undertake the conquest of Morocco and the introduction of European ideas in a country which has retained until now the atmosphere and the customs of the days of Haroum Alraschid, gives this volume a particular timeliness. The curious title is taken from the Moorish proverb which reads "The Earth is a peacock: Morocco is the tail of it." Galileo. His Life and Work. By J. J. Fahie. A history of one of the earliest and greatest of the experimental philosophers of the modern world which covers a period from 1564 to 1642. The volume contains a list of the principal works used in its preparation and a bibliography. Scribners: Cruising Among the Caribbees. By This book first appeared in 1895. The book has been revised and brought up to date by adding chapters on the description of St. Pierre, the Island of Jamaica, and the new territory of Porto Rico. Mr. Stoddard is editor of the New York “Observer." He spent parts of the winters of 1902 and 1903 in the West Indies, revisiting most of the islands described in this volume. The Development of the Drama. By Brander Matthews. Professor Matthews divides his book into ten chapters as follows: "The Art of the Dramatist," "Greek Tragedy," "Greek and Roman Comedy," "The Mediæval Drama," "The Drama in Spain," "The Drama in England," "The Drama in France," "The Drama in the Eighteenth Century," "The Drama in the Nineteenth Century," and "The Future of the Drama," which appeared in the pages of The Bookman. In his preface, Professor Matthews says: "Such criticism as there may be in the following pages is not so much philosophical or even æsthetic as it is technical; it is concerned less with the poetry which illumines the masterpieces of the great dramatists than it is with the sheer craftsmanship of the most skillful playwrights." In the War With Mexico. Townsend Brady. By Cyrus A book for boys which tells of a midshipman's adventures on ship and shore, during the time of the war with Mexico. Grant, Lee, McClellan, Beauregard, and Kearney figure in the tale. Through Three Campaigns. By G. A. Henty. A war story for young readers by the late Mr. Henty, the well-known and prolific writer of books for boys and girls. With the Allies to Pekin. By G. A. Henty. A tale of the campaign which ended with the relief of the Pekin Legations. In the Grip of the Mullah. By Capt. F. S. Brereton. Captain Brereton's stories for boys are well known in England. Boys should enjoy this "tale of adventure in Somaliland." Foes of the Red Cockade. By Capt. F. S. Brereton. A story of the French Revolution of interest to boy readers. These two books by Captain Brereton are the first, we believe, to appear from his pen in this country. The Story of the Revolution. By Henry Cabot Lodge. A new edition of Mr. Lodge's history which is now published in one large volume instead of in two smaller ones, as with the earlier edition. The present volume contains 178 illustrations. Vacation Days in Greece. By Rufus B. Richardson. A series of sketches by the former director of the American School of Archæology at Athens. The book should be of interest to the traveller as well as to the student. Richard Savage. A Romance of Real Life. By Charles Whitehead. An important volume belonging to the Caxton Thin Paper Reprints of Famous Novels. The introduction to this novel bears the date, 1842. Dante's Divine Comedy. The Book and Its Story. By Leigh Hunt. A small imported volume which gives a chapter on "Dante's Life and Genius," and three chapters on "The Story of the Poem." Dante is to be presented on the New York stage this season. Christopher Marlowe. Ben Jonson. Three volumes. The above books are imported ones, appearing in uniform bindings. "Christopher Marlowe" is edited by Havelock Ellis, with an Introduction by J. A. Symonds, and "Ben Jonson" is edited with Introduction and Notes by Brinsley Nicholson and C. H. Herford. The Cavalier in Exile. Being the Lives of the First Duke and Duchess of Newcastle. By Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. This book, also imported, belongs to Newnes's Pocket Classics and is uniform with Anster's translation of Goethe's "Faust." Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol. By Karl Baedecker. This handbook for travellers needs no introduction. The fact that it is a "Baedeker" is sufficient. It contains sixty-five maps, fourteen plans, and eleven panoramas, and is in its twentieth edition. (Imported.) Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster. Arranged and put into English by Lady Gregory. With a Preface by W. B. Yeats. Mr. Yeats says of this book that it "is the best book that has come out of Ireland in my time. Perhaps I should say that it is the best book that has ever come out of Ireland; for the stories which it tells are a chief part of Ireland's gift to the imagination of the world-and it tells them perfectly for the first time." (Imported.) Poets and Dreamers: Studies and Translations from the Irish. By Lady Gregory. Another contribution to Irish literature, which is also imported. In studying the life of Madame de Montespan, Mr. Williams says that we are studying not her alone, but the whole society of which she was the representative. She was "something more than the mistress of le Grand Monarque, the mother of legitimate princes and princesses, the woman whose blood flows today in the veins of half the Royal Houses in Europe; she was the symbol of her age, the spirit of seventeenth-century France incarnate." The volume is a handsome one, illustrated with sixteen photogravures. (Imported.) The Shakespeare Country Illustrated. By John Leyland. Lovers of Shakespeare would do well to own this book. It first appeared in the "Country Life" Library and met with considerable success. In addition to the illustrations which accompany the text, there are notes, in the form of appendices, upon the Washington and Franklin countries frequently visited from Stratford. (Imported.) Scribner's Sons: The Bar Sinister. By Richard Harding Davis. Between handsome covers and with illustrations in colour this little story, which was printed first last year, appears as one of the holiday gift books. If you have read this story, whatever we may say will be superfluous. If you have not, our advice is to get the book as soon as you possibly can. Silver, Burdett: The Rational Method in Reading. By Edward G. Ward. The Rational Method in Spelling. By Edward G. Ward. The above are text-books, the first intended for the Fifth Reader, and the second to be used in the third and fourth years. Smart Set Publishing Company: The Congressman's Wife. By John D. Barry. A story of American politics by the Mr. author of "A Daughter of Thespis." Barry says in his preface that he has not aimed primarily to depict conditions in American politics, as he feels that has already been done far better than he could do it. He has, however, shown the contrast between the standards a man may follow in public life or in business and those he maintains at home. The Career of Mrs. Osborne. By Helene Milecete. A novel which the publishers class as an extravaganza. It tells in an amusing manner of the adventures of two young women who take an apartment in London under the fictitious chaperonage of "Mrs. Osborne." Stokes and Company: The Correspondence of William I. and Bismarck. Translated by J. A. Ford. Two volumes. An important work, containing portraits and facsimile letters, and other letters from and to Prince Bismarck besides the ones which passed between him and William I. Rips and Raps. By L. de V. Matthewman. Pictures by T. Fleming. Accompanying the pictures in this little book are raps such as the following: "The difference between vice and virtue depends largely on the vice-and the vicious.' "There would not be so many fools were there not so many imitators." Taylor and Company: " Two Years Ago. By Charles Kingsley. Two volumes. Two new volumes in the Library Edi-· tion of the Novels, Poems, and Memories of Charles Kingsley, with an Introduction by Maurice Kingsley. The October Bookman contained an article on Kingsley's "Westward-ho!" Big Jack and Other True Stories of Horses. By Gabrielle E. Jackson. A collection of short stories for juvenile readers who love horses and who like to read about them. "Big Jack' is a horse with wonderfully beautiful brown eyes. Little Comrade: The Story of a Cat, and Other Animal Stories. By Gabrielle E. Jackson. A companion volume to the above. Warne and Company: The Tale of Peter Rabbit. By Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. By Beatrix Potter. Little books for little people. Coloured illustrations accompanying the text in both volumes. The Handy World Atlas and Gazetteer. The above title admirably describes this little book. It ought to be of practical value to any one who possesses a copy. The Work of Botticelli. A volume containing a number of reproductions of Botticelli's work, accompanied by a sketch written by Richard Davey, and a list of the principal works of the great painter. The book is brought out in London by George Newnes in his "Art Library." What the Toys Did! A Dream. Told in Verses. By E. L. Shute. These toys did all sorts of wonderful things in "Freddy's" dream, as one can see by looking at the coloured illustrations in this book and by reading the verses. The Little Folks' Picture Natural History. By Edward Step, F.L.S. A large book with over two hundred coloured figures and numerous illustrations in the text. From this book the little people may get their first glimpses of the animal world. Wessels Company: Royal Palaces and Their Memories. By Sarah A. Tooley. The An imported, illustrated book. author began this work some four years ago, and her aim has been to tell the story of the royal palaces from the human rather than from the antiquarian or architectural standpoint. The palaces selected have a living as well as a past interest, and they are: Windsor, St. James, Hampton Court, Kensington, and Buckingham. Wycil and Company: The Mis-Rule of Three. By Florence Warden. A new novel by the author of "The House on the Marsh" and other books similarly sensational. Judging from the chapter headings and illustrations, the sensations are not lacking in the present story. Society for Instruction in First Aid to the Injured: Handbook of First Aid to the Injured. By Bowditch Morton, M.D. A new edition of a book which was prepared at the request of the Society for Instruction in First Aid to the Injured. The present revision has been made by Ellsworth Eliot, Jr., M.D., and Louis Faugeres Bishop, M.D. The book contains twenty-seven illustrations. Boston. Bacon and Company: Rational Home Gymnastics. By Hartvig Nissen. A new and enlarged edition of an illustrated book by a well known director of physical training in various schools and colleges. The little volume contains practical directions for the use of persons who wish to take exercise in their own homes. The illustrations of exercises for women have been contributed by Baroness Rose Posse. Dana, Estes and Company: Florestane the Troubadour. By Julia de Wolf Addison. A mediæval romance of Southern France which introduces, among its characters, Dante, Cimabue, Sordello, and other celebrated men. With this romantic background one can imagine that exciting episodes are not lacking. Ginn and Company: A Latin Grammar. By William Gardner Hale and Carl Darling Buck. A grammar which aims to be a working text-book, adapted to the needs of high school education. Of it the publishers say: "This new Latin grammar is the work of specialists and embodies the results of many years of independent study in their respective fields. New Latin Grammar. For Schools and Colleges. Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. A revised edition of a grammar which appeared first in 1888. This revision was planned and begun in the lifetime of Professor, and has been carried out in accordance with his ideas. Griffith-Stillings Press: Campaigns in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, 1862-1863. Volume III. The Military Historical Society of Massachusetts are bringing out these volumes, which contain a history of the campaigns as indicated in the title. Houghton, Mifflin and Company: The Overture. By Joseph Russell Taylor. A book of poems, containing a long one, "Penelope in Love," and a number of shorter ones. Some of the poems have appeared in the "Atlantic," "Scribner's," the "Century," and "Harper's." Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life. By Clara Louise Burnham. Jewel will probably be described many times over as a feminine "little Lord Fauntleroy." As in "The Right Princess," the influence of Christian Science figures largely in this story. The Clerk of the Woods. By Bradford Torrey. The chapters in this volume were written each week for simultaneous publication in the "Transcript" of Boston and the "Mail and Express" of New York. They give an account of events out-ofdoors, as witnessed by a natural-historical observer. The chronicle begins with May, which to the bird-gazer is a "short month," and ends with April. By Witnesses of the Light. Being the William Belden Lectures for 1903. Washington Gladden. These lectures were delivered at Harvard University last spring by the Rev. Washington Gladden. In their published form they present a series of biographical studies of six historical figures, Dante, Michelangelo, Fichte, Victor Hugo, Wagner, and Ruskin. These studies are accompanied by portraits. Good-Bye, Proud World. By Ellen Olney Kirk. A novel whose heroine is a newspaper woman in New York. She inherits a little property, says good-bye to the world, and goes to a Connecticut village to rest. There she meets the Man, an author, and then the real story begins. Essays on Great Writers. By Henry Dwight Sedgwick, Jr. In these essays, Mr. Sedgwick deals mainly with such men of letters as Scott, Thackeray, Macaulay, Montaigne, and Cervantes. Mr. Sedgwick spent last winter and spring in Italy, and contributed various articles to the magazines on Pope Leo. Aids to the Study of Dante. By Charles Allen Dinsmore. "The Teachings of Dante," Mr. Dinsmore's earlier book, has gone through four editions in this country. The present book gives in a convenient form Dante's famous letter to Can Grande Boccaccio's narrative of Dante's life, information from the chief authorities like Scartazzini, Comparetti, Charles Eliot Norton, Dean Church, Gaspary, and Lowell. The illustrations include tables and diagrams. The book is designed for the general public as well as for college classes. My Own Story. With Recollections of Noted Persons. By John Townsend Trowbridge. J. T. Trowbridge, the veteran writer for boys and girls, and the author of novels and books of poems, has written the story of his life. His reminiscences of Walt Whitman, Father Taylor, Emerson, Alcott, Longfellow, and other men of letters are very interesting. He also gives intimate portraits of some of the men of the past who were connected with "The Atlantic Monthly," "The Youth's Companion," etc. Long Will. By Florence Converse. Miss Converse's new book, a romance of the fourteenth century, is utterly unlike her previous novels: "Diana Victrix" and "The Burden of Christopher." The former portrayed life in the north and south, while the latter concerned itself with the conflict between capital and labour. The present book has for its theme the Peasants' Revolt. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. By Kate Douglas Wiggin. A new story by an author whose popularity is widespread. The present book has the quiet charm of the country about it, and the characters are every-day, homely people. Gawayne and the Green Knight. By Charlton Miner Lewis. The story is A fairy tale told in verse. divided into four cantos. Lesley Chilton. By Eliza Orne White. A love story, with the scenes laid in Mount Desert, New York, Boston, and Cambridge. The heroine is a woman with advanced ideas in regard to the higher education for her own sex, but this does not prevent her from falling in love with a man whose opinions are directly opposed to her own. The Pine Grove House. By Ruth Hall. The writer of several historical novels has departed from this well-worn track and in her present novel she tells the story of a group of people belonging to the present time. Pine Grove House, say the publishers, is not far from New York City. The Young Ice Whalers. By Winthrop Packard. A book for boys. It tells of the adventures of wild beasts, wild men, and wild weather, in Bering Sea, the Arctic Ocean, and on the shore of Alaska. The author has himself sailed on whaling ships, and he is familiar with the sea and land of which he writes. The book is illustrated. A Reader's History of American Literature. By Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Henry Walcott Boynton. The articles in this book are based upon a course of lectures which were delivered at the Lowell Institute of Boston in January of last year. There are a number of photographs and facsimiles in the volume. Following the Ball. By A. T. Dudley. By the title it is easy to guess that this is a book for boys. The scene is laid in Exeter, and of the story the head coach of the Harvard Football Team for 1903 writes: "I am glad enough to find one book with real football in it." The New Thought Simplified. By Henry Wood. Mr. Wood explains the principles of the New Thought, and tells how through it and because of it one is enabled to gain harmony and health. Little, Brown and Company: Blake Redding. A Boy of To-day. By Natalie Rice Clark. The boys of to-day will like this story. It is good. Ursula's Freshman. By Anna Chapin Ray. A book which belongs to the class of It is neither a story hard to classify. juvenile nor a novel. It is in its teens, so to speak. The heroine is a hot-headed young girl transplanted from the Iowa prairies to a conventional life in New York. The plucky "freshman" who earns his way through Yale is the hero. The Golden Windows. By Laura E. Richards. A book of fables for old and young, each of which teaches a lesson as well as a moral. But perhaps we had better keep that dark. Adventures of an Army Nurse. Edited from the Diary and Correspondence of von OlnMary Phinney, Baroness hausen. By James Phinney Munroe. The subject of these Memoirs is a New The Giant's Ruby, and Other Fairy Tales. A book of fairy tales with illustrations A new story by the author of the "Miss Toosey" books. Gay is a small boy, and judging from the illustrations a lovable one. Camp Fidelity Girls. By Annie Hamilton Donnell. A story of four school girls who, because of illness at home, spend their vacation at "Camp Fidelity," an old farmhouse where the girls put in a pleasant summer. Jack, the Fire Dog. By Lily F. Wesselhoeft. Mrs. Wesselhoeft has written a number of animal stories for young people, and in her new book about the fire dog (fire dogs are invariably called "Jack") she has chosen a theme which will surely prove entertaining to boys and girls. Lothrop Publishing Company: Sally. Mrs. Tubbs. By Margaret Sidney. A little book which might be classed with the "Mrs. Wiggs" type of story. "Sally" is a washerwoman who attains the coveted title of a married woman by Like wedding a weak-minded little man. Mrs. Wiggs, Sally is also cheerful and courageous. Message and Melody. By Richard Bur ton. A book of verse by a well-known man of letters and author of several books of prose and poetry. The present volume contains a number of short poems touching upon a diversity of subjects. Page and Company: A Book of Girls. By Lilian Bell. A small volume containing four stories of girls and for girls by an author whose books have amused and entertained many readers. Old New England Churches. By Mary C. Crawford. The present volume, which belongs to the "Little Pilgrimages Series," aims to give the story side of those old meetinghouses and ministers whose names and aspects are more or less familiar to the general reader. The book is illustrated. Among the Men Who Have Written Famous Books. Second Series. By Edward F. Harkins. This book is uniform with the above. Among the authors who have written famous (?) books, according to the author, may be mentioned George Ade, Irving Bacheller, John D. Barry, Arlo Bates, Cyrus Townsend Brady. Thomas Dixon, Jr., George Barr McCutcheon, Charles Major. Booth Tarkington, Owen Wister, F. Hopkinson Smith, George Horace Lorimer, Jack London, Henry Harland, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, and a few others. |