LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1898. 



and Other Stories." from Jeanne G. Pennington. 

 " Told in the Twilight " was the title of stories 

 told and illustrated by Blanche McManus ; " Tales 

 of the City Room," by Elizabeth G. Jordan, relate 

 to newspaper life ; and Mabel Clare Ervin detailed 

 adventures ''As Told by the Type-writer Girl." 

 " The Paper Boat " was a collection of yachting 

 stories, by Paliuarus ; W. W. Jacobs, the author of 

 Many Cargoes," gave us " More Cargoes " ; and 

 " Spun Yarn " was the title of sea stories by Mor- 

 gan A. Robertson. " Rodman the Boat-steerer, 

 and Other Stories," were by Louis Becke, and 

 " Fantastic Fables " by Ambrose Bierce. " The 

 Imported Bridegroom, and Other Stories of the New 

 York Ghetto." came from Abraham Cahan ; James 

 Gardner Sanderson contributed " Cornell Stories," 

 and David Gray " Gallops." "Tales from McClures : 

 War," contained true stories of camp and battle- 

 field, by Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Musgrove Davis 

 (Charles 0. Shepard), T. J. Mackey, and others. 

 " The Eerie Book " was edited by Margaret Arm- 

 our, and contained tales of the supernatural from 

 various writers of distinction. 



Fine Arts. ''The Column and the Arch" was 

 the title of essays on architectural history by Wil- 

 liam Pitt Preble Longfellow. M. S. Emery told us 

 " How to Enjoy Pictures," a special chapter on 

 pictures in the schoolroom being contributed by 

 Stella Skinner. A book of elementary instruction 

 in "Water-Color Painting" was illustrated by the 

 author, Grace Barton Allen, and " In Nature's 

 Image" was the title of chapters on pictorial 

 photography by W. I. Lincoln Adams, and Julius 

 Klinger offered 100 "Sketches for Lithographers 

 and Designers," in modern style. Henry E. Kreh- 

 biol was an authority upon "Music and Manners 

 in the Classical Period," and Hannah Smith told of 

 "Music: How it, came to be what it is." William 

 James Henderson asked "What is Good Music?" 

 offering suggestions to persons desiring to cultivate 

 a taste in musical art. " Book- Plates Old and 

 New" were the theme of J. A. Gade. "The 

 Training of a Craftsman," by Frederic Miller, 

 was illustrated by many workers in the art crafts. 

 Among illustrated volumes may be mentioned 

 " Venice of To-day," described and pictured by 

 F. Hopkinson Smith ; " Lest we Forget," army 

 and navy pictures of the late war with Spain ; 

 " Cartoons of our War with Spain," by Charles 

 Nelan ; " The Life of Our Lord in Art," by Estelle 

 M. Hurll: "Angels in Art," by Clara Erskine 

 Clement Waters; "Love in Art," by Mary Knight 

 Potter; Hamilton Wright Mabie's "In the Forest 

 of Arden," illustrated by Will H. Low; a superb 

 volume of "Sketches and Cartoons," by Charles 

 Dana Gibson, containing 84 of his best; "Draw- 

 ings" of Charles II. Johnson, A. de Smith Thul- 

 strup. W. Granville, and others, in four vol- 

 umes; "Ten Drawings in Chinatown," by Ernest 

 C. Peixotto. with certain observations by Robert 

 Howe Fletcher; and an edition de luxe of " A God- 

 Child of Washington : A Picture of the Past," by 

 Katharine Schuyler Baxter. " The Homeric Pal- 

 ace " was the, subject of a study by Norman 

 Morrison Isham ; Henry C. Lahee commemorated 

 " Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday " ; and 

 "Miss America," by Alexander Black, contained 

 pen and camera sketches of the American girl. 

 Among illustrations of familiar books by standard 

 authors is to be noted " The Pilgrim's Progress," in 

 large folio edition, with 120 original designs by 

 three brothers, George Wooliscroft Rhead, Fred- 

 erick Rhead, and Louis Rhcad. The Pawnee edi- 

 tion of Irving's " Adventures of Captain Bonne- 

 ville" appeared in two volumes, and a holiday 

 edition of Lew Wallace's "Fair God" was issued. 

 " Life's Book of Animals " was composed of draw- 



ings by E. W. Kemble. T. S. Sullivant, Henry 

 Mayer, and others, and from E. W. Kemble we 

 had three characteristic volumes, " The Billy Goat 

 and Other Comicalities," " Comical Coons," and 

 "A Coon Alphabet." Charles Henry Hart pub- 

 lished a work entitled " Browere's Life Masks of 

 Great Americans." 



General Science. " The Sphere of Science," by 

 Frank Sargent Hoffman, made a study of the nature 

 and method of scientific investigation, and Henry 

 White Warren published popular studies "Among 

 the Forces " of Nature. " Matter, Energy, Force, 

 and Work " was a plain presentation of funda- 

 mental physical concepts and of the vortex-atom 

 and "other theories, by Silas Whitcomb Holman, 

 and Arthur E. Chapman compiled "Every-Day Sci- 

 ence " for the " Epworth League Reading Course." 

 A second revised edition was issued of Edmond 

 Kelly's work upon "Evolution and Effort," and 

 Prof. David Starr Jordan published "Footnotes 

 to Evolution," a series of popular essays on the 

 evolution of life, with supplemental essays by Ed- 

 win Grant Conklin, Frank Mace McFarland, and 

 James Perrin Smith. Prof. Nathaniel Southworth 

 Shaler traced "Outlines of the Earth's History " in 

 a popular study in physiography ; a new revised 

 edition was issued of Prof. Joseph Le Conte's 

 "Compend of Geology"; and Prof. Israel Cook 

 Russell contributed "Rivers of North America," 

 a reading lesson for students of geography and 

 geology, to the " Science Series," another issue of 

 which was " Earth Sculpture," by J. Geikie. "Cave 

 Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills" were de- 

 scribed by Luella Agnes Owen, and polar papers, 

 under the title of " The Great Polar Current," were 

 published by Henry Mellen Prentiss. "Penikese: 

 A Reminiscence by one of its Pupils," was given 

 to the public by Frank H. Lattin. Vol. I of "An- 

 nals " of Lowell Observatory appeared during the 

 year ; David P. Todd published " A New Astronomy 

 for Beginners." " The Earth and the Sky " was in- 

 tended as a primer of astronomy for young readers, 

 by Edward S. Holden, somewhat in line with which 

 was " Astronomy : The Sun and His Family." by 

 Mrs. Julia MacNair Wright. " The Story of Life 

 in the Seas " was written for " Appletons' Library 

 of Useful Stories," by Sidney J. Hickson. " The 

 Living Organism " was an introduction to the prob- 

 lems of biology, by Alfred Earl. " Four-Footed 

 Americans," by Mabel Osgood Wright, was edited 

 by Frank M. Chapman and illustrated by Ernest 

 Seton Thompson, who published a series of biogra- 

 phies of "Wild Animals I have known," beautifully 

 illustrated with 200 drawings, not exactlv designed 

 as a text-book of natural history, but utilizing in- 

 formation which has come to him as naturalist to 

 the Canadian Government of Manitoba, and invest- 

 ing it with an almost human interest. "The Ani- 

 mal World : Its Romances and Realities," was 

 compiled and edited by Frank Vincent as a read- 

 ing book of zoology, and " Familiar Life in Field 

 and Forest," by Ferdinand Schuyler Matthews, was 

 devoted to the animals, birds, frogs and salaman- 

 ders. Clara Dillingham Pierson was at home 

 "Among the Forest People "; Wesley Mills inves- 

 tigated the "Nature and Development of Animal 

 Intelligence"; and Edward Payson Evans treated 

 of "Evolutional Ethics and Animal Pyschology." 

 " Mollusks of the Atlantic Coast of the United 

 States, South to Cape Hatteras," were treated by 

 Austin C. Apgar, and from the same authority we 

 had also " Birds of the United States East of the 

 Rocky Mountains." a manual for the identification 

 of species in hand or in the bush. Dan Giraud 

 Elliot published a superb volume upon " The Wild 

 Fowl of the United States and British Possessions ; 

 or, The Swan, Geese, Ducks, and Mergansers of 



