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Sons). In the way of reprints, the series " Eng- 

 lish Men of Letters" has had added to it Mor- 

 rison's "Macaulay," Jebb's "Bentley," Ward's 

 "Dickens," Gosse's " G-ray," Traill's "Sterne," 

 and Stephen's " Swift " (New York, Harper & 

 Brothers), all of them well done and sustain- 

 ing the reputation already gained by the se- 

 ries. To these add the " Philosophical Classics 

 and Foreign Classics for English Readers" 

 (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.); new 

 volumes, viz., Hasell's "Tasso," Wallace's 

 " Kant," Sime's " Schiller," Collins's "La Fon- 

 taine and other French Fabulists." Alex. 

 Bain's "James Mill" and "John Stuart Mill" 

 are valuable additions to the biographies of 

 the year (New York, H. Holt & Co.). To these 

 may be joined Thomas Mozley's rather ram- 

 bling but instructive "Reminiscences, chiefly 

 of Oriel College and the Oxford Movement " 

 (Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.), and the 

 Hon. J. Bigelow's " Molinos, the Quietist" 

 (Scribner's Sons), a very striking monograph, 

 well worth the student's examination. 



In HISTORY, the chief American work comes 

 from the venerable George Bancroft. His 

 " History of the Formation of the Constitution 

 of the United States " is an elaborate produc- 

 tion, properly in continuance of his life-work 

 on American history (New York, D. Appleton 

 & Co.). There has also appeared Volume I of 

 an entirely new edition of his " History of the 

 United States," partly rewritten and thoroughly 

 revised: it is to be published in six volumes 

 (same publishers). "The History of the Negro 

 Race in America," by George W. Williams 

 (N"ew York, Putnam's Sons), is an interesting 

 and valuable addition to historical literature. 

 Admiral Preble's "History of the Flag of the 

 United States," copiously illustrated (Boston, 

 J. R. Osgood & Co.), has reached a third edi- 

 tion. Mr. H. H. Bancroft has published Vol- 

 ume I of the "History of Central America" 

 (San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft & Co.), being 

 a continuation of his former valuable work on 

 " The Pacific States." J. A. Doyle's " English 

 Colonies in America : Maryland, Virginia, and 

 the Carolinas " (New York, H. Holt & Co.), is 

 a work of merit; so, also, are Reed's "Vicks- 

 burg Campaign " (Cincinnati, R. Clarke & Co.), 

 Sterne's " Constitutional History of the United 

 States " (Cassell & Co.), and Volumes V-X of 

 " The Campaigns of the Civil War/' (New York, 

 Scribner's Sons), by Palfrey, Doubleday, Cox, 

 etc. Dr. Stille's " Studies in Mediaeval History" 

 (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.) is highly 

 spoken of by competent judges. Among valu- 

 able English works in history reproduced are 

 W. E. H. Lecky's "History of England in the 

 Eighteenth Century," Volumes III and IV (D. 

 Appleton & Co.), G. Rawlinson's " Sixth and 

 Seventh Oriental Monarchies" and "History 

 of Ancient Egypt" (New York, Dodd, Mead & 

 Co.), John Richard Green's " Making of Eng- 

 land " (Harper & Brothers), Walpole's" History 

 of the Kingdom of Ireland " (same publishers), 

 and Rev. M. Creighton's " History of the Papacy 



during the Reformation" (Boston, Houghton, 

 Mifflin & Co.). 



In EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, etc., the steady 

 production keeps pace with the demand. New 

 text-books in the classics and modern lan- 

 guages, as well as new and revised editions of 

 existing books, are noticeable as usual, to an 

 extent quite beyond our limits to specify. Pro- 

 fessor A. H. Welsh's "Development of English 

 Literature and Language " (Chicago, S. C. 

 Griggs & Co.) is a very valuable contribution 

 to the subject of which it treats. Mr. B. Tuck- 

 erman's " History of English Prose Fiction " 

 (New York, Putnam's Sons) is also valuable ; 

 and Miss Washburne's " Studies in Early Eng- 

 lish Literature " (same publishers) is pleasing 

 and instructive. Mr. Appleton Morgan has 

 replied to his critics, in a small volume, " Some 

 Shakespearean Commentators " (Cincinnati, 

 R. Clarke & Co.), but the vexata qucestio re- 

 mains as unsettled as ever. Longley's " Amer- 

 ican Phonographic Dictionary " (same publish- 

 ers) and " Manual of Phonography " are highly 

 commended ; so also is G. H. Thornton's " Mod- 

 ern Stenographer " (New York, D. Appleton 

 & Co.). Of works from abroad which are val- 

 uable additions to our stock of literature, may 

 be named here, Professor Hodgson's " Errors 

 in the Use of English " (D. Appleton & Co.) ; 

 H. Morley's " English Literature in the Reign 

 of Victoria "(Putnam's Sons); Principal Shairp's 

 " Aspects of Poetry " (Boston, Houghton, Mif- 

 flin & Co.) ; Rev. E. M. Wherry's " Comprehen- 

 sive Commentary on the Quran " (same pub- 

 lishers) ; Carl Abel's " Linguistic Essays " (same 

 publishers). The making of English Dictiona- 

 ries continues, and seems likely to continue ad 

 GroBcas calendas. Professor Skeat's "Etymo- 

 logical Dictionary of the English Language " 

 (Macmillan & Co., and, in concise form, Harper 

 & Brothers) is a noteworthy effort to attain 

 greater accuracy and precision in the matter 

 of etymology. Mr. H. Wedgewood, however, 

 sharply questions the professor's success in 

 many cases, in his " Contested Etymologies in 

 the Dictionary of Rev. W. W. Skeat " (Boston, 

 J. R. Osgood & Co.). A further great effort is 

 being made, in publishing Dr. Ogilvie's " Im- 

 perial Dictionary of the English Language," 

 revised and augmented by C. Aimandale. It 

 is to be. in four octavo volumes, with more 

 than 3,000 illustrations, published by " The 

 Century Company," New York, at the close of 

 1882. To these should be added Poole's "In- 

 dex to Periodical Literature " (Boston, J. R. 

 Osgood & Co.), which is indispensable to liter- 

 ary men, and the carefully prepared " Biblio- 

 theca Americana," or catalogue of books re- 

 lating to American topics, etc. (Cincinnati, R. 

 Clarke & Co.). 



POLITICAL ECONOMY and SOCIAL SCIENCE, 

 from the practical character of the times, call for 

 full consideration, and are largely inquired into 

 both here and in England. Herbert Spencer 

 contributes a second volume of his elaborate 

 treatise on the "Principles of Sociology" (D. 



