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DOYLE, A. CONAN. Round the red lamp: being facts and fancies of medical life. 2d ed. Appleton. 12°, $1.50.

Fifteen short stories, most of which emphasize the graver side of life. The red lamp is the usual sign of the general practitioner in England. Many of these tales have medical interest. The separate titles are: Behind the times; The first operation; A straggler of '15: The third generation; A false start; the curse of Eve; Sweethearts; A physiologist's wife; The case of Lady Lennox; A question of diplomacy; A medical document; Lot No. 249; The Los Amigos fiasco; The doctors of Hoyland; The surgeon talks.

FORD, PAUL LEICESTER. The honorable Peter Stirling and what people thought of him. Holt. 12, $1.50.

GORDON, JULIEN, [pseud. for Mrs. Julia Van Rensselaer Cruger.] Poppæa. Lippincott.

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Elder Conklin, and other stories. Macmillan & Co. 12°, $1.25. HARRISON, Mrs. CONSTANCE CARY, [Mrs. Burton Harrison.] A bachelor maid; il. by Irving. R. Wiles. The Century Co. 12°, $1.25. HARTE, BRET. The bell-ringer of Angel's, and other stories. Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 12°, $1.25.

Eight of the most recent stories of the author of "The luck of Roaring Camp," entitled: The bell-ringer of Angel's; Johnnyboy; Young Robin Gray; The sheriff of Siskyon; A rose of Glenbogie; The mystery of the Hacienda; Chu Chu; My first book.

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Children of circumstance: a novel.

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The despotic lady is a religious reformer, the mother of a young girl with whom an incipient

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OLIPHANT, Mrs. MARG. O. W. Who was lost and is found: a novel. Harper. 12°, $1.50. PASTON, G. A bread-and-butter miss: a sketch in outline. Harper. 12°, $1. RAYMOND, WALTER, ["Tom Cobbleigh," pseud.] Love and quiet life: Somerset idylls. Dodd, Mead & Co. 12°, $1.25.

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SACHER-MASOCH, LEOPOld v. Jewish tales; from the French, by Harriet Lieber Cohen. McClurg. 12°, $1.

SHELDON, C. M. The crucifixion of Phillip Strong. McClurg. 12°, $1.

Philip Strong accepted a call to become the pastor of a fashionable church in a town of 80,000 inhabitants, the richest among them being millowners, employing 20,000 people. Fearlessly the minister preached the duties of professing church-members to their God, their fellow-men, and themselves. His earnest purpose was to show the appointed work of a modern church professing to follow the teachings of Christ. He was morally crucified.

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Twelve stories, presenting some cases supposed to have come under the direct attention of a young London physician. It is claimed by their collaborating authors that several of the tales included are founded on actual experience, and that all have been written with a close observance to medical facts, and in accordance with the advances made in surgery during the last decade. Among the subjects are: Hypnotism and catalepsy; My first patient; My hypnotic patient; Very far west; The heir of Chartelpool; A death certificate; The wrong prescription; The Horror of Studley Grange; Ten years' oblivion; An oak coffin: Without witnesses; Trapped, and the Ponsonby diamonds.

CESARESCO, EVELYN MARTINENGO (Countess). The liberation of Italy, 1815-1870. Scribner. 8°, (Events of our own time series.) $1.75. A retrospect in which are traced the principal factors that worked toward Italian unity. "Italy from the Battle of Lodi to the Congress of Vienna" is the subject of the first chapter. After is related the history of the Carbonari and the Society of Young Italy, Mazzini's propaganda, the accession of Charles Albert, and events leading to the election of Pius IX.; the insurrection in Sicily, and the expelling of the Austrians from Milan and Venice; the arrival of Garibaldi and abdication of Charles Albert; the history of the House of Savoy; "The war for Lombardy," "What unity cost," "The march of the thousand," "The meeting of the waters," Beginnings of the Italian Kingdom," or death," "The war for Venice," "The last crusade,' and "Rome the capital," are the topics of the concluding chapters. Contains portraits of Garibaldi, Mazzini, Victor Emmanuel, and Cavour.

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GARDINER, S. RAWSON. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660. V. 1, 1649-1651. Longmans, Green & Co. 8°, $7. GONTAUT, Duchesse de. Memoirs of the Duchesse de Gontaut, Gouvernante to the children of France during the Restoration, 1773-1836; from the French by Mrs. J. W. Davis. Dodd, Mead & Co. 2 v., 226; 252 p. pors. 8°, $5; large-pap. ed., 2 v., full leath., net, $12. GOODWIN, MAUD WILDER. The colonial cavalier; or, southern life before the Revolution; il. by Harry Edwards. Lovell, Coryell & Co. 12°.

HARRISON, F. The meaning of history, and

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A popularly and attractively written résumé of English history fresh from the reign of George the Third to Queen Victoria's Jubilee year. Mrs. Latimer has made use of many family and personal reminiscences, thus giving many new and unpublished details and anecdotes-the work being therefore less of a compilation than some of her previous books in the same line-though "France in the nineteenth century," also contained personal reminiscences. Her father, though American born, became an admiral in the English navy-hence her opportunity for learning the inside history of the English court. Queen Victoria's reign, her domestic life to the present, with her marriage, the death of the Prince Consort, and the marriages of her children and grandchildren, are told in a pleasant, gossipy way.

LUCKOCK, HERBERT MORTIMER (Dean). The history of marriage, Jewish and Christian, in relation to divorce and certain forbidden degrees. Longmans, Green & Co. 12°, $1.75. MACLAY, EDGAR STANTON. A history of the United States navy from 1775 to 1894; with technical revision by Roy C. Smith. In 2 v. Appleton. il. maps, diagrams, 8°, $7. MASPERO, G. The dawn of civilization, (Egypt and Chaldæa;) ed. by the Rev. A. H. Sayce; tr. by M. L. McClure. Appleton. 4°, $7.50. This volume is an attempt to put together in a lucid and interesting manner all that the

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WARNER, BEVERLEY E. English history in Shakespeare's plays. Longmans, Green & Co. 12, $1.75.

LITERATURE, ESSAYS, MISCELLANEOUS AND COLLECTED WORKS.

BESANT, WALTER, PAYN, JA., RUSSELL, W. CLARK, [and others.] My first book; the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, G. . R. Sims, [and others;] with an introd. by Jerome K. Jerome. 8°, $2.50.

CURTIS, G. W. Literary and social essays. Harper. 12, $2.50.

Contents: Emerson (1854); Hawthorne (1854); The works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1864); Rachel (1855); Thackeray in America (1853); Sir Philip Sidney (1857); Longfellow (1882); Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891); Washington Irving (1889).

SIMONDS, W. E. An introduction to the study of English fiction. Heath. 12°, $1.

The English novel, as a specific form of art, arose with Richardson and Fielding between the years 1740 and 1750; but English fiction dates back to the Jutes, Angles, and Saxons, and their narrative romances in verse and prose. A general résumé is given of these old romances; those of Elizabeth's reign are grouped on a two-page schedule made by date and subject. A list of one hundred novels " which for one reason or another are worth reading" is given, including twenty continental novels. Half of the book is devoted to selections from early fiction, including Beowulf, King Horn, Arcadia, Forbonius, and Prisceria (unabridged), Moll Flanders, Tom Jones, Pamelia, Tristram Shandy, etc.

STRACHEY, Sir E. Talk at a country house: fact and fiction. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 12°, $1.25.

MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

ADAMS, FRANCIS. A child of the age. Roberts. 16°, $1.

A study of the psychological development of a brilliant mind, left wholly uncontrolled by a feelings of others. Bertram Leicester tells his guiding faith or the slightest regard for the own story from his first vague recollections of a neglected childhood through his school and college life, and his final practical fight for a living. Highly intellectual, passionately emohis career works happiness neither for himself tional, dreamily introspective, wholly impulsive,

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DICKINSON, EMILY. Letters of Emily Dickinson; ed. by Mabel Loomis Todd. por. il. 16°, $2.

HUXLEY, T. H. Evolution and ethics, and other essays. [V. 9 of "Collected essays."] Appleton. 12°, $1.25.

Contents: Evolution and ethics. Prolegomena [1894]; Evolution and ethics [1893]; Science and morals [1886]; Capital-the mother of labor [1886]; Social diseases and worse remedies [1891].

JOHNSON, LIONEL. The art of Thomas Hardy, with a por. etched from life by W. Strang, and a bibliography by J. Lane. Dodd, Mead & Co. por. 12°, net, $2.

MORTON, W. F., comp. Women in epigram: flashes of wit, wisdom, and satire from the world's literature. McClurg. 16°, $1. POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Works; with an introd. and a memoir, by R. H. Stoddard. Fordham ed. A. C. Armstrong & Son. 6 v., pors. pl. fac-similes, 12°, $7.50.

REPPLIER, AGNES. In the dozy hours, and other papers. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 12°, $1.25.

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SHALER, N. S. Sea and land features of coasts and oceans, with special reference to the life of man. Scribner. il. 8°, $2.50.

POETRY.

BROWNING, ROB. Poetical works; new and complete ed., cont. "Asolando;" with historical notes, to the poems. Complete definitive ed. Macmillan. 9 v., 8°, $20.

DE VERE, AUBREY. Selections from the poems of Aubrey De Vere; ed., with a preface, by G. E. Woodberry. Macmillan. 12°, $1.25. HAZARD, CAROLINE. Narragansett ballads, with songs and lyrics. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 16, $1.

HOSMER, F. L., and GANNETT, W. C. The thought of God in hymns and poems. 2d ser. Roberts Bros. 16°, $1.

The first series was entered in "Weekly Record," P. W., Dec. 17, '85, [726.] The authors are Unitarians, full of the highest poetical conception of the fatherhood of God. There are fifty-seven short poems on every variety of

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SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS.

BELLAMY, W. A century of charades. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 16°, $1.

Contains a hundred original charades, the con

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ROGERS, ROB. CAMERON. The wind in the clearing, and other poems. Putnam. 8°, $1.25. A collection of short poems, variously entitled "The dancing faun," "The death of Argas," Destiny,' "Barset Wood," "To Violet,' Thackeray's birthday," etc. SIMONDS, ARTHUR B. American song: a collection of representative American poems; with analytical and critical studies of the writers; with introds. and notes. Putnam. 12°, $1.50.

WILLIAMS, ALfred M. Studies in folk-song and popular poetry: essays. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 12°, $1.50.

WILSON, ROB. BURNS. Chant of a woodland spirit. Putnam. sq. 12°, pap., $1. A poem, portions of which originally appeared in Harper's Monthly and The Century Magazine.

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CURRY, J. L. M. The southern states of the American Union considered in their relations to the constitution of the United States and to the resulting union. Putnam. 12°, $1.25. MCCLUNG, D. W. Money talks: some of the things it says when it speaks. The Rob. Clarke Co. il. 12°, $1.

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MARDEN, ORISON SWETT. Pushing to the front; or, success under difficulties: a book of inspiration and encouragement to all who are struggling for self-elevation along the paths of knowledge and of duty. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. pors. 12°, $1.50.

Falls in the same general class with Smiles' "Self-Help" and Dr. Mathews' Getting on in the world." Such chapter heads as "The man and the opportunity," Boys and girls with no chance," "An iron will," Possibilities in spare moments," "Round boys in square holes," "Concentrated energy," "Manners," ," "Enthusiasm." "The victory in defeat," etc., give a hint of the practical and helpful nature of the book. Apt and telling anecdotes, which illustrate or enforce the author's statements, are given with marvellous profusion, and serve at once to emphasize the excellent points of the book, and to make it wonderfully readable. Illustrated with twenty-four portraits of eminent persons.

TOWNSEND, C. Forty witnesses to success:

PORTLAND (pseud.) ed. The whist table: a treasury of notes on the royal game, by "Cavendish," C. Mossop, A. C. Ewald, and C. Hervey; to which is added solo whist and its rules, by Abraham S. Wilks. Imported by Scribner. pors. 12°, $3.

THEOLOGY, RELIGION AND SPECULATION.

ALLEN, ALEX. V. G. Religious progress. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 12°, $1.

The author is professor in the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass. Contains two lectures. The first deals with religious progress in the experience of the individual; the second with religious progress in the organic life of the church. As a whole, the book is an eloquent and liberal plea for church unity. BROOKS, PHILLIPS, (Bp.) Essays and addresses: religious, literary, and social; ed. by the Rev. J. Cotton Brooks. Dutton. por. 12°, $2. The collection of essays and addresses here presented comprises all of which any record at Brooks' public utterances outside of the pulpit. all satisfactory has been preserved of Bishop The chronological sequence has been observed as far as possible as illustrating in an interesting manner the development of his thought. CLARKE, Rev. H. W. A history of tithes. 2d ed. Imported by Scribner. 12°, (Social science ser.) $1.

Contents: Introduction; Before the Christian era; From the Christian era to the council of Masçon; The Roman mission to England; The first documentary statement of tithes in England; Archbishop Egbert's works; The first public lay-law for the payment of tithes; King Ethelwulf's alleged grant of tithes; Tithe laws made by Anglo-Saxon kings; Origin of our modern parish churches and boundaries; The Canons for payment of tithes; Appropriation of laws of Ethelred II.; The first poor law act; tithes to monasteries; Infeudations-exemp solution of monasteries; Tithes in the city and tions from payment of tithes; Monasteries; Disliberties of London; The Commutation Act of 1836; Tithes of church in Wales; Tithe Actremarks upon the act.

FOUARD, CONSTANT (Abbé). Saint Paul and his mission; tr. with the author's sanction and cooperation, by G. F. X. Griffith. Longmans, Green & Co. map, 12°, $2. HEPWORTH, G. H. Herald sermons. Dutton. por. 12°, $1.

The brief and timely sermons that have been appearing lately upon the editorial page of the Sunday New York Herald are here collected in a volume.

LOWELL, PERCIVAL. Occult Japan; or, the way of the gods: an esoteric study of Japanese personality and possession. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. il. 12°, $1.75.

A careful study of the Shinto faith of Japan

Co. 12, 75 c.

Based upon six hundred answers in evidence obtained from forty statesmen, lawyers, mer

usages. It adds not a little to a philosophical explanation of hypnotism, and, indeed, of human consciousness.

Books for the Young.

CHANDLER, Mrs. IZORA C. Three of us: Barney, Cossack, Rex; il. by the author. Hunt & Eaton. il. 12°, $2

CHURCH, Rev. ALFRED J. Stories from English history from Julius Cæsar to the Black Prince. Macmillan. il. 12°, $1.

Contains the stories of the first and second coming of Julius Cæsar, King Caractacus, Boadicea, Vortigern, King Arthur, King Alfred, How England became Christian, How King Athelstan fought at Brunanburg, The story of King Canute, Harold the Earl, Harold the King, William, Duke of Normandy, William, King of England, Thomas à Becket, King Richard's crusade, Magna Charta, Battle of Bannockburn, The battle of Crécy, How Calais was taken, The great battle of Poitiers,

FENN, G. MANVILLE. First in the field: a story of New South Wales; il. by W. Rainey. Dodd, Mead & Co. 12°, $1.50.

Dominic Braydon was the son of an English doctor, who had immigrated to Australia on account of his health, leaving Dominic in Kent,at school; just as the latter was becoming very much dissatisfied, his father sends for him. Misadventures, including a perilous journey,

and the incident which led his brother-in-law to refer to him as First in the field," are faithfully described in a story of constant action. FIELD, EUGENE. Love-songs of childhood. Scribner. 16°, $1.

Forty-two poems for children, by the author of "A little book of western verse," etc. Bound in blue with graceful decorations in white on front cover.

MARSHALL, EMMA. Kensington Palace in the days of Queen Mary II.: a story. Macmillan. por. il. 12°, $1.50.

The story opens in 1690, about the time of the battle of the Boyne. Queen Mary II., while awaiting the return of William III. from Ireland, is prevailed upon to accord an audience to Sir Redvers Brooke, who induces her majesty to look upon his daughter Margery as

a prospective lady-in-waiting. Besides the interesting incidents of Margery's career at Court, at Kensington Palace, many events of historic interest are given, notably those in which the queen is the central figure. It is claimed that attempt is made to represent this queen in a different light from that in which she is generally seen. The d'Angleterre mem

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MOLESWORTH, Mrs. MARY LOUISE, [" Ennis Graham," pseud.] My new home; il. by L. Leslie Brooke. Macmillan. 12°, $1.

The scene opens in the Middlemore Hills; Helena Wingfield, an orphan, tells in a quaint and irresistible way the story of her life at Windy Gap Cottage, introducing in her narration the incidents that led her grandmother to leave Windy Gap for a finer London residence, and also tells why she ran away from her new home. STEVENSON, ROB. L. Will o' the mill. Joseph Knight Co. 12°, (Cosy corner ser.) 50 c.

An allegorical story which pictures the life of in a remote valley between two high mountains; a lonely boy who lived at an old mill, situated this lad was fated for years to watch from a finally the mill where he lives is, on account of distance the passing of many travellers, and his adopted father's greed, transformed into an inn; then the wayfarers are brought into direct touch with him, and his opinions of life are confirmed. His views of death are realized and described in the last chapter.

STUART, RUTH MCENERY. The story of Babette, a little Creole girl. Harper. i. 12°, $1.50. WINCHESTER, M. E., [pseud. for M. E. Whatman.] A double cherry: a story. Macmillan. il. 12°, $1.25.

Claude and Roy, "the double cherry," are the sons of a proud aristocrat who has met with reverses and is earning a miserable living as a violinist in London. Claude has talent for drawing and painting, but his father insists on his spending hours learning the violin. After the father's death the boys have a very hard time, but the end is happy.