the Rev. Charles Wesley, is treated with illustrations from the old masters. The lyric contains twentyfour stanzas, which are printed in couplets on the left-hand pages of the volume, while on the opposite side an exquisitely executed engraving, appropriate to their theme, faces them. In this order a succession of Madonnas, heads of the Christ-child, angels, cherubs, and devout personages associated in the sacred story with the advent of the Savior, are presented, each being chosen from some masterpiece of the medieval or modern painters. The most cherished portraits of the Mother and Child, by Raphael, Correggio, Murillo, and Carlo Dolce, are included in the collection, with the "Chorister Boys" by Anderson, the scene in " Bethlehem" by Dobson, the "Easter Morning" by Plackhorst, etc. The engraving of these pieces has been done under the supervision of George T. Andrew, and is in every instance good. The book is from the press of E. P. Dutton & Co.

"The Ruskin Birthday Book" has been compiled with exceeding care and good taste. The selections which fill the left-hand pages, marking each day of the year, are by far the choicest that have been gathered into any compilation from this author. The entire volume of Mr. Ruskin's writings has been searched for them, and the result is a collection of lofty and eloquent thoughts, which are grandly impressive and uplifting. A fine steel engraving, facing the title-page, shows a likeness of Ruskin which is quite different from the one by which Americans have hitherto known him. The editors of the book shelter themselves under the initials M. A. B. and J. A.; but to the publishers (John Wiley & Sons) we may express open praise for the chaste style in which they have presented the volume.

Among the myriad volumes dressed in holiday attire is one of compact yet bulky form, comprising biographical sketches of "Our Great Benefactors," or, in more explicit words, of men and women who have aided in the progress of mankind by efficient service in the domain of letters, of the arts, of science, of commerce, of industry, or of philanthrophy. Nearly a hundred different characters are outlined in the work, which may be called a portrait-gallery of eminent persons. The sketches are brief, and, though the product of many writers, have a uniform stamp of propriety and good sense, which may be credited to the editor, Mr. Samuel Adams Drake. Each article is accompanied with a full page illustration, in which a likeness of the subject is surrounded by emblematic objects and scenes. The engraving is without pretense, yet adds interest to the book. (Roberts Brothers.)

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Of the publications of Lee & Shepard, adorned Iwith colored illustrations, My Lady's Casket," illustrated by Eleanor W. Talbot, bears off the palm. The motive of the work is to delineate, under the title of jewels and flowers, the moral graces which most enhance the charms of womanhood. The separate appurtenances of a lady's toilet are made the subjects of a series of pictures, in which the effects of graceful arrangement and exquisite color are charmingly blended. The significance given to the pictures by the accompanying text lifts them up to a moral plane, and endows each with the eloquence of a sermon. It is a peculiar triumph to have accomplished this, and it proves

that Miss Talbot sees more in her art than the ability to please; that it has a higher province — to instruct. The laying on of the colors in the drawings, the work of the printer, has been exquisitely done.

Miss Susie Barstow Skelding contributes to the holiday list a volume inclosing upwards of forty poems from various authors, interspersed with a dozen flower-pieces drawn by herself and printed in colors. The poems are all descriptive of the denizens of the floral kingdom. A few of their writers are of English birth, but the greater number are singers of our own land. The illustrations are prettily designed, and in several instances present, as a pleasing adjunct, a scroll containing a fac-simile of the manuscript of one of our noted poets. The book bears the title of "Flowers from Garden and Glade," and is published by White, Stokes, & Allen.

Miss Clarkson's "Violets Among the Lilies" (E. P. Dutton & Co.) is a sequel to "Violets with Eyes of Blue" and "The Gathering of the Lilies," by the same author; and is like-too like the previous works in character. People tire of annual pictures of lilies and violets, unless there is some decidedly fresh grace distinguishing each reproduction. There are some pleasing designs in this last collection; but let us have something entirely new in Miss Clarkson's next holiday volume.

Bishop Heber's stirring missionary hymn, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," which was struck off at a single sitting, is a succession of graphic and majestic pictures. These have been reproduced pictorially, and in the main acceptably, by the artists Thomas Gulfoye and Edmund H. Garrett; while their work has in turn been skilfully rendered by the engraver. Text and illustrations are tastefully published by Lee & Shepard, and inclosed in pretty fringe-bordered covers.

Bound volumes of the principal illustrated magazines have come to occupy a regular and conspicuous place among holiday books. Indeed, it may be said of several of them that, taking into account their low price and substantial contents, they are probably unsurpassed in attractiveness for buyers who would get the most for their money. No such work as Cassell's "Magazine of Art," for instance, with its six hundred large quarto pages, its five hundred engravings, and its handsome paper and binding, could, if prepared as an independent book, be afforded at the very low price of five dollars; nor could the yearly accretion of the "Century Magazine," with its nearly two thousand pages and more than six hundred illustrations, be sold in two handsomely bound volumes at three dollars each; nor Macmillan's "English Illustrated Magazine," with nearly eight hundred profusely-illustrated pages, at two dollars and a half for the well-bound volume. Such cheapness is possible only to periodicals, which thus find a new market beyond their original form. Of the work first mentioned the "Magazine of Art," it may be said that while it has many pictures of high merit, it is largely popular in aim, occupying, as a magazine, about the same relation to technical art that the "Popular Science Monthly" does to technical science. It has, however, nothing. cheap or mean about it, either in matter or illustrations. The circulation of the monthly issues of this magazine will act as a potent factor in the art edu

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cation of the people; while the possession of a bound volume is something that any household may prize. The "Century" is too familiar to our readers to need any detailed mention here. Anyone so unfortunate as not to possess the monthly issues of this magazine should make haste to procure these handsome volumes. They are rich alike in literary and artistic features. The printing of the illustrations in the " Century" is always conspicuously good; but the mechanical beauty of the bound volumes is slightly marred by the use of two grades of paper-one for the illustrated sheets, and a poorer quality for the letter-press: a defect which is not so noticeable in the periodical issues.

Of Calendars which have become a standard and graceful feature of Holiday publications there is this year a very pretty collection, showing, on the whole, an artistic improvement over similar productions of other seasons. The newest and brightest of all is the Holmes Calendar- the first with which that genial poet has been honored. The artist, Miss Dora Wheeler, has succeeded well in giving her design a light and buoyant tone, as befits an author in whose pages are so few sombre tints. The central feature is a portrait of Dr. Holmes, surrounded by a group of joyous maidens who are decorating it with rose-garlands. The effect, with the delicate blendings of color and gilt illumination, is highly pleasing and artistic. New Emerson, Longfellow, and Whittier Calendars are issued for 1885, with fresh designs and selections, all in excellent taste and rich artistic execution. The above are published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. - A "Ruskin Time and Tide" (John Wiley & Sons) is a calendar of a somewhat novel form, consisting of a series of cards, bound between illuminated paper covers, each left-hand page containing a monthly calendar, and the right-hand page a suitable extract from Ruskin,-extracts and calendars being framed in different designs in colors. The effect as a whole is good, though we scarcely think Ruskin would approve some of the coloring in the work. Besides these calendars, there is Marion Harland's "Common-sense Household Calendar" (Scribners), giving a portrait of the author, and matter adapted chiefly to the daily needs of housekeepers; the "George Macdonald Calendar" (White, Stokes & Allen), in the ordinary card-board form, with a portrait of Macdonald and a tablet of extracts from his writings, one for each day in the year; the "Crescent Calendar," by the same publishers, a series of illuminated leaves, one for each month, cut into the form of a star and crescent, and tied with ribbon; and "Cupid's Calendar" (Estes & Lauriat), a heartshaped novelty, with quotations from love-literature, one for each day in the year, the whole being printed in colors and gathered between lithographed covers, designed by Walter Satterlee.

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.

The very first picture on the first page of Mr. Hoppin's story of "Two Compton Boys" (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) although it is a small one-the mere setting out of a capital letter- is a guaranty of the excellence of the illustrations throughout the vol

ume.

An artist who can put so much life into his figures, making every stroke tell, or talk, so to speak, has a fund of power which may be relied upon for any draft in the way of entertainment. Mr. Hoppin is as sportive as he is spirited in his drawings, and fun and jollity sparkle in their every feature and contour. The Compton Boys, one white and the other black, are true flesh and blood creations, and interest us from beginning to end in their scrapes and adventures. They are good boys, moreover, despite their mad-cap spirits and exhaustless love of diversion; and it follows rationally and wholesomely that they should grow into noble manly men. There is pleasure and profit in reading their history, and happy will be the child who finds the book among his gifts on Christmas morning.

Mr. Thomas W. Knox is well known to the boyworld as the author of engaging narratives of travel in various parts of the globe, which are to be looked for annually about holiday time. This year he brings forth an account of "The Voyage of the Vivian to the North Pole and Beyond" (Harpers). It is a handsome volume, with a gay binding, a colored frontispiece, and an abundance of good woodcuts. This is an opportune moment for the description of an Arctic voyage, when the tragedies of the "Jeanette" and the Greeley expedition are fresh in people's minds. Mr. Knox crowns with success the attempts of the "Vivian" to solve the mystery of the north polar seas, and it is likely that only in fictions like his will the effort be accomplished. But there is much to be learned from his story, which is founded for the most part on incidents that have actually occurred in the experience of Arctic explorers.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Wonder Book for Boys and Girls" is reissued by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. in an extremely rich and tasteful style. The heavy bevel-edged covers are handsomely decorated, and the paper and print are such as to gratify the most fastidious demand. The illustrations, by F. S. Church, are in harmony with the text and often felicitous in conception. Still, they lack the strength to convey striking impressions, and are rather barren of thought. It is as though the artist considered it not worth his while to task himself in this sort of work, and was contented not to carry it carefully to any nice degree of finish. There is a pleasing grace in the outline and pose of such figures as those on pages 35, 65, and 71, but there is no apparent excuse for the indefinite and confused lines in the illustrations, for example, on pages 17, 21, 29, and 79. Such pictures do no honor to the artist, and afford little comfort to the observer.

What miracles can be wrought with a fertile pen and pencil in the elaboration and embellishment of a given text is shown in the juvenile containing Selections from Æsop's Fables," versified by Mrs.' Clara Doty Bates, illustrated by E. H. Garrett, F. H. Lungren, F. Childe Hassam, and published by D. Lothrop & Co. The standard translation from the original Greek is given first, following it the rhymed version of Mrs. Bates, which, adhering to the outline of Esop's tale, fills it in with a wonderful amount of ingenious detail. This magnified story forms the basis for the embroidery of the designer, whose humorous and whimsical conceits are as

thickset as the stitches in a pattern of Kensington needlework. They frame the text with borders of varied shape and size, fill the spaces between the stanzas, and crowd even among the lines. Sometimes they actually smother the text with their redundant fancies. It is an overflowing of fantastic imagery without parallel in any child's book of the season; yet, although so abundant, the illustrations are not feeble or far-fetched. They afford genuine entertainment, and a vast amount of it. A single page is a prolonged and amusing study.

A sample of the commendable work which is being done in providing valuable literature for the young is shown in "Our Young Folks' Josephus," a simplified version of the Jewish historian, written by William Shepard, and published by J. B. Lippincott & Co. The book comprises a brief life of Josephus, a chronological table of the leading events in Jewish history from 2078 B.C. to 70 A.D., and the substance of the two works of Josephus, "The Antiquity of the Jews" and "The Jewish Wars." Mr. Shepard has reproduced the narrative of the Jewish writer in a captivating form. His style is a model of perspicuity and compression, and will be apt to enchain the reader by its charm alone. A number of illustrations after Doré are scattered through the text.

Uniform with the "Plutarch for Boys and Girls," a book which met with general approval at the time of its publication, there now appears "Herodotus for Boys and Girls," prepared by the same editor, Prof. John S. White, and published by G. P. Putnam's Sons. This second volume has all the merits of the first. It presents the immortal work of "the father of history" in a manner agreeable and inviting to young readers. Parts and passages which might prove tedious or unsuited to the more refined delicacy of the modern taste have been omitted; but otherwise the story of the war between the Greeks and Persians, which Herodotus related with so much vividness and circumstantiality, has been repeated with faithful adherence to the author. As the editor states in his introdoction, he has allowed Herodotus to speak in his own words; and the boy or girl who will follow him to the end can hardly fail to like him. The book is embellished with beautiful engravings, and in all details is tastefully presented.

Drake's "Indian History for Young Folks" (Harpers) has an attractive exterior. The cover is peculiarly pleasing in design; print and paper leave nothing to be desired; and there is a wealth of illustration lavished in the interpretation of the text. The only fault to be found is with the author, who has not performed his part as acceptably as it might be done. He has not learned the art of writing for young folks as though he were face to face with them and as fresh in spirit as they are. In truth, he is a little more stately and stiff in his manner than grown folks would find to their liking. However, the motive of the book is admirable. A history of our aborigines furnishes valuable knowledge for Americans, young or old, and those who read the present work will derive instruction from it.

The Last Fairy Tales," by the lamented Edward Laboulaye, have been rendered into English by Miss Mary L. Booth, and published by Harper Brothers. They are a precious legacy to the young, for

there was no more gifted rehearser of the legends and myths of all nations than this eminent French scholar and statesman, who amused his leisure by putting into new and finished forms surviving fragments of primitive folk-lore. It was distinctively a labor of love with the author, and he threw into it all the charms of his wit, sensibility, and moral power. The perfection of the literary art displayed in these tales gives them an interest for adults as well as children, for none can resist the attraction of work of any kind so wonderfully well done. Over three hundred drawings, designed by brilliant French artists, add to the merits of the volume.

Another Bodley book! To say more is almost a waste of words. The children understand perfectly the stores of entertainment inclosed in the covers of this series of popular juveniles by Horace E. Scudder. The new number, describing an excursion into Norway and Denmark, is called "The Viking Bodley," and is in every way as attractive as those which have preceded it. It has the same form, the same quantity and quality of illustrations, the same sprightly narrative, and an equally merry party of tourists, who gather amusement and information with a diligence not surpassed by any of the famous Bodley family. A legion of young folks who delight in fireside travels will greet the work gratefully. (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.)

Mrs. Champney's story of "Three Vassar Girls in South America" (Estes & Lauriat) is a composite production, having a groundwork of fact, a superstructure of fiction, and a crowd of illustrations partly the original work of "Champ" and partly borrowed from other books where they have previously served the purpose of their being. The fact in the story comprises the local coloring: the descriptions of the scenery and the products of the southern half of our western continent, which conform to the accounts given by travellers and explorers on the Amazons. The fiction is written with a dashing and confident hand, which tends easily toward exaggeration, and is careless at times of the niceties of syntax. It is, however, a gay and sprightly book, that will find its quota of admirers.

There is food for laughter in the "Stuff and Nonsense" put between covers by A. B. Frost and published by Charles Scribner's Sons. The tale of a cat which drank poison by mistake is graphically narrated by means of the pencil alone, and in most of the scenes is very comical. The æsthete also is humorously caricatured, and the balloonists meet with decidedly ludicrous adventures. In short, where the illustrator relies solely upon his drawings for the portrayal of funny incidents, he is successful; but when he employs the help of letter-press interpretations, his conceits are more strained and less mirth-provoking. It is necessary to have great care in the creation of grotesqueries not to carry exaggeration too far lest it pass over the bounds into vulgarity.

Publishers and artists have composed an attractive child's-book, with a series of stories in verse, written by F. E. Weatherly, and illustrated in color by Linnie Watt and in monotints by Ernest Wilson. The name of the book is "Out of Town," and it bears the imprint of E. P. Dutton & Co. The monotints, comprising landscape and still life, are very soft and lovely in effect, and poetical in subject and disposi

Romeo and Juliet. Edition de Luxe. With twelve Superb Photogravures from Original Drawings by Frank Dicksee, A. R. A., expressly executed for this work and reproduced by Goupil & Co., Paris. The work is printed on Whatman's hand-made paper, and a series of original drawings serve as ornamental headings and initials, each drawing being an exquisite little work of art. Folio. $25.

Holland and Its People. By Edmondo De Amicis.

The

Zuyder-Zee Edition. With full-page etchings by Gifford, Colman and others, full-page photogravures, and other illustrations printed upon Japan paper and mounted in the text. This edition will be printed from type and will be limited to 250 copies on the finest ragged-edge Line Paper, with one set of the etchings on India paper, bound with the text, and one set on satin, mounted, with mat and in portfolio, ready for framing. Price, $25.

Three hundred and twenty-five copies on finest ragged-edge line paper, with one set of etchings, printed on India paper. Price, $15.

Orchids. The Royal Family of Plants. With Illustrations

from Nature. By Harriet S. Miner. Comprising twentyfour magnificent specimens in colors, each 10x14 inches, reproductions of some of the most celebrated and costly varieties of this peculiar branch of the floral kingdom. Full gilt, $15.

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. By Laurence Sterne. Illustrations by Maurice Leloir. Comprising 220 Drawings in the Text and 12 full-page Compositions. Quarto. Pp. 210. Cloth or stiff vellum paper covers. $10.

The Same. (Another Edition.) Illuminated. Paper covers in cloth portfolio. $12.50.

"One of the most noteworthy revivals of an English classic which publishing enterprise has given us."-The Nation. Salon de 1884. Par Armand Dayot. Cent Planches en Photogravure par Goupil & Co., Paris. Quarto. Illuminated paper covers. Net, $20. Cloth, net, $22.

Les Grandes Manœuvres. Par Le Major Hoff. Illustrations par Edouard Detaille. Elephant Folio. Paris. Net, $10. Son Altesse La Femme. Par Octave Uzanne. Illustrations de Gervex, Gonzales, Kratke, Lynch, Moreau et Felicien Rops. 8vo, pp. 312. Paper. Paris. Net, $13 50. Voyages de Gulliver. Par Jonathan Swift. Traduction par B. H. Gausseron. Profusely and beautifully illustrated in colors. 8vo, pp. 429. Paris. Net, $6. English Art in 1884. Containing nearly 400 Sketches, many of them by the artists themselves, and 14 Photogravure Plates of Pictures in the Royal Academy, Grosvenor Gallery, Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colors and other exhibitions in 1884. With descriptive text by Henry Blackburn. Large quarto. (Ready early in December.)

Raphael and the Villa Farnesina. By Charles Bigot. Translated from the French by Mary Healy (Madame Charles Bigot) Illustrated with 15 engravings by Tiburce de Mau of Raphael's masterpieces. Folio, uncut. (Ready early in December). $15.

But 150 copies of this beautiful book have been printed, and cach copy is numbered and signed.

Paris. In Old and Present Times. With especial reference to Changes in its Architecture and Topography. By P. G. Hamerton. With 12 full-page etchings, and numerous woodcuts. Folio. $6.50.

Nature's Serial Story. By E. P. Roe. Beautifully Illustrated by W. H. Gibson and F. Dielman. 8vo, pp. 430, gilt top, untrimmed edges, $5; full gilt edges $5.25.

Seldom has a work of fiction been published in so fine a dress and with such a wealth and beauty of illustration. It will make a rare holiday gift for the admirers of Roe's writings. Cathedral Churches of England and Wales. Descriptive, Historical and Pictorial. Edited by the Rev. Prof. Bonney. F. R. S., with upward of 150 Illustrations. Quarto, gilt edges. (Ready early in December.) $5.

Tenants of an Old Farm. Leaves from the Note-Book of a Naturalist. By Dr. Henry C. McCook. Profusely illustrated for science by the author: for comical characterizations of Insect Life by D. C. Beard. Pp. 460, small 4to. (Ready early in December.) $2.50.

"If such a man as Dr. McCook were the guide on such an occasion (a ramble in the woods), what a world of delight he might open up."-Prof. W. G. Blackie, D. D., etc.

A Series of Character Sketches from Dickens. From Original Drawings by Frederick Barnard. Reproduced in Photogravure and Printed by Goupil & Co., Paris. P rtfolio. $7.50.

The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation. Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama (as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist). By Edwin Arnold, M.A., etc. New Edition. Illustrated. 8vo, pp. 196. Cloth, $6; morocco, antique, or tree calf, $10.

One Year's Sketch Book. Illustrated and arranged by Irene E. Jerome. Oblong quarto, gilt edges, cloth, $6; Turkey morocco, $12.

Selected Pictures from the Book of Gold of Victor Hugo. Quarto. Vellum, $5.

Illustrated Poems of Oliver W. Holmes,

Numerous

Illustrations. 8vo, pp. 89, gilt edge, $5. The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table is always sure of loving readers, and of delighted readers al o. The illustrations in this beautiful volume are worthy of the poems.

An Unsentimental Journey Through Cornwall. By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Illustrated. Quarto, pp. 144, gilt edges. London. $4.

My Lady's Casket of Jewels and Flowers for Her Adorning. Illustrated in colors by Eleanor W. Talbot. Oblong 8vo, gilt edges. $5.

The Creoles of Louisiana. By G. W. Cable.

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8vo, pp. 320. $3.50.

Illustrated.

Although Mr. Cable's account of the Creoles of Louisiana is concerned with but a part of the State, it is far more than a mere contribution to local history. The exquisite illustrations are an important feature of the book."-Publisher's announcement. Selections from Esop's Fables. Versified by Mrs. C. D. Bates. Accompanied by the standard translations from the original Greek. Profusely illustrated. 4to, gilt edges. $3. Sheridan's Comedies. The Rivals and The School for Scandal. Edited with an Introduction and Notes, and a Biographical Sketch of Sheridan, by Brander Matthews. Illustrated by Abbey, Barnard, Blum, and Reinhart. 8vo, pp. 333. $3.

The Guest Book. In which may be recorded the Coming and Going of Guests, with pages for Autographs, Incidents, Sketches, etc. Designed and Illustrated by Annie F. Cox. 4to. gilt edges, $3.75; Turkey morocco, $7.50.

Baby's Kingdom. Wherein may be chronicled as memories for grown-up days the Mother's Story of Events, Happenings and Incidents attending the progress of the Baby. Designed and Illustrated by Annie F. Cox. 4to. Gilt edges, $3.75; Turkey morocco, $7.50.

The Western World. Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in Northern and Central America. By W. H. G. Kingston. Pp. 278, 81.25.

BIOGRAPHY-HISTORY.

The Life of Abraham Lincoln. By Isaac N. Arnold. With fine steel portrait. 8vo, pp. 462, gilt top. (Ready about Dec. 12th.) $2.50.

There will also be a limited edition (350 copies, numbered) printed on larger and finer paper, with proof impression of the fine portrait on India paper. Subscriptions to this edition are now invited. Price, $4.50.

A Sketch of the Life and Times of the Rev. Sydney Smith. Based on Family Documents and the Recollections of Personal Friends. By S. J. Reed. Portrait and Illustration. 8vo, pp. 409, $3.

Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife. A Biography. By Julian Hawthorne. 2 vols. Portraits. $5.

"He has presented not an outline portrait of his subject, but one colored with the very hues of life and bearing the signature of truth."-N. Y. Tribune.

Biographical Essays. By F. Max Muller, K. M. Pp. 282. $2. "They are not critical studies of persons of the historic past, but of people, with one or two exceptions, whom the writer knew personally, and on whom his judgment, both as friend and scholar is valuable."-The Athenæum.

Thomas Carlyle. A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881. By J. A. Froude, M. A. Portrait. $1. "If there is any story

to stand comparison with this Carlyle story, surely it has never yet been told."-N. Y. Times. The Story of My Life. By J. Marion Sims, M. D., LL.D. Edited by his son H. Marion Sims, M. D. Pp. 471. $1.50. Fifty Years of London Life. Memoirs of a Man of the World. By Edmund Yates. Pp. 444. Portrait. $1.75. Life of Mary Wollstonecraft. By Elizabeth R. Pennell. "Famous Women." Pp. 360. $1.

Sir Moses Montefiore. A Centennial Biography, with Selections from Letters and Journals. By L. Wolf. Pp. 254. Portrait. $1.25.

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A satisfactory piece of work."-The Athenæum. Alice, Grand Duchesse of Hesse, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland. Biographical Sketch and Letters. Cheaper Edition. Pp. 407. Portrait. $2.25.

A Record of Ellen Watson. Arranged and Edited by Anna Buckland. Pp. 279. Portrait. London. $1.50.

The Empire of the Hittites. By. W. Wright, B. A., D. D. With Decipherment of Hittite Inscriptions, by Professor A. H. Sayce, LL.D. A Hittite Map by Colonel Sir C. Wilson, F. R. S., and Captain Conder, R. E., and a complete set of Hittite Inscriptions. Revised by W. H. Rylands, F. S A. 8vo, pp. 200. $6.

"The volume will be eagerly bought and read by all those who are interested in the reconstruction of ancient history and in the connection of the great Oriental peoples of antiquity with the Hebrew nation."-The Independent.

John Wycliffe. Patriot and Reformer. By J. L. Wilson "Standard Library." Pp. 247. Paper, 25 cents; cloth, $1.