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appeared in a work entitled " Choice Dialect 

 Recitations"; and there were also published 

 " Young's New Juvenile Speaker," Bnrdett's 

 " Pathetic Recitations and Readings," and " Lit- 

 tle Dialogues for Little People." 



Sports and Pastimes. B. A. Watson is the au- 

 thor of "The Sportsman's Paradise, or The 

 Lake Lands of Canada " ; Theodore H. Mead 

 appeared in a volume on "Horsemanship for 

 Women " ; and William Edwards wrote on 

 " The Art of Boxing." Concerning angling 

 Seth Green gave us " Home Fishing and Home 

 Waters"; Wakeman Holberton wrote on 

 " The Art of Angling, or How and Where to 

 Catch Fish"; and J. II. Keene published 

 "Fishing Tackle: its Materials and Manu- 

 facture." On games of cards, John W. Kel- 

 ler published a work entitled " The Game of 

 Euchre " ; " Science in Poker " was issued by 

 the author of " The Thomson Street Poker 

 Club"; "The Game of Draw Poker" was by 

 John W. Keller; "How to Play the Game 

 of Scat" was shown; while "The Whist- 

 Player." by Pole and Cavendish, was reprint- 

 ed. "Universal Whist" and "The Modern 

 Hoyle; or. How to Play Whist, Chess, Back- 

 gammon, Poker, etc.," also appeared. 



Housekeeping. Several works were published 

 on the subject of cooking, of which the fol- 

 lowing are the best : Hugo Mullerfs " How to 

 Cook Fish," the " Universal Cookery Book," 

 by eminent authors, and the "Boston School 

 Cook-Book " by Mrs. D. A. Lincoln. " Family 

 Cook- Book" was the title of a work by J. 

 Whitehead, and the "American Pastry Cook" 

 was by the same author. Lydia Shilaber's 

 " Cook Book ; a Practical Guide for House- 

 keepers," " Mrs. Winchester's Kitchen," and 

 " Canning and Preserving," by Mrs. S. T. 

 Rover, complete the special works on this 

 subject. 



Miscellaneous. Such books as do not come 

 under any particular classification, but are 

 worthy of mention, are given below. The 

 titles will serve somewhat to illustrate the 

 general drift of the great army of writers. 

 Henry B. Carrington published a work on 

 "The Obelisk and its Voices"; John D. 

 Champlin, Jr., brought out " The Chronicle 

 of the Coach"; Rev. Alfred J. Church and 

 Ruth Putnam wrote "The Count of the Sax- 

 on Shore"; "Sketch of the History of Yale 

 University " was from the pen of Franklin B. 

 Dexter; " A Bundle of Letters to Busy Girls 

 on Practical Matters " was by Grace H. Dodge ; 

 Amanda M. Douglas wrote " Foes of the House- 

 hold "; Samuel S. Cox published "The Isles 

 of the Princess, or the Pleasures of Prinkipo " ; 

 and "Human Faces; what they Mean" was 

 from the pen of Joseph Simms, M. D. A. 

 L. Spofford compiled the "American Almanac 

 and Treasury of Facts and Statistics, Financial 

 and Political," for the year 1886; "The Great 

 Image interpreted " was from John Cameron ; 

 " Prisoners of Poverty " was contributed by 

 Helen Campbell; Mary E. Bamford was the 



author of " My Land and Water Friends " and 

 "The Look About Club and the Curious 

 Things they Found " ; John Strathesk compiled 

 " The ' Come ' and ' Go ' Family Text-Book " ; 

 "Popular Synonyms; 25,000 AVords in Ordi- 

 nary Use " was anonymous ; Charles Reming- 

 ton Talbot wrote " A Midshipman at Large; a 

 Story of Newport and Ocean Yachting"; 

 " Wild Animals in Captivity" was written by 

 J. F. Nott; and Harry Parkes was the author 

 of "The Man who Would Like to Marry" 

 and " The Girl who would not Mind Getting 

 Married." The "Kitchen Companion, a Guide 

 for all who would be Good Housekeepers" 

 was published by the expert Maria Parloa. 

 Emma Louise Parry published " Life among 

 the Germans," and "Two Pilgrims' Progress" 

 was written by Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth 

 Robins " The American Merino for Wool 

 or for Mutton" was brought out by Stephen 

 Powers; Howard Pyle wrote "The Rose of 

 Paradise"; "The Wonder Clock; or, Four 

 and Twenty Marvelous Tales " was told by 

 Katherine and Howard Pyle; "The World as 

 we see it " was from the pen of Mrs. Amos R. 

 Little; "The Lily and the Cross" was pub- 

 lished by E. Mack, and " Under Pine and 

 Palm" was the contribution of Frances L. 

 Mace. "On the Susquehanna" was described 

 by William A. Hammond; "Lights of Two 

 Centuries; Standard Biographies," was edited 

 by Rev. Edward Everett Hale; "Little Flower 

 People" was contributed by Gertrude Eliza- 

 beth Hale; and "Satires of Horace" was 

 published by J. B. Greenough. Jesse Bowman 

 Green wrote "Days on the Sea; a Souvenir 

 for an Ocean Vo} age " ; " Our Party of Four " 

 was by Mrs. H. B. Goodwin; Mrs. Stanley 

 Leathes gave us "Over the Hills and Far 

 Away"; Thomas W. Knox published a work 

 on " Dog Stories and Dog Lore " ; " Some Ani- 

 mal Pets " was from Mrs. Oliver Howard ; 

 George Fleming published " The Practical 

 Horse Keeper " ; and Jessie Fothergill gave us 

 " Border Land," written for the " Leisure 

 Hour Series." "The Monk's Wedding" was 

 the title of a contribution from Sarah II. 

 Adams ; " The Emancipation of Massachu- 

 setts " was treated by Brooks Adams; and 

 "A Century of Printing; the Issues of the 

 Press in Pennsylvania from 1685 to 1784" 

 (two volumes), was published by C. R. Hil- 

 deburn. " Hints on Writing and Speech- 

 Making " was the work of T. W. Iligginson; 

 also, by the same author, " The Monarch of 

 Dreams." Mrs. S. J. Higginson wrote "A 

 Princess of Jara " ; " It's a Way Love has " is 

 by William Featherstone ; and " Fingers and 

 Fortune" was brought out by E. M. Farwell. 

 "The Prince of the Flaming Star" is a 

 fairy operetta by Lydia Hoyt Farmer. Henry 

 Stewart was the author of " The Dairyman's 

 Manual," and " Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia" 

 for 1886, new series, Vol. X, appeared. "Let- 

 ters to Boys and Girls about the Holy Land, 

 etc.," was published by Theodore Appel, D. D. ; 



