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their character is perceptible. There are Dot 

 wanting, in the multitude that issue from the 

 press, those, and too many of them, that have 

 no higher use than to amuse for the time, leav- 

 ing behind them nothing valuable in the mem- 

 ory or in the effect produced. But the in- 

 creasing number of books having a higher aim, 

 and that show conscientious work, raises the 

 average of the whole class. The old favorites 

 continue to write, and with nndiminished ac- 

 ceptableness. J. T. Trowbridge follows up his 

 "Jack Hazard " series with "Doing His Best," 

 with the promise of more of the same kind. 

 Mrs. A. M. Diaz continues her inimitable 

 "William Henry" series with "Lucy Maria." 

 Those who had been captivated with "What 

 Katy Did," were prepared to welcome warmly 

 " What Katy Did at School." Miss Alcott con- 

 tinues to demonstrate the immense capacity 

 of "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag," a third sample of 

 its contents being produced, with the title 

 " Cupid and Chow-chow," and other stories. 

 Mrs. Whitney's "Other Girls" will make as 

 many friends as their predecessors. Mr. J. S. 

 C. Abbott's " Pioneers and Patriots " series has 

 been growing. We have "De Soto, the Dis- 

 coverer of the Mississippi," " Peter Stnyve- 

 sant, and the Early Settlement of New York," 

 and "Christopher Carson, commonly called 

 Kit Karson." " Northern Lights ; Tales from 

 the Swedish and Finnish," translated by Selma 

 Borg and Marie A. Brown, deserves a place 

 next to the volumes of Hans Christian Ander- 

 sen. " Oliver Optic " has shown his usual fer- 

 tility, and C. A. Stephens, in his "Camping 

 Out" series, makes friends with a multitude 

 of boys. A second part of Gail Hamilton's 

 "Child Life" fully sustains the impression of 

 the first. Two books, both of great merit, 

 hare nearly coincident titles: "Bee's Bed- 

 time, and other Stories," by Mrs. 8. 0. Hal- 

 lowell, and "Bedtime Stories," by Louise 

 Chandler Moulton. " Matt's Follies," by Mary 

 N. Prescott, almost deserve a harsher name 

 and severer dealing than the volume so en- 

 titled metes out; and "Trotty's Wedding Tour, 

 and Story-book," make amusement of matters 

 that are no jest; the "Other Stories" of each 

 volume are excellent. "Santa Clans Land," 

 by Amanda M. Douglas, realizes skillfully the 

 ideal of the children's saint. "Black Dia- 

 monds, or, The Curiosities of Coal," by the 

 Rev. Sidney Dyer, imparts information in an 

 engaging way. And Mr. Henry M. Stanley, 

 whose discovery of Livingstone furnished ma- 

 terial for an extensive work of travel, has util- 

 ized his observations in a tale of exciting ad- 

 venture for boys, entitled " My Kalulu, Prince, 

 King, and Slave," in which African wars and 

 the slave-trade are forcibly depicted. With- 

 out further discrimination, we add the follow- 

 ing titles : 



Marcus Blnir, a Story of the Earlier Times. By 

 Caleb E. Wright. 



John Godsoe's Legacy. By Elijah Kellogg. 



Tli.- Turnin* of the tide ; or, Bedcliffe Bich and 

 his Patient. By the same. 



A Stout Heart; or, The Student from over the 

 Sea. By the same. 



Broken Fetters. By the author of "Evening 

 Eest." 



Kitty Kent's Troubles. By Julia A. Eastman. 



Inlets and Outlets. By Rev. C. A. Smith-D. D. 



Jessie's Work ; or. Faithfulness in Little Things. 

 A Story for Girls. By Mary E. Shipley. 



Story of the Nile. Travels and Adventures in 

 Arabia and Abyssinia. 



Eyes and Ears Abroad ; or, What a Pastor Saw 

 and Heard for His Sunday-School Children. By 

 Eev. Wilbur F. Paddock, D. D. 



Youth's Illuminated Bible History ; or, Half Hours 

 in Bible Lands. With nearly 100 Engravings on 

 Wood, and 48 Illuminated Pictures. By Eev. P. C. 

 Headley, 2 vols. 



Jessie's Work ; or, Faithfulness in Little Things. 

 By Mary E. Shipley. 



Aunt 'Elsie's Posts. By Jane D. Chaplin. 



Try and Trust ; or, The Story of a Bound Boy. 

 By Horatio Algcr, Jr. 



Little Grandfather. By Sophie May, 



Sunny Days Abroad. By C. C. J. Dyer. 



Winnifred ; or, After Many Days. By Lucy Ellen 

 Guernsey. 



Uncle Joe's Story. By Madame E. Bolle. Trans- 

 lated from the French. 



Drawing for Little Folks; or, First Lessons for 

 the Nursery. With Instructions. 



The Fisherman's Daughter. By Hendrick Con- 

 science. (Translated.) 



The Aqpulet. By the same. 



Only a Pin 1 An Instructive Moral Story. By J. 

 T. de Saint-Germaine. Translated from the French 

 by P. 8. 



Little Karin. By Madame Marie Sophie Schwartz. 

 Translated from the Original Manuscript by Sclma 

 Borg and Marie A. Brown. 



Lionel's Courage. By Eev. Daniel Wise. 



Golden Lines. 



Ehoda's Education ; or, Too Much of a Good 

 Thing. By Lucy Ellen Guernsey. 



Agnes Fail-field ; or, The Triumph of Faith. By 

 C. r. Higtrinson. 



Work, Play, and Profit ; or, Gardening for Young 

 Folks, explained in a Story for Boys and Girls. By 

 Anna M. Hyde. 



Eighty Years Ashore and Afloat ; or, Adventures 

 of Tiicle Jethro. By E. C. Cornell. 



The Record of a Happy Life. Being Memorials of 

 Franklin Whitall Smith, a Student of Princeton Col- 

 lege. By his Mother. 



Petite ; or, The Story of a Child's Life. By Mrs. 

 B. M. Bray. 



Grandma Crosby's Household. By Ella Farman. 



Wonders near Home. 



African Adventure and Adventurers. Edited by 

 Eev. G- T. Day, D.D. 



Lame Felix. A Book for Boys. By Charles 

 Bruce. 



Helen Egcrton; or, For Conscience' Sake. By 

 Maria Cezinski. 



Home Picturc-Book. 80 Illustrations. 



Old Merry's Travels on the Continent. 



Peter's Strange Story. 



My Mates and I. 



American Girl's Book; or, Occupation for Play 

 Hours. 



The Son of the Organ-Grinder. By Mme. Marie 

 Sophie Schwartz. Translated from the Swedish, by 

 the same. 



Shoshie, the Hindoo Zenana Teacher. By Mrs. 

 Harriette G. Brittan. 



Little Wavie, the Foundling of Glenderg. 



Claribcl ; or, Best at Last. By Lucy Ellen Guern- 

 sey. 



Lady Green-Satin and her Maid Rosette : or. The 

 True History of Jean Paul and his Little White 

 Mice. Translated from the French of Martineau des 

 Chesncz. 



