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of capital hooks in this department; as, H. 

 Lansdell'a "Through Siberia" (Houghton, 

 Mifflin & Co.) ; E. O'Donovan's " The Merv 

 Oasis " (Putnam's Sons) ; E. de Amicis's " Mo- 

 rocco, its People and its Places " ; E. Stack's 

 " Six Months in Persia " (same publishers) ; 

 the Chevalier de Hesse- Wartegg's " Tunis, the 

 Land and the People" (New York, Dodd, 

 Mead & Co.) ; Dr. W. M. Thomson's " Cen- 

 tral Palestine and Phoenicia " ( Harper & 

 Brothers). 



JUVENILES. Of books prepared specially for 

 young people, the number this year is con- 

 siderably less than in 1881. A few only need 

 here be named. " Boys in the Mountains and 

 on the Plains," by W. H. Rideing (New York, 

 D. Appleton & Co.), is a capital book of adven- 

 tures, and abounds in instruction. "Building 

 the Nation," by 0. C. Coffin (New York, Har- 

 per & Brothers), is equally interesting and use- 

 ful ; " Boy Travelers in the Far West," by J. 

 W. Knox (same publishers), is another volume 

 in continuation of previous labors in this field. 

 To this add " Our Young Folks in Africa," by 

 J. D. McCabe (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott 

 & Co.). " The Young Moose-Hunters " (Bos- 

 ton, Estes & Lauriat) is a stirring book of 

 boys' adventures in Maine ; and " Six Girls " 

 (same publishers) is a charming book for girls, 

 " Drake, the Sea-King of Devon," by G. M. 

 Towle (Boston, Lee & Shepard), is a further 

 volume of the " Young Folks' Heroes of His- 

 tory," by the same author. W. Black's " Four 

 Macnicols"; T. W. Knox's "Young Nimrods 

 around the World " ; J. Otis's " Mr. Stubbs's 

 Brother " (Harper & Brothers), are well worth 

 reading. Add to these "The Princess and 

 Cardie," a new juvenile by George MacDonald 

 (J. B. Lippincott & Co.) ; Miss Yonge's " Little 

 Duke," " Prince and Page," " Golden Deeds," 

 "Lances of Lin wood," 4 volumes (Boston, 

 D. Lothrop & Co.) ; " Little Bullets," by A. L. 

 O. E. (New York, R. Carter & Brothers); new 

 edition of Hans Andersen's "Fairy Tales" 

 (New York, Scribner & Welford). 



In FICTION", the production of the year has 

 been unusually large and various, not only 

 from native writers, but also from republications 

 of English novels and tales, and translations 

 from German and French authors. " A Mod- 

 ern Instance," by W. D. Howells (Boston, J. 

 R. Osgood & Co.), is regarded as very effective. 

 Miss C. Reid's "Heart of Steel " (New York, 

 D. Appleton & Co.) is much praised for skill 

 and spirit. Bret Harte, in his " Flip and Found 

 at Blazing Star " (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.), 

 continues to please numerous .readers; and 

 Judge Tourgee, in "John Eax " (New York, 

 Fords, Howard & Hulbert), presents, as he 

 claims, " the South without the shadow." In 

 " Mr. Isaacs " (Macmillan & Co.), the writer, 

 J. Marion Crawford, gives a very interesting 

 tale of modern India. " The Marquis of Cara- 

 bas," by Harriet P. Spofford (Boston, Roberts 

 Brothers), is very well done; as are also Miss 

 Woolson's " Anne " (Harper & Brothers) ; 



Miss E. S. Phelps's "Doctor Zay " (Houghton, 

 Mifflin & Co.) ; Miss Warner's " Nobody " 

 (New York, R. Carter & Brothers) ; and Miss S. 

 May's "Janet, a Poor Heiress" (Boston, Lee 

 & Shepard). Among books of this kind from 

 English writers may be named here F. Ans- 

 t.Av'a " Vice Versa ; or, A Lesson to Fathers " 



tey's 



(D. Appleton 



& Co.); George MacDonald's 



Inglesant " (same publishers) ; James Payn's 

 " Kit, a Memory " (Harper & Brothers) ; W. 

 C. Russell's " The Lady Maud," and " My Watch 

 Below " (same publishers) ; Miss G. M. Craik's 

 " Fortune's Marriage " and Mrs. Oliphant's 

 " Lady Jane " (same publishers) ; Ouida's "In 

 Maremma, a Tale of Italian Life " (Philadel- 

 phia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.) ; R. Buchanan's 

 " God and the Man " (Harper & Brothers) ; 

 "A Little Pilgrim," reprinted from "Macmil- 

 lan's Magazine " (Boston, Roberts Brothers). 

 A goodly number of translations have been 

 made during the year. Of these brief mention 

 may be made. Bjornsen's " Novels and Tales," 

 in four volumes, have been rendered into Eng- 

 lish by Professor R. B. Anderson (Boston, 

 Houghton, Mifflin & Co.), and are highly es- 

 teemed. " Plish and Plum " is from the Ger- 

 man of Busch, by C. T. Brooks (Boston, Rob- 

 erts Brothers). " A Noble Name, or Donning- 

 hausen," is from the German of Von Glumer, 

 by Mrs. Wister (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott 

 & Co.). " The Romance of a Mummy " is from 

 the French of T. Gautier, by Miss A. M. Wright 

 (same publishers). " Abb6 Constantino " is 

 from the French of M. Hal6vy (New York, 

 Putnam's Sons). Also Franzos's " The Jews of 

 Barnow," from the German, by M. W. Mac- 

 dowall (D. Appleton & Co.) ; E. Pouvillon's 

 "Cisette," from the French, by C. W. Woolsey 

 (New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons) ; and " The 

 New Arabian Nights," translated and edited 

 by W. F. Kirby (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott 

 & Co.). 



LITERATURE, BRITISH, IN 1882. Lit- 

 erary productiveness in Great Britain this year 

 shows somewhat of a falling off from that of 



1881. This is attributed to the extraordinary 

 activity which prevails in the departments of 

 journalism and periodical literature, and which 

 necessarily makes inroads upon the time and 

 attention of readers of books. " There is no 

 standing out against the statistics, as we find 

 them" (says the editor of the London " Pub- 

 lishers' Circular ")," but considering the variety 

 and extent of the rival demands upon attention, 

 the real wonder is that the effect is not more 

 marked. As matters are, it is not improbable 

 that the real value of the literary works of 



1882, whether viewed from an intellectual or 

 from a material stand-point, is superior to that 

 of its forerunners." From the same source is 

 obtained the following analytical table, which 

 gives the numbers of books issued in 

 (being 282 less than in 1881) : 



