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Voyages and Travels. " In Arctic Sens," by 

 Roberl N. K. <!>, Jr.. M. I)., and (i. (i. Davis. M'. 

 I)., chronicled | lit- voy.igeof tin- " Kite" with the. 

 successful Peary expedition, and was one ol the 

 most eagerly welcomed bookfl of the ycur. Mrs. 

 Alice \V. Rollins went - From Palm to Glacier, 

 wiih an Interlude : Mrazil, Bermuda, and Alas- 

 ka." Our own country was not neglected, as is 

 shown by "The West from a Car Window," by 

 Ikichard Harding Davis; "Some Strange Cor- 

 ners of our Country: The Wonderland of the 

 Southwest." by Charles P. Luminis, who also 

 took "A Tramp across the Continent of more 

 than :!,()()() Miles, from Cincinnati to San Fran- 

 cisco " ; and by Robert Louis Stevenson's "Across 

 the Plains." ""A Family Canoe Trip," by Flo- 

 ivi ia Walters Snedecker, described a pleasant 

 summer outing on Lake George and Lake Cham- 

 plain : while " Zigzag Journeys on the Mississippi, 

 from Chicago to the Islands of the Discovery," 

 were made by Hezekiah Butterworth. Julian 

 Ralph was in his element "On Canada's Fron- 

 tier," and Ernest Ingersoll published Part II of 

 " The Canadian Guide Book." A new edition of 

 " The Oregon Trail," by Francis Parkman, was 

 illustrated by Frederic Remington. Frederick A. 

 Ober conducted " The Knockabout Club in Search 

 of Treasure" through the mountains of Mexico; 

 P. C. Remondino, M. D., described "The Medi- 

 terranean Shores of America" viz., those of 

 Southern California as health resorts ; while 

 I'mler the Southern Cross," by William F. 

 Hutcliinson, M. D., was a guide to the sanitari- 

 ums and other charming places in the West In- 

 dies and Spanish main, illustrated from sketches 

 and photographs made by the author. Maturin 

 M. Hallou's " Equatorial America "told of a visit 

 to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the 

 principal capitals of South America ; and James 

 II. Stark wrote " Stark's History and Guide to 

 the Bahama Islands." Crossing to Europe, we 

 can find nothing more delightful than "A Little 

 Swiss Sojourn " of William Dean Howells, or the 

 eloquence of Theodore Child in "The Praise of 

 Paris.'' "As we saw it in '90 " was the narrative 

 of (Jrace Carew Sheldon, and Lucy Langdon 

 Williams and Emma V. McLoughlin took " A 

 too Short Vacation " of three months in Europe 

 without a chaperon. Anna Bowman Dodd led 

 her interested readers "In and Out of Three 

 Normandy Inns," to their great satisfaction; the 

 laie Henry W. Hilliard published " Politics and 

 Pen Pictures, at Home and Abroad." as seen by 

 him in a long life; and Poultney Bigelow gave 

 us " Paddles and Politics Down the Danube." 

 " The Danube, from the Black Forest to the 

 Black Sea," was explored bv F. D. Millet, and il- 

 lusu-ated by the author and Alfred Parsons, who 

 accompanied him on his canoe voyage of 1.775 

 miles. "A Day at Laguerre's, and Other Days," 

 was a collection of 9 sketches by F. Hopkinson 

 Smith, first published in the "Century Maga- 

 zine " : and tne genial Lee Meriwether was at his 

 best "Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean." 

 (ioldwin Smith took "A Trip to England," and 

 Henry W. French chronicled the excursions of 

 "Our Boys in Ireland." Canon J. H. Knowles 

 (of one of Trinity parishes, New York city) spent 

 a winter vacation going "To England and 

 Back " ; Charles A. Stoddard portrayed " Spanish 

 Cities,with Glimpses of Gibraltar and Tangier " ; 



Louis C. Elson recounted " European Reminis- 

 cences"; Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell 

 told of their Play in Provence " ; while " (n noa. 

 the Superb," described by Virginia W. Johnson 

 in a companion volume to "The Lily of the 

 Arno," was again commemorated in ' The Cradle 

 of the Colombos," by Rev. Hugh Flattery. 

 " Sweden and the Swedes" were described by \V. 

 W.Thomas, Jr. "The Boy Travelers in Cen- 

 tral Europe," of Thomas W. Knox, were matched 

 by the "'Ihree Vassar Girls in the Holy Land " 

 of Mrs. Elizabeth W. Chumpney. " Under Sum- 

 mer Skies," by Clinton Scoilard, was illustrated 

 by Margaret Landers Randolph; "To Nurem- 

 berg and Back: A Girl's Holiday," by Amy 

 Neally, gave a graphic view of the Con- 

 tinent; and Barbara N. Salpin was at home 

 in " Foreign Lands." Mary Thorn Carpen- 

 ter described "A Girl's Winter in India"; 

 Rev. George W. Gilraore saw " Korea from its 

 Capital"; Rev. M. L. Gordon, M. D., recorded 

 his work and impressions as "An American 

 Missionary in Japan " : and William Elliot Grif- 

 fis gave us "Japan in History, Folklore, and 

 Art. "Peeps into China" revealed much to 

 Rev. Gilbert Reid. "From the Pyramids to the 

 Acropolis" Rev. T. De Witt Talmage was at 

 home. Sullivan H. McCollester saw " Babylon 

 and Nineveh through American Eyes," and 

 Morton W. Easton made " Observations on the 

 Platform at Persepolis." Amos Perry, formerly 

 U. S. Consul at Tunis, and author of " Carthage 

 and Tunis, Past and Present," was heard from 

 in a new volume, "An Official Tour along the 

 Eastern Coast of the Regency of Tunis." " Sul- 

 tan to Sultan," by Mrs. French-Sheldon, chron- 

 icled her adventures among the Masai and other 

 tribes of East Africa, and James Johnston out- 

 lined " Missionary Landscapes in the Dark Con- 

 tinent." " South Sea Idyls, of Charles Warren 

 Stoddard, first published in 1873, which have 

 been long out of print, were revived in a new 

 edition, prefaced with a letter from William Dean 

 Howells: "Abroad and at Home," by Morris 

 Phillips, gave practical hints for tourists, and 

 had an introduction by A. Oakley Hall ; and 

 "The World we live in," anonymous, gave a 

 pictorial survey of the universe in its various 

 aspects. Useful books of reference were the 

 four volumes compiled by William M. Griswold 

 entitled " France, " Germany," " Italy," and 

 " Switzerland," a series of narratives of personal 

 visits to places therein famous for natural beauty 

 or historical association, extracted from books of 

 travel and magazine articles. Various localities 

 in our own country were the subject of publiea- 

 tions such as " Asheville" (North Carolina). by- 

 Mr-. Harriet A. Sawyer; "Washington illus- 

 trated," by George G. Evans; " Manhattan : His- 

 toric and Artistic," by Carolyn Faville Ober and 

 Cynthia M. Westover, a six'-davs' tour of New 

 York city; "Newburgh" (N. V.). bv John J. 

 Nutt : and a new revised and enlarged edition of 

 "Old Concord: Her Highways and Byways." by 

 Margaret Sydney (Mrs.' H. M. Lothron). "The 

 Universal Atlas 1 '' was published, inehul ing coun- 

 ty and railroad maps of the United States, with 

 carefully prepared maps of all other countries 

 from latest surveys. "The Cruise of a Land 

 Yacht," by Sylvester Baxter, and " Bv Boat and 

 Rail," a series of travel sketches by J. R, Ever- 



