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Frothingham, was odd but entertaining, and 

 "Anne Bradstreet and her Time," by Helen 

 Campbell, tells the story of the first American 

 woman writer. In the " Evolution Series," Prof. 

 Edward D. Cope supplied a short sketch of 

 " Alfred Russel Wallace." " Phillips Brooks, 

 Bishop of Massachusetts," was a biography by 

 Newell Dunbar; " William Pinkney, Fifth Bishop 

 of Maryland," a review by Rev. Hall Harrison of 

 Dr. Hiitton's recent biography of the bishop; 

 " Life and Letters of Joseph Hardy Neesima," 

 by Arthur Sherburne Hardy, told the story of 

 the first Japanese evangelist educated in our 

 country ; " Memorabilia of George Cheever, 

 D. D.," was of special interest to old New York- 

 ers ; " Days of my Years," by Joseph Cross, 

 D. D., " The Field 'and the Fruit," a memorial 

 of a twenty-five years' ministry, by James H. 

 Tuttle, D! D., and " Reminiscences of a Long 

 Life," by J. M. Pendleton, ai-e autobiographical. 

 " Truman Marcellus Post, D. D.," by his son, T. 

 A. Post, gives the record of one of the early abo- 

 litionists; from Rev. Walter Elliott we have 

 " The Life of Father Hecker " ; from Wilton 

 Tournier " The Cross of Iron," a sketch of the 

 life and work of Father Field ; from Rev. John 

 Lobb a " Life of Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, 

 D. D." ; and from John R. Howard a study of 

 " Henry Ward Beecher " in his entire personality. 

 In the series of " American Religious Leaders " ap- 



Eared " Charles Grandison Finney." by Dr. G. 

 Wright, and " Francis Wayland " by James 

 O. Murray. "Poliuto" (Franc B. Wilkie) sup- 

 plied " Personal Reminiscences of Thirty-five 

 Years of Journalism " ; " Robert Carter, his Life 

 and Work, 1807-1889 " was from the pen of the 

 daughter of the well-known publisher ; William 

 Brotherhead described " Forty Years among the 

 Old Booksellers of Philadelphia." " Life and La- 

 bors of Henry W. Grady, his Speeches, Writings, 

 etc.," were published in Atlanta, Ga. " A Score 

 of Famous Composers," by Nathan Haskell Dole, 

 " The Story of a Musical Life," by George F. 

 Root, " My Three Score Years and Ten : An 

 Autobiography " of the sculptor Thomas Ball, 

 and "The Life and Professional Career of Emma 

 Abbott," by Mrs. S. E. Martin, belong to bi- 

 ography of artists ; while " The Salem Seer," by 

 George C. Bartlett, was the title given to remi- 

 niscences of Charles H. Foster. " In Memory of 

 Elizabeth Haven Appleton " a selection was 

 printed from her lectures, and Mrs. J. Davis 

 published " In Memoriam : Lucy Webb Hayes." 

 "Thirty Days with President Harrison" con- 

 tained all his speeches during his vacation trip 

 through the country during the year, and a sec- 

 ond series of " Captains of Industry " was written 

 for young Americans by James Parton. " Suc- 

 cess and its Achievers " formed the theme of 

 William M. Thayer ; " The Women of the French 

 Salons " by Amelia Gere Mason, was a sumptuous 

 volume on an attractive theme; J. L. M. Curry, 

 ex-United States minister to the court of Spain, 

 wrote on " William Evrart Gladstone " from per- 

 sonal acquaintance ; and Harold Frederic made 

 / a study of character development on a throne in 

 his " Young Emperor William II of Germany." 

 " Famous English Statesmen of Queen Victoria's. 

 Reign," eight in all, were treated by Mrs. Sarah 

 K. Bolton in her usual felicitous style; while 

 " Unhappy Loves of Men of Genius " were de- 



plored by Thomas Hitchcock. " The Life and 

 Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the 

 Mohawks, 1656-1680," were described by Ellen 

 H. Walworth ; and " Service in the King's 

 Guards by Two of Them," is a narrative of mis- 

 sionary work on the Western frontier which in- 

 cludes studies of Indian life. " The Goodwins 

 of Hartford, Conn., Descendants of William and 

 Ozias Goodwin," was a compilation by James 

 Junius Goodwin. Of special interest was " The 

 Life of Christopher Columbus," translated by 

 Henry F. Brownson from the Italian of Fran- 

 cesco Tarducci. " Canadians in the Imperial, 

 Naval, and Military Service Abroad," were 

 chronicled by J. Hanapden Burnham. " Eli Per- 

 kins's Thirty Years of Witty, Wise, and Eloquent 

 Men," by Melville D. Landon, contains the ex- 

 periences of that humorist, and tells many 

 bright stories. 



Criticism and General Literature. In 

 this department some excellent work was done. 

 " Latest Literary Essays and Addresses " of 

 James Russell Lowell saw the light in the year 

 which closed the poet's career; from William 

 Dean Howells we had hints on "Criticism and Fic- 

 tion " (selected from the Editor's Study of Har- 

 per's Magazine) ; from Theodore Child, " Art and 

 Criticism," monographs and studies ; from Ag- 

 nes Repplier, " Points of View " ; from Charles 

 Dudley Warner, " As we were saying," twenty or 

 more delightful essays; from William Wetmore 

 Story, " Excursions in Art and Letters," charm- 

 ing as usual ; from Thomas Wentworth Higgin- 

 son, " The New World and the New Book," a 

 series of literary papers; and George William 

 Curtis was heard from in " From the Easy 

 Chair." The first series of "Studies, Literary 

 and Social," by Richard Malcolm Johnston, was 

 issued, while an address delivered by Col. Robert 

 G. Ingersoll as a testimonial to Walt Whitman, 

 Oct. 21, 1890, made a plea for " Liberty in Lit- 

 erature." " A Study of Genius " was made by 

 N. K. Royse, and " Forensic Eloquence " was 

 the theme of John Goss. " Beginnings of Liter- 

 ary Culture in the Ohio Valley " were traced by 

 W. H. Venable, and J. Walker Fewkes edited 

 Vol. I. of " A Journal of American Ethnolo- 

 gy and Archaeology." The native tribes of 

 North and South America were linguistically 

 classified and ethnographically described by 

 Daniel G. Brinton, M. D., in " The American 

 Race"; and "Emblematic Mounds and Ani- 

 mal Effigies," by Stephen D. Peet, formed Vol. 

 II of the " Antiquarian Library, Prehistoric 

 America." Maj. John G. Bourke, U. S. A., wrote 

 on "Scotalogic Rites of all Nations." "The 

 History of Modern Civilization," a hand-book 

 based upon G. Ducoudray's "Histoire Sommaire 

 de la Civilization," while a continuation and 

 completion of " The History of Ancient Civiliza- 

 tion" is rather an adaptation than a translation. 

 Ellen M. Mitchell made "A Study of Greek 

 .Philosophy," while " Studies of the Gods in 

 Greece" was the title given by Louis Dyer to 

 eight lectures delivered in 1890 at the Lowell 

 Institute. Philip Schaff, D. D., treated " The 

 Renaissance " under the most favorable con- 

 ditions. Nature was charmingly described in 

 " Sharp Eyes : a Rambler's Cale'ndar of Fifty- 

 two Weeks among Insects, Birds, and Flowers," 

 kept by William Hamilton Gibson ; in " Short 



