Field, Eugene. The love-affairs of a bibliomaniac. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. C. 13+253 p. D. cl., $1.25.

[183 This is the last work from the pen of Eugene Field and is largely autobiographic, besides possessing a charming literary quality. On a mere thread of a story are strung a series of sketches on the delights, adventures, and misadventures connected with bibliomania. Out of the nineteen chapters the following may be mentioned: The luxury of reading in bed; The delights of fender-fishing; Ballads and their makers; Booksellers and printers, old and new: The pleas. ures of extra-illustration: Elzevirs and divers other matters; The malady called catalogitis. *Ford, J: Works; ed. by W: Gifford; with additions by Rev. Alexander Dyce; now reissued with further additions. N. Y., imported by C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. 3 v., 7+320; 322; 424 p. 12°, cl., net, $8.50. [184 Galt, J: Novels; ed. by D. Storrar Meldrum. [New il. ed.] In 8 v. V. 5 and 6, The entail; or, the lairds of Grippy; with introd. by S: R. Crockett; il. by J: Wallace. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1896. 20+356; 3+320 p. il. D. cl., $2.50. [185

See notice of complete works in "Weekly Record," P. W., Sept. 14, 1895, [1233 ]

*Georgia. Digest of railroad laws by H: W. Thomas; cont. the general laws affecting and controlling railroad corporations; charter laws as to act of incorporation of railroad companies by the general assembly of Ga., [etc.] Atlanta, G: W. Harrison, st. pr., 1895. c. 549 p. O. cl., $7. [186 Giles, Rev. Chauncey. Progress in spiritual knowledge: a memorial volume. Phil., American New Church Tract and Pub. Soc., 1895. C. 2-369 p. por. D. cl., $1.50.

systems of the world. Syracuse, N. Y., C. W. Bardeen, 1895. 15+344 p. D. cl., $1.50. [191

Compares and contrasts the educational methods of Europe, America, and Australia. Chapters on : Public provision for education; The new education; Teachers and their training: Supplementary means for training teachers; More about teachers and education; Schools and school-houses; Organization of schools; Extra-official education work; Private munificence in America.

Hare, A: J. C. Biographical sketches. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1895. 8+209 p. D. cl., net, $2.50.

[192 Memorials of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster; Henry Alford, Dean of Canterbury; and Mrs. Duncan Stewart; with a descriptive sketch of Paray Le Monial; this last named article is reprinted from Evening Hours, and the two first appeared origi. nally in Macmillan's Magazine and Good Words. *Havergal, Frances Ridley. Roval gems. N. Y., J. S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., 1896. 288 p. 12°, (Sunnyside ser., no. 90.) pap., 25 c.

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Includes a brief biography of the Rev. Chauncey Giles, by W: L. Worcester, which is reprinted with slight changes from The New Church Review, of January, 1894, and twenty one sermons dealing with the doctrines of the New Church: The atonement, The second coming of our Lord, and The divine method of creating, etc. Gissing, G: The paying guest. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1895. C. 4-191 p. nar. S. cl., 75 c. [188 An amusing story is made of the experience of a young married couple, living in a suburb of London, who take a young lady boarder, to add a little to their income. The girl had quarrelled with her family, especially her step-father, who is glad to send her from home. She turns out to be ill-tempered and excitable, and is wavering between two lovers, both of whom wish to marry her. Her few weeks' stay in the suburban villa, with its remarkable train of incidents, is true to life and entertaining.

Goodwin, Rev. Frank J. A harmony of the
life of St. Paul according to the Acts of the
Apostles and the Pauline Epistles. N. Y.,
American Tract Soc., [1896.] c. '95.
O. cl., $1.75.

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The chief woman character is Miss Royce, a pretty little governess living in the family of haughty Lady Maria Verschoyle at The Towers, a fine old English country seat. Miss Royce attracts a man who is scheming to marry another woman for her money; this woman honestly loves him and is hopelessly loved in her turn by another man. Out of these complications many dramatic scenes ensue, told with a wealth of conversation that is often quite witty. Hungerford, Mrs. Marg. Hamilton, ["The Duchess," pseud.; formerly Mrs. Argles.] The professor's experiment. N. Y., R. F. Fenno & Co., [1896.] c. '95. 432 p. O. cl., $1.25; pap., 50 c.

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Designed as a handbook for students, to be used in connection with such short outline studies as Stalk

er's Life of St. Paul." It is called a harmony, as it is an endeavor to blend the history of Paul's life as given in the Acts of the Apostles with selections from the Pauline Epistles.

*Gould, G: M., M.D., ed. The American year-book of medicine and surgery: being a yearly digest of scientific progress and authoritative opinion in all branches of medicine and surgery, drawn from journals, monographs, and text-books of the leading American and foreign authors and investigators. Phil., W. B. Saunders. 1896. il. 8°, cl., subs., $6.50; hf. mor., $7.50. [190 Grasby, W. Catton. Teaching in three continents: personal notes on the educational

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31 p. O. (Publications of the society, no. 164.) pap., 25 c. [200 *Lamballe. Princesse de, [Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan.] Secret memoirs of the royal family of France during the Revolution, published from the journal, letters, and conversations of the Princess Lamballe by a lady of rank. N. Y., imported by C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. 2 v., 307; 332 p. 8°, cl., net, $10.

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Lees, W: N. The claims of Greek. Syracuse, N. Y., C. W. Bardeen, 1895. C. 15 p. O. pap., 25 c. [202 *Lillard, J: F. B., comp, The medical muse, grave and gay: a collection of rhymes up to date by the doctor, for the doctor, and against the doctor. N. Y., I. E. Booth, 1896. 10+141 p. 12°, cl., net, $1. [203 Loree, L. F. Emergencies in railroad work. Madison, Wis., University of Wisconsin, 1895. 185-226 p. O. (Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, Engineering ser., v. 1, no. 7.) pap., 35 c. [204 A lecture delivered before the students of the College of Mechanics and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, March 22, 1895.

*Lorenz, Rev. E. S. The gospel workers' treasury of hymn and revival anecdotes. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1896. 387 p. 8°, cl., $1.50. [205 Lucian, [Lucianus Samosatensis.] The Timon of Lucian; Fritzches text; with notes and vocabulary by J. B. Sewall. Bost., Ginn & Co., 1896. C. 6+145 p. S. (School classics.) cl., 55 c. [206 McDermott, E: J. The history of a municipal charter in Kentucky. Phil., American Acad. of Political and Social Science, [1896.] 63-69 p. O. pap., n. p. [207 McGaffey, Ernest. Poems. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1895. C. 3+265 p. S. cl., $1.25. [208

Classified as: Songs and lyrics; Outdoors: Warp and woof: Foam-wraiths and driftwood; My chapter; In the sunset lands.

*MacNeil, Rev. J: The spirit filled life. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1896. 126 p. 12°, cl., 75 c. [209 Magee, Harriet Cecil. Saved to serve. Phil., American Baptist Pub. Soc., 1895. c. 378 p. il. D. (Crown ser.) cl., $1.25.

[210 After a serious illness and an unlooked-for recovery Gaylord Wister felt that he had been saved to serve," and from thenceforth consecrated his life to the service of Christ. Besides giving his varied experiences, the story tells of a romantic episode in the life of Captain Wister, and also gives the history of the S. S. Brigade.

Marey, Etienne Jules. Movement; tr. by Eric Pritchard. N. Y., Appleton, 1895. 15+323 p. il. D. (International scientific ser., no. 73.) cl., $1.75.

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Marey is regarded as one of the pioneers in instantaneous photography, especially that branch of it known as chronophotography. Le Mouvement is one of the most recent and important publications of this eminent physicist and physiologist, and the most comprehensive summary hitherto published, of the results and possi bilities of instantaneous photography; every page has its interest not only for the specialist but also for the general reader; and further the book is replete with suggestiveness of new lines of research.

*Meyer, Rev. F. B. Light on life's duties. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1996. 127 p. 12°, cl., 50 c. [212

Miller, J. W. The advantages of the Nicaragua route. Phil., American Acad. of Political and Social Science, [1896.] 3237 p. O. (Publications of the society, no. 165.) pap., 15 c. [213 *Morrill, W: W., ed. American electrical cases (cited Am. electl. cas.); being a coll. of all the important cases (excepting patent cases) decided in the state and federal courts of the U. S. from 1873 on subjects relating to the telegraph, the telephone, electric light and power, electric railway, and all other practical uses of electricity, with annots. V. 4, 1892-1894. Alb., Matthew Bender, 1895. c. 26+911 p. O. shp., net, $6. [214 *Morrow, Abbie C. Bible morning-glories. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1896. 198 p. 12°, cl., 75 c. [215 Moxom, Rev. Philip Stafford. The religion of hope. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1896. c. '95. 3-330 p. D. cl., $1.25.

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Seventeen sermons selected from those given by

the author during his eight and a half years of labor in a Boston pulpit. He has written "The aim of life" and "From Jerusalem to Nicæa."

*New York. Code of criminal procedure as amended to, and including, 1895. 10th ed. With references to decisions. By C. D. Rust. N. Y., S. S. Peloubet, 1895. C. 14+248 p. S. flex. skiver, $2; bound with penal code of the state of N. Y., $3.50.

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[217 *New York. Penal code as amended to, and including 1895. With references to decisions. 10th ed. By C. D. Rust. N. Y., S. S. Peloubet, 1895. c. 8+10+198 p. S. flex. skiver, $1.50. [218 *Northeastern reporter, v. 41. Permanent ed. July 5-Dec. 6, 1895. St. Paul, West Pub. Co., 1895. c. 21+1184 p. O. (National reporter system, state ser.) shp., $3.50.

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Contains all the current decisions of the supreme courts of Mass., O., Ill, Ind, appellate court of Ind., and the court of appeals of N. Y. With table of northeastern cases in which rehearings have been denied. With tables of northeastern cases published in v. 154– 156, Ill. reports; 137-139, Ind. reports; 10, Ind. appellate court reports; 163, Mass. reports; 145, N. Y. reports; 51, O. state reports. A table of statutes construed is given in the index.

Old stories retold; il. by Paul Binner. Syracuse, N. Y., C: W. Bardeen, 1895. c. 64 p. il. sq. S. bds., 25 c.

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Contents: Jack and the bean-stalk; The wolf and the seven young goats: Cinderella, or, the golden slipper; The greedy wolf and the sly fox; The smart little tailor; The house built of ginger-cake; The wonder-stone.

Patten, Simon N. The theory of social forces. Phil., American Acad. of Political and Social Science, [1896.] 2-151 p. O. (Publications of the society, no. 163.) pap., $1. [221 The present essay is an attempt to recast current social philosophy and to introduce into it elements which thus far have been overlooked. It is my belief that the older philosophy does not rest on general principles, but is grounded on the series of environments in which the race has lived. The present environment of the race is so different from its prede. cessors that a new social philosophy is demanded to explain its effects."-Introduction.

Powell, W: H. The Fifth Army Corps (Army of the Potomac): a record of operations during the Civil War in the United States of America, 1861-1865. N. Y., G: P. Put

nam's Sons, 1896. C. 11+900 p. pors. maps, O. cl., net, $7.50; hf. mor., net, $10.50. [222 Comprising a full and complete account of the movements and operations of the Corps from the organization of the first division to the close of the war, together with a description of the battles in which it was engaged.

*Rapalje, Stewart, and Mack, W: Digest of railway decisions, embracing all the cases from the earliest period of railway litigation to the present time in the U. S., Eng., and Canada. V. 4, [Dedication to Eminent domain.] Northport, N. Y., E: Thompson Co., 1896. C. 955 p. O. shp., $7.50. [223 Roosevelt, Theodore, and Grinnell, G. Bird, eds. Hunting in many lands: the book of the Boone and Crockett Club. [V. 2.] N. Y., Forest and Stream Pub. Co., 1895. C. 3-447 p. il. O. cl., $2.50. [224 The first volume published by the Boone and Crockett Club, under the title "American big-game hunting," confined itself, as its title implied, to sport on this continent. In the second volume a number of sketches are included written by members who have hunted big game in other lands, such as China, Tibet, Africa, etc.

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, his family letters; with a memoir by W: Michael Rossetti. Bost., Roberts Bros., 1895. 2 v., 31 +440; 7+436 p. pors. O. cl., $6.50. [225 The memoir by Rossetti's brother occupies the first volume; besides going fully into the details of his personal life and art life, it tells of the pre-Raphaelite movement, the men connected with it, its aims, etc, and furnishes details of Rossetti's friendships with Burne-Jones, Morris, Swinburne, Ruskin, and others. Letters to his family fill the second volume. There are ten portraits in the work by D. G. Rossetti of himself, his father, mother, brother and sister, uncle and aunt.

Russell, C. E. Blossoms of thought. Bost., Arena Pub. Co., 1895. C. 87 p. S. cl., 75 c.; pap., 25 c.

[226 Meditations in prose and verse suitable for daily reading.

Sala, G: A: The life and adventures of George Augustus Sala, written by himself. [New cheaper ed.] N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. C. 2 v., 19+379; 11+381 p. pors. O. cl., $3.

[227

See notice, "Weekly Record," P. W., February 2, 1895, [1201.] *Secret memoirs of the court of St. Petersburg, particularly toward the end of the reign of Catharine II. and the commencement of that of Paul I.; from the French. N. Y., imported by C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. 390 p. pors. 8°, cl., net, $5. [228 Smith, Edgar Maurice. A daughter of humanity. Bost., Arena Pub. Co., 1895. C. 2-317 p. D. cl., $1.25; pap., 50 c.

[229

Helen Richmond, a Boston heiress, becoming interested in the life of the sales women in the large dry. goods establishments of New York, obtains a situation under a feigned name in a large store, where she remains for seven months, living the life of a workinggirl, forming friendships with other girls, winning their confidences, and learning at first hand the terrible evils and temptations of their lot. tragical fate of several girls, working at starvation wages, is told. Miss Richmond relates her experience finally from the lecture platform.

The

he has been "an unfaithful steward," and that she must rectify his mistakes when she receives his money. To do this she lives among the very poor of London, using her life and strength and money in their service, and tears down the dreadful houses on her property, building in their place sanitary tenements. Martha Mace, the "Princess," her helper, is a fine character.

Speakman, T: H. Divisions in of Friends. New 3d enl. ed. Lippincott Co., 1896. c. '69. cl., 63 c.

the Society Phil., J. B. 7+127 p. S. [231

First published in 1869; deals with the differences between the Orthodox Friends and the Hicksite

Quakers. Since first published many new facts and papers have come up in the controversy, which are embodied in this edition. *Stalker, Ja., D.D. Men and morals. New ed. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1896. 178 p. 16°, pap., net, 35 c. [232 Stevenson, Rob. L: The Suicide Club. N. Y., C: Scribner's Sons, 1896. 3+174 p. nar. S. (Ivory ser., no. 3.) cl., 75 c. Contents: Story of the young man with the cream tarts; Story of the physician and the Saratoga trunk; The adventures of the hansom cab. These stories appeared in the "New Arabian nights" under the title of "The Suicide Club."

[233

Strong, Frances L. All the year round: a nature reader. Pt. 3, Spring; il. by Gertrude A. Stoker. Bost., Ginn & Co., 1896. 99 p. il. sq. D. cl., 35 c.

[234

A collection of poems and stories relating to nature; for supplementary reading in the second or third grades. There are notes for the teacher, showing how the reading may be stimulating and instructive. Stuart, Eleanor, (pseud.) Stonepastures. N. Y., Appleton, 1895. C. 3+178 p. nar. D. cl., 75 c. [235

Eleanor Stuart is said by the Bookman to be the pen-name of a New York lady. The story has its scene in "Soot City," a mining and manufacturing town of Pennsylvania with a large foreign population - the very poorest occupying the "stonepastures. The hero is a Swede, about marrying a girl who had earned her living as a barber; on his wedding-day, a rival lets him go near a blast without warning, and he is left a physical wreck the story tells of his life afterward and that of the girl who loves him. *Thomas, E: B. The law of negligence; rules-decisions-opinions. N. Y. and Alb., Banks & Bros., 1895. C. 173+1392 p. O. shp., net, $7.50. [236 *Thorpe, T: May. What is money? N. Y., J. S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., 1896. 80 p. 12°, (Peerless ser., no. 95.) pap., 25 c. [237 *Tolstoy, Count Lyof N. Ivan the fool. N. Y., J. S. Ogilvie Pub. Co., 1896. 172 p. 12°, (Dora Thorne ser., no. 101.) pap., 25 c.

[238 *Tolstoy, Count Lyof N. Life is worth living. N. Y., J. Š. Ogilvie Pub. Co., 1896. 208 p. 12°, (Dora Thorne ser., no. 102.) pap., 25 c. [239 Townsend, Mary Ashley, ["Xariffa," pseud.] Down the bayou, the captain's story; and other poems. [New issue.] Phil., J. B. Lippincott Co., 1896. c. '81, '95. 250 p. por. D. cl., $1.50.

[240

Originally published by James R. Osgood & Co., Boston. See notice, "Weekly Record," P. W., January 14, 1882, [522.]

Vogüé, Eugène Marie Melchior de (Vicomte.) Russian portraits; tr. by Eliz. L. Cary. N. Y., G: P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. C. 9+ 143 p. nar. D. (Autonym lib., no. 6.) cl., 50 c.

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Tales of Russian peasant character: Winter tales; Uncle Fédia; Pétrouchka, the fifer; Barbara Afana siévna; Days of serfdom.

Walden, Treadwell. The great meaning of metánoia: an undeveloped chapter in the life and teaching of Christ. New ed., with a supplementary essay. N. Y.. T: Whittaker, 1896. C. 20+166 p. S. cl., $1.

[242

According to the first essay, which appeared in the American Church Review, July, 1881, and which was published in book form in 1882, the literal English translation of the Greek word metánoia is "change of mind." The purpose in this collection of essays is to show the intellectual and moral scope of a word which Mr. Walden contends was lost in the Old Ver sion and never recovered in the New; also to give the variations and misconceptions of a word which he believes is of great significance. Walford, Mrs. Lucy Bethia.

Successors to the title. N. Y., Appleton, 1896. c. 95. 2+285 p. D. (Appleton's town and country lib., no. 184.) cl., $1; pap., 50 c..

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Three direct heirs to the earldom of St. Bees dying in quick succession, "Doliy" Feveril, a distant cousin and a "nobody," becomes, to his own great surprise as well as that of others, Lord St. Bees. He has only been married a few years to a little Scotch wife with some fortune-but also a "nobody." The way they accept their inheritance, their coming to the great castle, the sbock their youth and ignorance give their neigh bors, and the methods adopted to polish and instruct them, make the story.

*Watson, Rev. J: Maclaren, ["Ian Maclaren," pseud.] Beside the bonnie brier bush. N. Y., J. Š. Ogilvie Pub. Co., 1896. 177 p. 12°, (Dora Thorne ser., no. 103.) pap., 25 c. [244 Watson, Rev. J: Maclaren [" Ian Maclaren," pseud.] The upper room. N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1895. c. 3+128 p. nar. D. (Little books on religion, ed. by W. Robertson Nicoll.) flex. cl., net, 50 c.

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Seven religious papers: The goodman of the house; The guest-chamber of the soul; The twelve; The shadow of the cross; A lost wish; The bequest of Jesus; The Lord's tryste.

Webb-Peploe, Rev. H. W. The victorious life: the Post-Conference addresses delivered at East Northfield, Mass., Aug. 1725, 1895; ed. by Delavan L. Pierson. N. Y., The Baker & Taylor Co., [1896.] c. 1208 p. por. D. cl., $1.25. [246

The Rev. Prebendary Webb-Peploe is well known in Great Britain as the head of the Evangelical or Low Church party in the Anglican Church. These ten ser mons were given during his visit to this couutry last

summer.

Welch, Deshler. The bachelor and the chafing-dish; with a dissertation on chums. N. Y. and Chic., F. Tennyson Neely, 1896. c. '95. 5+133 p. il. D. cl., $1. [247 Clever papers on the pleasures of cooking, especially certain things, in the chafing dish-more than a hundred recipes being given for the latter; among other topics discussed are the language of the menu, say ings of Savarin, salads and sauces, etc.

Wentworth, G: A. Syllabus of geometry. Bost., Gion & Co., 1896. C. 2+50 p. S. pap.. 27 c.

[248

*White, W. W. Thirty studies in the Gospel of John. N. Y. and Chic., Fleming H. Revell Co., 1896. 130 p. 16°, cl., net, 50 c.; pap., net, 25 c. [249

Wichert, Ernst. An der Majors-ecke: lustspiel in einem aufzug nach seiner novelle

Der älteste Hauptmann"; ed. with notes by C: Harris. N. Y., H: Holt & Co., [1896.] c. '95. 2+41 p. S. bds., 20 c. [250 Williams, R. P. Chemical experiments, general and analytical, for use with any textbook of chemistry, or without a text-book. Bost., Ginn & Co., 1895. C. unp. D. bds., [251

60 c.

The rapid growth of the laboratory method of teaching chemistry since the author's "Manual" was issued in 1888 has called for a larger and more comprehensive work of a similar sort for high schools, academies and colleges. To such a call the present book is a response.

Willoughby, W. F. The Musée Social in Paris. Phil., American Acad. of Political and Social Science, [1896.] 58-63 p. O. рар., п. р.

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A brief description of the Musée Social, formally established in Paris March 25, 1895; the object of this institution, in the language of its constitution is, "to place gratuitously at the disposition of the public, documents with collateral information, models, constitutions, plans, etc., of institutions and organizations which have for their object and result the ameliora tion of the moral and material situation of the laboring classes."

Wood, H: Studies in the thought world; or, practical mind art. Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1896. C. 3-269 p. D. cl., $1.25. [253 Twenty-two lectures and essays, by the author of The political economy of natural law." Some of the subjects are as follows: Ownership through idealism; The evolutionary climb of man; A great art museum; The vital energy and its increase; A corrected standpoint in psychical research; Our relations to environmeat; Divinity and humanity: The education of thought; The psychology of criine, etc. Young, W. T. The art of putting New rev. ed. by C: W. Bardeen. N. Y., C: W. Bardeen, 1895. pap., 25 c.

C.

questions. Syracuse, 4-65 p. S. [254

This little work, first published in 1863, has long been out of print. It is for the teacher, and its aim is, by judicious questioning, to teach the pupil how to think.

Zschokke, J: H: Daniel. Das Abenteuer der neujahrsnacht, und Der zerbrochene Krug; ed. with notes by Albert B. Faust. N. Y., H: Holt & Co. [1896.] c. '95. 9+110 p. S. bds, 25 c. [255 These stories have been selected for rapid reading, being interesting and presenting no special difficulty in style.