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By a misunderstanding Lady Val was forbidden her husband's house, and for six months her wanderings took her, among other places, to Norway. Descriptions of sports and idle *Carlyle, T: Sartor resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdrokh; with an introd. by E: Dowden. N. Y., Ward, Lock & Bowden, Ltd, 1896. 344 p. 12, (Nineteenth century classics.) cl., $1. [2097 *Catullus Quintus (or Caius) Valerius. Veronensis liber; ed. by Arthur Palmer. N. Y., Macmillan & Co., 1896. 55+97 p. 13, (Parnassus lib. of Greek and Latin texts.) vellum, net, $1.10. [2098 *Clarke, G: The education of children at Rome. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1896. 7+168 p. 16°, (Macmillan's miniature ser.) cl., 75 c. [2099 *Comstock, F: H. An index to wills, deeds, * In this list, the titles generally are verbatim transcriptions (according to the rule of the American Library Association) from books received. 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Co., [1896.] c. '94, '95. 3+270 p. D. (Cassell's Union sq. lib., no. 18.) pap., 50 c. [2104 See notice, "Weekly Record," P. W., April 27, 1895, [1213.] *Fowler, Rob. Ludlow. The law of charitable uses, trusts, and donations in New York. N. Y., The Diossy Law-Book Co., 1896. c. 27+215 p. O. shp., $3. [2105 Francke, Kuno. Social forces in German tion with Gray's "How plants grow." So far as possible the lessons are based upon careful study of specimens. Blank pages are inserted for drawings and records of observations. Designed for children twelve and thirteen years of age, but can easily be adapted to older pupils. Hutton, W: Holden. King and baronage, (A.D. 1135-1327.) N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. 3-117 p. S. (Oxford manuals of English history, no. 2.) cl., net, 50 c. [2112 See note under Robertson, C. G. Poems. New ed. Bost., *Ingelow, Jean. Roberts Bros., 1896. 12°, cl., $1.50. [2113 *Jacobs, H: Eyster. Annotations on the Epistles of Paul to the Romans and I. Corinthians, chapters 1-6. N. Y., The Christian Literature Co., 1896. 1+403 p. 12°, (Lutheran commentary, no. 7.) cl., $2. [2114 A selection of cases on *Keener, W: A. equity jurisdiction. V. 2. [parts 1 and 2.] N. Y., Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1896. 464; 11+ 465-1251 p. O. limp cl., $7.50. Le Fanu, Ja. Sheridan, Young, Sir C:, [and [2115 others.] A stable for nightmares; or, weird tales. N. Y., New Amsterdam Book Co., 1896. C. 5-256 p. 1 il. S. cl., 75 c. C. [2116 Contents: Dickon the Devil; A debt of honor; Devereux's dream; Catherine's quest; Haunted; Pichon and Sons, of the Croix Rousse; The phantom fourth; The spirits whisper; Dr. Feversham's story; The secret of the Two Plaster casts; What was it? literature: a study in the history of civili- *Lovett, Rev. R: A primer of modern Brit zation. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1896. 11+577 p. O. cl., net, $2. C. [2106 The author is assistant professor of German literature in Harvard University. He endeavors to give an account of the great intellectual currents of German life as expressed in literature, to point out the mutual relation of action and reaction between these currents and the social and political condition of the masses from which they sprang or which they affected-in short, to trace the history of the German people in the works of its thinkers and poets. Phil., Habben, F. H. London street names: their origin, signification, and historic value; with divers notes and observations. J. B. Lippincott Co., 1896. 264 p. D. cl., $2. [2107 Arranged alphabetically in dictionary style, the information following the name. Hart, Burdett, D.D. Biblical epochs. Phil., Presb. Bd. of Pub., 1896. C. 2-224 p. D. cl., $1. [2108 This book follows the course of Scriptural history, dividing it into nine great epochs: the Paradisian, the Antediluvian, the Patriarchal, the Mosaic, the Prophetic, the Messianic, the Apostolic. that of the Holy Spirit, and the Millennial. The aim of the author is to show how a divine hand moves the scenes of the world's drama and a divine mind controls all the strange occurrences in the progress of the race towards the crowning of the divine purpose. Hennequin, Alfred. A woman of sense, and A hair-powder plot: two English plays intended for translation into French, with grammatical, idiomatic, and dramatic notes. N. Y., W: R. Jenkins, [1896.] 2-45 p. D. (Colloquial English into French.) flex. cl., 40 c. [2109 Paris days and evenings. Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1896. 6+316 p. D. cl., $2. por. [2110 Twenty five sketches of Parisian life grouped as "Phases of life,' "Letters and colours," "Opera and theatre," and "The Latin Quartier." Henry, Stuart. Hilliard, Caroline E. Lessons in botany. N. Y., W: R. Jenkins, [1896.] c. interleaved, O. cl., 75 c. 52 P: [2111 The exercises have been arranged for use in connec ish missions; with references to American missions. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1896. 18°, (Present-day primer ser.) cl., net, 40 c. [2117 *Luqueer. F: Ludlow. Hegel as educa1 or. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1896. 10+185 p. 8°, (Columbia University contributions to philosophy, psychology, and education, v. 2, no. 1.) cl., net, $1. [2118 McCarthy, Justin. The riddle ring. N. Y., Appleton, 1896. C. 3+353 p. D. (Appleton's town and country lib., no. 195.) cl., $1; pap., 50 c. (2119 New A young Englishman who had fled to Paris, to forget in its distractions a fickle lady-love, found one day in the Bois de Boulogne an odd ring with a mysterious inscription inside it. His ambition is to write novels some day, and he evolves a whole story out of the ring, of love and infidelity and wrong done a beautiful woman, which the book proves to be in a measure true. He finds the heroine of the ring and loves her, and becomes involved in the meshes of her adventurer husband, before he knows he is her husband. *McDonald, D: A treatise on the powers and duties of justices of the peace, mayors, marshals, and constables in the state of Ind., and on substantive law and procedure, with practical forms and citations. Rev. and enl. by Louis O. Schroeder. ed. by Theo. Livines. Cin., O., The Robert Clarke Co., 1896. C. 22+1063 p. 0. shp., $6. Marchmont, A. W. N. Y., The Cassell '95. 4+340 p. D. no. 19.) pap., 50 c. See notice, "Weekly Record," P. W., June 8, 1895, [1219.] Martin, E: A. The story of a piece of coal: what it is, whence it comes, and whither it goes. N. Y., Appleton, 1896. C. 3168 p. il. S. (Library of useful stories.) cl., 40 c. [2122 How coal was formed, what remains of plants and [2120 Parson Thring's secret. Pub. Co., [1896.] c. '94, (Cassell's Union sq. lib., [2121 animals are preserved in it, how it is associated with other rocks, how it is mined, how the several varieties are used, and how illuminating gas, coke, and other useful products are obtained from it, are all told in this little book. *Maryland. Digest of the Maryland reports from 1 H. & McH. to 76 Md. inclusive, by W: T. Brantly. In 2 v. V. 1, A-I. Balt., M. Curlander, 1896. c. 4+813 p. O. shp., (for complete work,) $25. [2123 *Maupin, Chapman W. Marketable title to real estate, being also a treatise on the rights and remedies of vendors and purchasers of defective titles, including the law of covenants for title, the doctrine of specific performance, and other kindred subjects. N. Y., Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1896. C. 67+850 p. O. shp., $6.50. [2124 *Maycock, W. Perren. Electric lighting and power distribution: an elementary manual on electrical enineering suitable for students preparing for the preliminary and ordinary grade examinations of the City and Guilds of London Institute. 3d ed. rev. and enl. In 2 v. V. 1, With numerous questions and exercises; including all those set for the preliminary and ordinary grade examinations since 1890, 231 il., index, and rule pages for notes. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1896. 19+430 p. 12°, cl., $1.75. [2125 *Montana miners' code with forms, by E: B. Howell and E: W. Harney. Butte, InterMountain Pub. Co., 1896. c. 72 p. O. pap, 50 c. [2126 *Montana. Supreme ct. Reports of cases, embracing a portion of the June term, the Oct. and Dec. terms, 1894, and a portion of the Mar. term, 1895, by Fletcher Maddox, rep. V. 15. San Francisco, BancroftWhitney Co., 1895. c. 19+630 p. O. shp., $6. [2127 *Moulton, R: Green, ed. The modern reader's Bible: a series of works from the sacred Scriptures presented in modern literary form. V. 4, Deuteronomy; ed. with introd. and notes. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1896. 34+162 p. 24°, (Wisdom ser.) cl., 50 c.; mor., 60 c. [2128 Nadaillac, J: Francis Albert du Pouget (Marquis) de. Prehistoric Americans. Chic., D. H. McBride & Co., 1896. c. 241 p. S. [2129 cl., 50 c. Two papers on "The mound-builders" and "The cliffdwellers," giving a résumé of all that can be known of these prehistoric Americans, as shown in the remains of their constructions, habitations, industry, manners and style of life, etc. *New York. A digest of the code of civil procedure, cont. concise statements of the law on subjects of general importance to students; ed. by C: W. Disbrow. N. Y., [C: W. Disbrow,] 1896. C. 76 p. O. pap., $1. [2130 Pitzer, A. W., D.D. The manifold ministry of the Holy Spirit. Phil., Presb. Bd. of Pub., [1896.] c. '94. 62 p. S. cl., 25 c. Powell, J: Wesley, Shaler, N. S., Russell, L. Physiographic features, by J. W. Powell: Physiographie [2135 Ransome, F. Leslie. The Great Valley of California: a criticism of the theory of isostasy. Berkeley, Cal., University of California, 1896. 371-428 p. O. (University of California bulletin of the department of geology, v. 1, no. 14.) pap., 45 c. [2136 Isostasy" is the name given by American geologists to the theory of conservation of equilibrium in the earth's external form. This paper gives (1) a description of the Great Valley as it is to day, (2) an outline of the geological evolution through which it has arrived at its present form, (3) an account of the development of the so-called "doctrine of isostasy" as a working hypothesis, (4) a discussion of the applicability of this hypothesis to the Great Valley, and (5) a more general discussion of the theory of isostasy with illustrations drawn from other regions of elevation or subsidence. Reid, J. M., D.D. Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; rev. and extended by J. T. Gracey, D.D. N. Y., [Eaton & Mains,] formerly Hunt & Eaton, [1896.] c. 3 v., 2+485; 3-502; 3527 p. por. map, D. cl., $4. [2137 The first edition of this work was published seventeen years ago. The old title is retained, but the book under Dr. Gracey's revision and extension is practically a new one; his part of the work carries the story of the Methodist missions in all parts of the world down to the present time. Roberts, I: Wages, fixed incomes, and the free coinage of silver; or, danger involved in the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16-1 to all wage-earners and workingmen, to clerks and persons holding salaried positions, and to all persons with fixed incomes. Phil., J: Highlands, 1896. C. 6+150 p. D. pap.. 25 c. [2138 Roberts, W: C:, D.D. New Testament conversions, their manifoldness. Phil., Presb. Bd. of Pub., [1896.] c. 2-176 p. S. cl., 75 c. [2139 Eleven sermons dealing with the conversion of as many Biblical characters. Robertson, C. G. The making of the English nation, (B.C. 55-A.D. 1135.) N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. 2-113 p. S. (Oxford manuals of English history, ed. by C. W. C. Oman, no. 1.) cl., net, 50 c. [2140 or The "Oxford manuals," of which this is the first issue, are designed to occupy a place between general histories and "epochs" 66 periods." Six volumes volumes carefully fit on to each other, the whole will are announced, each part complete in itself, but as the form together a single continuous history of England. All the volumes are written by resident members of in the Final School of Modern History. the University of Oxford, actively engaged in teaching Savage, R: H: Checked through, missing, trunk No. 17,580: a story of New York City life. N. Y. and Chic., Rand, McNally & Co., 1896. C. 2-329 p. D. (Rialto ser., no. 73.) pap., 50 c. [2141 *Scidmore, E. R. Appleton's guide-book to Alaska. New ed. rev. to date. N. Y., Appleton, 1896. il. maps, 12°, cl., $1 25. [2142 Scott, Rev. Alfred T. Hints to converts; or, the happy life begun. 6th ed. rev. N. Y., [Eaton & Mains.] formerly Hunt & Eaton, 1896. c. 3-132 p. S. cl., net, 25 c. [2143 Soissons, S. C. de. A Parisian in America. Bost., Estes & Lauriat, [1896.] c. 12+ 259 p. D. cl., $1.25. [2144 The author discourses in the usual superficial and flippant French style about the American woman; Men in America; France in America; Millionaires; American newspapers; The ideal of the Americans; Columbian Fair Art: Architecture; Literature; Music: Protestantism; Sects; Immigration; Originality; New England. Holt & Co., 1896. c. 279 p. D. (Protean ser., no. 5.) buckram, $1. [2151 A story of life in the English upper classes. A young girl who has lived a secluded life marries and goes to London to live. Her head is turned and her nature changed by pleasure and excitement. She dislikes becoming a mother, and neglects her baby for her gay death, awakening in her new thoughts of her duties. Towne, H: R., Halsey, F. A., and Taylor, F. W. The adjustment of wages to efficiency: three papers On gain-sharing; The premium plan; A piece-rate system. N. Y., published for the American Economic Assoc., by The Macmillan Co., [1896.] c. 2+129 p. (Economic studies, v. 1, no. 2.) pap., 50 c. [2152 life: "the touch of sorrow" comes with the child's Turner, Ethel S. The little Duchess, and other stories. N. Y., Ward, Lock & Bowden, Ltd., 1896. 154 p. 16°, (Nautilus ser.) cl., 75 c. [2153 Vanbrugh, Sir J: [Selected works]; ed. with introd. and notes by A. E. H. Swaen. N. Y., imported by C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. 501 p. 12°, (The best plays of the old dramatists.) cl.. $1.25. [2154 *Spaeth, A., D.D. Annotations on the Gospel according to St. John. N. Y., The Christian Literature Co., 1896. 1-351 p. 12°, (Lutheran commentary, no. 5.) cl., $2. [2145 Steele, T: Sedgwick. A voyage to Vikingland; 89 il., also map of Norway and Spitz-eracy," bergen. Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1896. C. 22+194 p. D. cl., $2. [2146 By the author of "Canoe and camera," etc. Of the present work he says: "It is the itinerary of a most delightful voyage along the coast of Norway of a happy party of tourists, who, on pleasure bent, were blessed with an excellent steamer, fine weather, good appetites, and a capacity for enjoyment only limited by the daily supply which the circumstances offered." Stories by English authors: Africa. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. C. 6-224 p. por. [2147 Contents: The mystery of Sasassa Valley, by A. Conan Doyle; Long odds, by H. Rider Haggard: King Remba's point, by J. Landers: Ghamba, by W. C. Scully; Mary Musgrave; Gregorio, by Percy Hemingway. S. cl., 75 c. Stories by English authors: Italy. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. C. 6-175 p. por. S. cl., 75 c. [2148 Contents: A faithful retainer, by Ja. Payn; Bianca, by W: E. Norris: Goneril, by A. Mary F. Robinson; The brigand's bride, by Laurence Oliphant; Mrs. General Talboys, by Anthony Trollope. - Stumbler (A) in wide shoes. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., 1896. c. 2+411 p. D. (Protean ser., no. 6.) buckram, $1. [2149 A novel, with the scene partly in Amsterdam, Hol(and, and partly in Devonshire, England. Rupert van Hals, a dreamy, impracticable young artist, rescues from drowning a young English girl, visiting an Engish aunt who had married a Dutch cigar-seller of Amsterdam. He falls in love with her, and after a short probation spent in England on her brother's farm learning farming, marries her and returns to Holland. Rupert's father, a man of extravagant habits, and a Jew money-lender and his beautiful daughter play a large part in their married life, the latter trying in vain to capture Rupert's heart. *Tennyson, Alfred (Lord.) Poetical works. People's ed. In 23 v. V. 15 and 16, Idylls of the king. V. 4, 5. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1896. 18°, cl., net, ea., 45 c.; mor., net, 60 c. [2150 Touch (The) of sorrow a study. N. Y., H: Contents: Bibliography of Vanbrugh's works; Sketch of Vanbrugh by Leigh Hunt: and the following of Vanbrugh's works: The relapse," "The confed‚""The provok'd wife," and "A journey to Lon Weber, Alfred. History of philosophy; authorized tr. by Frank Thilly; from the 5th French ed. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. C. 10+630 p. O. cl., net, $2.50. [2155 The translator says in his preface: "There is, in my opinion, no book so admirably fitted for acquainting the student with the development of thought as the able work of Prof. Weber, of the University of Strasburg. The author combines in his person the best eleedge of the subject is thorough and extensive, his ments of French and German scholarship. His knowl judgment sound, his manner of expression simple, clear, and precise." Bibliography (7 p ). White, Emerson E. A school algebra designed for use in high schools and academies. N. Y., American Book Co., [1896.] C. 394 p. D. (White's ser. of mathematics.) hf. leath., $1. [2156 "It has been the author's aim to prepare a school algebra that is pedagogically sound as well as mathematically accurate and thoroughly adequate for its place and purpose. He has kept in mind the fact that the great majority of the pupils who begin the study of algebra are between thirteen and fifteen years of age, and hence are too young and immature to master successfully a text book designed for older and more advanced students."-Preface. *Wordsworth, W: Poetical works; ed. by W: Knight. N. Y., The Macmillan Co., 1896. In 16 v. V. 4. 9+283 p. 12°, (Eversley ser.) cl., $1.50. [2157 Wright, Jessie E. As queer as she could be. Phil., Presb. Bd. of Pub., 1895. c. 2255 p. il. D. cl., $1.25. 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