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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1888. 



ican Art," by G. W. Sheldon. "A Portfolio 

 of Players," was a memorial of the Augustin 

 Daly comic troupe, and "The Napoleon Gal- 

 lery " was a collection of one hundred outline 

 proofs from foreign paintings. " Old Songs, 

 with Drawings," by Edwin A. Abbey and Al- 

 fred Parsons, formed a dainty volume. " The 

 New York Mirror Annual and Directory of the 

 Theatrical Profession for 1838," was edited by 

 H. G. Fiske; "The Dramatic Year, 1887-'88," 

 by E. Fuller ; and N. Hehner published " The 

 Actor's Make-up Book." N. Earle composed 

 " The Gipsy's Festival, a Musical Entertain- 

 ment for Young People " ; and " How to shade 

 Embroidered Flowers and Leaves," as " Stud- 

 ies in Needlework," by Ellen G. Smith, will 

 perhaps be admitted to this category. The 

 production of " Souvenirs " and booklets in- 

 creased largely during the year. 



Voyages and Travels. These were extensive. 

 William D. Howells and T. Sergeant Perry 

 compiled a " Library of Universal Adventure 

 by Sea and Land"; and beginning witli the 

 cradle of humanity, Percival Lowell, author of 

 " Choson," has given us a study of Japan in 

 " The Soul of the Far East." William E. Grif- 

 fis issued a new edition of " Corea," with a 

 chapter on Corea in 1888. The Rev. V. C. 

 Hart described " Western China," and Simon 

 Adler Stern made " Jottings of Travel in China 

 and Japan." Mrs. Helen H. Holcomb wrote 

 " Bits about India," and O. W. Wight told of 

 "People and Countries visited in a Winding 

 Journey around the World." Vol. II of 

 " Around 'the World on a Bicycle," by T. Ste- 

 phens, covered the distance " From Teheran to 

 Yokohama." From Mrs. Susan E. Wallace we 

 have "The Repose in Egypt," as well as "The 

 Land of the Pueblos." The Rev. II. F. Fair- 

 banks made "A Visit to Europe and the Holy 

 Land," which he viewed with the eyes of a 

 Catholic clergyman. The Rev. H. M. Field add- 

 ed "Old Spain and New Spain" and "Gibral- 

 tar" to his numerous delightful studies of otlier 

 lands, and E. P. Thwing, M. D., wrote on "Out- 

 Door Life in Europe." Curtis Guild produced 

 a bright book on " Britons and Muscovites," 

 EdwinC. Kimball wrote "Midnight Sunbeams," 

 of course seen in the land of the Norsemen, 

 and from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pennell we 

 have " Our Sentimental Journey through 

 France and Italy," performed on wheels. The 

 enterprise of young ladies of the present day 

 is shown by " Yankee Girls in Zululand," by 

 Louise Vescelius Sheldon; "Two Girls Abroad," 

 by Nellie M. Carter ; " Three Vassar Girls in 

 France." by Elizabeth W. Champney; and 

 " Great Grandmother's .Girls in New Mexico," 

 by the same author. " Mexico " has been 

 written about as "Picturesque, Political, and 

 Progressive" by Mary Elizabeth Blake and 

 Margaret F. Sullivan, and as "Our Neighbor " 

 by J. H. Rice, while Fanny Chambers Gooch 

 brings us " Face to Face with the Mexicans." 

 F. A. Ober chronicles " The Knock-about 

 Club in the Antilles," and William Elroy Cur- 



tis, late United States Commissioner to the 

 Governments of Central and South America, 

 describes "The Capitals of Spanish America." 

 W. H. Ilurlbert presents his view of "Ireland 

 under Coercion," G. Pellew treats of the same 

 country in " Castle and Cabin," and Mrs. J. 

 Ellen Foster in " The Crime against Ireland " 

 found home rule the only remedy. W. F. War- 

 ren traversed Holland " In the Footsteps of 

 Arminius." From Charles NordhotF we have 

 " Peninsular California," and Walter Lindley 

 and J. P. Widney give us " The California of 

 the South." " Sketches of the Old Santa Bar- 

 bara Missions " comes from K. S. Torrey, " The 

 Florida of To-Day " from James Wood David- 

 son, and " South Dakota " from Frank S. Child. 

 Charles Dudley Warner, in " On Horseback," 

 describes a tour of three States, and W. II. H. 

 Murray, in " Daylight Land," furnishes a novel 

 and interesting account of a journey from 

 Montreal to Vancouver City. A. R. Calhoun 

 wrote "Lost in the Cafion"; Edwards Rob- 

 erts, " Shoshone and other W 7 estern Win- 

 ders" ; Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, " Tenting on 

 the Plains"; and Buffalo Bill (W. F. Cody) 

 told the story of " The Wild West " in his own 

 way. '-Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail" 

 were described by Theodore Roosevelt, " His- 

 toric Waterways " by Reuben Gold Thwaite, 

 and " Sketches from the Saddle " were made 

 by John Codman, a septuagenarian. " A Sum- 

 mer Cruise on the Coast of New England," by 

 Robert Carter, was republished ; and Wallace 

 P. Stanley tells the story of "Our Week 

 Afloat." "Up the North Branch" was by 

 Charles A. J. Farrar, and " Tenting at Stony 

 Beach " by Maria L. Pool. " A W r inter Pic- 

 nic " by J. and E. Dickinson and S. E. Dowd 

 took place in the Bahama Islands, and James 

 II. Stark prepared " A Bermuda Guide " and 

 " Antique Views of ye Town of Boston." The 

 " Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and 

 Mississippi in 1789-'90," by Maj. S. S. For- 

 man, was edited with a memoir and illustrative 

 notes by L. C. Draper. " Wrecked on Labra- 

 dor " was a boy's book, by W T . A. Stearns. 

 From Thomas W T . Knox we have " The Boy 

 Travelers in Australasia," and from Hezekiah 

 Butterworth, " Zigzag Journeys in the Antipo- 

 des." 



Educational. The works of the year on the 

 art of teaching include " Contributions to 

 American Educational History," by Herbert 

 B. Adams; "Industrial Education in the 

 South," by the Rev. A. D. Mayo ; and " Aims 

 and Methods of Classical Study," by W. G. 

 Hale. Part I of "Technical Education in 

 Europe," by J. Schoenhof, treated of " Indus- 

 trial Education in France," and W. H. Carpen- 

 ter translated from the German of Otto Solo- 

 mon " The Slojd in the Service of the School." 

 " Methods and Aids in Geography " was from 

 the pen of Charles F. King, and Clara Conklin 

 wrote "Topics of Recitation in Ancient Geog- 

 raphy." " The Orbis Pictus of Comenius," 

 reproduced, is an imitation of that first child's 



