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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1882. 



Appleton & Co.). Two more volumes have 

 been added to the excellent collection entitled 

 " Appletons' Home Books," and Mr. F.B. Haw- 

 ley's " Capital and Population " (same publish- 

 ers) is a timely study of the economic effects 

 of their relations to each other. " The Social 

 Law of Labor," by W. B. Weeden (Boston, 

 Roberts Brothers), is a very creditable discus- 

 sion of this important topic. Professor D. B. 

 King's "The Irish Question" is an earnest 

 contribution to the settlement of a question 

 that puzzles the wisest heads (Scribner's Sons). 

 In a second series of the "Library of Political 

 Education " (New York, Putnam's Sons) are 

 furnished a "History of Political Economy in 

 Europe," by J. A. Blanqui; "Money and the 

 Mechanism of Exchange," by Professor Jevons, 

 and " On Liberty," by J. S. Mill. To these 

 add Dr. O'Dea's "Suicide, Studies on its Phi- 

 losophy, Causes, and Prevention," and Mr. W. 

 H. Mallock's "Social Equality, a Study in a 

 Missing Science " (same publishers), the latter 

 characterized by the well-known peculiarities 

 of style and speculation of the author. As con- 

 nected with the subject should be added Mrs. 

 Wittemayer's " History of the Woman's Tem- 

 perance Crusade," and Mrs. Stanton's and Miss 

 Anthony's second volume of the " History of 

 Woman's Suffrage." 



As regards POETET, the DEAMA, etc., the 

 year presents hardly anything of much note. 

 The poet Longfellow passed away during 1882, 

 leaving his "In the Harbor" and "Ultima 

 Thule " as the latest of his gifts co song. Mr. De 

 Kay is author of " The Vision of Esther," being 

 a sequel to his " Vision of Nimrod " (D. Apple- 

 ton & Co.). " Christine " is a poem by T. B. 

 Read, and is worthy of his reputation (Phil- 

 adelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.). " Monte 

 Rosa," by J. H. Nichols (Boston, Houghton, 

 Mifflin & Co.), is really what he terms it, " The 

 Epic of an Alp." Mr. A. B. Alcott's " Poems 

 and Sonnets " (Boston, A. Williams & Co.) are 

 admired by readers of this kind of poetry, as 

 are also Miss Mary Clemmer's " Poems of Life 

 and Nature " (Boston, J. R. Osgood & Co.), 

 and Miss M. E. Sangster's "Poems of the 

 Household" (same publishers). Mr. G. H. 

 Calvert's u Life, Death, and other Poems " (Bos- 

 ton, Lee & Shepard) have been received with 

 much favor. Across the water, Tennyson, 

 Browning, and Swinburne have each done 

 something, though not specially distinguished. 

 In the way of new editions, collections of po- 

 ems, etc., a good deal has been accomplished. 

 Longfellow's poetical works are now furnished 

 in complete form (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) ; so 

 also the complete poems of T. B. Aldrich and 

 J. G. Saxe (same publishers). Mr. C. A. Dana 

 has thoroughly revised and considerably en- 

 larged " The Household Book of Poetry " (D. 

 Appleton & Co.). Miss C. F. Bates has com- 

 piled a choice volume entitled " The Cambridge 

 Book of Poetry and Song " (Boston, T. Y. Crow- 

 ell). The indefatigable Martin Farquhar Tup- 

 per has supplied his admirers with " Three 



Five- Act Plays and Twelve Dramatic Scenes." 

 It would be tedious to put on record the num- 

 ber and description of new editions of Shake- 

 speare, Milton, Scott, and others "names 

 which were not born to die." 



Works on AET, the FINE AETS, Music, etc., 

 are not very numerous, though on the whole 

 creditable and useful. " The History of Wood 

 Engraving in America," by W. J. Linton (Bos- 

 ton, Estes & Lauriat), treats of a subject of 

 special interest at this date. As complement- 

 ary to this has appeared Mr. G. E. Woodberry's 

 "History of Wood Engraving," which deals 

 with the subject at large (New York, Harper 

 & Brothers). Amory's " Domestic and Artis- 

 tic Life of John Singleton Copley " (Boston, 

 Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) is spirited and use- 

 ful. Commander Gorringe has supplied an 

 interesting volume on "Egyptian Obelisks" 

 (New York, Putnam's Sons). J. W. Mollett's 

 "Illustrated Dictionary of Words used in Art 

 and Archaeology " (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) 

 is very full and valuable. To these may be 

 added E. Fromentin's " Old Masters of Bel- 

 gium and Holland," translated by Mrs. M. C. 

 Robbins (J. R. Osgood & Co.) ; H. Bacon's 

 " Parisian Art and Artists " (same publishers) ; 

 C. Yriarte's " Florence, its History, the Medi- 

 ci, its Scholars, Architecture, Painting, Sculp- 

 ture," etc. (New York, Scribner & Welford) ; 

 A. Challamel's " History of Fashion in France," 

 giving an account (with colored plates) of the 

 dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period 

 to the present time (same publishers) ; M. H. 

 Bloxam's "Principles of Gothic Architecture" 

 (same publishers) ; F. von Reber's " History 

 of Ancient Art " (New York, Harper & Broth- 

 ers) ; G. W. Sheldon's " Hours with Art and 

 Artists " (D. Appleton & Co.) ; " Our Native 

 Land," or glances at American scenery and 

 places, etc. (same publishers); Loomis's "In- 

 dex Guide to Travel and Art Study in Eu- 

 rope " (New York, C. Scribner's Sons) ; and 

 Miss Knowlton's "Hints for Pupils in Draw- 

 ing and Painting" (Houghton, Mifflin & 

 Co.). 



In the way of TRAVEL and ADVENTUEE the 

 books of 1882 compare favorably with those 

 of the preceding year. G. F. Godfrey's 

 " Sketch of Bangor " (Boston, J. R. Osgood & 

 Co.) is interesting and instructive ; as also are 

 Baillie-Grohman's " Camps in the Rockies " 

 (Scribner's Sons), and W. Nash's " Two Years 

 in Oregon" (D. Appleton & Co.). W. E. 

 Griffis tells in a very capital way the story of 

 " Corea, the Hermit Nation " (Scribner's Sons) ; 

 and the Rev. Titus Coan presents an interest- 

 ing autobiographic sketch of mission life and 

 labors in his " Life in Hawaii " (New York, 

 A. D. F. Randolph) ; Miss C. A. Baker's " A 

 Summer in the Azores," with a glimpse of 

 Madeira (Lee & Shepard), is very pleasant 

 reading; and Lieutenant Danenhower has 

 given an instructive " Narrative of the Jean- 

 nette " (J. R. Osgood & Co.). Coming from 

 writers across the ocean are a goodly number 



