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the Annexation of the Transvaal " is an exceed- 

 ingly interesting account of the Boers by Theo- 

 dore M. Tromp, a Hollander, who. lived among 

 them as the secretary of President Burgers 

 (Leyden). " My Journey round the World," 

 by Captain S. H. Jones-Parry, is a lively ac- 

 count of travels in America, the Australian col- 

 onies, and the Orient. A similar recountal of 

 travels is entitled " Far-Out," by Lieutenant- 

 Colonel W. F. Butler. Mrs. Brassey's " Sun- 

 shine and Storm in the East " is a description 

 of a voyage in the Mediterranean, by a lady 

 who has already won the esteem of the public 

 by the refined and intelligent qualities of her 

 narration of travels (New York, Holt). Henry 

 Havard's new book, u The Heart of Holland " 

 (Franklin Square Library), is of the same ex- 

 cellence as his others on the subject. " Hol- 

 land and its People " is a translation by Caro- 

 line Tilton from the Italian of Edmondo de 

 Amicis, a brilliant describer of lands and cus- 

 toms (New York, Putnams). " Columbia and 

 Canada," by W. Fraser Rao (New York, Put- 

 nams), is a sketchy criticism of American 

 things from hasty observations. Miss Isabella 

 L. Bird has produced two very interesting 

 books, " A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains," 

 recounting the experiences of a fearless and ob- 

 servant lady explorer in unfrequented ways, 

 and "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan," one of the 

 best descriptive works on that country which 

 has appeared (New York, Putnams). Oppert's 

 " A Forbidden Land " is an important work of 

 geographical and historical research in and con- 

 cerning Corea (New York, Putnams), translated 

 from the German. Sir Edward J. Reed's "Ja- 

 pan " is an admirable historical account and 

 analysis of the social conditions of Japan, with 

 a narrative of a visit to that country, which 

 forms the second volume (London, Murray). 

 " Turkey, Old and New," is a more labored and 

 exhaustive account of the Ottoman Empire 

 than the previous books which have appeared 

 on the subject, by Sutherland Menzies. Robert 

 Spence Watson's " Visit to Wazan " is an in- 

 teresting narrative of travels in Morocco (Lon- 

 don, Macmillan). Ball's " Jungle Life in India " 

 is a diary kept by the author while working on 

 the geological survey, and contains a vast 

 amount of scientific information (London De 

 la Rue). "The Great African Island" is a 

 popular description of Madagascar, by James 

 Sibree (London, Trubner). Captain Gill's " The 

 River of Golden Sand " (London, Murray) is a 

 full account of his interesting travels in China. 

 '" Our Future Highway," by V. L. Cameron 

 (London, Macmillan), relates to the possible rail- 

 way connection with India by the Tigris route. 

 Major H. G. Raverty's "Notes on Afghanistan 

 and Part of Baluchistan " (London, Eyre & 

 Spottiswoode) is an important treatise contain- 

 ing historical and geographical data derived 

 from Oriental authors. A series of descriptive 

 works upon the principal countries of the world 

 is being issued by Sampson Low & Co., of 

 which there have appeared " The West Indies," 



by C. H. Eden, and " Peru," by Clements R. 

 Markham (New York, Scribner & Welibrd). 

 Laurence Oliphant's " Land of Gilead " is an 

 account of a tour of inspection, undertaken 

 with a view to the colonization of Palestine 

 with European Hebrews, a plan which the au- 

 thor conceived would greatly aid in the preser- 

 vation and reformation of the Turkish Empire 

 (New York, Appletons). 



Political economy shows signs of entering 

 upon a new stage of progress. The marks of a 

 fresh advance are more apparent in the period- 

 ical literature than in the published treatises. 

 The authority of the great names of the politi- 

 cal economists of the past is at last waning, as 

 the generalizations of the theoretical economy 

 have long been disregarded in practical legisla- 

 tion, and the sociological investigations of Eng- 

 lish scholars are generating as a natural fruit 

 new conceptions of the organization of civilized 

 society. "Popular Sovereignty" is the title 

 of a book which contains a cogent and earnest 

 defense of the principle of popular self-govern- 

 ment and the democratic idea, by Charles An- 

 thony, Jr. (London, Longmans). A translation 

 has been made of Dr. Luigi Cossa's admirable 

 " Guide to the Study of Political Economy," a 

 product of the older orthodox school of econ- 

 omy. " Principles of Property in Land " is a 

 theoretical discussion of the land problem on 

 general grounds of right :md the common weal, 

 in which liberal but not rash and unpractical 

 views are expressed, by John Boyd Kinnear 

 (London, Smith, Elder & Co.). " Free Land," 

 by Arthur Arnold (London, C. Kegan Paul 

 & Co.), is a clear and interesting treatise on 

 land tenures, advocating free trade in land, and 

 a peasant proprietorship. Among the special 

 books on the land question in Ireland, the chief 

 are "Irish Distress and its Remedies," by 

 James H. Tuke ; " The Parliamentary History 

 of the Land Question," by R. Barry O'Brien ; 

 " Hibernian Horrors," by Alfred Austin ; " The 

 Land Question, Ireland ; " " The Life's Work in 

 Ireland of a Landlord who tried to do his 

 Duty," by W. Bence Jones; "A Short State- 

 ment concerning the Confiscation of Improve- 

 ments in Ireland," by a Working Landlord ; 

 " Parnellism Unveiled," by Philip H. Bagenal. 

 "Hodge and his Master," by Richard Jeffries, 

 is a very spirited and persuasive presentation 

 of the extremely conservative and aristocratic 

 sentiments regarding the peasantry. " Round 

 about a Great Estate " is a delightful portrayal 

 of the incidents and diversions of English rural 

 life, by the same author. 



No important work of history has appeared, 

 but several interesting monographs, carefully 

 digested summaries, and interesting discussions 

 of recent history, have been published. Herbert 

 Spencer's great work of " Descriptive Sociolo- 

 gy, or Groups of Sociological Facts," is still in 

 progress ; the installment on the " Hebrews 

 and Phoenicians " is the work of Dr. Richard 

 Scheppig. " The Aryan Village in India and 

 Ceylon " is an interesting contribution to so- 



