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E. of imparting historical information, it tells the story of the Empire State in vivid, picturesque, and entertaining narrative. It throws against a strong historical back-man is less general than our admiration of his genius. ground the story of a typical Knickerbocker family, and the record of their varying fortunes is alike the story of the great State of New York and of its cosmopolitan people. The tone of this volume is sympathetic, and the numerous facts gathered from Lowell and his friends, with the apt quotations interspersed, give it a personal quality that is peculiarly attractive; since our knowledge of the Send for prospectus of the Story of the States. It includes some of the most popular American authors. Tilting at Windmills: A Story of the Blue Grass Country. By Emma M. Connelly. 12mo, $1.50. Nearly ready. 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FUNK & WAGNALLS have ready to day a novel by Edgar Fawcett entitled "A Man's Will," treating of fashionable intemperance; and the "Ethics of Marriage," by Dr. H. S. Pomeroy. They will issue in a few days volume 14 of " The People's Bible," by the Rev. Joseph Parker, and "A Commentary on the Book of Psalms," in three volumes, by Prof. Franz Delitzsch, D.D., of Leipzig, in the Foreign Biblical Library. THE D. LOTHROP Co. have nearly ready "Tilting at Windmills," by Emma M. Connelly, said to be a strong story of life in Kentucky during the period of reconstruction after the Civil War. The hero is a typical Boston man, very much in love with the heroine, a typical Southern woman, and the plot offers great possibilities to treat of many of the problems of American life both North and South. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN & Co. publish to-day Three Cruises of the Blake," by Alexander Agassiz, which describes the voyage of the United States Coast Survey steamer Blake from 1877 to 1880 to the Straits of Florida, the Yucatan Bank, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast from Charleston to George's Bank, and is a work of great scientific value; Life of Walter Harriman," by Amos Hadley, with selections from his speeches and writings, and No. 35 of the Riverside Literature series containing Pt. 3 of Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn." D. C. HEATH & Co. have ready a book of "Chemical Problems," by Drs. Grabfield and Burns, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It comprises the principles of stoichiometry, with separate chapters upon atomic and molecular weight, determinations and specific gravity of gases, and upon the principles of thermo-chemistry and its application to inorganic chemistry. 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Mr. Bell, Superintendent of Foreign Mails, who conducted the negotiations to a successful conclusion on the part of the United States, returned this week from Ottawa. He states that the provisions of the convention of March 1, allowing merchandise in the mails exchanged between the two countries, has largely been taken advantage of by the merchants of the United States. 729 734 729 THOMAS WHITTAKER has nearly ready Andrew Jukes' new work entitled "The Names of God in Holy Scripture," which has been delayed for some time by the illness of its author. WEEKLY RECORD OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.* The abbreviations are usually self-explanatory. c. after the date indicates that the book is copyrighted; if 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. 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. (8vo: 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 Alden, W: L. A new Robinson Crusoe. N. Y., Harper, 1888. C. 3+147 p. 1 il. S. (Harper's young people ser.) cl., $1. Mike Flanagan at the age of sixteen ships as ordinary seaman in a vessel bound from San Francisco to China. She carries one passenger, who is supposed to be recovering from a long illness. He claims to be the grandson of "Robinson Crusoe." During a storm the crew desert the vessel. Mike stays to rescue Mr. Crusoe and is left behind. The ship glides upon a sand-bank. In the morning they discover an island and Mr. Crusoe insists upon doing in all things as his grandfather did. Mike is forced to blacken his skin and wear goat-skin clothes. After many amusing adventures Mr. Crusoe is wounded and has a long illness, during which he recovers his reason. After awhile they hail a ship, board her, and reach New York, and Mr. Crusoe, who proves to be a Mr. Munroe, provides for Mike for life, as a reward for all he has made him suffer in the character of "Friday." *American decisions, cont. the cases of general value and authority decided in the courts of the several states; comp. and annot. by A. C. Freeman. V. 96, [1863-1869.] San Francisco, Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1888. C. 1+7-858 p. O. shp., $5. *American reports, cont. all decisions of general interest decided in the courts of last resort of the states, with notes and ref. by Irving Browne. V. 60. Alb., J: D. Parsons, Jr., 1888. C. 34+925 p. O. shp., $6. Arnold, Matthew. Civilization in the United States; first and last impressions of America. Bost., Cupples & Hurd, 1888. C. 4+192 P. D. cl., $1.25; pap., 75 c. Comprises the critical essays which created so much discussion, namely, "General Grant, an estimate," "A word about America," "A word more about America," and "Civilization in the United States." Bigelow, J: France and the Confederate Navy, 1862-1868 an international episode. N. Y., Harper, 1888. c. 10+247 p. D. cl., $1.50. The double part that Napoleon III. played during our late war towards the North, though often suspected, was never before sustained by proof. Mr. Bigelow tells the whole story of how the Confederate States made arrangements to have a navy built in France, the Imperial Government appearing to keep its promise of neutrality, by pretending to believe the ships were for trading between San Francisco, China, and Japan, being armed for defence against pirates in the Eastern seas, as the agent of the Confederacy stated. The correspondence now submitted between the Confederate Secretary of State, Benjamin, and Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and their French agents, fully displays the duplicity of the French Emperor. *Brassey, Lord. Lord Brassey's naval annual, 1887. N. Y., Scribner & Welford, 1888. 770 p. pl. il. and maps, O. cl., $3. Bronson, S. A., D.D. John Sherman, what he has said and done; being a history of the life and public services of the Hon. J: Sherman. [New issue.] Cin., Rob. Clarke & Co., 1888. c. '80. 277 p. por. D. cl., 75 c. This book was entered in P. W. record of April 10, 1880, [430] under the imprint of H. W. Derby. It is reissued, not as an argument to support a possible candidate for the Presidency, but to offer such a statement of what Mr. Sherman has said and done as shall enable an intelligent public to judge whether or not the subject of it worthily deserves to be President. Brooks, Elbridge S. The story of New York. Bost., D. Lothrop Co., [1888.] c. 3-311 p. il. O. (The story of the states, ed. by E. S. Brooks, no. 1.) cl., $1.50. The initial volume of the series, written by the editor, indicates in outline rather than in detail the stages of growth through which the Commonwealth of New York advanced from a purely mercantile venture to its present position among the States. Against a background of historic facts is thrown the record of an imaginary Knickerbocker family whose members never attained power, wealth, or official station, but remained in their humble sphere active factors in the advancing career of a mighty State. The descendants of Teunis Jansen stand as types of the people whose daily duties, activities, cares, and needs are a part of the story and the success of the Empire State. Contains a chronological epitome of the history of New York, the Constitution of the State, a selection of books to be read on New York history, and a good index. Caine, Hall. The deemster: a romance. N. Y., J: W. Lovell Co., [1888.] 361 p. S. (Lovell's lib., no. 1143.) pap., 20 c. *California. Supreme court. Reports of cases. W. W. Cope, rep. V. 71, [1886-7.] San Francisco, Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1887. c. 32+ 706 p. O. shp., $4. *Campbell, F. R., M.D. The language of medicine a manual giving the origin, etymology, pronunciation, and meaning of the technical terms found in medical literature. N. Y., Appleton, 1888. 325 p. O. cl., $3. Chosen man (The); or, the mystery of the secret service; by the author of "Old Stonewall." N. Y., Street & Smith, [1888.] 153 p. D. (The secret ser., no. 7.) pap., 25 c. C. Conklin, Clara. Topics for recitation in ancient geography. Delaware, O., L. S. Wells, 1888. 18 p. T. pap., 15 c. Lists of the names of the divisions, colonies, cities, rivers, mountains, islands, etc., of Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Arabia, Interior Asia, Africa, and Europe. They are designed for the teacher's and pupil's aid in recitations, the pupil's part being to supply all the information to be found about the name given. Cooke, Josiah Parsons. The credentials of N. Y., Rob. 8+324 p. D. cl., science, the warrant of faith. These lectures were prepared at the invitation of the Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. City, during the spring of 1887, as one of the course of the Elias P. Ely lectures on the evidences of Christianity. There were twelve when spoken, but they have been condensed into ten for publication. The subjects are: The argument of natural theology; Preparing the way; The induction of Newton; Deduction; Examples of scientific investigation; Laws of nature; Determinate and indeterminate laws; Theories or systems of science; Predominant principles of scientific thought; The systems compared religion and science. Corelli, Marie. Vendetta; or, the story of one forgotten. N. Y., G: Munro, [1888.] 328 p. S. (Seaside lib., pocket ed., no. 1068.) pap., 20 C. Cossa, Luigi. Taxation its principles and methods; tr. from the Scienza delle finanze of Dr. * 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, Luigi Cossa; with an introduction and notes by Horace White. N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, 1888. C. 11+213 p. D. cl., $1. "This work does not deal with customs duties except in their fiscal aspects. The dispute between protection and free-trade is not touched upon, since the aim of protection is not to provide means for the support of Government, but something quite different. While the tariff question, as it popularly presents itself, is not touched upon, the effects of taxes on imports upon different classes in the community are made sufficiently clear. A few notes have been added in the text in order to give local application and local interest to the abstract principles stated." - Transla tor's Preface. The appendix gives in brief form the state tax systems of New York and Pennsylvania as they stand to-day. Dr. Cossa's bibliography of the science, which covers 13 pages, has had a few additions. Denison, T. S. The man behind: a novel. Chic., T. S. Denison, [1888.] c. 311 p. D. (Denison's copyright ser., v. 1, no.1.) pap., 50 c. The first issue of a new paper series. See notice of book, P. W., March 3, '88, [840.] Dulles, C: W., M.D. Accidents and emergencies a manual of the treatment of surgical and other injuries in the absence of a physician. 3d ed., rev. and enl., with new il. Phil., P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1888. c. 2-123 p. il. S. cl., 75 c. *Federal reporter, 'v. 32. Cases argued and determined in the circuit and district courts of the United States, Oct., 1877-Jan., 1888; Peyton Boyle, ed. St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1888. c. 33+996 p. O. shp., $5. Flamant, Adolphe. A practical treatise on olive culture, oil-making, and olive pickling. Francisco, L: Grégoire & Co., 1887. c. 76 p. O. pap., $I. San *Fleming, W: Vocabulary of philosophy: psychological, ethical, metaphysical; with questions and references. 4th ed., rev. and largely reconstructed by H: Calderwood. N.Y., Scribner & Welford, 1888. O. cl., $3. Fosdick, C: A., [" Harry Castlemon," pseud.] Snagged and sunk; or, the adventures of a Phil., Porter & Coates, [1888.] c. 419 p. 1 il. S. (Forest and stream ser., no. 2.) cl., $1.25. canvas canoe. The second volume in the series. The first was "Joe Wayring," and its hero is also the chief character in this story, which is again told in the first person by the "flyrod." Matt Coyle, the squatter, his unruly son, their neighbors and friends, and our old friends Joe and Tom are the actors in many adventures in search of hidden treasure, undertaken in a canvas canoe The scene is laid on the border between New England and Canada, among the woods and lakes. All in the end turns out happily for Joe and the " flyrod," who informs us that a bicycle will take its place in telling the story of "The steel horse," the concluding volume of the series. Fuller, Horace W. Bad advice: a comedy, in three acts; adapted from the French. N. Y., A. T. B. De Witt, 1888. C. 35 p. D. (De Witt's acting plays, no. 348.) pap., 15 c. Fuller, Horace W. A red-letter day: a farcical comedy, in four acts; adapted and altered from the French. N. Y., A. T. B. De Witt, 1888. c. 32 p. D. (De Witt's acting plays, no. 349.) pap., 15 c. Green, J: R: A short history of the English people. New ed., rev. N. Y., Harper, 1888. 48+872 p. maps, O. cl., $1.20. In revising her husband's work, Mrs. Green fulfilled his last charge to her. In an introduction which briefly gives the events of the author's life, she defines the work she has done on this new edition in the following words: "I have been very careful not to interfere in any way with the plan or structure of the book, and save in a few exceptional cases, in which I knew Mr. Green's wishes, or where a change of chronology made some slight change in arrangement necessary, I have not altered its order. My work has been rather that of correcting mistakes of detail which must of a certainty occur in a story which covers so vast a field; and in this I have been mainly guided throughout by the work of revision done by Mr. Green himself in his larger History." Hazard, M. C. The child in the temple: a carol service. Bost. and Chic., Congregational S. S. and Pub. Soc., [1888.] c. 15 p. O. pap., 5 c. Hazard, M. C. Our festival: an anniversary service. Bost. and Chic., Congregational S. S. and Pub. Soc., [1888.] c. 1+15 p. O. pap., 5 C. Hayden, W: B. Our heavenly father's book: a compilation of truths and facts about the Bible. Pt. 2, New Testament; prepared for the American New-Church Sabbath-School Assoc. N. Y., New-Church Bd. of Pub., 20 Cooper Union, 1888. C. 11+237 p. T. cl., 50 c. Opens with a historical and also a general introduction. There are following chapters on: Origin of the New Testament; Written word of the New Testament; The languages of Palestine in the days of our Lord and his apostles; John the Baptist; The four Gospels as a whole; Matthew; Mark; Luke; John the Evangelist; Book of Revelation; The apostolic fathers, etc., etc. Henderson, D. M. Poems, Scottish and American. Balt., Cushings & Bailey, 1888. 139 p. D. cl., $1. C. Fifty-three poems dedicated to friends who have been the inspiration of the verses on subjects of every nature. The little poems on Burns, Carlyle, and Andrew Carnegie show humor and appreciation. Henry, Edgar. "89, edited from the original manuscript. N. Y., Cassell & Co., MDCCCXCI. [sic? 1888.] c. 18-498 p. D. cl., $1.25. Ryal Owen, of Georgia, is supposed to have written the manuscript from which his friend compiles this history of Southern life during the Civil War and the feelings of Southerners who will live in the year 1889. "The writer is supposed to have been Grand Master of a society called the Order of the Southern Cross, and by his efforts to have done much to build up the South, and after the presidential election of 1888 to have inaugurated an independent Southern republic. Fact and fiction are inspeculative theory. The author claims that South and mixed in this peculiar story founded on a separably North can never be united under a peaceful government. Hotchkiss, Philo Pratt. Banks and banking, 1171-1888: an historical sketch based upon official records. N. Y., The Knickerbocker Press, [G: P. Putnam's Sons,] 1888. c. 3-51 p. por. O. pap., 75 c. "Together with a few episodes' connected with the subject which have come under the observation of the writer during an experience of twenty-five years as a banker and merchant in the city of New York.' Hubbell, J. H. Hubbell's legal directory for lawyers and business men, 1887-'88. 18th year. N. Y., The Hubbell Legal Directory Co., [1888.] 1053+169 p. O. shp., $5. C. Humphrey, E: P., D.D. Sacred history from N. Y., the creation to the giving of the law. A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1888. c. 13+540 P. O. cl., $2.50. Dr. Humphrey, who was one of the clear-headed, strong, good men of the Presbyterian Church, died on the 9th of December, 1887, just after he had completed his manuscript and made all arrangements with the present publishers for its publication. Dr. Humphrey was led to write this view of sacred history at the re peated suggestion of clergymen who have been his pupils. He shows ripe scholarship and vast reading on a most catholic plan. To him science and religion offer no conflict and he faces and refutes all argument without any signs of hedging or any policy in choice of words. Suited to lay readers. Index to texts quoted arranged in the order of the books of the Bible. Hurst, J. T., D.D. The success of the gospel and the failure of the new theologies. N. Y., Wilbur B. Ketchum, [1888.] c. '86. 4-29 p. D. pap., 10 c. *Indiana. Supreme court. Reports of cases; by J: W. Kern, off. rep. 1886, May term, 1887. Bowen-Merrill Co., 1887. shp., $3.50. *Kansas. V. 3, Nov. term, Indianapolis, The c. 21+649 p. O. Supreme court. Reports of cases; A. M. F. Randolph, rep. V. 30, Jan. and July terms, 1883. 2d ed., annotated. Topeka, G: W. Crane & Co., 1888. c. 7+867 p. O. shp., $3.50. Kurtz, C: M., ed. National academy notes and complete catalogue, sixty-third spring exhibition National Academy of Design, N. Y. N. Y., Cassell & Co., 1888. 180 p. il. D. pap., 50 c. With illustrations reproduced from drawings by the artists; personal notices of the artists whose works are reproduced; a sketch of the academy, its membership, government, schools, etc., with supplementary chapter on the art attractions of New York. Lillie, Lucy C. My mother's enemy: a story for girls. Phil., Porter & Coates, 1888. 2+272 p. il. D. cl., $1.50. C. Helen Glegg, who tells this story in the first person, is fifteen when the tale opens. Her father is dead, and her mother, having obtained a situation as governess in a Russian family, is obliged to leave Helen in a school in Devonshire, England. Here Helen meets her "mother's enemy," who is the brother of a man who through Mr. Glegg has been tried for forgery and has since died. By a succession of happy accidents Helen discovers the secret of the forgery and all become friends at the end. Mrs. Lillie has already written several excellent books for young girls under the titles "Nan," "Rolf House," The story of English literature," etc. Lothrop, Mrs. H. M., [“ Margaret Sidney," pseud.] How Tom and Dorothy made and kept a Christian home. Bost., D. Lothrop Co., [1888.] 3-163 p. 1 il. D. cl., 75 c. This bright little sketch was written for a purpose, and is directly addressed to those young people who are just beginning married life on small means, and who find it hard to resist the temptations of dress and amusements in the whirl of life in a great city. Tom Foster is a clerk in a store in Boston on ten dollars a week. Dorothy Barnes, whom he marries and takes to the city, is a girl of high aspirations and loving character, and with little experience in the ways of the world. Their experiences during the first year are interestingly told, their little trials and temptations, common to all, are touched upon, and the story as a whole cannot but be helpful to readers who are in a like position. Lull, Rev. De Los. Father Solon; or, the helper helped. N. Y., Wilbur B. Ketcham, 1888. C. 367 p. D. cl., $1.50. Father Solon is introduced at a Thanksgiving dinner at the old family homestead in Yonkers, N.Y., surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren, after thirtyseven years of married life. The son Willie, an irresolute boy of twenty, and Carrie, a lovely girl of seventeen, are still at home. The old father loses everything through devotion to a friend, the old home is abandoned, and Carrie goes to work in the village factory. Willie is enticed to Salt Lake City by a Mormon priest and much space is given to his adventures there until he is found and released by his devoted sister and father. The story inculcates all the good, home virtues. The helper is Father Solon, who is specially "helped" by his delightful daughter. McElroy, W: H. Matthew Middlemas's experiment. Reprinted from the N. Y. Tribune. N. Y., A. D. F. Randolph & Co., [1888.] 32 p. T. pap., 6 c. A little sketch of an organized crusade against intemperance and the liquor-shops, and the results. Manners: a handbook of social customs. N. Y., Cassell & Co., [1888.] c. 5+114 p. T. cl., 50 c. The writer is said to be "a member of New York's most exclusive social circles," the little book having been written from her own experience as a woman of society and fashion." Hence it deals with many little conventionalities that people "out of society" are not burthened with. For fashionable people it will be found an excellent guide as to the right thing to do at balls or evening parties, in leaving cards, for formal calls or visits, clubs, christenings, with information about coatsof-arms, courtships and weddings, deaths, funerals and mourning, dinners at restaurants, garden or lawn parties, sending flowers, theatre parties, letter-writing, etc. Matthews, Brander. Cheap books and good books. N. Y., The American Copyright League, 1888. 25 p. D. pap., gratis. This paper is a revision and amplification of an "Open Letter" published in The Century for Dec., '87; and of an address delivered before the Congregational Club of N. Y. on the evening of Feb. 20, 1888, and published in the Christian Union, of March 15, 1888. It is being distributed gratis by the American Copyright League. Can be obtained either of Mr. R. U. Johnson, Treasurer, at 33 East 17th St., or of the Secretary, Mr. G: W. Green, 11 Pine St., N. Y. City. Meredith, G: Sandra Belloni; originally, "Emilia in England." Author's popular ed. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1888. 6+462 p. D. cl., $1.50. *Missouri. St. Louis and Kansas City courts of appeals. Cases determined from June 6 to Nov. 21, 1887; rep. by A. Moore Berry and Jas. F. Mister, off. rep. V. 27. Columbia, E. W. Stephens, 1888. 20+710+15 p. O. shp., $5. Mooney, Ja. The trail of the barrow; or, the brother's revenge. N. Y., J. S. Ogilvie & Co., [1888.] c. 216 p. D. (Mooney & Boland detective ser., no. 1.) pap., 25 c. C. Murray, Rev. Andrew. The children for Christ: thoughts for Christian parents on the consecration of the home life. N. Y., A. D. F. Randolph & Co., [1888.] 448 p. S. cl., $1.25. Fifty-two sermons, one for each week in the year, for parents; they are both suggestive and practical. *Myer, W: G. Federal decisions. Cases argued and determined in the supreme, circuit, and district courts of the United States; arranged [under subjects, Laches-Land]. V. 21. St. Louis, The Gilbert Bk. Co., 1888. C. 4+171034 p. O. shp., $7. Neil, Rev. E: Wallace. A sermon commemorative of the fifth anniversary of the founding of the parish of St. Edward the Martyr. N. Y., G: Z. Sherwood, printer, [1888.] 14 p. 0. pap., 25 c. " Old Stonewall, the Colorado detective; by the author of The masked detective." N. Y., Street & Smith, [1888.] c. 205 p. D. (The secret service ser., no. 6.) pap., 25 c. *Pascoe, C: E. London of to-day, 1888. 4th year. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1888. D. cl.. $1.50. Preyer, W. The mind of the child. Pt. 1, The senses and the will: observations concerning the mental development of the human being in the first years of life; from the German by H. W. Brown. N. Y., Appleton, 1888. c. tr. 26+346 p. D. (International education ser., no. 7.) cl., $1.50. The author is professor of physiology in Jena, Germany. He has already published works upon the physiology of the child both before and after birth. In this book he studies the development of the mind during the first years of the child's life, based on minute observa |