870-71 ; tr. from the German. 2 v. Christie, W: Traditional ballad airs ; arr. for the piano-forte and harmonium by W: Christie, and the late W: Christie, Monquhitter ; ed. with words and illust. notes. Cooley, A. J. Cyclopaedia of practical receipts ; includ. medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy. Vol. 1. Cordery, B. M. The struggle against absolute monarchy, 1603-88. (Creighton, M., ed. Epochs of Eng. Hist.) "When Miss Cordery and Prof. Rowley [The settle. ment of the constitution] write naturally, they as a rule write well and vigorously. But every now and then an idea seems to cross them that their natural style must be watered down to suit the infantine capacity. — Sat. rev., Nov. 23. Coupland, S., M.D. Personal appearances in health and disease. (Health primers, no. 3.) Craik, Miss G. M. Anne Warwick. "Unusually good. The truth and delicacy of the character drawing are most remarkable." — Acad. Creighton, L. England a continental power, from the Conquest to Magna Charta, 1066-1216; with map. (Creighton, M., ed. Epochs of of hist.) — Life of Edward the Black Prince. — Life of Sir Walter Ralegh. Creighton, Rev. M. Life of Simon de Jlontfort. — The Tudors and the Reformation, 1485-1603. (Epochs of Eng. hist.) Daudet, E. Daniel de Kerfons ; confession d'un homme du monde. 2 v. "Signalons aussi le portrait du due de Gramont-Cade- rousse, qui fit taut parler de lui, il y a quelques aun6es. II est peint sous le nom de Jacques de Chanzay." — Polybiblion, '}3.-a. '78. Davidson, E. A. Pretty arts for the employment of leisure hours ; with illust. Deleuze, J. P. F. Practical instruction in animal magnetism. Du Camp, M. Les convulsions de Paris. T. 2: Episodes de la Commune. Duncker, il. W. History of antiquity ; from the German by E. Abbott. Vol. 2. Fischbach, F: Ornamente der Gewebe. 3 pts. "A collection of patterns of stuft's all of mediteval or early Renaissance designs, and of Italian, Spanish, German, Flemish, French, and Oriental — that is, Indian, Persian, and Saracenic — designs. No such rich and varied collection of these designs, nor in such numbers, has ever, we believe, been offered to the public, and they will be found of great use to the modern designer and architect. The colors are well given, and gold and silver are employed wlienever the original design calls for them." — j^'ation, Dec. 19, Fotbergill, J. M. The antagonism of therapeutic agents, and what it teaches. Franklin, A. Les anciens plans de Paris. T. 1. Freytag, G. Soil und Haben. "The best account of the habits and manners of the E. and N. E. parts of Germany will be found in a novel in three volumes, 'Soil und Haben', by G. Freytag, admirably translated by Mrs. Malcolm, and published under the title of 'Debit and credit'. It has merits of a high order, besides graphic descriptions of everyday life, and forms a marked contrast to the common run of German novels." — A. Hayward in his Set. essays, v. 1. Fuller, J. F. John Orlebar, elk. "Some of the most interesting of our social problems arc treated in a bright, racy, humorous manner. This is done chiefly by means of talk." — Acad., May 11. "The author of 'Culmshire folk' at one step took rank amongst the leading novelists. ... 'John Orlebar, clerk' is, however, a most distinct advance upon 'Culmshire folk'." — WestminUer rev., July, 1878. Gherardi del Testa, conte T: Commedie. 5 v. Gladstone, W: E. Gleanings of past years, 1843- 78. 4 V. Contents. Vol. 1. The throne, and the Prince Con- sort ; the cabinet, and constitution. Death of the Prince Number 27.' 106 [May 13, 1879. Consort; address, Manchester, Apr. 23, 1862, bef. the Assoc, of Lancashire and Cheshire Mechanic's Institutes. — Life of the Prince Consort. — Court of Queen Victo- ria. — The county franchise, and Mr. Lowe thereon. — Last words on the county franchise. — Postscriptum on the county franchise. — Kin beyond sea. 2. Personal a/iff literani. Blanco White. 1845. — Wedgwood; address at Burslem, Oct. 26, 1863. — Bp. Patteson. — Macaulay. — Memoir of Dr. Norman Macleod. 3. His- torical and speculative. Theses of Erastus and the Scottish Church establishment. 1844. — The courses of religious thought. 1876. — Influence of authority in matters of opinion. 1877. — Rejoinder of authority in matters of opinion. 1877. — The 16th century arraigned before the 19th. 1878. 4. Foreign. 1st, 2d letter to the Earl of Aberdeen, on the state prosecutions of the Nea- politan government. 1851. — Examination of the official reply of the Neapolitan government, 1852. — Earini on the states of the Church. — Ci-rmany, France, and Eng- land. 1870. — The Hellenic factor in the Eastern problem. — Montenegro. 1877. — Aggression on Egypt and Freedom in the East. — Homer. (Lit. primer.) "AVlnit is needed in a primer of Homer or Shakspere or Dante is such comment as would naturally accompany a viva-voce translation or reading to persons who are wholly ignorant of the poets, such an elucidation of framework, characters, spirit, and the times as is essen- tially uecef^nary to a real understanding of the poetry, or greatly facilitates the study of it. Mr. G-ladetone's Homer is in many respects a model of such work. It is unencumbered with superfluous learning; it is not, like Professor Jebb's 'Primer of Greek literature', a shorter dictionary. ... To give the youth, who each year open Homer afresh, some notion of him beyond battlefield and dictionary, to show him as the beginning of a literature which never rivalled its founder, as the teacher of ideal living in manly and womanly ways who has never been surpassed by later observers, is a work which much needed to be done, and this little volume comes the nearest to accomplishing it of anything that we have seen. It is accurate in its portraiture, clear and simple in its lines of thought, and full of suggestions which an active mind, interested in intellectual and literary things, will follow out for itself." — Nation, Aug. 29. Gotti, A. Vita di Michel Angelo Buonarroti. 2 v. Goujon, J. Der grosse Louvre- Fries. Grandi, O. L'abbandono; romanzo contemporaneo. Guerini, F. Biauca Romualdi. 2a ed. "A pretty little novel." — Exam. Hacklander, F: W: Behind blue glasses; tr. by M. A. Robinson. (Harper's half-hour ser.) Haeckel, E. H: History of the evolution of man; a popular exposition of the principal points of human ontogeny and phylogeny ; from the German. Hale, L.P. Designs in outline for art-needlework. 2d ser., -with instructions in drawing, tracing, etc. Hamerling, R. Aspasia ; ein Kiinstler und Liebes- roman aus Alt-Hellas. 2e Aufl. 3 v. Hay, M. C. The sorrow of a secret. "A Devonshire idyl. ... Some of its descriptions of pastonil and farm life and of the wealth of fleld and orchard, tho IrsH extended than those of R. D. Blackmore in 'AliiL' Lorraine' and 'Lorna Doont', fairly rival them in the amplitude and luxurioueness of their coloring." — Ifarj»-r'8 mag., March. Howard, W:, Ld. Selections from the household books of Ld. W: Howard of Naworth Castle. Jenkin, F. Healthy houses ; adapted to American conditions by G: E. Waring. Junia; by the author of "Estelle Russell". 3 v. Kay, J: Series of portraits and caricature etch- ings; with biog. sketches and illust. anec- dotes. New ed, 2 v. Knox, F: W. John ; our emigration and commer- cial intercourse with the Celestial empire. Lee, H: The militia of the U. S. ; what it has been, what it should be. Bost., 1864. Leasing, J. Altorientalische Teppichmuster des 15.-16. Jahrh. "A collection of patterns of Oriental rugs and carpets, drawn for the most part from the paintings of Italian, Flemish, and G-erman masters, Bellini, Carpaccio, Ghir- landajo. Van Eyck. Holbein, and others, with a few Italian examples of tarsia-work (wood inlay) and of marble and stone wall-diapering from Italy and from Assyria. The plates are handsome and large, the treat- ment being scientific rather than pictorial; the local colors are given with as much accuracy as German eyes aided by the crude art of the chromo-lithographer can compass, and the outline of the patterns is strongly defined, a result neither aimed at nor accomplished, as every one knows, in the fabrics themselves.'' — Jfation, Dec. 19. Longfellow, H: W. Poems of places : America, Western states, Southern states. Macdonnell, Mrs. A. Quaker cousins. "The story is in admirable harmony with the refine- ment and self-restraint shown in the characters. The scene is laid chiefly in and about a north-country manu- facturing town, to which the Quaker cousins are brought at the death of their parents to live with a pi;osperouB uncle, the master of large iron-works. ... Mrs. Mac- donnell's work is not powerful, but it is good work, never disfigured by ignorance or bad taste. There is a healthy tone about it, and the book is pleasant and inter- esting." — At?i., Mar. 22. Macquoid, K. S, Elinor Dryden. "A brilliant tale. ... It has an under -tone of sadness." — Harper^s mag., March. Magazine of American history, with notes and queries. Vol. 1-3, 1877-79. Maginn, "\V: Odoherty papers ; annot. by Dr. S. Mackenzie. "For more than a quarter of a century the most re- markable magazine-writer of his time was the late W; Maginn, LL.D., well known as the Sir Morgan Odoherty of Blackwood's magmine, and as the principal contrib- utor for many years to Eraser's and other periodicals. The combined learning, wit, eloquence, eccentricity, and humor of Maginn had obtained for him, long before his death (in 184:i), the title of The Modern Rabelais. His magazine articles possess extraordinary merit. He had the art of putting ii vast quantity of animal spirits upon paper; but his graver articles — which contain sound and serious principles of criticism — are earnest and well reasoned." — Dr. Ii. S. Mackenzie, "The prompt, copious, erudite, and funny pen of Maginn." — JI: T. Tucker^nan. Markham, C. R. The Hawkins' voyages during the reigns of Henry vni., Elizabeth, and James I., withintrod, (Hakluyt Soc., v.57.) "In the voyages of the Hawkinses, famous mariners of the time of Elizabeth, we have one of the most delightful and instructive books that the Hakluyt So- ciety has publUhed. In reading these simple records we are transported into a world of customs, ideas, and morality that has become very strange and almost in- credible. ... Their piety is that of men who practically lived the life of the children of Israel in the book of Judges. They owed obedience to the Queen's Majesty, but from the (j\ iduncc of these uncourtly logs it is mani- fest that they really lived under a theocracy; under the government of God. The Hawkinses were as eager tradesmen as any nf our time, and one of them, Sir John, was the founder of the slave trade. There is not in the account of his voyage a word of pity for the blacks who were kidnapped by force of arras, aiid yet it is easy to see that Hawkins was not cruel. The barbarities of the Spaniards and of the Inquisition excite in him and his contemporaries an unaffected indignation." — SaU rev., Feb. 22. ^ Minghetti, M. Stato e chiesa. 2. ed. Number 27.] 107 [May 13, 1879. Minto, W: D. Defoe. (Morley, J. Eng. men of letters.) "The difBculty of dealing popularly with Defoe lies in this very fact — that the bools on which his fame rests forms an entirely insignilicant episode in the immense literary activity of its author. Defoe was 58 years old when lie wrote 'Robinson Crusoe', and is known to be the author of some 250 books and pamphlets as well. The rest of his writings are known only to students of literary or political history; *Rohiiison Crusoe' passcH thru the hands of everybody. Mr. Minto has realized these dif&culties, and has boldly faced them. He has avoided controversy and discussion, has resisted the temptation of trying to estimate Defoe with reference to the politics of the time, has abstained from forcing on his readers any one-sided conception of Defoe's character, and yet, by means of an apparently simple and artless narrative, has managed to produce a decided impression of the qualities and conditions which made Defoe what he was." — Ath., Mar. 29. Mocatta, F: D: Jews of Spain and Portugal, and the Inquisition. Montalivet, co/nte H. C. B. de. Tin heureux coin de terre : Saint-Bouize et Couargues. "L'age d'or est demonetise, et le bon vieux temps a fait sou temps. Nous sommes plus heureux que nos pferes; nos tils seront plus heureux que nous. Chaquejour amfene son progrfes, et ceux qui vivont dans deux mille ans verront de belles choses. ... 'Un heureux coin de terre' est un tableau en raccourci des progrfes accomplis depuis Boixante ans dans le Sancerrois. En 1S17 paysans affames, point d'industrie, point de commerce, aspect sauva^e d'une contrec presque aussi inculte que ses habitans. ... En 1878 partout le bien-etre, I'aisance, les mceurs douce et polies, I'instruction largement repandue. La nature elle-meme sembie transformee. L^ ou I'oeil etait attriste par des landes steriles, brillent soit les epis dores, eoit la vigne se chauifant au soleil." — Rev. pol. et lit., 26 oct. Morley, H: English plays. (Cassell's Lib. of Eng. lit., V. 3.) "A series of analyses of typical and characteristic plays, with abundant extracts, arranged in chronological order, and accompanied by brief biographies of the dramatists as they succeed each other on the stage of life. It is more than a series of specimens, especially in that it is philosophically planned, and is historical in its method; it is much more than a mere catalog. It does, in fact, for the whole long line of English dramatic ht- erature what Charles Lamb did for the Shaksperian Eeriod in his 'Specimens of English dramatic poets', amb gave hut little more than extracts with his own fine criticism. Professor Morley, as we have said, sets his specimens in a narrative of the plot of the play from which they are taken. His criticism is not as acute or as searching as Lamb's; hut it is unpretending, direct, and, in the main, admirable. His style is simple and sufd- cient, his knowledge of his subject is evidently first-hand, and he writes with real liking for the drama. N"o better general view of Enghsh dramatic literature from its rude origin to its final wasting away — if, indeed, it has wasted away — no better introduction to the study of it, can be recommended than this volume of Professor* Morley's." — Station, Feb. 13. Pack, Col.'R. Sebastopol trenches, and five months in them. "It may be urged that this is a worn-out story, hut it is well and freshly told ... The book is compiled from notes made on the spot, and may, therefore, he accepted as trustworthy evidence. How damning that evidence is to our system of military administration — if such a muddle can he called a system — the reader will see." — At/i., June 1. Parsons, T. The mystery of life, and other papers. Contents. The mystery of life. — Trust. — Sacrifice. — The Church in the wilderness. — Suffering. — Tempt- ation. — False witness. — Discourses of our Lord. — The cherubim. Pattison, Mrs. E. F. S., wife of Mark. Renais- sance of art in France. 2 v. Pike, J. S. The new Puritan, New England two hundred years ago ; some account of the life of R.Pike. Platel, F., {psoud. Ignotus). Portraits. Plato. Dialogues ; tr. into Eng., with analyses and introd., by B. Jowett. 2d ed. 5 v. Powell, F: York-. Early England up to the Nor- man conquest. (Creighton, M., ed. Epochs of Eng. hist.) Ravenshaw, J: H: Gaur ; its ruins and inscrip- tions ; ed. with add. and alt. by his widow. •'The ruins of G-aur became at an early date familiar to English residents in Bengal, whilst their vast extent, and the mystery attaching to stupendous mounds and fragments of elaborate architecture, hardly visible thru the growth of forest trees and jungle, stirred the imagina- tion, especially in a country so generally devoid of ancient buildings as Bengal, The ground at Gaur covered by signs of town occupation is little short of twenty miles in length. The hook before us is likely to remain the book on Gaur till Gaur shall find its Schliemann. The book is substantially that of the late Mr, Ravenshaw, who, while magistrate and collector at Malda, made photograi)h8 of Gaur and the appendant cities, and notes to illustrate his pictures. His widow has had good aids in the late Mr. Henry Blochmann and in Mr. Arthur Grote. Blochmann has recently carried to the grave with him a vast store of lucid learning. The vieww are beautiful photographs, admirably reproduced in perma- nence by the "Woodbury process. The architectural illustrations justify Heber's observation that the Patans built like giants, and finished their work like jewellers. The preparation of encaustic tiles, which play a great part iu the decoration of some of the edifices, is now a lost art, not only in Bengal, but in all India east of Bind ; the richly moulded panels of terra-cotta are now as little known." — At/ienceuni , Jan. 11. Redgrave, S. Dictionary of artists of the English school. New ed. 1879. "150 new lives have been added to this edition, and a short memoir of the hard wtfrking compiler," — Acad., Dec, 28. Roberts, M. Women of the last days of old France. Robinson, F: AV. CoAvard conscience. Robinson, P. In my Indian garden. "Essays on the common objects of India — birds, insects, trees, frogs, squirrels, Indian servants, the Indian seasons, etc. They treat unhackneyed subjectw with quaint humor and with remarkable literary skill and taste. Izaak AValton would have enjoyed them im- mensely, and "White of Selborne." — Acad., Apr. 13, "Charming little word-pictures of Indian life and Indian scenery, ... From these slight sketches a most vivid impression of everyday Indian life may be gath- ered, and in the most romantic country in the world even everyday life is full of picturesqueness." — Exam., Apr. 6. Rowley, J. Rise of the people and growth of Parliament from the Great Charter to the accession of Henry iii., 1215-1485. (Creigh- ton, M., ed. Epochs of Eng. hist.) — Settlementof theEnglishconstitution. (Creigh- ton, M., ed. Epochs of Eng. history.) "Careful and readable." — Ath. See the note under Cordery. Saunders, J: The Sherlocks. Seguin, L. G. Walks in Algiers and its surround- ings. "Mr. Seguln writes exceedingly well. .,.- He sets out with some useful practical hints, he goes on to expatiate on Algerian history, which, in spite of the sensational nature of its episodes, he makes instructive rather than entertaining, ,.. He describes well, and observes closely." — Sat, rev., Apr. 13. "Miss Seguin has accumulated a vast mass of material, and has put it skilfully into small compass." — Brit. q. rev., April 1, Number 27.] 108 [May 13. 1879. Shedd, W: G. T., D.D. Literary essays. Contents. True nature of the beautiful and its relation to culture. — Influence and method of English studies. — Ethical theory of rhetoric and eloquence. — Character- istics and importance of a natural rhetoric. — Relation of language and style to thought. — Scientific and popu- lar education. — Intellectual temperance, — The Puritan character. — The African nature. — Coleridge as a philosopher and theologian. ~ Confessions of Augustine. "Written, 1844-59. Each of these essays may he read with pleasure for the lucidity of its style and the ampli- tude of its illustrations, and with profit for its accumula- tion of varied knowledge. We have, however, been specially impressed by those on the nature of the beau- ful, on English studies and intellectual temperance, and on S. T. Coleridge." — Ilarper^a mag., Dec. Simon, J. The government of M. Thiers, Feb. 8, 1871 - May 24, 1873 ; from the Fr. 2 v. Skelton, J: Essays in romance and studies from life. •'The graceful writer who has gained an entrance into many of the most delightful corners of our memory under the name of 'Shirley' is scarcely second to any in his generation. The new series of the 'Essays of Shirley' include a powerful and vivid sketch called 'The passion of Martin Holdfast', two or three studies of fisher-life and manners on the northern coasts of Scotland, and a story of love and punishment from the Lagoons of Venice, which, tho the earliest, is perhaps the best arranged and compacted of all. The author has chosen his title well, for it would he inappropriate to assume for these imaginative sketches — the discursiveness and freedom of which are among their chief charms — the character of tales.*' — Spectator, Nov. 30. Smyth, R. B. The aborigines of Victoria; with notes rel. to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania. "The author, when he was appointed, 16 years ago, Secretary of the Board for the Protection of the Aborig- ines, commenced collecting information respecting the customs of the people who had formerly owned the soil of Australia, and making accurate drawings of their weapons and ornaments." "If there are people who still belu-ve in the simplicity of savage life, Mr. Smyth's work will undeceive them. Here are 1000 pages filled with details about the society, politics, religion, war, and art of tribes who are supposed to be almost the lowest examples of humanity. The Australians certainly are not far advanced in 'culture', as Europeans reckon advancement, but they have already established a most curious and complex system of society; they employ simple but ingenious weapons; in art they have some native taste and power of execution. ... The practices of savage life, sL-nseless as they seem to us, had all some rational origin in men's theory of the world in which they found themselves. Now, when a custom has once become well established, it dies very slowly ; it goes on living in now conditions, and in a somewhat different form. Some of the customs of savagery are retained by the non-progre.s.sive classes, and dwindle into 'folk lore'. Some are consecrated and adorned by tlie priesthoods of advancing civilization." The reviewer proceeds to give instances of this by com- paring rites of the Australians and of the Scotch, French, Hindus and Greeks, ending; ""We trust to re- turn in a later article to the art, war, weapons, and poli- tics of the Murri, as they call themselves. Perhaps it is already pretty plain that civilized people are only Murri who have liad many advantages in education." — Sat. rev., Miir 22. Sparkes, J: C. L. Hand-book to the practice of pottery painting. (Harper's half-hour ser.) Stecchetti, L. Nova polemica ; vcrsi. — Postuma ; canzoniere. 5a ed. Stevenson, R. L: Edinburg;h ; picturesque notes. "His style speaks for itself; it is captivating and irritating; it keeps the attention awake; it sketches a picture; in two words, it is never commonplace; it re- tains an accent of the quaintness of a time of leisure." — Sat. rev., Jan. 25. Streckfuss, A, Castle Hohenwald ; tr. by Mrs. A. L. Wister. "The types in these German stories are oddly old- fashioned; the villain, the lover, the eccentric man, the traitor, are wrought by a fixed pattern which has been laid aside for some time by English-speaking folk. The story is involved with the Franco-German war, hut it does not modernize it." — J^ation, April 24. Tancock, O. W. England during the American and European wars, 1765-182G. (Creighton, M., ed. Epochs of Eng. hist.) Thackeray, A. I., now Mrs. Ritchie. Da capo. (Harper's half-hour ser.) — Out of the world, and other tales. ContenM. Out of the world. — To Esther. — Making merry. — Sola. Thevet, A. Les singularitez de la France antarc- tique. Nouv. ed. ; avec notes par P. Gaf- farel. "Depuis assez longtemps deji fort reeberchees par les bibliophiles. Renseignments curieux aur I'essai decolo- nisation tent6 par la France au Bresil, et aussi sur le origines canadiennes et les premieres ann^es de la prise de possession de I'Am^riqne par les Europeens. ... II enrichit son volumes de gravures. Pour cela, il ap- pela les meilleurs graveurs de Flandre. Les hois de la premiere edition semblant k M. Gaffarel 6tre de Jean Cousin : il y reconnait sa mani^re 4 la fois large et ex- pressive, sa science anatomique et son burin spirituel. Thevet n'est pas un maitre en I'art d'ecrire. 8a phrase penible, emharrassee, chargee d'incidentes, alourdi de citations, fatigue I'oiii et I'esprit. Son etalage d'eruditiou iraprovifcee est le plus eouvent suspect. En- fin, lorsqu'il decrit ce qu'il a vu de ses propres yeux, il a une f5,cheuse tendance a I'exageration. ... En le lisant dans I'edition nouvelle, on est averti des crreurs ou des exagerations par des notes tonjours savantes et souvent piquantcs." — Hev. pol. et lit., 16 nov. Tytler, S., (ps.for Miss Keddie). Scotch firs. "In a certain cool, passionless analysis and calculation of motives, and, as the result of this, in her manner of presenting a character rather by gradual elaboration than by a few rapid touches, the author of 'Scotch firs' bears some resemblance to George Eliot. Her humor, too, like that of the great analyzer, is more of the head than of the heart." — Exam., Ang. 10. "The latter story is well told; the first has not enough pleasant people to float the story agreeably to its end." — Sat. rev., Oct. 5. "The 1st is a well told tale, and the characters are racy of the soil. The 2d narrative, that of a Free Kirk min- ister's visit to London, and the change of his views on the subject of the stage, is equally well imagined." — Ath., July 27. Weller, A. History of the Washington family. Whipple, E. P. Some recollections of K. Choate. (Harper's half-hour ser.) "Two marked changes appear upon the surface of our literature during the last few years; we may perhaps i^ay three. One is not very important, tho it is signifi- cant. — it is that in what might be called good society pessimism has very vii^ibly colored much of our novel- writing. Mr. Herbert Spencer's philosophy maybe split in two ; a very good Christian Theist may walk ofl' with one half, and a fighting Atheist with the other. Scho- penliauer cannot he treated in the same manner, but half of him is readily translated into a liberal cynicism tem- pered with epigram, which is perfectly good form; the translation has taken place; and our" novels show it. Another change lies in the fact that tho, as we have before remarked, there is a lull in the higher speculation, tliere is an increase in the number of tentative books in theology and religious criticism. Another change, slight hut real, exists in the marked increase of the tendency to personal satire or caricature. This is in pait a result of the success of Mr. Mallock's 'New Republic'." — Contemp. rev., April. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTOK ATI-IEN^UM. [No. 28. June 3, 187 EXTRACTS FROM REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONS IN THE LAST NUMBER. "I don't like the Spelliug Reform — never did, and never mean to." ~ A lady. "I have one reason for not wishing, and two reasons for -wishing a reform. Ist. I have spent the past fifty years of my busy life in learning to spell a ft-w English words with tolerahli.' correctness, and if a change is now made, all that time and labor will go for nothing. It would be a moi-al satisfaction to me to know that other human beings in future ages are to suffer the same trib- ulation in learning to spell that I suffered. I have no objection to a change on the sentimental ground that it would disturb Ihc 'noble old English language'. For language ought to be the servant of a person, not the person the servant of the laiigu;ige. ^il. If the reform can make letters into instruments of precision, then I am in favor of reform. 3d. If the reform will save time in writing or printing, as it seems to promise, then I am again in favor of reform." — A school-teacher. "Allow me with all respect to enter my earnest protest against the new spL'tling [in the Libra?-// Journal], such as catalog, honor, alfabet, biografy. Why try to spoil the traditions of a language which, from its highly com- pound construction, is the most perfect in existence ?" — Lord Lindsay^ Fres.ofthe lioyal Astronomical Society. The English language, on account of its composite nature, is the best in the world. Let us preserve it. The English spelling, on account of its complexity, is the ■worst in the world. Let us , "What word does logic require here, — preserve or reform ? — C: A. G. Adams, -ReiJ. H. C. Wykehamica ; a history of Winchester College and commoners. Airy fairy Lilian; by the author of "Phyllis", etc. Alden, W. L. The canoe and the flying proa; or, Cheap cruising and safe sailing ; with illust. (Harper's half-hour series.) Arndt, E. M. Life and adventures ; comp. from the German ; with a preface by J: R. Seeley. Arnold, M. Mixed essays. "The main principles Mr. Arnold insists upon are these : — The inevitable future is democracy. The many are continually growing less and less disposed to follow and to admire, and the few, that is, the aristocracy, are continually becoming 'less and less qualified to command and to captivate'. Now, this is not only a fact, but one we should have foreseen long before, for it is only an example and assertion of that principle of expansion which is a law of nature. ■ Mr. Arnold insists with much gravity and even with pathos, how democracy, instead of being, as it might be, the salvation of the race, may be the end of progress, if in the new conditions the ideals of life and conduct are less high and less beautiful than of old, and if the arts and other refining influences not bearing immediately on practical life be suffered to fall into disuse and dishonor. ... The single historical sketch in this collection is the paper on Falkland, whom Mr. Arnold considers a greater and more tragic jjersonage than Hampden. ... In the essay on Mr, Stopford Brooke's 'Primer of English literature' Mr. Arnold has expressed, a.s tbo casually, some of his own estimates of many of the English poets, and he has balanced praise and blame in a peculiarly adroit and even amusing fashion. A distinguished contemporary of Mr. Arnold's said of the paper, when it first appeared in the 'Nine- teenth century', that Mr. Brooke had been told he had written a most charming book, only unfortunately he had said notbing in it which he ought to say, and put in everything he ought to have left out. ... Throughout the essays the reader will notice the tone of perfect gen- tleness and moderation which gives Mr. Arnold's work a charm that is absolutely unique. But the moderation is so universal that the reader begins to distrust it after a time as much as he would distrust rhetoric. It is a saying of Mr. Emerson that a man teaches what he is. One feels that these essays arc Mr. Arnold, and that the lesson they convey as a whole is more precious than any single principle expressed throughout thera. It is a lesson of courtesy, gentleness, and toleration. After the noisy din of angry polemic this ever gentle \'oice is welcome to the weary ear." — Athenmuni, March 8. Autographic mirror ; autographic letters and sketches of illustrious and distinguished men of past and present times. 4 v. Bain, A. Education as a science. "The publication of Mr. Spencer's work in the year 1861 marked an epoch in the history of educational science, and the apjaearance of Mr. BainV volume on education in a series of workw devoted to scientific sub- jects, marks a new epoch, and a fresh starting-point." — EvMininer, March 15. Balaguer, V. Historia politica y literaria de los trovadores. 2 v. "Of great literary interest. It is the firwt of a seriei* of volumes which will eventually include more than 300 biographies of poets. In the fir^t part, which has just appeared, the language of the troubadours and their influence on European countries are critically studied." — Athenmuni, Dec. 28. Blake, M., D.D. History of Franklin, Mass. Bright, J. F. English history for public schools. 2 v. "In a school history one desires less detail and a more vivid and vigorous presentment of the leading facts." ^- Sat. rev., Oct. 19. Brookline, Mass. Muddy River and Brookline records, 1634-1838. Burroughs, J: Locusts and wild honey. Contents. The pastoral bees. — Sharp eyes. -— Straw- berries. — Is it going to rain ? — Speckled trout. — Birds and birds. — A bed of boughs. — Birds'-nestiug. — The halcyon in Canada. Butler, S: Life and habit. "It is more amusing than most novels, while it contains more material for thought than is to be found in most books of double the size. ... Mr. Butler is a writer who, altho professedly ignorant of all ncieiice, yet pos- sesses 'scientiflc imagination' and logical consistency to a degree very rarely found among scientific men. ... Mr. Butler's book is so full of strange fancies and witty conceits, as to have led some readers to look upon the whole as an elaborate jest. Beneath this sparkling sur- face there is, however, much solid matter, and tho we can at present only consider the work as a most ingenious and paradoxical speculation, it may yet all'ord a clue to some of the deepest mysteries of the organic world." — Nature, March 27. Campagnola, H. Pilaster-Malereien in der Kirche St. Giustina zu Padua. Chaucer, G. The parliament of foules; ed. with introd., notes, and glossary by T. R. Louns- bury. Church, R. W. Dante, an essay ; added, a trans, of De monarchia, by F. J. Church. "The translation of De monarchia adds greatly to the value of the book. But the es.say is not to be swallowed whole. It is dogmatic and preceptorial rather than critical, in the usual sense, — tho, of course, it contains fine criticism." — Contemporary rev., Feb. Claretie, J. Le troisieme dessous. oe ed. "Cette nouvelle ceuvre de M. Claretie est plus creusee et plus fouillee que ses ainees; Ic style en ebt incisif et nerveux. L'auteur du 'Troisifeme dessous' a observe attentivement et fait une peinture \raie, ... Cette oiuvre est ce que M. Claretie a fait de plus vigoureux. Quelques longueurs et quelques langueurs, ... mais ... la trame du recit est plus serree que d'habitude et que le style est d'une limpidite moins fluide." — Rev. pol. et lit., 4 Jan. Conant, H. S. A primer of Spanish literature. (Harper's half-hour series.) Number 28.] 110 [June 3, 1879. Cooke, J: E. Professor Pressensee, materialist and inventor; a story, (Harper's hf.-hr. ser.) — Stories of the Old Dominion. Cornhill mfigazine, March. "Mr. Leslie Stephen continues Tii.s 'Hours in a library' with Mioduin and Shelley'. It is an ;ittempt to deal with SlulUy's philosophy, so far as he had one; and it is well sIkiwii, with the writer's usual frigid Ll^'.-irncHtJ, how tShelleyV transcendental world was 'the refracted vision of Godwin's prosaic system noen thru an imagina- tivL' atmosphere'. ... Mr. Symonds continues and con- cludes his study of 'Antinous'. The account of the cult of which Antinous after his death hecame the object is completed. On the whole subject, 'the most rational conclusion seems to be that Antinous became in truth a popular saint, and satisfied some new need in Paganism for which none of the elder and more respectable deities sufficed'." — Acad., Mar. 22. — April. "Mr. Edward Rose writes the article on the 'Revolution and stage in France'." — Acdil., April 5. "The Cornhill magazine has a line paper upon Cob- hett, by some one who understands that to the last Cobl>ett remained a peasant, full of liking for the old rural, semi-feudal system, and of hatred for the 'new men'. And an er^say on Ulrich von Lichtenstein, 'the Don Quixote' of Germany." — Spectator, April 5. Cotton, W: Sir Joshua Reynolds and his works ; ed. by J: Burnet. Cox, E: \\ . Mechanism of man ; an answer to the question what am I ? introd. to mental physiology and psychology. Vol. 2. Creighton, L. Life of Sir Walter Raleigh. (Har- per's half-hour series.) "An admirable picture. ... Excellent in judgment and style." — Westmin. rev., Jan. Creighton, JI. The age of Elizabeth. "In i^lain words, the book as a whole is dull. ... But in the chapter on 'The Elizabethan literature' Mr. Creighton has not only given a good idea of the chief works of the age, but has well brought out how the circumstances of the reign, the new-born consciousness of national power, the rise of the spirit of adventure, gave to the Elizabethan literature its peculiar tone. Indeed the great merit of the book is the way in which the authorhas grasped the national and English character of Elizabeth's reign." — Sat. rev., March 23. Croffut, W. A.,- and Morris, J: M. The military and civil history of Connecticut, 1861-6-5. 3d ed., rev. Curtius, E., and others. Ausgrabungen zu Olyni- pia. 2 V. De Soyres, J. Montanism and the primitive church ; a study in the ecclesiastical history of the 2d century. "This little work is a storehouse of varied, well- selected, and digested learning on the subject. It is evidently the fruit of immt-iise labor, and a work with which in future no liiiiglish student <>f Montanism can dispense." — E.rnminer. "Diese tilchtige Arbeit. Die Stiirkc des Buches liegt vor allem in dem zweiten Abschiiitti', an desscn Aus- ruhrungen man wenig wird tadi'ln kijnnen." — A. Ilar- nack, in the Theolog. LiUeratiir-Z(Uung. Dudley, D. History of the first Council of Nice. Du.m.as, R. Parini, sa vie, .ses ccuvres, son temps. "Les Italiens ont un culte |)onr k- sntirique Parini. lis saluent en Ini le promoteur d<_' leur nouvelle renaissance litteraire et sociale. ... Alticri, Foscolo, Pindemonte, Leopard), M;inzoni, et vingt autres en parlent comnie de leur niaiti'e et «'inclinent devant son autorite. Nul des auteurs du 18e siecle n'a etc en Italic Tobjet de tiint de travaux; Giusti lui a consacre une longue etude, et M. de Sanctis un de ses admirable essais. ... M. Dumas a 6crifc sur l^arini un livre complet, int^ressant, bien ordonne. ... Tel fut Parini, o't hommo de bien et ee po6te exquis, grand surtout par I'influcnce qu'exercerent lee idfies que son ironie fit germer dans les esprits, grand aussi par I'example qu'il donna, dans cette soci6t6 cor- rompue, d'une vie pure, d'une (Euvre pure, et d'une pro- hit6 litteraire inconnue depuis les Trecentistes, Incapa- ble, non-seulement d'exagerer sa pens6e par I'expression, mais encore de chercher ces ornements et ces traits qui forcent I'attention quand la mati^re devient aride, il a montr6 son temps tel qu'il 6tait, il s'est montre lui-m§me tout entier dans sa bonhomie ingenue et dana sa sagesae souriante." — Rev.pol. et lit., 5 oct. Ericsson, J: Contributions to the Centennial Ex- hibition, Fenelon, F. de S. de L. Spiritual letters; letters to men; tr. by [Mrs. S. Lear]. Ferris, G: T. The great Italian and French com- posers. (Appletons* new handy- vol. ser.) Contents. Paleetrina. — Piccini, Paisiello, and Cima- rosa. — Rossini. — Donizetti and Bellini. — Verdi. — Cherubini and his predecessors. — Mehul, Spontini, and Hal6vy. — Bo'ieldieu and Auber. — Meyerbeer. — Gou- nod. Fortnightly review, April. "Commences with Mr. F. Harrison's pleasant essay on the 'Choice of books', and the necessity of discrimina- tion in reading', if we would not cumber our brains with mere surplusage, and the value of conHning ourselves to the admittedly great in literature. It is very pleasant reading, and usually very just, tho it wants one important rider. Man has a capacity which Mr. Harrison should remember of a very useful kind, and that is a capacity for forgetting. The moderns road a great deal of rubbish, but it does not overload their minds, because it does not go into them. There may be a waste of time in reading poor fiction, though to some men the reading of poor books is a greater relief than idleness, but there is no overloading, for the book is forgotten ere it is closed." — Spectator.. Apr. 5. Fremont, Mrs. J. B. A year of American travel. (Harper's half-hour series.) Fuller, J. F. John Orlebar, elk. '*It brims over with fun, and is crammed with sensa- tional hints, rather than events, and with the observations upon human nature of a kindly, but severe and somewhat cynical critic. Yet the effect is not satisfying. Too little pains have been taken to make the plot intelligible, and the somewhat discordant materials do not work in harmoniously together." — Spectator, Sept. 28. Gregory, J: Centennial proceedings and historical incidents of the early settlers of Northfield, Vt. Hay ward, A. Selected essays. 2 v. Contenta. Vol. 1. The Rev. Sydney Smith; his life, character, and writings. — S: Rogers. — E: von Gentz. — Maria Edgeworth ; her life and writings. — The Countess Hahn-Hahn. — De Stendhal (Henrv Beyle). — Alexan- der Dumas. 2. The British Parliament: its history and eloquence. — The pearls and mock pearls of history. — Vicissitudeh of families: English, Scotch, Irish, and continental nobility. — England and France: their national qualities, manners, morals, and society. — Lady Palmerstou. — Lord Lansdowne. — Lord Dalling and Bulwer. - Whist and whist-piayers. Hill, R. and F. D. The Recorder of Birmingham; memoir of Matthew Davenport Hill, with his correspondence. "Mr. Hill was not only a remarkable man in many ways, and interesting on the score of personal character alone, but in the course of bis long and laborious life he was continually thrown in contact with many illustrious persons. It was as a judge in the Sessions Court of Birmingham that he delivered those famous charges which made, as C: Knight said, 'Recorder of Birming- ham a household word." — Examiner, Dec. '28. Hillern, W. von. The vulture maiden ; Die Geier- Wally; from the German by C. Bell and E. F. Poynter. Hunnewell, J. F, The lands of Scott. Number 28.] Ill [June 3, 1879. Improved dwellings for the laboring classes ; the need, and the way to meet it on strict com- mercial principles, in N. Y., etc. Kavanagh, J., b. in Ireland 1824, d. 28 Oct., 1877. Forget-me-nots. 3 v. "We are reminded in every page how thoroughly she knew Normandy and the Normans. There arc delightful studies of Norman landscape; charming pictures of limpid streams and emerald meadows, of horacRteads half-buried in the sirring in the bloom of the orchards that embowered them, of venerable mills hidden away in sequestered nooks among thick coppices of willow and alder." — Sat. rev., June 15, 1878. "Sketches of country life in a breezy nook of Nor- mandy. Not one of these is a repetition of another; each tells its uncumliered story of a rustic love, or of a maidenly self-devotion, in rehued and graceful touches. This is a charming bouquet of 'Forget-me-nots', one wholesome result of which will be a lesson of reaction, and recurrence to simplicity and nature, in the works of latter-day novelists." — Anid., May 2o, 1878. Lartet, L: Exploration geologique de la Mer Morte, de la Palestine, et de I'ldnmee. Lenormant, F. La monnaie dans I'antiquite. 3 v. Lewes, G: H: Problems of life and mind. 3d ser., problem 1st : the study of psychology, its object, scope, and method. Littre, M. E. Le supplement au grand diction- naire de la langue franqaise. "Quand tout le moude admirait le grand dictionnaire de la langQO fran5aise, I'auteur y decouvrait dee lacunes. ... Ce sont particuli^rcment les n^ologisraee qui out fournl k M. Littre la majeure partie de ces additions. M. Littr6 n'a pas en ettet la prudcrie des autres lexi- cographes, y compris I'Acad^mie, qui repugnent k accorder droit de cite si. maiute expression fort en usage et fort bien employee, n'en deplaise aux puristes pe- dants. La langage subit le sort coramun dcs choses, il est aoumis k cette necessite ineluctable de revolution sans laquello toute vie ne tarde pas k disparaitre. ... Dans son d6sir d'etre aussi complet que possible, M. Littre a tenu k faire une place tr6s grande au lexique fran^ais d'origine orientale; il s'est adresse pour cela k un arabisant des plus disLingu^s, k M. Devic, qui lui a compost un veritable dictionnaire des mots frangais emprunt6s aux idiomes de I'Asie." — Revue scientijique, 11 Jan. Maigne, J. Traite de prononciation frangaise et manuel de lecture k haute voix. Mallock, "VV: H. Every man his own poet ; or, The inspired singer's receipt book ; by a Newdegate prizeman. 1st Amer. from 3d Eng. ed. "Messrs. A. "Williams & Co. have published an Amer- ican, from the third English edition of a little brochure entitled 'Every man his own poet; or, The inspired singer's receipt book*. Ostensibly this is written by 'A Newdegate prizeman', but the authorship is commonly attributed to W. H. Mallock, author of 'The new repub- lic'. It is a savage satire on the quality of modern poetry, with about as much truth as satires are expected to have. Recipes are given for making poems after tbe style of Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Mr. Browning, Robert Morris, Robert Buchanan, Byron and Swinburne. The directions for making an ordinary love poem are as follows : 'Take two large and tender hearts which match one another perfectly. Arrange them close together, hut preserve them from actual contact by placing be- tween them some cruel barrier. Wound them both in several places, and insert thru the openings thus made a fine stufling of wild yearnings, hopeless tenderness, and a general admiration for stars. Then completely cover up one heart with a sufficient quantity of chill church- yard mould, which may be garnished, according to taste, with dank waving weeds or tender violets ; and promptly break over it the other heart'." Manning, E. Six months on a slaver ; a true narrative. (Harper's hf.-hr. ser.) Mansfield, E: D. Personal memories, social, political, and literary, with ske noted people, 1803-43. "The writer of these Memories has been long known as 'E. D. M.' of the Chicinnati gaaette, and 'Veteran observer' of the New York timen. The Memories, 1803-43, include pioneer history ; society in Cincinnati in early days; education at West Point and Princeton; political history in the period of the Whig party; the controversies of the United States Bank; nullilication and abolition; and the character and men of the press. Among the noted persons mentioned are Madame Elen- nerhasset, Little Turtle, the Ludlows, Greneral Totten, Martin Baum, Judge Burnet, Dr. Dwight, Abraham Bishop, DeWitt Clinton, Governor Foote, Emma Wil- lard, Eliza Leslie, Gov. Walcott, Catherine Beecher, Mrs. Stowe, Caroline Hentze [sic}, the poet Pcrcival, etc.^ Marcel, C. The study of languages brought back to its true principles ; or. The art of thinking in a foreign language. Margry, P. Decouvertes et etabfissements des Fran^ais dans I'ouest et dans le sud de TAnife- rique Septent., 1614-1754; memoires et docs. originaux. 3 v. Mueller, F: Ethnographic. (Novara. Reise. Anthrop. Th., 3e Abth.) Nelson, C: A. Waltham, past and present, and its industries ; with an hist, sketch of Water- town from 1630 to the incorporation of Wal- tham, 1738. Niebnhr, B. G: Greek hero-stories; illust. by A. Hoppin; tr. by B. Hoppin. Nineteenth century, April. "Mr. Huxley sendH a paper on 'Sensation and the sensiferous organs', in which he seems to revel in show- ing how very little there is that we can be certain about." — Spectator, April 5. Nisard, D. Histoire de la litterature frangaise. 5e ed. 4 v. "Nisard est le plus correct, le plus elegant des acad6mi- ciens. ... II s'est constitue en litterature le gardien de la eaine tradition et du dogme; tout dissentimentavec lui est une heresic." — Hev. pol. et lit , 22 mars. Noack, L. Philosophie-geschichtliches Lexikon ; historisch-biographisches Handworterbuch zur Gesch. der Philosophic. Noire, L. Max Miiller and the philosophy of lan- guage. Nuttall Ornithological Club. Bulletin ; a quar- terly journal of ornithology. Voh 1-3. Oosterzee, J. J. van, D.D. Practical theology; a manual for theological students ; tr. and adapt, to Eng. readers^ by M. J. Evans. Robinson, F: W. Romance of a back street. (Har- per's half-hour ser.) Rutley, F. The study of rocks ; an elementary text-book of petrology, Saint-Graal; ou, Le Joseph d'Arimathie; pub. parE. Hucher. T. 3. Seiss, J. A., D.D. Voices from Babylon; or, The records of Daniel the prophet. Sherman, J: Selected speeches and reports on finance and taxation from 1859 to 1878. "Mr. Sherman's diagnosis of the economic condition of the country from time to time was singularly accurate, so that we cannot recall the name of any public man whose judgments were oftener verified by the subsequent course of events. Even when giving his vote for some erroneous measure which the majority insisted upon passing, he has let fall a remark, half-apobigctic, signify- ing that he knew better aud that he would do better if it were not so inconvenient." — Nation, May 15. Number 28.] 112 [June 3, 1879. Sieurin, J. Manuel de I'amateur d'illustrations. Sprosse, C. Rom; 32 Originalradirungen. Stephens, W: R: W. Life and letters of W. F. Hook. 2 V. Stirling, M. C. The Grahams of Invermoy. Strong, L. C. Poke o' moonshine. Stuart, J: P. C, Sd Marquis of Bute. The burning of the barns of Ayr ; with map ; lectures at Ayr, Feb. 7, 1878. "Two monographs, each in its way admirable, and both dcmon.'-tialiiijj; the closenesh of his lordship's his- torical studies. The sketch devoted to 'The burning of the barns of .Vyr' whows that the author has studied all the :iuthoi'ities bearing upon hi« subject, and he is able to con-ect several pi(.-valent errors. ... Sir "William Walhice is an attractive subject either for the lecturer or the historian." — Intei-^iat. rtv., Feb. Stubbs, W: Constitutional history of Eni^land. 2 V. "Prof. Stubbs is, for knowledge, for width of informa- tion, for soundness and woightinesH of judgment in the strict sense, unrivjiUed. His masterly grasp of his ma- terials, combined with hie utter freedom from verbosity, or from a desire for display, enables him to compress a mass of facts into an inconceivably narrow sjiace. One of his pages contains as much matter as a dozen ordinary essays. But to these great gifts he does not add the capacity for striking narrative. He knows himsLlf, but be does not make visible to his readers, what are the critical events of an era, ur what are the ruling ideas of an epoch." — Kation. Sturgis, J.R. An accomplished gentleman. (Ap- pletons' new handy-volume series.) Taylor, R: Destruction and reconstruction ; per- sonal experiences of the late war. Tegg, ^V: Shakespeare and his contemporaries, with the plots of his plays, theatres and actors. Theuriet, A. La maison des deux barbeaux. — Le sang des Finoel. Thompson, E. M. Correspondence of the family of Hatton, being chiefly letters addressed to Christopher, 1st Viscount Hatton, 1601- 1704. 2 V. (Camden Soc.) "Chiefly valuable for the gleanings of anecdote which serve to 8ui)plement or bring into relief things already known. ... These letters afford a fair idea of the familiar correspondence of Englishmen uf good breeding and average culture during the latter half of the 17th century." — Examiner, Apr. 5. Tolstoi, Count L. Katia ; trad, de le comte d'Hau- terive. "Katia est un roman psj-ehologique. C'est I'etude d'une ame, Mais il y a siutre chose ; il y a une peinture vraie des micurs de la bourgeoisie russe. Le-i person- nages de Katia sont des Slaves qui ont les habitudes de« pays slaves et qui usent d'une existence dirterente de la notre. lis ont auKsi un language ^ eux, dont les idio- tismes n'ont rien de moderne. ... On trouve dans Katia une foule de ces details, plus curicux les uns que les autres." — Polybib., Jan. Toulouse. Bihliotheque. Catalogue des incuna- bles ; red. par le docteur Desbarreaux-Ber- nard. "Le travail de M. le Dr. Desbarrcaux-Bernard est un des pluH important^ de tous ceux qui ont etc consacres t la scirnce dew livres. ... Personne pent-etre en notre pays n'otait mieux pr^par6 que M. Di-sbarreanx-Bernard k rediL^er magistraleraent un catalogue d'incunables." TroUope, A, An eye for an eye. (Franklin Square lib.) "Mr. Trollope has the art of narration to perfection ; while his characters all do their duty in the story as they are called upon to do it. We do not remember them as living men and women in the way that we remember the characters of Thackeray or Dickens. They are types, and true types, without being highly individuaUzed. They have invariably the external form and appearance and manners and behavior of the class from which they are taken. His earls are always real earls, just as hife bishops and vicars are always real bishops and vicars. The same thing is true of his women. If there is nothing more, we ask for nothing more. No one ever accused him of putting real people into his books, and the reason iw very plain : the life and soul of reality in character — in other words, individuality — is wanting. The char- acters do not of themselves develop the story; they are used by the novehst to tell the story with." — iTa^ion Apr. 24. "Wlun he wrote 'Is he Popenjoy?' the other day, he deliberately went back into that unpleasant manner which makes 'MIhs Mackenzie' and 'The Eustace dia- mondw' among the less agreeable of his works; but in 'An eye for an eye' be bar, harked back much further, and returned to the tone and spirit of one of the very earlioHt, and quite the most distasteful, of his writings, 'The Macdermotts of Ballycloran', published so long ago as 1847. Like that pre-eminently painful story, the present one is m;ide up of three elements, seduction, murder, and insanity." — Academy, Feb. 8. "The art of the narrator makes much of a slight story." — At/ienceum, Jan. 11. "It might be tailed a sermon in fiction on the text, 'The wages of sin is death'." — Lit. world, Feb. 15. Tucker, Rev. H. W. Memoir of the life and epis- copate of Selwyn, Bp. of New Zealand, 1841- 69. 2 v. linger, F: W: Quellen der byzantinischen Kunst- geschichte. 1. Bd. (Vol. 12 of Eitelberger V. Edelberg. Quellenschriften.) Vivian, II. H. Notes of a tour in America, Aug.7- Nov. 17, 1877. Waite, K. Life of the Duke of Wellington, Walker, A. Hints to women on the care of prop- erty. (Harper's half-hour ser.) Walker, F. A. Money in its relations to trade and industry. Warner, S. My desire. Waterford, Mc. History of Waterford. Wheeler, G: A: and H: W. History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Me., includ. the ancient terr. known as Pejepscot. Wilkinson, sir J. G. Ancient Egyptians. New ed., by Birch. 3 v. "He had no government commission at his back; no royal subsidy ; no stafl' of subordinates. His excavations were undertaken at his own cost; his copies were exe- cuted by his own hand; and the illustrations to his book were all drawn by himself on the wood and on the stone. The work iw, in truth, au enduring monument of con- scientious labor; and, notwithstanding the enormous stridL-s that Egyptological science and discovery have made within the last furty years, it remains to this day our best general authority on all points connected with the arts, trades, utensils, weapons, manners, customs, and amusements of the ancient inhabitants of the Nile valley." — Amelia B. Edwards, in Academy, March 22. Wilkinson, T. Memoirs of his own life. 4 v. Woolsey, T. I). Introduction to the study of in- ternational law. 5th ed., rev. and enl. "In this edition, which is doubtless the last ... the whole work has been carefully revised." — Preface. JS^ Gifts of books and pamphlets are always welcome. Duplicates are often useful for exchange. I have just disposed of over S200 wortli of pamphlets, receiving books in return — chiefly town histories and genealogies, many of them of considerable rarity and value. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENiEUM. [No. 29. Juno 21, 187£- fleg=- ... "the monstrous spelling of the English lan- guage. The time lost by it is a large part of the whole school-time of the mass of men. Count the hours that each man wastes in learning to read at school, the hours which he wastes through life from the hindrance to easy reading, the hours wasted at school in learning to spell, the hours spent through life in keeping up and perfecting this knowledge of spelling, in consulting dictionaries, a work that never ends, the hours that he spends in writing silent letters ; and multiply this time hy the number of persons who speak English, and we shall have a total of millions of years wasted by each generation. The cost of printing the silent letters of the English language is to be counted hy millions of dollars for each genera- tion. And yet literary amateurs fall in love with these squintings and Uspings. They try to defend them by pleading their advantage in the study of etymology. But a changeless orthography destroys the material for etymological study, and written records are valuable to the philologist just in proportion as they are accurate records of speech as spoken from year to year." — Prof. F. A. Jhirch. About, E. Colonel Fougas' mistake ; tr. by J. E. Maitland. *' 'Colonel Eougas' mistake' is the story of a Napo- leonic hero who, having been put into a kind of trance in the year 1813, was brought to life again, in 1859, under the Third Empire ; and the fun of the tale turns on the confusion of dates and ages, the ColonePs inability to realize the new times." — Examiner, Oct. 12. Allen, C. F. Histoire de Danemark; tr. par E. Beauvois. 2 v. The latest and best history of Denmark. Includes a full bibhography. Appleton's annual cyclopa?dia and register of im- portant events of 1877. New ser., vol. 2. AssoUant, J. B. A. Montluc, le Rouge. 2 v. Baqueiro, S. Ensayo historico sobre las revolu- eiones de Yucatan, 1840-64. 2 v. Beaumont- Vassy, le vicomte E. F. de. Memoires secrets du 19e sifecle. 5e ed. Blackwood's mag., May. "The best paper is Mr. Scott's on 'The Pathans gf the Indian frontier'. Mr. Scott was employed to survey the hills, and has a profound knowledge both of them and their neople, which he pours out in Blackwood with perfect simplicity, and occasionally with great pictorial power. He makes us know the clansmen's ways." — Spectator, May 10. Boutmy, E. Philosophie de Tarehitecture en Grfece. Capes, W. W. University life in ancient Athens. Carr, J. C. Essays on art. Contents. Pt. 1. Art and literature. The artistic spirit hi modem English poetry. — W: Blake, poet and painter. The ideals of art. Drawings by the old masters in the Bi-itish Museum. — Corot and Millet. — F: Walker. — G; Gruikshank. — Three English sculp- tors. "These three qualities of the higher criticism, — first, its main doctrine that pure art is pure sensuousness, and as a consequence of this, that any admixture of moral, spiritual, or intellectual meaning signifies a lower form ; secondly, that this pure sensuousness is admirable and desirable in itself, apart from any use we may put it to; and thirdly, that culture of the imagination and Intellect does the best it can for us when it leaves our souls, like the leaves of the sensitive plant, ready to quiver and to droop at every passing breath of emotion,— these three doctrines are preached, indirectly, it is true, but still preached, hy every member of this school, and are best exemplified in the works of Swinburne, Walter Pater, and, offspring of the above two, Comyns Carr. ... Mr. Oarr may be said to he the utmost and worst development of the school to which he belongs. In him, the victory of sound over sense is far more triumphant, because m(ire habitual, than even in Swinburne and Pater; nor is even his sound of the sume quality as thclrn, but rings faint and hollow, as if it were some telephonic echo of those writers. In him, too, is the doctrine sensuous carried to a pitch whicb transcends all former efibrts. ... The first essay in the book is on 'The artistic spirit in modern English poetry'; the gist of it may be found in Stopford Brooke's 'Primer of English literature', the essay being an expansion, possi- bly an unconscious one, of two sentences therein. 'Not so ideal, but for that very reason closer in Jiis grasp of nature than Shelley, in love of loveliness for its own sake, in the sense of its rightful and pre-eminent power, and in the singleness of the worship which he gave to beauty, Keats i« especially the artist'. Such, shortly put, is the essence of Mr. Carr's long essay, — an old idea enou^di, strung out to thirty and odd pages. ... If this be but a phase through which we must pass, ere reaching a clearer and a healthier atmosphere, if, as we belie\e, the time will soon come when this word-y Babel will fall to the earth, and its builders be scattered abroad, to rail-splitting and other honest and useful, if uncon- genial employments, in such a case, we may perhaps be pardoned for having lent a hand to the destruction of the vast edifice of humbug which we have here styled 'the higher criticism'.'' — Spectator, Feb. 22. "Mr. Comyns Carr has for some time been known as an admirable ai-t critic. In considering poetry he brings to bear on the subject as much appreciation and knowl- edge of beauty as he has given to other branches of art, and he has thought much and to excellent purpose on the relations which properly exist between the different form-s which the creative spirit of art assumes." — Sat. rev.. Mar. 1. Churcli, R: W: Spenser. (Morley, J:, ed. Eng. men of letters.) Collins, Rev. ^V; L. Montaigne. (Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. "W. For. classics for Eng. readers.) Colomb, Mmc. J. B. B. L'heritifere de Vauclain. "C'est une touchant histoire, un drame intime tr^s bien compost, tres heureusement conduit et oil les carac- tferes sont delicatement touches. L'honnetete et la vertu n'ont lien de fade en ce recit d'une forte morality. Enfin le style a des qualites raree d'elegance et de dis- tinction." — liev. pol. et lit., 21 dec. Cond6, L. A. de B., princesse de. Lettres intimes a ]M. de la Gervaisais, 1786-87. 3e ed. "Genuine letters, forming the purest and mosttouching novel imaginable. This last heiress of the great name of Cond6 had fallen in love with a young gentleman of elevated and original mind and precocious maturity. She yielded to the charm of this inclination till the con- sciousness of the obstacle the prejudices of her rank would interpose between her and the one she loved constrained her to give him up. She renounced the world, and retired to the cloister." — (Jontemporary rev., Jan. "En puhliant ^ nouveau des lettres qui avaient ete, dans ia premid^-e moitie du sifecle, livr6es an public par les soins de Ballanche, M. VioUet a rappele k nos con- temporains un Episode curieux et dej^oublie de I'histoire des sentimeus de I'amour, vers la fin du dernier siecle. On ne saurait lire eans un vif interet cette correspon dance qui, par la simplicite du ton et la purete des pensees qui la remplissent, contraste si fort avec d'autres correspon- dances amoureuses de la meme epoque; raais on a peine aujourd'hui k comprendre la puissance du prejug^ qui empecha I'union de deux coeurs aussi tendrement attaches I'un'^ Pautre." — Rev. d. D. Mondes. "C'est un roman vrai que cette correspondance, un roman chaste. Fille du dernier des Conde, Louise-Ade- laide de Bourbon avait d& aller, en 1785 aux eaux de Bourbon-l'Archambault. ... En meme temps qu'elle, s'y trouvait un jeune gentilhomme breton, officier aux carabiniers de Monsieur, Louis de la G-ervait^ais. Les deux jeunes gens se virent, et leurs ames sc comprircnt. La vie simple et sans Etiquette que menaient les princes h Bourbon facilita les relations, les promenades, les douces causeries. Une tendre affection ne tarda pas 4 Number 29.] 114 [June 21, 1879. n^itre. Quand on dut se quitter, au bout do quarante- cinq jourH, on B'6crivit et c'fst cette correspondance, puhli6f une premifere fois par Ballanche, uiie eeconde foit, par M. dc la Gei-vaisais lui-mcmc, que M. P. Viollet rccdito aujourd'hui." — Polybib., avril. Contemporary rev., May. "The best papers in tlic number are M. G-abriL-l Mo- nod's admirably -written sketch of ivents in France, a nearly perfect motive index to the liiBtory of tlie country; and Herr von Schulte's inferior but mot-t instructive account of German politics." — Sp'^ctntor, May 10. Dickens, C: Dictionary of London, 1879; an unconditional handbook. Ducis, J. F. Lettres. Ed. nouv. precedee d'une notice bibliographique par P. Albert. "Dans ses celfebres 'Lundis', Sainte-Bcuve exprime i deux reprises le regret dc voir disparaitre avec le Ducis tragique, celui qu'il appelle le Ducis epistolaire, qui lui semble m6riter mieux que I'oubli auquel il est eondamne." — BibUog. de la France, 25 Jan. Duruy, V. Histoire des liomains depuis les temps les plus recules jusqu'^ I'invasion des bar- bares. Nouv. ed. T. 1. "L'bistoire de Rome a tou.iours ete la grande preoccu- pation de M. Duruy. ... M. Duruy publiait le premier volume en 1843, et qu'il acheve le dernier en 1878. A I'historien moderne il ne suflit plus de faire oeuvre d'ar- tiste et de peindre avec 6clat les grandee ecfenes du forum ou des champs bataille. II lui faut faire ceuvre de philo- r-ophe, d'archeologue, d'^conomiste, de philologue. M. Duruy n'y avait pas failli, Ccttc nouvelle edition de ea grande ceuvre, retouch6e et accrue, r^pondra plus com- pleteraent encore h, ce vaste programme. ... Elle par- lera aux yeux en meme temps qu'i I'esprit. ... Les illustrations nombreuses dont elle est enrichie ne sont pas les caprices de quelque crayon fantaisiste; non, tous les dessins rcproduisent des documents fournis par les rauseea ou mis au jour par les fouilles : m^daitles, camees, busies, statues, peintures, fresques, objets d'art. Tous les lieux qui ont etc les theatres de grande evene- ments ont et6 photographies sur place, et de meme les mines encore debout." — Rev. pol. et lit., June 1, 1»78. Farcy, C. La guerre sur le Danube, 1877-78. "Temoin des evenements dont les borda du Danube et lea versants des Balkans ont ete le theatre, M. Camille Farcy, correspondant militaire du journal La France, en a trace un tableau fidele et impartial." — BibUog. de la France, 25 jan. Ferrier, D: The localisation of cerebral disease. "In liJM work on the functions of the brain Dr. Ferrier gave an account of his elaborate series of experiments on monkeys to determine the diderential actions of various regions of the brain, and the present lectures are an inquiry into the same question nom a clinical and pathological point of view. ... The book is full of matter ably treated, and though much of it requires for its understanding a good knowledge of anatomy and physiology, the main points which are made out may be appreciated by the general reader." — Ai/ujuetim, Feb. 15. Fortnightly rev., May. "F. Pollock's monograph on Prof. Clifford [reprinted ill Littell's living age, June 14] is a most charming ^ skuti h, which will enable all readers to uuderi-tand the deep impression this mathematician of thirty-three made on his contemporaries, the unusual power of his mind, and the deep tenderness and simplicity of his nature. <.'ould not Mr. Pollock give us a little more of his friend's theory as to the gradual development in man of new or more perfect insight, akin to the dewlopment of the senses as we know them from imperfect or cou- fusrd powL-r.s of perception ? — Lord Ducie gives us, for the tirst time, a picture which enables us to under- stand accurately Philip ii.'s unpopularity in England, from original narratives. — Mr. Tylor's 'History of games' is charming to read, but overchoked with knowl- edge, and leaves on the reader an impression that Mr. Tylor is sometim(.-s a little arbitrary in rejecting the possibility of the separate invention of a game in many places." — Spectator, May 10. Fould, Mme. AV. J. S. Le clou au convent — aimez- vous. 8e ed. "It recites the heart history of a young workman who, sent one day to hang a picture in a convent, is impressed by the face of a beautiful nun whom he accidentally sees, and decides that she is the ideal woman of whom he has long been in search. ... Her novels are charm- ing when she does not indulge her tendency to preach." — Internat. rev., Nov. -Dec. Fournel, F. V. Les rues du vieux Paris. "Le nom seul de M. Fournel recommande assez ee volume k tous ceux qui sont curieux du passe. C'est un veritable musee de souvenirs populaires, la chronique des joyeusetes du bon peuple de Paris, I'histoire du carnaval, des chanteurs des rues, des farceurs, des parades et des treteaux du temps jadis. Tout cela pris d'ailleurs comme au vif, gr&ce aux ressources mises ea commun d'une rare erudition et d'un esprit aimable. Ajoutons des anecdotes k pleines mains et de trfes curieuses gravurea, toutes empruntees, selon I'usage de la mai.-5un Didot, aux manuscrits et aux estampes du temps." — Rev. d. D. Mondes. Francillon, R. E: Strange waters. 3 v. "The machine is artfully constructed, but it somehow will not work. Its very artfulness is its greatest fault. Put together without affectation, and with no more intention of effect than it is lawful for a simple machine to have, it might, it would, have done well enough. But it creaks and grates unwontedly ; and only towards the end can it be said to do Its work with decency and com- posure. ... Most of the puppets that do battle within its limits are surprisingly original effigies, and need a great deal of comment and explanation on the showman's part to make them cont-istent and acceptable. ... They appear to be tolerably impossible one and all, and to be even more determinedly the creatures of misconception and ignorance than is usual with their kind; but if we admit" the feasibility of their existence, we shall hardly strain at the improbability of their words and actions." — Acad., Sept. 21. "The singularly inappropriate and insignificant title of a work which betrays true genius. People who are afraid of genius, however, need feel no uneasiness. •Strant^^e waters' is also a delightful story." — Examiner^ Sept. 14. "The number of what may be called musical novels in English fiction is comparatively small. At the head of the list stands that strangely fascinating book, 'Charles Aucbester', and, in addition to that, we can only think at this moment of the late Mr. Chorley's very clever story, *A prodigy', and of '.Vlcestis', which perhaps did not .receive all the attention it desen-ed. Mr. Francillon's new novel, which is to our thinking the best that he has yet written, mii^'ht fairly be classed as a musical novel, inasmuch as its interest lies chiefly in the fortunes of a certain composer and a great opera of his to which he has devoted a lifetime.'* — Sat. ret>., Sept. 21. Freda ; by the author of 'Mrs. Jerninghani's jour- nal*. 3 V. "It is clever, amusing, genuinely in earnest. ... There is life and stir in every chapter through the suc- cession of incident and adventure; and the little songs which Freda trills in the tirst volume are delicious." — Acad., Aug. 17. Gosse, E. W. Studies in the literature of northern Europe. Conti^nt'i. Preface. — Norway : Norwegian poetry since ISl-i; — IK-nrik Ibsen ; —The Lofoden Islands. — Sweden : Iluneberg. — Denmark : Danish national thea- tre; — Four Danish poets. — Germany: Walther von ! der Vogelweide. — Holland : A Dutch poetess of the j 17th century; — Vondel and Milton; — The era Linda i book. — Appendix. ] "As a group of monographs, charmingly and often i brilliantly written, upon unfamiliar yet interesting sub- jects, it is a decided success. If Mr. G-osse's knowledge of northern literature is not absolutely exhaustive, it is, to the extent that it goes, sound and accurate, while his method of presenting it is graceful and scholarlike. Among the proofs that he is familiar with each of the subjects he treats, one is that he is apt occasionally to Number 29.] 115 [June 21, 1879. make too much of them. For instance, he has pored bo earnestly over Norwegian poets and Dutch poetesses that he finds at last Ibsen to be a great dramatist, and the Tesaelschade salon a meeting-place of some of the great original poets of the world. ... The volume is welcome as an interesting if an ominous sign of the increasing attention given to northern literature. Om- inous, we say ; for not only has one of our poets become so steeped in Icelandic sagas that he can now write of nothing else — not only do imaginative artists like Mr. "W. B. Scott, who a cfutury back would have painted nothing but Venuses and Nymphs, produce pictures of the Norns watering the tree of life and the Uke — but, judging from this and other books, Danish will soon become a fashionable accomplishment; it will be as necessary to read'the Norwegian poets and visit the land of "Wergeland as formerly it was imperative to make the grand tour. ... The style is very winning. It neither tries to catch the fervor of Mr. Swinburne by mistaking lawless gushing for his eloquence, nor does it adopt that tone of newspaper cynicism which, until Mr. Swin- burne's advent, was generally considered to be the correct thing. ... Mr. Alma Tadema's etched frontis- piece, 'Tesselschade at Alkmaar', shows that this fine artist could excel in other lines than those in which he has made his fame." — Ath.^ Mar. 22. Haeckel, E. H: Freedom in science and teaching; from the German ; pref, note by T: H: Hux- ley. This is a reply to Prof. Virchow on the 'Freedom of science in the modern state'. Hodge, C:, D.D. Conference papers ; or, Analyses of discourses, doctrinal and practical; del. to the students of the Theolog. Seminary, Princeton, N. J. Contents. God and His attributes. — Christ, His person and offices. — The Holy Spirit and His offices. — Satan and his influence, sin and sins. — Conversion, entrance upon the Christian life. — Christian expe- riences, characteristics and pi-ivileges. — Christian responsibilities and duties. — Means of grace, the Scriptures, ministry, sacraments, etc. — Death, and the consummation of redemption. — Last words, papers prepared during the last year of his life. Homerus. Odyssey ; done into English prose, by S. H. Butcher and A. Lang. "What is wanted is 'the simple truth about the matter of the poems', the content of them as historical docu- ments giving information as to the manners and institu- tions, the thoughts and pursuits, the hopes and fears — in a word, the human life — of their age. Now, a verse- translation cannot precisely meet this demand, for the poetical style of one age differs necessarily from that of another, and the characteristic element, whatever it may be, of the poetical style of any age since the epic will be foreign to Homer. The use of prose for the translation of Homer may be defended on other ground than that taken in this preface. It may be merely a testimony to the skill with which the work is done, but while we were reading it the question arose whether this is not after all the true corresponding medium in English to the Greek hexameter of the heroic age, at least for the 'Odyssey'. This smooth, melodious, slightly antiquated, but strong and noble prose goes on serenely through sorrow, disas- ter, death, adventure, feasting, jesting, peril, and triumph in the wonderful story with very much such an effect upon an English ear as the hexameter may have had on the more rhythmical Greek ear. Certainly no verse- translation that we have yet had can carry one through the poem with so much interest and so little sense of monotony." — Nation., May 1. Jeffries, J : P . Natural history of the human races ; with their primitive form, etc. Jerome, C. Plistory of the American clock busi- ness for the past 60 years, and life of J., ■written by himself; Barnum's connection with the Yankee clock business. Jones, T: History of New York during the Revo- lutionary War ; ed. by E: E. de Lancey. 2 v. Karazine, — . Le pays ou Ton se battra ; voyage dans I'Asie centrale; trad. par T. Lvof et A. Teste. Kaufmann, Rev. M. Utopias ; or, Schemes of social improvement, from Sir T: Jlore to K. Marx. Contents. More's Utopia. — Bacon's 'New Atlantis' and Carapanella's 'City of the sun'. — Morelly's 'Basil- iade' and Babeuf 's 'Society of equals'. — St. Simon and St. Simonism, — Fourier and the Phalanstere. — li. Owon and English socialism. — Mario and co-operative socialism in Germany. — Cabet, 'Voyage to Icaria'. — L. Blanc's 'Organisation of labour'. — Proudhon's crit- ical socisilism. — Lasalle and German socialism. — K. Marx and the latest socialistic theory. — K. Marx and the International. Knowlton, H. M. Hints for pupils in drawing and painting ; with illust. from charcoal drawings by W. M. Hunt. Kugler, F.T. Handbook of painting : the Italian schools; orig. ed. by Sir C: L. Eastlake. 4th ed., rev. etc. by Lady Eastlake. 2 v. Lacroix, P. 18e siecle ; lettres, sciences, et arts. France, 1700-89; illust. 2e ed. Lamb, Mrs. M. J. History of the city of New York, its origin, rise, and progress; illust. Vol. 1. Lawrence, E. English literature primers; modern period. (Harper's half-hour ser.) Life in the Mofussil ; or, Civilian in Lower Bengal ; by an ex-civilian. 2 v. "Sketches of domestic and outdoor life are abundant and excellent.'* — Exam.y Apr. 20, 1878. "A series of photographic sketches of the hard work, the disagreeable privations, and of the many advantages and enjoyments, and especially the opportunities for exercising benelicial influence, of an intelhgent and upright magistrate. ... The quiet observation, the practical common sense, and the genial humanity of the writer, are fc4t on every page. The book teems with information and anecdote. — Brit, quart, rev., July 1, 1878. "The frank story of the career of a young magistrate in India." — Wentminster rev., July, 1878. "Quite exceptional in the truthful account they furnish of up-country life." — Acad., May 11, 1878. "The experiences of a man, limited as to locality, upon whom were entailed the multitudinous cares and respon- sibilities of government, told in a simple and readable fashion, with here and there scattered through the book picturesque descriptions of the wild life and sporting adventure, which break the monotony of such a career." — Ath., June 22, 1878. "Full of odd details, and yet perfectly intelligible; it teems with personal adventures, and yet avoids person- alities; it presents us with photographs of the commis- sioner, the' judge, the magistrate, and the superintendent of police, and yet it is never disligured by ill-natured and irritating remarks. It is, in short, a well-drawn picture of the hard work, the ennobling duties, and the short periods of relaxation and amusement, which make up the sum total of official existence in the interior of the country." — Saturday review, April 20, 1878. Lovenjoul, C: de. Histoire des oeuvres de H. de Balzac. Mann, C: A. Paper money, the root of evil. Maret, H. L. C. Essai sur le pantheisme dans les societes modernes. Margry, P. Les navigations frangaises et la revo- lution maritime du 14e au 16e sifecle. Materiaux pour I'histoire de I'homme. T. 13, 1878. Michiels, A. Hist, secrete du gouvernement au- trichien. 3e ed., augm. Number 29.] 116 [June 21, 1879. Miscellan§es bibliographiques ; pub. par E. Rou- veyre et O. Uzaune, 1878. Molifere, J. B. P. de. Dramatic -works ; translated into English prose by C. H. Wall. 3 v. "The translation seemB to be excellent. A translator labors nnder peculiar difficulties when be translates not only the language of two hundred years ngo into that of to-day, but alec verse into prose, it is true, the trans- lator of Moliere haa this advantage in his favor, that many of the beet passages contain thoughts which do not belong specially to any time or country, and are, by their intrinsic worth, rendered independent to a great extent of their form. ... We ought to mention the pretty flowing verse in which some of the songs are given. ... The present translator knows how to abandon the literal version entirely on some occasions, so as to secure the true spirit of the passage. The idea of employing 'modilied Somerset' for the mixed patois occasionally employed by Molifere is a good one." — Spectator y Mar. 8. Morris, L. The epic of Hades ; in three books. Mowry, W: A. Descendants ofN, Howry of R.I. — A family history : R: Mowry, of lJ?cbridge, Mass., his ancestors and his descendants. Miiller, Prof. W. Field-Marshal Count iloltke, 1800-78; tr. by P. E. Pinkerton; ed. by Capt. H. M. Hozier. Nares, Capt. G. S. Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea, 1875-76, in 'Alert' and 'Discov- ery' ; with notes on the nat. hist. ed. by H. W. Peilden. 4th ed. 2 v. Newton, W: W. Essays of to-day, religious and theological. O'Driscoll, W. 5. Memoir of Daniel Maclise. Ohlenschlager, A. G. Correggio, a tragedy ; tr. with notes by T. Martin. Pattee, W: S., il/.D. History of old Braintree and Quincy, with a sketch of Randolph and Holbrook. Payn, J. Under one roof. Poggio-Bracciolini, G . E. Faceties ; trad, en fran^ais avec le texte latin, 2 v. Pole, AV:, ed. Life of Sir W: Fairbaim, partly written by himself. Pollen, J: H. Gold and silversmiths' work. (S. Kensington Museum. Art handbooks.) Rambert, E. Les Alpes suisses. 5 v. GovU'nU. le s^rie. Les plainirs des grirapeure. — Llnththal etles Clarides, trois jours d'excursion. — Les cerises du vallon de (jueuroz. — Lch plantes alpines. A propos de I'accident du (_'ervin. — Sur I'origine des plantes alpines, 2. I>es Alpen et la libertii. — Deus jours de chasse sur les Alpes vaudoines. — Le chevrier de ri-az-de-Foi-t. — La dent du Midi. 3. Une course manqu6e. — Une bibliotheqiK' k la montagne. — Le voy:iiic du glacier. — Notre fortert'ssc. — Interlaken. — Appiiidice. 4. Le Bristenntock. — Schiller, Gothe et les Alpes. — Po^sie. ~ La question du Fbhn. — La Batcliere de Postunen. — Appendiee : Strophes de Schil- ler sur Napoleon. — La scic et le moulin. — A qui le Rhin ? — Musique de "La llbre Ilelvetit^" et "Une vuile sur le Leman." 5. La marraotte au collier. — Les Landsgi'incindea de la Suisse. "Uu 6criv:iin vaudois, d'un talent souple et brillant, d'nn e.'^prit rniancipe, Eug. Kanibert, a entrepris recem- ment une Description des Alpe«. La parfaite connais- sance des lieux, le sentiment helv6tiquc, un style dcwcriptif I'iche d'expressiouK et de tours nouveaux." — Roil . licy-, '■'■(Jenme ei les rivi^s du Li'inan", p. 339. "Toutes les personnos qui aiment les Alpes furent sur- prises et charniees de toutrs Ich cboses nouvelles, curi- euses, jj]lere6sante8, que Icur apprcnait I'auteur." — Bibliothtque miiv., apr., 1869. Revue des langues romanes. 2e ser., t. 5. Robinson, H. M. The great fur land ; or, Sketches of life in the Hudson's Bay Territory. Sanderson, G: P. Thirteen years among the "wild beasts of India ; their haunts and habits ; with an acct. of the modes of capturing and taming elephants. 2d ed. "An account of thirteen years passed in scenes where the chances of jungle fever are compensated by pictur- esque beauty of scenery, and in familiar intercourse with interesting native shikarries, trackers, and serai- aboriginal tribes, with whose manners and language the author was soon quite at home." — Sat. rev., Sept. 14. "On several points Mr. Sanderson dissents from' Sir Emerson Tennent, whose work has hitherto been re- garded as the authority for ElepJias intUuiis. ... Mr. Sanderson's book is indispensable to all who wish in formation on any point of an elephant's life and economy. It is full of woodcraft and sporting adventures, and is written in a genial spirit; while its maps and illustra- tions are worthy adjuncts of a work which must long rank as the standard authority on the Indian elephant." — AttKhniy, Aug. 17. Schmidt, O. Les sciences naturelles et la philoso- phic de I'inconscient ; trad, par J. Soury et E. Meyer. "Le livre de M. Oscar Schmidt, I'un des tenans, comme on sait, de THackelianisme, n'est rien moins qu'une decla- ration de guerre de la th^orie de revolution k la philoso- phie de I'inconscient." — Revue d. D. Jlondes, 1 f6v. Science observer. Vol. 1. Scott, Sir G: G. The rise and development of mediseval architecture. 2 v. Shairp, J: C. R. Burns. (Morley, J;, ed. Eng. men of letters.) "The only defect we have obser\'ed in this very thought- ful and truthful life of Burns, is that it hardly gives sufficient eense of the buoyancy and tumult in the temper of the great peasant poet of Scotland, — that it wants a little more animation. The criticism on his poetry and life is admirable, and the latter certainly not too severe." — Spectator, May 17. Shedd, G. T. Literary essays. "Dr. Shedd is a decided writer. He has fixed opinionB, and does not modify or qualify his expression of them on account of the objections which seem insurmountable to other men. ... He is a severe writer. In theology, in aesthetics, in all literature, he advocates the rigid and the austere." — Bibliotheca sacra, Jan. Smith, R. B. Carthage and the Carthaginians. Stamer, W. J. A. Dolce Napoli ; Naples, its streets, people, etc. "Although he has not given xis a facsimile of Neapol- itan life like that in Mr. Lane's wonderful monograph of the daily life of the modern Egyptians in Cairo, he has, nevertheh'ss, produced a most lifelike and interesting sketch. He is a Iomt of the place and people; a dis- criminating lover. We hope that in the next edition Mr. Stamer will furnish his readers with some kind of index." — ^Icarf., June S, 1878. Stevenson, AV: G. Thirteen months in the rebel army. Taine, H. A. Les origines de la Prance conterapo- raine: La Re\olution. T. 1. Troyte, C: A. W. Bell-ringing; introd, to the early stages of the art of church or hand bell ringing, for the use of beginners. 3d ed. Yapp, G. AV., ed. Art industry: metal work; illust. the chief processes of art- -work applied by the goldsmith, silversmith, etc.\ with about 1200 engravings. "Metal work, a series of more than 1200 of the best examples which have attracted attention -at the various international exhibitions, with treatises on the principal industries which have produced them." — ^cat'-, Nov. 23. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENJEUM. [No. 30. July 8, 187t. Abbott, MaJ.-Gen. A: The Afghan war, 1838-42. *'The introduction contains an interesting memoir of five distingnislied brothers, the eldest of whom supplies the journal. ... The book is not -wanting in stirring incident." — J''. tT. Goldsmid in Acad.t Mar. 1. Airy Fairy Lillian ; by the author of 'Phyllis'. "Molly Bawu, and more especially A. F. I^illian (we really cannot reiterate this extremely silly title), are very young, very pretty women with unlimited capacity for flirtation, the description of which makes the staple of both books; in this instance occupying one hundred and fifty solid pages with what is little more than 'marking time'." — Nation, June 5. Albany Institute. Transactions. Vol. 1, 6. 2 v. Andrews, W. P. India and her neighbors ; with maps and app. Architecture de Paris. Maisons les plus remarqua- bles de Paris, apr6s les dessins de Hittorff, Kohault de Fleury, etc. Aubertin, C: Histoire de la langue et de la litte- rature francaise au Moyen Age. 2 v. Bacon, P., Baron Verulam and Viscount .St. Albans. Novum organum ; ed., "with introd., notes, etc., by T: Powler. (Clarendon press ser.) "Intended, as he says in his preface ... as 'A com- mentary, which, besides explaining the difficulties of the work (by no means few or small) , should also present Bacon in his relations to the history of philosophy, logic, and science'. ... His conclusions as to Bacon's position in the history of thought may be taken as au- thoritative. It is interestiog to find that the scientific position he accords to Bacon is not lower than that which has been popularly assigned to bim as founder or father of experimental philosophy." ~ Nation, Mar. 27. "Elaborately annotated edition. ... The seventeen sections of the introduction have the merit of bringing together nearly everything that needs to be knoAvn for the understanding of Bacon's place in the history of science and philosophy. ... It is when he treats on the question of Bacon's influence upon his successors that Prof. Fowler's footing becomes less certain. He would fain represent the influence as very considerable, but ... it can by no means be maintained that Bacon's greatness lay in his definite anticipation of coming achievements in science or philosophy. Science and philosophy, it is not too much to say, would be to all intents and purposes exactly where they are, though he had never been or never written; and there are other names in Bacon's century of which it would be rash so to speak. Does Bacon therefore fall out of the first rank of philosophical thinkers ? That is a question of a rather vain description, which different people will answer differently; but the most strenuous of his depredators will find it hard to name another thinker of the second class who can be compared with him for breadth of view. As a preacher m a time of intellectual uprising, he has never had an equal." — Mind, Jan. Badham, C: D: Treatise on the esculent funguses of England ; cont. an acct. of their classical history, uses, etc. ; ed. by F: Currey. Beach, W. W., ed. The Indian miscellany; cont. papers on the hist., etc., of the Amer. aborig- ines ; with descr. of their domestic life, etc. Becq de Fouquiferes, L: Les jeux des anciens ; ouv. accomp. de gravures. 2e ed. Bellew, H: W. Afghanistan and the Afghans. "In this exposition of the political question he is an advocate and not a judge, but his readers may believe in his estimate of Afghan character and appreciation of Afghan political events. They may trust him in the main for ethnological and geographical divisions of the country of the Afghans." — Aihenceum, Mar. 1. Benson, E: W. The Cathedral, its necessary place in life and work of the church. Beaant, W., and Rice, J. Monks of Thelema. "We know not whether the authors of *Iieady-money Mortihoy' are moru successful in describing the pleasant fooling of tlie community of Thelema or in their satire on divers kinds of intellectual and artistic prigs," — Athenceum, Sept. 21. "We know that Mr. Bcsant has the strong and appre- ciative sense of humor which guided him to his quaint and curious studies in the neglected by-paths of humor- ous French literature; and it is but natural to find him composing a novel which has its origin and its raison d'etre in the fancies of the immortal Rabelais. It is evident that he has deeply imbued himself with the spirit of bis favorite French models, and a sparkle of French verve is to be detected everywhere in drollery that is either English or cosmopolitan. The satire may be sometimes overdone, yet it seldom shoots very wide of its mark. The situations may be occasionally exag- gerated or caricatured, but they are always genuinely ludicrous. ... Yet nineteenth-century caricature should at least have some, shght substratum of possibility; and the conditions of the existence of this community of Thelema are simply and glaringly impossible on the face of them." — Sat. rev., Oct. 5. Bucke, K: M., M.D. Man's moral nature; an essay. Burke, S. H. Historical portraits of the Tudor dynasty and the reformation period. Vol. 1. "The greatest charm of this fascinating volume is in the brightness of the style, for it reads more like a romance than a history." — Land and water. "Mr. Burke has drawn his information from the ulti- mate sources, and has, thereby, been able to avoid and correct the errors of previous writers, and in particular he is very successful in demolition of Mr. Froude's theories." — Examiner. Burnett, C: H., M.I). Hearing, and how to keep it. (Keen, W. W. Amer. health primers.) Butler, S: Evolution, old and new, or the theories of BuflFon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and La- marck, as compared with that of Mr. C. Darwin. "Is he a teleological theologian making fun of evolu- tion? Is he an evolutionist making fun of teleology? Is he a man of letters making fun of science? Or is he a master of pure irony, making fun of all three and of his audience as well? ... "Animals and plants — though he rather slurs over the plant question — have deliberately and intentionally made themselves. Isot, of course, at a single act or in a single lifetime, but by slow steps and hereditary trans- mission. In short, Mr. Butler accepts Lamarck's theory of development by conscious striving, and minimises the meaning of Darwin's theory of natural selection." — Acad., May 17. Callaway, Rev. C, M.D, The religious system of the Amazulu, with [text,] trans, and notes. Cwiients. Pt. 1. Unkulunkulu; or, The tradition of creation as existing among the Amazulu and other tribes of South Africa. Pt. 2. Amatongo; or, Ancestor worship, as existing among the Amazulu. Pt. 3. Izin- yanga Zokubula; or, Divination, as existing among the Amazulu. Pt. 4. Abatakati; or. Medical magic and witchcraft. China's millions ; ed. by J. H. Taylor. May, 1878. This no. contains Rev. J: McCarthy's journey across China. Ciceri, E. Cours d'aquarelle. Codman, J: The round trip by way of Panama, through Cal., Oregon, etc. Collins, L. History of Kentucky, rev., enl., and brought down to 1874 by K: H. Collins. 2 v. Collins, M. and F. You play me false. 3 v. "Mrs. Collins, who always assisted her husband in his work, must be principally responsible for this book, which, though a good deal in the old style, bears the marks of feminine authorship. The plots are ingenious enough, and the story generally not bad." — Athenceum, Bept. 21. Number 30.] 118 [July 8, 1879. Collins, "W: W. A rogue's life, from his birth to his marriage. (Appletons' new handy- vol. series.) Colonel's opera cloak. (No name ser.) Cooke, J: E. Mr. Grantley's idea. (Harper's half- hour series.) Couture, T: Conversations on art methods, Me- thode et entretiens d'atelier; tr. from the Fr. by S. E. Stewart. Creighton, M. Half-hour history of England; an introductory vol. to 'Epochs of English his- tory'. (Harper's half- hour series.) Crosse, A. F. Round about the Carpathians. "Mr. ( 'rosse is fortunate in having found comparatively unhackneyed ground, in ha\'ing an intelligent interest in the history and prospectti of the l;md he travelled in, and in having made acquaintance lart;cly among one portion of the population among whom he found him- self. That that portion was the Hungarian, Magyar, aristocratic, insured him the raostintelligent explanations of the past :ind present politics of Hungary, at the same time that it inevitably prevented hie gaining, if not his seeking, to learn the real state of feeling among the Wallachians and Servians, who are the poorer classes there." — We.'^tmin'iter rev-, July, 1878. "Fresh, cheerful, and animated, a manly story, giving an impression of a thoroughly companionable and genial personage, young and energetic, and full of that inde- scribahle quality — called 'go' — which carries man and hook through the world hetter than almost any other possession." — Blackwood's mag., June, 1878. Cunynghame, Sir A. T. My command in South Africa, 1874-78. "Gen. Cunynghame's book is, we must say, worthless and misleading as regards the Zulu question; hut it contains a large amount of descriptive anecdote concern- ing the eastern provinces of the old Cape Colony, Briti-sh Kaffraria, the Diamond Fields, ostrich farming, wine- growing and other colonial industries, travelling expe- riences, remarks upon household life, visits to local institutions and sporting opportunities, besides the campaign in the Trans-Kei and the Araatola ranges. These matters have, however, often been treated in a more interesting way." — /Sat. rev.. Mar. 1. "The work of a gentleman who for more than four years held the highest military command in South Africa. ... He gives an account of the way in which he was hampered and thwarted by an incompetent gov- ernment." — Academy, Mar. 8. Damon, S: C. History of Holden, Mass., 1667- 1841. Delorme, K. Le Musee de la Comedie-Francaise. "Les portraits, les medaillons, les bronzew, les marl)ree, les terres cuites, les figuriiien, les gravures, lea dessins accumul^s dans la partie oCi n'est pay adniis le public foiTQaient non sculement une collection dc grande valeur, mais une sorte d'histoire de I'art dramatique; il a done entrepris d'en faire, nous dit-il raodestement, un cata- logue raisonn6. II a fait hien plus et hien mieux. ... Cc volume se recommande encore par une siSrie de piquants chapitres d'histoire artistique et d'histoire lit- tdraire." — liev. poL el lit., 16 nov. "It is a veritable mine of most curious information, chronicles and anecdotes. It has for a long time been known bow rich the Th6Mre-Fran9ai9e is in objects of art. M. Delorme has had the patience to classify the curiosities and to hunt up the historical circumstances attached to them." — Am.er. bookselle?', Dec. 16. Deutsche Rundschau, Bd, 5, Hft. 8. "Contains one very valuable paper. In an article on the municipal life uf Italy under the Roman Empire, L. Friedliinder sketcbcH the various organized arrangements made fur the common weal, such as the supply of food and water, sy.stems of public education, and charitable institutions and foundations, all much more highly devel- oped than has been generally admitted until now. There is also a full account of the municipal administration with its originally elective magistracy, and of the causes which ultimately destroyed local independence, and substituted a centralized despotism in its stead. There is little else in the number, except the continuation of F. Dingelstedt's career as manager of the Court Theatre at Munich; and a cycle of Roman sonnets by Paul Heyse, perfect in point of form hut not always poetical in substance." — Sat. rev-. May 17. Dickens, C: J: H. The village coquettes ; a comic opera. Didier, E. La bague d'opale. "M. Didier excelle dans I'analyse et observation du coeur humaio. A ces qualit^s, il unit dans *La bague d'opale' un int6ret dramatique des plus saississauts. ... II y a dans 'La bague d'opale', des descriptions fort pit- toresques des pittoresques contrees de la Louisiane." — Polybib; Oct. Dowden, E: Poems. 2d ed. Durand, Mme. A. F., {ps. H. Greville). Doumof, a Russian story ; tr. by Marie Stewart. The hero's name gives the title to the hook, which pre- sents a carefully studied picture of the manners and customs of the Russian middle class; written by the author during her residence in St. Petersburg; the chief motive of the work is to develop the character of the hero, an ambitious young lawyer, who is the victim of an unhappy love and an unfortunate marriage. Egglestone, AV: M. Stanhope memorials of Bp. Butler. Ellacombe, Rev. H: N. Plant-lore and garden- craft of Shakespeare. Erdmann, J: F: Reisen im Innern Russlands. 2 v. Fisquet, H. Dictionnaire des celebrites de la France. "Huit cents pages de noms illustres, et pour chaque nora une ligne, pas plus. La date et le lieu de la naie- sance, la date et le lieu de la mort, et c'est tout. Jugez que de noms dans ce Pantheon ! " — Eev. pal. et lit., 8f6v. Froude, J. A. Ceesar; a sketch. "Readers who are well acquainted with the third vol- ume of Momrasen's Roman history will find little to admire or to learn in this monograph. There i^, how- ever, a bust of readers in England to whom Mommsen is 'caviare', and who would find Mr. Long both dull and dry, and for them this book will prove a godsend. Dullness and dryness find no place in Mr. Fronde's writings, and if his accuracy were on a par with his vivacity he would he a very phoenix of biographers." — Sj'crtntor, May 3. Fry, J. B. Army sacrifices ; or. Briefs from official pigeon-holes ; sketches illust. the services of the regular army of the U. S. on the Indian frontier. "It is now generally agreed that conclusions once founded on assumed hereditary varieties or races must be greatly modified, and that mankind should be treated as of homogeneous nature though found in different degrees of civilization, the progress toward which is still everywhere in regular operation. The several distinctive and conflicting classifications invented from bodily configuration, hair, color of skin, etc., are now little re^'arded. We must look upon the North American Indi;ms :is representing our own ancestors of the St^ne Age, and as well able to emerge in time from savagery and barbarism as were the pristine men of Asia and Kurope, whom they strongly resemble in their customs and mythology. The author unconsciously presents a good argument against the transfer of the Indians to the army, as true statesmanship would entrust them to the care of agents who believe in and hope for, not to those who deny the possibiUty of their civiUzation." — Nation, May 1. Fytche, Lieut.-Gen. A. Burma, past and present, with personal reminiscences of the country; illust. 2 V. "The author was one of the able administrators who built up the prosperous province of British Burma. ... Number 30." 119 [July 8, 1879. His book is partly autobiographical, partly historical and statistical." — Athenmum, April 20, 1878. "General Fytche's book is a disappointment. ... Little fresh light is thrown on native character, institu- tions, or tone of thought." — Examiner, Apr. 20, 1878. Green, J: K: History of the English people. Vol. 3. Guyard de Berville. Story of the Chev. Bayard from the Fr. of de Berville and others, by E. Walford ; with notes and introd. by the ed. Hayes, I: I. Cast away in the cold ; an old man's story of a young man's adventures, as related by Capt. J: Hardy, mariner. Hazlitt, W: C. The great gold fields of Cariboo, -with an authentic descr. of British Columbia and Vancouver Island ; with map. Janes, Rev. F. The Janes family. Jeflries, B: Joy. Color-blindness ; its dangers and its detection. Jones, Rev. F. Life of Sir Martin Frobisher, Knight, containing a narrative of the Spanish Armada. "The most attractive part of the book is the account of Fi-obisher*s expedition to the bay off Davis' Strait which now bears his name, the first of many attempts to discover a north-west passage. ... It is certainly unfair that the admiral who commanded the largest ship in the Enghsh fleet when we fought our hardest battle for maritime supremacy, whose feats in exploring enterprise, though less profitable than some, were not surpassed by any in that heroic age, and who was admitted to be the most skilful sailor of his time, should 'come to be consid- ered as an appendage of Drake and Hawkins'." — Exam- iner, May 11, 1878. Leaves from my note-book ; a coll. of tales por- traying L'ish life and character; by an ex- officer of the Roy. Irish Constabulary. Le Brun, Mme. M. L. E. V. Souvenirs. 2 v. "Born in Paris in 1755, and died in that city in 1842. Her reputation as a portrait painter was very great, and her fame brought her into friendly relations with several of the most distinguished personages of Europe. She painted, we are told, 660 portraits, and was accustomed to represent her favorite subjects in a semi-allegorical or classical style. ... An amusing book, which contains a great deal that is new and very strange, and many anecdotes which if not always credible are always enter- taining." Letters from Myskoka ; by an emigrant lady. "The pathetic experiences of a family of cultivated English people, who left their pleasant home in France, at the close of the German war, and went to seek their fortunes in the backwoods of Canada." — Atlantic, Dec. LeweSj Mrs. M. E., (G: Eliot). Impressions of Theophrastus Such. "Theophrastus Such is a satirical moralist. ... He is of little consequence, however, being only a ventrilo- quist trick to deceive the audience, and as the book goes on the author speaks in her natural voice. ... This various criticism of contemporary life, there ie no need . to say, is full of intelligence and pith, animated, marked by exactness of illustration and aptitude of allusion, not overburdened with philosopliic or scientific references, and penetrating to the core of matters; but it deals only with the absurdities, ignorance, and stupidity of men, and the race makes but a sorry figure." — Nation, June 19. Mallock, "VV: H. Is life worth living? Marion, F. Wonderful balloon ascents ; or, The conquest of the skies; a hist, of balloons and balloon voyages.; from the Fr. ; illust. Marshall, C. Extracts from [his] diary kept in Phila. and Lancaster during the Amer. Kev., 1774-81 ; ed. by W. Duane. Martin, F. Michelle and little Jack. "The general management of the story seems to us to give evidence of unusual power." — Acad,, Oct. 19. "llcr 'Anglique Arnauld' was a biographical essay of rare grace and feeling; and as studies of country hfe, the two stories of 'Michelle' and 'Little Jack' are mawter- pieces. ... The fault of 'Little Jack' is the fault of unrelieved pain and sorrow." — Examiner, Oct. 19. "Two prettily written little stories, one of B6arnais peasants, the other of English villages. One narrates the pre-matrimonial troubles of two young persons, the other the misfortunes of a married cou^ale." — Athenauvi, Oct. 26. Martin, H: Histoire de France populaire. 5 v. "C'est li un succfes qu'il importe de signaler. Le style clair et les fermes jugements de I'ilkistre historien, I'heureux choix des sujets et la bonne execution des trfes nombreuses gravures intercal^es dans le texte, font de ce grand ouvrage une publication populaire dans le meilleur sens du mot." — Rev. pol. et lit , 4 Jan. Martin, T. Life of the Prince Consort. Vol. 4. Massachusetts Historical Society. Proceedings, Vol. 1, 1791-1835. Merivale, C:, Dean of Ely. Four lectures on some epochs of early church history. National Association for the Prom, of Soc. Sci. Transactions, 1878. New York. (City.) Board of Health. 5th, 6th annual reports. New York Historical Society. Collections. Pub. fund ser. 1875, 76. 2 v. Patmore, C. The children's garland from the best poets. Payn, J. Under one roof. "Never has a novelist ventured more daringly or more successfully on the introduction of a child's sayings and doings into a eitory for grown-up folks than Mr. Payn, in his anecdotes of 'the great Baba', who is a somewhat older example of that household verity which John Leech drew for us in the character of 'the real master of the house'. Sentimental children, tragic children , affected children, and odious children have found their places in novels more than sufficiently often; but 'the great Baba' is not sentimental, not tragic, not affected, and not odious; he is simply exceedingly amusing." — Spec- tator, May 24. Phoenix, S. W. The Whitney family of Conn., and its affiliations ; an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines of H: Whitney, 1649-1878. 3 v. Pickering, C:, M.D. Chronological history of plants ; man's record of his own existence, illustrated through their names, uses, and companionship. 1222 pages, including a copious index. Occupied the last 16 years of the author's life. Pictet, A. Les origines indo-europeennes ; ou, Les Aryas primitifs ; essai de paleontologie lin- guistique. 2e ed. 3 v. "The results of the labors of Bopp^ G-rimm, Benfey, Pott, \yeber, Lassen, Mailer, Kunn, Pick, Burnouf, Rosen, Wilson, Muir, Both, Whitney, Aufrecht, Bbht- linck, Grrassmann, Justi, and many others, are brought together by the learned author, are acutely analyzed and classified in order. In the history of mankind there is no grander subject of investigation than the career of the great Aryan family which, starting from its rugged Asian home, has encircled the world, founding successive empires, ever foremost in the arts of peace and war and in the race of civilization, and evidently destined in the future to dominate the earth. ... To reconstruct, from the depths of forgotten Time, the vanished civilization of the rude fathers of these energetic nations is surely an interesting task, and the manner in which it has been so far accomplished shows how much can be done from unpromising materials by a careful combination of Number 30.1 120 [July 8, 1879. analysis and synthesis. M. Pictet commences by inves- tigating the ethnographic questions involved in the names of the various peoples sprung from the Aryan stock. To determine their original habitat he then con- siders the terms relating to weather and climate. Thus, he shows that the names of winter and spring can be traced throughout all Aryan tongues, proving that these words and the ideas which they represent were formu- lated before the earliest separation of the tribes, etc. In this mode he proceeds with geographical and topograph- ical tenus — mountain and valley, sea and river, rocks and stones, the names of metals, the vegetable world, animals, etc." — Nation, March 6. Pike, J. S. First blows on the Civil War ; the ten years' prelim, conflict in the U. S., 1850-60; with letters from H. Greeley, etc. Ribot, Th. La psychologie allemande eontempo- raine. Roberts, Miss — , auth. of Mile. Mori. Denise. 2 v, Robida, A. Les vieilles villes de Suisse ; notes et souvenirs ; illust. Rood, O.N. Modern chromatics, with applications to art and industry; illust. (Int. sci. ser.) Routledge, E, Every boy's book ; a complete encyclopaedia of sports and amusements. Royer, A. Histoire du theatre contemporain en France et k Tetranger. 1800-75. 2 v. "Aborder le theatre contemporain etait une entreprise delicate. ... II a su conserver toute son independance, et ses jugcments sont empreints d'unc grande sinc^rite. Toutes les sentences qu'il rend sont fortement et un peu lourdement motivees. ... Venons aux vivants. M. Alphonse Royer est s6v6re pour eux. L'invasion du r^alisme sur la scfene le preoccupe. ... M. Alphonse Royer ne se borne pas fi. rendre ses arrets, il nous fait connaitre aussi ceux qui sont prononces sur nous ^ r^tranger, et ce n'est pas \k la partie le moins int^res- sante de son travail." — Rev. pol. et lit., 1 fev. Schmidt, C: Histoire litteraire de I'Alsace k la fin du 15e et au commenc. du 16e siecle. 2 v. "La fin du 15e et le commencement du ]6e siecle sont en Alsace, comme partout dans I'Europe occidentale, la p6- riode de transition du Moyen Age aux temps modernes. C'est repoque de la renaissance des lettres classiques; jamais en Alsace la vie intellectuello n'avait ete plus intense et plus generale. L'auteur du present ouvrage a 6tudi6 chacun des ecrivains separement ot leur a consacr6 des notions biographiques et litt6ralres plus ou moins etendues, selon leur importance. M. Schmidt a com- mence cet ouvrage il y a plus de trente ans. ... Sous le titre d' 'Index bibliographique' l'auteur a ajout6 le cata- logue des publications." — Bibliog. de la France, 1 fev. Schuhl, M. Sentences et proverbes du Talmud et du Midrasch, suivis du traite d'Aboth. Shaffer, N. M., M.D. Pott's disease ; its pathology and mechanical treatment ; with remarks on rotary lateral curvature. Binding, P. C. The Scandinavian races; the Northmen ; the sea-kings and Vikings ; their manners, customs, etc. 2d ed. Sorel, A. La question d' Orient au 18e sifecle, les origines de la Triple Alliance. Stevenson, R. L: Travels with n donkey in the Cevennes. Stone, W: L. Campaign of Lieut. Gen. J: Bur- goyne and the expedition of Lieut. Col. B. St. Leger. Storr, F., and Turner, H. Canterbury chimes ; or, Chaucer tales retold for children. Trollope, A. Thackeray, (Morley, J: Eng. men of letters.) U. S. Chief of Engineers. Report to the Sec. of War for 1878 ; pt. 1-3. 3 v. Villa and cottage architecture; select examples of country and suburban residences recently erected. Virgilius. ^neid; tr. by J. D. Long. "The other versions that may still be called living are those of Dryden (1697), Conington (1866), Cranch (1872), and Morris (1875) ; for the performances of Ogilby (1650), Trapp (1718), Pitt (1763) and Beresford (1794) are de- servedly either dead altogether, or alive only to such students of translation as desire to avoid by due knowl- edge the dullness and sense of effort that proved fatal to them. Dryden's version, full of the fervid grandeur that characterized his whole poetic style, is defaced by the over -pomp that also characterized it, and is consequently out of harmony with the still splendor of the original. On the other hand, the attempts of Conington and of Morris to turn the .^neid into a string of ballads — the former into an example of the Border minstrelsy of Scotland, and the latter into a falsetto imagination of the Scandinavian lay — must he regarded as the gratifi- cation of whims. Morris's performance is of a piece with the general Gothomania, and is as appropriate as it would be to fit the Parthenon with a vaulted roof and cloistered arches. Conington's effort is a wonderful success in its way ; yet few can avoid the feeling that it was the brilliant professor's ardent wish to render his admired Virgil wholly 'readable' to the present public, rather than any sense of fitness, that led him to adopt the metre with which the 'Wizard of the North' had worked such spells on a somewhat kindred public in 'Marmion' and 'The Lady of the Lake'. Besides, Conington is perpetually intoxicated with the inspiration of his bard, and so goes on to enhance and over-enhance the effect of Virgil's diction. Metaphors glitter and blaze through his lines where Virgil gives only the coldest hint of them, or even none at all. Mr. Long's is quite as literal as Mr. Cranch's — even more literal, perhaps, in the main — and is noticeably more spirited than his. On the score of fidelity to sense, let it be understood that both deserve the name of translation where Drydeu'r?, Morris's, or Conington's can scarcely escape the charge, not merely of paraphrase, but even of transformation. On the score of spirit, exaltation, neither often reaches to the best of Dryden's, still less to the best of Conington's; but it must be borne in mind that, especially In the case of the latter, brilliant effect is made an end per se and much is shown for which Virgil furnishes no Justification; the poet's rights are even violated, because the poetic effect is so often of a different kind from his. As contrasted with Mr. Cranch's, the language of Mr. Long's translation, in the two points of brilliancy just referred to, is marked by the vivid and speaking ideal-realism that comes of using concrete imagfs and Saxon roots. The total result is, that the ^neid, as here rendered, is a picture of living motion; while as perhaps more elegantly, and certainly more tamely, rendered by Mr. Cranch, it is more like a med- itation or memory of such a picture." — Boston daily adv., June 18. Whitney, Mrs. A. D. T. Boys at Chequasset; or *A little leaven'. Zola, E. L'assommoir. 62e ed. " 'L'assommoir' is, in a certain point of view, a serious and important work. It marks a fall in French literature which the unprecedented number of editions through which it has passed sufficiently proves. It pretends to be a faithful picture of the life of our laboring classes, and there are certain passages which are touching in spite of their repulsive vulgarity. But the book is not true, and this alone should condemn it. It is an exag- geration, against which all honest classes should revolt, and it is, alas! an encouragement for the bad, the indo- lent, the depraved, against what Emile Zola pretends rendered them so — the better classes of society. This author has greatly overestimated himself. Forgetting that the best and strongest parts of his book were drawn from one written by a real laborer named Denis Paulot, and published under the title of 'The sublime; or. The workman as be is in 1870 ; or, What he may become', — he, M. Emile Zola^ announces himself to be a second Voltaire, and pretends to found a new school." See note in Nation, 1878, p. 361, 2. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 31. July 19, 187£. "The idea, toOj that because etymology is an amusing and instrnctive pursuit, it should thcrefort' be divigged into practical orthography, is about as reaaonahk' as it would be to insist on every one having Macaulay's His- tory of England permanently chained round hit* neck, because history is an improving study. "In conclusion it may be observed that it U mainly among the class of half-taught dabblers in philology that etymological spelling has found its supporters. All true philologists and philological bodies have uniformly de- nounced it as a monstrous absurdity, both from a practi- cal and scientific point of view." — JI: Sweet, Pres. of the [Eng."] Philological Soc. Adams, "W: H. D. Women of fashion and repre- sentative women in letters and society. 2 v. "The boot of a book-maker, but nevertheless enter- taining and well arranged." — Exami?ier, Feb. 16, '78. Annual register ; a review of public events at home and abroad for 1878. Arundel Society. Chroyno-lithographs, 1879. The resurrection of Christ ; fr. the fresco by Pietro della Francesca, at Burgo San Sepol- cro. Virgin and child between S. Liberale and S. Francis ; from an altarpiece by Giorgione. Atkinson, H: G:, and Martineau, H. Letters on the laws of man's nature and development. Bain, A. Education as a science. "Nearly a third of the present volume is devoted to a review of those psychological processes which are con- cerned in education. ... The most improved methods of different languages, history, science and art are log- ically considered in all their details ; and the reader who follows the author through his series of closely reasoned arguments, feels that he is discussing something more than the mere fancies of a fluent writer, — that he ik gi-appling, in fact, with the necessary consequences of men^l phenomena." — Examiner^ Mar. 15. Balgarnie, Rev. R. Sir Titus Salt, Baronet ; his life and its lessons. "We have been not a little disappointed by this book. There ought to be no want of interest in the life of a man who in his boyhood was fed on oatcake and milk because his father could not afford anything better, and who before he died had not only established a vast and new trade, but also had founded for the thousands of workmen whom he employed a new town with its rows of comfortable houses, its churches, its institutes, its library, its schools, its baths, its club-houses, and its Sark. Unfortunately the author has wished to write a fe and to preach a sermon at one and the same time." — Sat. review. Eanville, T. de. Poesies completes. 3 v. Namely. Lcs exiles. — Odes funambulesques. — Les Cariatides. "Jules Janin [a dit] aux visiteurs du petit chalet de Passy : 'Messieurs et meedames, maitre Th6odore de Banville est le premier jouer de flute de notre 6poque'." — LHlliistration, 8 fev. Bernis, F. 3. de P., card, de. Memoires et lettres, 1715-58 ; pub. par F. Masson. 2 v. "The memoirs of the Cardinal de Bernis are a counter- statement and a sort of unconscious reply to Frederick the Great's History of the Seven Years' War. ... These volumes, beside the memoirs of de Bernis, contain in the appendices a number of official documents and papers extracted from the French archives. These, as well as the memoirs, are now in the greater part x>ublished for the first time. ... There is here suificient material to supply serious students of history with abundant occu- pation for some time. ... Show that the Seven Years' War arose from something far deeper than the caprice of a pretty woman with whom a luxurious king was in love. ... The scandalous influence of the Pompadour in these transactions vanishes on nearer inspection, liaunitz, Maria ''I'hercsa, and Frederick were the really responsible parties, and the seizure of Silesia was the original cause of all the trouble ... The new points of view suggested in these memoirs on one of the greatest crises of European history, render incomplete all that has hitherto been written on the origin of the Seven Years' War.'' — J. C. Morison, in Acad , Feb. 15. "Los succes de Pabbi^ galant, ont fait tort i la reputa- tion du diplomate et du minii^tre. C'ecitpour lui restitxier sa physionomie vraie, celle des jours s^rieux, que M. Fr6d6ric Masson vient de publicr ses memoires et sa correspondance. ... M. Masson a de grosses coleres contre I'hietoire, qui a defigur^ Bernis, qui s'estobstinee k ne voir en lui que le favori de la maitresse du roi elev6 par elle, par elle disgracie, qui I'a charge d'iniquites dont 11 n'est point responsable et I'a fait complice d'infamies auxquelles il n'a jamais eu part." — Jtev. pot. et lit., 11 Jan. Besant, W., and Rice, J. Shepherds all and maid- ens fair. — 'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay. *'A stirring tale of smuggling on the Dorsetshire coast at the beginning of the century. In 'Shepherds all and maidens fair' a wholesome contrast is drawn between the vigorous honesty and purity of the young Canadian farmer, the suspicious isolation of his long-estranged father in England, the crushed affections and acquired timidity of his father's ward, and the precocious devel- opment of vulgar vice in the foolish young clerk, her brother. The localities are drawn with a descriptive power that enhances the contrast of characters and makes a picturesque setting to the story." Blackburne, E. 0. Illustrious Irishwomen from the earliest ages. 2 v. "Several are not Irishwomen, and few are really illus- trious." — D. Cook in the. Acad. Blakie, AV: How to get strong and how to stay so. Blanc, Mme. T. fT. Bentzon). L'obstacle. "Ce qui distingue les romans de M. Th. Bentzon c'est I'extrerae simplicity de I'inti'igue et, j'extreme delicatesse des sentimens, c'est encore I'art de ne pas appuyer et de n'exagerer ni le relief des personnages ni la violence des situations." — Rev. d. D. Mondes, 15 f6v. Bleek, W. H. I. A brief account of Bushman folk lore, and other texts. Bonneau or Bonneau-Avenant, A. La duchesse d'Aiguillon, niece du card, de Richelieu; sa vie et ses ceuvres charitables, 1604-7o. "II y a tant d'ecrivains aujourd'hui qui prennent un singulierplaisir ^remettre en lumiferemaitresses royales, femmes galantes, et filles d'op^ra, qu'il faut savoir h. M. Bonneau-Avenant un gr6 infini de consacrer son talent et ees recherches ^ rendre aux honnetes femmes d'autrefois la justice et I'honneur qui leur sont dus. Cette histoire de la duchesse d'Aiguillon, niSce du cardinal de Riche- lieu, fera le digne pendant du beau livre qui Pauteur a consacre d, Mme. de Miramion, I'une des saintes du 17e siecle." — Reii. d. D. Mondes. Bowditch, W: I. Woman suffrage a right, not a privilege. Brooke, Rev- S. A. The fight of faith ; sermons preached on various occasions. 3d ed. "Some of the highest thoughts that are affecting our time and gradually transforming our theology, may be found in these sermons." — University mag., Jan. 1878. Burnouf, E. Memoires sur I'antiquite. Contents. L'Sge de bronze. — Troie. — Santorin. — X)elos. — Mycenes. — Le Parthenon. — Les courbes. — Les Propylees. — Un faubourg d'Athfenes. Burton, Capt. K: The land of Midian revisited. 2 v, Butler, S: Evolution, old and new. "The irony of the author of 'Erewhon' is not a trans- parent pretence like Gibbon's, nor a playful humor like Addison's. It has the genuine downright ring of Swift, not only in its cleverness, its profundity, and its mystifi- cation, but to some extent m its sting. The present Number 31.] 122 [July 19, 1879. volume has a more evident purpose than any of its predecessors, hut it runs in the same groove, and hetrays the same singular union of oddly-assorted qualitieB. "Whatever else it proves, it proves at least that its author is a man of genius. ... Mr. Butler finds that most people confuse the theory of evolution, which is as old as Buffon and Lamarck, with the theory of natural selection, which is as new as Mr. Darwin and Mr. Wal- lace, and he sets himself to work to prove that Lamarck's view of development was truer than that of the modern biologists. ... As to his main argument, it comes hriefly to this: natural selection does not originate favorable varieties, it only passiviily permits them to exist ; therefore it is the unknown cause which produced the variations, not the natural selection which spared them, that ought to count as the mainspring of evolution. That unknown cause Mr. Butler boldly proclaims to be the conscious will of the organism itself." — Exam., May 17. Capes, W. AV. Koman history : the early empire, from the assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian ; -with maps. 2d ed. (Epochs of anc. hist.) Carpenter, F. de Y. Geographical surveying. "Charles Frederic Hartt, Professor of geology in the Cornell University, and chief of the Geological Commis- sion of Brazil, died on the 18th of March last, in Rio de Janeiro, where he was engaged in preparing the reports of his survey. His death and the dissolution of the Commission, of which he was the founder and director, have prevented the realization in Brazil of the plan of surveying proposed in the accompanying pages." — Preface. Church, Mrs. F. M. Ange. Clark, W: R. Life of Savonarola ; his life and times. Collins, W. L. Montaigne. (Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. Foreign classics for English readers.) "This sketch will not, Indeed, compare with Emerson's famous essay in suggestiveness or in grasp of the subject, but it has the advantage over that essay in fullness of detail and extract. In short, if a handbook of Montaigne could be written by an intelligent man of letters who came to his task with hardly any knowledge of preceding and contemporary French life and literature, Mr. Collins would have gone near to performing the feat." — Ath.t May 3. Collins, W: W. The yellow mask. (Appletons' new handy-vol. ser.) CornMU mag., March. ^ "The chief feature of the Cornhill, apart from 'Made- moiselle de Mersae' and Mrs. Oliphant's serial, is a charming article on G-odwin and Shelley, in which the writer shows the metaphysical affinity of the pout and the philosopher — the author of 'Queen Mab' and of •Political justice'. ... The concluding part of the striking study of Antinous bears the signature of Mr. J. Addington Symonds." — Examiner, Mar. 8. Curtis, Mrs. A. K. W., and sisters. Recollections of R. R. Wormeley. Czynski, J. Kopernik et ses travaux. Diplomatic sketches ; by an outsider. Vol. 1 : Count Beust. "There must be a good deal of the 'lues Boswelliana' about the nature of 'an outsider'. ... The idea conveyed is that almost every measure that has been taken for the preservation of the balance of power in Europe during this period and has turned out successfully has been suggested, or mainly influenced, by Count Beust." — Academy, Aug. 17. Eliot, Sir J: Monarchie of man, 1590-1632 ; from author's ms. in Harleian coll. ; ed, with introd., notes, etc., by A. B. Grosart. 2 v. "It were superfluous pains to enlarge on the Intellectual force and subtlety, the out-of-the-way vehis of thought, the quaint fancies and learning, and the pathetic interest of this ultimate monument of the Patriot." F6nelon, F. de S. de L. Spiritual letters: letters to women; tr. by [Mrs. S. Lear]. Fisher, G: P., D.I>. Faith and rationalism ; with suppl, essays on related topics. Forbes, Capt. C. J. F. S. British Burma and its people; sketches of manners, customs, and religion. " 'The result of an experience derived from thirteen years of close intercourse with the people of Burma, both officially and privately*. ... The book is a trifle dull, for the subject with which it deals is dull. Inter- spersed here and there with interesting passages, it consists in the main of patiently-elaborated and exact descriptions which grow a little tedious. There are no illustrations in the book, — there is not even a map." — AtJiencRwn, Dec. 21. "Captain Forbes's volume tells us all we want to know in the pleasantest and most unassuming manner. "We can recommend those who have no special interest in the remote province which supplies the wants of India in times of famine, to read the book. Even the least serious will find abundance of legend, anecdote, and amusing description." — Exam. Froude, J. A. Caesar; a sketch, "In certain departments of his art Mr. Froude is a master. His brilliant descriptive powers, his pungent criticism, and his keen if occasionally partial apprecia- tion of character, have naturally found a congenial sphere for their exercise in the life and times of the greatest of the Romans. There are consequently not a few passages in the book which are a-; good as anything the author has ever written. ... His weakest point is his constitu- tional history. ... It cannot be denied that the general effect of his mistakes is to render the book almost use- less for any one who wishes to get an accurate picture of the time or even of Caesar himself. ... It is to be feared that, brilliant and eminently readable as this sketch is, its numerous inaccuracies and mistakes, its frequent omissions and confusions, even on points of great impor- tance, will prevent its winning a high place." — Aike- ncmm, April 26. Gaches, J. Memoires sur les guerres de religion a Castres et dans le Languedoc, 1555-1610; pub. par C. Pradel. "Les memoires de Gaches, encore inedits, sont bien connuB dans le midi de la France par leur exactitude et les pr^cieux renscigneraents qu'ils foumissent." — Mb- Hog. de la France^ Feb. 1. "Les memoires de Gacbcs, depuie deux sifecles et demi, sont en esthne auprSs des historiens du Languedoc. Tous ceux, en efi'et, qui se sont occup^s de prfes ou de loin du pass6 de notre ancienne province, ont fait usage du travail de cet ^crivain." — Preface. Gallenga, A, Two years of the Eastern question. 2 V. "Descriptions by a trained .observer, and speculations by a well-informed politician." — Graphic (London). "Graphic brilliancy of style." — Exam. Gelee, C, le Lorrain. Eaux-fortes ; reprod. et pub. par Amand-Durand ; texte par G. Duplessis. Gladstone, >V: E. Gleanings of past years, 1843- 78. Vol. 5, 6. 2 v. Goncourt, E. and J. La du Barry. Nouv. ed. — La duchesse de Ohateauroux et ses sceurs. Nouv. ed. Greene, W: H. Elements of modern chemistry; tr. and ed. from 4th Fr. ed. by W: H. Greene. Grove, G: Dictionary of music and musicians, 1450-1880, by eminent writers, Ens. and for. Vol. 1. Haden, F. S. Etched work of Rembrandt ; a monograph. Hageman, J: F. History of Princeton and its institutions from its first settlement ; illust. 2d ed. 2 v. Number 31.] 123 [July 19, 1879. Hansard, T: C. Parliamentary debates. Vol. 243. Hartmann, E; von. Gesammelte Studien und Aufsatze. Contents. Aufsatze vermischten Itihalta. Mein Ent- ■wickelungsgang. — Ueber wissenecbaftliche Polemib. — Leibniz als praktiecher Optimist.— Der Kampf zwiscben Kirehe und Btaat. — Die geographiscb-politiscbe Lage Beutschlands. — Princip und Zubunft dee Vblkerrecbts. — I6t der Peesiraiemus trostlos? — Ein cbinesicber Clas- Biker. — Symptome des Vcrf.illa im KUnstler-und Q-e- lehrtentbum. — Das Getangniss der Zukunft. — Dicbters ficbbustes Denkmal. Aestheti-iche Studien. Zur Aes- thetik des Dramas. — Das Problem des Trngischen. — Ueber altere und moderne Tragodienstoffe. — Aus einer Dlchterwerkstatt. — Shakespeare's Romeo und Julia. — Der Ideengebalt in Goetbe's Faust. — Scbiller's G-e- dicbte: 'Das Ideal und dae Leben' und 'Die Ideale'. — Zur Gescbicbte der Aestbctik. Beitrdge aur Natur- philosophie. Naturforscbung und Philosophie. — An- fange naturwissenscbaftlichcr Selbsterkenntniss. — E. Haeckel. — Die Lebenskraft. — Das Wesen des Ge- sammtgcistes. — Scbopenbauer und die Farbenlehrc. — Dynamismus und Atomismus. Das philosophische Dreigestirn des 19 Jahrh. Zur Orientiruug. — Scbel- ling. — Hegel. — Scliopenbauer. Hassam, J: T. Ezekiel Cheever and some of his descendants. Hawker, K. R. Poetical works; coll. and arr. ■with a pref. notice by J. G. Godwin. Heath, F. G: Our woodland trees. Heath, R: F. Titian. Hector, Mrs, A. F. Maid, wife, or widow ? (Lei- sure hour ser.) "Novel of the German and Franco-Prussian wars of 1866-70; characters German ; opening scenes laid in the house of a rich landowner of Saxony, whose beautiful daughter is the centre of a mystery which the hero, a Prussian officer, endeavors to penetrate." — Title slip registry. Hodgson, J. T. Memoir of F. Hodgson ; with letters from Lord Byron and others. 2 v. "Hodgson was a critic wise and powerful in his gen- eration, an honest and vigorous thinker. ... But it is as Byron's friend, most of all, that he will at last be recol- lected, as the one man that never shrank from juet reproof of the wayward and rebellious poet, who alone was careless of his sarcasm and proof against his wit, and for whom, in return, that enfant terrible preserved tiirough life an unaltering love and respect. . . . The book that has added so much of a healthy nature to our knowledge of Byron, contains a rich store of delightful correspondence." — Athen(suTnt Nov. 30. Johnston, J. F. W. Chemistry of common life. New ed., rev. Kalidasa. Birth of the war-god ; tr, from the Sanskrit into Eng. verse by R. T. H. Griffith. 2ded. Kingaley, Rev. C: Madam How and Lady Why. 4th ed. Krell, P. F., and others. The classics of painting ; Italian early and high Renaissance ; tr. by E. D'Esterre-Keeling. Ft. 1. La Ferrifere, comfe H. de. Le 16e sifecle et les Valois. ""Written from unpublished documents in the British Museum and Record Office." Lamson, A., D.D. The Church of the first three centuries. Lance, A. Diet, des architectes frangais. 2 v. Ledru-RoUin, A. A. Discours politiques et ecrits divers. 2 v. Lescuyer, F. Langage et chant des oiseaux. "Get int^ressant opuscule nous ofFre tout d'abord un curieux tableau de I'el^vation et de I'etendue corapar^e des principaux instruments de rausique ct de la volx humaine. Puis I'auteur, apr6s avoir parl6 du langage en general, entretient le lecteur sur le langage du bruit et des sons des oiseaux on particulier; il I'initie h Tcxpres- sion du chant des oiseaux et donne des exemples aussi varieM que complete et bien choisis. On est, pour peu que I'on ait I'amour de la nature, compl^tement sous le cbarine en lisant les scenes plciues de verittS et de couleur qu'il retrace. Quelle utility pcut avoir cet ouvrage ; comment pent 6tre not6 le chant des oiseaux, telles sont les deux questions que M. Lescuyer resout en terminant, et, ce qui n'6tait pas sans difficult^, d'une fa9on aussi heu reuse que simple." — ^. de B., in Polybiblion, f6v. Lockwood, E: Natural history, sport, and travel [in India]. "An unpretending and pleasant volume." Lom6nie, L: de. Les Mirabeau. 2 v. "L'oeuvre posthume de M. de Lomenie fera le digne pendant de ses savantes 6tudes sur Beaumarchais et son temps. Sur ce sujet si iut^ressant comme sur I'autre il ne restera plus rien k trouvcr. L'auteur ... est raoins art- iste que cbercheur et fouilleur. La vivacite et I'agrement de la forme, I'originalite du style, questions secondaires pour lui. En comparant les Memoires de Mirabeau aux documents, il sembla A. M. de Lomenie, degag6 de toutes preoccupation personnelle et libre de toute attache, que cette justification avait pu 6garer I'opinion sur le compte du marquis de Mirabeau, I'ami des hommes. En outre, lee debats acharnes de cette famille d'Atree et de Thyeste, les memoires du marquis et de la marquise livrant leurs griefs intimes en pature k la malignite publique, enfin les fameuees lettres de Vincennes, tout avait passionn^ plutotqu'eclaire I'opinion publique. Ces deux volumes, pleins de faits non encore connus, riches en documents intSdits, oeuvre de conscience et de justice, jettent done une lumi£:renouvellesurune question deraeureejusqu'ici obscure. Le procfes, juge sur une enquete insuffisante, est d6cid6ment revise. De ces deux ou trois ouvrages fondus ou plutot confondus en un on pourrait tirer un petit volume fort piquant, tres roraanesque et meme dramatique, qui aurait pour litre : Le proems Mirabeau. II int^reeserait certains lecteurs plus frivoles, qu'effraye- ront quelque peu de longue dissertations sur I'economie politique et la physiocratie." — Rev. pol. et lit., Mar. 8. "The details of this tissue of ignoble proceedings — of reckless, unprincipled, immoral beings pursuing their own immediate advantage and ends, with a glaringly cynical disavowal of all pretence to higher principles than self interest, are given in M. de Lomenie's volumes. The picture is an outrageous one, and but for the im- portance of the facts in illustration of a man who played a conspicuous part in a capital event of the world's history, would deserve to be relegated to the library shelf on which stand the more revolting productions of French novel writing. It is the merit of M. de Lomenie that he has treated his unsavory material with delicacy." — Spec.y May 10. Low, C: R. Memoir of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Garnet J. Wolseley. "Sir Garnet Wolseley has risen so rapidly, been wounded so often, and has seen so much active service, that his adventures would supply material for half a dozen military novels. Mr. Low, however, claims for him more than professional critics will be disposed to admit." — Athenceum, Sept. 21. Marshall, E. Job Singleton's heir, and other stories, MoUet, J. W. Rembrandt ; from the text of Vos- maer. "The author of this charming little volume deserves the thanks of hie readers for the clear and pleasant manner in which he has brought before us the chief facts in the life and art- work of Rembrandt." — Acad., May 17. Mounsey, A: H. The Satsuma rebellion ; an epi- sode of modern Japanese history. "It was but yesterday that the feudal system held full sway in the land, and that the empire was divided into a congeries of small states, each of which was ruled by a prince or Daimio, who levied his own taxes, framed his own laws, and raised his own army. Then came the Number 31. 124 [July 19,1879. contact with Europeans, which jjave head to a desire which had long been making silent way for a new order of things. The 'first move was the abolition of the Shogumite and the resumption of power by the Mikado. ... Then the Daimio voluntarily resigned their liefs into the hands of the Mikado. This revolution was due to the action of the ambitious adviserw of the Daimio rather than to the Daimio themsclveH, especially in the instance of Satsuma and its foremost man, Saigo Takamori. ... His policy was that of his chief, the ex-Daimio, namely, Japan for the Japanese; and while quite approving the abolition of all distinctions enjoyed by those superior to himself in rank, he was desirous to maintain in all their strictness the privileges attaching to the class of Samurai to which he belonged. ... In February, 1877, [he openly revolted, and in Sept. was defeated and slain]. — AthencEum, May 3. Murphy, J. J: Habit and intelligence: a series of essays on the laws of life and mind. 2d ed. "The present work is very largely new, about one- third of the matter in the first edition, which treated of physical questions, being omitted, and replaced by a series of new chapters on biological subjects. ... Chap- ter 11 gives a very good summary of the facts of variation from Darwin's 'Domestication of animals and plants', and other works ; and in Chapter 12 we have these facts discussed in regard to the sufficiency of natural selection for the origin of species. The greatest use is here made of the argument (said to be Prof. Tait's) in the Korth BritisJi rev., June, 1877. ... In another cliaptL-r objections are brought forward whose whole weii,dit depends on our ignorance of the conditions under ^v]liell certain structures were modified." — Nature, Mareli 27. "He seeks to renew and fortify his protest against the exclusively physical theory of life which has been built up by Professors Huxley and Haeckel on the foundations laid by Mr. Darwin. To the doctrine of evolution as applying to the common origin of living forms, and as traceable in the gradual differentiation of higher from lower members of the family of life, be seems by no means inclined to demur." — Sat rev., May 24. Napier, M. Selected correspondence ; edited by his son, Macvey Napier. "Mr. Macvey Napier was first editor of the supplement to the 'Eneycliipfedia Britannica', then of eueeessive editions of tlJat work itself, and finally, of the Edinburgh rev. — a post which during the time that he held it (1829-47) undoubtedly was, with the editorship of the 'Quarterly', one of the two thrones of the literary Brentford. ... For years no number appears without - Macaulay writing to J[r. Napier to say how sad it is that Brougham shouM write such trash, and without Brougham writing to Mr. Napier lamenting Macaulay's vulgarity of style and incapacity for argument. This part of the correnpondence is the very height of literary comedy. ... A mere list of Mr. Napier's correspond- ents is sufficient to show the attractions of the book. Campbell, Jefl'rey, both the MIHh, Sir G. C. Lewis, Mr. G-. U. Lewes, Mr. Carlyle, Lord Lytton, Moore, God- win, Brewster, Sir James Stephen, Thackeray, and Dickens make up a goodly show, especially when it is remembered that the subjects of the letters are always of some interest, and that not unfrequently they refer to work which has subsequently become famous." — Exam- iner, May 31. "Macvey Napier, beet known to fame as the editor of the Edinburgh review, was horn in Glasgow in 1776." — Aihe)U€um, May 4. "The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters addressed to Mr. Napier. Osgood, C: S., a?id Batchelder, H. M. Historical sketch of Salem, 1626-1879. Plinius CEecilms Secundus. Letters; lit. tr. by J. D. Lewis. Raine, J. The historians of the church of York and its archbishops. Vol. 1. (Ghron. and mem.) Randall, P. K. Genealogy of a branch of the Randall family, 1666-1879. Ravaisson, F. Archives de la Bastille. T. 10: Regne de Louis xiv., 1693-1702. Robert, C: Biographic d'un homme utile; Leclaire, peintre en bAtiments. Leclaire became from a penniless apprentice one of the chief master-painters in Faris; he founded among his workmen an insurance society, a savings-bank, and a court of workmen to judge offences against order, and as early as 1840 admitted his workmen to a share in the profits. He died in 1872; his immediate successor is dead; but his work has survived, — his best eulogium. "Leclaire a fait une chose difficile entre tontes ; il a fait une experience sociale, comme d'autres font des experiences chimiquee, et il a mis dans le creuset sou argent et son temps et son Sme. On a 6crit dee livres sur I'organisation du travail; lui a organist le travail dans un atelier, ce qui est moins commode. En mgme temps il a fait fortune, et c'est taut mieux : ruin6, il eut risque de n'avoir pas beaucoup d'imitateurs, et la legon eut et6 perdue." — Paul Laffitte^, in Rev. pol. et lit, 1 mars. Roosevelt, R. B., and Green, S. Fish hatching and fish catching. Saporta, le comte G. de. Le monde des plantes avant I'apparition de I'homme. "En lisant 'Le monde des plantes', on passe done rapiilement en revue les phases nombreuses du r^gne vei^etal. Dans la le partie nous assistons k la naissance de la vie sur notre globe. ... Ces changements ne sont cependant point fortuit, et M. dt Saporta nous les ex- plique dans ses deux chapitres sur la theorie de revolu- tion et sur les anciens climats. La 2e partie est consacr6e aux periodes v<5g6tales. Des figures intercalees dans le texte nous representent les debris les plus interessanta et les plus earact^ristiques qui ont 6te trouv^s dans les ditt'erents terrains." — Jiev. sci., 28 d6c. Stirling, M. C. The Grahams of Invermoy. Story of the village of Invermoy, Scotch Highlands, beginning of this century; hero enters the army; de- scription of "Waterloo, the French and EngHsh troops, etc.; characters English, Scotch, French, Spanish; scenes also in Spain and France. Strahorn, R. E. To the Rockies and beyond; a summer on the Union Pacific Railway and branches. Sturgis, J. An accomplished gentleman. "The merits in Mr. Sturgis's book are many; his dia- logue is his stront,'est point, the characters telling their own story, as they always should do; an open mind to the impressions of nature is another endowment, morn- ing, f^pring, summer, supplying the tone to his best scenes. Above all, he can write love passages which are readable, and Ids merriment is never tedious." — Athe- 7ia:u)ii, May 3. Tales from Blackwood. New ser. "Vols. 12, 13. "No. 13 contains 'A modern magician' by Mr. Story; an interestinii performance, which might he called a study after Hawthorne. The fancy which is the substance of the tale is, however, original, and Mr. Story must be congratulated on havini,^ worked it up with consistency and skill." — Sat. rev., June 14. Virgilius. -Eneid ; tr. into Eng. by J. D. Long. — ^Eneid ; a rhythmic prose tr. by H: H. Pierce. Watson, J: F. Annals of Phila. and Penn. in the olden time; a coll. of memoirs, anecdotes, etc.; enl., with rev. and add., by "W. P. Hazard. 3 v. "With all its errors of date and statement, "Watson produced a valual)le book. Mr. Hazard has devoted a great portion of his work to annotations upon the orig- inal text, with correction of the errors into which Mr. Watson had fallen, and an addition of important informa- tion upon the same subjects. He has also added much valuable matter from the notes of his father, the late bamuel Hazard, and has taken a great deal from other sources. There has also been added a very iiecessary mdex." Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 32. Aug. 9, \81i Adams, H: Life of A. Gallatin. Aucassin et Nicolette; chantefable du 12e si^cle, trad, par A. Bida ; revision du texte orig. et pref. par G. Paris. *'To one who reads history with human sympathies few things iire more charming than the early sonLrs which woke in France in the morning of the Renaissance, with their burden of courtesy, sentiment, and valor ; and of these *Aueassin and Nicolette' is one of the earliest and most delightful. Pure romance, woven of threads of Eastern fable, it is far removed from us in spirit; the childlike simplicity of its surrender to sentiment, its daring absurdities, in which the narrator seems almost to be satirizing something the essentially exquiwite charm of which he knows only too well, the intangible magic that makes the marvellous influences of the Saracen captive seem natural, t\w playfulness in it all, belong to its own age and have vanished from ours. It is impossi- ble to describe in a brief space the various and refined interest which pervades the poem — Mr. Pater has failed to do so in his well-known essay; but now that it has been translated into modern French excelk-ntly, and is accessible to any one willing to give to it half an evening, it should become familiar to all lovers of graceful senti- ment and simple nature. This version is not literal, but conveys the spirit of the original in a paraphrase in parts, while in other parts it aijproaches nearer the text. It is illustrated by the translator, and contains the re- vised text of M. G-aston Paris, with an entertaining and instructive preface, also by him." — N'ation, April 3. Berlepsch, H. A. Les Alpes ; descriptions et re- cits ; illustr. de E. Rittmeyer. Contents. Les Alpes, Caracteres generaux. — Le granit. — Les blocs erratiques. — Les lapiaz, roches crevassees. — Nagelflue. — Le Rossberectator, Mar. 29. Legouve, G. J. B. E. W. Theatre de campagne. 5e serie. 2e ed. Contents. 5e ser. Narrey, G; Ho ! le vert ! houflbnne- lie. — Decourcelle, A. La part du lion ; com. — Najac, E.de,and5 Bocage, H. Le valet de coeur; com. — [Girau- deau.F.] Tout chemin mene a Rome ; com. — [Sonnois, J.,] and Au, E. d'. Aux arrets; com.-vaud. ~ Guille- mot, J. Les deux eous-prefets deX***; saynfete. — Ver- consin, E. Le Cap da la Trentaine; com. — Billet, A. L'Andalouse; com. — Hervilly, E. d'. Scrupules; com. — Dreyfus, A. Le eonfessionnal; fantaisic. "La 5e serie est jigreable comrae les precedeutes, avec les mSmes inconv6nients de mieverie et de manceuvrcs d'equilibre sur des pointes d'aiguille. C'est le genre qui veut cela. ... La jolie piecette est de MM. de Rieux et d'Au, et apourtitre : Aux arrets. C'est une bluette, mais tout ^ fait leste et pimpante, avec une petite larme fur- tive vers la fin. Deux roles tr6s bien venus et tr6s faciles k jouer, celni surtout d'un vieux troupier bonne d'enfants." — Rev. pol. et lit., 22 mars. Lewes, Mrs, M.E., {ps. G: Eliot). Impressions of Theophrastus Such. "Has all the characteristics of her later manner which critics have had to depreeate. George Eliot's literary development falls clearly and shai-ply into two stages. In the earlier period she went back with loving memory to the days and scenes of her childhood. In that won- derful series of works she produced living pictinv* of mid-England iu the pre-reform days, belbre old Leisure was dead, and while the modern spirit wa^ unborn. For width of conception, for accuracy of toucb, for nobility of tone, those works stand unrivalled in the world of fiction. The next two novels, 'iliddlcmarch' and 'Daniel Deronda', displayed a new set of literary motives in their composition. The loving interest of the artist in human nature was fused with the intellectual intere^^t of the scientific observer of the social organism. The tales moved in a larger sphere, had a wider scope, and also a deeper background than the earher works. ... Along with this development of tone there went a noticeable change of manner. Dealing with eonceptions novel to her rLader.s, George Eliot hud to put them directly be- fore their eyes in passages only interesting in a specula- tive point of view. But this very need of explanation argued complete arti-stry. ... The scicntitit^ interest and tone of her second period culminate in these studies of mental pathology. The consummate literary artist has degenerated into the student of social psychology." — Ath., June 7. Lucas, T: J. The Zulus and the British frontiers. "Study of the present Zulu war, and former KaflEir wars in the South African colonies of Great Britain; practical suggestions with regard to future defence of colonies. Author, Captain of the late Cape Mounted Rifles; served with his regiment in the campaign of 1851-53; wrote 'Camp life and sport in South Africa'." — Title slip registry. Metcalf, li: Letter and spirit ; Winchester lec- tures. Musset, A. de. Les caprices de Marianne. " 'Les caprice.5 de Marianne' is a combination of qual- ities one might almost believe irreconcilable. In vividness of description and in color it is like a tale of Boccaccio; in the way it blends wbut is real with what is fantastic it hhows the influence of Shakspeare. Its action passes in Naples, and the life of media3val Italy is depicted with a fidelity that brings each detail before the eyes, yet the scene is in other respects as imaginary as the forest of Arden. It is possible to fancy that the whole is inspired" by 'Romeo and Juliet'. (Jeliu is a French Romeo, and Marianne, the heroine, is of euurse annirried Juliet. Octave, with his graceful mirth and polished banter, is Mercutio. It is true thing^^ go wrong. Juliet loves Mercutio and not Romeo, and Romeo, slain in the moment of anticipated happiness, leaves ilercutio the hopeless task of avenging him. This resemblance may be fanciful. What ie not fanciful is that a piece written in prose is yet the most exquisite poetry, and that a terniination grim, tender, and tragic uwaits scenes which are humorous or cynical, and sometimes almost playful in treatment." — Atheiimtirn, June 14. My experiences in a lunatic asj-lum ; by a sane patient. Noel, E. ilemoires d'un imbecile, ecrits par lui- ni^nie. 3e ed. Payn, J. Less black than we're painted. 2d ed. 3 v. "Original in conception, artistic in treatment, and thoroughly readable as a result." — Exam., Nov. 2. "Xothing could be more unlike his former novels than was 'By proxy', and nothing could be more unlike 'By proxy' than is 'Less black than we're pamted'. The latter appeals to a totally diflferent order of feelings and interests, after quite another fashion ; but it does so with equal success, and by a better sustained process. It is the cheerfuUest, springiest, oddest book conceivable; and it overflows with humor and rings with merriment. ... 'J'he riddle to be read is not so interesting, but it is more inscrutable, and the revelation of the secret, whose existence the reader does not suspect, takes him more by surprise than did that of the secret in 'By proxy', which was kept constantly before him. This is clever and new, which latter good thing in novels is becoming very rare." — Spei tutor, Nov. 30. "Perhaps his last preceding novel, 'By proxy', is the best he has given us since his 'Lost Sir Massingberdt ; and 'Less black than we're painted' cannot compare with Number 32.] 128 [Aug. 9, 1879. it in the bold originality of the plot, the variety of in- tensely dramatic incidents, and the vivid pieturesqueness of its description of unfamiliar life, hut, on the other hancl, in a diflerent way, is more distinctly clever. There is great brightness and freshness in the style. It is enhveued every here and there by happy turnip of expression, and it sparkles with incidental and off-hand observations that show genuine wit and humor." — Sat. rev., Mar. 22. Peacock, M. G. W. Index of the royalists whose estates were confiscated during the Com- monwealth. (Index Soc.,v. 2.) Peard, F. M. Cartouche. 2 v. "The scene of 'Cartouche' lies chiefly at Florence and Eorae, and the descriptions of Italian scenery and of the life of Engli.sb residents in those places are charming, and, what is rarer, are given without extravagance; but the best point in the author's treatment of her story is her skillful management of two heroines, girls of very different characters, but both of them true and noble- minded." — Athenceum, Jan. 18. "That the hero of this novel is brave, honest, faithful, intelligent, loving, kindly, forgiving, ever ready in dan- ger, always in good temper, lively, thoughtful, full of concern for his friends and resentments for his enemies, forgetful of injuries and mindful only of kindnesses, unselfish, honorable, and handsome, goes without saying; for he is 'only a dog'." — Bookselle?-, Jan. 4. Pice, A. T., ed. Essays from the North American review. Contents. Preacott, ^y:H. Sir W. Scott. Apr., 1838. — Gushing, C. Social condition of woman. Apr., 1836. — Emerson, II. W. — J: Milton. July, 1838. — Bancroft, G: L:ist moments of eminent men. Jan., 1834. — Mot- ley, J: L. Peter the Great. Oct., 1845. — Irving, W. The Northmen. Oct., 1832. — Adams, C; F. The Earl of Chesterfield. July, 1846. — Longfellow, H: W. De- fense of poetry. July, 1832. — Curtis, G; W: Nathaniel Hawthorne. Oct., 1864. ~ Parkman, F. J. F. Cooper. Jan., 1852. — Lowell, J. R. Shakespeare once more. Apr., 1868. — Holmes, O. W. Mechanism of vital actions. July, 1857. Rideing, W: H. A-saddle in the wild "West; a glimpse of travel [in] Southern Colorado, Xew Mexico, and Arizona. (Appletons' new handy-vol. ser.) Saint- Pierre, J. H: B. de. Paul et Virginie ; avec une introd. par A.Piedagnel ; onie de figures par A. Lalauze. "Entre toutes ces Editions nonvellcs, lea amateurs donneront le prix k celle que M. Isidore Liseux viout de publier, et que M. Lalauze a orn^o de six figures hors texte et de deux vignettes gravees A I'cau-fortc ; une remarquable introduction de M. .Vlexandre I'ic-rlagnel pr6c6de le volume. M. Lalauze s'est pbue ;ui premier rang parmi ks artistes du livre. ... Nul ne salt mioux que lui composer et grouper une scene, tirer du texte le portrait elegant ou comiciue, ideal on tendre, du person- nage k repr^senter, et I'ajnster couleur dii temps et selon son type. Le talent du graveur s'njoute k celui du des- sinateur. Sa pointe d'aqua-fortisto, brillante et piquantc, savoureuse et chaude, vaut le pinceau du plus fin peiutre de genre." — Moniteur univerael, 30 dec. Secret dn chancelier; Orient et Occident. Republished from the Journal des rUbats. " 'C'a ete le malheur de plus d'une puissance', dit I'auteur dc cette piquante brochure, 'de n'avoir pas asscz cru i la franchise de M. de Bismarck*. Telle est I'idee que I'anonyme d6veloppe avec autant de finesse que de bonhomie maligne, k I'occasion des plaintes que souleve k Saint-Petersbourg, depuis la paix faite, le ressouvenir du role de M. de Bismarck au congr^s dc Berlin. Si la Russie a compromis la grande situation qu'elle occupait encore en 1875, e'est qu'elle I'a bien voulu; telle est la conclusion de I'auteur et la morality de Phistoire." — Rev. d. Deux Mondes. Shakespeare, W: Hamlet, the first quarto, 1603 ; a facsimile in photo-lithography by \(; Griggs ; with forewords by P: J". Purnivall. Siegfried, J. La misfere, son histoire, ses causes, ses remfedes. 3e ed. Stark, J. H. Illustrated history of Boston Harbor. Stevenson, L: Travels with a donkey in the Ce- vennes. *'In 'An inland voyage' a new writer was presented to us, whose most prominent characteristic was an attempt to run exactly counter to the florid eloquence now in fashion, and to create a style on the model of the subdued and courtly manner of the middle of last century. ... But the simplicity of it was a little strained; the good things seemed occasionally like nuggets in a mass of clay. In 'Travels with a donkey' Mr. Stevenson has made progress in almost all directions. His writing is as elegant as ever, but it is more natural, and the phrases of humor and the parentheses of fine reflection no longer seem put in with any art; they have grown with the growth of the nan-ative. There is the same strong sympathy with humanity, the same power to read the 'red-leaved and confused book of the heart', the same happy flight of quaint and original fun ; but there is less egotism, and the view of natural life is sweeter and healthier."— Sat. rev.., June 21. Trollope, A. John Caldigate. Tschudi, F: de, Le monde des Alpes ; description pittoresque des montagnes de la Suisse et particulierement des aniraaux qui les peu- plent; 2e edit, traduction par 0. Bourrit. J'La Bible des Alnes, que chacun doit avoir avec sol." — MU?ielet. "M. Bourrit I'a rendu accessible au public frangais par une traduction 61egante et exaete. Le charrae qui se degage de la lecture de ce livre ne s'explique pas unique- ment par la vivacite des r^cits, par I'originalit^ et le coloris des destriptioDS, il est dii aussi h, I'attrait particu- her qu'exerce, raerae k distance, ce monde myst^rieux des montagnes, toujours isol6 au milieu de la civilisation." — lievue des Deux Mondes, Janvier 1870. Turenne, comte L: de. 14 mois dans I'Amerique duNord, 1875-76. 2 v. "Les grandes villes lui sont matiere k discussions 6cono- niiques, k reflexions sur I'organisation civile des Etats Unis. Le systeine des ecoles est etudi6 avec soin. ... Justice est toujours rendue; mais les Yankees, qui souft'rent sans etonnement les iSloges les plus ^tourcUs- sants, et qui acceptent diflicilement les critiques, trouve- mont dans ces recits raissonnes plusieurs bonnes verites et quelquee petites legons." — Bibliog. de la France, lf6v. XJjfalvy de Mezo-Kovesd, C: E. de. Le Kohistan, le Ferghanah etKouldja. (Expedition scieu- tifique frangaise en Kussie, en Siberie et dans le Turkestan.) "L' auteur bien que charg^ par le gouvernement fran- 5ais d'une mission scicntifique eu Russie et dans I'Asie russe, est Hongrois d'origine. II a pr^fdre suivre la m^thode du pigeon de La Fontaine : ' J'etais 1^, telle choHc' ra'advint'. C'est ainsi que faisaient les vieux voyageurs, et leurs reeits n'en out pas moins de charme et de sfirete pour tela. ... M. de Ujfalvy est avant tout un ethnographe double d'un bon 61eve de I'^cole d'an- thropologie de M. Broca. L'etude des races de I'Asie centrale k ete le principal objet de ses recberches. Kouldja enlcvee k la Chine par I'insurrection des musul- mans de Dzoungarie, saisie ensuite par la Russie, menace de devenir un serieux objet de litige entre le czar et le Fils du Ciel, qui vicnt de retablir son autorit6 dans ses anclennes possessions de TAsie ceutrale. A ce seul point de vue, le livre dc M. de Ujfalvy devrait figurer dans la bibliothequc de tout homme politique." — Ghfo- nique siiejttijiqiie, ler fev. Walford, L. 13. Cousins. (Leisure hour series.) Wallace, R. Antitrinitarian biography. 3 v. Weston, A. H. The rifle club and range ; illust. Year books of the reign of Edward i., years 33- 35; ed. and trans, by A. J. Horwood. (Chron. and mem.) Additions. 2.d ser.] BOSTON ATHE]SrJ3:UM. [No. 33. Sept. 15, 187£!. Ames, F. Modern whist ; with the laws of the game. (Harper's half-hour series.) Amicis, E. de. Studies of Paris ; tr. from the Ital. "The best chapters are those devoted to an interview with Emile Zola and a capital account of that novelist's method of work. Whatever opinion we may hold of the new school of French romance, its tendencies and effects, whether our sympathies incline to realists or romanticists, there is no denying the fact that Zola is a power in the French literary world, and himself a psy- chological study of genuine interest." — AcatL, Mar. 8. Arnold, W. T. Eoman system of provincial ad- ministration to the accession of Constantino the Great. "Much is gained by bringing together within the compass of a single treatise all that is known of the working of the huge machinery of lioman dominion, and by marking the points of strength and weakness which kept the fabric together for so many centuries, and ended by leaving the empire powerless against the assaults of barbarians who brought with them the germs of a more vigorous civihzation." — Sat. rev-t July 12. Atkinson, E: Labor and capital allies, not ene- mies. (Harper's half-hour series.) Azarias, Brother. Development of English litera- ture : The old English period. Azeglio, M. T., marq. d', Mes souvenirs ; trad, par Mile. H. Doiiesnel. 2 v. "Le chevaher Massimo d' Azeglio, le peintre, le ro- mancier, et rhomme d'etat a eu I'honneur d'introduire le comte Cavour dans les conseils de la couronne et le d^sinteressement de se preparer un successeur. ... La lecture de ces memoires semblera interessante, meme de ce c6te-ci des Alpes. ... Cependant, ce qui fait I'origi- nalite de ces volumes, c'est surtout la philosophic a la fois grondeuse et aimable de I'auteur. 11 disserte volon- tiers. ... Le style a la liberte d'allures et quelquefois le laisser-aller de la causerie sans apx^ret ; puis, it I'occa- sion, il reprend de la gravite et se surveille devantage." — Rev. poL et lit., 28 sept., 1878. Balaguer, V. Historia politica y literaria de los Trovadores. 2 v. "The plan of the work is precisely that of Millot's 'Histoire litteraire des Troubadours' [P,ariB, 1802], which, it is within bounds to say, Balaguer has lifted bodily. So barefaced a piece of literary borrowing we have never seen. ... An utter lack of scientific method characterizes the whole work. ... The preUminary discourses are superficial, especially those on the various classes of poetry and on the courts of love, the very existence of which Diez disproved fifty years ago." — DTation, Aug. 7. Balfour, A.J. Defence of philosophic doubt, being an essay on the foundations of belief. Balfour, E:, ed. Cyclopaedia of India, and of Eastern and Southern Asia, commercial, industrial, and scientific. 2d ed. 5 v. Bellamy, C: J. The Breton Mills. Besant, W., and Eice, J. The case of Mr. Lucraft, and other tales. New ed. — The golden butterfly. New ed. — My little girl. New ed. — This son of Vulcan. New ed. — "With harp and crown. New ed. Birch, W. De G., and Jenner, H: Early drawings and illuminations; introd. to the study of illustrated manuscripts ; with a dictionary of subjects in the British Museum. Blackmore, R: D. Alice Lorraine, a tale of the South Downs. 4th ed. 3 v. — Erema ; or, My father's sin. 2d ed. 3 v. Borel, T. Count A. de Gasparin ; tr. from the Pr. Boston. Overseers of the Poor. Annual report, 1878-79. Bougot, A. Essai sur la critique d'art. "A la fois un traite didactlque et nne 6tude historique o^ Diderot tient une large place. II semble meme que Tauteur se soit propose d'abord d'appr6cier dans Diderot le critic[ue d'jirt; A mesin-e qu'il creusait son sujet il aurait elargi son cadre. II serait ninsi arriv6 k faire I'historique de la critique d'art, ^ formuler les principes et les lois qui la regissent, enfin b. tracer le portrait du critique ideal. N'en dites rien ^ M. Houssaye, ui surtout k E. About: M. Bougot estime qu'il n'y a pas, k notre ^poque, de vi-ais critiques d'art. Nous avons le parfait notaire, le cuisinier modele; mais le parfait critique, point. Quelle anarchic ! quelle discorde ! Ni principes communs, ni doctrines mgme voisines. M. Bougot entreprend de raettre I'ordre dans ce dfisordre ; il va donner aux critiques d'art une m^thodc comme Descartes aux philosophos." — M. Gaucher in Rev. pot. et lit. Boulger, D. C. England and Kussia in Central Asia. "Pages after pages are copied almost verbatim, from the 'geographical magazine', sometimes with an ac- knowledgment of the source whence they arc derived, at other times without the slightest indication that they are not original matter." — Athen., Mar. 29. Butt, B. M. Delicia. (Leisure hour series.) "Delicia is one of those womanly portraits that can be drawn only by a high-minded writer." — Ath., July 5. Calderwood, H: Relations of mind and brain. "G-iven a physiology of brain and nerve, to ascertain whether this constitutes a philosophy of thought, emo- tion, and volition. ... Dr. Calderwood's discussion contains a good deal which, though interesting and amusing, is yet more or les.^ irrelevant ; but it should be of real service as a clear exposition and a searching criticism of cei-ebral psychology." — Wealminster rev., July. Campbell, Sir G: White and blaclt ; the outcome of a visit to the U. S. Church, R.W. Spenser. (Morley, J., ed. English men of letters.) "It may very well be read, either by itself, or as a running comment upon Spenser." — Goniempiorary review, July. D'Anvers, N. Raphael. Farrer, J. A. Zululand and the Zulus, their history, etc. "The author has not 'crammed' his subject, but treats it out of the fulness of hie knowledge of savage and barbarous races and of their institutions. ... Mr. Farrer does not admire the Boers of the Transvaal, and he is not violently prepossessed in favor of missionaries. In his whole sketch of our relations with the Amazulu he seems to hold that the English have acted fairly and honestly, that the natives have not transgressed their own theories of honor and loyalty, while the Boers have been greedy and cruel and hypocritical, and the mission- aries have displayed the foibles of missionaries." — Sat. rev., April 12. Fitzpatrick, "\\'. J. Life of C: Lever. Flint, R. Anti-theistic theories. (Baird lectures for 1877.) "Characterized by all that directness of argument and that felicity of expression which accompany whatever issues from Prof. Flint. Positivism, pessimism, and pantheism are all discussed; but materialism is the main subject of examination." — Westminster rev., July. Frazar, D. Practical boat sailing; a treatise on the management of small boats and yachts under all conditions ; [with] short vocabulary of nautical terms. "This is a useful little hook, evidently written by a sailor. Its purpose is to afford instruction to the ama- teur yachtsman in the art of handling small craft in inland waters, and there is no attempt made to teach the science of navigation." — Nation, July 17. Number 33.] 130 [Sept. 15, 1879. Gr. Britain. House of Lords. Debates. Notes of debates, taken by H: Elsing, 1624, 26. (Camden See. n.s., v. 24.) Green, J: R: Readings from English history ; [in] 3 pts. Green, P. J. Sketches of the war in Greece, in a ser. of extracts from [his] private correspond- ence. 2d ed. Grout, liev. L. Zulu-Land ; or, Life among the Zulu-Kafirs of Natal and Zulu-Land, South Africa. "The beet general account, as far as we have seen, of the country and people is to be found in the work of an American missionary, the Rev. Lewis Grout, published by Ti'Ubner & Co. This apostle of the American Mission Board was fifteen years in South Africa, and has also written a grammar of the Zulu language." — Observer. Hamley, Maj. Gen. W. G. House of Lys. "What with fun, love, and adventure, there is no flag- ging in the book from first to last." — Sat. rev., June 14. "The real interest of the book lies in the well-drawn sketches of military life in the Crimea and elsewhere, and perhaps in one character which, we greatly fear, must have Deen drawn from life, the very best exemplifi- cation of the undesirable type of elderly military man that we have ever met with — at least in fiction." — Examinert May 24. Hannay, J. History of Acadia from its first history to its surrender to England by the treaty of Paris. Head, P. R. Yan Dyck. Heilprin, M. Historical poetry of the ancient Hebrews; tr. and crit. examined. Vol. 1. *'To many it will be a surpriHe to find a 'Hebrew of the Hebrews' maintaining the most radical convictions concerning the Old Testament writings. ... But in Mr. Heilprin we have a scholar whose study of Hebrew began in his infancy and has continued ever since; who has the Hebrew Bible at his finger ends ; who neverthe- less has not been preserved in this way from conclusions very much at variance with the popular conception of the Old Testament writings. In one other particular, too, Mr. Heilprin's book is exceedingly instructive. The notion has somehow got abroad that the scientific study of the Bible is inconsiHtent with the most tender reverence for its contents or with lluir persistent fascina- tion. But the reverence of Mr. IK-ilprin for the subject- matter of his criticism could havilly be surpassed, and that it has not lost its power to intiicst and charm, his book itself is ample evidence." — Nation, July 24. Hill, O. Our common land, and other short essays. Contents. Our common land. — District visiting. — A few words to volunteer visitors among the poor. — A more excellent way of charity. — A word on good citi- zenship. — Open spaces. — Effectual charity. — The future of our commons. '*Five out of the eight essays in the volume before us contain her views on district visiting, charity organiza- tion, and other kindred topics." — Atheno&uni^ Feb. 9, 1878. Houssaye, H: Athdnes, Rome, Paris ; I'histoire et les mo3urs. 3e ed. Index Society. 1st annual report of the Commit- tee, Mar., 1879. Johnston, A. K. Africa ; -with ethnol. app. by A. H. Keane. (Stanford's Compendium of geography.) "Nothing so complete on the subject of Africa has yet been published. Every region of it, the Atlas district, the Sahara, the Sudan, the Nile valley, the equatorial lakcH, the Houthern colonies — is treated severally. Cli- mate, population, products, are all separately described. Every region has its own careful map, besides a number of physical diagrams, illustrating the rainfall, ethnology, and philology of the country. It is, in short, a complete encyclopaedia of the continent, which will be very useful to all who wish to follow the track of recent discovery." — Guardian. "Mr. Keith Johnston's volume is almost as perfect as a book about Africa can at present be. The arrangement which di\'ide8 the continent into sections, each with its own sectional map, its pretty ^iL■wB of towns and natives, rivers and mountains, its statistics, so far as Africa pos- sesses statistics, of trade and government, and popula- tion, enable the reader to move from point to point with almost as much of entertainment as of instruction." — Oraphic. Kauffmann, P. Utopias ; or, Schemes of social improvement, from Sir Thomas More to Karl Marx. "Why no mention of Plato's 'Republic'? and why nothing about the most practical part of the subject, the realized 'Utopias', which are to be seen actually existing, in a condition more or less prosperous, and more or less — rather less than more — approaching the ideal, in the United States." — Spectator, July 5. Laboulaye, E: Contes bleus. 6e ed. Contents. Tvon et Finette. — La bonne femme. — Poucinet. — Contes bohemes, — Les trois citrons, — Pif Paf. La Curne de Sainte Palaye, J. B. Dictionnaire historique de I'ancien langage frangois; glos- saire de la langue frangoise jusqu'au si^cle de Louis XIV. 6 v. Longnon, A. Geographic de la Gaule au 6e sifecle. "Un prejug^, transporte des temps modernes k ce loin- tain passe, a aussi trouble souvent I'ordre logique de I'histoire ; e'est Tusage que les historiens ont de con- siderer comme le veritable 'roi de France' le eouverain auquel obeissait la ville de Paris; et pourtant Paris ne devint definitivement le siege de la royaute frangaise qu'i la fin du lOe si6cle. La fastidieuse enumeration des rois qui ont regne i Paris n'est pas I'histoire de la p^riode mtSrovingienne; M. Longnon met fin h cette conven- tion. La le partie de son livre est consacr^e £i determi- ner le sens de ehacun des mots qui, k cette 6poque, servaient k designer les divisions territoriales, les regions geographiques et les lieux habites. ... La 2e partie traite de la geographie politique de la Gaule lors de sa division cntre les Francs, les Bourguignons, et les Goths (501-507), puis sous les fils de Clovis et enfin sous les euccesseurs de Clotaire, eujet confus et ma! connu jusqu' ici. La 3e partie est consacr^e a la geographic phyt-ique, anx circonscriptions provinciales et a I'histoire de chaque cite. A cette occasion, M. Longnon raconte I'origine et 1*6 tablias erne nt en Q-aule des races 6trangeres." — Rev. pol. et lit., 28 dec. Loyson, C: J: M. {Father Hyacinthe). La reforme catholique et I'eglise anglicane. "The 'Eglisc catholique gallicane' is intended to bear the same relation to the Holy See as does the Anglican Church. 'La reforme catholique' contains most inter- esting correspondence between M. Loyson, and the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Primate of the Epis- copal Church of Scotland, both these prelates not only expressing sj^mpathy with the French priest's object, but offering him all the assistance in their power. M. Loyson's object goes further, however, than that of the English refornurs, for he aims at including in one fed- eration all the Cliristian churches which owe no allegiance to the Holy See. He reckons very much on the Orthodox Greco-Russian Church, which he maintains to be the most venerable of all. The so-called Old CathoUcs of Germany fall naturally into his combination." — London frlf(/riiph. McClintock, J:, and Strong, J, Cyclopaedia of biblical, theological, and eccles. literature. Vol 8. Maclear, Rev. G: F: Conversion of the "West: the Celts ; ivith maps. The English. The Northmen ; with map. "Dr. Maclear's volumes are excellent specimens of graphic and animated narrative. That on the Englieh Number 33,] 131 [Sept. 15, 1879. traverses comparatively familiar ground ; laitt the facts contained in 'The Celts' and 'The Northmen' -will be new to many. The materials for the lut^t volume are chiefly derived from the Sagas of Suorri Sturluson. ... We see that the work of conversion, as carried on hy these ancient kings of Norway, was hardly more genu- ine in its character than that of the Saxons hy Charle- magne." — Contemporary rev., Feb. Macmillan's magazine, July. "Contains an 'apologia' for Wordsworth, by Matthew Arnold, a fine piece of criticism, working from the pivot that iu no poet is the accident of inspiration of such importance, for no other is so filled by it with new energy, or so weak when it is wanting." — Spectator, July 5. Mallock, W. H, Is life worth living? "His blows hit the air ineffectually. His whole argu- ment moves on the ijrinciple that the worth of life is measured by the happiness it contains. But hedonism is rejected by the philosophic evolutionists. Then, again, Mr. Mallock proceeds on the assumption that morality is founded on theology, an assumption which would be repudiated by any consistent theologian. Finally, in recommending a purified Catholicism and a consistent renunciation of reason as the refuge from contemporary scepticism, Mr. Mallock mistakes the temper of the age in spii'itual matters. That a certain system of thought will satisfy the natural cravings is not sufdcient nowadays to ensure its acceptance; it is rather suspected as a Brocken shadow of the cravings themselves." — Ath., June '21. Noticed in the Nation, July 31. The answer generally given to the question now is 'That it depends on the liver'. Markham, A. H. Northward ho ! including a narrative of Capt. Phipp's expedition, by a midshipman. "A popular account of the various attempts that have been made by Englishmen to reach the North Pole." — ,4cat;.. Mar. 15. Martin, T. Life of the Prince Consort. Vol. 4. Melville, G: J: W. Black but comely ; or, The adventures of Jane Lee. 3 v. "It is not one of the best he has written, neither is it one of the worst. There is all the well-known fire and pathos, and the power of vivid description holding the mind enchained with interest. The improbabihty of the story is its fault." -~ Examiner, Jan. 18. "The present novel is not one of his best, though it is, as usual, pleasant reading." — Athenmum,, Jan. 11. "Belongs to its regretted author's more successful books." — Academy, Feb. 8. Merivale, Rev.C: Conversion of the West; the Continental Teutons. Michelet, J. Le banquet, papiers intimes. "Reves genereux, souhaits chimeriques, ardente sym- pathie pour les deslierites, sensibilite debordante, bont6 de cosur, tendresse d'§.rae, imagination et poesie, tels sont les elements de ce livre o\i il ne faut chercher ni vues pratiques, ui enchainement de raisonnements rigoureux." — Rev. pal. et lit., 5 avril. Mills, J: The British Jews. Molesworth, Mrs. Grandmother dear. "Full of delightful but simple adventures, healthy in tone, and devoid of any violent admixture of moral or mental instruction." — Examiner, Dec. 14. Montalembert, C: F. de T., comte de, Moines de rOccident depuis Saint Benolt jusqu'^ Saint Bernard. T. 6. 7. Eng. Monks of the West. Vol. 6, 7. Moseley, H, N. Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger," 1872-76. "Clearly written in plain English, and unpretending in its style. ... The general reader will find some difficulty in putting the book down, for it is hard to leave off read- ing its interesting natural-history remarks and anecdotes. ... The book refers to the natural history of the lands visited by the expedition more than to the results of dredging and sounding, but there is a very attrnclive concluding chapter on 'The life on the ocean surface and in the deep sea' . The botanist, entomologist, oruitliolo- gist, and anthropologist will find abundant interesting matter." —P. M. Duncan in Acad., Mar. 1. "This expedition touched incidentally at the islands of the Atlantic and Southern Indian oceans, cruised in the Antarctic ice-fields, and visited many points, some of them practically uuvisited heretofore, in Polynesia and the archipelagoes of the western l*acific. The cream of discovery in most of these regions has long ago gone to make up the fame of earlier explorers, and nut much that is strikingly new could be expected to result from these brief visits. The value of this book lies chiefly in the fact that it is the record of the consecutive, rapid observations of a trained naturalist on nearly all the representative insular faunas and floras of the three great oceans. ... Mr. Moseley is an ardent disciple of Parwin, and in reading this account of a voyage revisit- ing, after a lapse of nearly half a century, the scenes of many of the memorable observations made by tbc natu- ralist of the Beagle, one is forcibly reminded of the profound hnpression Darwin has produced upon modern scientific thought in every direction. This truism is nowhere better illustrated than in Mr. Moseley'n observa- tions on the ]5ile dwellings in the Philippine Islands, and his derivation of the Swiss chalet by evolution from the lake dwellings of Switzerland." — Nation, April 17. O., E. M. Memoir of A. Smee ; by his daughter ; "with a selection from his misc. writings. O'Reilly, J: B. Moondyne ; a story from the under- world. "A successful and in many respects a powerful story, robust in its fiber and manly in its tone. For it Mr. O'Reilly has utilized some of his Australian experiences, though only portions of the scene are laid in the distant continent of the Southern Pacific." — Literary world, July 5. Payn, J. Under one roof. "Mr.Paynls superior in plot, In style, and in humor to Mr. TroUope ; he is inferior in descriptive power and in poetical feeling to Mr. Black, Mr. Blackmore, and Mr. Hardy, but in nothing else." — Westminster rev., July. Phillipps, W. F. M. The book of English elegies. "There is no side upon which English poetry can be so favorably compared with that of other modern nations as the funeral or elegiac. ... Except Greek, no language seems to lend Itself so happily as our own to the grave and noble accents of personal or public regret, while the presence of Christianity gives to the literature of grief in England a variety and an ecstasy that could never enrich the monodies of a mourner in the ancient world. ... The editor of the selection before us has restricted himself to deceased poets. When we consider what he omits, we realize how very much our own half century has added to the literature of memorial regret in such master-pieces as 'Thyrsis' and 'Ave atque vale', 'In memoriam' and 'Evelyn Hope', in each of which a great li^ng poet has seemed, at least to some of his readers, to surpass himself in the holy and intimate presence of death. ... Mr. Phillipps has shown taste and research in his compilation, [but] every student of English poetry will be surprised to find omitted certain poems, and yet iir. Phillips has thrown away the chance of producing a really delightful volume, which every one would enjoy possessing, in the desire to embrace too much, and to give his volume credit by the addition of such obsolete pieces as belong rather to philology than to literature." — Athenmum^ March 22. Poor, H: V. Manual of the railroads of the U. S., 1879. Poynter, E: J. Ten lectures on art. Princeton, N. J. Theological Seminary. Dis- course commemorative of the life and work of C: Hodge. Quatrefages de Breau, J: L: A. de. The human species. (Int. sci. ser.) **A well-digested summary of anthropological science, done iu a most readable form." — Popular science monthly, August. Number 33.] 132 [Sept. 15, 1879 Reade, C: Peg Woffington. (Appletons' new handy- vol. ser.) Ribot, T. La psychologic allemande contemporaine. "M. Ribottells the discipks of spiritualistic psychology without circumlocution thnt the method which they employ, the internal observation of the phenomena of consciouanese, has produced almost all that it can pro- duce; that it is scarcelj'^ anything hut a subject for litt-rary dissertations of more or less subtlety, but that it is utterly uninstructive; that the really fruitful method is that of the Grermau psychologistB, Wundt and Fechner, who study the physiological conditions of psychological phenomena, and try to bring them under physical and mathematical laws." — Acad., May 31. "jVfter an introduction in which the author enthusi- astically does battle for the physio-psychological (objec- tively experimental) method of inquiry, not only against the oldermetaphysicalmethod, but also in advance, upon the scicntitic introspection as mainly practised by the English school of psycholoi^ists, be begins his review of the G-erraan psychological movement in this country with a short account of its real initiator, Herbart, from whom he is led on to the knot of Herbartians — Waitz, Lazarus, and Steinthal — who have founded the compar- ative psychology of races. Beneke, also, the younger contemporary of Herbart, and his rival in upholding (from a different point of view) the cause of scientific psychology, receives a passing notice. The main subject of the work is then opened up in a careful account of Lotze's psychology, especially his theory of *local signs' ; upon which follows a comprehensive review of the whole conflict between the Nativists and Empirists as to the origin of the notion of space. Fcchner's 'psycho-phys- ical' investigations and all those to which they have given rise are next considered; and thereupon, at still greater length, the system of 'physiological psychology' as far as yet developed by the labors of "Wundt. The special investigation of the 'time* of psychical acts (the work of a long series of inquiries) is described in the remaining chapter of the work, before the author pro- ceeds in his 'Conclneion' to refer to some of the most recent psychologists with a distinctive character of their own (Horwicz, Brentano, etc.), and to sum up the results of the whole review." — Mind, July. Rogers, R. Y., Jr. The law of hotel life ; or, The wrongs and rights of host and guest. Rood, 0. N. Modern chromatics. "Every chapter of it bears witness to the patient and painstaking solicitude of the author to make his state- ments clear, valid, and complete." — Popular science Tnnnthly, June. Roacoe, H: E., and Schorlemmer, C. Treatise on chemistry. Vol. 1, 2, pt. 1. 2 v. Contents. Vol. 1. The non-metallic elements. 2, pt. 1. Metals. "Regarded as a treatise on the non-metallic elements, there can be no doubt that this volume is incomparably the most satisfactory one of which we are in possession." — Spectator. "It would he difficult to praise the work too highly. All the merits which we noticed in the first volume are conspicuous in the second. The arrangement is clear and scientific ; the facts gained by modern research are fairly reprenonted and judiciously selected; and the style throughout is singularly lucid." — Lancet. Rosellini, I. I monumenti dell' Egitto e della Nubia. 3 pts. in 9 v., text, and 3 v. with 400 plates. Rosiferes, R. Recherches critiques sur I'histoire religieuse de la France. Contents. Histoirt- du Christlanisme. — L'^Ece d'or du monachisme. — Le culte catholique. — Notes pour servir k rhistoire de I'Eucharistie. — L'an mil. — La piete du Muyen-Age. — La 16gende des croisadcs. — Lee cath6- drales gothiques. — Messire Dieu. — Les cur^s de cam- pagne. — Trait6 des reliques. — Les biblioth6ques des moines. — Les biens du clerge. — La mission de Jeanne Dare. Sade, D. A. F., comte de. Idee sur les romans ; pub. avec pref., notes, etc., par 0. Uzanne. Tennyson, A. The lover's tale. "The very blemishes have a singular interest for ub through the light they throw upon the progress of their author's mind. Especially interesting ie the proof they give of the mantery held over the style of Tennyson at that moment by Shelley, a mastery that would have left little or no mark in literature hut for this poem, in the first part of which the recent reading of 'Epipsychidion' has frequently seduced the young poet aside from his own more characteristic language. This influence was soon to fade before the much more powerful one of Keats, the one poet antecedent to Tennyson to whom the latter has at any time stood distinctly in the relation of a disciple. But there is yet but very little of Keats in the music or imagery of the 'Lover's tale'. The style of this juvenile poem is at times confused, grandiloquent, overheated ; yet with all its author's noble and versatile work before us, we can still turn with pleasure, and even enthusiasm, to this, his first serious production." — Edmun'.J W. Gosae in the Acad., June 7. Tributes to W: L. Garrison at the funeral services, May 28, 1879. Trollope, A. Thackeray. (Morley, J., ed. Eng- lish men of letters.) "Mr. Trollope evidently has one prominent quahfication for acting as Thackeray's introducer — intense enjoyment of the work." — Athenmum, June 14. "Mr. Trollope repeatedly says Thackeray was idle, idle, idle. "When we bear in mind that Thackeray originally intended to become an artist, devoting his early manhood accordingly; that his collected writings from 1839 to 1863 fill 22 large octavo volumes ; that nearly all the illustrations were drawn by himself; that besides this, during the same period he wrote very much more in Fraser, the 2iew monthly, and Punch which is not included in the works — we must entirely differ from Mr. Trollope's opinion, particularly so as all Thackeray's work is in exquisite English, and he was in the habit of carefully taking notes for his books, and even of visiting localities to ensure accuracy of detaiL" — Bookseller. July 3, "Mr. Trollope, whether from a lack of intellectual power of sympathy, or from some other cause, wholly fails to appreciate Thackeray, though he does undoubt- edly make a floundering attempt to do so; and the result is that throughout his book he appears to be in a constant state of puzzled surprise over Thackeray's success." — Xation, Aug. 21. "What makes his literary criticism worth reading is not what he says about his subject, but what he discloses concerning himself." — Nation, Aug. 2S. Up de Graff, T. S., M,D, Bodines; or, Camping on the Lycoming. "The author has camped upon the Lycoming Creek every June for eight years. He has made his own tents, boats, rods, camp furniture, and other paraph ernaliaj and gives plain directions for so doing. Tells how to camp out with wife and children or with gentleman friends, and gives full details of what is necessary in both cases. Enumerates articles needed in cooking, and designates kind and quantity of provisions necessary for four people, four weeks in the woods. Gives plain directions for camp cooking, and contains an ample number of recipes therefor. Directions for a camp medicine-chest are given, and how to use it in case of eicknews. Instructions are given what to do in accident, drowning, broken limbs, snake or skunk bites, e^c." U. S. Engineer Dept. Report upon U. S. geo- graphical surveys west of the 100th meridian, in charge of G: M. Wheeler. Vol. 6. Bot- any. Wickes, S. History of medicine in N. Jersey and of its medical men to 1800. The preliminary history of medicine includes all the colonies. It is followed by some 300 biographical sketches. Young, AV: Town and country mansions and suburban houses ; with notes on the sanitary and artistic construction of houses ; illust. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 34. Sept. 25, 187t Assollant, J: B. A. Le ti^re. *'Le tigi*e est le colonel G-rabassac, mis en demi soldo aprda la chute de Napoleon. Un terrible homme co Grabassac. ... On y volt revivre cette periode agit^e par tant de rancunes, de haiucs, de eolerefi, et qni, en outre, avalt ses nerfs, si I'on pcut dire. II scinble que M. Assollant se soit pr6occup6, en mume temps que d'6crire untr^s amui^aut roraan, de retracer une phase de la vie de notve pays. C'est ainsi que Phistoire pent heureuse- ment s'associer aux fictions du roman. EUe donne le fond de la scSue, le mouvomeut d'enaemblc, la couleur et le ton; dans ce cadre le romancier fait mouvoir h son gre, et sans qu'on I'accuse de tiavcstir rhistoire, lea h6ro8 de son invention." — Rev. pol. et lit., 29 mars. Besant, W. Gaspard de Coligny, Marquis de Chatillon. (Harper's hf.-hr. ser.) "Mr. Besant is, we think, right in indicating that the reforming movement was in England essentially middle- class, in France more aristocratic in its character; but be has not drawn attention to those deeper causes having their root in the national peculiarities of the French charactL-r. Macaulay long ago pointed out that the Reformed religion bad never been able to establish itself permanently among a non-Teutonic people. Protestant- ism is the speciiically Teutonic form of Christianity. ... A Celtic or Romance nation may temporarily lapse into infidelity, hut when it accepts a form of Christianity it will be the Catholic, not the Protestant one. ... A chief feature of Calvin's theology was the doctrine of predestination — a doctrine involving the negation of the freedom of the will, tbe assertion of which has in all times been so dear to Frenchmen, with their clear, prac- tical, logical intelligences and their almost entire lack of reverence and of a sense of the mystery of the universe. The Calvinistic Reformation failed as in the next century the Jansenist movement did, mainly because the reform- ers in both instances pinned their faith to a dogma repugnant to the Celtic nature. ... It was Coligny who first introduced discipline into the camp, anticiputinij; Cromwell and Gustavus by a hundred years; his wise regulations as Admiral of France formed the basis on which William of Orange reared the formidable power of the Dutch navy; he it was who first conceived the scheme of extending the power of France by founding colonies; he instigated those early expeditions to Brazil and Florida, which failed through no fault of his, and the account of which forms one of the most interesting features of the book. A century later his idea was taken up by Richelieu. In an age of fierce contention and ecclesiastical wrangling he nobly advocated the broadest principles of toleration, and in the twilight of the 16th century, when education was a monopoly of the few, he urged the necessity of that free, universal, and compul- sory education which is one of the aims of our own time." — Exam., May 17. — Rabelais. (Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. Foreign classics for English readers.) "The defects do not make the book entirely worthless. Luckily for Mr. Besant, he has adopted and faithfully followed the best of all guides on his subject, M. Jean Fleury. Sometimes, indeed, the following is rather too close." — Exam., Aug. 16. " 'To the general reader, to the young, to women of all ages, Rabelais is a closed hook'. And yet the book is one of the great books of the world ; it is as much the gi'eat book of the Renaissance as the 'Divina commedia' of the Middle Ages. Entirely different iu spirit and pui*pose, as their times were different, they both have a vast encyclopaedic character which, apart from the merits of any particular episode, fills the imagination and gives weight and volume to the impreMwion of the whole. In both we have the pouring out of a widely ranging, yet thoroughly indi\'idual genius; a genius that uses with equal readiness far-fetched erudition and minute knowl- edge of things and places, and uses them alike in unex- pected ways. In both, again, the contemplative mind struggles with the bitterness of personal disappointment and wrong. Lastly, Dante shares with Rabelais, though from wholly different causes, something of tbe solitary and unfamiliar state which Mr. Besant ascribes to Rabe- lais alone." — Sat. rev., Aug. 23. Burnett, F. H. Haworth's. Clarke, J. T. The hypsethral question ; attempt to determine the mode in "which the intenor of a Greek temple is lighted. (Harvard Art Club. Papers, no. 1.) Clement, Mrs. 0. E., and Hntton, L. Artists of the 19th century and their works. 2 v. Combe, G: Education; its principles and practice ; ed. by AV: Jolly. "This work ought to be on the shelves of all who are bent on making a genuine science of education." — Ath- e7tir D: Works ; with memoir, notes, and glossary, by D: Laing. 3 v. "Man's a man for a' that. A." Marmette, J. Les Machabees de la Nouvelle- France; hist, d'une famille canadienne, 1641- 1768. Maudsley, H: The pathology of mind. Metcalf, W. C, ed. Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552 ; Hervey, 1558 ; Cooke, 1570 ; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634; add., miscel. Essex pedigrees from Harleian mss., and app. cont. Berry's Essex pedigrees. Pt. 1. (Harleian Soc. Pub., v. 13.) Molbech, C. K. F. Ambrosius ; » play ; from the Danish by A. Berry. "This drama has enjoyed a Rurcess on the stage at Copenhagen which has had no parallel for five or six years. It has become a recognized part of the repertory of the Royal TheatrL% and has besides been played with success in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. In a graceful translation by the late Adolf Strodtraann it has been performed in a dozen German theatres," — Sat. rev., May 31. The hero of this, play was a poor student (b. 1705, d. 1758), whose works have been carefully edited by Dr. Barford. "Among all Denmark's old poets there is none more delightful than Ambrosius Stub." — Spectator, June 28. Morley, J: Burke. (Morley, J., ed. Eng.men of letters.) "Will not he surpassed in value hy any other volume of the series. ... The best criticism yet published on the life and character of Bui'ke is contained in Mr. Morley's compendious biography. His style is, as in his other woi^cs, vigorous and polished, and both his political and personal judgment and bis literary criticism are just, generous, subtle, and in a high degree interest- ing." — Sat. rev., Aug. 16. My queen. (Appletons' new handy-vol. ser.) New quarterly mag., Aug. *'Mr. George Meredith, always a quaint, unaccountable, cultivated writer, is at his quaintest in his story 'An episode in the history of Beau Beamish." — Spectator, Aug. 9. Notes on building construction ; arr. to meet the requirements of the syllabus of the Sci. and Art Dept. of the Conim. of Council on Educ, S. Kensington. 3 pts. Osier, W. R. Tintoretto. Pole, W: The philosophy of music. Revue des Deux Mondes, 1 aout. "A lively and graceful writer, 'G. Valbert', has an interesting article on Lord Beaconsfield and the dissolu- tion of Parliament." — Sat. rev., Aug. 16. Sacher-Masoch, L., Ritter von. Le nouveau Job. — Le laid ; trad, par Mme. N. Mange. "The works of this celebrated Hungarian author have held a conspicuous place in Le revue des Deux Mondes for a long time." — Am. bookseller. "A force de tirer le heros en tous sens pour I'ajuster k la mesure de son id45e, M. Sacher-Masoch I'a rendu si mince qu'on voit le jour au travers. Pisarenko n'a ni muscles ni os; c'est un etre de raison; il fait et il pense ce qui doit etre fait et pense pour d^montrer la these de I'auteur. En revanche, rien de moins conventionnel que les personnages secondaires ; servantes et lahoureurs, fermiers et cabaretiers. Ce ne sontplus des abstractions, ce sont des creatures de chair que M. Sacher-Masoch a rencontrees dans la vie r^elle et qu'il a reproduites avec beaucoup de relief et de couleur. Les scenes i^pisodiques lui ont fourni des pages qui compteront parmi ses meil- leures." — Rev. pol. et lit., 19 avril. Sauve, L. P. Proverbes et dictons de la Basse- Bretagne. "Le texte est accompagn^ d'une traduction dans la- quelle I'auteur s'est attache i etre scrupuleusement fidele, tout en conservant a ses copies la physionomie et la couleur des modelcs. Les proverbes et dictons ont ete recueillis de la bouche meme des gens du peuple. lis constituent le tresor de la sagesse bretonne, sagesse melancolique, ou la le9on pratique est rarement egayee d'un sourire, et qui se resume dans le dicton suivant: 'II y a trois manierede vivre; vivre, vivoter, et miserer'." —Rev. pol. et lit. Sedjarat malayou. Legendes et traditions histo- riques de I'archipel indien ; tr. par L, M. Devic. "Known in the East under the title "Selalat es Selatin' (Arabic), 'The genealogy of the Sultans', or 'Sedjarat malayou' (Malay), i. e. 'The Malay tree'. Number 34.] 136 [Sept. 25, 1879. Slowacki, J. Qjluvres choisies : Lilla Venecia; tragedie; trad. fran^. en vers, par J. Mien. *'Lilla VenMa, tragedie en cinq actes et un prologue, qui passe pour exprimer tid^lement les doctrines pbiloeo- pliiqiiee auxquelles Slowacki a dii le surnom de 'repre- sentant du pesBimisme dans la puewie polonaise', par op- position k son rival MickicAvicz, chef des optimietes. ... tine de see raeilleurcs pieci-n, au jutfemtnt general. ... Dans la pensee de Slowacki, les pt-rsonnages de Lilla Veneda sont nymholiqaes ; i'lin reprcf^enti! la fatalite, I'autre I'infortune de la nation; Rosa est la vengence, Lilla personnifiu le mythe de Tunite et de ramiti6. ... Bien tin qui lo coraprcndra. La theorie pessimiete qui delate, assurc'-t-on, k chaque ligne du drame n'est pas facile non plus & distinguer, merae lorsqu'on ctit pre- venu." — I^tv. pol, et lit., 8 juin, 1878. Smith, E: William Cobbett ; a biography. 2 v. "In spite of its length, Mr. Smith's hook is completely saved from being dull hy the nuraerouf* extracts which it gives us from one of the liveliest writers who ever wielded a pen. Oohhett was anything rather than a 'political saint'. He deserves the title as little as Wilkes or Swift did. lie was stifl' in his opinions, and could defend them with marvellous skill. But his judgment was 80 frequently blinded by prejudice and passion, that although he assumed with persistent vehemence the name of 'patriot', it is doubtful whether he deser\'ed it better than the editor of the North Britun, or than the author of Drapier's letters. At the same time, his claims to be called an English classic are as indisputable as those of the i,'i-eat Dean himself. His nervous, racy and ever lucid style would be a sufficient passport by itself. But Colibett's matter is often as good as his manner. His description of rural sights and sounds is nothing less than masterly, and if his inimitable pictures of this kind were removed from the worm-eaten frames of political invective in which they are now set, and were suitably illustrated, we should have a book which, in its (iwn way, would be second to none in the language." — Spectator, March 8. "C'nbliett is occasionally too absurd even f(ir Mr. Smitli ; and so the narrative has not the wearisome character of an unbroken panegyric. "Wlien it i^ said tliat Cobbett had the command of a style forcible, pic- turesque, and all his own, that lie was never afraid of any one, and that he bearded the Groverument in bad times, and made a wonderfully good light against op- pression and corruption, all is said that can be said. He was very ignorant, very obstiuaty, very prejudiced, and very quarrelsome. In fact, he bad the virtues and defects of a self-made man. ... "\Vli:it be had to distintrnisb him was the felicity of his style and the peculiar dicectiou of his energy. In spite of its force and beauty, his style, however, has not sutliced to ki-ep his books'alive. ... If it were not for a few exquisite ita'-sages describ- ing Engli-sh rural life and scenery, Cobbett would not be known even by extracts tVom bis works. The main direction of his energies was to plead the cause of the English poor. This was only the main direction ; for, as he quarrelled with every one, he was nearly swamped in the floods of his gushing vituperation. But his chief work was to maintain that much ought to be done for the poor, and that the poor ought to do much for them- selves." — Sat. rev., Jan. 18. Spencer, H. The data of ethics. "His work contains masses of strikingly expressed criticism and illustration of the incoherence of our actual ethical standards. It is certain to form a power- ful centre of crystallization for the fluid thought of recent days, and is, if seems to us after this first perusal, decidedly the most noteworthy production of its ener- getic author." — Xaiion, Sept. 11. Staats, W: A tight squeeze; or, The adventures of a gentleman who, on a wager of f 10,000, undertook to go from N. Y. to New Orleans in three weeks, without money, as a profes- sional tramp. Stent, G: C. Entombed alive, and other songs, ballads, etc.; from the Chinese. "Mr, Stent is an indefatigable w^orker in the field of Chinese legends. It is not long since he brought out a collection under the title of 'The jade ehaplet'. Very little has hitherto been done in this branch of Chinese literature." — Acad., May 31. "That pieces containing such sentimentB should be brought within reach of Enghsh readers is a real gain ; and, possibly, when we recollect the almost unknown tongue in which they are embalmed, we ought to be more grateful to Mr. Stent than we confess we fei_l. His skill in the field of poetry is very small. Not only is hie metre often very faulty, but hie English is wanting in both gi'ace and grammar." — Sat. rtv-, June 7. Sterndale, K, A. The Afghan's knife. Stokes, H: P. Chronological order of Shake- speare's plays. Talmud, The ; by J. Barclay ; with illust. Select translations from the Mishna, illustrated by translations from the German. "The best effort of modern times to enable the English reading public to answer for itself the perplexing ques- tion, MTiat is the Talmud? ... His book is not without value as enabling the ordinary reader to estimate some- what more precisely the difference between the Talmud when seen in the light of common day and under the influence of the roseate hue with which the genius of the late Emanuel Deutsch invested it some ten years ago in a well-known article of the Quarterly review.''* — Con- temp, rev., Apr. Theuriet, A. Young Maugars. Treat, M, Chapters on ants. (Harper's half-hour series.) Tyler, M. C. History of American literature, 1607- 1765. 2v. "Thoroughness, candor, and eare." — Lit. world, Oct. Valentini, P. J. J. The Mexican calendar stone; from the German ; Terra cotta figures from Isla Mujeres [by S. Salisbury, Jr.] ; Archaeo- logical communication on Yucatan by Dr. A: Le Plongeon ; Notes on Yucatan by Mrs. A. D. Le Plongeon ; comp. and arr. by S. Salisbury, Jr. Van Laun, H: The French revolutionary epoch. 2 V. "Mr. Van Laun means to offer a pleasant narrative rather than a satisfactory explanation of how the epoch became revolutionary. ' Though he has transferred to his pages the explanations which have been suggested by more inquiring minds, he adds none of his own, and where De Tocqueville, Taine, and Michelet fail him, he not only does not !^olve difficulties, but does not see that there are difficulties to be solved. ... Research is not our author's forte anymore than philosophy. ... His range of authorities seems small; he knows nothing of any German writers. In this, to be sure, he only follows the example of his French teachers. Almost all alike undertake to relate the conquest of Germany by Napoleon without ha\ing read what the Gcnnans themselves have written on the subject, and without the most superficial kuowled^'e of the state of Germany at the time. ... The names of MM. Lavall^e and Lock should perhaps have appeared rather upon the title-page than merely in the preface. ... As Mr. Van Laun accepts passively M. Paine's views, it is curious to consider how difterent his book would be if he had had the benefit of them in the period after 1791 as he has in the earlier period. As it is, he begins under the guidance of one who regards the leading actors in the revolution as little better than lunatics, and then comes suddenly under the influence of a set of writers whose theory is irreconcilable with M. Taine's, and henceforth Mr. Van Laun appears as a moderate ebampion of the Jacobins. The same incon- sistency appears in his estimate of Napoleon. It shows au opinion in the act of changing. On one page we find ouiselves in the midst of the well-known Napoleonic legend, and Napoleon is everything that is marvellous and divine; on the uext we iind some bitter paragraph from Michelet, exhibiting him as a vulgar impostor." — Aihefi., March 29. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 35. Oct. 9, 187^ Abbott, E. Concordance to the works of A.Pope; ■with an in trod, by E. A. Abbott. Arnold, E. The light of Asia ; or, The great renun- ciation (Mahabhinishkramana), being the life and teaching of Gautama. "An attempt to familiarize English rcjiders with the beauty and pathos of the early lei^eiul of tlie lifi.' of the Buddha. That legend deals only with the life of Gau- tama up to the time when he had accomplished the great renunciation and had fairly entered upon his career as a teacher and preacher." —'Z'. W. Rhys Daoi'h in Acad., Aug. 9. Baker, v., Pasha. War in Bulgaria; a narrative of personal experiences. 2 v. "A history of certain scenes of an important war in which the writer played an important part. Political matters are only lightly touched upon." — Ath., Mar. 29. Bayne, P: Lessons from my masters : Carlyle, Tennyson, and Ruskin. "It was written not to preach ilr. Carlyle'a gospel, hut, in general, to traverse it most thoroughly, and in this the essayist completely succeeds. Mr. Bayne's criticism that Carlyle tests earnestness and sincei-ity by vehemence is most just. A gnud deal of the highest sincerity is not vehement or picturesque, and all such sincerity Mr. Carlyle ignore??, and at times even despises. But Mr. Bayne's criticism of Carlyle goes far deeper than to such remarks as these. His criticism of Car- lyle's tendency to pantheism, and of his treatment of John Sterling's remarks on that tendency, is extremely fine and able. His treatment, too, of Carlylc's 'optimism' and its ultimate connection with what most of the world calls- his 'pessimism' is even better. ... Mr. Bayne's critical power is seen, perhaps, more adequately in some of his Tennysonian criticisms, but is hardly seen in so much breadth. ... On Kuskiu's general doctrines Mr. Bayne speaks with reserve." — Spectator, Aug. 16. Biart, L. The two friends; tr. by M. de Haute- ville. "Lucien Biart, in his works for the young, on the contrary, is above all realistic; the fancies in them are indeed striking, and often beautiful, but they are always bounded by the possible. His stories are no more like Jules Verne's than Robinson Crusoe is like the Arabian nights, though they are fascinating in their way. 'The two friends' is, strictly speaking, a 'young' story; it is, nevertheless, extremely enjoyable to our middle- aged taste, apart from the critical perception of its suit- ability to its purpose, because it is full of delicate traits of character; while as a translation it is altogether admirable. ... It is a pleasure to pick out the bits which one knows it must have been so difficult to render with the characteristic crispness of the original, and to admire the workmanship of them ; that perfect appear- ance of ease, that can have been produced only at the cost of consummate carefulness." — /Spectator, Dec. 28. Blackwood's magazine, August. "The article on contemporary literature deals with readers this time, and is lively and interesting."— -fi'.'-arti., Aug. 2. Brooks, iJeu. Phillips. The influence of Jesus ; del. in Phila., Feb., 1879. (Bohlen lectures, 1879.) Campion, J. S. On foot through Spain. "It was hardly expected that Major Campion's book on Spain should have the exciting interest of his thrilling adventures 'On the frontier'." — Sat. rev., Nov. 23, 1878. "The 'walk' took five months. The author is enter- taining, instructive, and honest; not altogether compe- tent as respects architectural description, and not wholly refined either in his tastes or in his style ; but his ob- servation is close, and his descriptions are generally graphic and good. The book reveals much of the inner life of the people of northern Spain." — Lit. world, Jan. 18. Chambers, R. History of the Bebellion of 1745- 46. New ed. — Popular rhymes of Scotland. New ed. Clarke, C: and M. C. The Shakespeare key. Clayton, E. C. English female artists. 2 v. Conscience, H. Flemish life, in four stories ; tr. from the German. Cook, A. J. Manual of the apiary. 4th ed., rev., enl., etc. Cornhill magazine, August. "The Gomhill contains a remarkable article on the influence of the mind on the body. — The first ]iart of 'The Countess lluby' makcf* the reader hungry fur the second." — Exam,., Aug. 2. Cornish, W. R. Sanitary and medical aspects of the famine of 1876-77; and notes on the pathology of famine diseases, by A. Porter, Courrifere, C. Histoire de la litterature contempo- rai«e chez les Slaves. "So long a time has elapsed since Theresa von -Jacob (Talvj) published her 'Histoi-ical view of the lajii^uage and literature of the Slavic nations (New York, l.sjn), that another book on the subject was clearly wanted. ... This sketch is pleasantly written with the usual French incisivene^s and viva'eity, but is unfortunately wanting in accuracy." — W.R. Morjill in Ava. Bonasonc, Martin Sehon- gauer, D'Olmutz, Albert Durer, Burckmair, H. S. Be- ham, Ilembrandt, and other masters. ... Mr. Fisher has grouped his jirints in strict order, school by school, the productions of each mabter following in the assumed order of their design. Each section is prefaced by a careful and cuncise digest of the leading facts in the history of the school which it represents; biographical notices of the artists serve as introductions to their works; each example is succinctly described, and its state indicated by a reference to the collection from which it passed into tlie present owner's hands. It is surprising liow great is the amount of infoiTnation thus imparted. Atr. Fisher's engravings have long been renowned for tineness and rarity.'' — Athenmum, June 14. Fitzgerald, P. The great canal at Suez ; its polit., etc., history ; with an account of the strug- gles of its projector, F. de Lesseps, 2 v. Fortnightly review, August. "Pnif. (_'olvin has an admirable essay on art and crit- icism. — Dr.Maudslcy's thoughtful paper on 'Materialism and its lessons' is deeply interesting." — Exam., Aug. 2. Foucart, P. Des associations religleuses chez les Grecs : Thiases, Eranes, Orgeons. Freytag, G. Die Briider vom deutschen Hause. (Die Ahnen, 3e Abth.) — Die Geschwister. (Die Ahnen, 5e Abth.) "Though consisting of short, disconnected stories, the series, nuvertliek-ss, i)ossesHcs a connecting link, since it traces from pagan days the fortunes of one family. Besides tracing the jnogrei^s of culture in an liisturlml uovel, Freytag apparently intends to appeal to the jiiitriot- ism of his countrymen, and thus to unroll before tbera the history of the strugtrles and ideas that have culmi- nated in the present Empire and its 'blood-and-culture' creed. At tirst we were shown the days of Paganism, in 'Ingo and Int^'ralian'; this was followed by its over- throw in 'Das Nest der Zaunkonige'; in 'IHe Ihiidcr des deutschen Hauses' the Catholic church was triumphant, and power rested entiiely in the hands of the clergy, until these, again, were overthrown by the Protestant ministers in 'Marcus KiJuii,''. Here, in 'Die Geschwi.sier'. we catch the lirst indication of the impending eclipse of both by the might of the army, the pride, hope, and juy of modern Germany. ... For those readers who like to read history seasoned with fiction, Freytag's hooks are a boon, for they ])OHsesb the rare merit that their history is careful and correct; wlnle their fiction is, in most cases, equal tu, if not above, the average of historical romances." — Spectator, June 7. "Deals with the last years of the Thirty Years' War, and admirably shows how the people had become lawless and reckless from this long warfare, how the land was devastated and neglected, and how an earncHt cra\ing for peace gradually arose even in the ranks of the army. The hero of the stoiy belongs to one of the German regiments that had deserted Marshal Turenne, and wandered through the land under leaders of their own choosing, helping to add to the general confusion and misery, though their wish to free themselves from foreign rule and fight for the German cause was laudable. The second story is not so complete in itself as the first. It is more of a family chronicle, showing the state of GeiTuany seventy years or so after the peace, introducing Frederick "William i., xVugustus the Strong of Saxony, and, finally, the Seven Years' War — in short, more of an historical romance than a novel proper, but, like the former, eminently readable when one has once got over the initial obstacle of Freytag's somewhat dry and inan- imate style." — Aihencmnrh, Jan. 25. Frost, T: Life of Thomas Lord Lyttelton. — Secret societies of the European revolution, 1776-1876. 2 v. Gasp6, P. A. de. Les anciens Canadiens. 2 v. Geary, G ., {Editor of the ' Times ' of India) . Through Asiatic Turkey. 2 v. "He has put into shape from conversation with the leading men everywhere, and from pen^onal obsei-vation, a number of valuable notes on the condition and charac- ter of the different races — Arabs, Turks, Chaldeans, Kurds, and Jews, on the government of the country, its resources, and natural features, together with a fair amount of incident and personal adventure." — Athe- nceuni, Dec. '21. Godkin, G. S. Life of Victor Emmanuel ii. 2 v. "The general story of the reign is told with much cleaniess and a .just sense of proportion, and commend- able pains are taken to keep a middle course between cxech,-ive hero-worship and its opposite. Miss Godkin, too, is very successful in keeping steadily before her readers the king's own part in all the action of the time." — £rit. guar, rev., July- Grammar of house planning ; hints on arranging and modifying plans of cottages, etc. ; by an M. S. A. and M. K. A. S. 2d ed. Graves, A. P. Songs of Killarney. 2d ed. " Ther^e 'Songs of Killarney' are natural music. It is impossililc to read them in a dull moment without having the incubufs of care removed from the mind. Song itself, in its best sense, seems to be almost dying out amongst us. \\'ith the conviction that the writer of 'Songs of Killarney' is to he classed amongst its renovators, we now part from him, with the desire of finding his talents ripened when next we meet with him." — Fraaerh magasine, August, 1873. *'A book of very great beauty and humor, called 'Songs of Ivillarney', has just come under our notice, all the best part of which is as delicate an embodiment of tender gaiety as it has often been our lot to find. For the poetical humor of the book touches, with iust that delicate ease and vivacity which it is so difficult for ordinary mortals to attain, subjects which interest the heart — but it only touches them, and plays with them witli a sportiveness that enhances the tenderness of the touch. Irish poetic humor is almost unrivalled, and could hardly be better represented than in 'Songs of Killarney'." — Spectator, Jan. 3, 1.S74. "^\'e have seldom read any poems which are more thoroughly Irish iu the best sense." — Atliencmm, 1873. Greg, P. The devil's advocate. "The function of the Advocatus Diaholi is to resist the claim of newly-proposed candidates for Komish canon- ization. Ilenee the title. The pretensions of a multitude of new ideas, negative and positive, to acceptance as settled dogmas of the intellectual world, are canvassed from every point of view, the speakers being men and women representative not so much of distinct schools of opinion as of diverse types of character, moulded by the several experiences of their respective individual lives and professional careers " repr A curious and very thoughtful hook, hardly fairly resented by its title. That it docs explain at great Number 35.] 139 [Oct. 9, 1879. length and witTi considerable ability wbat there may be to be said by an ingenious sceptic foi" sevei'al very bad causes indeed, is perfectly true. But then it also ex- plains, perhaps at somewhat less length and with con- siderable less Ingenuity, what there is to be said against them; and now and then, the DeviFs advocate of this work, like Mephistopheles occasionally in G-oethe's 'Faust', turns out to be a much more effectual counsel for the Creator than for the Devil. ... But on the whole, the book is not the book of an advocate on either side, but rather one recording the search after truth of a mind of great vigor and great prejudices." — spectator, Jan. 11. Harden, E: J. Life of G: M. Troup, Harrison, J. A. Spain in profile; a summer among the olives and aloes. Hazlitt, W: C. Collections and notes, 1867-76. Henderson, R. The soldier of three queens. 2 v. History of «. ship from her cradle to her grave ; with a short account of modern steamships. 3d ed. Hollingshead, J: Miscellanies; stories and essays. 3 V, Ingelow, J. Sarah de Berenger. Johnston, A. History of American politics. Keddie, Miss, and Watson, J. L. The songstresses of Scotland. 2 v. Leslie, T: E: C. Essays in political and moral philosophy. "Mr. Leslie is one of those who are by no means satisfied with the dry formulas of Ricardo. His essays overflow with facts, and interesting and pertinent facts, BO that no competent person can read the essays on 'The distribution and value of the precious metals', or 'The new gold mines and prices in Europe in 1865', on 'The movements of agricultural wages in Europe', on 'Eco- nomic science and statistics', and so on, without becoming a fuller and more cautious economic thinker. ... He shows beyond all question that there is no such thing as uniformity of wages in a country. Every diversity of local industry or of climate and soil makes itself felt in a variation of the laborers' average earnings, and yet, strange to say, self-interest and competition do not equalize things as they should do according to the Ricard- ian formulas. The general outcome of Mr. Leslie's inquiries U more emphatically stated in what we may fairly call his famous essay 'On the philosophical method of political economy', which is reprinted in this volume. ... Ricardo demonstrated so clearly that all laborers must he living at the starvation point; that all men of business must earn the same i-ate of i>rofit; and that everything must proceed by fixed laws, that statistical inquiry seemed suiierfluous. His followers have been over-confident in the almost Euclidean certainty of his formulas, until at length such empirical inquiries as those of Mr. Leslie, Prof. Thorold liogers, M. de Laveleye, and others awaken us to the insufficiency, if not the partial falseness, of the Ricardian hypotheses. But Mr. Leslie is mistaken in supposing that because Ricardo is vulnerable, therefore his method and doctrines must be entirely discarded." ~ Spectator, June 21. Liefde, J: B. de. The maid of Stralsund ; a story of the Thirty Years' War. Lounsbury, T: K. History of the English language. Prof. Lounsbury has published two articles in the Sept. and Oct. nos. of Scribner's mag. in favor of the speUing reform. It may be noticed here that the Utica herald, (the most influential N. Y. paper published out of the city of N. Y.) the Chicago tribune, the Indepen- dent and the Home journal have all adopted the new spelling. Low, G: A tour through the Islands of Orkney and Schetland. "Nearly one hundred years after the death of the devoted naturalist to whose untiring research and perse- verance it is due, this volume is at last allowed to see the light of day. Even during his lifetime it was plun- dered mercilessly by piratical bookmakers." — Ath., July 5. Maccall, W: Foreign biographies. 2 v. Macmillan's magazine, August. "The contents are uniisusilly varied and interesting. Prof. Seeley has a brilliant article on history and politics. Many will turn to the lecture on boundaries in general, by the late Prof. Cliff'ord, which exhibits all the marvellous power of popularizing an, abstruse subject which that distinguished man possessed in eo eminent a degree. Mrs. ^ir J: Complete works; coll., etc., by A. B. Grosart. 2 v. (Chertsey worthies' library.) De Morgan, A: Syllabus of a proposed system of logic. Dickens, C:, the younger, ed. The life of C: James Mathews, chiefly autobiographical, with selections from his correspondence and speeches. "Mathews has little to say of his own acting. ... He is equally reticent as to his plans, ambitions, and pro- ceedings as a manager. He has no word to say of the excellent actors his contemporaries appeai'ing with him on the stage, or of the many distinguished authors and artists with whom he was constantly associated. ... For him the world contained only Charles Mathews." — TJiiUon Cook in Acad., July 5. "Like many other English actors of the day, he had a narrow range, and within that range was unsurpassable. His art was, indeed, rigorously limited by emotion, and in his later days he never made an attempt at pathos." — Athtnmum, July 5. Diercks, G. Literatur-Tafeln ; synchronistische Darstellung der Weltliteratur in ihren her- vorragendsten Vertretern. Dii Moncel, Count T. A. L: The telephone, the microphone, and the phonograph'; auth. tr., with add. and corr. Eden, C. H. Ula in Veldt and Laager; a tale of the Zulus. Eyton, B.ev. K. W. Key to Domesday. Showing the method and exactitude of its mensura- tion, etc ; exemplified by an analysis and digest of the Dorset survey. Faber, F. W. All for Jesus ; or, The easy ways of divine love. 6th ed. Faulmann, C: Das Buch der Schrift, enth. die Schriften u. Alphabete aller Zeiten u. aller Volker d. gesammten Erdkreises. Firmenich-Richartz, J. M. Germaniens Volker- stimmen ; Samml. der deutschen Mundarten. 3 v. — Volksdichtungen nord- und siideuropiiischer Volker alter und neuer Zeit; Nachtriige. France. Contrdleurs Generaux des Finances. Cor- respondance avec les intendants des prov- inces. T. 1, 1683-99. Friederichs, C: F. Berlins antike Bildwerke. 2 v. Geiger, L. UrsprungundEntwickelungdermensch- lichen Sprache und Vernunft. 2 v. Gilbart, J. W. Lectures and essays. Contents. Lectures on the history and principles of ancient commerce. — The social effects of the Reforma- tion. — The preacher; or, Essays on preaching; with app. — Addresses from the platform. — The philosophy of history. Gladstone, W: E. Gleanings of past years. Vol. 7 : Miscellaneous. Goedeke, K:, and Tittmann, J. Deutsche Dichter des 16. Jahrh. 11. Bd. Murner, T: Die Narrenbeschworung. Number 36.] 142 [Oct. 28, 1879. Great Britain. Science and Art Dept, of the Com- mittee of Council on Education. National historical portraits photographed fiom the original paintings exhib. at S. Kensington, 1866-68. 681 photos. Great shipwrecks ; a record of perils and disasters at sea, 15U-1877. Greene, F. V. The Kussian army and its campaigns in Turkey in 1877-78. Guyau, — . La morale d'Epicure, et ses rapports avec les doctrines contemporaines. "A full, original, and vigorous account of the history of Utilitiirianism from the time of Epicurus." — Ath., Aug. 3U. "Epicurus is one of those philosophers whose ideas are most powerful in the present time; hu is one of the most modern of the ancients, and his ethical system, sometimes so ill understood, has seemed to the author worthy uf a special and tunscicntious study. The st'cond part of the original memoir will he published presently under the title 'La morale anglaiee contempo- raine' (Evolution et Darwinisrae)." — i'ri'face. Hagen, H. Carmina Medii Aevi maximam partem inndita. "Throws new light on the morals and culture of the Middle Ages." — Aca^l., Oct. 12, 1878. Hall, -U/'s. A. M. Marian; or, A young maid's fortunes. 2 v, " 'M;irJan', perhaps the most popular of Mrs. Hall's noreU, has gone through several editions." — Men of the time. Harlan, G: C, M.D, Eyesight and how to care for it. (Keen, W. W. Amer. health primers.) Hasan and liusain, The miracle play of; coll. from oral tradition, by L. Pelly ; rev. with explan. notes by A. N. Wollaston. 2 v. Hatton, J. The queen of Bohemia. Heighway, W: The esthetics of photography. "How greatly attention to art principles improves photographic work." Heine, H: Wit, -wisdom, and pathos from [his] prose, with a few pieces from the 'Book of soD^b'; selected and trans, by J. Snodgrass. "To tlie translation there is prefixed a most interesting introduction, which gives the general reader a very good idea of Heine'n character and the peculiarities of his style. The woiU has been done sympathetically and well." — M'e^tut,mster rev-, July. Heydemann, H: Griechische Vasenbilder. Hittell, J; S. History of 8an Francisco, and inci- dentally of California. International Monetary Conference. [Report of proceed., with app.] of the Conference held in Paris, Aug., 1878, under the auspices of the Ministry of For. Affairs of France. Jolly, E. Colonel Dacre. 2 v. "By the author of 'Caste'. The present novel is con- sidered by competent judges as her bcht." Kavanagh, B. and J. The pearl fountain, and other fairy tales. Keene, H: G: The Turks in India. "Mr. Kcene's style is si.nple and intelligible, and he writcH ill a kindly, genial spirit — too genial, indeed, for some of the characters he has to portray." — ^Itat?., July 12. Keller, G. Ziiricher Novellen. 2e Aufl. 2 v. "Keller is the most eminent representative in literature of the German-speaking portion of Switzerland, and presents in so far a contrast to the (Jencvan writer Victor Chcrbuliez, who in contemporary French literature represents French Switzerland. But as Geneva is a cos- mopolitan city, where the culture of Italy, France, and Germany unite^j, so too is Cherbuliez a cosmopolitan writer. Keller, on the contrary, is a true son of the soil, simple-hearted as a narrator, broad in his style, and national in his tone, no man of the world, but a child of the people, and a burgher of a Braall, old democratic republic." — Atad., Sept. 21, 1878. "Keller's new work is not equal to his *Leute von Scldwyla'. ... The power of realization hy careful, lifL-like detail is theie, but is too often carried to excess, and expended on narratives of insufficient interest. This work cf>nsi^ts of a series of tales illustrative of Zurich lli^tlJry from Middle- Age times, — beginning with Hadlaub, tbe copyist of one of the most important mss. collections of Mi nesiuger poetry, known as the Manese ms., and himself one of the latest Minnesingers, and ending (chronologically) with a tale connected with the shooting festival of 1H49. ... As a picture of Swiss middle-class life, of the mixture of patriotism and selfish- ness, of refinement and coai-.seness in the German-Swisa character and manners, the tale of 'The seven upright ones' is extremely rcmarkahh'. iipart from the interest which the peculiar talent of the author contiives to im- part to a plot cirtainly of the most eccentric nature. ... It is quite clear that the S\\iss people has a life of its own, quite different from that of its bigger or lesser brethren in the European family; and what that life is, Gottfried Keller helps us vividly to realize." — i^pectaior, Jan. 18. Khanikoff, X: Bokhara; its Amir and its people; tr. from the Kussian by C. A. de Bode. Kirkman, Rev. T: P, Orthodoxy from the Hebrew point of ^iew. Pts. 1, 2. Koenig, li. Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. 4e Aufl. "It supplies a long-felt want. AVhat Kurz undertook, years ago, in his cumbrous four-volume 'Geschichte', Koeiiig has carried out in one volume of moderate size. A\'e speak within bounds when we tay that the profuse- nesH of his illiihtrntions is astonishing. There are fac- similes of mss., and portraits of all the great authors. The book will hcrve tu teach the pupil something about mediaeval diplomatics, and illumination, and the growth of the art of printing. The numerous portraits and vignettLs make one feel almost at home with the authors of the 17th, ISth, and 19th centuries." — Aaiion, May 1. Lagarde, P. de. Deutsche schriften. "Herr dc Lagarde is at once intensely patriotic and constituiionally aristocratic; his objects are those of German patriots evtrywhLrt', but he has little sympathy with the ideals or the methods of modern Uberalifcm. He carries, in fact, his disdain of mobs and chatter to an extent dangerous to liberty. As a candid and ft-arless man he abhors the modern Roman Catholic spirit, and bis political furer^ight renders him extremely apprehen- sive of the con.-eqiK-nces of coquetting with Russia. He craves a new and spei irteally Uerman civilization, while advocating a system of political represbion which would keep the country in the old grooves. The general im- pression of his writings is hence somewhat discouraging; all the more remarkable, therefore, is the inspiriting effect of hih> ner\uus style, an example of the excLllences in whi.h German prose is commonly most deficient." — .Sat. rtv , Feb. 8. La Motte Fouqu§, F: 11: C:, Freiherr de. Helden- spiele. Lenormant, F: La monnaie dans I'antiquite. "Les suj(.ts traitL-s dans ce volume sont les suivants: Magistrals monetaires dans I'antiquite; — organisation desatelurs; — gravcurs et ouvria's. L'auteur etablit la superiorite des Grecs sur ks Romaius dans tout ce qui touchc a la monnaie. Au point de vue theorique, on pent dire que les vraies doctrines economiques sur la nature et k- rule de la monnaie sont de'.ii dans Aristote, Platon, et Xenophon." — R, v. pol. et lit., 2 aout. Library Association of the United Kingdom. ^ Transactions and proceedings of the 1st annual meeting-, Oxford, Oct. 1-3, 1878, Locke, J. tS. Old Orchard, Xlc. ; pen and pencil sketches. Longfellow, H:W. Poems of places: France. 2 v. Number 36.] 143 [Oct. 28, 1879. Italy. 3 V. Scotland. 3 v. Spain. 2 v. Lytton, Lady 11. W. B. Cheveley. Macdouald, G: Paul Faber, surgeon. 3 v. "Mr. Macdonald belongs to the 'noctiirnu' school of novel writiTS. The word 'novel' as applied to any of Mr. Macdonald's writings is a decided misnomer; a 'Book of sermons' would he the more appropriate title." — JSxam., Dec. "28. "Its thoughts are high and wide, ita expression poet- ical. The Doctor is worth the effort made for his con- version. He is a more imaginative man than he considers himself, and fur more impulsive than is consistent with his favorite pose as a dry man of science not to be fooled hy sentiment." — Athenmim, Dec. 21. Macquoid, K. P. Diane. 2 v. "One of Mrs. MacquoidV happiest efforts." — Spec- tator. Martineau, J., D,D. Ideal substitutes for God considered. 3d ed. Meredith, G: Beauchamp*s career. 2 v. "Mr. Meredith has written no book since 'The ordeal of Richard Fevered' in which is to be found so much epigrammatic writing, or which contains so many inter- esting iiidividaal studies." — A'rajin'ner. " 'Kichiird FevereP placed him high among English novelists; but 'Beauchamp's career' has, we think, dis- tinctly raised him." — Ath. — The ordeal of Richard Feverel. 2 v. Meteorological Society. Modern meteorology ; a serits of six lectures, 1878. Popular explanations of the recent discoveries in meteorology. Mommsen, A. Delphika. "On the rehgious ideas, traditions, and observances of which Delphi was the centre. A work of enormous learning, digested into a suri^risingly narrow compa^^s by the aid of robust eompres&ion and a concise but by no means arid btyle. Tne writer begins with the vestiges of the ancient worship of Poseidon and the earth, the earliest deitiLS adored at Delphi, who only gradually, as the terror of earthquakes, and intellectual conceptions, took the place of the merely physical, yielded to younger diviniiies, one of whom has become so thoroughly the genius loci as to have entirely eclipsed the rest. Prof. Mommsen investigates with equal care the traces of worship of Hermes, Athene, and other deities more or less vtuerated at Delphi; his main attention, however, is bestowed upon the Delphic calendar, and the determi- nation of the various festivals connected with it, especially the Pythian games The writer's residence in G-reece has enabled him to illustrate his remarks on the calendar with very interesting particulars derived from personal observation." — ,'if>t.'nt opposition to Mississippi repudiation; b. in Portland, Maine, 1808, d. 1850. First edition of this wurk published in 1S55; it has long been out of print, and is now re- issued at the request of many." — Title slip registry. Presuhn, E. Die pompejanischen Wanddecora- tionen. "Eine Anzahl grijsstentheils noch gar nicht oder doch noch nicht in Farben publicierter Wande, Wandtheile und Ornamente aus pompe.ianischen Hausern mit den Farben des Originals. ... Enthalt Bemerkungen Uber die Malerei der alten ira AUgcmeinen, liber die decora- tive Malerei der Alten im AUgemeinen, iiber die pom- pejanischen Wanddccorationen, iiber die Tecbnik der Wandmaierei, iiber den heutigen Zustand der Wand- dccorationen, iiber die Reproduction pompejanischer Wandmaierei, endlich iiber die Benutzung der antiken 'W3.T\d.d(iQOXSLi\or\exi."—Literari8 which poets have and mathematicians too often lack, and which irradiates every pyge he writes with humor and fancy; of insatiable curiosity, but as eager to give all he gained as to receive it. ... The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal. ... But why, with all of Clifford's powers, docs the result appear so small? Why the inadequacy wiih which these lectures shadow forth anything tit to form a 'creed' for modern life? ... There never was an intenser illus- tration of the chaotic state of our contemporary thinking, or a creed on the whole less fit to be proclaimed to the people as the "matured and clarified result of scientific thought. There are, of conr.^e, exquisitely simple and vivid statements of particulur physical theories. It is hard to imagine better reading to Inllame a boy with thirst for physics than the lecture on 'Atoms', and the articles entitled 'The unseen universe', and ''i'he first and last catastrophe'. The one on 'Boundaries' is marvel- lously clear; and (he chapters on the •Philosophy of the pure sciences' form as luminous an introduction to mathematical philosophy as was ever written. Image afLor image of perfect ft^lleity pursue eich other through a style of which the only fault is too great ease and too many Saxon words for our degenerate ears, But in the fundamental ideas what mere subjective capriciousncss." Nation^ Nov. 6. The answer which the critic gives to his question la too lung to ho quoted here, but it is worth reading, Craik, Mrs. D. M. M. Young Mrs. Jardine. Daniels, G: F. The Huguenots iu the Nipmuck country ; or, Oxford prior to 1713 ; with introd."by O. W. Holmes. Daudet, A. Les rois en exil ; roman parisien. 4e ed. "The hero and heroine are a king and queen. ... The picture of the existence of this young couple — an existence in which the reminiscences of royalty are mixed up with the most prosaic incidents of life, in which the young king gradually slips into pleasure- seeking and doubtful friendships, and in which the most common pre-occupations take the place of the cares of royalty — is rendered with consummate dexterity. Con- trasting with tlie king is the young queen, full of dignity and firm and womanly resolution. A chaste, incisive, energetic and graceful style, a lively play, of incident, and respect both for himself and the reader, are the charactcj'istic qualities of the author, who, without any of the affected brutality of the so-called naturalist school, is perfectly representative of modern Frencli literature." "if. Daudet has not been able to avoid the temi>tation of trying to help the sale of his novel by introducing the most scandalous story of Paris of last year, and ho follows Ills own bad example of the 'N'abab' by describing the life of the Prince of Orange in detail under a disguise BO thin as to be none at all." — Ath., Nov. 8. Delaney, Mrs. M. G. P. Autobiography and cor- respondence ; [abr.] from Lady Llanover'a ed., and ed. by S. C. "NVoolscy. 2 v. Dickens, C: J: H. Letters ; ed. by his sister-in-law and eldest daughter. 2 v. Duffield, Mrs. AV: * Art of flower painting; ed. by S. N. Carter. (Putnam's art handbooks.) Edwards, H: S. The Russians at home and the Russians abroad. 2 v. "The first volume is indeed devoted to descriptions of home life in Russia, chiefly taken from that work. But the second is new. Almost the only f.iult which can be found in v. 1 is that some of the numbers have been reprinted without the corrections wliich the lapse of time has rendered necessary. ... To Nihilism two sensible chapters are devoted. ... On the subject of Panslavonianism Mr. Edwards speaks with authority and with much good sense." — Alhenmmn, Oct. 18. Eucken, R. Geschichte und Kritik der Grundbe- griffe der Gegenwart. "Prof. Eucken traces the conception of 'experience' as it is employed in Aristotle, Bacon, and modern thought; and that of 'evolution' as it passes from being the mere opposite of involution to its present prtitensions to omnipotence. ... It is shown that in the present use of 'a priori' Scholastic and Leibnitz, Kant and Hegel cross each other, and that the present tendency to identify the tuYia. with innate is as illogical as it is unhistorical." — Acad., April 5. Eyton, Rev. R. AV. A key to Domesday, exempli- fied by an analysis and digest of the Dorset survey. "Domesday-book is a mine of information, abounding with raati-'r juls for history, which has been so < little Number 38.1 150 [Dec. 27, 1879. worked by Bkillcd explorers tbat a commentator with Mr. Eyton's aceurati' knowledge of the period could scarcely fail to biing to light a mass of new facts to illustrate the social and politicnl condition of England in the reign of the Conqueror."— Acad., Oct. 18. Fiske, J: Darwinism and other essays. Fool's errand, A ; by one of the fools. "'J'he real experience of a Federal officer, who went South aficr the war, and lived there for about 15 years; he aims to give a picture from life of the South as it is — socially, morally and politically — depicting the 'native Southron', the 'poor white', the 'tarpt t-bagger', the 'old uuioner', the 'friedman' and the 'Ku Klux'. In the form of a story, the officer's wife and children being among the actors." Fothergill, J. Probation. (Leisure hour ser.) "It was for its peculiar and appropriate German flavor, in style, tone, construction, and characterization, that 'The first violin' was chiefly remarkable. In 'I'ro- bation' the earae flavor remains, but it is naturally less appropriate by a great many degrees. ... Lancashire idealized in the German way is not quite the Lancashire of Mrs. Gaskell, or of Mrs. Burnett. ... The story of 'Probation' is slight, and depends for its effect chiefly upon the point and brightness \\ ith which it is told, and upon the keenness of obaurvalion and skill in reproducing personal dtt.iils and touches evidently gathered at first hand which characterized 'The first violin'. These qualities alone give 'Probation' a freshness of flavor which places it far above the average novel." Fouque, F. Santorin et ses eruptions. Fraser's magazine, Oct. "The best things are a clear and graceful article on •French ti-ngedy before Corueille' by Hr. Saintsbury, and a sporting and sportive one by Mr. T. E. Kebbel on 'Partridges and polities'." — Examiner, Oct. 4. Froissart, J: The boy's Froissart; Sir J: Frolssart's Chronicles ; ed. for boys, with an introd. by S. Lanier. Gentile {Lat. Gentilis), A. De jure belli libri tres. "M. Midland s'est li\re pour Gentil au travail que Barbeyrac n fait pourGrotius; il arecheich6, controle et preci&e le.-- innombrables citations dont Tauteur avait bourre son livre sans indiquer exactement leur prove- nance. ... La preface conticnt une notice ;ur Gentil oil plusieurs points sont eclaircis ou mis hors de contesta- ■tion."— Rev. de droit internat., v. 10. VilS. Gentleman's mag., Nov. "The serial 'Under which Lord?' is cleverly wrought up to the highei^t pitch of excitement. M. Catulle Men- dcs' arlicle on 'Recent French poets' equals the first one In interest. He has again the co-operation of Mr. Arthur O'Shaugncshy, this time perhaps more efficient than before. The rendering into English verse of two of Sully Prudhorame's delicate fancies, 'Les chaines' and •Les yieux', is happy and graceful ; equally so is that of Andre Lemoyne's 'Marguerite'. 'La derniere ^me', and 'Le consentcment' by Catulle Mendibs himself, are also translated with a good deal of power." — A'a-am., Nov. 8. Gray, A. Botanical text-book. Ft. 1 : Structural botany, or orf^anography on the basis of morphology ; the principle of taxonomy, etc. 6th ed. Gregorovius, F. The island of Capri; tr. from the German by L. Clarke. Gunther, S. Studien zur Geschichte der mathe- niatischen und physikalischen Geographie. "A collection of memoirs on : (1) the knowledge of the earth's rotundity and motion possessed by western nations, Arab.'^, and Hebrews, in the Middle Ages; (2) ancient and modern theories on the periodical displace- ment of the earth's centre of gravity by great bodies of water; (3) analysis of cosmographical MSS. in the Munich State Library ; (4) Johann Werner, of Nurnberg. and his refennces to mathematical and physical geogra- phy; and (5) history of the loxodromic or rhomboid curve."— Froc. of the Roy. Gtog. Sue, June. Guthrie, M. On Mr. Spencer's formula of evolu- tion as an exhaustive theory of the changes of the universe ; [with] a resume of the most important criticisms of Spencer's 'First principles'. "The plan pursued is to find out what Mr. Spencer understands as the fundamental problem of philosophy, next to ascertain his solution of the problem, and finally to criticise that proposed solution. 'J'he writer comes' to the conclusion that Mr. Spencer fails in his under- taking. There is appended a reeum6 of criticisme and notices by Birks, Fiske, Martineau, Tyndall, Clifford, Moulton, LewLS, Sully, Bowne, and Gretn." — Mind, Oct. Hale, E: E. Stories of war as told by soldiers. Harris, J., 1*^ J£arl of Malmesbury. Letters of first Earl of Malmesbury, his family and friends, 1745-1820. 2 v. Hassaurek, F: Secret of the Andes ; a romance. Haussonville, G., P. O. C, vicomte d'. L'enfance a Pari.s. "Uneserie d'etudes faites sur levif des plaies sociales. L'auteur pent, en concluant, se rendre cette justice qu'il n'a laisse de cote aucune des misiires physiques ou morales auxquelles sont exposee sur le pave de Paris l'enfance et la jeuncsse. II a eu le courage dedescendre dans les bas-fonds, de toucher les ulceres et les leprea. II n'est pas de ceux qui affrontent ces spectacles par pure curiosite ou par passion de la statistique. Le sentiment de charite qui I'anime donne h. son ceuvre un caract^re que n'ont pas tant d'autres tableaux des memes miseree." — M. Gaucher, in Rev. pol. et lit., 26 juillet. Havard, H: L'art et les artistes hollandais. T. L "The author, a/ writer of repute, was sent into the Low Countries by the French government to search public and municipal archives for materials throwing light on their arts and artists." — Ath., Aug. 9. Hawthorne, J. Archibald Malmaison. "If the reader has a taste for horrors, and can stand superstition, bad law, and a style which, though at times vigorous, is too often faulty, he may gratify it to the full in Archibald Malmnieon." — Sat. rev., Aug. 16. "Nathaniel Hawthorne In his 'American note-books' throws out a wild suggestion of a story : — 'Follow out the fantasy of a man taking his life by instalments, instead of at one payment, say ten years of life alter- nately T,\itli ten years of suspended animation'. Mr. Julian Hawthorne has written his weird and curious tale ' ' ' on this hint; the periods of suspended animation take the form of idiotcy and not of sleep." — Ath., Aug. 2. Hayes, J: L. Protection a boon to consumers, — The protective question abroad. Heath, F. G: Burnham beeches. " 'Burnham beeches' is illustrated by 8 beautifully executed woodcuts." Hegel, C. Ueber den historischen Werth der alteren Dante-Commentare; mit einem An- hang zur Dino-Frage. Heyd, W: Geschichte des Levantehandels im Mit- telalter. 2 v. "Epochcmaehende \yerk." — Literarisc/iea Central- blatt, 20 Sept. "In addition to the general historical narrative, the work when complete will contain a full account of the practiL-e of navigation, of the principal trade routes by land and sea, of legal regulations and commercial treaties, of duties and tolls, of the chief productions of the E;\.st both in the shape of raw material and manu- pictured goods, and of their diffusion throughout Europe. After a condensed review of the period from i \ Juslinian to the Crusades, the tirst volume is mainly occupied with the relations of the states founded by , , Crusaders and the Italian republics to the Turkish \ ! Biiltans and Saracen emirs, as well as to the Byzantine Empire, and with nn account of the factories and mer- cantile colonies founded by them, especially in Egypt, Number 38.] 151 [Dec. 27, 1879. the highway of Indian traffic. No possihio aource of Information seems to have been neglected ; and numis- matical 6cienc(( in particular has been largely drawn upon." — Sat. rev; May 17. Higginson, M. T. Room for one more. Hirth, G: Der Formenschatz. Holland, J. G. Complete poetical writings; illust. Hovelacque, A. Science of language, linguistics, philology, etymology; tr. by A. H. Keane. Huidekoper, F: Indirect testimony of history to the genuineness of the Gospels. Hunter, Capt. F. M. An account of the British settlement of Aden in Arabia. "This monograph has been prepared at the request of Dr. W. W. Hunter, Director General of Statistics to the government of India, and, so far as the local circum- stances of Aden jjerraitted, upon the general plan drawn up by him in India. It is illustrated by two maps — one of Aden itself, the other of the neighborhood of Aden, showing the Kufilah main and by routes." Irene the missionary. Jacob, G: A., D.D. Ecclesiastical polity of the New Testament ; a study for the present crisis in the Ch. of England. 5th Amer. ed. Jaennicke, F: Grundriss d. Keramik. Joyce, U. D. Blanid. " 'Blanid' is the very secret of rhyming prose. Persons who have read theprevious work of the author, 'Deirdr6*, will not need to read ij except for the story. It reflects the merits and defects of 'Deirdrii' with an almost curious but, as we have found, somewhat wearying exactness." — Nation. Keating, J: M. With Gen. Grant in the East. Knight, W: Studies in philosophy and literature. Labessade, L. de. Les ruelles du 18e siecle; preface par A. Dumas fils. 2 v. Lavigne, E. Le roman d'une nihiliste. 2e ed. *'The plot turns upon the adventures of a couple of lovers who plunge into matrimony, not from affection or money, but in order to propagate the doctrines of Nihil- ism. IVI. Lavigae, who has lived a long time in Russia, presents his readers with strllsing and life-like descrip- tions of Russian provincial life." — Pub.'s weekly, Aug. 9. Lindsay, W. L., M.D. Mind in the lower animals in health and disease. 2 v. "Unlimited diffusiveness is the worst fault of the book. The next worst fault is that of presenting alleged facts of animal intelligence on evidence that is obviously insuiElcient." — J!iatitre, Nov. 6. Linton, W. J. Some practical hints on wood- engraving. M'Donnell, J: The Ulster Ci\il War of 1641, and its consequences, with the history of the Irish brigade under Montrose in 1844-46. "Irritated by Mr. Froude's conclusions, and indignant at his political morality, Dr. M'Donnell undertakes to rewrite the history of 16U in an impartial spirit. ... We differ widely from Dr. M'Donnell's views, and wo are not salisfled that he has fulfilled his promise of exhibiting these miserable occurrences in the white light of truth, nor, indeed, th.it he has made the best of the case of his Irish clients." — At/ii-ncEtcm, Aug. 23. Macfarlane, A. Principles of the algebra of logic, with examples. "Avowedly written on the lines of Boole, though he differs freely on various points, more or less of detail, from that great originator of the subject." — J. Venn, in Mindi Oct. Macmillan's magazine, Oct. "The most rtraarkable contribution to Macmillan's this month is the 'Autobiography of a thief in thieves' language'." — Kvami7ier, Oct. 4. Martineau, J., D.U. Ideal substitutes for God considered. 3d ed. Massiou, D. Histoire politique, civile et religieuse lie la Saintonge et de I'Aunis. 6 v. Meredith, G: The egoist. (Franklin Sq. lib.) "In his best work he takes rank with the world's novelists. He is a companion for Balzac and Richardson, an intimate fjr Fielding and Cervantes. To read him at the rate of two or three chapters a day is to have a sincere and hearty admir.ation fur him. But they are few who can read a novel on such terras as these; and to I'ead Mr. Mereilith straight off is to have an indi- gestion of epigram. ... In 'The egoist' Mr. Meredith is even more artificial and affected than is his wont; ho bristles with allusions, he teems with hints and side- hints and false alarms, he glitters with phrases, he riots in intellectual points and philosophical fancies; and though his style has never yet become him so well, his cleverness is yet so reckless and indomitable as to be almost as filiguing here as elsewhere." — At/t., Nov. 1. "Our only fear is that the book may be over the heads of the majority of readers." — Examiner, Nov. 1. Morel-Fatio, A. L'Espagne au 16e et au 17e siecle ; documents hist, et litteraires. Moschzisker, F. A. von, ^f.D. Tiie ear ; its dis- eases and their treatment. Mumford, T: J. Life and letters, with memorial tributes. New quarterly mag., Oct. "Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson's tale, 'The story of a lie', is, like all that gentleman's writings, done in excellent English and with a sense of humor, alas ! too rare among the novelists of the d.ay. But although it is as amusing as it is well written, the plot is distinctly weak." — JTxam., Nov. 1. Nieriker, M. A. Studying art abroad, and how to do it cheaply. Nineteenth century, Oct. "Opens with a clever refutation by Miss Bevington of Mr. Matlock's assertion th.at the doctrines of the Positiv- ists, or, as she has herself tlie cour.age to call them, modern atheists, subvert all the foundations of morality. Mr. Malloek's brilliant reasoning is not as close as he wishes his readers to imagine, and Miss Bevington exposes its weak points with much acuteness and inge- nuity." — Examiner, Oct. 4. Ober, F: A. Camps in the Caribbees ; the adven- tures of a naturalist in the Lesser Antilles. O'Grady, S. An essay on the early bardic literature of Ireland. Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. The fugitives. Oort, H., and others. The Bible tor learners ; [tr. by P. H. Wicksteed]. Vol. 3. Oppert, G. On the classitication of languages; a contribution to comparative philology. Osgood, II., M.D. Winter and its dangers. (Keen, W. W. Amer. health primers.) Quarterly rev., Oct. "Most general readers will, after perusal of the enter- taining sketch of Henry iv., for the first time learn what manner of man Henry was, and what claim he has to stand in the foremost rank of the world's statesmen." — Exam., Nov. 1. Quicherat, J, Rodrigue de Villandrando, I'un des combattants pour I'indep.endance fran^aise au loe siecle. "Cette biographic d'un eapitaine qui ne fut gu^re, i proprement parier, qu'un simple chef de compagnie, touche i la grande histoire par plus d'un cote." — Paly- biblion, Sept. Richardson, B: W. A ministry of health, and other addresses. Rogers, H. Private libraries of Providence, with a preliminary essay on the love of books. Rozy, H. Traite elementaire d'economie politique. Number 38.] 152 [Dec. 27, 1879. Rye, W. Tourist's guide to the county of Norfolk- "A charming little volume, handy, readable, and as far as it goes, complete." — Norfolk chronide.- Sala, G: A: Under the sun ; essays written mainly in hot countries. Sandeau, L. S. J. Madeleine. Nouv. ed. Schulze, F. A., {pseud. F: Laun). Gcsammelte Schriften ; verb, und mit Prolog von L: Tieck. 6 v. Schumacher, H. A. Petrus Martyr, der Geschichts- schreiber des Weltmeeres. "Peter Martyr, tbe earliest historian of America, who was horn February 2, 1455, at Arona, on the shores of the Lago Magtriore, is but rarely mentioned at present, althougli history is greatly indebted to his veri^iilile pen. When Washington Irving wrote the 'Life and voyages of Christopher Columbus' he freely drew from Martyr's writings, as did Alexander von Humboldt and Prescott, Raumer and llanke, and many others. The book now before us is a study evincing great care, thoroughness, and immense application." — Jsution, June 5. Seyd, E. The decline of prosperity; its insidious cause and obvious remedy. Shakespeare, W: Comedy of The winter's tale ; ed., with notes, by W: J. liolfe. — Songs and sonnets ; ed. by F. T. Palgrave. Short, J: T. North Americans of antiquity ; their origin, etc. "Sums the researches thus far made into the subject and the opinions upon it; with a conclusion that the Mayas or Quiclie-* seem to have been related to a west European or African stock, but that the Nahuas may have come from the northwest coast of America and probably from Asia." — Bust. Pub. Library. Smith, J. M. Tales of old Thule; coll. and illust. by S. Sprague, M. A. An earnest trifier. Stahr, A. Torso ; Kunst, Ktinstler und Kunst- werke des griechischen und romischen Alter- thums. 2e Ausg. 2 v, "Rauch said that the 'Torso' was one of the few works on the history of art from which the practical artist could learn something. Beginning with a view of Greece and its people, of the mytiiical art-father Daedalus, and of the connection between Greek and Eastern art, Stahr leads us gracefully through the different periods in such a way as to deceive us in learning while we seem but to be amusing ourselves. The luttcrpartof the tlrst volume 18 devoted to five special essays: the posiiion of the artist in Greek life; art and freedom ; the portrait; color- ing works of sculpture; and tbe nude in Greek sculp- ture. His remarks upon tbe last topic might well be taken to heart by young AmLrican students, and even be read to advantage by such canvas-coverers and flcsb- uncoverers as Hans NIakart. Nevertheless, he, in certain points, claims more, we think, for Greek dress than can be supported by history. The second volume pursues the history through Alexandti''8 day to tbe later schools, and describes art among the Romans down to the end of Hadrian's reign. The clo^iMg division treats at length of the statues and busts of the Roman emperors, and of the colossal in plastic art.*' — Inter?iat. rev., Nov. - Dec. Symonds, J. A. Sketches and studies in Italy. "Mr. Symonds has two literary gifts in very excep- tional measure. He is an admirable translator of foreign into English poetry, and he i^ almost the only person who can give, in black and white, the color, the atmos- phere, the story, and the sentiment of Greek and Italian cities, of the luinous haunts of ancient luxury, of the coasts and enchiinted islands of the Mediterranean. He Is also an ingenious and original critic." — Saturday rev., May 17. "There are passages of singular beauty and power in the essay on Lucretius, and the mental vastncss and majesty of the poem are tinely brought out. ... The essay on Antinous ia a study of much interest, written with great care, and full of matter. Of the three alterna- tive theories of the cause of the favorite's death, that of immolation is rejected, and the choice is shown to lie between accident and voluntary self- sacrifice — the latter being due to Antinous' desire to give himself as a sub- stitute for Hadrian. If this theory is accepted, it becomes possible to explain in a r.itional manner the enthusiastic devotion to Antinous' memory, and the special anger which his worship roused among the Christians. ... A character of Hadrian in the course of the essay is spoilt by looseness and exaggeration." — ^V. T. Arnold, in Acad.y July 19. Towle, G: M. Magellan ; or, The first voyage round the world. Trowbridge, J: T. Young Joe and other boys. Vizetelly, H: Berlin under the new empire ; its institutions, inhabitants, etc. 2 v. "Mr. Vizetelly endeavors to do for Berlin the work Mr. Sala performed the other day on behalf of Paris. ... Fresh information, both entertaining and instructive, regarding the habits, manners and customs of tbe Berlin- ese. The picture is not exactly a fascinating one, nor is it calculated to tempt many English people to take up their residence in the German capital." For, to condense the remarks of the reviewer, the Germans eat with their forks, the Berlin belles dress in inharmonious colors, and in marriage sentimentality has given place to ambi- tion. "Mr. Vizetelly has gone to work in a Pharisaic frame of mind, thanking God that he is not like the countrymen of Luther and Goethe. To him everything Engliah ia admirable, everything foreign barbarous and to be treated with contumely. After having discovered that a tribe of savages live in a sandy desert somewhere in the north of Germany, and that their chief kraal, a miserable stucco erection, is called Berlin, he proceeds to tell how these creatures manage to exist, what are their institu- tions, manners, amusements, industries, and bo on. To point out the errors with which this book is strewn would be a thankless and endless task." — Alh., Nov. 8. Waring, G: E., Jr. Tyrol and the skirt of the Alps. Watson, W: European system of instruction ; studio and atelier; [prospectus]. Watson, W: H. Science teachings in living na- ture ; a popular introd. to the study of phys- iological chemistry and sanitary science. Webber, S: Manual of power for machines, shafts, and belts ; with the history of cotton manufacture in the U. S. Webster, Rev. W. Basque legends, coll. chiefly in the Lahourd ; with an essay on the Basque language by J. Vinson. "The collector, Mr. Webster, who seems almost entirely unacquainted with the results of the study in this field for the last twenty years, bases his argument on a remarkable syllogism: Many of the Basque tales resemble the Gaelic tales in Campbell's 'West Highland talet^'; these are Celtic; therefore the Basques are of Celtic origin. Very little study of the subject would have shown that nfearly all the stories in Campbell have p:irallels in the various collections of the North and youth of Europp. Indeed, so close is the resemblance between most of these Basque tales and those of the rest of Europe that it is almost impossible to resist the con- viction that tbe Basques have borrowed them bodily from their French and Spanish neighbors." — Mter- natiojial review, Apr. Weston, G: M. The silver question. Whymper, F: The sea ; its Stirling story of adven- ture, peril, and heroism. Vol. 2. Wickerhauser, M. Die Papngeimarcheu. Willems, P. Le senat de la Republique romaine; sa composition et ses attributions, Yonge, C. M. Cameos from English history: Reformation times, ■ith ser. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 39. Dec. 31, 1879. INDEX , to nos. 21-38 '(books received Jan. -Dec. 1879). ■ Words in parentheses after the page-numbers indicate the heading under which the note referred to will be found. Abbey, C: J., and Overton, J: H. Eng. Ch. in the 18th cent., 105. Abbott, Maj.-Gen. A. The Afghan war, 117. Abbott, B: V- Dictionary of jurisprudence, 141. Abbott, E. Concordance to the works of Pope, 137. About, E. Colonel !Foua:;is" mistake, 113. Adams, C: F., Jr. The public library, etc, 145. liaih'oud accidents, 149. Adama, H: A. Gallatin. 125. Adama, Rev. H. C. Wykeham- ica, 109. Adams, M7-s. L. Madelon Le- moine, 145. Adams, W: H.-D. Women of fashion, 121. Aimard, G-. Les aventuriers ; Lc9 chasseurs d'abeilles ; Le cbercheur de pistes ; Curu- milla; L'^claireur; La fi^vre d'or ; Les Grambucinos ; Le grand chef des Aucas; La grande flibuste ; Le Guaranis ; La loi de lynch; Le Monto- nero; Les nuits mexicaines; Les pirates des prairies, 145. Airy fairy Lillian, 109, 117. Albany Institute. Transac- tions, 117. Alcock, Sir R. Art industries of Japan, 81. Alcott.L.M. Under the lilacs, 85. Alden, W. L. The canoe and the flying proa, 109. Alldiidge, L. By love and law, 141. Allen, C. I'. Hist, de Dane- mark, 113. Allen, G. The color-sense, 101. Allen, J: The blessed bees, 93. Alzog, J: Universal Ch. his- tory, 81. Amateur poacher, 149. American almanac, 1879, 93. Amero, J. L'Anglomanie ; French gibberish, 81. Ames, F. Whist, 129. Amicia, E. de. Paris, 129. Ancona, A. d'. La poeaia ital., 97. Andrews, W. P. India and her neighbors, 117. Annual register, 1878, 121. Appleton's annual cyclopedia, , 113. . Appleton's journal, Feb., 89. Arber, E. The Eng. scholar's library, 145. Archief voor Nederlan dsche kunetgeschiedenia, 101. Architecture de Paris, 117. Ariatotile, ^: d', called Zoppi- no. Gli universali de i belli recami ant. e mod., 89. ^Arndt, E. M. Life and adven- tures, 109. Arnold, E. Light of Asia, 137. f Arnold, LN. Benedict Arnold, 149. ^ Arnold, M. Mixed essays. 97, ' 109. ^ Arnold, W. T. Roman provin- cial administration, 129. Art, L', 85, 89. Arundel Society. Chromo- lUhograp?i8, 1879. Resurrec- tion of Christ; Virgin and child, 121. Assolant, J. B. A. Montluc, le Rouge, 113. LctiL,no, 133. Atbanasius, St.y Arhp, of Alex- andria. Controversy with the Arians ; Hist, tracts, 93. Atkinson, E: Labor and cap- ital, 129. Atkinson, H: G; , and Marti- neau, H. Laws of man's na- ture, 121. Aubertin, C: Hist, de la lang. fran?., an Moyen Age, 117. Aucassin et Nicolette, 125. Audisio, G. Delia societi al secolo 19, 101. Autographic mirror, 109. Aylward,A. The Transvaal. 149. Ayrton, C. Child life in Japan, 93. Azarias, Brother. English lit- erature, 129. Azeglio, M. T., marq. d'. Mes souvenirs, 129. Bacon, F., Baron Yerulam and Viscount Si. Albans. Novum organum, 117. Bacon, T: S. The reian of God, 101. Badham, C: D: Esculent fun- guses of Eng., 117. Bagehot, W. Literary studies, 97, 105. Bailey, A. Succession to the Eng. crown, 141. Bailey, J. M.» England from a back-window, 101. Bain, A. Education, 105, 109, 121. Baird, H: M. Huguenots of France, 149. Baker, H: B. Eng. actors, 97. Baker, V., Pasha. Bulgaria, 137. Balaguer, V. 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Jahrh., 141. Goethe, J. W. v. Faust, 99. Gomme, G. L. Index of mu- nicipal oflB-ces, 126. Goucourt, E. and J. La du Barry; La duchesse de Cha- teauroux, 122. Madame de Pompadour, 99. Theatre, 146. Goschen, G: J. Imagination, 126. Gosse, E. W. Literature of northern Europe, 114. Viol and flute, 85. Gotti, A. Michel Angelo, 106. Gottschall, R. von. Der neue Plutarch, 102. Goujon, J. Der grosse Louvre- Fries, 106. Goulburu, E. M., and Symonds, H: Bp. Herbert de Losinga, 89. 103. Grammar of house planning, 138. Grandi, O. L'abbandono, 106. Granville, J. M. Common mind troubles ; The secret of a clear head, 134. Graves, A. P. Songs of Killar- ney, 138. Gray, A. Botan. text-book, 150. Gr. Britain. Souse of Lords. Debates. Notes of de- bates, 130. — Science and Art De.pt. of the Commitiee of Council on Education. Nat. hist, por- traits, 142. Great shipwrecks, 142, Green, J: R: Hist, of the Eng. people, 119, 126. Readingf from Eng. hist., 130. Green, P.J. War in Greece, 130, Green, S. Fish hatching, 124 (Roosevelt and Green). Green, S. S. Sensational fiction, 146. Greene,F.V. Russian army, 142, Greene, W: H. Modern chem istry, 122. Greenfield, W. S. Alcohol, 86. Greg, P. The devil's advocate, 138. Gregorovius, F. Capri, 150, Gregory, J. Northfield,Vt., 110, Grisy, A. de. La com^die an glaise, 90. Grout, Rev. L. Zulu-land, 130, Grove, G; Diet, of music, 122. Grundy, F. H. Pictures of the past, 134. Gubernatis, A. de. La mythol- ogie des plantes, 134. GUnther, S. Gesch. der math, und phys. Geographic, 150. Guerini, F. Bianca Romualdi 106. Guernsey, A. H. T: Carlyle, 94, Guthrie, M. Evolution, 150. Guyard de Berville. Chev. Bayard, 119. Guyau, — . La morale d'Epi- cure, 90, 142. H., M. B. Lady Huckleberry 83 (S. andU.). Hackett, F. W. W: H: Y. Hackett, 146. Number 39.] Hacklander, E: W: Behind blue triassea, 106. HadenrF. B. Rembrandt, 122, 146. Haeckel, E. H: Evolution, 106. Freedom in science and teaching, 115, 127. Hageman, J. F. Princeton, 122. Hagen, H. Carmina Medii Aevi, 142. Hake, A. E. Paris originals, 127. Hale, E; E. Mrs. MerriamV scholars, 82. Stories of war, 150. Hale, L. P. Designs for art- needlework, 106. Plain nee- dle-work, 103. Hall, 3rr8. A. M. Marian, 142. Hamerling, R. Aspasiu, 106. Hamerton, P. Gr. Life of Tur- ner, 94. Hamley, Maj. Gen. W. G. House of Lys, 130. Hammond, Z*?-. W: A. Fasting girls, 99. Hannay, J. Acadia, 130. Hansard, T: C. Parliamentary debates, 123. Harden, E; J. G: M. Troup, 139. Hardy, T: Return of the na- tive, 82. Hare, A; J. C. Life of Baroness Biinsen, 99, 103, Harlan, G: C, Eyesight, 142. Harris, J., Ist Earl of Malmes- bvry. LeVters, 150. Harrison, J. A. Spain, 139. Hartmann, E; von. Gesani- nulte Studien, 123. Hasan and Husaiii, 142. Hassam, J:T. E/.ekielCheevor, 123. Haasaurek, F: Secret of the Andes, 150. Hatton, J. The queen of Bo- hemia, 142. Hatton family. Currespoud- ence, 86. HauBsonville, G. P. O. O., vi- cointe d'. L'enfance k Paris, l.-.o. Havard, H: L'art et les artistew hollandais, 150. LaHollande pittoresque, 90. Hawker.R.R. Poet, works, ] 23. Hawthorne, J. Archibald Mal- maison, 150. Hay, M. C. A dark inheritance, 103. The sorrow of a se- cret. 106. — and others. Lady Carml- chael'fl will, 103. Hayes, I: I. Cast away in the cold, 119. Hayes, J: L. I'rutectlon; Pro- tective question abroad, 150. Hayward, A. Selected essayH, 103, 110. Hazlitt, W.C. Collections and notes, 139. Gold fields of Curiboo, 119. Shakespeare's library, 146. Head, P. H. Van Dyck, 130. Hearn, W: E: The Aryan household, 99. Heath, F. <>; Burnhara beech- es, 150. Our woodland trees, 123. Heath, R: F. Titian, 123. Hector, Mr/i. A. P. Maid, wife, or widow? 123. Hegel, C. Bante-Commentare. 150. ' Peighway, W: Photography, 156 Heilprin, M. Hist, poetry of the Hebrews, 130. Heine, H. Wit, wisdom and pathos, 142. Henderson, R. Soldier of three queens, 139. Hendrik, H. Memoirs, 86. Herder, J; Gf. v. SUmratliche Werko, 100. Hertz, H. King Rent's daugh- ter, 103. ' Heyd, W; Geach. des Levante- handels, 160. Heydemann, H; Griech. Va- senhilder, 142, Heyae, P. J. L. Das Ding an Sich, 100. Tales from the G-erman, 90, 94. Higginson, M. T. Room for one more, 1.51. Higga. P. Electric light, 135. Hill, D: J. Irving, 94. W: 0. Bryant, 103. Hill, G: B. Dr. Johnson, 86. Hill, J: W. Dogs, 82. Hill, O. Our common land, 130. Hill, It. „,ul F. D. The Re- corder of Birmingham, 110. Hillebrand, K: Zeiten, Volker und Menschen, 146. Hillem, W. von. The vulture maiden, 110. ' Hinton, J. Art of thinking, 103. Hirth, G: Der Formenschatz, 1.51. Formenschatz der Kl'- naissance, 99. History of a ship, 139. Hitchcock, K.D. Socialism, 82. Hitchraan, F. Earl of Beacons- field, 135. Hittell, J: S. San Francisco, 142. Hodge, C: Conference papers, 116. Hodgson, J. T. F. Hodgson, 123. Hodgson. S.H. The philosophy of reflection, 100. Hoey, Jli's. V. Out of court, 86. Holland, J. G. Poetical wi-it- ings, 151. Hollingshead, J: Miscellanies, 1311. Holmes, O.W. J: L. Motley, 86. Holyoake, G: J. Co-operation in England, 100. Homerus. Odyssey ; by Butcher and Lang, 116. OdyKsey ; ed. by Merry and Ri.ldell, S2. Hood, 1*. Gout aud rlicuma- tism, 147. Hooker, J. D.,anrfBall, J: lla- rocco and the Great Atlas, 90. Hosmer, J. K. German litera- ture, 90. House and its surroundings. The, 86. House that Jack built, The, 103. HouBsaye, H; Ath^ncs, Rome, Paris, 130. Hovelacque, A. Science of language, 161. Howard, W: , Ld. Selections from the household hooka, 106. Howell, G: R. Southampton, L.I., 147. Howella, W: D. The lady of the Aroostook, 94. Howgate, H: W. Polar colonl- zatjon, 90. Howitt, W: The book of the seasons, 100. Hughes, R. W. Currency, 94. Huidekoper, F: Genuineness of the Gospels, 151. | Hunnewell, J. F. The lands of Scott, no. Hunt, Mrs. A. W. The hazard of the die, 86, 90. Hunter, Oapt. F. M. Aden in Arabia, 151. Hutton, L. Artists, 133 (Clem- ent and Hutton). Huxley, T: H: Hume, 103. Improved dwellings. 111. Index Society. 1st annual re- port, 130. Ingelow, J, Sarah de Berenger, 139. International Monetary Con- ference. Report, 142. Irene the missionary, 151. JackBon, Lady C. C. Old Paris, 86. Jackson, lien. G: A. The apos- tolic fathers, 136. Jacob, G: A . Ecclca. polity of the New Testament, 151. Jaennicke, F: Keramik, 161. James, H; SoL-iety the re- deemed form of man, 94. Janea, Bev. F. The Janes fam- ily, 119. Janet, P. Saint-Simon et le Saint Simonisme, 90. Jeffries, B: J. Color-blindness, 119. Jeffries, J; P. Human races, 116. Jenkin, F. Healthy houses, 106. Jenner, H: Early drawings, 12',) (Birch amrf Jenner). Jerome, D. American clock business, 115. Jerrold, W: B. Egypt, 147. Jevons, W. S. Metallic cur- rency of the Unit. Kingdom, 90. Johnson, R. Single famous poems, 147. Johnston, A. Amer. politics, 139. Johnston, A. K. Africa, 130. Johnston, J. F. W. Chemistry, 123. Johnston, R. M., and Browne, W. H. Alex. H. Stephens, 86. Jolly, E. Colonel Dacre, 142. Jones, Jlev. F. Sir Martin Fro- bisher, 119. Jones, S. S. Northumberland, 147. Jones, T: New York during the Rev., 116. Jordan, H. Topographic dor Stadt Rom, 100. Joyce, R. D. Blanid, 147, 151. Junia, 106. Kalidasa. Birth of the war- god, 123. Saknntala, 135. Karaaowski, M. Chopin, 136. Karazine, — . Lr pays ou Ton se battra, 116. Kaufmann,M. Utopias, 116, 130. Kaupert, J. A. Atlas von Athen, 141 (Curtins and Kaupert). Kavanagh, B. oi!. T: P. Ortho doxy, 142. Knight, W; EngUsh lake diB. trict, 86. Philos. andlit.,151 Knowlton, H. M. Hints for drawing and painting, U5 Knox, F: W. John, 106. Koenig, R. Deutsche Litera- turgeschichte, 142. ICrell, P. P., and others. Tie classics of painting, 123, Kuenen, Br. A. Prophets and prophecy, 82. Kugler, F. T. Handbook of painting, 115. Kuropatkiu, — . Les confins anglo-russes dans I'Asie cen- trale, 136. Kym, A. L. Dae Problem des Biisen, 100. Labeasade, L. de. Les rueiles du 18e ei6cle, 161. Labiche, E. M. The&tre, 147. Laboulaye.E: Contes bleus, 130. Labrouste, H: Psatuni, 91. Lacombe, P. Petite hist, do peuple fran?., 82. Lacroix, P. 18e siicle, 115. La Cume de Sainte Palaye, J. B. Dictionnaire hist, de I'ana. lang. franc., 130. Lafayette, M. M. P. de la ?., comiesse de. La princesae de ClJives, 82. La Fetrifere, comte H. de. Le 16e slide et les Valois, 128: Laffan, M. Flitters, TalterB, and the Counsellor, 127. Lagarde, P. de. Deutaohe schriften, 142. Lamb, Mrs. M. J. New York. 115. La Motte FouquS, F; H: C 1 Freiherr de. Heldenspiel^.V; Lamson, A. The Church of the first three centuries, 123. Lamson, Mrs. M. S. Life of L. D. Bridgman, 103. Lance, A. Diet, des archltectes frauQ., 123. Lartet, L: Expleration de la Mer Morte, 111. Latham, Dr. P: M. Collected worka, ]00. Latham, R. G. Russian and Turk, 100. Laveleye, B. L; V. de. La pro- priete primitive, 82. Lavigne, E. Le roman d'nne nihiliste, 161. Lawrence, E. English lit. primers, 115. Lear, Mrs, H. L. S. Mme. Louise de France; St. Fran- Sois de Sales, 82. Leaves from my note-book, IM- Le Brun, Mine. M. L. E. V. Souvenirs, 119. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 40. Dec.31, 1879. Ledrn-RoUin, A. A. Discours politictues, 123. Lee, H; Militia of the U. 8., 106. Lefdbre, A. Philosophy, 91. le Goff, F. Life of L. A. Thiers, 103. Legouv§, G. J. B. E. W. Read- ing*, 86. Theatre, 127. Leland, 0; G. Ahraham Lin- coln, 147. Lenorraant, F; La monnaie, 111, 142. Leacuyer, F. Langage et chant des oiseaux. 123. Lealie, T: E: C Essays, 139. Lessing, J. Teppichmuster, 106. Letters from Muskoka, 119. Lewes, G: H: Problems of life and mind. 111. Lewes, Mrs. M. E., (ps. G-; Eliot). TheophrastuB Such, 119, 127. Lexandre, A. Pfelerinage au pays de Brizeux, 135. library Assoc, of the United Kingdom. Transactions, 142. Lie, J. The barque Future, 100. Liefde, J: B. de. The maid of Strulsund, 139. Life in the Mofussil, 115. Lindsay, W. L. Mind in the lower animals, 151. Linton, Mrs. E. L. Our pro- ■ fessor, 100. Linton,W. J. Wood-engraving, 151. List of serial publ. taken in the libs, of Bdston and Camb., 86. LittrS, M. E. Le suppi. au grand dictionnaire, 111. Livermore, Rev. S. T. Block Island, 147. Lock, — ,and Whitfield, G: 0. Men of mark, 82. Loeke, D. R. A paper city, 83. Locke, J. S. Old Orchard, Me., 142. Lockwood, E; Natural hist. [in India], 123. Lockwood, M. 8., and Glaister, E. Art embroidery, 83. lioftie, W; J: Mem. of the ■ Savoy, 147. LomSnie, L: de. Les Mirabeau, 123. Ijongfellow, H: W. Poems of places: America; Middle ..States, 103. New Eng., 83. 'Western states, Southern states, 106. France, 142. Italy; Scotland; Spain, 143. Longuon, A. G^ograpbie de la Gaule, 130. LoTUs-Lande, L. Basques et Navarrais, 91. Lounsbury, T; R. Eng. lan- guage, 139. Lovenjoul, C; de. (Euvres de Balzac, 115. Low, C: R. Sir Garnet J. Wolse- ley, 123. Low, G: Orkney and Schet- land, 139. Lowell, R. A story from an old Dutch town, 83. Loyaon, C: J: M., {Father Hya- ,cinthe). La reforme catbo- . lique, 130. Lubbock, iSir J. Addresses; Scientific lectures. 135. fiicas, T:J. The Zulus, 127. Lyndaay, 6'irD: Works, 135. 2irytton, Lady R. W. B. Cheve- ley, 143. Maccall, W: Foreign biogra- phies, 139. McCarthy, J. A hint, of our own times, 95. McClintock, J: , and Strong, J. Cyclopaedia of eccles. lit., 130. Macdonald, G: Paul Faber, 143. Sir Gibbie, 95, Macdonnell, Mrs. A. Quaker cousins, 106. M'Donnell, J; Ulster Civil Wiir, 1641, 151. Macfarlane, A. Algebra of logic, 147, 151. MacGregor, Col. C. M. Through Khorassan, 100. Mackinuon, D. G. Lapland litV, 91. McLaughlin, L. E. Service in Servia, 140 (Pearson and McLaughlin). Maclear, Rev. G: F: The Celts ; The English; The Northmen, 130. Macniillan, Jan., 91. Feb., 95. Mar., 100. July, 131. Aug., 139. Oct., 151. Macquoid, K. S. The awaken- ing, 100. Diane, 143. Elinor Dryden, 106. Macquoid, T: and K. Nor- mandy, 86. McSherry, R: Health, 95. Madrid. Real Acad, de la Hist. Los restos de Colon, 95. Magazine of Amer. hist., 106. Maginn, W: Odoherty papers, 106. Malgne, J. Prononciation fran- gaise, 111. Maine genealogist and biogra- pher, 95. Malleaon, Col. G. B. Afghan- istan. 91. Mallock, W: H. Every man his own poet. 111. Is life worth living? 119, 131. Mann, C: A. Paper money, 115. Mann, H: Republics, 147. Manning, E. Six months on a slaver, 111. Man's a man for a' that. A, 135, 147. Mansfield, E: D. Personal memories, 111. Mantegazza, P. La mia tavo- lozza, 100. Mantell, G. A. Fossil remains, 139. Marcel, C. Study of lang., 111. Mareschal, A. A. Les faiences anc. et m9d. ; Faiences fran- (jaises, 86. Maret, H. L. C Pantbeisme dans les soci6tes mod., 115. Margry, P. Decouvertes des Fi'an^aii* dans I'Amer. Sept., 111. Les navigations frang., 115. Marion, F. Balloon ascents, 119. Marivaux, P. C. de C de, 86. Markham, A. H. The great frozen sea, 103. Northward ho! 131. Markham, C. R. The Hawk- ins' voyages, 106. Marmette, J. Les Machab6es, 135. Marryat,, Capt. F: Newton Forster, 103. Marshall, C. Extracts from [his] diary, 119. Marshall, E. Job Singleton's heir, 123. Martin, F. Michelle and little Jack, 119. Martin, F: The statesman's year boftk, 95. Martin, H; Hist, de France, 119. Martin, T. Life of the Prince- Consort, 119, 131. Martineau, H. Laws of man's naturt', 121 (Atkinson and Martineau). Martineau, J. Ideal substitutes for God, 143, 151. Marvin, Rev. A. P. Hiet, of Lancaster, 103. Mas6, E. Art-needlework, 83. Mason, G; C. The old house altered, 83. Masque of poets, 87. Massachusetts. Sup^^eme Judi- cial Court. Money bills, 95. Massachusetts Historical Soci- ety. Proceedings, 119. Massiou, D. Hist, de la Sain- tonge et de I'Aunis, 151. Masterman, J. Worth waiting for, 100. Materiaux pour I'hist . de I'homme, 116. Mathews, W; Oratory and orators, 83. Maudsley, H: Mind, 135. Mayer, A. M. Sound, 147. Mayer, J. Pottery, 83. Meluaine,7»seMc?. Moy O'Brien, 139. Melville, G: J: Whyte, 91. Black but comely, 131. Meredith, G: Beaucharap's career ; The ordeal of Richard Feverel, 143. The egoist, 151. Merivale, Rev. C: Conversion of the West, 131. Four lect. on early cb. hist., 119. M6ry, J. TheMre de salon; Nouv. theMre, 103. Metcalf, R; Letter and spirit, 127. Metcalf, W. C, ed. Visitations of Essex, 135. Meteorological Society. Mete- orology, 143. Meyer, Mrs. B. Family govern- ment, 103. Michelet, J. Le banquet, 131. Michiels, A. Hist, secrete du gouv. autrichien, 115. Middleton, C: H: Etched work of Rembrandt, 103. Mills, J: British Jews, 131. Mind, Jan., 91. Minghetti.M. Stato e chiesa, 106. Minto, W: D. Defoe, 107. Mirth, 147. Miscellanies bibliographiques, 116. Mist6re, Le, du Viel Testament, 147. Mitchell, Maj.-Gen. J: Emi- nent soldiers, 139. Mitford, M. R. Our village, 95. Mocatta, F: D: Jews and the Inquisition, 107. Molbech, C. K. P. Ambrosius, 13.^. Molesworth, Mrs. Grand- mother dear, 131. Molidre, J. B. P. de. Dramatic works, 116. Melisse, 147. Mollet, J. W. Rembrandt, 123. Mommsen, A. Delphika, 143. Monkhouse, W. C. Turner, 143. Montalembert, C: F. de T., comte de. Moines de I'Occi- dent; Eng. Monks of the West, 131. Montalivet, comte M. C. B. de. Un heureux coin de terre, 107. Montgomery, F. Seaforth, 95. More, Sir T. Utopia, 143. Morel-Patio, A. L'Espagne, 151. Morice, F. D. Pindar, 91. Morley, H: Eng. plays, 107. Morley, J: Burke, 135. Morris, J: M. Military hist, of Conn., 110 (Croffut and Mor- ris). Morris, L. The epic of Hades, 116. Gwen, 103. Morris, AV: The decorative arts, 139. Moschzisker, F. A. von. The ear, 151. Moseley, H. N. Notes on the 'Challenger', 131. Moulton, W. F. Hist, of the Eng. Bible, 91. Mounsey, A: H. The Satsuraa rebeUion, 123. Mowry, W: A. Descendants of N. Mowry, R. I. ; A family history, 116. Mozley, J.B. Essays, 87. Ser- mons, 83. Mueller, F; Ethnographic. 111. MilUer, F. M. Religion, 91. — ed. Sacred books of the East, 139. Muller, /*ro/.W. Count Moltke, 116. Miiller-Striibing, H. Aristoph- anes, 143. Mumford, T: J. Life and letters, 151. Mxmich. K. Akad. der Wias. B^ist. Coinm. Deutsche Bio- graphic, 143. Muro, G. La princesse d'Eboli, 139. Murphy, J. J: Habit and intel- ligence, 124. Murray, E. C. G. Strange tales, 143. Musset, A. de. Les caprices de Marianne, 127. My experiences in a lunatic asylum, 127. My queen, 135. Napier, J. Folk-lore, 83. Napier, M. Selected corre- spondence, 124. Nares, Capt- G. 8. Voyage to the Polar Sea. 1875-76, 116. National Association for the Prom, of Soc, Sci. Transac- tions, 119. Neill, E: D. Eng. colonization of Amer., 143. Nelson, C;A. Waltham, 111. New quarterly rev., Jan., 91. Au£C., 135. Oct., 151. New York (City). Board of Health. 5th, 6th annual re- ports, 119. New York Historical Society. Collections, 119. Newman, J: H; Aryans; Cal- lista; Difficulties in Catholic teaching ; Discussions and arguments ; The idea of a univ. defined ; Lectures, posi- tion of Catholics in Eng. ; Tracts theolog. and eccles.; Two essays on miracles; Via media, 83. Newton, W: W. Essays of to- day, 116. Nichols, G: W. Pottery, 104. Nicholson, E; Byron, The rights of an animal, 143. Number 40.] 158 [Dec. 31, 1879. Nick, A. F: Hof- und Volke- Nan-cn, 143. Nicolai, R. Gci^ch. d.neugrk-ch. Literatur, 143. Niebuhr, B. G; Greek hero- Btories, 111. Nieriker.M.A. Studying ai*t,151. Nineteenth century, Nov., 83. Dec, Jan., 87. Feb., 95. Mar., 100. April, 111. Oct., UT, 151. Nisard, D. Illstoire de la lit. fran^.. 111. Niven, W. Warwickshire housffi, 147. Noack, L. Philusophie-ge- Bchichtliclicis Lexikon, 111. Noel, E. J. Michelet et see enfantH, 91. Meraoires d'un imbecile, r27. NoM, L. Mozart, 139. Noir§, L. Max Muller, 111. Noi-thcote, J. S. Epitaphs of tbe catacombs, 104. Nostitz, P., cts'ie., {formerly Mtne. Heifer). Travels in Syria, etc., 140. Notes on building construction, 135. Nuttall Ornithological Club. Bulletin, 111. 0„ E. M. A. Smee, 131. Ober, F: A. Camps in the Caribbees, 151. O'Brien, Rt-v. J: Hist, of the mass, 147. O'Driscoll, W. J. Daniel Mac- lisp-, 116. O'Grady, 8. Early bardic lit. of Ireland, 151. Ohlenschliiger, A. G. Onrrctr- gio ; a tragedy, llti. Old French chateau near Tou- louse, The, 140. Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. Dress ; Within the precincts, 104. The fugitives, 151. — excepted, are such as to entitle Lessing to a higher than secondary rank among dramatists. 'Miss Sara Sampson' could never have gained the popularity it once enjoyed in Germany, Italy, and France, had due heed been shown, in appraising it, of the ordinary probabilities of human nature; or, in other words, perhaps, if England where the scene of action is located, had not been con' sidered as a region productive of exceedingly peculiar people. In 'Emilia Galotti', as has often been observed , everything is well-nigh spoilt by the fifth act, not to object that 'Marinelli' is much too great a villain for any realm this side of Pandemonium. 'Philotas', however formerly viewed, must now necessarily strike one as hardly above the level of morbid rant, and withal puerile. 'Minna von Barnhelm', from its localism of tone and interest, belongs far too much to Germany, and to Qer. many of the past, for cosmopolitan acceptance. Of 'Damon' and the rest it seems enough to say that any curiosity short of insatiable-will probably be allayed by skimming one or t« o of them, unless they be read for their incomparably genuine German. It is remarkable that Lessing, provided he had an eye in his plays to posterity, should from want of prevision have depicted there so much which he must have known was soon to become obsolete. Nor have hyperbolically extravagant delineations, such as, for example, 'Damis' in 'The young scholar', their admirers any longer." ... To Germane as to Scotchmen, for the most part, while there arc peculiar charms in the tiresome, the circuitous, and the grotesque, the production of the spirituel, and equally the faculty of cognizing it when produced, has been denied. Heine, in modern days, and Lessing, in days that arc past, make up assuredly a category of their own; and yet we conceive that, touching the latter, it was wholly because esprit was not more spontaneous to him that in the character of a writer of comedy he pro- vokes eomnolence so much more readily than emiles." — Nation, Feb. 27, Loftie, W.J. A ride in Egypt from Sioot to Luxor in 1879. "There are two or three interesting chapters on Egyp- tian art, and one on education. The description of life on board a mail steamer is bright and amusing." — Sat. rev., Sept. 27. Long, J: D. Bites of a cherry. Maberly, J. Print collector; an introd. to the knowledge necessary for forming a coll. of ancient prints ; with Fielding's Treatise on engraving. McKenzie, A. History of the clan Mackenzie; with genealogies of the diiferent families. Manigault, G. U. S. unmasked ; a search into the causes of the rise and progress of these states, etc. Number 43.] 171 [Feb. 27, 1880. Martin, Mrs. H. For a dream's sake. 2 v. "It 18 written in the same pleasant style and graceful language as 'Bonnie Lesley'." — Ath. "Mrs. Martin is to be congratulated on having achieved a fresh success with her new story." — Jb?in Bull. "As a work of art, 'For a dream's sake' is a great advance on 'Bonnie Lesley'." — Spectator, June 14. Metternich-Winneburg, C. W. N. L., Reichsfilrst von. Memoires, documents, et ecrits divers ; pub. par son fils le prince R: de Metternich. 2 V. Eng. Memoirs; trans, by Mrs. A.Napier. 2 v. "Prince Metternich was for nearly half a century the all-powerful Minister of Austria. His politics were, of course, of the retrograde Conservative type. The Con- servatives of the Continent finally lost almost all their English friends by their stern repression of the popular movements of 1848 and 1849. The blame of the bloody deeds done in Austria and Hungary in the name of the Emperor has often been cast on the veteran Metternich, ■who, when he fled the capital before an infuriated mob, was already seventy-five years of age. As a natural result of these more recent events, of which the memory is comparatively fresh, the generally accepted opinion of Metternich is merely that he was a rigid monarchist, tyrannical, if not bloodthirsty. These memoirs show that if Metternich was all this, he was also much more; that his sagacity was seldom at fault; that he dared to speak frankly, not only to the Emperor Francis, whose trusted adviser he was, but also to the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia ; that his fearless outspokenness at a period when servility and hypocrisy were the only means of success at Courts more than once saved his country from great misfortunes ; and that his insight into the future course of events was so clear that it now appears little short of inspiration." — Exam., Dec. 27. "For twenty years — since it became known at his death that the great diplomatist of the Napoleonic period had left his memoirs — the publication of this book has been looked for with such interest as perhaps no other personal revelations could have aroused. Prince Metter- nich's own directions kept it back during this time; and this fact; with the complete secrecy preserved as to the contents of the manuscript, rightly led to the belief that he had treated the events and persons of his day with an unsparing candor. Even to special students who know what problems these disclosures have been expected to solve, the value of what they open will be as surprising as the extraordinary care with which they have been guarded.'* "We have read and digested Metternich's posthumous history of his time down to 1815, with his contemporary communications, and our gain for the general knowledge of the extraordinary period is — compared to what we were entitled to expect — exceedingly slight. ... The principal satisfaction which these memoirs give us is the knowledge that so great an authority has so little to teach us." — Hation, Feb. 12. Meunier, V. Science et democratie. 2 v. Miller, F. W. Cincinnati's beginnings; missing chapters in the early history of the city and the Miami Purchase. Morgan, H. H. Topical Shakespeariana. "A good idea unskillfuUy carried out. In doing the work the wrong way it is a companion volume to Mal- com's Theological bibliography, but it is typographically much more correct than that remarkable book." — Li- brary jowrnalt Nov. Moss, E: L. Shores of the Polar Sea ; narrative of the Arctic expedition of 1875-6; illust. by chromo-lith. O'Neill, T. W. Refutation of Darwinism and the converse theory of development ; based upon Darwin's facts. Pidal, P. J., marques de, d. 1865. Historia de las alteraciones de Aragon en el reinado de Felipe ii. 3 v. Poinsot, A. E. Journal intime de la Comedie Frangaise, 1852-71, public par Georges d'Heylli. "A journal of the doings of the company during the Second Empire (1852-70). The author, to whom we already owe an admirable edition of Beaumarchais's dramatic works, and also model monographs on M. Rcgnier, M. Bressant, and Mme. Arnould-Plessy, pub- lished as they retired from the stage, begins by giving us a description of the Com^die-Fran9aise as it stood at the end of 1852. After this we find, under dates, accounts of each new play, with its cast, of each first appearance, of each revival, of each resignation or vacancy caused by death, supported by frequent extracts from contemporary criticism, Jules Janin, Theophile Gautier, and M. Francisque Sarcey being constantly drawn upon. In the course of the journal we have eclectic criticism and biographic details of nearly all the leading dramatists of France, and of all the members of the Comi5die-Fran- 5aise." — Nation, Sept. 25. Proctor, K: A. Rough -ways made smooth; a series of familiar essays on scientific subjects. Contents. The sun's corona and his spots. — Sun- spots and commercial panics. — New planets near the sun. — Results of the British transit expeditions. — Past history of our moon. — A new crater in the moon. — Tlie November meteors. — Expected meteor showers. — Cold winters. — Oxford and Cambridge rowing, — Rowing styles. — Artificial somnambulism. — Hereditary traits. — Bodily illness as a mental stimulant. — Dual consciousness. — Electric lighting. — Great storms. — The recent storms. — Mechanical chess-playern. — Influ- ence of the mind on the body. Remusat, Mme. C. E. J. G. de V., eomtesse de. Memoires, 1802-08 ; pub. par P. de Remusat. 2 V. "Voici un livre honnete, utile, qui est la v6rite absolue sur I'empereur et sur I'empire. Ellc ecrit eans passion, sans colere, avec I'embarras touchant d'une conscience qui a ete fascinee, qui veut legitimer tout h la fois la fascination subie et le repentir loyal du reveil." — Rev. pol. et lit., 1 nov. — Enff. Memoirs; trans, by Mrs. C. Hoey and J: Lillie. 2 v. •'Madame de Remusat was lady-in-waiting to the Empress Josephine, 1802-08; a diary kept by her at the time forms the foundation of these memoirs written some 60 years ago, but unpubhshed until now on account of the revelations they contain relative to Napoleon and his family. They give details of the life at court, views of the character of Napoleon, his relatives and favorites, and important historical acts, different from any recorded by previous historians." Roland, A. Fanning for pleasure and profit ; ed. by W: H. Ablett. 3 v. *'The important point is that Mr. Roland, according to his own account, has made a small farm pay, and that by merely giving to it as much supervision as might be pos- sible to a man who had his own business to attend to every day." — Spectator, Oct. IL Number 43.] 172 [Feb. 27, 1880. Rorer, B: American interstate law; ed. by L. Maver. Ruskin, J: Photographs referred to in 'Fors cla- vigera', 'The laws of Fesole', 'St. Mark's rest*, etc. Saunders, W: Through the white continent ; or, The U.S. in 1877-8. 2d ed. Shakespeare, W: Shakespeare's morals; suggestive selections, with brief collateral readings and scriptural references ; ed. by A. Oilman. Sibree, J., Jr. The great African island ; chapters on Madagascar. "A popular account of recent researchcB in the phys- ical geography, geology, and exploration of the country, and its natural history and botany ; and in the origin and divisions, customH and language, superstitions, folk lore and religious belief, and practices of the different tribes ; together with illustrations of scripture and early church history, from native habits and missionary experience." Siciliani, P: Prolegom^nes k la psychogenic mod- erne ; trad, par A. Herzen. Smith, H. H. Brazil, the Amazons, and the coast ; illust. from sketches by J. W. Champney. Spalding, T: A. Elizabethan demonology ; essay in illust. of the belief in the existence of devils, etc. ; with special ref. to Sliakspere and his works. Spedding, J. Reviews and discussions, literary, political, and historical, not relating to Bacon. Spencer, H. Ceremonial institutions; being pt. 4 of the Principles of sociology. *'Mr. Spencer seems to have expended labor out of all proportion to the value of his results, and Ingenuity greatly in excess of the truth of his conclusions." — AthencEum, Dec. 13. "The leading idea is that in the early history of society and institutions form has gone before substance. Selden's quaint comparison of ceremony to a penny glass tb:it holds an excellent water, without which the water were lost, is not only just from the historical point of view, but hardly goes far enough. It is not that the essence was distilled firNt, and the glass devised for its safe keeping; the essence could not he made until there was a glass to keep it in. To state the position literally, and with all its apparent paradox, in Mr. Spencer's own words : 'What we think the essential parts of sacred and secular regulations were originally subordinate parts, and the essential parts consisted of ceremonial observances'." — Sat. rev., Jan. 3. Staglieno, M. Le donne uell' antica societu gcno- vcsc. "Keco un libretto, i)iccolo di mole, ma pieno di notizie important! insieme e curlosc, chc svelano gran parte della vita dei nostri vecchi. Con abbondanza di fatti e minuta cognizione di particolari dcscrivc tutto ci6 che appartiene al costume femminile nell' antica Kocieti genovesc." — Jtasneffna settimanale, 6 av. Stone, W. H. Elementary lessons on sound. "A very succe«f-tul attempt at a manual of acoustics for the student slightly, acquainted with mathematics and willing to work; it embraces notices of all the principal subjects, chiefly connected with music, the consideration of wlilah has recently been introduced into acoustics. And it introduces the study of orchestral instruments." — li. U, M. Boaanquet in Acad., Aug. 16. Taunay, A. d'E. La retraite de Laguna. "Page emouvante do I'histoire du Bresil contemporain. C'est le journal d'une deroute aussi loyaleraent avouee que courageusement subie." — Rev. dea Deux Mondes. TroUope, T: A. Sketches from French history. New ed. Contents. At Chaotilly two hundred years ago. — A heroine and a mock hero in the days of the Fronde. — An episode of convent life at St. Cyr. — Urban Grandier; a French record of the 17th century. — Louis xiv. as a matchmaker. — La Fontaine. — The jackdaw that turned out a swan. "Mr. T; A. Trollope belongs to that class of writers who labor under the delusion that the standard works of history are mere dry chronicles of dates, battles, and uninteresting events ; and that it is the especial gift of the modern historian 1:o awaken the soul of the past by a few artistic touches. The present work, in fact, is an attempt to 'clothe the dry bones of what used to be called history with flesh and blood'. Mr. Trollope is a close imitator of Carlyle. ... He has certainly caught the manner of his master, and yet, in spite of a liberal use of vulgarisms and slang expressions, his pictures and portraits are not particularly striking." — ^j:amzner, Jan. 11. "Historical vignettes. If there is not much 'romance' in these picturesque sketches, there is no lack of 'charac- ter'. Most of his subjects are gleaned from books not likely to fall in the way of the general reader." Wedmore, F: The masters of genre painting; an introductory hand-book to the study of gem-e painting. Winsor, J. Reader's handbook of the American Revolution, 1761-83. Zeller, E. Contents and origin of the Acts of the Apostles critically investigated. 2 v. "The present work is his principal contribution to exegetical theology, and the one by which his name would chiefly live, if it were not for his contributions to the history of Greek philosophy. ... No student has ever sat under Zeller without feeling his marvellous power of taking his hearers in a few sentences to the very centre of his author's thought — a few sentences which will be a guiding light in all the student's subse- quent reading of that author, expressed in precise terms, and containing sharply-cut ideas." — Literary church- ma?i. "Originated in a series of articles contributed, in 1848- 51, to the Theological Journal, ... and belongs to the period when the Tiibingen school was at its zenith, when its inquiries were most promising, its spirit most hopeful, and its literary activity greatest. ... Zeller held that the boob was 'the draft of a proposal for peace presented to the Judaists by the Pauline party', who hoped, 'by means of concessions to Judaism, to purchase the'recog- nition of the Gentile Christians by the Jewish Christ- ians'. ... Fix the date so late as the period 110-1*25 a.d. It could not be placed earlier, simply because conciliation, on the Tiibingen historical theory, was not possible at any earlier point. If the object of the hook be not what ZoUcr nflarms, his main evidence of its late origin fails him, and its object cannot be what he says it is, unless his theory as to the historical evolution of primitive Christianity be true. We have thus as nice a case of petitio prhicipii as any one could desire. ... It is sig- nificant that, since Zeller's work appeared, the tendency has been to assign an older date to the Acts." — Con- temporary review, March, 1878. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 44. Mar. 9, 1880. Adamson, R. On the philosophy of Kant. "The main object of tbese lectures is to consider the causes and significance of the recent revival of interest in the Kantian philosophy, and to give a statement of Kant's theory of knowledge which shall bring into due prominence its intimate connexion with the metaphysical idea that underlies the three •Critiques'. They therefore contain a brief study of the fundamental elements of the Kantian system, both in themselves and in relation to the chief problems of more recent philosophy." — Mind, Oct. Bergerat, E. Theophile Gautier ; entretiens, sou- venirs, et corresponclance ; avec une preface de E. de Goncourt et une eau-forte. 2e ed. "M. Bergerat, the son-in-law of G-autier, was intimate with him only during the last few years of his life. All of Gautier'B correspondence which can ever be published is contained in this book, besides a few of his inedited poems." — JS. P. L. Berkeley, G:, Bp, Selections; with an introduction and notes by A. C. Eraser. (Clarendon press ser.) Blanc, Mme, T., {;pseud, T. Bentzon) . Tin chS.ti- ment. — La grande saulifere ; — Ma tante Herraine, "La grande saulifere. TTne assez touchante idylle en- cadree entre les douces coUines du Nivernais et qui rap- pelle, un peu trop peut-etre, celles que George Sand encadrait dans lee halliers du Berri. Th. Bentzon ne voit pas les paysans en laid. Pour lui, la campagne est le eejour fortune de toutes les vertue. Le mal n'y saurait naitre; si on I'y rencontre, il est venu d'ailleurs. Et d'ou? de Paris. Ce parti pris un peu trop absolu n'em- pechera par les Parisiens et les Parisiennes de lire I'idylle de Th. Bentzon ; on la lira avec plaisir mSme, et en goutant ce style doux et pur, plus pur que le lait que nous expedient les honnetes habitants de la campagne." — if. Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit., 14 avril, 1877. — La petite perle ; — Desiree Turpin, " 'Petite perle', petit drame k I'eau de rose, mais 6tude delicate et curieusement fouill^e." — M. Gaucher in Bev. pol. et lit., 22 dec, 1877. — Un remords. "C'est une ceuvre distingu6e qui se d^noue de fagon mediocre; mais si I'on etait trop exigeant pour les d4- nofieraents, on decouragei'ait les romanciers qui sont tentes par I'analyse psychologique et I'anatomie du cceur humain; I'intrigue naturellement n'est pour eux qu'un accessoire."— J[f. Gauc7herinRev.pol.etlit.,a,o^t2i, 1878. — Le roman d*un rauet. — Une vie manquee. — Le violon de Job. — La vocation de Louise; — Madelette. Madelette, a very pretty story, perfectly 'unobjection- able'. BoUes, A. S. Financial history of the IT. S., 1774-89. Bonneville de Marsangy, L: Madame Campan k Ecouen ; etude historique et biographique, Br6al, M. Melanges de mythologie et de linguis- tique. Bruc, comte C. de. The republic of San Marino ; tr. from the French. Buckton, C.'M. Town and window gardening, includii.;^ the structure, habits, and uses of plants. Bulliot, J. G., and Roidot, J. La cite gauloise selon I'histoire et les traditions. "A study of the manners, customs and political systenjs of Gaul, at the time of Caesar's invasion, B.C. 59." — B.P.L. Burdo, A. Niger et Benue ; voyage dans I'Afrique centrale. "The author visited the West Coast in the spring of 1878, and narrates his personal experiences on the lower courses of the two rivers mentioned in the title." — Roy. Geog. Soc. Proc, Dec. Capefigue, J: B. H. R. Recit des operations de Tarmee frangaise en Espagne. Carpenter, Rev. J. E. Life and work of Mary Carpenter. Ohadwick, J: W. The faith of reason ; a series of discourses on the leading topics of religion. "6 discourses preached in Jan., Feb., 1879, by the author of 'The Bible of to-day', entitled: Agnostic religion; The nature of religion; Concerning God; Immortality; Prayer; Morals, The writer, an agnostic in religion, does not enter into anything controversial, nor attempt to analyze the processes by which religious doctrines have lost their hold upon so many minds, but accepting the situation, asks, if this is so, what is there left of religion, and what is the nature and good of it? " — Title-slip registry. Cheruel, A. Histoire de France, pendant la minor- ite de Louis xiv. 2 v. "It is surprising to see how many new things remain to be said about a period which, one might have thought, was thoroughly well known. The archives of Foreign Affairs, the collections of the Biblioth6que Nationale, the despatches of the Venetian ambassadors, have fur- nished M. Cheruel with an ample harvest." — G. Monod in Contemp. rev., May. " Le 3e volume conduit les ev6nemens jusqu'en TanniSe 1648, c'est-a-dire jusqu'aux commencemens de la Fronde et jusqu'i la conclusion des trait^s de Westphalie. On salt que, dans la 'Correspondance' et dans les 'Garnets' de Mazarin, M. Cheruel, aid6 d'autres docuraens encore, a trouve le moyen de renouveler I'histoire orageuse et glorieuse k la fois de la minorite de Louis xiv. Peut- etre le rdcit manque-t-il parfois de couleur ; il ne manque au moins ni de solidite ni de cette precision m^ticuleuse que donnent k I'historien la longue pratique des documens originaux et l'enti6re connaissance des faits." — Revue d. Deux Mondes.^ Chodzko, A. Les chants historiques de rUkraine, et les chansons des Latyches des bords de la Dvina occidentale ; trad, sur les textes orig. "M. Chodzko has done good service by rendering generally available a considerable part of the contents of several valuable works which seemed to be destined to remain sealed books so far as most readers are con- cerned." — Acad., Oct. 18. Crawley, Capt. R. Hand-book of lawn tennis, badminton, croquet, etc, Daubree, A. Etudes synthetiques de geologie experimentale. le pte. "M. Daubree has, during the last thirty years, pub- Ushed numerous very important memoirs describing the production, upon a small scale in the laboratory, of various natural geological phenomena. These papers are now for the first time brought together. ... They are the Hfe-work of a trained and careful investigator in an almost untrodden direction." — Nature, Sept. 25. Number 44.] 174 [Mar. 9, 1880. ' Daudet, E. Madame Robernier. Denny, J. W. Wearing the blue in the 25th Mass. Volunteer Infantry, with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and army of the James. Didier, E: La petite princesse. , "Une adroite princesse. Elle tourne tous les oliBtacleB et deconcerte toua les plans de r(5sistance. Ce petit r6cit tree romanesque, d'une vraisemblance contestable, n'est pas sane quelque agr^ment et le style n'est pas sans valeur, chose rare par les romans qui courent." — Rev. pol. et lit., 31 mai. Douen, O. Clement i^arot, et le psautier huguenot ; con tenant les melodies primitives des psaumes et des specimens d'haimonie. 2 v. "La traduction dew psaumes reprend dans i'ceuvre de Marot la place qu'on s'obstinait k lui refuser, et cette place se justifie moins peut-etre par la g'r^ce i-t l'616g:ince de son interpretation que par un souci remarquable de se tenir le plus rapproch6 possible de I'original. C'est h. peine si parmi les plus recents traducteurs en vers, un seul pent etre compart a cet egard au poete de la Renais- sance." — Rev. pol. et lit., 3 mai. Douglas, R. K. Confucianism and Taouism. (See. for Prom. Christ. Knowl. Non-Christian relig. systems.) Dupont- Vernon, H. Quelques reflexions sur I'art de bien dire. "On diction ('delivery*, as we may English it). Slighter than M. Legouve's book on the 'Art of reading', but its aim is identical, and it reinforces the argument of the author of 'Adrienne Lecouvreur' with fresh illustrations." Durand, JShne. A. F., {pseud. H: Greville). Un violon russe. 6e ed. 2 v, Eucken, R. Geschichte der philosophischen Ter- minologie. "Hitherto no writer had systematically traced the development of philosophy as fixed in language; and Prof. Eucken has made, to say the least, a good beginning in the construction of such a history. He has carefully collected the chief terms which each great thinker has added to the stock of philot^ophical 'counters'. But his work is not merely the dry enumeration of namoH which such collection might be taken to imply. In his hands, terminology becomes an index to the history of philos- ophy ; and the diflVrent contributions of successive thinkcTH are made to throw no inconsiderable light upon the leading tendencies of their systems. The ambiguity of Aristotle's phraseology is shown to result from his attitude to Plato; the subjective character of Stoicism is indicated by ii survey of the psychological expressions introduced; the Importance of Scholasticism is brought out by an enumeration of the terms which Duns Scotus and his immediate followers have bequeathed to modern Europe." — Acad., April 6. Foucher de Careil, L: A., comte. Descartes, la princesse Elisabeth et la reine Christine d'aprfes des lettres inedites. "La princesse Elisabeth a 6t6 I'tSlfive pr6f<5ree de Des- cartes, livree tout enti^re £i Tfitude, d, la miSditatiou, ayant 8acrifi6 un trone 4 sa religion tt le manage d. la recherche de la v6rit6. ... Cette gravity, cette austerite, n'eet pas chose surprenante dans une fiUe de la maison des Stuarts, cette race violente, agitee, presque tragique comme cellu des Atrides : tel est le problSme psycholo- gique que M. de Careil es.suye de r6soudi'e grSce h cette correspondance. On pouvait d6ji trouvcr des explica- tions dans les cruelles ^preuves qui avaient attriste sa vie. Mais ces traverses, expliquent-ils tout? Non; il y a aussi une maladie A peine connue au 17e sifecle, la me- lancholic ; le sentiment amer du contraste qui exists entre nos facultes et la fin qu'elles atteignent; c'est la soif de savoir qui n'est jamais assouvie, la grande curiosity jamais satisfaite ; c'est enfin la tristesse vague et I'enerve- ment du doute, le scepticisme — elle I'appelle elle-mSme par son nom — et, comme nous dirions aujourd'hui, le pessimisme." — M. Gaucher, in Rev. pol. et 2i7.,26 juillet. Gaboriau, E. Le dossier, no. 113. 19e ed. — Monsieur Lecoq. (T. 1, Heed.; 2, lOe ed.) 2 V. Gazier, A. Les derniferes annees du cardinal de Retz, 1655-79; etude historique et litteraire. "Les dernieres annees de Retz, depuis la mort de Mazarin jusqu'i 1679, nous 6taient connues par uo ouvrage recent de M. A. Gazier, ouvrage plein de re- cherches, d'ingenieuse Erudition, de revelations instruc- tlves, qui a 6t6 fortement mis h contribution par M. Chantelauze et que I'ceuvre de ce dernier ne fera pas tomber dans roubli." — Georges de JVouvion in Rev. pol. et lit., 16 aout. Girard, J. A. Le sentiment religieux en Grece d'Homfeve k Eschyle. 2e ed. "La th^se fondamentale de M. Girard, c'est que les Grecs n'ont pas 6t6 seulement les gais et robustes ado- lescens qu'on s'est plus quelquefois i nous representev heureux de vivre, ne revant rien au del^ des satisfactioiiB de la vie presente, indiff^rens au gi-and problferoe de la destin^e de I'homme. Et cette opinion, justifiee par I'histoire de la litt^rature, ou plus exactement de la poesie depuis les temps d'Hom^re jusqu'i Eschyle, fait du livre de M. Girard, en mgme temps que la demonstra- tion d'une thfese originale, une veritable histoire de la grande poesie grecque." — Rev. d. Deux Mojidea. Gower, Ld. R. The figure painters of Holland. (Illust. biog. of the great artists.) Gras, F. Li carbounie ; epoupfeio en 12 cant; trad, frang. en regard. ^ " 'Li carbouni6' ranks among the more serious worbB of the modern Proven9al literature. ... The hero is a charcoal burner of the Mont Ventour. Fired' by a love of change, and feeling his young life and energy restless within him, he determines to seek i adventures in tie plains and towns below, and to learn further of the ways of men. ... Here are incident, movement, interest, con- siderable power, a fine subject full of local color, and yet we are struck by an absence of artistic proportion, and a tendency to exaggeratiou. ... M. Gras has pro- duced a great work full of life and color, and when he has put curb and rein upon his Pegasus, and controlled its fiery energy, we hope to follow him in his flights with unmixed admiration and pleasure." — £'nn7ifi L. Mar- nials, in Acad., Sept. 13. Gray, Mrs. J: H: Fourteen months in Canton. Guiteau, C: J. The truth ; a companion to the Bible. Haden, F. S. About etching, "Mr. S. Haden was really the first to make any stir in England about etching as a special branch of art, and it is quite appropriate that he should be chosen to write a technical guide to it." — Sat. rev., Oct. 4. Hartmann, E: von. Le Darwinisme ; ce qu'il y a de vrai et de faux dans cette theorie; trad, par G. Gueroult. 2e ed. Huyshe, Capt. G. L, The Red River expedition. Number 44.] 175 [Mar. 9, 1880. James, H:, Jr. Confidence. "If Mr. James be not incapable of describing passion, at all events he has still to show that he is capable of it. During the last fifteen years, more or less, he has been wiiting stoi-ies of remarkable subtlety, charm, and lit- erary finidh; he has introduced us to many characters who seemed to have in them capacities for the highest passion, — as witness Christina Light, in the novel called Roderick Hudson ; and yet he has never allowed them to bring those capacities to the proof. He uni- formly evades the situations ; but the evasion is managed with ingenuity and plausibility." — Spectator, Jan. 10. Jean, Vabhe^ pseud, Fraucisque ; histoire contem- porainedereducation clericaleetmonastique. "Voici un livre qui fait et fera du bruit. ... L'abb6 Jean declare qu'il nc vise paa an style et qu'eneore moina il recherche un succSa de scandale. Eien n'est plus exact. Le style est souvent laehe, gonfle, et dlffus, et il a un parfum de s^raiuaire et de sermon de campague. ... Pent-etre est-ce sa propre histoire qu'il raconte. II le fait avec iSraotion et sincerite, sans chercher, en effet, le scandale. Ce n'est pas \k un pamphlet comme 'Le raaudit', mais un tableau fidele ou il y a des coins de lumifere, s'il y a beaucoup d'ombres. Pas d'hostilite centre I'essence du dogme, pas de colferea centre les peraonnes, mais seulement un souvenir attristd d'epreuves vraiment cruelles et la protestation d'une ame iSnergique, ind^pendante, aimante surtout et 6prise de I'idiSal, centre la tyrannie de regies etroites et glacees." — Maxime Gaucher, in Rev. pol. et lit., 20 sept. Keary, A. A doubting heart. (Franklin Sq. libr.) "It is not often that a critic peruses a hook from end to end without marking a single passage for praise or blame." — Athen., Nov, 22. Largeau, V. Le pays de Rirha, Ouargla ; voyage h. Rhadames. "The. author's project was to reach the Niger from Algeria by following the great valleys of the Sahnrti, but he appears only to have penetrated as far south as Zmaila, about 31° N. lat., after staying at Wargla." — Royal Geog. Soc. Froc, Nov. Lock, C: G. W. The home of the Eddas; with a chapter on the Sprengisandr by Dr. C, Le Neve Foster. "It is difficult to praise work so loosely put together, BO pedantic, and so full of repetitions ; but it is equally difficult to blame a volume of such genuine research, stored with so much information and even learning, and containing the results of auch untiring observation." — Athenceum, June 14. Lorrain, F. Le problfeme de la France contempo- raine. "An analysis of the works of Pierre G. F. Le'Play, and B. de Saint-Bonnet, the former of whom proposed, as a means of settling social problems in France, a return to feudalism. The author advocates the establishment of a social hierarchy or aristocracy, and is decidedly anti-democratic." — B. P. L. Lubomtrski, le prince J. Le nihilisme en Kussie. Maberly, J. The print collector ; ed., with notes by R. Hoe, Jr. "Written in a plain, direct fashion, and beginning as it ought, with the simplest and most rudimentary details. It is an admirable handbook, and is supplemented with some excellent notes by the editor. The appendix con- tains practical instruction in the various arts of etching, engraving, etc., and a very good and concise account of modern etchers, with a list of their principal works. There are, besides, complete lists of the works of DUrer and Rembrandt, and a full catalogue of the bibliography of prints." — Int. rev., Feb. McCarthy, J. History of our own times from the accession of Queen Victoria to the Berlin Congress. Vol. 1. McCosh, J., D.D. The emotions. "Treats, first, of the elements of emotion, and, sec- ondly, of the classification and description of the emo- tions. He has been led to the consideration of his theme, as he says in his preface, by the vagueness and ambiguity in common thought and literature in connec- tion with the subject, and by 'the tendency on the part of the prevailing physiological psychology of the day to resolve all feeling and our very emotions into neiTous action, and thus gain an important province of our nature to materialism." Malleson, Col. G. B. History of the Indian mutiny, 1857-58, commencing from the close of Kaye's Hist, of the Sepoy war. 2d ed. 2 v. Mohl, J. Vingt-sept ans d'histoire des etudes orientales. Tome 1. M. Mohl was secretary of the Soci6t6 Aaiatique from 1840 to 1867 ; this work contains his annual reports. "II y comprit le champ entier des etudea orientalea, et se chargea de rendre comte k sea confreres de tons les travaux accomplis dans l'ann6e. ... Embrassant le monde entier, Mohl groupait dans uu expose simple, facile, lumincux, tous les progres quo faisaient ces belles recherches. Et combien les circonstances furent favo- rabies k ce grand et large rapporteur! L'Assyrie, qui semblait perdue h. jamais, soi'tant de desaous terrei rdgyptologie atteignant un degr6 de certitude qu'on avait k peine ose esp6rer, le chinois compris dans ses plus delicates profondeurs, les Vedas et les originea uryennea eclair6s de lumieres inattendaes, les monuments du bouddhisme d6couvcrts et compris, I'histoire de la litt^- rature hindoue se degageant des chimeres dont on I'avait entouree d'abord : ce fut I'S-ge d'or des etades orientalea ; Mohl en fut le dlgne, savant et Eloquent historien." — E. Renan. Morin, P. A. Les lois relatives k la guerre. 2 v, Muir, J: Metrical translations from Sanskrit writers. Muir, Sir W: The Goran ; its composition and teaching, and the testimony it bears to the Holy Scriptures. (Soc. for Prom. Christ. Knowl. Non-relig. systems.) Poplimont, C: La France heraldique. 8 v. Quarterly review, Jan. "Opens with an article remarkable in every way, and admirable in style, ou that of the late much-neglected character. Lord Bolinghroke. Had Lord Macaulay only died last month instead of unfortunately twenty years earlier, we should have unhesitatingly ascribed this brilliant essay to his pen. There is also a learned and almost exhaustive treatise on 'Grreek civiUzation in the East." — Examiner, Jan. 24. Reade T. M. Chemical denudation, in relation to geological time. "A vast amount of good solid fact is environed by curious calculations, and by hypotheses of a highly exciting nature. ... All the hypotheses and conclusions in the book are the product of a geological imagination of the highest and most vigorous order." — 2fatiiret Oct. 2. Number 44.] 176 [Mar. 9, 1880. Regnaud, P. Materiaux pour servir k Thistoire de la philosophie de I'lnde. 2 pts. Revue des Deux Mondes, Jan. 1. "Every one interested in Gilsbon should, read the article by M. O. d'BCaussonville in the Revue des Deux Mondes, entitled *Le salon de Madame Neckar'. M. d'Haussonville, who is very severe upon Gibbon's con- duct, prints the celebrated epistle addressed by Gibbon to Mile. Curchod, when *he sighed as a lover, and obeyed as a son', and a very spirited letter by Mile. Curchod, which is couched in scathing terms." — Athenoeum, Jan. 17. Rivers, T: The orchard-house ; or, The cultivation of fruit-trees under glass. 16th ed,, re- edited by T. F. Rivers. Kothan, G. Les origines de la guerre de 1870 : La politique franqaise en 1866. Scheffer-Boichorst, P. Florentiner Studien. "In thiB work the author first brought forward the evidence which he claims proves the spuriousnesa of Dino Compagni's 'Chronicon Florentinum' and of Mali- apini's 'Storia'. In a later work, *Die Chronlk des Dino Compagni', he has maintained this view. For an ac- count of the controversy to which this charge gave rise, consult the 'Archivio storico italiano', 1874, p. 165; 1875, p. 453 ; and articles in 'Historische Zeitechrift", by Hegel, V. 35, p. 32; and Bernbardi, 1877, p. 77. The following works were published in regard to the dispute : Fan- fani, 'Dino Compagoi vendicato'. Milano, 1870 ; Hegel, 'Die Chronik des Dino Compagni'. Leipzig, 1875. Hegel takes issue with Scheffer-Boichorst, Burckhardt says that in Germany Boichorst's view is generally accepted, while in Italy the genuineness of the chronicle is main- tained. The Italian view is set forth in Capponi's *Storia della repubblica di Firenze', v. 2, p. 569-574." —5. P. L. Schiltberger, 3: [His] bondage and travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427 ; tr. by K: F: Neumann. (Hakluyt Soc.) "Bchiltberger was made prisoner at the battle of Nicop- olis, and was taken into the service of Bajazet, sharing in expeditions to Egypt and Asia Minor. Falling into the power of Tiraour, he took part in the invasions of Armenia and Giorgia, the expedition to Abkase, and the return to Samarcand across the Araxes and through Persia. He remained in the service of Tiraour's son and grandson at Kars and Erivan, from which latter place he traversed the western provinces of the Caspian, passing through Derbent into great Tartary, afterwards visiting Siberia, and eventually crossing the kingdom of Kiptchak and arriving at Kaffa in the Crimea. He then went again to Egypt and to Palestine and (probably) Arabia, returning to the Crimea, whence he journeyed to the Caucasus and back to Mingrelia. Escaping to the shores of the Black Sea, he reached Lazietan, was taken by ship to ConBlautinopIe, and finally found his way to Bavaria. It is unnecessary to do more than refer to the interest of a record of those extended travels at such an early date." — Royal Geog. Soc. Free, Nov. Shakespeare, \V: History of the life and death of King John ; ed., with notes, by W: J. Rolfe. The following all have Introductions and notes by Rev. H: N. Hudson. — King Richard ii. — Merchant of Venice. — The tempest. — Tragedy of Hamlet. — Tragedy of King Lear, ^- Tragedy of Macbeth. Skeat, Mev, W. W. Etymological dictionai-y of the English language. Pt. 2. Swinburne, A. C: A study of Shakespeare. Thorburn, S. S. David Leslie. 2 v. "Not a story at all, the love affair being uninteresting and uneventful to the last degree, and the book itself being no more than a wordy and rather dreary set of sketches of Anglo-Indian and Afghan life and manners," — Acad., Oct. 4. Vachon, M. La biblioth^que du Louvre et la collection bibliographique Motteley. (L'art frangais pendant la guerre de 1870-71.) Valroger, L. de. Les Celtes, la Gaul celtique. "Treats of the legislation of the Gauls and Celts. The subject has never yet been examined except in the most superficial manner. M. de Valroger begins with a descriptive sketch of Gaul in the primitive ages; an instructive parallel is then drawn between what classical antiquity knew about the Celts and the results obtained by modern research ; and the last section of the volume contains the practical application of the data previously collected, and gives an account of the fundamental prin- ciples of law as it existed amongst the various branches of the Celtic family." — Sat. rev., June 7. Vast, H: Le cardinal Bessarion, 1403-72 ; etude sur la chretiente et la Renaissance vers le milieu du 15e sifecle. "Le cardinal Bessarion, si savant, si hospitaller, si delicat, M6c6ne de la litt^rature et des litterateurs grecB exiles de Constantinople, m^ritait ^ tous les titres d'etre remis en lumifere. M. Vast n'a 6pargu6 ni les recherches, ni le travail. On pourrait peut-gtro lui reprocher d'avoir voulu tout dire; male comment s'interdire T^rudition en tra^ant le portrait d'un erudit?" — ^eo.(^.2>. J/., 15 mars. V6ra, A. Essais de philosophie hegelienne. — L'Hegelianisme et la philosophie. — Introduction k la philosophie de Hegel. 2e ed. Verne, J. Les cinq cents millions de la begum, suivi de Les revoltes de la 'Bounty'. 9e ed. Wedmore, F: Meryon and Meryon's Paris; with a descriptive catalogue of the artist's work. "Mr. Wedraore shows as deplorable a lack of good taste as of good writing, and the reader who is ignorant of Meryon's work is left very nearly as much in the dark about its character and tendency as he was before. ... The adverse criticism which we have been obliged to pass on tho earlier division of this little book does not extend to the technical chapters at its close. The 'Notes for the amateur' show study and experience; while the closing catalogue, which is very minutely drawn out, must be considered as exhaustive and authoritative until M. Philippe Burty favors us with the long-promised results of his labor." — Sat. rev., Sept. 9. Wood, H. C, M.D, Brain-work and overwork. (Keen. W. W. Amer. health primers.) Woolsey, T. D. Communism and socialism in their history and theory. Zeller, B. Le connetable de Luynes, Montauban, et la Valteline. '*Reprenant une t^che comraenc^e parM. Cousin et la reprenant b. I'aide de documens nouveaux, M. B, Zeller entreprend de prouver que le favori de Louis xm. n'a pas merits les m^pris dont Pont accabl6 la plupart des historiens, et qu'il a 6t6 un veritable homme d'etat, un pr^d^cesseur in6gal, maia non pas indigne, de RlcheUeu. II met les renseignemens en oeuvre avec beaucoup de discernement et de critique." — Rev. d. D. M. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENJEUM. [No. 45. Apr. 19, 1880- Adeline, J. Sculptures grotesques et symboliques, Rouen et environs, pref. par Champfleury. Allen, F: D. Remnants of early Latin. Amos, S. Fifty years of the English constitution, 1830-80. " Mr. Amos has dealt very largely with the events of the last half-dozen years, and has treated them with 8uflS.cient clearness, though constantly with judicial caution. The least satisfactory part is that which treats of the liberty of the subject. ... It is certainly in- correct to say that 'legislative assemblies are not the less despotic for being democratised". Mr. Amos would be the first to admit that, since the House of Commons has become a more popular assembly, it has given civil liberties which a narrower franchise refused or dreaded." — J. E. T. Rogersy in Acad., Feb. 14. Annales de demographie Internationale, 1877-78. 2 V. Antiquary, The ; Jan. "If its editor can keep up to the very high level which he has attained, it will be a valuable addition to historical literature. Dr. Hayman contributes the first portion of a most interesting account of Tewkesbury Abbey," — jlcad., Jan. 3. Baker, AV. M. Carter Quarterman. — A year worth living ; a story of a place and of a people one cannot afford not to know. Barire, A. L'ceuvre.de Jesus-ouvrier ; les cercles c.'ttholiques. "II y a \k des faits bien curieux et des scfenes fort piquautes. ... II a en m§me temps une s^rieuse port6e. II revfele d'une ta^"on saisissante le dessein nettement arrets et patiemment poursuivi par 1' Association de r6- organiser la societe contemporaine sur les assises que I'Eglise romaine pretend etablir. Les membres de I'CEuvre sont les soldats d'une id6e, et cette id6e c'est la centre -revolution faite au nom du Syllabus. II s'agit de subordonner le pouvoir civil au pouvoir religieux, d'ab- sorber I'education de toutes les couches de la soci6t6, de donner i TEglise la suprematie sur les tautes classes, le protectorat des classes inferieures. La question n'est plus de resister, mais de dominer; de se d6fendre, mais de prendre I'offensive; de repousser le controle de I'etat, mais de controler Fetat, de se substituer k lui, et de dire : *r6tat c'est moi'." — Rev. pol. et lit., 27 sept. Bentham, G, Handbook of the British flora. 2 v. Berthet, E. B. La bete du Gevaudan. 2 v. "La bSte du Gr6vaudan, animal fameux, qui r6pandit, au si6cle dernier, une grande terrcur dans la province de Gevaudan. Son apparition soudaine, en I'annee 1765, occupa bientot toute la France. ... Dans 'La b^te du Gevaudan' par Berthet I'int^ret principal est dirige sur une jeune heroine. ... " — Zarousse. Biograpli and review, The. Yol. 1. Blackwell, Dr. E, Counsel to parents on the moral education of their children [in relation to sex]. Bonitz, H. Origin of the Homeric poems ; a lec- ture ; tr. from the 4th German ed. by L. R. Packard. "Opposes the theory that the Ihad and the Odyssey were written by one person. The notes contain refer- ences to the literature upon this subject." — £. P. L. Braddon, M. E. Barbara; or. Splendid misery. (Franklin Sq. libr.) " 'Barbara' is a very amusing book indeed." — Exam,, Feb. 7. Braithwaite, W: and 3., eds. Retrospect of medi- cine, July - Dec. 1879. Brewer, E. C. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots, and stories ; with two app, Brinsmead, E. The history of the pianoforte ; with an account of the theory of sound and of the music and musical instruments of the ancients. "A labor of love that has engaged his careful attention during the last ten years. ... Mr. Brinsmead's concise little volume has thoroughly fulfilled its purpose." — Examiner^ Oct. 18. Buck, A. H., M.D. Treatise on hygiene and public health. 2 v. Burton, J: H. History of the reign of Queen Anne. 3 v. "The reader will open these three handsome volumes with expectations of pleasure, and will continue his perusal with constant feelings of enjoyment; but before he has read many pages he will find that they are disfig- ured by many errors of detail, and that the discussion of some important points of English life has been altogether overlooked." — W. P. Courtney, in the Acad- emy, Jan. 24. Cogordan, G: Droit des gens: La nationalite au point de vue des rapports interna-tionaux. "Un livre excellent. ... C'est un sujet qu'on s'est mis k 6tudier serieusement seulement depuis quelques an- uses, que celui de la nationality sous les rapports inter- nationaux." — Louis Renault, in Revue de droit inter national, v. 11. 1879. College of New Jersey. The Princeton book ; a series of sketches pertaining to the history, , etc., of the College; by officers and gradu- ates. Contemporary rev,, E6b. "Dr. Radcliflfe's paper 'On the pedigree of man', a partly thoughtful, partly dreamy, effort to suggest, rather than prove, that the Ego in man is the telegraph- clerk, and not part of the electric machine; and that man diflers from all other created things, and especially from all other sentient things, in being in some fashion a- part of Grod, or rather a partaker of the nature of God." Spectator, Feb. 7. Cowley, C: Famous divorces of all ages. "Among other noted men and women whose marital infelicities are here recorded, are Charles Bumner, Charles Dickens, Charles O'Conor, the Princess de Bauffremont, Daniel Sickels, George Band, Lord Percy, Lord Nelson, Caroline Norton, Mirabeau, the Duchess of Kingston, the Duchess of Cleveland, the Countess of Somerset, Patti, Queen Caroline, Queen Vashti, Lady Grosvenor, Lady Koss, John Philpot Curran, Dion, C^sar, Cicero, Edwin Forrest, Cardinal Fesch, Philip of MacedoD, Madame Tallien, 'the Victoria WoodhuU of the French Revolutiou', Mary, Queen of Sqpts, Napoleon and his two brothers, Louis and Jerome (husband of the late Mrs. Patterson-Bonaparte), Henry viii., Queen Eleonora, Pope Adrian ii., Henry iv., John Wesley, and Jane Shore." — Leaves from a lawyer's life afloat and ashore. Cutter, B: and W: K. History of Arlington, Mass. DePeyster, F: Life and administration of Richard, Earl of Bellomont, Governor of the provinces of N. Y., Mass., and N. H., 1697-1701. Dodge, M. A. Our common school system. Number 45.] 178 [Apr. 19, 1880. Dowden, E: Southey. (Morley, J: Eng. men of letters.) Dozon, A. Manuel de la langue chkipe ou alba- naise. Drake, S: A. History of Middlesex County, Mass., cont. histories of every city and town in the county, and a general history of the county. Vol. 1. Dublin review, Jan. "The chief interest of the number lies in the Anal instalment of Prof. Mivart's long criticism on Mr. Her- bert Spencer's philosophy. Probably no contemporary writer has called forth so many answers and refutations as Mr. Spencer, and none among them have been more amusing to lookers-on than Prof. Mivart's. The present article sums up the long indictment against Mr. Spencer with a nii'ive dogmatism which reminds one of its author's bizarre little volume on 'Contemporary evolution'." — Acad., Jan. 31. Du Boisgobey, F. Le crime de I'opera. 2 v. Dugast-Matifeux, C: Nantes ancien et le pays nantais, comprenant la chronologie des seigneurs, etc. Edda. The younger Edda, also called Snorre's Edda, or the prose Edda ; an English version of The foreword ; The fooliiig of Gylfe, the afterword ; Brage's talk, the afterword ; and the important passages in the poet, diction, Skaldskaparmal ; with introd., etc., by K. B. Anderson, Ernouf, le baron A. A. Du Weser au Zambeze; e.xcursion dans I'Afrique australe ; — Chez les Zoulous ; — Souvenirs de Californie. Byrifes, G. Chateaux historiques de la France ; accomp. d'eaux-fortes. 2 v. Felker, P. H. 'What the grocers sell us' ; a manual for buyers; cont. the natural history and manufacture of all grocer's goods ; also their adulterations, etc. Fiaux, L: Hist, de la guerre civile de 1871. Fisher, M. M. The three pronunciations of Latin. 2d ed. The three methods are the Continental, the Roman (for some years in use at Harvard College), and the usual English. Prof. Fisher is strongly in favor of the last. Foley, H; Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus. 5 v. "Historic facts illust. of the labors and sufferings of its members in the 16th -17th centuries." George, H: Progress and poverty ; an inquiry into the cause of industrial depressions, and of increase of want with increase of wealth ; the remedy. "The remedy proposed is the substitution of a common for an individual ownership in land, which is, according to the author, 'the source of all wealth, and the field of all labor'." — Boston Pub. Lib. Bull. Golden-rod; an idyl of Mount Desert. (Harper's half-hour ser.) , Gray, A. Natural science and religion. Harper, iicK.T: Metaphysics of the school. Vol.1. Hegel, G; \V; F: Esthetique; trad, par C. Benard. 2eed. 2 v. — Philosophie de la religion, trad, par A. Vera. 2 V. Helbig, W. Beitrage zur altitalischen Kultur-und Kunstgeschichte. 1 . Bd. Die Italiker in der Poebene. Hferelle, G. Documents inedits sur les Etats-Gene- raux, 1482-1789, tires des archives de Vitry- le-Frangois. Holmes, G. Treatise on vocal physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the cultiva- tion and preservation of the voice. Houssaye, H; Histoire d'Alcibiade et de la repub- lique athenienne, depuis la mort de Pericles jusqu'i I'avenement des trente tyrans. 4e ^d. 2 V. — Histoire d'Apelles. 2e ed. Inglis, J., {pseud. Maori) . Sport and work on the Nepaul frontier ; or, Twelve years' sporting reminiscences of an indigo planter. "Not India for the Indians, but India for imperial Britain — which is the only effectual way of elevating the Indians themselves." — Acad., May 31. "One of the chief elements of success in writipg a book is to be thoroughly acquainted with the subject yon propose to treat of. In 'Sport and work on the Nepaul frontier', 'Maori', or Mr. James Inglis, shows himself cognizant of the fact, and gives us a vivid picture of Indian life without any of the egotism." — MxaTn., Dec. 14. "The author, after a long residence in India, found, he says, among his friends at home snch an amazing ignorance of ordinary Indian life, that he thought there was room for a chatty, famihar, unpretending book, giving an account of every -day Indian life, as well as of the hunting, shooting, fishing, and other amusements; together with the manners, customs, observations, and sayings of the natives, so far as they bear on the Eng- lishman's social life. This is by no means a bad pro- gramme, and, as far as the word 'sport' is concerned, there is no ground for complaint. But when the reader begins to search for Maori's promised picture of native manners and customs, it is only in the first 27 pages ; the 21 chapters which follow are almost entirely devoted to 'sport' in some shape or other. The author is a veritable Nimrod, and never weary of singing the glories of pig- sticking, deer-stalking in the woods, the slaughter of leopards, alligators, the rhinoceros, and tigers of all varieties and degrees of ferocity." Inter-oceanic canal. The, and the Monroe doctrine. Jeaffreson, C. A young squire of the 17th century, (1676-86) ; ed. by J. C. Jeaffreson. 2 v. "Exceedingly bright and attractive chapters, the narra- tive in which is founded on the letters which follow." — Ath. "Christopher Jeaffreson, bQrn in 1650, inherited large plantations in the West Indies. These latter possessions needing closer attention than an owner living in England could give, a voyage to St. Kitt's was undertaken by him in early life, and led to his settlement there for about five years, during which he worked hard as a planter and merchant, and also took an active part in the politics of the colony. ... But the ordinary [English] reader will turn more readily to the pages written from London, after Christopher's return to England in Sept., 1682." — J. J. Cartwright in Acad. JoufEroy d'Eschavannes, — . Traite coraplet de la science du blason i I'usage des bibliophiles, etc. Laffitte, J. Gambetta intime, sa vie et sa fortune Number 45.] 179 [Apr. 19, 1880. Lay folks mass book ; or, The manner of hearing mass ; [by Archbp. Jeremiah] from mss. of tbe 10th -15th century, (Early Eng. Text Soc.) **Leave8 the fact absolutely certain that English laymen of the ■12th century did not understand the Latin of the missal service. It also proves that, while they were pi-esent at this service, they were occupied (with but one or two very brief interruptions) with devotions entirely distinct from those of the celebrant. The origin of this practice, and its extension until it seems fairly to have driven fTom the field the very theory of congregational worship, are further points of singular interest."— Sat- urday review^ Jan. 24. Lentheric, C: La Provence maritime, ancienne et moderne. *'La troisifeme et non la moins attrayante partie de l*ceuvrc qu'il a consacree au littoral mediterranSen. ... L*arch Cologne, le gSologue, et i'artlste ! M. Lenth6ric est tout cela. ... 9 cartes, admirablement gravees." — Polybiblion, dec. "La Proveace est la terre benie de I'arch^ologie. ... La» eomme en Italie, on marche sur les tomhes grecquea et romaines. Comme en Italie, on peut suivrc, par les debris exhuni^s du sol, les Stapes de trois civilisations, et chaque pierre m6riterait d'avoir un nom, ... Chez des peuples artistes avant tout, les religions se sont succ^de sans 86 detruire ; les mythes se sont meles les uns aux autres, et hien plus difficile est de determiner, dans I'his- toire de Tart et des mceurs, le point oii Astart6 finit et Venus commence, que de distinguer, sur le sol de la vieUe Q-auIe, le moment oil le druidisme disparait devant Ice diviuites romaines et ou celles-ci font place au Dieu unique des chr6tiens. ... L'6clat des vols, la sonorite des noms et cet accent chantant qui deplait aux gens du Nord,, mais qui a longtemps charm(5 les oreiUes raeridio- nales, tout cela nous rappelle les melopees doriques et resonne comme des echos de la Grdee. Les figures surtout ont garde I'empreinte des nobles origines : ce Bont des Grecques que les Arl^siennes. Dans le sud de la Provence, le type romazu est fondamental. Puis, 5^ et la, on rencontre des masques arabes. ... Enfin on trouve parfois un type tr^s rare en Europe et que I'art antique nous a seul transmia ; I'ancien type 6gyptien. C'est parti cullerement chez les paysans et chez les gens du peuple que ces descendances s'accusent. ... lis se marient ensemble et restent beaux; il y a chez eux une dignite, une assurance, certains airs naturellement impe- rieux qui indiquent d'anciens dominateurs." — Villamus in Rev. pol. et lit.^ 31 Jan. Lesguillon, P: J: Theatre ; prec. d'une notice bibliographique. Ir vol. Contents. Esquisse biographique. — Prologue des Nouveaux adelphes. — Nouveaux adelphes. — Mephia- tophelfes. — Aoust 1572. — Les pretendants. — Les deux flfivres. Lombard, A. Pauliciens, Bulgares, et bons-hommes, en Orient et en Occident; etude sur quelques sectes du Moyen Age, MacmiUan's magazine, Peb. ^ "King Cetewayo's own account of the history of Zululand and of the late war. This is contributed by the officer who conveyed bis Majesty to Capetown, and is now in charge of him. It was talren from the King's own lips in a series of conversations on the subject," — Academy, Jan. 24. Main, D: M. Treasury of English sonnets ; ed. from the orig, sources, with notes and illust. Malleson, Col. U-. B. History of the Indian mutiny, 1857-58, oommencing from the close of Kaye's Hist, of the Sepoy war. 2d ed. 2 v, Martin, A., and Cahier» C: Monographic de la cathedrale de Bourges. le partie : Vitraux du 13e sifecle. Masson, D: Life of Milton, narrated in connexion "with the p'olit., ecc!es., and lit. hist, of his time. Vol. 6. Mongredien, A: Free trade and English commerce. 4th ed. Muir, J. Metrical translations from Sanskrit writers, with an introd., prose versions, and parallel passages from cla;=sical authors. "So long since as 1831 Dr. Muir p U forth the first part of his 'Christa Sangita', or Life ot Christ in Sanskrit verse. After completing this work, which excited much curiosity and gained considerable fav-^r among learned Hindus, he followed it up with a 'Life of St. Paul*. Then he published a work called 'Mai a pariksha', or Examination of religions, which set foith a sketch of the argument for Christianity and combat.'d some of the leading points of Hinduism. ... In his retirement at home he has been engaged in unfolding tbi. mysteries of Hinduism to Europeans, and his volumes of extracts from Sanskrit texts have thrown a flood ol light upon the obscure subjects treated of in the old Hindu writ- ings." — Sat. rev., Feb. 7. Municipal corporations' companion, diar), direc- tory, and yearbook of statistics for lb 80; ed. by J. R. S. Vine. Murphy, J: M. Sporting adventures in tue far West. . Nettleship, H: Yergil. (Green, J: E: Classical writers.) Nineteenth century, Feb. "Mr. W. H. Pater has an exquisite essay on the begin- ning of Greek sculpture." — Exam.y Feb. 7. Northcote, Rev. J. S., and Brownlow, Rev. W. R* E-oma Sotteranea, an account of the Rom.m catacombs, especially of the cemetery of St. Callixtus ; comp. from De Rossi. 2 v. "A new and greatly enlarged edition of a former work, pubUshed in 1863; it gives us a very complete account ( f this ancient Christian burial-place, which we now plainly see to have been on a scale of magnitude unmistakably attesting the numbers and importance of the early Christian community in Kome itself." — Spectator^ Nov. 15. Oliphant, Mrs. M. 0. W. The greatest heiress iji England. (Franklin Sq. lib.) "Noticeably good among the great number of her good novels. The story runs along pleasantly, and maintains the reader's interest completely throughout." — Ath- encBuni, Jan. 10, Oppert, E. A forbidden land; voyages to the Corea ; with an account of its geogrnphy, productions, etc. "A population of 16,000,000 without a histoiy, and inhabiting a land which has been for centuries a sealed book to European research." — Acad., Feb. 21. Orange lily ; by the author of *Queenie'. 2 v^ "An idyll in the strictest and most complimentary sense. Its subject is the troubled course of lo^e of a farmer's daughter and a cottager's son in the North of Ireland." — M^xaminer, May 24. Number 45.] 180 [Apr. 19, 1880. Pajol, C: P- v.; comte. Kleber, 8a yie, sa eorre- spondance. Philastre, P. L: F. Premier essii sur la gentee du lan^':;ge, et le mystferp antiq'ie. "All M. PhilaBtre'p liy^otheHCB on grammai- and philol- ogy are o/ the wildest poBBible description. On the other han*-!, hit? analysis of Chinese philosophical litera- ture 18 very interesting, and his long residence in the 'C'^iestial Empire' has enabled him to become familiar with a whole class of writings about which Europeans still know very little." — Sirt. rev.t Sept. 6. . Pierantoni, A: GJi arbitrati internazionali e il trattato di "Washington. "Une Bav.inte et precieuse contribution h I'etude de la matiere qui en ce moment domine le droit des gens pratique : Forganisatlon et la- procedure de Tarbitrage international." — liev. de droit int. v. 5. Pole, W, The philosophy of music. "It Avas mainly by Dr. Pole's eifortB that a certain knowledge of acouBtics and of the physiology of hearing was included as a sine qua non in the curriculum pre- scribed by the various universities for the degree of Mus. Bac. Some more compendious and popular work than Helmholtz's classical butvery ponderous volume on the 'Sensations of tone' was absolutely needed to meet the want which he had created. Accordingly he has come forward as the expounder and simplifier of Helm- holtz to unscientific ears." — Examiner, Oct. 25. Potter, P. Eaux-fortes, reprod. et pub. par Amand- Durand ; texte par G. Duplessis. Renan, J. E. L'eglise chretienne. (Hist, des orip^nes du christianisme.) Riohter, J. P. Leonardo. (lUust. biog. of the great artists.) Robinson, F: W. Othello the second. (Harper's h»lf-hour ser.) Roscoe, H: i;.., "d Schorlemmer, C. Treatise on chemistry. Vol. -i, pi. 2. St. John, S. The life of Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak ; from his personal papers and corr. "The painstaking compilation by Miss Jacob, which appeared three years ago, did not fulfil the desideratum of a really good biography of the subject of this memoir, and no one could be more qualified by circumstances to undertake the work than Mr. St. John. For many years the trusted official of the Rajah, he remained through life in friendly and intimate intercourse with him, and having, after he left the Rajah's service, been for many years Consul-General at Brunei, he was able to study from without, and from an independent point of view, the working of the system he had helped to establish. Mr. St. John has accordingly produced an interesting book." — AthencBUm, Oct. 25. Sayce, A. H: Introduction to the science of lan- guage. 2 V. Shakespeare, W: Julius Csesar, with notes explan. and crit. by Rev. H: N. Hudson. (Annot. Eng. classics.) Sharpe, W;, M.D. Cause of colour among races, and the evolution of physical beauty. — Humanity and the man ; a poem. Soury, J. Portraits du 18e sifecle. Contevts. Fr^ron. — Le chevalier Daydie. — Psy- chologic de la femme au 18e siiole. — Voltaire physlcien. — Schopenhauer et sa philosophic. — Restif de la Bre- onne. — Mrae. du Barry. Spencer, H. Ceremonial institutions. Part 4 of the 'Principles of sociology'. "Both the 6'uV"ct and the treatment arc far more popular than any other p-'-rt of the 'Synthetic philosophy', except, perhaps, the extremely interesting chapters on the origin of religious ideas in t>e preceding volume of the 'Sociology'. ... Though from the nature of its subject-matter it cannot be considered ?.8 one of Mr. Spencer's most valuable works, there are pel haps few of them more startling in the unexpected order so admira- bly introduced into a mass of chaotic material. The whole theory, as a whole, bursts upon the reader like a revelation, while every separate page is replete with ingenious illustrations, apt affiliations of fact on fact, and curiously obvious, yet unsuspected connections between the most apparently remote observances — social, polit- ical, and religious." — Grant Allen, in Academy, Jan. 24. Stokes, F: A. College tramps ; adventures of a party of Yale students during a summer vacation in Europe. Sunday afternoon ; a monthly magazine for the household. Vol. 3. Jan. - Sept. 1879. Synge, W. W. F. Tom Singleton, dragoon and dramatist. (Franklin Sq. libr.) Taylor, "\V: B. Historical sketch of Henry's con- tribution to the electro-magnetic telegraph. Thomas k Kempis. The imitation of Christ; auto- graph ms. of T: a Kempis. De imitatione Christi, repr. in facsimile from the orig. ; with an introd. by C: Ruelens. Thornbury, W. Old and new London ; its history, its people and its places, with "numerous engravings from authentic sources. 6 v. "It almost makes one dizzy to think of the surface travelled over, of the libraries explored, of history, biography, anecdote, description of bygone times, sta- tistics, magazine literature, etc., which Mr. Walford has achieved. ... Nothing on the scale or exactly of the character of Mr. Wallord'o work has been attempted. His method is not only the best for the records of a great city, but it invests the work with a perpetual charm for almost every class of readers. It is a kind of orderly scrap-book, rich on every page with sketch, anecdote, biography, and history. ... Every source of informa- tion, from the old chroniclers down to the reports of city missionaries, seems to have been explored so as to give living pictures of London as it has been and is." — Brit, quart, rev., Jan. Valera, J. Recits andalous. Contents. Pepita Ximen^s. — Les illusions de don Faustino. "Quelques changements font de ce travail une adapta- tion plutot qu'une traduction. Ces changements ^talent, parait-il, iudispensables, car le premier renferme beau- coup de thiologie, et le second est quelque pen noy4 dans la miStaphysique. Ainsi modifies, on lira avec plasir les deux nJcits, le premier surtout, qui jostifle le mot de Merimee sur le style de Juan Valera: 'nai'f et malin 4 la fois'. Les details piquants y abondent; la oouleur locale, dont pourtant I'auteur n'ahuse jamais, leur donne de I'originalitS; enfln il y court comme un souffle liger d'ironie voltairienne." — Rev. pol. et lit., 31 mai, 1879. Wright, H; G., M.D. Headaches, their causes and their cure. 9th thous. Zeller, J. Pie ix. et Victor Emmanuel ; hist, con- temporaine de I'ltalie, 1846-78. 2e ed. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 46. May 24, 1880- Adams, J. W. Sewers and drains for populous districts. Arnold, A. Social politics. "A capital book; it contains much good bgiibc and plenty of interesting information." — Examiner. "An important part of the volume is occupied hy the discussion of the land question. ... Mr. Arnold has not grasped the distinctive features of English agriculture and the English land system as a whole." — Athenceum, Dec. 21, 1878. Baker, W. S. Engraved portraits ofWashington ; with notices of the originals and biographical sketches of the painters. Bertin, E. Les mariages dans I'ancienne societe frangaise. " • Dis-moi commept tu te maries, je te dirai ce que tu vans'. M. Bertin jette un jour aseez profond sur la vieille societe fran5ai8e, nous la pr^sentant sous im - aspect nouveau. Nous la surprenons, en eflfet, dans le secret de la vie intime. ... Enfin un autre interSt de ce livre, c'est de nous faire suivre dans leurs vicissitudes les destinees de certaines families qui sont marques h des litres et i des degr^s divers dans I'ancienne 80ci6t6 frangaise. ... Le recit est 6maiU6 de mots et de tours, qui out ete, j*en suis certain, empruntfis k Saint-Simon, mais qui se fondent tr6s bien et sans faire disparate dans ce style leste, preste, et cavalier. ... Ces tableaux prie 8ur levif sont tous tres vrais, trt;s cavaliSrement dessin^s d'un crayon anim6 et leger; ils nous ofiVent mille revela- tions curieuses et piquautes sur la society du 17e sifecle; il y a la une 66rie de comedies trfes amusantes." — Rev. pol. et lit., 16 aofit. Bitter, C. H. Life of J: Sebastian Bach ; tr. and abr. by J. E. K. Shuttleworth ; with preface by Sir J. Benedict. *• De tous les biographee du grand compositeur, Mizler, Forkel et bien d'autres, Bitter est Ic plus estim6; mais cette minutie de ddtaiis qui rend les biographies alle- mandes fatigantes, et qui a paru trop grande iei meme aus Anglais, rendait pour nous le livre de Bitter peu abordable. Grace k d'heureux retranchements, nous avons maintenant un portrait de Bach trac6 a grands traits, tel qu'il convient k cette noble figure." — Rev. pol. et lit, 22 nov. Brett, W; H: Legends and myths of the Indians of British Guiana. "The folk-lore of these wandering tribes consists in legendary tales and traditions repeated by the elders, reclining in their hammocks over the evening fires, to their chiMren, who implicitly believe and in their turn hand them down to their successors; but those Indians who have been much in contact with what is called civilization are becoming forgetful of the ancient tradi- tions of their race, which are rapidly dying out." — Trubner^a Amer. and Orient, lit. record, 1879. Bucke, K: M. Man's moral nature. " The author very ingeniously attempts to show that the 'moral nature', meaning the whole range of properly emotional experience, is probably connected with pro- cesses in the great sympathetic system, as the 'intellec- tual ' and the ' active ' natures are connected with processes of the cerehro-spinal system. Suggestions to this effect have been made before by various inquirers, but nobody has supported the position by so careful a consideration of the phenomena of feeling from the subjective point of view. The book helps to shed light on the most obscure and perplexing department of the psychological field." — MinO, Jan. Butler, C. M., D.D. History of the Book of com- mon prayer, with an explanation of its offices and rubrics. Campbell, L. Sophocles. (Green, J: K: Classical writers.) Catholic Church. Taxes de la penitencerie apos- tolique, d'aprfes I'^dition publiee k Paris en 1520, par T. Denis ; avec introd. et notes par A. Dupin de St. Andre. 2e ed. " Le pape Q-^lase ii. admet que I'on puisse absoudre de leurs fautes ceux qui donneront de I'argent pour la nourriture du clerg6 et pour le rel6vement d'une 6glise ruin6e paries Sarrasins. Ce fut Jean xxii. qui publia les 'Taxes', qui sont une honte pour la papaut^ et pour I'eglise romaine. Leon x. 61eva le prix des absolutions, en augmenta le nombre, et y ajouta le 'Summarium bul- larum'. ... Tout a 6t6 tariff par Jean xxii." — Revue chretienne. Certain dangerous tendencies in American life, and other papers. Charlestown. First Church. Records, 1632-1789. — Harvard Church. History, 1815-79. Cherbuliez, V. A stroke of diplomacy ; from the Er. (Appletons* new handy-vol. ser.) "An amusing little story, called in the original ' Le roi Ap6pi'." — Pub. weekly, March 25. Clayden, P. W. England under Lord Beaconsfield ; a political history of six years, 1873-80. " The work is intended to be a complete history of the foreign and domestic politics of the British empire, which Mr. Clayden's connexion with the London press ought to give him great facilities for writing." — Athe- ncBwm, Dec. 20. ' Clemens, S: L., (Mark Twain). A tramp abroad; illust. Cobden, R: Political writings ; Avith an introd. essay by Sir L. Mallet. Collet, S. D. The Brahrao year-book for 1876-79 ; brief records of work and life in the theistic churches of India. 4 v. "The volume for 1879 is one of unusual interest, as it contains all the materials for forming an impartial judgment on the schism in the Brahmo-Somaj caused by Keshub Chunder Sen's marriage of his daughter, while still under the age which he himself had laid down as the minimum age for marriage, to the young Maharajah of Kooch Behar, with rites which, if not actually idol- atrous, undoubtedly savoured of the idolatrous, and were not pure theistic rites." — Spectator, Jan, 18. Collins, "W: W. Fallen leaves. 1st ser. 3 v. Cory, W: Guide to modern English history. Pt. 1, 1815-30. Coxe, A. C, D.D. Christian ballads ; illust. by J: A. Hows. Kev. ed. Davis, N. K. The theory of thought ; a treatise on deductive logic. Denis, P. Histoire de rornementation des manu- scrits. Denison, C:, M.D. Rocky Mt. health resorts ; an analytical study of high altitudes in rel. to the arrest of chronic pulmonary disease. Dixon, W: H. Royal Windsor. 2d ed. Vol. 3, 4. Dobson, A. Vignettes in rhyme, and other yerses. "Selected for the American edition, with some few exceptions, from Vignettes in rhyme, 1873, and Proverbs in porcelain, 1877." Number 46.] 182 [May 24, 1880. Durand, Mme. A. T., (H: Greville). Croquis. 3e ed. Economic monographs, no. 15: Putnam, G: H. International copyright, etc. Ewbank, T: Life in Brazil; journal of a visit; ■with illust. of ancient S. American arts, etc. Ferenzona, G. G. Garibaldi I'ingrato ; compila- zione funebre. 3a ed. — Garibaldi politico ; compilazioue per la storia. The author wae assassinated on account of writing these. Feuillet, 0. The little countess; tr. by Mary N. Sherwood. "Distinctly a minor work; it is simple and genuine, and its scheme permits the writer to display all his cleverness, which is great; his tact, which is consider- able, and his workmanship, which ie perfect. It is not a large enough thing to tempt his imagination to part with experience and observation, which is usually his main error." — Nation, April 22. Financial reform almanack, 1880. Finn, J. Stirring times ; or. Records from Jerusa- lem : ed. and comp. by his widow. 2 v. *'A picture of the condition of Palestine during 1853- 56, which includes the period of the Crimean war. The drawing is lifeUke and often artistic, and if the plan, or absence of plan, entailrs a certain amount of seeming repetition, the effect produced is the more impressive and lasting. Among other subjects he has supplied much valuable material towards the understanding of that old labyrinthine problem, the eastern question." — Athenceum, Oct. 26. Foster, J. The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of the British Empire for 1880. " Scarcely a single pedigree is traced farther back than the 13th century, and the wholesome skepticism which Mr. Foster exhibits contrasts well with the credulity or indifference which Sir Bernard Burke would appear to favor. ... The space which has been obtained by the decollation of the pedigrees has been devoted to their ' lateral extension', and thus the family tree, though less lofty, covers even more ground than before. Kinsfolk and relations are duly entered to a very remote degree." — Acacf., Jan. 3. French heiress, A, in her own chiteau ; by the author of ' One only', etc. " Shows an intimate knowledge of the better kind of French life." — Ath., April 27, 1879. *' There are graphic studies of rural life, which seem to be HUggested naturally by the course of the story. ... A novel of good society. Indeed its pictures of society strike us as slightly idealized in more than one respect. ... It is very evident that the author has lived the life which she descrilieH ho well. Yet, looking at it from our Britlbli point of view, we are inclined to believe that she is prejudiced as to the superior charms of the life they lead in France." — Sat. rev., July 20. " 'A French heiress in her own chiiteau' is one of the slighter of the jVnglo-French school, not on a level with ' Iseulte ' or the 'Village on the cliff', but lightly and del- icately wrought, perhaps a little idealized. The author is clearly one who loves France and her people, and who haw studied and admired the gracious and courteous manners which are found at their best among those sur- vivors of the old houses who are something more than reactionary politicians of the Faubourg, and have a life apart from that of Paris." — AcckL, July 13. Froude, J. A. Bunyan. (Morley, J: Eng. men of letters.) " He has given in this volume a real study of his books. ... The biographical part of the book is intelhgently sympathetic. ... A chapter apiece is given to the four chief works, the • Progress', the *Holy war', 'Mr. Bad- man', and 'Grace abounding'. ... Only once is Mr. Froude crotchety, and that is in his extraordinary denunciation of the 2d part of the 'Pilgrim's progress'," — Ath., Feb. 21. Gaffarel, P. Les colonies franca'ses. "Clearly and methodically written, full of details about physical and historical geography, and exhaustive without being unnecessarily long. In his introduction M. Gaffarel endeavors to refute the common opinion that Frenchmen have no natural aptitude for coloniza- tion." — /Sat. rev., Oct. 4. Gautier, T. Captain Fracasse ; from the French by M. M. Ripley. (Leisure hour ser.) "Romance of Gascony, reign of Louis xvin. ; numer- ous adventures, tragical and comical, which gives a most gi-aphic picture of the manners and customs' of the period." — Pub. weekly, March 27. Giberne, A. Sun, moon, and stars; a book for beginners. Gill, Capt.'W: The river of golden sand ; narrative of a journey through China to Burmah ; with introd. essay by Col. H: Yule. 2 v. " The Council of the Royal Geographical Society have awarded the gold medal to Capt. Gill for the admirable geographical work he has performed during two long journeys of exploration, undertaken voluntarily for the cause of science, and at his own cost. The first journey was along the north frontier of Persia, in a region of high political interest, regarding which very little was known. His second, and much longer journey, wae through China from east to west, and over comparatively untravelled ground, and through Thibet from north to south, on to Yunnan and Burmah." " Capt. Gill is evidently an acute and accurate observer,, with an artist's eye for effect, which, aided by a faculty for clear description, enables him to unroU before hia readers a lively and ever-changing panorama. ... He has a keen eye, too, for the humorous side of things." — Ath., Feb. 21. Gobineau, J. A., cojnte de. Histoire d'Ottar Jarl, pirate norvegieu, et de sa descendance. The descendants were the family of Gobineau (Gournay in Normandy and England). Green, A. K. The Leavenworth case ; a lawyer's story. Halfpenny, H. E. Atlas of Kennebec Co., Me. Hall, M': E: The rights and duties of neutrals. " Le but qu'il s'est propose est de determiner, ind^pen- damment de toute prevention en favour de la mani6re de voir anglaise ou continentale, quelle est en fait l'autorit6 relative d'usages contradictoires, et de separer distincte- roent ceux qui sont devenus obligatoiree de ceux qui sont encore en vole de formation, M. Hall a fidfelement accompli son projet." — Preface. Hancock, E. C. The amateur pottery and glass painter, with directions for gilding, etc. Howitt, "\V: Homes and haunts of the most eminent British poets; illust. Howorth, H: H. History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th century. Pt. 2, div. 1, 2. Number 46.] 183 [May 24, 1880 Janet, P. Les causes finales. "Is finality a law of nature? is the problem of the first book. What is the first cause of that law? is the problem of the second book. ... The fundamental proposition of the first book is simply this, — the order of nature is unintelligible, unless you admit that there are ends in nature. Intellectual confusion must be the attitude of intelligence in the presence of the phenomena of the universe, if the principle of cause and eftect be the only principle we can use in our attempt to under- stand the order of the world. The laws of matter and of motion may indeed be competent to explain the phenomena of the inorganic world. ... But when we pass i"rom the iuorgonic world to the organic, and con- sider the relations and correspondences of the various provinces of nature each to each, ... we are unable to think of these correlations as the result of mechanical forces, acting blindly and by chance. ... That an ordered world should be the result of chance, is an unthinkable proposition. ... Finality being a law of nature, what is the first cause of that law? That cause, say the traditional voices of the schools, from Socrates to Kant, is intelligence; therefore there is a supreme, intelligent Cause. Is this conclusion legitimate? ... Kant's keenest criticism, and the most difficult to deal with, is that finality is subjective, it is a regulative prin- ciple of the human mind; and it is unwarrantable to transfer it, to project it outwards, and transform it into a real law of things. ... There is an able discussion on subjective finality. But a second difficulty emerges ; granting that finality must have a cause, is that cause necessarily anterior and exterior to nature? may it not be nature itself? Is not finality immanent? ... Life is an end that realizes itself, and an end in nature is a production in which all the parts are reciprocally ends and means. This is a solution of Hegel, of Schelling, and of all those who have a tendency to pantheism. ... The true position to take up is to show that this doctrine of an internal principle of action in nature is in perfect harmony with the supposition of a supra-mundane cause. ... Two instructive chapters conclude the work, the titles of which are 'Finality and intention', and * The pure idea and creative activity*. The proposition to be proved here is that finality implies intention. And this discussion fitly crowns the work. Is unconscious intelli- gence a tenable hypothesis? Are we forced to it by the facts of the case? And is it an hypothesis intelligible to man? " — Spectator, Feb. 22. — Etudes sur la dialectique dans Platon et dans Hegel. Janson, K. The spell-bound fiddler, a Norse ro- mance ; tr. by A. Forestier. Kingsley, H: Old Margaret. "Old Margaret" is Margaret Van Eyck, sister of Hubert and John, the Flemish painters. See Harper's mag., V. 6, Kingsley, W: L. Yale College ; a sketch of its history, with notices of its several depart- ments, etc. 2 V. Lange, F; A. History of materialism ; tr. by E. C. Thomas. Vol. 2< (Eng. and for. phil. libr., V. 2.) Ledoux, C: Ice-making machines ; the theory of the action of the various forms of cold- producing or so-called ice machines ; tr. from the French, (Van Nostrand*s sci. ser.) Legouv6, G. J: B. E. W. Nos filles et nos fils ; scenes et etudes de famille. 2e ed. L6vy, A. La legende des mois. "The legends of the months, together with the origin of the movable feasts, the popular traditions relating to days and hours, the phases of the moon, etc." — Sat. rev., Sept. 6. Lippincott's gazetteer ; a complete pronouncing gazetteer or geog. dictionary of the world. New ed., rev., etc. Manypenny, G: W. Our Indian wards. "Mr. Manypenny's book is perhaps the most important contribution to the discussion of the vexed 'Indian question' which has yet appeared. His own qualifications for writing it are of a high order. He was Commissioner of Indian Affairs during the whole of Mr. Pierce's ad- ministration, and has ever since continued his familiarity with the history of the Indian tribes. A Democrat in politics, and for many years editor of a leading political paper in Ohio, he had retired from active participation in public affairs till he was invited by President Hayes to take the chairmanship of the committee appointed under an act of Congress to treat with the Sioux in 1876. He is therefore free from any suspicion of political bias in favor of the civil administration of the past twenty years, and may be considered as nearly impartial as any civilian can be. It is necessary to bear in mind these personal i-elations of the author to parties and to the subject under investigation, because his book is really an arraignment of the army in its dealings with the Indian tribes." — Nation, April 15. Modern review. "A review expressing very ably the mind of those who adopt a Christian type of theism, while either questioning or denying the historical supematui'alism of the Bible." — Spectator, Feb. 21. Moulton, Mrs. L. C. Swallow-flights. " Such poems as ' Swallow-flights ' are sure to command attention wherever and in whatever form they are read, because of their marked individuaUty and power. ... Her verses are fresh, direct, spontaneous, occupied wholly and earnestly with their subject, without any sideward- looking or uneasy straining after the methods of other poets ; and she shows herself possessed of sufficient resource to fill them with a rich and pure music of their own. ... We do not, indeed, know where we shall find, among the works of English poetesses, the same self- controlled fulness of expression with the same depth and tenderness of simple feeling." — Examiner, Jan. 26, '78. " These poems exhibit delicate and rare beauty, marked originality, and perfection of style. What is still better, they impress us with a sense of vivid and subtle imag- ination, and that spontaneous feeling which is the essence of lyrical poetry. ... The sonnets are no less sponta- neous than the lyrics, and are of the same high order of imagination." — Ath. "The distinguishing qualities of these poems are extreme directness and concentration of utterance, unvarying harmony between thought and expression, and a happy freedom from that costly elaboration of style so much in vogue at present, through which lyrical spontaneity cannot penetrate. Yet Mrs. Moulton's style displays rare felicity of epithet. ... The poetical faculty of the writer is in no way more strongly evinced than by the subtlety and suggestiveness of her ideas. ... These poems have another and rare merit, with all their imaginative force, they are pervaded by the depth and sweetness of perfect womanhood." — Academy. "Now and then we are slightly reminded of the exquisitely lyrical feeling which gives a unique charm to the songs of Heine.*' — Pall Mall gazette. Number 46.] 184 [May 24, 1880. Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. A beleaguered city; narr. of recent events in the city of Semur in the dep't of the Haute Bourgogne; a story of the seen and the unseen. "A rare literary gem of its kind. No doubt, the marvel of which it profeeses to give the history ia im- possible. But then it is not an impossibility which traverses spiritual or even physical law, so far as we know, but only passes far beyond any experience re- corded in history. And it is so told as not to caricature or travestie human nature in its relation to the supernat- ural, but rather to make it more visible and transparent to us, in all its -rtreakness and all its strength. It is a singular literary feat, but one of the most happy, if not quite the most happy, of the bold enterprises attempted by authors who have succeeded in reading men truly as they are, with the view of throwing upon them some new and imaginary light, and judging, by the mingled aid of experience and fancy, what they would be trans- formed into under the magic of that light. Coleridge's 'Ancient mariner' is such an attempt in poetry of a high order. Mrs. Oliphant's 'Beleaguered city' is partly romance, partly poem." — Spectator, Feb. 7. " The history of how the spirits of the dead came en masse to revisit the city of Semur, and how their unseen coming, in the shape of a darkness that might be felt, drove their living kinsfolk without the walls. The conception is powerful, but Mrs. Oliphant has proved herself as incapable of dealing with a subject of this kind as decisively as she has shown how powerful she is in all the regions of reality." — Globe, Feb. 16. Oppert, E. A forbidden land; voyages to the Corea, with an account of its geography, history, productions, and commercial capa- bilities. "The appearance of a grave-robber in print is a unique • event in literature. The author, who is described in the diplomatic correspondence of twelve years ago, from China, as 'a needy Hamburg trader', 'a Jewish peddler', etc., is the same whom Mr. Seward accuses of having engaged in a body- snatching voyage to Corea — 'an attempt to take from their tombs the remains of one or more sovereigns of Corea, for the purpose, it would seem, of holding them to ransom'. Mr. Oppert, being a a North-German subject, could not be tried in the United States consular court at Shanghae; but Jenkins, the interpreter, an American, who accompanied Oppert and furnished the capital, was put on trial, chari^cd with making *an unlawful and scandalous expedition to Corea, and of violently attempting to land in a country with which the United States had no treaty relatione'. On purely technical grounds the defendant was acquitted. The author now appears in print. After giving what to his own mind are evidently eight merely introductory chapters, he narrates his thieving expedition in the last chapter." — Nation, April 8, Peabody, Miss E. P. Reminiscences of Rev. W: E. Channing. Quarterly review, Jan. "The article which describes Lord Bolingbroke's early life and his measures as a Minister of the Crown is full of fire. ... Both the language and opinions may not unfrequently be accused of exaggeration, but the reader will be induced to pardon all faults for the sake of the vigor of expression and the thoroughness of the condemnation of Bolingbroke's private and official conduct." — Acad., Feb. 14. R6musat, Mme, C. E. J. G. de V., comtesse de. Memoires, 1802-08. T. 3. Round, W: M. F. Hal, the story of a clodhopper. Russia before and after the war, by the author of 'Society in St. Petersburg'; tr. from the German, with add. by the author, by E: F. Taylor. (Franklin Sq. libr.) "We distrust the claim of the author (though vouched for by his translator) to write * as a Russian '. And our doubts approach cei-tainty when we compare Russia before and after the war with Modern Russia (published ten years ago), by Dr. Julius Eckardt. Both hooks are indisputably by the same author; and, indeed, we be- lieve that this is an open secret at Berlin. But who is Dr. Julius Eckardt? He is a German, born in one of the Baltic provinces of 'Russia, but who has lived for years past in Berlin, and is one of the writers in, perhaps, the most rabid of anti-Russian papers in Berlin." — Spectator, Feb. 14. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Early chronicles of Europe. 2 v. "Many of our early historians, beginning from Gildas and Bede, and the records they left behind them, are brought to the reader's notice, together with a summary of what they accomplished. Introduces the reader to a rich collection of early writers, in whose works the basis of French history must be sought, beginning with Prosper of Aquitaine, Gregory of Tours, and his con- tinuators. Many documents embodied in the BoUandista Acta sanctorum are proved to possess a singular value in connection with Gallo-Roman civilization, and their legends to contain nearly all that is now known of those distant times." — Bookseller, Nov. 5. Toru Dutt. Journal de MIle.D'Arvers; nouvelle; prec. d'une etude sur la vie et les oeuvres de Toru Dutt, par Mile. C. Bader. Probably the fii'st novel written in French by a native East Indian. Trollope, A, Cousin Henry. 2 v. " The minute dissection of commonplace characters has long been the special feature of Mr. Trollope's writings. The present story excels both in minuteness and commonplace." — Ath., Oct. 18. " This is not a novel exactly, but rather a study, and a very able one. One character occupies both the au- thor's space and his — we may almost say — undivided attention. The story lends itself to the development and exhibition of Cousin Henry. The other characters are shadows or repetitions of what the author has given us before. There is very Httle love-making. Property, not love, is the real theme of the story." — Sat. rev., Oct. 25. Turgenef, I. S. Memoires d'un seigneur russe ; trad, par E. Charri^re. 2 v. — P^-es et enfants. 2e ed. Verne, J. Dick Sands, the boy captain ; tr. by E. E. Frewer. Ware, L. S. The sugar beet, including a history of the beet sugar industry in Europe, etc. Warner, C: D., and others. Studies of Irving. Wilson, G: Handbook of hygiene and sanitary science. 4th ed., enl. and rev. Yonge, C. M. Bye-words; a collection of tales new and old. Gorctents. The boy bishop. — One will and three ways. — Kaspar's summer dream. — Buy a broom. — The travel of two Kits. — Selma's secret sighs. — Our ghost at Fantford. — Anna's wedding cake. — Autobi- ography of Patty Applecheeks. — A holiday engage- ment; or, The Campbells are coming. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 47. May 31, 1880. Abbott, E. A. Oxford sermons preached before the University. Atcherly, R. J. A trip to Boerland; a year's travel, sport, and gold-digging in the Trans- vaal and colony of Natal. Audsley, G: A., and Bowes, J. L. Keramic art of Japan. Pt. 7. "63 plates, of -which 40 are in colors and gold. Con- taining a comprehensive introd. essay upon Japanese art, illustrated hy 13 photo-lithographic and autotype plates, and numerous wood engravings, printed in colors ; also, a concise dissertation on the lieramic productions of Japan, from the earliest records to the present day, with sectional articles on the pottery and porcelain of the various provinces of the empire in which manufac- tories exist, fully illustrated hy 40 plates, superbly printed in full colors and gold, and 10 plates in autotype, the ■whole illustrations heing produced from original Japan- ese -works of the greatest beauty, an^ representing the entire range of Japanese Iseramic art, ancient and mod- ern. A fall list of the marks which occur upon Japanese pottery, painted and stamped, is given. The glory of the hook is the chromo-lithography, for which, indeed, some new name ought to be invented, so unlike is it to any- thing which has heen called chromo-lithography before; it could scarcely be surpassed hy the most finished hand coloring. This part of the work has been executed in France." — Times. "A source of information of the utmost value to those who desire to study and appreciate the motives and idiosyncrasies of a race of artists whose fancies are as rich, and whose feeling for artistic expression is as keen, in their fashion, as that of the most cultivated nation in the world." — A7-t jouimal. " The Audsley-Bowes introductory essay is hold in its general review of the art features of Japanese work, and minute and even technical in its dissertation on the methods and principles of Japanese artists." — Liverpool daily post. Bigelow, T. Diary of a visit to Nevi^port, N. Y., and Phila., during the summer of 1815 ; ed. by a grandson. Birch, J: Examples of labourers' cottages. Bouch6-Leclercq, A. Histoire de la divination dans I'antiquite. T. 2. Boyle, F: Chronicles of No-man's land. 3d ser. of ' Camp notes'. " No one who remembers Mr. Boyle's delightful 'Camp notes' will be surprised to find these 'Chroni- cles' the pleasautest possible reading." — Exatn., Jan. 17. Braudes, G. Lord Beaconsfield, a study ; tr. by Mrs. G: Sturge. Brown, F. H., M.D. Medical register for Ne-vv England, 1877. Burnett, P: H. Recollections and opinions of an old pioneer. Cavendish, H: Electrical researches ; -written befween 1771 and 1781 ; ed. from the orig. mss. by J. C. Maxwell. '* Cavendish cared more for investigation than for publication. He would undertake the most laborious researches in order to clear up a difficulty which no one but himself could appreciate, or was even aware of, and we cannot doubt that the result of his inquiries, when successful, gave him a certain degree of satisfaction. But it did not excite in him a desire to communicate the discovery to others." — Ath., Jan. 17. Clarin, E. Clericalisme, 1789-1870. •*Sets forth the series of conspiracies formed by the clerical element against lay society since the beginning of the century." — Acad., Jan, 17. Cornhill mag., March. "Three papers in the 'Cornhill' arc noteworthy,— TourgnenicfF's 'Visions', a little story full of an eerie kind of power; ' The philosophy of drawing-rooms', a clever and sensible article on fiirnishinc;, intended to teach that the drawing-room should be the living-room; and an account of Yosh'ida-Torajiro, a Japanese teacher and rebel (he was an engineer by profession), who first stirred up his countrymen to replace the authority of the Tycoons by that of the Mikado, and so helped to bring about the Japanese revolution." — Spectator, March 6. — April. " Contains an article on ' Illusions of memory ', which is thoroughly interesting. Anew tale, ' Mrs. Austin', is begun. It is written pleasantly, in quiet English, but it wil I be difficult for the reader to feel quite the sympathy which the writer seems to do with the fascination of an ingenuous youth of two -and -twenty hy a mature widow of about thirty-seven." —Acad., April 3. Craig, T: Elements of the mathematical theory of fluid motion : -wave and vortex motion. (Van Nostrand's sci. ser.) Detroit Press and Tribune Co. Z. Chandler; an outline sketch of his life and public services; ■with an introd. letter from J. G. Blaihe, Dudevant, Mme. A. L. A. D. Souvenirs de 1848. Duyckinck, E. A., ed. A memorial of Eitz-Greene Halleck. Eden, C: H. Frozen Asia; a sketch of modern Siberia; -with an account of the native tribes., "Discusses the geographical, geological, zoological, botanical, historical, and ethnological conditions of ■ Kussia in Asia, with an account of modem explorations." — Royal Geog. Sac. Proc, Nov. Everett, E: Memoir of J: Lo-well, Jr., deliv. as the introd. to the lectures on his foundation, Dec. 31, 1839, Jan. 2, 1840. E-wald, G: H: A: von. Commentary on the proph- ets of the Old Testament. Vol. 3. (Theol. Trans. Fund.) "Ewald is still unapproachable in hie own line. No , critic ever combined minute insight into small grammat-, ical niceties with the same broad and, in many cases, felicitous power of grasping and comprehendipg, the; spirit of the whole." — Literary world. Fortnightly rev., March. " Mr. Matthew Arnold has achieved a great feat in the 'Fortnightly', He has made an article on copyright in books exceedingly entertaining." — Spectator, March 6. France. Commission des Archives Departementales^ Cotnmtmales, et Hospitalleres. Recueil de fac- simile heliographiques de documents tires des archives des prefectures, mairies, et hospices. Planches. "The collection of 170 documents from the archives of the departments of France, which is here presented in facsimile, was selected for the purpose of illustrating the departmental registers which were laid before the public at the Paris Eshibitjon last year. The collection ranges from the 8th to the 18th century, and consists chiefly of charters down to the 15th century, followed by autograph letters and other documents of later times." — E. Maunde Thompson in Acad., Sept. 27. Number 47.] 186 [May 31, 1880. Germany. Grosser General-Stab. Kriegs-geschicht- liche Ahth. The Franco-German war, 1870- 71 ; tr. by F. C. H. Clarke. Pt. 1, v. 1, sect. 2, 5; pt. 2, sect. 10-12. Gould, S. Baring-. Germany, present and past. 2 v. "The section on social democracy is good. The dif- ferences between the doctrines of Lassallc, Carl Marx, Schulze-Delitzsch and others are lucidly brought out — doctrines too often confounded as equally reprehensible by Englishmen." — Ath., Nov. 8. " The author might have written a valuable as well as entertaining book. He is happiest, as we Kbould have expected, in tracing the growth of institutions, and thus accounting for the popular sentiments connected with them. Thus the chapter on marriage is well worth reading in itself, and supplies a very clear historical explanation of many well-known social peculiarities of modern Germany — such as the importance attached to the betrothal or Verlobung, and the immediate popularity of civil as against ecclesiastical marriage among Protest- ante. In some of the chapters which deal with burning questions of modern German politics, Mr. Baring-Gould has at all events striven to be faii-, and to see both sides, Our charge against him is only that of over-haste." — ^£1^ reu.,Nov. 29. Gourdault, J. La Suisse ; etudes et voyages k travers les 22 cantons ; illust. 2 v. " lllui^trated by 750 wood engravings. ... Each of hia chapters is devoted to a ditl'erent canton. The author is a ckvL'r etudent, as is shown in the review he gives of vSwiss landscapes, customs, guvermnent, and history, and is, at the same time, a writer full of fire and imagina- tion, wlio does not disdain anecdotes." — Ajiier- booh- seller^ Jan. 1. " Le but, c'est de faire connaitre les sites admirables de la ebaine des Alpes ; c'est aussi d'ofi'rir en example les mceurs et les institutions sui.^see, qui sont le reve de tons les amis de la paix et de la liberte. ... Le lOe chapitre du livre contienl des indications fort interessantes sur la flore et la faunc hehetiques, et en particuller sur les chamois." — Rev. sci., 16 nov. " Le livre se termine par un tres interessant chapitre sur la leyende de Guillaume Tell dans I'histoire et au theatre. On y trouve de curieuses anecdotes sur la pre- paration de la grando pi6ce de Hehiller et sur rintei-veuLion de Goethe." — liev. sci., 14 dec. 1878. Gray, W. H. History of Oregon, 1792-18i9. Greg, P. Across the Zodiac ; the story of a -wrecked record. 2 v. " In 'jVcrosH the Zodiac ' Mr. Percy (Jrvj;, wlio may not "be unfairly described as a ConseiTative enlightened and embittered, has produced a very odd and curious book. It partalces in equal measure of the several natures of a. scientific romance, .i satire, and a novel of sentiment, and reminds the reader, turn and turn about, of the stories of Jules Verne, of a sobered, reactionary, unstx- ual Guy Livingstone, and of the experiences of that distinguished travciUer, Gapt. Lemuel Gulliver. ... It is solidly and evenly wrought throughout, and if it be taken by in^talmentB it will be perused with pleasure and interest." — Ath., Jan. 17. "As for the science, we find it rather disappointing. There are one or two other fictions of the Utopian class which we should like to mention. One is, like Mr. Gix-g's, a prophecy of the triumphs of science; but, unhke 'Across llie zodiaci, it is the work of a man who saw the day of science coming, and was in nowise afraid. We mean the splendid frnt^nnent of Bacon — unhappily hut a fragment — entitled * The new Atlantis '. Anotlier is an anonymous book called 'Adventures in the moon and other worlds' (London, 1836), excelling in the quali- ties of humor and a light hand, which we rather miss in Mr. Greg's work. It is almost forgotten now; but its merit is very great. At the time it was thought by some good judges worthy of Peacock. We may also mention a very recently published little volume, ' Brchomenon, or The republic of materialism', in which the conditions of the society described are in some respects curiously like those of Mr. Greg's Martialists; only the scene is laid in the England of 600 years hence, to which the narrator is tranepoited in a dream. The last piece of the kind we wish to note is contained in a few pages of Sir Humphrey Davy's 'Consolations in travel', and is distinguished by the success with which unlikeness to terrestrial condi- tions, yet within the general laws of the solar system is indicated. ... In this pure and noble exercise of scien- tific fancy there is a very difi'erent sort of pleasure from any that can be found in Mr. Percy Greg's powerfully and studiously disagreeable picture of the institutions and manners of Mars." — ;Sut rev., Feb. 14. Hamilton, A. Eheinsberg ; memorials of Frederick the Great and Prince Henry of Prussia. 2 v. " Rheiusberg was the residence of the Great Frederick for several years before his accession, where, masking his real nature aud ambitions, he surrounded himself with a little court of friends and admirers. Mr. Hamilton has paid repeated visits to the place. He has evidently investigated a great mass of curious materials, and gone through much private correspondence in manuscript, and has thrown the results into a light and attractive form. On the whole, Mr. Hamilton represents Frederick, as prince and king, in a more amiable light than we have been accustomed to regard him." — Times, Jan. 23. Hartmann, K. Les peuples de I'Afrique. "L'auteur de ce livre est I'auteur aussi de I'un des livres les plus considerables que Ton ait puhlies depuis quelque^ annees sur I'ethnographie de I'Afrique. Prenant ici par le cute plutot dcscripiif et pittoresque ce qu'il avait pris ailleurs par le cote plus etroitement scientifique, ce ne sont plus les caract^res ethnograpbiques propre- ment dits des peuplades africaines qu'il nous fait con- naitre, mais leurs habitudes, leurs mceurs, leurs cro- yances, leurs superstitions, leurs usages politiques enfin, qu'il s'attacbeinous faire connaitre. On le lira d'ailleurs avec d'autant plus d'interfit que sur une question tr6s complexe, assLz mal connue, tres controversee, celle de I'origine des peuplades africaines, ou plus exactement de leur place dans une clabsification des races humaines, I'auteur a des idees tres arr^tees et qui ne sont pas celles de tout le munde." — liev. d. Deux Mondes. '* Reagissant un peu trop vivement contre les anciens systemes, il repousse et condamne toute tentative de rapprochement entre certains peuples ou groupes de peuples africains et les races d'Europe et d'Asie; il fait Ji de la th^orie des invasions semitiques, relegue celle des origines ehamitiques au rang des billevesees avec ime as.surance un peu trop pleine d'exclusivisme. ... Le chapitre sur les langues de TAfrique est-il le moins d6ve- loppe et le moins complet. ... La partie etbnologique et la partie sociologique des Peuples de I'Afrique pre- sentent un trcs vif interet et fourmillent de renseigne- ments precieux." — Rerue scientifique, 31 jan. " C'est un synthase m6thodique de la civilisation afri- caine, bien plus avancee qu'ou ne I'imagine. M. Hart- mann nous rfxpose, par exemple, rorganisation gouverne- mentale des grands empires africains, le fouctionnement des tribunaux, les lois eiviles des Aschantis, I'histoire et I'administration dans I'empire Zonlou, etc." — Revue acientijique, 20 dec. Number 47.] 187 [May 31, 1880. Herbert, T: M. The realistic assumptions of mod- ern science examined. "The qiiestion treated in both parts of the volume is that of the relation between subject and object in knowl- edge or conscious experience, and more particularly that mode of the relation which is called in the technical / phraseology of philosophers, commercium corporis et anirafe. ... Mr. Herbert's work appears to us one of real ability and importance. The author has shown himself well trained in philosophical literature, and poBseesed of high critical and speculative powers. The • rare merit of the solitary work which he has been spared to complete, deepens our regret for his untimely death." — Robert Adarason, in Mind, Oct. Hodgson, B. H. Miscellaneous essays relating to Indian subjects. Hunter, Rev. J: Modern studies in indexing and precis of correspondence. Hunter, W.W. Statistical account of Assam. 2 v. Jackson, S., D.V. Alaska and missions on tlie North Pacific coast. " Description of Alaska, its peculiar geographical features, wonderful scenery, etc.', with account of the inhabitants, their customs, manner of life, superstitions, and the missions established among them by Russian, English and American missionaries. Dr. Jackson is well known as the Superintendent of Presbyterian Missions in the far West, and he has given the results of bis own observation in a tour made in Alaska in 1879. Illus- trated by nearly 100 engravings." — Publishers* weekly^ April 17. James, H:, Jr. Diary of a man of fifty, and A bundle of letters. (Harper's half-hour ser.) Jones, H: Card essays, Clay's decisions, and card- table talk. " Three parts, of which the first contains essays on various subjects connected with the history, morality, and etymology of whist and other games ; the second, a series of decisions of the late Mr. James Clay on disputed points at whist; and the third, a number of anecdotes included in the general heading of Card-table talk. Players will probably consider the second part the most important, and the third the most amusing. As to the essays, they display great knowledge of the history of the noble game." — Examiner^ Oct. 18. Jundt, A. Les Amis de Dieu an He si6cle. Jusserand, J. Le theatre en Angleterre. Karr, J. B. A, Le livre de bord. 3 v. Karr's log-book; reminiscences of a literary life by one of the Romanticists. " The second volume of M. Karr's Livre de bord is quite as amusing as the first. ... M. Karr introduces us here again to some of the notabilities of modern French society. Romieu, the humoristic prefect of the Dor- dogne; Victor Hugo, Roger de Beauvoir, Jules Sandeau, etc., fill the canvas where Balzac occupies the place assigned in the previous volume to Sainte-Beuve. The chapter on French literature in 1830 is interesting, and the description of the Femraes incomprises seems to us an excellent piece of criticism." — Sat. rev., Dec. 6. Laffan, M. Christy Carew. (Leisure hour series.) "Irish novel, by the author of * Hon. Miss Ferrard'. Scene laid in Dublin, chiefly among middle-class people; while giving a graphic picture of Irish social life among educated people, it also deals with political questions of the day, the plot turning upon the opposition of the Roman Catholics to marriages with Protestants." — Publishers' weekly, May 1. Lamothe, H. de. Cinq mois chez les Frangais d'Am^rique; voyage au Canada et k la Kiviere Rouge du Nord. "Readable and instructive. The historical summary of the course of political events which led to the confed- eration, although somewhat bnef, is extremely lucid; as la also the account of the half-breed troubles of the Red River country. M. de Lamothe has striven to give us a fair picture of the French-speaking portion of the com- munity, and the datji as to their present political condition and future prospects." — Nation, Jan. 8. Lavisse, E. Etudes sur I'histoire de Prusse. "M.Ernest Lavisse has tried to explain the unique character of the Prussian monarchy as contrasted with other G-erman states. The conclusion to which his studies have led him may thus 'be stated in his own words : — ' Prussia is a G-orman state lying outside the frontiers of Germany'. It is to the exigencies of this struggle for existence amid hostile surroundings that we must refer the development of that stern and well- organized militarism which little by little has won for the HohenzoUerns the hegemony of Germany." — Acad. Jan. 17. Law list ; compr. the "judges, and officers of the different courts of justice, counsel, etc., in England and Wales. Le Roy, A. Eabien. "Une etude delicatement fouilleede la vie de province. ... II y a li des raiSrites tres r^els de style et de delicate observation." — 31. Gaucher, in Rev. pol. et lit., 31 jan. Levi, L. History of British commerce, and of the economic progress of the British nation, 1763-1878. 2d ed., with graphic tables. Liesse, H: On n'aime qu'une fois. " This novel, which is a first work, is written in a gay and sparkling style, and is characterized by a power of observation at once subtle and exact. M. Liesse has certain affinities with the naturafistic school, loving minute details, or what M. Zola calls 'le document humain'. On the other hand, he is distinguished from this group by the wit of his dialogue. Now, naturalism has a tendency to fill its vocabulary with the most com- mon and every-day speech, while M. Liesse recalls, by the smartness of repartee which he puts into his hero's mouth, the famous legends of Gavarni's cartoons.'' — Acad., Jan. 17. Loftie, Mrs. M. J. 46 social tvi'itters. " Mrs. Loftie repubHshes from the Sat. rev. 46 social twitters (Macmillan), all of them readable, some of them excellent, among these latter 'Mrs. Leo Hunter's hus- band' being noticeable." — Spectator, March 1, 1879. Lomenie, L: L. de. Esquisses historiques et litte- raires. Contents. Mirabeau et madame deNehra. — M. et son p6re i la veille de la Revolution. — Barnave. — Chateau- briand et ees M6moires. — C. et la critique. — C. et I'Aead. Frangaise. — Alexis de Tocqueville. Macedo, J. M. de. Theatro. 3 v. Contents, Vol.1. Luxo e vaidade; comedia. — O primo da California; opera. — Amor e patria ; drama. 2. A torre em concurs© ; comedia burlesca. — O cego; drama. — Cobe; drama. — O sacrificio de Isaac; drama sacro. 3. Lusbela; drama. — O fantasma bi'anco; opera. — O novo Otbelo; comedia. Macmillan's mag., April. " The most interesting article is one on 'Backsheesh', which gives a picture of Turkish administration, and suggests the dimensions of the task of reform." — Acad,, April 3. Number 47.] 188 [May 31, 1880. Matthews, J. B. The theatres of Paris. Monkhouae, W. C. Turner. (lUust. biog. of the great artists.) "A firet-rate memoir of Turner of a popular kind. ... The illustrations — apparently reductions by photography from the wood-blocks of Turner's original engi-avings — are of much beauty." — Spectator, March 27. Morley, H:, ed. Shorter worlcs in English prose; illust. (Cassell's libr. of Eng. lit.) Nisard, M. L. C: Guillaume du Tillot; sa disgrace, sa chute et sa mort, 1749-71 ; extrait de la Revue de France. " Le r6cit dee cvenements qui ont signal^ la chute d'un les plus habiles administrateurs que notre pays ait jamais preteid'autres pays. ... Le spirituel biographe d6crit toutes les intrigues curdles centre le reorganisateur de la principaute de Parme par la princesse Marie Amelie, fille de Marie Thertse et femme de Ferdinand. II y a li des details de I'interel le plus piquant, releves encore par le vif et savoureux style." — T. de L. in Polijhiblion, Oct. Paris-Mureie ; journal pub. au profit des victimes des inondations d'Espagne. Xumero unique, dec. 1879. People of Turkey ; twenty years' residence among Bulgarians, Greeks, " etc. ; by a consul's daughter and wife ; ed. by S. L. Poole. 2 v. "Of the numerous works on Tuikiy, which have appeared during the last tliiee years, it may be said with confidence that the last is the best." — Avad. Poey, A. Le positivisme. Pollock, ^Y. H., and Lady. Amateur theatricals. (Art at home ser.) Pons, A. J. Sainte Beuve et ses inconnues ; avec une pref. de Sainte Beuve. 12e ed. Price, W: A south east view of ye great town of Boston in New England, in America. It is supposed that the edition of 1743 is altered from a plate originally engraved between 1723 and 1729. Raymond, R. W. Camp and cabin ; sketches of life and travel in the West. Reads, C:, and Boucicault, D. Poul play. Reolus, E. Xouvelle g6ographie universelle ; la terre et les hommes. Tome 5. Roads, fS:, Jr. History and traditions of Marble- head. Roland, A. Farming for pleasure and profit. Sect. 4-6. 3 V. Saudeau, L. S. J. Madame de Somraerville, suivie de La chasse au roman. — Valcreuse. lOe ed. SaynStes et monologues. 3e-6eser. 4 v. " The 6th vol. contains a dialogue for two men only ('Un caissier', by M. M. Gill and Richard) of the robustly funny and frankly farcical type — not unlike the perennial ' Box and Cox '." — Nation, Apr. 16, Shakespeare, W: New variorum edition ; ed. by H. H. Furness. Vol. 5 : King Lear. Solly, E: Index of hereditary English, Scottish, and Irish titles of honour. (Index Soc, v. 5.) Stanley, A. P., D.D., ed. Memoirs of E: and C. Stanley. 2d ed. Switzler, W. F. Illustrated history of Oregon, 1641-1877. Thurston, B. Thurston genealogies, 1635-1880. Torrens, W. M. The marquess Wellesley, architect of empire ; an historic portrait. (Vol. 1 of his Pro-consul and tribune ; Wellesley and O'Connell.) "Ability and care displayed. ... A book useful to the student of history, and at the same time fascinating enough to compete among readers of lighter literature with the popular works of fiction." — AtJi., Jan. 17. Tuckey, J. Joan of Arc, 'the maid. Vincent, C: Histoire de la chaussure, de la cor- donnerie et des cordonniers celfebres. Vincent, J. The return of the princess ; from the Fr. (Appletons' new handy toI. ser.) Vivien de Saint-Martin, L: Nouveau dictionnaire de geographic universe'le. Tome 1. Voysey, Rev. C: Mystery of pain, death, and sin^ and discourses in refutation of atheism. Walker, Col. J. T. Account of the great trigono- metrical survey of India. Vol. 2-4. Ward, A. W: Chaucer. (Morley, J: Eng. men of letters.) Webb, J: Memorials of the civil war between King Charles i. and the Parliament of Eng- land as it affected Herefordshire and the adjacent counties; ed. and complet. by Rev T. W. Webb. 2 v. " The late Mr. .John Webb, a valued contributor to the publications of the Camden Society and to the Archseo- logla, devoted many years of a studious and protracted life to these 'Memorials'. A spirit of intelligent re- search carried him through the vast mass of contempo. rary history, whether in print, ms., or the traditions of the country-side — which relates to the years 1641-47. ... He shows, perhaps unconsciously, how inevitable was the result of the revolutionary storm which broke upon England in 1642." — Ath., Dee. 20. Weigel, T. 0., and Zestermann, A. C. A. Die Anfange der Druckerkunst in Bild und Schrift ; niit 145 facsimiles. 2 v. Whitney, Mrs. A. D. T. Odd, or even ? Zaehnsdorf, J. AV. Art of bookbinding ; illust. FRENCH NOVELS. "An article in Ln lecture, March 1880, recommends for family reading Geoige Sand's ' L'homme deneige', •L;i mare au diable', 'La petite fadette ', 'Franijois le Champi', 'Jean de laKoche', and ' Mile, la Quintinie', Balzac's 'Eugenie Grandet', About's 'ToUa', 'Ger- maine', and ' Le rol des montagnes'. Of these, the first two are less entertaining, and, it seems to us, much more 'scabreux', than some of the author's other works, 'Trente et quarante', for instance, Saiideau's ' La mai. son de Penarvan ', and ' MUe. de Seigli^re '. Mrs. Craven's books are recommended, in spite of obvious faults. 'But wo do not counsel their perusal, without commen- tarn, hy romantic or excitable natures', tind 'Le mot de I'enigme ' is strongly condemned. Against certain au. thors of the day mothers are especially warned; Theuriet, for instance, ' is a master, and has preserved the tradition of healthful fiction; but he is de race gauloisc, and there are too evident signs of it in his writings'. Tbe same is true of Daudet's novels, except ' Le petit chose', which was written especially for children, and some of his stories. Malot's 'Eomain Kalbris', and 'Sans famine', and Assolant's ' Montluc le Eonge ' and 'Le capitan Corcoran' are deemed worthy of high praise, in spite of the bad eharaotor of most of their authors' productions." — Nation. Additions. 2d s4r.] BOSTON ATHENiEUM. [No. 48. June 16, 1880. Albert, P. Varietes morales et litteraires. Contents. Les consolatoure. — La l^gende de saint Martin de Tours. — Le caract^re de J: Raeine. — Diderot. — Alexandre Vinct. — Easai sur DuciB. — Biscours prononc6 k I'ouverture du cours de litt6rnlev6s. L'im- pr6vu du denoument ajoute encore k I'inturet de cette amusante intrigue." — Rev. d. Deux Mondes. Schickler, F. de. L'histoire de France dans les archives privees de la Grande Bretagne. Schneider, K. Cypern unter den Englandern ; Reise-Skizzen. " Dr. Schneider at present enjoys a wide repjitation on the continent, and ranks with the most competent •specials' of the day. ... This volume is full of infor- mation about Cyprus, political, social, statistical, and, in fact, everything regarding the present state of the Island." — ^1«., July 12. Stoddard, R: H: Poems. Complete ed. Warner, W. Experiences of a barrister. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 60. July 12. 1880. Amos, S. Political and legal remedies for "war. *' Prof. Amos' works are not exactly light reading, but a precis of them lodges itself very neatly and perma- nently in a pigeon-hole of the reader's mind as he reads. ... The very title of this hook stamps its author as a doctrinaire. For the whole contention of those who regard war as a necessary though very disagreeable accident of existence is, that legal remedies can do nothing for it, and political remedies but little." — Exam- iner, Apr. 10. Androuet Du Cerceau, J. Les plus excellents bastiments'de France [1576-79]; graves par r. Dujarric. Nouv. ed. 2 v. Interesting as giving views of many historic buildings that have perished since Du Cerceau's time. Ansted, D: T: In search of minerals. (Nat. hist. rambles.) Aristoteles. Ethica Nicomachea; ed.G.Hamsauer. Ashwell, A. R. Life of S: Wilberforce, Lord Bishop of Oxford and afterward of Win- chester, with selections from his diaries and correspondence. 4th thous. Vol. 1. " Naturally a biographer takes a partial view of the man whose life he writes ; but this partiality need not be carried to excess. ... Whatever qualities and talents Dr. Wilberforce may have possessed, they were not such as to enable him to leave a lasting mark upon the age in which he lived, nor to effect a change which should be felt in other places than those with which he was imme- diately connected." — Ath., Jan. 10. Beauty's daughters ; by the author of Phyllis, etc. Bellamy, E: Dr. Heidenhoff's process. Bernays, J. Lucian und die Kyniker. "Bemays undertakes the rehabilitation of the Cynic suicide Peregrinus Proteus, represented by Lucian as a charlatan who voluntarily underwent death out of in- sane vanity. The question to be determined is whether Lucian's violent antipathy to Peregrinus was grounded upon personal acquaintance, or whether he has designedly blackened his character out of antipathy to his piinciples. Herr Bernays contends that the Cynics, in their relation to the existing order of society, occupied nearly the same ground as the early Christians, and provoked the animos- ity of the conservative Lucian on similar grounds. ... The essay conveys a lively picture of some of the intel- lectual phenomena of the second century, and includes a spirited translation of the Peregrinus." — Sat. rev., May 17, 1879. Bethune, G: A. The uncertainties of travel ; from the Boston advertiser ; a plain statement by a certain traveller. Blackmore, R. D. Mary Anerley. *' Racy language, quaint conceits, rich humor, keen observation, and a talent for apt allusions." — Ath-, May 15. "It is full of the fine touches of observation and de- scription, whether of people or of places, that have belonged to most of his novels, and there is a strong dramatic interest to be found in it. In this respect, indeed, as in others, there ie as much matter in ' Mary Anerley' as would make a dozen ordinary novels." — Bookseller, June 3. Blanc, Mme. T., (^5. Th. Bentzon). Georgette. Boswell, J. Correspondence with A. Erskine, and his Journal of a tour to Corsica ; repr. from the orig. eds. ; ed., with a pref., introd., and notes,byG: B.Hill. Busby, T: General history of music from the earliest times. 2 v. Bushnell, H. Life and letters; [ed. by M. B. Cheney]. Caird, J:, D.D. An introduction to the philosophy of religion . " The title of Principal Caird's book contains no refer- ence to Hegel, but the book is Hegelian throughout. It is a remarkable book in many ways — remarkable in the fact that it proceeds from the pen of a Scottish clergyman, bred in the Presbyterianism of Scotland, nurtured on the metaphysic of the Scottish school, and on the theology of the Westminster Confession. It is remarkable also for its marvellous power of exposition and graceful subtlety of thought. Hegel's solution of the problem of reUgion is at length adequately represented in English literature." — Spectator, May 29. " Hegelianiem has become a power in EngUah thought, with which all English thinkers vnW have to reckon. The ' Hegelian * way of looking at nature, at organic life, at history and its products, is coming into vogue. Prin- cipal Caird's book is HegeUan throughout. It is a re- markable book, in many ways, — remarkable in the fact that it proceeds from the pen of a Scottish clergyman, bred in the Presbyterianism of Scotland, nurtured on the metaphysic of the Scottish school, and on the theology of the Westminster Confession. It is remarkable also for its marvellous power of exposition and graceful subtlety of thought. Hegel's solution of the problem of religion is at length adequately represented in English hterature. Hegehanism has never appeared so attractive as it appears in the clear and fluent pages of Principal Caird. It must be confessed, however, that the book is hard reading." — Spectator, May 29. Caloune, le baron A. de. La vie municipale au 15e sifecle dans le nord de la France. "A careful sununary of what may be called 15th century daily life in Amiens, Abbeville, and other towns of the same district. Municipal offices, food supply, prices, finance, charity, the administration of justice, military arrangements, and so forth, have each its chap- ter, and in each a crowd of interesting facts will be found. M. de Calonne is evidently a believer, though not a fanatical believer, in the good old times. In one respect he certainly makes good his case, as far as figures go. It has often been debated whether the material comfort of the lower classes has or has not kept pace with the development of wealth and luxury among the upper. Macaulay, it will be remembered, as regards England in the 17th century, took the side of the pro- gressists very decidedly. M. de Calonne, as regards France in the 15th, takes with equal decision and with more accurate and elaborate figures the side of the past." Sat. rev., March 6. "This book contains no theory, but it contains facts; facta so new — despite their antiquity — so hfe-like, so full of interest, that it is hard to tear oneself away from its perusal. The reader can imagine himself, without much effort, and without troubUng himself about the mass of descriptive matter, deliberating with the 'eche- vins' in the hall, seated with them at the frequent ban- quetting tables to partake of the 'batons au fromage' served at the expense of the town, listening to a 'mystery', watching over the food supplies, regulating the finances, and conducting to battle those bands of the communes." Academy, April 10. Cameron, "V". L. Our future highway. 2 v. A journey from the Mediterranean to the Persian G-ulf, to examine possible railway routes. Number 50.] 198 [July 12, 1880. Collins, C. W. Saint Simon. (Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. For. classics.) Cook, J. Socialism, with preludes on current events. (Boston Monday lectures.) Cooke, J: E. The Virginia Bohemians. Cooke, M. C. Ponds and ditches. (Nat. hist, rambles.) Dalton, E: B., M.D. Memorial of E: B. Dalton. Dozy, R. P. A. Essai sur I'histoire de I'islamisme; trad, par V. Chauvin. " May be safely recommended to all who care to trace the intricacies of a non-Christian theology, and wish to understand how many different things Islam in the course of 13 centuries has come to mean. It is not a work of genius, hut it is painstaliing and readable, and the name of its author is a sufficient guarantee for its accuracy. ... Islam and its developments cannot afford to be made dryer than they are of necessity. M. Dozy is unsparing in hio demands on the reader. He expects more knowl- edge of Eastern history than is generally to be looked for in ordinarily educated people ; he crowds his pages with Oriental names ; and he gives detail after detail, without showing how they bear on the general line of thought, so that it would be difficult for any one unacquainted with the subject to gain any comprehensive idea of the religious history of the great Mohammedan world. ... The book improves as it grows." — Stanley Lane Poole, in Acad., Oct. 25. Ebbetta, D. J. Examples of wrought iron work of the 17th and 18th centuries. Ebers, G; The sisters. "A romance of the Ptolemaic period; the characters are mostly Greek or Roman. The principal ones are Ptolemy Physcon, the most cruel, luxurious, and oppres- sive, though not the least lettered, of his race, but who talks too much and does too little to produce altoeether the impression designed by Herr Ebers; his sister Cleopatra, a successful study of a royal but still feminine nature, half sentimental and half voluptuous, and Puhlius Scipio Nasica, whose relation to Ptolemy is nearly that of a British resident in India to a native prince." Sut. rev., Feb. 21. "L'auteur, au lieu de se borner exclusivement k I'Egypte, a fait une large part 4 la civilisation grecque, qui florissait alors 4 Alexandrie. 11 a meme ajout6 quelques tableaux excellents de la vie juive, ear & cette 6poque, I'an 164 avant J.-C., le judaisme s'epanouissait dans la Basse.Egypte, sous la protection de^ Ptolemies. ... M. Ebers a reussi 4 y placer de tres belles scenes. En mfime temps, il montre avec beaucoup de puissance le chemin que faisaient en Egyptc les idues de la Grece au moment ou la philosophic de ce pays commen9a 4 battre en breche la theologie egyptienne." — Bibl. unio. et rev. Suisse, mars. Eginhardus or Eiuhardus. Life of Charlemagne ; tr. from the ' Monumenta Germanise ' by S: E.Turner; with notes and map. (Harper's half-hour ser.) " Life of the great French Idng Charles, b. 742, d. 814; Eginhard, the writer, b. 770, d. 836, was a contemporary man of letters." — I^b. weekly. May 15. Erekmanu, E., and Chatrian, A. Les deux frferes. — Le grand-pfere Lebigre, 4e ed. Eucken, R. Fundamental concepts of modern philosophic thought, crit. and hist, consid- ered ; tr. by M. S. Phelps. Fawcett, E. A hopeless case. Fields, J. T:, and Whipple, E. P. The family library of British poetry, from Chaucer to the present time, 1350-1878. France. Eecueil des traites, conventions, lois, decrets et autres actes relatifs k la paix avec I'AUemagne. 5 v. " Rien n'a iSt^ n6glig6 pour faire de ce recueil, qui com- prend un si grand nombre d'actes de tout genre un instru- ment de travail aussi commode que possible. ... Tout, dans I'ordonnance du travail, dans la distribution metho- dique des matiferes, r6v61e un jurisconsulte consomme." — Louis Renault in Revue de droit international, v. 11. 1879. Froude, J. A. Two lectures on South Africa. Funck-Brentano, T. Les sophistes grecs et les sophistes contemporains. " M. Funck-Brentano veut montrer que notre epoque est ime 6poque de sophistique et que les philosophes contemporains les plus renommes sont des sophistes. ... Dans ce premier volume I'auteur examine la logique de Stuart Mill et le systfeme de Herbert Spencer. Son ap- preciation est vigoureuse et courageuse. On n'avait peut- etre pas encore secoue aussi rudement ces personnages. ... Sa critique gagnerait pourtant 4 etre plus respectu- euse. II abuse parfois de sa verve satirique et de son reel talent d'dcrivain. La critique est toujours aisee. M. Funck, qui se montre si severe i. I'^gard tous les contem- porains, meme k regard de Kant, qu'il maltraitc trop sommairemeut, ferait bien de nous indiquer plus nette- ment la voie qui doit conduire la pensee humaine hors des impasses. Et puisque toute sophistique repose scion lui sur la confusion du sens abstrait ou absolu et du sens concret ou particuUer des mots, qu'il veuille bien sou- mettre cette distinction k une analyse approfondie." — Bibl. univ. et rev. Suisse, fev. Greenaway, K. Under the window. "This is one of the prettiest books for children we have seen." — Spectator, Dec. 20. Hardy, T: The distracted young preacher. (Ap- pletons' new handy-vol. ser.) Havard, H: L'art et les artistes hoUandais. T. 2. Hazeltine, JI. W. British and American education ; the universities of the two countries com- pared. (Harper's half-hour ser.) Hegel, G: W: F: The philosophy of art ; the 2d part of Hegel's ^sthetik ; tr. with an introd. essay, by W: M. Bryant. " Hegel's theory, like every theory which starts from preconceptions, and examines the facts to be explained only to show the validity of these preconceptions, suc- ceeds by considering the facts which make for it, and obscuring or omitting the facts which make against it: ... Its inadequacy as a theory of progress is not its only failure. It was by considering art merely as a mode of intellectual expression, as a language for uttermg man's thoughts in regard to his own spirit. Art is much more than this, which is indeed only its most valuable form. It is also, for example, a mode of creating merely beautl- ful works, of showing forth loveliness simply — harmo- nies of Une and color which are pleasing to the eye independently of the human interest that may be intro- duced in them or may be left out, as in landscape painting or arabesque ornaments." — g. E. Woodberry in Amer. art rev., June. Herbermann, C: G. Business life in ancient Rome. (Harper's half-hour ser.) Number 50. 199 [July 12, 1880. Hillern, W. von. Ernestine. 2 v. " * Ernestine ' is clever, but foreign ; spun out, but not unattractive ; mucb given to endless didacticism, but still possessing ten times tbe sustained interest of an ordinary Englieb novel." — Acad., Feb. 7. Homerus. Tales from the Odyssey for boys and girls by 'Materfamilias'. (Harper's half- hour ser.) Hoppin, J. M. Memoir of H: A. Brown, with four historical orations. Howells, W: D. The undiscovered country. Hulme, F. E: Familiar wild flowers. 1st ser. " Very beautiful, and useful to designers." Jullien, A. Histoire du costume au theatre. " L'histoire trfes complete des cbangements du costume au th^iltre. M. Jullien s'est epris d'une passion en- thousiaste, ardente, sincere, ob! oui, sincere, pour les artistes q^ui ont prepare ou op6r6 la revolution dans les costumes de tb6atre. A ses yeux, ce Bont des apotres du vrai. lis ont lutte, ils ont souffert, ils ont dt6, k leurs premitres tentatives, des martyrs. ... II iSpuise une matifire qui juequ'alors avait 6te i peine effleur6e. On y voit bien en relief, accuse par des images sensibles, le rapport constant qui esiste entre le costume des person- nages, leurs sentiments, leur langage, et aussi la decla- mation des acteure qui les repr^seutent. La v6rit(5 plus exacte du vStement a pour consequence un progrfes de verite dans I'art tout entier. Nous comprenons mieux, en les voyant tela qu'ils 6taient sur la scene, I'emphase espaguole des b^ros de Corueille et la galanterie des heros de Racine. A ce propos pourtant, il convient de remar- quer que Corneille moins que RaCine a subi I'influence. L'un et I'autre ont eu k lutter contre la meme convention ; Racine a plus ais6ment ced6 k la mode. II avait bien tent6, un moment, de s'opposer k ce que Barou jouat Achille avec une perruque frisee; mais il avait affaire k trop forte partie, et il se soumit de bonne gr^ce." — Hev. pol. et lit.y 22uov. Ligier, H. La politique de Rabelais. "M. Ligier s'est attacbe, sous I'aliegorie et le voile presque continuel de la plaisanterie, k retrouver — sans autrefois preter k Rabelais les idees plus arret^cs de notre temps — ses tendances, ses vo3ux de reforme. II I'a replace dans son temps et a raontre qu'^ c6t6 des utopies de T.MoruB, du pessimiame autoritaire de Machiavel, du radlcalisme de La Bo6tie, et du nonchaloir sceptique de Montaigne, Rabelais avait emis des id^es positives, pra- tiques, plein de ce bon sens du tiers etat fran9ais et de sa foi au progres. II dit que si toutes ces id^es n'6tait pas propres k Rabelais, s'il avait eu des pr6d6cesseurs, nul ne leur avait donn6 une expression plus nette et ne les avait renduea plus populaires." — Eev. pol., 7 f^v. Matzner, E: Altenglische Sprachproben, nebst einem Worterbuche. 2 v. in 3 pts. Martin, H: J. Notices, genealogical and historical, of the Martin family of New England. Mather, H. My Lady Green Sleeves. Melville, G: J: W. Roy's wife. 2 v. Millevoye, C: H. (Euvres. 6 v. " One of the most versatile of French poets. Mille- voye Tvas born Dec. 24, 1782, and died Aug. 11, 1816. ... At a time when translations from the classics were much in vogue, he took precedence even of Delille by publish- ing the Bucoliques, the Idylles de Theocrite, and the Dialogues des morts. In his laudable attempts to present pictures from the Middle Ages, however, he had less success ; his Charlemagne k Pavie, his Emma et Eginard, etc., met with the reception usually given to innovations, and Sainte-Beuve reproached him with having 'enjoUv6 le moyen age '. But Nodier has explained the anomalous position of the young poet. * Living at a time ', he says, ' difficult both for men of imagination as for statesmen, Millevoye appeared romantic among the classicists, and classical among the romanticists. But all agreed that he was a master of po^sie 16g6re. ... Millevoye is in a sense the Keats of France. There is about his work the same yearning love of the past, the same deep veneration for the great dead; the same worship of the * vaste Homfere', as he calls him. It might almost be said of hira, as it has been said of Andr6 Ch^nier, that the Muses hushed him to a sleep of 2,000 years. ... He turned towards the past as did Prudhon and Pradier; he dis- covered that the dead lived more than the living." — A. E. Hake in Acad., May 8. Molinari, G. de. L'evolution econoraique du 19e sifecle ; theorie du progrfes. *' Un ouvrage important. Dans la premiere partie, il 6tudie la graude Industrie et la concurrence, et il examine les premiers effets de I'apparition de ces deux ph^no- m6nes sur la condition de la soci6t6, et en particulier, sur celle de la classe ouvriere. Dans la seconde, il recherche les origines du progres, et, apr^s avoir esquiss^ le deve- loppement historique de revolution k laquelle nous assistons, il montre oil elle conduit nos soci6t6s." — Ue'o. pol. et lit., 21 fev. Potter, L. Lancashire memories. "Recollections of obsolete types of life by one who has lived in and beyond them. We do not feel sure that the scenes which the writer so pleasantly describes can have been altogether agreeable in the reality. It is a very amusing book." — Sat. rev., Sept. 20. Prinsep, V. C. An artist's 'journal, illust. by sketches taken at the courts of the principal chiefs in India. "It maybe doubted whether for simple realism and absence of imperialistic glamour these 'Journals* have their equal. Mr. Prinsep was brought out to India to paint the Delhi Durbar, at which the Queen was pro- claimed Kaiser-i-Hind. While keeping clear of the political question, he plainly discloses his views concern- ing the artistic and social aspects of that historic scene. Words fail to express his horror at ' The place of assem- blage'. ... Of the Anglicised Rajahs who contribute to fill up his picture, his unfavorable opinion is expressed with no less decision." — J. 8. Cotton in Acad., Feb. 15, 1879. " Mr. Prinsep's remarks about the demeanor, habits, and language of the native potentates whose faces he ' was condescending enough to transfer to his canvas, are very questionable, not to say offensive and impertinent." — Sat. rev., April 5, 1879. Schopenhauer, A. Le fondement de la morale ; tr. de Tallemand par A. Burdeau. " D'un trait de plume, il efface tons les syst^mes de morale proposes avant la * Critique de la raison pratique \ et la moiti6 du livre est consacree k la refutation des theories kantiennes. ... La doctrine du sentiment, telle que Schopenhauer, aprfes Jean-Jacques Rousseau, la defend en la renouvelant, en la mettant sous la protection de son systfeme de m6taphysique panth^iste et bouddhlste, triompherait peut-etre des objections classiques; mais elle aurait de la peine k se soutenir, croyons-nous, en face de la morale plus scientifique de I'^cole anglaise exp6ri- mentale." — Rev. sci. de France, Oct. 18. — Pensees, maximes, et fragments ; tr„ annot., e^c, par J. Bourdeau, 2e ed. Number 60.] 200 [July 12, 1880. Senior, N. W. Conversations with distinguished persons during the 2d empire, 1860-63 ; ed. by his daughter, M. C. M. Simpson. 2 v. **A large part of these volumes iB made up of studies by various critics, from divers points of view of the character of Louis Napoleon, and of more or less vivid and accurate explanations of his tortuous policy. ... Louis Napoleon was not generally either loved or flat- tered by Mr. Senior's friends. He is roundly abused in these pages by prominent Frenchmen. ... Of all Mr. Senior's informants about Louis Napoleon in undress, the most curious and instructive was Madame Cornu, the wife of the famous artist. This lady, daughter of a dame de compagnie of Queen Hortense, was brought up as a sister with Louis Napoleon, and visited him repeatedly during his imprisonmenliat Ham. She continued on the most intimate terms with him until the coup d'6tat." — Ath., Jan. 31. "A person desirous of discrediting politicians and of proving that their vaunted knowledge of public afl'airs ■was vain and did not even enable them to see a yard beyond the events occurring immediately around them, could scarcely have collected more facts in support of his views than are here placed before us. ... It would be difficult now to invent more erroneous opinions on the Italian question than those entertained by such men as Prosper Merlmie, 'A. B. C, Q-uizot, Changarnier, and others. ... On no subject, however, were the French more mistaken than on the American war. ... The book contains an extraordinary mass of prophecies falsi- fied by events, of rash opinions unsupported by facts, of bold assertions resting on particles of evidence, of Biinguine hopes which the next few weeks proved to be fallacious." — Exam.^ Feb. 7. Smith, H. H. Brazil ; the Amazons and the coast. '* Mr. Smith visited the country several times for the express purpose of studying its physical, ethnographical, entomological, and other features, and his is the most complete work on the cotmtry yet published." — Ath. April 24. Spencer, H. Essays scientific, political, and specu- lative. Vol. 3. 3d ed. This 3d edition contains two additional essays ; Tran- scendental physiology. — Comparative psychology of man. Stuart, H. V. Nile gleanings cone, the ethnology, history, and art of ancient Egypt, as revealed by Egyptian paintings and bas-reliefs ; with descriptions of Nubia and its great rock temples to the Second Cataract. " He has spared no expense in digging, and has sought out places seldom visited. If he had added to his other outlay the engagement of an artist to make his drawings, or, still better, of a student of the Egyptian language to interpret the inscriptions, his labor would have been more fruitful than It is. When we endeavor to winnow from these gleanings the grains of good corn, and reject the chaff, it is surprising how little remains. Mr. Stuart's ignorance leads him so often into mistakes which are absolutely absurd that we are afraid to trust his obsei-va- tion when he is probably correct." — Sat. rev.. May I. Todhunter, I: W: Whewell ; an account of his writings, with selections from his literary and scientific correspondence. 2 v. Trumbull, H. C. A model [Sunday school] super- intendent ; a sketch of the life, character, and methods of work of H; P. Haven. Trump, A., Jr., pseud. Laws and regulations of short whist adopted by the Washington Club of Paris. Vischei-, F: T. Auch Einer, eine Eeisebekannt- Bchatt. 2e Aufl. 2 v. "Vischer's *Auch Einer' I do not hesitate to say contests with Busch's 'Bismarck' the honor of being the most signiiicant publication of the past season. ... Part of the 1st volume (108 pages) contains an account of some extraordinary travelling experiences, chiefly of a humor- ous sort, a la Don Quixote ; then comes an episode of 300 pages in the shape of an archaeological romance, the scene of which is laid in a Swiss lake-village. Vol. 2 resumes the narrative (12.3 pp.), and the remaining 330 pages contain the hero's diary. It is evident at first sight that it must be Herr Vischer's own diary of many years* slow growth; for no mortal could, in the time in which a book is generally composed, write 300 pages so brimful of fresh, varied, and original ideas as we have here. And then the style in which all this is written is as refreshing as a spring shower. For Germany such a style is a marvel." — Literary world, July 6, 1879. Ward, T: H., ed. The English poets ; selections with critical introductions by various writers and a general introduction by Matthew Arnold. Vols. 1, 2. " These volumes are earnest of the satisfactory execu- tion of an almost ideal literary scheme, description of which is itself nearly a sufficient characterization. Ac- cording to the preface, it is briefly ' to supply an admitted want — that of an anthology which may adequately represent the vast and varied field of English poetry'. ... The marks of the present collection are its copious- ness, which is as great as is consistent with critical selection; its comprehensiveness — it includes every name that is representative or thiit can be called prom- inent for any reason ; and its fund of criticism. This last is, so far as we remember, unique in an English work of this kind. Each poet is assigned to some critic specially qualified to write about him, and we have thus, before the selections from each, a biographical paragraph and a brief critique by an expert, so to speak." — Natwn, June 10. Westropp, H. M. Handbook of pottery and por- celain. Whetham, J. W. Boddam-. Roraima and British Guiana ; with a glance at Bermuda, the West Indies, and the Spanish Main. "A more attractive book of travel it is but rarely our lot to peruse. The author proves himself an ever-jovial companion. His word-pictures cause the scenes described to rise vividly before us. His remarks on the social con- dition of the places visited show him to be a man of the world, and his notes on natural history exhibit an intimate knowledge of the subject such as only few of our amateur explorers can boast of." — Acad., Nov. 15. "Roraima is a singular table-land, bounded on all sides by inaccessible clifl"s, which lies in the far south- western corner of our territory, a few miles north of the point where the frontiers of Brazil, Venezuela, and Gumna meet. ... Mr. Boddam is a bright writer." - Exam., July 19. " Roraima defied him, as it had done his predecessors, and like them he declares that its mysteries can be re- vealed only by the aid of a balloon. ... His remarks on everyday life in the tropics, his notes on the physical geography and natural history of the countries he visited, and above all his rtvid descriptions of scenery and atmoa- pheric phenomena, are attractive." — Ath., Nov 22 Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 51. July 19, 1880. Alexander, Sir J. E: Cleopatra's needle; the obelisk of Alexandria ; its acquisition and removal to England described. Ba;tchelder, C. R. History of the Eastern Diocese. Vol. 1. Blackburn, H: The Oberammergau passion plaj^ : Art in the mountains ; the story of the passion play, -with illust. and an app. of information for travellers. Bluntschli, J: K. Das raoderne Volkerreeht der civilisirten Staten als Rechtsbuch dargestellt. 2e erganz. Aufl. "M. Bluntschli congoit le droit des gens d'xme mani^re plus large et plus philosoplie que M. Hoffter. 11 ne I'ap- pelle pas droit des gens de I'Europe, mais droit des gens des peuples civilises, et en cherche le fondement dans la nature humaine. ... Ce qui dietingiie eminemment M. Bluntschli, c'est la faculte de formuler une proposition de droit en termes precis et qui- portent avec eux leur raison d'etre. On reconnait le codificateur de Zurich. ... M. Bluntschli croit au caract^re progressif du droit international, et il d6veloppe parfaiteraent cette idee dans son introduction. L'6cueil du systfime qu'il a adopte est de tendre k devancer le moment ou une r6gle est pass6e S, I'etat d'ohligation parfaite, unanimeraent acceptee dans la pratique. On est sans cesse tent6 de confondre le desirable avec le possible. Heureueement I'esprit strictement juridique de notre auteur le preserve de toute exag^ration dans ce sens." — Eev. de droit int., V. 5. Bruneti^re, F. Etudes critiques sur I'histoire de la litterature frangaise. Contents. L'eruditiou contemporaine et la litt(5rature frangaise au Moyen Age. — Le problfeme des Pens^es de Pascal. — Lettres iuedites de Mme. de S6vigne. — Les demifiresrecherches sur la vie deMoli^re. — Les ennemis de Racine au 17e si^cle. — Un biographe de Montesquieu. — Voltaire. — La litterature frangaise sous le premier Empire. " The first article treats of the Middle Ages, which, after being very unjustly despised, are much too blindly admired in their semi-barbarous literature. Do not certain scholars go to the length of placing the ' Chanson de Roland' on an equality with the * Iliad'? M. Brune- ti&re refutes them in pages full of earnest and powerful satire, which are, to our thinking, the best in his book. Then come articles on Pascal, on Mjne. de S6vign6, on MoUfere, etc." — F. Bourget in Acad., Feb. 28. " II est, je ne dirai pas l'ap6tre, mais le cat^chiste d'une religion litteraire quelque peu exclusive et intol^rante parfois, toujours sincere et profonde. Le 17e sifecle, voil^ le temple ; Bossuet, Racine, Moli^re, voil^ les dieux. En eux se trouve realist I'accord complet, I'harmonie parfaite de la pensee, du sentiment, et du style. Avant ce grand siScle, tatonnements, gestation penible, incuba- tion douloureuse ; aprSs lui, agitation, trepidation, mouve- ments d^sordonn^s, ardeur guerroyante, li^vre du combat, enivrement du champ de bataille. ... Dans Thistoire de la litterature, M. Brunetifere se pr^occupera done surtout des conditions faitee k Tart par ehaque siecle, et qui le rapprochent ou I'^loignent de I'ideal. ... Ce volume est d'une lecture aussi agreable qu'ixistructive. Le dogma- tisme de M. Bi-uuetiferen'a rien de raide ni d'anguleux, et sa franchise im peu rude n'exclut pas I'esprit." — Maxime Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit., 5 juin. Charavay, E. A. de Vigny et Charles Baudelaire, candidats a I'Academie Eran9aise. " Retrace les mesaventures aeademiques d' Alfred de Vigny; et la candidature de Baudelaire ; cette aventure. dit M. C, mdritait d'etre contee comme un des traits de caract^re les plus bizarres de cet ecrivain. L'iStude de M. C. rcnferme non-seu lenient des anecdotes amusantes, contees ;\vec agr^mcnt, mais des renseignemcnts pr6cia, des jugements brefs et senses sur la vie et lep osuvres des acad6miciens qu'il mentionne." — Rev. crit., 19 jan. Chaucer, G. Poetical -works ; [■with] poems attrib. to Chaucer; ed. by A. Gilman. 3 v. " The EUesmere ms., now considered better than any heretofore^nsed, has been made the basis of the new text. The Canterbury tales are, for the first time, arranged in the oi'der in which they are supposed to have been intended to be read. The whole of the poems are for the first time arranged in the chronological order adopted by Mr. Furnivall. There is an index, a new life of the poet, au introductory chapter giving informa- tion concerning the astrological allusions frequent in Chaucer, and an essay on reading Chaucer, giving the reader the views of the latest investigators of this interesting subject. The proper pronunciation of the words often is the key to the meaning." Clark, E.W. Life and adventures in Japan; illust. Clement, C: Michelangelo, Lionardo da Vinci, and Raphael ; with a chapter on art in Italy before the 16th century ; tr. by L. Corkran. " When the first Fi*ench edition appeared 19 years ago, the criticism on Michel Angelo was pronounced the best among the very many that had been attempted." — Sat. rev., Feb. 14. — Michelangelo. (Illust. biog, of the great artists.) Colenso, P. E. History of the Zulu war and its origin. "Miss Colenso has shown a wise discretion in entrust- ingthe military portion of her narrative to Col. Durnford, a brother of the gallant oflicer who fell at Isandhlwana. ... Miss Colenso's case is that Sir Bartle Frere was determined at all costs to subjugate the Zulus, and that as the boundary dispute failed to cause war, he resolved to devise other means of provoking a rupture." — Ath., April 17. Cosnac, G. J., comte de. Souvenirs du rfegne de Louis XIV. Tome 7. "Ces 'Souvenirs' tirent leur attrait des docimienta inedits compulses dans les depots des archives nationales,, de nos bibliothfeques, des ministferes, d'apr^s lesquels il& out et6 publics. Aprfis la Fronde dans Paris, la Fronde dans les provinces est ddcrite dans tous ses details de^ luttes armees et de troubles civils, particuliferement i. Bordeaux ou dominait une puissante faction d^mocra- tique. La Republique etait en germe et fut bien pr6s, d'etre proclamee. La Fronde, envisag6e au point de vue diplomatique, est une des nouveaut^s de ce livre; il relive parfois de graves erreurs historiques commises particuliferement par M. G-uizot; enfin il offre sa curiosit6: au point de vue des beaux-arts, puisqu'il donne la prove- nance et les prix retrouv^s par I'auteur de beaucoup de nos chefs-d'ceuvre du Mus^e du Louvre." — Bibliog. d& la France, 6 mars. Cotteau, E. Promenade dans I'lnde et eV Ceylan. "M. Cotteau est geographe. II a coutume de relever des plans, de mesurer des distances. Cette bonne habi- tude de voyageur pratique se retrouve dans son livre. ... Au milieu de tous les enchantements, de toutes les guirlandes, de toutes les faeries qu'il nous repr^sente en style color6, on trouve des details qui t^moignent de la verity du recit." — Rev. pol. et lit., 28 f^v. Number 51.] 202 [July 19, 1880. Daudet, E. La maison de Graville; moeurs mon- daines. 2e ed. Despois, E. Les lettres et la liberie. Contents. Les lettres et la libertfi. Pericles et les poetes ^ Athfenee. — Auguste et les gens de lettres k Rome. — Les ^crivains cah'inietes du 16e siijcle. — Louis XIV. — Les philosopbea du 18e sifecle. — Frederic li. — Napol6on. Melanges de litterature et d'kistoire. L'histoire romaine ^ Rome. — La democratie des em- pereurs romaina. — Louis xiv. et sa cour. — L'ancien regime en France. Dexter, H: M. The Congregationalism of the last 300 years as seen in its literature. Dressel, H., and Milchhoefer, A. Die antiken Kunstwerke aus Sparta und Umgebung. Du Boisgobey, F. L'heritage de Jean Tourniol. "An interesting story of the old regime." — Sat. rev., May 1. Durand, jMme. A. F., {pseud. H: Gr6ville). Cite Menard. "One of the best, if not the best, of its author's works. The fortimes of the inhabitants of the Cit6, an insula on Montmartre, with, as a central point, those of the good angel of the community, the sempstress Cecile, are very charmingly told." — Sat. rev., May 1. Erckmann, E., and Chatrian, A. Contes de la moutagne. 5e ed. Contents. tJne nuit dans les bois. — Le tisserand de la Steinbach. — Le violon du pendu. — L'heritage de mon oncle Christian. — Hugues-le-Loup. — Pourquoi Hunebourg ne fut pas rendu. — Le bouc d'Israel. — Le combat d'ours. Fiore, P. Droit international prive ; ou, Principes pour resoudre les conilits entre les legislations diverses, en matifere de droit civil et commer- cial; tr. par P. Pradier-Fodere. " Cette Edition est augmentee et modiii^e en quelques points d'une manifire ti-6s heureuse. L'auteur reste iidSle i. eon principe fondamental, d'aprSe lequel I'etat et la condition juridique des personnes doivent etre reglees par la loi de leur patrie (et non de leur domicile actuel), pourvu qu'elle ne soit pas en coutradiction avec les prin- cipes d'ordre public du pays ou il vent faire valoir ses droits. ... Les notes du traducteur sont, en general, interessantes et utiles." — Hev. de droit int., v. 6. Fuentes, M. A. Lima ; sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, etc. Fuller, O. P. Historical sketches of the churches of Warwick, R. I. Gerard, E.D. Reata; what's in a name? (Frank- lin Sq. lib.) Came out in Blackwood's maffazine. Oesaner, L. Le droit des neutres sur mer. 2e ed. "La premiere ed. de cet ouvrage, juetemeut cslim^, date de 18tj5. Dejiuis lors se sont passes des evi^nements importants pour l'histoire et le developpement du droit des neutres. Dans sa 2e ed,, M. Gessner n'a pas seule- ment tenu compte des additions et des modifications qui devaient in6vitahlement resulter de ces onze annees d'es- p6rieuce et d'etudes nouvelles. II a encore augmente consid^rablement, sous tous les rapports, comme forme et conunc fond, la valeur intrins6que de son 03uvrc pre- miere." — Rev. de droit internal., 1876. Gill, Capt. W: The River of Golden Sand. " Is hkely to prove one of the most valuable books of travel that have been published for a considerable time. ... The country of which the River of Golden Sand is taken as the axis, is the part of Eastern Tibet which intervenes between India and China." — Nature, May 13. Gruyer, G. Les illustrations des ecrits de Jerome Savonarola publics en Italic au 15e et au 16e siecle, et les paroles de S. sur I'art. Haynes, D. C. Centennial edition of the Baptist denomination. Hillebrand, K. Six lectures on the history of German thought, from the Seven Years War to Goethe's death. " Sketches of the part played by the five great nations in the work of modern culture from the time that Latin gave way to the national languages. Germany, when she did at length revolt against the intellectual supremacy of France, at once introduced tie feature which Dr. Hillebrand regards as her essential contribution to Euro- pean* thought — the idea of organism. In his second lecture Dr. Hillebrand insists on the importance of realizing that the intellectual conditions of Gennany are abnormal, owing to the interruption caused by the Thirty Years' War. Four great geniuses Dr. Hillebrand counts as the real prox^hets of German culture. These are Herder, Goethe, Schiller, and Kant, and he successively gives a survey of Herder's views on mankind and history, Goethe's ou mankind and nature, Schiller's on mankind and art, and Kant's on mankind and morality. To Herder, too much overlooked of late. Dr. Hillebrand renders full justice. It was he who formulated the German idea, and thus became the forerunner of the German state. ... Dr. Hillebrand writes with all the grace of style, the elegance and brevity which he has learned not from his countrymen, but from his French hosts. His English is terse and fluent, and it is only rarely that a foreign idiom betrays the foreign hand." — Atheii'f'um, ilay 22. — Zeiten.Volker, u. Menschen. Vol. 2. Walsches u. Deutsches. Vol. 3. Aus und iiber Eng- land. Hudemann, E. E. Gesch. des riim. Postwesens wahrend der Kaiserzeit. 2e Aufl. " There was no such thing as a pubUc post, open for any one to use. Cursus publicus meant only a state- post; state oilicials and those who could get a permit were alone allowed to use it. Private people used private messengers, as we see in Cicero's ' Letters '. In fact, there was no real post in the modern sense even in England till the Stuart times. Limitiug himself then to this sense of ' state post ', Hudemann discusses the whole question of its organization." — C. II'. Boase in Acad., Aug. 16. Imbert, P. L. A travers Paris inconnu. " Si BugSne Sue revenait sur la terre, il serait itonn^. Ce Paris dont 11 avait sond6 les myst^ree s'est tenement metamorphose et renouvel6 qu'il lui faudrait recommen- cer ses voyages d'exploration. Les moeurs ne sont pas modiflees du tout au tout; mais les cot^s extMeurs, la scene, le langage, ou I'argot ne sont plus les mSmes. Tel quartler qui servait de repaire 4 ses hSros est devenu nristocratique ; le tapis franc a transports en d'autres parages ses gobeiets d'etain, ses tables suintant le vin et la moisissurc et ses habitU(Ss 4 la main prompte & jouer du couteau. Pour descendre dans ces bas-fonds il faut un certain courage. M. P. Imbert n'a pas recule devant le danger ; il a plough dans ces abimes sans nom." — Jiev. pol. et lit., 14 avril, 1877. Inchbald, Mrs. E. S. A simple story, and Nature and art ; with a portrait and introd. memoir by W: B. Scott. "A new generation of readers will fmd the ' Simple story' what their grandmothers or great-grandmothers (it Number 51.] 203 [July 19, 1880' was first published in 1791) found it, a narrative of strong interest excellently told. ... The incidents are forcible and often romantic, and not such as might he expected from the title. The character of the priest, Doniforth, Lord Elmwood, is said to be studied to some extent from that of J: P. Kemble. ' Nature and art' is a slighter and less distinguished performance, yet very readable, and with some strongly emotional situations. ... Mr. Scott's memoir of Mrs. Inchbald is, like everything that this gentleman writes, highly intere^-^ting and above the com- mon marls." — At?t:, May 1. James, K:, h. 1592, d. 1638. Poems, etc.; coll. and ed., with introd., notes, etc., by Kev. A. B. Grosart. Lefevre, G: S. Freedom of land. (Nat. Fed. Assoc. Practical pol., no. 3.) " The movement vphich it shows to have been steadily proceeding in all parts of the civilized world save the Brftish Islands since the French Revolution. ... As Mr. Lefevre points out, the United Kingdom differs from the rest of the civilized world not only in its agrarian distribution and rural economy, but in its positive laws with respect both to succession and transfer, which promote the accumulation and concentration of landed property, and obstruct and prevent its division. In other countries, where the laws favor its division on succession, and facilitate its transfer by commerce, so far from lapd becoming the luxury of the rich, the very reverse is the case; the poor outbid the rich in the prices they offer, and even buy it out of their hands. The truth is that in its main features English land law is mediasval, while that of the rest of the civilized world is modei'n. ... An inquiry is raised by Mr. Lefevre, namely, whether, apart from all consideration of results, the same forces which have overthrown mediaeval laud law on the conti- nent of Europe and in the new world must not gather strength to overcome it in England, and whether irre- sistible currents of progress are not on the side of the advocates of reform. * It is difficult to suppose', as Mr. Lefevre expresses it, ' that England can withdraw herself fron^ the stream of modern life, can hope to live in an atmosphere of her own and resist all changes in her laws'. ... In Sir Arthur Hobhouse's pages will be found a powerful exposition of the abuses which gather round charitable perpetuities." — Ath., Feb. 21. Lyall, E. AVon by waiting ; a story of home life in France and England. "A pretty story of a French girl, whom necessity transplants, first, from the shelter of her father's chS,teau to Paris, as it was during the days of the Franco-German war and, afterwards, of the Commune; and then from Paris to an uncongenial home in an English cathedral city. The character of Esperance is drawn with considerable skill, with force, and without exaggeration." — Spectator, Aug. 16. McCook, H: C. The natural history of the agri- cultural ant of Texas; a monograph of the habits, architecture, and structure of pogo- nomyrmex barbatus. "Lincecum had stated that the seeds of the ant-rice were regularly sowed in the autumn, kept weeded during wmter and spring, and reaped in summer. Mr. McCook has only been able to see the last stage. The plant had certainly been weeded; its seeds were found in the granaries. ... The book is full of valuable matter as to the habits and actions and whole domestic economy of ants; and there is a useful chapter on the ancient belief in harvesting ants — how it was discredited and how restored, in which the opinions of many ancient and modern authoiH are given with a number of suggestive extracts froni the clasnics as well as from the Rabbinical laws and traditions." — Alfred U. Wallace in Nature, Sept. 2o. Macquoid, K. S. The Berkshire lady. *' The freshncj^s, simplicity, and vigor of English country life in the early j'ears of the last century are reflected in it." — Scotsman. Main, D: M. A treasury of English sonnets. "Existing sonnet-anthologies are those of G-eorge Henderson (Petrarca, 1803), Capel Lofft (Laura, 5 v., 1813-14) , Dyce (Specimens of EugUsh sonnets, Pickering, 1833), Housman (A collection of English sonnets, [1835]), Woodford (The book of sonnets, 1841), Leigh Hunt and S. Adams Lci^ (The book of the sonnet, 2 v., 1867), and Mr. John Dennis (English sonnets; a selection, 1370)." " The book-proper will embrace 350 sonnets, in which it is believed no example has been included that does not mark the highest achievemont in sonuet-writing of the period to which it belongs. In the notes are given upwards of 200 more sonnets. Americans and living writers have been excluded." — Prospectus. Mallock, W: H. Poems. "Of the cleverness of the poems there can be little question. "We think, indeed, that no really poetic child was half clever enough to write lines like 'A child's love-song' at eight years of age. The precocious knowingness shown in them points to future excellence in any department of literature rather than the poetic.*' — Ath., April 17. " Worth reading both for its intrinsic merit and for the light it throws on the development of a singular, a mun- dane, an enigmatic, but a real and I'emarkable talent." — A. Lang in Acad., May 15. " They contain nothing that is in itself highly original and memorable, though they^contain much which would have excited the hope that the author was capable of producing what is original and memorable, if Mr. Mal- lock had published nothing else." — Spectator, April 17. Martin, F. Les jesuites-martyrs du Canada. — Le R. P. Isaac Jocques de la Comp. de Jesus, premier apotre des Iroquois. Mass6, G. Le droit commercial dans ses rapports avec le droit des gens et le droit civil. 3e ed. 4 V. " L'61oge et la reputation de cet ouvrage ne sont plus ^ faire. ... II s'en faut de peu que tout le premier volume de I'ouvrage ne soit consacr^ aux problSmes les plus vivants, les plus interessants du droit des gens. Les eflets de la guerre quant aux citoyens des nations enne- mies et quant aux neutres, I'institution et les fonctions des consuls, presque tout le droit international priv6, civil, et de procedure sont en effet examines," — Rev. de droit int., v. 6. Moltke, H. G: B., Graf von. Wanderbuch. 3e Aufl. " Sixty pages are devoted to a scientific account of the probable origin of the soil of the Campagna, a hypothet- ical description of the neighborhood of Rome where first it began to be more densely inhabited, and finally a very suggestive comparison of the former and present cUmate of these regions. Then we pass on to the 2d part of the Wanderbook, which contains the few notes made during a flying visit to Spain. The chief pecuUarities of several Spanish cities, public and private buildings, are sketched in a few pages. ... Less interesting are the last fifty pages, which give an account of a visit ten years later to the French court." — Lit. world, Aug. 2, 1879. Number 51.] 204 [Jxily 19, 1880. Nachtigal, G. SaharJi und 8uddn ; Ergebnisse sechsjahriger Reisen in Afrika. 1. Th. "The first volume of this long-expected work is divided into three sections, discueeing respectively (1) Tripoli and Fezzan, (2) Tibosti or Tu, and (3) the au- thor's journey to Bornfl. Independently of the interest attaching to the personal narrative of adventure in this volume, and the dangers and privations undergone by its author, it must remain the standard authority upon the regio]].^ discussed in it, from the wide range and precise nature of the information which it contains. Minute attention is given to the occurrence of natural springe, the distribution and economic uses of plants, climatic phenomena, markets, dialects, art -products, history, etc., in addition to topography and the description of the physical features of di-sertf-, mountains, valleys and rivers which no former traveller has visited." — I'roc. Roy, Geog. Soc, Sept. Navery, M. de SafFrou, dame David, plus connue sous le pseud, de Kaoul de. Les aventures de Martin Tromp, Noyes, R. K., M.D. On the self curability of disease ; or, The divine art of healing against *the human art of healing'. Peterson, H: Caesar ; a dramatic study. Sayce, A. H. Introduction to the science of lan- guage. 2 V. " We have done this work no injustice as a whole by the extracts we have made from it. It is all of a piece. If its mutually hostile half-views were allowed to cancel one another, its whole foundation of linguistic philosophy would drop out from under it. We know not where to point out in it any doctrine that is clearly apprehended, distinctly put forth, and consistently maintained. Such a work stands in no definable relation to a c-cience of language, even as 'introduction'." — iVaiion, April 29. "He divides comparative philology into phonology, seraatology, and morphology. This classification at once gives its due position to tliat more spiritual though hitherto neglected aspect of the subject which deals with the inner meaning, as phonology does with the outward or material sound of words. For this branch, the happy term sematology is here adopted. ... There is a table of all known languages, for the classification of which Fr. Milller ^eems mainly responsible." — .!. //. AVa?;. , in Nature, May 20. S6guin, L. G. The Black Forest; its people and legends, "The sombre Schwartzwald is one of the favorite homes of German legends, and of the wide range of such wild and picturesque materials Mr. S^guin has made ample use. ... As for their romantic localities and scenery generally, one can hardly have a saf^r or a better guide; for though Hacklander and Auerbach and many clever German writers have gone before him, yet his volume, being almost exhaustive, will seldom leave you at a loss." — Sat. 7'ev., Aug. 16. ~- The country of the passion play; the highlands and highlanders of Bavaria. Smith, G. Co^vper. (Morley, J. Eng. men of letters.) " Both too brief and too apologetic. He does not eay as much as might fairly have been said of C'.iwiier's eai^n, gi-ace, and simplicity, and the great impression made upon EngUsh literature by the naturalness of his manner, and the mingled playfulness and melancholy of his life." — Spectator, May 1. Spender, Mrs, J: K. Godwyn's ordeal. 3 v. "Mrs. Spender has written what may be truly called a romance of the affections. ... The slow and gradual development of the hero's character under the influence of the heroine is well depicted, but the interest centres in the heroine herself, who is a charming creation. ... Mrs. Spender carries her readers into what is the most important part of a woman's career — her early married life." — Ath.y Sept. 13. Sturgis, J. R. Little comedies. Contents. Apples. — Fire-flies. — Picking up the pieces. — Half-way to Arcady. — Mabel's holy day. — Heather. *'As yet he is like the Musset of * On ne saurait peneer a tout' and the 'Caprice', and has not very much in common with the Musset of the ' Carmosine ' or of * Fan- tasio * and the ' Caprices de Marianne '. There is in him, that is to say, much that is personal, much that is con- ceited, much that is singularly delightful, much that is pretty, and little or nothing that is largely and tnily romantic, or that has any likeness to absolute poetry. The emotion is there, but it is of an every-day quaUty and type ; the humor and wit are plain, but they are only the wit and humor of a dny ; the sentiment is natural, but its naturalness is touched with fashion." — Aih., April 10. ' " No one can read this lively little book without recog- nizing that though it is only literary filigree, it is Uterary filigree executed bV a very skillful and delicate hand. Of the six little comediettas here given, five, at least, are not only good in workmanship, — all six are that, — but sufliciently distinct in execution to leave a lively impres- sion of the whole on the mind. The exception is ' Mabel's holy-day', where Mr. Sturgis has either shrunk from indicating clearly what he wished to indicate in his weary actress's mind, or has been careless in working out his purpose. ... The snatches of song are all of them musical. ... Why should he not attempt something more, and not only amuse us with the skill with which he treats a slight thread of emotion, but fascinate us by the vigor with which he combines many such threads in a single subject? As it is, the whole charm of the little book is like the charm of a kind of literary shot-silk. You have all sorts of variations on one theme, till you are struck with the ingenuity they display. You pass from one phase of a feeling to another closely similar phase, with a swiftness and yet a vivacious sense of the reality of the change, that suggest a mobile as well as a poetic treatment of emotion by the author. Here and there you have a touch so full of genuine poetry that we feel sure Mr. Sturgis could be a poet, if he were to ex- change the very modest alms of this little book for aims richer and higher." — Spectator, April 24. Symonds, J: A. Sketches and studies in Southern Europe. 2 v. Wittich, K: Struensee. "The story of Struensee's meteoric career and tragic catastrophe is told very clearly by Prof. Wittich, with some bias, it may be, in favor of the fallen minister as a German representative of enlightened despotism after the pattern of Frederick the Great. Struensee undoubt- edly not merely intended, but eflfected much good; it is difRcult, however, to sympathize thoroughly with one who spoiled so fine a part from mere presumptuous arrogance. Prof. Wittich manifests his impai-tiality by a defence of the Queen Dowager, the main instrument of Struensee's ruin, but whose character seems to have been hitherto wholly misconceived." — Sat. 7-ev.,, June 21, 1879. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 52. Aug. 16, 1880. About, E. r. V. Story of an honest man. " M. A'bout has joined himself to not a few other em- inent contemporary Frenchmen who have taken up the philosophc dream of inculcating citizenship hy literature, and his novel is nearly as much a novel with a purpose ag * Emile ' itself. To inculcate upon Frenchmen a saner education and healthier habits of living, to teach them to aim at the development of the resources of the country, and to interest themselves in its political life, are the open and declared ohjects of the hoot." — Ath., June 26. Arcliseological Institute of America. 1st annual report, 1879-80, with accompanying papers. Contents. 1879-80. Organization of the Institute, and list of officers and raemhers. — Annual report of the Exec. Comm. — Morgan, L. H. A study of the houses of the American aborigines with a scheme of exploration of the ruins in New Mexico and elsewhere. — Stillman, "W. J. Ancient walls on Monte Leone, in the province of G-rosseto, Italy. — Clarke, J. T. Archaeological notes on Greek shores. Ft. 1. Atcherly, R. J. A trip to Boerland; a year's travel, sport, and gold-digging in the Trans- vaal and colony of Natal. Bailey, G: W. A private chapter of the war, 1861-6. Bartlett, G: B. Concord guide book; illust. Bastian, H. C. The brain as an organ of mind; with illust. Beard, G: M., M.D. Practical ti-eatise on nervous exhaustion, neurasthenia ; its symptoms, na- ture, etc. Bert, P. La morale des Jesuites. 6e ed. "The characteristics of Jesuitical morality and casuistry are, or ought to be, known to every educated person, and most persons whose reading is pretty wide know the monstrous lengths to which the system of minute soul- inspection has been carried. M. Bert has collected together in a thick volume all the most scandalous pas- sages he could find, accompanying them by occasional comments expressive of virtuous indignation. It is astonishing how prone virtuous indignation is to pitch upon jnst those subjects which it is much better to be silent about." — Sat. rev., April 3. "Mme. Charpentier, femme de P^diteur, disait i une de ses amies : XJn femme pourra avouer qu'elle a In Nana, elle ne pourra pas avouer qu'elle a lu le livre de M. Paul Bert. Je m'en tiens h ce jugenient. II ne saurait que flatter Pauteur, puisque le volume contient exclusivement des citations emprunt^es aux ^crivains jesuites. Ce prouva que M. Paul Bert a bien choisi." — £ibl. univ., avril. Bland, E:, and others. Discovery of New Brittaine, begun Aug. 27, 1650. Botticher, K: Die Tektonik der Hellenen. 2 v. — 45 Kupfertafeln. Buck, A. H., M.D, Treatise on hygiene and public health. 2 v. Congrfes International d'Etudea du Canal Intero- c6anique, 15 au 29 mai, 1879. Compte rendu. Cook, J. Labor, with preludes on current events. (Boston Monday lectures.) David Armstrong ; or, Before the dawn, CPranklin Sq. libr.) Davia, J:, d. 1605. Voyages and works ; ed., with an introd. and notes, by A. H. Markham. (Hakluyt Soc, v. 59.) — Map of the world, 1600, to illust. the voyages of J: Davis. (Hakluyt Soc.) Ellis, G: E: Memoir of J. Bigelow. Fabre, F. L'abbe Tigrane, candidat Jl la papaute. 2eed. — Le chevrier. *' L'auteur de plusieurs oeuvres justement remarqu^es. ... Cette fois, M. Ferdinand Fabre nous faitvoyager aux premiers Echelons des C6vennes m^ridionales pour nous introduire en un milieu rustique. Son heros est un chevrier, et le roman a pour titre, en eftet, ' Le chevrier'. Nous voilk en pleine idylle, une idylle qui toume vite i I*616gie. II nous faut cependant faire quelque efl'ort pour nous int6resser ^ des moeurs qui ne sont pas les notres, & des sentiments et des passions vraies sans doute et dans le vif du cceur humain, mais dont I'expression est n^ces- saireraent un pen bien naive pournos goOte plus raflinfis et notre psychologic plus compliqu6e. Ajoutez k cela que M, Fabre a cru devoir conserver & ses personnages leur langage rustique." — M. Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit.i 31 Jan. — Julien Savignac. 2e ed. " Le Julien Savignac est un assez mauvais diahle. Mais les angles de cette Epre nature s'adoucissent peu d, pen, et ses violences s'apaisent quand elle est mani^e paf une main amie et surtout quand apparait dans • I'idylle une charmante bcrg^re, C'est bien une idylle, en, effet, et gracieuse sans cesser d'etre vraie ni tomber dans le domaine de la convention." — J/. Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit., 21 juin, 1879. — Mademoiselle de Malavieille. 2e ed. — Le marquis de Pierrerue. 2 v. Contents. Vol. 1. La rue du Puits-qui-Parle. 2. Le Cai-mel de Vaugirard. — La petite mere. 4 v. Contents. Vol. 1. La paroisse du Jugeraent-Demier. 2. La calvaire de la baronne Fuster. 3. Le combat de la fabrique Bergonnier. 4. L'Hospice des Enfants- " L'auteur entreprend de nous montrer le duel engag6 entre I'esprit moderne et le pros^lytisrae des corporations religieuses. II y a, dans cette premifere partic mSme, certains details qui ne laissent pas que d'etre tres effray- ants. L'auteur n'a-t-il pas un peu charg6 le tableau? II y a 14 de I'obeervation, de la portee, une touche vigou- reuse, de I'accent, et le style n'est pas sans valeur." — M. Gaudier in Rev. pol. et lit, 17 f6v. 1877. — Le roman d'un peintre. *' M. Fabre nous a cont6 I'enfance enthousiaste de Jean- Paul, les premiers tressaillements de sa vocation, sa jeu- nesse laborieuse, son odyssee romanesque, son long duel avec la niisfere, enfin les jours mellleurs, les succfes, les recompenses glorieuses. ... Les details qu'il tient de la bouche du heros, qui est son intime ami." — M. Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit., 23 nov. 1878. Fortnightly review, June. "The backwoods of Ceylon," by A. Gray, is "a most charming account of the efforts recently made by ' Sir "W. G-regory to revive the industry of the northern half of the island. His idea was that if the people themselves could be interested in the work, it would be possible to restore a large proportion of the 3000 aban- doned tanks existing in the province; and this was in a great measure accomplished, the people themselves agreeing to give the labor if the Government would give the sluice-gates. Each little repubhc set to work with such a will that in less than three years 856 tanks had been repaired — i. e., 856 communes guaranteed against drought." — Spectator, June 5. "Mr. Swinburne offers adoring incense to Victor Hugo." — Examiner, June 5. Number 52.] 206 [Aug. 16, 1880. Goedeke, K;, and Tittmann, J. Deutsche Diehter des 16. Jahrh. 12.-14 Bd. Got, r. J. E. La Coraedie-Frangaise u Londres, 1871-79 ; journal inedit de E. Got ; — journal de E. Sarcey ; pub. avec introd. par G. d'Heylli. Green, S: A., M. D. Account of the early land grants of Groton, Mass. — Early records of Groton, 1662-78. — Hist, addi-ess at Groton, Feb. 20, 1880. Grotius (o»' de Groot), H. De jure pra'da; com- mentarius ; ex auct. cod. descr. et vulg. H. G. Hamaker. Certain of the members of the Dutch East India Com- pany, precursors, as it were, of the Quakers and the Friends of Peace, had scruples about privateering, refused to taice their share of the proiits made in that way, and even sold their stock and thought of founding a new society, in France, that should be entirely pacific. It was to dispel these scruples and to prevent this loss of commerce to his country that G-rotius wrote the present treatise. "Why it was not published is unknown. His famous * Mare liherum ' was merely one chapter of this work, published separately. "Un ouvrage inedit de Grotius! Non seulement utf ouvrage Inedit, raais un traite dont le manuscrit m^me etait demeure inapertju jasqu' en 1864 ! Le fameux opus- cule ; Mare liberiira n'eet autre qu'un chapitre tcxtuelle- ment d6tach6 de ce mSrae ouvrage. Le commentaire ou memoire sur le droit de prise parait avoir ete ecrit en 1604 et 1605. II est done de vingt ans anterleur au : De jure belli et pacis : Grotius av.ait 22 ans. C'est dire que I'ouvrage n'a pas toute la maturity ni le caract6re magistral du chef-d'oeuvre de I'auteur. Ce n'en est pas moilts uuc ceuvre remarquable et qui eQt eutR, si elle etait demeuree seule, k placer Grotius h cote des Vittoria, des Ayala, des Gentil." — Rev. de droit iniemai., v. 3. Guizot, F. P: G. History of France, 1789-1848 ; ed. by Mme. de "Witt. Vol. 6. Hutchinson, W: N. Dog-breaking. 6th ed. lung, T. Bonaparte et son temps, 1769-99. 2 v. " The earliest years of Napoleon Bonaparte have never yet received quite such careful consideration as that which M. lung's two volumes — to be apparently fol- lowed by others — devote to them. The author has diligently consulted the archives of the French War Office and other manuscript sourceB. His book has what is too rare in French historical studies — the distinction of being provided with maps, and he never mentions a proper name without giving some particulars, where any are known, about its owner and his family. The present volumes go as far as 1794, the author's announced intention being to carry the work down to 1799." — Sai. rev.y April 3. Jeans, J. S. Steel, its history, manufacture, prop- erties, and uses. Joyce, P. W. Old Celtic romances ; tr. from the Gaelic. "This charming volume of Irish tales has made its appearance just in the nick of time, when the lucubra- tions of Professor Sophus Bugge have once more brought the subject of the origin of the Bddlc literature of Scan- dinavia vividly before the learned." — Sat. rev., May 29. Kalidasa. Vikramor\'aci ; Ourvaci donnee pour prix de I'heroisme ; drame tr. par P. E. Foucaux. Karr, J: B. A. Le livre de bord. 4e ser. Kay, J: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings ; with biog. sketches and anecdotes. 2 V. " Kay was an engr.aver and miniature-painter in Edin- burgh during the latter half of last and beginning of this century. He had a mania for portraiture, and 'for a period of nearly half a century few persons of any notoriety Who figured in the Scottish capital escaped his notice, and he occasionally indulged himself in caricatur- ing local incidents '. This period of Edinburgh society happened to be peculiarly rich in character and interest, and it could boast of a galaxy of renowned men, such as Lords Monboddo, Brougham, Jeifrey, Erskine, Scott, Adam Smith, the Dundases, MelviUes, Principal Robert- eon, Hugh Blair, Carlyle, Mrs. Siddons, etc. In this way a great deal of the old-fashioned picturesque life and character of old Edinburgh has been preserved." Kayserling, M. Die jiidischen Frauen in der Geschichte, Literatur, uud Kunst. Kossuth, L. Memories of my exile ; tr. from the orig. Hungarian by F. Jausz. "This work relates chiefly to the Italian war of 1859, and the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy under Victor Emmanuel." — Publisher's weekly, June 26. Mr. J: Bright has denied that he and Cobden assisted Kossuth by getting written pledges of England's neutral- ity from Pahnerston, Ld. J; Russell, and others, in 1859. Langmead, T. P. T. English constitutional history, from the Teutonic invasion to the present time. " Most completely stocked with all the important facta in the constitutional history of England, which are de- tailed "vvith much conciseness and accuracy. ... Very full and clear." — Sat. rev., Feb. 28. Lanier, S. The science of English verse. Leland or Laylonde, J:, Preb. of Salisbury. Itin- erary; pub. by T: Heame. 3d ed., from Hearne's corr. copy in the Bodleian Libr. 9 v. Lindau, K. Peines perdues : Une liquidation ; Fred ; Le pendule philosophique ; Le vision- naire. "Pleasantly enough written. Most of the stories, though not all, deal with China and other Eastern countries." — Sat. rev., April 3. Marr, W. Der Sieg des Judenthums uber das Germanenthum. lleAufl. " Five editions have been issued in a few weeks, and repUes are already appearing. Were the author a Jew his proclamation of the Semitic victory would have been ignored .as an idle boast; but he is a genuine Teuton. ... The Emperor Titus, Herr Marr thinks, did the most foolish thing recorded in history, when, after the destruction of Jerusalem, he dragged some of the Jews to Rome, and scattered the rest over the globe. He thus introduced into the western world a people which, according to its own history, was most thoroughly hated by all oriental nations. They were detested not on account of their religion, but because of their legally authorized hatred of all non-Jews, and of their aversion to all manual labor. A natural irresistible instinct impelled them to adopt money-lending and usury as a national trade. ... Of Germany they have endeavored to make a new Palestine because the Germans were most deficient in the sense of nationality ; and after a war of 1,800 years the Hebrew has finally overcome the Teuton, and impressed his stamp on the national German charac- ter." — Literary XDorld, June 7. Number 52.1 207 [Aug. 16, 1880. Mathews, E: D, Up the Amazon and Madeir rivers, through Bolivia and Peru. Melville, G: J: W. Riding recollections; w^ith illust. 5th ed. Miaskowski, A. von. Die Verfassung der Land- Alpen- und Forstwirthschai't der deutschen Schweiz. " The first iustalmeut of a greater book on the develop- ment of the agrarian constitution in the Swiss valleys. The author is an accomplished economist of the younger Grcrman school. He has the histoi'ical feeling which renders that school the fittest class of investigators to deal with questioas of early property." — Spectator, Oct. 25. Minor, Dr, T. C, Her ladyship. *' Extraordinary popularity." "It is a story of Southern life, and the time of the action is during the closing years of the war, and the years immediately succeeding. Following close upon the • Fool's errand*, where are portrayed for a political purpose the ugliest features of Southern society. Dr. Minor's tale is an agreeable relief. It shows us the better side of the warm-hearted and impetuous people, who had all the noble qualities of the Cavalier, and whose failing was their Imperious pride and their aversion to the pro- gressive spirit of the time." Mohammed. Selections from the Ku-ran ; by E: AV: Lane. New ed., rev. and enl., with an introd. by S. L. Poole. "After the translation of the 'Arabian nights' was finished, Lane arranged a volume of * Selections from the Ku-ran', with an introduction, notes, and an interwoven commentary. He wished to collect together all the iui- poi-tant doctrinal parts of the Ku-rdn, in order to show what the rehgion of Mohammad really was according to the Prophet's own words ; and he omitted all those pas. sages "which weary or disgust the student, and render the Ku-ran an impossible book for general reading. The result is a small volume, which gives the ordinary reader a very fair notion of the contents of the Ku-ran, and of the circumstances of its origin. By reason of the prefer- ence shown for the doctrinal over the poetical passages, the book went into scholars' hands rather than into the Ubraries of the general reading public. It has proved of considerable ser^rice to students of Arabic, who have found it the most accurate rendering in existence of a large part of the Kuran ; and even native Muslims of India, ignorant of Arabic, have used Lane's ' Selections' , as their Bible. In this edition the editor has therefore omitted many of the notes, which will not be missed by the reader for whom the book is intended, and for which the Arabic scholar has only to refer to the first edition, or to Sales' Koran, whence most of them were derived. Again, the text of the first edition was obscured and interrupted by an interwoven commentary, which de- stroyed the pleasure of the language, and often made the meaning less intelligible than before. This commentary has been thinned. Once more, the early and wilder soorahs were almost wholly omitted in the first edition, whilst the later, more dogmatic, and less poetical soorahs, were perhaps too fully represented. He has endeavored to establish the balance between the two." More, Sir T: Utopia ; Eng. trans, by R. Robynson ; printed from the 2d ed,, 1556; prefixed the life of Sir T: More, by W: Roper ; ed., with introd., etc., by J. R. Lumby. "How little the work has been generally understood is shown by the popular use of the word 'Utopian', as applied to schemes of unattainable perfection. The picture of the Utopian comjn on wealth which More actually drew is certainly not that of an ideally perfect government. Unpractical it no doubt is, but the main purpose of the book is shown in some of the letters of Erasmus, who recommended the 'Utopia' to his friends as a treatise on the sources of all the political evils of the time in which it was written." — Ath., April 17. Mouravit, G, Pontes et bibliophiles ; les devises des vieux pofetes, etude litteraire et bibliogra- phique. " M. G. Mouravit, aprSs avoir parl6 des bibhophiles d'aiitrefois et d'aujourd'hui, (5num6re, par ordre alphabet- ique, les devises curieuses adoptees par d'anciens pontes fran5ais," — Rev. critique, 2 f6v. Multibibus, B.,;3sewrf. JusPotandi; oder, Deutsches Zechrecht ; Coramentbuch des Mittelalters, nach dem Original von 1616 mit Einleit. neu herausg. von M. Oberbreyer. 4e Aufl. Neves, P. das. A hunting expedition to the Trans- vaal ; tr. from the Portuguese by M. Monteiro. " Valuable for the insight jvhich it gives into the man- ners, customs, and superstitions of the tribes." — Zoolo- gist. Nineteenth century, June. "Mr. Ruskin's article on 'Fiction — fair and foul' with bitter humor contrasts the manner in which the subject of death is treated by Scott and later noveUsts, much to the disadvantage of the latter, whose degeneration in treatment he attributes to modern city life." — Exam- iner, June 5. O'Flanagan, J. R. The Irish bar : comprising an- ecdotes, bon-mots, and biographical sketches of the bench and bar of Ireland. **Our author starts with the intention of telling how these men lived and laughed; and the most striking portion of this work, and that by which it will be best remembered, is the collection of mots." — Ath.^ Feb. 8, 1879. Paris. Inst. Academie Frangaise . Bictionnaire. 7e ed. 2 v. — Societe d'Aquarellistes Frangais. 1880. 2e exposition. Catalogue. Park, E. A. Life and character of L. Woods. Perry, N. Tragedy of the unexpected, and other stories. Contents. The tragedy of the unexpected. — Mrs. Stanhope's last lodger. — A foolish girl. — Our ice man. — In the red room. — '* My Nannie O." — In a street car. — Mrs. F.'s waiting maid. — The ribbon of honor. Phelps, H. P. Players of a century ; a record of the Albany stage. Quincy, E. Lyteria; a dramatic poem. Raczynski, A. N., co?nte, and Donoso-Cort6s, J. P. M. de la S., marq. de Valdegamas. Deux diplomates ; depeches et corresp. pol., 1848- 53 ; pub. par le comte A. d'Antioche, " Besides the interesting information which it contains with regard to Spain from 1848 to 1853, there will be found in this work a very just appreciation — one might almost say a prophecy — regarding France and the Prince-President. The important influence which Prus- sian and Austrian policy wields in the question of the peace of Europe, is admirably shown forth by the two diplomats as they write freely to each other of the great events which they seemed to foresee as far back as 1848." — Amer. bookseller, Feb. 16. Number 52.] 208 [Aug. 16, 1880. !Rauni6, E. Recueil Clairambault-Maurepas : chan- sonnier historique du 18e sifecle. 2 v. " The political chanson now dead in France was long all the fashion. Not possessing, as weapons against the excesses of ahsolute power, liherty of public naeeting, or liberty of the press, or liberty of parliamentary speech, the French were accustomed to fall back upon the only kind of liberty which could not be taken from them — liberty of ridicule. Hence an incredible number of satires, triolets, rondeaux, epigrams, and maUcious re- frains. ... But if an article struck off by the thousand disappears and is lost so soon, how much more likely is the same fate to befall those couplets, which remained in most cases in manuscript! Fortunately, even then collectors existed. The most persevering of these col- lectors was Pierre Clairambault, royal genealogist, who during the course of his long life (1651 to 1740) col- lected 36 volumes of satirical songs. A copy of this precious collection, executed by order of comte de Maurepas, has for a long time been the only one known. This Clairambault-Jfaurepas collection M. A. Quentiu proposes to publish in extenso, so far as it has any bearing on the history of the 18th century." — Acad.t Jan. 17. Rfegamey, G: Atlas de I'anatomie des formes du cheval, k I'usage des peintres et des seulp- teurs ; texte par le docteur Kuhff. Renan, J. E. English conferences ; tr. by C. E. Clement. Ridley, liev. W: Kiimilar6i and other Australian languages. 2d ed., rev. and enl., and songs, traditions, etc., of the Australian race. Rlza Qouly Khan. Relation de I'ambassade au Kharezm ; tr. et annotee ' par C; Schefer. (Vol. 4 of Paris. Ecole des Langues Orient. Viv.) "Im Jahre 1852 sehickte die persische Regierung den Eiza Kuly Chan als ausserordentlichen Gesandten an den Chan von Chiwa (Charezm). Nach seiner Heimkunft verfasste der Gesandte, ein angesehener Gelehrter und Schbngeist, Uber seine Erlcbnisse und Beobacbtungen einen ausfUhrlichen Bericht. ... Der BerichthatfUruns in verschiedener Hinsicht hohen Wcrtb. Er zeigt uns namlich die Zustande der turanischen Lander in oriental- ischer Beleuchtung. Der Verfasser, ein guter Beobachter, sah und erfuhr als Orientale und Muslim in Chiwa Mancbes, was ein Europiier nicht leicht hUtte zu wissen bekommen. Dazu bietet er selbst uns das charakteris- tische Bild echt persischen Wi-'S(,-n8. Namentlich die Darstellung seiner diplomatischen Verhandlungen ist sehr interessant. ... Die geographischen Notizen iiber die Reise sind meistens unbedeutend. ... Der Ueber- setzer ergiinzt hier ManchoH aus der arabischen und persischen Literatur, wie er auch sonst viel zur Erlauter- nng des Buchos hinzufilgt." — T/i. N. in Literariaches CeniralblaU, 14 Feb. Sacher-Masoch, Frau A. von {geb. von Riimelin, pseud. Wanda von Dunajew). Echter Hermelin ; Geschichten aus der vornehmen Welt. Contents. Das Mysterium der Liebe. — Das Todesloos. — Der Roman eines Monches. — Ein Abgestellter von 1848. — Partio carrSe. — Eine Heirath unter Ludwig xiv. — Die verderbenbringende Perrilcke. — Das geheim- nissvolle Portrait. — Nur ein Spielzeug. — Der Club der Grausamen. — Die Aebtissin von Slubze. — Das Leben filr die Liebe. Shakespeare, W; History of King Henry iv. ; ed., yiit\i notes, by W: J. Rolfe. 2 pts. Spurrell, W: English- Welsh pronouncing diction- ary. Stephen, L. Alexander Pope. (Morley, J. Eng. men of letters.) " This monograph may fairly be reckoned one of the best of the series to which it belongs, and it is in a great measure free from those curious slips which disfigure so many of the series." — Aih.. July 10. Trollope, A. The duke's children. (Tranklin Sq. Ub.) "Now that Mr. Trollope has finished his novel, 'The duke's children', it may be well to point out to the younger generation the order in which it is well that his ' connected * novels should be read. The sequence runs ; *The warden'; 'Barchester towers'; 'Dr. Thome'; 'Framley parsonage'; 'Small house at Allington '; 'Can you forgive her?' ' Last chronicle of Barset ' ; 'Eustace diamonds'; 'Phineas Redux '; 'Prime minister'; 'The duke's children'. The fact that we now have 'Plenty Pall's ' children married and done for tells us how old we are getting. Lady Glencora, too, has passed away. When Mr. Trollope himself joins the 'majority', who will rise up to tell to posterity the fortunes of the future generations of the Omnium family? Some critics assert that ' The duke's children ' is the best of Mr. Trollope's writings." — American bookseller, July 15. Weiss, J: The immortal life. White, R: G. Every day English; a sequel to ' Words and their uses ' . Whymper, E: The ascent of the Matterhom ; with maps and illustrations. " This is a condensed and cheaper edition of ' Scram- bles amongst the Alps ', with fresh matter and additional illustrations." " From no work with which we are acquainted is it possible to gain such a clear conception of the delights and dangers of Alpine travel." — Pall Mall gazette. Whymper, E: The sea ; its stirring story of adven- ture, peril, and heroism. "Vol. 3. NOTICE. In order to reUeve subscribers from the fatigue of ascend- ing the stairs, and also in order to secure more quiet and more room for readers hi the Library, books are now issued and received in the room hnmediately beneath the former Delivery Room. The "new "-book tables and the BngUsh and French fiction have been ti-ansferred to the lower room, and the book-accounts will be kept there. All persons who merely wish to retui-n a book, to take out a "new" book, to take out an English novel, to take out a French novel, need not go up stairs. Moreover, any person who knows what old book he wants, can, by leaving its author's name, title, and shelf, mark in wi-iting at the Desk below, have it sent for and delivered to him there. All Proprietors, and other persons duly authorized, who wish to consult the books on the shelves, will be aUowed to go to the alcoves as heretofore. "Old" books can also be charged up stairs. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENAEUM. [No. 53. Sept. 8, 1880. Abbott, B: V. Judge and jury ; a popular explana- tion of leading topics in the law of the land. Baha-ad-din-Zohair. Poetical works ; a metrical Eng. tr., notes, and introd., by E. H. Palmer. 2 V. ** Zoheir was a secretary atUichcd to the service of EI- Melik-es-Salik, Sultan of Egypt in the first half of the asth century (the Sultan was a grand-nephew of Saladin), and died a.d. 1258. ... The literary merits of these pieces are considerahle. They are rather Western than Eastern in style, as Prof. Palmer points out, and are unusually free from oriental extravagance, as well as marked by a certain tenderness of sentiment." — Spec- tator, June 12. B6renger-Feraud, L. J: B. Les peuplades de la Senegambie; histoire, ethnographic, moeurs et coutumcs, legendes, etc. "A careful compilation dealing with the history, cus- toms, manners, and legends of the native tribes inhabiting the basin of the Senegal and the adjoining districts. The author enjoyed the advantage of being a medical man, and was thus professionally initiated into, many mysteries which usually withdraw themselves from the ken of ordinary mortals." — Acad., 9 Aug., 1879. Blackburn, H: Academy notes, 1880; with illust. of some of the principal pictures at Burlington House. No. 6. Cherbuliez, V. Amours fragiles. Contents. Le roi Apepi. — Le he! Edwards. — Les inconsequences de M. Drommel. " *Le roi Apepi' is specially remarkable as an instance of how much can be done by a master of the art of fiction with what seem scanty materials ; and it contains some characters which are hit off in M. Cherbuliez's best manner." — Sat. rev., March 20. "Toat est tres original, plein d'esprit, d'ironie, d'aisance, et de bonne humeur. II y a en M. Victor Cherbuliez quelque chose de I'extreme t6nuit6 d'analyse qui jadis mirent Marivaiix k unc place i part dans la litterature fran9aise. Son vieux diplomate est d'un art achev(§ ; la mfire de Mme. Corneuil, Mme. Veretz, est d'une v6rit6 absolue. ... Au 'Roi Apepi' se joignentdeux nouvelles. Dans le 'Bel Edwards', M. Cherbuliez raconte les aven- tures de John Wilkes Booth, I'assassin d'Abraham Lincoln. Les 'Inconsequences de M. Drommel' sont une fine satire du piSdantisme, de Torgueil, et de I'outre- cuidance des AUemande." — PolyMblion, avril. Cunningham, A. The Stupa of Bharhut ; a monu- ment illust, of Buddhist legend and history in the 3d century. " The remains of the Great Stiapa or Tope of Bharut were first discovered by General Cunningham, in Nov. 1873. ... The age which General Cunningham assigned in 1874 to the Stupa, between 250 and 200 b. c, has not been shaken by any subsequent discoveries, and is now almost universally admitted." — Trubne^^'s Amer. and Oriental literary record, v. 12. 1879. Dev6ria, G. Histoire des relations de la Chine avec 1' Ann am -Vietnam du 16e au 19e sifecle, d'apres des documents chinois. Dobson, H. A. Handbook of English literature. (Civil service series.) " The many lovers of Mr. Dobson will not he disap- pointed if, attracted by the charm of his name, they take up the 'Handbook of English literature'. For size, completeness of information, delicacy of judgment, and truth of criticism, it is about the best book of the kind going," — Westminster rev.^ Jan. — Hogarth, (Illust. biog. of great artists.) " It would not have been cawy to find a writer better fitted than Mr. Austin Dobson to treat Hogarth and to class him, and the task has been clerirly a pleasure. He is familiar with its history, with its verse, with its art, with its social intrigues, and with its popular humors. Also his own muse is an 'urban muse', and Hogarlii was essentially a satiriHt and painter of the eit.y." — Acad., Dec. 27. Drake, S: A. History of Middlesex Co., Mass. Vol. 2. Erh-tou-mei ; ou, Les pruniers merveiUeiux ; roman chinois ; tr. par A. T. Piry. 2 v. Ernouf, haron A. A. Maret, due de Bassano, "Maret n'a pas, A. proprement parlor, laisse de me- moires, raais on a trouve dans ses papiers, outre sa correspondence, certaines notes laconiques, destinees sans doute k fixer son propre souvenir sur les crises diplomatiques ou il joua son role. Tels sont les docu- ments qui ont servi k M. le baron Ernouf pour publier un ouvrage apolog^tique sur Pancien secretaire d'Etat imperial. ,.. Le r6cit prend par malheur un peu trop souvent le froide allure d'un plaidoyer; mais neanmoins telle est la valeur des documents nouveaux mis au jour par M. le baron Ernouf, qu'on sl- surprend k lire les X^ages qu'il consacre aux campagncs de 1813 et de 1814 avec riut6rSt le plus poignant et la euriosit^ laplue vive." — Louis Bougier in Revue hist., jan, - f6v. ' Falkonberg, B. E., {pseud. B. Solymos). Desert life; recollections of an expedition in the Soudan. "The author is a Hungarian civil engineer, who was appointed in May, 1875, a member of an explorijig party sent from the Upper Nile to the newly conquered province of Darfur, both to report on the general condition of the country and to investigate a route for a railway from the great bend of the Nile at Abu Goosi to the important town of Khartoum. Our own experience of the wander- ing desert tribes, and the reports of other travellers, scarcely corroborate the romantic view taken by t>ie author." — Exam., April 3. " ' Desert life' is inexpressibly dreary. You lose your- self in dismal wastes of words in which the oases are few and far between. ... He displays, with an almost arrogant self-assurance, an extensive though peculiar acquaintance with our language, which he has enriched with a variety of expressions more likely to have been picked up in the desert than in the dictionaries. He is perpetually striving after originality, not meroly in his language hut in the method of his arrangement. There is much instructive and valuable matter in his volume, had it only been given in a more agreeable shape. ... He is evidently a man of science and extensive erudition." — Sat. rev., April 24. "The style, in the first place, has a sort of angular individuality. There is always a seeming effort— which is. however, perhaps rather constitutional than delib- erate — to be pointed, original, and critical. ... The criticism and philosophizing on things in general, whether imbued with the tone of Ruskin and Carlyle or merely reflecting the author's idiosyncrasy, are often forcible and humorous, with a considerable wealth of illustration; and the descriptions of incidents on the march or in camp, of the Bedouin or of the scenery, are sometimes quaint and picturesque, but too often clogged with their own imagery." — Ath., April 10. Farrar, F: W:, D.D. Ephphatha; or, The amelio- ration of the world ; sermons. Number 53.] 210 [Sept. 8, I88a. F6val, P. H: C. La premifere aventure de Corentin Quimper. *'Cc Corentin est un breton bretonnant de S;iiDt-Malo qui travaille d'abord dans I'^picerie, qui sp faulile Bour- noisemcnt dans un vaisseau pret h lever I'ancre et qui, sans aller bien loin, se voit le jouet dun 6v6nementB les plus iucroyubles. ... Corentin Quimper est un eclat de riro de la preraidre Sl la dernJ6re lignc." — F. Boissin in Polybiblion, avril. Fish, G: T. American manual of parliamentary law ; or, The common law of deliberative assemblies. Fitzgerald, P. Crokcr's Boswell and Boswell ; studies in the " Life of Johnson." " Commencing with a quotation of the famous ' Rigby * character, drawn by Lord Beaconsflcld in hie youth, Mr. Fitzgerald gives a history of Croker's literary career, both as a reviewer and editor, and concludes that in both characters he was as bad as he could have been. The second part of Mr. Fitzgerald's volume is devoted to the far more intcrLsting eubject of 'Boswell at his work', and the various alterations made in the second edition of the ' Life'." — Ath,y April 24. " 'The reader, like myt^elf, writes Mr. Fitzgerald, *will be amazed to discover that Croker's 'Boswell' exhibits an elaborate hystem of defacement and mutila tion'. The reader will, we fancy, be more amazed at Mr. Fitzgerald's amazement tbau at anything elt?e. Macaulay surely has written in vain if it is left for any one to discover at the present day how Croker defaced and mutilated Boswell. Yet Mr. Fitzgerald haa done some good service in the work before us by hie careful comparison, in many passages, of Boswell and of Boswell as presented to us by Croker. ... There is in Mr. Fitzgerald's volume, in spite of all its inaccuracy, not a little that will interest a real Boswellian." — ,Sai. r^y.. May 8. Foerster, W. Altfranzosische Bibliothek. "Zweck diescr Samralung ist Herauagabe altfranzb- sischer, evcrituell auch altprovenzalischer Texte, insofern diesc durch ihrc sprachliche oder literarieche Bedeutung eine solche wUnschens worth erschcinen lassen. Dieselbe wird cbcnsowohl Inedita, als auch bereits erachienone, aber Hclten gewordeno StUcke cnthalten. Jcdem Texte worden Auracrkungen, die in knappstcr Form alle Schwierigkeiten berilcksichtigen, sowio ein kurzes Glos- sar und eine bUndige Einleitung, welche besonders die sprachliche Seite ins Auge fasst, beigegeben werden. Diene Beigaben werden in dcutscher, eventuell auch in italienischer oder franzbsischer fclprache verfasst seiu." Foley, II: Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus. Yol. 6. Fortnightly review. Contents, v. 1-24. Foville, A. de. La transfonnation des moyens de transport, et ses consequences economiquea ct sociales. " M. de Foville has produced, in a volume with a not very engaging title, a book of coneiderable interest to others besides mere statisticians. It contains a good deal of curious information as to the methods and cost of locomotion, not only in France, but also in other coun- tries. M. do Foville has subjoined some rather far- reaching speculations on the future of his subject, and its influence on social and pohtical progress and weU- heing." — Sat. rev., April 3. "L'auteur pasee en revue : racc6l6ration des transports, depuie les lents voyages de Mme. de 9orge, della decadenzadel Papato e della dissoluzione del poter temporale, 6 ricca di argute c profonde osservazioni."— Raasegna settima- nale, 18 luglio. Linsingen, C. von, Caroline von Linsingen and King William tv. ; \mpublished love-lettei-s ; trans, by T. G. Arundel, " Caroline von Linsingen, so this book tells us, was none other than the unrecognized first wife of our own sovereign William the Fourth. From these seven of her private letters we learn the whole sad story of her mesalliance, and of the bitter grief and anguish which ensued. ... If Caroline von Linsingen be a reality, there is cerUiinly much to interest Englishmen in her figure To our thinking, however, it will need other proof than these letters can yield to set her identity beyond question." - P,-rcy E. Pinkerton in the Acad- emy, March 27. Mauris, JI., pseud. ? French men of letters. (Ap- pletons' new handy- volume series.) Ctrntentt. V. Hugo. — A. de Musset. — T. Gautier. — H: Murger. — Sainte-Beuve. — a. de Nei-val. — A. Dumas,^/.v. — E Augier. — O. Feuiilet. — V. Bardou. — A. Daudet. — E. Ztila. Mohl, J. 27 ans d'histoire des etudes orientales. T. 2. Nicholls, C. B., and sisters. Life and works. 7 v. Number 54.1 215 [Sept. 13, 1880. Nohl, L: Life of Mozart ; trans, by J: J. Lalor. Orcutt, S;, and Beardsley, A. The history of the old town of Derby, Conn., 1642-1880 ; with biographies and genealogies. Pottchet, J., anil Sautereau, &. Canal interoce- anique maritime de Nicaragua ; notes et documents preseutes au Congr^s de Geogra- phie de Paris, du 15 mai 1879. Poynter, E; J., and Head, P. R. Classic and Italian painting. (Poynter, E: J. Text- book of art education.) Eassegna settimanale, June 20. Enr. MoreeUi treats of Giulio. Cesare Vanini as *'Un precursore italiano di Darwin." Eeclus, A. Le canal interoceanique et les explora- tions dans I'isthme americain. Extracted from tlie Revue maritime et coloniale. Regis, L: Constantine ; voyages et sejours ; avec une introd. de A. Meziferes. "A most entei-tainiug account of travels and life in Constantine, Bislsra, Algiers, and in fact of the entire French- African colony. It is prefaced hy a clever intro- duction hy M. A. M features a rhythm and order that makes them possible to art. And further, as we pass in review these lovely female faces, wc realize anew the keenness of penetration and the unfailing resource with which he pursued all the subtle changes of human ex- pression. No other artist has ever been endowed with such absolute dominion over the human face. He alone could exhaust the deepent secrets of its character and yet leave the lightest araile undisturbed. In the process of his analysis he never arrests the play of life, and in giving to the result the impress of his own individuality he is not driven to destroy the individuality of his sub- ject. As we wonder at the completeness and perfection of their beauty we cannot detect what the model has supplied or what the artist has bestowed of his own. ... Nothing was too small to arouse his curiosity or to com- mand the devotion of his art. He could lavish upon a spray of blossom, upon a page of landhcape, or upon a fold of drapery, all the finest resources of his design; and even upon the least of these things there is impressed that strange intensity of style that gives to the most literal rendering of nature something of profound sug- gestion. All that he touched has a certain t-xqiiisiteness and perfection of beauty that other men can only attain at rare moments and under i^articular influences. The fascinations of a strong individuaUty, not unseldom associated with a limited range of \'ision, are here joined to an observation that wandered into many tields, and was arrested by the most varied aspects of reality. It is to this extraordinary comprehensiveness of his art that thesu drawings offer such ample evidence." — J. Cormjns Carr. Wallon, H. Histoire de ]*esclavage dans I'an- tiquite. Vol. 3. "The influence exercised by Christianity now comes under notice. The laws Which settled the relations between master and slave were modified during the early days of the Empire through the beneficial action of stoicism; and further alterations took place after Christ- ianity was rcL-ognized as the state religion. M. "Wallon examines in detail both the signs and the consequences of these gradual improvements. He gives the opinions of the Fathers of the Church on the subject; and, after explaining the character of the reforms brought about through the influence of public opinion as reflected by the clergy, he concludes with a sketch of slavery during the Byzantine Empire, as low down as the reign of ' Manuel Comnenus." — Sat. rev., Nov. 1. Ward, T: H. English poets ; selections, with critical introductions. 2 v. " The hurry and the crush of modern necessities pre- vent that direct personal attention to recognized classic works which is an indispensable element in the formation of opinion. ... So many excellent exhaustive text-books exist that we are in danger of simply knowing these without going farther; we painfully learn criticism, and rest in it; instead of allowing our critic to guide us and to place us where we shall be able to form opinions of our own. But in such a work as this the critic is careful to restrict his own personal activity, and to give those under his guidance ample opportunity for forming their own conclusions. ... Evei-y writer has been chosen to introduce his author because of his assimaed special fitness for the task." — Thomas Bayne in Academy^ June 26. Wharton, A. H. Genealogy of the Wharton family of Phila., 1664-1880. Wiener, C: Perou et Bolivie ; recit de voyage. "The author was entrusted in 1875 by the French Minister of Public Instruction with an archaological and ethnographical mission, which was brought to an end in August, 1S77. The results, as given in this volume, consist of an account of his voyage occupying more than half of the work; archseological notes on architecture, sculpture, metallurgy, ceramic art and painting; and ethnographical material referring to the original inhabit- ants and their worship, and to the modern Indians, Historical notes, obsei-vations on the written language of the Peruvians and Quichua-Aymara and Campa vocabu- laries complete the work." — Royal Geog. Soc. Proc, Feb. "La premiere partie contient le r^cit du voyage de I'auteur ; elle est remplie de faits et d'anecdotes curieuees qui permettent de juger I'etat du pays, les moeurs, des habitants, les coutumes, I'art it la religion. La deuxi^me partie, intiiulee : Notes archeologiques, comprend une ^tude tout h. fait scientifique des vestiges materiels du pa8s6 ; 1 es dessins dont elle est accorapagn^e reproduisent des monuments recueillis dans les fouilles ou photo- graphies dans les musses et les collections de I'Am^rique jileridionale. Panui les dessins, ou remarquera particu- li(irement les reproductions d'anciennes ^lofl'es trouv6e8 dans les sepultures, 6toft*e8 decorees d'ornements g6o- metriques ou de figures humaines reguliSrement rep^tees qui font peueer is. des vielles tentures hyzantines. La ceramique offre aussi un sujet inepuisable d'^tudes. Nulle part, mieux qu'au P^rou, on ne saurait observer, une vari^te plus extraordinaire de formes." — Tony de Charirouge% in Polxjhiblion, juin. Wyckoff, W: C. The silk goods of America; a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufftctm-e in the United States. Wyse, L^N. B., and others. Canal inter oceanique, 1877-78 ; rapports sui- les etudes de la commission Internationale d'exploration de I'isthme americain, accomp. de cartes et pro- fils. Wythe, Rev. J. H. The science of life ; or, Animal and vegetable biology. Yale College. Ntimismatlc Coll. Catalogue of the Greek and Roman coins ; by J. Edwards. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 65. Sept. 30, 1880' Alboquerque, B. A. d'. Commentaries of the great A. Dalboquerque ; tr. by W. de G. Birch. Vol. 3. (No. 62 of Hakluyt Soc.) Aldricb, T: B. The Still-water tragedy. Amos, S. Political and legal remedies for war, "Private wars, judicial combats and duelling have disappeared — the last, at least, so far as England is concerned; public war itself has undergone a great change of character; both economic facts and general sentiment, iu»an increasing degree, are opposed to it. The direction of progress Is indicated, and who shall limit the goal it may attain? " — Acad.t Aug. 14. Archivio glottologico ital., dir. da G. I. Ascoli. 4 v. Ayres, A. The life and work of W: A: Muhlenberg. Balaguer, V. Historia politica y literaria de los trovadores. T. 6. Bardsley, C: "VV. Curiosities of Puritan nomencla- ture. "An endeavor to demonstrate that the historian Hume, and the playwrights who preceded and the novelists who followed him, have been correct in asserting that the use of Hebrew names culled from the Old Testament, and English words and sentences of a theological nature used as names, was a distinguishing mark of Puritanism, and that, moreover, it was at one time very common." — JE: Peacock in Acad., June "5. Barlee, E. Life of the Prince Imperial of France. Beaumont, J., D,D, Complete poems, 1615-99; coll. and ed., with memorial introd., etc., by A. B. Grosart. 2 v. (Grosart, A. B. Chert- sey worthies' libr.) Black, "W: White wings ; a yachting romance. "The story has no great interest; the collection of puppets, to use Thackeray's word, receives no new members." — Ath., Aug. 28. Borgognoni, A. Studi d'erudizione e d'arte. 2 v. " The paper on • La Nina' is witty as well as learned, and altogether annihilates the so-called Sicilian poetess of the 13th century, whose name has long stood at the head of the list of Italian literary women. Of late years several critics have thrown doubts upon her authenticity. Signor Borgognoni clearly shows that Monna Nina and her famous sonnet were 16th century inventions orig- inating in a Florentine printing ofBce in 1527. Thus the pretty legend of Monna Nina, her platonic relation with the Tuscan poet, Dante da Maiano, and the verses she interchanged with him, are alike and forever swept away." — Acad., March 8, 1879. Browning, B. Dramatic idyls. 2 v. "Anecdotal poetry. Leigh Hunt is the greatest master of anecdotal poetry in our language. Such poems as 'Jaffier', ' Solomon' and 'Mahmoud' it would be diflS-cult indeed to match. And Leigh Hunt, even when compared with Schiller, in that story of the 'Q-love* which Mr. Hunt and Mr. Browning have both handled, or with such masters as Victor Hugo and Musset, must still, perhaps, be put at the head of anecdotical poets. Hunt had just enough reflective power and incisiveness of intellect to perceive what amount of suggestive 'richness' there might be latent in any given anecdote, without having that irresistible impulse to * tease ' a subject into a sermon which a poet of a more vigorous intellect, like Mr. Browning, is pretty sure to display." — Ath., July 10. "Mr. Browning's capacity to use style for style's sake, his power over the machinery of verse-making, his readiness at the jingling of pretty rhymes, were proved more than forty years ago. But in the main the dramatic interest — always strong — has gained yet more in importance over the interest of sense, the interest of skilled manipulation. One of his few very personal utterances was that explanatory word to Mr. Milsandj years ago, 'Incidents in the development of a soul: little else is worth study'. And because perhaps of the generally increasing weight of thought and dramatic interest in his work, the manner of the work has changed, so that it may be roughly said that while his ' By the fireside', with its tender reverie, was like a symphony of Mendelssohn's, and some of his lyrics Uke the * Songs without words', much of his later work — that of the ' Inn album ', this of ' Dramatic idyls ' — comes to us with the clash and clang of the music of Wagner, or comes at all events like 'Beethoven's Titan mace." — Acad., May 10, 1879. Capes, W. W. Livy. (Green, J: R: Classical writers.) Chapelain,, J: Lettres ; pub. par P. Tamizey de Larroque. Tome 1. 1632-40. (Doc. in^d.) " Cette correspondance de Chapelain, depuie longtemps annoncfie, 6tait impatiemment attendue. Le monument qne vient de lui Clever M. Tamizey de Larroque dans la collection des 'Documents inedits sur I'histoire de France', contribuera plus qu'aucun autre A sa rehabilita- tion dans I'estime des gens de lettres et gens de bien. Les details qu'il nous donne sur les campagnes de 1636, BUT I'hotel de Rambouillet, sur Malherbe, sur Balzac, sur I'Acad^roie Frangaise et ses premiers fondateurs, sur tout ce qui touche aux lettres, aux arts, aux sciences, aux nouvelles de la ville et de la cour, aux Incidents diploma- tiques comme aux incidents militaires, seront goQt^s par tons ceux qui savent appriScier un chroniqueur judicieux et bien inform^. Qu'on ne demande pas k cette corres- pondance les graces piquantes de Mme. de S6vign6, ni la 16g6ret6 de plume de Voltaire ; mais on lui trouvera toutes les qualit^s qui distinguaient ce qu'on appelait alors, en style de cour, I'honnSte homme." — Rene Ker- viler in Revue critique, 3 mai. Charton, E: Dictionnaire des professions. 3e ed. Clar^tie, J". A. La maitresse. " Though workmanlike and possessed of a certain interest, like all M. Clar^tie's books of whatever kind, it is not exactly a masterpiece." — Sat. rev., June 5. OornMll magazine, August. *' Those who read and enjoyed Vernon Lee's ' Studies of the 18th century in Italy' will turn with pleasurable anticipation, which is not destined to disappointment, to the article from the same pen on ' Faustus and Helena', in which the place of the supernatural in art is discussed with knowledge and charm of style." — Examiner, Aug. 7. Crawfurd, 0. Portugal, old and new, "His long residence in the country, his intimate and critical knowledge of the language, history, poetry, and the inner life of the people, render him an authority as safe to follow as he is pleasant." — Ath., May 29. " In the volume of ' Travels ' which it pleased him to publish under a nom de plume he did for the dominions of the House of Braganza something of what the omni- scient Ford had done for Spain. It struck us at once that he had many of the qualities which make Ford's Handbooks such fascinating reading in spite of the con- tinual snarls of a man who had small toleration for Spanish foibles, and exceedingly strong prejudices. Mr. Crawfurd is sympathetic where Ford was sarcastic; and indeed, so far as our personal acquaintance with Portugal goes, we should say that he paints in too rosy colours." — Sat. rev., June 5. Number 65. 218 [Sept. 30, 1880. Dabry de Thiersant, P: Le Mahometisme en Chine, et dans le Turkestan oriental. 2 v. "Just about the time when Mohammed was entering in triumph the city of his hirth, which had bo long con- temned and rejected him, a maternal uncle of this same Prophet aslced and obtained from the Emperor of all the Celestials free leave to practise his new religion in Canton, and even to build a mosque there. ... The Mohammedan colony have now developed into a popula- tion of some twenty millions of Muslims, almost all of the severely orthodox sect of the Hanafys, and all as good Mohammedans as one would wish to see anywhere. They form a separate and distinct race by themselves. ... In any revolution in China this vigorous, pushing minority is not unlikely to c^me to the ftont; and, if it once gained a temporary ascendency, so weak is the hold of the state religion or of Buddhism on the Chinese that it is quite conceivable that the m^ority might acquiesce in the rule of an heretical minority. The addition of even a quarter Of so vast an empire as China to the list of Mohammedan kingdoms could not fail materially to affect the relations of Europe and Asia and of the various states in Asia. The presence of a new and considerable Mohammedan power would complicate the Central Asian question in no common degree; and the designs of Russia upon our Indian Empire would be in a great measure cast into the shade by the more •' imminent danger in the further East.'' — Sat. rev., April 10. Du Maurier, G: English society at home; from Punch. Ebers, G: M. L'Egypte : Alexandrie et le Caire : trad, de G. Maspero. " C'est un pSie-m^ie d'epoques, de sujeta, de renseigne- ments scientifiques, de souvenirs de voyage, de consid- erations historiques, de reflexions humoristiques, en un mot un embrouillage general, et il en r^sulte, en fin de compte, une impression nette. II faut eeulement se laiflser conduirc. C'est une veritable encyclopedic, trfes instructive et tr&s amusante." — Rev.pol. et lit., 5 juiilet, 1879. Fate of republics. Flower, P. AV: History of the trade in tin ; tin- mining and metallurgy ; and the ancient and modern processes of manufacturing. " One of the best and most readable works yet pub- lished on this important subject." — Iron trade circular. Furnivall, F: J. Mr. Swinburne's 'flat burglary' on Shakspere ; two letters from the Spectator of Sept. 6, 13, 1879. Gautier, T. Tableaux k la plume. Gontenta. Etudes sur les musses. — Lea cinq nouvcaux tableaux espagnols du MuscSe du Louvre. — Expos, de tableaux raodernes. — Une esquisse de Velazquez. — Un mot sur I'eau-forte. — Envois de Rome, 1866. — Adrien Quignc't. — Salon de 186t). Halt, L: C: Vieu, dit Robert. Le dieu Octave. ' ' The author has excelled himself in ' Le dieu Octave ', which is full of fresh and living types of character." — At?i., May 22. Hasell, Miss E. J. Calderon. (Oliphant, Mrs, M. O. W. For. classics.) "Miss IlaBcll has acquitted herself with credit, and, within a limited compass, gives a lively and vigorous account of Calderon, placing before the English reader an epitomized selection of the varied work of Spain's greatest and most poetic dramatist." — Ath. Heath, F. G: Sylvan spring. Index medicus ; a monthly classified record of the current medical literature of the world. Vol. 1. Johnston, H: P. Observations on Judge Jones' loyalist history of the Amer. Kevolution. How far is it an authority ? *'Among the cases examined are those of Washington, Franklin, Trumbull, the Judges' ' Own ', Colonels Meigs and Lamb, Sir Henry Clinton, the attitude of Connecticut in 1776, Congress and the Penn proprietary estate, movements around New York, the defences of the city during the war, the New York act of attainder, the fate of Gen. WoodhuU, etc. Offers some very pointed con- tradictions of the Judge's assertions on these points, and concludes with inferences affecting the trustworthiness of his work as a whole." Jones, C: H. A short life of W: E. Gladstone, with extracts from his speeches and writings. (Appletons' new handy- vol. ser.) Legge, J. The religions of China ; Confucianism and Tioism, described and compared with Christianity. "The comparison, as instituted by Dr. Legge in his concluding lecture between Christianity and Confucian- ism and T&oism, brings out into strong relief the incom- parable superiority of Christianity as a religious system." — Robert K. Douglas, in Academy, June 12. Littr§, M. P. E. Etudes et glanures pour faire STxite k L'histoire de la langue frangaise. Contents. Pathologic verbale, ou lesions de certains mots dans le cours de I'usage. — Ethnologic gauloise; par Roget, baron de Belloguet. — Chronique de la pucelle ; pub. avec notices, etc.; par M. Vallet de Viriville. — Histoire et glossaire du normand, de Tanglais et de la langue fran^aise ; par E: Le Hericher. — Lives of Edward the Confessor; ed, by H: R: Luard. — Hugues Capet, chanson de gcste ; pub. par le marquis de la Grange. — Li livres dou tresor; par B. Latini; pub. par Chabaille. — Noms de lieux de France : Etude sur la signification des noms de lieux en France; parHouz*^; — De la forma- tion fran^aise des anciens noms de lieux ; par J. Quiche- rat. — Baudouin et Jean de Cond^, Dits ct contes. — Conjugaison francjaise : Histoire et th6orie de la conju- gaison fran^jaise; par C. Chabaneau. — Latin m6ro\in- gieu : La declinaiaon iatine en Gaule; par H. d'Arbois de Jubainville. — M^raugis, chevaher de la Table Ronde : M^raugis de Portlesguez, roman de la Table Ronde; par Raoul de'Houdenc, pub. par H. Michelant; — Analyse dupoeme; — Remarques sur le texte. — Comparaisons ^piques avec nos chansons de geste. — Comment j'ai fait mon dictionnaire de la langue fran^aise; causerie. — Petit glossaire jJour les textes anciens cit6s. Lombroso, C. L'uomo delinquente in rapporto all' antropologia, giujisprudenza, e alle discipline carcerarie. "L'auteur commence par t5tudier les caractferes des * ddiinquants habituels ' et par montrer que ces caractferes Bont ceux des races sauvages inffirieures. n exlste 6galement de grandes analogies entre les gofits et les d^fauts des sauvages et ceux des criminels. ... M. Lombroso ne croit pas que la diflFusion de Pinstruction exerce une bonne influence sur la criminality. ... Lee 6coleB 6tablies dans les prisons ont contribu^ k I'accrolsse- ment du nombre des crimes. ... Les plres criminels eont preaque toujours ceux qui se conduisent le mieux en * prison. ... La conclusion de cet ouvrage singulier est qu'il faut pr^venir le crime au lieu de le rfiprimer. II propose dans ce but un systSme dans lequel figarent : des 6tablissements ou I'on enfermera A vie toua les *d61iaquants habituels'; Taugmentation des imp6ts sur les liqueurs; la suppression du jury (consld6r6 comrae trop indulgent) ; ot surtout la suppression des ficoles dans les prisons." — Rev. pol. et lit, 12 juiUet, 1879. Number 65. 219 [Sept. 30, 1880. Macmillan's magazine, August. *'An article called 'Journaliste malgr^ lui', in which, under a thin disguise, a well-known English author relates some strange facts of recent occurrence in a French provincial town." — Ath.^ July 24. Malot, H. H: Les amours de Jacques. 5e ed. — L'auberge du monde. 6e ed. (T. 2, 5e ed.) 4v. Contents. Vol. 1. Le colonel Chamberlain. 2. La marquise de Lucillifere. 3. Ida et Carmelita. 4. ThSrSse. — Les batailles du mariage. (T. 1, 5e 6d. ; 2, 3, 4e ed.) 3 v. Contents. Vol.1. Un hon jeune homme. 2. Comte du pape. 3. Mari6 par les prfitres. — Un beau-frfere. 6e ed. — La belle Madame Bonis. Be ed. — Une belle-mfere. 6e ed. — Une bonne affaire. 4e ed. — Cara. 8e ed. "Le nouveau roman de M. Hector Malot, 'Cara', d^hute par une 6tude morale tr6s-d61icate. ... Cette 6tude morale, qui m6rite qu'on s'y arrfite, est suivie d'une intrigue assez vulgaire. ... L'oeuvre, en somme, est prot^g^e par cette premiere moiti^ ; elle depasse d'ailleurs la moyenne des romans du jour par le style, distingu6 dans la partie distiugu6e, plus ordinaire dans I'autre, mais d'une certaine 616gance." — M. Gaucher in Bev. pol. et HI., 11 mai, 1878. — ClotUde Martory. 6e ed. " Ce succfis est du t une analyse de sentiments et de passions plus delicate, plus curieuse que dans les pr6c6- dentes Etudes du meme auteur. II est du encore au cadre, heureusement choisi. ... L'histoire des ^preuves de son heros est done rhistoire des scandales et des plaies honteuses du Second Empire." — Jif. Gaucher in Bev. pol. et lit., 6 dec. 1873. — Un cure de province. 3e ed. — Le docteur Claude. 4e ed. 2 v. — La fille de la comedienne. 5e ed. — L'heritage d' Arthur. 6e ed. — Madame Obemin. 5e ed. — Le mari de Charlotte. 6e ed. — Le mariage de Juliette. 6e ed. — Un mariage sous le Second Empire. 8e ed. — Un miracle. 3e ed. — Sans famiUe. 20e ed. 2 v. " M. Hector Malot is one of the few French novelists who may congratulate themselves on winning fame and popularity without pandering to impure and vitiated tastes. His novel of 'Sans famille' gained him the Monthyon prize of virtue of 25,000 francs, and desei-ved to gain it. The story is at once simple and interesting." — Sat. rev., April 3. " Non, on ne pent imaginer rien de plus honnete que cette oeuvre confite en bons sentiments. Et quels braves gens que les personnages ! ... Les animaux eux-m6mes, qui jouent li-dedans un grand role, sent des modules de toutes les vertus. ... Ces deux volumes, d^bordant de vertu, ne sauraient trop 6tre recommandis pour les ^trennes. La jeunesse y trouvera, outre de bons exem- ples, des notions utiles sur les routes et les riviJres de la France, car I'eufant perdu cherche sa famille par terre et par eau. C'est de la morale et de la g(5ographie en action." — M. Gaucher in Bev. pol. et lit., 9 nov. 1878. — Souvenirs d'un blesse. (T. 1, 3e ed. ; 2, 2e ed.) 2 V. Contents. Vol. 1. Suzanne. 2. Miss Clifton. T. 2, 3 ; (t. 2, 4e ed. ; — Les victimes d' amour. 3, 3e ed.). 2 v. Contents. Vol.2. Le8,6poux. 3. Les enfants. Mongredien, A: The Western farmer of America. (Cobden Club.) Moroni, G. Indioe generale alfabetico delle materie del Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesias- tica. 6 V. Newton, C: T: Essays on art and archaeology. Contents. The study of archaeology. — The arrange- ment of the collections of art and antiquities in the British Museum. — Greek sculptures from the west coast of Asia Minor. — Greek inscriptions. — Discoveries at Ephesos. — Dr. Bchliemann's discoveries at Mycenae. — Eesearches in Cyprus. — Discoveries at Olympia. — Greek art in the Kimmerian Bosporos. — The bronze head in the Castellani collection. — Greek numismatics. — Appendix : Greek inscription from Halikarnassos. Patrick, R. W. C. Early records relating to mining in Scotland. Pollen, J: H. .Ancient and modem gold and i^ilver smiths' work in the South Kensington Mu- seum. (Gr. Brit. Sci. and Art Dept. of the Comm. of Council on Educ.') '• Not the green vaults at Dresden, nor Cluny, nor the Museum at Madrid, can boast of finer examples of the gold and silver smith's craft than are to be found at South Kensington." — Ath., March 13. PuUing, F. S. Sir Joshua Reynolds. (Illust. biog. of the great artists.) Raverty, H. G. Selections from the poetry of the Afghans, 16th - 19th century; lit. tr. from the Pushto, with notices of authors, and remarks on the mystic doctrine and poetry of the Sufis. New ed. Rediouse, J. W. On the history, system, and varieties of Turkish poetry. Republican or Democrat ? a retrospect with its lesson for the citizen of 1880. (Harper's ' half-hour ser.) Ribbe, C: de. Une famQle au 16e sifecle ; prec, d'une lettre du R. P. Felix. 3e ed. — Les families et la societe en France avant la Revolution. 4e ed. 2 v. "Des tableaux de moeurs d'une v6rite incontestable, tir6s des anciens * Livres de raison ', et qui contrastent avec les recits des chroniques scandaleuses oti I'on cherche d'ordinairetrop exclusivementl'image du pass^." — Bevue hist., Jan. - fev. Robertson, F: W: An analysis of Teimyson's ' In memoriam'. 9th ed. Robinet, J. F. E. Le procfes des Dantonistes. " Le grande m^moire de Dauton reste charg^e, pour bien des gens, du requisitoire dont Robespierre et Saint- Just avaient prepare les Elements M. Robinet venge son h6ros non par des raisonnements, mais par des faits. Les pr^cieuses notes de Topino Lebrun, recueilhes & I'audience du procds, les papiers saieis plus tard chez Robespierre et ses amis et deposes aux Archives, tout rend la demonstration entreprlse par M. Robinet claire, patente, definitive. Non, Danton ne fut ni un concus- sionnaire ni un traitre A la Revolution. Son mot est vrai: 'Moi, un homme achete! Je suis impayable'. — Bev. pol. et lit., 15 nov. Roby, H: J: Grammar of the Latin language from Plautus to Suetonius. 2 pts. Said to be the best. Number 55.] 220 [Sept. 30, 1880. Shakespeare, W: Hamlet ; the second quarto, 1 604 ; a facsimile in photo -lithography by W: Griggs, with forewords by F: J. Fumivall. — Midsummer night's dream ; the first quarto, 1600; a facsimile in photo -lithography, by W: Griggs, with introd. by J. W. Ebsworth. — Midsimimer night's dream ; the second quarto, 1600; a facsimile in photo -lithography by W: Griggs ; with introd. by J. "W. Ebsworth. Sikes, W. British goblins ; Welsh folk-lore, fairy mythology, etc. *'Iu the ground it covers, while this volume deals especially with "Wales, and more especially with South Wales — where there appear to have been human dwell- ers centuries before North "Wales was peopled — it also includes the border counties, particularly Monmouth- shire, which, although severed from Wales by act of Parliament, is practically very Welsh in all that relates to the past. In Monmouthshire is the decayed cathedral city of Caerleon, where, according to tradition, Arthur was^crowned king in 508, and where his most dazzling court was held, as related in the 'Morte d'Arthur'. No county in "Wales is richer in Welsh folk-lore." Smith, C: K. Remarks on Shakespeare, his birth- place, etc.t suggested by a visit to Stratford- upon-Avon, 1868. 2d ed. Smith, G: Gipsy life ; an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement. Swinburne, A. C: Songs of the springtides. *' Mr. Swinburne's themes are entirely out of sympathy with modern life. They touch upon no sentiment to which either the great heart of the people or the small heart of 'society' can make any response. ... After a long previous special education in Greek sentiment, the man or woman of this century might he expected to understand Mr. Swinburne's rapturous worship of the sea, of Sappho, and of Victor Hugo, and to enjoy thoroughly the amazing strength, the divine beauty, the marvellous technical perfection of the 'Songs of the springtides', in which this worship is embodied. Mr. Swinburne's absolute mastei"y of verse was never moi'o conspicuously displayed than in these songs. He has performed in them feats of melodious expression which might almost have seemed beyond the power of words." — Examiner^ May 15. " Mr. Swinburne's passion for the sea is well known; in writing about it he is always at his best, and in this book it is clear that he has caught those very sea secrets which only Coleridge among poets has caught before h\m:^ — Ath., May 22. '*"We have never found our enjoyment of Mr. Swin- burne's work affected one jot by the accident of agree- ment or disagreement with his views on any conceivable subject. His views on all sorts of irritating subjects are certainly not of the least irritating to those who differ from him. But the charm of his work, not merely at its best, but in all but its least good samples, is absolutely what it was. It still has the MifL' which takes the reader off the ground, and the rushing music which obliges him to recite rather than read. Neither the changes of fashion, nor of thought, nor of behef, affect its attraction; and no amount of comparative study of poetry dulls the palate to its savour, or substitutes the merely scientific satisfaction in knowing bow the thing is done for the pleasure, integral and never to be wholly analyzed, which a work of art should give."— George Saintsbury in Academy, May 22. — Study of Shakespeare. "Mr. Swinburne's wrath against certain critics of Shakespeare who decide upon what is and what is not genuine by the rule of thumb and finger, has led him to pour forth a torrent of eloquence in honour of the * master-poet of England '. That in doing this he should also find numberless occasions on which to magnify the 'Shakespeare of France* may be taken as a matter of course. ... Mr. Swinburne's object is to set down what he considers demonstrable truths as to the progress and development of style in the works of Shakespeare, and the periods he seeks to define 'belong not to chronology, but to art'. In doing this he omits no opportunity of striking bard blows at the metre measurers, and also at the too prevalent mode of solving difficulties by the cMy method of double authorship." — Spectator, July 3. See Fumivall, F. J. Symington, A. J. Thomas Moore, his life and works. "Mr. Symington enjoyed the intimate friendship of the versatile and genial Irishman in the later years of his life, and by the kindness of Mrs. Lover, who placed her husband's unpublished letters and manuscripts at his disposal, he has been enabled to give us a brief and exceedingly interesting outhne of Lover's career as painter, poet, musician, novelist, and dramatist."— 5'ar- per*s monthly, Sept. TJlbach, L: Le crime de Martial. 2e ed. "In *Le crime de Martial', a sequel to his recently noticed 'Chateau des Spines', M. Ulbach has once more attempted tragic sentiment and sensational incident, and has succeeded very fairly. The way in which the events of 1870-71 are brought in is superior to any previous employment of them that we remember in a novel." — Sat. rev., May 1. Wackerbarth, M. A. Looking back. " Erie and Margaret Cheviot deserve to rank with the children in Miss Shaw's ' Castle Blair', while Vernon and Evelyn Lascelles are thoroughly well drawn. The second part of the drama, depicting the relations of these four to each other in after years, is a very clever ■ story, and artistically complete in itself." — 2i. F. Little- dale in Acad., July 19, 1879. Walford, L. B. Troublesome daughters, (Leisure- hour ser.) " If the story of ' Troublesome daughters ' were at all equal in merit to the author's delineation of character, the book would be one of the best as well as one of the most charming published of late. The story is not wanting in variety and movement, but it is veiy much wanting in interest." — Athenaum, July 24. Willshire, W: H. Catalogue of early prints in the British Museum. Vol. 1-: German and Flemish schools. '* The examples described in the present work are anonymous prints chiefly of the German and Flemish schools of the 15th and the first quarter of the 16th cen- tury." "It is intended that the catalogue now placed before the public shall be followed by other volumes containing the works of masters of the same schools." Woolson, C. F. sketches. " They are all of the South, and though the writer is a Northern woman they more thoroughly represent the South as It is than anything of the kind that has been written since the war." — Lit, world, July 3. Rodman the keeper ; southern Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATlIENiEUM. [No. 5G. Nov. 8, 1880. Abbott, E., ed. Hellenica ; a collection of essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history, and religion. Contents. Myers, E. ^schylus. — Abbott, E. The theology and uthice of Sopliocles. — Nettleship, R. L. The theory of education in Plato's Ufjuiljlic. — Bradley, A. C. Aristotle's conception of the st;ite. — Courtney, W. L. Epidurus. — Jebb, II. C. The speeches of Thucydidos. — Bakyns, TI. Gr. Xenophon. — Stracban- Davidson, J. L. Polyblus. — Myers, F. W. 11. Greek oracles. "The age of Oasaubon and Bentley is over; thci reign of men like Renan has begun. The volume before ns is one of the most important contributions offered by Eng- lish students to this new phase of erudition." — Avad., Aug. 7. About, E. ytury of an honest man. "It is with positive regret that we doubt the capacity of this book to win pox>ularity in this country ; there is no better, no more profitable literature of its kind any- where, whether we regard its general tone or the ripe wisdom of it« teachings respecting education and the conduct of life. We doubt its popularity because ours is a hurried, impatient age, and this is a most leisurely tale. It is told with minutest detail, and the action is consequently slow." — ^y. 1'. evening post. Aldridge, L. The world she awoke in. 3 v. Andreozzi, A. Le leggi penali degli antichi cinesi. "Some astonishing extracts from the registers of Italian law courts of the 16th century arc inti'oduced, as illus- trations and collateral observations. Men and women condemned to death for various crimes by the Florentine judges were, by the orders of Cosmo i, , Duke of Tuscany, delivered over alive to be anatomized in the medical schools of Pisa." — Spectator, Sept. 27, 1879. Auerbach, B. The foresters. (Appletons' new handy vol. ser.) Babeau, A. La ville sous Tancien regime. Bergerac, S. C. de. Histoire comique des etats et empires de la lune et du soleil. Nouv. ed, "II s'acquit une telle reputation dans la compagnie des gardes qu'on I'appelait le demon de la bravoure. ... Son bumeur batailleuse le conduisit maintcs fois sur le ter- rain, oil il faisait d'ailleurs merveille. Le regardait-on, c'etait de I'impertinence ; ne le regard;dt-on pas, coupable indifference. II comptait par dix les victimes infortunees de sa terrible dague. II lui arriva mOme, dit-on, de nicttre cent hommes en fuite. ... Et ce jouteur infatigable avait encore une arme aussi terrible que son epte : sa plume. II pourfendit de sa polemique aceret' Dassoucy, Loret, Scarron, I'acteur Montfleury, les m(5decins, les faux braves, les plagiairee, et les pedants. ... Ce mata- more de Bergerac [nee en 1620, mort en 1655] valait mieux que sa reputation. ... II a beaucoup aime la science et il a dit, sous une forme originale ou plutot bouffonne, certaiucs v^rites qui prouvent la force de son intelligence et la fecondite de son esprit. Ne fut-il pas assez fou pour risquer sa vie dans des experiences qui ont donn6 I'dveil k Montgolfier? ... Son 'Pedant jou^', com^die gitee par trop de pointes, a eu I'honneur de fournir k Molifire les deux sc6nes les plus amusantes des Fourberies de Scapin. ... Son 'Histoire comique' presente beaucoup d'interSt, amuse, et a quelque pretention d'instruire". — Larousae. Beruoni, D. G. Fiabe e novelle popolari veneziane. Black, C. Orlando. 3 v. "A decided advance in power and discernment upon the pretty 'Sussex idyll' published by the same writer two years ago." — Ath.. Jan. 17. Blackmore, R. B. Mary Anerley. "A brisk and bracing story, full of Yorkshire grandeurs and Nortli Sea saltncss; without villain or villainy worth mentioning; moral without a moral; iiUrring the blood with its bold adventurcin and narrow escapcB by sea and land, and especially by sea." — Literary loorld, July 31. " The novel of the year." — Mition, Sept. 2. " There is a masculine vigor in his writing, a ' largeness of mind*, as one of his own Yorkshire folk would say, .i ?-trengtb of grappUng with powerful and lutenst- situation, which we should have to turn to one of his own previous books to find a match for. ... ' Mary Anerley ' is not so much a story, though it is an adminiMy-constructed story, as a fund of deep studies, of splendid pictures, of most amnniug and graphic sketches of the quaintest, queerest people that uvcr bLlieved themselves to be the salt of the earth.'' — London daily news. Boissier, G. Promenades archeoloijtiques : Home et Pompei. '■Avec lui le passe tout aussitot ressuscite, les mines se raniment, ... Son erudition n'a pas I'ombre de p6danti8me. L'archeologie avcc lui devient attrayante. Un rapprochement i^iquant, une digression ingenieuse n'a rien qui I'effraye." — Rev. pol. et lit., 15 raui. Bouley, H: Hydrophobia ; means of avoiding its perils, etc.; tr. by A. Liautard. Braddon, M. E. Just as I am. (Franklin Su. libr.) Buerstenbinder, E. A hero of the pen. 2 v. "If nut quite so good a novel as 'iSucecss, and how he won it', it is at any rate in the author's best manner, and it is mucli superior a^j a work of art, as well as in tone and feeling, to 'At the altar', which we must always consider one of the author's mistakes. Not only us a story is it worthy of high praise, but there are many scenes and descriptions in it which could only have been dra^m by a master of the craft. To the delineation of the very patriotic American, to whom everything Teu- tonic is a bewilderment and a cau.scof offence, there goes a kind and a degree of humor of which few Q-ermau \vriter8, especially female German writtrs. have shown themselves capable." Bushnell, H. Life and letters. " Dr. Bushnell has affected the thinking K>i the world, and upon the highest and most important subjects, be- yond any man who has arisen in our country, if we except perhaps Jonathan Edwards." — jV. IT. EgUston in lit. icorld, Aug. 14, Cable, G: AV. The Grandissimes ; a story of Creole life. " The scene of the story is laid in New Orleans, in ihe earlier yt-ars of the century, at the time of the cession of Louisiana to the United States by Napoleou." — Old Creole days. " Sketches of life in the old l^^rcnch quarter of Xew Orleans." Cadol, E: La princesse Aldee. " Un conte tri;s agr6ablement imitc de Carlo tioz^i. Airaez vous le monde fantastique ou dansent les almees et chantent les bardes? M. Cadol, apres nous avoir fait ainsi voyager dans la fantaisie, nous ramfene au monde reel avec deux petites histoires bourgeoises qui sont d*nn agrement moindre, Ni grande invention, ni developpe- ments originaux." — Maxime Gaucher in Revue poh et lit., 26 juin. Capel, Monsignor T: J:, D,D. Reply to Gladstone's 'Political expostulation'. Number 06.] 222 [Nov. 8, 1880. Carrau, 1^. Etudes sur la theorie de revolution. Chetwynd, Mrs. H: W. Life in a German village. " Besides 'Life in a German village', she gives us life- like sketches of Tlanover, Lilbeck, Berlin, and Dresden; a plunge into one of tlie canons of the Saxon Switzer- land; an account of a llohemian miracle, and of the silver wedding of the king and queen of Saxony; a discussion on kindergartens; and, above all, a very thoughtful chapter on German education for both sexes." — Graphic. " From no other available source could a better insight into German home life, as at present existing, he derived than from this very delightful volume." — Cell's messen- ger. Church, Mrs. F. M. A broken blossom. 3 v. " ... The character of an English chaplain at a little lii\vn on the borders of France and Belgium. He is a man of exemplary sentiments, good temper, good looks, touching eloquence, and unbounded sellishness. The man is well indicated from the first, the reader being allowed to divine his character correctly enough, while the persons in thr slory are left to find it out by degrees." — Athenmum. Cogswell, L. W. History of Henniker, Merrimack Co., N. II., 1735-1880; with a genealogical register of families, Colucci, H. I casi della guerra per I'indipendenza d'Amcrica. 2 v. in 3 pts. "Based on the unpublished correspondence of the then representative of the Genoese Republic at the court of frt. Jiinios." — Triibner^H A-mer. and Oriental lit. record. Convict life ; or, llcYclations concerning con^'icts and convict prisons ; by a ticket-of-leave man. " This is a remarkable book, and dc-servcs the attention of every one who is interested in the piuiishraent aud reformation of criminals." — Spectator, June 19. Cooley. A. J. Cyclopaedia of practical receipts. Vol. 2. Cornhill magazine, August. "A charming article on 'Minuets' places the hietoHc dance in quite a new light." — Spectator, Aug. 7. Cosnac, G. J., comte de. Souvenirs du regno de Louis XIV. T. 1-6. Curteis, A. M. Rise of the Macedonian empire. (Cox, G. ^V., and Sankey, C: Kpochs of ano. hist.) Daudet, E. Le mari. 4c cd. Demay, U. Le costume au Moyen Age d'aprfes les sceaux. " Le eoin avec lequel ces petits monuments etaient ordinairoment gravies pcrraet de saisir, en les ^tudiant, IcB plus minces details. M. Demay a pu, par cc eeul cxamen, suivix' les diverges modifications de I'^peron, refaire Thistoirc de la mode feminine, non pas d. grands traits, mais en signalant de tr6s li'igcrs changements dans la coiffure, dans rdrnemcntatinn des costumes, mSmc dans I'eniploi des bijoux, Le cliapitrc consacrc au cos- tume sacerdotal est excellent. Chaque ajustement est etudie ^ part et nous racontc, pour ainsi dire, lul-mSme I'histoire de aes variations. La plupart de ces mono- gniphies sout instructives et ajoutont aux donn^es que nous poshcJions." — G. de N. in Rev. pol. et lit. De Mille, J. The cryptogram. — The livinp^ link. Dickens, C: The Mudfog papers, etc. (Leisure hour series.) Drouyn de Lhuys, E: Les neutres pendant la guerre d' Orient, Du Boisgobey, F. La main coupee. 2e ed. 2 v. — Le tambour de Montmirail. 2 v. Dulles, C; ^^^, M.D. AVhat to do first in accidents or poisoning. Edwards, J., Pres. of College of New Jersey. Ob- servations cone, the scripture a?conomy of the Trinity and covenant of redemption; with an introd. aud app. by E. C. Smyth. Ewald, G: H: A: von. Commentary on the Proph- ets of the 0. T. ; tr. by J. F. Smith. Vol. 4. (Theol. Trans. Fund.) Fothergill, J. The Wellfields. (Leisure hour ser.) Fraser's magazine, August. "Mr. Boulger'." learned and lucid paper on 'Russia and China', and Professor Saycc's '.V forgotten empire in Asia Minor', which narrates the discovery of the ancient country of the Hittites, and shows its importance as a clue to the old problem of art and culture in Asia Minor, are contributions of first-rate interest. Mr. Harry Quilter applies himself, in a capital paper called ' An artist on art ', to the final pulverization of Mr. Poynter'a 'Ten lectures on art'." — Spectator, Aug. 7. Frechette, T-: H. Poesies choisies. Freeman, E: A: Short history of the Noiman Conquest of England. (Clarendon press series.) " Mr. Freeman has retold the story which occupies five large volumes in its original form. It is just the thing that was wanted for young people. Mr. Freeman's style is always clear.'' — Acad., Aug. 7. Fremy, E: Un arabassadeur liberal sous Charles ix. et Henri iii. ; ambassades a Venise d'Amaud du Fcrrier, d'apres sa correspondance ined., 1563-67, 1570-82. " Le sujct choifii par M. Edouard Fremy a deux grandes qualites : il est nouveau, il est interessant. Arnaud du Ferrit-r jona un rule important dans les affaires du 16e si^clc et son caractere fut toujours a la hauteur de son talent." — T. de L. in Kevuc critique, 17 mai. Garucci, R. Storia della arte cristiana nei primi otto secoli della Cliiesa. 6 v. Gener, P. Contribution h. I'etude de revolution des idces. La mort et le diable, histoire et philosophie des deux negations supremes.. Gibbon, C': The queen of the meadow. 3 v. "The counti-y life is ironuine, the tone and manner wholesome, the 'atmosphere' real and fresh. 'The queen of the meadow' has various points in common with that extraordinarily elever hut disappointing story, ' Far from the madding crowd'." Glaire, Vahhe J: B.- Dictionnaire universel des sciences ecclesiastiques. 2 v. " This work, in two volumes of 2,500 pages, costing about thirty shillings, gives not only Scripture articles, canon law, Ohristian antiquities, and biographical notices, which, even for Englisti names in theology, are quite the most convenient known to the present writer, but also notitia of all eminent Jewish theological authors, es- pecially in Rabbinical literature, and their works — a kind of information not easily to be found by non- experts." — /?.- F. Littledale in Acad.^jMue 5. Gozzadini, G. Giovanni Pepoli e Sisto v. Number 56.] 221 [Nov. 8. 1880. Graves, A. P. Irish songs and ballads, " His humor is really humorous, his sentiment genuine, and his pictures true to Hfe." — Exam., July 31. Green, J: R: History of the English people, ^'ol. 4. Greene, F. V. Sketches of army life in Kussia. Grodekof, Col. N. liide from Samarcand to Herat, through Balkh and the Uzbek States of Af- ghan Turkestan ; with his own map of the march route from the Oxus to Herat ; [ed.] by C: Marvin, , ^ Gabernatis, A. de. Alessandro Manzoni ; studio biograflco. Habberton, J: The worst boy in town. Hale, E: E. Crusoe in New York, and other tales. "The peculiar genius of Kcv. E; E. Hale as a story teller has never, perhaps, had a more striking illustration than in the first of the eight Bhort stories composing his new volume. Its conception is delightfully novel; the execution capitally good." — LiUrary world, Aug. 14. Henderson, W: My life as an angler. Holmes, O. W. The iron gate, and other poems. Hugo, Y. Religions et religion. " Were it not for the amusing mastery that it displays over the French language and its poetic form — a form M. Hugo may be said to have invented more than half a century ago — this hook might have been written by a young man of twenty-one, so full is it of na'if enthusiasm, 60 free from that knowingness and subtlety which come with middle age, so alien from that 'philosophic mind' which Wordsworth says it is the function of the years to bring. ... M. Hugo's new poem is an emphatic, not to say a violent answer to two different systcmw of poetic religion, each of which is itself at war with the other — the system of Dante and the system of Milton. Without hell Dante would never have been able to write a line of the Inferno ; and without the devil Milton would have been in a condition equally forlorn. Yet M. Hugo's book is an attack upon both these venerable beliefs, and also upon the positivists who are trying to undermine them." — Ath., May 29. lung, T. Bonaparte et son temps, 1769-99. 2 v. "Non ha citato ropera notevole del sig. Arturo Bbht- lingk, 'Napoleon Bonaparte, seine Jugend und seiu Emporkommen bis zum 13. vendemiaire, Jena, 1877'. Quest' opera importantissima contiene all' incirca tutto ci6 che ci dice I'lung. Non cita ahbastanza quell! che, oltre il Bbhtlingk, hanno trattato prima di lui lo stesso fioggetto, il Nasica, il Coston, il Libri; sembra che solo I'lung abbia tutto scoperto. II libro riassume perfetta- mente tutti gli eventi del ' periodo corso ' di Napoleone e certi capitoli sono degni di attenzione, specie quelli ne' quali I'lung espone lo State dell' escrcito francese, le trasformazioni a cui and6 soggetto alia fine del secolo 18., le riforme del Dubois-Crancfi, ch' egli pone con ragi- one quasi all' altezza di Carnot, e I'opera infaticabile del Comitato di Salute Pubblica." — A. G. in Rassegna set- timanale, 11 luglio. Jebb, K. C. Modern Greece ; two lectures ; with papers on 'The progress of Greece', and 'Byron in Greece'. Jefferies, R. Greene Feme Farm. '*The shortness of his novelette, its truth to nature, and the breath of rural life which he infuses into it." — ' James Davies, in Academy, March 27. "As a work of art — whether novel, story, tale, or romance — it is absolutely non-existent. ... It is full of thoughtful and accurate descriptions oJf the face of nature and of still-life. It also contains portraits of rustics and other people, which, »s mere portraits, have more or less resemblance to reality, especially the rustics. Nay, many of the remarks of the latter appear dialec- tically and eentimentally correct. It is only when the figures begin to move, to develop, to attempt anything approaching to dramatic action, that the 'thinness' begins. It is a side of life which Mr. Jefferies evidently cares nothing about. ... He has really no imagination whatever; lie does not even show a desire to have any." — Spectator, March 6. Jurien de la Gravifere, J: P: E. La marine dcs anciens. 2 v. King, J: G., D.D. Rites and ceremonies of the Greek Church in Russia ; cont. an account of its doctrine, worship, and discipline. King, J. W. War-ships and navies of the world ; description of the construction, etc., of the modern war ships, etc. Kingston, W: H. G. Dick Cheveley ; his adventures and misadventures. Kingzett, C. T. Nature's hygiene ; a ser. of essays on sci. subjects, with special reference to the chemistry and hygiene of the eucalyptus and the pine. *' Perhaps the most valuable part is that which relates to the power exercised by the various members of the genus eucalyptus in preventing or destroying malaria — which power, according to our author, is related to thuh' property of forming peroxide of hydrogen. ... Whetlni- peroxide of hydrogen is invai-iably produced by the process of oxidation of the aromatic parts of plants, is not yet proved, but that it frequently is so seems beyond question. There can be no doubt too that this substance is a very powerful antiseptic; the experiments of Mr. Kingzett and others are quite conclusive on this point." — Nature, Juno 17. Krilof, I. A. Krilof and his fables ; by W. R. S. Ralston. 3d ed., enl. Langl, J. Modern art education ; its practical and aesthetic character ; being part of the Austrian offic. report on the Vienna world's fair of 1873 ; tr. with notes by S. R. Koehler; with introd. by C. B. Stetson. Lavigne, E. Introduction a I'histoire du nihilisme russe. Legendre, N. A mes enfants. Leland, C: G. The minor arts ; porcelain painting-, wood-carving, etc. Lemaitre, F: Souvenirs ; publics par son fils. 2e ed. " Contains several elaborate descriptions of perform- ances by the best critics of the time." — Saturday re- view, May 8. Le Messurier, Major. Kandahar in 1879; diary; reprinted with corrections and additions from the Royal engineer's journal. "Lively record of recent campaigning experien'i-»." Ath., Aug. 14. Letourneau, C: La sociologie d'apres I'ethno^Ta- phie. "II decrit Ics principales manifestations de I'activite humajne chez les diverscs races et les divers peuples. Son but evident etait de degager de rimraense detail des observations de ses devanciers et des t^moignages des voyageurs quelques faits g6n6raux, et il espere y Stre parvenu." — Rev.pol. et lit,, 26 juin. Number 56.1 224 [Nov. 8, 1880. Lincoln, D: F., M.D. School and industrial hy- giene. (Keen, W. W. Amcr. health primers.) Longfellow, H: AV. Ultima Thule. Louandre, C: L. La noblesse fran^aise sous I'an- cienne monarchie. "M. de Tocquevillc I'a dil, la Revolution Fran^aiHe ne sera que ten^bres pour ceux qui ne voudront regarder qu'ellc; cVat dans Ics temps qui la precedent qu'il faut cbcrcher la seule lumierf qui puiese Teclairer. M. Charles Louaudre croit qu'il Importe aujourd'hui pluq que jamais de tenir allume ce flambeau que les partisans du passe cherehent ii eteindre. ... Le tableau cwt exact et lidele." — M. Gmtchcr in Revue pol. et lit., liO mai. McClatchie, T: 11. H. Japanese plays, versified ; with 18 woodcuts, by native artists. Contejif-i. Hayano Karapei, from the Chiushinijura as I>crforint'd 1875; the Fatal error, from the K;li,';l Sodo; Lady Kokonoye, 1878; the Haunted mansion, from the Bancho Sarayashiki, 1878; the Enchanted palace, from the Saiyuki, 1878; the Fencing master, from the play of Nikaigasa, 1878. Macy, O. Ilistoiy of Nantucket; account of the first settlement by the English, etc. ; Math a statement of events, 1835-80, h\ W. C. Macy. 2d ed. Marenholtz-Biilow, Baroness von. Cluld and child-nature ; contributions to the under- standing of Frobel's educational theories ; tr. from 2d ed. by A. M. Christie. "Illustrated with ten woodcuts, and gives a very clear insight into the whole of Frocbel's system of primary instruction." — Acad., March 1, ]87^i. Mariage de Loti, Lc. — Karahu ; par I'auteur d' Azi- yade. "The work of a clever young officer in the French navy, whose voyages have led him to TahaVli, the strange country whose habits and landHcnpes he so admirably describes." — Jlelen. Stanley in Amer. bookseller, Apr. 15. M^rmette, J. Heroisme et trahison ; recits eana- dicns. — Le tomahahk et Tepee. Maudsley, H:, M.D. Sex in mind and in education. Rocher, E. La province chinoise de Yun-Nan. 2 V. " Get ouvrage, important par les nombreux rcnseigne- ments iniidits qu'il contient sur la province du Yun-nan, une des plus iuteressantes et cependant unc des moins connues de la Chine, offre un ijteret tout special par suite du role t|U(' cetto province est appel6e i jouer dans I'avcnir de la Cochinchine." — BibliograpJiie de la France^ 1 mai. Scoones, AV. B., ed. Four centuries of English letters ; selections from the coiTespondencc of writers from the period of the I'aston letters to the present day. "The object of the editor is to give a representative collection of English epistolary literature, with brief notes for the purpose of explaining obscurities or indi- cating the occasions on which the several letters were written. The lirst iw dated 14-50, while the latest were written within the last decade." — Acud., June 5. "Letter writing has too often been classed among tlie genres in which we English do not excel — an estimate in which we can by no means agree, though we are not quite prepared to go the length of Mr. Scoones' declara- tion that the quality of our letters is unsurpassed.'' — George Saintsbury in Academy, July 10. Sforza, Cj. F, M. Eiorcntini ed i suoi conteraporanei lucchesi ; saggio di storia letteraria del sec. 17. " Un serio lavoro di erudizione. ... II sig. Sforza scelse egregiamente I'uomo a proposito del quale potevasi illuetrare tanta parte della vita civile e letteraria di Lucca ncl secolo 17, dacchfe il Fiorentini coltivb insierae la medicina c la poesia, la botanica e la f^toria, I'archeologia profana e la scienze sacre, per mode che discorrendo di lui e de' tempi e degU amici suoi c coetanei, e dello vicende alle quali si trovo legato e delle controversie scientiliche in che fu impegnato, facilmente si presenta come in uno specchio la vita interna ed estcrna dell' aristocratica repiibblichetta nel seicento. Medico fu il Fiorentini chiamato dalla fiducia dei reggitori a curare la peste." — Itassegna aettinianale, 11 gen. Smith, II. II. Brazil, the ^\.mazons, and the coast. "The author writes both of the natural and of the sociological features of Brazil. The description of the commercial and agricultural prospects of immigrants to Brazil is better and more true than any that has yet been given." — Everard F. im Thurn in Academy, June 26. Spon, E. and E. N. Encyclopajdia of the industrial arts, manufactures, and commercial products.. Div. 2. Stephens, F: G. Sir Edwin Landseer. (Illust- biog, of the great artists.) Stokes, II. Indian fairj' tales ; -with notes by M. Stokes, and an introd. by M\ 11. S. Ralston. " This book of stories is a genuine bit of mind. Noth- ing is between the reader and the .-^tory-teller but the clear glaze of a child's simple words, and the gentle hand of the wise ' mother' who wrote them down and sorted specimens which her child gathered." — Acad., June 12. Tonrnenx, M. Prosper Mcrimee, ses portraits, ses desseins, sa bibliotheque. Walford, L. B. Troublesome daughters. "If the story of 'Troublesome daughters' were at alt equal in merit to che author's delineation of character^ the book would be one of the best published of late. The story is not wanting in variety and movement, but it is very much wanting in interest." — Ath., July 24. Westminster rev., July. "A very thoughtful article as-^igns the 'Place of Socrates in Greek philosophy '. ... The ' Peasant poets of Kub- sia' begins with a notice of Lomonosov, the fisherman l)oet of Kholmogin, and the father of modern Russian literature. His career of court success contrasts strongly with the life of the true poet of the people, Koltzof, and the bitter exile of Taras iSchcvchenko, the Oossack poet." — Exam., July 24. Wilder, V. Mozart ; I'homme et I'artistc. Wiagfield, L. My Lords of Strogue. 3 v. ".Vn historical romance of a high order of merit, whether it be regarded as history or as mere romance. The period of Irish annals which ranges from the con- vention to the union is charged with interest of the deepest character." — Ath., Aug. .30, 1879. Witt, Mme. P. de, nee Guizot. M. Guizot dans sa famille et avcc ses amis, 1787-1874. 3e ed. Yarrow, II. C. Introduction to the study of mort- uary customs among the N. American Indians. (Smithsonian Inst. Bureau of Ethnology.) Yonge, CM. The caged lion. (Vol. 13 of her Novels and tales.) Zoological record for 1878 ; being v. 15 of 'Recorijs of zoological literature* ; ed. by E: C. Rye. Additions. 20 ser.] BOSTON ATHENJEUM. [No. 67. Nov. 22, 1880. Abbot, E., D. D. The authorship of the fourth Gospel ; external evidences. Abbot, F. E. Farewell dinner to F. E. Abbot, on retiring from the editorship of ' The index ' ; full report of the speeches, etc. Anderson, K: Lightning conductors ; their history, nature, and mode of application. Atkinson, E; Railroads of the U. S. a. potent factor in the politics of that country and of Great Britain. Audley, Mme. A. Frederic Chopin, sa vie et ses ceuvres. Balbiani, G. Legons sur la generation des vertebres. Barthelemy, C: Erreurs et mensonges historiques. 6 V. Bartlett, D: W. Modern agitators; or. Pen por- traits of living American reformers. BoufTe, M. Mes souvenirs, 1800-80 ; pref. par E. LegoTive. "A very satisfactory addition to tbe list, already a long and goodly one, of actors* autobiograpliies." — Saturday 7'eoiew, June 5. Bowen, F. Gleanings from a literary life, 1838-80. Conteuis. Education. Prefiitory note; the contest between tbe ancients and the moderns. — Classical and ntilitarian studies ; papeu before tbe Amer. Acad, of Arts and Sci., Feb. 26, 1867. — Appendi.\ ; tbe abuse of tbe study of grammar. PoHtical econoniy. A minority report on tbe silver question presented to tbe Senate of the U. S., Apr. 1877. — The perpetuity of national debt; a suppressed chapter of political economy ; read before the Amer. Acad, of Arts and Sci., March, 1868. — The financial conduct of tlie war; lecture before the Lowell Institute, Boston, Nov., 1^6i. — The utility and tbe limitations of the science of political economy; from tbe Christian e.'iaminer for Mar., 1838. Philowpliy. Dual- ism, materialism, or idealism ; from tbe Princeton review for Mar., 1878. — Tbe idea of cause ; from the Princeton review for May, 1879. — The latest form of tbe develop, ment theory; from the Memoirs of the Amer. Acad., n. 8., v. 5. — Diseases and malform.afionsnot hereditable; from the Proceed, of the Amer. Acad, for .Jan., 1861. — The psychical elfects of etherization ; from the Spectator, London, Dec. 27, 1873. — Buckle's History of civilization. — .J: S. Mill's Examination of Sir W: Hamilton's pbilos. ophy. — The human and the brute mind. — Malthusian- jsra, Darwinism, and pessimism. — Blaise Pascal. — Essays and reviews: the Oxford clergymen's attack on Christianity. — Restoration of the te.\t of Shakespeare : the battle of the commentators. Brueggen, E., Freiherr von der. Polens Auflosung ; kulturgeschichtliche Skizzen aus den letzten Jahrzehnten der polnischen Selbstandigkeit. Burke, S. H. Historical portraits of the Tudor dynasty and the Keformation period. Vol. 2. Burnham, S.'W. Report to the trustees of the 'James Lick Trust' of observations made on Mt. Hamilton with ref. to the location of Lick Observatory. Burty, P. C: Meryon, sailor, engraver, and etcher ; a memoir and complete descr. catalogue of his works; tr. from the Fr. by M. B. Huish. Buxton, S. C. Handbook to political questions of the day ; being the arguments on either side. Mr. Buxton is a Liberal, and is accused by the Con- servatives of not always fairly presenting their side of questions. Calvert, G: H. Coleridge, Shelley, Goethe; bio- graphic Eesthetic studies. Caro, E. M. Etudes morales sur le temps present. 4e ed. Carter, S. N. Art suggestions from the masters ; selected from the works of artists and other writers on art. Casas, B. de las. Historia de las Indias; ahora por primera vez dada '&. luz por el marques de la Fuensanta del Valle y J. S. Rayon. 6 v. Casgrain, I'abhe. Legendes canadiennes. Ch^nier, M. J. Poesies ; prec. d'une notice et accomp. de notes par C; Labitte. Clarke, J. F. Self-culture; physical, intellectual, moral, and spiritual ; a course of lectures. Collins, W: "VV. Jezebel's daughter. 3 v. " Tbe statement of the plot is in Mr. Wilkie Collins's best style." — Ath., March 20. Cornhill magazine, Oct. "A word of praise must be awarded to the first of what promises to be an excellent series of articles on 'Water-color art', from the pen of Mr. Harry Quilter." — KxaTninfr, Oct. 2. Crawford, J. B. The Credit Mobilier of .America ; its origin and history, etc. "Aims to vindicate the memory of Oakes Ames." — Publisher's weekly, Oct. 30. Davidson, J. M. Eminent English Liberals in and out of Parliament. Day, J: Plays. Engelhardt, E: Du regime conventionnel des fleuves internationaux ; etudes et projet de rfeglement general. " L'auteur de cc trav.ail a, pendant plusieurs annees, represente la France dans la commission europiSenne des embouchures du Danube; c'est dire quelle competence il apporte dans I'^tude d'une question de droit interna- tional qui interesse non-seulemont lea riverains, mais encore I'Occident tout entier, toutes les nations indnstrl- elles et coramer9antes. L'ouvrage est pr<5c(5d6 d'une excellente introduction historique, dans laqnclle l'auteur remonte jusqu'ii'antiquite pour 6tudicrensuitele regime auquel ont ete sonmis les principaux fleuves de I'Europe pendant le moyen age et les temps modernes; puis il , donne uue serie d'tStudes sur les principes g^n^raux qui r6glssent aujourd'hui la navigation interieure sur les eaux dites conventionnelles, et il termine par iin projet de convention oii sont realisees, sous forme d'articles de traite des ret'ormes nouvelles." — Rev. d. Deux Mondes . "M. Engelh.irdt ne s'est pas propose do faire une monographic complete du sujet, mais une 6tude critique des regies posees par les traites ou admises par les auteurs et de la pratique des diiferents gouvernements. Nous n'hesitons pas ^ dire que son livre est destine k renouveler cette panic du droit international. Ce n'est pas que l'auteur se signale par des theories nouvelles et aventureuses: mais il demontre de la manifere la plus Claire et en partant de donnees incontestables que les idees generaleraent admises en cette matiSre par les auteurs les plus considerables sont compl6tement erro- n^es." — Itevue de droit internat., v. 12. Paueher de Saint-Maurice, N. A la veiUee ; contes et recits. Fiore, P. Effetti intemazionali deUe sentenze e degli atti. Parte 1. — Traite de droit penal international et de I'extra- dition ; trad., annote, et mis au conraut du droit frangais, notamment par I'insertion des traites d' extradition passes par la France avec les etats etrangers par C: Antoine. 2 v. Number 67. 226 [Nov. 22, 1880. Fouillee, A. L'idee moderne du droit en AUemagne, en Angleterre, et en France. "Succinct and lively chapters. ... He considers that each of the three leading nations of Europe, Germany, England, and France, has a different school of ethico- political thought, and that each of these- schools lays a different general idea at the basis of its theoretical construction of social order. The fundamental notion of the German school is force; that of the English school, intprest; while for the Frencli school — as the reader easily^ivines — is reserved the defence of right. The practice of the three nations is in thorough accord- ance with their theories. That German policy puts might in the place of I'ight, is a proposition which for a French public does not require much proof; England's habit of attending solely to 'British interests ' is avowed and notorious; whereas, as M. Fouillee informs us, the 'vraie tradition de la France' is a 'preoccupation de la justice pour tons, souvent pouesee jusqu'a I'oubli de soi- meme et de ses intereta legitimes." — Henry Sidgivick in Mind, Jan. Fraaer's magazine, Sept. "Mr. Julian Hawthorne has a very charming story called 'Calladon'." Furetifere, A. Le roman bourgeois. "The stately school of novels, the bergerndes of d'Urf6, Gomberville, and Scudery, had already received two crushing blows in the publication of the ' Franeion ' of C: Sort) in 1GJ2 and of the 'Roman coraique' of Scarron in 1651; Furctiere may be said to have completed their defeat by his 'Roman bourgeois' in 1666. ... It is a sketch of the vulgar and litigious life oi" a certain class of citizens in the Paris of the author's own day." — Acad., Aug. 21. Gaskin, J. J. Irish varieties ; sketches of history and character. 2d ed., with add. from the writings of W; Drennan. Gaspe, P. A. de. Les anciens Canadiens. 2 v. — Le chercheur de tresors ; ou, L'influence d'un livre. Gonune, G: L. Primitive folk-moots; or. Open air assemblies in Britain. " My iirst care has been the collection of all the known or possible iiiHlances of the open-air assembly in Great Britain which I could come upon during a long period of research. With these fragments of antiquity, I have endeavored to build a fabric which gives us an important picture of primitive times; my argument throughout is that these open-air assemblies are survivals of primitive open-air assemblies." — Preface. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works, etc, 2 v. "The illustrations are full of life, fun, character, per- sonal anecdote, and social, political, and idiosyncratic studies of the liveliest interest. He who runs may read the 'caricatures' of Rowlandson, one essential feature of which is that they require observation rather than knowledge, and possess more of that which ' makes the whole world kin' than the designs of Hogarth, Gillray, Lord Townshcud, or Bunbury." — Ath., July 24. Grosvenor Gallery. Publications. Drawings by the old masters in the Library of Christ Church, Oxford. Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. New lamps or old? a few additional words respecting the e and the A in the name of our national dramatist. 2ded. Hamilton papers ; selections from original letters in the possession of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon relating to 1638-50; ed. by S. R. Gardiner. (Camden Soc.) "A minute desciiption of the king's conduct and be- haviour during the chief portion of his miserable resi- dence at Newcastle, before his surrender by the Scottish army into the custody of our Parliament. From the beginning of August, 1616, to the end of January, 1647, a special interest attaches to the king's demeanor; it was then that he tirnt began to pose before his subjects as a living exemplar of a 'sacred Majesty in his sufferings and solitudes', and, by making use of his misfortunes aud captivity, aroused in hisfa\or that reaction of regard and sympathy which, if wisely employed, might have restored him to his throne, but which, being misused, sent him to the scaffold." — Ath., Aug. 21, Hayes, A. A., Jr. New Colorado and the Santa Fe trail. Helps, i:^ir A. Life of H. Cortes. Henry, J. Summary of researches in sound; con- ducted in the service of the U. S, Light-house Board, 1865-77. Hodge, Rev. A. A. Life of C: Hodge. Hood, J: B. Advance and retreat; personal expe- riences in the U. S. and Conlederate States armies. Hueffer, F. Musical studies. "Half the book is devoted to Arthur Schopenhauer, the pessimist philosopher, whose theory of metaphysics is so intimately connected with the development of modern music, and to Richard Wagner." — Acad,, Aug. 7. Hulme, F. E: Suggestions in floral design. Jackson, C: P. K. Our ancient monuments and the land around them ; with a pref. by Sir J. Lubbock. Jefferies, R: Round about a great estate. "Illustrative of the open-air history of pastoral and ' rural England, and of the sociology of her flora, wild and tame, and her fauna, human and animal. ... As before, his talk is all of birds aud beasts, of hedgerows and brooksides, of yokels and keepers and farmers, of alehouse and dairy and barnyard." — Ath., Aug. 14. Joka'i, M. Les fils de Thomrae au coeur de pierre; trad, du hongrois par A. de Gerando-Teleki. "C'est I'histoire de la revolution de 184S en Hongrle symbolisee dans trois freres magyar?:, Ills a'un homme qui ne voulait pas de revolution, et que Pardeur patrio- tique de leur mere jette dans la melee. L'esprit, I'orig- inalite, le sentiment dramatique de Tauteur, pousses parfois k outrance, revivent dans eetle excellente traduc- tion." — Louis UlOach in Revue pol. et lit., 26 juin. Joyau, E. De Tinvention dans les arts et dans les sciences, et dans la pratique de la vertu. Keddie, Miss. Heroines in obscurity ; a second ser. of 'Papers for thoughtful girls'. 3d thous. Kingsley, C: Literary and general lectures and essays. Knipping, E. Stanford's library map of Japan. "An entirely new and original map, compiled from the various large divisional maps prepared by the Jap- anese government, and corrected and extended from journeys made for the purpose by the author. Supple- mentary maps show the railways, chief roads, telegraphs, and lighthouses, and the new administrative divisions iutroduced in 1876." — Saturday reoiew, May 22. Number 57.J 22^ [Nov. 22, 1880. Lacombe, P. La terre paternelle. Nouv. ed. Lacroix, P. Les amateurs de vieux livres. Lange, J: P: Commentary on the Holy Scriptures ; tr. from the Germ., and ed., with add., by P. SchafF. Vol. 15 of O. T. : Apocrypha. Lamed, E. D. History of Windham Co., Conn. Vol. 2. Laurent, P. Droit civil international. 2 v. Laurie, W. F. B. Our Burmese vicars and relations with Burma ; an abstract of mil. and pol. operations, 1824-26, 62-3; with local, sta- tistical, and commercial information, and a summary of events to 1879. "No one is better capable of treating tbe subject tban' Col. Laurie, who bas raade our relatious witb tbat power his study, who served during tbe war of 1852-53, and was for some years quartered in Pegu." — Aik., Feb. 14. "British Burma, formally annexed in Dec. 1852, is by many otherwise well-instructed persons looked upon merely as a sort of unwholesome swamp, which produced certain cargoes of rice and teak timber. Few know how totally diiferent is the province from any other portion of our Eastern Empire, not in climate and productive- ness only, but in tbe nature and distribution of its population, its value as a link between India and China, and its capabililies of. almost boundless development." — jEcam., Jan. 31. Lee, V. Studies of the 18th century in Italy. ConteiiU. Introduction. — Tbe Arcadian Academy. — The musical life. — Metastasio and the opera. — The ■ comedy of raask^. — G-oldoni and the realistic comedy. — Carlo Gozzi and the Venetian fairy comedy. " The story of the birth and life of the Arcadian Academy is a curious one, and may be read with interest in the first of the essays." — Sciiurday review, June 26. Lewes, G: H: Ranthorpe. Lacianus Samosatensis. A traveller's true tale; after the Greek by A. J. Church. — Vera historia, ed. with introd. and notes by C. ;:[■.■ S. Jerram. (Clarendon press ser.) " Mr. Jerram has left no stone unturned to present Lucian's ' True history ' as well and sutiiciently drest up as such a clever and well-worn farrago of lies simulating truth could hope to be. In his introduction the editor glances at tbe possible originals of Lucian's mock Voyage to the Moon, tbe Shades, the Islands of the Blest, and elsewhere, and enumerates the most striking parallcla found in it to incidents in the 'Arabian nights '." — Con- temporary review, June. Lyachinska, M. J. The kindergarten principle; its educational value and chief applications. McCarthy, J. Donna auixote. 2d ed. 3 v. "There is not a dull chapter in the whole three vol- umes." — Acad., Dec. 27, 1879. j^ history of our own times, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the general election of 1880. Vol. 3, 4. Vol. 3 covers the period of our civil war. "Mr. McCarthy is a brilliant historical improvisatore. He is not a great histoi'ian. But this History of our own times is 'the rhetorical triumph of an hour' — to borrow Mr. Jebb's translation of Thucydides' famous phrase — rather than ' a possession for ever'." — Spectator, Oct. 16. Marshall, E. Memories of troublous times ; the history of Dame Alicia Chamberlayne. Massari, G. H generale Alfonso la Marmora. Mitchell, A., M. D. The past in the present, [and] What is civilization? " Dr. Mitchell seems inclined to argue that degeneration has been a more common element in human history than we are disposed to believe. -Vs intelligent people in Shetland and the Lewis use some of the typical instru- ments .and processes of savagery, he draws two inferences. First, savages, and the early people whom geology re- veals to us, may be and may have been quite intelligent. Secondly, as the Sbetlanders and the rest use degenerate instruments, .and as they co-exist with Scotch people completely civilized, so, too, savages, contemporary or prehisloric, may have been degenerate, and may have co- existed with people completely civilized. The conclusion would be : ' There may never have been a time in history when there did not occur among men states both of high and low civiliz.atinn '. To adopt this view is as much as to say that the original high civilization was conferred by miracles. Whence came the first civilization except by way of inventions and improvement, which must have been preceded by indigent savagery? ... The highest civilizatiou has its frequent 'survivals'; but we cannot believe in a primitive civilization ready-made from the beginning. Even if geological evidence, and the evidence of artistic remains, bore out such an opinion, the irre- futable evidence of institutions looks the other way." — Sat. rev., Aug. 7. Monnier, M. Les contes populaires en Italie. "Non arranges et mis k la mode de la ville, mais tout simplets, tout primitifs, avec leur bure et leurs sabota. Eeoutons, et quand chaquo conte sera termini, M. Marc Monnier nous en expliquera le sens cache, I'allusion, qui pour nous n'est pas assez transparente ; il nous montrera en quoi chacun a la physionomie de sa province, I'aecent et le goijt du terroir." — dfaxime Gaucher in Revue pol. et lit., 26 juin. Mouton, E. Voyage et aventures du capitaine Marius Cougourdan. "Le livre tient d'Horaere, de I'Arioste, de Swift, de Sterne, d'Hoifmann, et d'Edgar Poii. Le capitaine raconte dans le langage pittoresque des Marseillais, avec une energie singuliere de relief et de couleur; mais il a eu pour stenographe un maitre ecrivain." — F. Boivsin in Polybiblion, avril. National Liberal League. Equal rights in religion ; report of the Centennial Congress of Liberals and organization of the National Liberal League, Phila., July 4, 1876. Newton, C: T: Essays on art and archaeology. "Mr. Newton's reputation as one of the highest living authorities on Greek art and antiquities will not suffer by this work. ... The lecture on archeology is perhaps the best thing Mr. Newton has ever written. It is a clear and eloquent expo-sition of the subject-matter of archa:- ology, a singularly successful attempt at co-ordination. Tbe various studies which come under the head of archseology are treated slightly but euiEciently, their place assigned, and their relations to the other branches of the same great subject explained. ... Weare inclined to rate the articles on Greek inscriptions, which occupy one fourth of the volume, as the portion of most perma- nent archieological value therein. They call attention to a branch of antiquities which is Uttlc appreciated, and the diffleuUies of which, moreover, make the aid of a guiding hand very necessary. ... The essay on Greek sculptures from the coast of Asia Minor is a very charm- ing survey of tbe progress of discovery on the west coast and in the islands of the Archipelago." — Sat. rev., Aug. 7. Niunber 57.] 228 [Nov. 22, 1880. Nineteentli century, Oct. "The austerity of the NiriPtepnth century is relieved this month by Mr. Walter Pollock's lively article on Alexandre Dumas — the great novelist, not the immense moralist, his son. Mr. Pollock's paper is full of amusing Dumasiana and anecdotes of the author of the Three musketeers. The cnticism chiefly illut.trate8 that "won- derful exuberance, rapidity, and vivacity of good-humored fancy which made perhaps the best part of Bumas'e talent." — Saturday ?x-view, Oct. 9. Parr, H. Mrs. Denys of Cote. 3 v. Payne, J: New poems. " *Salvestra' involves a description of matters which may shock very delicate nei-ves; but the poetical treat- ment shows that the writer has all that is required of delicacy as well as of passion, of tenderness, of imag- ination, and of language for turning the subject to most charming account." — Jllust. London veioa. ^M., Aug. 14. Pike, L. O. History of crime in England. Yol, 2. "In the power of sympathy the author is deficient; throughou t, hie attitude towards the past is half contempt- uous, half hostile; and he is content to take note of external facts without troubling himself to go to the root of things and to analyze the feelings which prompted our forefathers' actions. In short, the idea that he is a civilized man and that his ancestors were barbarians is too constantly present to him. ... Mr. Pike's theory is that all crime, whtre it is not the result of physical or mental disease, is the survival of instincts inherited from mediaeval and feudal barbarism." — Sat. rev. Pitrfe, G. Proverbi siciliani ; raccolti e confrontati con qiielli degli altri dialetti d'ltalia. 4 v. — TJsi natalizi, nuziali, e funebri del popolo sicili- ano. "Tres curieux volume." — Polybiblion, Jan. Post, Evening, essays in review of the 'Bible for learners', by P. SchafF, T. W. Chambers, etc. Quilter, H. Giotto. " Much more of an essay on the art of the 13th century, and on the emancipation and development which it received at the hands of Giotto, than a biography of the eminent Tuscan painter. ... Mr. Quilter directs the light of his studies on the condition and prospi^cts of his own days. He conceives British art to be, in a measure, enslaved to Venice and Florence, as Italy before Giotto was to Byzantium." — Spectator, July 17. " Of the earlier chapters we can only record our im- pression that for garrulous conceit and glib ignorance they are almosl unequalled in our experience of litera- ture. But, as Mr. Quilter was forced by the development of his book to think more and study more, he dropped bis eccentricities one by one." — Saturday rev., Aug. 28. Redfield, H. V. Homicide, North and South ; a comparative view of crime against the person in several parts of the XJ. S. Renier, R. La Vita nuova e la Fiammetta. " Sig. Renier endeavors to co-ordinate Dante's concep- tion of love with that expressed in the literature of Italy both before and after his day. ... He says many things that are good, but be is too anxious to show himself learned, and to examine whatever any one else has siiid. As regards Dante, the chief point which he sets himself to prove is that, whereas in the 'Ulvina coramedia' the allegory has clothed itself with sensible shape, in the 'Vita nuova' the sensible shape has passed into an allegory of truth."— J/: Oreighton in Acad.,Bopt. 13, 1879. Rivifere, H: L. Souvenirs de la Nouvelle-Caledonie, Ross, D. W. Studies in the early history of insti- tutions. 2 nos. Rossi, G. H. de. Piante icnografiche e prospettiche di Roma anteriori al secolo 16. "In addition to the archoeological interest attaching to this work, it contains accounts of the topography of Rome and its surrounding region at different historic periods up to the date mentioned in the title." — E. G. Hyp. in Proc. of Roy. Geog. Soc, Aug., 1879. Rousset, C. F. M. Histoire de la guerre de Crimee, 2e ed. 2 v. and Atlas. A history of the FrrncJi military operations, called by Monod "a heart-breaking narrative for its revelation of the incapacity and want of discipline of the officers, and the deplorable organization of the army." Scliiatt;irella, R. Organismo e storia del diritto internazionale. " Le jeunc professeur s'etait deja distingu^ par son livre sur le droit des neutres. La question de la neutrality avail etc presque .Z). Poems, 217. Beauty's daughters, 197. Beers, W. G. Lacrosse, 161. Bellamy, E: Dr. Heidenhoff's process, 197. Belleval, R., marquis de. Nos peres, 165. Belot, A. Deux femmes, 169. Bender, H. Rom u. rbmisches Leben, 229. Benham, Rev. W; Catharine and Craufurd Tait, 165. Bent, J. T. Freak of freedom, 161. Bentham, G. British flora, 177. B6renger-Feraud, L. J:B. Les peuplades de la S6negambie, 209. Bergerac, S. C. de. Hist. com. des 6tats et empires de la lune et du soleil, 221. Bergerat, E. T. Gautier, 173. Berkeley, G: ,5/>. Selections, 173. Berlin und St. Petersburg, 229. Bernays, J. Lucian und die Kyniker, 197. Bernoni, D. G. Fiabe e novelle popolari veneziane, 221. Bert, P; La morale des J^su- ites, 205. Berthet, E. B. La bete du Gevaudan, 177. Bertin, E. Les manages dans les anc. society fran^aisc, 181. Bessels, E. Die amerikanische Nordpol-Expedition, 193. Bethune, G: A. The uncertain- ties of travel, 197. Bevan, G. P. Surrey, 161. Bezaure, G.de. Fleuvebleu, 161. Bigelow, M. M. Placita Nor- mannica, 165. Bigelow, T. Visit to Newport, etc., 1815, 185. Bigmore, E. C, and Wyman, C.W.H. Bibliog. of printing, 193. Bikelas, D. Louki Laras, 193. Biograph and review. The, 177. Birch, J: Examples of labour- ers' cottages, 185. Bitter, C. H. Bach, 181. Black, C. Orlando, 221. Black, W: Sunrise, 189. White wings, 217. Blackburn, H; Academy notes, 209. Breton folk, 165. Gros- venor notes, 213. The Ober- ammergau passion play, 201. Blackmore, R. D. Mary Aner- ley, 189, 197, 221. Blackwell, Dr. E. Moral educ. . of children, 177. Blackwood's mag., March, 189. Blade, J. F. Poesies populaires en frangaise, 161. Blanc, J: J. Ij: 10 ans de I'hist d'Angleterre, 189, 213. L'Etat et la Commune, 213. Blanc, Mme. T., {pseud. T. Bentzon). Un chatiment; La grande saulifire, — Ma tante Hermine ; Madelette ; La pe- tite perl e, — Desir^eTurpJn; Tin remords; Le roman d'un muet; Une vie manqu6e : Le violon de Job; Le vocation de Louise, 173. Georgette, 197 Bland, E; , and others. Discov- ery of New Brittaine, 205. Bleek, F. Lectures on the Apoc- alypse, 161. Blundell.W: Crosby rec, 213. Bluntschli, J: K. Das moderne Vblkerrecht der civilisirten Staten, 201. Boettger, G: Lexicon zu den Schriften des Flavius Jose- phus, 193. Boetticher, K: Tektonik der Hellenen, 205. Boisaier, G. PromiSnades arch^- ologiques, 221. BoUes, A. S. Financial hist, of tbeU. S., 1774-89, 173. Bonitz, H. Origin of the Ho- meric poems, 177. ^ Bonnemfire, L. Voy. 4 travers les Gaules 56 ans avant J6sus- Christ, 193. Bonneville de Marsangy, L: Mme. Carapan & Ecouen, 173. Borgognoni, A. Studi d'erudi- zione e d'arte, 217. Boaio, F. Ricordi personal!, 161. Boston. City Council. Granary burial ground, 169. Boswell, J. Corresp. with A. Erskine, 197. Bouch6-Leclercq, A. Divina- tion, 185. Bouff6, M. Mes souvenirs, 226. Bouley, H: Hydrophobia, 221. Boulger, D. C: Central Asian portraits, 189. Bourloton, E. L'AUemagne contemp., 165. Bowen, B . Gleanings, 225. Bowes, J. L. Kcramic art, 185 (Audsley and Bowes). Boyle, F: Chronicles of No- man's land, 185. Braddon, M. E. Barbara, 177. Just as I am, 221. Braithwaite, W: and J., eds. Retrospect of medicine, 177. Brandos, G. Lord Beaconsiield, 185. Brassey, M7'S. A. Sunshine and stoim, 165. Brassey, T: Foreign work and Eng. wages, 165. Bray, C: Psycholog. and ethical divisions on a pbysiolog. basis, 162. 169. Breal, M. Melanges de mythol- ogie, 173. Brent, J: Canterbury, 189. Brett, W: H: Indians of British Guiana, 181. Brewer, Rev. E. C. The reader's handbook of allusions, etc., 177, 193. Bright, W: , D.D. Eng. church hist., 165. Brimfield, Mass. Historical celebration, 1876, 189. Brinamead, E. Pianoforte, 177. Brocher, C; Nouveau trait6 de droit international priv6, 165. Broach, M. Geschichte des Kirch en staates, 193. Brosa, W: Chicago, 189. Brown, Miss, pseud. The for- eign tour of the Misses Brown, Jones and Robinson, 162. Number 59.] 234 [Dec. 31, 1880. Brown, F. H., M.B. Medical register for New Eng., 185. Brown, J; , M. D. Rab, and Marjorie Fleming, 229. Browning, R. Dramatic idyls, 217. Brownlow, Re-o. "W. R. Roma Sotteranea, 179 (Northcote and Brownlow). Bruc, comte C. de. 8au Marino, 173. Brueggen, E., Freiherr von der. Polens Auflbsung, 225. Briimmer, F. Deutaches Dich- ter-Lexikon, 189. BrugBCli-5f(/, H: K: Egypte; True story of the exodus, 189. Bruneti^re, F. Etudes critiques sur I'hist. de la lit. fran9aiee, 201. Buchliolz. R. West-Afrika, 229. Buck, A. H., M.D. Hygiene and public health, 177, 205. Bucke, R: M. Man's moral na- ture, 181. Buckton, C. M. Town and window gardening, 173. Buddha. Sutta Nipdta, 189. Buerstenbinder, E. A hero of the pen, 221. Bulliot, J. G., and Roidot, J. La cite gauloise, 173. Bund, J. W. "W. Selection of cases from the state trials, 189. Bnnge, F. Gr. von. Die Stadt Riga im 13. und 14, Jahrh., 193. Burdo, A. Niger et B6nue, 173. Burke.-O. J. Lord ChancellorB of Ireland, 189. Burke, 8. H. Hist, portraits of the Tudor dynasty, 225. Buxnand, F, C. The *A. D. C, 189. Burnett, Mrs. F. H, Louisiana, 189, Burnett, P: H. Recollections and opinions of an old pioneer, 185. Bnrnham, 8. W. Report with ref. to the location of Lick Observatory, 225. Burton, Mrs. I. Arabia, Egypt, India, 165. Burton, J: H. Queen Anne, 177. Burty, P. C;M6ryon, 225. Busby, T: Historyof music, 197. Bushnell, II. Life and letters, 197, 221. Butler, C. M., D.D. Hist, of the Book of common prayer, 181, Buxton, 8. C. Political ques- tions of the day, 225. C, J. T. de. El comerciante de perlaa, 162. Cable, G: W. The Grandis- simee; Old C'reole days, 221. Cadol, E; L;i diva, 165. La princesse AldOc, 221. Caird, J; , TJ.T). Introd. to the philos. of rehgion, 197. Calonne, le haron A. de. La vie municipale dans le nord de la Fi'uncc, 197. Calvert, (J: II. Coleridge, Shel- ley, Goethe, 225. Shake- speare, 162. Cameron, M. E. House of Achendaroch, 165. Cameron, V. L. Our future highway, 197. Camoena, L. de. The Lusiad, 189. Campbell, L. eophocles, 181. Capeflgue, J; B. H. R. L'arm^e fr. en Espagne, 173. Capel, Monsignor T: J: , D. D. Gladstone's ' Political expos- tulation ', 221. Capes, W. W. Livy, 217. Capron, J. R. Aurorse, 190. Caro, E. M. Etudes morales, 225. L'id6e de Dleu, 162. Carpenter, Rev. J. E, Mary Carpenter, 17:'. Carralon de Larrua, A. La dama duende; El diablo del Mediodia, 162. Carrau, L. L'evolution, 22'2. Carron, E. Course maritime, 190. Carter, K. B. Eyesight, 190. Carter.S.N. Art suggestions, 225. Caaas, B. de las. Hist, de las Indias, 225. Casgrain, Vabbe. Legendes ca- nadienncK, 225. Castelnau, A. Les Mudicis, 162. Caterina, St., of Sienna. Le lettere, 166. Catholic Church. Taxes de la penitencerie apostolique, 181. Cavendish, H: Electrical re- searches, 185. Certain dangerous tendencies in American life, 181. Chadwick, J: W. The faith of reason, 173. Chaney, G; L. AI6ha! 169. Chapelain, J: Lettres, 217. Charavay, E, A. de Vigny et Charles Baudelaire, 201. Chariest own. First Church. Records, 181. — Harvard Church. History, 181. 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Catalogue of the Greek and Roman coins, 216. Yarrow, H. C. Mortuary cus- toms among the N. Amer. Indians, 224. Yonge, C. M. Bye-words, 184. The caged lion, 224. Young, E: J. Subjects for mas- ter's degrees in Harv. Coll., 1655-1791, 232. Zaborowski, — . Les migrations des animaux, 212. Zaehnsdorf, J. W. Bookbind- ing, 188. Zeller, B. Le connetable de Luynes, 176. Zeller, E. Acts of the Apostles, 172. Zeller, J. Pie ix. et Victor Emmanuel, 180. Zestermann, A. C. A. Die Druckerkunst, 188 (Weigel and Zestermann). Zevort, E. Le marquis d'Ar- genson, 232. Zoological record for 1878, 224. Zvetaief, J: Sylloge inscript. Oscarum, 212. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 61. Jan. 15, 1881. Abbott, E., ed. Hellenica ; a collection of essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history, and religion. "The series is led off by Mr. Ernest Myers wltli a paper on ^schylus, in whicll he gives a brilliant exposi- tion of the origin and conditions of the Attic drama, and of ^schylus's poetical character. ... Mr. Nettleship's contribution, entitled 'The theory of education in the Bepublic of Plato ', is the longest and perhaps the most interesting in the book. ... Its general object is to exhibit the vital substance of the original and almost modern ideas -which are apt to be hidden from the modern reader by the unfamiliar form of Plato's teaching. ... Next Mr. A. C. Bradey, who has made himself known in philosophy as well as in scholarship, writes on 'Aris- totle's conception of the state'. ... Professor Jebb gives us a discussion of Thucydides's use of speeches in his history, which is excellent alike in matter and in work- manship. ... Mr. Dakyns finds an amount and variety of interest in Xenophon which we conceive will be new to most readers. ... Mr. Courtney's short paper on Epicurus gives us in a pleasing literarj' form the result of Gromperz's labors on the Herculaneum rolls. Mr. F. W. Myers's well-written sketch of the splendor and decay of the Greek oracles bears lightly a weight of learning, and leaves the subject, perhaps wisely, without propounding any definite conclusion." — Saturday rev., Apr. 10. Aboat, E. P. V. Le roman d'un brave homme. lOe mUle. " To inculcate upon Frenchmen a saner education and healthier habits of living, to teach them to aim at the development of the resources of the country, and to interest themselves in its political life, are the open and declared objects of the book. No one who remembers ' Les Jumeaux de l'H6tel Corneille ' is likely to fear that the allegory will bite in M. About's hands, or that a moral purpose will imply a stupid story." — Ath., June 26. Aldrich, T: B. The StQlwater tragedy. "Mr. Aldrich's little story is well written, as arc most of those which reach us from America. Either the bad novels stay at home, or else the American average is higher than ours." — Ath., Oct. 23. Allen, J. A. History of N. Amer. pionipeds ; a. monograph of the walruses, etc., of N. Amer- ica. (TJ. S. Geog. and Geol. Surv. of Terr. Miscel. pub., no. 12.) Allen J. H: Fragments of Christian history, to the 'foim'dation of the holy Roman Empire. Aphorisraioal discovery of treasonable faction. Contemporary history of affairs in Ireland, 1641-52 ; with app. of orig. letters and docs. ; ed. by J: T. Gilbert. Vol. 3, pt. 1, 2. Atwood, Rev. G: Selection of games at chess actually played by Philidor and his contem- poraries. Bagehot, W. Economic studies ; ed. by B. H. Hutton. " Mr. Bagehot's power especially lay in this — that to a careful training in the abstract political economy of Ricardo and James Mill, he added familiarity with the facts of exchange and the great commerce ; and with these two qualifications he combined a third, more rare than either, that of never being content with a mere form of words unless that form represented a distinct and vivid image of the thing to which it related." — Ath., March 20. Bardsley, Rev. C; W. English surnames ; their sources and significations. 2d ed., rev. and enl. Bird, I. L. Unbeaten tracks in Japan ; account of travels in the interior, including visits to the aborigines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikko and Ise ; with map and illust. 2 v. " The further the traveller goes in a northerly direction, the wilder becomes the country and the more uncultured become the natives until Yezo is reached, which is mainly inhabited by Ainos, a hairy uncivilized people, who are regarded as remnants of the aborigines of Japan. Rejecting ail the allurements of railways, macadamized roads, and Europeanized cities, Miss Bird determined to strike northwards into Yezo over any roads she could find and by any means of locomotion which were obtain- able. And she had her reward of enjoying scenery wilder and more beautiful than any in the southern islands, and of studying the manners and customs of a strange and little known race." — Ath., Oct. 23. "Japan and the Japanese wear two faces. To the admiring gaze of Sir E; Reed there appeared nothing but burnished gold, while it was left to Miss Bird to discover that there was a reverse side of quite another metal and brilliancy. The reforms which have been announced with such flourishes of trumpets have only favorably affected one portion of the Empire. The remain- ing part is left in the same, or even a worse condition than it was before the rage for everything European took pos- session of Japanese statesmen. They both started from the same spot; Sir Edward went southward, while Miss Bird went northward. They both describe what they saw ; but, if one had been writing about Northern Italy and the other about Siberia, the difference could hardly have been greater." — Saturday review, Oct. 30. Blackwood's magazine, Nov. " 'The unloaded revolver — the diplomacy of fanati- cism ', manifests a grasp of the subject and a knowledge of the ins and outs of palace and porte at Constantinople, which will leave experts in no great doubt about its authorship." — Examiner, Nov. 6. Bluntschli, J: C. Gesammelte kleine Schriften. l.Bd. " The essays of so learned a jurist and precise a thinker as Professor Bluntschli well deserve to be collected. Eleven treating of jurisprudence and general polity are included in the first volume. Among the most remark- able are one on the fundamental conception of law, pointing out the confusion between law and religion in the minds of Orientals, and the endeavors of Ultra- montane Catholicism to introduce the theocracy grounded on this confusion into Europe; an exposition of the moral and intellectual qualities which confer superiority on the Aryan race; an attempt to discover a Tnodus mendi between Church and State in the marriage question; and an essay on the ideal State, in which Bluntschli ventures on the prediction that the world will eventually become one nation. Though frequently pro- found, the author's thoughts are everywhere intelligible, and his diction is everywhere transparent." — Sat. rev., Jan. 24, 1880. Boissier G. Etude sur la vie et les ouvrages de M. T. Varron. "Ouvrage couronnd par I'Acad. des Inscriptions et Belles-Lcttres." Borys, G. Les paresseux de Paris. 1 : line mai- tresse imprevue. 2e ed. Number 61.] 242 [JanaS, 1881. BraAdea, G: Ferdinand Lassalle ; ein literarisches Oharacterbild, aus dem Danischen. "A painstaking monograph." — Nation, Nov. 13, 1879. "German socialism, as an economical system, is as distinct in form and metliod from the French scbools of sociiilism as are the great German schools of metaphysics from those of France; and though, again, in Germany there havu arisen minor distinctions in the teaching of the socialist school since Lassalle's death, yet ihe force and character of the movemLnt in its essentials have been impressed thereon by the individual action of Lassalle. ... Probably, in modern times, no one over more fully reproduced the moral and intellectual qualities that made up the great demagogic figures of Athens, — extraordi- nary subtlety of mind, wonderful mastery in dialects, consummate power for striking public imagination, and at least as ready a disregard of principles, if these stood in the way of securing some desired eft'ect. ... The Jewish fondness for 'loud' display — for glitter and notoriety — was strong in him, but it was there with the strength of a really powerful nature, and not with a merely finikin tawdriness. I^assalle's vanity and self- conceit cannot be contested, but it must also bo admitted by a candid observer that the manner in which he con- trived to beard, and practically checkmate, his powerful opponents, by the sheer force of his unflinching elas- ticity of mind, justified considerable self-assurance.-' — Spectator, Sept. 21, 1879. Brisbin, Gen. J. S. The beef bonanza ; or, How to get rich on the plains ; a description of cattle-growing, etc., in the West, Browning, O. Modern France, 1814-79. " 'Modern France from 1814 to 1879' is a short history of France between these two dates. It embraces a very eventful period — the Restoration, the Hundred Days, the reigns of Louis xvni., of Charles x., the Revolutions of 18^'J and 1848, the Empire, the Franco-German war, the Commune, and the Republic. It is often remarked that wo know least about the history of those times which immediately precede our own. If this is true of our own country, it is more true of foreign countries; yet without the knowledge of continental history it ts impossible to form acorrcct judgment on foreign politics; the controversies of to-day have their origin in the half- century immediately preceding. The book is written as far as pos-ible without puijtlcai bias. It is intended for use in Bjliojl8,but the author hopes that it may also serve as a contribution to what is one of the greatest needs of the present day — the political education of the people at large." Briickner, A. Culturhistorische Studien. 2 v. '*The fir.^t part of Briickner's book, which is based on the Russian diplomatic correi-pondence of the lime, shows the impressions produced on the Muscovite mind when the several ambassadors and attaches came into contact with the wonders of Frenrh, English, and Italian civilization. ... The second division is not so amusing and novel as the preceding part, but has pcrliaps more serious v.ilue ; the dttalls illustrative of Peter the Great's efforts to breach the Cliioese wall which shut off his empire tVoin European culture are carefully selected and weighed, and they throw invaluable light on bis cbaraetcr and .'iiliii'vements as a cosmopolitan reformer. " -— Acad., Oct. 23, 18T9. Cantacuzene-Altieri, Princess Olga. Poverina. "Peinturc tres vivanto des moiurs italiennes, couleur locale sans enluminure, caracteres bien soutenus, stylo almable et delkat, drarae assez attsichant." — Maxima Gaucher in Rev. pot. et lit., 21 aoQt. Carter, Judge A. G. W. The old court house; reminiscences and anecdotes of the courts and bar of Cincinnati. Chandler, P. W. Memoir of Gov. Andrew ; with personal reminiscences ; add., two impub. literary discourses, etc. Charpentier, P. Une maladie morale, le mal du sifecle. "A panorama of the chief prophets of Weltschraerz, from Rousseau to the Guerins. ilany of these, such as Jean-Jacques himself, S6nancour, Chateaubriand, cic, are, of course, subjects on which it is very hard to say anything new. But others, such as Raraond, the eldest child of Werther, as the group of minor stars — very minor stars, most of them — who revolved round Cha- teaubriand, and as that strangely undeveloped genius, Ulric Guttinguer, will be novel to most people, and interesting even to those to whom they are not novel."— Sat. rev., Aug. 7. Clapp, H. C, M.D, Is consumption contagious, and can it be transmitted by means of food? Clunet, E: Du defaut de validite de plusieurs traites diplomatiques conclus par la France, avec les puissances ^trangferes. Coffin, C; C. Old times in the colonies ; illust. Congdon, C: T. Reminiscences of a journalist. Coquelin, 15. C. L'art et le comedien, " 'I wish to prove', be says, 'that the comedian is an artist, and that he has the same title to a place in a state as other citizens'. He first confeidtrs the claim of histri- onics to be called art, and nest, what is its aim. He then discusses how far the actor should be moved by the passions be portrays, how f.ir conventions arc necessary, and in what sense the aim of the theater is to amuse. The last third of the book is devoted to the consideration of the :u:tor's place in sociity. 'The actor creates. His aim is the same as that of a woman : to please. The actor should not himself lie carried away by the passions he exhibits'." — Literary tcorld, Oct. 9. Cornhill magazine, Nov. "Has an excellent article on ' Quevedo', the Spanish humorist of the 17th century. * The natural history of drLSs' is a serious attempt to trace on Darwinian princi- ples the development discerned in the past history of drefs." — Acad., Nov. 6. " ' Lord Macaulay and Dr. Johnson's wife ' is one moro impeachment nf the accuracy nf the 'brilliant historian '. Mr Carlylc's view of Johnson's nmrriagc is supported, as against that Liken up by Macaulay, with complete knowledge of the facts. ' Social lif^j amungst the jmcient GreeUa' is clever, and has sevcr.il excellent touches of humor. 'iMie author recites to an assembly of ancient Greeks a version of ''I'o be or not to be' done into Greek iambics, and the auditors dispute as to whetlier the verses are from Sopliocles or Euripides. In 'Decorative deco- rations' Mr. Grant Allen again takes up the pen on behalf of harmonious intcjior decoration, and he breaks a lance ur two with Mr. Harry Quilter, who, in the columns of a weekly contemporary, fell foul of a former article of Mr. Allen on the same subject. Mr. .-Mien evidently thinks he has a mission to instruct the bar- barous middle class in the beautiful. An attractive picture of *'I'he Burmese* and a seholarly article on 'Quevedo' should both be read, as also should the paper of 'J. 8.' on 'The natural history of dress', in which the BubjcKt Is treated from the evolutionist's point of view, and not at all in a Teufelsdro^kh vein." — Examiner, Nov. 0. Number 61.] 243 [Jan. 15, 1881- Fletcher, Miss J., pseud. G: Fleming. The head of Medusa. "The author has little talent for the construction of a plot, neither docs he attempt to excite the reader by any sensational incidents. There is a certain amount of ability dJspUiyed in the analysis of character and motives. Whether wriling about Egypt, Palestine, or Italy, Mr. Eleming always contrives to produce a vivid local color- ing. Finally, the book is thoroughly pure. Neverthe- less, there is a monotony about it -which is slightly soporific." — Jt/i., Oct. 30. "The situations, the 'international' combinations of English, Americans, and Italians, are constructed on the model of Mr. .James's stories. The padding, of which The head of Medusa is all compact, is sentimental in the manner of Miss T'hackeray. The story is so slight that it scarcely seems worth while to analyze it. A rather favorable and not too original specimen of the melancholj-, musing, rather morbid modern novel. The book is full of talent, but we had hoped that the talent of the author of Mimge would have ripened into something more like genius, certainly into something stamped with the mark of originality." — Sal. rev., Oct. 30. Fortnightly review, Nov. "Mr. Herbert Spencer opens it with a prelimin.ary paper (which is a continuation of previous writings how- ever) on ' roiitical institutions'. The argument is that civilization is a good thing, although some uncivilized tribes surpass us in the practice of some of the virtues." — Examiner, Nov. 6. — Dec. "In the Fortnightly review of Dec. will appear an art essay by .Mr. Swinburne in which Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton are discussed." — At/t., Nov. 6. Fowler, T: Locke. (Morley, J: English men of letters.) Gamha, M. Un reve du Mont-Blanc. Glouvet, J. do. Le forestier. " Signalons S. M. Theuriet un debutant qui lui fait con- currence. M. Jules de Glouvet prend pour hcros un enfant de la haute futaie, un bucheron, un grirapcur, nn forestier. Et ce n'est pas un forestier de fantaisie; non, il a ex' dessine d'apres nature. ... II y a des pages charmantes dans cc recit, un vif sentiment de la foiet, des p'jQtures csquises et des moeurs forestieres, et de Tamour profjnd et de lanostalgie des bois chez les fores- tiers; une sorte de parfum sauvage sur tout eelaetcomme UDc penetrautu senteur de pousses vertes." — Mazime Gaucher m Rtvtie i.olitique et lit.., 10 juillet. GrifSs, AV; E. Japanese faii-y world ; stories from the wonder-lore of Japan ; illust. by Ozawa. "This little bonk is a eollection of stories from tVc mythology of the Japanese, legends, fairy tales; with 11 iilustr.itions drawn especially for this work, by Ozawa Nankokn, one of the most noted artists of Tokio." Grimm, H. Life and times of Goethe ; tr. by S. H. Adams. Hale, E: E. Stories of the sea told by sailors. HaUvy, L. Les petitcs Cardinal. 3e ed. " Lively sketches, which may be depended upon to make all but the dullest or the most squeamish readers laugh till they cry." — Sat. rev., Aug. 7. "A study of character and manners — .as they exist in contemporary Bohemia — of not less interest than audacity, and of not less humor than truth. ... 'Les petites Cardinal ' is hardly a book to be put into the hands of youth." — Ath., July 31. Hardy, Mis.'! I. D. Friend and lover. 3 v. "Every novel by Miss Hardy Is her best until it has a successor. 'Friend and lover' is Miss Hardy's cleverest novel, and, next to 'Glencairn ', her best constructed. ... Miss Hardy is peculiarly skilful in her portraiture of that especial sort of weak man — by no means uncom- mon, but not often seen through — in whom moral feebleness turns to such selfishness as to look liko strength, and to cowardice so desperate as to seem like reckless courage." — Globe, Feb. 16, 1880. Harington, Sir J: A short view of the state of Ireland, written in 1605 ; ed. by Kev. W. D. Macray. "H. possessed much knowledge of the affairs of Ire- land, having been employed in that country in both the most peaceful and the most troubled periods of the reiga of Elizabeth." — Alh. Aug. 21. Harris, J. C. Uncle Remus ; his songs and sayings ; folk lore of the old plantation ; with illust. Hawthorne, J. Yellow-cap, and other fairy stories for children. Hennepin, L: Description of Louisiana ; tr. from the ed. of 1683 by J. G. Shea. Herder, J: G. von. Sammtliche Werkc ; hrsg. von B. Suphan. Bd. 12, 19, 22. Holland, T: E. Elements of jurisprudence. "His exposition, we may say at once, is clear and careful throughout, and the work will fjr law students* purposes be a great improvement on Austin." — SaS. rtv., July 17. "Prof. Holland has enriched the literature of English law with a treatise which seta forth with admirablo clearness, and in their logical order, ' those comparatively few and simple ideas whicli underlie the infinite variety of legal rules'." — Spectator, Aug. 21. Hortis, A. M. T. Cicerone nelle opere del Petraroa e del Boccaccio. " Jette une vive iumiere sur une question interessante, cclle de la connaissance de I'antiquile an Moyen Age. La question a deux faces; quels sent les souvenirs quo les horames celebres de la republique et de I'empire remains ont liiisses parmi le people. A quel degrcS I'ctude des ccrivains latins etait-elle repandue parmi les lettrea avant la renaissance. ... La memoire populaira n'a pas ete aussi fldele au grand orateur qu'au grand poete latin, et Ciceron n'a pas survecu dans la tradition italienne comme y a survecu Virgile. ... Chose curl- cnse! sou nom ne so rencontre guere dans les traditions sur Catilina, traditions fort nombrenses, et qui sont toutcs 4 la gloire du conspirateur. Le peuplc avail prit parti pour le valncu, et il I'avait vcnge des injures des Catillnaires en en faisant un heros, un saint dont le nom aceompllssait des miracles quinze cent ans apres sa mort." — Revue pol. et lit., March 16, 1879. Macmillan's magazine, Nov. "Prof. Seeley, in an article called 'Political somnara- bullam' returns to his subject of the need of a scientifio study of history as a basis for political intelligence." — — Acad; Nov. 6. Mahaffy, Rev. J. P. History of Greek classical literature. 2 v. "Mr. Mahaffy has read most extensively, and his work abounds in marks of erudition ; but he is not the slave of his own learning. ... There is nothing, in fact, moro remarkable and praiseworthy in this book than the flro and energy which animate it throughout. The spirited narrative never flags." — Spectator, July 31. Number 61.] 244 [Jan. 15, 1881. Marion, H: De la solidarite morale ; essai de psy- 1 chologie appliquee. " M. Ernest Larfsse vient, dans le no. 7 de la Hevue philonophique (juillet, pp. 68-79), de publier sous le litre •Du diiterminisme Wstoiique et g^ograpbique', quelques pages ing6nieuses oil il regrette que M. Marion ait, dans eon livre 'De la solidarity morale', att6nu6 I'influcnce exercee sur I'indivldu par le milieu historique ct g4ogra- phique." — Revue criUquet 12 juillet. "Ce livre a pour objet I'etude des conditions et des limites de la libert6 morale. Pour M. Marion, la liberty n'est pas absolue, immuable, inaU6nable, commc on I'cnseigne commuiiement. Elle a, au contraire, mille degres et depend de mille conditions; elle s'alt^re, d^croit, ct se perd, ou, au contraire, elle grandit et s'af- fermit scion des lois constantes que la psychologic determine. Selon M. Marion, tout se tient et s'enchaine d'abord dans une memo vie; c'est ce qii'il appelle la *8oUdarit6 individuelle*. La morality de I'individu, k quelque moment qu'on le prenne, depend en partic sans doute, mais en partie sculement, de sa libre volontu. Sou ttmpiiramcnt physique, ses aptitudes mentales h6r6- ditaire, son Education, les habitudes dc coeur, d'esprit et de conduite qu'il a prises jusque-la, eoncourent li le faire ce qu'il est. ... Mais tout se tient ausei et plus encore dans cbaque groupe social, famille, 6tat, 6glise. La sympatble et I'antipathie, I'amour, I'amitie, I'imitation, la contagion morale, la force de I'opinion, I'empire de la coutume, sont autant de facteurs de ce que M. Marion appelle la solidarite sociale. Dans sa conclusion, I'auteur tire les consequences pratiques de son Hade. II termine par des vues sur le progriis moral, progrds qui n'est, selon lui, nl n6cessaire ni continu, mais qui est certain pour le passe, et qui, dans I'avenir, sera ce que nous le ferons selon les lois mijmea de la solidarite." — Revue scientifique, 23 mai. Mass. Board of Educ. 41st - 43d annual report. 3 V. "Mr.Walton's report on the Norfolk Co. schools contains the result of examinations made to secure reliable infor- mation of the elementary work doing in the schools. Contains 80 pages of lithograph fac-similes of hand- writing, showing the average rank of pupils in the several towns, and the best and poorest work in the county." — Pub. weekly, Aug. 7. Monorieff, R. H., {psetid. Ascott R. Hope). Seven stories about old folks and young ones. "Mr. Hope understands and writes about boys so well that every one who has been a boy must like and value his work. Of these seven stories of his at least five are thoroughly good reading. Mr. Hope's boys, it may be noted, are not prigs all sentiment, nor apes all mischief, nor athletes all muscle and wholesome ideas ; they are boys." — Ath., July 3. Nineteenth century, Nov. " Under the title of * The philosophy of conservatism *, Mr. Maliock, in imitation of M. Zola's latest lucubrations, expounds his private opinions concerning the spectre of radicalism. To those who believe that political philoso- phy is a subject for ingenious speculation, in which one man is as good as another, this article may be acceptable. Prof. Tyndall, in what is undoubtedly the most effective article in the number, adopts the attitude and phraseology of the pulpit. In attacking the Scotch Sabbath, he poses ostentatiously as a conservative, and cites botli Scripture and a cloud of theologians for his purpose. The chapter on 'Recent science' conveys, in a form that is intelligible without being popular, just what a person of ordinary cultivation cares to learn." — Acad.^ Nov. 6. Norton, C: B. Treasures of art, industry and manufactures represented in the Amer. Cen- tennial Exhib. at Philadelphia, 1876. Norton, C: E. Historical studies of church-building in the Middle Ages : Venice, Siena, Florence. P., G. W. American or standard whist. Pickering, E: C. Dimensions of the fixed stars with especial ref. to binaries and variables of the Algol type. Playfair, G. M. H. The cities and towns of Chiaa ; a geographical dictionary. Poole, C: H: Attempt towards a glossary of the archaic and provincial words of the co. of Stafford. Preble, G: H: History of the flag of the XJ. S., and of the naval and yacht-club signals, etc. Pugin, A: Ornamental timber gables, from existing examples in England and France, of the 16th century. Richardson, G., & Son. New drawing book of ornaments in the antique style. Rodd, E: H. Birds of Cornwall and the Scilly Islands ; ed., with introd., app., and brief memoir, by J. E. Harting. "In the course of a life that closed last January in his 70th year, he not only greatly enlarged the list of the recognized birds of Cornwall, and reduced its avifauna to a scientific precision, but he added to the list of known English birds several very important species. ... Corn- wall presents advantages to the ornithologist such as are scarcely offered by any other English county. It projects so far south and west into the Atlantic Ocean as to command a climate distinctly milder than that of the South of England generally, and a summer heat that has a certain tropical character about it." — Sat. rev., Aug. 7. Rou, Rev. C. A. Jesus of the Evangelists; Ms historical character vindicated. Shakespeare, "W: Tragedy of King Lear ; ed., with notes, by W: J. Rolfe. Stark, C: B. Handbuch der Archaologie der Kunst. le Abth. Steele, T: S. Canoe and camera ; a 200 mile tour through the Maine forests. Stevens, H: Photo-bibliography ; or, A word on printed card catalogues of old rare beautiful and costly books, and how to make them on a co-operative system, etc. Sweetser, M. F. Picturesque Maine. Swing, D: Club essays. Taylor, W: B. Memoir of J. Henry ; a sketch of his scientific work ; read before the Phil. Soc. of Washington, Oct. 26, 1878. 2d ed. Todd, A. Parliamentary government in the British colonies. Twiss, Sir T. The law of nations considered as independent political communities. — On the rights and duties of nations in time of war. 2d ed., rev., vrith introd. review of the results of recent wars, etc. Visitors' guide to Salem. Walford, E: Holidays in home counties. Walker, G: H., & Co. Atlas of Barnstable Co., Mass. Yonge, C. M. Lady Hester ; or, Ursula's narrative and The Danvers papers. (Vol. 16 of her Novels £tnd tales.) Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATPIENJ^UM. [No. 62. Jan. 28, 1881. Acosta, J. de. Natural and moral history of the Indies; ed. by C. R. Markhain. Vol. 2. (Hakluyt Soc, \. 61.) Angell, H: C. Records of W: M. Hunt ; illust. Archiv fur Litteraturgeschichte ; hrsg. von T. Schnorr von Carolsfeld. 9. Bd. Auerbach, B. Tauseud Gedanken des Collabora- tors. Bailey, S. L. Historical sketches of Andover, Mass. Bayliss, AV. The higher lil'e in art, with a chapter on hobgoblins by the great masters. "This book contains much that is suhtle, delicate, even poetical, in thought and feeling, hut it is thought nnd feeling pushed much further in the direction of literature than in that of art ; and the truths about art which are mastered are those more important for general culture, for the moral and mental education of aesthetic .amateurs, than are the truths which would enlighten especially the workman artist. The style meanders gently along, enriched by frequent quotations from the best authors, but with a flavor running through it of pretty conceits, old-fashioned, elaborate bows, and gentle manners. ... The ' higher life ', as it is described in it, we conceive not to be in art, as art, at all; it is the higher life in the poetry and religion which nature inspires in refined, sensitive, and cultured minds, be they artistic or unartis- tic." — Spectator, Jan. 31, 1880. Blauc, A. E. Napoleon i. ; ses institutions civiles et administratives. "The purpose of his book is to vindicate the First Consul's claim to the merit of having organized the administrative institutions of France. His volume con- tains a good deal of careful and interesting research. But M. Edmond-Blano has undoubtedly carried too far the principle of attributing to Napoleon himself the credit due to his predecessors, associates, and ministers." — Sat. ret., July 3. Bright, Rev. J. F. History of England. Period 3, 1689-1837. Previous vols, have the title "English hist, for public schools." "Less discursive and eloquent than Mr. G-rcen's, Mr. Bright's history is far from being dry or uninteresting. The style is clear and vigorous, and the story is told with excellent effect. ... On the whole, this is probably the best Bng. hist, for reference in existence." — Jfation. Brooke, Rev. Stopford A. Riquet of the Tuft ; a love drama. "Evidently a man of much culture, with a fine sense of the pictorial beauty of the world, a ready flow of poetical imagery and harmonious words, by no means deficient in wit or fancy ; there is scarcely a speech or a lyric in the volume which does not rise above the ordinary level, and the execution is finished throughout. Yet, with all this, the drama — if it can be called one — is a disappointment as a whole, a good instance of the power- lessness of culture alone to produce first-rate work." — Cosmo Monkliouse in the Academy, Oct. 16. "In the manner in which he has, by means of the old legend of Riquet with the Tuft, enforced a pretty and poetical moral, and advocated some hopeful theories concerning humanity, the author displays great ingenuity and some invention. His work is, moreover, not wanting in characterization, and he may claim in the character of King Riquet — without the Tuft — to have enriched fairy literature with a new type. The quiet humor with which this personage is described is specially admirable." — .4tt.,Bcpt. 18. Bucknill, J: C:, M. D. The care of the insane and their legal control. "There is no greater authority on lunacy than Dr. Bucknill. He has all the right to speak about it which can be conferred by general medical eminence and special acquaintance with brain disease. In 'The care of the insane and their legal control' we have his m.ature and deliberate opinion on the existing system of dealing with lunatics, and this opinion is in almost every respect adverse." — Sat, rev., Oct. 9. Carol!, M. How Marjory helped ; a prize story. Cicero, M. T. Life and letters of M. T. Cicero ; a new trans, of the letters includ. in Watson's selection ; with hist, and crit. notes by Kev. G. E. Jeans. "The translation gives evidence of a great deal of labor and careful scholarship ; and the foot-notes, though slight and unpretentious in appearance, show clearly that much thought has been given to the many difiiculties presented by the Latin text. The style, though falling short of the breadth and refinement of tone which ought, in the case of Cicero, to be aimed at, is lifelike, and shows literary power ; and is for the most part really English and idiomatic." — IT. Nettleshlp in the Acad., Oct. 9. Cooper, H. S. Coral lands. 2 v. "His Pacific experience has been of no ordinary char- acter. Deals with the ex-cannibal Crown colony of Fiji, the Solomon Islands and the outlying archipelagos of Tonga and Samoa, and contains some revelations in regard to the political adventurers who have made the last-mentioned group their scene of operations. Treats also of such little known industries as the beche de mer and South Sea pearl fisheries." — Ath., Jan. 10, 1880. Cossa, L. Guide to the study of political economy ; tr. from the 2d Ital. ed. ; with a preface by W. S. Jevons. "Dr. Cossa's guide answers in a good measure the purpose of a library, putting the reader in possession of the gist of much that has been written in ancient and modern times by several hundred authors, Greek, Italian, English, French, German, Dutch, Belgian, Swiss, Span- ish, and Portuguese. The only name of mark the absence of which we have noticed is that of Dr. B. Weiss, of Budapest. The amount of information comprised in the 227 pages of the volume is marvellous."— T. B. O. Leslie in the Acad., Nov. 13. Cripps, W. J. Old French plate ; with tables of the Paris date letters and facsimiles of other marks ; a handbook for the collector. Darwin, C: R. The power of movement in plants ; with illust. Dawson, J; W: The chain of life in geological time ; a sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants. "Again and again have we had occasion to note the acuteness of the Canadian geologist in detecting and recording facts, and his illogicality in drawing conclu- sions therefrom." — Examiner, Aug. 28. Debans, C. Les dramas a. toute vapeur. "A collection of extravaganzas not unworthy to rank with M.Champfleury's masterpiece." — ySai.rco., July 3. Denifle, H. S. Tauler's Bekehrung kritisch uuter- sucht. (Vol. 36 of Brink, B. ten, and others. Quellen und Forschuugen.) Deville, J. Dictionnaire du tapissier. 2 v. Number 62.] 246 [Jan. 28, 1881. Disraeli, B:, Eaj-l of Beaconsjleld. Endymion. "There are whole fields of life into which Lord Bea- consfield has hardly ever had a wish to peep. There ie hardly a touch of genuinely moral reflection in all his many novt'ls. His herocB are never anxious to do right for the sake of right, never troubled at having done wrong because it is wrong. He understands what he calls a 'mission', but a mission is with him simply a sense of power and of destiny, not a sense of self-devotion. He has not a glimpse of the meaning of self-reproach or remorse, or even of the difference between failure and humiliation. A^ain, he has no interest in science. It is, perhaps, oddest of all that Lord Beaconsfield, though a jitwary man, betrays, hardly any interest in literature. Are Mr. St. Barbe and Mr. Gusliy really meant as sug- gestions, however faint, of Thackeray and Dickene ? If that be the case, how infinitely barren has been his study of their works, how wholly has the cleverness of the latter sketch been due to some rather malicious glimpse of Mr. Thackeray, in one of his half-whimsical moods of literary ill-humor. Nothing is to us more strange than the extraordinary limitation of the field of view of a man whose genius is so undeniable as Lord Beaconsfield's. ... To idealize Cardinal Manning by attributing to him some of the achievements of Cardinal Wiseman, — to make a study of one aspect of Louis Napoleon, and attribute to him the achievements of Garibaldi, — to sketch Lord Palraerston and Mr. Sidney Herbert, mix the two careers together, and blend both of them after an impossible fashion with the career of the late Emperor of the French, — to introduce Prince Bismarck as tilting at the Eglinton tournament with Louis Napoleon, — to solder together Mr. Poole and Mr. Hudson, — all this seems to us neither history nor romance, nor such a happy blending of the two as was devised by Sir Walter Scott fur the purpose of introducing historic figures into an otherwise imagiuary scene. Lord Beaconsfield the politician is as much more able than these rubbishy and incoherent stories, as Addison the politician was inferior to Addison the essayist and critic. Audacity is the great power of Lord Beaconsfield, and audacity can only he effectually shown in real life." — Spectator, Nov. 27. "11 est assez difficile k un lecteur fran^ais de comprendre Ie succes d'un rdcit aussi compliiteraent depourvu d'inte- r6t que ce roman de Lord Beaconsfield. L'imagination fait completement defaut dans cette oeuvre interminable • les personnages sont ennuyeux comme la pluie, les evene- mentw insenses. II est possible que Ie lectcur anglais, qui a du temps i perdre, sc plaise h reconnaitre tel ou tcl homnie politique, a retrouver les emotions de luttea k moiti. Johnson, D. The political comedy of Europe. "Mr. Daniel Johnson has done a remarkable thing — he has frightened Prince Bismarck. Prince Bismarck has resorted to suppression of ' The political comedy of Europe'; the Berlin police are ferreting out every copy of the work." — Spectator, July 24. '* Dans les trois premiers actes surtout, 11 y a des scenes dont la vis comica rappelle la grande 6cole des paraphl6- taires anglais." — Just de Benion in Polybiblion, aout. Keary, A. A doubting heart. 3 v. Kolb, Baron G. P. Condition of nations, social and political; tr., ed., and collated to 1880 by Mrs. Brewer ; with orig. notes, etc., by E. W. Streeter. Lang, J: D., D. D. The coming event ! or. Freedom and independence for the seven united prov- inces of Australia. 2d thous. Library Association of the United Kingdom. Transactions and proceedings of 2d annual meeting, Manchester, Sept. 23-25, 1879. Losslng, B. J: Story of the V. S. Navy. Manning, W: 0., /;■. Commentaries on the laws of nations. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. History, 1829-78. Mehring, F. Die deutsche Socialdemokratie ; ihre Geschichte und ihre Lehre. 3e Aufl. Melville, G: J: Whyte. The Brookes of Bridlemere. 2 V. — Contraband ; or, A losing hazard. — Holmby House; a tale of old Northampton- shire. 2 V. — Kate Coventry ; an autobiography. — M. or N. ; 'Similia similibus curantur'. — Sister Louise; or. The story of a woman's repentance. Molesworth, Mrs. The tapestry room: a child's romance ; iUust. "Elder people will read the book with as much interest as children, or perhaps even more." — At/i., July 3. Morris, G: L. British thought and thinkers ; in- troductory studies, critical, biographical, and philosophical. Myers, F:W:H: Wordsworth. (Morley, J: Eng. men of letters.) Newton, E,. H. Womanhood ; lectures on woman's work in the world. Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. The greatest heiress in England. 3 v. Oswald, F. L. Siunmerland sketches ; or. Rambles in the backwoods of Mexico and Central America. Owen, F. M. John Keats ; a study. " Traces throughout his works the consistency and the larger aims of Keats. There are many constant readers of Keats's poetry who have not found there the ' real harmony' which is so carefully and intelligently pointed out in this little book." — Nineteenth century, Aug. Ozanam, C: A. Vie de F: Ozanam. "FriSdiric Ozanam est mort & quarante ans; mais je connais peu de vies aussi rcmplies que la sienne : ecolier, audiant, professeur de droit, professeur de rhetorique, professeur de litterature etrangire, 11 se fait toujours ^ - remarquer par son ardeur au travail." — P. Talon in Poli/Ublion, aout. Payn, J. High spirits ; being certain stories writtep in them. 3 v. "Mr. Payn is certainly, his other merits apart, the most sprightly of living novelists. The three vol^me8 abound in good tempered shrewdness, and in such knowledge of men and things as is only to be looked for of an artist in life and in observation; they are models in their way of anecdotic narrative.'' — Ath., Oct. 4, 1879. Payne, J. Lectures on the science and art of educa- tion, with other lectures and essays ; ed. by his son ; with an introd. by the Kev. R. H. Quick. "The lectures and pamphlets included in this volume relate chiefly to the theory or science of education', and form the greater part of Mr. Payne's actually published papers on educational subjects. Besides these, he pub- lished lectures on Frbbel, Jacotot, .ind Pestalozzi, which are omitted from this collection. They will form, with some unpublished lectures, a volume on the history of education, which may, it is hoped, if sufficient encourage- ment be met with, follow this. It is thought that tho papers here collected have sufiicient unity and complete- ness to give an adequate idea of Mr. Payne's principles as a teacher. If account be taken of the dates at which they were severally written, it will be seen that thejr exhibit, with considerable diversity of illustration and some slight variance in points of detail, the persistence of certain dominant principles, the advocacy and enforce- ment of which was Mr. Payne's chief object in his con- tributions to the cause of education. Nearly all of those lectures were composed during the last few years of the author's life; but it has been thought that some interest would attach to the re-publlcation of Mr. Payne's earliest educational essay, ' The exposition of Jacotot's method *, which was indeed his earliest published work on any subject. This essay, written when the author was only 23 years of age, shows how early he had adopted and made bis own those principles which he advocated in later life." Putnam, J: P. The open fire-place in all ages; illust. Roland. Song of Roland ; tr. into Eng. verse by J; O'Hagan. " One can hardly compare any stanza of the English with the original without noting some loss. ... How- ever, the result as a whole is satisfactory. We have' here for the first time an English version of this noble poem ; it is so far an adequate version that it preserves in the main the spirit of the original." — Sat. rev., Aug. 7. " The version offers the reader an adequate rendering of the * Chanson ' ; it sets before him in a perfectly lucid way the characters of the old poem, the fierce tetnper, the courage, the courtesy, the loyalty and the treason, the strange heroic readiness to weep, the delight in the joy of battle, the weariness of laborious life, the imperial statelinesB wliich mark Koland, Oliver, Ganelon, nni} Charles." — Athenceum, July 3. Ruskin, J: Notes on S: Prout and W: Hunt, in illust. of a loan coll. of drawings exhib. at the Fine Art Soc.'s galleries in 1879-80. "These notes contain an amount of criticism — true, severe, and yet appreciative — such as it would be hard to find paralleled in any other work of the day ; and Mr. Raskin's peculiar danger in critical work — that, namely, of concentrating attention upon points of morality arid religion really independent of technical merit — is fallep into less habitually in this work than in almost any other." — Spectator, Aug. 14. Number 62.] 248 [Jan. 28, 1881. Saintsbury, G: Primer of French literature. " It is not easy to see how, for its special purpose, that of ' setting before the learner such a general view of the outline of French literary history as he may best be able to fill up for himself afterwards', the book could have been improved."— Saturday rev., Oct. 16. "I have vainly sought among the names of 18th-century writers, that of the Abb6 Provost whose Manon Lescaut is at the present day more popular in France than Gil Bias or La nouvelle Helo'ise. Similarly, in the analysis of the Romantic movement, Mr. Saintsbury has omitted to notice the name of Henry Beyle, better known under his pseudonym of Stendhal. This writer, who was by no means famous in his Ufetime, now holds a place almost equal to that of Balzac in the articles devoted by natural- istic novelists like M. Zola to their predecessors. Finally the names of MM. Sully-Prudhomme and Francois Cop- pee, the two heads of the rising school, are wanting in the list of poets, as are the names of the brothers Gon- court in the list of novelists. I have taken care to point out these details in order to testify the importance which I attach to this little hook, which Mr. Saintsbury may easily make really perfect by fifteen lines of corrections." — Paul Mourget in the Academy, Nov. 6. Sargent, E. The scientific basis of spiritualism. iSargent, Mrs. M. E., ed. Sketches and reminis- cences of the Radical Club of Chestnut St., Boston. Schliemann, H: Ilios ; the city and country of the Trojans ; the results of researches and dis- coveries on the site of Troy, etc., 1871-73, 78-79. "The indefatigable explorer will give an account of his latest researches in the Plain of Troy. Four hundred plans and illustrations adorn the work." — Ath., Jan. 10. "Ills former discoveries, in 1871-73, had led him to the belief, and the last explorations have confirmed it, that Hissarlik is the site of seven successive cities, each built over the debris of its predecessor. The present work is a summing up of the entire results, as well of the first as the later explorations in the ruins of these cities and civilizations. It treats of the country, the ethnogra- phy, and the history of the Trojans; then of the first, -second, and third cities (the third he calls the burnt city) ; the fourth, fifth, and sixth cities, the sixth supposed to bo Lydian, and the seventh the Greek Ilium or Novum Ilium. Prof. Virchow introduces the work with a preface, and adds in the appendix an article on Troy and Hissar- lik. Prof. Mahatfy follows with a paper on the relation of Novum Ilium to the Ilios of Homer. Mr. Frank Calvert contributes an account of explorations at localities Dear and related to those of Dr. Schliemann. A valuable note on the lost art of hardening copper is by A. J. Duilield, and Brugsch-Bey closes the volume with twelve J pages of Egyptian lore." — Publisher's weekly, Dec. 18. ,Scliouler, J. Histoi-y of the U. S. under the Con- stitution. Vol. 1. , Simon, J. Le livre du petit citoyen. Smiles, S: Duty; with iUust. of courage, patience, and endurance. Smith, S: F., D.D. History of Newton, Mass., 1630-1880. Spencer, H. Descriptive sociology. No. 7 : He- brews and Phoenicians. Stanford, C:, D. D. Philip Doddridge. ' Stevens, H; Universal postal union and interna- tional copy-right. Stevenson, R. L: An inland voyage. Storm, T. Gesammelte Schriften. 2e Aufl. 10 v. Strauch, H. Zur Interventions-Lehre ; eine volker- rechtliche Studie. "Dcr Verfasser raacht noch einmal den Versuch, die Existenz des viel bestrittenen Interventionsrechts und einer demselben entsprechenden Interventionspflieht zu rotten. Wahrend er letztere in enge Grenzen ein- schliesst, sucht er dagegen dem ersteren eine Ausdebn- ung zu geben, die, selbst wcnn man seinen principiellen Standpunkt theilt, als eine eehr bedenkliche erscheinen muss. Mit den Gegnern des Interventionsrechts, die dessen Existenz lilugnen, geht der Verf. streng ins Gericht. Er meint, sie hatten dadureh nur ibre eigene Unfahigkeitdocumentiert, dieWirklichkeitzabegreifen. Dicsen Urtheilsspruch dUrfte die Wissensehaft schwer- lich unlerscbreiben. Die Wirklichkeit zelgt wobl eine Interventionspraxis, aber kein luterventionsrecht." — Literarisches Oentralblatt, 8 Mai. Supernatural, The, in nature ; a verification by free use of science. Symington, A. J. W: Cullen Bryant ; a biograph- ical sketch, with selections from his poems and other writings. Tennyson, A. Ballads and other poems. Trevelyan, G: O: Early history of Charles James Fo.x. " This work is intended to unite the characters of history and of biography. It will be on the one hand a picture of a most critical and eventful period in our annals. On the other hand, the picture will be drawn from the point of view of the individual who is the hero of the book. But more particularly it is the author's desire to give life to past times by showing them as they appeared to the liveliest person that ever took his seat on the benches of the House of Commons. The rise of the Fox family ; the youth and the education of its greatest member; the incidents of his early political career — the stories of Wilkes, of Sir James Lowther, and the Duke of Portland ; of the formation of the Whig and Tory parties as they at present exist; of Burke and Chatham, Home Tooke and Junius, Wedderburn and Charles Yorke, will be told with the hope that the narra- tive of the transactions may produce on the modem reader something of the efioet which they produced on the young man who was a principal actor in those stirring scenes. Above all, the author hopes to bring out clearly what was, indeed, the chief glory of Fox's career — the contrast between the free and noble principles which for the most part his life was spent in defending, and the self-seeking and corrupt political doctrines and practices amidst which he was educated." The At/ieiiceum complains of "the way in which Mr. Trevelyan assumes or appears to assume that what is known to him is known to everybody else," and also that Mr. Trevelyan "has done somewhat too much; he has added the functions of the historian to those of the biographer, and the latter seems at times lost in the former ; there are whole chapters in which Fox scarcely appears at all," but with these exceptions calls the book " a delightful volume." Tuke, J. H. Irish distress and its remedies ; the land question ; a visit to Donegal and Con- naught in the spring of 1880. 3d ed., with map. Winter, W: Poems. Year of wreck ; a true story ; by a victim. Yonge, C. M. The dove in the eagle's nest. (Vol.14 of her Novels and tales.) Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 63. Feb. 6, 1881. Adam, L. Du parler des hommes et du parler des femmes dans la langue cara'ibe. Amicis, E. de. Morocco ; its people and places ; tr. by C. R. Tilton. "Beautifully illustrated volume. ... Signor de Ami- ois'8 style is invariably as bright and animated as his matter is full of information." — Sat. rev., Feb. 14, 1880. Apell, A. Handbuch fiir Kupferstichsammler. Pascom, J: Ethics ; or. Science of duty. "A freshly-reasoned manual of morals." The author recognizes to a certain extent the evolution theory, hut, in the opinion of the Scieniijic American, does not carry it out to its logical consequences. Banr, F. C. Die christliche Lehre von der Drei- einigkeit und Menschwerdung Gottes. 3 v. Blades, AV: The enemies of books. Blaikie, W: G., D. D. Personal life of D: Living- stone ; chiefly from his unpub. journals and correspondence. British almanac for 1881. Brooklyn Library. Catalogue. Pt. 3, Capes, Rev. W. W. Stoicism. (Chief ancient philosophies.) Contemporary, Dec. "Nothing can be better than 'Village life in N"ew England*, by *A non-resident American'. ... Dr. Knighton gives us a sketchy and indecisive, but interest- ing account of young Bengal, ' the Athenians of India '. Lady Verney's 'Autumn ramble' in Bavaria is delightful reading. ... Professor Bonamy Price gives us, in the raciest of English and with his heart evidently in his work, all the old arguments in favor of the House of Lords.'' — Spectator, Dec. 11. Cornhill, Dec. "Mrs. Oliphant, in the Cornhill, concludes her very depressing story of 'My faithful Johnny', with some curious reflections about the inutility of self-sacriiice ; and a writer — surely Mr. James — gives us a story, •Mrs. Van Steen', which would make an excellent epmedy." — Spectator, Dec. 11. Covist^, E. Le chateau de Castelloubou ; conte fantastique. "A tale of diablerie. Some tourists pass the night in a haunted chateau, and the evil spirits revenge themselves on their disturbers tragically and ingeniously enough." -^ Sat. rev., Sept. 4. Curtius, E., and others. Ausgrabungen zu Olym- pia. Vol. 3. Curwen, J. S. Studies in worship music, chiefly as regards congregational singing. "The studies bear chiefly on congregational singing. The first part of the book is historical, and relates the growth of the old parochial psalmody of the Church of England, and of Methodist, Independent, Baptist, New England, and Presbyterian psalmody. The second part is practical." — Acad., Aug. 7. Dareate, E. Histoire de la Restauration. 2 v. " Le recit est clair, les fails sont bien groupds, il y a de I'interSt dans la forme et de I'eldvation dans la pens6e. Les ivinements sont appriSoids avec la sagesse et la moderation que donnent I'intelligence historictue et I'Mude desinteress^e d'une epoque. Le jugement d'ensemble, tr4s bien precise dans la courte preface de I'auteur, est un jugement ferme et judicieux. II loue la Eestauration et les hommes d'Etat qui I'ont servie, comme ils meritent de i'Stre; il constate i'iufluence del6t{ire des partis ex- trSmee." — Albert Sorel in Eeme critique, 17 mai. Dixon, R: W. History of the Church of England from the abolition of the Roman jurisdiction. Vol. 2. Du Boisgobey, F. Les collets noirs. 2e ed. 2 v. Dye, W: MoE. Moslem Egypt and Christian Abys- sinia ; or, MUitary service under the Khedive as experienced by the American staff. Fagan, L: Life of Sir A. Panizzi. 2d ed. 2 v. Fields, J. T: Ballads and other verses. Fornander, A. Account of the Polynesian race ; its origin and migrations. Vol. 2. (Eng. and for. phil. libr., ex. ser., v. 6.) Fortnightly review, Dec. "The most interesting article in the Fortnightly is Mr. Swinburne's 'Short notes on English poets', in which he deals with Chaucer, Spenser, Shakspere's Sonnets, and Milton. They are written with great sobriety, and are full of just and finely expressed criticism. ... Mr. Leslie Stephen writes with just appreciation on 'Spi- noza'." — Acad., Dec. 11. Gallenga, A. South America. "A very interesting book, with a great deal of informa- tion crammed into it of one sort and another, including letters concerning the cities of the Plate and the states thereabout. The chapter on Brazil is specially readable. But what real value can attach to a discursive view of South America taken in a circumnavigation between the end of October 1879 and the end of June 1880?" — Exam,- iner, Nov. 27. " Mr. Gallenga discusses at some length and with much calmness the plans of the Lesseps canal across the Isth- mus of Panama. If, after reading Mr. Gallenga's volume, any sane person puts his money into that great scheme, he will simply deserve to lose every penny." — At/i., Dec. 4. Geikie, J. Prehistoric Europe ; a geological sketch. Greene, F. V. Sketches of army life in Russia. " Lieut. Greene, though not endowed with great de- scriptive powers, is evidently a keen and careful observer. He witnessed some of the most stirring scenes of the war, and owing alike to his ofl&cial position and the popularity of his nation in Russia enjoyed great oppor- tunities of intimacy with Russian oiEcers of all ranks, and of learning many facts and opinions inaccessible to other foreigners." — Ath., Nov. 20. Horatius Flaocus, Q. Opera ; cura H. H. Mihnan. Hulme, F. E: Familiar wild flowers. 2d ser. Jackson, Ladij C. C. The old regime ; court, salons, and theatres. 2 v. Kaufmann, G: Deutsche Geschichte bis auf Karl den Grossen. 1. Bd : Die Germanen der TJrzeit. Kekule, R. Die antiken Terracotten. Kersten, O: Baron C: C. von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika, 1859-65 ; hrsg. im Auftrage der Fiirstia Adelheid von Pless. 4 v. in 6 pts. " This long delayed portion of the scientific section of Von der Decken's Travels, published under the charge of his mother, completes the work, of which the first part was published just ten years ago. Dr. Otto Kersten supplies a prefatory chapter, followed by an abstract of the scientific results of the travels of Von der Decken and his companions." — Eoijal Geog. Sac. Proc, Nov., 1879. Kertbeny, K. M. Petofi's Tod vor dreissig Jahren, 1849 ; Jokai's Erinnerungen an Petdfi, 1879. Number 63.J 250 [Feb. 5, 1881. Lachmaun, K: K. F: W: Zu den Nibelungen und zur Klage ; Anraerkungen. Lange, J: P: Christliclie Dograatik. 3 v. Laurent, F. Droit civil international. T. 3. Leggo, W: History of the administration of F: Temple, Earl of Dufferin, late Gov. Gen. of Canada. Leidy, J., M. D. Fresh- water rhizopods of North America. (Vol. 12 of U. S. Geol. Survey of Terr. Report.) Le Moyne, A. La Nouvelle- Grenade, Santiago de Cuba, la Jama'ique, et I'isthme de Panama. 2 V. " Que ceux qui aiment lea tableaux originaux lisent son livre; que ceux qui s'intereseent au r6veil d'un monde nouveau ct qui eroient avec raison que leurs neveux e'y intdresseront davantage encore lo conservent dans leur bibliotbfique. II eera aussi curieux dans I'avenir que le sont aujourd'hui les ouvrages laiss^s par lea historiens contemporaina de la conqufite." — M. VUlamus in Revue pol. et lit., 17 juillet. L§v§que, E. Les mythes et les legendes de I'Lide et la Perse dans Aristophane, etc. Lippmann, F: Zeichnungen alter Meister im Kup- ferstichcabinet der Konigl. Museen zu Berlin. 3 V. Lovers of Provence, Aucassin and Nicolette ; a ms. song- story of the 12th century; rendered into modem French by A. Bida ; tr. into Eng. verse by A. K. Macdonough. Lux, A. E. Von Loanda nach Kimbundu ; Ergeb- nisse der Forschungsreise im aquatorialen West-Afrika, 1875-76. ** Lieutenant Lux accompanied the third G-erman West- Coaat expedition aa geographer, having also charge of the astronomical and meteorological observations." — Royal Geog. Soc. Proc, Jan. 1880. Malleson, Col. G. B. History of the Indian mutiny, 1857-59. Vol. 3. Malory, .sir T: The boy's King Arthur; Sir T: Malory's History of King Arthur and his knights of the round table ; ed. for boys, with an introd., by S. Lanier. Malot, H. II: Les victimes d' amour: Les amants, 7e ed. Martens, G: F: von. Noxiveau recueil general de traites. 2e ser. T. 3, 4. Mary, J. La fiancee de Jean Claude. "II y a longteraps que noua n'avlons lu un r6cit auasi plein d'interet, aussi aagement conduit, aussi r^ellement 6mouvant avec des moyens aussi simples." — La nouvelle revue, 15 aout. Maurenbrecher, W: Geschichte der katholischen Reformation. Bd. 1. " The counter-reformation v^ith which the Church of Rome endeavored to parry the progress of Protestantism ie an historical episode of the highest interest, the impar- tial treatment of which is obviously very difficult. No closer approach to absolute impartiality is likely ever to be made than that effected by Professor Maurenbrecher, a sincere Protestant, but so remarkably gifted with the power of placing himself at his opponent's point of view that his pages might occasionally pass for those of some judicious and temperate Catholic writer of the good old Bchool exterminated by Uitramontanism." — Sat. rev., May 22. Meier, Dr. E. Ueber den Abschluss von Staatsver- tragen. "La question de aavoir quelles aont les conditiona ni- ceaaaires pour la conclusion des traites entre 6tat8 touche & la fois au droit public interae et au droit international. * La doctrine dominante', dit M. Meier, 'distingue entre la conclusion et I'efficacit^ des traites. Elle consid^re la conclusion comrae la prerogative exclusive du chef de r6tat. Mais I'efficacit^ dea traites conclus depend de leur teneur en ce sens que, pour ex6cuter lea clauses rentrant dans la sphfere des actes publics pour Icsquela le chef de I'^tat a beeoin de I'assentiment de la repre- sentation nationale, cet assentiment doit 6tre obtenu'. ... L'auteur met en presence le systfeme anglo-am6ricain qui ne subordonne la conclusion des trait6a k aucune ratification l^gialative (le S^nat dea Etate-Unis n'agia- sant ici en r^alit^ que comme participant au pouvoir ex6cutif), et le systfeme que Ton pourrait appeler con- tioental-moderne (beige, allemand, italien), qui subor- donne, aauf des nuances de redaction, I'existence dea trait^a au consentement de la legislature. Son 6tude & cet £gard est des plus int6ressantee. Sa conclusion est favorable au second syst6me." — Rev. de droit int., v. 6. Miscellanies bibliographes ; pub. par E: Rouveyre. 2e pte. Mitford, M. R. Letters. 2d ser. Ed. by H: Chor- ley. 2 V. Moore, J., Jr. Outlying Europe and the nearer Orient ; a narrative of recent travel. Murphy, Lady B., and others. On the Rhine, and other sketches of European travel. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Description of Museum of Fine Arts. (American architect and building news, Oct. 30.) Muth, R: von. Einleitung in das Nibelungenlied. Nineteenth century, Dec. " The magazines are full of Ireland. The Nineteenth- century has no less than three papers. Miss O'Brien's subject is ' The poor man ', the landless agriculturist who ptays in Ireland as a laborer. ... Their experience of the farming classes leads them to expect in them harsher masters than in the landlords. ... Their notion is, that where the landlord ia unable to recover rents or let land through the action of the Land League, he ahould hand the disputed lands to a kind of commune of laborers, and let them fight the Land League. ... It has been done in one instance, with the result that the laborers openly defied the Land League when it tried to put back the evicted tenant. It ia the old story of king and people versus the nobles. ... Miss O'Brien fully believes that if the great settlement does not provide for this class, there will at once be a social war of the worst kind — a war with murder for its weapon." — Spectator, Dec. 11. Nohl, L: Life of Beethoven ; tr. from the German by J: J. Lalor. O'Reilly, Mrs. R. Sussex stories. 3 v. "Admirable tales, distinguished alike by the presence of goodness and the absence of goodness, by a familiarity with the waya and the thoughts of the poor in town and country, and by an unusual power of rendering both character and scenery." — George Saintabury in the Academy, May 29. Parr, Mrs. L. Adam and Eve. "Charming in parts, disappointing on the whole. ... By far the best parts of Mrs. Parr'a novel are the descrip- tions of Polperro, a quaint Cornish fishing village, where the boats go out in search of pilchards and make won- derful hauls of French lace, silk, and brandy." Number 63.] 251 [Feb. 5, 1881. Peard, F. M. The white month, "The scene of 'The white month* is laid in Brittany, and the heroine of * The white month', a certain Mar- guerite de Keragnac, is a Breton maiden charming enough In her single self to make all her readers hope that she is real, and many of them think seriously of a ramble in the land of pardons and dolmens, of Dlnorah and the Cbonans. ... With an excellent knack of dialogue, the author has a good eye for character ; while now and then, as in the presentment of Marguerite herself, and, above all, in that of Madame de Keragnac, Marguerite's step- mother, she achieves a great artistic success. Her land- flcapes and interiors, too, are very neatly and prettily done; they have the quality of being quiet and faithful in themselves, and of producing a picturesque and vivid impression on their readers." — Ath.t March 27. Poncins, L. de. La prise de la Bastille. "Remarquahle petit 6crit." — Revue pol. et lit., 17 juillet. Bacowitza, H. von. Meine Beziehungen zu F. Lassalle. 2e Aufl. Banke, F. L. von. Abhandlungen und Yersuche. le Samml. 2e Aufl. — Zur deutschenGeschichte ; vom Religion sfrieden bis zum dreissigjahrigen Krieg. 2e Aufl. Rialle, G. de. La niythologie comparee. Tome 1. "La th6orie du f6tichisme poussee i I'excSs, a nui au travail de M. de Rialle. Elle Pa conduit & confondre sous la qualification commune de fetiches, en Ics r^partissent seulement entre les diffcrents rfegnes naturels, des objeta aussi diffcrents que lea cailloux et dea montagnea, par example, ou que les animaux rCels et lea animaux fantas- tiques. Be tela precedes de classification ne sauraient conduirc k aucune conclusion solide. Mais ils laisscnt k I'ouvrage, en tant que collection de faits, une valeur r^elle, diminuee seulement, sinon pour le grand public, au moins pour les savanta qui voudraient en tirer profit, par I'absence complete de references." — Abel Bergaigne in lievue critique^ 5 juillet. Richer, L. Pompei; Wandmalereien und Oma- mente. Richter, J. P. Die Mosaiken von Ravenna; Bei- trag zu einer kritischen Gesch. der altchrist- lichen Malerei. Riemann, H. Studien zur Geschichte d. Noten- schrift. Riezler, S. Geschichte Baiems. 2 Bd. (Gesch. d. europ. Staaten.) Romanische Studien ; hrsg. von E: Boehmer. 4. Bd., 1879-80. Ross, D. W. Studies in the early history of insti- tutions. No. 3. Rowe, R: Picked up in the streets ; or, Struggles for life amongst the London poor. "Mr. Rowe studied the waifs of London life, the flotsam and jetsam, with the assiduity of a naturalist, and the sympathy of a philanthropist, Mr. Rowe waa a moralist no doubt, but he never moralises. He simply describes, * holds the mirror up to nature' with a steady hand, and leavea hia readera very much to draw their own inferences. ... Mr. Rowe has studied the most hope- less wrecks of humanity with the same sort of curiosity that an entomologist devotes to considering the habits of insects. To most people they may present no single feature of interest, but to him they are meat and drink. He blames them not. He simply observes their ways, and takes notes. His methods of study are strictly experimental." — Exam.y July 24. A sailor's sweetheart. (Franklia Russell, W. C. Sq. lib.) "In 'A sailor's sweetheart' Mr. W. Clark Russell baa BurpasBcd even 'The wreck of the Grosvenor', and told a tale which for originality of plan, inventive skill, de- scriptive power, and romantic interest comes near to being the most remarkable marine novel wo have ever read." — Literary world, Oct. 23. Saint-Victor, P. de. Les deux masques : tragedie, comedie. leser. Les antiques. T. 1. Eschyle. 2eed. "The author promises three series; the first dealing with the great Greek dramatists and with the Indian Calidasa, the aecond with Shakspeare, and the third with the entire range of French drama. A history of the Persian wars, even in M. de Saint-Victor's language, seems a tremendous introduction to a criticism of .^Eschy- lua. However, the work is so admirable in itself that it la hard to quarrel with the deaign which has occasioned it. The early chapters on the Bacchic orgies and fes- tivals, and the running criticism of the father of tragedy himself, especially of the Promethe.ua and the Oreateiat are wholly admirable. In a very few instances his rich and flexible prose becomes a little too prodigal in its wealth, and seems to lack firmness in its flexibility; but this is a danger of the style which no one but his master Gautier himself has uniformly succeeded in avoiding." — Sat. rev., July 3. •* The style of M. de Saint- Victor is certainly the most brilliant to be found at the present day among French journalists. Lamartine happily indicated this brilliancy when he said *I only read Saint- Victor through blue spectacles." — Acad., July 31. "Le talent de l'6minent critique est bien connu, etl'on savait d'avance dans quel style magistral, avoc quelle abondance d'idees et d'iraages, avec quelle richesae d'apergus et de comparaisons, il allait nous parler du vieux maitre de la sc6ne grecque. On pouvait pr6voir qu'il ne se bornerait pas k une 6tude litt^raire, mais qu'4 propos d'Eschyle il parlerait de la Gr6ce et du genie grec, qu'il melerait I'histoire et la mythologie, et ferait de son livre une ceuvre d'6rudition en meme temps que de po6sie et de critique. C'estce qui estarrivd. Lesadmi- rateurs du grand talent de M. de Saint-Victor I'ont vu avec joie concentrer, dans une ceuvre destinee k rester, les rares facultes d'esprit et d'imagination, de penetration et d'analyse, qu'il d6pen8ait depuis vingt ans dans sea feuilletons." — L. de Roncfiaud in Rev. pol. et lit., 16 oct. Schenkel, D. Die christliche Dogmatik vom Stand- punkte des Gewissens aus dargestellt. 2 v. Scherer, E. Diderot ; etude. "Apropos of the complete edition of the works of that author published by MM. Ass^zat and Tourneux, in twenty volumes. ... M. Edraond Scherer has endeavored to put this great figure in his true place, equally removed from excessive admiration or excessive disdain. He examines Diderot in bis private life, in his philosophy, in his dramatic criticism, in his plays, in his literary criticism and in his romances, in his sesthetic criticism and bis dialogues. The most remarkable chapter is that which analyses the philosophy of Diderot; all the fre- quently obscure and contradictory theories of the chief of the encyclopaedists are here explained and elucidated with great art. ... In M.Scherer's opinion, Diderot only possessed some of the qualities of a writer, and does not constitute a complete writer, or one of really the first rank. But be is animated and inspired in the highest degree, and this redeems the numerous faults which he diaplayed, and in the first rank of which cynicism and immaturity are too manifest." — Acad., July 31. Number 63.] 252 [Feb. 6, 1881. Scherer, W; Vortrage und Aufsatze ztir Geschichte des geistigen Lebeus in Deutschland imd Oesterreich. Schmeidler, Dr. W. F. C: Das russiscbe Reich unter Kaiser Alexander ii. Schopenhauer, A. Aphorismes sur la sagesse dans la vie ; traduit par J, A. Cantacuzfene. "If any worke ever deserved to "be translated into all languages of civilized countriea they are those of Arthur Schopenhauer." — Natioii, Dec. 23. Scotch sermons, 1880. " They may have heen preached in Scotland hy Scotch- men ; but they depart very widely from the traditional type. There is not a single element of the old Scotch sermon in the volume, unless it he that of intensity. There is a complete absence of dogmatism and the theology of the Confession — at least, of its narrowness and its gloomy prospect for the future; and only the richer juices of its devout and glowing heart. It is, in short, the proclamation of religious Free-Thought by the foremost minds within the pale of the Church of Scot- land." — W: Mitchell in the Modern review, July. Senior, W: Travel and trout in the antipodes ; an angler's sketches in Tasmania and New Zea- land. " He delineates a phase of colonial life which has not heen before dealt with, omitting all reference to politics, statistics, and other dry particulars which fill the 'four to five hundred volumes already published upon New Zealand'. ... Mr. Senior has been as happy in his description of the wonderful and romantic scenery of New Zealand as in that of Tasmania. ... Mr. Senior's humorous sketches of their former customs and of their present imperfect but promising civilization are full of interest." — Ath.^ Jan. 24. Sensier, A. J. F. Millet, peasant and painter ; tr. by H. de Kay. Shioda, M. Tapanese pottery; a native report; with an introd. and catalogue by A: W. Franks. (South Kensington Mus. Art hand- books.) Talmud. ATalmudic miscellany ; or, 1001 extracts from the Talmud, the Midrashim and the Kabbalah; comp. and tr. by P. I: Hershon; with introd. preface by Rev. F. W. Farrar ; with notes and indexes. Tartt, W: MacD. Essays on some modem works, chiefly biographical. 2 v. Tissot, v., and Am6ro, C. Les aventures de Gas- pard van der Gomm. (T. 1, 13e ed. ; 2, lie 6d.) 2 V. *'Qui nous en apprennent sur Berlin et la Prusse autant et plus que le Dlable boiteux sur Madrid et I'Es- pagnc." — Firmin Boiaain in Polybiblion, juillet. Uchard, M. Ines Parker, fie ed. Reprinted from the Jievue d. D. Mondes, mai, juin. "M. Mario Uchard, author of the well-known play 'La Flammina', has written a better book than most of the novels that come before us, though there are some faults in it and some absurdities. The beautiful American heroine is now a stock character with French novelists. But In6s Parker has sufficient originality to fleparate her from the majority of her sisters." — Sai. rev., Aug. 7. tJlbach, L: Le chateau des epines. The sequel of this novel is ' Le crime de Martial*. Walford, C. Insurance cyclopaedia. Vol. 4. Weitzmann, C. F. Geschichte des ClavierspieU imd der Clavierliteratur. 2e Ausg. " Sie gewUhrt nicht sowohl dem Facbmusiker oder gar Musikhistoriker, als vielmehr dem Musikfreunde beson- deres Intereese. Nicht als ob das Werkchen dilettant- isch abgefasst ware, im Gegentheil, sein Inhalt ist gedlegen und auserordentlich reich an interessanten historischen Details, besonders aus neuester Zelt, die man anderweit nicht so leicht beisammen findet; aber die Form der Darstellung ist so allgemein verstandUch und so wenig ermildend, das man eben nicht Forscherin- terresse zu haben braucht, um es Seite filr Seite gewis- senhaft durchzulesen." — Literari^ches Centralblatt, 8 Mai. Whitney, W: I). A Sanskrit grammar. (Vol. 2 of Bibliothek indogermanischer Gramma- tiken.) " The grammars of Colehrooke, "Williams, and MUller, which have heen in use until now, are largely adaptations of the native grammars of Panini and other pundits — treatises of wonderful subtlety and vast learning, but as innocent of the methods of inductive science as the scholasticism of the Middle Ages. This grammar is the first scientific presentation of the facts -of Sanskrit. Its most striking excellences are completeness, covering historically the whole literature from the Vedas to Kali- dasa, and treating of some subjects, as accent and syntax, virtually for the first time ; a new and simplified presenta- tion of the Sanskrit verb ; and clearness of statement and ingenuity of arrangement throughout the volume." — Literary world, June 10. *' The author has made provision for the requirements of the various stages of progress by the use of different sizes of type. His remarks on the use of the cases and tenses are very valuable, and far better than what we have met with on the subject in other Sanscrit grammars." — ^(A., Julys. Wilhelm'3 wanderings ; an autobiography. "An amusing volume of literary anecdotes, notably about Goethe and Landor." — Westminster rev. "The author has lived a strangelj' wandering and eventful life, and has mixed with society in England, France, and G-ermany, of every rank. ... He was secretly married in Rome vrith the connivance of the Pope and of the Cardinal Vicar. ... The subject of a much-talked of cause celdbre." — Morning advertiser. Wither, G: Vox vulgi ; a censure of the Parlia- ment of 1661. Now first edited by the Rev. W. D. Macray. " ' Observant Wither' is our contribution to the list of epithets by which the poet has been distinguished, and it is based upon his 'Censure of the Parliament of 1661\ The new House of Commons met in May, and before the 1st of August Wither perceived that it was a congregation of 'brutes', of 'giddy rattlebrains', 'quick-witted things' who ' without a reason , reason overthrow ', and were, in fact, running 'headlong to the devill'. This discovery was too much for his prudence. In the fulness of his vanity Wither at once directed against them 732 verses, intended to act as a 'chymickpill' for their purgation, dedicated the ras. to the Lord Chancellor, and received by way of return two years' seclusion in Newgate and the Tower. ... No evidence could be mori3 convincing than Wither's clumsy verse of the sudden change which came over England during 1661, and of the moral and flocial gulf by which it was separated from the England of 1660." — Ath., July 3. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENJEUM. [No. 64. Feb. 10, 1881. Albertis, L. M. d'. New Guinea; what I did and what I saw. *' Tho author has spent altogether nearly three years in New Guinea and its immediate neighborhood ; he has penetrated into the very heart of the island, and through- out his various explorations he has been indefatigable in forming his valuable collections and gathering informa- tion about the native population." — Aihencmm, Nov. 13. Allies, T: W: A life's decision. " This is a book which is second in interest of its kind only to the 'Apologia ' of Cardinal Newman. Mr. Allies has here given us the steps of his conversion." — Dublin rev., July. Arundel Society. 1880. Virgia in glory with two saints ; from the altar piece by Pintuxicchio at Monte Oliveto. Assolant, J: B. A. L'aventurier. 2e pte. : Un duel sous I'Empire. 3e ed. Bascom, J: Natural theology. Bearse, A. Reminiscences of fugitive-slave law days in Boston. Birch, S: Bronze ornaments of the palace gates of Balawat; with descriptions and transla- tions by T. G. Pinches. Pt. 2. (Soc. of Biblical ArchEeol.) Birdwood, G: C. M. The industrial arts of India. (S. Kensington Mus. .Art handbooks.) I, J. J. L: Dix ans de I'Mstoire d'Ang Blanc, T. 9. ngleterre. Boston. City Council. Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Boston, Sept. 17, 1880. Boston almanac and business directory, 1881. Boyesen, H. H. Ilka on the hUl-top, and other stories. Broughtou, R. Second thoughts. " Gillian is charming, a person very different from the Joans, Nancys, and Lenores whose joys and sorrows the author formerly chronicled. All the personages of the slight, hut carefully written story, are entertaining. A charming freshness pervades the book ; and Miss Brough- ton's ridicule of the 'excessive cultahaw' school, the 'Maudle and Postlethwaite' jargon — which, with the illustrations, is the best thing that has appeared in Punch since the healthy, hearty fun of 'Mr. Briggs' in the bygone years — is very amusing indeed." — Spectator, July 3. BrYa,nt, W: C, and Gay, S. H. A popular history of the U. S. Vol. 4. Burke, S. H. Historical portraits of the Tudor dynasty and the Reformation period. Vol. 2. " It will, no doubt, give its readers a more just idea of the period, and of the men who figure in it, than can be formed from the usual run of Protestant writers. It is, however, important that a book like this, which professes to give a view of transactions very different from what is commonly taken, and which appears to be the result of considerable research, should be thoroughly tested. And we are sorry to say that so far as we have investigated the matter we can place very little confidence on our author's references. Though there are many passages expressed in such ridiculous language that we are scarcely able to understand the writer's meaning, it is, upon the whole, easy reading; and, what is of more importance, upon the whole it gives a true picture of the wickedness of the times, and of the Protestant party especially." — Mcholaa Focock in the Academy, Oct. 16. Cable, G: The Grandissimes ; a story of Creole life. "In painting the Creole life of New Orleans at the beginning of the century he has in eifect broken new ground, and, as the soil is rich, one's first impression is that he has contented himself with merely overturning it. But, rich as it is, it needs an artist to exploit it with the success shown in ' The Grandissimes ', and Mr. Cable is a literary artist of unusual powers. ... It is not only a charming picture cleverly painted. It deals with graver elements of social existence than mere picturesqueoess ; and though the society it depicts no longer exists, and its problems have been solved by time, it is none the less a serious and important work for that. The effect upon a tropical society habituated to the substitution of impulse, good or bad, for reasoning, loose or exact, of an institu- tion whose maintenance involved an inversion of the mental processes of the modern world, is a theme worthy the powers of any expositor." — Nation, Dec. 9. Cambridge University calendar for 1880. Capen, N. Reminiscences of Dr. Spurzheim and G: Combe ; and a review of the science of phrenology. Chaucer, G. Tale of the man of lawe; The par- doueres tale ; The second nonnes tale ; The chanouns yemannes tale ; from the Canter- bury tales ; edited by Rev. W. "W. Skeat. (Clarendon press series.) Chancer Society. Autotypes of Chaucer mss. Christie, R: C. Etienne Dolet; the martyr of the Renaissance. " On the 3d of Aug. 1546 there was executed on the Place Maubert, Paris — first strangled and then burned — a comparatively young man, who, during his short life, of which not less than five years was spent in prison, had devoted himself to the advancement of letters, and whose services in the cause, both as a printer and an author, if not so great as he himself believed, were nevertheless of considerable value. It was Etienne Dolet.'' — Robert B. Ihmmmond in the Academy, Dec. 4. Craik, Mrs. D. M. M. Thirty years ; being poems, new and old. Crockford's clerical directory for 1880. 12th issue. Daudet, B. Madame Sylvani. Disraeli, B:, Earl of Beaeonsfield. Endymion. "In Zenobla we have Lady Biessington ; in Neuchatel, Lionel Rothschild; in Count de Ferrol, Bismarck; in Prince Florestan, Louis Napoleon; and in Agrippina, his mother. Queen Hortense ; in Jorrocks, Milner Gibson ; in Thornberry, Mr. Cobden; in Montfort, Lord Mel- bourne ; and in Comely, Bishop Wilberforce." — Lit. world, Dec. 18. "We give a list of different ascriptions on p. 246. Dohme, R., and others. Kunst und Kiinstler des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. 2 pts. in 5. "Few modern works of art-hiography are more satis- factory than this, for each life is written by some art critic who has devoted especial study to the artist of whom he treats. This of course precludes the unity of view and scientific aim that might be found in a work written throughout by one author; but, on the other hand, it ensures a far more detailed attention to each subject than would be possible to the art historian who sought to grasp the whole." — Acad., May 8. Dublin Univ. calendar for 1880. Duncker, M. W. History of antiquity ; from the German by E. Abbott. Vol. 4. Number 64.] 254 [Feb. 10, 1881. Dunsmuir, A. Vida ; a study of a girl. 2 v. •'A pleasant piece of writing, the various characteristics of the minor figures enhancing the common sense and simplicity of the rustic heroine. Miss Dunsmuir's tale has the merit of being short, though there is a good deal more in it than in most longer novels." — Ath.y May 1. "A curiously pleasing book. It answers exactly to the description given in its second title, ' Study of a girl ' ; and in the history of the girl of whom Miss Dunsmuir has made the study there is nothing more exciting than Ihe fact that she is motherless, that she is hardly appre- ciated by her father, and that she receives thi'ee offers of marriage. Yet in the two volumes which make up the book there is so much simplicity and earnestness, such truthful exposition rather than analysis of character, that the faults which the work possesses are easily par- doned in consideration of its somewhat quaint and agreeably old-fashioned merits." — Sat. rev., May 1. Duruy, V. Histoire des Romams jusqu'i rinvasion des barbares. Nouv. ed. T. 3. Fagan, L: Life and correspondence of Sir A. Panizzi. 2 v. Fenton, J: Early Hebrew life ; a study in sociology. "This work is an application of sociology to those portions of the Pentateuch which deal with social life. The labors of Sir H. Maine, Mr. Herbert Bpencer, and others, have so far determined the characteristics of the different stages of the development of human society as to render the general principles of sociology available for unfolding the social history which is enfolded in traditions of laws and customs. In the case of the Pen- tateuch nothing of this kind has yet been attempted. No endeavor has hitherto been made to reconstruct the history of early Hebrew society by the light afforded by research into the early history of man; and, therefore, since literary criticism has destroyed the traditional estimate of the age of the Pentateuch, it has not seldom been assumed by Hebraists that there is no real history attainable prior to the prophetic records, commencing about B.C. 800. It is, on the contrary, the object of this work to show, by comparison with the results of socio- logical research, that the Pentateuch contains traditional laws and customs which have gradually accumulated during the progress of the Hebrews from nomadism upwards. By grouping these customs, therefore, in tiieir sociological order, an outline of Hebrew social life is obtained from the earliest period down to the com- mencement of the prophetic records. Consequently, instead of relying solely upon the prophets for the earlier Hebrew history, their testimony can be controlled by a valuable, independent body of evidence. The work will also be useful to students of sociology, since the customs, being arranged in historic sequence, can either be added to general collections of data, or, regarded as the history of an extinct civilization, can be studied in their bearing upon the science of man." Fergusson, J., and Burgess, J. The cave temples of India. "Splendid work. A volume which stereotypes these remarkable buildings, classifies them in distinct periods, makes some contribution to ethnology, and almost enables us to lift the veil in which early Hindu social history has hitherto been enshrouded. As a guide-book, too, though somewhat bulky, the book is complete. The caves are des^rribed with an amplitude of detail, with a clearneea of plan, and with a precision of measurement which would leave little or nothing to any future Baedeker or Murray." — Sat. rev., Oct. 16. Fothergill, J. The Wellfields. "Such novels as The Wellfields render important services to art." — F. M. Omen in the Academy^ Oct. 16. Free-Lance, pseud. Horses and roads ; or, How to keep a horse sound on his legs ; a series of papers repub. from 'The farm journal'. Gar at, D. J. Memoires; avec une preface par E. Maron. Gibbon, E: Memoirs ; with an essay by W: D. Ho wells. Gr. Britain. Master of the Rolls. Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry viii. ; catalogued by J, Gairdner. Vol. 6. Grigor, J: Arboriculture ; a practical treatise on raising and managing forest trees, etc. Grove, G:, ed. Dictionary of music and musicians, 1450-1880, by eminent writers, English and foreign. Vol. 2. Guerin, V. lie de Rhodes. 2e ed. "A minute and learned description of that Island." — Nation, Aug. 19. "Cetouvrage est le plus com pi et qui existe sur cette lie c616bre dans I'antiquit^, plus cel6bre peut-Stre au Moyen Age." — E, Beurlier in Bulletin crit., 15 sept. H., W. H., ed. Templeton and Malibran; rem- iniscences of those renowned singers, with original letters and anecdotes, with portraits by Mayall, Hatton, J. Three recruits, and the girls they left behind them. 3 v. "Although decidedly sensational, 'Three recruits' is certainly superior to the ordinary specimens of the blood-and-thunder school. The story is cast in the old coaching-times, ... and the three volumes are written with a good deal of spirit, and make exceedingly inter- esting reading." — Examiner, May 1. Hawthorne, N. True stories from history and biography. Heart, The, and its function. (Health primers, no. 8.) Holden, E:S. Sir W: Herschel ; his life and works. Houdoy, J. La beaute des femmes dans la littera- ture et dans Tart du 12e au 16e sidcle. Incorporated Law Society. Calendar for 1881. International Monetary Congress. Report of proceedings, with app. of the Conf. held in Paris, Aug., 1878. Jenks, H: F. Boston Public Latin School, 1636- ' 1880. Jolinson, K. Little classics. Vol. 17, 18. Contents. Vol. 17. Nature. 18. Humanity. Kardorff-Wabnitz, Baron W: von. The gold standard ; its causes, its effects, and its future ; from the German. Kinglake, A. "W. Invasion of the Crimea ; its origin, and an account of its progress down to the death of Lord Raglan. Vol. 6. "The slowest of modern campaigns has had the fate of having the slowest of modern historians to record it." — Examiufr, Oct. 16. " This book Is a disappointing one ; and in Holofernes' words the author draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." — Spectator, Nov. 6. Number 64.' 255 [Feb. 10, 1881. Klaczko, J. Causeries florentines. Contents. Dante et Michel-Ange. — B(5atrice et la po^sie amoureuse. — Dante et le CathoUcisme. — La trag6die de Dante, / Laurent, F. Histoire du droit des gens et des relations internationales. Vol. 9. Leclerc, S. Divers habillemens des anciens Grecs et Romains. L'Epine, E. La vie k grand orchestre. 2e 6d. Lindley, A: After Ophir; or, A search for the South African gold fields. Linton, Mrs. E. L. With a silken thread; and other stories. 3 v. "The first 6tory, which gives its title to the whole three volumes, is even more remarkable for its curiously true and minute study of character than for a certain novelty of situation which is to be found in it." — Sat. rev.t June 5. Littr6, M. P. E. De retablissement de la Troisifeme Kepublique. Lock, — , and Whitfield, G: C. Men of mark ; a gallery of contemporary portraits. Macdonald, G: Mary Marston. Macmillan, H., D.D. Two worlds are ouis. Markham, C. R. Popidar account of the introduc- tion of Peruvian bark into ■ British India, 1860-80. Marsh^ill, T: F. Speeches and writings ; ed. by W. h. Barre. Maxwell, Mrs. M. E. B. Robert Ainsleigh. Copy- right ed. 3 V. in 2. Molesworth, Mrs. Miss Bouverie. 3 v. "English story, scene changing to France." — Pub- lishers* weekly, July 10. Myers, F: "VV: H: Wordsw^orth. (Eng. men of letters.) Northeote, Rev. J. S., and Brownlow, Rev. W. R. Roma sotteranea. Part 2. Christian art. " They rest almost invariably on the authority of De Rossi, whose profound archaeological learning Mommeen has frankly acknowledged. Like its companion volume on the history of the Catacombs, it is furnished with beautiful illustrations and chrome -lithographs, which give the reader something like an adequate notion of the ancient Christian paintings and sculpture. The whole subject has been a battle-ground for Catholics and Prot- estants. The latter have, for the most part, questioned the antiquity of any of these frescoes, and denied that we can derive from them any genuine approximation to the beliefs of the Early Church. Mr. Parker is among the skeptics. He has gone the length of declaring that De RosBi knows perfectly well that three fourths of the paintings belong to the eighth and ninth centuries. This is imputing to him deliberate bad faith, and our authors are naturally, reasonably too, as we think, very angry with him.'- — Spectator, Oct. 23. Oxford University calendar for 1880. Palmer, E. H. Haroun Alraschid, Caliph of Bag- dad. Peard, F. M. Mother Molly. " 'Mother Molly' is a story of the troubles between French and English in 1779, when the French fleet invested Plymouth harbor, and the townspeople took to flight. The party of children with whom the story deals find refuge on the moors, and their wild free life there is very interestingly described." ~ American bookseller, Oct. 15. Peirce, E. "W. Peirce*s colonial lists ; civil, military and professional lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island colonies ; 1621-1700. Pennsylvania. (Province.) Charter to W: Penn, and laws of Pa. passed 1682-1700 ; preceded by Duke of York's laws in force 1676-82; with app. ; comp. and ed. by S. George, B. M. Nead, T: McCamant. Phear, Sir J: B. The Aryan village in India and Ceylon. Phillimore, Sir R. Commentaries upon interna- tional law. Vol. 1, 3d ed. " L*auteur I'a revu enti^rement et I'a mis parfaitement au courant des 6v6aement8 coutempo rains." — Remte de droit internat-i tome 12, no. 2. Poll, O. de. Jean Poigne d'Acier; recits d'un vieux Chouan ; precede d'une ^tude historique sur les Vendeens et les Chouans, par Attale du Courneau. 4e 6d. Pollock, F; Spinoza ; his life and philosophy. "Ever since Lessing said, 'There is no other philosophy than the philosophy of Spinoza', the fame of the Jewish thinker has been steadily rising. In the first place, Spinoza is, as it were, the Dante of philosophers, inas- much as his life is interesting apart from his thoughts. And, further, his speculation anticipated in a remarkable manner certain of the most striking tendencies of modern thought. By a method which appears at first sight entirely opposed to that of modern science, he arrived at results which curiously coincide with the outcome of two centuries of investigation. Of the enormous literature which has gathered round Spinoza, two works alone compete with this volume in fulness of treatment and in sympathetic insight : Dr. Van Vloten's ' Bencdictus de Spinoza naar Leven en Werken' and Kuno Fischer's monograph contained in his 'History of modern philos- ophy' (in the revised form published this year). Mr. Pollock appears to us to have surpassed the latter by his clear insight into the scientific bearings of Spinoza's views, while Dr. Van Vloten's treatment is disfigured by an antitheistic bias which obscures his vision on many important points. It would be difficult to point to any English book on a philosopher and his writings which can be put on a level with this one. An excellent sum- mary of Spinozism is given, which shows Mr. Pollock to be completely master of his subject, and then the three chief elements are assigned to their respective sources : pantheism to the Jewish philosophers, monism and the conatus to Descartes. This view appears to be as just as it is novel, and at the same time due care is taken to insist that Spinoza is in reality original in his welding together of the borrowed doctrines. The late Prof. Clifl'ord's influence on his friend has given a reality to Mr. Pollock's criticisms on physical matters which is utterly lacking in the foreign criticisms of Spinoza. The bountiful translations fSom the Latin are artfully couched in English that might well be contemporary with Spinoza. It would have been easy for Mr. Pollock to have palmed off his translations as excerpts from a contemporary translation of the ' Opera posthuma', which had hitherto remained unknown." — Ath., Nov. 20. Prynne, W: Histrio-mastix ; that popular stage- players are siniull, etc. Lond., 1633. Raikes, G. A. Hist, of the Hon. Artil. Co. 2 v. Richey, A. G. The Irish land laws. "It would be difficult to find any series of legislative problems stated with greater clearness, sequence, and precision." — Ath.,, Dec. 11. Number 64.] 256 [Feb. 10, 1881'. Robertson, Rev. F: W: 'The human race' and other sermons. Romanet du Caillaud, F. Histoire de I'mtervention franjaise au Tong-King, 1872-74. Sacher-Masoch, L., Bitter von. Ein Mann wird gesucht. Seebohm, H: Siberia in Europe ; a visit to the valley of the Petchora in North-East Russia ; with descriptions of birds and their migra- tions. Senex, pseud. Clerical reminiscences. Skene, W: F. Celtic Scotland ; a history of ancient Allan. Vol. 3. Sonnenschein & Allen's royal relief atlas ; 31 maps in relief. Taylor, M. Seeta. 3d ed. Theocritus. Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus ; ren- dered into Eng. prose with an introd. essay by A. Lang. Theuriet, A. All alone. (Appletons' new handy- vol. ser.) Towle, G: M. Certain men of mark ; studies of living celebrities. — Marco Polo ; his travels and adventures. Tuckey, J. Joan of Arc, "The Maid." "An attempt to give, in Bimple, direct language, the main facts in regard to the historical Jeanne d'Arc. The account is based, as every account of Joan must now he, upon the reports of her two trials, published in 1846, by M. Jules Sincberat, and accompanied by extracts from the chronicles of the time referring to the subject. In the light of this documentary evidence, there seems to be but one possible judgment upon this political trial — that it was one of the foulest abuses of ecclesiastical power of which the Church has ever been guilty." — International review, Oct. TJ. S. Dept. of Education, Report of the Commis- sioner of Education for 1878. Vischer, F: T. Aesthetik ; oder, Wissenschaft des Schbnen. 3 v. in 8 pts. Volney, C. F. de C, comte de. L'alfabet europeen applique aux langues asiatiques. — Simplifi- cation des langues orientales. — L'hebreu simplifie. (Vol. 8 of his OEuvres.) — Lecons d'histoire. — Histoire de Samuel. — Etat physique de la Corse. (Vol. 7 of his (Euvres.) — Recherches nouvelles sur I'histoire aucienne. 2 V. (Vol. 5, 6 of his CEuvres.) — Les ruines ; ou, Meditation sur les revolutions des empires. (Vol. 1 of his CEuvres.) — Tableau du climat et du sol des Etats-Unis d'Amerique. (Vol. 4 of his CEuvres.) — Voyage en Egypte et en Syrie pendant 1783-85. 2 V. (Vol. 2, 3 of his CEuvres.) Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Le sottisier ; publie pour la premiere fois, d'aprfes une copie authentique faite sur le manuscrit autographe conserve au Musee de I'Ermitage i Saint Petersbourg, avec une preface par L. L^ouzon-le-Duc. Wace, R. Roman de Rou et des dues de Norman- die ; nach den Handschriften von Neuem herausgegeben von Dr. Hugo Audresen. 2 v. " Pluquet's edition of the Roman de Rou is so inaccu- rate, and has so long been practically unobtainable, that a warm welcome will be accorded to the new one whose title is here given; an edition which we may at once say entirely supersedes its predecessor. ... The present editor's strong point is evidently history. In 200 closely printed pages of notes (not including the introductory discussion as to whether all the poem is by "Wace), he compares "Wace's statements with those of the other Old- French and Latin chronicles treating of the subject, and gives the biographical and geographical information required to appreciate them. ... Looking at it simply as a literary production, we now read with amused astonishment the comments, 'veriest rhymer', 'lifeless tone', * chilling apathy ', 'sluggish feeling', of the Eng. lish reviewer of the original edition ; for, though "Wace is not a great poet, he at least possesses the merit — no small one in a chronicler — of liveliness. As a generally trustworthy record of events on which contemporary native English historians are naturally reticent, and as a memorial of the ancestors of many of the chief actors in later Norman-English history, it is often invaluable; while as a specimen of a Norman dialect of the time (about A.n. 1170) when English was beginning to rapidly appropriate French words, it cannot he neglected by either French or English philologists." — Henry Nicol in the Academy, March 27. Walcott, M. E: C: Scoti-monasticon ; ancient church of Scotland ; a history of the cathe- drals, etc., of Scotland ; with steel engravings. "Walford, E: Tales of our great families. 2d series. 2 V. "Walker, "W: G. Selections of games at chess played by A. M'Donnell with his principal contemporaries. "Wallace, W: Epicureanism. (Chief of ancient philosophies.) "Watson, A. E. T. Sketches in the hunting field. 2ded. " show spirit and freshness as well as knowledge; and the author, who speaks with authority as editor of 'The illustrated sporting and dramatic news', writes like a gentleman as well as like a sportsman. He is greatly to be congratulated on finding a capable artist in Mr. Sturgess." — Sat. rev., March 20. "Watson, R. S. Visit to Wazan, the sacred city of Morocco ; with illust. "Mr. "Watson had no previous knowledge of the country, was ignorant of all the languages and dialects spoken there, derived all his oral information from a dragoman, his ocular impressions from a hurried trip of three weeks in the country, his historical, geographical, and archceological learning from subsequent study. Out of this unpromising apparatus he has constructed a readable, if not an authoritative, book." — Saturday rev., Nov. 27. "Weitzel, S. W. Sister and saint ; a sketch of the life of J. Pascal. "Wheatley, H; B. Samuel Pepys and the world he lived in. White, H: The massacre of St. Bartholomew; preceded by a history of the religious wars in the reign of Charles ix. Williamson, A. Sport and photography in the Rocky Mts. "A delightful record." — 2/ation, Nov. 11. Admirable photographs. Woltmann, A., and Woermann, K: History of painting ; from the German ; ed. by S. Colvin. Vol. 1. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATIIENJi^UM [No. 65. Mar. 8, 1881. Addison, J. Essays; chosen and ed. by J: R: Green. Alabama. General Assemhlij. Acts of the session of 1866-66. American entomologist. New ser. Vol. 1. Arkansas. General Assembly. Acts passed at 13th session, Nov. 5, 1860 - Jan. 21, 1861. Atwater, E: E. History of the colony of New Haven to its absorption into Connecticut. Biart, L. Adventures of a yonug naturalist ; ed. and adapted by P. Gillmore. Boston. Record Commissioners, ith, 5th report. Boston Marine Society. Gleanings from the records through its first century, 17-12-1842 ; comp. by N. Spooner. Boston Society of Natural History. Proceedings. Vol. 20, pt. 2. Boston University. President. Annual report, 1879-80. Buckley, R. B. The irrigation works of India, and their financial results. Budd, T: Good order established in Pennsylvania and New Jersey ; a true account of the coun- try ; with its produce and commodities there made in 1685. New ed., with introd. and hist, notes by E: Armstrong. Burgess, J. Archfeological survey of "Western India; report of the first season's operations in the BelgAm and Kaladgi districts, Jan. - Mav, 1874. Campbelh A., Arehhp. of Canterbunj. The church of the future ; its catholicity, etc. Chamberlain, B. H. The classical poetry of the Japanese. Chaucer, G. Odd texts of Minor poems ; ed. by F: J.Eurnivall. Pt. 2. (Chaucer Soc, 1st ser., 60.) — A one-text print of [his] minor poems; the best text of each poem in the parallel-text edition; ed. by E: J. Fm-nivall. Pt. 2. (Chaucer Soc, 1st ser., 61.) — Supplementaiy parallel-texts of [his] minor poems; ed. by E: J. Furnivall. Pt. 2. (Chaucer Soc, 1st ser., 69.) Cheney, Mrs. E. D. Gleanings in the fields of art. Clouston, AV. A. Arabian poetry for English readers ; ed., with introd. and notes. Conant, A. J. Footprints of vanished races in the Mississippi Valley. " Containe Uttle absolutely new information, and points to DO new and tnistworthy conclusion respecting that most curious and interesting problem of arobJBOlogy, the history of the Mound-builders. But it adds a good deal of detailed evidence to that already accumulated, and tends, we think, very strongly to sustain the author's argument that the Mound-builders could by no possibility have degenerated into anything like even the highest and most civilized tribes of Red Indians known to the earlier .settlers of North America." — Sat. rev., Oct. 30. Coppee, H: History of the conquest of Spain by the Arab iloors. 2 v. Coquelin, B. C. The actor and his art; tr. from the French by A. L. Alger. Corwin, E: T. The Corwin genealogy (Curwm, Curwen, Corwine) in the U. S. Crofton, H: T. The English Gipsies under the Tudors. "Mr. Crofton has brought together passages from sixty different authorities, few of them cited before in any book devoted to the Gipsies, several (from the State papers) here printed for the first time. When concluded by his promised Gipsies under the Stuart^^, etc, will not merely be the authority on Anglo-Homani history, but will surpass anythini,' t)f the kind published on thi' con- tinent for careful invL'stlgation and patient verification of preceding statements." — F. 11. Groome in the Academy, July 10. Day, J: Plays. Pt. 3, 4. Contents. Pt. 3. Humour out of breath. 4. Law- trickes; or, Who would have thought it? De Costa, Rev. B. F. Cabo de Baxos ; or, The place of Cape Cod in the old cartology ; with notes on the neighboring coasts ; rev. from the New Eng. hist, and geneal. register, Jan. 1881. — W; Blackstone in his relation to Mass. and Rhode Island ; repr. from the Churchman of Sept. 25, and Oct. 2, 1880. Delaborde, le eomte J. Gaspard de Coligny, amiral de France. T. 2. "L'auteur a trop laisse voir que dans Colitiny, c'est surtout le protestant qu'il admire et glorilie. L'esprit de secte perce en plus de cent passages. ... L'ouvrage a 6t6prepar6 avee infiniraeut de soin. ... Hon plus gi-ande merite, le m^rite qui I'lSl^ve de beaucoup audessus de tous ses devancicrs, c'est d'avoir, en ce qui eoncerne les documents inedit'^, Opuise, pour ainsi dire, toutL's les sources. On a souvent propose de livrer a I'iinpression le recueil des plus importantes Icttres de Coligny conser- vecH dans nos grands depots. La publication de M. D. rendceprojet ^peupres Inutile, car 11 nous fait conn aitre, soit par I'analyse, solt par la reproduction integrale, nn grand nombre de depSches de rarairal. Ces depeches, fort romarquables en leur ensemble, sent rapproch^es de beaucoup d'autres documents conteraporains cgalement IniditB. ... Le recit un peu froij, un peu terne. et ou rien n'est sacrifie h I'agr^raent, est d'uiie grande nettet^ et d'une grande exactitude." — T. de L. in Hevne erttique, 3 raai. Denison, C;, il.D. Rocky Jit. health resorts. 2d ed. De Vere, Sir A. A song of faith, devout exercises, and sonnets. Du Boisgobey, F. The lost casket ; tr. from ' La main coupec', by S. Lee. Dudley, Rer. il. S. History of Cromwell. Early Eng. Text Society. Publications. No. 73, 74. yamety: 73. The Blickling homilies of the 10th century. 74. Wicliff, J: English works hitherto unpublished. Elder, W: Memoir of H: C. Carey ; read before the Hist. Soc of Penn., Phila., Jan. 5, 1880. Fay, Miss A. Music-study in Germany ; from [her] home correspondence. Financial reform almanack for 1881. Fleury, J., called Champfleury. Contes d'automne. Fothergill, J. iM-, M-D., and Wood, H. C, il.D. Food for the invalid ; the convalescent ; the dyspeptic ; and the gouty. I Francillon, R. E: Under Slieve-Ban ; a yarn in seven knots. (Leisure hour ser.) Gloucester, Mass. Evangelical Congregational Church. Exercises at the 50th anniversary, Nov. 18, 1879. Number 6o.J 258 [Mar. 8, 1881. Griswold, V\'. M. Index to the International re- view, V. 1-9, 1874-80. — Index to the Nation, v. 1-30, July 1865 -Sept., 1880. — Supplementar'\' index to the Atlantic monthly, "-'-' V. 1-46. Halevy, L. Madame et Jlonsieur Cardinal. 19eed. Hamersly, T: II. S. Complete regular army regis- ter of the XJ. S., 1779-1879. Hamerton, P. G. Etching and etchers. *'Thc text thoroughly revised, and increased by one- fifth. Matter Tvhich had become unnece8.sary or dispro- poi'tionate has been removed to make room for studios of more importance. Contains 48 jjlatcs, not one of which has appeared in either of the two preceding edi- tions." Hammond, M'; A., M.D. On certain conditions of nervous derangement. Hardy, T: The trumpet-major. •'The heroine bejongs to a class of women who are found nowhere else in literatuic than in Mr, Hardy's novels ; whether tliey also exist in real life, we do not undeitake to say, but after i-e;iding about them we cannot help believing that they do. ... A hasty criticism might deem liim cynical. The truth is, such a character is not only ijicturesque in itself, but the cause of picturesque- ne^s in others, and i^, therefore, eminently suited for literary purposes. Compare a woman like Anne G-arland ■\\ith a woman like — tu take an extreme case — David Copperfield's Agnes, or with any of Scott's jjattern lieruiiics. When a woman is governed by reason, con- forms to the canons of respectability, obeys the dictates of prudence and sti-ict proprielj-, and sacrifices herself on the altar of what she is pleased to consider her womanhood, the less we bear of that woman (in fiction), the better are we content. What we want, and what artistic beauty demands, is color, warmth, impulse, sweet perversity, pathetic error; an inability to submit the heiirt to the guidance of the he:id, a h.appiness under conditions against which a rational judgment jirotests." — SncctaUir, Dec. 1^. Harvard College. Astronomical Obserrafori/. 35th annual report presented to the A'isiting Com- mittee, 1880. — Lihranj. 3d report, 1880, of J. A^'insor. — President. 64th annual report, 1879/80. Herodotus. Stories of the East, from Herodotus, hy Rev. A. J. Church. " This volume necessarily misses the gre.at poetical charm which belonged to the Stories from Homer, the Stories from Virgil, and tlie Stories from the Greek tra^a-dians. Herodotus, though he is often quaint and picturesque, and enters warmly into many of the phases of human suli'ering, \A'as not a poet, and in the Eastern portion of his History did not very often write upon subjects which stirred bis own sympathies at all deeply. In the Stories of the AW'st, ilr. I'liureh will doubtless show us Ilei-odutus in a more fascinating form. None of his previous hooks have been illustrated with half the same care and briiiiaTiey of etfect. It would he impossible, we thinlt, to praise too highly the style. While preserving the tone of pcrfeet simplicity, and the air of eaifer appetite with which Herodotus records even those marvels wdiich he cannot quite swallow, Mr. Church has yet given that old-world dignity to the style, of the lack of which Lord Macaulay seems — quite untruly, in our estimation — to accuse Herodotus." — ^Spectator, Nov. ^0. Inama-Sternegg, K; T. von. Die Ausbildung der grossen Grundherrschaften in DeutscUand ■wahrend der Karolingerzeit. (Ir Bd., Is Heft of Schmoller, G. Staats- und social- wissenschaftliche Forschungen.) "It is easy to see bow important this investigation is for the history of feudalism — especially on its so much neglected side, its relation to the peasantry; it la, more- over, an almost wholly unexplored field. The essay consists of four chapters, besides a short introduction. The first chapter discusses the mark community, which was the starting point in the entire process, especially in its social and economical aspects. The second is sta- tistical; the third treats of the development of great estates ; and the fourth of their social influence. These two chapters contain the substance of the work, and are remarkably clear and exhaustive statements. We have never seen described so fully the process by which the free peasantry was gradually brought into serfdom, or a condition analogous to it; nor is there, probably, so complete an account of the social condition of .Germany at this period as that contained in these chapters. The fourth chapter is, perhaps, the most interesting. The author shows that the eighth century was distinguished by a rapid economic advance, which was not without its influence in subverting the freedom of the peasantry; when great fortunes are made rapidly, the weaker go to the wall. It was imperatively necessary, however, in the interests of econnmic progress, to pass from the narrow- ness and isolation of the earlier agricultural life ; and the formation of great estates, with the feudalism that grew out of it, was an essential step in civilization. Here, too, the author shows clearly why it was that in Germany (the 6.ame thing is true for Fi-ance) the feudal order of tbiuus, and so the modern, which grew out of it, was not based upon the earlier mark-communities, but upon the so-called villication, while iu England the feudal unit, the manor, was identical with the township." Jackson, M r.i.li.'M., formerly Mrs. Tiunt. Centtiry of dishonor ; a sketch of the United States Governuent's dealings with the Indian tribes. Jehu Jiiiiiur, pseud. Vanity fair album, A'ol. 12. Jevons, W. S. Studies in deductive logic; a manual for students. "Nearly six hundred and fifty questions, ranging over almost all the topics of deductive logic, and, as many of the questions have a number of applications, another four hundred .and fifty must be added. ... But this is not all; the professcjr oilers to students 220 models of answers to questions. ... The professor takes the opportunity aflbrded by these answers to refer to and criticise the views of his predecessors. ... It is to be re^M.tted that Prof. Jevons has thought fit to disp.arage Sir \Viiliam Hamiltoii'.s labors, to which mosl of the interesl now tak.n in logir can be traced. Criticism cannot 'be objected to, but it mii;bt have been more generous in its tone. There can be no doubt that Hamilton's doctrine of quantification of the predicate was the first step inwards the foundation of equational logic, in which I'rof. Jevons has made Ills fame as a logician. And if it be objected that Hamilton was anticipated by G. Bentham, the objection comes with an ill grace from one who confesses that his system is based on that of Boole, and who is thought by many to have marred it in the transference. While Prof. Jcvoas's syslrm is more adapted for ordinary minds, it has adapted itself too readily to their inaccuracy ; the ambig- uous use of the disjunctive is decidedly a falling off from the original. ... The book will be indispensable to the Number 65.1 259 [Mar. 8, 1881. many students of the higher logic who have been brought into existence by Prof. Jevons's other excellent booke." — Aih., Nov. 13. Jones, W. B. The life's -work in Ireland of a land- lord -who tried to do his duty. Keene, C: Onr people ; from the collection of '*Mr. Punch." "The kind of humor which Leech embodied in his drawings — this peculiar, hearty, genial, easy laughter, at all things in heaven and earth — is becoming every day a rarer phenomenon. The difference is pointed out clearly enough, on a comparison of this volume, repre- senting 'Our people' by Mr. Kccnc, and the series of 'Society* pictures by Mr. Du Maurier. Over the first book there hangs something of the wider scope, greater tolerance, and broader manner, which marked the cari- catures of the earlier half of this century; in the latter, we find rather a spirit, as sarcastic as it is refined, as personal as it is narrow, as biting as it is restrained. Those who are hit hardest by Mr. Keene will scarcely like the artist or enjoy his pictures the less; those whom Mr. Du Maurier selects as worthy objects of his satire can, we think, be little likely to forgive an artist who has probed their every weakness for the sake of exposing it. In Mr. Du Maui-ier's work delicacy and beauty both of conception and work go together, and they are answered in the rougher cai'icatures of his rival by strength and freedom; iu the first artist the delicacy frequently degenerates into weakness and sometimes mere twaddle, and in the second the sti-ength often becomes coarseness, and the freedom license." — Spec- tator, Dec. 18. Klaczko, J. Causeries florentmes. " Le commandeur, I'academicien, la comtesse, le prince se disent dans son livre de tres belles choses sur de tr6s beaux sujets. C'est profond, mystique, pas^ clair, h recommander en un mot aux personnes qui aimeut a chercher la petite bete." — Bibliotheque univ., Dec. Lenox Library, N. Y. Contributions to a catalogue, no. 5 : Works of Shakespeare, etc. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Transac- tions, 187^, pt. 2. Mitchell, A. The past in the present. A review in Js'aUirej Dec. 31, contains some good remarks on the survival of early implements. Mitchell, E. C. The critical handbook; guide to the study of the authenticity, canon and text of the Greek Ne-vv Testament. "The author has received valuable aid from emiueut scholars in England and America, especially from Dr. Ezra Abbot, of Cambridge, who has bestowed upon the whole of part 3 and the accompanying tables much patient thought, suggesting many new points of interest and value." — Publisher's weekly, Dec. 25. Mohammed. The Qui-'^n ; tr. by E. H. Palmer. 2 V. (Vol. 6, 9, of Miiller, F: M. Sacred books.) Morris, Commodore C: Autobiography; with por- trait and explan. notes. Morrison, L. A. History of the Morison or Mor- rison family. Niven "W. Monograph of Aston Hall, Warwick- shire. "The drawings of this mansion (for which the Institute of British Architects recently awarded their medal) are now puhhshed. The house was built by Bir Thomas Holte between the years 1618-35, and from its extent and the unusually complete and unaltered state in which It still remaiuH, is a most important specimen of the domes- tic architecture of that period. There are 15 plates, consisting chiefly of measured drawings, but a few views are included. The plates are accompanied by historical and descriptive notes." Onderdonk, H:, Jr. Antiquities of the Parish Church, Jamaica, includ. Newtown and Flushing, with a contin. of the history of Grace Church to the present time. Oxford, E7ig. Selections from the records of the city of Oxford, with extracts from other doc- uments illustrating the municipal history, 1509-83 ; ed. by W: H. Turner. "They rather present to us the University, from the outside, as it struck an ordinary townsman, a ' Philistine* under the Tudor dynasty. They show us the University engaged, not in the cultivation of * sound religion and useful learning', not in the promotion of research and scholarship and of science in the widest sense, but in striving to acquire or to retain impossible privileges and powers, in settling the price of ale and victuals, or in striking out the King's name from the butcher's weights and substituting * the mark of the University — the book with seven clasps '. If but one-tenth part of the charges here brought against the manners and morals of the members of the University were true, that seat of learning must have stood in even more than its apparently chronic need of reform." — Spectator., Oct. 2. Piggott, P. T. Foreign judgments, their effect in the English courts. *' M. Piggott cherche, et croit avoir decouvert une th6o- rie h. la fois nouvelle et suffisante pour expUquer et appuyer toutes les regies relatives k Texecution des jugements k I'etranger. II a trouv6 dans la jurisprudence anglaise deux explications de la mani^re dont ces juge- ments sont envisages par les coure, celle de la comity (courtoisie) , et celle de I'ohligation. M. Piggott n'aime ni I'une ni I'autre, mais il est pereuad6 d'avoir abouti par leur combinaison h. un resultat notable. Nous nous gardens d'y contredire, d'autant phis que, pour parler en toute franchise, nous ne sommes pas sQr d'avoir bien saisi I'idee de notre auteur, dont le style rappelle souvent celui des math ematici ens plus que celui dcs juristes." — Revue de fJroit internat., tome 12, no. 12. Plamptre, C: J: King's College lectures on elocu- tion ; or. The physiology and culture of voice and speech, and the expression of the emo- tions by language, countenance, and gesture. New and enl. illust. ed. Punch's pocket-book for 1881. Beed, Sir E: J. Japan; its history, traditions, and religions ; with the narrative of a visit in 1879. 2ded. 2 v. "As an engineer he was naturally much interested in. the public works and manufactures of the country, and the magnitude of some of the government factories, and the perfection which they have already reached, im- pressed and delighted him. He paid much attention to the native art of the country, of which it is evident we have the most erroneous ideas. Sir Edward traces, in his first volume, the history of the Japanese from the earliest 'God-period' down to the present time; discusses their two great religions, the native Shintoism and im- ported Buddhism, their political and social system, their foreign relations, the recent reforms, and the existing government. In the second volume, besides the narrative of his journey, he has interesting chapters on art and on. Number 65.] 260 [Mar. 8, 1881. the proverbs and phrases of the people; and both in the second volume and in the introduction he has elaborate discussions on the ethnology of the Japanese, their language and literature." — A^atftrf, Oct. 28. '* No circumstances could have been more favorable for sightseeing than those under which Sir E: Reed lately paid a visit to Japan. Having built ironclads for thL'ir navy, he received an invitation to follow the crea- tionK of his skill to their new home." — Ath., Oct. 16. See also the note under Bird, I. L., p. 241. Reiss, W., and Stiibel, A. Peruvian antiquities ; the Necropolis of Ancon in Peru ; u series of illust. of the civilization and the industry of the empire of the Incas, being the results of personal excavations. Part 1. Rochester, Mass. Official bi-centennial record, July 22, 1879. Ruskin, J: Fors clavigera ; letters to the workmen of Gr. Britain. New ser. Letter 5. Russell, C: New views on Ireland ; or, Irish land ; gi-ievances, remedies. Sohliemann, H: Ilios ; the city and conntiy of the Trojans. "Honestly, and yet not without a natural pang. Dr. Schliemann recognizes that the Troy of his early imag- ination is in ruins as utter as any that he has excavated ; yet he may well take comfort In the consciousness of having cleared the Homeric question for all time of embarrassments that have long retarded the appreciation of the poetry, either as poetry or as in itself an historical monument of the time intermediate between legendary and ptrictly historical Hellas." — Ath-t Dec. 18. Schumann, R. Music and musicians ; tr., ed., and annot. by F. R. Ritter. 2d ser. "This second series of essay.^ uives proof in every page of ."Schumann's clear and sound judgment and of his keen discrimination ; no one understood better than he the duties, the privileges, and also the responsibilities of a musical critic. ... The translation is somewhat stitr, and contains, unfortunately, many inaccuracies and errors." — J. S- Shedlock in the AcacL, Dec. 24. Shakespeare, W: Loves labors lost; the first qviarto, 1598 ; a facsimile in photo-lithography by W: Griggs, vrith forewords by F; J. ITumi- vall. Smucker, I; Centennial history of Licking Co., Oliio ; read at centennial celeb, of the Licking Co. Agric. Soc. at the 'Old Fort', July 4, 1876. Society of the Cincinnati. List of members of the JIass. Soc, includ. a complete roll of the orig. members, etc. Solid for jNIulhooley ; a sketch of municipal politics under the leaders, the ring, and the boss. Stevenson, J. J. House architecture. 2 y. " Written by one of the ablest leaders of the so called 'Queen Anne' movement. The lirst volume is exclu- ei\oly devoted to '-Vrcliitecture', the second to 'House planning'. Of the latter subject he has devoted a groat deal of space and care to practical matters, and on such topics as materials, and construction, heating, ventilation, lighting, warming, (-/c, has arranged an extremely large mass of practical advice in such a manner that it is available for instant reference." — Ath., Oct. 30. Tenney, E. P. Colorado and homes in the new West. 7th thous. Thomson, J. The city of dreadful night, and other poems. "Contains many passages of great beauty. The im- press of real genius is upon it, but genius which is only likely to be appreciated by a few. Mr. Thomson writes above the heads of the multitude." — Westminster rev., July. Thornet, T. A. Kate Comerford ; or, Sketches of gaiTison life. Trollope, A. Dr. "Wortle's school. (Franklin Sq. lib.) — Life of Cicero. 2 v. TJ. S. Dept. of State. Digest of the published opinions of the Attorneys- General, and of the leading decisions of the Federal courts with ref. to international law, etc. — Treasury Dept. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for 1878, 79. 2 v. Universalist Centennial, Gloucester, Mass. Pro- ceedings, Sept. 20-22, 1870. Wakefield, Mass. Inaugural exercises includ. the historical address and poem on the assumption of its new name, by the town known as So. Reading, July 4, 1868. Wedmore, F: Studies in English art. 2d series. Contents. Vol. 2. Romney. — Constable. — D: Cox. — G: Cruikshank. — W: Hunt. — Prout. — Meryon. — B. Jones. — Albert Moore. Wheildon, ■\^'; "\^^ New historj- of the Battle of Bunker Hill ; its pui-pose, conduct, and restrlt. 2d ed. Whitaker, J. Almanack for 1881. Wiuthrop, R. C: Memoir of H: Clay. Wither, G: Britain's remembrancer. 2 pts. (Spenser Soc, 28, 29.) Woolsey, Miss S. C. A Guernsey lily; or. How the feud was healed. "The adventures of an English family, who spend eight months in the islands of Jersey and Guernsey, for the beiieiit of the mother's health; there are two young girls who do many amusing things, and see much that is new and inloresting," — Publisher's weekly, Dec. 4. Worcester, Mass. Records of the proprietors ; ed. by F. P. Rice. Pt. 3. (Worcester Soc. of -Antiq., no. 11.) Wurtz, A. The atomic theory ; tr. by E. Clemin- shaw. (Int. sci. ser.) "At once a scientific treatise and an artistic work. There is in some chapters a lack of det.ailed facts, which is against the work as a reference book for the advanced student; and in others there is too free a use of fancy, which faculty is not synonymous with that other without which no great scientitic work can be produced, viz., imagination. Full justice is not done to the work of Avo^adro, on which, confirmed as it has been by physical evidence, rests the structure of modern chemistry. The book is the production of a brilliant author, not the work of a deep thinker." — J/. J/, p. M. in Nature, Xov. 4. Ziemssen, H. A\': von. Clyclopajdia of the practice of medicine. Vol. [). ZoUner, J: C: F: Transcendental physics ; accotmt of experimental utvestigations from [his] scientific treatises ; tr. from the German, mth pref. and app. by C; C. Massey. An attempt to explain spiritualism by the theory of a fourth dimension of matter. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENJj;UM. [No. 66. Mar. 30, 1881. Adams, G: F., Jr. The new departure in the com- mon schools of Quincy, and other papers on educational topics. 6th ed., with add. paper. Amiois, E. de. Holland and its people. '*To characterize Be Amicis in brief: he is the Taine of travellers. The same dash, eloquence, and imagery; the same copiousness of diction, cumulative effect of heaped and piled up periods, perilous extravagance of phrase. ... The tranquil travels of Goethe, "with all their breadth and beauty, are entirely thrown into the shade beside these meteors of modern travel — De Ami- cis, Gautior, Hans Andersen. For simple light we have effulgence ; for simple day, the play of the Northern Lights. On the whole, which is best? " — Lit. world, Dec. 18. Bailly, Mine. E., nee Bferenger, {pseud. Claire de Chandeneux). Les menages militaires. 4 v. VFr'c36m Namely: le s6r. La femme du capitaine Aub6pln. 2e ser. Les filles du colonel. 3e ser. Le mariage du tr&orier. 4e s6r. Les deux femmes du major. — Les visions d'or. TFr-c36v Balfour, F. JI. Treatise on comparative embryol- ogy. Vol. 1. " Mr. Balfour's object was to produce a work in which all that has been written during the last ten or fifteen years on the structural features exhibited by animals during their growth from the egg to the adult condition should be digested, and its Import carefully estimated. At the same time he aimed to provide for the purpose of reference and for the guidance of future students, some- thing like a complete bibliography, accompanied by an analysis in many cases, of the works which have been published on special forms." — E. Bay Lankester in Nature, Oct 28. Baudicour, P. de. Le peintre-graveur frangais continue ; faisaut suite au ' Peintre-grilveur francjais ' de Kobert-Dumesnil. 2 v. Beitrage zur Entdeckungsgeschichte Afrika's. 3s Heft : Pogge, P. Im Keiche des Muata J am wo. Besnard, F. Y. Souvenirs d'un nonagenaire ; pub. par C. Port. 2 v. 6p-B46p " Besnard a ^t^ mel6, a Paris comme en province, il toute sorte d'evenements ; ses changeantes destiniJes I'ont mis en relation avec un foule de personnages qui ont eu plus ou moins de c^lebrite dans les lettres, dans les sciences, dans les arts, dans I'administration, dans la politique, dans I'arm^e. O'est 4 pleines mains qu'll a reeueilli gi et m des particularitiSs peu eonnues ou qui meme ont k nos yeux toute la grace de la nouveautiS. Aussi puis-je afflrmer que peu de memoires, en dehors de ceux auxquels rien ne saurait 6tre compare, renfer- ment des choses aussi curieuses que ees Souvenirs. On retrouve, & cote de tons les details d'une existence qui fut des plus tongues, des plus ondoyantes et les plus agitees, d'innombrables renseignements sur I'histoire, si feconde en peripeties, de I'epoque comprise entre 1752 et 1842. Rarement la vie de province au milieu du 18e si6cle a ete mieux peinto que dans les premieres pages du tome 1." — T. de L. in Bevice critique, 29 nov. Blackwood's magazine, Feb. "'Mr. Cox's proteg^' is Uriah Heep and Llttimer rolled into one." — Examiner, Feb. 6. Blanc Mme.T. Amour perdu: Galatee, — Jacinte, - Yvonne. vrF-E44a Braithwaite, W: mid J., eds. Retrospect of med- icine. July - Dec. 1880. Brougham, J: Life, stories, and poems ; ed. by W: Winter. Contents. Autobiography. — Winter, W; Supple- mentary memoir. — Brooks, N. Brougham in his club life. Selected writings. Terry Magra's leprechaun. — O'Bryan's luek. — Romance and reality, — Kit Cobb, the cabman. — The morning dream. — The test of blood. — Fatality. — The Blarney Stone. — Ned Geraghty. — The fairies' warning. — O'Dcarmid's ride. — "Jasper Leech. — A night with the spirits. — Poems. Broughton, R. Second thoughts. (Appletons' New handy- vol. ser.) Butler, S: Unconscious memory ; a comparison between the theory of E. Hering and the 'Philosophy of the unconscious' of E: von Hartmann. Charlesworth, M. L. Ministering children, 120th thousand. Church, Mrs. F. M. Her father's name. Copy- right ed. 2 v. Cobbe, F. P. The duties of women ; lectures. " Miss Cobbe conceives of woman as having long been struggling through her minority, and as now being just at the point of attaining her majority. What are the responsibilities and duties which her new career will bring? In what spirit will she meet them? " — Literary world, Feb. 12. Colombia, Estados XInidos de. Exploracion ofieial por la primera vez de la America del Sur. "The entire stock has lain perdu since the book was printed, and, from whatever cause (probably the fault of the Venezuelan government), no copies appear to have gone into circulation. ... This 'Exploracion oircial' is a work of original and valuable research, adding largely to our knowledge of the vast regions which lie about the equator in South America. The author was sent out by his government to discover the resources and capabilities of those largely watered but little known countries, and to trace the means of utilizing for commerce the network of rivers which no cartographer had yet laid down with exactitude. He triumphed over obstacles of every kind, and has succeeded not only in correcting and augmenting to a very high degree the description previously given by Humboldt and others, but in proving that (in spite of its situation) the climate is temperate and the rich soil fit for cultivation, while the river-system aifords unexampled facilities for the promotion of commercial enterprise. The Orinoco and the Amazon will yet play a great part in the development of population and wealth in the lands that lie between and about them." Cornhill for Jan. "Leslie Stephen is very severe on the persons who maintain that there is no relation between art and moral- ity; and certainly if any one ever said anything so foolish he is right in his severity. But the really import- ant question, whether the goodness or badness of the morality of a work of art affects its goodness or badness as a work of art, Mr. Stephen respectfully skirts and turns." — Acad., Jan. 15. Corthell E. L. History of the jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. " The history of what is perhaps the greatest single engineering work yet achieved in America, whether we regard it with reference to the benefit which will result from it or with reference to the diflHculties encountered in its execution. It is a history, moreover, written by a man perhaps better qualified than any one else could possibly be to describe these difiieulties and the success with which they were overcome." — Nation, Jan. 13. Number i 262 [Mar. 30, 1881. Cyples, \V: Inquiry into the process of human experience, attempting to set forth its lower laws, with some hints as to the higher phe- nomena of consciousness. " Mr. Cyples ingeniously formulates a * Law of Con- eciousness' which says that for a sensation there is necessary a coincidence of movement in the fibres of at least two senses, the second sense being always found in an associated 'motor-activity'. It abounds in striking suggestions. ... In the handling of moral and practical questions, too, Mr. Cyples is often very successful, as when he mediates between Hedonism and Asceticism. His working out of psychological principles into the form of laws of the beautiful is very well performed. ... He also boldly grapples with the question whether, in order to account for the persistence of mental phenom- ena, it is necessary to assume the existence of an inde- pendent Ego. Whatever may be our estimate of hie conclusions on this abstruse subject, it is satisfactory to find an honest discussion of a problem which contempo- rary English philosophy has hitherto rather evaded than attempted to solve." — Contemp. riv., Nov. Darley, F. O. C. Compositions in outline from Hawthorne's Scarlet letter. Darwin, C: R., and F. The power of movement in plants. •'An extension, as it were, of his previous treatise on climbing plants. He shows us that every growing part of every plant is continually moving round — 'eircuni- nutating*, as he calls it. The movements of climbing plants, the upraising and dei^ression of leaves, the move- ments of certain parts towards or from the light, all are modifications of this circumnutatory tendency. ... The bulk of the book consists of the record of a series of elaborate experiments proving the existence and nature of the movements alluded to." — At?i., Dec. 18. Davies, G. C. Rambles and adventures of our school field-club. VEF-D282r Davis, C: 11:, U. S. N. Narrative of the North Polar expedition, TJ. S, ship Polaris, Capt. C: F. Hall commanding. Dixie, Lady F. Across Patagonia. "There is no scenery in the world that can he likened to that of Patagonia, and Lady Florence Dixie describes it like one who feels sympathy with and thoroughly enjoys Nature, and is at the same time an accurate ob- server." — Ath., Dec. 11. Duffy, Sir C: G. Young Ireland; a fragment of Irish history, 1840-50. "This book is a memoir of a few stormy years in Ireland during which O'Connell was tried and convicted of conspiracy, and Smith O'Brien tried and convicted of high treason, written by one who was in succession the fellow-prisoner of each of them, and has since seen a remarkable career in Australia. The book is founded on the private correspondence of tlie leading men of the period." — Bookselle?; Oct. 6. "The gifted and ill-fated party of Young Ireland certainly deserved an ^Vpologia, and no one could be more competent for the task than Sir Charles Duffy. Notwithstanding the genuine modesty with whicli he always attributes the origin of the school to Thomas Osborne Davis, he will, we think, be always regarded as its true founder. He estabUshed and guided from 1842 to 1855 the JVation, which was in those days its one accepted organ. A state prisoner with O'Connell in 1844, with Smith O'Brien in 1848, three times tried sind all but convicted of treason in 1848, he organized, after his release from prison, a peaceful agitation for the mcasurcB which afterwards formed the main achievements of Mr. Gladstone's Irish policy. Proceeding to Australia In 1855, he has been some time Prime Minister of Victoria, and Speaker, and while he filled the chair it is said order reigned in that tumultuous Parliament. ... The literary quality of the book is remarkable ; the style is vivid and graphic. ... The portrait of O'Connell presented by this book is of enduring historic interest. ... Sir Charles Duffy is the first who has told in detail the part played in the Young Ireland movement by a very remarkable man, Thomas Osborne Davis." Durand, Mme. A. F. Le moulin frappier. 5e ed. 2 V. VFF*G86mo "Le premier volume du Moulin frappier est sup6rieur au second et Mmo. Greville aurait rencontre un bien plus grand succes en ne se laissant pas allcr k sa verve et en consentant h revoir et & corriger son roman." — liev. dea D. Mondes, Feb. 1. Durfee, C; A. Index to Harper's new monthly magazine, v. 1-60, June 1850- June 1880. Farrer, J.A. Adam Smith. (English philosophers.) "The first v. of a new ser. whose objects are ; * 1 : To present, in a connected and historical form, a view of the contributions made to philosophy by English thinkers, together with such biographical details an their life and times may render expedient. 2. To adapt the work in price and method of treatment to the requirements of general readers. ... 3. To issue each v. of the ser. as a complete and integral work. ...' The subject of this memoir is best known as the author of the ' Wealth of nations'." Forney, J: W. Anecdotes of public men. Vol. 2. — The new nobility ; a story of Europe and America. Fraser's mag., Feb. *'Mr. Kebbel's paper on 'The village fife of George Eliot' is highly and yet not indiscriminately eulogistic; and Mr. Kebbel would hardly have been Mr. Kebbel if he had not succeeded in proving George Eliot to be an advocate of conservaliwrn of the 'England of old leisure' sort. Mr. Ernei-t Myers' estimate of Macaulay is good, because it is fair both to the rhetorical historian and to his severer critics. We do not Itnow that Professor Paley will tempt readers of his ' Greek dinners' to sigh for these in 'the flesh', but he tells some good stories." — Ej'uminer, Feb. 5. Groome, F. H. In gipsy tents. "Mr. Groome is exceptionally qualified to describe Gipsies, having lived much among them and gained their confidence to a remarkable extent. His account of their manners and customs contains a large amount of informa- tion, partly gathered from the lips of English gipsies, and partly gleaned from books and articles which have been devoted, abroad and at home, to Komaui matters. But this has been kept for the most part in the back- ground, being often rekgated to the region of foot-notes, the author's main desire having evidently been to produce a book which might attract readers of all kinds, bringing before thtir eyes various types of gipsy life, and allowing the characters who figure upon his stage to speak to a great extent for tliemselves." — Atk.f Oct. 9. Habington, W: Castara. 3d ed., corr. and augm. Harper's magazine, Feb. '* '-\. Laodicean ' promi^ow to become one of Mr. Hardy's best novels." — Examiner, Feb. 5. Hildreth, R: Japan as it was and is. 3d thousand. Number 66.1 263 [Mar. 30, 1881. Howe, Mrs. J. W. Modem society. Macmillan's mag., Feb. " Mr. Evans continues his valuable articles on ' Christ- mas, and ancestor worship m the Blaclc Mountain ', which presents many points of extreme interest to the student of comparative religion." — Examiner, Feb, 5. Martin, F: The statesman's year-book, 1881. Martin, AV. A. P. The Chinese, their education, philosophy, and letters. Melville, H. Kedbum, his first voyage. w6F-M495r Myers, F: W: H: Wordsworth. (Morley, J: Eng. men of letters.) "In the exquisite Uttle slsetch which Mr. Myers has given of Wordsworth, in Mr. John Morley's series of * Men of letters ', — as a piece of English at least, the gem, we venture to say, of the whole series, — the only thing which, in the perfect candor and singularly chastened truthfulness of the essay, we are disposed to think has been a little inadequately rendered, is the effect of per- sonal force which Wordsworth produced upon all who were competent to understand him at all." — Spectaior^ Dec. 11. Naval encyclopEedia. O'Brien, Fitz- James. Poems and stories ; coll. and ed., with a sketch of the author, by AV: AVinter. Contenta. Winter, W: Sketch. — Recollections of O'Brien. — Poems. StorU-s. The diamond lens. — The wondersraith. — Tommatoo. — Mother of pearl. — The Bohemian. — The lost room. — The pot of tulips. — The golden ingot. — My wife's tempter. — What was it ? — Duke Humphrey's dinner. — Milly Dove. — The Dragon Fang. O'Brien, E,. B. Parliamentary history of the Irish land question, 1829-69, and the origin and results of the Ulster custom. 4th ed. Oliphant, Mrs. il. 0. AV. Cervantes. (Foreign classics for English readers.) "Mrs. Oliphant has written for English readers the best life of the author of the * Don Quixote' that has appeared." — Ath., Nov. 13. "ToEmile Chasles Mrs. Oliphant owes the materials of her little hook. :.. She cites nobody else, almost all her quotations from the smaller works are to be found extracted and translated in him; and finally she accepts his theories, not indeed wholly, hut substantially. ... Chasles is one of those vastly ingenious critics who cannot persuade themselves that so great a writer as Cervantes could content himself with merely writing a story and drawing a character. He must have had some hidden meaning." — ^Sat. rev., Jan. 8. Petit de Julleville, L: Histoire du theatre en France : Les mystferes. 2 v. " The author in the first volume gives a general sketch of the mysteries during their five or six centuries of life, and in the second analyzes them in detail. The second volume consists of a catalogue raisonne of mysteries and their ascertained representations." — Sat. rev., Nov. 6. "Bids fair to drive the Brothers Parfaits* 'Histoire generale du theatre frangais ' out of the field. The two volumes now before me contain not only an admirable history of mysteries and miracle plays, but a catalogue raisonn6 of all these productions, so far at least as I am acquainted with them." — Gustnve Maanon in the Ath., Dec. 25. "Many able and laborious writers have made the different parts of these subjects their study, MM. L6on Gautier and Marius Sepet having put the final touch by at last thoroughly investigating the liturgic drama, while M. Paulin Paris, among the innumerable services which he has rendered to the literature of his country, may be allowed the credit of overthrowing the absurd and im- possible theory of the Brothers Parfait about the medias- val stage arrangements, and substituting a better. M. Petit de Julleville has gathered all these things together and arranged them in orderly fashion, giving besides a complete methodic catalogue of all recorded representa- tions and of all known mysteries, with analyses, full bibliographical details and all other apparatus, including occasional extracts." — Sat. rev., Nov. 20. Pole, W: Theory of the modem scientific game of whist. From the last Lond. ed. ; add., the laws and rules of whist from ' The Portland Club' code. Quarterly review, Jan. "The two freshest articles are the descriptions of society in California and of the weary years which Bolingbroke passed in exile." — Academy, Jan. 29. Revue philosophique de la France et de I'etranger ; dir. par T. Kibot. T. 9, 1880. Roberta, M. Madame Fontenoy. Copyright ed, Saltmarsh, J:, d. 1647. Sparkles of glory ; or, Some beams of the morning star. Sawyer, AV: E: Electric lighting by incandescence, and its application to interior illumination. Scott, L. Fra Bartolommeo. (Illust. biog. of the great artists.) Scott, L. A. Act and bull ; or. Fixed anniversaries. Seebohm, H: Siberia in Europe; a visit to the valley of the Petchora, in north-east Russia ; with descriptions of the natural history, migration of birds, etc. *'A delightful series of wood-engravings." — Sai.rev., Jan. 1. Setna, Le roman de ; etude philologique et critique avec traduction mot k mot du texte demo- tique, introd. hist., et commentaire gram. ; par E. Revillout. vuf-r32 " The romance of Setna continues to fascinate Egypt- ologists. First translated into French by Brugsch-Bey in 1S67, and thence Englished by Mr. Le Page Renouf in 1875, it has now been re-translated from the original text in two independent versions by Prof. Gr. Maspero and M. Revillout." — Acad., Aug. 14. Shelley, P. B. Prose works ; ed. by H: B. Forman. 4 V. "Nothing can exceed the care with which these vol- umes have been edited." — Ath., Sept. 4. "The two novels, 'Zastrozzi* and the 'Rosicrucian', are about as absurd examples of the juvenile novel as are anywhere in existence. The 'Necessity for Atheism' may interest some of those who consider 'Queen Mab' an important philosophical poem, and the 'Addresses to the Irish people' and 'Declaration of rights' throw an interesting light on the political side of Shelley's charac- ter. The *Defence of poesy' is exquisite." — Examiner, Oct. 16. Shepherd, K: H. Bibliography of Thackeray ; a bibliographical list arr. in chronological order, 1829-80. Singer, S: W. Kesearches into the history of play- ing cards ; with illust. of the origin of printing and engraving on wood. Smith, G: The Chaldean account of Genesis. New ed., rev. and corr. by A. H. Sayce, Number 66.1 264 [Mar. 30, 1881. Spielhagen, T: Quisisana ; or, Rest at last. From the German, by II. E. Goldschmidt. VGG.sp4q "It seems to us that Spielliagcn improves in his art, and * Quisisana' is unquestionably one of the most fin- ished and pathetic of his prodnctions. The scenes take place in the romantic environs of a country town in the Thuringian foreet, and the plot, like the people, with a single exception, is strongly and essentially German. It deals chiefly with the passions and tlie deeper feelings, yet there is vigorous delineation of subordinate charac- terh, with vivid sketches of life and manners, and some slight infusion of more sensational elements." — Times. Stevens, A. Madame de Stael ; a study of her life and times ; the first revolution and the first empire. 2 v. 5F-stl3s "Dr. Stevens has consulted almost everything avail- able, and has digested the whole into a narrative which is Bufficicntlj' readable, accompanying it with criticisms of the work, as well as of the life of his subject. Both as a biographer and as a critic, he is far too laudatoi-y." — Athenmuin. Swinton, A. PI. Insect variety; its propagation and distribution. "Chapters on the nervous system, the passions, and the secretions of insects, with deductions as to their senses of touch and smell; on their dances and display during the breeding season, with a discussion on the corresponding sense of sight; on instrumental music or the various sounds produced by insects, and on the organ and sense of hearing; with a concluding chapter on migration, variation, and natural selection. These sub- jects are all treated with a large amount of knowledge obtained both by reading and observation. To the working entomologist the book will be a useful one; while the general reader with a taste for natural history will find a number of most interesting details on the structure, the senses, and habits of insects. 111:^ strangely inconsequL-iit, poetical and often unintelligible style, bristling with obscure technical phraseology, forms one of the chief drawbacks to an otherwise valuable work. Mr. Swinton is unfortunately deficient in the clear judg- ment and logical analysis which the subjects discussed require for their proper elucidation." — Alfred li. Wallace in the Academy, Oct. 2;i. Tanner, II: The martyrdom of Lovejoy ; account of the life, trials, and perils of Rev. E. P. Lovejoy, who was killed by a pro-slavery mob, Alton, Illinois, Nov. 7, 1837. Thoreau, H: D: Early spring in Massachusetts; from [his] journal. Timayenis, T. T. History of Greece from the earliest times. 2 v. A readable compihilion. An ingenious critic proposes to substitute the following for the author's preface; "My attention h;i\ing been called to the want of a con- cise history of Greece from the earliest period to the present time, I have undertaken to supply it, in the readiest manner possible, with a minimum amount of original ideas and a firm reliance upon recent writers who have preceded me in the same field. To this end I have frequently incorporated into those pages important passages from Grote and Gibbon — not to speak of less famous authors, like Prof. Jebb — without taking the trouble to acknowledge any obligations in detail. The reader who looks for new opinions upon important questions in the development of Greece will be disap- pointed. But he who desires a succinct manual of Greek history will not find it without value." Wace, W. E. Alfred Tennyson ; his life and works. Walford, C. The insurance cyclopeedia. Vol. 5, "Wallace, A. R. Island life ; or. The phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras. "The new science of zoological geography almost owes its existence to Mr. Wallace. The present volume, though in some respects intended as a popularization of Mr. Wallace's previous works on the distribution of animals, yet contains an immense amount of new and important matter for the man of science, as well as much delightful reading for the less instructed public. Why should the fauna of remote Japan be so strikingly like that of Bi'itain, while the fauna of New Zealand is so totally unlike that of neighboring Australia? Why should two islands of the Malay Archipelago, separated by a strait only fifteen miles wide, ditfer more from one another in their forms of life than England and Yezo? Why should the animals of sunny Florida resemble those of frozen Canada more closely than they resemble those of neighboring and tropical Cuba? Why should tapirs be found in Brazil and in Sumatra, while they occur in no intermediate country? In dealing with the geographical and geological changes which have aflFected distribution, and with regard to glacial epochs. Mr. WaU lace has a great deal to say that is new and interesting. The second and larger portion of the work, dealing with insular faunas and floras, contains less that is at once novel and important, though it is worked out with the author's accustomed insight and wide grasp of facts. The chapters on New Zealand in particular are full of clever theories, which certainly account admirably for the existing zoological and botanical features of that very puzzling country." — Ath.^ Nov. 6. " Wc cannot but feel that Wallace has given either a most ungenerous or a most defective exposition of the origin of the theories which he has so freely used in this volume. ... Neither Heer, nor DeCaudolle, nor Martiue, nor Agassis, nor Sartorius von Waltershausen, nor Peschel, nor Miiliry, nor Ludwig is even named in con- nection with his own theories and investigations. Yet our author constantly goes out of his way to quote the second-hand presentation of these views by English authorities; to such a degree is. this carried by Wallace that some of his sentences, with their English want of appreciation of all non-British men of science, would form exquisite bits for an appendix to Lowell's essay ' On a certain condescension in foreigners'." — Nation, Jan. 20. Wallace, E. Outlines of the philosophy of Aris- totle. 2d ed. " 'Gives the cream' of Aristotle's works, prefaced at well chosen intervals by English summaries, in a bro- chure of 70 pages." — Westminster rer., July. Warner, C: D. My winter on the Nile. New ed., rev. "Mr. Wnrner's pictures of Oriental men, manners, and incidents are, to one who has lived so long in the East as I have, positively photographic reproductions. How could a passing traveller so thoroughly appreciate, and so sharply outline, the peculiarities of all classes of people?"— Gen. Di Cesnola. Whittier, J: G. The king's missive, and other poems. Whymper, F: The sea ; its stirring story of adven- ture, peril, and heroism. Vol. 4. Wilson, A. Sketches of animal life and habits. Yonge, C. W. Love and life ; an old story in 18th- century costume. Additions. 2d ser.l BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 67. Apr. 22, 1881. Atkinson, J. B. Schools of modern art in Germany, Auerbach, B, Brigitta, a tale; from the German by C. Bell. vGG-Au32Br "Auerbach lias returned in a measure to the manner of Lis first village stories, and with good effect." — Sat. rev. July 17. Bascom, J: The science of mind. Belgique, La, et le Vatican ; documents et travaux legislatifs cone, la rupture entre le gouverne- ment beige et le Saint-Siege. T. 1. *' Le volume est une source de premier ordre sur la politique ultramontaine, ses visees actuelles, ses violences et ses ruses. On n'en exagerer I'importance." — Revue pot. et tit., 4 dec. Benedict, Sir J. Weber. (Hueffer, F. The great musicians.) Bent, J. T. Genoa : how the republic rose and fell ; with illust. "Author of A freak of freedom; or. The republic of S. Marino." — Academi/, Nov. 20. Burdett, H: C. Cottage hospitals, general, fever, and convalescent, their progress, management, and work. 2d ed., enl. Carlyle, T: Reminiscences ; ed. by J. A. Froude. "To bim the literary or social fame of another is a positive offence ; the genius even of a lady draws from him nothing but sneers. ... The greater the genius the more is he or she despised or else hated." — Ath . , Mar. 19. Chamberlain, B. H. The classical poetry of the Japanese. " The variety of Mr. Chamberlain's volume is one of its chief charms. Here we have sweet and tender ballads that bear occasionally a curious resemblance to the melancholy beauty of Uhland; then again there are courtly poems such as would not be unworthy of the famous Pleiad, of whom Ronsard was master and chief; elegies as perfect as the heart-songs of Mimnermus; short stanzas as fair as the flowers of the Greek anthol- ogj-; and love-songs that recall the simple loveliness of English ballad minstrelsy. Then there are plays, too; strange and quaint specimens of the dramatic mood, at once curiously new and yet not wholly unfamiliar. There is a comedy that would not have been unworthy o'f the later Latin stage, and which might well have moved the laughter of the audiences to whom the adven- tures of M. Pathelin and the comedy of Eemy Belloau were addressed, and a sort of mystic drama, whose name and central purpose are fantastically suggestive of a famous drama of Calderon's." — Examiner, Jan. 8. Cheruel, P: A. Histoire de France pendant la minorite de Louis xiv. Tome 3, i. Cicognara, L., and others. Le fabbriche e i monu- menti cospicui di Venezia. 2a ed. 2 v. Collins, W: L. Butler. (Knight, W;, ed. Philo- sophical classics.) Cornhill for March. "An exceptionally good number. Mr. Gosse contrib- utes a paper on 'Sir George Etherege' raising many questions of importance concerning the history of the English stage, such as the origin of rhyme in the drama, and the influence of Moliere in England. ... G. A. solves the question, ' Who were the fairies? ' by answer- in" that they are survivals of the traditions of the Neo- lithic period. ' Bhagoo ' will be read with great interest when it is known that it is a sketch of the actual hfe of a Hindoo and his fortune under the British rule." emy, March 5. - Acad- D'Albertis, L. M. New Guinea; what I did and what I saw. 2 v. "The author spent nearly three years in New Guinea and its immediate neighborhood; he penetrated into the very heart of the island, and was indefatigable in gather- ing information about the native population. His labors have been amply rewarded." — Ath., Nov. 13. Daiia, D: D. The fireman; the fire depts. of the XJ. S. ; with a full account of all large fires, etc. 2d ed. Daudet, A. Lettres de mon moulin. 6eed. VFr'D26L " Sparkle with airy brightness. They depict an Arcadia so delightful that we are fain to believe it real. They please our fancy without strain or fatigue, as nothing but good French work can do. They do not stir our deeper feelings as German or English stories might." — Specta- tor, Feb. 19. Dedham, Mass. Ancient deeds from the Indians to the toivn of Dedham ; copied by W: F. Hill from the orig. deeds ; repr. with hektograph, Feb. 1881. Bering, E: H. Freville Chase. vef'd445f Deslys, C; Le capitaine Minuit. "Ces d'Artagnan sout toujours amusauts. Tour moi je confesse une fois de plus men faible pour les recits de M. Deslys. Celui-ci est un peu touifu peut-iBtre, pas toujours tres vraisemblable, d'un style qui n'est pas le grand style ; raais du mouvement, de I'impr^vu, toujours surtout d'honnetes sentiments et la vertu, le courage, le desinteressement ^ la place d'honneiir." — Maxime Gau- cher in Rev. pot. et lit,, 4 sept. Dod, R. p. Peerage, baronetage, and knightage of Gr. Britain and Ireland, 1881. Dohme, K., and others. The early Teutonic, Italian, and French masters ; tr. and ed. from the Dohme ser. by A. II. Keane ; with illust. Doyle, J. A. History of the XJ. S. ; with maps illust. of the acquisition of territory and the increase of population by F. A. "Walker. (Freeman, E: A. Historical course.) Bbers, G: M. L'Egypte : Du Caire a Phila3 ; trad. de G. Maspero. Edis, R. W. Decoration and furniture of town houses ; a series of Cantor lectures before the Soc. of Arts, 1880. (Eng. philosophers.) Edwards, A. B. Lord Brackenbury. (Franklin Sq. libr.) Edwards, H. S. Rossini and his school. (Huefi'er, F., ed. The great musicians.) EUot, G: Blackwood's magazine for Feb. in its final pages re- counts the circumstances under which George Eliot first became connected with that magazine, and publishes extracts from the correspondence which passed between the editor, the late Mr. John Blackwood, and her while the 'Scenes of clerical life' were appearing in the mag- azine, and during the time she was engaged on hdr earlier novels. Cornhill contains a keen sketch of her merit as a writer of prose idyls, while the Contemporary review discourses the ' Moral influence of George Ehot ', by one who knew her ; and Fraser's magazine, in a preliminary, deals with 'The village life of George Eliot'. Emery, S. A. Reminiscences of a nonagenarian. Ewald, G: H; A. von. Commentary on the Psalms ; tr. by Rev. E. Johnson. (Comm. on the poetical books of the 0. T., div. 1.) Vol. 2. Number 67.] 266 [Apr. 22, 1881. ' Farrer, J. A. Adam Smith. (English philoso- phers.) " AVo cannot praise even faintly cither tlic biographical or tlu- philosophical portion of Mv. Farrer's hook. The former is the mere outline of the hare c\'(niH of his life, the latltr is a bald abstract of the 'Theory of moral sentiments'. Adam Smith perHonally is one of the puzzles of liuman nature: he waw at onee the most abeent-rainded of men and the shrewdest observer of human nature. AVe get no idea of the diflQculty of such a character from Mr.Farrer's production.*' — Athc/npion, Feb. 26. Forneron, II. Ilistoire de Philippe ii. 2 v. "M. Forneron, deji connu par une histoire des dues de Guise eonroniiee par I'Academie fraiii^aise, vieut de publier lee deux premiers volumes d'utie grande histoire de Pbilippe ii." — Bibliotheque unioerxelle et revue suiaaet Xov. Fortnightly for Feb. "By far the most noteworthy literary paper in the Fortnightly is one by Mr. Swinburne on Tennyson and Musset, In which, in addition to giving us an ingenious compaiison bi'tween Mr. Robert Browning and M. Leconte de Lisle, he contrives to produce a pretty ex- han.--ti\e criticism of the two poets whose names are at the head of the article." — Acadi^my, Feb. VI. Free Religious Association. Proceedings at the 4th ~ 11th annual meeting. Frost, H. F. Schubert. (Hueffer. P., ed. The great musicians.) Fyffe, C'. A. History of modem Eui'ope. Vol. 1. "Ih- U not so audaciously inaccurate or so mislead- ingly picturesque as Mr. Green, nor has he Mr. Justin McC:irthy's ingenious hut provoking faculty of .-kimraing over the surface almost without touching the ;ictual facts. He tells his i-tory in a solier, straightforwanl, and thoroughly kuid style." — Examiner (Tory), Jan. 29. Gairdner, J. Three 15th-century clironicles, with hist, memoranda by J; Htowe, and contempo- rary notes. (Camden Soc., n. »., 28.) Gerstaecker, F: How a bride ■\^as won; a chase across the Pampas. Girardin, E. de. L'^^^alo de I'homnie ; lettre a M. Alexandre Dumas fils. 4e ed. Grant, R. The little tin gods-on-vvhecls ; or, Society iu our modern Athens ; a trilogy after the manner of the Greek; illust. by F. G. Attwood, fr. the Harvard Lampoon. av5d*g76 Gr. Britain. Master of the Rolls. Calendar of state papers, domestic series, lG-10; ed. by AV. D. Hamilton. '• Covers only the short period of the five months ■which passed between the ltei,'inning of Apiil and the end of August in the eventful year which witm-wscd the last struggles of the system of government bequeathed by Elizabeth to the Stuart kini^^s. As might, therefore, be expected, the \olume is replete witli information, probiibly surpassing in this respect any of its predeces- sors." — Samuel Ii. G'lrdiner in the Academy, Jan. •![). Calendar of the state papers rel. to Ireland of the reign of James i., 161-5-2.5 ; ed. by C: W. lUissell and J. P. Prendergast. "In the present volume will be found a series of im- portant papers concerning the plantation of Ulster; also abundant documentary materials relating to the great northern plot for the capture of the furts in Ulster, fur the surprise and burning of Derby and Coleraine, and the ma-sacre of the new planters inhabiting those towns." Sookneller, Feb. 2. Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry viii. Vol. 5. "During the years 1531 and 1.532 the centre of interest is at home, in Parliament and Convocation; and the foreign correspondence, which was the chief feature in Mr. Brewer's work, becomes less prolific. Spain con- tinued to urge the Pope against Henry viii., Clement was pleading for time, and France tried to isolate Eng- land; but the scene did not change, and no transaction occurred of derisive moment to English diplomacy. Mr. Gairdner has been able to publish a volume equal to all its predecessors by including the letters of the im- perial amlmssiidor, Chapuys, which were seen hy Mr. Froude too late to influence his narrative, and have been made by Mr. Friedmann the groundwork of searching investigations into the life of Anne Boleyn." — Acton in the Academy, Jan. 15. Gurney, E. The power of sound. "Has succeeded to an unusual degree in avoiding opposite dangers. The author's logical faculty is unde- niable, and at the same time the book aifords abundant evidence of a vivid, though perhaps a highly idiosyn- cratic, appreciation of art in more than one direction. The book covers a wider ground than its title indicates. ... .\. chapter, for instance, on 'The elements of a work of art', wliich appears to us to be among the most original parts of the book, has as much reference to the other arts as to music. ... ' His view either is entirely original or develops existing theories in a novel manner. Thus, for Instance, he insists on the existence of devel- oped melody in two dimensions ; a^ being (that is to say) essentially the resultant of two fictors, not merely of uotes in pitch to which rhythmic adjustment supplies a mere framework, but (in every case) of just that partic- ular set of time-relations in simultaneity with just that particular set of pitch-relations. The chapters iu which this thesis is developed contain, we think, much which will be found suggestive even by experienced musicians. Again, the author sets forth with btriking originality the two aspects of melody, as structure and as motion — a melodic form being, as it were, an ideal motion, 'not an idealized quintessence of any sort of physical motion, but ideal in the primary Greek sense of Itea, ideal as yielding a form, a unity to which all the parts are neces- sjiry in their respective places'. ... Much of the earlier portion of Mr, Guruey's hook is unc[uestionably difficult reading. 'I'lie latter part, after the establishment of fundamental principles is completed, becomes easier and more flowing. Tlie chapters, fur instance, on 'The two ways of hearing music', on 'Mucic as impressive, and music as expressive', on *Song', on 'Opera', and on •Musical criticism', may he read with great interest, some of them even with great amusement, hy persons without special training uf any kind." — Speciatur. Dec. li.-). Hawthorne, J. Yellow-cap, and other fairy stories for children. "Mr. Julian Hawthorne does not seem to know what a fairy tale really is, and he has given us a series of allcixnries instead." — Atli., Dec. 18. Hement, P. De Tmstinct et de I'intelligence. "Ouvrage instructif et singuli^rement agreable. ... Nous somines en presence d'un observateur patient et sai,Mce que ii'est proprement ni cartesien ui darwiniste, et dont la prudcnte modestie evite avee soiu les geniSrali- sations aventureuses et les idees absolues." Number 67.' 26 [Apr. 22, 1881. Hill, Sir R. and G: B. Life of Sir R. Hill, and the history of the penny postage. 2 v. "The interest rarely flags; the reader follows with equal admh'atioii and delight as the new powers of light and order penetrate the aneient ahiding places of chaos and old night, and expel Lhcni thence. For Rowland Hill's 'postal reforms' consisted in far more than a reduction of postal rates. This reduction was only one external manifestation of a vast reconstruction of the entire machinery for the conveyance and delivery of letters, money-orders, newspapers, hooks, etc., without which the reduction would never have been more than an impracticable idea.'' — Nation, Feb. 24. Holmes, 0. W. The guardian angel, ■\v5f-h734g2 Huefifer, F. Richard Wagner. (Hueffer, F., ed. The great musicians.) Hunt, Mrs. A. W. The leaden casket. (Leisure hour ser.) VEr-HL9L "A well-conceived plot, clever condensations, life-like characters which become as real to us as those of Mrs. Elton and Mr. Collins, and fragments of conversation and description whicll will forever be interwoven with the subjects of which they treat." — Leonora B. Lang in the Academy, Jan. 8. Ives, C: The isles of summer ; or, Nassau and the Bahamas. Jenuess, J. S. The Isles of Shoals ; an historical sketch. Jokai, M. Le mariage de Pouchkine ; imite de Maurice Jokai, par L: XJlbach. 3e ed. VN-\VF'J675I — Le tapis vert, imite de Maurice Jokai; par L: Ulbach. 3e ed. tnwf-j67t Journal de menuiserie. 16e, 16e annee. 2 v. Keary, A. Oldbury. 2 v. King, !M. B: Pierce ; a memorial collection. Ladies' Commis. on Sunday-School Books. Cata- logue of books for Sunday-school libraries, and of books of reference for Sunday-school teachers. New ed., rev. and enl. — 1st, 2d suppl. Lamb, iJrs. M. J. Homes of America ; -with ilhist. Leasing, G. E. The education of the human race ; from the German. Longman, F. W. Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War. (Epochs of modern hist.) Macarthur, M. History of Scotland. (Freeman, E: A. Hist, course.) McPheraon, E: Plandboolc of American politics for 1880. Magnin, A. The bacteria; trans, by G: M. Stem- berg. Mahafiy, J: P. Descartes. (Knight, W: Philo- soph. classics for Eng. readers.) "The life is excellently told. The clear and bright style of the professor accords well with the varied inci- dents of his hero's career. He takes his readers through the camps and the schools of the early part of the 17th century without taxing too heavily their attention or their knowledge of history. ... Throughout the character of Descartes is made rather disappointing: his excessive caution in publishing his real opinions, his want of self- respect in dealing with royal persons, and his pride in his own originality, come out strongly in Mr. Mahaffy's portrait." — Athenmum, Feb. 26. Maherault, M. J. F. L'ffiuvre de Moreau le jeime. Markham, A. H. A polar reconnaissance ; voyage of the Isbjorn to Novaya Zemlya in 1879. Martin, F: The statesman's year-book, 1881. Martin, II. N. The human body ; account of its structure and activities, and the conditions of its healthy working. (Amer. sci. ser.) Milman, F. M. Memoir of R. Milman, vi^ith a selec- tion from his correspondence and journals. Mist^re du Viel Testament, Le; pub. avec introd., notes, etc., par le baron J. de Rothschild. T. 2. (Soc. des Anciens Textes Franc.) Munro, W. H. History of Bristol, R. I. ; story of the Mount Hope lands, from the visit of the Northmen. Nasse, E. Das venetianische Bankwesen im 14., 15., und 16. Jahrhundert. (Jahrbilcher fiir Nationalokonomie unci Statistik. 1880.) " Well known in connection with the field of economics in general, and banking and currency in particular, of the European history of which he possesses an extraor- dinary knowledge." — T. E. C. I^eslie in Acad., June 5. Palgrave, R. H. I. Bank-rate in England, France, and Germany, 1844-78 ; with remarks on the causes which influence the rate of interest charged ; and an analysis of the accounts of the Bank of England. Passavant, J; D: Le peintre-graveur. 6 v. Playfair, Lt. Col. R. L. Handbook to the Medi- terranean ; its cities, coasts, and islands. Ruskin, J: Arrows of the chace ; a collection of scattered letters; ed. by an Oxford pupil, with pref. by the author. 2 v. "The 'Oxford pupil' has the gift of editing. ... Out of the deeps of periodical literature, from among the shot-rubbish of well-nigh 40 years of journalism, he has recovered 107 public letters, on matters of interest either imperial or parochial, by the ablest and most vigorous correspondent of the epoch. These he has arranged, not chronologically, but topically. ... His work may fairly be described as a perfect example of the art and mystery of explanatory and illustrative arrangement." — Ath., Dee. IS. "Under the title of 'Arrows of the chace ', a collection of letters, quaint, rare, and whimsical, some of them dull, others amusing, and all irradiated by a gleam of genius, is laid before the world. Mr. Kuskin has had all his life a propensity for sending letter.-, to the news- papers. Mr. PiLiskin writes a preface, dated from Rouen, to say th.at he has been reading those remnants of his old self, it is almost needless to add, 'with much con- tentment and thankful applause'. He does not find a word in them to change. There is not a statement in them which needs to he retracted. Happy assurance! He has delivered more obiter dicta than any other man of his generation; and now, when he re-reads these letters, some of which go hack to 1843, he finds all very much just as it ought to be. The preface — not the least remarkable part of the hook — is a eulogy of the letters, whicli it does one good to read in these days, when men are weakly afraid to praise themselves in a straightforward, businesslike way. ... These volumes resemble the tales of a campaigner. They are the records of a long series of controversies, for the most part of a very brisk and hot character. Nine-tenths of the letters arc replies to persons who have, in Mr. Ruskin's judgment, been deeply in error; and part of the other tenth consists of challenges to people who, to Mr. Ruskin's disgust, are preserving recreant silence." Number 67.] 268 [Apr. 22, 1881. Safford, Mrs. A. E. Memoir of D. Safford ; by bis wife. Sainte-Beuve, C: A. Nouvelle correspondance ; avec des notes de son dernier secretaire. " Ce qui nous frappe eurtout en lisant ces lettres, c'est I'ennui et la lassitude; Sainte Beuve etait, d^courage, et, dans cette 'nouvelle correspondance', comme dans les lettres precedentew, on remarquera un peu d'araertume." — Rnnie (Critique, 30 aofit. *'I1 y a 14 bien des billets insignifiants, de petite mots ecrits 4 la hate. Au milieu de ces miettes reciteillies sous la table, quelques lettres trds intereseantcs qui meritent, en etfet, d'fitre eonsei-v6cs." — Maxime Gau- chf-r in Rev, poL et lit., 14 aout. Saint- Victor, P. de. Hommes et dieux ; etudes d'histoire et de litterature. 5e ed. "In a volume named 'Hommes et dieux ', published many years ago, M. de Saint- Victor collected a number of his scattered papers. He wrote about Greek art and religion, about Helen and Artemis, about Henry iii. and Neni, about Charles ii. of Spain, about the mediaeval Jews, about the poets of the (jreek Anthology, and a hcore of other subjects; and all his essays had some rather remote or even fantastic interest. They were almost overladen with far-fetched verbal ornament, though the search for images and illustrations obviously gave the author no trouble. His mind is an opulent store of simile and anecdote, and he scattered lii.s wealth 'as rich men give, that care not for their gifts'. The conse- quence has been that English essayist.i steal freely from M. de Saint-Victor, and abstain from calling attention to his 'Hommew et dieux'." — Sat. rev., July 17. Schmidt, A. Paris pendant la Revolution, d'apres les rapports de la police secrite, 1789-1800 ; trad, franqaise accompagnee d'une preface, par Paul VioUet. T. 1 : Affaires politiques. "Les sujets principaux qui y sont traite.^ concernent I'influence exercee pendant cette periode par des minori- Xirn bruyantes, les clubs, les cafes politiques; le morceau le jjlus considerable est consacre i la,ieunes6e parlsienne et k son rule. L'auteur ^ insisted sur ce point d'une mani^re toute speciale, et c'est la partie de son volume la plus interessante. ... Les notes qui le savant traduc- teur a aJouLec.s au volume, les suppressions memi's qu'il a cru devoir faire, portent la marque d'un esprit juste, erudit, et honn^tement liberal. On scut partout la pre- occupation de trouver la veritc et de la dire telle quelle s'est presentee apres de nombrcuses rechcrclus. M. V. a control^ mC-me les assertions bibliogi-apbiques les plus minutieuses de son texte et 11 les a redressiSs en maintes occasions." — Bulletin critique, 1 oct. Sime, J. History of Gennany. (Freeman, E: A. Hist, course.) Smith, K. B. Rome and Carthage, the Punic wars. (Epochs of anc. hist.) Suffolk Co., Mass. Registry of deeds. Suffolk deeds. Liber 1. (Boston. City Gov. Pub.) Temple, Sir R: India in 1880. "Since Mr. .J. S. Mill wrote his famous apology for the East India Company, nearly tive-and-twenty years ago, no sucli I'orcibie ai-gument in favor of British rule has been adduced as Sir R. Temple's volume." — Sat. rev. Jan. 2!i. " Sir Richard Temple ... has been Lieutenant-Gov- ernur of Bengal, Finance Minister of India, and Governor of Bombay. ... The booli is a vade mecum for the statesman, the journalist, the politician." — Examiner, Jan. 8. Thomas, B. The Tiolin player. 3 v. vef-t361v "Miss Thomas's new novel is a success. She has now chosen a satisfactory theme, and produced a well con- structed story. Miss Thomas seems to have borne in mind the obvious rule, so simple to lay down, so difficult to observe in the heat of writing, that the essential thing in a novel is the story, and that comment and description must only be accessory. In studies of character her bool« is unusually rich." — Ath., July 10. " AVe find in Miss Thomas's work now before us almost every merit except the necessary one — of life. Perhaps the book would never have been written if Consuelo had never existed ; but the resemblance is not decided enough to be called an imitation, and lies more in a sort of echo of George Sand's manner than in aught else," — Specta- tor, Nov. 1.3. Thompson, E. History of England. (Freeman, E: A. Hist, course.) TroUope, A. The duke's children. 3 t. tef-t74du Trollope, Rev. W: A history of the royal foimda- tion of Christ's Hospital. Tyrwhitt, Rev. R: St. J: Greek and Gothic ; prog- ress and decay in the three arts of architec- ture, sculpture, and painting. XJjfalvy-Bourdon, Mme. M. de. De Paris i Samar- kand, le Ferghanah, le Kouldja et la Siberie occidentale ; impressions de voyage d'tme Parisienne. " Sa galetiS, son insouciance ne la quittent gufire mgme dans les circonstances critiques, et elle a, pour raconter les aventurcs periileuses aussi bien que les petites mi- sdres, une mani^re piquante, un tour imprevu des plus agreables. La frequentation assez prolong6e des Co- saques et des Tartares n'a rien enleve au charme de son esprit. Cette Parisienne si vive, si alerte, est en meme temps une delicate observatrice. Tantot rieuse, tantfit emue — jamais banale." — Georges de Nouvion in Bev. pol. et lit. Dec. 18. Underwood, Gen. A. B. The three years' service of the 33d Mass. Infantry Regiment, 1862- 65, and the campaigns and battles of Chau- cellorsville, etc., in -vvliich it took part. Ussel, le vicomte P. d'. Essai sur I'esprit public dans rhistoire. "Un remarquable essai de philosophic de I'histoire. II s'attache & degager I'ideal social de chacune des civili- sations successives." Van Antwerp, Rev. D: D. Church history. 4th ed,, rev. and impr. 3 v. Vanessa; by the author of 'Still waters', etc. Warren, J. C, M. D. Columnae adiposae ; a newly described structure of the cutis vera, with its pathological significance in carbuncle and other affections. Whitaker, J. A reference catalogue of ctrrrent literature. "Whittier, J: G. The king's missive, and other poems. See a controversy excited by the first poem in the Boston cL. advertiser. Woodward, E. M. Bonaparte's Park, and the Murats. Worcester Society of Antiquity. Publications. No. 13 : Proceedings of the Soc. for 1880. Yonge, C. M. History of France. (Freeman, E: A. Hist, course.) Additions. 2d ser.l BOSTON ATHEN^UM. • [No. 68. May 23, 1881. Adams, C: r., //-. State school supervision ; argu- ment in favor of the 'ten district bill' before the legislative comm. on education, Mar. 2, 1881. Alauzet, I. De la qualite de Frangais, de la natu- ralisation, et du statut personnel des etrangers. 2eed. American almanac and treasury of facts, 1881 ; ed. by A. R. Spoiford. Anderson, J. Scotland in early Christian times. Atkinson, E: Address, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 1880, for the promotion of an international cotton exhibition. Babeau, A. La ville sous I'ancien regime. . "Un livre excellent k tous les points de vue, dont la place doit etre marquee dans les bibliothfeques JL cote des ouvrages de Tocqueville ot de M. Talne sur I'ancien regime. M. B. no fait point, comme ces deux ecrivains, une sorte de synthese pliiloBOphique ; eon role est inflni- ment plus modcste, car il B'est contente de montrer, en citant k chaque pas ses autorites, ce qu'etaient au 17e au 18e ei^cles les villes de notre France." — A. Gazier in Revue critique, Jan. 17. " Quelle variete d'usagee et de coutumes ! Quels ingi5- nieux systemes d'elecLion, dans lesquele les principes de consei'vation sociale ee combinent avec la pratique dee libertes locales! Peu 4 peu, cepcndant, cette extreme diversite s'effa^a. Le pouvoir central se montrait de plus en plus exigeant, sa fiscalite etendait partout son reeeau ; ses agents et see intendante s'attribuaient la supreme autorite, la oil les magistraturea municipales i5taient naguere seules responsables. Aussi, les energies indi- viduelles finircnt-elles par faiblir, et il ne resta que des apparences de libertes. M. Babeau marque les change- ments qui ee produisirent alors dans I'etat des villes." — Charles de Ribbe in Pohjbihlion, Sept. Besnard, F. Y. Souvenirs d'un nonagenaire ; me- moires pub. sur le manuscrit autographe par C. Port. 5f-b46p "Les Souvenirs d'un nonagenaire sont des memoires ecrits sans prif'tention, sans arriere-pensee de publicit<5, par un homme simple et foncierement honnete qui vecut prilis d'un si^cle, entre 1752 et 1842; dans les derniSres annees de sa vie il recueillit tous ses souvenirs et laissa ainsi nn tableau fidele des changements opdres dans la Bociete fran^aise depuir- le r6gne de Louie xv. jusqu'^ celui de Louis Pbilippe. ... Aujourd'hui impossible d'ecrire I'histoire de la fin du 18e sifecle et du commence- ment du 19e sans avoir recours aux ces volumes. C'est 1&, que I'on pent apprendre, sous le veritable aspect, la vie de province autrefois, aux champs et k la ville, ce qui se passait dans I'interieur des abbayes et des ecolee, ainsi qu'a Paris sous le Directoire, etc.; n'oublions pas que Besnard fournit des renseignements aussi detailles que precieux sur la statlstique, I'etat de I'agriculture, les grandes exploitations rurales et Padministration provin- gjaie," Anatole de Barthilemy in Polyhihlio7i, Jan. Bessey, C: E. Botany for high schools and col- leges. (Amer. sci. ser.) Blackwood's magazine. "Tbe interest of the article by Miss Martin is chiefly subjective; it tells us how an artist of distinction con- ceived and recreated the character of Ophelia; weaving from slender hints, or from none, a pretty romance about her heroine's childhood, infusing her own spirit into the character, until an Ophelia possessed of charm and individuality, whether Shakespeare's Ophelia or not, came into being on the stage." — Academy, Jan. 8. Blanchard, H. Discovery and conquests of the Northwest, including the early history of Chicago, etc. Brooke, Rev. S. A: Faith and freedom. Buonarotti, M. A., il vecchio. 60 outlines from [his] principal works in sculpture, painting, design, and architecture. Burke, Sir J: Genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage. 43 d ed. Burnett, Mrs. F. H. A fair barbarian. "Shows minuteness of obsei-vation combined with a freshness amounting to originality. ... The early part will probably remind every reader of *Cranford'. The brilliancy of the contrast between the pretty, fashionable, American girl, and the staid society into which she is plunged at her aunt's in a small country town in England, is the essence of the happy invention upon which the book depends." — Athenceum, March 12. Butler, Lt. Col. "W. F. Far out ; rovings retold. "It is quite impossible to make out the smallest con- nection between the various chapters of this work, or even to do more than guess at the dates or periods of each visit. But every chapter is marked by a thirst for adventure, by the enjoyment of natural scenery, and by a love of fair play." — /Sat. rev. , Dec. 25. " The second portion of the work, in which the Zulus, the diamond fields, the Boers, BanuLoland, and Cyprus are dealt with, is as characteristic as the first, if not quite so romantic and amusing. Col. Butler, while a thorough soldier, and perfectly loyal to England, is sensible of the shortcomings of this country towards all conquered and inferior races, and he is very outspoken about them. It is impossible to read his book without wincing ; British withers are too deeply wrung. And the experience of the present time is justifying his accusations, fulfilling his anticipations, and emphasizing his warnings." — Spectator, Feb. 32. Callot, J. Livre d'esquisses dans la Collection Albertine a Vienne ; avec 50 heliogravures en fac-simile et 8 vignettes pub. par M. Thausing. "There is nothing here partaking of the character of popular illustrations, no elaboration of incident, no attempt to captivate by story, by finished realization, or striking effect. The charm consists in the light, brilliant, sensitive drawing, in the flow of a pencil which seizes all the characteristic points of a design, in the rapid representation of picturesque action, and the fanciful suggestion of images, sometimes intentionally fantastic, more often elegant and graceful. ... The sketches were acquired for the Gallery by the present director in the year 1875 ; they had formerly been in the possession of Mr. Francis Pulsky, of Pesth. Dr. Thausing concludes their date to be between 1624 and 1625." — Acad., Dec. 24. Campbell, K. A pilgrimage to my motherland ; a journey among the Egbas and Yoi-ubas of Central Africa in 1859-60. Carlyle, T: Keminiscences ; ed. by J. A. Froude. "These reminiscences, if in some respects they show Mr. Carlyle in a less amiable light than his admirers could wish, are replete with tenderness and pathos whenever tbcy touch upon the writer's father or his wife, or, indeed, any of those he loved." — Ath., Mar. 12. Castelar, E. L'art, la religion, et la nature en Italic. Cauchy, E. Le droit maritime international. 2 v. Cernuschi, H: Bi-metallism at 15 1-2 a necessity for the continent, for the "U. S., for England. Number 68.' 270 [May 23, 1881. Champlain, S: dfe. "Voyages; tr. from the Fr. by C. P. Otis; with hist, illust., and a memoir by E. F. Slafter. Vol. 1. (Prince See.) Chenier, A. JI. de. CEuvres poetiques. 3 v. "Andre Chenier .a eu Isi bonne fortune d'etre le dernier des clasaiqaen en merae temps que le premier des romjin- tiques; ii a niontre que les anciens n'6taient point des mannequiue, mais dee homraes; de lui datent toutes ces fantaieies n^o-grecques devenues A la mode parrai les gens de gout, lea nymplies anx blanches upauies, aux noms barmoniuiix, anx pieds legers et dansants, II a subetitue le classique fraia au clasBique fan(S." — A. Gartault in Rev. pol. et lit., July 27, 1878. Church, E. R. How to furnish a home. (Apple- tons' home boolts.) Clarke, J. F. The legend of Thomas Didymus, the Jewish skeptic. " There ia no laclc of lives of Chi-iat ... but thia differs from the others iu neither l^tanding on Church tradition and creed, nor in assuming the humanity of our Lord and stripping His life of all mystery. The story is told with absolute simplicity, and the manner in which everything modern is eliminated from it is wonderful. ... Tile writing of the volume haa occupied many yeara." — X. i: Herald. Comines, P. de, sieur d' Argenton. Memoires. Nouv. ed. revue sur un manuscrit ayant appartenu 6. Diane de Poitiers ; par K. Chantelauze. "L'etude d'un manuscrit qui, apres avoir appartenu ^ Diane de Poitiers, eat devenu la propriete de la famille Montmorency-Luxembourg a permie k M. Cliantel.-iuze de corriger un grand nombre de mauvalses lejons et d'apporter de sensiblea ameliorationa au texte de Com- mynea. L'edition de M. Chantelauze est accompagnee de notes tr6s sufflsantea aur les personnages, aur lea pays mentionnea dans les Memoires. Elle est complet^e par un lexique de la langue de Commynea et par une 6tude tres frerieuae aur sa syntaxe." — Georges de Koution in Jiev. pol. tt lit., Dec. 18. *' Les quatre chromolithographies, bien ehoisies, sent rendues k la perfection. ... Les gravures aur boia, fort nombreuses, nous donnent, d'aprea les originaux du temps, dea portraitrj, d'anciens edifices, dea bataillcs, dea chaaaes, ou d'autrcs sc^nea de la vie de cette epoque." — £rii. £. in Polybibliony Dec. Conscience, H: Le fleau du viUage. — Le bonheur d'etre riche; trad. deL.Wocquier. vuzf-cTGf — La mere Job. — La grace de Dieu. — La grand'- m6re ; trad, de L. Wocquier. Nouv. ed. YGZF-c76Me — Le tribun de Gand ; trad, de L. Wocquier. 2 v. vgzf'c76t Contemporary, AprU. " The Dulie of Argyll's paper on 'The origin of reli- gion' iw a good statement of the proposition that the sense of religion ia inatinctive, like the aense of hunger or thirst, hut contains nothing very novel. ' Some new philosophiciil viewa' is a strong laudation of ilr. W. Oyplca'a ' Process of human experience'." — Spectntnr, April '.I. Craik, .W'.s. D. SL M. His little mother, and other tales and sketches. vef-mQIhI Cramp, W. Fac-simile autograph letters of Junius, Lord Chesterfield, and Mrs. C. DajToUes; with a postscript to the first essay on Junius and his works. Crosland, Mrs. N. Stories of the city of London ; retold for youthful readers. "These atories range from the early days of Old London Bridge and settlement of the Knights Templars in England to the time of the Gordon riots ; with inci- dents in the life of Brunei in relation to the Thames tunnel ; narrated from personal recollections." — Ath., Dec. 11. Dennison, W. T. The Orcadian sketch-book ; being traits of old Orkney life, written partly in the Orkney dialect. "-V patriotic effort made by a native Orcadian to save the oral traditions of the Orkney Islands from being entirely lost." — Aihenceum, Jan. 8. Des Cars, A. J. Treatise on pruning forest and ornamental trees ; tr., with an introd., by C: S. Sargent. Devic, C, and Vaissete, J. Histoire generale de Languedoc. T. 6-8. 3 v. Dostoyefsky, F. Buried alive ; or, Ten years of penal servitude iu Siberia ; tr. by M. von Thilo. "Serving as a useful corrective to the sensational accounts of the Siberian horrors which certain French writers of fiction delight in producing." — -lead., Apr. 16. Durand, Mme. A. F. Le moulin frappier. "Mme. Gre\ille has had recourse to Xormandy, and has written a book which ia somewhat different in plan and atyle from any of her others." — Sat. rev., Feb. 5. Ferris, G: T. Great singers. 2d ser. : Malibran to Titiens. (Appletons' new handy-vol. ser.) Forbes, A. Glimpses through the cannon-smoke. " Sketches of life, society, and adventure in many parts of the world, by the celebrated war correspondent of the London Daily news." — Publisher's weekly, Dec. 25. France. Commission de VInventaire General des Richesscs d'Art de la France. Inventaire: Paris, monuments civUs. T. 1. Province. T. 1. Freemasons. Mass. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, spec, com., Jan. 14, 19, quar. com.. Mar. 9, 1881. Fry, J: Bibliographical memoranda ; in illust. of early Englisli literature. FyfFe, 0. A. A history of modem Europe. "In abridgmenta the facta are generally more trust- worthy than the philosophy. But thia rule is not exem- plified by Mr. Fyffe; for, while hie views and deductions are often original and almost always sound, his narrative requires frequent corrections of detail." — George Straf/ieg in the Academy, March 5. Geikie, C, D.D. Hours with the Bible; or. The Scriptures in the light of modern discovery and knowledge. Gervasius Dorobernensis. Historical works. Vol. 2. (Chron. and niem.) Girard, P: S. Recherches sur les eaux publiques de Paris. Giinther, A. 0. L. G. Introduction to the study of fishes. "He has superadded to a careful selection of material a straightforward determination to place what he has to say in the best and most intelligible form, which renders it a model of a zoological text book." — W. S. Dallas in the Acailemy. Number 68.] 271 [May23, 1881. Hall, G. S. Aspects of German culture. *'The principal topics alluded to are metaphysics, psychology, and physiology. Among the men discussed are Lassalle and Lotze. Some allusion is made to the quarrel still going on between the G-erman Government and the Catholic leaders; to the anti-Jewish movement; to Spiritualism in Germany, and to other topics discussed among university people. The hook is not exactly easy reading, but it will interest those who care to keep abreast of modern thought. Such will find it serviceable if they read German; if they do not read German they will find it invaluable and indispensable." — Boston advertiser. Hamerton, P. G. Etching and etchers. New ed. ** Of the 26 etchings few are capital examples or pre- sented in 'states' that do them justice. Thus Le bonhomme mis6re of Legros is thin and hard, and the BiUingsgate of Mr. James Whistler black, without richness, because without gradation. Unger's Sleeper after Ostade is one of the best; it is, indeed, as clever as it can be. Mr. Hole's Leith docks is very good ; Martial's Street angle in the Rue St. Roch is a quite admirable little thing. But few others reach the level of these." — Academy, Jan. 8. Harrison, AV". H. Psychic facts ; a selection from the writings of various authors on psychical phenomena. Hay, M. 0. For her dear sake. (Franklin Sq. lib.) Hayward, A. Sketches of eminent statesmen and writers, with other essays. Reprinted from the ' Quarterly review', with add., etc. 2 v. Contents. Vol. 1. Thiers. — Prince Bismarck. — Count Cavour. — Prince Mettemich. — Charles, comte de Montalembert. — Lord Melbourne. — Marquess Wellesley. 2. Madame de Sevigne. — Saint-Simon. — Madame du Deffaud and her correspondents. — Holland House. — Strawberry Hill. — Byron and Tennyson. — The republic of Venice; its rise, decline, anc^ fall. Helmholtz, H. L. F. Popular lectures on scientific subjects ; tr. by E. Atkinson. 2d ser. Hunter, "VV. W. England's work in India. "The book presents a retrospect of British rule in India, states the problems which are now arising with regard to the food supply and the self-government of the people, endeavors to gauge the preoise dimensions of those problems, and to suggest definite measures towards their solution." — Spectator, Dec. 25. Josephus, F. Story of the last days of Jerusalem ; from Josephus, by A. J. Church. Kettle, K. M. Lord Maskelyne's daughter; a story of the Northern border. vef-k51l *'We still distinguish some touch of the melodrama; but the story moves smoothly and consistently forward from the first chapter to the last. ... Charmingly varied descriptions of scenery. ... Miss Kettle's story is an extremely pretty one in a single volume," — Sat. rev., May 22. Lacroix, P. Madame de Krudener ; ses lettres et ses ouvrages inedits. 2e ed, 5f'k93j "Interessant volume." — Eevue pol. et lit., 20 nov. Le Conte, J. Sight ; exposition of the principles of monocular and binocular vision. (Int. sci. ser.) " In writing this treatise I have tried to make a book that would be intelligible and interesting to the thoughtful general reader, and at the same time profitable to even the most advanced specialist la this department." — Preface. Mac Donald, G: Mary Marston. "The author is somewhat over-dogmatic, and lays down the law about things too arbitrarily; be seems so little able to contemplate the possibility of being mis- taken, that it is now and then a temptation to apply to him what he himself says of one of his characters, ' she's always so sure she's right, that you wonder how the world got made before she was up'. But notwith- standing this fault, Mary Marston is a fine work, which may be read and pondered over with a view as much to improvement as amusement, and which inculcates the two great lessons of entire trust in God, and helpfulness to man for love of Grod." — Spectator, Feb. 5. Macmillan, April. "The best paper about Carlyle's Reminiscences is Mrs. Oliphaut's, though it is rather a sketch of Mrs. Cai'lyle than of her husband. ... The next best contri- bution to the subject is in the Contemporary, probably also by a lady. She, like Mrs. Oliphant, demurs to Carlyle's portrait of his wife, describing her as one 'in whom something of French brilliancy mingled with Scotch raciness', a 'bright, half-formidable, but kindly creature', and she regrets keenly the savage ill-nature of most of Carlyle's references to his acquaintance." — Spectator, April 9. Maquet, A. La maison du baigneur. 2e ed, 2 v. vff-m32m Marias Michel, MM. La reliure frangaise depuis I'invention de I'imprimerie jusqu'k la fin du 18e siecle. " Le premier chapitre est un lucido et complct expose des qualittSs qiu I'on doit demander k une reliure pour etre bien faite. II y a li des indications, des conseils, comme pouvaicnt seuls en donner des maltres qui joignent la plus recommendable experience an gout le plus d<51icat. MM. Michel retracent ensnite i'histoire de la relieure sous chacun de nos rois ... en finissant k Louis xvi." Maxwell, Mrs. M. E. B. Asphodel. (Franklin Sq. libr.) "In Miss Braddon's later manner. It does not depend upon intricacy of plot, upon crime or mystery; it is as simple a tale as could be contrived, with its interest centered upon one character. The style is wonderfully easy and fluent; the conversations are brilliant, pointed, and vigorous; and the description, of which there is a great deal, is always vivid enough not to be tedious." — AthencBUTn, Feb. 26. Mendoza, D. H. de. Life and adventures of Laza- rillo de Tormes ;■ tr. from the Spanish by T: Koscoe ; [also] The life and adv. of Guzman d'Alfarache or The Spanish rogue, by M. Aleman ; from the Fr. ed. of Le Sage by J: H: Brady. 2 v. vhg-m52 "There are vei'y few books which have had so great an influence on English literature, an efi"ect indirect, it is true, but not the less distinct for that reason. The eft'ect of 'Lazarillo' was, as we have already said, to form a new school of fiction. Cervantes was laughing out of court the unreality of the old romances, and showing the practical anachronism involved in talking high chivalry in a world which had become obstinately prosaic; while the example of the Lazarillo was demonstrating how needless It was to go iu search of outlandish knights and impossible shepherds, when there were far more enter- taining heroes to be picked up in any market-place in Spain. There is no single production of any Spanish writer except Cervantes marked with the same original- ity, invention, and truth to nature." — Ath., Nov. 6. Number 68. J 272 [May 23, 1881. Metternich-Winneburg, C. "W. N. L., ReichsfUrst von. Memoirs. 4 v. "The Napoleonic reminiscences by no meana ended ■with the first half of the memoirs — the appearance of O'Meai-a's book and other personal recollections of th^ emperor calling out from Mctternich another installment of anecdotes, and a more caustic review of Napoleon's character than cvi-n that in the first volume. But the great interest of this second part lies in the recollections and studies of half the leading statesmen of the period covered, of a host of famous people outside political life, and of society at large as be wrote of it in his most intimate letters to his wife and friends; while his record of the political events of the time makes the publication of tliese long-supprer-Hod papers a contribution to graver history aw well. Finally, Metternich's own account of the measures which made his name famous as the chief opponent of liberal ideas, is something which every student has long looked forward to; and from the murder of Kotzebae until 1830, the wljole progress of his conflict against modern political creeds is here clearly traced by his own hand." Minnesota Historical Society. Biennial report to the legislature, session of 1881. Mollett, J: W. Sir D: Wilkie. (lUust. biog. of the great artists.) Newcomb, S., and Holden, E: S. Astronomy for students and general readers. 2d ed,, rev. (Amer. sci. ser.) New York Belting and Packing Co. India rubber and vulcanized rubber fabrics adapted to mechanical purposes. Nichol, J: English composition. 2d ed. (Green, J. K: Literature primers.) " Prof. Nichol is a bold man. In a little book so cheap that every one can find money to buy it, so short that every one can lind time to read it, so clear that every one can find brains to understand it, he makes a daring attempt to destroy one of our best-established industries. He aims at teaching people to write briefly and clearly." — Sat. rev., Jan. 4. North Carolina. General Assembly, Senate. Journal, 1st session, 1862. Oakey, A. F. Building a home. (Appletons' home books.) Oliphant, L. The land of Gilead, -with excursions in the Lebanon. " His volume from first to last is composed in the main of fresh materials." " One object of his recent journey was the restoration of the JewH to the Promised Land by the aid of that cbaracteti-tic modern engine, the joint-stock company (limited). For most readers the principal charm of the book will be the singularly agreeable narrative of a journey through regions more replete, perhaps, with varied and striking associations than any other in the world." — Athenceum. " Mr. Oliphant has In his time filled with credit many literary parts. Years ago his volumes of travel were noted for their ea.->y, humorous, and brilliant style. He edited wittily and capably a 'society journal', when that terra implied something very dift'erent from what it does to-day; he has been a satirist of modern manners; and he would now contribute to the fulfilment of ancient prophecy, one object of his recent journey being the restoration of the Jews to the Promised Land by the aid of that characteristic modern engine, the joint-stock company (limited)." — At/icnceuin, Jan. 1. Oneida Historical Society. Transactions, with the annual addresses and reports for 1881, the Paris re-interment, and papers read before the Society. O'Reilly, J: B. The statues in the block, and other poems. O'Reilly, Mrs. R. Sussex stories. '* The short and simple annals of the poor are not often pleasanter reading than in these Sussex stories. Eeal records they must be, if not always of literal fact, yet of character and action as seen by an intelligent observation, quickened by a sympathy peculiarly alive to the feelings, trials, opinions, and prejudices of the class depicted." — Sat. rev.y July 3. Ottley, AV: Y. Collection of 129 fac-similes of scarce and curious prints by the early masters of the Italian, German, and Flemish schools, illust. of the history of engraving. Packard, A. S., Jr,, M.D. Zoology for high schools and colleges. 2d ed., rev. (Amer. sci. ser.) Paley, F. A. Greek wit; a collection of smart sayings and anecdotes, tr. from Greek prose writers, Paris. Institut. Acad, des Beaux Arts. Diction- naire. Vol. 3. Peschel, O. F. Abhandlungen zur Erd- und Yolk- erkunde ; hrsg. von J. LoAvenberg. Pickering, E: C: Variable stars of short period; repr. from Proc. of Amer. Acad, of Arts and Sci., V. 16. Pistoye, A. de, and Duverdy, D. C: Traite des prises maritimes. 2 v. Prutz, R. Ncuc Schriften zur deutschen Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte. 2 v. Rabbi Jeshua ; an Eastern story. "Scholarship and eloquence. ... Fascinating style. ... As a memoir on the life of Our Lord when stripped of all supernatural attributes and circumstances, it is not only a clever sketch, but a powerful testimony to the mighty influence on humanity which the mere human of Christianity has exercised. The stores of Oriental myth and legend on which the author draws throw great light upon the surroundings of the central figure of the narra- tive, and enable us to understand much which before seemed vague and uncertain. But the most remarkable feature in the whole book is the life and movement which is thrown into the word-pictures which the author paintf-." — Sat. rev., March 5. Renan, J. E. L'eau de jouvence ; suite de Caliban. ■ '■A kind of recantation or counterblast, the follies and faults of the Legitimist party being shown up nearly as glaringly as the follies and faults of the Democrats were in Caliban. The political scope of the book also includee a terrible attack on Germany, which, from a purely literary point of view, is one of the best things the author has done, a rather unkind side-blow at the pro- moters of international and unlimited copyright, and a good many other things beside. The way in which these various topics are brought within the compass of a short dramatic romance of 120 loosely printed pages ie, to say the least, ingenious." — Sat. rev., Dec. 4. Riddle, A. G. The house of Ross, and other tales. w5F-R433h Wright, II. C. Six months at Graefenberg; with conversations on non-resistance and other subjects. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTOlSr ATHEN^UM. [No. 69. May 31, 1881. Allen, G. The evolutionist at large. "The 22 short papers which mivke up the present volume treat of a great variety of eubjccte. Now it is a troop of ants, now a skeleton of a bird, now a wild strawberry, now a plate of walnxits. A bit of clear description, whether of au individual structure or of a particular habit of life, leads on insensibly, by what eceras a perfectly spontaneous kind of talk, to a glimpse of-the many interdependences of nature and of some wide-swaying biological law. So simple and intelligible, indeed, is Mr. Alleu'w presentment that a good part of the contents of the volume might, I think, be read by an intelligent child, and serve such child as an excellent introduction to the study of natural history." — James Sully in the Acadeiiii/, March 26. Alq, Mme. L. d'. Traite de la dentelle au fuseau. Anthropological Society of Washington, D. C. Abstract of transactions for two years, ending Jan. 18, 1881. Ashwell, A. K. Life of S: Wilberforce. Vol. 2. Audsley, W. and G. Handbook of Christian sym- bolism ; with illust. Augustine, Sister (Amalie von Lasaulx). Sister Augustine an old Catholic, Superior of the sisters of charity in the St. Johannis Hospital at Bonn ; auth. tr. from the German Memo- rials [by A: J. C. Hare]. Austin, Mrs. J. G. A nameless nobleman. (Round- robin ser.) wSp-AuTSn " The hero is said to have been a real personage, a Br. Francis Le Baron, who for some unknown reason gave up rank and country to hve and die a surgeon in a little New England town. ... The time is during the French and Indian war. The story is full of romance and contrasts, and quite different from the usual run of novels." — Fub. loeekly, April 23. Bagehot, W. Biographical studies. . "We know of no book in which the thoughts of the average Englishman of \A'iliiam iii.'s time are so clearly set out as in the essay on Bolingbroke. Mr. Bagehot had a singular gift for divining what stupid people think. He was not repelled by them, as is ordinarily the case with men at once so able and so briUiant as he was. On the contrary, he took a specific pleasure in tracing the course of their thoughts to results, and explaining the quaint processes by which they arrived at them." — Spectator, Feb. 26. Bentzon, Mme. Yette. vff-44y "Charmant volume qui s'ouvre par une curieuse description des moeurs de la Martinique." — Ad. Le Rehonll<-t in Eev. pol. et lit., Dec. 18, 1880. Bikelas D- Loukis Laras ; reminiscences of a Sciote merchant during the Greek war of independence; tr. from the Greek by M. Gennadius. "The story has already been published in French, German, Danish, and Italian. The Greek Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies has now republished 'Louki Laras' for the second time as a book for use in Greek schools of the higher class." — Ath., Nov. 6. Boston. First Church. Commemoration of the completion of 250 years since its foundation. Caius, J: Of English dogges, 1576. "A handy reprint of a very rare little book, the first which in the English tongue was devoted to the nature and history of the dog." — Academy, July 24. Campbell, Lord J: Life, from his autobiography, diary, and letters. *' The vivid representation of the character and history of a strong, resolute, laborious, and essentially kindly man." — .s'a^ rev., Feb. 5. Capper, S: J. The shores and cities of the Boden See; rambles m 1879 and 80. Chorley, H: F. Memorials of Mrs. Hemans. Copp6e, H: History of the conquest of Spain by the Arab-Moors. 2 v. "His two principal Arabian authorities are J. A. Conde's Historia de la dominacion de los Arahes en Espana, of which Renan, one of the most eminent of living Semitic scholars, said : 'His work [the history] swai'ms with blunders and nonsense', and Gayangos* translation of Al Makkari's Mohammedan dynasties in Spain, a work scathingly handled by Dozy, who eays of Gayangos and his predecessors ; *Cl'S messieurs onteerit sur des choses hors de Icur poi't6e." — Literary world. Marcel 12. Gushing, AV: Suppl. index to North American review, v. 126-131, 1878-80. Cutler, T. A. A grammar of Japanese ornament and design. "Mr. Cutler has rightly concluded that 'to make clear the motives of decorative ornament among the Japanese it is necessary to give some idea of the principles which guide them, and the influences by which they are gov- erned'. This work Mr. Cutler has satisfactorily, if not exhaustively, done." — Spectator, March 12. Dhammapada, The ; a coll. of verses ; one of the canonical books of the Buddhists ; tr. from Pali by F. M. Muller. Dorman, K. M. Origin of primitive superstitions and their development into the worship of spirits and the doctrine of spiritual agency among the aborigines of America. Dutt, T. A sheaf gleaned in French fields. New ed. Dwight, H: O. Turkish life in war time, "Deals with the people rather than with the armies and actual warfare." Elyot, Sir T: The boke named the gouernour ; ed. from the 1st ed. of 1531 by H. H. S. Croft; with portraits of Sir T: and Lady Elyot. 2 v. "So minute and microscopic, indeed, are the notes, and at the same time so discursive, that it would be rash to pronounce an opinion as to what may not be found in them. The result is a kind of cyclopaedia of the man ners, literature, and law of the first half of the 16th century in England, such as probably can be found nowhere else in the same compass. It is in the glossary at the end of his second volume that Mr. Croft has done a real and solid service to English philology, and laid the students of our early literature under a lasting obli- gation. Sume notion may be formed of the vast scale on which this glossary has been carried out when it is known that it contains more matter than is to be found in either of the volumes of Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps's well-known dictionary, and this though the editor does not profess to notice words of ordinary occurrence. When he docs get upon a word of ambiguous meaning, dubious etymology, or otherwise calling for discussion and explanation, Littre himself has not displayed more zeal." — At/ienceinn, March 26. "If the reader wishes to judge how much thought and labour, how much obsolete and eccentric learning, and how much patient research the editor has expended, we Number 69.] 274 [May 31, 1881. advise liim to turn to the chapter on Dancing. ... The G-onernour was so popular that it was issued eight times during the 16th century, and then passed completely out of sight until a taste for our old literature revived. ... The object of the book is the instruction in virtue of those who arc destined to hold authority in the State. Social philosophy had very early begun to arrest the attention of the humanists of Italy, and a whole literature may be said to have been inaugurated by Pandolfini's dissertation, 'Del governo della famiglia'. The very year after Elyot's book appeared there was posthumously published a work which reversed the medal and showed the seamy side of princely education — the 'Principe' of Machiavelli; nor can anything show more distinctly the ethiciil tendency of the age than the success of these two productions. But between Pandolfini and Elyot there had flourished a whole century of moral philosophers deeply enthralled by the bearing nf education upon the family and the ^tate." — Edmund W. Gosse in the Academy, Jan. 1. " These books have an intere^^t in their bearing on the history of the English language. ... Elyot saw clearly that a vast multitude of notions could never be expressed by terms built up on purely English roots; and be there- fore adopted a method just the opposite of that by which Mr. Barnes is trying now to effect a counter- revolution. He helped to make the substitution of such terms as 'forebegged thought puttings' and 'twinsuch- ness ' for ' preconceived ideas' and * duality ' impossible." — Sat. ri'V., March 12. Fontane, ^I. L'Inde yedique. "M. Fontane nou.s transporte dans une dpoque reculee quinze ou viugt siecles avant JiSsus-Christ, chez les Aryas, il nous depeint par le menu les moiurs de cette race primitive. ... Xe nous attendons k trouver dans ce livre ni divisions mtithodiques, ni dates precises, ni noms de heros re^umant tout une 6poque. Ce n'est pas une histoire comme celles que nou.^^ sommes habitues d, lire; c'est un tableaux, un tableaux eomplet — trop com- plct peut-etre — mais plein de couleur, de variety ct de mouvi inent. L'erudition de M. Fontane nous promcSne dans un espfece flottant de dix slides environ, en nous interer-sant aux destinees d'un peuple qui, en voulant s'eteiidre et s'agi-andir, perd son ind^pendance et sa vertu, et, en reculant I'horizon de hcs ambitions, prepare Hnii assei'vissement, sa dissolution et sa mort. ... La critique competente dcmandera peut-ctre k M. Fontane s'il croil pouvoir tirer du Uii;-\'eda — qui est la grande source i laquelle il a largement puisse — une histoire que ofFre de sufBsantes garanties de certitude. Cette objection nousparait sOrieuse. ... D'autrcs reclameront sans doute centre cette utopie d'une siicietO primitive parfaite. ... I'n livrc tout fait d'luthousiasme et qui i-aconte po6tiquemeiit, d'apres un grand poeine, une grande eptique poetique." — Albert C/tabrier in L'fiv. pot. et lit., Jan. 1. Fraser, A. C. Berkeley. (Knight. W: Phil. classics.) Gill, Ki'V. W: W. Historical sketches of savage life in Polynesia, with clan songs. "A residence of 26 years in the islands of the Southern Pacific has given to Mr. Gill a clear Insight into the manners, habits, and religion of their inhabitiints; and the extreme isolation of the Ilervey Isles, in which our author lived, has tended to preserve the purity of their traditions." — Athenceum, Dec. 18. "The principal means by which history is transmitted without writing are the genealogies and songs. The former answer for chronology, the latter for annals, and both are transmitted by memory with remarkable accuracy. By means of these two aids Mr. Gill has been able to compose a history of Mangaia with scarcely a break since it was first colonized from. Rarotonga, more than four hundred years ago. It is scarcely too much to say that by this feat Mr. Gill has, all uncon- sciously, thrown light on the Homeric question and dispersed some of the gloom that envelopes early Hebrew history. This constitutes the scientific value ,of his book." — Exam., Oct- 30. "Two facts force themselves very prominently upon us as we read Mr. Gill's volume. One is the matter-of- fact character of traditional history, and the clear line of division which marks it off from myth and legend. The Mangaian traditions could not have had a greater claim to truthfulness and fulness of detail if they had been preserved in contemporaneous documents. The other fact is the repulsive character of them all. As we read on we become almost wearied of the same monotonous tale of bloodshed, cruelty, and deceit. ... Let those who decry missionary efforts in the Pacific study the traditions Mr. Gill has set before us, and compare Mangaia as it was in the days of paganism with Mangaia as it Is now. Christianity has changed a scene of inter- necine war and perfidy into one of peace, order, and confidence." — A. II. Sayce in the Academy, Jan. 22. Gordon, J. E. H. A physical treatise on electricity and magnetism. 2 v. "A clear and interesting account of the best modern instruments and methods of experiment in electricity and magnetism. The illustrations arc particularly good." — Athenanim, Nov. 13. " Probably the best book of the kind that has ever been published in England." — A. W- Rcinold in the Academy, Nov. 6. Griffig, W. E. Japanese fairy world; stories from the wonder-lore of Japan. " His style is deficient in literary grace and charm, but with some revif^^^)n, and a little more condescension on the part of the publisher to human prejudices in favor of a pretty book, the Japanese fairy world could hardly fail to be generally acceptable." — ^pi ctator, Dec. 2-5. Harries, E: Memoir of the puljlic life of J: C: Plerries in the reigns of George iii. - Victoria ; with an introd. by Sir C Herries. 2 v. "Mr. Edward Herries is a vigorous and skilful writer, and a considerable part of hit; work is devoted to a vindication of the party to which his father belonged. ... Mr. Herries' authority on questions of economy and finance was generally recognized. Lord Ashburton said that he was the best financier with whom he had ever transacted business ; and Lord John Russell expressed nearly the same opinion." — Saturdaij rev., Jan. 1. Hillern, AV. von. The hour will come; a tale of an Alpine cloister ; from the Geiman by C. Bell. Jenkinson, C:, Ld. Tlan-kesbury, \st Earl of Liver- pool. Treatise on the coins of the realm; in a letter to the king. Johnson, K. W. Memoir of ^Maj. Gen. G: H.Thomas. Kingsley, C: Gospel of the Pentateuch and David, (Vol. 2o of his AVorks.) Koerner, K: T. Life, written by his father, with selections from his poems, tales, and dramas ; tr. from the German by G. E. Richardson. 2 V. vG*K84e La Madeline, H: de. La fin du marquisat d' Aurel. Number 69.] 275 [May 31, 1881. La Rue, H. Melanges, historiques, litteraires et d'economie politique. ■w4l-l26 Law, E:, 2d Lord Ellenborough. Diary kept while in office, 1828-30 ; ed. by Lord Colchester. 2 V. "Consisting mainly of notes of Cabinet mectins:a, made from day to day by a Minister." — Sat.rev.,'M.iw.b. Lodge, H: C. A short history of the English colonies in America. Mahaffy, J. P. Descartes. (Knight, W. Philos. classics.) *' The autbor has talked vury little about the philosophy of Descartes, but occupied himself mainly in givin"; an account of the man, his life, his relations to the Church, to courts, to society, and so on. And, even with respect to Descartes' writings, Prof. M-ihafly seems to think that it belongs to his purpose to give an account of his work in mathematics, astronomy, optics, and so on, quite as much as in philosophy; at least he gives considerable space to setting forth his achievements in these branches of science. By thus conceiving his subject, the writer has certainly succeeded in making a readi^ble volume. The history of the French gentilbomme's friendship with royal ladies, of his coquettings with the Church, and even of his quaint physical conceptions as to the vortices and the pineal gland, have on the face of them, a charm which it would be more difficnlt to extract from the doctrines of innate ideas, of perception, or of logical method, as unfolded in the 'Ragles pour la direction de I'esprit'." — Sat. reo., Feb. 19. Mann, I. J. River bars ; notes on the causes of their formation, and on their treatment by 'induced tidal scour', etc. Marshall, W. Gr. Through America ; or, Nine months in the United States. ""With nearly 100 woodcuts of views of Utah country, and the famous Tosemite Valley, etc. Contains a full account of Mormon life as noted by the author during his visits to Salt Lake City in 1878 and 1879." Maurice, C. E. Lives of English popular leaders. Yol. 2. Merimee, P. Lettres k M. Panizzi, 1850-70; pub. par L: Pagan. 3e ed. 2 v. vp5-mo4p "L'histoire trouvera des indications precieuses dans ces lettres. ... Quant a leur valeur litteraire, il n'y a pas i discuter. C'est un plaisir de lire ccs pages si vives, si alertea, petillantes et etincelantes, d'un tour si fran^ais. Vrai repas de lettr6 gourmet." — Maxime Gaucher in Eev. pol. et lit., fev. 26. "Le ton general du 2e volume me semble moins vif ct moins gai. On sent une certaine tristesse d^couragee. ... Moins de vingt jour aprfes Sedan Merimee mourait. C'etait pour lui un coup terrible, un coup dont on meurt. Cesar tombant ainsi, quelle eclaboussure pour I'ami de Cesar ! La publication de ces lettres ou I'on pent voir que I'ami dc Cesar croyait dans une certaine raesure a la grandeur d'ame de (Jesar rendra done service a son nom. L'illusion, t;n pareil cas, devient une circonstance attenu- ante." — Maxime Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit., March 12. Mivart St. G: The cat; an introduction to the study of back-boned animals, especially mammals. '* The author is well known as one of the first of living zoologists. While accepting the principle of evolution in general, he is considered the chief opponent of Darwin in denying its application to human intellect." — Pub- lisher's weekhj, April 16. Mongredien, A: History of the free-trade move- ment in England. Miiller, F: M. Selected essays on language, mythol- ogy, and religion. 2 v. "They contain the more important essays from his Chips from a German workwhop, with many additions, and a number of new articles." — Acad., Dec. 24. Murray, A. S. History of Greek sculpture from the earliest times to the age of Phidias. "It constantly brings to bear on the main subject, not only the abundant resources of the place where it has been worked out, the British Museum, but also the impulse and spirit which arise from a steady intercourse with students of kindred tastes and aspirations. The early history of Greek sculpture is richest in histor- ical importance. It is there that wc find specially the true key to the understandintj of the whole development of art in Greece. ... With few exceptions the illustra- tions are excellent.'' — Otto JSenndorf in the Academy, Nov. 13. N., ISI. Frederik Muller. Parr, Mrs. Adam and Eve. 3 v. *' This charming writer has never excelled some of the graphic scenes to he found toward the close." — G. £. Smith in the Acadcmij, Nov. 20. Payne, E. J., ed. Voyages of the Elizabethan seamen to America; 13 original narratives from the collection of Hakluyt. " In a very interesting introduction he gives a rapid sketch of the course and the effects of modern discovery. He clearly traces the work done by the different nations of Europe in opening up the world. Wc may ask, he says. How is it that in the beginning of its liistory we find America wholly Spanish and Portuguese, and at the end of a century find it has become European ? The solution to this question is to be found, as our author says, in the narratives of tlie Elizabethan seamen. It was these daring men, and not the Puritan emigrants of New England, or the commercial adventurers who culti- vated the tobacco plant in Virginia, who were the real founders of English America." — Sat. rev., March 19. Payne, J: Intaglios ; sonnets. vbp'p29i — Lautrec ; a poem. VEP*p29ii — Songs of life and death. vep-p29s Peard, Miss P. M. Mother Molly. "Miss Peard has left the rose garden of Bayonne and the orchards of Normandy for the more invigorating airs of Plymouth and Dartmoor in the stirring times of 1779." — Atht-noium, Nov. 13. Pincott, P: Analytical index to Sir John Kaye's History of the Sepoy war, and Col. G. B. Malleson's History of the Indian mutiny. Pritchett, R. T. *Gamle Norge'; rambles and scrambles in Norway. Reclus, E. The history of a mountain. "The nature of the rocks, the mode of their deposition, the story told by the fossils they contain, the manner in which they were originally elevated, the subsequent sculpture they have undergone by rain, wind and torrents, the landslips that destroy them, the clouds that gather round them, the snow, the avalanches, the motion of glaciers, the production of moraines, the plants and animals that dwell among them, the human mountaineers who till them, nay, even the cretinism and the goitre which afflict their inhabitants — all are rapidl^ sketched by M. Reclus in clear and vigorous language." — St. James* gazette, London. Nimiber 69.1 276 [May 31, 1881. Roskoff, G. Das Religionswesen der rohesten Na- turvolker. "He (.iidciuurs to refute Sir John Lubbock's thesis that theix' exist certain rude tribes among which no trace of religious ideas is to be found. The evidence collected concerns systems of faith and superstitions from all parts of the gloljL-, and shows in particular tliat the belief in sorcery and evil spirits is nearly universal. What ife fepccially valuable, the author has not confined himself to bringing together many curious details regard- ing the fitlk-lnre and the popular superstitions of barba- rous nations, but he has carefully analyzed every belief to which he rel'cr.-i, and tries to find out its psychological basis. He has, to our mind, fully proved his point." — Acad., J;iu. 17, 1880. Saintsbury, G: Dryden. (Morley, J: Eng. men of letters.) "He has m.istercd the literature of Dryden's age. He posse^s(■s cntbusiasm and breadth of sympathy. ... He defends Dryden with much zeal from what he terms the reckless abuse of Lord Macaulay and Mr. J. R. Green." — AttifiitPion, March 26. "Xothing could be more business-like than his style. It i» rapid witlinut great vivacity, curt rather than con- cise, peppery at times rather than anlniated, and has the air of a brisk young lawyt-r dispelling the cobweb mistiness of a fogy opponent before a jury of practical men. In controversy it is especially at home, and has a knack of converting criticism into controversy with gi^-at cleverucss and promptitude, and thereupon displnying resources of intolerance, summarnuss, and surprised contempt that are considerable and effective, being in general judicial and dcnerved and the reverse of urbane. The conscious absence of nonsunse is, perhaps, its main characteristic ; it.-< allusions are pat, its statements direct, its infui'cnccs plain, and, to be logical, you feel as if the party of tlie other part must be either incredibly ignorant or incredibly absurd. Su far it is evident enough to whom belongs the credit of its invention. It is, however, an evolution rather than an imitation of Lord Macaulay's style; the latter has a rhetoric of its own so marked as to captivate tlie imagination of the hundreds of thousands in whose breasts it awakens a responsive thrill. Rhetoric is a stranger to the style of Mr. Saintsbury and his * set'. It is as foi-eit^'ii to it as poetry or pliant grace. Straight- forwardness is pursued to the verge of sterility, and the only affectation that remains is tlie *affecting to be un- affected' — as Coni^aeve happily phrased it." Seward, G: F. Chinese immigration in its social and economical aspects. Shaler, N. S., and Davis, W: M. Illustrations of the Earth's sniface : glaciers. Texier, E., uiul Le Senne, (J: ^r(.■■^^1l[ls. " L'idee ]»i'eiiiiere do ce recit n'est pas absolunient neuve. Eniile AuL^ier, par excmple, a deji mis a la scene IHiiventeur, et Pregalas est un inventeur. Mais dans la eoniedie d'Emile Augier, M. Guerin relegiiait rinventeur an second plan; mais ici le thfeme est traite avec des variatiuns inedites; mais enfin les details, les personn;iges de second plan, la tranie des eveueiuent, tout entin eimtribue ^ rajounir le fond." — JIuHme Ganclier in Rev. jiol. et HI., 16 oct. Thorns, AV: J. Hannah Lightfoot; Queen Charlotte and the Chevalier D'Eon ; Dr. AVihnot's Polish princess ; repr., with add. from 'Notes and queries'. " Mr. ThoniR has in fifty I'eadable pages corrected the credulities of a century's gossip, and contributed some very important historical facts." — Aih., July 24. Trollope, A. The life of Cicero. 2 v. "The great novelist's knowledge of Latin is much too slender, and his grasp of Roman history much too * feeble, for the task which he has attempted. Moreover, his Grrcek, we fancy, is even weaker than his Latin ; and he does not, as he tells us himself, read German at all. Mr. Trollopc's Cicero obviously challenges comparison with Mr. Fronde's Caesar. Accuracy was not the chief quality displayed in the latter's 'Sketch', but both as an historian and a scholar, Mr. Froude is more accurate than Mr. Trollope." — Spectator, March 12. *' What really delights us in Cicero — and delights us all the more the better we know him — Mr. Trollope has keenly felt and told with skill and warmth. The many little blunders and misconceptions in his volumes will not seriously impair their value for the majority of persons who take them up. The average reader will find there a real living Cicero. Mr. Trollope writes from his heart; if sometimes with sprightliness a little forced, yet at others with an almost episcopal earnestness." — ^Y. Warde Fowler in the A<: Wex, Sir (i. Lecture on the progress of the work of completion of the new improved bed of the Danube at Vienna, etc.; tr. by G. M^eitzeL Wicliif, J: English works hitherto unpub. ; ed. by F. D. ilatthew. (Early Eng. Text Soc.) "The editor of this volume has steered clear of any extreme view, though it is easy to see on w^hich side his prejudice lies, and has made a very fair defence of his protege against the charge of fanaticism ; but he has said not one word on another charge which is less easily dif-posrd of. AVe hear a good deal in these days of 'clergy eating the bread of the Church whilst they preach and uphold doctrines not sanctioned by the Clmrch. Now the most remarkable feature in 'W'yclif'a life is that he should have continued to say Mass till the last week of his life, when it is plain that he did not believe the doctrine of the Church in which he was a priest, either on this point or on many others. An important contribution to the history of the Church. For Catholics and Protestants alike must admit that AVyelif was In the truest sense the precursor of the Reformation. ... Thei-e is some disappointment at being told of alraofet all of the li>; treatises, published under the title of 'The English woiks of Wyclif, that they are of very doubtful authenticily. The editor has left nothing to be desired in his brief account prefixed to each one of the tracts." — Snt. rev., Feb. 5. — Trialogus cum supplemento ; recens., etc., G. Lechler. Additions. 2d ser.l BOSTON ATHENJSUM. [No. 70. June 16, 1881. Abbott, E. A. How to tell the parts of speech ; an introdiiction to English grammar ; rev. and enl. by J: G. R. McElroy. About, E. F. V. Le nez d'un notaire. vff'AbTn Alger, W: R. The school of life. American art review. 1880. American journal of mathematics pure and applied. Vol. 1, 2. Appleton, J: H., and Sayce, A. H. Dr. Appleton ; his life and literary relics. "He constituted himself the Apostle of Research. Indeed he himself invented the phrase, once ridiculed, but now generally accepted, 'endowment of research', and organized a public movement in its favor. Circum- stances have not as yet much favored the development of his pet hobby, but if commissioners eventually lend their countenance to a scheme by which the spirit of research may be fostered and enlarged, it is to the enthu- siasm of Charles Appleton that the credit will he mainly due." — Exandner, Jan. 22. The relics are : — An unfinished work on the Ego ; — Copyright; — Doubt; — Atheism. Art treasures of America. Section 1-5. Audsley, — , and Bowes, — . Keramic art of Japan. "The present volume is something more tlian a 'cheaper edition'; itismorecorrect and more handy." — Academy, March 26. Badeau, A. ililitary history of Ulysses S. Grant, from April, 1861 to April, 1865. Vol. 2, 3. Becker, B. H. Disturbed Ireland ; letters during the winter of 1880-81. " One of the most trustworthy pictures that is accessible to the public of the sister island as it is. Of course it is not a complete picture. All Ulster, the north midland counties, and the south-eastern counties, are untouched." — Examiner, Jan. 15. Blake, W: Works ; reproduced in fac-simile from the original editions. Contents. Songs of innocence and of experience. — Book of Thel. — Vision of the daughters of Albion. — America; a prophecy. — Europe; a prophecy. — The Ist booli of Urizen. — The song of Los. Boston Monday lectures, 1880-81. Christ and modem thought ; with a preliminary lecture on the methods of meeting modem unbelief, by Joseph Cook. Brooke, S. A. Faith and freedom. " 23 sermons delivered during the years between 1870 and 1880, when the Rev. S. A. Broolce finally withdrew from the Church of England and assumed the position of an independent preacher; the sermons are designed to illustrate in a measure Mr. B.'s doctrinal development." — Publishers' weekly, April 16. Burbridge, F. W. The gardens of the Sun; a naturalist's journal in Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago. " The main object of Mr. Burbridge's journey was the collection of rare plants and their transfer to Ent^Mand. There arc interesting notes on such matters as the preparation of gutta-percha, india-rubber, camphor, and sago ; on the workers in gold and iron, and other handi- craftsmen, who, it is observed, except in boat-building, always employ the ratan in place of nails or pegs; on music and musical instruments; on the power of the sumpitan or blowpipe, with which the author frequently saw fish killed at more than a foot below the surface of the water." — Athenmim, Jan. 8. Burroughs, J: Pepacton. "Essays which relate to nature and animal life, showing a rare keenness of observation and sympathy with all the life and movement of external nature." — Publishers* weekly, April 30. Busbequius, A. G. Life and letters; by C: T. Forster and F. H. B. Daniell. 2 v. Carter, J: Specimens of Gothic architecture and ancient buildings in England. 4 v. Charles i., of England. Warrant to execute Charles i., 1648. Broadside. Chorley, H: F. The national music of the world ; ed. by H: G. Hewlett. Church, E. R. The home garden. (Appletons' home books.) Clarke, J. F. The legend of Thomas Didymus. "The descriptions in the book, and its explanatory element, are its best features. Its defects as a narrative are probably unavoidable. It has a curious, but perhaps unconscious, 19th century standpoint, as if Thomas were looking back on the scenes and events he describes out of the present mist of perplexity and doubt which surrounds many incidents in the life of our Lord. This is specially apparent at those points where the G-ospels fail to harmonize, or upon which controversy has arisen. The work is successful according to the possibilities of its plan, but no such work can be completely successful." — Literary world, April 23. Collins, W: W. The fallen leaves. 1st ser. 3 v. "The main interest of the story does not lie in the plot, but rather in the characters and in the novel situations he has found, yet there is a sense of consistency and completeness, which draws from the reader as he proceeds the keenest interest, in spite of an occasional touch of melodrama." — Brit, quart, rev., Oct. Cook, C. "What shall we do with our walls? " Cornhill magazine, April, 1881. "Mr. Ewald gives us the results of his investigations into the 'Youth of Henry v.', and succeeds in showing, contr.ary to Shakspere, that he was an eminently respect- able young man. Indeed a careful study of his reign leads us to consider him a prrg and a fanatic, rather than a large-minded and adventurous hero." — Academy, April 16. Cumming, Miss C. F. G. At home in Fiji. 2 v. "Fully illustrated from the author's sketches." Cundall, J. Bookbindings ; ancient and modern. Delord, T. Histoire illustree du Second Empire. "Nouvelle edition, complfetement remaniee par I'au- teur." Dickens, C: Dictionary of days, an every-day record of 1880 ; with calendar, etc., for 1881. Edwards, M. B. Forestalled; or, The life-quest. 2 V. vep-ed94f Etcher, The; 18 examples of the original etched work of modern artists. Vol. 1, 2. Ferris, G: T. Great singers. [1st ser.] (Apple- tons' new handy-vol. ser.) — The great violinists and pianists. (Appletons' new handy-vol. ser.) Fields, Mrs. A. A. Under the olive. 2d ed. w5p-f463 Fields, J. T. Underbrush. New and enlarged ed. Finson, L., and Howitt, A. W. Kamilaroi and Kurnai; group-marriage and relationship, and marriage by elopement. Number 70.] 278 [June 16, 1881. Fitch, J. G. Lectures on teaching ; delivered in the University of Cambridge during the Lent term, 1880. "Even in higher instruction the art of using books is far too mnch supposed to come by nature. Our young students at the universitice must waste much time and lose many opportunities of extending their knowledge for want of hints which any one accustomed to work in librarifK could give th^-m in half an hour, but which, as things are, it is nobody's business to give them. Wc turn out — or did turn out until very lately — finished scholars who liave simply read specific bookK they were told to read, and are helpless in a library or a museum." — Saturday rev., March 26. Foster, A\'. E. The literature of civil service reform in the United States. Geiger, L. Contributions to the history of the development of the human race ; lectures and dissertations ; tr. from the 2d German ed. by D, Asher. (Eno-. and for. phil. libr.) Glanvill, J. Scepsis scientifica ; or, Confest ignor- ance the way to science ; with Heply to the exceptions of T: Albius. Goethe, J: W. von. Faust ; a tra*;edy ; tr. into English verse, with notes and prelim, remarks, by J. S. Blackie. "Bayard Taylor's translation of Faust is more than good; it i.-- a masterpiece in itH way." Goldsmid, Major- General Sir F. J. James Outram ; a biography. 2 v. "Owing to his eminent public services and a private character of almost fabulous purity and chivalry, a peculiar interrst will ahvays attach to the name of Outram. His career was remarkable even in India." — Atheiiimni, July 24, 1880. Goodale, E. Journal of a farmer's daughter. Goodrich, A. J. Music as a language ; or. The meaning of musical sounds. Havard, II: La Ilollande a vol d'oiseau. "M. Havard a encore des choscs inlerespantes k dire sur la Ilollande apres tout ce qu'il en a dit." — Georges de Xi>iir,it publication of the original." Peirce, B: Ideality in the physical sciences. Phinney, E. 0., M.D. Letters on the eucharist; addr. to a member of the Church of Rome. Proctor, K: A. The poetry of astronomy ; familiar essays on the heavenly bodies. *'Prof(-S-or Proctor's volumi.' exhibits no feeling what- ever, except an occasional abortive attempt to be playful, and an occasional more successful attempt to be sarcastic on those who have si^oken poetically." — Lit. world, Jan. 29. Reinhardstoettner, C: von. Die plautinischen Lustspiele in spilteren Bearbeitungeu. 1. Amphitruo. Renan, J. E. Ai-mengaud, fils de Blaise, medecin. — La bienheureuse Christine de Stommeln, be- guine. — Guillaume de Xogaret, legiste. — Jean Duns Scot, frfere mineur. Renault, L: Introd. a I'etude du droit international. Revue critique d'histoire et de litterature. 14e annee, 2d semcstre. Nouv. ser., v. 10. Rollins, Mrs. E. H. Old time child-life. "Graceful, homely, quiet sicetches." — Sat. rev., Jan. 29. Romanische Studien ; hrsg. von E: Boehmer. Ser Bd. Ropes, J: C. AMio lost Waterloo ? Sacher-Masoch. Basyl, der Schatzgi-aber, und andere seltsame Geschichten. St. Giles' lectures. 1st ser.: The Scottish Church from the earliest times to 1881 ; prefi.\ed, An hist, sketch of St. Giles' Cathedi-al, by "\V: Chambers. Sayous, M. Jesus Christ d'apres Mahomet. "I)iscussc-f. a curious point in the history of the rela- tions between the Jews and the Arabs, and of the conse- quences which these relations produced, so fai- as the development of I^lamism is concerned." — Gustave J/fifiHOn in the Athcnfi2>(m,'DGC.2b. Schoen, II: T. Studienreisen cines jungen Staats- "w'irths in Dcutschland am Schlusse des vor- igen Jahrhunderts. Schulze, E. ilykenai ; eine kritischc Untersuch- ung der schliemannschen Alterthiimer unter Vergleichung nissischer Funde. " Tile defence of a thi'ory about the origin and occu- pants of the gravi s on the acmpolis of Mycenee, which was pi-opounded at L!:re:iter length by M. Stephimi in the recent issue of the Oomiite-Ilendu of the Russian Archae- ological Commission." ~ At/tewKni, Aug. 21, 1880. Schurz, C: Visit of the Hon. Carl Schurz to Boston, March, 1881. Sebillot, P. Litterature orale de la Haute-Bretagne. (Lit. pop., v. 1.) VFL-SE2 " I'ersonne jusqu'ici ne sY-tait snucie de la litterature legendaire de la Haute Iiret;jgne. La Bretagne est le pays du merveilleux; aussi la moisson a-t-elle etc bien riclie." — J[wiiiu fr in Rt'V. pol. et lit., 13 nov. Seiss, J. A., h.D. Jliracle in stone; or, The great pyramid of Enypt. 9th ed., enl. Semper, K: Animal life as affected by the natural conditions of existence. (Int. sci. ser.) Spruner, K. von. Hand-Atlas fiir die Geschichte des Jlittelalters und der neuereu Zeit. 3. Aufl., neu bearbeitet von T. Menke. " The new edition of Spruner's well-known historical atlas contains 90 colored maps, with 376 smaller side maps, as against 73 and 119 respectively in earlier edi- tions." Trollope, A. John Caldigate. 3 v. vEF'T7tj TroUope, H: M. Corneille and Racine. (Oliphant, ilrs. M. 0. W. Foreign classics for English readers.) " It would seem as if Mr. Trollope, when he Bat down to write this book, had never read the whole of either of his authors, and it is tolerably certain that he had read little or nothing of their contemporaries. Such work is not particularly creditable to the writer, and can be of very little use to the reader." — Ath. Turner, C: T. Collected sonnets, old and new. vep't854 "Full of beauty, of suggestiveness, of 'the light that never was on land or sea', of the music that Uves on in the ear and heart long after the book is laid aside. Xot only the true song of a poet, but the record of a beautiful and harmonious life." — Spi^ctator, Jan. 2.1. Tylor, E: B. Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and civilization. "A well-defined outline of the subject, drawn with the lirmness of a master-hand. ... If this book were placed in the hands of an intelligent youth, it would give point to much that is meaningless in the routine of his school duties; it would tend to freshen his work, and give zest to his study of language, of mythology, of history, perhaps even of mathematics. The chapters on the development of the industrial arts would certainly throw a new light upon many commonplace objects; while the frequent references to survivals from a former state of things would show that an unsuspected meaning often lurks in the most insignificant of trifles." — F. W. RiuUi',- ill the Ariidcmij, May U. Undset, I. Etudes sur I'age de bronze de la Hon- grie. Victorian review, The; ed. by H. M. Franklyn. Vol. 1. Nov. 1879 -Aprd 1880. Taken as published. Vie moderne, La. 2e annee. 1880. Walker, Col. J. T. Account of the great tiigono- metrical survey of India. Vol. 6. Wallon, H: A. Histoire du Tribunal Revolution- naire de Paris. 3 v. " L'histoire du Tribunal Revolutionnaire est le comple- ment naturel, le couronnement neeessaire des Ijelles etudes de I'auteur sur la Terreur, dont le tribunal est le principal et le le-gitime instrument." — Miu-ime de la Uui^hfU'He in Potybiblion, Jan. Ware, Mrs. II. Life's seven ages ; a novel. 3 v. VEF-W221l, Watts, Mrs. A. il. H. An art-student in Munich. 2d ed. 2 v. "In the recently published re-edition of tills fascinating book we find several details, forming a kind of appendix tu the original work, regarding the painter Kaulbach — the object of llrs. M'atls's extreme admiration — in the closing days of his career," — Athencami, March 13. Wyckoff, ■\V:C. The silk goods of America. 2ded. Zeitsehrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesell- schaft. Bd. 34. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 72. July 30, 1881. Acland-Troyte, J. E. Through the ranks to a commission. "The marked success which this hook has h;id in England shows how deep and strong is the interest which a new phase of human experience excites. An Oxford graduate, who was smitten with a love for 'soldiering' during the iirst enthusiasm of the volunteer movement after the Franco-German war, entered the ranks by ordinary enlistment, in the hope of winning the commission in the regular army which lie had foiled to secure by regular appointment, becjmse he had passed the age at which the law limits the commissioning of University men. The narrative of the writer's expe- rience has some of the best features of good story- telling." — Nation. Adam, Apocalypse of. Fragments du livre gnos- tique, intitule Apocalypse d'Adam ou Peni- tence d'Adam ou Testament d'Adam ; d'apres deux versions syriaques par E. Kenan. Extrait du no. 17 de I'annee 1853 du Journal asiatique. Annuaire de reconomie politique et de la statistique ; par M. Block. 1875-80. Arnold, G: M. B. Gainsborough. (lUust. biog. of the great artists.) Arundel Society. Chroynolithographs, 1881. The transfiguration ; after the fresco by P. Peru- gino ; drawn by signor Eattorini. Badeau, A. ililitary history of Ulysses S. Grant, from April, 1861, to April, 1865. Vol. 2, 3. "_V history should have two qualities in a high degree : it should be readable, and it should be trustworthy. These volumes possess the first quality. They are nowhere dull, and they are often intensely interestirn;." Baines, T: Yorkshire, past and present ; a history and a description of the three ridings of the great County of York, from the earliest ages to the present time ; with an account of its manufactures, commerce, and civil and me- chanical engineering ; inch an account of the woollen trade of Yorkshire, by E: Baines. 2 V. in 4 div. Baird, B. Impressions and experiences of the AVest Indies and North America in 1849. Baker, AV: il. Blessed Saint Certainty ; a story. w5F"]tl76B Bandelier, A. F. Historical introduction to studies among the sedentary Indians of N. Mexico ; Keport on the ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos. (xVrchiEological Inst, of Amer. Papers. Amer. ser., no. 1.) Barry, AV: J. Up and down ; or, Eifty years' Colonial experiences in Australia, California, New Zealand, India, China, and the South Pacific ; being the life history of Captain AV. J. Barry, by himself. "A perusal of this volume leaves the stay-at-home Englishman in the condition of a child who has had his first gaze into a kaleidoscope. ... 'Shooting Black- skins', 'Lynch, a demon', 'Black snakes en route', 'Murderous Yellowskins', 'Cannibals at elbow', ' Kissed by Mrs. Brown', 'Gold! gold!', 'Kay the robber chief, 'Nearly nipped by Black Bill', 'Wreck, ruin', 'Desper- ation ' ' Selling a young woman ', and 'An idea of author- ship*, are fair, though casual specimens of the horrors and vicissitudes which it has been the fate of the Captain to undergo in his fifty years of colonial adventures." — Saturday review, May 8, 1880. Baudouin iii., King of Jerusalem, Li romans de Bauduin de Sebourc, 3e roy de Jherusalem ; poeme du 14e siecle. 2 v. vro-]}328 Bible. N. T, The New Testament ; tr. out of the Greek; being the version set forth 1611 com- pared with the most ancient authorities and rev. 1881. Bredif, L. Political eloquence in Greece : Demos- thenes, with extracts from his orations, and a critical discussion of the "Trial on the crown" ; tr. by M. J. Macmahon. Bright, H: E. A year in a Lancashire garden. " Mr. Bright takes us with him i-ound his garden, points with pride and pleasure to its beauties as they in turn reveal themselves, and makes us feel something of the interest which intelligent ownership ought always to evoke. A lively anecdote, an appropriate quotation, a classical reference which stimulates one's memory, and sometimes one's criticism also — these are always at Mr. Bright's command, and render him a very pleasant com- panion. With him flowers are not mere vehicles for introducing color into a garden. In each of them, sep- arately, a special interest is taken, and with each some particular association is connected." — 0. J. Robinson in Acad., Aug. 20, 1879. "Those who require systematic information on the way to manage a garden must not look to Mr. Bright for hints. ... He leads his readers on, month by month, varying occupation and converse according to the season, but throughout all letting them enjoy themselves in an agreeable, rational sort of way, as intelligent men with a disposition to be pleaded and with a well stocked memory should do." — Ath., ..Vug. 2, 1879. Bry, T. de. A new artistic alphabet, designed 1595. "Reproduced from a copy in the late Sir William Stirling Maxwell's library at Kier. Few persons would suspect how large a number of ornamental alphabets have been published, and yet the late Sir ^^'illiam Max- well had a library of them. Some are of great beauty, and the present work is one of the most artistic. Theo- dore de Bry was a goldsmith, an engraver, and a hook- seller, and with the aid of his two sons he published the famous series of Travels in the East and West Indies, which is the pride of the finest libraries. The letters iu this alphabet are boldly defined, and the ornaments consist of human figures, birds, fish and fruit. The ■ ornaments are arranged in the most varied manner, but the whole series is conceived in a thoroughly harmonious spirit." — Antiquary. , Buchon, M. Le Matachin. — Le gouffre gounnand. VFr'B85M " Unfortunately, Max Buchon's collection of the ballads of Franche-Comte has long been out of print, but his novelettes are easy to obtain. No visitor to Salins should fail to put Le Matachin in his pocket. Although it is nearly thirty years since the book was written^ it gives a picture of life among the vintagers of Salins and its neighborhood in which there is hai-dly a word that might not have been written to-day. The stories of Max Buchon hold a place in French literature that cannot he said to be very significant, hut which is unique as far as it goes. He is the only Frenchman who has been strongly influenced by the popular and legendary folk-tales of Germany. In reading his Miirehen, for such they really are, we are constantly reminded, not only of Hebel, of whom he was confessedly a disciple, but of the early manner of Aucrbach and of the less-known stories of the Bernese Oberland, told in Swiss patois by Jercmias aotthelf." — tiat. rev., Feb. 19. Kumber 72.] 286 [July 30, 1881, Butsch, A. r. Die Biicher-Ornamentik der Renais- sance. 2. Theil : Die Biicher-Ornamentik der Hocli- und Spatrenaissance. Caderas, G. F. Nouvas rimas. Poems in the RomanHh laugnage. Caro, A. Delle lettere scritte a nome del cardinale Alessandro Farnese. 2 v. Colville, J: Original letters, 1.582-1603 ; added, his Palinode, 1600, with memoir. (Banna- tyne Club, 1858.) Contemporary review, June, 1881. "Mr. Knighton's • Ilominiscencea of Carlyie' -will deepen the impression that there was a good deal of the wind-bag in tlie worshipper of reality, und also the impression of his bad temper." — Sj/ectafor, June 4. Cook, JI. The wilderness cure. Crawford, J. C. Recollections of travel in New Zealand and Australia. "Forcibly illustr.ites the absurdity of communism by the example of the Maoris." — .Irad., Aug. 7. "The autl]or was present when the firwt settlers arrived in New Zealand, and records his early experiences of travel and life in the colony in its wild ^tnte. Two chapters are devoted to a sketch of the geology and physical geography as bearing on the development of economic industries." — Royal <.Ttogrei:tatrjr, .Vug. 9, ISTii. Scott, W: 13. The little masters. Vmili ids. Albrechl -Vltdorfer.— Hans Sebald Beham. — Barthel Beham. — iTciiirieh -Vldegrever. — Lfeorg Penez. — Jacnl, Biuck. — Hans Brosamer. Shadwell, Lt. Gen. L. Life of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, illust. by extracts from his diary and correspondence. 2 v. "His consent to publication was extorted with difli. culty, and on the condition that only a slmjile narrative of his services should be given. Even a simple narrative of the career of the gallant old sailor could not fail to be interesting." — Athenamni, April 2. Shakespeare, W: Sonnets ; ed. by E: Dowdeu. Shepherd, R: H. Bibliography of Carlyle ; a bib- liographical list, arr. in chron. order, of the pub. writings in prose and verse of T: Car- lyle, 1820-81. Stevens, H: Historical collections ; catalogue of the 1st portion of the collections of rare books and mss. rel. to the history and litera- ture of America, [to be] sold July 11, etc 1881. Thomson, J. To the Central African lakes and back ; narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's East African expedition, 1878-80; with biog. notice of K. Johnston, portraits^ and a map. 2 v. "Mr. Keith Johnston's early and much-to-be regretted death gave to an enthusiastic Dumfriesshire student of geology just out of his teens the opportunity of leaping into the front rank of geographical adventurers. ... q'he unconscious revelation of a young, fresh, and thoroughly Scotch intelligence. There is an open-eyed, breezy healthiness about the book which puts one not a little in remembrance of that other very clever but rather self- conscious young Scotchman, Mr. Robert Louis Steven- son." — .Sijectiiiof, June 11. Trollope, A. South Africa. 3d ed. 2 v. "Mr. Trollope's faculty for vivid description, his robust political sense, his frankness of comment, and entire freedom from pretence of knowing more than he does, his hearty en.ioymcnt of life, and power of comma- nicating the sense of it to his readers, give his books of travel a value all their own. There is no work on our South African colonies which contains half as much information as Mr. Trollope's, conveyed in the same fresh and readable style. ... When we compare the chapters on Xatal with such a work as that published by Ml'. Brooks — by far the most complete account of that colony — we become sensible of a certain inevitable thinness and skelchiness, but the general reader will leant from Mr. Trollope as much as he cares to know." — E.i-aminer, March 2, 1S78. "In his two volumes on so very dull a subject as South Africa there is scarcely a dulh page. An excellent map is given with the first volume, and with it and Mr. Trollope's descriptions South Africa becomes an intelli- gible sort of district — very big, very dreary, fall of bluish-black nun, and sparsely peopled with a humble order of Europeans, but still a possible place to Uve in, and with a possible future before it. ... This strange colony or dependency has expanded without any English- man, otHcial or unofficial, wishing that it sliould expand. The Dutch held the Cape as a house of call on the road to their Eastern possessions. When our Eastern pos- sessions became of sufficient importance, we thought tliat we should like to have the house of call for our- selves, and took it. The Dutch who had been estab- lished in this corner of South Africa, and over whom we thus came to rule, ran away from us, and we ran after them. That is the basis of South African history." — Sat. rev.., Feb. 23, ]S7S. Wilson, i?ei). J; Thomas Carlyle, the iconoclast of modern shams ; a short study of his life and writings. "A short study of the life and writings of I'arlylo, illustr.atedwitb original matter and information regarding the principal Carlykan localities. One document will be Included which, if not the earliest specimen of 'Car- lylese' now extant, will, it is said, throw light on the formation of his literary style." — .IWk- ,;,(«/«, March 6. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 73. Aug. 3, 1881. Addison, J. The Addisonian miscellany ; a selec- tion of pieces from the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian ; prefixed, the life of Addison. ve3-ad2 American naturalist, The ; an illust. magazine of natural history. Vol. 14. Amos, A. The great oyer of poisoning ; trial of the Earl of Somerset for the poisoning of Sir T: Overbury. Andrews, L., Up. Works. 11 v. (Libr. of Anglo- Cath. theology.) BaiYifly. Vol. 1-5. Sermons. 6. Pattern of catc- cbistical doetriae. 7. Tortura Torti. 8. Responsio ad Apologiam cardinalis Bellarmini. 9. Opascula qiiajdam postbnma. 10. Prcces privatie quotidianaa. 11. Minor works. Life, etc, Antras de Samazan, J: d', seigneur de Cornac. Memoires, suivis de documents inedits sur les capitaines gascons pendant les guerres de religion et de la genealogie de la maison d'Antras. 5p-an85 Argyle papers. The. Bagehot, "W. Biographical studies ; ed. by B,. H. Hutton. "An ingenious foreign critic has iiazarded the assertion that in 20 years' time Walter Bay:ehot will be generally l-egarded as the most distinctively English writer of his generation." — Athenmum, June 18. Barlow, J. Two letters to the citizens of the U. S., and one to Gen. Washington, 1799, on our political and commercial relations. Besant, W., and Rice, J. The seamy side. 3d ed. 3 v. vef-b463s " The clever authors have devised a singularly inge- nious complication of events for the plot of their latCNt novel, which, besides the perception of character and the lightness and humour of writing that belong to most of their worlis, possesses a strong dramatic element." — Sat. rev , Feb. 21, 1880. Beveridge, W:, Bp. Theological works. 12 v. (Libr. of Anglo-Catholic theology.) Bjoernson, B. Synnove Solbakken; tr. from the Norse by R. B. Anderson. Author's ed. vcwg-b55s "A picture of Norwegian life of charming simplicity." Black, W: The beautiful wretch ; a Brighton story. (Franklin Sq. lib.) Blocqueville, A. L. d'E., marquise de. Le marechal Davout. 4 v. 5f-d31b Boisjolin, J. de. Les peuples de la France, ethno- graphic nationale. " If, he says, we wish to form some idea of the homo Occident.ilis, the abstract European type, we must study the French people between the rivers Seine and Marne; but in the first place it is indispensable that we should tnow the fundamental laws of ethnography, and become acquainted with the developments of a science which is justly considered as the basis of all sound historical knowledge. Such is the object of M. de Boisjolin's preface. It is an excellent piece of writing, full of ingenious views about language, religion, natural history, fCc. The influence of races, exaggerated, no doubt, by MM. Henri Martin and Augustin Thierry, is well ex- plained, and the author devotes separate chapters to the various races which have contributed to the formation of the French n.ationality, concluding by a chapter on that nationality itself." — Sat. rev., Sept. 7, 1878. Bramhall, J:, D.D. Works; with [his] life and a collection of his letters. 5 v. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theology.) Budington, W: I. History of the First Church, Charlestown. Bushnell, H. Building eras in religion. Note. This forms vol. 3 of his Literary varieties. Buxton, H. J. W., and Poynter, E: J. German, Flemish, and Dutch painting. (Poynter, E: J. Illust. text-books of art.) Cable, G: W. Madame Delphine. w5f-c11m Cairns, J: Unbelief in the 18th century as con- trasted with its earlier and later history ; the Cunningham lectures for 1880. "The burden of the discussion falls upon the 18th century. ... The work of Professor Cairns is neither good history nor correct logic. It is a fair and brief rehash of statements made by former investigators." — Boston Advertiser. Cape God folks. w5p-c17 " The story drags a little in the middle, but there is admirable work in the book, the end is dramatic and touching, and the favorable impression of the story, as a whole, deepens as one thinks of it." Chantelauze, R. Louis xiv. et Marie Mancini, d'aprfes de nouveaux documents. 8fd-c367 " Gives the whole story from authentic documents, many of which have not yet been quoted, or have not been quoted fully. It is a story of considerable historical interest, for political issues of great moment were eon. cerned, and of still greater interest of a personal kind." — Sat. rev., Feb. 5. Cheales, A. B. Proverbial folk-lore. 2d ed., rev. and enl. "He does not merely illustrate and comment on single proverbs, butgroups whole classes of proverbs together." — Westminster review, Jan. Cherbuliez, V. Noirs et rouges. 4e 6d. vff-c42n "A novel equal in mei-it to bis excellent 'Jean Teterol. It describes a struggle for the heroine between the world (in the best sense of the word) and the Church." — Athe- nceum, April 2. Child, E. Genealogy of the Child, Childs, and Childe families of the U. S. and Canadas, 1630-1881. Clercq, A. de. Kecueil des traites de la France, publie sous les auspices deC.de Freyoinet. T. 11. 1872-76. Clive, Mrs. 0. W. Paul FerroU. vef-c61p Conway, M. D. T; Carlyle. Cooke, R. Visitation of the Co. of Lincoln in 1562-64 ; ed. by W. C. Metcalfe. Cosin, J;, Bp. of Durham. Works. 5 v. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theology.) Craik, Mrs. D. M. M. Poems. vei"m915 Crakanthorpe, B: Defensio ecclesife AnglicauEe. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theology.) Croly, T> : Index to the ' Tracts for the times ' ; with dissertation. Cartius, E., and others. Die Ausgrabuugen zu Olympia. Bd. 4. 1878-79. Daudet, E. Le lendemain du peche. vff-d263l De Burgh, W; Elements of maritime international law, with a preface on some unsettled ques- tions of public law. Niunber 73.' 290 [Aug. 3, 1881. Doolittle, M. Historical sketch of the Congrega- tional Church in Belchertown, Mass. Du Boisgobey, F. L'equipage du diable. 2 v. vff'd855e — Ou est Zenobie? 2 v. tff-d85oo "D«6 lt'8 premiures pages, on est forteraent intrigu6; il faut aller Jusqu'au bout. — Firmin £oi^wii in Poly- hiblion, avril. Evans, J: Ancient bronze implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland: Fabre, F. Mon oncle Celestin, mccui-s clericales. 2e ed. vff-fIImo Fabretti, A. Terzo supplemento alia raccolta delle antichissime iscrizioni italiche. Farina, S. Love blinded; tr. from the Italian by Marcellina. vig'f22 "A compact little story, prettily told, with a certain combination of the sentimental, the gallant, and the domestic in tone; there is a touch of Italian grace throughout." — Ath., Nov. 8. Feuillet, O. Histoire d'une Parisienne. 15e ed. tff'f43hi Feval, P. H: C. Le capitaine Simon. — La fille de I'emigre. VFrT43.5c Flaubert, G. Salarambo. Ed. definitive, avec des documents nouveau. tff-f61s — La tentation de Saint Antoine. Seed. vff-f61t Fleury, J: Marivaux et le marivaudage, suivi d'une comedie de la suite de Marianne par Mme. Riccoboni, et de divers morceaux qui n'ont jamais paru dans les ccuvres de Marivau.x. XVFZ-M338 Forbes, W: Considerationes modesta; et pacifica; controversiarum. Ed. 4a una cum versione Anglica. 2 v. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theol- ogy-) Frank, M., D.D. Sermons. 2 v. (Libr. of Anglo- Cath. theology.) Gaboriau, E. Les comediennes adorees. 5e ed. — Les gens de bureau. 7e ed. vff'gIIg — Mariages d'aventure. 8e ed. vfi-gIIm Govttnts. Monsieur.!. D ^pectitly, Leibnitz has a book to himself, though a short oTie. It was scarcely to be expected that Mr. Franck should be able to make a lively volume on such a subject, but lie has made a solid one." — Sat. rt'D-, Feb. 5. Gaufrfes, ^1. J. Claude Baduel et la xefonne des etudes au 16e siecle. or-nHSo "Deals with the early fortunes of the University or rather College of Nimes and its organization by Claude Baduel, in accordance with the principles championed at the same time by Sturm, and somewhat later by the Jesuits — that is to say, the principles of an almo--t purely classical education. It so happened not merely that Xinies was an early and remarkable instance of this scholastic reform, but that Baduel and his lialf successur, half rival, Bigot, were remarkably typical examples uf two classes of scholars of the time. Iladuel was a quiet and domesticated ])er80u with an ardent love of the theory and practice of education, a sincere belief in the reformed doctrines, and (apparently) a disposition at once amiable and publie-.--pirited. Bagot, a friend of Dolct'h, liad not a little of the character of that unlucky firebrand. ... M. (laufrew ha.s i>ketched the liL^tory of Baduel's reforms and of Bigot's disturbance of tlicni very pleasantly, and his hook, which has a good biblio- graphical appendix, is not merely interesting in itself, but has value as throwing incidental light on the causes (such as quasi-Republican constitution, an caily intio- duction of the new learnint^s etc.) whii-h made the soulh- ern cities of France rather than their northern neighbors the home of the Iteformation." — Sat. rev., March 5. Gibbings, Rev. R:, ed. Were heretics ever burned alive at Rome ? a report of the proceedings of the Roman Inquisition against F. Man- fredi ; from the orig. mss., and ed. with a parallel Eng. version and illust. add. Hazlitt, W:, and Roche, H: P. A manual of the law of maritime warfare ; with an app. of the official documents and correspondence in rel. to the present war. Hellyer, S. S. The plumber and sanitary houses ; a practical treatise on the principles of inter- nal plumbing work, etc. 2d ed. Hermannides, R. Britannia magna sive Anglise, Scotia?, Hibemia? et adjacentium insularum geographico-historica descriptio. Hokusai. Fugaku Hiyaku-Kei; or, A hundred views of Fuji (Fusiyama) ; introd. and ex- planatory prefaces, with tr., and descriptions of the plates, by F. V. Dickins. 4 v. "Hokusai is, perhaps, of all the artists of Japan, the one whose name is most familiar to European ears. He 'fias founded a school, and some of his sketches meet our eyes in almost every recent work on his fellow-country- men. No samurai exceeded him in his hatred of the foreigner. His career was over before his native soil was polluted by the tread of the alien, for he was bom in 1760, and died between the year> 1834 and 1849. He is constantly styled the Japanese Hogarth, and Sir E. Reed compares him T\ith Leech. 'More may be learned', says that writer, 'of the true nature of the Japanese masses from a study of these mai-vellous collections of sketches than from a library of the descriptions of the country found in Europe, but it is necessary that every jiage sliould be explained by a Japanese'. The work before us comprises a hundred views of Fuji, by some considered to be ilokusal's masterpiece. Though full of individuality — Sir E. Reed carefully warns us against setting too lightly by the purely personal element in Hokusai — these sketches show us as in a glass the typical merits and defects and the limitations of Japanese art and ariif-ts generally."— Spei tutor, Dec. 2o, 1880. Hunter, AV. AV. Imperial gazetteer of India. 6 v. " i;ei)resents li^ years of incessant labor, demanding many high qualities for its efficient execution, and natural gifts such as are rarely combined in one man. Learning, experience, and scholarly research were no less essential than habits of accurate thought, administrative talent, and orderly, methodical arrangement." — C. li. Murkhiim in Ai.aO., July 2. Jones, A. J., Sons & Co. Description of a suite of sculptured decorative furniture illust. of Irish history and antiquities, manufac. of Ii'ish bog yew. Juliana, Mother. Sixteen revelations of divine love made to ilother Juliana, an anchorete of Norwich, who lived in the days of Edward iii. Keim, T. History of Jesus of Xazara. A'ol. 5. (Theol. Tr. Fund.) "Piofound learning, wide acquaintance with what others have thought and said from the earliest to the most recent times, a microscopic faculty for discerning minute and obscure objects, and great powers both of analysis and generalization. ... The accounts of Alex- andrine philosophy, and also of the Jewish hopes of the Messiah, and of ihe doctrines and praetices of the Phari- sees, Saddiicees and Eesenes, are given with a fulness which lea\e8 nothing Lo desire." — ^Spectator. Number 74.] 295 [Sept. 13, 1881 Lacombe, C; de. Le comte de Serre, sa vie et son temps. 2 V. 5f-se6.5l '• Lii vie cVHercule de Serve a le plus grand attrait historlque. Nous le suivons dans Pemigratlon ; 11 scrt dans Farraee de Cond6, puis donne des le?ons pour vivro en Allcraagno, et prelude par les eouffrances de I'exil aux agitations douloureuses de sa carrieie parlcuK'ntairt-. Nous retrouvons k Metz, comme le plus brillant avocat du barreau lorrain, celai qui sera iin grand ministre. raais qui restera avant tout un grand orateur. Son haut m^rite et son experieuce dej^ raurie le font nomraer, en 1811, premier president de la nouvelle Cour imiDcriale de Hambourg. Rien n'est intere^sant comme le recit des impressions de M. de Serre au moment de I'iScroulement de I'empire. Le college electoral du Haut-Rhin I'envoie k la C'liambre de 181o. II preside la Ncssiun de 1817. En 1818 il garde des sceaux. II se retire du pouvoir en 1821, avec le due de Ricbelieu, et meurt en 1824, dans le posLe d'arabassadeur k Naples." — P. N. in PolybibUony Mars. Lamb, Mrs. M. J. History of the city of New York, its origin, rise, and progress ; illust. Vol. 2. Laveleye, E. L: V. de. Des causes actuelles de guerre en Europe et de 1' arbitrage. "Au fond une dissertation politique et 6conomique plutot qu'un traite de droit. Cependant I'auteur aboutit t des conclusions qui interessent le droit international." — 7iVu. de O.foU iiiternat. Lenormant, F. La Grande-Grece, paysage et histoii-e ; littoral de la mer lonienne. 2 v. "A combination of actual description and of histm-}'. M. Lenormant takes tbe famous places at the toot of the Peninsula one by one, sketches their actual appcaranee, and then unfolds their historical claims to attention. The result is a melange equally instructive and amusing. ... Though il. Lenormant touches on almost all parts of the history of his subject, be seems to write with a special reference to the later Byzantine period, in which he regards a new Helieniz.ation of the Italiote towns as having taken place." — Sat. rev., March 5. Leroy Beaulieu, P: P. Essai sur la repartition des richesses. " This author holds that in spite of large accumulations of property by single individuals the tendency is toward a more general ditt'usion of wealth." "C'est une critique trSs penetrante et trfes ferme de quelques lois quasi-classiques telles que la celebre loi de Malthus, ou encore la loi d'irain, tant e.xploitee par Fer- dinand Lassalle. Nous ajouterons qu'en deplt dc la difflcultii de la mati&re, I'ouvrage est d'une clarte parfaite et se lit avec autant de plaisir que de profit." — liev. J. D. M'}iuie>i, ler mars. McLean, S. V. Cape Cod folks. w5f-m22c M'Lennan, J: F. Memoir of T: Drummond, under- secretary to Lord Lieut, of Ireland, 1835-40. Marsh, U. C: Odontornithes ; a monograph on the Lxtinct toothed birds of North America. (Vol. 7 of U. S. Corps of Engineers. Geol. e.xplorations of the 40th parallel.) Merimee, P. Letters to Panizzi ; ed. by L: Pagan, 2 V. vf5-mo4p7 "Itr L. Fagan has withdrawn certain portions, but considerable light is thrown by the letters on the political history of the late empii-e, and still more on the life^of the late I'rince Imperial and the domestic life at St. Cloud." — Atheiueum, June 12, 1880. Modern review, The. Vol. 1. Monograph, The ; ed. by Q. P. Index. Morris, Rev. P. (). Picturesque views of the seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland ; witli historical and descriptive letterpress. 4 v. " 2-10 views, produced by a peculiarly beautiful process of chromo-pi'inting in imitation of water-color painting." Morris, H; History of the First Church in Spring- field; address, June 22, 1875; -with an app. Museum of Pine Arts, Boston. E.xhibition of the works of Washington AUston, July 18, 1881. 1st ed. Musical and vocal cabinet ; a selection of English, Scotch, and Irish melodies, arr. for the voice, violin, etc. National Eclectic Medical Association. Trans- actions for 1880-81; includ. the proceedings of the 10th ami. meeting, Chicago, June 1880. Neumann, L., and Plason, A. de. Recueil des traites et conventions conclus par I'Autriche depuis 1763. Vol. 7-15. 9 v. Paganino, A. Libro primo ; de rechami per elquale se impara in diuersi modi I'ordine e il modo de recamare. Parton, J. Life of Voltaire. 2 v. 5f-v88p " His pages bristle with erroi-s, sometimes small, some- times lariro — which are ivritaiing to those who perceive them to be errors, and dangerous to those who do not." — Athenceaniy July 9. " He does not seem, hard as he has worked at Voltaire and at ^'oltai^ianaof all sorts, to possess an acquaintance with the actual world of letters and manners in which Voltaire moved. An innumerable multitude of small errors disfigures his pages. With Mr. Carlyle's essay and Mr. Morley's book it does not come into any appre- ciable comparison, their Inmina ingenii and their lumiua artis being equally wanting to it. But as a useful kind of luggage-van and tender, stored with facts to be resorted to by readers of these two works, it has no small merit." — George iiaintshury in Acwhrny, July 16. Patty's perversities. (Round-robin ser.) w5r-p274 "A New England story, pleasantly told. ... There are many bright, epigrammatic sayings in the book. ... In the Yankee servant, the author has surpassed even Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney's remarkable servants." Picot, G: M. R. La reforme judiciaire en France. "A learned and useful book on the history of French judicial arrangements for the last century. He has gone regularly through the chapters of the Republic, the Empire, the Restoration, the July Monarchy, and the Second Empire, adding some discussion of the state of the Bench in other democratically governed countries, notably the United States and Switzerland, and has then dealt with the whole subject of the organization of the magistracy." — Saturday reo , April 2. Pierret, P. Essai sur la mythologie egyptienne. "The most important contribution made of late years towards the study of this very ditlicult and complicated subject. ... Having grouped and classified the gods of the Egyptian I'aiitheon, not, as heretofore, according to their geographical distribution, but according to their attributes and functions, M. Pierret shows, as it seems to me quite indisputably, that they are reducible to some very few types, and that those types are mere personifications of the Sun at various stages of his progress above and below the horizon." — Amelia B. EduiarilH in the Academy, March 12. Number 74.] 296 [Sept. 13,1881 Pollock, W. H. Lectures on French poets. "Mr. Pollock deals with two themea, Beranger and Bomanticiem. ... The section on Alfred de Mueset is particularly worthy of attention. We do not know that the singular temperament of this poet has ever before found so acute an observer, and we are inclined to claim for Mr. Pollock's criticism in this case greater originality than in any other." — Sat. rev., April 5. "Musset said that the war between classicism and romanticism could never end in an absolutely definite victory for either school, nor was it desirable that it should be so. * It was time', he said, 'for a third school, which should unite the merits of each'. Mr. Pollock's lectures are, so far, an attempt to justify this deliverance of De Musset." — £rit. guar, rev., Jnly 1879. Pougens, M. C: J. de. Jocko, precede d'une notice par A. France. vpftSS " Joli conte public pour la premiere fois en 1824 ; aucune Edition n'approche de celle que vient de donner la maison Charavay. Le spirituel recit de I'auteur du 'Tr6sor des origines de la langue frauQaise ' est inspire et embelli d'un bout k Tautre." ~ Polybiblion, Jan. Hattazzi, Mme. M. L. Rattazzi et son temps. *'AVill contain not only unpublished anecdotes of this eminent Italian statesman, but unpublished letters and papers by him; it ought to be very interesting; it is published anonymously. Is it by his widow, Princess Marie de Solms, sometime Bonaparte Wyze ?" — Pub. weekly, Feb. 26. Renan, J. E. Bertrand de Got, pape sous le nom de Clement v. ; extrait de I'Histoire lit. de la France, t. 28. — Rapport sur les travaux du conseil de la Societe Asiatique, 1867-80. (13 nos. of the Journal asiatique, 1868-80.) Riquelme, A. Elemeutos de derecho ptiblico inter- nacional con el derecho intemacional espanol. 2 V. Vol. 2. has the title Apcndice al derecho intemacional de Ewpana. Rockwood, E, L. Historical and genealogical record of the descendants of T. Rock-\vood. Rose, G: A match in the dark. 2 v. yef-r72m Royal Geographical Society. Index to the fourth 10 vols, of the Journal. — Jounial. Vol. 50. 1880. "This volume will be the last of the series. In future the Monthly record of geography will be the Society's principal publication." — Acnd., July 2. Sibley, J: L. Biographical sketches of graduates of Harvard University. Vol. 2 : 1659-77. Small, J: W. Scottish woodwork of the 16th and 17th centuries. §mith, J: C. British mezzotinto portraits ; a de- scriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introd. of the art to the early part of the present century ; accomp. by biog. notes, etc. 3 pts. Society of Biblical Archaeology. Records of the past ; Eng. trans, of the Assyrian and Egyp- tian monuments. Vol. 12. Spon, E. Supplement to Spon's Dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval. Div. 3. Stanton, Mrs. E. C, and others, eds. History of woman suffrage. Vol. 1. Stapfer, P. Etudes sur la litterature fran^aise, xvf-st27e "Those essays on 'Les industries de Beaumarchais* and on ' La comtesse de Rochefort' will please people who like anecdote and the personal element in literature. The other essays are more purely literary. One of the longest papers in the book is entitled ' La po^sie fran- ^aise en 1872'. M. Stapfer's judgment seems to us very generally sound both as to the merits and the defects of the school and its opponents. As to the latter, his verdict on M. Maurice Bouchoris admirable. A shorter but equally interesting essay on 'Catullus, Chenier, and Musset' deserves mention. Two papers on M6rim6e emphasize very excellently a curious idiosyncrasy, and (beyond all doubt) defect in that admirable master of style — to wit, his deliberate aiFectation of a by no means genuine cynicism — and point out the limitations which this imposed upon his critical powers." — Satur- day revinv, Nov. 6, 1880. Swinburne, A. C. Studies in song. TEP'sw6st "The defect with which Mr. Swinburne started, namt-ly, a want of knowledge and interest in men and their surroundings, and an inordinate love lor the jangle and gurgle of words, became more and more noticeable in each succeeding volume. It has now reached a climax past which we think it cannot go." — Spectator, Mar. 5. Taine, H. A. Les origines de la France contempo- raine : La Revolution. T. 2. La conquete jacobine. — Eng. The origins of contemporary France: The French Revolution ; tr. by J: Durand. Vol. 2. "This second volume of 'The French Revolution* constitutes Book 4 of M. Taine's crowning work, 'The origins of contemporary France'. It is devoted exclu- sively to 'The Jacobin conquest', to a study, that is to say, of the processes by which a handful of mad doctrin- alrehi, with the aid of the rabble, of professional thieves and assassins, of the criminal classes generally, succeeded in overaAving and tricking France into complete subjection to a minority which was really representiUive of nothing whatever except itself. The book is not a narrative of events at large. The war into which the Jacobins plunged France is barely referred to; almost nothing is said of the business and social state of the country. The work is, therefore, the complement rather than the rival of other historieB of the French Revolution. It completes the singularly perfect equipment of the student of that great upheaval. In M. Thiers' history we have a bril- liant, glowing, living narrative of events as they occurred, with such portraits and characterizations of men as are rarely found in any piece of historical writing. M. Mignet is less brilliant, less dramatic,.but more philo- sophical, and perhaps in some respects sounder. Carlyle has illumlnatc'i.1 the picture with red lights, and now M, Taine analyzes and minutely depicts the methods and the means employed in producing it." — 2T. Y. tribune. Vanderbilt, Mrs. G. L. The social history of Flat- bush, and manners and customs of the Dutch settlers in King's County. "AVondorfuUy bright, spicy, entertaining, and rich with materials of poems and romances." — Literary world, June 18. Wander, K: F: "\V; Deutsches Sprichworter-Lexi- kon. 5 V. Wilde, O. Poems. vep-w645 "The book is not without cleverness, but is marred everywhere by imitation, insincerity, and bad taste." — Saturday review, July 23. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 75. Sept. 24, 1881 Alcott, A. B. New Connecticut ; an autobiograph- ical poem. wSp-alH Anderson, J: P. Book of British topography ; a classified catalogue of the topographical works in the library of the British Museum, relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Azuni, D. A. Droit maritime de I'Europe. 2 v. Bailey, W. W. The botanical collector's handbook. (Naturalist's handy ser., no. 3.) Baines, T: Lancashire and Cheshire, past and present ; a history and description of the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester ; with an account of the manufactures, etc., by Sir W: Fairbairn. 2 v. With engravings. Balfour, F. M. Treatise on comparative embryology. Vol. 2. Barrua, H. History of Goshen, Mass., 1661-1881 ; with family sketches. Beardsley, E. E. Life and correspondence of S: Seabury, Bp. of Conn. 2d ed. Beesly, A. H. Sir J: Franklin. Bible. N. T. Greek. The New Testament in the original Greek ; the text rev. by B. F. West- cott and F. J. A. Hort. Amer. ed., with an introd. by P. Schaff. Birch, S: Bronze ornaments of the palace gates of Balawat ; with descriptions and translations by T. G. Pinches. Pt. 3. Black, W: That beautiful wretch; a Brighton story. vep-b662t Block, M. Entretiens familiers sur 1' administration de notre pays. 7 v. Contents. 1. La France. 2. Le d^partement. 3. La commune. 4. Paris ; organisation municipale. 5. Paris; institutions adrainistratives. 6. Le budget. 7. L'impot. Bouille, R. de. Histoire des dues de Guise. 4 v. British Museum. Catalogue of Greek coins : Italy; [by R. S.Poole]. Catalogue of Greek coins : Seleucid kings of Syria ; by P. Gardner ; ed. by R. S. Poole. — Catalogue of Greek coins : SicUy ; ed. by R. S. Poole. — Catalogue of Greek coins : Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc. ; ed. by R. S. Poole. Broilliard, C: Cours d'amenagement des for^ts enseigne k I'Ecole Forestifere. "A work of unusual excellence on forestculture, by an eminent professor of the Ecole Forestiire at Nancy." — O. S. in Publishers' weekly, April 16. Brown University. Celebration of the 100th anni- versary of the founding, Sept. 6, 1864. Bryan, M. E. Wild work ; the story of the Red River tragedy. w5f-b84w Buck, Mrs. E. G. Memoir of S: Hubbard. Keprinted from Memoirs of N. E. Hist. Greneal. Soc. Bull G:, Bp. Defensio fidei Nicasnse ; a defence of the Nicene creed out of the extant writings of the Catholick doctors [of] the first three centuries of the Christian Ch., etc. ; new trans. 2 V. (Vol. 1, 2 of his "Works on the trinity; Lib'r. of Anglo-Cath. theology.) — Examen censura; ; or, An answer to strictures on Hannonia apSstolica ; added, an apology for the Harmony and its author, etc. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theology.) — Harmonia apostolica ; or. Two dissertations in which the doctrine of St. James on justiiica- tion by works is explained and defended, etc. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theology.) — Judgment of the Catholic Church on the neces- sity of believing that Christ is very God, etc. ; new trans. (Vol. 3 of his "Works on trinity. Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theol.) Carle, G. La faillite dans le droit international prive, ou du conflit des lois de differentes nations en niatifere de faillite ; tr. et annote, etc., par E. Dubois. '* M. Carle soutient que, dans la th^orie du droit inter- national prive, le principe de I'unit^ et l'universalit6 de la faillite est le plus conforme aux progrfes de la science. Nous croyons avec lui que i'adoption de ce principe est conseillee par le raison et par I'interet du coraraerce. ... Les notes du M. Dubois 6tendue8 et judicieuses aug- mentent considerableraent la vaieur de roriginal." — Bev. de droit int., v. 7. Catullus, Quintus (or Caius) Valerius. Poems ; tr. into English verse, with life of the poet, excursus, and illust. notes. Oauchy, E. F. Du respect de la propriete privee dans la gueiTC maritime. Cellini, B. Memoirs ; with notes and obs. of G. P. Carpani ; tr. by T: Roscoe. Champneya, B. Quiet corner of England ; studies of landscape and architecture in AVinchelsea, Rye, and the Romney Marsh. " Mr, Champneys is an architect who takes the liberty to think for himself — a man of much original genius and sincere culture, young, and 'with an enthusiastic contempt for conventionality, which I hope he may never outgrow." — N. Y. tHbune, letter from London corres- ponded. Cheever, G: B. Lectures on the Pilgrim's progress, and on the life and times of J: Bunyan. 8th ed. Chronicles of the "White Rose of York ; a series of hist, fragments, etc., rel. to the reign of Edward ; with notes, etc. Church of England. Canons. Collection of the laws and canons to the reign of Henry viii. ; tr. with notes by J: Johnson. New ed. 2 v. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theol.) Clarke, W: H. Horses' teeth; a treatise on their mode of development, etc. Cognetti de Martiis, S. Le forme primitive nella evoluzione economica. College of New Jersey. E. M. Museum of Geol. and Archaeology. Contributions. [Quarto ser.] Vol. 1, no. 1. Colville, Capt. H. E. Ride in petticoat and slippers, [through Marocco, 1877-80]. Cooke, J. P. Scientific culture, and other essays. Contents. Scientific culture. — Nobility of knowledge. — Elementary teaching of physical science. — The radiometer. — T: Graham. — yf: Hallowes Miller. Cutter, D. B. History of Jaifrey, N. H., 1749- 1880 ; with a genealogical register of the Jaffrey families, and the proceedings of the centennial celebration, 1873. Number 75.' 298 [Sept. 24, 1881 Davies, Mev. E; The claims of Ossian, examined and appreciated ; essay on the Scottish and Irish poems pub. under that name, xvdtz-os Davies, Hir J: Historical tracts. Contents. Discovery of the true cause "Why Ireland was never brought under obedieuce [to] England. — Letter to Earl Salisbury on the state of Ireland, 1007, — 1610, giving an account of the plantation in Ulster. — Speech, 1613, tracing the ancient constitution of Ireland. Delaware. Laws, Oct. 14, 1700 -Aug. 18, 1797. (In 2 V.) Vol. 1. Disraeli, B :, Earl of Beaconsfield. Wit and wisdom ; collected from his writings and speeches [by H; G: Calcraft]. "There is much more folly than "wisdom in it, though possibly more wit than either. ... There is a good deal in it of very indifferent quality, which is neither wit, folly, nor wisdom, — a great deal uf poorish and very ornate description, which is quite out of place in these pages. Mr. Disraeli's novels abound in showy descrip- tion, rather of the auctioneer's kind than the artist's; and it has, unfortunately, pleased the editor of this work to transfer a great many pages of this kind to his work. ... On the whole, the quotations from the speeches are much better than the quotations from the novels." — Spectator, Aug. 6. Dixwell, G: B. The premises of free trade exam- ined. Douglass, Rev. AV: Annals of the first African Church in the U. S., now styled The African Episc. Ch. of St. Thomas, PhUa. Ducat, A. C. Practice of fire underwriting. 3d ed. Dulwich College. Catalogue of the mss. and muniments of Alleyn's College of God's Gift ; by G: F. Warner. xre-d88 Dumas, F. G. Catalogue illustre du Salon; conte- nant plus de 300 reproductions des CEUvres les plus importantes. 1881. Dunant, J. H: tin souvenir de Solferino. 3e ed. •' The book which led the way to the Geneva reform ". Eddy, Mrs. M. B. G. Science and health. 3d ed. 2 Y. Faber, G: S. Christ's discourse at Capernaum fatal to the doctrine of transubstantiation. Falconbridge, Mrs. A. M. Two voyages to Sierra Leone, 1791-93 ; in a series of letters ; add., a letter to H: Thornton. 2d ed. Feuerbach, L: A. Essence of Christianity ; tr. by Marian Evans. 2d ed. (Eng. and foreign philos. libr., \. 16.) Feydeau, E. A. Monsieur de Saint-Bertrand, suite d'Un debut it I'opera. 2eed. vi-f-f436mo Fleury, 3., called Champfleury. Bibliographic ceramique, nomenclature analytique de toutes les publications faites en Europe et en Orient sur les arts et I'industrie eeramiques depuis le 16e sifecle jusqu'a nos jours. Fochier, L: Souvenirs historiques sur Bourgoin. *' Get ouvrage pOHthume, publi6 par les tile de I'auteur, attests uu libiSrallsme et une science igalement solides. Les historlens de la Il6volution Frangaise trouveront \k plus d'un document prcScieux, notamment sur I'attitude du clerg6 de province en 1789." — Bev. pol. et lit., Jan. 29, 1881. Porde, G. A lady's tour in Corsica. 2 v. "Leaves on the mind a vivid Impression of the people and of the scenery." — St. James's gazc-tte. Fort, G. Coos-coo-soo; or, Letters from Tangier in Africa. Fothergill, J. "One of three" and Made or marred. (Leisure hour ser.) veft82o Fournel, M. J. H: Les Berbers ; etude sur la con- qufite de F Afrique par les Arabes ; d'aprfes les textes arabes imprimes. 2 v. Freeman, E: A: The historical geography of Europe. 2 v. "He has not only given definitions of boundaries, but but he has shown the causes of the alteration in each case. In this way he has supplied a framework of Euro- pean history. He has done thoroughly and well his task. "We do not, however, feel sure that Mr. Freeman has done all that the title of his work assumes. 'Histor- ical geography' involves ^ivo factors; Mr. Freeman has given the history, but has omitted the geography; he has told us of the peoples who settled in the laud, but has said nothing of the eflfects which the land produced upon its settlers." — Athenceum, April 30. Green, S: A. A centeimial address delivered in the Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, June 7, 1881, before the JIass. Medical Society. Guernsey, A. H. Ralph Waldo Emerson, philoso- pher and poet. "By the author of 'Carlyle: his life — his books — his theories '. The larger part of this volume is made up from characteristic quotations from Emerson's works, strvmg together by a slight sketch of his life and analysis of his character and writings. His sermons, accounts of his visits to Europe, his lectures and addresses, critical and biographical discourses, 'Nature', 'Essays', 'English traits', 'Representative men', 'Conduct of life', 'Society and solitude', 'Letters and social aims', and his poems have all been liberally drawn upon for extracts." — Pub- lishers' weekly, Sept. 17. Harmonist, The ; or. Musical cabinet ; a collection of classical and popular music. 2 v. in 4 pts. Harvard College. Class of 1881. Secretary's report. Hazelius, E. L., D.D. History of the American Lutheran Chru'ch, 1685-1842. Henshall, J. A. Book of the black bass, comprising its complete scientific and life history ; with a treatise on angling and fly-fishing, and a description of tools, tackle, and implements. Hooker, W: J., and Taylor, T:, M.D. Muscologia Britannica, cont. the mosses of Great Britain and Ireland. 2d ed., corr. and enl. Hooper, Mrs. The Tsar's window. (No name ser.) w5f-h766c Huunewell, J. F. Bibliography of Charlestown, Mass., and Bunker Hill. Hyde, E. History of Wiachendon from 1735 to the present time. Jacoby, P: Etudes sur la selection dans ses rap- ports avec I'heredite chez I'homme. "An important contribution to Darwinism." — Acad- emy, July 16. Johnson, Bev. J: Theological works. 2 v. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theology.) Laoroix, E. Dictionuaire industriel k I'usage de tout le monde, ou Les 100,000 secrets et re- cettes de I'industrie moderne. 3eed. 4 v. "Ouvrage adoptiS par M. le Minlstre de I'lnstrucUon Publique pour les Blbliothiques communales, etc." Number 75.1 299 [Sept. 24, 1881 Leighton, Rev. W. A. The lichen-flora of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. 2ded. Leypoldt, F., and Jones, L. E. The American catalogue ; subject entries of books in print and for sale, July 1, 1876. Lincoln, C. Discourse to the First Parish in Hingham, Sept. 8, 1869, on reopening their meeting-house ; with app. Livingston, V. Inquiry into the merits of the reformed doctrine of 'imputation' as con- trasted with those of 'Catholic imputation', etc. ; with introd. by J. Hughes. McCaskey, J. P., ed. Franklin Square song col- lection. McNair, MaJ. F: Perak and the Malays ; sarong and "kris." "Full of interest, leaving no side of his subject un- touched. He writes from 20 ye.irs' knowledge of tbe Miihiys." — Speututor, Feb. 16, 187S. "W"it,h very interesting accounts of tlie country, tbe animals, the natives, and a cbapter on the strange frenzy, amok, "running a muck." Maintenon, F. d'A., Mme. Scarron, afterw. marquise de. Lettres sur I'education des filles ; avec un commentaire et des notes par Th. Lavallee. Mallock, W. H. A romance of the 19th century. vef'm29e. "It is difficult to imagine that this book can have any eifect that is not mischievous." — Spectator, July 16. Marrast, A. La vie byzantine au 6e siecle ; preface et commentaires par A. Plante. Maryland, U. S. Proceedings of the conventions of the Prov. of Md., held at Annapolis in 1774-76. Mery, J. Les nuits d' Orient; contes nocturnes. vfi"m5.5n Military Historical Society of Mass. Peninsular campaign of Gen. McClellan in 1862 ; papers read before the Soc, 1876-80. Vol. 1. Motley, J. Tales of the Cymry ; with notes. vep'm857 Mulrenan, P. Brief historical sketch of the Cath- olic Chnrch on Long Island. Nason, Rev. E. Billerica ; a centennial oration, July 4, 1876. O'Hanlon, A. A costly heritage. (Franklin Sq. libr.) Oliphant, Mrs. M. 0. W. He that will not when he may. vef-olSSh "This is a novel which no one can read without pleasure. In plot, in treatment, and as regards most of the characters, it is almost devoid of faults. Mrs. Oli- phant has written so much, that she is almost too com- plete mistress of her art; we find in her none of the struggles and iiasbes, the whims and the fire, of tumult- uous genius laboring to achieve expression. Her hook is a calm and harmonious reflection, not a picturesciue and impassioned creation. She writes from the fullness of experience, with the mastery of methods. Bbe has no cause to plead, no wrongs to right, no spite to gratify, but only a story to tell." — Spectator, Oct. 16, 1880. "This novel is not equal to some of Mrs. Oliphant's earlier works, but it would be a poor compliment to say that it is superior to the generality of the stories now pubUsiied." — (?• -B. Smith in Academy, Nov. 20, 1880. OUa podrida ; essays by Bp. Home, T: Monro, H: Kett, etc. 2 V. ve3-7ol O'Reilly, E. Les deux proems de condamnation de Jeanne D'Arc. 2 v. 5p-d24o Overall, J:, Bp. The convocation book of 1606, commonly called Bp. Overall's convocation book, cone, the gov. of God's Catholic Church and the kingdoms of the whole world. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theology.) Pagan, M. L'honesto esserapio del uertuoso deside- rio che hanno le donne di nobil ingegno. Partou, J. Life of Voltaire. 2 v. "Of the actual facts of Voltaire's strange and busy career, a very full, and on the whole sufficient account has been got together in these voluminous pages. No one who has hitherto derived bis ideas of Voltaire's visit to Frederick merely from Mr. Carlyle and Lord Macaulay should orait to correct them by the account here given — one of the most careful parts of the book. So, too, the account of the Clrey stay is very interesting, and much the fullest that we know in English." — Saturday rev., Aug. 20. Poynter, E. F. Among the hills. 2 v. " There is a far less abundant humor than is manifest in all George Eliot's tale-;, and no sign at all of that bitter Tbaci^erayan irony which took tbe charm of restfulness out of so many of them. But you might suppose that 'Among tbe hills ' had been written by the author of Silas Marner in her loftiest tone of thought, and with all the rare simplicity of her best style." — Spectator, June 18. Printers' circular. Vol. 7, nos. 10-12 ; v. 8-14, 15 no. 1. Quarles, F. Complete works in prose and verse ; col. and ed., with memorial-introd., etc., by A. B. Grosart. (Chertsey worthies' lib.) Rae, W. F. Columbia and Canada ; notes on the Great Republic and the New Dominion ; a suppl. to ' Westward by rail'. Remusat, C. E. J. G. de V., comtesse de. Selection from letters to her husband and son, 1804-13 ; from the French by Mrs. Cashel Hoey and J: Lillie. vf5-ii28 Ribot, T. Les maladies de la memoire. Rotteck, K: W. R. von, and Welcker, K: Das Staats-Lexikon ; Encyklopadie der sammt- lichen Staatswissenschaften fur alle Stande. 3e Aufl. ; hrsg. von K. Welcker. 14 v. Savary, C: Hist, generale de I'annee 1879. Scharling, H. Nicolai's marriage. 2 v. vcvg-schIn "Quaint ... charm ... purity." — Athenceum. Silliman, A; E. A gallop among American scenery ; or. Sketches of American scenes and military adventure. Skelton, J: The crookit Meg ; a story of the year one. vef-sk2c "A fascinating work of fiction of its class. There are life-like pictures of society and manners; there are real- istic sketches of scenery ; there is an abundance of stirring incident eminently characteristic of the times, while there is enough of love-making." — Saturday review, Nov. 13, 1880. "Mr. Skelton writes with remarkable freshness, and at the same time in a most cultured style. He is a true observer of character as distinguished from outward surroundings. Two at least of the dramatis personae in this sketch are singularly life-like." — G. -fi. Smith in Academy, Nov. 20, 1880. Nimiber 75.] 300 [Sept. 24, 1881 Skene, "VV: F. Celtic Scotland ; a history of ancient Alban. Vol. 3. '* Of all European histories, there is none in which the historian has greater difliculties to contend with, espec- ially in its earlier stages. This ditTiculty is attributable to two causes — firstly, the very fragmentary and meagre character of the materials at the historian's command; secondly, the mass of fiction which has been presented and received as history to fill up the blanks left by the absence of authentic fact. Hence the greater part of the historian's task is to expose the fallacies which by dint of frequent repetition are at last accepted as truth. ... The better to account for and to explain the tenure by which the Highlanders held the soil, and the peculiarities of their social organi?,ation, that clan system which has outlived the tribal system in any other part of Europe, Mr. Skene traces the various legendary accounts of their origin to their source. He divides these legends into three classes — the ethnic, the linguistic, and the histor- ical. ... Then he turns to the genealogies of the several clans, and dihcu&ses fully the Highland names, and concludes with an interesting chapter on the tenure of land in the Highlands and ^Vestern Isles subsequent to the 16th century." — Sat. rev., March 5. Specimens of the German lyric poets ; consisting of translations in verse from the worlis of Btirger, Goethe, etc. ; with biog. notices, etc. 2ded. Spooner, Z. H., ed. Poems of the Pilgrims. w5p-99p6 Stearns, "\^^ A. New England bird life ; a manual of New England ornithology; rev. and ed. by r. Cones. Pt. 1. Steere, T: History of Smithfield, 1730/1-1871. Stormouth, Rev. J. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language ; pronun- ciation rev. by P. H. Phelp. 6th ed., rev. Strahan, E: Art treasures of America. Section 6. Sully, J. Illusions; a psychological study. "No other department of p.sychological investigation could better suit Mr. Sully's peculiarly subtle turn for the unravelling of obscure mental processes; and in none other could his happy knack of minute introspection be employed to better advantage. He has occupied a novel field, for his treatment of illusions is purely psycholog- ical, and his essay is confined to what m.ay be called norm.al or healthy cases." — Grant AUen hithe Academy, Aug. 6. Symonds, J: A. Renaissance in Italy : Italian literature. 2 v. "Concluding the work." "An excellent history of Italian literature from 1450 to 1530, with a preliminary essay on its origin and develop- ment up to that date. It is the period when the division between popular literature and humanistic culture came to an end, when classic form, appropriated by scholars, was given to the prose and poetry of Italian literature. It is tlic period in which Italy worked out and expressed the results of her long quest after style, which thence- forth slie established as a possession for all other nations." — M. C'reighton in Academy, Aug. 13. Tlmbs, J: Historic ninepins ; a book of curiosities. Todifere, — . L'Autriche sous Marie-Therfese. Trumbull, J: Sortie of Gibraltar ; photograph. Trumbull, J. H. Indian names, etc., in and on the borders of Connecticut ; with interpretations of some of them. U. S. Naval Observatory. Astronomical and me- teorological observations made during 1876. Pt. 1, 2. — Surgeon. Gen's Office. Index-catalogue of the Library. Vol. 2. Vaterlaus, J. La lingua reto-romauntscha, Venn, J: Symbolic logic. Villavieiosa, J. de. La mosquea. 3a imp. Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Lettres inedites ; recueillies par M. de Cayrol, et annotees par A. Fran- cois, precedees d'une preface par M. Saint- Marc Girardin. 2e ed. 2 v. v5p-v88l Walker, J. B. Experiences of pioneer life in the West. Weber, G. Le Sipylos et ses monuments, ancienne Smyme (Novlochon) ; monographie histo- rique, cont. une carte, etc. Weismann, A. Studies ru the theory of descent; with notes and add. by the author ; tr. and ed., with notes, by R. Meldola ; with a pref. notice by C: Darwin. Pt. 2. Wheeler, L. N. The foreigner in China; with introd. by Prof. W. C. Sawyer. Whetham, J. W. B. Across Central America. Whitaker, G: M. Record of births, marriages, and deaths of Sturbridge, from the settlement of the town to 1816. White, B.ev. E; The tone and teaching of the New Testament on certainty in religion ; the Mer- chant's lecture for Oct. 1880. "A striking little book." — Spectator, Bee. 12, 1880, Wildmann, R. International law. Wildridge, T: T. The misereres of Beverly Min- ster; a complete series of drawings of the seat carvings in the choir of St. John's, Beverley, Yorkshire ; with notes. " The misereres in Beverley Minster, although not the earliest, are among the best known and most generally characteristic ex.amples of an application of the work of the sculptor which, between the 13th and 16th centuries, enriched our churches with the humorous fancies and exaggerations of grotesque art." — W. E. A. Axon in Acad., Aug. 16, 1879. Wilson, "VV. History and antiquities of the Dis- senting churches in London, Westminster, and Southwark ; with app. on the origin, progress, and present state of Christianity in Britain. 4 v. Winthrop, R. C. Address at the unveiling of the statue of Col. W: Prescott, on Bunker HiU, June 17, 1881. Yonge, C. M. Love and life. "The story of the maiden whom the love of Eros made immortal sets before us, in a shadowy way, the world- old lessons of the power of love and pain to transform and elevate the human spirit. There may be deeper meanings in the legend, but Miss Yonge has contented herself with shaping it anew into a plain love-story of the last century, and sho has done her work with consid- erable skill. A reader knowing nothing of the loves and sorrows of Cupid and Psyche, but merely taking up the book as an ordinary novel, will hardly lay it down till he has finished it." — Spectator, Aug. 13. Ziemssen, H. W. von. Cyclopajdia of the practice of medicine. Vol. 20 : General index. A-dditions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 76. Oct. 24, 1881 Amicis, E. de. Spain ; tr. by W. W. Cady. " He feels keenly the local atmosphere which surrounds him, and has an artist's susceptibility to striking effects in scenery, manners, or character. He is eminently entertaining." — Christian union^ Oct. 5. Appert, B: N: M. Dix aus k la oour du roi Louis Philippe, et souvenirs du terns de TEmpire et de la Kestauration. 3 v. Barrett, L. Edwin Forrest ; with illust. (Hutton, L., ed. American actor series.) "The life is merely in outline, relating chiefly to pro- fessional triumphs and disappointments, and a critical estimate of Forrest as a man and actor; his matrimonial troubles are only alluded to, and his difficulties with Macready fully and interestingly detailed." — Index. Harrington, D. Miscellanies. Contentx. Tracts on the possibility of reaching the North Pole. — J/isceUaneous ensays. Whether the turkey was known before the discovery of America. — On the rein-deer. — On the bat, or rere-mouse. — On the sudden decay of several trees in St. James's Park. — On the periodical appearing and disappearing of certain birds at different times of the year. — On the torpidity of the swallow tribe when they disappear. — On the prevailing notions with regard to the cuckow. — On the LinnEean system. — Other articles. Particulars of an agreement between the King of Spain and the Royal Society, for an exchange of natural curiosities. — Ac- count of Mozart, C: "Wesley, S: Wesley, little Crotch, the Earl of Mornington. — Of the Deluge in the time of Noah. — History of the Gwedir family ; by Sir J: Wynne. — Letter on the EngUsh and French writers. — Dialogue on the ancient tragedies, written at Oxford in 1Y46. — Ohthere's Voyage, and the geography of the 9th century illustrated. — Journal of a Spanish voyage in 1775, to explore the western coast of North America. Barrow, Sir J: Chronological history of voyages into the Arctic regions, from the earliest periods of Scandinavian navigation to the expeditions under Captains Ross and Buchan. Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana : sale catalogue of the library known as the Sunderland or Blenheim Librarv. 1st portion. xje-su7 Blanc, A. A. P. C, and others. Histoire des peintres de toutes les ecoles : Ecole bolonaise. Ecole allemande. Ecole florentine. Ecole milanaise, lombarde, ferraraise, genoise, et napolitaine. Blanc, J: J. L: Dix ans de I'histoire d'Angleten-e. T. 10. Bullock, A. H. The centennial of the Massachusetts constitution. Burnham, H: Brattleboro, Windham County, Vei-mont; early history, with biographical sketches ; ed. by A. M. Hemenway. Butterworth, H. Young folks' history of Boston. "The author acknowledges his indebtedness chiefly for his text to McKenzie's 'History of the U. S.', which he has enlarged, revised and edited. Interpolating many stories, and adding an opening and closing chapter on 'The mysterious races' and the 'Dominion of Canada'." — Pulilishers' weekly. "The best part of the Ijook is the stories that are inserted here and there, many of them unfamiliar ones — as for instance, the story of Annawon. Of course what children want is these picturesciuc and suggestive stories, and so far the work is well done. As a consecutive history it is less successful." —Nation, Aug. 25. Zigzag journeys in classic lands. Capper, S: J. The shores and cities of the Boden See; rambles inNl879-80. " He resided for a couple of years on the shores of the Boden See or in villages in the neighborhood. He asso- ciated chiefly with Swiss or Germans. He adopted their habits, and laid himself out to participate in their pur- suits. He made excursions to all the objects of interest, and luxuriated in the scenei-y to his heart's content. In the course of his multifarious reading he made himself master of the local archaeology, as of a history ancient, medieval, and modern, which abounds in strange and sensational incidents. And the result of his wanderings and literary researches has been the composition of a volume of varied interest, enlivened by his personal experiences and adventures." — Sat. rev., Jan. 22, 1881. Chavette, E., {pseud, for E. Vachette.) L'oncle du Monsieur de Madame. 5e ed. TFr'c395o "II r6gne dans la partie comique de ce roman une gaite franche et communicative qui provoqoe le rire i chaque page, landis que la partie tragique inspire I'^pou- vante et donne le frisson." — Firinin Boissin in Poly- biblion, Avril. Clercq, M. de. Recueil des traites de la France. T. 11. " Le tome 11 contient les conventions conclues de 1872 k 1876, au nombre desquelles figuerent les derniers actes relatifs & la session de I'Alsace-Lorraine. Par une heu- reuse innovation, qui sera fort appreciee des hommes d'6tude, I'auteur a joint au tcxte des principaux traites celui des exposes des motifs par lesquels ils out 6te presentfis k i'approbation des Chambres et qui en sont le meilleur commentaire." — Rev. d. I>. Jfondes, Fev. 15. Contemporary rev. for Sept. " Miss AVedgwood's iine tribute to the character of Dr. Stanley." — Spectator, Sept. 10. Conway, Moncure D. The wandering Jew. "Studies of 'the myth' of the Wandering Jew, and the legend in the literature of all ages and coantrics." "Contains very interesting historical Information, combined witli speculation of more questionable value." — J. P. Mahaffy in the Acadeiny, Aug. 20. Cornhill magazine, August 1881. Has a paper on the interesting Uterary episode of " Mr. Gibbon's love-passage." "The 'Daisy's pedigree' is a prettily written account of the botanical evolution of the daisy, and the lessons that may he learned therefrom. In ' Punch and Pulci- nella' Mr. E. M. Clerke gives a description of the history of that most popular drama, especially in its native home of Naples." — Academy, Aug. 6. — Sept. "There is a clever paper on the 'Old English clans', the Saxon families or septs who gave their names to so many English localities, full of pleasant, learned gossip." — Spectator, Sept. 10. Dawson, J. Australian aborigines ; the languages and customs of several tribes of aborigines in the western district of Victoria, Australia. "An extremely honest and, we believe, correct account of the Murri of Australia, as far as they fell under the notice of one of their best friends among the settlers. Mr. Dawson, aided by his daughter, a lady well ac- quainted with the native languages, has made a serious attempt to collect information about the traditions, cus- toms, and beliefs of the Australians." — Sat. rev., June 18. Day, J: Works ; now first collected, with an introd. and notes by A. H. BuUen. Number 76. 302 [Oct. 24, 1881 De Forest, J. W. The bloody chasm. -n-5F-D362B Demon of Andersonyille, The ; or. The trial of "W'irz for cxTiel treatment of prisoners. Denton, AV: Is Darwin right? or, The origin of man. "My investigations in mesmerism, spiritualism and paychometry, slnowed me tlie defectiveness of the theories advanced by Darwin, Huxley, and others ... when they seelv to account for the existence of all organic forms, and entirely ignore the spiritual side of the universe, infinitely its most important side." — Preface. Donati, M., conte de Ponzano. Scholia sive dilvci- dationes ervditissima; in Latinos plerosqve historiaa Romano; scriptores. Ducarel, A. C. Anglo-Norman antiquities consid- ered in a tour through part of Normandy. Europaiaohe Staats-Canzley. 1697-1751. 100 v. — Neue europiiische Staatscanzley. Bd. 2-41 : 1761-76. 40 V. Everts, L; H., ed. History of the Connecticut S'alley in Massachusetts ; with illustrations and biographical sketches. 2 v. Eyma, L: X. Le trone d'argent. Feval, P. Le jeu de la mort. 6 v. tfft435j Fleury, J., called Champfleury. Les excentriques. Nouv. ed. vrF-c3oE Fortnightly review, Sept. 1881. " Far the most original article in the numher is that on 'Over-production', by Col. G: Chesney. It is a new clia2)ter on political economy, carefully reasoned out." — Acadeini/y Sept. 3. Fowler, T: Bacon. (English philosophers.) Gardiner, S: E. English history for young folks, B.C. oo-A.D. 1880. Kev. ed. for American students. "The preface explains that this is 'an attempt to tell the story of England's history for young follis. Impor- tant events have been given in fuller detail than is usual, so as to awalven an interest in them, though no story has been told simply because it is interebting — room having been made for this by omitting much that would be merely bnrdensome to the memory. \'ery few dates have been inserted, witli the exception of those of the liiiig's reign'." — Pub. wt'ckly, t^ept. 17. — Outline of English history. "Mr. Grardiner treats history from the liberal point of view, and brings into due prominence the events which, ^s having had an influence on the development of the pational life, deserve a foremost place In the history of the nation. Thus, the setting up of the first printing- press and the translation of the Bible are treated as matters of much more moment than the gaining or losing of a battle on foreign soil, or tlie transfer of the Crown from one family to another." — Sat. rev., July 30. Gibson, W; H. Camp life in the woods, and the trieks of trapping and trap making ; illust. Gosse, E. W. English odes. vep-9g69 Grand album de travestissents [sic] nouveaux. A collection of extravagant costumes for fancy dress parties. Great Britain. Master of the Rolls. Calendar of Home Office papers of the reign of George iii., 1770-72 ; ed. by R. A. Roberts. Griswold, W. M. General inde.x [to] vols. 1-96 [of the Eclectic magazine ; and to vols. 37- 148 of Littell's living age]. Guernsey, A. H. Ralph Waldo Emerson ; philos- opher and poet. xw.51'E Guillem de Tudele. La chanson de la croisade centre les Albigeois j continuee par un poete anonyrae ; ed. et tr. pour la Societe de I'His- toirede France par Paul Meyer. 2 v. vfo-g94 Guizot, F. P. G. History of France ; ed. by Mme. de Witt. Vol. 7. Guy, W: A: The factors of the unsound mind, with special reference to the plea of insanity in criminal cases, and the amendment of the law. Haekett, J: Select and remarkable epitaphs. 2 v. Hanrmond, H:, D.D. A practical catechism. 16th ed. ; prefixed the iSe of the author by J: FeU. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theology.) Hardy, A. S. Elements of quaternions. Hassam, J: T. The Hassam family. Havet, J. L'heresie et le bras seculier au Jloyen Age jusqu'au 13e sifecle. "Vousverrez que la jurisprudence a varie selon les temps et selon les lieux. A telle ^poque et dans tel pays, le br;is s6culier n'intervenait pas. Aiileurs et plus tard, la penalite etait severe, mais le eondamne n'etait pas mis k mort. La k-gislation la plus rigoureuse, celle qtti allumait le bucher, a mis des annees ^ s'implanter par- tout. Elle a definitivement triomph6, mais ^ la dernifere moitie du 13e siecle seulement. Le temps est le p^re du progres. Le professcur autrichien Ficlver a recemment raennle I'histoire de ces variations de la jurisprudence en Italic et en AIlem:igne; M. Julien Havet a voulu les suivre (igalement en France, et il nous donne ainsi une etude de legislations comparees. Eh bleu! c'est a nous la palme. Pour la violence de la repression, la rigueur des supplices, nous arrivons bons premiers. Seconds, les Italiens. Derniers, les Allemands. Au 13e sifecle, une heureuse unifortnite s'etablit, et les buchers tlambent egalement partout, gr^ce d. Dieu ! " — Jfaxime Gaucher ill liev. pal. et tit., Mar. 12. Heath, R: Edgar Quinet; his early life and writings. (Eng. and for. phUos. library, V. 14.) V0F-a35H " Quinet's somewhat yeasty jumble of Herder, Goethe, Lamennais, and a dozen other prophets or paeudo- prophets, colored as it was by his acquaintance with niedia'val literature in a strongly romantic fashion, demands careful and sober critical treatment, and this it hardly receives here. His great merit, apart from his command of rather too fluent and voluminous but still picturesque and forcible Language, was the combined sweep and penetration which he displayed in his histor- ical views. Very often his breadth was more apparent than real, and very often also his depth was altogether illusory. But still he holds no mean place among the masters who have taught this generation and the last to look at history as a living and connected drama rather than as a collection of dry-as-dust facts." — Athen(xu)i\, June 11. Hely, I'ahbe V. Etude sur 'Le droit de la gueiTe' de Grotius. Herder, J. G. von. Sammtliche Werke ; hrsg. von B. Suphan. Vol. 20. Hickes, G:, D.V. Two treatises on the Christian priesthood and on the dignity of the Episcopal order; with a pref. disc, in answer to 'The rights of the Christian Ch.', and au app. 4th ed. 3 V. (Libr. of Anglo-Cath. theol.) Number 76.] 303 [Oct. 24, 18Si Hillebrand, K: Gesohichte Frankreichs. Ergiln- zungsheft zum 1. Bande : Die Julirevolutiou und ihre Vorgeschichte 1814-30. (Heeren, A. H. L., and Ukert, P. A. Gesch. der europ. Staaten.) Holub, E. Seven years in South Africa, 1872-79. 2 v. "Nothing escapes his watchful eye, and even when iQ the most critical circumstances in danger of life from lions, or Zambesi crocodiles, or from ferocious natives, the habits of the animals and the appearance and mode of dress of the people seemed to claim more of his attention than the immediate danger to himself" — London times, ^Vpril 18. " The route lying due northwards is destined before long to become a great highway for Britisli commerce towards the centre of what Dr. Holub excusably calls • the continent of the future '." — F.E. Statham in Acad. , April 20. Howe, J: B. The common sense, the mathematics, and the metaphysics of money. Hugo, V. il., eomte. Les rayons et les ombres. (ODuvres, v. 7.) Hunt, Mrs. H. Children at Jerusalem. Hurd, J: C. The theory of our national existence, as shown by the action of the government of the U. S. since 1861. Irving, J. The book of Scotsmen eminent for achievements in aiTQS and arts, church and state, law, legislation, and literature, com- merce, science, travel, and philanthropy. Japp, A. H. German life and literature ; a series of biographical studies. *' His selection of typical men is limited to half a dozen, Lessing.Von Hardenberg, Winclielmann, Moses Mendels- sohn, Goethe, and Tiecli." — Ohnsfnias bookseller. Johnson, H. K. Our familiar songs and those who made them. Johnston, H: P. The Yorktown campaign and the surrender of Cornwallis, 1781. Kerr, W: S. E,., 8th Marqtcis of Lothian. Fragment of a parallel between the history, literature, and art of Italy in the Middle Ages. Laborde, L: J., conite de. Madame ramirale de Coligny apres la Saint-Barthelemy. 5f-c681 Lange, F: A. History of materialism, and criticism of its present importance. 3 v. (Eng. and for. philos. libr.) Langford, J: A., and others. Staffordshire and Warvrickshire, past and present ; with engr. 2 V. in 4 div. Laveleye, V. L: E. de. Lettres d'ltalie. "Graphic letters. ... Every one who goes to Italy this winter ought to take with him the ' Lettres d'ltalie ' ; and every one who is not going ought to read them in order to study Italy at home." — T. E. C. Leslie in the Academy, Nov. 13. "M. de Laveleye aimed at a right knowledge and understanding of Italian existing institutions, at an appreciation of the intentions of those of her citizens who were most active for her welfare. For the Italian system of education the author finds considerable praise." — Academy, July 31, 18S0. Lear, Mrs. H. D. F., wife of Sidney. Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai ; a biographical sketch. 6ff35l Lennep, J: van. The Count of Talavera ; from the Dutch by A. Arnold. "Van Lennep would hold, in a comparative criticism of European romance, a place about midway between Alexandre Dumas phre and the late Lord Lytton. He is like them both in the harlequin softness and variety of his intrigue; he has more of the manliness of Dumas than of the false 'goodness' of Lytton, hut he approaches the latter in his tendency to abstract digression. All three have the same fondness for mysterious conceal- ments, Quixotic gallantries, and the pomp of more or less fictitious antiquarianism. ... We walk in an atmos- phere of romance, and we cannot retire to our ch;iniber to read a chapter in quietude, but we are sure within half an hour to witness the escape of a political prisoner down the study chimney. This sort of thing, of course, may easily be overdone, and was utterly overdone by the ordinary writers of the last generation; but it must be confessed that this brisk manner of invention is very engaging in the hands of a master like Van Lennep." — Saturday rev., Jan. 1. Lichtenberger, T. Encyclopedie des sciences reli- gieuses. T. 9. McDonald, F. V. Contributions to the early history of Bryan McDonald and family, settled in 1689, on Red Clay Creek, Newcastle Co., Delaware ; with sketches of their descendants. — Genealogy of the Macdonald family ; ed. B., comprising all names obtained up to Feb. 1876. Supplement no. 1, containing records of the descendants of Jesse Peter, etc. — Inquiries relating to the ancestors and descend- ants of Job Whipple, of Cumberland, R. I., and Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y. Mac Donald, G: Warlock o' Glenwarlock. VEF-M14W Macquoid, il/rs. K. S. In the Ardennes ; with illustrations by T: R. Macquoid. Margry, P: Decouvertes et etablissements des Frangais dans I'ouest et dans le sud de I'Ame- rique Septentrionale, 1614-1754 ; memoires et docs, originaux, 4e pte. Martens, G: F: Precis du droit des gens moderue de I'Europe; augm. des notes de Pinheiro- Ferreira ; prec. d'une introd., et complete par I'Exposition des doctrines des publicistes contemporains, et suivi d'une bibliog. raison- nee du droit des gens par C. Verge. 2e ed. 2 V. Mayor, J. B. Sketch of ancient philosophy from ■Thales to Cicero. Menni, J. Philipp Gallicius Saluz, cuorta descrip- ziun della vita da quaist refuomiatur. Newell, C. M. Kalani of Oahu ; an historical romance of Hawaii. Nichol, J: Byron. (Morley, J: Eng. men of letters.) "His selection has been nearly faultless. In what he has himself said with regard to the poet, whether as ta his character or his work, the same judicial faculty is well seen. The commentary of his book is always care- ful in thought, terse and often striking in expression." — Cosmo Monkhouse in the Academy, j\ug. 2li. Tables of ancient literature and history, from B.C. 1500 to A.D. 200. - xv05-)-n51 Tables of European literature and history, from A.D. 200 to 1876. xv05-|-n51b Number 76.] 304 [Oct. 24, 1881 Nineteenth century, Sept. 1881. "'The future of gold', by M. Etnile de Lnvdeye. affords an excellent example of that combination of learning with lucidity of style which seeme to be the peculiar characteristic of those who thinlc in French. — Sir H: Taylor, in a review of Mr. Seoone's 'Four centu- ries of English letters', exhibits the same extensive reading and catholicity of criticism which may be found in the articles be wrote close on 50 years ago." — Acad- emy, Sept. 3. Noel, O. Etude historique sur 1' organisation finan- ciere de la France. O'Kelly de Galway, A., comte. Dictionnaire des cris d'armes et devises des personnages ce- Ifebres et des families nobles de la Belgique ancienne et modeme. Overton, J. H. William Law, non-juror and mystic ; a sketch of his life, character, and opinions. " Law, who died in 1761, was a Non-juring clergyman, and one of the few connecting links between the 17th century and the 19tb; one of the faithful AajnTraSTj^opoi who handed down the torch of pure Anglicanism through that age of darkness. Not only was he the author of one of the most forcible and successful religious exhortations in the English language; he was also a keen controver- sialist. He entered the lists against the stoutest repre- sentatives of heterodoxy. Finally, he is described as the chief of the English 'Mystics', a school of thinkers who, borrowing their ideas from foreign sources, taught that our knowledge of God was intuitive, independent of external evidences, and derived from that complete union of the soul with its Maker, to become conscious of which was the chief object of all devotion and contemplation.'' — St. Jameses budget, March 4. Oxenham, F. X. What is the ti-uth as to eyerlasting punishment ? "An answer to Dr. Pusey's recently published treatise, ' ^Miat is of faith as to everlasting punishment ? ' and, as an argnraentum ad hominem, it is very effective. But the book is not limited to the personal argument. It treats the whole subject exhaustively, and it is well worth studying." — Sj>fi:ta/or, July 16. Palestine Exploration Fund. Map of -n-estern Talestine in 26 sheets ; from surveys by Lts. C. R. Conder and H. H. Kitchener, 1872-77. — The survey of western Palestine : Memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography and archeology ; by Lieut. C. R. Conder and Lieut. H. H. Kitchener ; ed., with add., by E. H. Palmer and ^V. Besant. 2 v. — The survey of western Palestine : Special papers on topography, archa;ology, manners and customs, etc. ; by Lt.-Col. Sir C: Wilson, [and others]. Pallioppi, Z. Ortografia et ortoepia del idiom romauntsch d'Engiadin' ota. Phillips, Wendell. The scholar in a republic ; address at the centennial anniv. of the Phi Beta Kappa of Harvard Coll., June 30, 1881. Eae, W: F. Newfoundland to Manitoba through Canada's maritime, mining, and prairie prov- inces ; with maps and illust. "Mr. Kar has taken possession of Newfoundland as a literary man. ... No one has described so well and thoroughly as he, the colonisation of the island and the chief points in its history." — Tablet, Aug. 20. Rosiferes, R. Histoire de la societe frangaise au Moyen-Age, 987-1483. 2 v. Shakespeare, W: Merry wives of Windsor : the first quarto, 1602, a facsimile in photo-lith- ography by W: Griggs, with introduction by P. A. Daniel. — Tragedy of Coriolanus ; ed., with notes, by W; J. Rolfe. — Tragedy of Cymbeline ; ed. with notes, by W: J. Rolfe. — Tragedy of King Richard ii. ; ed., with notes, by W: J. Rolfe. — Tragedv of King Richard in. ; ed., with notes, by W: J. Rolle. Shore, H: N. The flight of the Lapwing ; a naval ofiicer's jottings in China, Formosa, and Japan. Smith, Goldwin. Lectures and essays. Contents. The greatness of the Ilomans.i — The greatness of England.' — The gi-eat duel of the 17th century. 2 — The lamps of fiction ; a speech on the cent- enary of the birth of Sir W. Scott. — Address to the Oxford School of Science and Art. — The ascent of man.3 — The proposed substitutes for religion.^ — The labour movement.2 — What is culpable luxury ?2 — A true captain of industry.^ — A wirepuller of kings.2 — The early years of the conqueror of Quebec* — Falkland and the Puritans.' — The early years of Abraham Lin- coln.'' — Alfredus rex fundator.2 — The last Republicans of Rome.^ — Austen-Leigh's Memoirs of Jane Austen.8 — Pattison's Milton." — Coleridge's Life of Keble." ^ote. 1 from Contemporary rev.; 2, Canadian monthly; 3, Macmiilan's mag.; 4, Toronto Nation; 5, Toronto mail; 6, New York Nation. Thucydides. Thucydides ; tr. into English, with introd., marginal analysis notes and indices by B. Jowett. 2 v. "As Prof. Jowett appears to aim at pleasing the ear, in which he attains a fair measure of success, he is not to be blamed for not giving a closely literal version, but we do complain that his work is often marred by a failure to reproduce Thucydides' ideas. Some allowance ought to be made for the natural tendency of continuous trans- lation to warp the judgment, and we feel it incumbent upon us to notify the extreme industry to which these volumes bear emphatic witness throughout. We are glad to be able to acknowledge the very high merits of ■ the translation. The diction is digniflod and robust, and interspersed with numerous felicitous turns of expression. The introductory remarks on the study of inscriptions are admirable. Like Dr. Arnold, Prof. Jowett seems more at home in history, geography, and archaeology than in the domain of pure scholarship." — Athen(mim, Aug. 13. Tyler, K. E. The story of a Scandinavian summer ; [travels chiefly m Norway]. Vining, E: P. The mystery of Hamlet ; an attempt to solve an old problem. " His theory is th.at Hamlet was a woman, brought up and educated as a man. Ridiculous as this may at first sight appear, Mr. Vining makes out a plausible case." — Boston post. Walterhausen, W. S., Freiherr von. Der Mia.&; hrsg. von Dr. A. von Lasaulx. 2r B. Warner, S., {author of 'The wide, wide world'). The letter of credit. w5f'w244l Warren, H; Artistic treatise on the human figure. 4th ed. by S. N. Carter. (Putnam's art handbooks.) A.dditions. 2d ser.] BOSTOX ATI-IEN^UM. [No. 77. Not. 16, 1881 Adamsou, R. Fichte. (Knight, W:, ed. Philo- sophical classics for English readers.) Alvarez, F. Narrative of the Portuguese embassy to Abyssinia, 1520-27 ; tr. from the Portu- guese, and ed. with notes and introd. by Lord Stanley of Alderley. (Halduyt Soc, v. 64.) Archer, "W: Suggestions as to public library buildings. xe5-ab23 Bailly, Mme. E., nee Eerenger. Les mariages de gamison. 2e ser. : li'honueur des Chainpa- vayre. vrF-c36M — Les ronces du chemin. 9e ed. yff-c36k — Secoudes noces. 3e ed. vff-c36s Bartlett, J: The Shakespeare phrase book. " Is a wonderfully complete dictionary to every passage In the great dramatist which is worth turning to." " This booli is intended to be an index of the phrase- ology of Shaliespeare; a concordance of phrases rather than of words. Its plan is to take every sentence from his dramatic works which contains an important thought, with so much of the contt^st as preserves the sense, and to put each sentence under its principal words, arranged in alphabetical order. At the end of the book compara- tive readings are given from the texts of Dyce. Knight, Singer, fcjtaunton, and Richard Grant White." — Pub. weekly, Sept. 24. Bartoli, B. Vita Vincentii Carafae septimi Societa- tis Jesu generalis; a Jacobo Hautino Latine contexta. Bellarmino, K., Cardinal. Opera omnia; ex ed. Veneta, plui'ibus turn additis turn correetis, iterum editit Justinus Fevre. 12 v. Beuvelet, M. Meditations sur les principales veri- tez christiennes et ecclesiastiqves povr tovs les iovrs de I'annee. 3 v. Birdwood, G. C. M. Industrial arts of India. "Contains as interesting, comprehensive, and accurate an account of the Hindoo mythology as we have ever come across. ... The handicrafts are described individ- ually- ... This portion of Dr. Birdwood's book is a perfect store-house of peculiar and accurate knowledge. ... The skill of the craftsman is deteriorating, he main- tains, because of the relaxation of the old trade guilds — his history of them, by the way, is eminently worth reading." — Spectator, Sept. 24. Blackwood for September. "' Hints for an autumn holiday ', the last thing written by the late John Hill Burton, deals with the Orkneys, after a fashion as far as possible removed from that of a guide-hook. We have, instead, the mature and somewhat discursive reflections, partly historical, but still more literary, of one who deUghted to call himself ' the old tramp'. 'With Christian Aimer in the Oberjand'. Even to Alpine climbers, or, perhaps, especially to Alpine climbers, the story of the ascent of a mountain is wont to he tedious. But, in this case, the writer has managed to tell his story with more freshness than we can recollect to have found anywhere else." — Acad., Sept. 10. Blocqueville, marquise de. Le marechal Dayout ; raconte par les siens et par lui-m6me. Vol. 4. "H quarto ed ultimo volume della signora di Blocque- ville sul maresciallo Davout, suo padre, 6 un po' confuso, come i tre precedenti, e porge i documenti senza ordine e senza metodo : ma cl d4 nuove rivelazionl sul carattere e le azioni del principe di EckmUhl durante 11 periodo del Cento giorni e sotto la Restaurazione." — A. 0. in La rassegna settimanale, 14 nov. 1880. Boyesen, II. II. Queen Titania. w5F-B69a CniitentH. Queen Titania. — The mountain's f-ice. — A dangerous virtue. " Mr. Euyesen is a good story-telk-r, and succeeds better in sliort stories than in long ones." Brimont, A. de. Un pape au Moyen Age : L'r- bain ii. Bruue, J. liesume du cours d'archeologie professe au seminaire de Kennes ; suivi de notices sur les principaux monuments relig. Burke, E. Letters, speeches, and tracts, on Irish affairs ; col. and arr. by M. Arnold ; with a preface. Buscapie, El; with the illustrative notes of Don Adolfo de Castro ; tr. with a life of the author by T. Ross. Capelle, I'abbe. Vie du cardinal P. Giraud, arche- v^que de Carabrai. 5f-g443c Caraccioli, D., marchese. Eloge historique de Benoist xiv. Cartault, A. La trifere athenienne ; etude d'archeo- logie navale. (Ecoles Frang. d'Athenes et de Rome, no. 20.) Cartwright, J. Mantegna and Francia. (lUust. biog. of the great artists.) Chandonnet, T. A., I abbe. Notre-Dame-des- Canadiens et les Canadiens aux Etats-Unis. Claretie, J. Monsieur le ministre ; roman parisien. 24e ed., rev. et corr. vff-c54mo "Professes to give a photograph of the Parisian polit- ical society of the moment, and it is difQcult to imagine a more loathsome picture. Monotonously disgusting." — Athenamiii, July 7. Concha, J. de la. Memorias sobre el estado politico, gobierno, y administracion de la isla de Cuba. Conway, Moncure I). Thomas Carlyle. "This attractive and pleasant book will do much to remove the unpleasant flavor left on the mental palate of the reading public by Mr. Carlyle's own painful Remin- iscences. Mr. Conway says: 'I do not wish to idealize Cai lyle, hut cannot admit that the outcries of a broken heart should be accepted as the man's true voice, or that measurements of men and memories, as seen through burning tears should be recorded as characteristic of his heart or judgment'." — Acad., Sept. 24. Conze, A., and others. Die Ergebnisse der Ausgra- bungen zu Pergamon. " Tout le monde a enteudu parler de ces fouilles de Pergame qui, depuis deux ans, ont procure au musee de Berlin un inappreciable tresor; mais la mise en ordre et le rapprochement des milliers de morceaux de sculpture, d'architecture et d'inscriptions contenus dans les 462 grandes caisses qui ont etc expediees de Pergame ne pourra etre achevee de si tot, malgre toute I'activitS avec laquelle on y travajUe." — G. Pe7Tot in Jievue critique, Cooke, G: "W. Life, writings, and philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson. "He has neither attempted to criticise nor defend; he has simply tried to interpret Mr. Emerson's utterances from his own individual point of view. ... He has given also an interesting biography of Mr. Emerson, touched upon his personal traits and peculiarities, told us incidents connected with the writing of some of his more famous essays and poems, and has brought together a large amount of matter written by Mr. Emerson, which has never found place in his published works." Number 77. J 306 [Nov. 16, 1881 Cornhill magazine for September. " G-. A. Avritc'fi n valuable paper on ' Old English clans ', In whicli he colh.'ctB a formidable amount of evidence from tbi' elan-namce that may he traced In England to prove that survivals of totcraism can be found even in our Anglo-Saxon progenitors — at all events, that many patronymics are derived from a supposed plant or animal desfcnt." — Acad., Sept. 10. Cox, Sir G: W. Introduction to the science of comparative mythology and folk-lore. "A pleasant book to read, it will no doubt attract many towards a most Interesting subject. ... Sir G: Cox appears to have ignored almost everything which has been recently published on mythology in general. He does not seem to be in the lea&t conscious that any discredit has been thrown upon hi-* favorite syBtem of mythological interpretation. Accordingly he speaks as dogmatically as ever about the identity of the sun with almost every hero of olden times, and he has not even learned the value of caution in dealing with fairy tales." — Athcnanim, May 14. Damascus, Pope. Opuscula et gesta. Davids, A. L. Grammaire turke ; precedee d'un discours prelim, sur la langue et litterature des nations orientales ; avcc un vocab., etc. ; tr. de I'anglais par Mine. vS. Davids. Dodge, Mary Abigail, of Hamilton, [pseitd. Gail Hamilton). Divine guidance; memorial of A. W. Dodge. Edda Stemundar hinns Froda. 3 v. vcyo+i:21l Fabre, F. Mon oncle Celestin. "Un drarae polgnaiit oCi rint6r6t ne languit pas un instant. 11 a pour cadre les rudes montagnos de C(5venneH, pour hiSros un f^aint et presque un ange, pauvre cure de campagne, victime des traeawseries, den haines, des piqiires et des morsures d'insectes nuisibles acharnds contre ea candeur et sa vertu." — JIarime Gaucher in lifv. pol. et lit., 19 f6v. Flamjnarion, C. Voyages aeriens. "His impressions, studies and log-books during 12 scientific ascensions in balloons." — Publishers' weekly, June 11. Fleury, J: Marivaux et le marivaudage. "Montrcr le Marivaux que ehacun connnit, la belle affaire! Mais montrer le Marivaux qu'on ne connaissait pas, voiI& ce qui est un vrai succes d'amour propre. (Jette tentation, M. J; Fleury n'y a pas r^^>iHle. II est heureux de nous presenter un Marivaux leformateur, ennemi des pr(5juL;es, irrit6 dea Inegalites sociales, enfin 8'61an(jant vaillamment h. I'assaut des injustices et des prejuges. Si I'on r^siste k M. Fleury au sujet de son Marivaux inconnu, on sera d'aceurd avec lui sur le Marivaux connu, qu'il nous fait mieux connaitre encore par le precision et la delicatesse de ses analyses. Les pages ou il etudle rinfluence de Marivaux sur la littera- ture, cherehant en notre niucle les traces du raarivaudage et pasBaiit une revue rapide des raarivaudeurs, sont ingenieuses et piquantes." — JIaxime Gaucher in lintH. Broken hearts. — Engaged. — Sweethearts. — Dan'l Druc-e. — Gn-tchcn. — Tom Cobb. — The sorcerer. — H. M. 8. Pinafore. — Pirates of Penzance. Gilder, W: II. Schwatka's search, in quest of the Franklin records ; with maps and illust. " Lieut. Schwatka's search In quest of the Franklin records was one of the most important in its results made ti) the Arctic regions; it established many facts regarding Sir J: Franklin and his men and the records of the expedition which were matters of conjecture before; it made the longest Hludge journey on record, having traversed 2819 miles." — Publiaher-s' weekly, Nov. 12. Gottschalk, L: M. Notes of u pianist, during his tours in the U. S., etc,\ prec. by a biog. sketch ; ed, by his sister, 0. Gottschalk ; tr. from the Fr. by R. E. Peterson. "Gottschalk was a natural Bohemian, erratic and uncertain, of great abilities, often brilliant, sometimes coarse, and unattractive. Such was be in private life. As a pianist and composer his talents were of the highest order, but it ciin hardly be said that he did the best work he could. This book is partly biographical and partly autobiographical. It presents a very excellent story of Gottschalk's life and adventures, especially during his professional tours in the United States, Canada, the Antilles, and South America. What Gottschalk has himself written is bright and amusing." — Boston post, Hassard, J: R. G. A Pickwickian pilgrimage. Holmes, AV: R: Sketches on the shores of the Caspian, descriptive and pictorial. Hoist, H. von. Constitutional and political history of the U.S.; 1846-50. " I'lils volume will strengthen the impression made by the two that have preceded it — that the work is destined to be accepted by the world as the standard authority on American political history. It fills a place which Is occujiicd by no other single work, and fills it so satisfac- torily that it is not probable that any other writer will soon seek to go over the ground. "—J\^. Y. tribune, "Nov. IS. Howard, B. W. Aunt Serena. w5f-h83a "The scene is chiefly laid in the American colony, Stuttgart." — Publishers' weekly, Nov. 5. Howells, AV: D. Doctor Breen's practice. w5f'h835d •* The story is delicate, full of fine touches, and really representative of our time and our people." — Boston d. aducrtiser. " Dr. Breen, a young lady, is one of the most lovable of his creations. She carries our hearts as surely as the Lady of the Aroostook; and not less admirably than that exquisite heroine does she illustrate the keen insight into feminine character, and the poetic perception of feminine ways, which delight us in all Mr. Howells's stories. The other figures in the book are less prominent, but not less life-like." — N, Y. tribune, Nov. 29. James, H:, Jr. Portrait of a lady. " Spun out. ... Nor can it be said that the characters often elicit sympathy from their charm or nobility. For all that, 'The portrait of a lady' is a deeply interesting study of men and women, of motives and moods." Jewett, S. O. Country by-ways. w5f'j553c "Is genuine and trustworthy in its descriptions of New-England country life and character, full of exquisite touches, sympathetic and prompt to recognize all beauty and excellence, and written in a style of so charming grace and simplicity that it fascinates readers who can rightly appreciate these rare qualities." — ^(/aniic, Nov. Johnson, O. William Lloyd Garrison and his times; with an introd. by J: G. Whittier. New, rev., and enl. ed. Johnson, K. Phaeton Rogers ; a novel of boy life. w5f-j622 Judd, J: AV. Volcanoes ; what they are and what they teach ; with illust. (Int. sci. ser.) •'Eminently readable, clear, and stored with the best modern knowledge." — Westminster review, Oct. Kant, I. Text-book to Kant : The critique of pure reason; translation, reproduction, e^c; with biog. sketch, by J. H. Stirling. LafFan, M. Hogan, M. P. New ed. vef*l13h "Among the younger generation of novelists we know none who wi-ites so manifestly from the heart, and at the same time fully satisfies the demand of the critic for literary graces, whether in her longer or shorter pieces." — Academy, Oct. '22. Number 78.] 311 [Dec. 21, 1881 Leibnitz, G. "W., Freikerr von, ed. Codex juris gentium diplomaticiis, in quo tabulje authen- ticae actorum publicorum, tractatuum, alia- rumque rerum majoris momeuti per Europam gestarum ; edidit G. G. L. Leslie, G: D. Our river [the Thames]. "He has simply given bia personal reminiscences of the river, of its pleasant nooks, its villages and inn^i, its boating-people, birds, artists, rishes, and bores." — ^a^ rev.^ June 4. Lucas, C; J: M. Les actes de la conference de Bruxelles ; extrait du Compte- rendu de I'Acad. des Sciences mor. et pol., jul. 1875. Mabinogion, The. The boy's Mabinogion ; the earliest Welsh tales of King Arthur in the red book of Hergest ; ed. with an introd. by S. Lanier. vd-wl~9m7 McCi^ok, H: C, D.V. The honey ants of the Garden of the Gods, etc. Markbam, C. R., ed. Voyages of W: Baffin, 1612- 22. (Hakluyt Soc, v. 63.) "The better part of these materials had already ap- peared in Mr. Haven's introduction and notes to 'The voyage to Spitzbergen ', printed by the American Anti- quarian Society. The book is a work of scissors and paste very well put together indeed, and prefaced, but it is not worthy of Mr. Markham." — AthencBum, Oct. 8. Mayor, J. B. A sketch of ancient philosophy, from Thales to Cicero. " ' What is wanted is something to combine conciseness with accuracy and clearness, something which will be easy and interesting to readers of ordinary intelligence, and will leave no doubt in tbnir minds as to the author's meaning'. We are afraid that, when translated into plain words, this means cram. ... The indolent student who wants to be ready with an available stock of knowl- edge against next examination day will find that it largely saves him the trouble of thinking. He will be further grateful for the service that it is rendered in a pleasant, readable style. He must be a very dull fellow if he cannot pick a handy general knowledge of Aristotle (whatever that may be worth) out of the iifty pages Professor Mayor devotes to that philosopher." — Sat. rev., Sept. 10. Merrill, S. East of the Jordan ; a record of travel and observation in Moab, Gilead, and Bashan, 1875-77 ; with illust., etc. Merriman, D., I>.Z). James Abram Garfield ; dis- course in memoriam. Milner, G: Country pleasures ; the chronicle of a year chiefiy in a garden. "The greater part of his book is occupied with the description of aspects of natural beauty noted within the compass of a single year, from an old garden in South-east Lancashire. ... It is not a book fo be read through at a sitting ; it should be taken up from time to time, and compared journalwise with the reader's own observations and reflections." — Westmin. rev., Oct. "Thi8bookisthoroughly,penetratinglyruraI. ... The author's method is to chronicle week by week and month by month the garden life of a single year (the year 1878), and to illustrate what he has seen and enjoyed by frequent quotations from the range of Enghsh poetry, in this manner connecting his own with a more general expe- rience. ... Though not an apostle of natui-e, nor yet of culture, he is a very entertaining writer." — Mition, Dec. 1. Miot, A. P., comte de Melito. Memoirs; ed. by Gen. Fleischmann ; from the French by Mrs. C. Hoey and J: Lillie. 6f-m666-7 "The author was minister, ambassador, councillor of state and member of the Institute of France, between the years 1788 and 1815; his lifelong friendship with Joseph Bonaparte, whom he accompanied to Naples and about Spain, where he was with the king throughout the Peninsular war, and his intimate acquaintance with the political and personal history of the Bonapartes, render his memoirs exceptionally full and valuable." — Pab- lishem^ weekly, Nov. 12. Mitchinson, A. W. The expiring continent ; a narrative of travel in Senegambia ; with obs. on native character, etc. Morley, J: Life of R: Cobden. 2 v. " The vigor and truthfulness with which he has traced Cobden's career as a public man, and his relations with all the public movements in which he took part, are equalled by the tact and grace with which, having access to all the private letters and memoranda extant, he has act forth as much as need be told about his personal history and bis relations with his friends and kindred. Mr. Trevelyan's 'Life of Macaulay' is very properly regarded as one of the best biographies dealing with the present century that have lately been written ; but Mr. Morley's ' Life of Cobden' is superior to it. Not only a very honest and very able memoir of Cobden, but also a valuable contribution to contemporary history, and to the study of contemporary politics." — AtlierKBuniy Oct. 20. Morris, J:, S.J, Life of Father John Gerard, of the Society of Jesus. 3d ed., enl. "Mr. Morris is one of the few living writers who have succeeded in greatly modifying views of English histoi*y which had been long accepted as the only tenable ones. ... The racking and robbing, the butchering and banish- ing, of Roman Catholics in the 16th century — to carry the matter no farther — has been proved to be as es- sentially a religious persecution as the burning of 'heretics' by Queen Mary, or the wholesale roasting of Jews by the Inquisition of Spain. ... Gerard landed on the coast of Norfolk a fortnight after he had com- pleted his 24th year, quite unknown, and without a friend in this part of England. ... Yet he became for 18 years the most active, and incomparably the most successful, emissary whom the Church of Rome has had in England since the Reformation. It is hardly saying too much to assert that, but for him, the Catholic party in England would have collapsed altogether.** — Augustus Jessopp in Acad., July 9. Morselli, E., ^f.D. Suicide; essay on comparative moral statistics. (Internat. sci. ser.) Nineteenth century, Oct. 1881. "The most thoughtful article, and the most stimulative of thought, is that on 'Scientific optimism', by Mr. James Sully." — Academy, Oct. 15. Palgrave, F. T. The visions of England. vep-p174 "Not a continuous narrative; not poems on every critical moment or conspicuous man in our long annals — but single lyrical pictures of such leading or typical characters and scenes in English history, and only such, as have seemed to me amenable to a strictly poetical treatment. Poetry, not history, has, hence, been my first and last aim, or, perhaps I might define it history for poetry's sake." — Preface. Patmore, C. K. D. The unknown Eros. vep-p27u Number 78.' 312 [Dec. 21, 1881 Pope, A. "Works ; ed. with introd. and notes, bv the Rev. W. Elwin and W. J. Courthope. Vol. 3. "Rarely throughout the introductions or notes do we find indications that Mr. Courthope has failed to under- stand and to fulfil his duties aa an editor. His notes exhibit a thorough mastery of his subject; they illustrate the page without burdening it, and they are free from any attempt at display." — Athenceum, Oct. 15. Rawlinson, G: History of ancient Egypt. 2 v. "Canon Rawlinson has left unread full three-fourths of the literature of his subject." — Amelia B. Edwards in the Academy, Aug. 6. — The seventh great Oriental monarchy ; the Sassanian or new Persian Empire. Rossetti, D. G. Ballads and sonnets. vep-e731b "The supernatural element of poetry (as fundamental an element aa the humorous, and much rarer in modern times) finds here an expression as genuine, as unadul- terated with the self-conscious kuowingness of a scientific age, as if the poems bad been written in the time of Shakspeare, or even in the time of Roger Bacon." — AthencBiim, Oct. 8. "The best part of It is that rare and wonderful thing, mere poetry — clust-ered fruit full of the scent and color of the sun. A gift of beauty." — £\ Dowdea in the Academy, Oct. 15. Russell, A. P. Thomas Cor^vin ; a sketch. "Mr. Corwin was governor of Ohio in 1840, V. S. Senator, 1845, Secretary of the Treasury, 1850, Minister to Mexico, 1861." Russell, W: C. An ocean free lance; from a pri- vateersman's log, 1812. (Franklin Sq. lib.) "A series of sea-fights, ending with a fire at sea, and enlivened by a ball and a ghost-story, and will be de- voured by boys and girls, and by such sailors and marines as may be fond of story-books. But a single volume is more than enough for most people past the age of buy- hood." — Spectator, May 14. After pointing out a number of anachronisms and blunders in seamanship the Saturday review remarks; "The author has chosen an unpleasant subject; and, In an attempt to redeem its unpleasant cliaracter, has only succeeded in making his narrative ridiculous. On the strength of some acquaintance with the modern merchant service he has tried to tell a story of the old war. That he should have attempted a tank for which he is unfitted is to be re ij; rut ted, as, despite his passion for word-painting, he has considerable ability." Schulze, H. Grtuidriss zu Vorlesungen liber Volker- recht. "La plus grande partle de la brochure est formee par una introduction, qui contieut entre autree un tableau fort bien fait du developperaent historique du droit des gens, dans la pratique et la theorlo, depuis I'antiquite jusqu'i nos jours." — Revue de droit inti-Diatlonal, V. 13. 1881. Shakespeare, "W: Tragedy of Antony and Cleo- patra; ed., with notes, by M': J. Rolfe. Shioda, 11. Japanese potteiy, a native report ; ■with an introd. and catalogne by A. AV. Pranks. "It adds a great deal to our scanty knowledge of a subject which has not had the benefit of systematic, still less of conijjrebensive, and, least of all, correct, treat- ment. Great as is European ignorance about Oriental pottery of all kinds, our uncertainty about the ceramics of Japan can hardly be fathomed." — .li/u/ct^w, Apr. 2. Smith, G: Life of Alexander Duff, D.D. ; -with portraits. Dr. Duflf was a missionary to India, 1830-63. Smith, G: B. Life and speeches of J: Bright; with portraits. 2 v. in 1. Steele, J. W. Cuban sketches. " He is a bright, keen man, and one cannot read these sketches without obtaining valuable information about Cuba, and at the same time being amused." — Boston post. Taylor, M. Tippoo Sidtann ; a tale of the Mysore war. 2d ed. tef't217ti Towle, G: M, Ralegh, his exploits and voyages; illust. (Young folks' heroes of history.) TroUope, A. Ayala's angel. (Franklin Sq. libr.) "An interesting study of common-place people. It is as good as a great many of the books he has written, but it does not rank with that half-dozen of Ijja best which desei-ve to be remembered. ... People who have the Trollope taste strongly developed will read it and enjoy it thoroughly." — Westmin. rev. Oct. Warner, C: D. Captain John Smith, 1579-1631, Gov. of Virginia, etc. ; a study of his life and writings. (Lives of Amer. worthies.) " Mr. Warner has thoroughly mastered dull facts, and has gathered information from every available source; but there is no dulness in bis book. On the contrary, a rare humor pervades its pages, :md envelopes the tritest subjects with an attractive glow." — Bofston Sat. eve. gazette. — Washington Irving. (American men of let- ters.) " Tells the etory of Ining's fife, with copious selections from his writings; and gives in a few brief pages a careful estimate of his genius." — Boston traveller, Nov. 26. Williams, A. M. Poets and poetry of Ireland; with essaj's and notes. vdvp*w674 Winchell, A, Sparks from a geologist*s hammer. Confi-nt.'i. Mont Blanc and the Mer de Glace. — Ascent of Mont Blanc. — The beautiful. — The old age of continent-^. — Obliterated continents. — A grasp of geologic time. — Oeological seasons. — Climate of the lake rejj;ions. — Mammoths and mastodons. -^ Salt enter- prise in Michigan. — A remarkable Maori manuscript. — (xenealugy of ships. — Huxley and evolution. — Grounds and consequences of evolution. — Metaphysics of science. Winsor, J., ed. Memorial history of Boston, includ. Suffolk Co., Mass., 1630-1880. Vol. 3. Contents. The Revolutionary period. — The last hundred years, pt. 1. "Mr. Winsor will receive the hearty thanks and con- gratulations of every one interested in it, not only for his intelligent editorship, but for his annotations scattered through the volume, always adding something out of his abundant resources, or still further illuminating the topics presented by the various writers." — ^osion daily adverti'ier. Wormeley, Miss K. P. My wife and my wife's sister. (No name ser.) w5f'w89m "The scene is principally laid in Paris society as that society was left after the convulsions that attended the French Revolution partially subsided." —^os(o« Sat. eve. ganette. "As a story of crime, adventure and reckless daring, this novel takes high rank ; as a love story it is pure, tender and noble." — Boston advertiser. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENiEUM. [No. 79. Dec. 31, 1881 INDEX to nos. 61-78 (books received Jan. -Dec. 1881). j(jeg= Words in parentheses after the page-numhcrs indicate the heading under which the note referred to will he found. JLtobott, E., ed. Hullenlca, 24] . Mabott, E. A. How to tell the parts of speech, Til. A.bout, E. F. V. Le nez d'un notaire, 277; Lc roman d'un brave homme, 241. Acland-Troyte, J. E. Through the ranks to a commission, 2Sj. Acosta, J. de. Nat. and mor. hist, of the Indies, 245. Actasanct., suppl., 231. Adam, L. Du parU'r dans la languo p.araibo, 24'.'. Adam, Apocalypse of. 285. Adams, C: Y., Jr. Xew depar- ture in the schools of Quiney, 261. State sch, supervision, 26.1. Adamson, li.. Ficlite, liO.j. Addison, J. The Addisonian iniscl., 289. Ess.iys, 2o7. Alabama. Gen. Asfsem. Acts, 1865-66, 257. Alauzet, I. De la qualite de Fran^ais, etc., 260. Albee, J: Literary art, 293. Albertis, L. M. d'. New Gruin- ea, 253, 265. Alcott, A. B. New Conn., 237. Aldrich, T: B. The tStillwater tragedy, 2il. Alger,\V: R. School of life, 277. Allen, G. The evolutionist at large, 273. Allen, J. A. Hist, of N. Araer. pinnipeds, 241. Allen, J. H: Fragments of Christian hist., 211. Allies, T: W: A life's decision, 253. Aiq.L.d'. Dentelle au fuseau, 273 Alvarez. F. Portuu^uosi! embas- 1 By to Abyssinia, 152 1-27, 305. American almanac, 1881, 201). American art revi'.'W, ISSO, 277- American entomologist, 257. 1 American journal of math., 277. American naturalist, 2S'.J. I Amero, C. Les avantures de G. van der Gomme, 252 (Tlsaot I and Amero). Amieis, E. d'. Holland, 261. Morocco, 249. Spain, 301. AmoB, A. The great oyer of poisoning, 289. Ancona, E. Yucatan, 293. Attderaon, J. Scotland, 269. Anderson, J: P. Bi-it. topog., 297. Andrews, L. Worlds, 289. Andrews, W; Punishments in olden time, 309. ' Angell, H: C. W: M. Hunt, 245. I Annuaire de I'econ. pol., 285. Anthropol. Soc. of "Wash. Abst. of trans, for two years, •2\'-J. Antiquary, The, 2:i3. Antras de Samazan, J: d'. Me- moires, 289, Apell, A. Handbuch fiir Kup- ' ferstichsaramler, 249. Aphorismical discov. of trea- sonable faction, 241. Appert, B: N: M. Dix ans ^ la ' conrdu roi Louis Philippe, 301. Appleton, J: H. Dr. j\.ppleton ,277 Archer, W: Public lib. build- ings, 305. ' ArchivfurLitteraturgeschichte, 245. Argyle papers, 289. Arkansas. Gen. An^em. Acta, 13th hertsion, 1860-61, 257. Arnold, G. M. B. Gainsborough, 2^;5. Arundel Soc. Ghromo lUh. 1880, Virgin, by Pinturicchio, 253: 1881, Transliguration, by Perngiiio, 2S5. AshweHA.R. Wilberforce, 273. Assolant, J: B.A. L'aventurler, 253. Atkinson, E: Address, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 1880, 269. Atkinson, J. B. Schools of mod. art in Germany, 255. Atwater, E: E. Hist, of the colony of New Haven, 257. Atwood, Rev. G; Games of chess played by Philidor, 241. Audsley, G: A. Keramic art of -Japan, 277. Aud3ley,W: J.,rt»tZG:A. Dic- tionary of archit., 309. Hand- book of Chr. symbolism. 27:i. Auerbach, B. ISrigitta, 265. Tausend Gedankeu des Col- laborators, 245. Augustine. Sister, 273. Austin, Mrs. J. G. A nameless nobleman, 273. Azuni, D. A. Droit maritime del'Eiirope, 297. Babeau, A. La ville sous I'an- cien regime, 269. Baby lUie, 2;i;j. Badeau, A. Military history of U. S. Grant, 285. Bagehot, W. Biog. studies, 273, 289. Economic Ktudies, 241. Bailey, S. L. Andover, 245. Bailey, W. W. The botanical collector's handbook, 297. Bailly, Mme. E., nep B6renger. Les mariagos de garnison : L'honneur des Champavayre, 305. Menages mil.; Les visions d'or, 261. Les roncea du che- min; Secondes noces, 305. Baines, T; Yorkshire, 285. Lan- cashire and Cheshire, 297. Baird, R. West Indies and N. Amer. in 1849, 285. Baker, W; M. Blessed Saint Certainty, 285. Balfour, F. M. Comparative embryology, 261, 297. Ball, v. Jungle life in India, 293. Ballou, M.M. Pearls of thought, 293. Bandelier.A.F. Studies among the Indians of N. Mexico, 285. Barbour, G: M. Florida, 309. Bardsley, Rev. C: W. English surnames, 241. Barlow, J. 2 letters to the citi- zens of the U. S., 289. Barrett, L. Edwin Forrest, 301. Barrington, D. Miscel., 301. Barrow, Sir J: Chron. hist, of voy. to Arctic regions, 301. Barrua, 11. Goshen, Mass., 1661-1881, 297. Barry, W: J. Up and down; 50 years in Australia, 285. Bartii, A. Relig. of India, 309. Bartlett, J: Shakespeare phrase book, 305. Bartoli, D. VitaV. C^arafjjB, 305. Bascom,J: Ethics, 249. Natural thtul.,253. Science of mind, 265. Baudicour, P. de. Le pulntre- graveur fr., 261. Baudoin iii., K. of Jerusalem. I.i ronmns de Bauduin, 285. Baur, F. C. Die christliche T-chre von der Dreieiniglceit u. Meiischwerdung Gottes, 249, Baye, Le baron. J. de. L'archeo- logic prehistorique, 281, Bayliss.W. Higher life in art,245. Beard, G; M., J/. />. American nervonsness, 281. Beardsley, E. E. S: Seabury, Bp. of Conn., 297. Bearae, A. Fugitive slave law days in Boston, 253. Becker, B. H. Disturbed Ire- laTid, 277. Beesly, A. H. J: Franklin, 297. Beitriige zur Entdeckungsge- schichte Afrika's. 3s Heft : Pogge, P. In Ileiche des ilua- to jam wo, 261 . Belgique et lc Vatican, 265. Bellarmino, II. Opera, 305. Benedict, J. Weber, 265. Benson, E. Ga8paraStampa,309. Bent, J. T. Genoa, 265. Bentzon, Mme. Yctte, 273. Besant, W. The seamy side, 239. Sir Richard Whittington, 309. Besnard, F. Y. Souvenirs d'un nonagenaire, 261, 269. Bessey, C: E. Botany, 269. Beuvelet, M. Meditations povr tovs les iovrs de I'annee, 305. Beveridge, AV: , Bp . Theolog- ical works, 289. Biart, L. Adv. of a young naturalist, 257. Bible. The N. T. in the orig. Greek, 297. The New Testa- ment, 1611, rev. 1881, 2S5. Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana,301. Bigelow, M.T. Punctuation, 293. Bikela3,D. Loukis-Laras, 273. Birch, S: Bronze ornaments of the Palace gates of Balawat, 253, 297. Bird, I. I. Unbeaten tracks in Japan, 241. Birdwood, G. C. M. Industrial artK of India, 305. Bjoernson, B. Synnove Solbak- ken, 289. Black, W; That beautiful wretch, 297. Blackwood's mag., Nov. 1880, 241. Jan. 1881, 269. Feb., 261. May, 281. Sept.. 305. Blad6, J. F. Proverbes, 281. Blades, W; The enemies of books, 249. Blaikie.W: G. Livingstone, 249. Blake, W: Works, 277. Blanc, A. A. P. C, and others. Hist, des peintrcs: Ecole bo- lonaise ; allemande; floren- tine ; milanaise, ^ic, 301. Blanc, A. E. Napoleon i., 245. Blanc, J: J.L: DixansdePhist. d'Angleterre, 253, 301. Blanc, Mme. T. Amour perdu, 201. Blanchard, 11. Discovery and conquests of the N. W., 269. Block, M. Sur I'adraini^tration de notre pays, 297. Blocqueville. Davout, 239, .305. Bluntschli, J: C. Gesammelte kleine Schriften, 241. Boisjolin, J. de. Les peuples de la France, 289. Boiasier, G. Varron, 241. Bonnechose, F. P. E. B. de. Lazare Hoche, 281. Borys, G. Les paresseux de Paris. 1 : Une maitresse im- pruvue, 241. Boston. City Council. 250th anniversary of Boston, 253. — Record Commis. 4th, 5th repoi't, 257. Boston. IstCh. Commera.ofthe completion of 250 years, 273. Boston almanac, 1881, 253. Boston Marine Soc. Gleanings, 1742-1842, 257. Boston Monday lectures, 277. BostonSoc. Nat. Hist. Proe.,257 Boston Univ. Pres. Annual report, 1879-80, 257. Bouille, R. de. Hist, des dues de (luise, 297. Bower, G. S. D: Hartley and J. Mill, 281. Bowes.J.L. Keramicartof Jap- an, 277 {Audsley a7id^ Bowes). Boyesen, H. 11. Ilka on the hill-top, 253. Q. Titania, 305. Braithwaite, W: a^id J., eds. RL-troHpect of med., 1880, 261. Bramhall, J; , Z».Z>. Works, 289. Brandea, G: F. Lassalle, 242. Bredif, L. Polit. eloquence of Greece, 285. Brewer, J: B. Eng. studies, 281. Bright, H: E. A year in a Lan- cashire garden, 285. Bright, J. F. Hist, of Eng., 245. Brimont, A. de. Urbain ii., 305. Brisbin,J. S. Beef bonanza, 242. British almanac, 18S1, 249. British Museum. Cat. of Greek coins': Italy; Seleucid kings of Syria; Sicily; Tauric Cher- sonese, Sarmatia, etc., 297. Hand-list of bibliog., 281. Broilliard, C: Cours d'am^nage- ment des forets enseigne & I'Ecole Forestifere, 297. Brooke, S. A. Faith and free- dom, 277. Riquet of the Tuft, 245. Brooklyn Lib. Catalogue, 249. Brougham, J; Life, stories, and poems, 261. Broughton, R. Second thoughts, 253. Brown University. 100th anni- versary, Sept. 6, 1864, 207. Browning, O. Mod. France, 242. Brownlow, W. R. Roma sot- teranea, 255 (Northcote and Brownlow) . Briickner, A. Culturhistorische Studien, 242. Brune, J. Cour d'arclieol. prof. au seminaire de Rennes, 305. Bry, T. de. A new artistic al- phabet, 1595, 2S5. Bryan, M. E. Wild work, 297. Number 79.] 314 [Dec. 31, 1881 Bryant, W:C. Hist of U.S., 253. Buchon, M. Lc Matachin, 285. Buck, Mrs. E. G. Mem. of S: Hubbard, 297. Backland, F. Nat. history of British fishes, 2.13. Buckley, E..B. Irrigation works of India, 207. Bucknill, J; C: , Jf.D. Care of the insjine, 2i5. Budd, T: G-ond order estab. in Penn. and N. J., 2:>7. Budington, W: I. 1st Church, Charlu'Stown, 2Sn. Bull, G-; Defeimiufidc'i Xica3na3; Esampii censuras; llarmonia apostolic. i; .ludgiUL-nt of the Cath. Gh., etc., 2J7. Bullock, A. H. Cent, of Mas.-.. Constitution, 301. Bunbury.E.H. Anc.geog.amon:: the Greeks and Roraane, oOO. Buonarotti, M. A. 6 i outlines from [bisj works, 26;i. Burbridge, F. W. The gardens of the Sun, 277. Burdett, II: C. Cottage hospi- t;ils. 263. Burgess, J. Archseol. survey of India, 2o7. Cavetein[ile6ofI., 234 (Fergusson a/n/ Burgeas). Burke, E. Letters, ' ic, un 1 rinh atf.iirs, 3115. Burke, .Sir J: Geneal. and her- aldic diet, of tlie peera^'o, 26.). Burke, S. H. I^.^t. pm-iiMits of the Tudor dynastv, 2o3. Burnett, Mm. F. H. A fair barbarian, 269. Burnham, H; Brattleboro, 301. Burroughs, J: I'epacton, 277. Burrows, M. rmperial Eni,'., 2.i;!. Busbequius, A. G. Life and letters, 281. Buscapie, El, .305. Bushnell, II. Building eras in religion, 2S9. Butler.S: Unconscious memory, 201, Butler, /J Col- W.F. Far out; rovin'.^(f retold, 2fi i. Butach, A. F. Biicher-Orna- mentik der IteTiaissanee, 2--'6. Butterworth, 11. Young filk^' hist, of Boston; Zigzag jour- neys in classit; lands, 3Ul. Buxton, H. J. W. Gorman, Flemish and Butch painting, 2S'.). Bynner.E.L. Damcn'«glinst,;^.()'.i. Cable, G; W. The (Iramlis- Biniee,2'>3. Mme. Delphine,2H') CaderaB.G.F. Nouvas rini;is. 2S6. Cairn3, -I; Unbelief in the 19th cent, 2S'.i. Caiua, J: Of Eni,dish dogge.s, 1576, 273. Calderwood, H; The relations of science and religion, 2.i3. Callot, J. Livre d'esquisrics dam In Col. Albcrtine, 269. Cambridge Univ. Calendar, 233. Campbell, A. Tlie church of the future, 237. Campbell, J- Life, from his aulobiog., 273. Campbell, R. A pilgrimage to my motherland, 26U. Cantacuzene-Altieri, PHncesse (Jlga. Poverina, 242. Cape Cod folks, 2S9. Capelle, Vabbe. P. Giraud, 305. Capen, N. Spurzheini and Combe, 23:i. Capes, liev.W.W. Stoicism, 249. Capper,S: J. Boden See, CUI. Caraccioli, D. Benoist xiv., .305. Carle, G, La faillite dans le droit international prive, 2.(7. Carlyle, T; Reminiscences, 265, 269. Caro, A, Dellelettcrcscr.anomo del card. A. Farnese, 286. CaroU.M. HowMarjory helped, 245. Cartault, A. La triero atheni- enne, 30.3. Carter, A. G. W. The old court house, 242. Carter, J: .Specimens of Gothic architecture, 277. Cartwright, J. Mantegna and Francia, 305. Castelar, E. L'art, la religion, et la nature en Italie, 20'i. Catullus, Q.V. Poems, ii)7. Cauchy, E. F. Le droit maritime internal., 20y. Propriete privee dans la guerre maritime, 2'J7. Cellini, B. Memoirs, 2li7. Cernuschi, TI: Bi-metallism at 15! a necc-isity, 2G.I. Chamberlain, U 11. Classical poetry of the JapanCHe, 263, Champlain.S. de. \'oyages, 27U. Champneys, B. Quiet corner of England, 2J7. Chandler, A. D. A bii-yele tour in J^ngland and A\'ak's, 2S1. Chandler, P. AV. Gov. Andrew, 242. Chandonnet, T. A. Xotre-Darac- des-Canadiens, ct<-., 305. Chantelauze, R Louis xiv. et Marie Mancini, 2si). Ckaper, M. La region diamanti- fere de l^ifrique australe, 281. Charles i. Wairant to execute (Jharles r., '2~~. Charlesworth, >f. L. Mini.->ter- ing children, 201. Charpentier, P, Une maladie morale, 212. Chaucer, G. Odd texts of minor poems; .V one-text jnint uf [his] minor poem.-. ; Siippl. parallel-text>, 237. Tale uf tlie man of lawe, 253. Chaucer Soc. Autotypes of (.'haueer ms.s., 233. Chavette, E. Ij'oncle du Mon- t-ieur de Madame, 301. Cheales, A, B. Proverbial folk- lore, 2"^'.'. Cheever, (i: B. Lectures on the Filgi-imV progress, 2li7. Chemical news, 2'.i3. Cheney, Mrs. E. D. Gleanings in the \\t'W\< of art, 237. Mem. of S. W Cheney, artist, 2 i3. Chenier, A. M. de. CEiivres puetiqiiew, 2711. Cherbuliez, V. Noirs et rouges, Ch6ruel, P: A. Hist, de France pendant le minorite de Louis XIV., 26.}. Chester.-T. Visitation of London, 2S3 (Howard a)u/ Chester). Chevallier, S. G. La rauscarado humaine, 21)3. Child, E. (ieneal. of the Child, Ctiilds, r/r., families, liS'i. Chorley, II: l-\ The national miK^ic of the world, 277. Mem. 1 of Mr.s. Hemans, 27.j. j Christie. R: C. EtienneD()let,233. Chronicles of the White Rose ' of York, 297. I Church, E. R. The home gar- den, 277. How to furnish a home, 270. Church, iVr-t. F. M. Her fath- er's name, 261. Church of Eng. Canonft. Laws and canons to the reign of Henry viii., 297. Cicero, M.T. Life and letters, 245. Cicognara, L., and others. Le f.ibbrichi e i raonuuienti cos- picui di Venezia, 263. Clapp, II.C ,M.D. Iseonsiump- tion contagious ? 2(2. Claretie, J. Monsieur le mi- nistre, .3(-i.3. Clarke, J. I<\ The legend of Thomas Didvnius, 27U, 277. Clarke, W: H. IIor-es'tfNtli, 2.i7 Clement, C: Gleyre, 2SI. Clergyman's mag., 2 i3. Clerq, M. de. Reeueil des traites de la France, 301. Clive, C. W. Paul Ferroll, 2S0. Clouston.W. A. Arabian poetry for Engli.sh i-eaders, 257. Clunet, E; Du defaut de validity de plu.sieurs traites [de] la France, 212. Cobbe, F. P. The duties of women, 261. Coburn, F. W. Cent, bist of the Battle of Bennington, 293. Coffin, C: (,:. Old times in the colonies, 242. Cognetti de Martiis. S. Le fnrme primitive nella cvolu- zione economica, 2i7. C Jllege of N. J. /:'. M. Muspuhi iif ijiol. and Archeology. ( '(.intnliutious, 2 i7. CjIUus, AV: L. Butler, 263. Collins. \V: W. Fallen leaves, 277 Colombia, Estadoa Unidos de. Exiiloration olicial, 261 Colrille, (Japt. H. E. Ride in IKtticoat ami slippers, 'J;)7. Colville, J; Orig. letters, 2S6. Colvin, S. Lander, 2,J3. Comines, 1^. de, nieur d'Arg( ti- tan. Memoire.-i, 270. Cjuant, .V. J. Fuotprints of vani-lied races in the Mi.-s. Valley, 237. Concha, J. de la. Mem. sobre cl e-ladu pol , rt>-., de Cuba, 303. Congdon, ( ', T. Reminiscences of a journalist, 242 Conscience, 11. Le llcau du vil- laire, etc.; La miire Job; Le tribun de (iand, 270. Contemporary rev., Dec. IK.sii, 2411. April, 1S81, 270. June, 2S6. Sept,, 3U1 Conway, M. D. T. Carlyle, 305. The wandering Jew, 301. Couze, A., and oIIkv^. Die Kri,a'bnisse der -Vusgrabungen zu Perganutn. 305. Cook, C. 'What shall we do with our walls ? ' 277. Cook, M. The wilderness cure, 2M3. C.ioke,(i: W. R.W.Emerson,305. C joke, J. P. Set. culture, 297. Cooke, R. Visitation of the Co. of Lincoln. 1562-64, 2Si). Cooper, C, II; Memorials of Cambridge, 309. Cooper, U.S. Oorallands, 245. Copp6e, II; Hist, uf the conquest of Spain, 273 Coquelin, R. C. The actor and his art, 2-37. L'art et le come- dicn, 242. Cornhill magazine, Nov. 1880 242. Dec., 249. Jan. 1881, 26l! March, 265. April, 277. Aug. 301. Sept., 301, 306. Oct.,309, Corthell, E. I>. History of the jetties at the mouth of the Mi^s, River, 261. Corwin, E: T. The Corwin genealogy, 257. Casin, J: Works, 289. Cossa, L. I'oiit. economy, 245, Couate, E. Le chateau de Cas- telloubou, 210. Cjx, Sir G: W. Comparative mythology and fulk-lore, 306. Craik, D. M. M. His little mother, 270. Poems, 281). Thirty yearss, 233. Crakanthorpe, R: DefeaeJo ecclesiai Anglicanae, 289. Cramp, W. Fac-simile auto- graph letters of Junius, 270. Crane, W. The 1st of May, 293. Crawford, J. C. Xew Zealand and .Australia, 2S6. Cripps, W.J. Old Fr. iilate, 215. Crockfjrd's clerical directory, ISSii, 233. Crofton, H: T. The English Gipsies under the TudorK, 237. Croly, D; Index to the 'Tracts for the times', 2S9. Crosland, N. Stories of Lon- don, 270. Camming, Mif<^ C. F. G. At home in Fiji, 277. Cundall, J. Bookbindings, 277. Curtius, E. ,«//(/ o(/ier«. Ausgra- ' bungen zu Olynipia, 249, 289. - Carwen, J. S. Studies in wor- -- shi]> music, 249. Cashing, W; Suppl, index to I N. Amer review, 273. . Cutler, T. A. Grammar of Japanese oriiament, 273. Cutter, n. B. Hist, of Jafftey, N. H., 1749-1880, 2'.)7. Cyples, W: Human exper., 262. . Dahn,F. A struggle for Kome,293 i D' Alton, . I: Mem. of the Arch- bishops of Dublin, 293. Damascus, Pope. Opuscula §t ■ gesta, 306. Dana, D: D. The fireman, 265,;i Dareate, E. Histoire de la Res- . tauration, 249. :^i Darlev, F. O. C. Hawtbome'S;.' Searlet letter, 262. ^, Darwin, C, R. and F. Power of movement in plants, 262. -^^ Daudet, A. Lettres de raon„, moulin, 265. ^ Daudet, E. Le lendemain da, peehe, 289. Mme. Sylvani, 233. ^ Davids, A. L. Grainmaire;' , turke, 306. Davies, E: Clalmsof 088ian,298^, Davies, G. C. RamblcB and adv ,, of our school field-club, 262. " Davies, J: Hist, tracts, 298 Davis.Crll; N,l*olarexpe(l.,262 -,. Davis, J. The rise and fall o ^', the Confiderate gov., 281. .■ "' Dawson, J. Australian., aborig,.: ines, 301. Dawson, J: W: Chain of life i:., j' gcolou;. times, 245. Day, J;^ Plays, 237. Workp,30l;^ Debans, V- Les drames ^ tout .: vapeur, 245. ^ De Burgh, W. Elements c?;^^ maritime intcrnat. law, 28i!. :^- De Costa, h'n). B. F. Cabo (., ;^ Baxos; AV. Blackstonc in h, ^ rel. to Ma=.s. and R. I-, 257. -'^'A [fumber 79.1 315 [Dec. 31, 1881 DecoTirdemanctie, J. A. MiUe et un provorbes lures, 281. Dedham, Mass. Ancient deeds from the Indians, 265. De Forest, J. W. The hloody chasm, 302. Delaborde, J. Coligny, 2ri7. Delaware. Laws, 1700-97, 238. Delord, T. Histoire illusl. du Second Empire, 277. Demon of Andersonville, 302. Denifle, H. S. Tauler's Bekeh- riing kritisch uutei'suchl, 2J:.5. Denison, C: , M. D. Rocliy Mt. resorts, 257. Denniaon. W. T. The Orcadian aketch-book, 270. Denton, W: Is Darwiu right? 302. D6ring,E:H.I'rcvilk'Chase4265. Dea Cars, A. J. Treati-^e on pruning trees, 270. 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Marshall, W. G. Through America, 275. Martens, G: F: Nouv. recueil de traites, 250. Droit des gens mod. de I'Europe, 303. Martin, F; Statesman's year- book, 1881, 267, Martin, I-I. N. The human body, 267. Martin, W. A. P. The Chinese, 263. Martineau, J. Hours of thought, 2S3. Mary ii. Lettres et ra6ni., 2-i.i. Mary, J. La liancet; de Jean Clauile, 2J0. Maryland. Proc. of conventions of Md., 1774-76, 299. Maspero, i. Thoreau, H: D; Early spring in Mas^.. 264. Thorndike, H. Works, 2'.i2. Thornet, T. A. Kate Comer- furd, 260. Thucydides ; tr. by B. Jowett,30.1 Tieck, J: L: Vittoria Accorom- bona, 292. Timayenis, T. T. Qreire, 204. Timbs, J: Ilistoric uini-pins,30o. Tincker.M.A. By theTil)ir,2Sij. Tissot, J. Introd. philos. A I'etude du droit, 280. Tissot,V.,a7i(?Am6ro,C. Lesav- enturcsdeG. v. der (Tomm,2o2. Tittmann, J. DeutsclierDiehter des 17. Jahrh., 246 (Goedeke and Tittmann). Todd, A. Pari. gov. in the Brit. colonies, 244. Todifire, — . L'Autriche sous Marie Tlii'iiso, 300. Towle, (t: M. Certain men of mark; Marco Polo, 2'>H. Ra- legh, 312. Tozer, Jiiv. H: F. Turkish Ar- menia, 2So. Tredwell, D. M. A monogi-aph on priv. iUoHt. books, 292. Trevelyan, G.I). C: J. Fox, 248. Troliope, A. -Vyala's angel, 312. Cicero, 278. ' Dr. Wortlo's school, 260. The duke's chil- dren, 268. John Caldigate, 284. South Africa, 288. Troliope, H: M. Corneille and Racine, 284. Troliope, W: Christ's Hospital, 268. Trumbull, J. H. Ind. names, 300. Trumbull, J: Sortie of aibral- tar; photograph, 300. Tuckey, J. Joan of Arc, 2.56. Take, J. II. Irish distress, 248. Turgenef, J. S. Virgin soil, 292. Turner, C: T. Sonnets, 284. Turner, .7. M. W: Annual tour, 1833-35 ; must, of Scott'« Poet, works; Views in En:,'land and Wales; Turner C'lllrry, 280. Tuscan fairy talcs, 270. Twias, T. Law of nations, 244. Tyler, K. E. A Scandinavian summer, 308. Tylor, E: B. Anthropol., 284, 292. Tyrwhitt, St.J. iir.ekand(ioth- Ic, 308. TJchard, M. In6s Parker, 2')2. Ujfalvy-Bourdon, M. de. Di Paris i, Samarkand, ch., 268. Ulbacll, L; Le chateau des epines, 252. Underwood, A. B. 3 years' ser- vice of tlie 33d Mass. Infantry Regiment, 20s. TJndset, I. Etudes eur V^gQ de bronze de la Hongrie, 284. U.S. Dept.o/ £due. Iteportof Com. of Educ, 1878, 2'j6. — Iirpt.of ,'itate. Digest, 260. — K'tval Ofi\. Astnin. and met. obs.,1876, 300. Rep'ts on solar eclipses, 1878, 80, 28i). — Sargeon-Gcti.'fi Office. In- dex-cat. of tlie Lib., 300. — Treas. iJijd. Ann. report of the Sec., 260. TJniversalist Centen., Glouces- ter, -I/r/v.v. Proceedings, 260. Ussei, 1'. d*. Essai snr I'esprit public dans I'liistoire, 268. Vais^ete, J. Hist, de Liingu(;- doc, 270 (Devic au irituali8in, a situation suggesting reminlscenci's of Tieck and Balzac, and inviting a comparison, not wholly unfavorable to IleyMo, with one of Mr. Henry James's recent stories. ■ Tlic Witch of the Corso ' Is gloomy and melo-diainatic, with considerable tragic power." — .Sat- urday rev., Jan. 15, 1881. Higginson, T: W. Common sense about women. Hindley, C: History of the cries of London, an- cient and modern. Hinstin, G. Les Romains a Athfencs avant 1' em- pire. " La Grece soumise par nos arraes a soumis &, son tour eon farouche vaioqueur, diaait Horace. M. G. Hins- tin a recherch6 la tra«e de ses devanciers d'il y a deux mille ans, de ceux qui venaient de Rome pour admirer la cit6 de Minerve dans la splendeur de ses monuments, de ses fetes, de ees ecoles, et ciifin de tons ses chefs-d'oeuvres recents encore. II les a montres discourant avec les philosophes, s'asseyant & I'^cole des rheteurs. C'est un livre d'or qu'il a en quelque sorte ouve^'t pour Ath6ne8. Noms illustres, Oaton, Paul-Emile, Scipion, Albucius, Crassue, Antoine, et Sylla. Peut-etre M. Hin- stin est-il porte k exagerer I'influence exercee sur tons ees illustres voyageurs; ou du moins ne marque-t-il pas assez les differences. Quand les documents font defaut, M. Hinstin n'a nuUeraeiit peur de I'hypothfise. M. Hin- stin est, en meme temps qu'un erudit, un homme d*ima- gination, et il se laisse tenter." — liev. pol. et lit. Hinton, J. Philosophy and religion; selections from [his] mss. ; ed, by C. Haddon. " A valuable book; philosophically speaking, per- haps the most valuable book written In England since Coleridge."— ^c«df?)iy, Jan. 14, 1882. Historical sketch of the Cathedral or Minster of Strasburg. 10th ed. Hitchcock, C In memory of C: Hitchcock. Hitopadesa. The book of good counsels ; from the Sanskrit by E. Arnold. Hoar, G: F. James Abram Garfield. Hoeninghaus, J. B. La reforme contre la reforme, ou Retour k i'unite catholique par la voie du protestantisme ; tr. de I'allemand par W. et S., prec. d'une introd. par M. Audiu. 2v. Holland, F: M. What kind of morality did Christ and the Apostles teach? Holland, T: E. Lecture on the treaty relations of Russia and Tui-key, 1774-1853, Oxford, Apr. 28, 1877 ; with an app. of treaties. Holmes, E: Rambles among the musicians ofii; many. Holmes, O. W., Jr, The common law. Hooykaas, J. C. Reportoriura op de koloniale lit- teratuur ; ter perse bezorgd doorW. N. du Rieu. 2 V. Hopkins, J: H. Poor Trinity ; the report of a committee on the condition of the finances of Trinity Church, examined. Here, H. J„ and Graves, J., eds. Social state of the southern and eastern counties of Ireland in the 16th century. Hubbard, N. G. Ilistoire contemp. de I'Espagne ; 2e ser., tome 1, etc, Regences de Christine et d'Espartero, 1833-43. Huebbe-Schleiden, — . Ethiopien ; Studien uber AVest-Afrika. " The author was for two years manager of a mercan- tile establishment on the Gaboon Kiver, and his ' Studies on \Vest Africa ' relate rather to the commercial develop- ment of the country than to its geography or natural products, ^[any interesting particulars on the latter points may nevertheless be gleaned from it. ... He thinks favorably of the Africans on the whole, but con- siders that physical compulsion csmnot be dispensed with in their present state of civilization." — Sat. rev, Hughes, T: The stranger's handbook to Chester and its environs. Hunnewell, J. Journal of the voy. of the * Mission- ary Packet', Boston, to Honolulu, 1826. Huxley, T: H. Science and culture, and other essays. Contents. Science and culture. —Universities actual and ideal. — Technical education. — Elementary instruc- tion in physiology. — Joseph Priestley. — Method of Zadig. — Border territory between the animal and the vegetable kingdoms, — Certain errors respecting the Number 82.] 327 [Apr. 15, 1882 structure of the heart attributed to Aristotle. — Hypoth- esis that animals are automata, and Its history. — Sen- sation and the unity of structure of the sensiferous organs. —Evolution in biology. —The coming of age of 'The origin of species.'- Connexion of the biological sciences with medicine. Idea sucinta del origen, etc., de la Compania del Nombre de Jesus ; con uu resumen de sus relaxadas, y perniciosas opiniones morales ; tr. del italiano. 1768. Ingleby, C. M. Occasional papers on Shakes- peare ; the 2d part of ' Shakespeare, the man and the book.' Jackson, J. Liste provisoire de bibliographies geo- graphiques speciales. James, G: P. R. The commissioner ; or, De lunat- ico inquirendo. V-j23n James, M. E. What shall we act? or, A hundred plays from which to choose ; with hints on scene-painting, etc. 2d ed. James fountain. The ; proc. at the presentation. Union Sq., N. Y., Oct. 25, 1881. Jennings, G: H: Anecdotal history of the British Parliament. Jennison, L. W., {pseud. Owen Innsley). Love- poems. w5p-j44: " Full of deep passion, high imagination, and accu- rate expression, marlsed, moreover, by a quality of clearness which, above all, has helped the book to its ready popularity. ... Will probably incur nothing but contempt from the admirers of Whitman and Wilde, for with all its strength and passion it must seem to them basely and despicably pure." — J^ature. Jensen, W: Die Namenlosen. VGr-j45N — Sonne und Schatteii. ygf'j45s Joanne, A. L. Normandie. 4e ed., contenant un app. pour les iles de Jersey et Guernsey. Johnson, S: Chief lives of the poets; and Ma- caulay's Life of Johnson ; pref. by Matthew Arnold ; [also] Macaulay and Carlyle on Boswell's Johnson. xvep-j63-3 Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton. Crockery catalogue. Juatinianus. Select titles from the Digest of Jus- tinian : ed. by T: E. Holland and C: L. Shadwell. " The ' Digest' of Justinian is too ponderous a mass to form part of the working library of a beginner and a selection gives him an idea of the method and spirit of the original which an abridgment, moulded according to the views of the abridger, must in a great measure fail to convey. "The principle of arrangement is all that could be desired. Two valuable features may be spec- ially noticed : each title has an analytical head-note by the editors, and is also provided with references to par- allel passages in the ' Corpus juris' and in Gains." — At/iencmm, Oct 22, 1881. Kaltenborn, C: von. Grundsatze des praktischen europaischen Seerechtes, etc. Kane, H. H. Opium-smoking in Amer. and China. Kapp, F: Justus Erich Bollmann ; ein Lebensbild. " His whole life was a series of agitated episodes. He witnessed some of the most stirring scenes of the French Revolution. He succeeded in helping Narbonne to escape to England; was thrown into the society of Talleyrand, Mme. de Stael, .and other emigrants of rank; and the manner in which he had borne himself in Narbonne's escape led to Bnllman being asked to do the same for Lafayette. On the failure of this atlempt, he went to the United States, where he was compromised in Aaron Burr's filibustering expedition ; he then visited Vienna at the Congress, where he lived on terms of close intercourse with leading statesmen," — Spectator, March 26, 1881. Knox, A. A. The new playground ; or. Wander- ings in Algeria. " Brilliant and delightful." — Daity neivs. Laboulaye, E: R. L. de. Abdallah ou le trefle Ji quatre feuilles; conte arabe, suivi de Aziz et Aziza. 7e ed. vff-lUa Lacroix, P. 17e sifecle; institutions, usages, et costumes : France, 1690-1700 ; illustre. — 17e sidcle; lettres, sciences et arts: France, 1590-1700; illustre. Laloux, A. Tractatus de actibus humanis ; ed. A. Orssaud. La Motte, J. de L. de S.-K. de V., comtesse de. Vie, ecrite par elle-m Sme. 6f-l193 Lanfrey, P: L'eglise et les philosophes au 18e sifecle, avec une etude biographique par M. de Pressense. — Etudes et portraits politiques. Contents. L'histoirc du Consulat et de I'Empire, par Thiers. — Daunou. — Carnot. — A. Carrel. — Guizot. — Proudhon. — Regime parlementaire sous Louis Philippe. — Un dernier mot sur Carnot. — Paris en Amerique. par M. E. Laboulaye. — Histoire politique des papes. Nouv. ed. — Les lettres d'Everard, suivies de Les pamphlets de l'eglise ; La politique ultrambntaine ; Le septennat. vr5i-L24 Langmead, T: P. T. English constitutional his- tory, from the Teutonic conquest to the pres- ent time. 2d ed., with add. " Principally intended for the use of students, with a secondary reference to the general public, who might wish handier means of information than a direct appli- cation to the great constitutional historians, or to the original authorities. ... Judging it in the light of its pur- pose, it is a thoroughly good and useful work." — Spec- tator, July 9, 1881. Lanigan, J: Ecclesiastical hist, of Ireland to the beginning of the 13th cent. Lansdell, H: Through Siberia. 2 v. "A journey of 8,000 miles from the Urals to the Pacific, on the Rivers Obi, Amur, and Ussuri, and by the hire of 1000 horses." — Athenomm, Oct. 29, 81. "With the exception of Mr. Mackenzie Wallace's ' Russia,' this is the best book on a Russian subject which has appeared of late years. It is a genuine record of a remarkable expedition. He visited the prisons in each town at which he arrived and every mine or other place of penal servitude which lay near his track." — Athenamm, Jan. 21, 1882. Lapaume, J. Recueil de poesies en patois du Dauphine, vfodp-l Lardner, D. Hand-books of natural philosophy and astronomy. 2d, 3d course. 2 v. Lassalle, F. Das 'System der erworbenen E-echte." 2e Aufl., hrsg. von L. Bucher. 2 v. " His chief work, which no student of political sci- ence can afford to neglect, is an excellent illustration of the oft-quoted remark that it is impossible to approach modern political philosophy without getting a louch of Jocobinism; yet he never attempted to draw the practi- cal consequence of the radical theories of this work. He argues with vast erudition 'that property, and more especially the modern institution of bequest, is not a logical but an historical category.' " — J^ation. Lathrop, G; P. Afterglow. (No name ser.) -yL34A — In the distance ; a novel. Vl34i A thorough American novel in scenes and characters; the scene is chieflv laid in New Hampshire, around and upon Monadnoc Mountain, though it changes to more cultivated centres. The Boston Travctler says ; " It deals with the restrained incluslveuess of New England life, it emphasizes properly the odd divisions of caste Number 82.] 328 [Apr. 15, 1882 that have spontaneously grown up here in spite of our professed democratic tendencies, it deals mucn -with cir- cuni8ta.nceH as the moulder of character, and it is per- vaded to a certain extent with that atmosphere of reflec- ted transcendentalism which no New England person can in these days wholly escape." Leader, J: D. Mary Queen of Scots in captivity. Le Blant, E. F: Etude sur les sarcophages Chre- tiens antiques de la ville d' Aries. *' Admirable engravings, learned introductory chap- ters, and lucid descriptions. M. Le Blant pospenses the great advantage of not writing under the shadow of the Vatican, The fettering influence of a Church which, having committed itself to certain positions, since proved to be untenable, with regard to the date and purpose of the catacombs, the character of their contents, and the meaning of the symbols found in them, especially as indications of martyrdom, finds it diflicult to retire with due regard to its claim to infallibility of judgment, is only too apparent in many recent works proceeding from Rome, or composed under its auspices." — Sat. rev. Oct. 18. Le Clercq, C. First establishment of the faith in New France ; tr. by J: G. Shea. 2 v. Lees, J. C. Stronbuy ; or, Hanks of Highland yam, ^1-517 'The personages of the story are excellent, coloured a little and exaggerated in outline, for the sake of fun, but distinctly doing credit to the writer's literary art. There are capital anecdotes, too, interspersed." — Spec- tator, Oct. 29, 1881. " There has been nothing in Scotland like the breezy Ay and rapid character-sketching in it since Prof, toun's time." — W. Wallace in the Academy, Aug. 13, 1881. Legue, G. Urbain Grandier et les possedees de Loudun. 2e ed. 6f+u766l "Founded on unpublished documents. — Athenceum, Aug. 2, 1879. Lehner, Dr, F. A. von. Die Marienverehrung in den ersten Jahrhunderten. Le Roux de Lincy, A. J: V. La vie de la reine Anne de Bretagne. 4 v. 5f-an73l Leroy-Beaulieu, A. L' empire des tsars et les Kus- ses. Vol. 1. *• Je ne sache pas qu'il existe sur la grande nation ruese (composee de Finnois et de Tatars absorb^s par des Slaves) un meilleur livre. C'est le fruit excellent d'un long travail." — P. Viollet in Bulletin cHtique, Sept. 1, 1881. *' Avant de publier ce volume M. Leroy-Beaulieu a visite la Russie i plusieurs reprises. II a d' abord publie le result.it de ses etudes dans la Revue 'fes Deur-Mondea, ce qui Uii a permis de mettre t\ profit Ith ohscrvations et lee critiques auxquelles eette premiiire publication a donne lieu." — /. Gagarin in Polybiblion, mal 1881. '* The present instalment deals with the land and its Inhabitants, carefully depicting the physical features of the one and analyzing the moral and social character- istics of the other." — Athenoium, May 28, 'SI. Lesley, J: P: Man's origin and destiny; sketched from the platform of the physical sciences. Lewis, J. Queen Anne's son ; memoirs of Wil- liam Henry, Duke of Gloucester ; repr. from a tract pub. in 1789 ; ed., with notes, by AV. J. L of tie. "He was not a man of much culture ; he does not write well, yet he succeeds in giving as vivid a picture of court life as Fanny Burney." — AthencBum, Liard, L: Descartes. (Bibl. de philos. con temp.) *' Ija fortune do Descartes, sacrifice longtemps, et pen- dan tout le 18e sificle, particuli6rement, Si la gloire do Bacou, s'es^ lelcvee de nos jours. Ce g6nie einguliur fut le veritable initiatcur de la pensee moderne. M. Liard dans uu livre instructif, ing6nieux, et savant, le d6montre & nouveau, en 6tudiant la doctrine aux clart^s de la science et de la philosophie eontemporaine. Sa con- clusion est que beaucoup des theses scientifiquea et phi- losophiques qui semblent les plus nouvelles ' ne sont, h tout prendre, que des theses cartesiennes retrouv^es par des voies ignorees de Descartes et purgees par I'experience des err urs inevitables d'une procedure purement rationelle.'" — Rev. dea De^ix Mondea, 1 d6c. " Ce n'est pas I'histoire du cartesianisme qu'on s'est propose d'6crire ; cette oeuvre n'est plus k fiiire apr^s les durables travaux de liordas-Demoulin et de Fran- cisque Bouillier." — Rev. pol. i lit., 5 nov. 1881. Liddon, H: P. Sermons to the people, chiefly in St. Paul's Cathedral. Lillie, A. Buddha and early Buddhism ; with illustrations by the author. "It needs a scholar to treat of Buddhism in these days ; but Mr. Lillie give.^ no evidence of such quaUfi- cation. He has not learnt the rudiments of scientilic method, and constantly confuses resemblance with rela- tionship. His reading, though wide, is in many respects obsolete. But his chief disability is the possession of a suicidal gift of imagination which he lets loose upon every department of learning with a recklessness that is almost as amusing as it is astounding. ... Mr. Lillie has filled the book with a large amount of interesting information. There are many pages to which no excep- tion can be taken ; but, again, these are followed by some preposterous theory which can only mislead the reader if he is ignorant, or enrage him if he is learned." — Sat. rev., Nov. 5, 1881. " An interesting book, but those unfamiliar with the subject will do well to read it with caution, and to read alteram partem, as contained in the works of Bui-nouf, Hodgson, Rhys, Davids, and others, before they accept the author's conclusions." — jV. Y. timea. Lloyd, F. The physiography of the Upper En- gadine. " Mr. Lloyd, who has visited Pontresina every season for eight years past, has made a complete study of the country." — Sat.rev., Sept. 10, 1881. Lubbock, Sir J: The origin of civilisation and the primitive condition of man. 4th ed., with add. "Enlarged throughout and appendixed to the extent of nearly 200 pages, including a full index."— A'bie* on booka, Nov. 30, issi. Lugay. J: B. C: le G., comte de. Des origines du pouvoir ministeriel en France : Les secre- taires d'etat, depuis leur institution jusqu'Jl la raort de Louis xv. " Substantiel et utile volume. Nul n'etait mieux pre- pare que M. le comte de Lucay, par ses etudes ant6rieurs, a retracer les origini.'s et les d6veloppemenle graduels des secretariats d'etat ; aussi, gr^ce a ses recherches considerables, nous avons desormais une histoire des ministeres qui deviendra classique, et qu'on ne refera pas apres \\i\.'' — Ein. B. in Polybiblion, juillet, 1881. Lueder, C. Die Genfer Convention. " Gurlt ne cite pas moius de 293 traiies qui, de 1681 i 1864, ont cu pour objet 1. I'^change et la ran5on de pri- sonniers de guerre ; 2. des capitulations de troupes, fortercsses, etc.; 3' le soin de malades ou de blesses laisses en pays (Stranger ou ennemi ; 4. la protection de sources ou eudroits de bains et des malades ou blesees qui s'y fuisaient trailer."— Rev. de droit int., v. 7. — Der neueste Codificationsversuch auf dem Ge- biete des Volkerrechts kritische Bemerkun- gen zu den russischen Vorschlagen fiir den auf den 28 Juli nach Briissel ein berufenen intern ationalen Congress. Macfarren, G: A. Beethoven's 6th symphony. Published by the Boston Athenaeum, Beacon St., Boston, Mass., bi-monthly. Price 25 cts.; by mail, 50 cts. Entered at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., as second class matter. ^*jUi-Vi.. Mackenzie, E. The Roiia i ..o. V-m192r Maclay, AV: Sketches of delaate in the first Sen- ate of the U. S., 1789-91 ; ed. by G: W. Harris. " Records with some fulness the proceedings of the first Senate nr'ianized under the Cunslitiition, and at a period when the sessions were held with closed doors." — Pub. weekli/, Jan. 14, 1882. Macquoid, Mrs. K. S. Beside the river; a tale. (Franklin sqr. lib.) "Admirahlo touches of local colouring."— ,lcai?CTiv, April 16, 1881. — Esau EiUnswick. ' \/m21e "Abundant in interest both of plot and character, and charming in style." Madam Lucas. (Round-robin ser.) \/m26 " The plot is extremely slight and not in the least origi- nal ; but the whole is very charming. Among familiar names, it would he easiest to ascribe the book to Annie Howells Frechette." — Critic. Magyarland ; being the narrative of our travels through the Highlands and Lo'silands of Hungary ; by a Fellow of the Carpathian Society. 2 v. " 'Our travels ' are the travels of British ladies, and our ' fellow ' is one of them. She is a good sketcher with pen and pencil, and her descriptions of the Hunga- rian mountains and the plains of the Magyars, Slovaks, Ruthenians, and other dwellers in the polyglot land en- circled by tile Carpathians, will aiford much amusement and a little correct information to herreadeis. ... We recommend the book to those who relish a mo(^icum of true information, mixed up with u yoodly me.^ure of fanciful and lively talk." — A^aiiou. \ " The authoress dis[)lay8 a real talent for inaccul'aey." Sat. riv.t March 25, '82. Mantz, p. Francois Boucher, Lemoyne et Na- toire. Marie, P. Les decorations egyptiennes. Marryat, Cajjt.'F: Jlasterman Ready. VmSITm Martens, F. Das Consularwesen und die Con- sularjurisdictioii im Orient. *' Un livre d'une haute valeur scientificiue, oil pour la premiere fois se trouve expose, d'un maniere systiS- matique.renscmble des priiicipes et des rapports si com- pliques sur lestiuels s'appuient la jurisdiction des consuls et la situation extr.aterritoriale des sujets europeens en Orient." — Re-o. da droit int., v. 6. Martin, W. A. P. The Chinese ; their education, philosophy, and letters. " Dr. Martin travels over other fields besides the edu- cation of the people. He writes of their religions, their philosophy, their system of alchemy, and their litera- ture. Un all these subjects he is worth hstening to, though with regard to some he shows a disposition to accept too implicitly the opinions of Chinese writers." — Sat. rei:, TSov. 12,1881." Martineau, J. Loss and gain in recent theology. 2d ed., with reply to Dr. AUon's critique in his 'Church of the future'. " Dr. Martineau has done more to mould the religious philosophy of the present day especially in its conflict with empiricism and materialism, than any other thinker of our time," — Sj^ectutor, July 16, 1881. Maspero, G. C. C; Les contes populaires de I'Egj'pte ancienne ; tr. et commontes. (Lit. pop. de toutes les nations, v. 4.) vtp-m382 Masson, G. The Huguenots, from the Reforma- tion to the death of Louis xiv. Maury, L: F. A. Le sommeil et les r^ves, etudes psychologiques. Mehalah; a story of the salt marshes. 2 v. \/m47 *' Wild, peculiar, exciting, and sometimes painful." — Spectator, April 23, 1881. =^..-^- Meissner, A. Kococo Bilder, nach Aufzeiclmuu- gen meines Grossvaters. 2e Ausg. " Meigsiier is a now totally foi'gotten litnrjiry celebrity of the Uist century — the imtlinr of nunicrous romancee and plays who happened in the couree of his life, to come into contact with not a lew persons of note, and whose desultory rt'ininiscences of such meetings are here strung together by his grandson. ... We have some eminently chiiracteriHtic glimpses of Jean Paul, with bits of correspondence as hard to make clear as anything in his published writingn. But perhaps the most charm- ing pages are those relating to 'iAoz'AYi.^^ — Spectator. M61usine ; recueil de mythologie, litterature popu- laire, traditions, et usages. " The department of popular tales is represented by some 40 stori'-s from various parts of Fi'anco. ... There are 58 chansonw, over half accompanied by the music. ... The student of primitive culture will lind many examples to add to those already collected by Tylor. A curious department is that of forraulelts, or formulas used in games, etc. ... Games, proverbs, spells, etc., are not wanting ; among the raiscelianeous articles, the most valuable is a dictionary of names given to the inhabitants of different localities in France." — Js^. A. rcu., Nov.-T)ol'. '78. Melville, G: J: W. Rosine; [a story of the He d Kevolution] . n/m492r "The scenes are vividly drawn." — Academy. Meredith, G. The tragic comedians. ■yM54T Metcalf, J: G. Annals of Meudon, 1659-1880. Meyer, G. Griechische Grammatik. (Bibliothek indogennan. Gram., v. 3.) Meyer, M. Duell und Ehre. 2 v. vgf*m57d Micliiels, J. A. X. L'art flamand dans Test et le midi de la France. — Van Dyck et ses eleves. 2e ed. Miller, C. H., called Joaquin. Songs of far-away lands. av5i'-m616f '• Thire is the same virile force as in his 'Songs of the Sierrar;'; the same k<--L-n, accuratL-, and often minute observation of nature, so different from that around us that faithful portrayal looks like invention ; the same passion, and the same glow and ftrvor of color. With the same merits there are also the same defects. No advance whatever has been made in method. The whole is crude and often vicious in style, unequal in workman- ship, and ex travagaot and almost grotesque in sentiment." — At/tenaium, Oct. 19. "It is settled that Mr. Miller is not the great poet he was proclaimed tu be by his admirers. ... When London undertook the task of pointing out to ignorant America what a great genius slie bad produced and how unworthy her conduct was in not readily recognizing him, London, impelled by the honorable desire to crow over her cousin, naturally went a long way beyond the bounds of discre- tion in helaudingher discovery. This time has gone by." — £.caminer, Oct. 26, 1878. — Songs of the sun-lands. \v-5p'm616sii Millet, J. F. Twenty etchings and ■vvood-cuts re- produced in fae-simile ; and a biog. notice by AV: E. Tlenley. Milton, J: Areopagitica ; ed., with introd. and notes, by J: W. Hales. 2d ed., rev. (Clar- endon press ser.) Milwaukee Iron Co. Sections of rails manufac- tured by the Co. Minor, E. E. Murillo. (Illust. biog. of great artists.) Mitchell, J: A. The summer school of philosophy at Mount Desert; 24 pen and ink drawings. Mohl, K. von. Staatsrecht, Volkerrecht, und Pol- itik. 3 V. ■ Molinari, G. de. L'abbe de Saint- Pierre, sa vie et ses ceuvres ; avec des notes, etc. 5f'Sa25m Niimber 83.1 330 [Apr. 15, 1882 Mollet, J: W. Meissonier. (Illust. biog. of great artists.) " The reader may turn over thin "book in vain if he hopes to find anything new alDout M. Meissonier, or a well -considered and comprehensive analysia of hia workti." — Athenmum, Feb. 25, 1882. MoncreiflF, V, C. The wit and Tvisdom of the bench and bar. Moon, G: "W. The revisers' English; showing the viohitions of the laws of the language. Morley, H: English literature in the reign of Vic- toria ; A\ith a glance at the past. xvevm82 Morris, W: Hopes and fears for art. " Tluse lectures are in substamc an exposition of the priiR'iplcs of true and practical oestheticism as con- trasted with its sentimental and extravagant imitation. It is Mr. Morris' object to inculcate a luve of the beauti- ful, and to teach those whom he addresses to under- stand wherc-iu boautj-^ properly consists and in what way it is to be cultivated. This he does with great Hltiil, with uumifitakable sincL-rity of feelini(, and with a graceful simpliciiy of diction which makes his book worth read- ing tor its stylu alone." — SoHh Ameritan. MuUer, F:, & Co. Les Indes orientales ; catalogue des livres sur les possessions neerlandaises. Nash, A\'. T^vo years in Oregon. "A ek'vc'r Englishman, who made a visit to Oregon five years ago, and who has sine*' returned there with his family and a iiarty of his conntrynien, narrates the incidents of his last sojourn in an ofl-hand way." — Lit- erary neiCH, 1882. Nesbitt, A. Glass. Norton, D: Sketches of Old Town, Me., to 1879 ; with biog. sketches. Gates, F. Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls ; a naturalist's wanderings in So. j^frica ; ed. by C. O. Oates. " Of lhiTii,'s actually new we learn nothing, for Frank Oates scarcely evei- luft tliu beaten tracks ; but he con- veys to us a vei'y fair notion of what the traveller in South vVfrica has to (.■xpect. — AUnnivum, (Jet. 1. O'Dea, J. J. Suicide ; its philosophy, causes, and prevention. Ogilvie, J: Imperial dictionary of English. New ed., by 0. Annandale. Vol. 1. " A moet thorou^'h piece of workmanship both as an authority and a source of instruction and entertainment." — Spectator, Kov. 20. bssi. Oliphant, Mrs.lsl. O. W. Harry Josselyn. VolSSh "Mrs. Oliphant's latent books have done little justice to any of her powei'S, except her power of putting together a barely riadablu novel out of x\v scantiest mateiials. AVith Harry -foscelyn the first half is nearly as good as anything the author has cjni-v done, and the remainder is not unworthy of it." — G. SainUburi/ in the Avdemy, May 7, 1881. Oncken, ^\': Oesterreich und Preussen ira Befroiungs- krieftc. 2 v. Orsi, J., Count. Kecolloctions of the last half century. " CuUTit Oisi was a confidential advistr of I^ouis Napo- leon in most of liis enter^)|•i^t■s before he reached the throne of France. He writes, not only in a faii-ly good Knglish Klyk', but also in excellent temper. His vivid description both ni" his lir.'-t visii to England in 1s2j, and of Ilia experiences under thu commnuu in 1870, fully jiisiifies us in giving him our confidence when he nar- rates events that are not so easy lu verify." — Academy. Palfrey, F. W. Antietam and Fredericksburg. Palissy, 13. ffiuvres; pub. d'apres les textes ori- ginaux avecune notice hist., eifc.,par Anatole France. Contents. Xotiee historique tt blbliographique. — Recepte veritable. — Diseours admirahles. Pankowski, A.J: C. De diaconissis; comment. arehaeol. Parades, V. C. A. R., comte de. Secret memoirs j conti an aec. of his transactions as a spy in England. Paris, G. 13. P. Le Juif errant. " Gaston Paris examine la genese etles phases diverses de la legende du Juif errant. II montre que cette 16- gende naquit vraisemblablement d'un r6cit apocryphe, relatif k Male; qu'elle fut aiteree, plus ou raoin sciem- raont.par un archeveque armenien du loe siccle(recit de Matthieu Paris, chroniquc de Philippe Mouwket) ; qu'elle fut completement refondue par un nouvelliste allemand du 17e 8i6cle {Newe Zeitung von einem Juden von Jeru- salem) ; qu'elle se conipuse done d'un element tradi- tionnelassez antique et des embellissements que I'imagi- nation, une fois eveill6e, accumulasur ce sujet." — Revue critique, V.\ avril, IHSO. Paris. Salon, 1881. L'Exposition des Beaux- Arts ; 40 planches en photogravure, 150 des- sins. Peabody, Mrs. K. P. History of Shelburne, N. H. Phelps, A., D.D. Theory of preaching. "The chapter-headings are needlessly forbidding. Venturing upon the first chapter, we were carried on from thnt to another and another until, arri\ing at the end, we found ourselves regretting that there were no more." — Xation, Dec. 1. Pictorial and historical gossipping guide to Oxford. Piddington, Miss R. Last of the cavaliers. \/p59i> Pietrij./'aiif/C. de. Les principes de la societe au 'l9e siecle. Nouv. cd. Pittiager, ^V: Capturing a locomotive ; secret service in the late war. "Founded upon one of the most reraarkable of the minor incidents of the War." Planche, J. R. Extravaganzas, 1825-71. 5 v. VED-P69 Contenfs. Vol. 1. Success ; or' A hit if you like it. — Olympic revels. —Olympic devils. — The Paphian bower — High, low, jack, and the game. — Deep, deep t^ea. — Telemachus, — Riquet with the Tuft. — I'uBs in boots. 2. Drama's levee. — Blue Heard. — Sleeping beaut}'. — Beauty and the beast. — "White cat. — l-'ortnnio. — Fair one with the golden locks — Drama at home. — Gnieiosa and Pcrcinet. 3. Golden fleece. — Bee and Orange Tree. — Birds of Aristo- phanes. — Invisible prince. — New planet. — Golden branch. —Theseus and -Vriadne. — King of the pea- cocks. — Seven champions of Christendom. 4. Island of jewels. — Cymori and Iphigenia. — ing Charming. — Queen of the fiogs. — Piinee of happy land. — (food woman in the wood. — Mr. Buckstone's ascent of M'lunt P.'trnasf^u^. — Camp at the Olympic. — Once upon a time tlie'ie were two kings 5. Mr. Buckstone's voyage round the globe (in Leicester i^quare). — Yel- low d%Yarf and King of the gulil mines. — New Hay- market spring meeting. — Discreet princess ; or. Three glass distati's. — Young and handsome. — Love and fortune. — Orpheus in the haymarket. — King Christ- mas. Ploss, li. II: Das Kind in Branch und Sitte der Ydlker. " At once takes its place among the handbooks of the seience of culture. Its plan is to bring together and discuss in a systematic way the ideas and habits of all nations as to tin- birth and early treatment of iheir off- spring. How diHcrent peoples have come to fix their various rules for the dieting, clothini;, eradling, carry- ing, doctoring, naming, consecrating, diverting, and teaching of children, and which ways are best for the public welfare." —_&'. B. Ty lor in Acad. Potthast, A., ed. Regesta Pontifieum Romanorum. Poujoulat, B. Histoire des papes depuis S. Pierre jusqu'a la formation du pouvoir temporel. Poujoulat, J: J. F. Histoire de S. Augustin. 2 v. Practical politics. Number 83.] 331 [Apr. 15, 1882 Pressens6, E. The early years of Ohristifinity ; tr. by A. Harwood-Hohnden. Vol. 2: The martyrs and apologists. Prot. Episc. Ch. in the U. S. Diocese of Vermont, Documentary hist., incl, the journals of the conventions, 1790-1832. Pusey, E: B. A\'hat is of faith as to everlasting pxmishment? Quaritsch, Dr. Compendium des europiVischen Volkerrechts. " Cu pelit livre brille par toutes 1l-s qiialites rr/;uises pourun compendium il'iisnge des etudiaiits : oi'dre, con- cision, clarte, exactitude. " — /?(•(;. da droilint., v. 6. Rae, E. The \Mnte Sea peninsula ; a journey in Russian Lapland and Karelia. " Mr. liae is a genuine explorer, ondo-wed with a real passion foi- untrodden ways. "— Sat. /.'< c. J;m. 28. " KxceUenL volume, abounding in facts, dates, descrip- tions, vocabularies, and ethnological particulars." — Athenceuni, Feb. 4. Ranee, C: E. de. Water supply of Eni>land and Wales ; its geology, undergrortnd circulation, surface distribution, and statistics. Ranke, F. L. von. Friedrich der Grosse, Fried- rich Wilhelm iv. *' Kanke's newL-i productions show no sign of an octo- genarian band. 'Botli for minute researcbefs and for large speculations,' — to talte the pbra^L- applied to him by iMacauIay nearly forty years ago — he is still iis (it as ever. AUmil- of tbe modern Germans who have written on the national history, he is at unce scholar, polii^ician, and artiht." — iic to any strict definition of poetry, that it ilit^pof^es the Pi nfes-m- to give more atten- tion tu matter tlian to furm, and trj resist any attempt to analyze the poetic charm." — Sfil-nvluii r< v., Nov. 2ij. "They do more to enhance tlie charm of tlie potta with whom they deal tl.aii Mr. Arnold's essays did. They do lens to signalise particular a>pect.-j of those poets, and to present them in unexpected lights. Tliey are Ices artistic, lens finished, more hum. in, and more cliiqiient. llis poetic pnsefl to he tlie brisk, praclical, and dog- matic temper of husiiiefls life \n historical novel profes.sing to be the meie enlloction of a serie.'^ of papers relating t.. the life of ;i I!oyalii^t during the stirring times of the Civil AVars and the Commonwealth. ... In the creation of John InL,desant, a1 uie'e weak and dignified, pleasure loving an Nation, May 4, 1882. Tallmadge, Ohio. Proceedings, SOth anniv. ; with disc, of E. N. Sill and L. Bacon, biographical sketches of early settlers, by A. Seward, etc. Talmud. Der Midrasoh Bereschit rabba ; die hag- gadische Auslegung der Genesis, zutn ersten Slale ins deutsohe ubertragen, von A; Wiin- sche. " Les dooteurs juifa avaient, depuls plusieurs siecles avant I'ere vulgalre, I'babltude de reunir autour d'eux, soit dans les synagogues, et en Palestine, quclquefois mgme sur la place publlque, les disciples pourleuren- seigner la loi, et les masses pour les instruire dans ia reli. gion et la morale, et les eelairer sur leurs devoirs d'homme et d'Israollte. De meme que lo Talmud a rassemblo lea fragments des discussions scolastiques sur les preceptes, de meme le Midrasch a recueilli les membres epars des predications sur les divers sujets de I'othique. Cette distinction entre Talmud et Midrasch est faite a potior! ; car le premier interrompt souvent les dobats arides et sees dc la casuistique par des citations empruntees h, I'Agadah, ou le Midrasch, et celui-oi, a. son tour, se laisse quelquefois entrainei- i. des sujets appartenant aux deduc- tions legales.'' — J. D. in Revue critique, Der Midrasch Kohelet zum ersten Male ins deutsche tibertragen von A; Wilnsche. Tanner, H: Elementary lessons in agrio. practice. Tanski, J. Cinquante aunees d'exil. TanskI was a Pole, who took part in the Insurrection of 1830. 'The 60 years of exile were spent in France where he was naturalized and joined the army. Taylor, A. T. Towers and steeples designed by Sir C. AVren. Taylor, C; F. Sensation and pain, " Deals with the subject simply, straightforwardly, and yet scientiflcally, in a manner and in language per. fectly intelligible to any one who has mastered the gen. eral outlines of physiology ; and yet throws light upon many points of the question which will be welcome, we believe, to professional students as well as to well.read amateurs." — Sat. rev., Feb. 26. Temple, Sir R; Men and events of my time in India. Contents. Close of Lord Hardinge's administration.— Thomason's government of the north-western provinces. — Duumvirate In the Panjab of the Lawrence brothers, Number 84.] 334 [May 1, 1882 — Jolin Lawrence, administratoi'-in-chief of the Panjab. — DalhouHie the great Pro-Consul.— The war of the mutinies.— Canning thejuHt- — James Wilson the econ. omist. — Samuel Laing the Unancier.— The central pro- vinces. —Sir Bartle Frere and western India. —The Indian foreign secretaryship. —John r^awence as vice- roy. — The finance ministership. — Lord Uayo's Indian CHreer. — Lord Northbrook and the Bengal famine. — The goverument of BcMi^'al. — Affairs of Southern India. — The Bombay presidency. '* A biogi-aphical history of the British administration of India during 1^47 to LSSO. The period is of the high- est importance, being marked by the gradual consolida- tion of our rule, and its reorganiz.ation, after the strug- gle in 1857, In that strictly wcientitic form which is likely to prove not only an enduring monument of imperial dominion, but to afford hereafu-r fruitful examples for the improvement of the internal administration of the United Kingdom ilaaW -~ Athenceum, March 4, 1882. Temple bar, Doc. 1881. " A short story h3'Tourgu6neff, called' The Brigadier,' whieh all should read if they care tu know how a short story should be writlen.^' — Acadcini/, Dec. 3, 1881. Tennyson, A. In raemoriam. vep't252 in 2 — The princess ; a medley. vep*t2o2p2 Thayer, G: A. Plistory of the 2d Mass. Heg. In- fantry, Chancellorsville. Theuriet, A. Les mauvais mena^e^?. vff*t34mc Oontent'i. La revanche da mari. — Rose — Lise. "Two stories. The theme of one is an entirely proper love affair between a high-boinhim and a low- born her, that of the second is more after tVie common French order."— Liti'rurt/ world, Apr. 8, ISSi. "Deux charmantes nouvelles oil la question des men- ages mal assortis e-t etudies h. des points deviie divers." — liev. des DeuL Jlondes, 15 fev. 1882. — Sauvageonne. vff-t34s " An entire change in the style of the author. AViih- out losing anything of his delicate talent of word-paint- ing and analysis, he certainly displays in this romance a greater vigor and originality in the portra\'al of character and study of human passinn." — //e^eji \stiinl^i/ in tfie Anierh dii bookN<-U,i-r, Feb. 1, 1882. Thomas, G. Hist. ace. of Pensilvania, etc. Thomson, J. Essays and phantasies. ve3-t3S GontcnU. A lady of sorrow. — Proposals for the speedy extinction of evil and misery. — Bumble, bum- bledom, bumbleism. — Pro contra ; the poet, high art, genius, — Indnlence, a moral essay. — A national rul'or- mer in tlie dog-days. — An evening with Spenser. — Open secret societies. — Sayings of Sigvat. — A word for Xantippe. — Sympathy. — Liberty and necessity.— A walk abroad. — The fair of St. Sylvester. — A note on Forstcr's life of Swift. — A note on George Meredith. — On llie worth of metiiphysical systems. — A few words on the system of Spinoza. — In our forest of the past. " Those who reeiived Mr. Thomson's ' City of Dread- ful Night' as a singularly powerful manifestation of poetic imagination will Ix; naturally eager to learn how ho deals with prose. When we say we are not disappoint- ted, we have given him hit;h praise. We do not mean that his command of prose is as great as his mastery of metre, for it fails here and tliere ; but that he can write such English as few can write now-a-days, is, we think, beyond dispuie."— Spectator, Oct. %'l. " A writer so warmly commended and encouraged by George Eliot must have spiritual qualities and insight of no common kind. ... In 'A lady of sorrow' the style is that of I>e Quincey, but the voice Is that of Heine or Lcopardi. Theseeond, ' Proposals for the speedy extinc- tion of evil and misery,' is a long pessimistic diatribe against Christianity and most other religions, against modern politics and social arrangements, without any tangible suggestion for their amendment — unless the absurd ora(!le that Nature can be coerced by a threat of universal suicide on thi; part of man be considered such. The ruling inlluence is clearly that of Swift. In the more purely literary part of the volume the panegyric of Spenser's poetry (p. 177-189) shows fine critical insight. In Mr. Thomson's book the poetry is good, the literary criticism is keen and striking, the theology is deplorably vulgar."— £". JJ. A. Morshead in the Academy^ May 21, 1881. Thornton, J: W. The landing at Cape Anne; or, The charter of the 1st permanent colony of the Mass. Co., now first pub. from orig. ms., -with hist, of the colony, 1624-28. Thornton, P. M. Foreign secretaries of the 19th century, to 1834. 2 v. Contentii. Vol. 1. Ld. Granville. — Ld. Hawkesbury. — Ld. Harrowby. — Ld. Musgrave. — C: J. Fox. — E. Grey. — G: Canning. — Ld. Bathurst. 2. Marq. Wellesley. — Ld Castlereagh. — G: Canning. — Ld. Dudley. — Ld. Aberdeen. — Ld. Palmerston. — Index. Tiele, C. P. Comparative history of the Egyptian and Mesopotaraian religions; tr. by J. Bal- lingal. Vol, 1. (Eng. and for. philos. lib.. V. 27.) ConlenU. History of the Egyptian religion. Title-slip registry, The. 1879. Titus, A., Jr. The Sabin family of America. Todhunter, J: The true tragedy of Rienzi, Tribune of Home. ved*t56 ""When so much genuine interest is felt not merely in poetry of that rare order in which we detect the touch of creative genius, but in that lower, though still delight- ful, work which testifies only to quick sensibility and trained craftsmanship, it is rather curious that Dr. Tod- hunter's verse should not have attracted wider attention. ... No recent work of the kind is more truly instinct with the living spirit of the Elizabethan drama. ... In its production the requirements of the stage have evidently never been lost sight of, and every scene is busy with the quick movement which the stage demands." — J. A. JfToble in the Academy, Jan. 21. Toreno, J. M. Q. de L. R. de S., conde de. Histo- ria del levantamiento, guerra, y revolucion de Espaiia. Torres, D . de. La suma medicina, o piedra philos- ophal. 1726. 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Introductory. — The Renaissance under Charlemagne. — The harbinger of dawn ; John Scotus Erigena. — Yearnings for the light; Pope Sylvester ii. — Tbe founder of raedi£Bval theology ; Anselm. — The struggle of rationalism ; Peter Ab^lard. — The sweet song of mysticism ; tbe monks of St. Victor. — The master of the sentences ; Peter the Lombard. — 'i'he Grecian doctor ; the advance of Aristotelianism.— The universal doctor; Albertus Magnus. — The irrc fragable doctor ; Alexander of Hales. — The seraphical doctor ; Bonaventura. — The angelical doctor; Thomas Aquinas,— his opinions. — Thesubtle doctor; Duns Sco- tas.— The invincible doctor; William of Ockam. — The most Christian doctor; Jean Charlier Gerson.— The leaders of the school and their work. — Consideration of objections. — The rationale of scholasticism. Tracy, C. M., a/id others. Standard history of Es- sex Co., Mass. Tracy, J. The great awakening ; a history of the revival of religion in the time of Edwards and Whitefield. 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La maison de la rue de I'Echaude. (Les compagnons du lion dormant.) vff'UlIji Continuation of " La cocarde blanche" ; jDredecessor of " La ronde de nuit." Underwood, F. H. James Russell Lowell ; biog. sketch. Union Club of Boston. The constitution, by- laAvs and house rules ; with a list of the offi- cers and members. United States. Commissioners to the Paris Expo- sition, 1878. Reports. 5 v. — Corps of Engineers. Analytical and topical index to the reports upon works aird surveys for river and harbor improvement, 1866-79. — Dept. of State. Commercial relations of the TJ. S., reports from the consuls. — Office of Int. Rev. Laws rel. to internal rev. Urbani de Gheltof, G. M. Technical history of the manufacture of Venetian laces ; tr. by Lady Layard. UrquhartjD. Tlje efi'ect of the misuse of familiar words on the character of men and the fate of nations. Ursulines de Quebec, Les, depuis leur etablisse- ment. 2 v. Urwiek, W. Indian pictures ; drawn with pen and pencU. Uxbridge, Mass. Free Public Library, Classed cat- alog, based on the Dui or Amherst scheme. Valdes, J. de. 17 opuscules; tr. from the Spanish and Italian, and ed. by J: T. Betts. " Valdes' theological works are not of any lasting in- terest." — Athen(Euiii, April 22. Van Voorhis, E. W: Notes on the ancestry of Maj. W: Roe Van Voorhis, of Fishkill, N.Y. Vapereau, L: G. Supplement a la 5e ed. [du Dic- tionnaire universel des contemporains] . Varney, G: J. Gazetteer of Maine. Varona, A. de. Sewer gases. Vedanta. Manual of Hindu pantheism, the Ve- dantasira ; tr., with annotations, by G. A. Jacob. Verne, J. Histoire generale des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs : Les grands navigateurs du 18e siecle. Victoria, Queen. Speeches ui Parliament, from her accession to the present time; ed. by F. S. Ensor. Vignoli, T. Myth and science ; an essay. (Int. sci. ser.) Contents. The ideas and sources of myth. — Ani- mal sensation and perception. — Human sensation and perception. — Statement of the problem. — Animal and human exercise of the intellect in the perception of things. — The intrinsic law of the faculty of apprehen- sion. — Historical evolution of myth and science. — Dreams, illusions, normal and abnormal hallucina- tions, delirium, and madness. " Hard reading. Mr. Vignoli is bent on disengaging the mythopoDic faculty in human nature, and tracing it to its origin the act of perception among the lower ani- mals. His book is ingenious, and conscientious, his the- ory of how science gradually differentiated from and con- quered myth is extremely well wrought out, and is prob- ably in essentials correct." — Sat. rev., -Jan. 28, 1882. Vivien de Saint Martin, L: Atlas universel de geographic. Vogt, F:, ed. Die deutschen Diohtungen von Sal- omon und Markolf ; hrsg. von F; Vogt. "Die drei Hauptgedichte der Spielmanspoesie, der Oswald, Orendel, und Salman, sind uns bekanntlich nur in ganz spiiter und entstellter Ueberlieferung erhalten, und bisher noch so ungeniigend herausgegeben. das z. B. der Salman erst iu der vorliegenden Ausgabe lesbar wird. Wir haben in dleser also einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Literatur des 12. Jahrhunderts zu begrilssen." — Lit. Oentralblatt, 2 Oct. 1880. Vyse, G. W. Egypt; political, financial, and strategical ; with an ace, of its engineering capabilities and agricultural resources. Walford, Mrs. L. B. Dick Netherby. VwUd " Compact aud artistic ; it abounds in vivid local coloring, and has sundry clever slcetches of character." — Saturday review, Apr. 1, 18S2. Walker, T: Aristology, or the art of dining ; with preface, etc., by F. Summerly. Wallis, J: W: The reporters, arr. and character- ized, with incidental remarks ; 4th ed., [by] F. F. Heard. Walpers, W. G. Repertorium botanices systema- ticae. 6 v. Walpole, S. The electorate and the legislature. (Eng. citizen ser.) Ward, A. H. History of Shrewsbury, Mass., 1717-1829. Warington, R. Chemistry of the farm. " The author occupies an important position at Roth- amstead, an old English estate, to which the labors of Messrs. Lawes and Li-iibert have given a world-wide reputation as ' a station where abundant means, added to the highest ability, have been devoted to the elucida- tion of agricultural problems, solely for the benefit of ag- riculture.'" — Pub. weekly. Washburne, E. B: Sketch of E: Coles, 2d Gov. of 111., and of the slavery struggle of 1823-54. Waterworth, W: Origin and developments of Anglicanism. Watson, P. B. The bibliography of the pre- Columbian discoveries of America. Webb, A. S. The Peninsula ; McClellan's campaign of 1862. (Campaigns of the Civil War, no. 3.) Weeden, W: B. The social law of labor. " I propose to consider tlie matter as it now stands, and to treat it from a point of view which is not in the interest either of capital or labor, or any new form of society adjusted to tlae imaginary desires of the persons representing the one or the other of these great factors." — Introduction. Wells, D: A. The relation of the government to the telegraph. Weninger, F. X. Manual of the Catholic religion. Number 84.] 336 [May 1, 1882 Weston, I. History of the Cong, Church in Cum- berland, Me. Wheeler, R; A. History of the 1st Cong. Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874. Wheeler, W: A. Familiar allusions ; ed. by C: G, Wheeler. White, J. B. Observations on heresy and ortho- doxy ; with sketch of the author's life by J: H. Thom. Whitefield, E. The homes of our forefathers; buildings, etc, in Rhode Island and Conn. Wight, R., a«rf Arnott, G. A. \V. Prodromus floroe peninsula; Indiie Orientalis ; abr. descr. of the jjlants found in the peninsula of British India. Vol. 1. Wilkes, G. Shakespeare from an American point of view. " At the end of this are 30 pages by Prof. J. W. Tiiv- ener on the styles of Slmkespeare and Bacon, judged by the laws of elocutionary analysis and the melody of speech, — a complete contrast to thereat of the hook; thoughtful, scholarly, cultured, with much delicate insiglit into the secrets of style; a little quaint withal, as though the writer had lived among the masters of th<3 Elizabethan age, and taken coloring from them." — Willard, A. J . Examination of the law of per- sonal rights, to discover the principles of the law. Williams, C. K. Centennial celebration of the set- tlement of Rutland, Yt., Oct. 2-5, 1870. Williams, J:, Bp. The world's witness to Jesus Christ ; the power of Christianity in devel- oping modern civilization. (Bedell lecture.) Williams, J: C. History and map of Danby, Vt. Williams College. General catalogue. — Kappa Alpha Soc, Biographical record, 1833-81. Willis, H. A. Eitchburg in the War of the Re- bellion. Willson, H. B . Currency ; or. The fundamental principals of monetary science. Wilmer, L. A. Life, travels, and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto. Wilson, A. Leaves from a naturalist's note-book. Wilson, A.J. The national budget ; the national debt, ta.xes, and rates. (Eng. citizen ser.) Wilson, E. The Egypt of the past. " Contains in less than TiOlj pages all that the reader who is not a specialist should care to know about the ancient records of the land of the Pharaohs. Drawing his information from the best sources, taking Maspero ■ and Chabas, Mariette and de Rouge, Xaville, Bruv'sch, and Birch, for his masters and t^uides, Sir E. Wilson has successfully achieved the diillcult task of making a recondite subject as interesting and attraeti\e as a chap- ter of modern history." — ^mcKa Ji. JSdwards in the Academy, Nov. 19. Winter, W: The Jeffersons ; with illust. (Amer. actor ser.) Contents. Jefferson i, 1723 ? -180T (Thomas).— Jeff- erSLn II., 1774-1832 (.I.i.seph). — Elizalieth Jefterson (Mrs. Fihher).— Jefferson in., 1801-42 (Joseph).— Charles liurkc. — Jetterson iv., 1829-(JnKiph). "Jefferson i. had his career in England. JefferBon li., was famous in the days of the old Chestnut St. Theatre, Philadelphia. Jefferson iii. did not attain to excep- tional eminence. JeH'erson iv. is Rip Van Winkle and Jell\i-soii V. is his son." — Preface. "The history of a great theatrical family; a family that has adorned the staue, and by the eminent character of its members, sustahied the dignity of the profession." — Boston post. Witt, Mme. H. de, nee Guizot. A Christian wo- man ; the life of Mme. Jules Mallet, nee Oberkampf; tr. by Mrs. H. N. Goodhart; pref. by author of 'John Halifax'. 5f'm292 *' Madame Mallet gave herself chiefly to the establish- ment of infant and industrial schools in Paris, and she consecrated herself, and her gifts of poetry and social influence, with a rare devotedness and a large measure of success." — British quar. rev. Woodward, A. Wampum. Woolner, T: Pygmalion. vep-w88 Yonge, C: D. Constitutional history of England, 1760-1860. " Of the spirit, the real nature, the life of the constitu- tion he knows nothing. A page of Bagehot's ' English constitution,' a chapter of P. D. Maurice's far too little known essay on the * Representation and education of the people,' will teach intelligent readers far more that is worth knowing than a hundred such works as Prof. Tonge's dreary manual."— Nation, Apr. 13, 1882. Yriarte, C: E. Un condottiere au 15e sifecle: Rim- ini, etude sur les lettres et les arts a la cour des Malatesta. " The documentary evidence always consulted at first hand, the arrangement of the materials conducted with consummate tact. Yriarte has been enabled to publish documentary matter, hitherto inedited, of great artistic and biographical interest. His extensive knowledge of Italian art has enabled him to select the illustrations with discernment." — Athenceum, Feb. 4, '82. — Florence ; I'histoire, les Medicis, les hu- manistes, les lettres, les arts. " Mr. Charles Yriarte is a writer of a new school — a critic of art who is at the same time a traveller, an artist, and an amateur. He has published on Florence and ' A'enice two works which are monographs of those fa- mous cities, and which represent, with their fine illus- tration.s in historical development, hundreds of volumes which it is almost impossible to find." — Nation, Mar. 2. " Pages which sparkle with light and are full of life, especially with regard to learning and the arts, subjects of which the tact and happy sympathies of the author have enabled him to give succinct and characteristic sketches. . .. An important section of the book is devoted to the Medicis, of which family a connected history is given. ... An essay on the history of the development of the Renaissance follows and is signalized by a careful analysis of the varied influences which brought about that wonderful movement. The next r-eetton deals with the great men who helped to make the Florence of the loth and 16th centuries. ... The final chapter deals with painting as developed and practised in Florence. Apart from what may be due to M. Yriarte's clear and succinct manner, his faculty of seizing the salient points of his subject, and numerous happy turns of expression, there is nothing which is new and important in this sec- tion ; in fact, it is less acceptable than the more careful study on sculpture." — Athenceum,Be^i. 10, 1881. Yvan, M. Canton, une coin du celeste empire. Zeller, J: La diplomatic frangaise vers le milieu du IBesifecle, d'aprfa la corresp. de Pellicier, am- bassadeur de Frangois i a Venise. 8f9k-z3 " L'auteur a trouve raoyen d' <§crire plus de 400 pages sur un sujet qui n'etait pas nouveau. en n^gligeant vo- luntalrenient quelques-uus des points le.s plus iuteressants qu'il cut pu trailer ; sans s'embarrasser du fatras d'une information excessive et minutieuse, il a mis agi-eable- ment b. la portee de tons fails qui se trouvaiont disper- ses dans de nombreux ouvrages difficiles k reunir." — G. //., in Revue critique. Zola, E. Le naturalisme au theatre, 3e ed. — Nos auteurs dramatiques. xvfdvz75 — Le roman experimental. 2e ed. xvifvz75 Published by the Boston Athenieum, Beacon St., Boston, Mass., bi-monthly. Price 25ets.; by mail, 60 cts. Entered at the Post Ofllce nt Boston, Mass., as second class matter. Additions. , 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENiEUM. [No. 85. May 15, 1882 Abbott, J: S. C. History of Maine. Adam?!, C: K. Manual of historical literature, brief descriptions of tlie most important his- tories in English, French, and German ; with sug-gestions as to historical study. Aide, II. Songs without music ; rhymes, and reci- tations. vei'-a2 Ainger, A. Charles Lamb. (Eng. men of letters.) " One of the xjlcasantv-st of Mr. Slurlt'yV exeullent biographical series. His chapters ou Lamh as essayist and critic are delicately neat, perceptive, and sympa- thetic ; and in ills relation of the incidents of Lamb's life he shows liiniseif no less generous than acute and accurate." — ^\'. y. Ti'il'une. Alcott, A. B. Sonnets and canzonets. w5p'Al14s Allen, J. The Worcester Association and its ante- cedents ; hist, of four ministerial associa- tions, with notices. Allen, AV. History of Xorridgewock. Ames, N. Pirates' Glen and Dungeon Kock. w.5i"Am3p Amory, JI. B. The domestic and artistic life of John Singleton Copley; with notices of his works, and reminiscences of his son Lord Lyndhurst. Anderson, D. L. Soldier and pioneer; a biog. sketch of Lt.-Col. R. C. Anderson. Angus, J. K. Amateur acting. Anzengraber, L. Doifgilngen ; gesammelteBauern- gcschichten. 2 v. vgi-an'4 " Anzengruber's peasants are less pretty, less pictur- esq^ue than Auerhach's, but more real ; they savour of the soil, they li\e mentally in that dim, intellectual twi- light characteristic of uneducated persons and young children." — Spectator, Aug. 13, 1881. Arnaud, Mine. A. Fran9ois Del Sarte, sea de- couvertes en esthetique, etc., prec. de details sur sa vie, etc. 5f-u386a Aspland, R. B. Memoir of the life, works, and corresp. of It-uv. Robert Aspland. Auerbach, B. Spinoza, a novel ; [tr.] by E. Ni- cholson. VGG-AU32S " This boolc, which tells, with a due admixture of fact and fiction, the story ut Spinoza's early life, was the first by which Auerbach established his fame. ... The ablest part of the book, and that which malies it decidedly worth reading is the picture it furnishes of .Tewish man- ners and of the intellectual condition of Holland at that period. The character of Spinoza, too — the maimer in which his doubts arose, his philosophy was formulated — is well sketched." — ^Wii-'MOjiiM. Berthold Auerbach, h. 28, 2, 1812, d. 8, 2, 1882. Chief works : Spinoza, 1837 ; Schwarzwalder Dorfgeschicliten, 1843 ■ 2d series, 1848 ; Dichrer u. Kaufmann, 1Sj4 ; Bartussele, 1S56 ; Auf der llohe, 1865; Das L.andhaus am Rnein, 1S69 ; Waldfried. 18— ; Brigitt.i, 1880. The Atbena-um has hi^ tresammelte Schriften, 20 v. 1857-08. Babeau, A. L'ecole de village pendant la Revolu- tioJi- , ,,■ » ■ "An excellent specimen of the monographs on histori- cal subiects which arc nowhere now produced in a more creditable manner than in France. M. Kabeau shows conclusively that the much-reviled ecclesiastical system of education was, for the most part, altered only for the worse by the l;evolution ; that the power given to the Cominum's of managing their schools on something like the School Board sy.stem had hy no means good results ; and that the chorus of demand at the beginning for the restoration of clerical supervision was loud and almost unanimous." - ii'a<- '■'•»•. -N'ov. .5, 1881. "' (Je sont les menus fails qu'il assemble, les archives locales gu'il depouille, les petites commujjes qu'ii etudie avec |)atience, .avec sagacite, sans esprit de parti." — Uev. cles J->'-ax Mondes, 15 sept., 1881. Bach, A. B. Musical education and vocal culture. Bacon, H: A Parisian year. Bain, A. James Mill ; a biogrpahy. " Without any human interest. The biography of .Tames Mill still remains to be written if any one sliajl hereafter he sufflciently attracted by his somewiiat crabbed character to undertake the task. A\'liatevcr interest these volumes possess they derive tVom their sub- ject, not from its treatment. Prof. IJain is lacking in all the qualities,— except industry, which he here displaysin excess, — that go to make a good biography." -^^Ac- i,(euiii, Jan. 28"", 1882. — John Stuart Mill ; a criticism ; with personal recollections. " So far as doctrines are concerned one could not have wished for an exponent more sympathetic than I'rof. Bain, who may fairly be termed the last of the associa- tionists. But "for the task of biographer, and even of critic, something more is required than mere knowledge of the doctrines expounded by thinkers, and these addi- tional qualities — literary style and arrangement, knowl- edge of life, and broad intellectual sympathies —are absent." — At/tcncmm. Baissac, C. Etude sur le patois Creole mauricien. '*Un livre in^tnietif et amusant. On y voit comment ee decompose une langee dans les csprits incompiets. Le livre de M. Baissac nous fait vivre au milieu de ce peujile cnfantiii, aimahle, dont le ccrvcau etroit n'admet que des idees faisaut image." — L. (^. in Rcvtie pot. tt lit., 8 Oct., 1881. Baker, H; B. Our old actors. Baker, T. Ueber die Musik der nordamerika- nischen Wilden. Ballou, A. History of Milford, :Mas3., to 1881. Barber, J: W., and Pundersou, L. S. History and antiq. of New Haven, Conn. ; with biog, sketches, etc. Barclay, E. ilountain life in Algeria. ""\Vrittcn and beautifully illustrated hy a painter. The fruii of more tbaii one vl^it." —D. IT. FreiiUJield in the A^inUmij, Dec. 17, ISSl. " Mr. IJarclay has, so to speak, been always on foot among his studies; he ha- looked in the face the people he talks of, and he has gone up and down among them, and sat at meat with them ; and the result is a most pleasant volume upon a most interesting race." — Athenma)n. Barrett, ^\■: History and antiquities of Bristol. Bates, J. Anniv. disc, at Dudley, Mass., 1853; with topog. and hist, notices. Battle-Flag Day, Conn., Sept. 17, 1879. Beattie, W; Ports, harbours, watering-places, and coast scenery of Great Britain ; illust. by W. li. Bartlett. Beliame, A. Le public et les hommes de lettres en Angleterre, 1660-1744. " M. Beljame indeed, would not he a Frenchman if bis book was not written in some degree to illustrate a gen- eral theory. But he has supported his theory and based his conclusions on a substructure of inquiry into facts ko accurate, so full, and so laborious, that we hardly know a single monograph of the kind in French, G-erraan, or English with which it will not compare favorably." — Alheiumm, Oct. 8, 1881. "There is no sketch of the lighter literature of Eng- land between 1660 and 1740 to be found in English of half the minuteness, accuracy, and fullness of this." — ^iAf»(e«;",Dec. 31, 1881. Sellings, R. History of the Irish, confederation and the war in Ireland, 1641-63 ; ed. by J: T. Gilbert. Vol. 1. Beownlf ; an epic poem ; tr. from the Aiiglo-Saxon by A. D. Wackerbarth. vdyp-I)45 Berlfese,' I'abhe. Monographie du genre camellia et traite sur sa culture. Number 85.1 338 [May 15, 1882 Bernardus Menthonensis, St. Vie de St. Bernard (Ic Munthon ; par uu chauoine du Grand-St. Bernard. 5i-ji4552 Bible. The Holy Scriptures of the Old Covenant ; rev. tr. by U; Wellbeloved, G: V. Smith, J: S. Porter. 3 v. Blackwood, Feb. and March, 1882. " Pt'iituck is very f;u' above the average of magazine tales. A simple story of inodcrn life among tlie fislier- folli in a Cornish village, told witti wonderful p ithos and unusual dramatic power." — Arnilfui.tj, Marcli 11, V<^'1. Blades, W: Biography and typography of Wra. Caxton, England's fir.st printer. Blanc, Mine. T. Recits de tons les pays. 2e ser. v0f-b59 — La veuvage d' Aline. vff'b55v '* La trame est le^ere, par exemple, tris joliment bro- dee; de la sole, de Tor, et quelques perles lines. Les roraans de M. I3entzon dem.mdent a eti'i' pris non i'o gro-*, mais en detail." — Mifltne Gauiihif in fiev. j'ol. "lit!., .Sept. 3, LSM. Bluntsohli, J: K. Le droit international codifie ; tr. de I'allemand par C. Lardy. Bond, A. Hist, disc, 100th anniv. of the 2d Cong. Ch., Norwich, Conn., July 2i, 1.S60. Boaldin, P. Home reminiscences of J; Randolph of Roanoke. " In plan this volume resembles Harvey's Reniini- seenees of \Vi.'l)>ter, save that it presents nut one man's reniiniscenci-^, but those of several, and they relate almost wholly to Mr. Randolph in the more private phases of his character and life." — /.'.''rartj loortd, Boulnois, II. P. Dirty dustbins and sloppy streets. Brant, <'apt. J. Memoir. Brockett, L. P. Our western empire ; or, The new West beyond the Mississippi. Brodie, .s/rB.C. Ideal chemistry ; a lecture. " The elements, are they really primordiall>- distinct bodies ? Are any of them compounds of the others, more intimate tlian tlKjse we are iu the lialiit of deeoniposing and recombining in our laboratories? or are all te contre la publication qui en a ete faite. Elle pretend qu'clle a eu lieu en dehors djs conventions arretees et, notamment, sans I'avertis^eraont qui (le\ ait etre place eu tete des lettres." — Le Here. 10 Jan. ls^:^, Cooke, M. C. Freaks and marvels of plant life; or. Curiosities of vegetation. Cooley, T: M. The general principles of constitu- tional law in the U. S. (Student's series.) Cornell, W: M. Life and public career of Hon. Horace Greeley. Cornhill magazine, April 1882. "The line paper on "Talk," by " R. L. 3." a cen- tury since would, by itself, have made a literary reputa- tion."— Spectator, \]ivil 1, ISSl. Cornish, F. W. Life of Oliver Cromwell. " An outburst of admiration for Oliver Cromwell and a fervid assertion of liis ' essential uprightness.'" — Ai/i- entmim, Dec. 1!4, 1S81. Cotton,.!; Beautiful birds described; ed. from [his] mss. by R. Tyas. 3 v. Cox, S. C Recollections of the early settlement of the Wabash valley. Craik, Mrs. D. M. JI. Plain-speaking. (Franklin Sqr. lib.) Craven, -l/'iii;. A: Eliane. 2 v. vrr-cSoE Crawford and Balcarres, A. W. Crawford, Earl of. The Earldom of Mar during 500 years; letters. 2 v. Culross, J. William Carey. (Heroes of Christ. hist.) Camberland, R: Le juif ; tr. librement de I'an- glois. VED'C91 CummiiiLC, t'. F. G. A lady's cruise in a French man-of-war [among the South Sea lslan;ls]. " ,V series of vivid pictures of e.isy lives and glorious scenery." — t"T.in. '2<, Iss-J. Currier, J: J. Historical sketch of sliip building on the Merrimao River. Dihn, F. Die Konige der Germancn. 5 v. Number 85.] 339 [May 15, 1882 Dall, il/i-s. C. H. My first holiday; or, Letters from Colorado, Utah, and California. Dance of Death; [list of eds., in Harvard Coll. Lib.]. Darby, W; Geographical descr. of Louisiana, southern part of Mississippi, and Alabama. Darmesteter, J. Coup d'ccil sur I'histoire du peu- plc juif . "Pages ^loqiientea et d'un grand style. M. Daimo- steter, apr^s avoir indlqu6 lee graiides Ugiios de FhiBtoh-o du peuple juif, indique les principaux probl^mes qu'ello souUve. Oe qu'il tient k marquer surtoat, c'est que le judai'smo est, de toutes les religions, la seule qui accepte de grand cceur le progr6s social et lea conquetes de la science. ... M. Darmesteter ne reve pas cette ' Eglise invisible de I'avenir' que quclqnes Israelites entrevoient dans le loinlain des ilges. Non, il n'a pas cotte illusioa de sectaire ou d'illumine. Ce qu'il croit c'est que I'esprit juif pent agir encore dans le raonde pour la science supreme ct le progres sans fin, ct quo le role de la Bible n'esL pas acheve. Quand le peuple qui a fait la Bible disparaitrait, race et culte, son erapreintedemeurerait an plus profond du cocur des generations, qui Wen sauront rien peut-etre, mais qui vivront de ce qu'il a mis en elles." — Jlaxime Gaucher in Revue pol. et Ht.t li mai, ISSl. Daudet, A. Xuma Roumestan. 6e ed. *' M. Alphonse Daudet dit que les meridionaus eont menteurs, or M. Alphonse Daudet est meridional, done — Et M. Daudet le dlt longuement, pendant tout un volume oil il n'y a guere que cela, sous toutes les formes et tous les assaisonneraeuts. ... S"il n'y apas de roman, il y a un long monologue plein d'esprit et de verve." — Jlaxiriie Gaucher in Revue pol. et lit., 22 oct. 1881. Daudet, E. Histoire des conspu-ations royalistes du Midi sous la Revolution. " il. Daudet has told the story clearly and well. His book has a good map." — Sat. rev., June 4, 1881. Demontzey, P. Traite pratique du reboisement et du gazonnement des montagnes. "Ouvrage public sons les auspices des Miolstferes de I'Agriculture et des Travau.K Publics." Denton, W: Soul of thmgs ; or, Psychometric re- searches and discoveries. Vol. 2, 3. De Peyster, J. W. JIary, Queen of Scots; a study. Deulin, C. Les contes de ma Jlere I'Oye avant Perrault. xvpk'd487 " II 9'etait propose de chercher en France et chez les peuples voisins la source premiere de ccs histoires mer- vellleu.-es. ... Non pas que M. Deulin suppose que Perrault ait pulse bcs recets a ces formes primitives, nou malgre I'avis contraire de Yenin et do Maiiiy, il estime que Perrault les avait recueiliis sur les levn-s des nour- rlces. e seal objet qu'il se propose, c'est de comparer les traditions dive'rses des ditierents pays et de voir les modifications qu'elles ont subies en passant de siede en siede et memc en passant d'un pays ou d'une province dans une autre province et un autre pays. ... Quant au sens cache et philosophlque, .au synjbolisme, il ne veut meme pas s'en occuper." — Rev. pol. et lit., .8 fev. Deutsch, S. Letters; a practical and grammatical course for easy and thorough seU'-instraction in the German language. " This gr.ammnr is equally remarkable for its compre- hensive scope and thorough elaborateness. Students ■who will devote to it a fair measure of energy and dili- gence, will not only become masters of the grammatical rules of the German language, and of most of its lexico- graphical treasures, but they will have grasped its very marrow and spirit ; learned its evolution and develop- ment, and acquired a knowledge of its relation to Eng- lish Anglo-Saxon, Gothic, and other Aryan tongues. The' study is made comparatively easy by strictly meth- odical progression, by typographical helps to the eye, and chiefly by the aid of English parallels." — -yafoOM. Dickens, C: Posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club ; illust. by CrowquUl. V-d55p7 Dillenback & Leavitt. History and directory of Kent Co., Michigan. liillon, J: B. Oddities of colonial legislation in America ; with records, a condensed history of the states, etc, Dolbear, Prof. A. E: The art of projecting ; a manual of experimentation in physics, chem- istry, and natural history. Doudeauville, B. A. F. leT. de L. de M. de la R., duchesse de. Life of Mme. de la Roche- foucauld, duchesse de Doudeauville ; tr. by Mrs. C. Hoey. 5f'l3227 " The biography of an uncanonized Catholic saint, and interesting, not only as the portrait of a very lovely woman, but for the light which it incideutly throws on the domestic and religious life of the best of tlic old French nobility." — Uuitnrian rev., Dec. Drake, S: A. The heart of the White ^Mountains. Drake, S: G. Indian captivities ; or. Life in the wigwam. Drummond, J. Spiritual religion ; sermons. Drummond, W; H. Sermons; with memoir by J, S. Porter. Du Boisgobey, E. Le crime de I'omnibus. VFF'D855ca " M. Fortune du Boisgobey seems to be making con- siderable progress in the particular kind of novel-writng which he has chosen. Ih- gets his story within more manageable limits, works it out by means of more inter- esting characters, and divcrsiftes it more cunningly with secondary interests. Whether, even with these advan- tages, it is a style much worth cultivating is another question." — .Saturday rev., Feb. 4, 18S'2. Du Moncel, T., comte. Incandescent electric lights, witli ref. to the Edison lamps at the Paris Exhibition. Dupin, P. P: C:, le baron. Geomctrie et mecha- nique des arts et metiers et des beaux-arts. 3 V. Contentfi. Vol. 1. Georaetrie. 2. Mechanique. 3. Dynamic. Du Sartel, O. I^a porcelaine de Chine : origiues, fabrication, decors, et marques. Dutuit, E. Manuel de I'amateur d'estampes : Ecoles flamande et hoUandaise. *' Ce n'est qu'un catalogue, en verite, mais un catalogue illustre, d'abord, de fac-simiies pri.-eieux. et puis un catalogue aussi riche qu'il se puisse en renseignemens de tonte sorte, sur les plus anciennes gravures, sur les estampes coloriecs, sur les cartes i jouer, eic." — Revue des Deux Mondei^, 1.5 mai, 1^81. Eddy, C: Genealogy of the Eddy family. Edgeworth, F. Y. Mathematical psychics ; an essay on the application of mathematics to the moral sciences. " Shows clear signs of genius, and is a promise of great things to come." — Alfred Marshall in the Acad- emy, June 18, 1881. Edwards, J. F. Vaccmation ; arguments pro and con ; with a chapter on the hygiene of small pox. Edwards, M. B. Exchange no robbery. (Frank- lin sqr. lib.) Ellis, J: The wine question in the light of the new dispensation. Ellwanger, H. B. Tlie rose; a treatise on the cul- tivation, etc. " Though many books upon the rose have been pro- duced within the past twenty years, the most useful and valuable are English compilations and specially adapted to an English climate, hence the desirability of a work Number 85.] 340 [May 15, 1882 like the present, wbcre the differences of climate, etc., are considered. These differences require a modification and chans^e in the directions for culture, a different list of varieties for general cultivation, etc, — all of which the author has considered, beyldus many new vai-ieties, classes aud types are described, while many modifica- tions of old-established principles which have lately crept into rose-culture have not been overlooked." — Pub. weekly. Elze, K: Essays on Shakespeare ; tr. by L. D. Schmitz. — Notes on Elizabethan dramatists. Emerson, G. K. "\V: Ewart Gladstone, a polit. and literary biography. Emerson, W: A: History of Douglas, Mass., to 1868. Engelmann, AY: Bibliotheca soriptorum classico- rum. 8e Aufi., 1700-1878, neu bearbeitet Yon E. Preuss. 1. Abth. Eucken. R. Fundamental concepts of modem philosophic thought ; tr. by .S. Phelps ; with introd by X. Porter. Falconer, E. Anne Hathaway; a traditionary ballad. Farrar, F: AV: Mercy and judgment; a few last words on Christian eschatology with ref. to Dr. Pusey's ' What is of faith.' Ferrier, S. E. Destiny; or, The chiers daughter. V]-41d2 " Destiny is not so good a novel as * Inheritance', which is the author's nia.--t(r)iii(f ; still it is an admira- ble tale." — .-J^/(e//<"/(///, Feb. 25, ^2. — JIarriage; a novel. v'f41m2 "All editions of these bor'ks subsequent to the first have suffered seriou.s curtailment; the.-.c volumes are the first reprint fi-om the unmutllated oriirinals. ... Lively and amusing, Miss Fi-rrier was too much of a c;iricaturist to be a great humourist, and she fails iu pathos as no great humourist has ever failed ; but her humour was of a high, though not of the highest order."— Spectator, Feb. 4, 1SS2. " ITus a value as a record of Kni^'liKli manners of the time jJCi'stTved by a keen observer who ahvaj's wrote like a l:nly ; but its most endurinif charm will lie in the delineations of Weutch life and cliar;icterH. Asa work of art it is in N'arious ways inferior to tlio two novels which followed it." ~ ^Snturda}/ rerirw, Jan. 21, lss2. Feuillet, O. L'acrobate; comedie. VFD'F-iSv — Lacrisc; comedie. Trn*F43v — liedemption ; comedie. vfd-f43v — IjC village, scenes provinciales. vfij-f43v Feval, P. H: C Lcs compagiions du silence. VFF'^3'5co "Qiluvres d'une morallte irr6prochable. ' I>e-( compag- nons du silence,' etic Prince Coriolani atlestent Ic t;ilMut dc I'ecrivain et I'inKiLrinaiion du contcur." — .F IJuUiiui in J'olnhihlixii, Oet. ]y81. — Une histoire de rcvenants. vff-f435h " L';iuteur s'en est M'lvi commc d'un cancvas dans lequel il a fait enti'(;r touten les Huperwtitions bretonues." F. Jioi'i.siu in Pohjtjthlum, Oct., l^S?!. — Koger Bontemps. vff-f13oii Field, D: iJ. (Jutlinos of an international code, "Si, en etli't, il etalt demontre qu'un lionime aussi habile que lui, im dew codlficuteurs du prujet de la lej,'is- lation sialutaire de New Vork, n'a pu formuler uu code eufnceptihle dc servir de base k un traite entre plusieurs nations qui I'aecepteraient c labors, but has more general human interest than all the 16th century French poems which he is likely to rescue from the limbo of manuscript." — Saturday rev., Aug. 13. " Kien de violent, cimme le titre pourrait le faire ci'aindre, rien de nuir dans ces aimable volume. ... Met- tons, si vouis voulez, que ce soit peu de chose, et puis prcnez le volume de NI. France, et voyez ee que ce peu de eliuse dcvient »ous f^a plume." — jjlh/lofhcjjue univ. ny.u ISSl. Franklin, Com/. Cong. Ch: Celebration of the 150th aniiiv., Oct. 14. 1868. Fremy, E. E^sai sur les diplomates du temps de la Eigne. 8f9yt88 Froehner, W. Terres cuitcs d'Asie-Mineure. Frothingham, 0. B. The rising and the setting faith; and other discourses. Froude, J. A. Thomas Carlyle; the first forty years of his life, 1795-1835. 2 v. " These two volumes are to be Mr. Froude's sole con- tribution to a formal biography of Carlyle. The remain- ing part of the life is to be told by means of Mrs. Cnrlyle's letters annotated by Carlyle, and indirectly by Carlyle's own letters and tho.--e of his correspondent*. M.r. Froude has adopted the modern theory of biography, and allowed < arlyle and his entourage to disclose the character of his hero ip.\is-!imiv vi-rln-f. Ills comments are few and judicious, :ind there is little if any hero-worship in this account of the apostle of hero-worship." — AthencEum, April 3, '^2. Fuller, A. W. Artistic homes in city and country. Gale, T. The court of the Gentiles ; the original of human literature, from the Scriptures and Jewish Church. 1669-71. 2 v. Garnett, S. A. Cursury family sketches. Gibbs, AV: IT. Address before the Lit. Assoc, Blandtbrd, Mass., Sept. 21, 1850, upon the history of tnat town. Gilman, D. (J. Historical disc, Xorwich, Conn., Sept. 7, 18.3'J: Girard, P. LWsclepieion d'Athfenes d'apres de re- centes decouvertes. (Athens. Eeole Fran- (jaise. Bibliotheque.) Girardin, M., called Saint-Marc. Lectures on dramatic literature; tr. by R. G. Barnwell. Glasson, E. Histoire du droit ct des institutions de r^Vngleterre compares an droit et aux in- stitutions du la France. Vol. 1 : Epoque anglo -saxonne . Published by the Boston Athenieum, Beacon St., Boston, Ma^s., bi-montldy. Price ■!'> cts ; by mail, -JU els. Entered at the Post OlUce at Boston, Mass., as secoud class matter. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 86. June 1, 1882 Glisan, R. Journal of army life. Godefroy, F: Dictionnaire de I'anc. langue fran- gaiye et de tons ses dialectes du 9e an 15e sifecle. Vol. 1. " We have been struck by the very great number of words which are English as well as Frcneh. To the Btudent of our early literature, M. Godefroy's work will be almost as necessary a handbook as StnUmann's Dic- tionary of the old English \angmige." — Acudeini/, Gondinet, E. [Comedies.] Js^iiiiu'hj: L'alouette. vrn-G'tSiA; — La belle Madame Donis. vfdgoS4b; — Les braves gens. vfd-(;5.S4l ; — L_i;s cascades. vrD-GoS4A; — Le chef de division, vfd- g584j; — Christiane. vfij(:.')N4c ; — Ll^ club. vfd-g584vi; — Le comte J;icques. vfd-g5S4ro ; — La cravate blanche. VFI>■Go^^4A; — Gavaut, Minard, & C'ie. vfd-go84a; — G-ilberle. VFt>-Go84L; — Les grandes ilcmoist-lles. vfd- G584r;— Le honiard. vfi)g')S4ii; — Jean de Nivelle. VFD g584c; —Jonathan. VFD-G584,r; — Libres! vfd- g5S4l ; — Oh ! Monsieur ! vfd'G.jS4r ; — Le panache. vfd'g584b; ~ Panazoi. VFD-G5:S4ri; — Paris chez lui 1869. vfd'G')S4v ; — Les revoltees. vfd-g584r; — Le roi Pa dit. vrDG."i84i;o; — Tant plus 5a change, vfd* g5S4ro; — Lfs tapageurs. vfd.gj84t; — Le tunnel, vfd. g_584a;— Les victimes de I'argent. vfd.g"iS4v; — Les vieilles couches. vfd-g584vi; — Un voyage d'agrement. VFD-G584T. *' On connait le genre ; Veclat de rire continu, produit par I'absence de tontelogique on phitut par la perception d'une logique speciale, celle des fous, des idiots, des ahuris." — ^1. Curtault in Rev.pol. et lit., 19 nov, 1881. Goodhue, J. F. History of Shoreham, Vt. ; with ace. of the Co. of Addison, by S: Swift. Gordon, G: H. War diary of events in the ^yar of the Rebellion. Greg, W: R. Miscellaneous essays. vf3-g862n Gontent'i. Rocks ahead and harbours of refuge. — Foreign policy of Great Britain -imperial or economic? — The echo of the antipodes. — A grave perplexity be- fore us. — Obligations of tlie soil. — The riglit use of a surplus; or, Remission of taxes an abuse of revenue. — The great twin brethren. — Is the popular judgment in politics more just than that of the- higher orders ? — Hariet Martineau. — Verify your compass. — The pro- phetic element in the Gospels. — Mr. Frederick Harrison on the future life. — Can truths be apprehended whicb could not have been discovered ? *' Mr. Greg's intellect, though acute and vigorous, was preeminently wanting in freshness and versatility. He had not a touch of that talent, traceable in every line of Bagehot, which enables a theorist to put well-worn truths in a new point of view. Hence he displays little skill in the analysis of character. Nor did he possess anything like the extensive knowledge or the capacity for sympathy which gave Mill for a short time such commanding influence. Though, again, no man tried more earnestly to conduct controversy in a fair and can- did spirit, Mr. Greg betrayed in all his utterances on political or social subjects an unmistakable bias. ... Not by interest but by force of position and natural bent of mind, he was " retained" through life as the rep- resentative of capitalists. AVhatever the form or the title of Mr. Greg's political writings, he in fact always wrote from the pointof view of a manufacturer. He gained as a controversialist by the hont- st dogmatism which enabled him to put forth without hesitation and with perfect sin- cerity the. strong points of the case which he undertook to argue." "His strength lay in two characteristics : he never attempted to win his case by any other force than by the strength of his argument. Sarcasm, irony, humorous exaggeration, all the hundred modes of appealing to men's feelings rather than to their understandings, were utterly foreign to his manner. He possessed, further, a rare capacity for discriminating between the different degrees in which his arguments carried satisfaction to his own mind. He could distinguish, and make it clear to his readers that he distinguished between conclusions which he held to be certain, and those inferences whicb he believed to have in their favor but a slight amount of probability," — Extracts from a very careful estimate of Greg's ability, in the Nation, Jan. 2o. Handbook of charity organiza- Grosvenor, J. du V. Model yachts and boats ; their designing, making, and sailing. Guilmard, D. Les maitres oniemanistes. — Same. Planches, '* 180 planches ainsi que 20 titres et 18 tiStee dc page, tous fac-simil68 choisis parmi les raeilleures composi- tions des principaux maitres ornemanistes et reproduita par la photogravure : a 1 aide de ces planches, on pent Buivre I'histoire de rorneraentation depuis la tin du 15e Bificle jusqu'au commencement du 19e. Ce travail de M. Guilmard sera tre.s urile et aux artistes qui y trouveront des renseignements surs, et aux amateurs a qui la con- naissance des styles est indispensable pour le classe- ment de Icurs collections, et surtout, corame le fait re- marquer M. le baron Davillier daris Tintroduction de I'ouvrage aux industries d'art." — Revue critique, 25 avr. 1881. Gurteen, S. H'. tion. Habberton, J: Mrs. Maybnrn's twins. n/h11m Hacklander, F: W: Clara; or. Slave life in Eu- rope; pref. by Sir A. Alison. vgo'hUIo Hahn, T. Tsuni-||goam ; the supreme being of the Khoi-Khoi. *' It is seldom that we find the religion and the myths of a savage, or, at all events, of a very uncultivated peo- ple, examined with such minuteness and knowledge." — A. LanQt in the Academy, Jan. 7, 1882. Hale, Miss L. P. The Peterkin papers. ViilSl Hall, B: H. Collection of college words and cus- toms. Hamersly, T: H. S. General register of the TJ. S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1782-1882; with a sketch of the navy, 1775-98. Hanson, J: W, History of Norridgewock and Ca- naan, Starks, Skowhegan, and Bloomfield, to 1849; inch sketch of the Abnakis. Harrison, J. E. Myths of the Odyssey in art and literature. "Hiss Harrison has attempted to produce a kin ^ of novelty in English literature ; a volume which combines mythology — the literary treatment of myths — and ** raythography," a criticism of the same myths as illus- trated by the artists of the ancient world. Her book con- tains much information that will be new to all but pro- fessed archasologists. Miss Harrison's work is copious and learned ; and, as a rule, she sticks to the matter in hand, and does not wander into digressions. Here is a book that every student of the Odyssey will find inter, esting." — Saturday reo., Oct. 29, 1881. " Few who have not seen Overbeck's Heroischo Eild» werke will have realized how thoroughly those ea^ly Greek sagas might he illustrated from existing "works of art ; in »upplementing the labours of (Jverbecl^, oui^ authoress has given us, to a part of his gaUery, a guide as conscientious and as attractive as could he desired-** — Cecil Smith in the Academy, Nov- ]^, 1881. Harte, F. B. The lucl^ of Koaring Cai^^p. anci other stories ; inch earlier papers, Spanish and American legends, Tales of the Argonauts, etc. V-h25l^ Hay, M. C, Dorothy's venture. (Franklin Sqr, lib.) Hector, Mrs, A. F. {pseitd, il/rs. Alexander), The Freres ; a novel. '/al24f " A year spent by the farejily in Saifony tiffords the author an opportunity to give a lifelike picture of Ger, man domestic life," — Pub. loeekly. Her picture. (No name ser.) s/h41 Herodotus. Story of the Persian war ; by A. J. Church. Herrick, W: D. History of Qarduer, Mass,, 1785-[1877]. Number S6.] 342 [June 1, 1882 Hiugham. 1st Parish. Commemorative services, 200th anniversary. Hodgson, W: 13. Errors iji the use of English. " I'usihiimdiis work ; a well-ordertd and happily clio- bcii follectioii of exiimplL'S proving wiih what wonderful carckesiu's-^ oi' ineompi'tenfy the Eii^ilish lan;j:u:if^appeared, and the ruinF> of the Labyrinth are an undistinguishable m;iss, in which it is not easy to see the traces of the grandeur which so struck Herodotus, and the geographer Strabo after him. Still there is much that i« curious and interesting in the^-e reraainn ; not the less so because they havu been less thoroughly explored than plai-es which lie more directly in the great mute. But the charm of Mrs. Oliphant's book lies in its picture of rural life, as it is still to he found in Egypt, untouched by the influences of the AVcst." — tSpectntor. Oswald, F. L. Physical education. "The greater part appeared in a series of papers in the ' Popular science monthlj',' where they attracted wide attention on account of the freshness of man}'' of the ideas and the force with which they were jiresented ,' — Pub. weekly. "The whole world would be better in a twelvemonth if a hundredth part of Dr. Oswald'-' prescriptions were followed." — Literary world. Reichard, H: A: 0: Le voyageur en Allemaf^ne. Gonieritt. Pt. 1. .Mlcmagne du nord et du centre, le Rhin, Hollande et Belgique, etc. 2. Allemagne du sud, Autriche, Tyrol, Suisse, Italic septentriunale. Reybaud, M)ne. H. Iv F. Uncle Cesar. vFcitOSu "The story is somewhat pahiful, but there, is good character-drawing, and a certain persistent Hdeltty in treating of the slow, disintegrating pruee.-.ses that atl'eet human chanicter and action, which is anything but com- monplace. ~ A'ation. Sarcey, F. JjC mot et la chose. " R^impression d'un volume que les friands d'esprit et de style se plaignaient de ne plu.4 trouver dans le com- merce. L'idee de eet ouvrage avait ete iiispiree a rauleur par certains chapitres de Duclos, un moralistc tres peric- trant et tres delicat, qu'on ne lit plus assez. Duclos, examinantia langue de son temps, faisait remarquer que certains mots n'apportJiicnt plus k le.-'prit les nieme idees qu'lls 6veillaient au siil-cle precedent. ... Frappe de cette observation, M. 8areey entreprit une enqiicte du meme genre sur la langue de 1860." — J/ari/ne O^aw.her in li-'v. pol. et lit, 10 d6c. 1881. Schurman, J. G. Kantian ethics and the ethics of evolution, a critical study. "The insufficiency of the evolutionary rxplanation, the fact that it misreads the deliverances of exiierience, and gives no account of the moral consciousness, while it fails utterly both in its psychological references to commend itself to thought as a true reading of what happens, are set forth in this volume with much force and acuteness," — Brit, guar- rev., Apr. 1. Selous, F. C. A hunter's wanderings in Africa; narr. of 9 years amongst the game of the in- terior of S. Africa. " A record of nine years ' sport and travel in the far interior of Africa, including accounts of explorations beyond the Zambesi, on the Chobe, and in the Matabelle and Mashuna countries, and containing full notes upon the natural history of all the large mammalia." — Aihe/iinini, Oct. 15, 7881. Sikes, W. Kambles and studies in old South AA'ales. "The author, while parading obvious traits with the air of a discoverer, has altogether failed to catch the spirit of the people. Welshmen and "Welshwomen are notoriously averse from revealing themselves to a stran- ger." — AthenoEuni. Sime, J. Schiller. (For. class, for Eng. readers.) " Can be counted among the few successful numbers of that collection. In this instance the round man fits into the round hole. The task could not have been intrusted to more competent hands." — AthenmuTn. Smyth, X. The religious feeling: a study for faith. "Not so much an argument for the real existence of spiritual truth, as a clear and convincing assertion of its existence. Yet it is not in the least dogmatic, and at the same time it is not wanting in logic. But the logic seems to come in the form of picture.-que antithesis. Many fine sayings indieate that the writer has been over a wide range of philosophic culture."— Unitarian rev. Spielhagen, F. Angela. 2 v. ygf*sp4a " A pendant to Quisisana." •■ A sensational novel of the most sensational type, nei- ther better nor worse than most novels of its class, — on the whole, better from the point of view of lovers of this class of fiction, since it compresses into a brief period of time more sensational events than we reraem- ber to have met with in the pages of Miss Braddon." — Athena'uin, Oct. 2'.i, ISSl. Stapfer, P. Goethe et ses deux chefs d'oeuvre classiques. xvgz'g55st " L'auteur de ces etudes sur 1' Iphig6nie en Tauride et sur Hermann ct Dorothce a des remarques piquantes et des points de vue vraiment ncufs." — iiev. des D ux J/o/ide.^, 15 nov. 1881. Westcott, T. The historic mansions of Philadel- phia. " To go through this book is like going through an old museum full of antique furniture and dresses, and sug- gestive of ancient days. It is to a modern history what an old folk concert is to modern music. ... These char- acter paintings are quite as unique and curious as some of the illustration-, which have been borrowed from old prints, and look like the gosts of a dead epoch walking boldly into a modern drawing-room. Despite some dreadful pieces of engraving, the book is, as a whole handsome, as it certainly is both entertaining and instructive." — I/arper^s mag., May. Wright, E. Myron Holley. " '^I'he subject of this biography was a notable man in many respects, his life and fortune having been spent in the cau.se of freedom ; ho began his antislavery labors in 1S38 by delivering lectures, and continued to work lor the cause in every way. Mr. Wright says, he was 'the one man who did more than any other to start the political movement which culminated in I860 in the vic- t(try of a party opposed to any further geographical exten- sion of slavery.' Up to tlie time of his death (1840) he was editing *T/ie Jiwhesti r Jm ma?/,* u pnpw specially devoted to the abolition cause." — Puh. loeekly. Published by the Boston Athenaeum, Beacon St., Boston, Mass., monthly. Price 25 cts, ; by mail, 50 cts. Entered at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., as second class matter. Aamuons. 2cl ser.] BOSTON ATHEISr^UM. [No. 87. July 1, 1882 Adam rfe Si. J'ictore, Liturgical poetry; from the text of Gautier, with tr. and notes by D. S. "\Vrann-ham. 3 v. "Archbishop Trench accounts Adam 'the foremost among tlic sacred Latin poets of the Middle Ages,' and Di . Neaie has extraviii^rantly described him as ' the great- est Latin poet, not only of mediaeval, but of all agct*.' ' — Satin day revieWy Fob. 4, 1882. Arnold, E. Indian poetry : cont. a new ed. of The Indian song of songs, two books from the Illiad of India, ilahdbhiirato, Proverbial wisdom from the Shlokas of the Ilitopadesa, and other oriental poems. "In the ]irc8cnt volume, Mr. Arnold takes up new ground, liaU'-way between the plough-field of translation and the mountain-tops of original song. It is the result, rather than the product of his acquaiiitiince with the SanBkrit originals. For the first time since Goethe threw off his little Indian poems, tliis volume makes India speak to Furope in song." — W. W. Hunter in the Acad- emy, July 30, 1881. Arnold, E. L. On the Indian hills; or, CofFee- planting in So. India. 2 v. Bagenal, P. II. The American Irish and their in- fluence on Irish politics. *' Mr. Bagenal, one of the editors of the St. James' gazette, visited tids country last year in the supposed interest of the British government for information and material, and this book is the fruit of his labors. The author is an Irishman of the Tory and landlord-govern- ment class." — Pub. weekly, May 6. Ballantine, Serjeant W. Some experiences of a barrister's life. 2 v. ■' A story of professional industry, success and ad- vancement, of connections, acquaintances, or friendships with very many dif-tinguis^hed people ; and of a large number of important and famous trials." — Littrary world, Juue 3. '* Sergeant Ballantine at eighty, is the gayest, jauntiest, youngest barrister in London. I-Ie knows everybody. He is familiar with all noted criminals, and button-holes the Prince of Wales. He travels from the Old Bailey to the Green-room, from the picture galleries to Fpsom Downs. He is one day at Westminster, defending Arthur Orton, and another at Bombay, dtfeuding the Gaikwar of Baroda. In his first year's practice he earned four guineas and a half, in later times ho has received ten thousand for a fee." — Critic, April 22. Bancroft, G: History of the Constitution of the United States. 2 v. " His style has gained in ease, but there is less inci- sive vigor, and the two volumes will be found less inter- esting than the previous ten volumes whose tale they con- tinue and complete. ^Boston daily advertiser. Barthelemy, E: de. La marquise d'PIuxelles et ses amis. 5F-H985 " II est rare de rencontrer une pareille reunion de let- tres authentiques et inedilea signeea du prince de Conde, du due d'Engliien, de La Ilochefoucauld, de M. de Cou- langes, de Tr^ville, de Tiirenne, de Louvois, de I'abbe de"Kance,de8 cardinaux d'Fstr6cs et de Bouillon, etc., encadr^ea dans une serie de plus piquantes notices." — Rend KeroiUr in Pohjbiblion, nov. 1881. Eelot, A. Le roi des grecs. 2 v. vff'b415r •' Assez amusant et parfois assez dramatique." — Max- ime Gaucher in Revue pot. et lit., 16 avril. Beowulf; an Old-English poem; tr. into modern rhymes by Lieut.-Col. H. W. Lumsden. VDY0-B4 "The translation of Prof. Wackerbarth written in 1847 was a creditable performance, still it must be con- fessed that Scott's metre, which the Prolc-ssor adopted, is no better suited to the Lay of Beowulf than it is, pace Conington, to the .Eneid. The admirable prose render- ing of Kcmble is not easily obtained and even Thorpe's edition has long been out of print. . . Curious piece f old-world poetry in a quaint and unwonted setting, a series of pictures of life in the heroic age of Teuton his- tory, and a hero who fulfils the ideal of Oarlylo, and is atonce truly manly and really pious. The work is one which demands no small care and pains. The very blemishes of (he original, its occasional obscurity, tire- some repetitions and prolix moralizing, are of a kind which no version can remove, save by the heroic method of M. Botkine, the simple process of excision. On the* other hand, the harmonious cadences, the energy of phrase, the peculiar and beautiful variety of epithet and synomym which are all so cliarming in the Old English are exceptionally diiEcult to render. Col. Lumsden has managed to stick closely to his text, and at the same time to keep pretty clear of the mock-archaic phrases and words winch are so dear to the would-be imitators of Mr. Morris. The meti"e is well chosen and by uo means ill-handled." — /'. York Powell in the Acade- emy, April 16, 1881. Bermingham, E. J. The disposal of the dead, a plea for cremation. Besant, W., and Rice, J. The chaplain of the fleet. 3 V. vKr-346Bc *' The authors of ' Ready-money Mortiboy ' have attempted a reproduction of eighteenth century auto- biography. It reads almost as natui*ally as anything of Defoe's." — Athena>uin, May 7, 1881. Bethmann-Holv/eg% M. A. von. Der Civilprozess des gemeinen Kechts in geschlchtlicher Ent- "vvickelung. 6 v. Bigelow, J: Molenosthe Quietist. " Molinos was the original of John Inglesant. His career and the promulgation of bis doctrines were a very important episode in the history of the Catholic Church two centuries ago. The substance of his teach- ings seems simple enough at this day, but then it gave ri&e to one of the most formidable schisms ever known in the Latin Church." — Boston post. Bird, F. 8. Land of dykes and windmills; or, Life in Holland ; with anecdotes of noted persons, etc. "The author is a faithful scribe, putting down in prosaic Dutch-like fashion exactly what he .-^aw, and though humor and the comic llavor much of his mutter, })is native friends would scarcely undei-stand \\'hy Eng- lish readers should be f>o tickled." — Bookncllei . Bird, H. E. Chess practice. "One of the best collections of fine games that has ever been made." — J. I. Mlnchin in ike Acaderny, March 11. Black, J: R. Young Japan, Yokohama, and Yeddo, 1858-79. 2 v. Blunt, W. S. The future of Islam. " A rosy picture of happiness and progress .... The worn-out, empty popedom of the Sultans of Turkey is soon to disappear, and a new and glorious caliphate will arise in its stead, not in a foreign capital, but in the very centre and kibla of Islam, the holy city bf Mecca." — Athembum, Mu.y '20. Bouet, A. Breiz-izel; ou, Vie des Bretons de I'Armorique, dessins par 0. Perrin. 3 v. '* Cited in the last ed. of the Encyclop. Brit, as chief authority on Brittany." Bournet, A. Venise ; notes prises dans la biblio- theque d'un ^'ieux Yenitien. " Une aorte de reLol. etlit., 16avril 1881. Charencey, H. G. de. Le his de la vierge. " A paper which should commend itself to those per- sons who have real interest in mythology, and curiosity about mythological lore. It draws its materials from out- of-the-way printed sources, is itself printed in a French provincial town, and its contents throw occasional light from unexpected quarters on superstitious legends and beliefs. — Jjucid Filzge7^ald in Academy. Claretie, J. Les amours d'un interne. yff*c54a " De tres honnetes et de tres pures amours, li'interSt est dans I'etude tres attentive d'une raaladie qui semble particuliure k notre siecle, ou qui, du moins, est devenue plusfrequente que dans les temps passes. C'estla nevrose hy&idnqne." — Maxime Gaucher in liev. pol. et lit., 16 avril 1S81. Cochin, II: Le manuscrit de il. Larsonnier. yff'c64m "On pourrait intituler le curieux r^cit de M. H ; Cochin ; dissertation philosophique sur la relativity du temps. (^ue deviendrait une intelligence qui per- drait la notiun du temps et qui, corame M. Larsonnier, se Ijgurait qu'au lieu d'avancer il recule ? ... M. Cochin a tres habilemenl mis en u?uvre cette donnee toute phi- losophique. Le journal de il. Larsonnier est une de ces OBuvres pour lesquelles on a inveute le mot de distin- gucies." — I^.v. d. D. A/ondes, 1 mars, 1881. " M. Larsonnier s hallucination, or whatever it is to be called, connects itself easily with certain passages of I-'ascal, which readers of that author will readily enough recollect, and gives occasion tu M. Cochin for some exceedingly careful and exquisite writing, destitute of the slightest attempt at preciousness, and so capable of serving as a very useful model and warning to certain English writers who aim at style. Xor is the sentiment and thought unworthy of the form. 'Le manuscrit de M. Larsonnier' is not a book likely to attain a wide popular- ity, but those who do read it will almost certainly read it more than once." — Sat. rev.. Mar. 5, 1881. Collignon, il. Manuel d'archcologie grecque. (Bi- blioth. dc I'enseignement des beaux-arts.) "In tin; hands of an inquiring student cannot fail to give a charming and correct idea of the indispensable outlines of that fertile field of liistorical ^tudy. We know of no other work which treats the subject with anything like the fairness, the clearness, the restrained enthusiasm, or the fulness of this." Collins, W; W. The black robe. yef'c693bl " Rubbish. But it is light and readable rubbish, and keei>R up the Interest throughout." — Spectator, May 7, ISSl. Confessions of a medium. "Reveals in an autobiographical form the secrets by which the deceptions are practised by professional and other mediums." — /*«6. week/;/, May ti. Contemporary review, May 1882. "Eloquent and able hisitory of the dealings of the House of Hapsburg with the Slavs of the Balkan penin- sula, by Mr. E. A. Freeman, should be carefully studied as should Mr. R. S. Cuudry's account of the new British jiossession of North Borneo. Vernon Lee's singularly eloquent and thoughtful pa- per on vivisection is one of the best illustrations we have ever seen, of self-derived, self-supported morality. Mr. Stuart-Glenniegivesa most interesting, though high- flown, accouut of Samothrace, the island mouutain, 6000 feet high, with its awe-inspiring r.eenery, and Pelasgic ruins, with their Cyclopean walls." — Spectator, May 6. -Number 87.1 347 [July 1, 1882 Cook, D. Hours with the players. " UoMsipy sketches of English actoi-s from Peg Wo f- nngtoii to Fochlor." Cunningham, W. Growth of English industry and commerce. " \V: Cunuhigham, late Deputy to the Knightbridge FrofL'ssorin the Universily of Ciimbridge." — AtheniMum, Apr. s. Cust, R. N. Pictures of Indian life, sketched with the pen, 1852-81 ; with maps. " Wo know of uo book that siiinB up so completely in 80 small a compass and in such an attractive fguise, tho ■^flos of Anglo-Indian life. The wonders of the country itself and of its various peoples; the story of the British conquest and the responsibilities of I-lritish administra- tion; above all, tlie pathos of Anglo-Indian exile and of a dual home, all are here depicted in a series of short essays." — Ju-nes S. Cotton, in the Academy, Sept. 24, 1S81. Dayton, A. C. Last days of Kuickerhocker life in New York. "The author died hi 1877; he speaks of the New York he knew 50 j'ears ago." — Pab. weekli/y May 6. Devaux, P. L: I. Etudes politiques sur les princi- paux evenements de I'histoire romaine. 2 v. " Tho late il. Paul Devaux' high I'eputation in Bel- gium, as an accomplished statesman and a veteran pa- triot, gives spefial interest to these volumes, which eon- tain his well-matured viewt; on Ihe political history of Rome. He was a leader in the revolt against the Dutch administration, lifty years ago; a member of the Cab- inet which placed Prince Leopold on the throne, and of the Congress which framed the Belgian Constitu- tion; he held a prominent position in the Chamber of Deputies and the Council of Ministers; and he was a highly inftueritial contributor to the Liberal press. His son is now chief of the Royal Cabinet. M. Devaux was compelled, through blindness, to retire from the public service, but his advice was always sought on impor- tant questions of foreign policy. It was during this en- forced retirement that, with his daughter's aid, he pre- pared for publication a series of historical essays from materials which he had long been collecting, 'ihe first volume, published in 1875, dealt with France, England, Germany, and with some portions of ancient history.'' ~ G. 0. Wiirr, ui the Acifdr^my, Nov. 12, 1881. Douglass, A. Ostrich farming in South Africa. "Ostrich farming has hardly any past, but promises to have a brilliant future. As a serious industry, engag- ing capital and looking for profits, it is but fourteen years old." Dufferin, F:T. H. T. B., Earl of. Speeches and addresses; ed. by H: Milton. ve6-d87 " We are dazzled ae hy a display of fireworks." — Athencmwi, March 4. Euripides. The crowned Hippolytus ; tr. with new poems by M. F. Kobinson. " Miss Robinson has carried through, with a due ad- mixture of faithfulness and poetical fire, her clever ver- sion of one of the most elaborate dramas of Euripides, one that is interesting not less in its plot than in its poetic finish and its subtle insight into human character. The gist of the trairedy of ' The crowned Hippolytus ' is the fate of the strait-laced worshippers of the virgin Artemis, brought about through the guilty passion of Phaedra, the second wife of Theseus, for her husband's son by the Amazon Hippolyte." — Jame.s i>aCTes in the Acad- emy, May 14, 1881. Fitzgerald, P. H. Recreations of a literary man ; or, Does writing pay? 2 v. *' It is impossible to doubt the veracity of his confes- sions. Other men conceal their weaknesses. ... His communicativeness may be found amusmg, hut we have seldom met with a more useless specimen ot book-mak- ing." — Athenceiim, April 23. Floredice, W. H. Memories of a month among the mere Irish. "The title is misleading. The author knows the dis- trict about which he writes, and its people from a care- ful and sympathetic study of years. Tho stories he tells seem to me very genuine and racy. He understands the dialect thoroughly. Among many good stories the ' Curious accident' may he selected as the very funniest Irish story to be found in print; and for this alone the work is well worth buying." —t^. P. M((hafy in the Aaidemy, July 23, 1881. "An amusing little book, shows that at least before the famine, the Irish rustics retained abundance of ex- tremely humorous stories." — Hut. rev., July 30, issl. Flower, AV: H: Fashion in deformity, as illus- trated in the customs of barbarous and civ- ilized races. (Nature ser.) Fo'cVle yarns. yEP'F68 "There is nothing Manx that he does not seem to know, and on all he knows he has something pertinent to say. ... He has written a book the interest of which is general as well as local, and which is human to an even greater extent than it is Manx." — Athenceurrt, May 7, 1881. Foster, W: E. The civil service refoim movement. Fortnightly review, May 1882. " Prince Krapotkine sends an account of the Russian Revolutionary party, Mr. Gallenga an interesting ac- count of the administration of Finland, M. Myers a fine thoughtful paper on Marcus Aurelius." — Spectator, May 6. Freeman, E: A. The reign of William Kufus and the accession of Henry i. " I have now been able to carry out the design which I spoke of in the prefaces to the 5lh volume of my ' His- tory of the Norman Conquest.' I have endeavored to work out in detail the two sides of the memorable years with which I deal in these volumes, their deep impor- tance for general and specially for constitutional history, and their rich store of personal and local narrative." — Author's Preface. " This book is worthy of its predecessors. There are no signs of the weariness and exhaustion that some- times mark a continuation. Mr. Freeman is as pro- foundly interested in his work, as decided in his views of right and wrong, as minute and careful in working out every detail, as ever." — .Sct'irday rev., May 6. Galland, A. Journal pendant son sejour a Con- stantinople, 1672-73 ; pub. et annote par C: Schefer. 2 v. " Contains many interesting notes on passing events, on the condition of society, and on the relations between Turks and Christians." — Atheneeura, Aug. 6, 1881. " Le .iournal de G-alland, le traducteur des ' Mille et une nuits,' est public d'apres son propre manuscrit, od il inserait chaque jour le recit de ce qu'il avait vu ou en. tendu. C'est une veritable histoire au jour le jour, et pleine de details piquants et inedils sur la vie turque. M. Schefer y ajoute des notes qui en rendentla lecture plus facile et plus attrayante." Gardner,!). Quatre Bras, Ligny, and Waterloo ; narrative of the campaign in Belgium, 1815. " Very well done. It is a large book, but there was room for it; much as has been written, the theme has never been fairly treated. ... One thing comes out moie clearly in Mr. Gardner's story than it has done pre- viously — the decay in Napoleon's powers." — Boston daily advertiser. Glouvet, J. de. Le berger. vpf'g51b " It is much better than ' Le mariuier ' and as good as, if not better than ' Le forestier,' which first showed that France had a new and original writer of prose fic- tion. The picture is exceedingly powerful. ... The colour of the book is, as usual with the author, som- bre." — Saturday review, Jan. 7. Gravier, G. Les Normands sur la route des Indes. " The author assuming as proved that the Northmen discovered the American continent, endeavors to show that the Normans of Normandy, from their intercourse with the Northmen, must have been cognizant of the existence of the American continent, and probably vis- ited it as early as the 10th century. He also discusses the probability of a Norman expedition in 1488." Number 87.1 348 [July 1, 1882 Halevy, L. L'abbe Constantin. 20e ed. vff-h13a " L'une den graudes erreurs du roman contcmporain, c'est de croire que ks honnetes gens n'ont pas d'bis. toire. * L'iibbii Constantin' nous prouve qu ils en ont une, et qu'elle est interessante, ct qu'il euflit dc la eavoir conter, mais pour y rdussir il ue faut pas moins que la merveilleuse leg6ret(i d'execution et I'exquise simplicity de M. Halevy." — Rev. deft Deux Mo/nil's, 1 mars. " Pas un loup dans cette bergerie, tons lee personnages aont boiis coramo du bon pain. Eh bicn, il est char- mant, quoique edifiant, ce recit." — Maxime Gaucher ill Rpv. pol. et lit., 25 fin'. — Un mariage d'amour, etc. vff'hISma "Jolies etudes, si fines et d'une observation si juste, parfois si profond." — Rev. dea De it x Monde 8, lo aouX, 1881. "Petit bijou, cisele avec une infinie delicatenpe et tra- vaille avcc un art exquis. C'est une comedio toute faite." — Jfuximc Gituc/ier in Rev. lit. et pol., 13 aoiit, 1881. Hamerton, P. G. The graphic arts ; a treatise on the varieties of drawing, painting, and en- graving. *' If there is a better elementary work on the fine arts than this, all things considered, we have not yet found it." — Boston pO'-'t. Hamilton, W. The, poets laureate of England; a history of the office of poet laureate, biog, notices of its holders, etc. xvkzvT-h " Not only useful for purposes of reference, but ux- tremely entertaining to an idle reader." — Athetiavin, Jan. 18. Hardy, T: A Laodicean ; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. (Leisure hour ser.) vef*h222l Haslam, Hev. W. From death into life ; or, Twen- ty years of my ministry. " The book U taken up with the sensation created by his new style of preaching, by accounts of numerous individual conversions, and of revivals among bis tu- multuous and enthusiastic audience. It is written in plain, good English, and gives a lifelike picture of vi\id religious experiences, " — Ptiblifihers' weekly, Oci 30, '80. Hedges, J: K. The history of "NVallingford, from the invasion of Julius Csesar to the present time. "Laborious erudition." — AthewA-mn, Apr. 8. Helms, L: V. Pioneering in the far East, and journeys to California, 1849, and to the "White Sea in 1878. " The author has had a long and varied experience in the counLi-ies he describes. To hiia were due the ini- tiation and development of the mineral and agricultural resource^ dI' ^'arawak, and it in understood that from IiIf pages the public will at lant be able to form a judg- ment on certain disputed passages in the life of Kajah Brooke." — At!u-na>uiii, Dec. 9,"].syi. Herbert, H: W: (^pseud. Frank Forester). Life and writings; ed. by D: AY. Judd. " Frank l''orester, not quite half a century since, was thought one of our great writers, now he could not get admittance to the columns of a third-rate magazine. ... His life is sad reading. An uglier picture of Bohemian- ism it would be liard to iind. It is better to draw a veil over its vulgar atlectation, its coarse violence, its unscru- pulous selfishncHs." — Boslmi daily adverfisiv. Hesse- Wartegg, E. von. Tunis; the land and the people. " The author of this pleasantly-written book lived in Tunis for some time, and had access to consular aud other official information." Hicks, E. L. Manual of Greek historical inscrip- tions. (Clarendon press series.) "The principle wbich has guided the selection of ex- amples has been almost exclusively that of their value as historical documenlH, as illustrating as well as supple- menting, what we learn from other literary sources about the stirring events or great political changes among the states of Greece." — W. Wolfe Gapes i?L Acad., Apr. 20. Hirst, J. C. Hiram Greg. vef-h61h "Clever, vigorous novel. The Lancashire dialect, the insight into the details of the Chartist riots, and other kindred descriptions indicate a Lancashire author." — Jiiiiu's Dames in the Academy, Mar. 5, 1881. Hoar, G: F. Eulogy upon James Abram Garfield ; Worcester, Mass. Jebb, R. C. Bentley. (Eng. men of letters.) "This charming little volume reveals capacities which will probably suiijrise even Prof. Jebb's most enthusi- astic admirers. The intense elegance and exquisite pol- ish, not to mention the occasional exuberance of diction, which have characterized the previous hterary essays of the Glasgow professor, may well seem incompatible with the robustness of sentiment and mingled ease and vigour of style which he now displays as a popular writer." — Athenceum, Apr. 29. Jones, W. H: Fasti ecclesige Sarisberiensis ; or, A calendar of the bishops, deans, archdeacons, and members of the Cathedral body at Sal- isbui-y from the earliest times to the present. *' No more valuable biographical apparatus in the de- partment of English church history has appeared since the publication of Le Kevc's 'Fasti' by tiir Thomas Duftus Hardy in 1854." — .Ithenceiem, Apr. 8. Keane, J: F. (Haji Mohammed Amm.) M)^ jour- ney to Medinah. " It may be presumed that readers of the present vol- ume are already acquainted with the author's account of his stay at Mecca, and that, like ourselves, they wcrs much amused, while also slightly puzzled by that clever little book. In this volume there is no falling off." — Athenoiiim, Oct. 29, 1881. Kennedy, AV. S. H: W. LongfelloAv ; biography, anecdote, letters, criticism. "Biography proper does not fill possibly, more than a fourth part of the volume; but the other sections of anecdote, lettiTH, and criticism constitute an agreeable raelaime which i,nves the reader the impression of having really gathered a more vivid, if not a fuller, knowledge of the subject than he could have got from a more elab- orate treatise upon Longfellow's poetical genius.." "Clumsy and amateurish. ... Frequent skipping is an absolute necessity." Lair, J. Louise de la Valliere et la jeunesse de Louis XIV, d'apres des documents inedits. 5f-l385l " L'auteur possede le don, si rare parmi les Erudite de savoir f;iire un livre, d'en distribuer parfaitement les par- ties et de donner un veritable charme aux moindres de- tails. Nous sommcslci en presence d'un de ces ouvrages qu'on ne ferme plus quand on les a ouverts." — G. de B. in Rcv. des questions hiiitoriq""S, oct. 1881. Lathrop, G: P. An echo of passion. \/l32e " It cannot be said that Mr. Lathrop has displayed any too much skill in getting the machinery of his story into motion, or that after getting it started he exhausts the dramatic subject. ... The story however is agreeable." — Phila. ti-liQi-iiplt. Laugel, A. A: La reforme an 16e siecle. "Four separate studies of persons sufficiently remark- able — Eleonor, Princess of Conde ; Jeanne d'Albret; Louise de Coligny , the Admiral's daughter: and the Due de Bouillon, lover of Marguerite de Valois and father of Turonne; besides an essay on the religious wars, one on tlie Swiss regiments in France, and others. These papers are of real value, full of fact, and lucidly written and arranged." — /Saturday 7'ev., Apr. 2, 1881. Published by the Boston Athenceum, Beacon St., Boston, Mass., monthly. Price 2octs,; by mail, 50 cts. Entered at the Post Ofhce at Boston, Maf^s., as second class matter. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 88. Aug. 1, 1882 Leguina, E. de. Juan de la Cosa ; estudio bio- grafieo. " Spanish navigator and cartographer, who accompa- nied Columbus as pilot. The appendi.Y contains origi- nal rtooumonts in regard to his voyage." Linton, Mrs. E. L. My love. vef'l65m " Mrs. Lynn Linton is brilliantly clever from lirst to last, and there is not a dull page in her novel, though there are many that are disagreeable. She writes brightly, vigorously, and eloquently ; she is uncommonly painstaking and earnest; her dialogue is always apt aod pointed; and many of her personages are of singular merit and interest." — Alhenceuin, July 9, 18S1. McCarthy, Justin.' The comet of a season. VEr'Ml2o "From the tirst page to the last bright, clever, and thoroughly interesting." — Jumfs Ashcroft Noble in the Acaih'm'i, Xov. -Hi, 1881. " Thei-e is, comparatively speaking, but little of the freshness of observation, lightness of touch, and pleas- antness of humour whicli we have become accustomed to in Mr. McCarthy's novels." SV(^. rev., Nov. 26, 1881. Masson, D; De Quincey. (ilorley, J: Eng. men of letters.) Masson, F: he marquis de Grignan, petit-fils de Mme. de Sevigne. 5f-g87 " Une fort int6ressant volume. L*auteur nous trans- porte en plein ITe si^cle." — Jl'fime Gaac/ier, in Rev. pol. et HI., 26 nov. 1881. Mijatovich, Mme. E. L. Kossovo ; Serbian na- tional songs about the battle of Kossovo in one poem ; tr. " Mdme. Mijatovich deserves the thanlcs of English readers for making them acquainted with some of the treasures of Servian popular poetry. Till the present time, a person who wished to form any idea of its wealth must have betaken himself to tlie work of Bow- ring published in 1827, teeming with errors and mostly compiled from the German version of Theresa von Ja- cob, or the extraordinary production issued by the pres. ent Lord Lytton in 1861, entitled Serbski Pesmo [sic ! .'] obviously concocted from French translations." — W. It. MorJiU in the Acmlemy, Oct. 8, 1881. Mirick, B. L. History of Haverhill, Mass. Mississippi River improvement Convention. Official report of the proc. of the Conven- tion, St. Louis, Oct. 26-28, 1881. Molifere, J. B. P. Oiuvres. Nouv. ed., rev. et augm. par E. Despois. 6 v. vrD-M73-5 Montgomery, J. Theory and practice of cotton spinning. Montrosier, E. Peintres modernes. " Unc etude tres complete et tres interessante sur In- gres, H. Fiandrin, et Kobert Fltury, de nombruux fac- similes de dessins originaux, de curieux autographs io- idits et sept photogravures hors tex-t's." — Feailleton, 4 mars. Moody, D. L. El Cielo; donde esta; sus habi- tantes ; como Uegar alii. Morton, J: Nature and property of soils. Moulton, T: Porter as a portion of Maine ; its settlement, etc. Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary. Memorial, 25th anniversary. Moynier, G. La convention de Genfeve pendant la'n-uerre franco- alleniande. "I'n "document indispensable, it consulter pour la fu- ture revision de la convention." Muegse T. Signa the dairy-maid ; or, Life and lo've in Norway; tr. by A. Weis. vgg-m88s Murasaki Shikib. Genji Monogatari ; the most celebrated of the classical Japanese romances ; tr. by Suyematz Kenchio. " The standard classic of pure Japanese. ... Highly interesting as an accurate picture of life in the old anti- feudal days of Ja^jan, when no Tycoons obscured the splendor of the Mikado and his court. It will also serve as a valuable key to that Ijackground of two widely dif- fering schools oi' J.apanese art." — Nation, May 4. Nelson, J: IT. A prospectus of the scientific study of the Hindu law. "A critical essay on a subject of considerable social and political importance." — Sat. rev., Oet. 22, 1881. New Century Cooking School, Phila. How we made a nine cent dinner ; with other econ- omies. New Sweden, Me. Celebration of the decennial anniv., July 23, 1880. Newton, (il/ass.) 2rf Church. A century of church history. Nineteenth century. May, 1882. " Mr. Matthew Arnold gives 'A word about America,' its purport is that, although individuals full of sweet- ness and light may exist in the American cities, groups do not; that there, as here, the body of the people are Phihstines. He maintains that that which in England we call the middle-class is in America virtually ' the na- tion', and he holds the middle-class to ' pi-esent us with a defective type of religion, a narrow range of intellect and knowledge, a stunted sense of beauty, a low stand- ard of manners.' The readable paper of the number is Dr. Jessopp's ' The Arcady of our grandfithcrs.' He has collected all the evidence' he can from very old inhabitants of a Nor- folk parish, and draws from it the deduction that the world is greatly improving in morals and manners, ar- guing his case with a grave and gentle humour which is most charming, and drawing wonderful little sketches of the old labourers as they are." — .Spectator, May 6. Noble, L. P.. A reverend idol; a novel. \/n662 " With exceptions ' A reverend idol ' is a capital novel, fresh, bright, and interesting." — Literary world, June 3. '^'A reverend idol' is but a lay figure, spite of the very strenuous attempt to make it like life. All clerical and manly virtues are heaped up(Hi it, but all fail to produce reality." — Nation, June 15. Norris, W. E. Heaps of money. (Leisure hour ser.) VEF-N79 Norton, L. Autobiography. Ohnet, G: Le maitre de forges. vff-oh4om "M. G. Ohnet est le lion du jour. ' Serge Panine ' fait flores au theatre apres avoir, sous la fjrme du ro- man, oonqnis tons les suffrages. Voici maintenant une nouvelle ovation pour sou dernier recit, ' Maitre de forges.' " — Maxime Gaucher in Rev. pol. et lit., 28 Jan. "M. Ohnet se contente un pen trop de raconter les faits, sans beaucoup se soucier de les rapporter i leurs causes; il laisse par trop dc cote la psychologic. Les situations sont fortes et ueuvea." — Rev. den Deux. Mondes, lo fcv. Olmsted, F: L. The spoils of the Park ; with a few leaves from the deep-laden note-books of "a wholly unpractical man." Owen, J. Evenings with the skeptics; or. Free discussion on free thinkers. 2 v. " His ' skeptics' are not always philo.sophical sceptics in the sense of deniers, or even doubters, of the possi- bility of attaining any standard of certainty. Nor are his ''free thinkers ' theological free-thinkers, for they in- clude Augustine and the School-men. It would be diffl- cult to devise a title capable of defining the entire drift of a book so rich in suggestion of all kinds, the purpose of which may perhaps be best expressed as the illustra- tion and confirmation, from the history of speculative thought in all ages, of this proposition : — ' The primai-y instinct of all normally constituted minds is towards liberty, and this instinct is more marked in direct pro- portion to the richness and variety of intellectual endow- ment. Whence I should draw the inference that free thought on all subjects is the natural legitimate condi- Number 88.] 350 [Aug. 1, 1882 tion of the human reason.'" — R. Gamctt in the Acad- finij, Sept. 24, 1881. Packard, A. S., ,/)•. Insects injurious to forest and shade trees. (U. S. lint. Commis. Bull., no. 7.) Pailleron, E: Le monde ou Ton s'eunuie ; com6- die. VPD-plS " Beyond dispute the great hit of 1881." — Octave Uz'nnw in the Athevistnn, Dee. 31, 1S81. Paine, A. W. Paine genealogy, Ipswich branch ; incl. a brief hist, of the Norman race. Palmer, J. Journal of travels over the Kocliy Mts., 184.5-16. Pascal, B. Les provinciales. 3 v. Parker, J: H: A B C of Gothic architecture. " Intended to serve as an iotrocluction to the Icnowl- efltje of Gothic, or ratlier Englisli Gothic, arehitec- tiiiL- and architectural ornaments including the so-cat ed Niii-iuan dex'elopment of the llomanesque style." — Ath- I ncman, Dec. y, 1881. Patton, J. II. Yorlitown ; account of the cam- paign resulting in the surrender of Cornwal- lis ; and the centennial anniversary. Payn, J. For cash only. (Franklin Sqr. lib.) — From exile. vef-1'29fr " If tlie Htory of Mi-. .T;ime3 I'ayn's new novel ' From exile,' was not sugtjesled by the 'I'iehborne case, tii.-it scandal lias undoubtedly furnished him with plenty of detail. ... His style throughout shows no siL^n of di- minished vivacity." — Athf-nceum, May 7, 1881. — Some private views ; essays from the " Nine- teenth century," [and] tlie ■' Times." C'f'uteiits. The midway inn. — Critic on the hearth. — Sham admiration in literature. — The pinch of poverty — t^tn^y-telling. — I'enny fiction. — The literary calling and its future. — Hotels. — Maid sei-\-ants — Man-ser- vants.— W'hlst-players. — Relations. — Invalid litera- ture. — Wet holidays. — Travelling companions. " Not only do they show that irrepressible flow of good spirits which has made Mr. I'ayn's later novels so delightful, hut they are full of wisdom." — Af/untHiim, Feh. 11. Peard, F. M. Castle and town. vuf'pSITca Pearson, J. Contributions for the geneal. of the first settlers of the Co. of Albany, 1C30-1800. Pebody, C. English journalism and the men who have made it. xve2-p33 Peirce, E. \\'. Indian history, biog., antl geneal. pertaining to Massasoit and his descendants. Perley, S. History of Boxford, Essex Co., Mass. Perrot, G:, and Chipiez, C: Ilistoire de I'art dans i'antiquitr. Tome 1 : L'Egypte. " Grand et important ouvrau'c-. II est \ i;iiinent de ceux qui nous inaiMjualent. Les noms de M. G. I'errut et de M. 0. ^'liiplez iiarantiicait aux plus exii^>aiis sa valeur sci- entiiique." — lii vin' dcs JJeiu- Mowli .s, 15 mai, 1881. Perry, A. L. Introduction to jjolitical economy. Perry, \\'. C. Greelv and Roman sculpture. Phillimore, C. M. Fra Angeliio. (lUust. biog. of great artists.) Phillimore, I-. Sir Christopher ^\'ien; with orig. letters and a discourse on architecture hitli- erto unpublished, 1585-1723. Pick, B. Index to Lange's Commentary on the Old Testament. Pierce, F: C. History of Grafton, Worcester Co., Mass., 1647-1879; inch geneal. of the older families. Pillaut, L. Instruments et musiciens, avec une preface par A. Daudet. " Un sentiment exquis des plus dedicates he.autes do la musique, une intuition parfois etonnante de verites ^ peine soup^onniSes aujourd'hui par la critique d'art, un style simple, facile, elegant, et aussi je ne sais qnoi d'un peu decousu dans la composition." — ltton<'. pot. et lit., 2Juillet, 1881. Pleas, E. Henry County, [Indiana], 1821-71. Pochet-Deroche, — . Catalogue des livres mss. et autographes sur la Revolution Frangaise ; la bibliothfeque de feu M. P.-D. Poole, G: A. Peterborough. (Diocesan histories.) Post, J: J. Old Streets, roads, lanes, piers, and wharves of New York. The arrangement is simple and lucid, the streets being enumerated alphabetically, first by their former and then by their existing names, with parallel ideutifi- ealions in each case. A third part of this thin volume shows the various street extensions and widenings, or vi'ie (v-r'-e/. Poivers, F; P. Labor-making machinery; essay read before the Chicago Phil. Soc, Apr. 12. 1879. (Economic mor^ographs, no. 18.) "Writer shows by statistics that 'the introduction of labor-saving machinery, so-called, has resulted in in- creasing the field of employment instead of dt-creasiug it, and in bettering tlie condition of the laboring classes.' " Price, II: C. How to make pictures; easy lessons for the amateur photographer. Priestly memorial at Birmingham, The, Aug. 1874. Protestant Episc. Ch.,i« Vermont. Journ. ofproc, 67th-73d, 76th-81st, 87th-91bt aim. conven- tion. 18 V. Purviance, R. Narrative of events in Baltimore during the Revolutionary \Var. Puttkammer uud Miihlbrecht. Lagerkatalog No. 30 der Buchhandlung fiir Staats-und Rechts- wissensehaft. Reed, J. History of liutland, Mass. Retz, J: F. 1'. de G., cardinal de. OLuvres. Nouv. ed., augm. par A. Feillet, J. Gourdault et K. Chantelauze. 5 v. of-k316-5 R^ville, \. Life and writings of Theodore Parker. Ribot, T. Diseases of memory ; an essay in posi- tive psychology ; tr. by W: II. Smith. (In- ternat. sci. ser.) Ritchie, .1/rs. A. I. T. Miss Williamson's divaga- tions. vef-t32mi "There is a gri'at deal of 'word-painting' in Miss Thackeray's skilful manner, not unmixed \\-ith pleasant little quaint conceits; there are suggestions of subtle harmonies between the aspects of outward nature and the inward slates of feeling of the various persons; there 1^ even what appears to us an admirable little bitof Sbakespeareaii criticism in one place; but the ?;ioi//'is always the same, and the characters are few, though un- der various p,r.>onalitics." — At/tentpii/n, AprillG, 1881. Robinson, P. Noah's ark ; or. Mornings in the Zoo ; being a contribution to the study of unnatural history. "There is very witty and Ingenious fooling, with something more, in the book.'' — .U/u lucum, March 11. Roller, T. Les catacombes de Rome, histoire de I'art ct clcs cruyances religieuses pendant les premiers siecles du christianisme. " Uommeneez par prendre connaissanee des Ifi pages dans li sqiielles rautenr, i la liu du tome '2d, resume sun travail, -le eriiis iiidUpeiisable de lire tres attentivement eesciuieliislons avaiit de s'aventnrer dais les lUOchapilres que ferment rensemble de I'teuNre et qui sent accoin- pa^,'lles d'un nonibie egal de planches. Ell ce qui con- cerne rbistoire de I'art, M. Holler a renssi ii vulgariser des materiaux au^si precieux que uombreux qui scroiit d'un grand secours anx erudits. l,cs planches sent eni- pruntees aux publications les plus autoiisees; un tr6s Number 88.] 351 [Aug. 1, 1882 grand nombre Bont dcs lieliographieH fiiites d'aprfes des pho ogmpliies. II est permis de consulter ce magnifique :ilbi m avi'c hi pluH gnmde con fitm ca. " ~ Anutole de Jiiii-'helcmy in BiilMin critique, 15 jan. Roosevelt, T. The naval war of 1812; or, The history of the XJ. 8. Navy during the last war with Great Britain. "Mr. Roosevelt, seeking thoroughiiesB and accuracy In his wurk, went back to the original documents on both sides of the water for his information, and the re- sult is that he has ect asidf, in the light of truth, many ideas tliat have hitherto been believed to be facts, con- cerning the naval warfare of 1812-lS, and entirely invah- dates James's 'Naval history of Great Britain.'" — Boaton Poxt, Rosenthal, L. America and E)'ance ; the influence of the XJ. S. on France in the 18th century. 8fg-r72 "Elaborate study of French literature and polities." — Boston tidvertisfi . Rothschild, J., baron de, ed. Les continuateurs de Loret, lettrcs en vers. Tome 1 : 1665-89. vr5-9R74 " La correspondance des continuateurs de Loret em- brasse, en eflV-t la periode pour laquelle, sur cette double histuirt', les documents etaient moins abondants. A par- tir de 166") ju-squ'en 1671, dale k laquelle la correspon- dance de Mine, de SL-vign6 prend won devi'lopument regu- lior, nous n';ivun.s qu'iin petit nombre de recits familiers ecrits au courant de la plume sous la forme de journaux, de memnires.et de lettres, qui nous mettent au courant des details intimcs de la vie delacour et des menus faits de I'histoire litteraire. Or e'est precisement aeette date que comraejicent ci's lettres en vcim qui embra^seront une periude de quatorze anneew." — JIaxtme Gaucher in /iev. poL.et Lit , 3 dec. 1881. " Loret fut le premier journaliste littei*aire, 1650-55. A la mort de Loret, La Gravette de Mayolas contiiiua le journal Ce premier volume s'etend du 25 mai 1665 £i la iln de juin 1666. A cause de nombreuses anecdotes et de plusieurs faitw qu'on ne trouve que 1^, les Continua- teurs de Loret noun paraissent un ouvrage indispensable a quicunque veut faire une etude appi'ofondie du 17e siecle." — P. BouscaiUou in Bulletin cHttque, 1 fev. S., J., of Dale. Guerndale ; an old story. \/sa1 " The piiges fairly bristle with epigrams," " Its faults arc those of inexperience. ... But there is a brightness and a vigor which more than outweighs its defects." — North A^nir. Saint-Paul, A. Viollet-le-Duc, ses travaux d'art et t^on systeme archeologique. "Un niod'lle de critique ; impartial autant que sav- ant." — p. T-dini in Polyhihlion, nov. 1881. Salmon, G: Non-miraculous Christianity, and other sermons ; preached in Trinity College, Dublin. " Examples of condensed essays rather than of pulpit eloquence. A repeated perusal is necessary for their due appreciation. Sermons of robust fibre, full of thought and learning." — F. Arnold in tht' Academy , Oct. 15, 1881. Sardou, V. Daniel Rochat ; comedie. ^ vfd-sa7d " Sardou, the dramatist, is a medium, and believes he owes bis best pieccK to invisible and buperuatural col- laborations. At a recent interview he snid, ' I write in a state of hallucination; in it 1 see an imaginary theatre where the actors dictate the dialogue to me. Their act- ing gives me the plot, which I transplant from the imag- inary stage to ■' ttie boards that mean the world." That is my whole secret — my entire art.' " There is an article on Surdou by J. B. Matthews in Inlj-rnai. rev., Nov. 1879; reprinted in his 'French dramatifit'S,' 1881. Schoolcraft, II. R. Scenes and adventures in the Ozark Mountains of ^lissouri and Arkansas. Schouler, J- History of the XJ. S. under the Con- stitution. Vol. 2. '< Vol. 1 enters in .detail into the social and economical life of the people; their recreations; their habits of thought and action; their municipal arrangements; the character and influence of the immigniUou; the influ- ence of classes and families upon the mass of voters; the difficulties of Intercommunication ; and the provin- cial peculiarities of the newspapers and other sources of popular information. And the result is a book which, though very far from perfection, is in many respects the most real history of the United State.'< yet produced for the period which it covers." — Nation, p. 41, 1882. " Vol. 2 covers, most satisfactorily, the interesting and important period of the Louisiana purchase, the em- bargo, and the war of 1812. The strong points of the first volume — its realism, its close use of contempo- rary periodical literature, and its attention to the per- sonality of the actors on the public stage — are even further developed in this volume." — Nation, May 11. Seguin, L. G. Mr. Caroli; an autobiography. 3 v. VEF'SESm *' There is a vraisemblance as of Robinson Crusoe in the autobiography of Mr. Caroli, and it is besides a very charming and thoroughly wholesome story." — Academy, Apr. 9, 1881. Sell, Rev. E: The faith of Islam. "Within the compass of 264 pages, this volume gives more valuable information about the doctrines and pol- ity of Islam than any booli of moderate size that we are acquainled with in the English language." — Spectator, Dec. 31, 1881. Seth, Prof. A. The development from Kant to He- gel ; -with chapters on the philosophy of re- ligion. (Hibbert prize essays.) ** An admii-able little treatise, whether considered with reference to temper, style, method, or scholarship. Al- though agreeing with Professor Adamson in assigning a generally unaclinowledged Importance to Ficbte and even Kant in the development which culminated in Hegel's ' Logic,' the chief importance of the thought of the latter is found in his philosophy of religion, respect- ing the relations of which to morality tlie author makes his most suggestive comments." — Nation, July 6. Seyer, S: Charters and letters patent granted to the town and city of Bristol ; [Eng.] and Latin. — Memoirs hist, and topog. of Bristol and its neighbourhood. Shepherd, P: First aid to the injured; revised and added to by B. Morton. Shoberl, F: The world in miniature : Persia. 3 v. Sinnett, A. P. The occult world. *' A remarliahle record of experiences and research in connexion with the occult science of the East." — Ath- enmum, May 21, 1881. Smith, W. R. The prophets of Israel and their place in history to the close of the 8th cen- tury B.C. "Mr. Robertson Smith is not only a * full man,' but has a singular gift of making a hard subject intelligi- ble. He loves to blow away the mists of controversy, and show the truth in all its attractive simpUcity." — T. K. Gheijne in the Academy, May 13. Soldi, E. Les arts meconnus. Contents. Les camees et les pierres gravees. — Les arts ou Moyen Age. — L'art persan. — L'art khmer. — L'art americain. — L'art egyptien. Sorley, ^^^ R. JeM'ish Christians and Judaism, a study in the history-of the first 2 centuries. Spaulding, J: li. Historical relics of the White Mountains ; also, a guide and meteorological table for 1853-54. Stanford's London atlas of universal geography. 44 coloured maps. " As ingeniously completed up to the present moment as any that has ever been published." — ^a^wrt^a;/ rev., Feb. 25, Number 88.] 352 [Aug. 1, 1882 Starr, W. H. Centennial historical sketch of New London. Steele, R: H. Historical disc, 150th anniv, of the 1st Reformed Dutch Ch., New Brunswick, N. J. Strahorn, R. E. Hand-book of "Wyoming and guide to Black Hills and Big Horn region. Sturgis, J. K. Dick's wandering, vefst96d "One of the cleverest of his books." — North Amer - icmi. " .Vn unimpc'ucliable novel for the young lady's board- ing isehool." — y. y. times. " Mr. Stuigis, howevci-, is not altogether happy in his portrayal of American men and women." — Boston trav- elUy. Sweet, R. Hortus Britannicus. Symonds, J. A. Miscellanies; ed. with a memoir, by his son. "Includes ' Principles of beauty,' Lectures, Social as- pects of medicine, Poems, Translations." Symons, G. J., ed. Lightning rod conference; re- port of Meteorological Society, Royal Insti- tute of British Architects, etc. "In this will be found a code of fifteen rules for the erection and maintenance of lightning rods; these are drawn up in a short and intelligible form,the reasons for them and the evidence which justifies those rcuHone be- ing found in other parts of the work. The mass of ma- terial which has been collected, examined, aud reported upon is very great." — SutnriJuy review^ March 4. Tabor, E. Dimplethoi-pe. vEr'TllD " A very pretty story. There is but a slight plot, as there arc no strong sensations; and the scenes are en- tirely confined to a dead-alive little town in the eastern counties." — S2. — O.T. Ecclesiastes. L'Ecclesiaste ; tr. avec une etude sur I'iige et le earactfere du livre, par E . Renan. Bigelow, J . Elements of technology ; lectures on the application of the sciences to the useful arts. Billot, A. Droit internat. ; traite de I'extradition. Bi3aet,A. Short history of the Eng. Parliament. " He has contrived to write 189 pages of a book called A short history of the English Parliament, and in the cour..^e of them to say notlting about his subject. Some- thing there is about the Parliament, such as letlectiona on the excellence of such an institution, but of the his- tory there is nothing." — Saturday /vu.. May 6, 18S2. Bjornson, B. The bridal march, and other stories; tr. by R. B. Anderson. ycvvg'b55b Blackburn, H; Academy notes. No. 8. — Grosvenor notes. No. 6. Blackie, J; S. Altavona; fact and fiction from my life in the Highlands. Blakston, W. A., and others. Illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign. Blanco, M. Flora de Filipinas, segun el sistema se.xual de Linneo. Blewitt, G. Handbook for southern Italy, inch Naples, etc. Bluntschli, J: C. Rede zum Geburtsfeste des Grosshcrzogs Karl Friedrich v. Baden. Das moderne Volkerrecht in dem Kriege 1870. Boston directory, 18S2. Bougeant, G. H. Histoire du traite cUi Westpha- lie. 6 V. Boulger, D. C: History of China. 2 v. Bouton, N. Discourse on the growth and develop- ment of Concord, N. H., in the last 50 years. Bowditch, AN': I. Taxation of women in Massa- chusetts. Bowes, J. L, Japanese marks and seals. Brackenridge, H: M. History of the Western In- surrection, western Pennsylvania, called the Whiskey Insurrection, 1794. Brereton, W: H. Truth about opium ; lectures at St. James's Hall, Feb. [1881]. British and Foreign Unitarian Assoc. Unita- rian Christianity ; lectures on the positive aspects of Unitarian thought and doctrine. British Museum. Library, Catalogue of printed books. Aca-Fos. Brooks, W. K. Handbook of invertebrate zool- ogy ; for laboratories and seaside work. Broach, M. Geschichte des Kirchenstaates. 2 v. Brower, D. II. B. Danville, Montour Co., Penn. ; historical and biographical sketches. ' Brown, J; C. J. The Coffin family, its armorial bearings and origin of the name. Brown University. Celebration of the 100th an- niversary. Browne, G. L. NaiTatives of state trials in the 19th century. First period, 1801-30. 2 v. Brownell, C: D. The Indian races of North and South America. Browning, R. See Literary world, March 11, 1382. Bruns, K: G: Das Recht der Besitzes im Jlittel- alter und in der Gegenwart. Buckland, F. Notes and jottings from animal life. Bulletin de la Soc. de Legislation Comp. 12 v. Burdett, E. W. History of the Old South ileetiug- House, Boston. Burke, sir B. Reminiscences, ancestral, anecdotal, and historic. Rev. ed. of " The rise of great families." Burke, E. Select works ; ed. with introd. and notes, by E . J. Payne. (Clarendon press ser.) — Same. New ed., with add. 2 v. (Clarendon press ser.) Burnand, F. C. Chikkin Hazard; a novel; by C: Readit and Dion Bouuceycore. Vb93c — Gone wrong ; by Miss Rhody Dendron. \/b93g — Strapmore ; a romance by Weeder. \/b93s — What's the odds? or. The dumb jockey of Jed- dington. v'b93w Burton, R: F. Camoeus ; his life and his Lusiads ; a commentary. yhzp'c14 Butcher, S. H. Demosthenes. " Mr. Butcher has brought his finished scholarship to bear on a difficult but most interesting chapter of Greeii literary history." Butler, F. John Ward, or The victimized assassin, who was hung at Windsor, Mar. 20, 1868. Buxton, C: Ideas of the day on policy. Buxton, E: N. The A B C of free trade; address, Mar. 6, 1882. (Cobden Club.) Cabot, L: The immature state of the odonata. Pt. 2. (Museum of comparative zoology. Jlcm., V. 8, no. 1.) Caine, T. H. Sonnets of three centuries. VEP-97so-c. Callender, E. B, Thaddcus Stevens, Commoner. Camoens, L. de. Os Lusiads ; English'd by R. F. Burton; ed. by I. Burton. 2 v. vHzr'Cl4 Canning, A. S. G. Lord Macaulay, essayist and historian. xve1-m11 Number 89.] 355 [Aug. 15, 1882 Capes, A. Old and new churches of London ; with introd. essay on the principles of architectu- ral beauty, by J. M. Capes. Capodistrias, J: Corresp. ; lettres diplomatiques, etc., 20 avr. 1827-9 oct. 1831 ; pub. par E. A. Betant. 4 v. Cardwell, E: History of conferences, etc., con- nected with the revision of the Book of com- mon prayer, 1558-1690. Carpenter, W: B. The microscope and its revela- tions. " Not only the expression throughout of his own ma- tured views, but also contains a large amount of new matter." — Mature, Mar. 30. Carrington, K. Aschenbroedel. (No name ser.) v'o233 '* Translated into English the title would he ' Cinder- ella.' The scene of the story is a Connecticut village, and the heroine a descendant of the Puritan Governor Bradford." Casco Bay, He. Chronicles. Casgrain, H. R. XJn contemporain : G. B. Fari- bault. Catherwood, il. H. Rocky Fork. ^028 Caumont, A. I. F. Dictionnaire univ. de droit ma- ritime. Caverly, R. B. Heroism of Hannah Duston ; with the Indian wars of New England. Chabat," P: Dictionnaire des termes employes dans la construction. 4 v. Champlain, S: de. Voyages ; tr. from the Fr. by C. P. Otis ; Avith hist, illust., and a memoir by E. F, Slafter. Vol. 3. 1611-18. (Prince Soc. Pub.) Charitable Irish Soc. of Boston. Constitution and by-laws ; with list of oilicers, Boyd's cen- tennial address, etc. Cheruel, P: A. Histoire de France sous le minis- tere de ilazarin, 1651-61. T. 1. 8rD-c42M Child, Mrs. L. M. F. The first settlers of New England; or. Conquest of the Pequods, Narragansetts, and Pokanokets. Church of Eng. Liturgies and Ritual. The two Books of common prayer in the reign of Ed- ward VI. compared and ed. by E: Cardwell. Cincinnati Musical Festival Assoc. &th biennial musical festival at Cincin.. May 16th-19th, 1 882. Official programme. Claretie, J. Robert Burat. vrF-c54R0 "Unnouveau manifeste que M. Claretie vient de lan- cer contre I'ecole dea zolistes, il I'a place en t6te d'une nouvSUe Edition de son Robert Burat." — Bev. pol. et lit., 12iuillet, 1879. " Favorablement accueilli quand il parut, ce livre, a QUinze ans d'intervalle, n'a pas, diSmenti des^loges, qu il regut jades." — fieo. des Deux Mondes, bulletin bib., 1 ''""The merits of this crude sensation novel, in which such character as exists is false, have been exaggerated by French cAWcs." — Athenosam, Sept. 6, 79. Clark, R. W. The heroes of Albany ; a memorial 'of the patriot-martyrs, 1861-65. Clemens S: L. The stolen white elephant, etc. Vt91st Clement, C. E. Charlotte Cushman. (American actor series.) ., , , tt Coale E: J. Trials of the mail robbers, Hare, 'Alexander, and Hare; added. Trial of W: Wood, accessary [sic] before the fact, re- ported by R. Bache. Cobbett's political register. Vol. 22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 61, 66, 76, 78-82, 86, 87 ; Jan. 1813 -Mar. 1835. Cobden Club. Members of the Club, with dates of entrance; corr. to Mar. 1882. Coffin, A. The Coffin famUy; life of T. Coffynof Nantucket, with reminiscences of some of his descendants, etc. Coffin, L., Pres.ofthe Underground H.R. Remi- niscences of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave, etc. Cohen, J. Etudes sur 1' empire d'Allemague. — La ponderation des pouvoirs. Columbia Co., Wisconsin. History, Comeygs, J. P. Memoir of John M. Clayton. (Delaware Hist. Soc. Papers, v. 4.) Commission de lunatico inquirendo ; an inquiry iirto the state of mind of W. F. Windam, Dec. 16, 1861. Conference of Charities. Proceedings, 1881; ed. by F. B. Sanborn. Conington, J: Miscellaneous vnritings ; ed. by J. SjTnonds ; mem. by H. J. S. Smith. 2 v. v Conscience, H: Les serfs de Flandre, etc. vHvr-c76sE Conway, Mass. Celebration of the 100th anniv., June 19, 1867 ; incl. addr. by C: B. Rice, etc. Coppee, F. E; J. Theatre. 3 v. vfd-c79 Contents. [Vol.1.] 1867-72. Le passant. — Deux dculeurs. — Fait ce que doit. — L'abandonnee. — Les bijoux de la delivrance. [2.] 1873-78. Le rendezvous. — Prologue d'ouverture. — Le luthier de Creraone. — La guerre de cent ans. — [3.] 1871-81. Le tr^sor. — La bataile d'Hernani. — La maison de MoH6re. — Madame de Maintenon. Cornell University. Register, 1881-82. Corpus juris canonici ; indicibus, et notis P. Lan- eeloti adauet. Cosmopolitan, A. Miss Columbia's public school ; or. Will it blow over? Cotterill, H. B. An introduction to the study of poetry. xvep-c82 Cowley, C: Remisiscences of James C. Ayer and the town of Ayer. Cox, J. D. The second Battle of Bull Run, as con- nected with the Fitz-John Porter case. Cox, S: S. Arctic sunbeams; or. From Broadway to the Bosphorus by way of the North Cape. Orient sunbeams ; or. From the Pole to the Pyr- amids by way of Palestine. Craik, Mrs. D. M. M. Plain-speaking. ve3-c843 " The book is very similar in purport to the little vol- ume the author put forth some years aga, called ' Ser- mons out of church.' " Creigh, A. History of Washington County, to [1871J. Crosby, J. L. The Littlejohn libel suit; case of De Witt C. Littlejohn against H. Greeley. Cuoq, Rev. J. A. Jugement errone de M. Ernest Renan sur les langues sauvages. Cussy, F., baron de. Reglements consulaires des principaux etats maritimes. Cutts, Rev. E: L. Charlemagne. (The home li- brary.) 8f75.c98 — Constantine the Great ; the union of the state and the church. Dahlgren, Mrs. M. V. South Mountain magic. Number 89.] 356 [Aug. 15, 1882 Dale, A. W; W. The Synod of Elvira and Chris- tian life in the 4th century ; a hist, essay. Dane Co., Wisconsin. History. Dargaud, J: M. Histoii'e de Marie Stuart. 2 v. '■ De Pcyster quotes extensively from Dargaud's * His- toire de Marie Stuart,* a boolc little known here, and gives it credit as the best -work on the subject." Davidson, T: The Parthenon frieze ; and other essays. Davis, G: E. Practical microscopy. Dawson, C. C. Saratoga; its mineral waters, and their use in preventing and eradicating dis- ease. Day, W: The racehorse in training; with hints on racing, etc. De Bernardy's next of kin gazette. Nos. 4-20, Apr. 1875 -Feb. 1882. Des Francs, L. B. Une colonic fi'angaise au 17e sifecle, ou analyse d'un memoire inedit sur le Canada. Deux epees. Devilleneuve, J: E. M. P: L., and Gilbert, P: Ju- ^ risprudence du 19e sifecle; table alphabetique et chronol. des lois et des arrfits, 1791-1850. 4 V. Dicey, E: Victor Emmanuel. (The new Plutarch.) " The life of Victor Emmanuel is, in fact, the history of Italy from the period of her deepest decline to that of her resurrection as a living nation. ... In telling there- fore, the life of the first King of Italy I have to tell in other words, how Italy became a kingdom." — Introd. chapter. " Of course in a book of this sort in which brevity is an essential, and which addrc-wses a popular audience, anything like an exhaustive discussion of the subject is not to be looked for. The book, however is a good outline history, and as such it has a very substantial value." Dickens, C: Dictionary of Paris, 1882 ; an imcou- ventional handbook. Dickinson, R. Summary of the mles and pro- cedure of foreign parliaments. Didier & Cie. Prospectus ; la litterature frangaise jusqu'Ji la Revolution ; lectures choisies par lieut.-col. Staaff. Dikeman, J:, jr. The Brooklyn compendium, show- ing the opening, closing, and alterations in the streets, avenues, e'd9.5 " Few move interesting per.sonalitie^ than that of Torn Dutt are found in tlie annals of literatuix-. Slie was the youngest daughter of a high easte Hindu couple in Ben- gal. The father is distinguished among his countrymen for the breadth of his views. When Torn was thirteen years of age lie took her with her ^ister to Europe to learn French and English. The family remained in Europe four years, and these Hindu girls spent a few months at a French boarding-school. Although Torn wrote English with ease, she loved French ber't, and preferred its literature and wrote better French than En- glish. In 1S73 the father returned with his two daughters to Bengal. ... One is in danger of becoming extravagant in speaking of this book. There are j-ougli p.assages in it .as well as smooth, but it is full of true poetry, and might well bear criticism as the work of one to whom English was a mother tongue. Had it^ author lived she would have taken a high position among the poets of our dav : and, as it is, she will not be forgotten." — Critic, M.ay 20. Duval, 51. Precis d'anatomie k I'usage des ar- tistes. (Biblioth. de renseignement des beaux-arts.) Dyer, T: H. On imitative art, its principles and progress. Eastwick, E: B. Handbook of the Bengal Presi- dency. Ebers, G: JI. Die Trau Bilrgemeisterin ; Roman, lie Aufl. TGi-EB3r Eddy family. Reunion at Providence to celebrate the 250th anniversarv of the landing of J; and S. Eddy, Plymouth, Oct. 29, 1630. Edward, D: B. History of Texas ; or. Emigrant's, farmer's, and politician's guide. Edwardes, Mrs. A. At the eleventh hour. v/isnO.VT The same novel is published under the title * A ballroom repentance' of which the S'ltiirdai/ revifuj says, ' With all its imperfections, with its vulgar and unpleasant characters, with its aimless story, and its dis- agreeable tone, 'A ballroom repentance' has fair claims to be classed among the readiible novels of the season. It is written with considerable dramatic power, the char- jicters are cleverly and forcibly drawn, and last, but not least, the book is not too long.' — July 2.i, Uj^^i. Edwardes, E. C. H. Eau-de-Nil; a chronicle. '■ The one thing which gives the book any ^aiue is the very graphic picture which she draws of the persons forming the crew of her dahabich." — JVu^ioii, July 13. Edwards, J. Faith and patience of the fathers; serm., 1st Ch., Dedham, 225 years from its origin. Egan, P. Recollections of John Thurtell, executed Hertford, Jan. 9, 1824, for murdering W. "Weare. Egger, A: E. Inst. Imp. de France ; obs. hist, sur la fonction de secretaire des princes chez les anciens. . Eitel, E. J. Buddhism; its historical, theoretical, and popular aspects. Elder, W. Conversations on the principal subjects ' of political economy. Eliot Sir J: De jure maiestatis ; or, Political treat- ' ise of government, 1628-30, and The letter- book, 1625-32 ; ed. byA. B.Groaart. 2v. EUzabeth, Qtieen of Roumania. Les pensees d'une reine ; preface par L. Ulbach. vr7-EL4 EUet, iL-s. E. F. L. Domestic history of the American Revolution. — Queens of American society. Elliot, A. The state and the church. (English citizen ser.) Elliot, J. Diplomatic code of the XJ. S. ; treaties and conventions, 1778-1827. Ellis, G. E. The red man and the white man in X. America, from its discovery. " The fi-nit of many years' study of the history of the white man's dealings v\'ith the native races of this conti- nent; the character, manners, and customs of the sav- ages; the results of missionary labor among them, ^'^c. ... 'rhe book would probably have been better for com- pression." — iV. 1' Trihiuic. Ensor, F. H. Incidents on a journey through Nu- bia to Darfoor. Ernesto Richmond y su madrecita ; tr. del Ingles. Escoffier, M. H: A. Le collier maudit. vrF-Es2c Essex Institute. Historical collections, 1882. Vol. 19, pts. 1-6. Everett, E: Life of Washington. [Ed. of 1860, enl. by the addition of many engravings.] Ewald, A. C: Stories from the state papers. Contents. Our waste paper office. — The youth of Henry v. — The captive of Castile. — .-V love match. — The sweating sickness. — A holy mission. — A princess of the period. — The invincible Armada. — The Earl of Essex's rebellion. — The gunpowder plot. — A perished kernel. — The massacre of Amboyna. — The gathering of the storm. — The Lancashire witches. — The great tire of London, — A national scare. Fairbanks, G; li. History and antiquities of St. Augustine, Florida. Fayette Co., Iowa. History. Fee, A. L. A. Flore de Vhgile. (Eibl. class. Lat.) F6raud-6iraud, L: J. D. Droit iuternat. ; France et Sardaigne. Ferrari, J. L'anne.xion des Deux- Siciles. Ferris, J . States and territories of the great West ; their geography, history, etc, Feuillet, 0. Les portraits de la marquise ; come- die pastiche en trois tableaux. vfd'f42p Feval, P. H: C. Le prince Coriolani. vff'p435pk Fibbleton, G: Travels in America. Field, J: E: The apostolic liturgy and the Epistle to the Hebrews. Finley, I: J., and Putnam, R. Pioneer record and reminiscences of Ross Co., Ohio. Fish, F. G. St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1784-1845. Fitzgerald, — , and Dillon. New Britain directory, 1870, 71. Flassan, G. R., comte de. Histoire du Congres de Yienne. 3 v. Flint, H: M. Railroads of the U. S. ; their hist. and statistics, added a sjmopsis of the rail- road laws of the U. S., etc. Floyer, E. A. XJue-xplored Baluchistan ; a survey, with obs. astronomical, geographical, etc., of a route through Mekran, Bashkurd, Persia, Kurdistan, and Turkey. Folger, I. H. Handbook of Nantucket, cont. a brief sketch of the island Forest Hills Cemetery ; its establishment, progress, scenery, monuments, etc. Fossett, F. Colorado ; the Rocky Mt. gold and silver mining region. Number 90.] 358 [Sept. 15, 1882 Foster, J., ed. Collectanea genealogica. Pt. 7, 8. Fouquier, A. Causes celfebres. 9 v. Fournier, P. La question agraire en Irlande. Fowler, T: Shaftesbury arid Hutcheson. (Eng- lish philosophers.) France. Codes. Les 57 codes; par E: Hocquart. Codice di Xapoleone ; tr. ufficiale colle ci- tazioiii delle leggi romane. > — Con^eil d' Eiat. Motifs et disc, lors de la pre- sentation du code civil par les orateurs du Conseil ct du Tribunat. Franchetti, A: Storia d'ltalia dopo il 1789-[99]. " L'autcur a fait de tvc's! v.istis rochcrches, il a piiise aux arcliivcs ft mis ^ profit leg travaux publics sur r^pDrjui' qu'il roccupu dans tou.s les pays iStrangers."-^ A'-r. /y a bcric's of short tales called A'j'i^n- diffii Xii<:mnfdfn, intended to illustr.ate the life of the Spanish people from the beginning of tlie century down to the death of Ferdinand vii. Latterly Don Benito lias been at work on bis A^nvla-^ cont'-riij'oriaiir'^ — pictures of the .Spanish life of to-day. Of these novels the best and the most popular is IJoua Per/echi, the time Ibe eve III the last (-'ailist war. The translation of 'D. r. W: is however, very little adapted to enable the Engli-^b reader to appreciate the mei'its of the original." — hiihirihnjTev., Sept. 2.5, INSO. Gallaudet, E: M. A manual of international law. Garcia de la Vega, D. de. Guide pratique des agents du minist5re des affairs etrangeres de Belgique. Garden, G., comte de. Traite complet de diplomatie. Gardner, D. Institutes of international law as settled by the Supreme Court of the TJ. S. Garnier, J: L. C: Le nouvel opera de Paris. 2 v. — Same. [Plates.] 2 v. F. Gatty, A. Key to Tennyson's " In memoriam "- vep't252in'Z Geikie, A. Geological sketches at home and abroad. " The subjects are chiefly denudation and volcanic Iibeni-meiia, the treatment is always light and bright."— \Vi'HiHinfi(''r rfv., July. " Dr. (Toikie knows how to throw around the dry bones of the Earth's pedigree something of romance or even of startling novelty. Geology to Dr. Geikie is physical geography in tire making. Eor him Europe and America were not created hut grew. He traces their development as a Darwinian traces the develop- ment of a bird or a buttertly ; he sees in each part some preL'nant hint that heljjs him to explain their slow evolu- tion." — I'/f// Midi gazette, quoteij in Natiirey June 15. Geikie, C. Hours with the Bible; or. The Scrip- tures in the light of modem discovery and knowledge. Vol. 3, 4. C"7tfnil>^. Vol. 3. Samson to Solomon. 4. Reho- boam to Ilezekiah. Gerspach, — . La mosaique. (Biblioth. de I'en- seignemcnt des beau.x-arts.) Gilbert, F. Jethro "N^'ood, inventor of the modem plow. Giles, J : Memoii-s of odd adventures, strange deliverances, etc., in [his] captivity. Girardin, E. de. L'empereur Napolfeon in etl'Eu- ropc . Giraud, U : J. B. Le traite d'Utrecht. Glazier, AV. Battles for the Union. — Three years in the Federal cavalry. Godfrey, E : K. The Island of Nantucket, what it was and what it is. Goethe, J: W. Faust. Pt. 1 ; with English notes, essays, and verse translations, by E. J. Turner and E. D. A. Morshead. vgd'g55f5 ".V thoroughly adequate edition of Uoeth^'s master- piece, and tlie best English introduction to that dillicult poem." — Aeddtmy, X]}y\\ 8. Goncourt, E. L; A. 11. de, and J. A. H. de. L'art du 18e siecle. Vol. 1. Gondinet, E. Trop curieii.x ; comedie en vers. vrD-G384TE Goodrich, D. C, and Tuttle, C: R. Illustrated history of Indiana, to 1S75. Gorringe, H: H. Egyptian oblisks. " The work i.s in seven chapters, ufwhich the first two are devoted to the >"ew York obelisk and are, of course, from Captain Gnrringc'.s own pen. His, also, are the sixth and seventh chajiters — the 'Record of all Egyp- tian obelisks,' and 'Notes on the ancient methods of tiuarryitii-s transporting aud ei-ecting obelisks.' The eighth, an '-Analysis of materials and methods found with the obelisk at -Vlexaiidria.' has been edited by Prof. Persifer Frazer. The intermediate chapters, on the re- moval of the Luxor obelisk to Paris aud of the fallen obelisk to London, and on ibe re-erection of the Vatican obelisk, have been contriljiited by Captain Gorringe's associate, Lieut. .Seaton Schroeder, and are eminently readable. The main interest, however, centres in the opening chapter, which gives the history of each step in an undertaking whose arduousness is even here but im- perfectly set forth." — N'ltion, May 11. Gosae, E. W. Gray. (Eng. men of letters.) "The best life of Gray that has appeared." — Jf/if- nCBuyn, July 21.1. Number 90.] 359 [Sept. 15, 1882 Gostwick, J. German culture and Christianity ; their controversy, 1770-1880. Gould, B ; A. Ancestry and posterity of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield. Gower, R., Ld. Komney and Lawrence. (Biog. of the great artists.) Gozzi, C, conte. Memoii-es de Charles Gozzi ; tr. libre [par P. de Musset]. Graff, J: F. Graybeard's Colorado ; or, Notes on the Centennial State ; a trip from Phila. to Denver and back, 1881-82. Granier de Cassagnac, E. Souvenirs du Second Empire. 2 v. 8fL'g763 Cnnhnts. Vol. 1, La priT'sidence et la Coup d'Etat. 2. L'eiablisseaient do I'Empire. — Le manage. — La guerre de t"rim6e. Grantham, !iir T : Historical account of memor- able actions in Virginia, also against the Admiral of Algier, and the East Indies. Graves, S: Discourse, 25th anniv. of the Central Baptist Ch., Norwich, Conn. Green, E. B. Report of the proc. on the petition of Mrs. S. M. Jarvis for a divorce from Rev. S. F. Jarvis. Green, JI. A. Springfield memories ; odds and ends of anecdote and early doings. Green, S: A. Two chapters in the early history of Groton, Mass. Greene, G: W. Short hist, of Rhode Island. Greene, W. A. Historical sketch of Lincoln, R. I. Grey, W; Picture of pioneer times in California. Greyjackets, The, and how they lived, fought, and died for Dixie ; by a Confederate. Griffin, i. History of the press of Maine. Griswold, S.S. Historical sketch of the town of Hopkinton, 1757-1876. Grohman, W: A. B. Camps in the Rockies ; narra- tive of life on the frontiers ; and sport in the Rocky Mountains. *' Author of ' Tyrol and the Tyrolese,' ' G-addings with primitive people,' etc. The present work is the result of three years' wanderings over the western wilds, and is rich in anecdote, description, hunting ad- ventures, and observations of the natives — the author always writing with a most enjoyable freedom and hu- mour. There is also much valttable information respect- ing the topography, natural history and resources of the "tt'est." *' Among the legion of books on the far West we have found none so fresh, so full of the breath of its Alpine woods and peaks, and g;iving withal so fair and rex^re- sentative a view of frontier life as Baillie-Grrohman's." — Nation, Aug. 17. Guiffrey, J. J. Antoine Van Dyck ; sa vie et son CEUvre, [avec le catalogue de ses tableaux et de ses dessins]. Guizot, F. P. G. Discours en reponse an disc, par Lacordaire, pour sa reception, 24 Jan. Gundermann, J. I. Englisches Privatrecht. 1. Theil : Die Common law. H., J. S. Private theatricals ; by an old stager ; suggestions for scenes, etc., by S. Hodson. Hake, A. E. Plattering tales. Vh126 "He is not only ingenious : he isingenious after his own manner and for his own ends. He has elected to tell stories of modern life, and so to tell them as to get the greatest amount of interest into the smallest possible space, and he has succeeded excellently."— ^tfienojKm, June 3. Hale, E: E. Capt. Nathan Hale ; address. HalSvy, L. Abbe Constantine ; from the 20th French ed., by E. H. Ilazen. vpg-h13a Hall, A. O . The Manhattauer in New Orleans ; or. Phases of Crescent City life. Hall, E. Ancient hist, records of Norwalk, Conn. Halleck, H; "\V. Elements of internat. law, and laws of war. Halliwell, J. 0. Historical sketch of the provin- cial dialects of England. Hammond, S. T. Practical dog training ; or. Training vs. breaking. (Forest and stream ser., no. 2.) Hamont, T. Une essai d' empire frangais dans rinde au ISe siecle : Dupleix d'apres sa correspondance inedite. 5f-d928 Handbook for Central Italy; with map. 3d ed., rev. and aug. ilurray, 1853. Contents. Pt. 1. Southern Tuscany and Papal States. 2. Kome and its environs. Haroourt, B. H. M., conte de. Diplomatie et diplo- mates ; Les quatre ministferes de M. Drouyn de Lhuys. Harcourt, W: G: V. Additional letters on inter- national law. Harland, J;, and Wilkinson, T. T. Lancashire legends, traditions, pageants, sports, etc. Harris, A. Biographical hist, of Lancaster Co. Harrison, C : Theatricals and tableaux vivants for amateurs. Harrison, ^V: Description of England in Shake- sj)ere's youth ; ed. by F. J. Fumivall. Pt. 3. Suppl. (New Shakespere Soc. ser. 6, no. 8.) Hartley, C. B. Life of Gen. Francis JIarion ; also, lives of Generals Moultrie and Pickens, and Gov. Rutledge, etc. Haskell, C. Diary, 1776-76; ed.with notes, byL. AVithington. Hassam, J: T. The Dover settlement and the Hil- tons. Hasskarl, J. K. PlantEE Javanicae rariores ; adj., nonnullis exoticis in Java; hortis cultis descr. Hauff, AV. Longnose, the dwarf; and other fairy tales; [tr. by P. E.Pinkerton]. vgk-h29 '* HautT, when at his best, is second to no one in this generation or fairy-story tellers." — Spectator auj^pl , April 1. Hautefeuille, L. B. Code de la p^che maritime. — Marine marchande; decret dn mars 1862 ex- plique et com. Havard, PI: Histoire de la peinture hollandaise. (Bibl. de I'enseignement des beaux-arts.) Haven, J: Hist, address, Charlton, July 4, 1876. Haven, S: F. Historical address, Dedham, Sept. 21, 1836, 200th anniv. Havers, D., {ps'eud. Theo Gift.) A matter-of- fact girl. v'h293>ia Haweis, Mrs. H. B. Art of decoration. — Beautiful houses ; descr. of certain well-known artistic houses. — Chaucer for schools . Hawes, J. Address, Hartford, Nov. 9, 1835, close of the 2d century. Hayes, J: L. The Angora goat ; its origin, cul- ture, and products; with app. On the Al- paca and its congeners ; or. The wool-bearing animals of the Cordilleras of the Andes. Xumber 90.' 560 [Sept. 15, 1882 Hazlitt, W; C. Bibliographical collections and notes on English literature. 2d ser. ; 1474- 1700. Headley, J. T. The chaplains and clergy of the Revolution. Hefner-Alteneck, J. H. von. Eisenwerke oder Ornamentik der Schmiedekunst des Jlittel- alters und der Renaissance. — Ornamente der Holzsculptur von 1450 bis 1820 aus dem Bayerischen National-Museum. Helper, H. R. Tho land of gold ; reality versus fiction. Hemenway, A. il. Poets and poetiy of Vennont. ^vol'■98v Herder, J: G. von. Sammtliche "Werke; hrsg. von B. Suphan. 17r Bd. vg-h417 Hertslet, E: The Foreign Office list, 1863, 67, 69, 75, 77. 5 V. Hessels, J. H. Gutenberg ; was he the inventor of printing? hist, investigation. " The volume eontains a severe erilicisni of Dr. Vaii- derlinde'M recent work on the same suhject, and gives reasons hased on original research for pronouncing about half a dozen of the so-called Grutenberg docu- ments to be forgeries." — Athemeitni^ Apr. 3. Heyse, P. J: L: Troubadour-Novellen. vof'HoIt <_'0}ittiH!i. Der lahrae Engel. — Die Kache der Viz- gi';ltjn. — Die Dichterjn von Carcassoue. — DerMctnch von Montaudon. — Ehre ilber Alios. — Der verkaufte Gesang. Hill, H„ mid Barton, C. Libel trial; report of the trial, T. Upham vs. Hill and Barton. Hill, J: B. Memoir of Rev. Ebenezer Hill, pastor of the Cong. Ch., Mason, N. H., 1790-1854. — Proceedings, 100th anniv. of Mason, N. H., Aug. 26, 1868. Hitchcock, E. Reminiscences of Amherst College. Hole, J. Homes of the -working classes ; with sug- gestions for their improvement. Hollister, H. Contributions to the history of the Lacka"\\"anna Valley. Holloway, AV. R. Indianapolis; a hist, and sta- tist, sketch. Hoist, H. von. John C. Calhoun. (Amer. states- men.) Homerus. Odv.sscv ; ed. bv the Rev. H. Ha5'man. Vol. 3. "Boc'ik.s 12-24. Homes of American statesmen ; with anecdotical, personal, and dcscriptivu sketches. Hope, C. George llnpe of Fenton Barns : sketch of his life, compiled l)y his daughter. *' George ITope was a liberal and one of the few Scot- tish L'ulLarijuis. ... Fenton Barns hccanie eclebrated, and foreigners of all sorts, Swedes, I)anes, Cernians and others flocked to seetlie model tarm in East Lothian." — Athcna'Uin, May 7, ISSl. Horatius Flaccua, IJ. AVorks ; tr; into Eng. verse, with life and notes, by Sir T. Martin. 2 v. Horn, Mrs. S. A. Narrative of the captivity of Mrs. llf)rn and her children, with ilrs. llar- ris, by the Camanehu Indians. Hospitaller, E. The modern applications of elec- tricity ; tr. and enl. by J. Maicr. Howe, J. S. Historical slietch of Metliuen, to 1876. Howitt, ,1/rs. M. B. Our cousins in Ohio; from the diary of an American mother. ^11840 Howland, E: Annals of North America, 1492- 1877. Hoyt, J. The Mountain Society ; a history of the Ifit Presbyterian Church, Orange, N. J. Hubner, il. De la saisie des b&timens neutres. 2 v. Hurlbut, H: H. Chicago antiquities ; orig. items and relations, letters, extracts, and notes per- taining to early Chicago. Hutchinson, J: H. The commercial restraints of Ireland; letters, cont. hist. ace. of affairs, 1779 ; re-ed., with life, introd., notes, etc., by W. G. Carroll. In the saddle ; collection of poems on horseback- riding. vep'98h Contains the best and most famous poems of horse- hack rides in all literature. "The rhyme of the Duch- ess May," •' How they brought the good news from Glient to Aix," "The leaji of Itoushan Beg," "Sheri- dan's ride," " Tarn (_)'.Shanter," and other lyrics and ballads of similar vigor and charm. Ingram, I; H. Claimants to royalty. Ireland, A. In memoriam ; Ralph Waldo Emer- son ; recollections of his «sits to England, 1833, 1847-8, 1872-3, and extr. from rmpub- lished letters. " Mr. Ireland gives us a very pleasant volume of scraps, biographical, literary, and critical. ... It is a slight record, but anything pertaining to Emerson will be readjust now with interest." — i>/^7. ijioir. rtv., July 1. Ireland, J. N. Mrs. Duff. (Amer. actor ser.) Isocrates. Orationes ; commentariis instructae ab J. H. Bremi. Pars 1. Iv4noff, A. Russian grammar ; tr., enl., and an. by W. E. Gowan. 16th ed. Jackson Co., loica. History. James, C. Curiosities of law and lawyers. James, .s/r "W; M. The British in India ; ed. by M. J. S. Sehwabe. Jenkins, E. A paladin of finance ; contemporary manners. v'j413p A novelizing of the crash of the ITnion Generale. "The * Paladin of finance ' is an Italian operator, M. t'osmo, who comes to Paris, emjjowered by Papal authority to proceed with an intrigue in behalf of the Church of Kume, against the Jews. The intrigue pro- ceeds, the lovely and adroit Marquise de Rocberaie serv- ing M. Cosmo as prime minister; and ends in a tragedy, A\ hile dealing with romance all the way." Jenkins, AY. Ohio gazetteer and traAcler's guide. Jerrold, B. Life of Cruikshank, in two epochs. 2 v. " He was not only an artist, possessed of a keenly in- dividual genius, in which there was a happy mixture of nai\-ele and grotesque fancy, of unconscious ijurity and gracefipness, and quaint satire, odd inventiveness, and whimsical humor; but he wa^ also a reformer, to whom society owes intt a little for \\nrk that can only under rare and most exceptional conditions be aided by art as Cruikshank made art aid it. ... Political satire, ihrough him, leapt into new life." — Jirit. quar. ?*eu., July 1. — Life of Napoleon iii. Vol. 4. " No man of k-tters has, of late years, had a more dis- mal task than lliat which Mr. Blancbard Jerrold has set himself, in acting as the apologist of the intrigues and the crimes, the blunders, and the disasters of the Third Empire." — ,\prctat(ii-, June 10. Jevons, AY. S. The state in relation to labour. (Eng. citizen.) Johnson, R. (i. Historical aec. of the fii-st settle- ment of Salem, New Jersey, by J: Fenwick. Publislied by the Boston Alheuajum, Beacon St., Boston. Mass., semi-monthly. Price by the year 25 cts. ; by mail, 50 cts. Entered at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., as second class matter. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENJEUM. [No. 91. Nov. 4, 1882 Johnaon, S: Samuel Johnson ; a memorial. Johnson, V. "W. An English 'Daisy Miller'. v/j632e " For Harper's magazine Miss Johnson haR written *' The key of the family clock," *' A modern Lohen- grin," The image of San Donato," *' Many leaves and few grapes," and "An Easter card, orthe man who,came home"; short stories which have heen more or less widely copied. We must not omit to inform the reader that Miss Johnson, though born in Brooklyn is a Bos- tonian by parentage, and a direct descendant of Judge Sewall." Johnston, C: Narrative of the capture, detention, and ransom of C: Johnstotf, made prisoner by the Indians in 1790. Jones, C: C.,Jr, The dead towns of Georgia. — Sergeant William Jasper ; address before the Georgia Hist. Society. Jones Co., loiva. History. Joseph ha Cohen. Les chroniques juives ; [Emek habkaa] la vallee des pleurs ; pub. par Ju- lien See. " A brief history, in chronicle form, of the sufferings and persecutions of the Jews from the dispersion to the writer's own day, written in Hebrew about the middle of the 16th century. M. S6e has translated into French for the first time, prefixing to it an explanatory intro- duction and adding a useful body of notes." — Saturday rev., Feb. 4. Journal du droit intemat. prive ; pub. par E: Clu- net. 1874-[79], 6 v. Journal of botany ; 2d ser. of the Botanical mis- cellany ; by W: J. Hooker. Vol. 1-4. Julia, A. Le csikos : I'amour a cheval. "Curieuse et dramatique aventure, dont le trSs ri5el inter^t se double encore de I'attralt de mosurs peu con- nues chfiz nous ot de savantes et vivantes descriptions." — lienand in La nouvelle revue, 15 juin, 1882. Juste, T. Hist, du Congres Nat. de Belgique. 2 v. Kah-Gyur; Tibetan tales ; tr. from the Kah-Gyur by P. A. von Schiefner ; done into English, with introd., by W. H. S. Kalston. " The tales are undoubtedly of Indian origin, and are a valuable addition to a library nf comparative mythol- ogy. ... There is no sense of humor, and many of the stories are unsuitable for quotation. G-enerally the moral standard is extremely low. ... The women have no virtue and the men no courage." — Boston adveT-tiser, Aug. IS. Kalamazoo, Mich. Centennial celebration, July 4, 1876. Kansas State Hist. Soc Transactions. Yol.l, 2. Kant, I. ■ Critique of pure reason ; tr. by E. Max Miiller; with hist, introd. by L: Noire. 2 v. Keane, A: H. Asia; with ethnological app.; ed. by Sir R. Temple. ** This portly volume is the latest 'Compendium of geo- graphy and travel' in theeeriesiisfiuedby Mr. Stanford. It is precisely described in this general title. The enumer- ation of its various parts would read liiie the catalogue of a good library of works on the people and geography of Asia. The conception is sound, it grasps its purpose well, and deals with its multifarious topics with a crisp exactitude admirable for practical use, and yet every page is good pastime ve^drng." — Bookseller, Aug. 5. Keane, J: F., (Hajj Mohammed Amin). Six months in Meccah ; ace. of the Mohammedan pilgrimage to Meccah, recently performed by an Englishman professing Mohammedanism. Keller, G. Der griine Heinrich. 4 v. " Depuis vingt-cinq ans il a donnfS la mesure de sa force, mais TAllemagne ne le connait verilablement que depuis dix ans. Aujourd'hui, elle se rattrape : une ceuvre nouvelle de Q. Keller est devenue un ^venement. II y a peu de temps que son roman 'Der griine Heinrich' a paru en uno 2e ed. refondue (la le datait de 1854), et les meilleurs juges sont d'accord pour declarer que depuis r autobiographic de Goethe, ' Verit6 et fiction,' I'Allemagne n'a riun produit qui en approchAt davan- tage." — BibUothdque unto., Jan. 1882. " Varnbagen von Ense says, ' Der griine Heinrich is a novel, like Rousseau's Confessions, full of psychology, of unconscious pedagogy, of fi'csh pictures of nature.'" ... " Like Goethe, Keller has thought more of the theo- ries he wished to develop than of a central dramatic idea. Apart, however, from its character as a novel, Der Griine Heinrich is a remarkable work, which, for all its inordinate length and its tiresome digressions, is not easily laid aside. — Spectator, June 2o. Kellogg, E. 11. Address; dedication of the town hall, at Easthampton, Mass. Kelly, r. Narrative of my captivity among the Sioux Indians. Kemble, F. A. Records of later life. 3 v. '* Consists of letters with a connecting narrative, — full, free, frank letters, showing the varied interests, the chang- ing moods, the swift indignation, the tender love, the ready fun, the quick sympathy, the playfulness, the ear- nestness, the trials and the religious faith of a large, ar- dent and intellectual woman, but even the best familiar letters need to be pruned for publication, and the lack of this pruning makes the ' Records' tedious sometimes." Kettlewell, S. Thomas k Kempis and the Broth- ers of Common Life. 2 v. " Thomas k Kempis, or, more exactly, Thomas Haera- merlein, of Kempen, was indeed a fact — as solid a fact as the famous book which has made him celebrated ; and his story, as related bj' Mr. Kettlewell, is an interesting disclosure of religious life in the Middle Ages. ... The Brothers of Common Life were an order tounded by Ge- rard Groote, whose rules and habits represent the better side of mediaeval piety and religion. They lived in com- munities, wrought their own living, copied the Scrip- tures, handed down the sayings of the saints, did good as they had opportunity and kept alive the torch of Christian faith and charity in dark times. ... 'J'his whole quaint and striking chapter of mediaeval thought and life Mr. Kettlewell has studied up with great care — k Kempis is only one figure in a numerous group." — Literary xnorld. May 6. '"A painstaking nnd exhaustive biographer. These volumes abound with interesting materials, but the lit- erary art is wanting that might have welded the mate- rials together."— :>]>ectator, July 22, Knox, T: W. Camp-fire and cotton field ; life with the Union aimies and residence on a Louis- iana plantation. Kuenen, A. National religions and universal reli- gions. (Hibbert lecture.) "The subject is an interesting one, taking in Budd- hism, Judaism, Christianity and Islaraism, and it is treated with the author's well-known modesty, learning, and ability." — Boston advertiser, '* Fine examples of a discussion, at once scientific and popular, by a ripe scholar who has not forgotten the art of easy and graceful exposition. — A. M. Fairhairn in the Academy, Sept. 16 ,1882. Kunth, K: S. Enuraeratio plantarum. 6 v. — Elora Berolinensis, sive Enumeratio plantarum circa Berolinum. 2 v. Laboulaye, E. R. L. de. Essai sur la vie et les doc- trines de F: C. de Savigny. — Recherches sur la condition civile et politique des femmes depuis les Romains jusqu'i nos jours. Laciar, J. D. Patriotism of Carbon Co., Pa. Lacordaire, H: D. Discours de reception a I'Acad. Fran^aise, 24 Jan. 1861. La Fayette Co., Wis. History. Laffitte, P: Considerations generales sur I'ensem- ble de la civilization chinoise. Number 91.] 362 Lambert, E; R. Hist, of the colony of New Ha- ven before and after the union with Connec- ticut, etc. Lampredi, G. JI. Diritto pubblico universale, ossia Diritto di natura e delle genti ; volgar. da D. Sacchi. 4 v. Lamson, A. History of the 1st Church, Dedham. Lanman, C: Recollections of curious characters and pleasant places. ^ *' One can hardly eay wherein the peculiar humour and pathos of Washington Irviiigdiffered from anything Eng ]l8h, but they Oid somehow differ, and it was jufit that diflfereuce which gave them their sjxcific value. In Mr. Lanm.an — though we must honestly confess lomjn in- tervnllo — one still tastes somethint; of the same inde- scribable sort." — Grant Alien in tha Academy, Nov. 12, 1881. " The book is written in a quiet and faithful style. Mr. Lanman never tries to be funny, or brilliant, or epi- grammatic, or line, but he conscientiously notes down all that he has seen and what he knows. We were not, we confess, previously acquainted with his name; but an anonymous writer in the preface, tells us all about him. He has been it appears, successively, journalist, editor, librarian, and ' examinerof depositaries'. Uehas always been an angler, an artist, and an entlmsiastic tramp; he is now^ American secretary of the Japanese legation at "Washington. ... A pleasant and instructive volume." — Sitt. rev. Lauzac, H; Galerie hist, et crit. du 19e siecle : C. J. Faulkner. Law library, The, AprU-June 1853 ; July-Sept. 1854. 2 V. Lawrence, W: B. Indirect claims of the XJ. S. as submitted to the Tribunal of Arbitration. — Letter to J; Westlake on Jlr. Field's project for an international code. — The treaty of Washington ; letters. Leach, A. The letter h past, present, and future ; with rules for the silent li, and notes on wh . "The main object of the little work is tn establish a mucli needed standard rule for the silent H by means of an appeal to the best contemporary usasje. The author has explored the field of Anglo-Saxon alliterative rhymes in search of historical data, and beini; a linguist, is able to approach the compal'ative philology of his subject." — J. K. A. in the AiiwHean bookseller, Oct. 16, issii. Lear, .l/)-». H. L. F., n-ife o/ Sidney. Henri Do- minique Lacordaire ; biog. sketch. 5i-l111l — Here and there ; quaint quotations ; a book of wit. TEA-9L47 " .\ capital collection of good things." — Spectator, Juno 17, 1SS2. " It contains Fraud's best poems, and Punch's bewthits; scraps from Swifl and I'etei- Pindcr; and it reveals the source of many a rhyme vvhicli beats time to nothing in many a m.an's head, and which no dieliouary of quota- tions will ever elucidate." — X'ltimi, Sejit. JO. Leber, J: M. C. Histoire critique du pourvoir mu- nicipal, de la condition des cites, des villes, et des bourgs, etc. Lecky, W; E: II. A history of England in the 18th century. 4 v. 942.5:1 "Everywhere throughout these volumes there is ap- parent a marvellous skill in brins^ring together from vari- ous sources a vast number of refeiunccH bearing on the questions at issue. Freedom from prejudice and liber- alily of opinion are written in large letters on every page." — W. l\ OourUieij hi the Ac'iiteuni, May 13. " Undoubtedly the s^Veat history of England in the ISth century. ... These volumes are of special iiiteic-'t to Americans, as they cover the period of the -Vmeriean Revolution. ... Mr. Lecky treats this portion of his subject fairly, impartially, and with conscientious desire for accuracy." — Boston pi}>,t. [Nov. 4, 1882 Leclercq, J. Le Tyrol et le pays des Dolomites. "S'il estun homme qui soit alpiniste dans Tame, cat homrae est M. Jules Leclercq. Les descriptions sont Clai- res, hrillantes et, pour ainsi dire, inslantanees ; c'est un ^rai miroir de la region dolomitique." — Lio Que^nel in Rev. pol. et lit , 26 sept. 1880. Lecomte, J. L' alliance anglaise ou 1' alliance russe ! Ledebur, C:F: Flora Altaica ; adiutoribus C, A. Meyer et A. Bunge. 5 v. Lee, D., and Frost, J. H. Ten years in Oregon. Lee Co., lotoa. History. Leers, J. D. Flora Herbomensis, exhibens plantas circa Herbomam Nassoviorum crescentes, etc. Legrand, E: Recueil de contes populaires grecs ; tr. sur les textcs originaux. (Vol. 1 of Coll. de chansons et de contes populaires.) Le Houx, J: Vaux-de-Vire; ed. and tr. by J. P. Muirhead. vpn-l52 Leicester, ,Uass. Celebration of the centennial an- niv. of Amer. Independence. — Celebration of the 150th anniv. of the town, July 4, 1871. Leighton, A. Mysterious legends of Edinburgh ; now for the first time told in print. Leland, C. G. The gypsies. "The book throughout is made up almost wholly of materials hitherto unpublished; even to those familiar with the previous literature of the subject it will prove a thoroughly original contribution." — L iterary world, 3une 3, 1SS2. Lemercier de Neuville, L; Comedies de chateau ; [scfenes monologues, reeits et saynfetes, par I'auteur des Pupazzi], ved-l54c — Nouvetiu theatre des pupazzi, texte et dessins . na'ifs. vfd'l54n Le Marchant, D . Report of the proceedings of the IIo. of Lords on the claims to the Barony of Gardner ; with app . Le Mesurier, W. H. An impromptu ascent of Mont Blanc. aKjVl6-l54 Leone. (Round-robin ser.) Vloo " Melodramatic." " Full of thrilling interest. ... The heroine is another American girl abroad." — Critic, Sept. 23. Leopardi, G. Essays and dialogues ; tr. by C: Ed- wardes, witli biog. sketch. ti-l55 L'Estrange, -V. G. The village of palaces; or, Chronicles of Chelsea. 2 v. Lewis, M. A. Two pretty girls. \/l583t Lewis, O. History of the 138th Reg. Penn. Volun- teer Infantry. Lexington. Cenleii. Com. Souvenir of Lexington. Leyland, R. ^\'. Holiday in South Africa. Linn, J; B. Annals of Buffalo Valley, I'enn., 1755- 1855. Linnfe, C; von. Flora Svecica ; exhibens plantas per regnum Sveciae crescentes systematice. — Flora Zeylanica, sistens plantas qua; 1670-77 lecttc fuere a P. Hermann; post 70 annos ab A. Giinther orbi redditte. — Systema vegetabilium . Ed. 16; cur. C. Spren- gcl. 5 V. Ljungberg, C. E. La Su&de, son developpement moral, etc. ; tr. par L. de Lilliehobk. Locke, J. S. Sltores of Saco Bay; hist, guide to Biddeford Pool, Old Orchard Beach, Pine Point, Front's Neck. Number 91.' 363 [Nov. 4, 1882 Loddiges, C, &Sous. Orchidefe in [their] tiou ; arr. according to Dr. Ijindley's ( collec- rding to Dr. Ijindley's Genera and species, with their native countries. — Same, And years of introduction. — Same. And references to figures. Lodge, T., and Greene, R. A looking glasse for London and Englande. (Hunterlan Club, no. 57.) London journal of botany ; by Sir AV: J. Hooker. Vol. 1-7. Loomis, A. \V. Oration at the eenten. celeb, of the evacuation of Port Duquesne, Pittsburgh, Nov. 25, 1858. Loomis, L. C. Index guide to travel and art-study in Europe ; geog., hist., and artistic inform- ation for the use of Americans. Loudon, J: C. Hortus Britannicus ; catalogue of all the plants in Britain. 2d ed., with add. suppl. to Feb., 1832. — Same. New ed., with suppl. to Mar. 1839. Lowell, J. R. Poetical works. 1881. w5p-l95 Lubbock, ;<'/)■ J: Ants, bees, and wasps ; ; record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera. (Internal, sci. ser.) *' There are few departments of natural history more fascinating than tliat which deals with the habits and in- stincts of the social insects, and Sir John Lubbock's mar- vellously patient and minute experiments have placed him at the very head of all observers in this delightful iield." — Pali Mali gazette. Lugay, cointe de. Origines du pouvoir ministeriel en Prance ; les secretaires d'etat depuis leur institution jusqu'Ji la mort de Louis xv. '* On y voit par quels degres les clercs-notaires du roi, appeles successivement clercs du secret, puis secretaires des finances, et enfin, depuis le xviu sificle, secretaires d'etat, sont arrives peu A, peu du role de simples inter- m6diaires des volontes royales, d. cclui de directeurs abeo - lus des grands services publics." — Gfironiquey 2 Sept., 1882. Luckock, H. M. Studies in the hist, of the Book of common prayer ; with app. Lndlow, Capt. W. E. Zululand and Cetewayo ; an ace. of Zulu customs, manners, and habits. Lushington, G. Manual of naval prize law. Lyell, sir C: Life, letters, and journals ; ed. by Mrs. LyeU. 2 v. Lyman, P. W. History of Easthamp ton ; with ge- nealogical record of its orig. families. Lynchburg ; sketches and recollections ; by the oldest inhabitant. Lytle, M. S. Historv of Huntingdon Co., Penn., to July 4, 1876. M., J. Keminiscences of men and things in North- field, 1812-25. Macarthur, B., and Moore, J. Lessons in figure painting in water colours ; coloured plates, with special instructions by the painters. McCarthy, J. The epoch of reform, 1830-50. (Epochs of mod. hist.) " The author has been especially anxious to show how tlic true policy which opens the way to reform is the true antidote to the spirit of revolution." — Notes on books. May 31, 1882. , . . ..,•», f "If a man is capable of writing within the compass ot two hundred 16mo pages a faithful and readable sketch of the political history of England during the eventful twenty years from 1330 to 1850, that man is Justin Mc- Carthy." — Literary world. Macchiavelli, N. The prince ; tr. by N. H. T. McClintock, P. R. Holidays in Spain ; ace. of two tours in the autumns of 1880-81. ai-ix-m13 McCook, H: C. The honey ants of the Garden of the Gods, and the Occident ants of the Amer- ican plains. " Written in the most entertaining and spirited style. ... Only surpassed by the personal delivery of those facts by the author. The illustrations are numerous and to the point. ... An excellent addition to the numerous works on the biology of ants by the same author." — Dr. H. A. Hagen in the American. M'Cosh, J: A proposal for a floating harbour of refuge. MaoDonald, G: The gifts of the child Christ ; and other tales. 2 v. \/m14oi " Two of the stories are average m.agazine tales, the 'drama, is a laboured failure; but the remainder of the work; though it may not show Mr. MacDonald on his highest level, does possess many of the qualities which make his best work notable. In ' Photogen and Nycteris' we have a piece of purely imaginative work that recalls ' Phantastes,' the book which has never save by a few, been appreciated as it deserves. * Stephen Archer' is a realistic study in prose which may fitly stand beside such work in verse as the less intense of Mr. Buchanan's ' London poems.' " — James Asheroft Noble in the Acad- emy, May 6, 1882. Macdonald, J. M. Two centuries in the history of the Presbyterian Ch., Jamaica, L. I. ; app. McGovern, J: A pastoral poem ; and other pieces. wSp'mIT Mackay, C: The Mormons ; or, Latter-day saints ; a contemporary history. McKnight,'C: Old Port Duquesne; or. Captain Jack, the scout, an historical novel ; with notes. \/m213o Maclagan, C. The hill forts, stone circles, and other structural remains of anc. Scotland. McViokar, J: The professional years of John Henry Hobart ; a sequel to his Early years. Madhava Acharya. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha ; or. Review of the diflferent systems of Hindu philosophy; tr. by E. B.CoweU and A. E. Gough. " This work is an interesting specimen of Hindu criti- cal ability. The author successively passes in review the sixteen philosophical systems current in the fourteenth century in the South of India ; and he gives what appears to him to be their most important tenets, and the princi- pal arguments by which their followers endeavoured to maintain them; and he often displays some quaint hu- mour as he throws himself for a time into the position oi their advocate, and holds, as it were, a temporary brie, on behalf of opinions entirely at variance with his own.' ' Mahafly, J: P. Decay of modern preaching. "The grand defect of modern preaching — by which Mr. MahafFy chiefly means that of the Episcopal and es- pecially of the Irish Episcopal Church — being that * it is purely an anrateur performance,' the obvious remedy is to provide the needful preparation, both general and par- ticular, for making it a success. The complaint that, our preachers, as a body, are below even the average in in- tellect,' refers primarily, no doubt, to the existing state of things in Ireland." — Sat. review, March 25. Mamiani, T. dell R., conte. Rights of nations ; the new plan of European states applied to Italy; tr. by R. Acton. Manchester, Vt. Cong. Ch. Exercises in comm. of the 50th anniv. of the ordin. of Rev. J. An- derson, Aug. 12, 1879. Mautz, P. Hans Holbein. Marcotti, G. Vincigliata. |_^:^m6fer 91.] 364 Nov. 4, 1882 1-T-^ ^ 1 ?&S13 a*qT!i|irdsen, H; Der Trent-Fall ; zur Lehre von A E^'' ^ '' A'^^ Kriegscontrebande und dem Transport- ■^ rl » /dienst der Neutralen. ^____,_M8frtens, C:, haron de, ondCussy, F., laron de. Re- cueil de traites, conventions, etc., sur lesquels sont etablis les relations et les rapports exist- ant entre les divers etats depuis 1760. 7 v. Martens, G: F: von. Precis du droit des gens mod. de I'Europe. 2 v, Martin, E: "VV. Behind the scenes in Washington ; ace. of the Credit MobOier investigation. Congressional rings, etc., with sketches of the leading senators, etc. Martineau, J. The relation between ethics and re- ligion; addr. openinr; of the session, 1881-82 of Manchester New College. Marvin, C: The Russian advance towards India. ^ " Conversations with SkobclefF, Ignatieff, and other dis- tinguished Kussian generals and statesmen on the Cen- tral Asian question." Maryland. Bibliographical cyclopedia of repre- sentative men of JIaryland and District of Columbia. Maskell, W: Monumenta ritualia Anglicana3 ; occasional offices of the Ch. of Eng. ace. to the old use of Salisbury the Prymer in Eng- lish, etc. Mass. Hist. Soc. Tributes to Longfellow and Emerson. Mease, J. Picture of Philadelphia ; ace. of its ori- gin, increase, etc. 2 v. Meilhao, H:, anrf Halevy, L. Laboule; comedie. vfd'm47k — La cigale ; comedie. vfd-m47c — Le mari de la debutante ; comedie. vfd-m47c Mejan, M. Histoire du proces de Louis xvi. 2 v. — Recueil des causes celebres. 19 v. Merrill, J. L. History of Acworth ; with proc. of centen. anniv., etc. Merriman, Prof. , and others. History of McLean Co., Illinois. Middlesex County Manual. Might and right ; by a Rhode Islander. Mignaty, M. A. Le Corrfege ; sa vie et son ceuvre. " The result of enthusiasm rather than of study. To those who lil;e fine sentiment, high talk about the good and the beautiful, and flowing dcsci-iptlons of well- known pictures, it may be aecoptalde. Those who seek knowledge had lietter seek elsewhere."— J/r;™ M. lieu- ton in the Academy, Oct. 29, 1881. Mignet, F. A: A. Inst. Imp. de France ; la vie et les travaux de Savigny. Miller, S. F. The bench and bar of (jeorgia ; mem- oirs and sketches; with court roll, 1790- 18.57. 2 V. Miller, W: J. Notes concerning the Wampanoag tribe of Indians ; with ace. of a rock picture on the shore of Mount Hope Bay, Bristol, R. I. Milman, R. , -B^j. of Calcutta. Mitslav ; or. The con- version of Pomerania, a true story of the shores of the Baltic in the 12th century. (Home lib.) \/m63m *' It is explained in the preface that when the new scheme was drawn up for the Oxford Honour School of Theology in 1879, this book— written in 18.53, but for twelve yearw out of print — was one of those recommended to be studied for the period of Mediaeval history of which it treats. Though thrown into the form of a narrative, the book is an authentic history — highly romantic — of the conversion of the then very extensive dukedom of Pom- erania by Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, in the twelfth cent- tury." Miot, J. L'heure supreme de I'ltalie ; suivie d'une lettre rel. au portefeuille de Lamoricifere. Miruss, A. Das europaische Gesandschaftsrecht ; nebst einer Biicherkunde. 2 v. Mississippi. Nine years of democratic rule in Mis- sissippi; notes upon the polit. hist., 1838-[47]. Mittermaier, K: J. A. Grundsatze des gemeinen deutschen Privatrechts. Molesworth, Mrs. Summer stories for boys and girls. Vm733s Molesworth, W: N. History of the Ch. of Eng. from 1660. Mongredien, A: Pleas for protection examined. (Cobden Club.) Montesquieu, C: de S., baron de la Bride etde. Con- siderations on the causes of the grandeur and decadence of the Romans ; tr., with in- trod., notes, etc., by J. Baker. Moutrosier, E. Peintres modernes. Oontents. -J : A ; D. Ingres. — J ; H. Flandrin. — J. N. Robert-Fleury. Moore, A. Y. Life of Schuyler Colfa.x. Moore, E. F. Case of Rev. G: C. Gorham against the Bishop of Exeter. Moreuil, L. J. A. de. Manuel des agents consu- laires francjais et etrangers. Morin, Alcide. Le parti de la providence ; aux anciens partis. Morin, Arthur. "Warming and ventilating occu- pied buildings ; tr. by C. B. Young. From the Smithsonian report for 1873-74. Moritzi, A. Systeraatisches Verzeichniss der von H. Zollinger, 1842-44, auf Java gesammelten Pflanzen ; nebst einer Beschreibung der neuen Gattungen u. Arten. Morris, H: Early history of Springfield ; address, Oct. 16, 1875, 200th anniv. of the burning of the town by the Indians ; with app. Morris, R: Specimens of early English. 2 v. (Clarendon press ser.) ve-91m832 Morse, C: F. History of the 2d Mass. Reg. of In- fantry. Moser, F: K.:, FreiJierr yon. TJeber die Regierung des geistlichen Staaten in Deutschland. Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles. Mozley, J. B. Review of the baptismal controversy. Mozley, T: Reminiscences, chiefly of Oriel College and the Oxford movement. 2 v. " Mr. Mozley was not only the editor for a year or two of the British Critic, the quarterly organ of the Tractari- ans, but he was also the brother-in-law of Cardinal New- man. ... Every reader of his book will be struck with one circumstance; the very little that is said of Dr. Pu- sey. ... Mr. Mozley says a good deal about Mr. Kew. man but excepting what is said on this subject, nearly all of the first volume and half of the second are fllled with garrulous stories about men many of whom are altogether forgotten. ... and unnecessary repetitions of long for- gotten slanders." —Atlienmum, June 24, 1882. Published by the Boston Athenteum, Beacon St., Boston. Mass., semi-monthly. Price by the year 25 cts.; by mail, 60 cts. Entered at the Post Oiliee at Boston, Mass., as second class matter. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATIIENiEUM. [No. 92. Nov. 11, 1882 Miintz, E. Les precurseiirs de la Renaissance. — Raphael ; his life, works, and times ; ed. by W. AiTnstrong. Mulhall, M. Between the Amazon and Andes ; or. Ten years of a lady's travels in the Pampas, Gran Chaco, Paraguay, and Matte Grosso . Munby, A. J. Dorothy; a country story in elegiac verse. vep-m92 *' The story aud the treatment alike are homely in the extreme, at. homely as those employed by Clough in the Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. hut they are sustained and illuminated hy at least as mucli distinction of style." — Saturday review^ July 23, 1881. Muusell, J. Men and things in Albany two centu- ries ago. Munson, L. Early history of Manchester [Vt.] ; address, Manchester, Dec. 27, 1875. Murphy, H: C. The voyage of Vernzrano; a chapter in the early history of maritime dis- covery in America. Murray, D: C. A model father ; a novel. (Franklin Sqr. lib.) Murray, E. C. G. Embassies and foreign courts ; history of diplomacy. Murray, J: System of chemistry. My rambles in the enchanted summer land of the great Northwest, 1881. Nachtigal, Dr. G. Sahard und SAdfm ; Ergebnisse sechsjahriger Reisen in Africka. 2 v. Nadal, E. S. Essays at home and elsewhere. ve3-n12 '* The topics are cliieily literary, as is becoming in an American journalist doing service in a diplomatic con- nection in England; among them being Artemas Ward, Byron , Thackeray's relation to English society, Matthew Arnold, Bryant, and Bagehot; but there is a showy ex- terior and iiiner insuthciency and lack of substance about them all which suggest the soap-bubble blown for the blower's own amusement." — Lit world. *' The essay on Bryant is remarkable for its fullness and finish of expression, and exliibits not merely an inti- mate knowledge of that poet's works, but considerable critical sagacity. Among the other literary articles is a careful study of Thackeray, considered apart from his writings; thoughtfully composed and well executed." — J. Arthur Bluikie in Academy, May 27, 1882. Napier, JI. ' The Lanox of Auld ;' an epistolary review of ' The Lennox, by W: Eraser.' Nasgeorgus, T: The popish kingdome ; or, Reigne of antichrist ; Englyshed by B. Googe, 1570 ; ed., with mem., by R. C: Hope. vep-n16 National Academy of Design. Illustrated notes upon the 57th ann. exhib. ; with notices of the artists ; ed. by C: M. Kurtz. Neal, J: Portland illustrated. Negris, A. Grammar of the modern Greek lan- guage [in Greek] ; app. containing specimens of prose and verse. Neill, E: D. The founders of Maryland as por- trayed in mss., provincial records, and early documents. New Bedford. History of the churches of New Bedford; with mem. of W. Craig, J. Gird- wood, etc. New Eng. Hist. Geneal. Soc. Memorial biogra- phies, 1845-55. 2 V. Newell, 0. History of the Revolution in Texas, particularly of the war of 1835, '36. Newton, ilass. 1776, 1876, centennial celebrations on the 17th of June and 4th of July. Nineteenth century, August, 1882. " One of the most noteworthy articles in the number is signed * Ameer All's Cry from the Indian Mahome- dans.' The complaint is, that in every walk of life the Mahomedan is falling behind the clever and supple Hindoo." — /Spectator, Aug. 6. — September. " French newspapers are not instruments for ditfLising information, but for carrying on political debate. It is therefore of importance before reading them to know who writes tbem, and on this subject M. Reinach gives copious information." — Spectator, Sept. 9, 1882. " That Mr. Tennyson in his old age, should profess his appreciation of thatone among tbe poets to whom he has himself been so often compared is very interesting. Not less interesting is it that he should go back to a metre similar to, though not absolutely identical with, that of ' Locksley Hall', than which he has used none that stamps itself so readily on the memory." — Academy, Sept. 9, 1882. Nlven, A. C. Centennial memorial; 100th anniv. of the A. R. Presb. Ch. of Little Britain, N.Y. ; with slcetch of the C!linton family, etc. Nordenskiold, Baron A. E. The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe ; with hist. rev. of previous journeys along the north coast; tr. by A. Leslie. 2 v. '* We have said that Baron Nordenskiold's work is far more than a mere narrative of the voyage of which he was the organizer and commandant. Not only does he give an exhaustive account of all previous voyages to those regions, but enters into the amplest details as to the scientific results achieved up to the present time. ... The work is thus a mine of unusual richness to the stu- dent of science, while it is so written as to be not only intelligible, but delightful, to any ordinary intelligent reader." — Nature. Norris, I. Journal during a trip t» Albany, 1745 ; with account of treaty that year ; [added, a biog. sketcli of I: Norris]. Norris, W. E. Heaps of money. (Leisure hour ser.) " Must have been one of his earliest, if not his very first atlemiit at fiction ; and in a slight way a very charm- ing attempt it is." — jS'atioii,3\inQ 15, 1882. Northrop, N.B. Pioneer history of Medina County. Northrup, A. J. 'Sconset cottage life; a summer on Nantucket Island. Nouvelles heures gothiques, d'aprfes les mss: des bibliothfeques nationales et particuliferes. Nuttall, T: Introductioii to systematic and physi- ological botany. 2d ed., with add. Ober, F: A. Winter resorts in Southern seas ; a guide to Bemiuda, Porto Rico, etc. Oldfield, H: A. Sketches from Nipal, historical and descriptive; add. essay on Nipalese Buddhism. 2 v. Oliphant, Ij. Traits and travesties, social and po- litical. '* Mr. Oliphant's satirical essays have all the wit and vigour which distinguished ' Piccadilly,' but they are somewhat more mea^sured, and consequently more ettec- tive." — Athenesum, June 10, '82 Oliphant, Mrs. M. 0. W. Lady Jane; a novel. (Franldin Sqr. lib.) " AVe do not remember that Mrs. Oliphant has pro- duced anything more felicitous in its way than ' Lady Jane.' " — Literary loorld. *' Fresh aud sparkling." — Westmin. rev., July. Number 92. J 366 [Nov. 11, 1882 — Literary history of England, end of 18th and beginning of 19th century. 3 v. xvev-ol3 "Few more critical students could have vitalized their portndts in the w;iy that hers are vitalized, and her bright insight into ch'ai-acter and her knowledge of human life are most rufreshiug in this department of literature." — London At/t-t-Uiimm. "As a Johnson she has no rank among the historians of literature; as a Boswell, she is admirable," — C'rUic. " The general views expressed are of the most super- iieial kind, the special information is exceedingly scanty, and, in addition, a good deal of the little that is given is inaccurate or misleading." Onderdonk, H: Jr. Introduction of Rev. AV; Ve- sey into the parisli of Trinity Churcli. [Cut- tings from 'The churchman,' N. Y., 1879.] O'Neall, J: B. Annals of Newberry, liistorical, bio- graphical, and anecdotical. Opdyke, G: The great libel case ; G; Opdyke vs T. Weed. Oppenheim, II; B. Praktisches Handbuch der Consulate aller Lllnder. Oppert, G. The weapons, army organization and political maxims of the ancient Hindus. Orcet, G. d'. Les grands pauvres. vff-ok18 Contents. Le cousin du roi. — La cadenette. — Le re- fractairc. — Les couches sociales. " Quatre nouvelles dont les deux premiisres sont tout elniptement deux chefs-d'osuvrc." — Polybiblion, Jan. 1sSl>. Taken from the history of a French family. O'Reilly, H: Sketches of Rochester ; with inciden- tal notices of western New York. Osgood, James R., & Co. Pocket guide to Europe. Oswald, J/f'ss E. J. By fell and ijord; scenes in Iceland. acy-os9 " Her bravery impresses us immensely, and she is gen- uinely enthusiastic ahout the scenery, the wild gipsy life, and the cordial kindly people.'* — G. F. Ro'l'ci^tt in Xa- ture, Aug. IT, 1S82. Otter, R. H. Winters abroad ; information for tlie use of invalids. Oar own country [England]. 4 \. Pailleron, E: Le narcotique ; comedie en vers. vfdt1.5n Palmer, W. J. The Tyne and its tributaries. Pape, Le, et le Con,i,Te!;. 18.59. Pardon, G; F; Talcs from the Operas. Parsons, C . G . Inside view of slavery ; or, A tour among the planters ; ivith introd. note by Mrs. H. B. Stowu. Pascoe, C: E. Everyday life in our public schools ; sketched by head-scholars of Eton, Winches- ter, Westminster, Shrewsbury, Harrow, Rug- by ; added notice of St. Paxil's and Merchant Taylors' Schools, etc. Xca\' and rev. ed. Payn, J. -Y grape from a thorn ; a novel. " Mr. i'ayi] appears to he gifted with inexhaustible freshne^H, and his btorics are full of varied interest. He constructs a clever plot; he ci\':ites characters who are not only lifelike hut full of life; and, overflowing with drollery aud auecdute, he ntakes even the slowest of his slow folks unuaturully entertaining." — S'Uav'I'Oj rcv.t Dec. 18, 1881. Peard, F. M. Castle and town. " .Niiss I'eard does uot improve. ' Castle and town ' is neither in story nor in treatment on a level with ' Tho rose gardeu,' and others of her earlier tales." Pennsylvania. History of the origin of the appella- tion ' Keystone State' ; with extracts rel. to the adoption of the Declaration of Independ- ence by the Continental Cong., etc. — Record of Pennsylvania marriages prior to 1810. Pennypacker, S: W. Annals of Phoenixville and its vicinity to 1871. — James Abram Garfield; [memorial]. Peruwerth von Barnstein, A. Ubi sunt, qui ante nos in niundo fuere? Ausgewahlte Latei- nische Studeuten-, Trink-, Liebes-, und an- dere Liederdes 14n-18n Jahrh. aus verschie- denen Quellen mit neudeutschen Uebertra- gungen. Perry, W. C. Greek and Roman sculpture. " A useful book distinguished by ample acquaintance with the subject, by sensible criticism, by good judgment and a clear and unpretending style. The contrast be- tween it and A. S. Murray's pretending and inaccurate History of Greek sculpture, is striking." — Nation^ June 29. Peterson, C: J. The military heroes of the war of 1812 ; with a narrative of the war. Phelps, R; H. Newgate of Connecticut ; descr. of the Simsbury mines and the prison built over them ; also descr. of the State Prison at AVeth- ersfield. Philostratus, F. Opera quae exstant ; [Gr. et Lat.] F. Morellvs recens. Pidgeon, D. An engineer's holiday; or, Notes of a round trip from long. 0° to 0°. 2 v. "There is a freshness about these notes which raises them considerably above the level of ihe ordinary jour- nal of the * globe-trottet'. 'They cannot help describing over again stereotyped wonders of a journey round the world, but they make tliese descriptions the skeleton of the narrative, and clothe them with the flesh and blood of original observations. ... We part from the volume with something of the reluctance with which he himself goes back from holiday-making to busine-s, so full are they of interesting matter neatly told and so free from any- thing like straining after etfect." — Brit. guar, rcv.y July 1. Pigott, R: Personal recollections of an Irish na- tional journalist. Pilgrim Society. Proc. at the celebration, Ply- mouth, Dec. 21, 1870, of the 2o0th anniv. of the lauding of the PUgrims. Pilling, J. C. Catalogueof linguistic mss. in the li- brary of the Bureau of Ethnology. Extr. from the 1st. ann. report. Pinckney, J. D. Reminiscences of Catskill, local sketches ; with articles by T. Weed, E. Cros- well, etc. Pitman, Mrs. M. J., {pseud. Margery Deane). Eu- ropean breezes. " The title of Mrs. Pitman's book is no misnomer. Her sketches of places, people, and mannc'i-s areas re- freshing and wholesome as the wind blowing over the salt Atlantic. They are bright with a peculiarly sunny humor, and warm with a sori of pleasant kindliness that implies a generous and unselfish nature. ... Mrs. Pit- man does uot disdain to tell ' the little things,' which lielpto make a vivid picture of family and social life. Pe- culiarly graphic are her sketches of Vienna." — ^. Y. trltinne. Plaisted, II. il. Report of the trial of James M. Lowell for the murder of his wife Mary E. Lowell; [with] app. Poletika, P: Sketch of the internal condition of the United Stiites and their political rela- tions with Europe ; tr. Politique napoleonienne, La, en Italie. 1859. Number 92. 367 [Nov. 11, 1882 Pollock, P; Essays in juvisprudence and ethics. "The beat thiiiga in tho book are two parallel essays on the ' Science of the case law' on the legal side and the 'Casuistry of common sense' in the sphere of ethics. They botli attempt to introduce the scientitic spirit into the subjects with which they dt'al, and they bring prom. Inently forward the intimate relation between law and morals." — At/unceum, June 24, 1S82. Pollock, W: H. Songs and rhjines, English and French. vep-p76 Pomfret, CoK«. 1st Ch. of Christ. 150th anniv. of the 1st Church, Oct. 26, 1865. Poor, H: V. Manual of the railroads of the U. S., 1882. Poole, R. L. Sebastian Bach. (Great musicians.) " Interesting on account of its tbemc, Mr. Poole's work is noticeable as beiu^ the lirst English memoir of Bach, and as containing not only the substance of what had previously been written about bim by Forkel, Helgen- feldt and Bitter, but also the Latest recovoi'ed facts in the voluminous and exhaustive work of Prof. Spitta. ... Mr. Poole's charming pages arc freshly and frankly writ- ten." — y. Y. Miti! aui7 i'-rpyss. Porter, E. G. Concerning President Garfield's an- cestry ; read at the Mass. Hist. See. Porter, N., Jr. Historical discoui'se, Farmington, Xov. 4, 1840, commem. of the settlement of the town, 1640. Posnett, H. il. The historical method in ethics, jurisprudence, and political economy. " Clever and suggestive." — Wesimin. rev., July. Pradt, D. D., I'abbi de. Les quatre concordats; suivis de consid. sur le gouvemement de I'Eglise en general, et sur I'Eglise de France en particulier, depuis 1515. 3 v. — Suite des quatres concordats. Prairie idyl. The ; and other poems. w5p-p88 Price, J. M. Tables e.xhibiting the present worth of 3, 3M, 4, 4K, 5, 5,',, 6, and 7 per cent, government or state stocks, etc. 4th ed. Probyn, J.W. National self-government in Europe and America. Proctor, R: A. Familiar science studies. Studies of Venus transits ; investigations of the transits of 1874 and 1882. Prudhomme, S. Poesies [1865-79]. 4 v. tpp-p95 I'nnf „ls. Vol.1. 1865-66. 2. 1866-72. 3. 1S72-7S. 4. 187S-79. Pusey, S. E. B. B. Permanence and evolution; inquiry into the supposed mutability of ani- mal types. " We do not consider that this work has in any way af- fected the main evidences of evolution ; but it is well cal- culated to steady the course of speculative thought in a direction where with less hurry there may be more B^eed."— /J: J- Romanes in S-itai-e, July 20, 1882. '" in amusing and dashing little work by an anti-Dar- wini,an champion of some originality. Clever and mgen- ious reasoning supported by many excellent bits of tell- in" sophistry, but he knows too little of practical biology to'enter the lists successfully agiiinst so fully armed a vet- eran as ilr. Darwin."— .IM<''".e«'«, May 6, 1SS3. " Mr. Bouverie Pusey is one of those writers who would find no evidence that could be adduced in favour of evolution satisfactory to him." — M'estmin. rev., July Pushkin, A. Eugene Oneguine ; romance of Rus- ians life in verse ; with biog. notice, by Lieut. Col. Spaulding. Pynin, N: A., and Spasovic, — . Histoire des litte- ratures slaves ; tr. du russe, par M. E. Denis. Question de la papaute. La. Quinoy, S: M. History of tlie 2d Mass. Lifantry ; a prisoner's diary; read May 11, 1877. Rabelais, F, Works; tr. with e.xplan. notes , by Du Chat, Motteux, Ozell, etc. 4 v. Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wis., History of. Rambert, E., and Robert, L. P. Les oiseaux dans la nature ; desc. pittoresque des oiseaux utiles. " M. Eugene Rambert s'est charge de la redaction ; M. Paul Kohert, digne neveu du celebre Leopold Robert, a peint avee un soin infini et un art exquis les oiseaux, et parfois il nous donne deveritables compositions, d'une graude valour artistique. Bien cxue les lithocbromies & dix-huit couleurs soient fort belles, nous leur preferons souvent les gravures sur hois hors tcxte, qui ont une richeese et un ebarrae ineomparables. ... La publica- tion sera corapletee par un troisieme volume, dont lea livraisona paraitront dans le cours de I'anneeprochaine." — Visenot in Polybiblion, Dec, 1880. Rame, L. de la. Bimbi ; stories for children. v'ou4ei "Out of the nine stories, two, ' Moulflou' and ' The child of Urbino' are really pretty, Of the remainder, two or three are clumsy imitations of Andersen, and the rest seem intended to show that all grown-up people are stupid or brutal. But even the best have the fault that nearly all stories for children liave nowadays : they are not really children's stories, but studies of children, such as their elders would appreciate, but themselves never." — Athenoeum, Aug. 19. ** Originally written for the gratification of tho little princes of the royal household of Italy, to whom they are dedicated." Ramsay, B. D. W., Lt.-Col. Rough recollections of military service and society. 2 v. *' Pleasantly written ... interesting." — Athenmum, Aug. 6, 1882. Raum, J: O. History of New Jersey; incl. a brief ace. of the first discov. of the country. 2 v. Reclus, A, Panama et Darien; voyages d'explo- ration, 1876-78. "A copiously illustrated account, written in a lively style, of the author's explorations in the American Isth- mus, 1876-78. Much topographical detail is given in it, of a region now of especial interest, and the difficulties of exploration in which are well conveyed by the tex t and woodcuts." — Itoy. Oeog. Soc. Proc, Sept., 1881. Redford, G. Manual of sculpture ; Egyptian, As- syrian, Greek, Roman. Reed, S: R. The Vicksburg campaign and the bat- tles about Chattanooga under command of Gen. U. S. Grant, 1862-63. " Able and elaborate historical revew." — ¥. Y. Trib- une. Reiber, F. Etudes gambrinales ; histoire et arche- ologie de la bifere. •' Le developpement de la brasserie et principalemeut celui de la brasserie strasbourgeoise depuis ses origines, qui remontent au 8e siecle. L'aneedote et la legende tiennent une grande place dans cette attrayante compila- tion, bien que le cote technique et le cote feconoraique de la question n'aient pas etc negliges." — Rev. des Deux Mondes. Bulletin. 15 avril, 1882. Revere, J. W. A tour of duty in California ; incl. a descr. of the gold region, account of the voyage round Cape Horn, etc. ; ed. by J. N. Bales tier. Reville, A. Prolegomfenes de I'histoire des reli- gions. Richard, A. Precis de botanique et de physiologic vegetale, etc. 2 v. " CfjntcntB.Yol. 1. Anatomic, organographie, pbysiolo- gie vegetales. 2. Classifications et families de plantes. Richey, A. G. Lectures on the history of Ireland, to 1534. Number 92.] 368 [Nov. 11, 1882 Rimmer, A. Rambles round Eton and Harrow. Robertson, J. C. History of the Christian Church, A.D. 64-1517. New and rev. ed. 8 v. Rocco, N: Deir uso e autoriti delle leggi consid. nelle relazioni con le persone e col territorio degli stranieri. Roddaz, C. de. L'art ancien k I'Eposition Na- tionale Beige. Roger, G. H. Le carnet d'un tenor ; avec preface de P. Gille et notice biog. par C. ChincoUe. Rogers, D. Report of the trial of E. Hall ts. R. Grant for slander. Romanes, G: J. The scientific evidences of organic evolution. (Nature ser.) Romey, C: Rome et la liberte de I'ltalie. Rosmini-Serb'iti, A., il abate, Antropologia in servigio della scienza morale ; libri iv. — Aristotele esposto ed esaminato. Pilosofia del diritto. 2 v. — FUosofia della politica. Vol. 1. — Eilosofia della morale. Vol. 1. — Introduzione alia filosoiia. — Letteratura e belle arte ; opuscoli varj. vi-k73 — Logica ; libri tre. — Kuevo saggio suU' origine delle idee. 3 v. . — Pensieri e dottrine in servigio della letteratura e delle arti belle. vi-k73p — Philosophical system ; tr., with life, bibliogra- phy, introd.; and notes, by T. Davidson. " Introduces us to a thinker -vvliose very name will be new to the majonty of educated Englishmen ; the trans- lation, of which it in great part consists, is excellently done; it contains an interesting sketch of Rosmini's life, and a bibliography of all hie works and of books on his philosophy: it is very well got up — altogether the stu- dent of Rosmini will ftnd it indispensable lo him. But at the same time it is too long; the notes overlay the text ; they are full of so much learning that the critic is afraid to skip them, but he finds thora harder than that which they are intended to explain." — Athenasum, Sept. 2, '82. — Psicologia; libri dieci. 2 v. — Rinnovamento della filosofia in Italifi. (Opere V. 5.) — Teodicea ; libri tre. — Teosofia. 5 v. (Opere, v. 10-14.) — Trattato della conocenza morale ; libri iii. Ross, A. M. Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, 1856-65. Ross, C: American vs. Italian brigandage ; life, trial etc., of W: H. A\'csteiTelt, for the abduction of Charlie Ross. Rousselot de Surgy, J. P. Histoire naturelle et po- litique de la Pennsylvanie, et I'etablissement des Quakers ; tr. de I'allemand. 1768. " The natural history part is taken from the travels of P. Kalra ; the part relating to the Quakers from the trav- els of G. Mitterberger." Rowe, R: K. Reports of interesting cases in King's law courts of England, etc. Royce, J. Primer of logical analysis, for the use of composition students. Rupp, I. B. A collection of 30,000 names of immi- grants in Pennsylvania, 1727-76, etc. — History and topography of Dauphin, Cumber- land, Pranklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties ; with app. — History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Car- bon, and Schuylkill counties ; with app. Rupp, Dr. J. Reason and religion; tr. from the Germ., with biog. sketch of the author by Mme. A. C. Rasche. '• Dr. Julius Rupp is the Dr. Martineau of the religious world in Germany. He has the same profound belief in the reign of God and the free-will of man, the same or even still more unqualified confidence in the inviolability, as it is called, of natural laws and the nonexistence of miracle, the same kind of strong spiritual imagination, though his poetical Imagination is less remarkable ; the same humanitarian view of Christ ; and the same deep confidence in the value and significance of prayer." — Spectator, June 25, 1881. Russell, J. M. History of Maidstone. Russell, Rev. S: Review of a pamphlet entit., ' Trip- al of the action in favor of S: Russell, etc' Russell, W. C. The "Lady Maud" schooner yacht ; from the ace. of a guest on board. (Frank- lin Sqr. lib.) Russell, ^\': S. Guide to Plymouth and recollec- tions of the Pilgrims. Rassie, La, et la question d'Orient. Ruttenber, E. M. History of the Co. of Orange; with hist, of Newburgh. Rye, W. Pedes finium ; or Fines relating to the County of Norfolk, levied in the King's Court from the 3d year of Richard i. to the end of the reign of John. " Though it be a mere pamphlet in bulk, this precious hookliug is the fruit of years of labour such as only ex- perts are qualified to enter upon ; it represents a long ap- prenticeship in deciphering the legal and ecclesiastical documents treasured up in our national archives. The ' Pedes finium' simply contain the records of such trans- fers of landed property as it was desirable should he reg- istered before the king's justices to prevent any possible legislation arising in consequence of the sale or convey- ance." — Athttii^um, June 10, 1882. Sabatier, A. L'apotre Paul; esquisse d'une his- toire de sa pensee. Sabin, J. A catalogue of the books, autographs, e'le, G-eorge Kliot, Rnskin, Cardinal Newman, TenliyM>n, Emerson, Bryant, Longlcllow, Wliittiei", Lowell, Holmes, Haw- thorne, Walt W^hitman, Bayard Taylor, Swinburne, Os- car Wilde, the Brownings, i)tekent." — Aihejiceiitii, April '.;.;, 'S:j. — Principles of biology. 2 v. — Principles of psychology. 2 v. Spofford, Mrs. II. E. The Marquis of Carabas. VspGm "Mrs. Spoflford's wonderful power of word-paintiiiu has loMt nothing of its m; ^tic Ijeauty in ' The Marquis of Carabas.' " — Lilt/ntri/ world. Stanley, ^^': F. Experimental researches into the properties and motions of fluids. Steele, T: S. Paddle and portaj^c ; from Moosehead Lake to the Aroostook Uivcr, Maine. Stephen, L. The science of ethics. *' Kverything written by Mr. Leslie Stephen displays sound siii>u clothed in a clear style, and ingeniou.'^ thought adorned by wide vaixdXvig." —AthenoiMm, June 24, 18S2. " We cannot admit Mr. Leslie Stephen to have laid down a science of ethics at all. In the first place, ethical principles are both clearer and higher than the principle that we ought to contribute to the health and cohesion of society. In tlie next place, a system that does not recog- nise the will of man as anything distinct from his desires, cannot be regarded as an ethical system. Lastly, a sys- tem which admits virtually that the idea 'ought,' exists only for the virtuous, .lud only so far as they are virtu- ous, ignores the most distinguishing and characteri-tie of all the features of the moral life. Mr. Leslie Stephen has wrhten, not on the science of ethics, but a vt-ry thought- ful and in many respects, a very candid book to prove that science, and what most men mean by ethics, are in- compatible ideas." — Sptclatoi-, June 10, 1882. Stephens, G:, and Cavallus, H. Old Norse fairy tales, gathered from the Swedish folk; [tr. by A. Alberg]. vcsk*9st Stevenson, R. L. Virginibus puerisque, and other papers. ve3*st46 CoiitenU "S'irginibus puerisque. — On^falling in love. — Trutli of intercourse — . Crabbed age and youth. — Apology for idlers. — Ordered South. — Ms, triplex. — El Dorado. — Englisli admirals. — Some portraits of Raeburu. — Childs play. — Walking tonrs. — Pan's pipes. — Plea for gas lamps. Stillman, J. D. B. Seeking the golden fleece; a record of pioneer life in California ; annexed, Footprints of early navigators, etc. Story, J. Commentaries on the conflict of laws. 6th ed., enl. by I. F. Redfleld. Stoughton, J: Footprints of Italian reformers. Streeter, E. W. The great diamonds of the world ; their history and romance ; ed. and annot. by J. Hatton and A. H. Keanc. " In collaboration with Joseph Hatton and-V. H. Keane (a well-known Oriental hcholar) he has eompletd a very interL'sting volume." — Acudemij, April Li, ]8'>2. " The chapter on the ' Koh-i-Nur' has been revised by Her Majesty the Queen ; the Empress: Eugenie has ren- dered similar assistance in the accounts of the ' Pitt' and 'Eugenie' diamonds." — Bookseller, June 0. Strunck, A. K. Officers of Berks County, 1752- 1860 ; also the vote of the County. Stuart, \ . The funeral tent of an Eg}-ptian queen ; with the latest information regarding other monuments and discoveries, etc. Stuckenberg, J, H. W. Life of Immanuel Kant. og-k13s Sutter, A. American notes, 1881. Szemere. B. de. La question hongroise, 1848-60. Tanner, IT: Holt Castle ; or, The three-fold inter- est in the land. VtISoh Taylor, E. Jl. Madeira; its scenery, and how to sec it ; with lists of the trees, flowers, ferns, and seaweeds. Taylor, AV: California life illitstrated. Thausing, M. Albert Diirer ; his life and works ; tr. from the Germ.; ed. by F: A. Eaton. Theal, G: M. Kaffir folk-lore; selections from the traditional tales of Cape Colony; with notes. "The stories collected during a residence of twenty years are very curious and interesting; and the informa- tion in his introduction and notes, about these wild peo- ple— among whom he has exereised many functions, in- cluding those of a mission teacher and a border magis- trate — is most valuable." — AthencBum, Aug. 26, 1SS2. "Mr. Theal's name guarantees their originality and perfect areuracy; in dealing'with them we need not be troubled with suspicions of their having been ' cooked' for the English market or derived from natives who have been influenced by intercourse with Europeans." — .-!. //. Sayce in Acad., Aug. 26, 1882. 371 [Nov. 22, 1882 ills Maugars. tff-t34[-i ketches of provinciiil life, aad tbor- Daie.l with the sweet scent of the lields." rteloup. vff't34l L'iUustration' with the title ' La bete ' Tres bien s-iisi et trace de main de maitro, ce ca- ractere vrai. M. Theuriet t-st un peiiitre tid6le de la vie rustique. Ses licnis ne sent pas des Tilyi'es de conven- tion, ni non plus des Polyphonies faroaclnw. lis ne sen- tent ni I'opopona.'i ni le fiimirr. C'uat un plaisir de trou- ver avec lui la verite non fardee, noti erabellie, mais 6clairee du rayon d'ideal que les artistes de race savent seuls apercevoir dans la Irivialite de la vierustiiiue. Les realistes diront qu'il transforme, qu'il metamorphose et fait des paysans de fantaisie; il faut laisser dire les realistes, dont la vue courte ne peut saisir que I'appa- rence et I'ecorce. O'est M. Theuriet qui voit clair." — Maxime G:t(tc?ter in li.^v, pot et lit., 24 juin 18S2. Thierry, G. A. Le capitaine Sans-Fagon. 1813. vff-t343c " M. Gilbert Aiignetin Thierry, Ills d' Amedee, neveu d' Augustin, et par consequent historien de race, a lon- guement etudie dans nos archives politiques et militaires le travail soutt-rraiaqui rainait I'Empirede Napoleon ler sous les pas de I'Empereur. Mais, au lieu de relier ses notes sous la forme didactique et savante, M. Thierry a en I'idee de les dramatiser en scenes pittoresques qui compoi'tent le mouvement et la couleur. Pages emprein- tes ct'nn talent singulierement puissaut. Thirlwall, (J., Bp. Letters literary and theological ; ed. by J. S.Perowne and L: Stokes; with annotation and mem. by L: Stokes. " It is remarkable that the one connected woric of a scholar who confessedly possessed one of the keenest minds in England should have been superseded within a few years, and should now be almost forgotten. It is equally remarkable that such ephemeral productions as episcopal charges should have been elevated by the same man to the dignity of permanent contributions to tlieol- ogy as well as to a philosophic history of religious thought. Hi's words might be few but they were always weighty. He left the example of a simple life devoted to the dis- covery of truth, and of a character which by the fulness of knowledge rose above the struggles which absorbed smaller men. To all times his will be a great name in the history of the Church of England." — Atlie-iitf-iim, Dec. 3, 1881. Thompson, K. Handbook to the picture galleries of Europe. Three in Norway ; by two of them. " It is their irrepressible good spirits and not the infor- mation that they impart, which constitute the charm of this narrative. That the adventures of three young Eng- lishmen, whose wit and wisdom are of the undergradu- ate order, should ho such exhilarating reading is a mys. tery which can only be solved by perusing the book. Its distinguishing quality is the same that imparted such a fascination to Lord DufTerin's ' Letters from high lati- tudes,' and might be defined as a mixture of youthful folly and animal spirits, slightly restrained by culture and a fair degree of natural refinement. ... Healthy but ephemeral literature.'' Three jovial huntsmen ; one of R. Caldecott's pict- ure books. Thurtell, J: Fatal effects of gambling exempHHed in the murder of W: Weare, and the trial of J: Thurtell the murderer ; and his accompli- ces with biog. sketches ; added, The gambler's scourge, etc. Tiffany, F. Bird-bolts ; shots on the wing. ■' w53-t442 Tiasot, V. Russians and Germans ; tr. by S. L. Simeon. " Well worth translating, and, judging by the transla- ting alone (for we have not read the original), Mr. Sim- eon seems to have discharged his task with great suc- cess. ... The portions of the book which will interest English readers most are those which deal with Russian Nihilism and German Socialism." — Spectator t June 10. Tobias, D. C. History of Bethany Charge of the Keformed Church in Iiancaster Co., Pa. Todd, C: B. History of Redding, Conn.; with notes on the Adams, Banks, Barlow, etc., fam- ilies. Tourgee, Judge A. W. The royal gentleman; and Zouri's Christmas. \/t645ii Treat, M. Injurious insects of the farm and gar- den. Trial; Commonwealth vs. J. T. Buckingham for li- bel. Trial of the twelve Spanish pirates of the schooner Panda for robbery and piracy on board the brig Jlcxican. Trials of Scott and Dunlap, for robbing the North- ampton Nat. Bank, etc. Trinius, K. B. v. De grarainibus unifloris et sesqui- fioris dissertatio botanica; adj. generum ac specierum synopsi. Trollope, A. Lord Palmerstou. (Eng. polit. lead- ers.) Trouvelot, L. Observations on Jupiter. Repr. from Amer. Acad, of Arts and Sci. Proc, v 16. Trumbull, J. H., ed. True blue-laws of Connecticut and New Haven and the false blue-laws in- vented by Rev. S: Peters ; added specimens of the laws and judicial proceedings of other colonies etc. Trumelet, Col. C. Les saints de I'lslam ; legendes hagiologiques et croyances algeriennes ; Ijes saints du Tell. "There arc several Christian features in the collection of Algerian legends which Colonel Trumelet has trans- lated, but whether they were first of all Mobammed.an or not is au open question. The interest of these marabout saints is less personal than political or social. They have always taken a leading part in Noith African poli- tics. Colonel Trumelet's collection of their lives is acu- rious contribution to a subject which presents many points of interest." — Saturday review, March 11, 1882. Tuthill, F. History of California. Tuttle, C: R: General history of Michigan; with biographical sketches, etc. Twiss, T. Oregon Territory ; its history and dis- covery. Tytler, C. C. F. (Mrs. E: Liddell.) Songs in mi- nor keys. vep't99 XJlbach, L. La chauve-souris. vff-ulIch — La cocarde blanche, 1814. vfp-ulIco — Frangoise. vff-dlIf — Histoire d'une mfere et de ses enfants. vfp-ulIh — L'homme aux cinq louis d'or. vff'UlIho — Le jardin du chanoine. vff-ulIj — Louise Tardy. vff-ulIl — Le mari d' Antoinette. vff-ulIma — Memoires d'un inconnu. vff'ulIme — Quinze ans de bagne. vff-ulIq Unite, L', italienne devantla France et devant I'Eu- rope. Upton, F. H. The law of nations affecting com- merce during war ; with review of prize courts. Urban, J. W. Battle field and prison pen ; or. Through the war, and thrice a prisoner in rebel dungeons. Number 93.] 3 72 [Nov. 23, 1882 Uzanne, 0. L'eventail ; illustrations de Paul Avril. Van Buren County, Iowa. History. Van Loan, W. Catskill mountain guide. Contents. Pt.l. GreeneCo. 2. Ulster and Delaware Cos. Varin, P. Le Rhin k propos de la question d'Ori- ent. Veuillet, L: La pape et la dipolamatie. Vickers, "W. B. History of the city of Denver, Arapahoe Co., and Colorado. Villefort, G. J. J. A. Droit intemat. privileges diplomatiques ; du privilege qui ex empte le ministre pub. de la juridictioii locale et de la rononciation ix. cette immunite. Vizetelly, H: History of champagne ; "with notes on the other sparkling "wines of France. Vyse, Mr.t. L. H. A winter in Tangier and home through Spain. Wagner, AY. Asgard and the gods ; tales and tra- ditions of our northern ancestors ; adapted from the work of W., by ^M. W. Macdowall ; ed. by W. S. AV. Anson. vOL-wl'i Wahlenberg, G: Flora Lapponica, cxhiben.s plan- tas in Lapponiis Svccicis, etc. Wallace, A. H. Land nationalisation, its necessity and its aims. Walpole, C: G: A short history of the kingdom of Ireland, from the earliest times to the union with (treat Britain. "About as melancholy and as instructive reading aa any book one can take up." '* Mr. Walpole has simply 'got up' the history of what he chooses to call ' the Kingdom of Ireland' from, in his own language, 'theverynumerous historical works bear- ing on the subject, written from evi-ry diverse point of view; the published state papers; the published corre- spondence of eminent statesmen; and the statutes of the realm.' ... Mr. Walpole's style is i fair school history one." — Spectator, Aug. 19. "Asa fair and readable popular history of Ireland this work is a most useful and timely contribution; it is not — what, indeed, it does not attempt nor pretend to be — an explanation of how and why the f;u-lM it relates came about, nor a picturesque description of byijone men and manners." — Athenmnm, Sept. ti, '82. Wapello County, Iowa, History. ^^'ard, A. N. Male life anaong the Mormons ; or. The husband in Utah; ed. by M. Ward. Ward, A. W: Dickens, {ilorlty, J: Eng. men oflotturs.) " One of Mr. Mcirley's mistakes. Prof. Ward has bad an admirable opportunity, and has cari-fuil^ refrained from taking ad\'iLiitaL,'c of it. lli'^ book iiH always well inu.iniu;; amiable and tu some evtuiit at least thollgbtful. But it solves no problem, it throws no light on any doubt- ful matter, it is neitherimjiressive as criticism nor attrac- tive as mere reading." — Jl/irnii:nm, June 10, '82. "He follows out the life of Dickens in chronological order, examinint,' each of his works in its place in the Huc(;eH8ion, and closing with a comprehensive chapter of eiiiiral comment." — t'ongregationaiiat. Ward, li. F. Guide to the flora of "Washini^ton and vicinity. (U. S. Nat. Museum. Bulletin, no. 22.) Ware, J: F. W: Wrestling and waiting; sermons. Washington, G: Maxims, political, social, moral, and religious ; coll. and arranged by J: F; Hchroeder. — Washington -Irvine correspondence ; the official letters between Washington and Irvine and between IrvLne and others. Watson, J: Kant and his English critics ; a com- parison of critical and empirical philosophy. '•Wlicre Prof. Caird expounds, Mr. Watson defends and ably defends. — He has thus to rebut Mr. Balfour's strictures on the transcendental problem, Mr. H. Sidg- wick's attack on the refutation of idealism, and Dr. Stir- ling's criticisms of the details of the Analytic. Besides this be discusses the late Mr. Lewes's view of the rela- tions of psychology and " metempirics" in connection with the critical statement, and much of the later portion of the book is taken up with a coutrast between Mr. Spen- cer's and Kant's metaphysics of Nature." — Athencmmt May 27, 1882. "A sequel, and a very valuable one, to Prof. Caird's Critical account of the philosophy of Kant. In one part the author examines criticisms hostile to Kant that have appeared since the publication of Prof. Caird's book ; partly those of Dr. Stirling and Mr. H. Sidgwick, partly the objections which Mr. Arthur Baliour has brought against the doctrine which be calls Transcend- entalism — a doctrine which he constructs, perhaps not unfairly, but by the exercise of a large liberty of inter- pretation, as much out of statements of Prof. Caird about Kant, and out of other recent writings not specially relating to Kant at all, as out of the statements of the Critique of pure reason itself. ... In another part he examines the systems of Mi-. II. Spencer and the late Mr. Lewis. Finally, he oflers his own fcuggestions, which are very much in the spirit of Prof. Caird, as to the sources of incoherence and incompleteness in Kant's theory." — T. 11. , allied to a singular ignorance of the general thoughts and conduct of grown-up folk." — Acai/tmi/, Jan. 24, 18S0. "Since the day-^ of the old Saga-men no one has pos- sessed the same gift fur narrating the fortunes of whole families during long periods of time. They, indeed, were probably helped by a foundation of fact; but Miss Yonge has not only to Invent the families of her stories, with their relations to the fourtb degree, but to keep tbein from infancy to manhood or womanhood guales ab inceplo. And tbi:>, a& need hardly now be said, she does most wonderfully. ... The heroine is perhaps the most charming character that she has ever drawn. The style, too, shows fewer signs of over-rapid writing than we are used to in Miss Yonge's work." — Ath-, Jan. 17, 1880. — The little Duke ; Richard the Fearless. VySli — Unknown to history ; a story of the captivity of jSIary of Scotland. \/y8u "A brilliant picture of the times, and effective sketches of noted characters in striking situations." Young, A. W. History of Warsaw, X. Y. Young, F: Infoimation for emigrants to the U.S., 1870. Published by the Boston Athenasum, Beacon St., Boston. Mass., semi-monthly. Price by the year 25 cts.; by mail, 50 cts. Entered at the Post Ollice at Boston, Mass., as second class matter. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHENJEUM. [No. 94. Dec. 9, 1882 A., C. La Pologne et I'Eiirope. Abd-el-Kader, empereur d'Arabie. About, E. F. V. Lanouvelle carte d'Europe. Addey, M. Stonewall Jackson ; life and military career. Addresse k Alexandre ii ; par un Polonais. Akerman, J: Y. Archaeological index to remains of antiquity of the Celtic, Romano-British, and Anglo-Saxon periods. Albany. Early records of the city and county of Albany and colony of Rensselaerswyck, 1656- 75 ; tr. from the Dutch, -with notes, by J. Preston. Albert, P. La litterature frangaise au 19e sifecle: Les origines du romantisme. xvfvalI Alexandre ii et I'entrevue de Varsovie. Alexandre Dumas roi de Naples. Allardyce, A. Memoir of Hon. George Keith El- phinstone. "When a naval history of the glorious period of the English navy is written it will he most necessary for its author to form some clear conception of the life and char- acter of George Lord Keith, whom he will meet .at every turn, in important commands at critical moments." — J^. D. Morsheud, In Acad., Aug. 19, 1882. Allen, Miss A. J. Ten years in Oregon; travels and adventures of Dr. E. White and lady west of the Rocky Mts., etc. 1848. Allen, I. W. History of the rise, difiiculties, and suspension of Antioch College. Allen, J. H: Our liberal movement in theology, chiefly as shown in hist, of XJnitarianism in New Eug. ; lectures in the Harvard Divinity School. " Written with a scholarly justice of tone. ... Eelig- ious essays as well executed as these are rare enough." — Boston d. advertiser, Sept. 22. Anaryan, pseud. Early ideas ; a group of Hindoo stories. Anderson, T: M. The political conspiracies pre- ceding the Rebellion ; or, The true stories of Sumter and Pickens. " Seeks to repel the charges at one time made hy a por- tion of the press against his father's loyalty to the govern- ment, and gives an account of the conspiracies of the Se- cessionists before the war to feet possesbion of the forts in Charleston harbor." — ^osdOB transcript, Sept. 26. Anglade, — , le dr. N'est pas pape qui vent ; a tous les reveurs connus et inconnus d'un schisme national. Anstey, E. Vice versa. ; or, A lesson to fathers. v/anSv " The most successful extravaganzawhich has appeared in English for many years. This is not perhaps, saying much- for extravaganza-writing, though often attempted, generally fails in English, from certain clumsiness of im- agination which is apt to produce mere grotesque exag- geration in the place of genuine humor." " The author takes an old stage-contnvance, — the transformation of a father into the personality of his son — and then depicts the results of the transformation as thov would happen in real life. ... It is really an ar- raignment, jocosely made, of the system ot English pri- vate schools." Arana, D. B. Histoire de la guerre du Pacifique. 2 V. " Senor Arana's history is from the Chilian standpoint, and it was not to he expected th.-it it should be free from national prejudice; but it is clearly written, is free from bombast, is accompanied with a great number of maps which are in every way admirable, and is worthy of care- ful efa&y ." — Ifation, Apr. 27, 1882. Arblay, F. B., Hlme. A'. Cecilia; or. Memoirs of an heiress ; with preface and notes by A. R. Ellis. 2 V. \/n934cE2 Aristoteles. Aristotle's Psychology ; in Greek and Eng., introd. and notes by Edwin Wallace. Arnaudo, G. B. II nihilisrao : come 6 nato, come si 6 sviluppato, che cosa fe, che cosa vuole. Arnauld, H:, abbe. Negociations k la cour de Rome et en differentes cours d'ltalie, 1645-48. 2 v. Arrom, C. B. de F. Deux nouvelles andalouses posthujtnes ; precedees de sa vie et ses oeuvres par le Ote. de Bonneau-Avenant. vhxf-cIIn " Quelques personnes lui avaient reprochiS de faire des nouvelles devotes, elle leur a repondu dans la pr6face d'une de ses nouvelles que c'etait la premj6re condition pour peindre exactement les moiurs espagnoles, et la re- ponse etait sans replique. La hiographie du comte de Bonneau-Avenant est int^ressante." — Bibliothique uni- verselle, mars 1882. Arundell, T: Hist, reminiscences of London and its livery companies. Assollant, J: B. A. A ceux qui pensent encore. Auerbach, B. Barfiissele. vor'AuSB Austria. Code d'instruction criminelle autrichien ; tr. et annote par E. Bertrand [et] C: L. Caen, (Soc. deLegisl. Comp.) Azeglio, M . T . d' . La politique et le droit Chretien au point de vue de la question italienne. Bacon, G. W. Life and speeches of Andrew John- son; his early history, political career, etc. Badham, Rev. C: D: Prose halieutics; or. Ancient and modem iish tattle. Baker, C . A. A summer in the Azores ; with a glimpse of Madeira. 21756 " One of the most unquestionable traits in Miss Baker is a very uncommon talent for telling a story. We have rarely read anything in its way better then her narrative, as taken down from a sailor's lips, of the rescue of Boyle O'Heilly from Australia. Every touch tells, and not a word is lost." — Kation. Ball, T. H. Lake County, Indiana, 1834-72. Banville, T. F. de. Contes feeriques. vPK-n22 " In these charming fairy tales all of M. de Banville's grace of style, and all the kindly delight in colour and splendour which distinguish his verse, reapijear." — Sat- urday rev., Apr. 1, 1882. Bar, L. v. Das BeweisurtheU des germanischen Processes. Barbe-Marbois. F. de. History of Louisiana, par- ticularly of the cession of that colony to the tr. s. Bardoux, A. DLx annees de vie politique [discours, 1871-81.] vf6'b23 Bardwell, W: Temples, ancient and modem ; or. Notes on church architecture. Barrett, E. S. The talents run mad; or, 1816, a satirical poem ; with notes. vep-e27 Barthel, K. Die deutsche Nationalliteratur der Neuzeit. 7e Aufl., in Anmerkungen erganzt und fortgefiihrt yon G. Emil Barthel. XVGV-B28 Bates, Mrs. D. B. Incidents on land and water ; or. Four years on the Pacific coast. Bates, S: P. The Battle of Chaneellorsville. Bayles, R: M. Historical and descriptive sketches of Suffolk Co. ; with a hist, outline of Long Island. Beadle, J. H. Life in Utah ; or. The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism. Number 94.] 374 eo. 9, 1882 Beal, S: Abstract of four lectures on Buddhist lit- erature in CUiina ; delivered at University College, London. Beers, Comstock & Cline. Atlas of Long Island, N. Y., from surveys and records of F. W. Beers. B^gule, L. Monographic de la Cathedralede Lyon; prec. d'un notice hist, par M. C. Guigue. •' L'auteur decrit dnns tons sea details I'interessant monument qu'il a pris pour sujet d'une persev^rante etude; rien n'a echappe ^ son curieux et fructueux exa- men. De toutos ces investigations minutieuses il a tir6 souvent des aper^us generaux, par exemple eur certaines l^gendes, sur les costumes cccl^siaytiques, civils, mili- taires, sur iaflorequi a fourni des modules auxsculpteurs, 8ur la symbolique, sur la liturgie. Apr6s avoir ]u ce livre et I'introduction bistorique qui le precede, due k la plume du savant archiviste du Rlione, M. Guiguea, apres avoir cxarain6 lea vignetten et les ^>liuiclie8qui scrventde commentaire au texte, on connait Saint-Jean de Lyon auasi bien que si on avait passe des annees sous bcs voij- tcs." — JI. P. de Courteilhin Rtv.pol.ei lit. ,2Gnov. ISSl. Bell, T: J. History of the Cincinnati water works. Beloch, J. Atlas von Campanien im Alterthum. Benalt, T: Visitation of Lancashire, and a part of Cheshire, 1533 ; ed. by M': Langton. Pt. 2. (Chetham Soc, vol. 110.) Bergen, T. G. Register of the early settlers of Kings Co., Long Island, N. Y., to 1700. Berkeley, G: M. Literary relics ; pref.. An inquiry into the life of Swift. ve5-9b457 '* Contains letters from C'liarles ll,, James li., Queen of Bohemia, Swift, Berkeley, .iddison, Steele, Congreve, Duke of Ormond and Bisbop Rundle." Berliner, Der. Hochverrathsprocess gegen den k. hannov Minister A. von Platen zu Haller- mund ; mit Gutachten der Hcrren St . R. Zach- ariae und R. R. Nexunann. Bermuda. Historye of the Bermudaes, or Summer Islands; ed. by Gen. Sir J.H. Lefroy. (Hak- luyt Soc., V. 63.) Bernard, L: Neliska ; epopee nationale russe. VFP-B452 Bickley, G: W. L. History of the settlement and Indian wars of Tazewell Co., Va. Billroth, T. Clinical surgery ; cxtr. from the re- ports of surgical practice, 1860-76; tr. and ed., with annotations by C. T. Dent. (New Sydenham Soc, v. 94.) Bingham, H. A residence of twenty-one years in the Sandwich Islands. Binns, J: Recollections of [his] life ; by himself. Bishop, II. E. Floral home ; or. First years of Min- nesota. Biamarck-Schoenhausen, 0: E: L., Furst von. Disc, sur les projets de loi rel. a la mise sous sequestre des biens de I'ex-roi de Hanovre et de I'ex-electeur de Hesse. Bjornson, B. Captain Mansana ; and other stories ; tr. by R. B. Anderson. vowg-b55o Blackmore, R: D. Christowell; a Dartmoor tale. 2 V. v'b563c Blackwater chronicle. The. Blackwood, July, 1882. "'The ladles Lindorea,' a story as good as any Mrs. Oliphant baa ever told. * A handsome amateur' is nota- ble on account of the growing rarity of the special kind of production. It is a acreamlng farce in the form of a novelette, and in its way unusually good." — Spectator, July 8, 1882. — Nov. 1882. " Blackwood is lively this month. Besides 'The ladies Lindores,' it contains a paper on ' False coin in sacred hermeneuticB,' which makes ua ask if Blackwood also la becoming heretical, and sitting at the feet of Professor liobertson Smith ; a bright sketch of Bagdad, and in 'Jewish tales and -Jewish reform,' we come suddenly upon a whole body of new information about the Grand Rabbi Sadagora, in the Bukovina, a Jewish teacher, reverenced by three millions of his people in Eastern Europe, and known as far aa Bokhara." — Spectator, Nov. 4, 1882. Blaikie, A. History of Presbyterianism in New England. Blanc, jMme. T. Miss Jane; — Pierre Cervin. vfg-b44m " Un pen artificial, mais les details aont bien jolis et il y a des scenes tout 4 fait charmantes." — Maxime Gau- cher In Rev. pot. et lit., 30 sept. 1882. Blandy, M. Genuine tryal of M. Blandy for poi- soning her father F. Blandy. 1752. Bobceuf, P. A. F. Gare Ji nos vaisseaux. Bodenstedt, F: M., (pseud. Mirza Schafly) . Aus dem Nachlasse Mirza SchaiFy's ; neues Lie- derbuch, mit Prolog und erlautemdem Nach- trag, von F: Bodenstedt. vgp-b63-2 Bonaff^, E. Les amateurs de I'ancienne France: Le surintendant Foucquet. "Devoted to Foucquet'a collections and galleries: his gorgeous upholstery, cic. There is an excellent portrait, engravings of his ourioa, hia statuea, his medallions, etc.'' — Saturday rtr.. ^\pr. 1, 1882. " Nicholas Foucquet, the great plunder-master of France under Mazarin, as he was called, loved letters and men of letters, pictures and painters, poets, beautiful women, choice tapestries and hooka, antique sculptures, and all the luxuries and all the elegancies which unlimi- ted wealth could supply. "When the crash came, and Foucquet was arrested, September 5tb, 1661, at Nantes, the authoritiea, on behalf of his creditors, seized the con- tents of his palaces, and inventories were drawn up which supplied to M. Bonnaffe great abundance of curioua in- formation as to the wealth and state of the surinten- dant."— ^Moiaum, Sept. 23, '82. Bond, J. AV. Jlinnesota and its resources. Bonnal, — de, ex-redacteur dans la Presse, Le clerge est-il un corps politique? Bonnassieux, P. Le Chateau de Clagny et Mme. de Montespan. 8fzc51'B Bonneau, A. Les Turcs et la civilisation. — Les Turcs et les nationalites. Bonwick, J. First twenty j-ears of Australia. Boretius, A. Die Capitularien im Langobardeirreich. Borrett, G: T. Out west ; letters from Canada and the U. S. Boudon, R. L'isthme de Suez et la question d'Ori- ent ; politique de I'AngleteiTe et de la Russie ; traite du 16 juil. 1840. Bouillier, F. La vraie conscience. " L'objet de ce livre est de raaintenir les droits de la conscience psycbologique, de cette faculty par laquelle chacun de nous est eonstamment present a ses propres actes, centre les definitions arbitraires et ahusives de I'^cole nouvelle. Cette ecole a invent^, parmi d'autres choses extraordinaires,la conscience dont on n'a pas con- science, myst6rieux pouvoir, voisin de la memoirequi ne se souvient pas, et de tout cela compose, selon le mot de M. Bouillier, une science de I'^me ou il estparle de tout, sauf de Pamc." — Rev. d. D. Mondes, May 15, 1882. Bouvet, F. L'evangile venge par la politique dans la question romaine. Bowen, C. W. Boundary disputes of Connecticut. Boyle, E. Biographical sketches of distinguished Mary landers. Number 9i.] 375 Dee. 9, 1882 Brachet, A: Ij'Italie qu'on voit, et I'ltalie qu'on ne voit pas. Ai-n72 Brahmo year-book for 1881 ; brief records of work and life in the theistic churches of India ; ed. by .S. D. Collet. Brentano, S. Spanischeund italienische Novellen; hrsg. von S. Brentano. ler B. vGr'ii751 OoatentH. Wor sich wagl, c:(iht zu Grund. — Die be trogene Aminta u. die Eiirenwaehe. — Die Strafe dcs Geizes. Brethe, J. J. Des usurpations des papes et des evfeques. Brettingham, M. Plans, elevations, and sections of Plolkham in Norfolk, the seat of the late Earl of Leicester. Bretzner, C. F. Das Leben eines Liiderlichen; ein moralisch-satj'risches Gemillde nach Chodo- ■wiecki und Hogarth. tgp'IsTSS Bridgman, T: Inscriptions in the grave yards of Northampton and other towns in the Valley of the Connecticut. Brissot, A. Voyage au Guazacoalcos aux Antilles et aux Etats-TJnis. Broadley, A. The last Punic war ; Tunis, past and present ; with a narrative of the French con- quest of the Regency. 2 v. " Not only was he the correspondent of the 'Times' during the late "war, hut he had facilities for personal ob- servation which do not always fall to the lot even of 'Times' correspondents; and be had also access to the archives of the British Consulate at Tunis. The ac- count of the war seems to us unnecessarily elaborate; but the description of the holy city of ICairwin, with its sacred sbrine, which Mr. Broadley was the first Euro- pean to visit, is exceedingly interesting." — Spectator^ Oct. 28, 1882. Brodhead, L. W. The Delaware Water Gap ; its scenery, legends, and early history. Broilliard, C: Le traitement des bois en France, a I'usage des particuliers. Brunet, P: G., [pseud. Philomneste, jV.) Livi-es perdus ; essai bibliographique sur les livres devenus introuvables. Buchanan, R. The book of Orm ; a prelude to the epic. vep-b85c — A child of nature. 3 v. VbSSo " The taslc he has set himself, in selecting an unsophis- ticated Highland maiden as his heroine and laying the scene of his story in the Highlands, is one which he is es- pecially well able to perform, because he is evidently a thorongh lover of places and characters that are wild, rugged, picturesque, beautiful, stern and desolate. He has not only gi-eat descriptive powers, but also the inval- uable gift of Isnowing when to stop displaying them, and he does not go on repeating accounts of effects of light, shade, and colouring till they become tedious. ' A cbild of nature' is the work of a genius and a poet." — Specta- tor, March 26, 1881. Idyls and legends of Inverburn. vep-b85i — Martyrdom of Madeline. 3 v. \/e86m — Undertones. vep.bSSu — White rose and red ; a love story. vep-b85w Buchon, J: A. C. La Grece continentale et la JIo- ree, 1840-41. Buckland, F. Notes and jottings from animal life. " Mr. Buckland not only studies the h.abits of animals, hut their inner life." — Spectator, Sept. 30, 1882. Burrows, ^I. Wiclif's place in history; lectures before the Univ. of Oxford, 1881. "These three lectures treat successively of (1) the his- tory and present state of the WyoHf hterature; (2) Wy- clif's preparation' i. e., the main facts ofhis career prior to his iisHiitning the part of a refoi-raer; (3J his work; his final connexion with Oxford and his true place as a reformer. Prof. Burrows would have done well to in- sist on ^\'yc■l^f'8 claims to the regard of posterity in some- what more qualified language." — J. Ha-ss JiluUingerin the AcaiJemy, May 6, 1882. Burt, II: W. Attractions of Brattleboro ; glimpses of the past and present. Burton, J: H. Narratives from criminal trials in Scotland. 2 v. Burton, W; E. Cyclopedia of wit and humor ; se- lections from the writings of the most emi- nent humorists. vea-9b96 Butler, W. F., Lieut. Col. Red Cloud, the solitary Siou.x ; a story of the great prairie. >/b973ii Butterfield, C. United States and Mexican Mail Steamship Line, and Statistics of Mexico. C, le vcte. H. de. Qua tre propheties sur I'avenir del'Italie. Caoheleu, — de. L'Eglise, Napoleon iii, et I'Eu- rope. Cagnat, R. Etude historique sur les irapots indi- rects chez les romaiiis jusqu'aux invasions des barbares. " Ouvrage couronn6 par I'Aead. des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres." — Jiiitl( tin critique, juin 1882. " M. Caguat a traite le sujet d'une manitre aussi com- plfete que possible." — Emmanuel Ferniq/fe in Rco. critique, 10 juillet 1882. Caine, T. H. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Ros- setti. 5e-e734 "Mr. Caine was Rossetti's daily associate during the last year of his life, and hif- acquaintance with him ex. tended over a longer period." — .4i/ie7!(Bz/m, Sept. 23. "Light is now cast upon many events in Rossetti's life over which for the more discreet of his friends there hung a veil of mystery, and the conditions which made a recluse of one oi' the gentlest and most sociable of men are indicated. . . . To Mr. Theodore Watts the world looks for the life of Rossetti. Mr. Caine's recollections meantime supply the best portrait at present to he ob- tained." — Athenmum, Nov. 4, 1882. Caldecott, R. "Graphic" pictures. California. Histoire chretienne de la Californie; par Mme. la Comtesse de ***. Calvo, C: Le droit international theorique et pratique. 3e ed. "II s'a£,nt d'un ouvrage nouveau plutot que d'une nouvelle edition." Campaign of the 45th Regiment, M. V. M., "The Cadet Regiment." Campardon, E. Les prodigalites d'un fermier general ; complement aux Memoires de Ma- dame d'Epinay. 5f-ep4c Campbell, J., Baron Campbell. Speeches. ve6-c15 Capecelatro, A. Life of St. Philip Neri, apostle of Rome; tr. by T: A. Pope. 2 v. 5i'f474 Caratheodory, E. Du droit internat. cone, les grands cours d'eau. Carlyle, T. Reminiscences of my Irish journey, 1849. Carnegie, J., of Finhaven. Trial of J. Carnegie, 1728, for the murder of the Earl of Strath- more. Caruthers, B.ev. E. W. Revolutionary incidents and sketches of character in the Old North State. 2 ser. Casati, C; Le reveil de la question d'Orient ; une solution nouvelle. Number 94.1 376 [Dec. 9, 1882 Casseday, B: History of Louisville, till 1852. Catto, W: T. Semi-centenary disc, hi the 1st Af- rican Presbyterian Ch., Phila., May, 1857 ; with hist, of the Ch., etc, ; [and] app. Cayla, J: M. Le 89 du clerge. — Pape et empereur. C^nac Moncaut, J. E: 51. Les revolutions immi- nentes et 1' attitude de la France a leur egard. Cesnola, A. P. di. Salaminia; the history, treas- ures, and antiquities of Salamis in the Is- land of Cyprus ; introd. by S: Birch. Chambers, J: D: ^ftrictures on the judgment of the Consistory Court of London, 1855 ; case of AA'esterton versus Liddell, etc. Channing, W: E. Celebration of the 100th anni- versary of [his] bii'thday. Charcot, J. M. Clinical lectures on senQe and chronic diseases; tr. by \V: S. Tuke. (New Sydenham Soc. Pub., v. 95.) — Lectures on the diseases of the nervous system ; 2d ser. ti'. and ed. by G: Sigerson, (New Sydenham Soc. Pub., v. 90.) Charles, G; History of the transactions in Scot- land, 1715-16," 1745-46; with detail of the dangers Prince Charles encountered after the Battle of Culloden [and] sketch of his life. Charnock, li., and others. Tryals of R. Charnock, E. King and T. Keyes for the conspiracy to assassinate H. 51. King AVilliam, 1695. Chase, E. B. Teachings of patriots and statesmen ; or. The founders of the Kepublic on slavery. Chassin, C: L: Les cahiers des cures ; etude his- torique d'apres les brochures, les cahiers imprimes, et les procds-verbaux rass. de 1789. '* Uue elude sur les rapports de i'Eglise avec PEtat eu 1789. Les testes et les commentaires jetterit un jour nouveau sur le^ deux questions dc la denonciiition du Concordat et de la separation de TEglise et de I'Etat." Chavette, E. Aime de son concierge. Cheron de Villiera, P: T. Le roi de Naples, Franqois ii, et I'Europe. Cherville, G. G: marquis de. Lettres de mon jardin. (La vie k la campagne.) Choisy, A: Le Sahara ; souvenirs d'une mission u Goleah . " The author, on engineer, was employed by the French government during the winter of ls7'j-80 on the survt-y uf the proposed railway for conncctine: Algeria ■with the basin of the Niger." — Roi/. i^r^og. tioc. Proc, Feb. 1««2. Cist, H: M. The Army of the Cumberland. (Cam- paigns of the civil war, no. 7.) ** (renoral Cist served on the staff of two of the com- manderrt of this array, Kosecrans and Thomas. Ho follows the war from the battle of Mill Springs to the contests :il Chattanooga, Lookout Monntain, and Mis- sionary iiidge, including Perryville, Stone River, and Cbickamauga. Included In these is the period of service of General Uarfield in the Army." Clapp, H. C. Is consumption contagious? and can it be transmitted by means of food? 2d ed. Clark, S. Antiquities, historicals, and graduates of Northampton. Clarac, C: O. F: J; B., comte de. Musee de sculp- ture antique et moderne. 6 v. — Same. Planches. 6 v. Claretie, J. A. Madeline Bertin. vpf-c54m Clark, J. A. The AVyoming Valley, upper waters of the Susquehanna, etc. Clarke, H. Early history of the Mediterranean populations, etc., in their migrations and set- tlements. 8r8 Clarke, M. D. Manchester; a brief record of its past, and picture of its present, etc. Cleaveland, N. Greenwood; directory for visitors. Clemmer, Mrs. M. Ten years in Washington; life and scenes in the national capitol, as a woman sees them. Clifford, H: Report of two cases of controverted elections of the borough of Southwark, etc. Clinton, D. Letters on the natural history and internal resources of New York ; by Hi- bernicus. Clute, J. J. Annals of Staten Island. Coalition, La. 1860. Cobb, S; C, Mayor of Boston. Inaugural address. Cof&n, C: C. The seat of empire. Cognel, F, La vie parisienne sous Louis xvi. ,Arp2'c652 " La valeur historique est d'autant plus bant prisee que la valeur litt6raire en est nulle ou plus voisine de la nullity. Trois jeunes bourgeois de Xancy, le 7 mai 1787, ont pris le coehe pour venir passer six semaines k Paris. C'est le journal de leur sejour que I'un d'eux Fran9ois Cognel, a tix6 par ecrit." — Revue des Deux Mondes, bul- letin, 16 mars, 1882. Colbert, E., and Chamberlin, E. Chicago and the great conflagration. Colby, E. T:, ed. Visitation of the County of Devon in 1564; with add. from the Visita- tion of 1531. Coles, J: Summer travelling in Iceland ; narrative of two journeys. act-c67 "Useful volume; its m.ap on the scale of 15 English miles to the inch is the most accurate and complete at present existing." — /.'. C. Rye in Hoy. Geog. Soc. Proc, Aug. lSi2. Colles, A. Selections from [his] works; chiefly practical observations on the venerial dis- ease, and use of mercury; ed. with annot., by R. McDonnell. Collins, A. Peerage of England; [ed.] by Sir E. Brydges. 9 v. 1812. CoUyns, C: P. Notes on the chase of the wild red deer in the counties of Devon and Somerset ; with app. Columbia College. Account of the celebration of the first semi-centennial anniv. of the incor- poration ; with oration and poem. Colvin, V. Report on the topog. survey of the Adirondack wilderness, 1873. Combes, F. L'entrevue de Bayonne de 1565 et la question de la Saint-Barthelemy d'apres les archives de Simancas. 8f9d-c73 "M. Alfred Maury a declare que le m^moire de M. Combes et les documents qui I'acconipagnent sont uniques, interessants, speciaux, et paraishcnt trancher definitivement, dans le sens d'un concert aneien et d'une pr6medit;iliuii (ividente, la question toujours brijlante de la Saint Barthelemy." — Feuilleton, 11 mars, 1882. Comparetti, D. Researches respecting the Book of Sindib4d. (Folk-lore Soc. Pub., v. 9.) Published by the Boston Athenseura, Beacon St., Boston. Mass., semi-monthly. Price by the year 25 cts.; by mail, 50 cts. Entered at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., as second class matter. Additions. 2d ser.] BOSTON ATHEN^UM. [No. 95. Dec. 13, 1882 Cone, A., and Johns, W. R. Petrolia ; a brief liis- tory of the Pennsylvania petroleum region, 1859-89 ; ed. by W. R. Johns. Conffoence, La. 1860. Cougrfes, Un, et non la guerre. 1859. ConquSte et oppression; nationalite et liberie. Contemporary review, August. *' Contains three papers of ' General' Booth, Miss Cohbe, and Mr. Randall Davidson on the Salvation Army."— /Spectator, Aug. 6, 1882. — September. " Mr. Gordon Gumming sings, rather than writes, the praises ot California. Mr. Claude Montefiore does not convince us that ' Judaism' is not ' a tribal religion'. Mr. Eustace Conder sends, in ' Natural selection and natural theology,' a tine, if ratlier too eloquent defence of religion against tlie atheistic dogma that evolution is inconsistent ■with the idea of a Creator." — November. "Gives the second of Prof. Max Miiller's Cambridge lectures upon India, this one being devoted to ' The truthful character of the Hindus,' the moral character of the Indians comes out worthy of their ancient reli- gion. The accusation of habitual lying is of very mod- ern origin." — Academi/, Nov. 4, 1882. Cook, B: F., Lieut. -Col. History of the 12th Mass. Volunteers, "Webster Regiment. Cooper, T. V., and Fenton, H. T. American poli- tics to date ; hist, of all parties, great speeches, political laws, Federal blue boolc, etc, Copp6e, F. E: J., called Frangois. Contes en prose. VFF'C79C Coptic morning service ; tr. by John, Marquess of Bute, with the orig. Coptic of those parts said aloud. Cornhill magazine, July. " ' No new thing' is very clever and bright." — Specta- tor, July 8. — September. " A writer tells with great vigour the strange story of Barbarossa, the mighty pirate Bey of Tunis, who was originally a Greek of Mitylene, and after plundering the Mediterranean for years (circa 1530), died, in 1546, a great noble in Constantinople." — Spectator, Sept. 9, 1882. Corwin, E. T. Historical disc, 100th anuiv. of the Reformed Dutch Church of Millstone. Cory, W: Guide to modern English history. 2 pts. "If originality of manner, epigrammatic crispuess of style and stimulating sugge.stivencss of thought suffice to make a good history, then no work better deserving that description has been produced for some years than these two volumes. ... It is every way a remarliable book, and we shall look with much interest for future volumes, hoping only that Mr. Cory will observe the proportions ratlier of his drst than of the second." — Saturday rev., Sept. 23. " Really a history of Parliament. Religious, literary, social, and industrial movements in the world outside are only incidentally touched upon. His narrative is frankly and almost exclusively a political review, and does not profess to he a history of the English people." — Jf. i. times, Nov. 6. Coup d'oeil sur lenord de I'Europe en 1861. Cowdin ; Memorial of Elliot Cowdin. Cowper, S., and others. Observations on the tryal of S. Cowper, J. Marson, E. Stevens, W. Rog- ers, tried about the murder of Sarah Stout. Cox, J. i). Atlanta. (Campaigns of the civil war, no. 9.) " A plain, judicial narrative, having little to do with controverted points, and offering little in the way of criticism concerning the chief leaders in the movements described. It is trustworthy and comprehensive. If it does not offer the attractions of fervid argument and glowing rhetoric, it commends itself by the genuine his- torical spirit in which it has been prepared." — The march to the sea ; Franlclin and Nashville. (Campaigns of the civil war, no. 10.) Cox, W: Genuine life of W: Cox, now under sentence of death for robbing J: Kendricli, etc. 1773. Coyteux, F. L'ltalie, son interfit et son droit. Craik, G. M. Fortune's marriage; a novel. (Franlclin Sq. lib.) " A fine instance of what might be termed the novel of conversation; almost a drama.." — Literary world, Sept. 9, 1882. Craven, Mme. A., ne'e P. La Ferronnays. Eliane; fr. the Fr., by Lady G. FuUerton. vfg-o85 •' Interesting, not only because it is such a record of the best French life and manners as could only have been written hy a person thoroughly at home in the subject, but also because of the delicate drawing of character which it contains. The book is quiet in tone, and may fail to please readers who care for nothing but incident; but there are, it may be hoped, still many readers to whom its grace and fine style will recommend it." — Saturday review. Cripps, W. J. College and corporation plate; handbook to the reproductions of silver plate in the South Kensington Museum. Crisenoy, J. E. de. Etude sur la situation ^cono- mique des Antilles Frangaises. Cucheval Clarigny, P. A. Les budgets de la guerre et de la marine en France et en An- gleterre. Cutts, E. L. Christians under the crescent in Asia. Daudet, E. Defroque. vpf-e263de — Histoire de la Restauration, 1814-30. 8fi-d26 — Mon fr6re et moi; souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse. 5f-d262 Davis, G: Jj. L. The day-star of American free- dom ; or. The birth and early growth of tol- eration in the Province of Maryland. Day, T:, and Murdock, J. Brief memoirs of the class of 1797. Dead Sea. Narrative of the late expedition to the Dead Sea ; from a diary by one of the party ; ed. by E. P. Montague. 1849. De Beruardy, C. W. Index register for next of kin, Iteirs at law, legatees, and of unclaimed property in Gr. Britain, the colonies, and on tlie continent, 1754-1856. De'Leon, E. Egypt under its Khedives ; or. The old house of bondage under new masters. (Franklin Sq. lib.) " First pubhshcd in 1877 under the title of ' The Khe- dive's Egypt'. As now issued, it is thoroughly revised, with a preliminary chapter added by the author treating of recent events in Egypt." , Democritus, Junior. Dr. Ben ; an episode in the life of a fortunate unfortunate. ^0390 Deroul^de, P. La Moabite ; drame. vfd'd44 "One of the three dramatic events of the year." — Gustave Masson in the Athenmum, Dec. 25, 1880. Dexter, T: C. A. Case of T: C. A. Dexter; argu- ments for defence by B. F. Butler, and C. A. Peabody ; review and opinion of Judge Holt. Didot, A. F. Histoire de la typographic. Dickens, C. Plays and poems, with miscellanies in prose ; ed., pref. and annot. by R. H. Shepard. Contents. Vol. 1. Introductory monograph, by the ed- itor, on Charles Dickens as a drjimatist, actor and poet." — Plays :The strange gentleman. — The village coquettes. Number 95.1 378 [Uec. 13, 180Z — Is she his wife ? or, Something singular ! — The Lamp- lifjhter's farce. — The Larapljghter's story. 2. Plays ; Mr. Nightingale's diary. —No thoroughfare. — Poems. ^Miscel.'. Sunday under three heads. — Threatening letter to Thomas Hood, fr. an ancient gentleman. — Pre- face to J. Over's " Evenings of a working man". • — To he read at dusk. — On Mr. Fechter's acting. — Appendix: The bibliography of Dickens. " The plays are vulgar and the poems are altogether common-place and flimsy, and neither the one nor the other are at all worthy of the great humourist." — Spec- tator, July 22, 1882. Dix, E. S. Report of the cases of Regina vs. Millis, et Regina vs. Carroll, 1842. Doruer, I. A. System der Christlichen Glaubens- lehre. Contents. Vol. 1. Grundleguug oder Apologetik. 2. Specielle G-laubenslehrc. Dossi, C. Goccie d'inchiostro. tif'd74 *'A charming little collection_of novelettes and light essays." — Acad., June 5. Dottaiu, E. La question Suisse ; eclaireissements hist. 1860. Doury, P. La rupture de 1' alliance anglaise est-elle possible? Dow, J: Trial of A. M'Laren, and T: Baird, 1817, for sedition. — Trial of Rev. Niel Douglas, 1817, for sedition. Da Boisgobey, F. Le bac. vff'd855h Dudevant, Mme. A. L. A. D. {2>seud, G: Sand). Correspondance, 1812-76. 2 t. vr5-SA5c Du Fresne de Beaucourt, G. L: E. Histoire de Charles vii. Tome 1 : Le dauphin, 1403-22. 8f9a-d87 *' L'ceuvre r6pond dignement k I'attente du public, quelque exigeant que celui-ci puisse se montrer. II n'a n^glig6 aucune source importante de documents, et je ne sais vrairaent, tant sont larges ses moyens d'information, s'il 6tait humainement possible de faire davantage. Aussi Cfctte bistoii'e de Charles VII s'annonce-t-elle avec des proportions gigantesqucs : cinq ou six volumes et un album suffiront ^ peine k la contenir. Ce sera un monu- ment gi-andioBe dans Icquel disparaitra la construction rudimentairc de Vallot de Virivillc, et qui, pendant plu- Bieurs siecles, ne sera vraisemulablement pasremplace." — Antoine Thomas in Revue critique, 27 mars 1882. Du Hamel, V. A., comte. La paix, programme de Villafrancu. Dumas, F. G. Catalogue illustre du Salon, [1882J. Du Mesnil, A. E. A. Propos intorompus: Essai de dialogue, contes, notes. Mile. Kainouart. VF-D89 *'Leepen86es out souvent bien de la finesse." — Jiib- liotheque Univ., fev. Dupuy, A. Histoiie de la reunion de la Bretagne a la France. 2 v. 8fzb77-d92 " Ouvre une serie d'iStudes dcHtinecs k 6cl.'drer les points obscurs d'uue histoire pruvinciale qui souvent se confond avec I'liistoirenationale. Toutes les archives publiqiieM do la Bretagne et bien des archives privees ont (3te mises il contribution par ce chercheur infatigable, veritable missionnaire de I'his- toirc." — I'l Ux Ileiuon in liev, pot. et lit.. 7 mai, 18S1. Durand, Mine. A. F. {pseud. H: Gr6ville). Rose Rozier. 2 v. vff-g86r "Henry Grc\illehas seldom done anything so good as Rose Koziei'." — Saturday rev., July 1, 1882. " Une (cuvre qui miirquera et qui reatera." — Mas^ivie Gnucherin [iev.pol. et tit., 8jullle* 1882." Durfee, J. Complete works ; with memoir ; ed. by [T: Duifee]. w5-d934 Durrie, D. S. History of Madison, Wis.; includ. the Four Lake country to 1874 ; with notes on Dane Co. Dyer, T: H. On imitative art, its principles and progress. " Comprises critical and historical treatises on the art of Greece and Rome, as well as on the later art of Italy during the Renaissance, with an introductory essay on the gener.al principles of beauty. A large amount of in- formation about these periods is compressed into a sin- gle volume without the subject being rendered dry and wearisome." — J. II. Middlcton in the Acad., July 22. Dymond, J. Inquiry into the accordancy of war with the principles of Christianity, etc. 4th ed. corr. and enl. Earl, B:, & Son. Fall River; its rise and prog- ress, 1803-75; with statistical tables. 3d ed. rev. and enl. Earl, Pa. The three Earls ; hist, sketch, and proc. of the centen. jubilee at New Holland, Pa., July 4, 1876. Einige Worte iiber die Kaymenen, Juli 1874. Elliot, F. Pictures of old Rome. Elwood, Mrs. A. K. ilemoirs of the literary la- dies of England. 2 v. Emmons, E. The Empire Spring ; with notice of the mineral waters of Saratoga and other parts of X. Y. Episodes in the life of an Indian chaplain ; by a retired chaplain. Eschricht, D. F: Das physische Leben in popu- laren Yortrilgen. Esmein, A. Histoire de la procedure criminelle en France et specialement de la procedure in- quisitoire depuis le 13e sifecle jusqu'a nos jours. *' La premiere partie, du 13e au 14e slecle, a le carac- t6re d'une compilation un peu bjitive; la seconde, qui compreud I'etude de rordonnancc de 1070 et les vicissi- tudes de la procedure criminelle depuis Louis xiv jusqu'a nos jours, est un travail tr^e approfondi et d'une grande valeur." — G. Monod in Revue hi^t., juiilet-aoiit. Ewald, G. H. A. von. Commentary on the book of ,Tob with tr. fr. the Germ, bv J. F. Smith. (Theol. Tr. Fund Lib.) Falconi, — . Le pape roi au Vatican, Victor-Em- manuel roi au Quirinal ; par un Remain. Falloux, A. F: P., comte de. Discours et melanges politiques. 2c ed. 2 v. vf6-f19 Farrar, C: S. Pres. of Milwaukee Coll. History of sculpture, painting and architecture ; top- ical lessons with specilic references to valu- able books. Fergusson, A., Lieut. Col. Hon. H: Erskine, Lord Advocate for Scotland ; with notices of certain of his kinsfolk and of his time. Ferris, ilrs. B. G. The Mormons at home; with incidents of travel from Missouri to Califor- nia, 1852-53. Ficino, ^M. De triplici vita; [3 lib. cum apologia, dat. 'in agro Caregio ', 1506]. Fiddes, R: Theologia speculativa ; or, The first part of a body of divinity under that title, wherein are explain'd the principles of nat- ural and reveal'd religon. Field, Cx. Memoirs, incidents, ;nd reminiscences of the early hist, of the New Church in Michi- gan, Indiana, Illinois, etc., and Canada. Field, K. Charles Albert Fechter. (Amer. actor ser.) "The analysis of Fuohter's ' Hamlet ' is in many re- spects a masterly review — an exposition that goes below Number 95.1 379 Dec. 13, 1882 methods to reasons. Nor are tlie critiques of this ac- tor's 'Clnude' and other parts wanting in picturesque description; that of 'Monte Crist o ' is particularly vivid.'' — Literary news, Oct. " If it were not for one defect, Miss Field's life of Fcchter would be a model for all biographers. It is brief; it is incisive iu criticism without being obtrusive; it is admirably written ; it sparkles with wit and humor, and timely anecdote; and it presents the professional career of its subject with proper perspective. But of Fechter, the man, it tells us too little. It errs on the side of kindliness." " The spirit of this biography may be indicated in two words — charity and admiration. It is the straightfor- ward, explicit, candid narrative of one who can admire an artist without being blind to the frailties of a man — obtruded, as in this case those frailties were, into the artist's public work and life." Florida. Notices of East Florida ; with ace. of the Seminole Indians ; by a recent traveller in the province. 1822. Foglar, A. Walter von Kastelen; Trauerspiel. vgd*f68 Foglar, L: Verworfene Schauspiele ; herausg. von L. Folgar. vgd-p68 Contents. Levitscknigg, H; v. Lowe u. Rose. — (Arnold, K. Der goldene Boden. wanting.) — Foglar, A. Walter von Kastelen. — (Foglar, L. Der Blaus- trumpf. icanting.) Foley, H: Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus. 6 v., 7, pt. 1 in 12 ser. "Perhaps no other religious society has ever made so clean a breast of it as the Society of Jesus has made through the mouth of its accredited spokesman, Mr. Foley, during the last ten years. For the future there will be no excuse for such random statements as plat- form orators have been wont to fling about at their pleas- ure." — AthencRinnt Sept. 16. Fonvielle, W. de. La croisade en Syrie. Foot, G: Address, embracing the early history of Delaware, etc., May 10, 1842. Forbes, ^ir AV. Account of the life and writings of James Beattie ; incl. many of his letters. 3 V. 5ds-b384 Forrest, C. A., vs. Forrest, E. The divorce case; reported by the reporter of the Nat. police gazette ; with the Consuelo letter, etc. Fortnightly review, Sept. " A study of sensibility by Mr. Saintsbury, is a criti- cism of a certain school of French writers, written with a profusion of knowledge which none but Mr. Saintsbury himself could profess. Of the other articles, Mr. Freeman's second installment of ' Impressions of America' is far and away the best. Mr. Grant Allen asks ' Who was primitive man?' "—^cacieTTiy, Sept. 9. — October. ** Mr. John Morley with this month's paper, quits the Fortnightly review.*' — Novenmber. "The 'Fortnightly ' [under Mr. T. H. 8. Escott] has become another 'Nineteenth centuiy'." — Academy^ Nov. 4, 1882. Foy de la Neuville, — . Account of Muscovy as it was in 1689, etc. Note. Wrongfully attributed to A. Baillet. France, La, le Mexique et les Etats Confederes. Note. Attribue a. M. Rosetti, de Turin. — Barbier. Francis, J: W. New York during the last half cent. ; o3d anniv. N. Y. Hist. Soc, 1857. Francois II roi d'ltalie. 1861. Franks, D: The New York directory. 1786, 1851. Franzos, K: E. The Jews of Bamow; stories; tr. by M. W. Macdowall. vggt859 " Powerful stones. ... He shows very forcibly that it is not the fault of the Polish Jews that they are less civilized than their brethren in the faith in England and France, quoting the hon mot ' every country has the Jews it deserves.' Though the book is to a certnin ex- tent polemical and the stories are written with an object, their artistic character is not thereby injured." — Athe- ncEuin, Aug, 19. " The author has written, and he has done his best to call attention to some of the virtues of the Jews in Aus- trian Poland, to create an interest in their dreary lives. He has also desired to protest vigorously against cer- tain false beliefs which have taken firm hold of the minds of the Polisli Jews, One of these is the faith of the people in ' wonder-working' rabbis and other dan- gerous fanatics. Another is the idea that marriage ought to be regarded as a mere matter of business in which love, or even liking should have no necessary part. — Saturday revit-w, Sept 2, Fraser's magazine, Sept. " Mr. Symonds's ' Venetian medley' a splendid bit of writing, a little too purple in tint; and Dr. Richardson's lecture on the English races, which is clever in the Em- ersonian way, but only clever, and depends foi' much of its value upon the assumption that In some counties of England the people have absorbed many Jews, and re- ceived a very deep tinge of Jewish blood." — Spectator, Sept. 9. — October. " With this number ceases to exist. It has two capital papers, one a translation of a supernatural story by Count Tolstoi; and another a sketch of the huge labours by which Dr. Murray is carrying out the determination of the Philological Society to publish a biographical dic- tionary of English, — a dictionary that is, with the biog- raphy of every word in it." — Spectator, Oct. 7. Freedley, E. T. Philadelphia, and its manufac- tures, 1857. Frost, J:, LL. D. Heroic women of the West. 1854. Frothingham, O. B. George Kipley. (Amer. men of letters.) '•A truthful picture of a learned, industrious, amia- ble and philosophic writer, who for many years in- structed and guided the American reader." Gardiner, S: R. English history for students ; introd. to the study of Eng. hist. ; with a crit. and biog. ace. of authorities ; by J. Bass Mullinger. "I read through Mr. Gardiner's sketch of the times which I may be supposed to know in detail, and find an admirable summary of all the leading jioints in those times. I find the leading results of all that a good many of us have worked out for a good many years past, put forth with truth, clearness, and power. I find very little to differ from ; really to find fault with, I may say, I find nothing at all." — £: A. Freeman in Acad., Sept. 17. 1881. "There was no book which performed for students of English history the task so admirably executed in Germany by Dahlmann's ' Quellenkunde.' The want oi such a work was long a blot on English historical hter- ature, and showed a radical misconception of the true scope and nature of history. But the want no longer exists. Within the space of 200 pages Mr. Mullinger has given a very full and useful list of authorities on English history, with notices of the more important sources of information on Scotch, Welsh, and Irish history as well. The authorities noticed are both an- cient and modern, contemporary and subsequent. The list extends from the earliest times to the present day, and on all the more weighty authorities or collections Mr. Mullinger has commented at considerable length. At the foot of the page the titles of the books mentioned in the text are given in full, with the name of the pub- Usher and the date of the latest or best edition." — Ath- enmum, Sept. 17, 1881. Gazzoletti, A. La question du Trentin. Gerstacker, F: Gesammelte Schriften. Yolks- u. Familien- Ausg. 19 v. vg-g323 Girardin, E. de. Conqu^te et nationalite. Number 95.] 380 Dec. 13, 1882 Godfrey, G. F. Billy Blew-away's alphabetical, orthographical, and philological picture book for learners. Goethe, J. W. von. Iphigenie en Tauride; tr. en vers frangais, et prec. d'une etude sur G.; [par A . Legrelle] . VGD'oSSro Goneourt, E: L: A. H. de. La Saint-Huberty. 6f-sa23f " M. Edmond de Goneourt could hardly have had a happier idea than the application of his knowledge (un- rivalled now that his brother is dead) of the ISth century to the production of a series of little books on the great actresses and singers of the age." — Saturday review, Feb. 4, 1882. Goodrich, J: Z. Exposition of the J. D. and M. Williams fraud, etc. Goodspeed, E. J. History of the great fire.s in Chicago and the West. Goody-two-shoes ; facsimile reprod. of the ed. of If 76 ; introd. by C: Welsh. v/g635 "The authorship of this well-known nursery tale is ascribed, in the British Museum catalogue, to Giles Jones, grandfather to .J. Winter Jones, late prhicipal li- brarian. Oliver Goldsraitii has also been credited with being the author. The editor thinks the similarity in style to Goldsmith's writings, with other evidence, tend to support the claims made on behalf of Goldsmith." Gould, J. History of Delaware Co., and border wars of N. Y. ; cont. a sketch of the early settlements, etc. Gould, !S. B. Silver store collected from mediseval Christian and Jewish mines. vep'g732 Gr***, L. F. Les ultramontains dans la ques- tion romaine. Grignan, H: Le patriotisme de la Bourse. Griswold, W. M. {pseud. Q. P. Index.) Autoren- und Sachregister der Deutscheii Ruudachau. V. 29 (Q. P. Indexes.) — General- Autor- und Sachregister zu Zeits- chriften meist historischen Inhalts, und zwar : Die Historische Zeitschrift, Unsere Zeit Das Historische Taschenbuch. (Q. P. Indexes.) Gubernatis, Prof. A. de. Dizionario biografico degli scrittori contemporanei. "Cannot fail to be of great value to publicists, and to all interested in contemporary literature. 'J'he biogra- phies of Italian schol.Trs and writers will be more es- pecially welcome, as these have been hitherto but very imperfectly represented in previous dictionaries of the time. The book not only gives full details of the lives and works of contemporary authors, with intelligent criticisms, but also enables the reader in many cases, by means of recognizable wood cuts, to make their per- sonal acquaintance." — Aciellcameraden. — Die Heimlcelir. — Seinem Schieksal icsmn Niemand entge- hen. — Dub Bild. — Der Leuchtthurm. 2. Finch uiid Segeii. — Der Fiirst uiid der Biirger. — Die Feinde. — Die Seeriiuber. — Die Genesung. 3. Komanti.^che Aliliorde. — Materielen zu eiiiem Volkskalender. 4. Bucli fUr Ivinder. 5. Bilder l^ilr die Jugend. — Erin- neruiig an grosse nnveigesalicbe ^^an^er. — Abendun- terhaltuiigen tui- Kinder. — Gedichte. Howells, W: D. A modern instance; a novel. Vh83.5m '* ' A modern instance' is before all things a study of character, the three more prominent personages being drawn with manifest care and deliberation, and tlie story, very interesting in itself, being skillfully snbor- ordinated to their development. Bartley Hubbard, the vain and unstable journalist, who marries a pure-minded but too demonstrative girl, moi-e by her persistence than by his own, and who wrecks her life and his through the gradual deterioration of his moral sense, is really a powerful conception, unless, indeed, he is taken straight from the M^ti." — Ath< tueitm, Oct. 7. Hubbard, L. L. Guide to Moosehead Lake and northern Maine; 3d ed. rev. and enl. of Summer vacations at Moosehead, etc. Hudson River. Letters about the Hudson River and vicinity, 1835-36; by a citizen of N. Y. Hughes, T: Memoir of Daniel JIacmillan. " The ' Memoir' lets the man tell his own story by his letters, and the reader gets a veiw of one more man who in his day did a good stroke of work, and left the world better than he found it." — E. I. Furnioal in the AcaiJ. " His letters about the people that he met are particu- larly interesting." — Critic. " The life of a man who when he came to England, thought himself fortunate to get a shop-man's place at Cambridge, with a salary of £80 a year; and yet of a man who, though he was only forty-four when he died, had lived to found a great publishing-house, and had done this in spite of constant ill-health." — tipectuior., Aug. 26, 1882. Hugo, V. M. Torquemada; drame [prec. de L'in- pace, prologue]. vfd-ii87t "M. Victor Hugo's latest is certainly not his least work. Torquemada indeed contains passages to surpass which a nice search would have to be made among his former dramatic works. Torquemada's first great speech Is, in its own way, not inferior to the great speech of Tribnulet. ... The end of the play —compact, and arranged with the art uf genius — strikes hke a light- ning flash, and yet leaves to the imagination the ghastly details of horror which in ' Lc Roi s' amuse 'the poet mercilessly thrusts upon his readers. But this com- plete sense of artlstistic fitness, so far as dramatic In- tention goes, is not found throughtout the work." — Sat. ret)., July 29. Hunter, W. 0. The ' fan kwae ' at Canton before treaty days, 1825-44 ; by an old resident. Huth, A. H; On the employment of women. Ihne, W: History of Rome. Vol. 4-5. "The respectable work of a respectable, but some- what captions writer. No student of Roman history can afford to neglect Mommsen, and any one who has studied Mommsen may, and probably should, since life is short, neglect to study Dr. Ihne."— Spfctalor, Oct, 7. " At every step it justifies an increasing confidence on the part of the reader." — Saturday rev., Oct. 7. lung, T: Lucien Bonaparte et sesmemoires, 1776- 1840. 2 V. 5p-b646i •'Colonel Tung is still tout entier H saproie attacfie, the prey being Bonapartism, Bonapartists, and the Bo- naparte family. ... Much of Lucien's papers passed into the hands of the late Emperor Napoleon ll!., and disappeared. But a good deal remains at the Foreign OlHee in Paris, and has enabled Colonel lung to com- plete in many respects the very incomplete memoirs published by Lucien in London fifty years ago." — Sat. rev.y July 1. Jervis, W. H. The Gallican Church and the Revolution ; sequel to the • History of the Ch. of France from the Concordat of Bolog- na to the Revolution'. " A book of peculiar interest now once more the Gal- lican Church finds itself face to face with a hostile de- mocracy. The extreme left in the French Legislature are as eager as their predecessors in the Constituent .As- sembly t(j overthrow the national religion. Mr. Jervis gives us the means of comparing the conditions under which the Gallican Church of the 18th centuiy encoun- tered the Revolution, with those under which the Galli- can Church of the 19lh century will encounter it." — Spectator, July 8. Johnston, A. K. School atlas of astronomy. New and enl. ed., with elem. survey of the heav- ens, by R. Grant. Jones, C. A. The foreign freaks of five friends. ak'j71 Juvigny, L: de. L'Occident en Orient; consid. sur la mission polit. de I'Europe. Keary, C: F. Mythology of the Eddas ; how far of true Teutonic origin. " The object is, in giving a general sketch of the Ed- daic mythology, to point out those features in it which are certainly of a Teutonic character. This is done in reference to the theories recently put forward by Pro- fessor Sophus Bugge of Christiania, that the mythology of the Eddas is almost entirely derived from Jewish, Christian, or late classical myths." — NotcH on hooka, Aug. 31. Kemp, D. Yacht designing ; practical application of the scientific principles. Keppel, A: Proceedings, Court-Martial on the trial of A: Keppel, Jan. 7, 1779. Keyser, C: 8. Fairmount Park. King, M. Pocket-book of Cincinnati. Kircher, A. Mundus subterraneus. 1678. 2 v. Kirchmann, J; De annulis liber singularis ; ace. G. Longi, A. Gorla.'i, et H. Kornmanni de iisdem tractatus absolutissimi. 1672. Number 96.] 382 [Dec. 18, 1882 Kortiim, C: A. [Die Jobsiade] ; Lebeii, Meinun- gen, u. Tiiaten von Hieronimus Jobs, u.s.w. vga-kI Kraus, F. X. Synchionistische Tabellen zur Kir- chengeschiehte. " ScheidetsicTi die Doppolseitcdes Bnchesin 8Spalten, wovori die ausserste zur Uechten wie zur Linlten je Absch- Eitte von 25 Jaliren verzeicliiiet. Zur Liiiken stuhen die wichtigsten Aiigaben aue der allgeiueinen Zeit und Cul- turgeschiclite, wobei ebensowol die beaclitenywertesten Tatsachen au8 der Religions- und Kirchengeecliielitc wie au8 dem Gebiete der Erfinduugen, Entdecliuugen, und cultuix-Ilen Fortscbritte in grosKer VollBtUndigkelt verzeichuet sind. Der Arcliitelaur als fUhrender Muclit ist die erste der folgenden Spaileu eingeriiunit; Sculp- tur, Malerei, technisehe und Xleinliiinste folgen in die- Ber lieihe. Kunetgeseliicbtlielie Litteratur ist in der lelzten Spalten. ... Trotz dew engeu Kabmens ist die Anordnung in den einzeluen Gebieten derart, dass iier- vorragonde Tatsaeheu wie machlig eiiigreifende l^er- sbnlichlieiten des breitereii bebaudelt werden. Das naclite Gerippe des Tatsaclilicben mit einer Isnappen Charaliteristilc umlileukt ist. Inbaltlicii nmsclilie.s.st die Albeit eine solehe Fiille des Stolfes, dass wol isein liunstge-i-hieiitiiches Werk iiber- haupt an diesc VollstUndigkeit licran i-agt." — Fru-d- rich Sclmeider in Deutt^che LitUraturzi-llnng, 9 April 1881. " Dr. Kraus ainis not at bringing fresh nsiilts of ar- tistic studies befoi-e the public; his object is to enable us to take a view of Cljn.^Lian art from the first century down to 1880. His principal merit consists in the skil- ful! arrangement of the immense mass of names and dates. ... But he does not content himself with afford- ing a b^re enumeration of names of artists and their works; on the contrary, he develops the inner connex- ion of every succeeding period of art with its predeces- sor, and. in a few masterly words, shows the most striking characteristics of every period." — Al/on'iu.^ HeUenheim ui the AcaO., Sept. 10, 1881. Kurz, H:, and Paldamus, Dr. i": Deutsche Dicli- tor und Prosaisten nach ihrem Loben und Wirken geschildert ; mit Portraits. xvg-k96 Lacordaire, J; B. H; D. De la liberie de I'ltalie et de I'eglise. 1860. La Fite de Pellepore, V.. comte. de (psend. P: Artamof). Que faire de la Pologne? 1861. La Gueronuifere, L; E. D. II., vote. de. La France, Rome, et ritalie. 1861. Laprade, P. M. V. R. de. Essais de critique idea- liste. vfSxSI La Rochejaquelein, H: A: G: du V. La politique nat. et le droit des gens. 1860. La Rochelle, E. Les droits du Saint-Siege ; Alex- andre VI et Cesar liorgia. — Du principal ponliKcul, le pte. ; Origines et principes. Lasserre, H: La Prusse el les traites de Vienne. Laube, II; Bose Zuugen ; Sehauspiel. (Dram. Werke, llr. Bd.) vgd-lGO Lauriston, N. P. L., comte de. Garibaldi ct Cavour. La Vareune, C: de. Le roi d'ltidie, sa t'amille et sa eour. — Victor-Emmanuel i. ; le pape k Jerusalem. Law Soc. of the United Eangdom. Catalogue of the library. Lear, Mrs. II. L. F., wife of Sidney. Five minutes daily readings of poetry. vEi'-yL476 Lefroy, J. 11. History of the Bermudaes or Sum- mer Islands. (Ilakluyt Soc, v. 65) Legoyt, A. Le suicide ancien el moderne; etude hist., philos., morale, et stutistique. M. Legoyt is Ancien chef des travaux de la statistique Leith, W: F. Scots Men-at-arms and Life-guards in France, 1418-1830. 2 v. Lemercier de Neuville, L: Contes abracada- brants. vff-lS41c Le Sage, A. R. History and adventures of Gil Bias of Santillane. 3 v. vfg-l562g Lescure, M. F. A. de. Nouvelle question d'Orient. L'Espine du Pontalais, J. de, (pseud. Songe- creuxj. La prenostication de maistre Al- bert Songecreux, bisscain. Reimp. facsimile d'aprts I'exemplaire unique. Lettre d'un ehanoine gallican aux eveques de France sur la possibilite d'un schisme. 1861. Le Vert, Mme. O. W. Souvenirs of travel. 2 v. Linton, .Uc.v. E. L. Todhunteis' at Loanin Head, and other stories. \/l6ot Livonia. Account of Livonia ; -with rel. of the rise, progress, etc., of the JIarian Teutonic Order; journey Irom Li\onia to Holland, 1698, eic. 8bzl7 • L Livre, Le, Oct. " Has to oll'er its readers a long original paper of a cu- rious and rather novel kind. This is nothing less than a sketch of his own literary career by M. Artene IIous- s;iye. One need not take M. Ai-bcne tloussaye at a very serious literary valuation to enjoy this ' Hisioiie de ma plume ' as he calls it. That it is full of personal traits will be sufficient to commend it to one class of readers; that it is .written in its autlior's light and lively style will attract others; while the friend of hosts of men, not a few of whom have been greater, though less fortnn.ato than himself, will engage a third." — .-uademy, Nov. 4. Lockman, J: History of the sufferings of the Prot- estants etc. by iPopish persecutions. 1763. Loehr, A. Gedichte vgp-l82 Lofferon, C: Le clcrge ramene a la simplicite evangelique. Loomis, E. Memoires de moteorologie dynamique : expose des resultats de la discussion de cartes du temps des Etats-Unis, etc. ; tr. par H. Brochard. Lord, T: Concise ace. of a voy. in the Minerva, 1818. Lovrdermilk, 'W. H. History of Cumberland, Md., 1728-[1878] ; ace. of Washington's first canipnign, and Battle of Fort Necessity, hist, of Braddock's exped., etc. Ludvrig Salvator, Erzherzog von Oesterreich. Eine Blumc aus dem goldenen Lande oder Los Angeles. — Der Golf von Buccari- Porto Re ; Bilder und Skizzcn. — Die Karawanen-Strasse von Aegypten nach Syrien — I.cvkosia die Haupsladt von Cypern. — Eine Spazierfahrt im Golfe ^oii Korinlh. — XTm die A\'cll ohne zu wollen. — Yaelit-Keise in den Syrten, 1873. Lumby, Uev. J. R. A glossary of difficult, ambig- uous, or obsolete Bible words, illust. from English writers contemporary with the au- thorized version. " In this little book of 32 pages, I'lof. Lumby has con- trived to include a brief, but sufKcient, explanation of all the Bible words which can give the ordinary reader any trouble. It is a model of compactness, each word being defined, illustrated by a quotation witii a proper reference appended to it, and further explained by its etymology." — Academij, Nov. 6, 1880. Number 96.] 383 Dec. 18, 1882 Luzerne, F. The lost city; drama of the fire fiend, or Chicago as it was, and as it is, etc. ; ed., by J. G. Wells. M., E. S. Sly ballades in Harvard china. w5p-m11 *' Many of the verses -would not be dieowned by Pr.aed or CaUerly, notably 'Epilhalamium,' 'To Mabci,' 'Mea culpa' and ' Civil eservice."* — Botiion advntUn', McDonald, F. Y. Notes preparatory to a biogra- phy of R. H. McDonald of San Francisco. Macgeorge, A. Flags ; their history and uses. M'Kinley, A. Trial of A. M'Kmlcy for adminis- tering unlawful oaths. MoMahon, J: V. L. Historical view of the gov- ernment of Maryland. Vol. 1. 1831. All that was published. Mahan, A. The system of mental philosophy. Mallock, W: H. Social equality ; a short study in a missing science. *' The 'missing scit'iicc ' appears to contain much that is science, but little that was missing. The student will find in it many valuable suggestions, yet few that have not been made by other writers.'' — /'. Y. Edg(.u:orUi in the Acadmitj, Sept. 16. " Mr. Malloek is always prepared to think well of the staiita fjKo ; like Providence, he is on the side of the winning battalions. Anything which, like rationalism and science, tends to disturb this, rouses his ire, and causes him to point out how it derives all its moral force from the older order of things which it tends to over- throw- The same tendency pervades the present work." — At/ienceum^ Aug. 26. "Mr. Mallock's argument is to show that the one great incentive to weallh-producing labor is the desire for social inequality. Without motive, no man does more labor than is absolutely necessary to support exist- ence; and without social inequality there would be no motive to do more than that amount of productive labor. It is then this demand of the democrats for equality that has 'duped the poor into making themselves the en- emies of civilisation.' Were this modern theory once abandoned and discredited, Mr. Mallock strongly hopes, 'The wealth, the culture, the wisdom, the philanthropy, which are now forced unwillingly to regard that cause Lof the poor and sufferingj with suspicion, if not to op- pose it, would in an instant be arranged upon its side." — Critic. Manning, J. Serviens ad legem ; report of proc. before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, etc., rei. to a warrant for the .sup- pression of the privileges of Serjeants at Law. Margry, P: Deeouvertes et etablissements des Frangais dans I'ouest et dans le sud de I'Amerique Septentrionale, 1614-98. 4 v. Marsh and Osbourne. Official report of the trial of Laura D. Fair for the murder of A. P. Crittenden. Martenet, S. i ., and others. New topog. atlas of Md., and the Dist. of Columbia ; with de- scriptions. Martin, H. M. L' empire et la Revolution. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Assoc. 14th exhibi- tion, Sept. and Oct. 1881. Masseras, E. Washington et son ceuvre. Matz, F: Antike Bildewerke in Rom. 3 v. Mau,'A. Geschichte der decorativen Wandmalerei in Pompeji ; hrsg. von der Red. der Archa- olog. Zeitung. Hit 20 Tafeln. in e. Mappe. Mazzini e't I'Europe. 1861. „ „ „ ,. Medland, W: M., and Weobly, C; Collection of remarkable criminal trials, etc. 2 v. Meech L. W. System and tables of life insurance. Melville, H. Israel Potter ; his fifty years of exile. 1856. Mendelssohn, M. Sammtliche Werke. 12 v. yG.M523 Merger, C. B. Que faut-il Ji I'ltalie. 1861. Michaelis, Prof. A. Ancient marbles in Great Britain; tr. from the Geiman by C. A. M. Fenncll. "Prof. Michaelis has himself inspected almost all the collections cf importance. The historical introduction of some 200 pages is very interesting." — Academy, May 0. Michel, F. Critical inquiry into the Scottish lan- guage; with a view of illustrating the rise and progress of civilization in Scotland. Michie, C. Y. The larch; practical treatise on its culture and genera] management. Michigan. Comviis. of Immigration. Michigan and its resources ; comp. by F. Moiiey. 2d ed. Milman, H: II. Handbook to the cathedrals of England : St. Paul's. Abridgi'd from Milman's Annals of St. Paul, with some additions. Missouri. Geol. Survey, Industrial report on lead, zinc, and iron; with notes on Shannon Co., and its copper deposits, by C: P. \\'illiams. Mix, J. B. The biter bit ; or. The Robert Macaire of journalism ; narr. of the black-mailing ope- ations of C: A. Dana's ' Sun '. Model mayor, A ; life of Hon. F. Wood ; by a citizen of New York. Mohammed. Speeches and table talk; tr. with introd. and notes, by S. L. Poole. Moir, D: M. Sketches of the poetical literature of the past half-century. 18S6. xvepvm72 Monin, H. Monuments des anciens idiomes gau- lois ; textes ling-uistique. Montagu, E: A^'. Memorial, written in French against A. Payba, a Jew, who assumed the name of J. Roberts; tr. 1752. Montegut, E. Types litteraires et fantaisies esthe- tiques. vf3- 9m764 "Conlieut plusieurs des fruits les plus exquis de ce rare esprit. On y I'ctronve ' Les confidences d'un hy- pocondriaque ' ce chef-d'o3 Phillips, \ ■'■ '>. Addres.s, lajing of the corner b ■ he new chapel of the Sailor's Snug Hai'"-'^^''" Staten Island. 1855. Pigafetta, F. B. '" ' ' *' the kingdom of Congo, etc.; tr. by - .,,.,j j tchinson ; with pref. by Sir T. r. Buxto ' ,; ; , "Mrs. Hutcliinson de^ s thanks for tlii^ .able and c.iroful trjiiisiiition; thu. a Havtwell's traneljit'on, ■which appeared in 1577, bui ' jls has hiicome scarce." — At/ienceiaa, Junti 11, 18S1. Plateir-Hallermunde, A:, Graf v. Gesammelte Werke. 6 v. vg'p69o — Poeti-icher und litterarischer Naehlass ; ge- samniclt u. herausg., von J. Miuckwitz. 2 v. (Gesammtl. Werke, 6r, 7r Bd.) vgp695 Playfair, 11. L. Handbook to the Mediterranean; its eitits, coa.sts, and islands. Murray, 1881. Plum, AV: 11. The military telegraph during the civQ war in the U.S., etc. 2 v. " This is a curious medley of triviai personal anec- dotes about telegraph operators, glimpses of hazardous war service, .-in interestiiiir chapter on military crypto- graphs; a little valuable history, and a running account of the war." Plutarchus. Morals : theosophical essays ; ti . by C. W. King. Poll, O. P. F. J., comte de. Histoires du bon vieux temps. vff-pToii Content.^. Une bistoire de sorcellerie. — La raaison hantee. — Le spectre blanc. — La vierge au lilas. — Le mariage fantastique. — Le revenant de Chateaublcu. Politica segreta italiana, 1863-70. " Europe hears for tbe first time of secret negotiations carried ou between the Italian revolulionists, represented by the restless and ever scheming Mazzini, '^ud Count TJsedoni, the I^riissian Ambassador at Florence, in the period of dangerous calm which preceded tbe breaking out of tlie Franco-rrussian War. The name of I'rince, then Count, Bismarcli figures prominently in the docu- ments and letters with which tbe pamphlet is filled." — Jixum., .-\ug. U, 18S0. *• K composto d'episodii staccati e per lo piii senza conelusione, della vit;i di un aLamtepolitieo, come li cbia- mano certo ingegnere Ui.annlla Uuller. Ucl rcsto, 6 giusto notarlo, nellc brevi iilustrazioni dei documenti si risccmtra, rlguardo agli uomiui specialraentc, rnolte indipendcnza di giudizio, frutto bene spesso dei disin- gamii di cbi appunto ha visto molte cose cd ebbe a ehe fare con molla gente. .... Un capitolo piacevolissimo del libro di cut ci occupi- amo e nuello cbe narra il viag,'io dl Garibaldi a Londra, Nei documenti del Muller i particolari anclie nuovi ab- bondano, e sono felicemcnte rag^jruppati. I'iu hnportanti si dimostrano i rapporti fr il Mazzml ehi Peiminnnte Fieinontese dopo la Convenzione del settembrc 18lii." — RasHeyna seitimanale, 10 ott. 1880. Political Economy, pseud. The Irish landlord and his accusers. Politique anglaise. La. 1860. Politique du second empire. La. 1861. Polwhele, Rev. K: Poems. 1806. 3 v. vep-p766 Porter N. Science and sentiment ; with other pa- pers, chiefly philosophical. "Their subject is the supposed opposition between contemporary science and religious belief. ... The vigor of bis r'easoiiing is aided by a angularly clear and easy style, tact in meeting popubir prejudiccB without affronting them, and a courteous manner." Poulain, E. La crise americaine; docs., 1859-62. Povas, J'^rs. E. A. Our forefathers ; their homes 'and their churches. Pradier-Fod6r6, P. I,. E. La question do I'Ala- bama et le droit des gens. " M. l*radier-Fodeni sc prononce t)^u la con ne'ence absoluc des arbitresii staLii'jr Kur r* .^. t, .. reidamationa relatives a la question dite de I'Aiabama. — Ittv. de droit int., v. 5. Pritts, J. Jlirror of olden time border life. 1849. Proctor, 11: A. Easy star lessons. "48 star maps. ... Accompanied by clear descrip- tions of tbe constellations and sUirs, and instructions how to find them." Pros and cons of woman suffrage ; review of a leg- islative report, by one of the sex. " Tbe calm good sense of its views and the extremely effective manner in which they arc put. It is a review of a legislative report, and it is by awoman, and it carries the war into Africa. It raises practical questions. It runs things out to their results, and after so doing, it wants to know how the women — and the men as well^ are going to like these results." Prost, A: Les sciences et les arts occultes au 16e sifecle : Corneille Agi'ippa, sa vie et ses ocuvres. 5g-ag8p PuUan, K: P. Eastern cities and Italian towns; with notes on their architecture. Pulszky, F. A. Meine Zeit, mein Leben. 3 v. "Full of interest for tlie insight into modern Hunga- rian histury." — Acarinnt/, -Apr. 1. * Tbe liveliness of his pictures of the struggle between Austrian reaction and nascent pulitical life in Hungary, sjnd bis cheerful and manly narrative of his long exile alter the temporary overthrow of his country. It is a pity that these volumes are so diffuse. Pul^zky, natu- rally, but mistakeidy, supposes tliat bis readers lake aa great an interest in the miiuitiai of Hungarian affairs aa be does himself." — At/ttnaium, Apr. 22. Purcell, Dr. T. A. Our neighborhood; or, Sketches in the subvtrbs of \edo ; by T. A. P. Rachat de la Venctie ; rcponse a " L'empereur Franqois-Joseph i et I'Europe." Rachel, E. F., elite. Rachel d'apres sa correspon- dance; par Georges d'Heylli [A. E. Poinsot]. " Rachel liad the instinct of writing. Ease of thought, naturalness, veritiible intuition of the most elevated and delicate sentiments give a high value to her correspond- ence." — T/i. C ill the Ante) ican, July 8. Rambaud, P. Bienheureu.x les pauvres d'esprit, ou de I'intelligence politique de nos jours. Rea, C. Journal, during the expedition against Ticonderoga in 1758 ; ed. by F. M. Rpa. Reade, C: Novels. New collected edition. 16 v. "Mr. Cliarles Reade is popuiaramong those who appre- ciate good and vigorous writing; among those who like a dramatic story dramatically told; among those Avbo like tile study of cliaracter after tbe dramatic method; and among tliose who like varied and exciting incident. But he is notpopular among tbe people who are conven- tional, who have small imagination, who are destitute of the enthnsi.asm of humanity, who want to be nmde to laugh, and wlio love most to read about tbe little world in which thej' move." — .Satnrdaif r<.>v., Aug. 5. " The power of building up, though not of dissecting, character, unusual command of dramatic incident, and great tliough little used knowledge of the springs of pa- thos, these are great qualities in a novelist; yet Mr. Reade himself will probably regard the reviewer who acknowledges them as a slightly malignant idiot, be- cause he sees in tbe writing more of metallic iridescence, than of true self-derived flash. Well, each one has the defect of bis qualities, .and a modest man could not have written Charles lieade's novels at all." — ^Spectator, July 15. — Singleheart, and Doubleface, cic. ; good stories, with no waste of words. (Franklin Sq. lib.) Reading diary of modem fiction. xz5-ii22 Redpath Lyceum magazine. 1882-83. Number 97. 386 [Dec. 28, 1882 Redwitz, C). v. Das Lied vom neuen deutsehen Keich. VGP-«24 Reichel, W: C. History of the Bethlehem Female Seminary ; witli a catalogue of its pupils, 1785-1858. — Memorials of the Moravian Church. Vol. 1. XoLe. No more publlslicd. Reichenau, K. Liebesfjeschichten. vGr'ii27 Reid, Capt. M. Afloat in the forest; or, A voyage among the tree-tops. \/k273a — The boy hunters ; or, Adventures in search of a white buffalo. \/ii273nN — The boy slaves. '/k273ho — The boy tar ; or, A voyage in the dark. \/k273hp — Bruin; the grand bear hunt. \/ii273i)U — The bush-boys ; adventures in southern Africa. \/n273iHJ — The cliff- climbers; or, The lone home in the Himalayas ; sequel to The plant hunters. ^1^2730 — The desert home. (The English family Rob- inson.) ^112731) — The flag of distress ; a tale of the South Sea. s/ii273i'2 — The forest exiles ; or. Perils amid the wilds of the Amazon. \/ii273ro — The giraffe hunters. ^it273G — The man-eaters and other odd people ; a popu- lar descr. of singular races of man. — The ocean waifs ; a story of adventure on land and sea. \/u273o — The plant hunters ; or, Adventures among the Himalaya mountains. \/k273p — Ran away to sea ; an autobiography for bovs. >/u273k — Stories about animals. — The young voyagcurs; or. The boy hunters in the North. \/ii273v — The young Yagers ; or, A narrative of ad\en- tures in Southern Africa. \/ii273v Reid, T. W. The land of the Bey ; impressions of Tunis under the French. Reimann, E: Neuere Geschichte des preussischen Staates. Ir Bd. Remak, S. S. La paix en Amerique. 1865. Renan, J. E. Qu'est-ec qu'uno nation?; confe- rence faite en Sorbonne, le 11 mars. Revue des societcs savantcs dcs dcpartements. 7c ser. T. 1-6. Rivifere, II. Le combat de la vie. 3 v. VFF-n.52t' Gontentn. [Vol. 1.1 LajeutK-ssc d'un tleeesperc. [2.] Madame Nnper. [3.] Ley fulalilcs. " Ccia ae lit avec un intujet qui, d'un bout a I'autre de I'histuii'f, ni lie s'iirrete iii iie m' ralentit. -\joutous qu'ila sent uei'itH d'uu stylo qui n'cHt pan ordinaire aux ro. maiiH dits d'a\fiitul'es." — U'-viie d. D. J/oiidei, 15 jiiln. Robinson, P. Under the Punkah. yi;3-k56 "An unequal work by a very clever man. Humour is a (leiieatc pliuit whicii rarely lakes root to tlie south of the temperate zone. In Mr. Roliiuson's works we find that plant acclimati.ied in the tropics, and tlirowing out foliage of a novel and luxuriant growth. Wr. Rob- inson is a humorist iji paritljus. It has been reserved for liim to discover the subtle iniquities of jays and par- rots, to lake a deep view of the morality of monkeys, and to give to the Indian crow liis true and final position as the chief of the criminal classes." — W. W. Hunter in the Academy t May 23, 1881. — Under the Sun ; pref. by E. Arnold. Substantially a repr. with additional of In ray Indian garden. " Mr. Robinson is distinctively a humorist but he is a great deal more than that. His descriptions of out doo^ life in India are made with conscientious fidelity of de- tail, witli gr.-iphic perception of color, with skillful inter- pretations of odd or quaint or generally picturesque ef- fects."— Lit. tcortd. Robinson, V. J. Eastern carpets ; twelve early ex- amples with descriptive notices ; pref. by G: Birdwood. *' No pains have been spared to make this sumptuous foliii as pei*feet as possible. The examples are thor- oughly characteristic, and are rendered in the mostad- rairable way." — T/ni'-s. " Printed in colours with astonishing delicacy. They are a marvel of clearne^.s and brilliancy, without the least hardness of outline, and the way in which the tex- ture is reproduced is truly admirable." — Saturday rev., Aug. 26. Romand, M. H. L'ltttlie et I'Eglise. Rome ct les eveques de France. Rosny, L. de. Les pciiples de I'Archipel Indien connus des anciens geographcs chinois et juponais ; frag, orientaux ; tr. en franqais. Rosseeuw Saint-Hilaire, E. F. A. Ce qu'il faut a la France ; etude historique. Rossetti, D. G. " Three leading periodicals have almost simultane- ously published each a paper on Ros.setti, the last of which appears in the October number of Harper's montlily. The latter is frrim M.. Itntiinsou, the one in the C'liitury fur :>eptember from E W. Gusse, and the third is in the latest uumbtr of the /irit. tpiar. r(v. The three pjipcrs present tliiee points of view, although practieall\" only two distlLiet impressions result from the papers, 'riie QuarUrl'i deals with the poems rather than with the poet; the article of Mr. Gos&e reverses tills treatment aiid gives us, in the pages of the Crntvry, one of the most sympathetic interprttations of a liiTe that was t ver written ; while the contributions of Miss Rotunson to IlaiXitr'n is merely a surface-description which does not necessarily implj- personal acquaintance with the poet nor critical judgment of Ins works. It completes, however, a group of articles that are some- what notable, and which are suggestive of reflections on literature and life." — BoHmi traveller. " Kossettl is also treated under the title ' .Esthetic Poetry,' by riiiicipal Shairp, in tlie Cuntemp. rev., re- printed in the Ar /( c(/e for September." .s'ep al.w Rec<,lIections of Rossetti by T. H. Caine, p. 37-> ; — Dante (jrabriel Rossetti, by M'. Tirebueh, p. 089. Roth, K: L: Griechische Geschichte. 3e Aufl., hrsg. von Dr. A. Westermayer. Rouquette, G:, I'abbe. Le pape et le rosaire ; appel aux catholiqucs. 1860. Runkle, J: D. The manual element in education. Repr. from the 4.3th report of the Secretary of the Mass. Board of Education. Ruskin, J: Love's meinie ; lectures on Greek and English birds. 3 v. Kami I/. Lecture 1. The robin. 2. The swallow. 3. The dabchick. "Ornithology bowltehed. Mr. Ruskin deliberately upsets the recognized scientific nomenclature and classi- fication of birds, and announces a brand-new fantastic ai-rangeiuent drawn from his own inner consciousness." — Acaddny, April 1. Sage, R. B. Rocky Mountain life; scenes in the far West. Saintsbury, G: Short history of French literature. (Clarendon press ser.) " xvf-sa24s "Mr. Saintsbury writes of nothing which he has not read. ... The scholar and the historian are remarkable. The critic, however, is a little wayward and peculiar. Number 97.] 387 [Dec. 28, 1S82 Mr. Saintsburj', in truth, iiiigbt fjiirly bo described as ' lii dcniicr Uoniiititique.' ... This disjibli-w bim from doing .iustice iu Frcncli literature to much that is pecu- liarly and exquisitely Froncli. In writing of mcdiicval France and of the .France of the Uenaispance ho is, as we liave noted, acute and judicious. In writing of tlic France of Boilean and Racine he is not nearly so dis- crnnlnating " — Atlienantm, Oct. 21. Regjirded as a source of information, it is complete, accurate, judicious; regarded as itself a work of liter. i- ture it is somewhat dry reading. Sala, G: A: America revisited, from the Bay of New Yorlc to tlie Gulf of Me.xico, and from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. 2 v. '* In this, as in all bis books, there 's contained a large amount of curious miseellaneouB information. Those who seek for interesting details about the United States will find what they covet, whilst they may discover many other things which tbey did not expect." — Atlu- iiceuni, c>ept. 2. Sanborn, J: W. Legends, customs, and social life of the Seneca Indians of western New York. Sanderval, A. O., vcte. de. De I'Atlantique au Niger, par le Foutah-Djallon ; oarnet de voy. "The author havini; organized an expedition at bis own cost, started at the end of 1879 with the object of exploring the Futa-.Tallon highlands south of the Gam- bia, hitherto cbiefly'known from the travels of bis fel- low. countryman Lambert in 186J. His intention was to discover the point of the coast which could most use- fully be connected by a railroad with the navigable wa- ters of the upper Niger." — £. C. liije in Hoy. Giurj. Soc. I'roc, March. Sarcey, !•". jMis.ere.=: d'un fonctionnaire chinois, etc. VFF'SATm Contents. Les miseres d'un fonctionnaire chinois. — Le nouveau seigneur de village. — Henri i'eri-ier. Sargent, L. Harper's cyclopaedia of British and American poetry. vi!r-H9sA Saxony. Sachsenspiegel oder sachsische Land- recht, mit Uebeisctzung, u.s.io. von C. 11. Sachsse. Sehade, O. Deutsche Ilandwevkslieder. vgp-98w4 Schaden, A. von. Feindliche Freunde und frennd- liche Feinde ; Roman, mit einem Yorwort von J. von Yoss. :vgf-sch1 Schauer, L. Encore la coalition ! ! ! souvenirs hist, de I'Angleterre. 1860. Trfes-humble reponse a. "La France, Rome et ritalie." Schild, Mine. M. Characters suitable for fancy costume balls. Schmidt, K: Jus prima; noctis. " Comprises an investigation of a great number of similar exercises of seignorial rights, some vestiges of wliicb exist still in the shape of beriots and hues on the renewal of leases. The author's range of readmg and research is immense, and the work is accompanied by a most valuable bibliography." — Saturday )(0.,.Jan. 21. " -\uf Grundvon etwa 600 Druckwerkcn mit nahezu .500 Urkuiiden der ^•erf. gelangt zu dem Ergebnis, dass dieso Lehre ein seit dem Anfaug dcs 10. Jhs. veibreitetcr eelehrter Aberglanbe sei, hervorgegangen aus emer Iroben Unkenntnis von der historischcn Kutwickelung derienii.'en Verhiiltnisse, aus denen das llecht der Grundherien auf Heiratsabgaben der Hijrigen hervor- gieng. May. — E, Fisi-her in Deutsche Lilteratiimeitung, Sciout L. Histoire de la constitution civile du clerge, 1790-1801. 4 v. Scott B. U. 'J-'he development of constitutional ' liberty in the English colonies of America. "Avery remarkable work, and one that is of great value to the proper and full understanding of the causes that led to the national existence of these United Stotes of America. His intent has been to show that the United States are the direct and legitimate offspring of the Reformation." — Boston post. "Fvidently the result of a good deal of thought; but it will, perhaps, be questioned whether the thought might ncit have been sometimes bettered by a little more research and a little less theorizing." Serres, E. Un deporte pourlafoi: quatre lettres; pub. sur I'cd. de 1688, par M. Lelifevre. 6f'Se661 " llien de plus simple, on pent meme dire de plus na'lf, pourtant rien de phis attacbant que la relation du sieur Serres." — Blhlioihcque nniv., Apr. Settembrini, L: Ricordanze delln mia vita; con prefazione di Francesco de Sanctis. 2 v. 5rsE7 " Bi-iiliant and daring as the fresco painting of a great mastei-, and like a fresco, dashed in from day to day, these records give us a vivid picture of life in the liing- dom of the Two Sicilies before its liberation from Bour- bon misrule. Born in 1813, and dying in 1876, Settem- brini witnessed three revolutions, was a prominent actor in two, and spent fuurteen of the best years of his life a State prisoner in Boinba's dungeon." — Linda Vittati in t/ie Acadnny, Mar. 27, 18S0. Seume, J:G. t>iimmtliche Werke. 8 v. vg-se85 Sewall, R. K. Sketches of St. Augustine; -with a view of its history and advantages as a re- sort for invalids. Sewell, E. JI. Note book of an elderly lady. Reprinted from the Monthly packet. Shakespeare, "W: History of Troilus and Cres- sida ; ed., with notes, by ^^■: J. Rolfe. — Macbeth; edition classique par J. Darmesteter. " Deja.en Alleiniigne, Gerviii us avait devise cnperiodes distinctes le developpemcnt du genie de Shakespeare; mais il manciuait iV Gervinus un instrument puissant; I'etude dcs proeedes de style et des variations durythme. Cet instrument, M. Janus Darmesteter le manic de main de maitrc. U entre dans ces details teehniquts avec une bonne griice aimable qui n'a rien de pedant." — Maxime Gaucher in Rrv.pol. id lit., 25 jnin, ISSl. Sharp, G. Account of the constitutional English policy of congregational courts, etc. Sliaw, H: Authenticated report of the Irish state trials, 1844. Shaw, T: Voyage dans le regence d' Alger ; tr. avec notes, par J. MacCarthy. Shortland, E: Maori religion and mythology ; illust. by translations of traditions, karakia, etc. ; added notes on Maori tenure of land. " Mr. Shortland has long studied the habits of the New Zoalanders. He has 'filled an important govern- ment ofiice, which has constantly brought bim into con- nection with the people, and possesses an intimate knowledge of the Jtaori language." — ]\^otts and queries^ Aug. 12. Shuey, D. B. History of the Shuey family in America, 1732-1876. Shway Yoe. The Burman ; his life and notions. " The sixty four chapters have not a dull page among them. We are taken to the birth of the poor, little, ill- used Burman, and he is made to unfold to us every cus- tom, trait, and extravagance of his life. AVe trace him schooled, married, as a citizen, priest, soldier, politician, and in every possible social capacity, and end with Ills burial." — Bookseller, Aug. 5. Skelton, J: Ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge. Repr. in facsimile, with hist, and bibliog. introd, by J: Ashton. ven-sk2 Skitt, pseud. Fisher's River, N. Carolina ; scenes and characters. Sleeman, C. 'W. Torpedoes and torpedo warfare. "The information given in this volume, by Lieut. Number 97.] 388 [Dec. 28, 1882 Slceman, has been obtained while pr:ic,tical]y engaged in torpedo worlc ut home and abroad. 'J'he volume contains nearly sixty full-page illustrations, diagrams, woodcuts, etc." Smith, C!: Throe tracts on the corn trade and corn laws, etc. 1795. Smith, L. P. Classitication of books. Smith, U. A. Illustrated guide to Laurel Hill Cemetery. Smith, T., and Slater, J: Architecture : classic and early Christian. ■'A wcll-urrangud andcompondious description of the nrchitcetuvi-- uf Greece, Rome, and of the early Christ- ians, with the brief BtattiiKMits of some primitive Asiatic forms. It answers for the most part in ii satisfactory and intelligent manner, the questions whicli the reader of general history is constantly asking respecting the de- velopment, charactersisties. and signilieance of the greater architectural styles." — Mation, Oct. 5. Smyth, N. The Orthodox theology of today. Sons of New Hampshire. Festival, with speeches of "Webster, etc.\ phonog. report by Dr. J. \S'. Stone. South Kensington Museum. Portfolio of Indian art. Pt. 1-10. Italian art. Pt. 1. Persian art. Pt. 1, 2. Spanish art. Pt. 1-8. liussian art. Pt. 1. Southold town records; [with] explan. notes by J. \V. Case. Spenser, E. Complete -works ; ed. with a new life, and glossary, by Rev. A. 13. Grosart, [and others]. Vol.2: The Shepheard's calendar. Stack, E: Six months in Persia. 2 v. " lie does not combine the mental attainments of a Humboldt with the originality antl ^^a^h uf a Stanley, liul he hiia an eye for the picturesque, and especially a feeling for color in landscape." — .\'. Y. ti-ibunc. Stael-Holstein, E. M., baron de. Corre^pondance diplomatique de S.et deson suicesseurcomme charge d'affaires, le baron 13 r in km an ; pub. avec introd. par L. Leoiizon Le Due. " A I'upoque de la Hevolution, M. de Stael etait depuia dix ana le representant de !a Suede aupres de la France; il etait bien vu de la cour, en memc tempn que, par son miii'iage avec MadeuiuiBL-llo Nedcer, il et;iiL en rapport avec Icrt iinan -iers, les ma^'istralH. lus litterateurs, ct h^s savants. 11 eiiiiL dune dans l;i meillcuresitiKition possible pour suivre liS evenements et pour cunnaitre les person- nagcs qui y Olaiml meles cominc auteurs ou comme vic- linieB. .. I.Ls futurs historiens devroiitrn t-.-nir eompte ot le baron dc Stael, un peu trop ecrase par la lOputation de son illuHti'efemme, nous jipparait cominc un dii>lomate vraimcut distingue." — L. Ii. in Ucv. dc droit int., no, 4. Stanton, Mrs. E.. C, a?id others, eds. History of woman suffrage. Vol. 2. " 'I'he chapter on 'Woman's patriotism' tells how Clara B;irton, under the fire of battle-fields, cared fur the wounded and dying of the North and youth alike; how Miss Cairoll planned the canii>aign on the Tennes- Bce ; how Dr. E . Blackwell on;,nnattd the sanitary movement; how those Senators most active in carrying the nicanure lor a trecdman's bureau through Congress intended that Mrs. Grifiing, to whose wise-hoarted be- nevolence its foi-ination was duf, should be its ofliclal head." — Boston globe guotfd in Lit. 7uivh, Oct. Star, Mrs, M.. A., and Kennedy, Mrs. J. The preat convent case, Saurin cs. Star and Ken- nedy, 1869 ; pref. by J. Grant. Sterne, 1,. Select works. 4 v. Coiitrnls. 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He bears more reecmblanee to the elder l>uinas, than to any Emjlish author; bnt in Dumas the excitement of tlic reader i^*far moic stimulated than in the slighter hkctehes of the ' Xew Arabian nighis.* AVe can im;igine I>nmas believing in hi.s stories, while M r. Stevenson gives us the impression of being oulsidc. He is i-tage manager skillfully directing his actors, while he never ceases to regard them from the point of view of pure art. He has the advantage, however, of Du- mas in subtle humour." — Spr< tutor, Nov. ]1. " Undonbtcd'y a clever work, tlie aitraetivenoss of which is not very easy to explain. 'IMie storii's arc not huuiorons, noi- funny, nor witty, and yet they are amus- ing; and tliey have thegrcat meiit of holding the read- er'h attention. Thoy are tantalizing and deceptive." — Athi noBum, Aug. 12. Stewart, A. Trial of A. Stuwart, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, for nei^lect of duty, and mis- behavioiu* in office. 1745. Stirling, M. C. The minister's son. 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