LiTKKATlKi:. AM KRICAN, IN 1895. 



BethpftM. L. L, 1688"; Henry Carrington Bolton 

 a^Ejinald Pelham Bolton &eed-Tbe Family of 

 Botoii in England and America, 1 100-189 > 

 W. G. Sunnard prepared - A (hart of the Ancestors 

 r. Robert Rose," 



_ .-Under both of these 



heada fall - v 



William Dean Howells with charming abandon, 

 which awaken many a aympath- 

 Hiram Coraon defined " 



an. I Henry Matson. the author of " Kcforenoea for 

 Literary Workere" discoursed of - Knowledge and 

 Culture," Margaret 8. Itopney offered " Foundation 

 : .terature," and Oreenough White pub 



mentaries concerning some of those who ha 



tr|>hixed the joys of the open air" 1 



Country Side"; an<l among oooki chirtly il->. , , r 



tO be Illflltl 



!th-rn Uillf." by \Villiain - 

 ir N' 



Part I of an -Outline of the Philosophy of 

 &TWi Literature," devoted to the M 

 1 1 id mar Hjorth Boyeeen contributed 7 enthusiastic 

 Ksaaya on Scandinavian Literature," to which his 

 Commentary on the Writings of Henrik 11-= 

 oed lest year, must be regarded as supplementary. 



I,.!'--. . I'..' .-..-. -.-!.,:. 



Frank i supplied an inln.duction.nUed 2 



volume*, and Laurence Hutton was 

 Other Times and Season*" in the Harper's - Arm ri- 

 oan Raaayiats Series". Gustav Karpeles wr 

 -Jewlah Literature and Other Easaya." Vol. Ill of 

 English Landa, Letters, and Kings," by Donald G. 

 Mitohell (Ik Marvel)), carries us through the times of 

 Queen Anne snd the Georges," closing with a por- 

 trayal of Wordsworth. u Books and their Makers 

 during the Middle Ages" were the subject of 2 vol- 

 umes by George Haven Putnam, and Brander Mat- 

 thew* wrote of u Books and Play-Books." A new 

 enlarged edition was issued of Essays in Miniature. 1 

 by Agnes Repplier. Thoughts of John Vance Cheney 

 on poetry ana the poets were emit led Thut Dome in 

 Air;" while from Miss Vida Dutton Scuddcr we have 

 * thoughtful volumes, the first tracing u The Life of 

 the Spirit in the Modern English Poets," and the sec- 

 ond offering u The Witness of Denial " in modern 

 Engltah prose writers. Frank Preston Stearns waa 

 particularly interesting in u Sketches from Concord 

 and Appledore," and in this connection may be hero 

 ed ** Literary Shrines: The Haunts .: 

 American Authors," by Theodore F. Wolfe, 



M I , who also made w A Literary Pilgrimage among 

 the Haunts of Famous British Authors," both volumes 

 exquisite in the technique of book making and fasci- 

 nating in their affectionate treatment of the subjects of 

 each. Klbert Uubbard also made " Little Journeys 

 Homes of Good Men and Great" " Idyls of 

 World" were from the pen of W. D. Mc- 

 Prof. F. M. Warren chose an apparently 

 limited field in his study of u The Novel before the 

 Seventeenth Century," which, however, was found to 

 be wider than was supposed, and which he traversed 

 in an interesting end instructive manner. u Twenty- 

 ve Letters on English Authors "came to us from 

 Mary Fisher. Prof. R. G. Moulton edited "Four 

 Years of Novel Beading," the account of an cxperi- 

 SMOt in popularizing the study of fiction, which tic 

 regards, aa be tells us in his introduction, as an art, 

 and Hugo Biieheen. M. D- gave special attention to 

 -Methods of Authors." John A. Kersey ex.. 

 -Ethics of Literature." "Rhetoric: Its Theory and 

 Practice" was the title given to the lectures upon 

 English Style in Public Discourse," delivered twelve 

 years ago by Dr. Austin Phelpa to the students of 

 Aodover. edited in text-book Yorm by Prof. Henry 

 Allyn Fnnk. A new revised and enlarged edition 

 of -The Principle! of Rhetoric," by 

 in Hill. Gilbert M. Tucker made a 

 the proper use of the Knglish language as 

 on Soeeeh" and FranSa Bennett Call a- 

 of * Charm and Courtesy in Letter 

 Charles A. Dana collected S lectures upon 

 An of Nw,pmptr Making into a small volume. 

 Pron Henry Van Dyke we had -Little Rivers: A 

 Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness," and from Rev. 

 IL llepworth Brown Studies; or. Campflrea 

 " George H. Ellwanfer entitled 6 Y 







i;:; 



iiuthnr of" . Moiiir Nrw' Knglan-i 



' :..-l:iti.l Hillside: N..tr> from I'ndorledfl 

 Willin :-s t'p'in . 



by Julia Sherman IlalUu-K 



G ad and MM i." bj Joseph Jaokaoa skn,.| 

 life, sccncr\ 



l.il.l u*" 



ami '1 ' . 



aines and Good Wives" in i 



ion. "The FjtHt an.l Th:.- 



England," aa exainini.l l>y ! 

 Love. Jr., presented a striking p.< ; un 



..ul (Militieal life d the times, and also 

 tained a unique calendar in tabular tnn of all 

 days actually observed from K.JO t<> 

 through 60 pages wth f.fthr I \ \\ 



' wastracotl by I'n.f. Kielmrd Ji.n- 

 Bacon and his Shakespeare," 1-y I 



- a controversy which is still turthersctftj^H 

 44 The Plays of Shakespeare founded 

 Forms," by Ibnry J. Buggies, who pre^umoa thfM 

 t'-rms to have IH vn by Bat-- 



ami V njipeured of -Sir Fran- 

 Story," as discovered and dx ii>) 

 Owen, M. IX, who published al- 

 Tragedy of Mary, (Ju. , n .,t s.-..t- Trag- 



i.-al Historic of our Late Brother, Robert, Ead 

 i derived trom the same source. FK 

 helling selected and edited 

 Kli/abcthan Lyric*," 1 with an introdu. 



of notes; u Readings from the 

 ramatist.s; with Notes," by Catherine Mary 1: . 

 olds Winslow, tilled '2 volumes, and 1'r 

 edited M Ki-adin^s ii: 



' of .lohti Ford was also edi r 

 Clinton Sc.,llurd. I'r-.f. Albert ! ir ^H 



nOld KllL'lish." based iij,,, n ; 



of hi- -k in Old Knglish." - 1 .-UK utan 



(ire.k K.lucation," by ! 

 the aims, mcthodn, and results of < 

 ]>rior to 404 B. o.. and u Roman Lite in I.atinPJBl 

 and Verse" consisted of illustrative i 

 Latin literature, compiled and edited by I 

 ton Peck and Robert Arrowsmith. J. w. 

 made a compact survey of M Latin Lit 

 Modem Knglish M ' 



nuris, ]>urjx>rt-d t/> be u eoncise diction;,; 

 lish and mo,li-rn (ireck lain/ua^'e- 

 and spoken. II. A. (iuerber published 8 WOBs) 

 w Stories of the Wagner Ope r 

 Lands," narrated with special re) 

 and art, and M Legends ot the Khi- ' *9* 



wrote of "Nymnhs, Nixies, and Naiads"; wfBt 

 ( 'harlcs Godfrey Leland gave u Legends 

 1 and the Watcr-TL"-r. and ' 

 can Indian Tales," told by 

 young people, was illustrated with drawl 

 Conant Greenough. u Bahama Songs 

 by Charles L. Edwards, formed Vol. II I 

 of the American Folklore Society. 1 



rence Godkin's M Reflections and 



'95 " were collected from the files of the " 



which they appeared during th> 



u Select Conversations with an I'nelc," 



Wells, and "Cousin Anthony ; 



Sanford Martin, discussed divers n 



aspects of life, wl 



looked at 1 inc and shado-.v 



Corner." Mary Da vies Steele d< 



chiefly from an invalid's poi- 

 Hanlwickc explained u 

 Happily"; William M. Th.; 

 helps for young men and 



.VomanlujofJ," and al 

 .ts in Successful ' 

 W. Bok pointed young men " Successward: 





