NOW READY. Annual Catalogues, 1889. The Annual American Catalogue for 1889 is now ready. It contains: (1) Directory of American Publishers issuing books in 1889. (2) Full-title Record, with descriptive notes, in author-alphabet, of all books recorded in the PUBLIshers' WeeKLY 1889. (3) Author-, title-, and subject-index to same, in one alphabet. (4) Publishers' annual lists for 1889. The edition is limited, and to secure copies orders should be sent at once. The price is $3.00 sheets, $3.50 half leather. The Annual Catalogue for 1886 is now out of print. But few copies of the Annual Catalogue for 1887 and 1888 are on hand. We also supply the English Catalogue for 1889 as soon as ready, price $1.50, paper; the Annual American and English Catalogues, 1889, can be had in one volume, half leather, $5.00. Orders for both Catalogues are solicited. THE PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY, FRANKLIN SQUARE (330 PEARL ST.), P. O. Box 943. NEW YORK. The orders for the English Catalogue, and the Annual American and English Catalogues bound together, will be filled immediately upon receipt of the English Catalogue. Address P. O. Box 943, N. Y. PUBLICATION Office, Franklin Sq. (330 PEARL ST.), N. Y. REFERENCES. Annual Summary Number, Jan. 25. Index to January Books, Feb. 1; February Books, Mar. 1. Spring Announcement Number, March 22. and "The Craze of Christian Engelhart," by G. F. Darrell, a new novel in their Town and Country Library. T. Y. CROWELL & Co. have in press "The Salt-master of Lüneburg" (Der Sülfmeister), by Julius Wolff. The story gives a vivid picture of life in the fifteenth century in the Hanseatic stronghold of Lüneburg, which owed its importance from earliest times to the gypsum and lime quarries of the Kalkberg, near which the town lies, and the rich productive salt-spring at its base. They have also under way La Hermana San Sulpicio," by A. P. Valdés, translated by N. H. Dole. THE ALBANY Book Co., 36 State St., Albany, N. Y., will publish April 10 in their Hudson River Series William Drysdale's new novel, "The Princess of Montserrat," a volume of West Indian adventures. The author is probably as well acquainted with the West Indies as any living American, having spent the greater part of the last ten years there in the service of the New York Times. His letters in that newspaper have attracted wide attention. Mr. Drysdale is also known as the author of "In Sunny Lands," and as the compiler of Henry Ward Beecher's Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit." PORTER & COATES have just published "Life and Works of the Earl of Beaconsfield," by Judge F. Carroll Brewster. This biography has been prepared after consultation of many authors. Every work of Disraeli has been sketched so as to afford to one who has not studied the novels a complete and satisfactory condensation of plots, characters, and noteworthy passages, whilst to the student of Lord Beaconsfield's works this volume will present interesting keys and useful résumés. They have also just ready, by the same author, 449 "Molière in Outline," being a translation of all 462 467 important parts of Molière's works, with intro465 ductions and notes, historical and critical, abridged 463 from Van Laun and others, to which are added 465 468 the arguments of the Plays, etc. Both books are 465 handsomely printed and bound. PAGE 450 466 466 467 467 GINN & Co. will publish at once Sidney's "Defence of Poesy," edited by Prof. Albert 467 S. Cook. This volume will furnish an admirable 466 introduction to a general course in poetry, or to 466 467 the poetry of the Elizabethan age in particular. 467 As one of the best specimens of the earlier Eliza465 bethan prose, it will be useful to the student of English prose in its historical development; and as the first annotated edition of the "Defence of Poesy," in a critical text formed by the collation of the two earliest copies, it will be indispensable to libraries, public and private. They will pubwealth," stories of Revolutionary days in Boston, lish next month "From Colony to Commonby Nina Moore Tiffany. The book will be second in the series of which "Pilgrims and Puritans" is the first. These little volumes are intended as an introduction to the study of United States history in schools or at home. THE FOREST AND STREAM PUB. Co. have in press a new and handsomely illustrated work on Trout and Salmon Fishing," by one of New England's best-known anglers; also a new edition of Grinnell's Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk Tales." LONGMANS, GREEN & Co. will publish shortly William O'Brien's novel," When We Were Boys." The book will contain a fac-simile of a letter of Mr. O'Brien's declaring that the Longmans' edition is the only one from which he will receive any benefit. D. APPLETON & Co. publish this week" Studies in Hegel's Philosophy of Religion," with an appendix on "Christian Unity in America," by Dr. J. M. Sterrett; "The Spiritual Sense of Dante's Divina Commedia,'" by W. T. Harris, LL.D.; PERSONAL NOTES. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES S. PLUMMER will celebrate their silver wedding at their home in Newark, N. J., on April 5. May the happy couple live to celebrate their golden wedding and beyond. Really, to look at our friend Plummer one wouldn't get the idea that he is getting along in years. The abbreviations are usually self-explanatory. c. after the date indicates that the book is copyrighted; in the copyright date differs from the imprint date, the year of copyright is added, Books of foreign origin of which the edition (annotated, illustrated, etc.) is entered as copyright, are marked c. ed.; translations, c. tr.; n. p. in place of price, indicates that the publisher makes no price, either net or retail, and quotes prices to the tradeonly upon application. A colon after initial designates the most usual given name, as: A: Augustus; B: Benjamin; C: Charles: D: David; E: Edward; F: Frederic; G: George; H: Henry; I: Isaac ; J: John; L: Louis; N: Nicholas; P. Peter; R: Richard: S: Samuel; T: Thomas; W: William. Sizes are designated as follows: F. (folio: over 30 centimeters high); (Q. 4to: under 30 cm.); O. (8v0: 25 cm) D. (12m0: 20 cm.); S. (16mo: 17%1⁄2 cm.); T. (24m0: 15 cm.); Tt. (32mo: 121⁄2 cm.); Fe. (48mo: 10 cm.). Sq., obl. nar., designate square, oblong, narrow books of these heights Allen, Willis Boyd. In the morning. [Poems.] | Callwell, F. M. Timothy Tatters: a story for N. Y., A. D. F. Randolph & Co., 1890. C. the young. N. Y., T: Nelson & Sons, 1890. 158 p. S. cl., $1. 6-192 p. 2 il. D. cl., 60 c. *American and English railroad cases: a collection of all the railroad cases in the courts of last resort in America and England; J. C. Thomson, ed. V. 38. Northport, N. Y., E: Thompson Co., [1890.] c. 6+745 p. O. shp., $4.50. Arden, Henley I. Aunt Bell, the good fairy of the family; with the story of her four-footed black guards. N. Y., T: Nelson & Sons, 1890. 6-176 p. il. D. cl., 60 c. The story of two little boys, who, after a severe illness, go on a visit to their Aunt Bell, who has as pets a black collie, a black cat, a black horse, and a black Russian springer. Ashmore, Annie. The smugglers' cave: or, who shall be the heir? N. Y.. Frank F. Lovell & Co., [1890.] c. 3–215 p. 1 il. S. (Leather-clad tales, no. 10.) pap., 25 c. Balzac, Honoré de. Sons of the soil; tr. by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1890. c. tr. 8+419 p. D. hf. rus., $1.50. The title in French of this story is Les Paysans. It is a story of the land question in France, and appeals to that sense of the inequality of conditions as illustrated by the tenure of this sort of property, which is excited by writers of the same class of subjects in this country to-day. The motto of the first chapter aptly suggests the trend of this powerful story. "Whoso land hath, contention hath." Bass, Rev. E. C. The probationer's manual. Cin., Cranston & Stowe, [1890.] c. '75. 80 p. T. cl., per doz., $1.50; pap.. $1. *Besant, Walter. Captain Cook. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 6+191 p. 12°, (English men of action.) cl., to c.; uncut, 75 c. Blackmar, Frank W. The history of federal and state aid to higher education in the United States. Wash., D. C., Government Print. Office, 1890. 2-343 p. O. (Circular of information, no. 161. Contributions to American edu. cational history, no. 9.) pap. Braeme, Charlotte M., [ Bertha M. Clay," pseud. The gipsy's daughter. N. Y., Street & Smith, [1890.] c. 4-229 p. il. D. (Select ser., no. 36.) pap., 25 c. Brown, Helen E. How to grow a book for the youngest who love the Saviour. N. Y., American Tract Soc., [1890.] c. '89. 2-68 p. T. cl.. 30 c. Thirteen chapters of spiritual advice for young people. Cable, G: W. The negro question. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1890. C. 6+173 p. D. cl., A family of Irish children, who are about to be afflicted with a step-father, determine to get rid of him if possible. Their mother, Mrs. Moore, is a wealthy, cultured woman. Captain Hammond, her husband in perspective, is an Englishman of some position. Before the wedding, he pays a visit to Ireland, and the children put in operation their scheme of frightening him from the country by writing him letters as if coming from the Land Leaguers, etc. Calvo, Joaquin Bernardo. The Republic of Costa Rica; from the Spanish, ed. by L. de T., with introd., and additions. N. Y. and Chic., Rand, McNally & Co., 1890. c. '89. 3-292 p. por., il. and maps, D. cl.. $2. A full account of everything relating to this Central American republic. Statistics and details are given of its agriculture, army, banking houses, exports, products, importations, minerals, mining interests, national debt; an account of its birds, flowers, fruits, its history from the time of the Spanish rule; its constitution, presidents, generals, etc. It is also shown how to go to Costa Rica, what to wear there, how to live and where, etc. Cawein, Julius Madison. Lyrics and idyls. Limited ed. Louisville, Ky., J: P. Morton & Co., 1890. c. 3-194 p. D. cl., $1. *Chesterfield, Lord, [Philip Dormer Stanhope.] Letters to his godson and successor; ed. from the originals with a memoir of Lord Chesterfield, by the Earl of Carnarvon. New cheaper ed. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 91+ 320 p. por. and il. 8°, cl., $4.50. Comfort, Lucy Randall. Cecile's marriage; or, the heiress of Earnscliff. N. Y., Street & Smith, [1890.] 4-247 p. 1 il. D. (Select ser., no. 35.) pap., 25 c. *Commercial travellers' chart of the United States law association for the year 1890. N. Y., Ten Eyck & Remington, [1890.] c. pap., 30 c. 79 p. T. Conder, C. R. Palestine. N. Y. Dodd, Mead & Co., [1890.] 6+270 p. il. and maps, D. (The world's great explorers and explorations ser., ed. by J. Scott Keltie, no. 1.) cl., $1.25. This volume relates briefly the story of the Palestine exploration, and especially the expeditions of which Major Conder was the leader. *Connecticut. Supreme ct. of errors. Reports of N. Y., Banks cases, v. 57; by J: Hooker. & Bros., 1890. c. '89. 8+643 p. O. shp., $3.50. Corneille, Pierre Horace: tragédie en cinq actes [Fr.]; with grammatical and explanatory notes, by F: C. Sumichrast. N. Y., W: R. Jenkins, 1890. c. 898+102 p. D. (Classiques Français, no. 5.) pap., 25 c. Crosby, Howard. Will and providence. A sermon. N. Y., 16 p. *Cusack, Miss M. Francis Clare, [" The nun of Kenmare," pseud.] Life inside the church of * In this list, the titles generally are verbatim transcriptions (according to the rule of the American Library Association) from books received. Books not received are indicated by a prefixed asterisk and this office cannot be held responsible for the correctness of their record. Rome. N. Y., G. W. Dillingham, 1890. 432 p. 12°, cl., $1.75. Dana, Ja. D. Characteristics of volcanoes; with contributions of facts and principles from the Hawaiian Islands. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1890. C. 14+ 399 p. il. and map, O. cl., $5. The purpose of the work is the illustration of volcanic action and principles by special reference to the facts supplied by the open craters of Hawaii, and by comparing and contrasting these with the corresponding features and phenomena of Vesuvius. It begins with an elementary treatise on volcanoes and volcanic action. After these general explanations, the workings of the tires in the two active craters of Hawaii are successively set forth by means of descriptions and illustrations. Pt. 3 contains an account of the topography of the Pacific basin, with a map of deep-sea Pacific and Atlantic soundings, and a discussion of the influence upon the depth of the oceans of volcanic actions. Pt. 4 treats of denudation, or valley-making, on volcanic islands. *De Quincey, T: The collected writings. New enl. ed., by D: Masson. V. 5, Biographies and biographic sketches. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 416 p. 12°, cl., $1.25. Desart, Earlof, [W: Ulick O'Connor Cuffe.] The little chatelaine. N. Y., Frank F. Lovell & Co.. [1890.] 2+476 p. D. (Lovell's international ser., no. 69.) pap., 50 c. An English novel. The hero is an English officer, with two little girls; their mother has long been dead, and they lead an unconventional life in lodgings; horseracing, dives, debts, a marriage for money, and a pretty love-tale are among the incidents. Dinners, ceremonious and unceremonious, and the modern methods of serving them. N. Y., F: A. Stokes & Bro., [1890.] c. 3+80 p. S. (Good form ser.) cl., 75 c. Contents: Formal dinners and diners; Informal din nes and diners; Dates of invitation; Forms of ceremonious invitations; Invitations to informal dinners; Addresses upon envelopes enclosing invitations; Replies to formal invitations; Dinner toilettes; Proper time for arriving at dinners; Guests of honor; After-dinner courtesies: Table observances; Arranging a menu; Laying the table; Providing for a dinner; Service in and out of the dining-room at company dinners; Dinner favors; Table cards. Doyle, A. Conan. A study in scarlet. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1890. 4-214 p. D. (Lippincott's ser. of select novels, no. 107.) pap., 50 c. By the author of "Micah Clarke." A mysterious murder committed in an empty house in London, and apparently for revenge, is the basis of the story. The detective work is well done, and there is a capital character study of an amateur detective. 247 p. *Dumas, Alex. The Count of Beuzeval: [a novel.] N. Y., G. W. Dillingham, 1890. 12. pap., 50 c. Edersheim, Alfred. Jesus the Messiah: abridged author's ed. of "The life and times of Jesus the Messiah." N. Y., A. D. F. Randolph & Co., [1890.] 13+645 p. D. cl., $2. *Euclid. The eleventh book of Euclid's Elements, propositions 1-21; ed. by F. H. Stevens. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 6+383 -430 p. 16°, cl., 30 c. *Flint, Ja. H. The law of trusts and trustees as determined by the decisions of the principal English and American courts. San Francisco, Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1890. c. 22+572 p. T. shp., $3. Forsyth, Miss. An awakening. N. Y., Frank F. Lovell & Co.. [1890.] c. 230 p. D. (American novelists' ser., no. 27.) pap., 25 c. The story of an unhappy marriage. *Foster, Roger. A treatise on pleading and practice in equity in the courts of the United States; with chapters on jurisdiction of the federal courts, practice at common law, removal of causes from state to federal courts, and writs of error and appeals, with special reference to patent causes and the foreclosure of railway mortgages. Bost., The Boston Book Co., 1890. C. 80+822 p. O. shp., net, $6. G., S. Dickie Winton; or, between gate and front door: a story for the young. N. Y.. T: Nelson & Sons, 1890. 6-144 p. il. D. cl., 60 c. Tells of a little boy, who, after a happy day's holiday at school, runs away to London to see his mother. Godwin, H. C. Railroad engineers' field-book and explorers' guide: especially adapted to the use of railroad engineers on location and construction, and to the needs of the explorer in making exploratory surveys. N. Y., J: Wiley & Sons, 1890. c. 13+358 p. il. S. mor. flaps, $2.50. I am publishing the following notes because I think they may possibly supply the want of a field-book-a want which I have often felt myself, and have often heard expressed-which, while avoiding as much as possible the intricacies of mathematics, would be of more general application than any of the books of this class which I have as yet come across."-Author's Preface. Gooch, Fani Pusey. Miss Mordeck's father. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., [1890.] c. 288 p. D. cl., $1; pap.. 50 c. 2+ The story of a man who leads a dual existence, being in one existence a man of business, in the other a dashing and reckless gambler. He has two families in different parts of the city; to one he is known as Thomas A. Mordeck, and to the other as Captain Dunbar. He is represented as passing unconsciously from one condition to another, and remembering nothing of any other life but the one he is in. A surgical operation upon his skull is proposed to bring him entirely to himself, his two wives and two daughters being thus brought together. Granny: a village story, by the author of "Great Englishmen." N. Y., T: Nelson & Sons, 1890. 6-118 p. il. D. cl., 50 c. Besides Granny Stalker," around whom the story centres, there is a little boy Benny, who goes out to service in London and is accused unjustly of theft. Many good lessons are taught for young people. Green, Evelyn Everett. Sir Aylmer's heir: a story for the young. N. Y., T: Nelson & Sons, 1890. 6-215 p. il. D. cl., 80 c. For boys. The hero is the son of an English officer, who is killed in Egypt; the little boy goes to live with his uncle, upon whose character he has somewhat of the same softening effect as little "Lord Fauntleroy; "a large intelligent dog that is prominent in the story heightens its resemblance to Mrs. Burnett's tale. *Hicks, W. M. Elementary dynamics of particles and solids. N. Y.. Macmillan & Co., 1890. 6+397 p. 12°, cl. $1.60. Hornibrook, Isabel. Tuke: a story for boys. N. Y., T: Nelson & Sons, 1890. 7-116 p. il. S. cl.. 50 c. The lessons which this little story teach are to make the best of the talents given us, and to forget our own physical defects in work for others. *Horsford, Eben Norton. The problem of the Northmen: a letter to Judge Daly, the president of the American Geographical Society. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890. 23 p. map and il. 4°, pap.. 4°, net, $1. First published only for private distribution, and without a price. See P. W., "Weekly Record," Aug. 31, '89, [918] *Iowa. Supreme ct. Reports of cases; E. C. Ebersole, rep. V. 19, being v. 77 of the series. Columbia, E. W. Stephens, 1890. c. 864 P. O. shp., $3. Jerome, Jerome K. The idle thoughts of an idle fellow: a book for an idle holiday. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1890. 4+209 p. D. cl., $1. Amusing papers on being idle; on being in love, being hard up and being in the blues; on vanity and vanities, getting on in the world, the weather, cats and dogs, on being shy, on babies, on eating and drinking, furnished apartments, dress and deportment and on memory; by the author of "Three men in a boat." Kenney, Minnie E. Christie's next things. N. Y., American Tract Soc., [1890.] c. 2263 p. il. D. cl., $1. A graduating class, of which Christie Gilbert is a mem ber, take for their motto the old English phrase, "Doe ye nexte thynge." Christie's life is followed out in detail, and it is shown how thoroughly she lives up to her duty, in doing that which is close at her hand, be it work or care or sympathy for others. *Kingsley, Rev. C: All Saints Day, and other sermons; ed. by the Rev. W. Harrison. 3d ed. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 12+410 p. 12° cl., $2. *Kingsley, Rev. C: True words for brave men: a book for soldiers' and sailors' libraries. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 8+246 p. 12°, cl., $1. *Kitchener, F. E. Geometrical note-book: cont. easy problems in geometrical drawing, preparatory to the study of geometry, for the use of schools. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 68 p. 4°, pap., 55 c. Larcom, Lucy. Bost., HoughC. 46 p. T. pap., Easter gleams. ton, Mifflin & Co., 1890. 75 c. A collection of poems for Easter. Lawson, J: D. Rights, remedies, and practice, at law, in equity, and under the codes: a treatise on American law in civil causes; with a digest of illustrative cases. In 7 v. V. 4. San Francisco, Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1890. c. 22+2579-3478+21 p. O. shp., $6. Lee, Margaret. A Brooklyn bachelor: a novel. N. Y., Frank F. Lovell & Co., [1890.] c. 2207 p. D. (American novelists' ser., no. 30.) pap., 50 c. The scene is Brooklyn, N. Y., a great deal of local color being thrown in, talks about music, Theodore Thomas, the Philharmonic rehearsals, etc. A love-tale. *Livy. Book 4, ed. by H. M. Stephenson. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 16+142 p. 16°, cl.. 65 c. pap.. 25 c. The usual love-story; the hero is a California millionaire; contains many yachting episodes. Macduff, J. R., D.D. Gloria patri: a book of private prayer for morning and evening. N. Y., T: Nelson & Sons, 1890. 287 p. sq. S. cl., $1. *Mahaffy, J. P. A history of classical Greek literature. In 2 v. V. 1, The poets, with an appendix on Homer, by Prof. Sayce. 2d rev. ed. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 14+ 539 p. 12°, cl., $2.25. *Molière, J: Bapt. P. de. Les precieuses ridicules; with introd. and notes oy E. G. W. Braunholtz. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 35+100 p. 16°, cl., 50 c. *Moore, C: Herbert. Development and character of Gothic architecture. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1890. 19+333 p. il. 8°, cl.. $4.50. Morris, W: A tale of the house of the Wolfings and all the kindreds of the Mark, written in prose and in verse. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1890. 2+387+16 p. por. O. hf. cl., $3. This latest work of the author of "The earthly Paradise," written partly in prose and partly in verse, reproduces the life and manners of a remote past. It is the story of the Wolfings, a branch of the Gothic people in their picturesque life in the wood and their struggle with the Romans. It possesses an epic force and significance, and the way in which Thiodolf, their leader, and that of their brother Mark-men, was led to sacrifice his own life in order to insure the success of his people, has a noble pathos. Murray, Ja. C. English Bible studies, first year's course: sixty studies in the life of Christ; with an introd. by Rev. J. C. Hartzell, D.D. Cranston & Stowe, 1890. C. 120 p. D. cl., 50 c. Cin., *New Jersey. Digest of the fees, costs, and salaries allowed or prescribed by the laws of the state, to state, county, and other public officers; authorized by act of April 17, 1888; comp. by Lewis Starr. Camden, N. J., F. F. Patterson, printer, 1889. c. 135 p. D. pap., $1. *New York. An abridgment of the revised statutes of the state of New York, together with the other statutory provisions of a general and permanent nature, except the code of civil procedure, the code of criminal procedure, and the penal code, passed from the year 1778 to 1890, and now in force, being selections from said statutes. Students' ed. N. Y. and Alb., Banks & Bros., 1890. C. O. shp., $4.50. *Northwestern reporter, v. 43. Cont. all the decisions of the supreme courts of Minn., Wis., Iowa, Mich., Neb., No. Dak., So. Dak. Permanent ed., Aug. 17, 1889-Jan. 18, 1890, with tables of northwestern cases published in v. 76, Iowa reports; 66, 67, and 75, Michigan reports; 40, Minnesota reports; 25, Nebraska reports. St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1890. 14+1252 p. O. (National reporter system. State ser.) shp., $3.50. *O'Farrell, Patrick. Digest of pension and bounty laws. Wash., D. C., [Patrick O'Farrell,] [1890.] c. 8 p. D. pap., gratis. *Ohio. The annot. Ohio municipal code: laws governing municipal corporations in Ohio, with necessary forms of procedure; by Frank M. Coppock. Cin., W. H. Anderson & Co., 1890. C. |