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picture-book and first illustration of object- 

 touching. Levi Seeley explained and illustrat- 

 ed " Grube's Method of teaching Arithmetic " ; 

 R. P. Harrington prepared ' Helps to the In- 

 telligent Study of College Preparatory Latin " ; 

 and Robert Hoentz "Historical Tables; a Con- 

 densed Key to Universal History." Frank II. 

 Foster illustrated, from Church history, "The 

 Seminary Methods of Original Study in the 

 Historical Sciences.'' '' Our Language," by G. 

 A. South worth and B. F. Goddard, dwells 

 upon " Its Use and Structure taught by Prac- 

 tice and Example," and Sarah E. II. Lock- 

 wood's " Lessons in English adapted to the 

 Study of American Classics " is a text-book for 

 high-schools and academies. " Arithmetic Ex- 

 ercises and Examination - Papers " were ar- 

 ranged by H. S. Hall and S. R. Knight, and 

 Lamont Stilwell published " Practical Exer- 

 cises in Analysis and Parsing." Virgil A. 

 Pinkley's "Essentials of Elocution and Ora- 

 tory," '' Excellent Quotations for Home and 

 School," by Julia B. Hoitt, and "The Patriotic 

 Reader," by II. Carrington, were perhaps the 

 most noticeable books of elocution. ' Sugges- 

 tions for Gymnastic Exercises for Schools" 

 were made by Helen Clark Swazey. 



Sports and Pastimes. Books of special inter- 

 est to sportsmen were "Wild-Fowl Shooting," 

 by "William Bruce Leffingwell. a work almost 

 scientific, and "Names and Portraits of Birds 

 which interest Gunners, with Descriptions un- 

 derstanded of the People," by Gordon Trnm- 

 bull. S. Brown Goode treated the subject of 

 "American Fishes," w^th special reference to 

 their habits and to methods of capture. J. 

 Montgomery "Ward published " Base Ball ; how 

 to become a Player, with the Origin, History, 

 and Explanation of the Game"; R. M. Hurd 

 "A History of Yale Athletics " ; and F. W. Jans- 

 sen "A History of American Amateur Athletics 

 and Aquatics, with the Records." John Boyle 

 O'Reilly wrote "The Ethics of Boxing and 

 Manly Sport " ; T. Robinson Warren, in " On 

 Dock," gave " Advice to a Young Corinthian 

 Yachtsman " ; Howard Patterson issued a new 

 and enlarged edition of " The Yachtsman's 

 Guide," and also a " Canal Guide " for pleas- 

 ure-seekers. " Official Lawn-Tennis Rules " 

 were drawn up by the United States National 

 Lawn Tennis Association, and Valentine G. 

 Hall wrote on "Lawn Tennis in America." 

 H. C. Leeds and James Dwight laid down the 

 " Laws of Euchre as adopted by the Somerset 

 Club of Boston, March 1, 1888," and Junius 

 explained the intricacies of " The Game of 

 Solo-Sixty." "Pranks and Pastimes" were 

 devised by Mary J. Jacques; Lucretia Pea- 

 body Hale collected " Fagots for the Fireside." 

 and L. A. Higgins was author of "A Christ- 

 mas Entertainment for Young People at the 

 Court of King Christinas.'' 



Housekeeping. About the usual number of 

 books on this subject appeared during the year. 

 Sallie Joy "White published " Housekeepers and 

 Home-Makers, a Housekeeping Manual " ; Mrs. 



E. R. Parker, "Mrs. Parker's Complete House- 

 keeper "; and Christine Terhtine Ilerrick, 

 " Housekeeping made Easy." Flora Haines 

 Longhead wrote " Quick Cooking," and T. J. 

 Murrey gave recipes for and made remarks 

 upon "Luncheon," besides writing upon " Oys- 

 ters and Fish." Mrs. E. T. Rover treated of 

 " Hot-Weather Dishes," and II. C. Davidson of 

 " Entries and Table Dainties for the Epicure." 

 M. L. Holbrook, M. D., in a work on "Eating 

 for Strength," furnished 500 recipes for whole- 

 some food and drinks. " How she did it, or 

 Comfort on $150 a Year," by Mary Cruger, and 

 " Molly Bishop's Family," by Catherine Owen, 

 deal principally with housekeeping details. 



Miscellaneous. Books not included in the clas- 

 sifications before given may be briefly ennroer- 

 ated as follow : " Our Fishery Rights in the 

 North Atlantic," by Joseph K. Doran ; " The 

 Defense of the Sea-Coast of the United States," 

 by Prof. H. L. Abbot ; " Patriotic Addn. - 

 of the late Henry Ward Beecher, edited by 

 John R. Howard ; and a " Tabulated Roster of 

 the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg," by 

 James Beale. " The Lobby and Public Men, 

 from Thurlow Weed's Time," by II. C. Tanner, 

 was avowedly an attack upon the Bribery act 

 of the State of New York ; and "'89, Edited 

 from the Original Manuscript in 1891," by Ed- 

 gar Henry, essentially a sectional production. 

 H. S. Rosenthal drew up a " Manual for Build- 

 ing and Loan Associations " ; P. T. Barnum 

 wrote " The Wild Beasts, Birds, and Reptiles 

 of the World, the Story of their Capture " ; 

 Helen A. Smith told "Stories of Persons and 

 Places in America ; " and Rosa Hartwick 

 Thorpe published " The Year's Best Days for 

 Boys and Girls." " Children's Stories of the 

 Great Scientists " was a most instructive and 

 interesting volume by Henrietta C. Wright, and 

 Esther Gracie Wheeler wrote " Stray Leaves 

 from Newport." "Success in Speculation" 

 was anonymous, as was also " American An- 

 cestry." C. F. Pidgin made a useful contri- 

 bution in "Practical Statistics," and J. H. 

 Cromwell devised a "System of Easy Letter- 

 ing." " Hints about Men's Dress " were given 

 by a New York Clubman, and "Dress Cutting 

 Dot" wa^s scientifically explained by Mrs. H. 

 Grenfell <jid Miss Baker and "Minor Tactics," 

 by Lient. J. P. Wisser. " How Men propose " 

 was shown by Agnes Stevens in a collection of 

 love-scenes from popular works of fiction. J. 

 P. Johnston wrote " Twentv Years of Hus'lin " ; 

 Wallace Peck, " The Golden Age of Patents" ; 

 H. Liddell, "The Evolution of a Democrat"; 

 and W. J. Florence " Fables." Other humorous 

 works include : " The Battle of the Swasli and 

 the Capture of Canada," by S. Barton : " Chip's 

 Un-natural History," by F. P. W. Bellew ; and 

 " Nye and Riley's Railway Guide." S. Merrill 

 wrote " Newspaper Libel " ; J. D. Billings, 

 " Hard Tack and Coffee"; and Anna E. Halm. 

 " Summer Assembly Days, or what was seen, 

 heard, and felt at the Nebraska Cbatauqua." 

 What shall make us whole ? " was asked by 



