A USEFUL BOOKSELLER'S ASSISTANT. Annual Catalogues, 1889. The Annual American Catalogue for 1889 contains: (1) Directory of American Publishers issuing books in 1889. (2) Full-title Record, with descriptive notes, in author-alpha bet, 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. TRADE WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED The American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular. [ESTABLISHED 1852] PUBLICATION OFFICE, FRANKLIN SQUARE (330 PEARL STREET), NEW YORK. Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter. VOL. XXXVII., No. 16. NEW YORK, April 19, 1890. WHOLE NO. 951. HEROES OF "DARKEST AFRICA." HENRY M. STANLEY, the African Explorer. By ARTHUR MONTEFIORE, F.R.G.S. 12m0, 160 pages, cloth, 75 cents. In presenting us with a popular biography of the great traveller whose latest adventures are being followed with such breathless interest, Mr. Arthur Montefiore has supplied an obvious want by giving a clear and connected view of all Stanley has hitherto accomplished, and putting the reader in a position to understand the great drama that is now being enacted in Central Africa."-The Literary World. DAVID LIVINGSTONE, His Labors and His Legacy. By ARTHUR MONTEFIORE, F.R.G.S. 12mo, 160 pages, cloth, 75 cents. (Uniform with above.) GARENGANZE; or, Seven Years' Pioneer Missionary Work in Central Africa. By FRED S. ARNOT. Introduction by Rev. ARTHUR T. PIERSON, D.D. Numerous illustrations, and an original map. 8vo, cloth, 290 pages, $1.25. A work of thrilling interest. The author's two trips across Africa, entirely unarmed and unattended except by the local and constantly changing carriers, and in such marked contrast with many modern adventurers, strongly impress one to ask if another Livingstone has not appeared among us. "Every one nowadays who reads at all is familiar with Africa as Stanley, in his later travels, has made it known. But as nearly twenty years have passed since he set out on his search for Livingstone, not a few have. almost forgotten the circumstances which led him to Africa, and the success which made him famous. The book is generously illustrated, full of interest, and should be in every library as a direct and powerful agent in giving information and exciting interest in missionary work in Africa, while it will also awaken in every reader the desire to peruse for himself the stories of Livingstone and Stanley as told in their own words." -Public Opinion. POPULAR MISSIONARY BIOGRAPHIES. The fact that nearly SIXTY THOUSAND copies of these capital books have been disposed of will attest to their popularity. ROBERT MOFFAT, the Missionary Hero of Kuruman. By DAVID J. DEANE, author of "Martin Luther, the Reformer," etc. SAMUEL CROWTHER, the Slave Boy Who Became Bishop of the Niger. By JESSE PAGE, author of " Bishop Patterson." THOMAS J. COMBER, Missionary Pioneer to the Congo. By Rev. J. B. MYERS, Association Secretary Baptist Missionary Society. NEW YORK: 2 Bible House, Astor Place. FLEMING H. REVELL. CHICAGO > 148 and 150 Madison Street. A USEFUL BOOKSELLER'S ASSISTANT. Annual Catalogues, 1889. The Annual American Catalogue for 1889 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. The Annual English Catalogue for 1889 is now 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. A deduction of $3 per page for standing matter. for re-insertion must be ordered kept standing. Special rates for yearly or other contracts. Rates for insertion of matter in Books Wanted, Books for Sale, Situations Wanted, etc., will be found over the heading of "Books Wanted," elsewhere in this issue. J. B. LIPPINCOTT Co. have just published the Recollections" of George W. Childs, containing reminiscences of noted persons with whom Mr. Childs has been intimately acquainted, together with interesting incidents in his own life; "Love in the Tropics," a romance of the South Seas, by Caroline Earle White;" and Syrlin," Ouida's latest novel. ROBERTS BROTHERS have just ready "London of To-Day," by Charles Eyre Pascoe, an illustrated handbook for the season of 1890, fully illustrated. They have in preparation "Sorrow and Passion," a collection of the shorter stories of Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley; also "Miss Brown," by Eliza Cook, a new novel by a new author. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS have just ready All matter, whether for the reading-matter columns or our advertising pages, should reach this office not later"The Wife of the First Consul," translated from than Wednesday noon, to insure insertion in the same week's issue. the French of Saint Amand by T. S. Perry, and have in press two more books by the same author, "Marie Antoinette and the End of the Ancient Régime" and " The Happy Days of the Empress Louise." Mr. Henry M. Field's " Bright Skies and Dark Shadows" is also ready, and a revised PUBLICATION OFFice, Franklin Sq. (330 PEARL ST.), N. Y. edition has been prepared of Lafayette C. Loomis' REFERENCES. Annual Summary Number, Jan. 25. Index to January Books, Feb. 1; February Books, Mar. 1. English Books, Jan. 4, Jan. 25, Feb. 8, Feb. 22, Mar. 8, Spring Announcement Number, March 22. PAGE 522 527 Index Guide to Travel and Art Study in Europe." WM. C. BRYANT & Co., 24 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y., have just ready "A Natural Method of Physical Training," by Edwin CheckleyMighty Little Checkley," as the New York Sun dubs him. The new system of physical training introduced by Prof. Edwin Checkley has created something of a sensation in the athletic world and among the schools of hygienic culture, by reason of the fact that the new system condemns most of the popular methods. Prof. Checkley's system is one of novel simplicity which does away with all appliances, all "health lifts" or other ma545 chinery, and reduces physical training to its natural first principles by beginning on the inside of the system, as it were, instead of starting with an effort to cover the body with superficial muscles. The volume, which has already received flattering notices from all sources, is neatly gotten up and illustrated with a number of diagrams. 547 541 539 542 542 548 546 542 547 542 547 543 547 543, 546 544 546 547 542 521 545 542 542 542 544 RAND, MCNALLY & Co. will publish at once an edition in paper covers of their unabridged "Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff." THE "English Catalogue" has just been received at the office of THE PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY, and will be supplied to subscribers early next week. As the edition is limited those desiring a copy will do well to send in their orders at once. T. B. PETERSON & BROS. publish to-day Zola's latest novel, La Bête Humaine" (the human animal), translated by George D. Cox. It is issued in their popular Twenty-five Cent Series, which already includes the bulk of Zola's writings. LITTLE, BROWN & Co. have just ready in a dainty little volume the " Dramatic Opinions" of Mrs. Kendal, the charming English actress, which recently appeared in Murray's Magazine. They will publish next month "The Influence of Sea Power upon History," by Capt. A. T. Mahan, U. S. N., with twenty-five charts illustrative of great naval battles. The object of the work is an examination of the general history of Europe and America and exemplification of the great determining influence of the maritime strength upon great issues, a point which many historians have either overlooked or touched upon superficially. The period embraced is from 1660 to the end of the American revolution. They will also publish shortly "With Fire and Sword," by Henry Sienkiewicz, an historical novel of Poland and Russia, translated by Jeremiah Curtin, author of "Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland." Sienkiewicz, it is claimed, has by his picturesque and artistic descriptions of nature, as well as by his. strong analysis of the masculine character, "placed himself at the head of Polish novelists. He combines Dumas' facility for conceiving and planning with Turgénieff's melancholy illumined with the brilliant dry humor and laconic pathos of Bret Harte." WEEKLY RECORD OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.* 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.): 0. (8v0: 25 cm.) D. (12mo: 20 cm.); S.(16mo: 171⁄2 cm.); T. (24m0: 15 cm.); Tt. (32mo: 121⁄2 cm.); Fe. (48mo: 10 cm.). Sq., obl. nar., designate square, oblong, narrow boɔks of these heights. *Bacon, Francis, (Lord.) Essays; with an introd. by H: Morley. N. Y., A. L. Burt, 1890. 418 p. por. 12°, (Burt's lib. of the world's best books.) cl., $1; hf. cf., $2. Ball, Rev. C. J. The prophecies of Jeremiah; with a sketch of his life and times. N. Y., A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1890. 3-424 p. D. (The expositor's Bible, 3d ser.) cl., $1.50. *Barbour, Oliver L. A treatise on the rights of persons and the rights of property, with the remedies for the protection and enforcement of those rights. In 2 v. V. I. Rochester, N. Y., Williamson Law-Book Co., 1890. c. 8+578 p. O. shp., $12. C. 2 v. 45+ *Beach, C: Fisk. The modern law of railways as determined by the courts and statutes of England and the United States. San Francisco, Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1890. 738; 745+1544 p. T. shp., $6. *Bennett, Alfred W., and Murray, G: A handbook of cryptogamic botany. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1890. il. 12°, cl., $5. *Bible. A new companion to the Bible; an introduction to the study of the Sacred Scriptures for Bible-classes, Sunday-schools, and families. New rev. ed., with maps. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell, 1890. 412 p. 12°, cl., $1. *Bloomingston, J. S. The annual insurance digest for the court year, 1888-89. V. 1. Chic., The Investigator, 177 La Salle St., 1890. 250 p. 8°, shp., $4. *Briggs, L. Vernon. History of ship-building on North River, Plymouth Co., Mass.; with genealogies of the ship-builders and accounts of the industries upon its tributaries, 1640-1872. Bost., L. Vernon Briggs, 1889. 420 p. 8°, cl., $3.50; hf. tky. mor., $5. Burnham, Clara Louise. The mistress of Beech Knoll: a novel. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890. c. 4+413 p. D. cl., $1.25. This is a love-tale, without any disguise. The scene is laid in a small town near Boston. By the author of " Next door" and other novels. Camden Mountains (The); the Norway of America: a handbook of mountain, ocean, and lake scenery on the coast of Maine; il. by W: Goodrich Beal. Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1890. 48 p. il. obl. T. pap., 25 c. C. *Case, T: Physical realism; being an analytical philosophy from the physical data of sense. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1890. 8°, cl., $5. Checkley, Edwin. A natural method of physical training: being a practical description of the Checkley system of physiculture; il. from photographs taken especially for this treatise. Brooklyn, N. Y., W: C. Bryant & Co., 1890. C. 152 p. il. D. cl., $1.50. The author of this book believes that there is more "straining" than "training in a good many popular systems practised in and out of the college gymnasium. The method he himself advocates departs radically from familiar systems. It is outlined in a series of chapters entitled "The bugbear of training," "How to carry the body," "How to breathe," "Muscles and what they do," "The joints and their development," "Exercises for muscles and joints," "The treatment of obesity," "Training for women," "A word about children," etc. The system is not dependent upon any appliances whatThe ladder of journalCopeland, T. Campbell. ism, how to climb it. N. Y., Allan Foreman, 117 Nassau St., 1889. c. 138 p. T. pap., 50 c. the beginners in journalism. It is the work of a practiAn excellent little book of practical information, for cal newspaper man, and is the result of many years of observation, labor, and experience. Sets forth the duties of the city editor, the telegraph editor, the editorial writer, the exchange editor, the proof-reader, etc.; has chapters on assignments and special duties; district work: musical and dramatic criticisms; newspaper illustrations, ever, and seems natural and sensible. etc. *Coulston, W. A. Flowers from a Persian garden, and other papers. N. Y., Scribner & Welford, 1890. 12°, cl., $1.75. *Creasy, E. S. Fifteen decisive battles of the world, from Marathon to Waterloo; with introd. note by Frank Parsons. N. Y., A. L. Burt, 1890. 386 p. 12°, (Burt's lib. of the world's best books.) cl., $1; hf. cf., $2. Darnell, H: Faulkner. The craze of Christian Engelhart. N. Y., Appleton, 1890. c. 3-264 P. D. (Appleton's town and country lib., no. 50.) cl., 75 c.; pap., 50 c. Christian Engelhart's "craze" is a belief that he-or rather the intelligence which gives him his individuality -has previously upon this earth animated another human being. His theory is based upon the many remarkable visions which have occurred to him at different periods of his life. He seeks sympathy and advise from a broadsought to penetrate the secrets of the unknown world. minded scientist, Prof. Wilderhaft, who has for years He listens to Christian's story, and makes no attempt to deter the young man from making a test of his last intuition which has foreshadowed to him that death lies in wait for him in a new enterprise he has on hand. Prof. Wilderhaft's character is an elaborate study. *Doyle, A. Conan. The captain of the Polestar, and other tales. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1890. 12°, cl., $1.50. *Earl, A. G. The elements of laboratory work: a course of natural science; with 57 diagrams and numerous exercises and questions. N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1890. 12+179 p. 12°, cl., net, $1.40. Edwards, Julia. Beautiful, but poor. N. Y., Street & Smith, [1890.] c. 4-211 p. 1 il. D. (The select ser., no. 38.) pap., 25 c. *Ellis, Havelock. The new spirit: essays biographical and critical. N. Y., Scribner & Welford, 1890. 8°, cl., $2.75. *Empire (The): a complete history from Roman times to the present day. N. Y., T: Nelson & Sons, 1890. 560 p. 12°, cl., $1.25. Ferguson, E. C. An aid to Greek at sight; consisting of classified lists of the chief classic *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. |