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worth Holmes." Pictures from Nature and Life"; Bliss 

 Carman, " Low Tide on Grand Pre," a book of l\ lie-.-; 

 Mrs. Julia Ditto Young, "Thistle Down"; \V. II. 

 Vchable, "The Lust Flight"; Annie Wall. " Some 

 Scattered Leavt": Gertrude Hall, " Allegretto " ; 

 Frank L. Montevcrde, " Looking Hcvoinl"; an. I M. A. 

 11. Evans, " la Various Moods." 'I'hc Storv of Aunt 

 Patience," by Mary 1>. Urine. WHS lllnatratM \>\ I ' . 

 Gordon; Harmon Secley Habcock wrote " Tim Friond- 

 t-\n\> of Lcurnini:," anl other poems, while " East und 

 \\ . M. The Discovery of America, and Other Poems" 

 of Ernest Francisco Fenolloaa belong peculiarly to the; 

 ('oluml)ian year. " I'oems of Two Worlds" were by 

 William Cotter Wilson, " Lyric Touches" by John 

 Patterson, "Back Country I'oems" by Samuel W. 

 : and "Cosmos and Other Poems" by Anna 



Hubbard Mercur. " Under King Constantine," three 

 post-Arthurian idyls, was by Mrs. Katrina Trask. It 

 is impossible to do more than enumerate " In Dream- 

 land, and Other Poems," by Thomas O'Hagan ; " The 

 Wine of May, and Other Lyrics," by Frederick L. 



Mrs. Harriet Adam Sawyer; "Malrnorda: A .Met- 

 rical Romance," by Joseph C. Clarke ; u The Legend 

 of the White Canoe," by William Trumbull; and an- 

 other" Legend of a Lake," by John Allcyne Macnab. 

 Sixteen short poems by Capt. Jack Crawford were 

 entitled " Camp-Fire Sparks. " Cap and Gown " was 

 a compilation of college verso by Joseph La Roy Har- 

 rison, and Horace Parker Chandler issued two addi- 

 tional volumes of "The Lover's Year Book of Poet- 

 ry," referring chiefly to married life and child life. A 

 new edition was issued of William Winter's ''Wan- 

 derers," Goldwin Smith published translations from 

 the Latin poets under trie name of " Bay Leaves," 

 and John Osbornc Sargent's " Horatian Echoes : 

 Translations of the Odes of Horace" had an intro- 

 duction by Oliver Wendell Holmes. William Hvde 

 Appleton also gave us "Greek Poets in English 

 Verse." "Songs for the Shut-In" were gathered 

 and arranged by Mary Craige Yarrow, and " Colum- 

 bia's Emblem, Indian Corn," was a garland of trib- 

 utes in prose and verso by various authors. " Chrfst- 

 mostide in Song," a volume of selections, was illus- 

 trated with photogravures of well-known paintings 

 of the Nativity. Virginia F. Townscnd caught for 

 us " What Christmas says to New Year." Kinahan 

 Cornwallis proffered another historical poem upon 

 " The Conquest of Mexico and Peru," prefaced by 

 " The Discovery of the Pacific." The few contribu- 

 tions to dramatic writing were " Athelwold," by 

 Amelia Rives (Mrs. John Armstrong Chanler) ; 

 "Giles Corey, Yeoman," by Miss Mary E. Wilkins; 

 "Hannibal and Katharna," by John Fife Cookson; 

 u The History of Geronimo's Summer Campaign in 

 1885," by George D. Cummings ; " The Plutocrat," by 

 Otto F. Schupphaus ; " Count Julian," by Julian Stur- 

 gis; "The Decision of the Court: A Comedy," by 

 Brandcr Matthews ; and two farces, " Evening Dress " 

 and " The Unexpected Guests," by William Dean 

 Howells. "Poems and Plays" of Donn Piatt wero 

 issued, and Justin Adams published " At the Picket 

 Line" and "T'riss; or, Beyond the Rockies." The 

 poem read at the opening of the World's Fair, May 

 1, 1893, was by William A. Croft'ut, and was entitled 

 "The Prophecy." 



Political, Social, and Moral Science! As much as usual 

 was written on these topics. Albert Bushnell prof- 

 fered " Practical Essays on American Government"; 

 Prof. Woodrow, " An Old Master" (Adam Smith), 

 with other political essays ; Goldwin Smith followed, 

 " The United States : An Outline of Political History, 

 1492-1871," with " Essays on Questions of the Day: 

 Political and Social " ; and Ellis Paxon Oberholtzer 

 discussed "The Referendum in America" in " Publi- 

 cations of the University of Pennsylvania." " Politics 

 in a Democracy " was by Daniel Greenleaf Thomp- 

 son. In the " Columbia College Studies " Cortlandt F. 



Bishop wrote a" History of Election* in the American 

 Colonies," while "The World's Ht prehcnutive A- 

 scmldieH of To-day " were studied comparatively 

 by Edmund K. Aldcn in the "Johns Uopkia 

 Versity Studies." Other volumes of thejHj httulitu 

 Local Government in the South and South 

 in which was included " Poi-ulur Kl i. 

 1'nited States Senator*"), by E. W. Ik-mis and other* ; 

 " Church und State in North Carolina," by ! 

 B. Weeks ; " '1 he Nc k 'ro in the District of ColumViu," 

 by Edwurd Ingle; und " The Condition of the 

 ern Farmer, us illustrated by the Economic History 

 of a Nebraska Township," by Arthur F. Bentlcy. 

 Allen Ripley Foote, in " Prosperity and Politics," ad- 

 vocated what he believed the only measures to relieve 

 the economic and political situation; Wiufield J. 

 Davis wrote the " History of Political Conventions in 

 California" ; and Walter C. Clephane, " A History of 

 tin Government of the District of Columbia." "The 

 City Government of Philadelphia" was a study in 

 municipal administration bv students of the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania, and Clinton D. Higby furnished 

 "A General Outline of Civil Government in the United 

 States, the States, Counties, Townships, Cities, and 

 Towns." A " Congressional Manual of Parliamentary 

 Practice " was deduced from the rules and rulings of 

 Congress by J. Howard Gore. "American Marine," 

 by William W. Bates, presented the shipping ques- 

 tion in history and polities, and the relation of "In- 

 land Water Ways" to transportation was discussed by 

 Emory R. Johnson. Marshall ('uniting told " The 

 Story of Our Post-Office." ex-Go v. William Larrabec 

 took in hand " The Railroad Question," George H. 

 Lewis considered "National Consolidation of the 

 Railways of the United States," and Mrs. Marion 

 Todd " Railways in Europe and America" from the 

 standpoint of government ownership. The financial 

 crisis occurring during the year induced many at- 

 tempts to comprehend and remedy the situation. 

 Beginning at the beginning, we have "The History 

 ana Theory of Money," a special course of twelve lec- 

 tures by Sidney Sherwood; "The People's Money," 

 by W.L. Trenholm; and "The History, Organiza- 

 tion, and Influence of the Independent Treasury of 

 the United States," by David Kinley, initiating a new 

 series, the " Library of Economics and Politics," edited 

 by Richard T. Ely, of which the second volume was 

 "'The Repudiation of State Debts," a study in the 

 financial nistory of several States, by William A. 

 Scott. " The Banking Question in the United States " 

 was discussed by Horace White, Michael D. llartcr, 

 A. B. Hepburn, and others, Jan. 12, 1893, at a meeting 

 held under the auspices of the American Academy of 

 Political and Social Science. S. Whitney Dunseomb, 

 Jr., made a study of comparative legislation on 

 "Bankruptcy," William Zebma Ripley wrote "The 

 Financial History of Virginia, l< Victor 



Rose water gave his attention to " Special Assess- 

 ments." and Max West considered u The Inherit- 

 ance Tax." all in the "Columbia College Studies"; 

 Richard P. Rothwell advocated u Universal Bimet- 

 allism and an International Monetary Clearing 

 House," and "The Future of Silver," translated l"n>m 

 the German of Edward Suess by Robert Stein, wait 

 published by direction of the United States Senate 

 Committee of Finance. J. B. Duryea published a 

 second edition of his " Practical Treatise on the Busi- 

 ness of Banking and Commercial Credit." Enoch A. 

 Bryan, in "The Mark in Europe and Americ 

 viewed the discussion of early land tenure, as Fred- 

 crick E. Haynes did "The Reciprocity Treaty with 

 Canada of 1854." " Pensions' 1 \M re tlie theme of D. 

 Cady Eaton. Coming now to social science, we have 

 "The Psvchio Factors of Civilization " passed in re- 

 view by Lester F. Ward; "Factors in American Civ- 

 ilization," studies in applied sociology in the form of 

 popular lectures and discussions before the Brooklyn 

 Ethical Association: " Outlines of Economics," by 

 Richard T. Ely, in which theory holds a more prom- 

 inent part tha'n in his earlier " Introduction to Po- 

 litical Economy"; "Socialism and the American 



