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the forty-third year of its publication: and 

 " Applctoii-,' Annual Cyclopedia and Ke^'isterot' Im 

 |Kirtant Kvctit> of the Year ls;ej" wa s published, 

 making Vol. X \ 1 1 of the new series and Vol. X X X 1 1 



ul' the whole. 



Voyages and Travels, " My Arctic Journal," by Mrs. 

 .lo.-i j.htne Picbitsch Peary, describes a year among 

 ice tiel.ls and KskiniDs, and is accompanied by an ac- 

 count of -Tin- Great White Journev across Green- 

 Inn. I." bv her husband, Lieut. Robt, K. I'ciirv. An- 

 irelo Heuprin also supplied" The Arctic Problem, and 

 .Narrative of the Peary Relief Expedition of the 

 Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia." " Ap- 

 pletona' Guide I'.ook to Alaska and the Northwest 

 Coast" was written by Miss Eliza R. Scid more, and 

 William 11. and Sarah K. Wiley visited " Yoseuiite, 

 Alaska, and the Yellowstone." Julian Ralph made a 

 study of the present conditions and future possibili- 

 ties of Our Great West," while Kate Sanborn showed 

 hefsrlf-A Truthful Woman in Southern California." 

 "At the North of Bearcamp Water," by Frank Bolles, 

 chronicled the strollings of that author in New Eng- 

 land from July to Deceinber, and " Picturesque Berk- 

 shirc," in 2 parts, contained descriptive and imagina- 

 tive text from celebrated writers, with nearly 1,200 

 reproductions of photographs taken in this county of 

 the Bay State. " The Land of Poco Tiempo," by 

 Charles F. Loomis, we find to be New Mexico and its 

 contiguous regions. The " History of the Expedition 

 under the Command of Lewis and Clark," performed by 

 order of the Government in 1804-'06, was edited anew 

 by Prof. Elliott Coues from the only authorized edition 

 of 1814, and, with a critical commentary, fills four 

 volumes, while "The Mississippi River from St. Louis 

 to the Sea " consists of 42 maps, compiled by J. A. 

 Ockersoh and C. W. Stewart from the most recent 

 surveys made by the United States Government and 

 State engineers. " Two Hundred Miles on the Dela- 

 ware River " described a canoe cruise from its head- 

 waters to the falls at Trenton, made by F. Wallace 

 -I loil 1 . and Alfred 0. Legge visited "Sunny Manito- 

 ba." F. A. Ober followed "In the Wake of Colum- 

 bus,'' narrating his adventures as special commissioner 

 sent by the World's Columbian Exposition to the 

 West Indies, and Frederick Douglass delivered a 

 " Lecture on Haiti " at the dedication ceremonies of the 

 Havtian pavilion at the World's Fair, Jan. 2, 1893. 

 "Gossip of the Caribbees" by William R. H. Trow- 

 bridge, sketched Anglo- West-Indian life. Bertram 

 G. Goodhue illustrated his " Mexican Memories " 

 himself, and Isaac N. Ford spent nine months in 

 " Tropical America," which he describes with graphic- 

 pen. " In the Track of the Sun " is a handsome and 

 profusely illustrated volume of readings from the 

 diary of a globe trotter, Frederick Diodati Thompson, 

 while Mrs. Marguerite Dickins, wife of Commander 

 Dickins, U. 8. N., carries us pleasantly "Along Shore 

 with a Man-of-War." " Letters of Travel " were 



Erskino Clement (new Mrs. Waters) neli-ctcd f'.,r hi-r 

 theme The Omen ot'thc Adriatic." Men. Kli/.ub.th 

 Robins lYnni-ll's trip " T<> GipSTUad " was illutntod 

 i.\ her husband, JoM-iih IVnncll. Robert S. Gardiner 

 was the author of "Japan as we saw it"; Alice M. 

 Bacon, of "A .lapam M Interior," written from an ex- 

 tensive experience ; while from Naomi Tamura we 

 have a picture of "The Japanese Bride." H. M. Wlmr- 

 ton, D. I)., evidently enjoyed "A Picnic in Palestine," 

 iiiul we gladly accompany M. M. Shoemaker u East- 

 ward to the Land of the Morning." 



Among books which combine utility with literary 

 merit may be mentioned "Boston illustrated," an en- 



the United States," in a new edition revised to date, 



lustrated descriptive text based on the results of the 

 latest censuses, and 103 large new maps. A souvenir 

 of Niagara Falls, entitled "The Niagara Book," wo 

 owe to William Dean Howells, Samuel L. Clemens, 

 Prof. N. 8. Shaler, and others ; it is illustrated by 

 Harry Fenn. 



The following are the figures of book produc- 

 tion during the year, as compared with those of 

 1892, from the columns 01 the "Publishers' 

 Weekly": 



as sketched by Richard Harding Davis, proved to be 

 Gibraltar, Cairo, the Suez Canal, etc.; Thomas A. 

 Janvier detailed the events of "An Embassy to Prov- 

 ence," and Henry M. Field sauntered by " The Bar- 

 bary Coast" William T. Adams (Oliver Optic) saw 

 Strange Sights Abroad," and Thomas W. Knox 

 brought us up again with " The Boy Travelers in 

 Southern Europe." Walter Phelps Dodge went "As 

 the ( 'row flies from Corsica to Charing Cross." Wil- 

 liam II. Bishop gave excellent advice for a " House- 

 Hunter in Europe. "Our Cycling Tour in England " 

 was full of faithful description from the pen ot 

 Reuben Gold Thwaites, and Thomas Linn, M. D., sup- 

 plied an opportune medical guide to " The Health 

 Resorts of Europe," in connection with which may be 

 mentioned "Carlsbad," similarly treated by Emil 

 Kleon, M. D. " On Sunny Shores," by Clinton Scol- 

 lurd, was a companion volume to "Under Summer 

 skies." Maturin M. Ballou's latest volume, "The 

 Story of Malta," found many readers, while Mrs. Clara 



LITERATURE, BRITISH, IN 1893. The 



literature of the year is pronounced "eminently 

 satisfactory " by the " London Publishers' Circu- 

 lar," notwithstanding the fact that the birth of 

 no very remarkable work was witnessed. One 

 hundred and twenty-eight more books were 

 written by British authors than in 1892, making 

 a total of 6,383. Fiction increased, particularly 

 in the department of juvenile books, giving more 

 than 5 novels for every working day in the year. 

 Four hundred new works of literary miscellany 

 \\viv chronicled, in addition to 100 new editions, 

 and there was even an increase in poetry ; but 

 in theology there was a marked falling off. and 

 history, educational works, law, and political 

 economy also showed a slight decrease. 



Biography. No work could have been more attrac- 

 tive to American as well as English readers than the 



