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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1890. 



" Seven Years in Ceylon/' by Mary and Margaret 

 W. Leitch, is the first title of " Stories of Mis- 

 sion Life." " Java, the Pearl of the East," by 

 S. J. Higginson, was written for the " Riverside 

 Library for Young People." Sullivan H. McCol- 

 lester went " Round the Globe in Old and New 

 Paths," and from Louise B. Robinson we have " A 

 Bundle of Letters from over the Sea," bright and 

 breezy, descriptive of the uual tours of Europe. 

 Mary Elizabeth Blake described also " A Summer 

 Holiday in Europe," in an attractive fashion, 

 while Mrs. Clarkson N. Potter in " To Europe on 

 a Stretcher," told what even a helpless invalid 

 may enjoy. T. V. O'Brien spent " Sixty Days in 

 Europe," and from Alfred E. Lee we have " Eu- 

 ropean Days and Ways." Francis C. Sessions 

 went "On the Wing through Europe," and a 

 second volume from his facile pen is " From the 

 Land of the Midnight Sun to the Volga " ; he 

 also spent some time " In Western Levant." The 

 irrepressible " Three Vassar Girls," of Mrs. Eliza- 

 beth W. Champney turned up this year "in 

 Switzerland," their adventures being illustrated 

 by Champ and others, and Hetta M. Plervey 

 caught " Glimpses of Norseland." " The Tsar 

 and his People ; or Social Life in Russia," was 

 a series of brilliant articles by master hands (the 

 American representatives being Theodore Child 

 and Clarence Cook), combined into a handsomely 

 illustrated volume. "From the Thames to the 

 Trosachs " was a record of impressions of travel 

 in England and Scotland by Mrs. E. H. Thomp- 

 son, with an introduction by Rev. Jesse L. Hurl- 

 but ; and T. W. Knox chronicled " The Boy 

 Travelers in Great Britain and Ireland." " The 

 Cruise of the United States Steamer Rush in 

 Behring Sea : Summer of 1889," by Mrs. Isabel 

 S. Shepard, wife of the commander, is a graphic 

 story with which properly belongs " A Woman's 

 Trip to Alaska," by Mrs. Septima M. Collis, while 

 " By Canoe and Dog Train among the Salteaux 

 Indians " is a most readable and instructive ac- 

 count by Egerton Ryerson Young of his adven- 

 tures as a missionary in the northwestern por- 

 tion of Canada, fairly within the Arctic circle. 

 A. R. Carstensen spent " Two Summers in 

 Greenland." " The Land we live in, or America 

 illustrated" was edited by E. T. Bromfield, D. 

 D. From H. T. Finck we have " The Pacific 

 Coast Scenic Tour," and from Francis C. Ses- 

 sions, again, " From Yellowstone Park to Alas- 

 ka." Hezekiah Butterworth chronicled " Zig- 

 zag Journeys in the Great Northwest," and Susie 

 C. Clark, "The Round Trip from the Hub to the 

 Golden Gate." Winslow Anderson, M. D., de- 

 scribed " Mineral Springs and Health Resorts of 

 California," and Frederick H. Chapin " Mount- 

 aineering in Colorado." " Far West Sketches," 

 by Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, ten in number, 

 are equal to anything we have had from that 

 lady's pen on the old West. Part 1 of "A 

 Handbook of Florida," by Charles Leydard 

 Norton, is devoted to the Atlantic coast', and 

 Henry M. Field recorded a visit to the same 

 State in " Bright Skies and Dark Shadows," in 

 which the negro problem is discussed at length. 

 Hamilton Wright Mabie described and illus- 

 trated " Our New England," while " The Pine- 

 tree Coast," of Maine, served as theme for Sam- 

 uel Adams Drake, author of " Nooks and Corners 

 of the New England Coast." "The White 



Mountains : A Guide to their Interpretation," by 

 Julius H. Ward, appeals to our intellectual and 

 sensitive life. " Lake Cham plain and its Shores " 

 were described by W. H. H. Murray. One of 

 the most charming books of the year is " .Two 

 Years in the French West Indies," by Lafcadio 

 Ilearn, dreamy and poetic, the greater part of 

 which is entirely new, although portions have 

 appeared before in magazines, while " A Winter 

 Holiday in Summer Lands," by Julia Newell 

 Jackson, was spent in Cuba and Mexico. The 

 latter country was again described by Maturin 

 M. Ballou in " Aztec Land," and two delightful 

 volumes by Frank Vincent were " Around and 

 about South America " and " In and out of 

 Central America." " The Republic of Costa 

 Rica," by Joaquin Bernardo Calvo, was trans- 

 lated from the Spanish. Capt. Joshua Slocum 

 described " The Voyage of the Liberdade," a ves- 

 sel now in the Smithsonian, from the coast of 

 Brazil, in 1887-88. " Great Cities of the World," 

 were edited by Elbridge S. Brooks, and " Glimpses 

 of Old English Homes " were described by 

 Elizabeth Balch, an American writer, though 

 her volume was published in England. " His- 

 toric Homes in Washington," was from the pen 

 of Mary S. Lockwood, and " Some City and Sub- 

 urban Homes " (of San Francisco, Cal.), from 

 that of Samuel Newsom. "The Hundredth 

 Town," by Harriette M. Forbes, gave glimpses 

 of life in Westborough from 1717 to 1817, and 

 S. M. Welch described " Home History : Recol- 

 lections of Buffalo, 18301840." "The Story 

 of Johnstown " was told by J. J. McLaurin, 

 and again by David J. Beale, D. D., in " Through 

 the Johnstown Flood." " The Tourist's Guide 

 through the Hawaiian Islands," was compiled 

 and edited by Henry M. Whitney, and Apple- 

 tons' " General Guide to the United States and 

 Canada," " European Guide-Book," and " Hand- 

 books " of summer and winter resorts were also 

 issued. A new edition was made of "Apple- 

 tons' Dictionary of New York and its Vicinity " 

 for 1890 and 1891, and an " Atlas of the Metro- 

 politan District and Adjacent Country," was 

 published by Julius Bien & Co. 



Educational. As regards the theory of edu- 

 cation we have : " Hints on Child Training," by 

 Rev. H. Clay Trumbull ; " Studies in Pedagogy,'" 

 by Hon. Thomas J. Morgan, United States Com- 

 missioner of Indian Affairs ; " A Study in Peda- 

 gogy for People who are not Professional Teach- 

 ers," by Bishop John H. Vincent ; " Education 

 and the Higher Life," by Bishop J. L. Spald- 

 ing ; " Education as a Factor in Civilization," 

 by Caroline B. LeRow in "The Modern Science 

 Essayist " ; " School Supervision," by J. S. Pick- 

 ard; and " Practical Hints for Teachers of Pub- 

 lic Schools," by George Howland, in " The In- 

 ternational Educational Series " ; two other vol- 

 umes of which are " Essays on Educational 

 Reformers," by Rev. Herbert Quick, M. A., 

 and " Higher Education of Women in Europe," 

 by Helene Lange, translated from the German 

 by L. R. Klemm. An anonymous " Primer of 

 School Management " opened a series of " Peda- 

 gogical Primers," and "Helps for Ungraded 

 Schools " was a manual compiled from various 

 sources. " Papers on School Issues of the Day " 

 contained discussions on "Denominational 

 Schools," by Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Kane, 



