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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1874. 



Sunny Shores; or, Young America in Italy and 

 Austria. By Oliver Optic [W. T. Adams]. 



The Life of William, Prince of Orange ; or, The 

 King and his Hostage. By Eev. T. M. Merrinian. 



Gipsey's Travels. By Josephine Pollard. 



Brave and Bold ; or, The Fortunes of a Factory- 

 Boy. By Horatio Alger, Jr. 



Sandy Cameron ; or, The "Way One looks at it. 

 By the author of " Euth Allerton." 



Ralph Waring's Money. By Mrs. A. K. Dunning. 



Queen Louisa of Prussia ; or, Goodness in a Pal- 

 ace. By Catharine E. Hurst. 



The Dorcas Club ; or, Our Girls Afloat. By Oliver 

 Optic. 



F. Grant & Co. : or, Partnerships. A Story for 

 Boys who " mean Business." By George L. Chany. 



William Henry dramatized, by Mrs. George L. 

 Chany, from the William Henry Books of Mrs. A. M. 

 Diaz. 



The Squire of Walton Hall ; or, Sketches and In- 

 cidents from the Life of Charles Waterman, Esq., 

 the Adventurous Traveler and Daring Naturalist. 



Sowed by the Wind: or, the Poor Boy's Fortune. 

 By Elijah Kellogg. 



That Queer Girl. By Virginia F. Townsend. 



His Mother's Fancy. A Story for Juveniles and 

 Young Old Folks. By Theresa Oakey Hall. 



The Giants, and Wonderful Things. By Eichard 

 Newton, D. D. 



MISCELLANEOUS. The announcement of 

 " The American Cyclopaedia," a revision of the 

 "New American Cyclopedia," so thorough as 

 to make virtually a new work, excited general 

 interest, which the character of the volumes 

 issued has more than justified. The volumes 

 contributed hy American authors to the " In- 

 ternational Scientific Series " have been noticed 

 in their appropriate connections. But the se- 

 ries itself is of American origin and editorship, 

 and is as much a matter of national credit as 

 of international interest. The publication of 

 Dr. E. H. Clarke's "Sex in Education" has 

 called forth an extensive polemic literature, 

 and led to the publication, by Dr. Clarke, of a 

 second work on the subject, entitled " The 

 Building of a Brain." Of the replies, " Sex 

 and Education," edited with an Introduction 

 by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, is critical, sifting 

 vigorously the testimony adduced by Dr. Clarke 

 in support of his positions. " The Education 

 of American Girls, considered in a Series of 

 Essays," edited by Anna C. Brackett, besides 

 ably controverting Dr. Clarke, brings forward 

 much valuable thought and suggestion on the 

 subject of female education. Other works 

 evoked by the same publication are : " No Sex 

 in Education," by Mrs. E. B. Dufly; " Wom- 

 an's Education and Health," by G. F. and A. M. 

 Comfort, and " Critical Thoughts upon Certain 

 Special Passages in Dr. Clarke's ' Sex in Edu- 

 cation,'" by William B. Greene. Other no- 

 ticeable books of an educational character are, 

 a new edition of the " Records of Mr. Al- 

 cott's School," a unique specimen of pedagogy ; 

 "Helpful Thoughts for Young Men," by Dr. T. 

 D. Woolsey; and ."Gail Hamilton's " sprightly 

 volume., "Nursery Noonings." A work of 

 permanent value to students of English litera- 

 ture is, " A Concordance to Shakespeare's Po- 

 ems," by Mrs. Horace Howard Furness. Of 



miscellaneous essays, some have appeared of 

 exceptionally good quality. Such are, "Un- 

 der the Trees," by Dr. Irenseus Prime ; " The 

 World on Wheels," by B. F. Taylor; "The 

 Schoolmaster's Trunk," by Mrs. A. M. Diaz; 

 "John Paul's Book," the collected humors 

 of a new popular favorite, and " The Great 

 Conversers, and other Essays," by William 

 Mathews. The death of Senator Sumner called 

 forth many expressions of honor to his mem- 

 ory, among which the Eulogy by the Hon. 

 Carl Shurz is preeminent. Worthy to rank 

 with it is the Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase, 

 by Mr. William M. Evarts. "The Communis- 

 tic Societies of the United States," by Charles 

 Nordhoff, is valuable for its information and 

 its suggestions. The Speeches of Josiah Quin- 

 cy in Congress is a republication of a work of 

 historical value and interest. The titles of 

 some other works are added, without com- 

 ment, though some of them deserve more dis- 

 tinct recognition of their merit: 



Among our Sailors. By J. Gray Jewell, M. D., 

 late U. S. Consul, Singapore. With an Appendix, 

 containing Extracts from the Laws and Consular 

 Begulations governing the United States Merchant 

 Service. 



The Story of a Summer ; or, Journal Leaves from 

 Chappaqua. By Cecilia Cleveland. 



Woman, Love, and Marriage. By F. Saunders, 

 author of " Salad for the Solitary " and " Social." 



The Vienna Exposition and the Philadelphia Cen- 

 tennial Eeport of Charles Francis Adams, Jr., Com- 

 missioner of the State of Massachusetts to the Uni- 

 versal Exposition at Vienna. 



Down the Eiver; or, Practical Lessons under the 

 Code Duello. By an Amateur. With Twelve Full- 

 page Illustrations, by H. L. Stephens. 



Epidemic Delusions. A Lecture, with Valuable 

 Appendices, by Frederick E. Marvin. 



Ancient Symbol-Worship. Influence of the Phallic 

 Idea in the Eeligions of Antiquity. By Ilodder M. 

 Westropp and C. S. Wake. With an Introduction, 

 Additional Notes, and an Appendix, by Alexander 

 Wilder, M. D. 



The Monumental City. Its Past History and 

 Present Eesources. By Geo. W. Howard. Illus- 

 trated. 



Hand-book of Statistics of the United States. A 

 Eecord of the Administrations and Events from the 

 Organization of the United States Government to the 

 Present Time. Edited by W. C. Spaulding. 



The Teachings of the Ages. By A. C. Traveler. 



An Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry and its Kindred 

 Sciences_. By Albert S. Mackay. 



Workingmen's Homes. Essays and Stories. By 

 Edward E. Hale. With a Letter to Mr. Hale from 

 Hon. Josiah Quincy. 



A Fast Life on the Modern Highway. Being a 

 Glance into the Eailroad World from a New Point 

 of View. By Joseph Taylor. 



The Periodical Literature of the United States of 

 America. With Index and Appendices. By E. 

 Steiger. 



Washington, Outside and Inside. By- E. A. 

 Townsend. 



Our Vacations. How to go, where to go, and 

 how to enjoy Them. By F. E. Clarke. 



What I did with my Fifty Millions. By Moses 

 Adams. 



Home as it should be ; with Counsel for All. By 

 L. D. Barrows, D. D. 



A Hand-book of Politics for 1874. By Edward 

 McPherson. 



Agricultural Property and Products of the United 



