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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1898. 



" A Boy's Battle," " Hero Chums,'' and " Rare Old 

 Chums'" in the "Young of Heart Series," "Three 

 Little Crackers from Down in Dixie," and "A 

 Moonshiner's Son." Sarah E. Morrison concluded 

 her history of the Chilhowee boys with " Chilhowee 

 Boys in Harness " ; " Boys in Clover," by Sarah J. 

 Clarke (Perm Shirley), told how the little Dukes 

 found a sister; Mrs. I. T. Thurston contributed 

 * A Frontier Hero " and " A Bachelor Maid and 

 her Brother"; Julia Magruder wrote "Labor of 

 Jjove " a story for boys ; Mrs. Julia McNair Wright, 

 A Boy of To-day"; A. G. Plympton, "Gerald 

 and (iernldine, and Other Stories": "His Little 

 ttoval Highness" was by Mrs. Charles W. Ide 

 (Ruth Ogoen); " Whiz " was a story of the mines, 

 by Amelia Weed Holbrook; Thomas Nelson Page 

 wrote forvoung people the charming story of " Two 

 Prisoners''; Anna Stevens Reed described "Mount 

 IMyi.ke Days in War Time"; a fifth edition was 

 issued of " Under King Constantine," by Katrina 

 Trask(Mrs. Spencer Trask) ; Mrs. Harriet A. Clieever 

 narrated " The Strange Adventures of Billy Trill " 

 and told of " Little Mr. Van Vere of China"; while 

 Mrs. Isabella M. Alden (Pansy) also published two 

 books, "Reuben's Hindrances" and "As in a 

 Mirror." "The Ranche on the Oxhide" was an 



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letic Club " and its diversions, that of Rupert 

 Hughes. " The Master of the Strong Hearts " was 

 a story of Caster's last rally, by Elbridge Streeter 

 Brooks. Sophie May (Rebecca Sophia Clarke) pub- 

 lished " Pauline Wyman " and " Santa Glaus on 

 Snowshoes, and Other Stories " ; Mrs. Evelyn Ray- 

 mond, the author of "The Little Lady of the 

 Horse," "Among the Lindens"; "A Proud Little 

 Baxter" was by Frances Bent Dillingham ; " Three 

 Freshmen : Ruth, Fran, and Nathalie," by Jessie 

 Anderson Chase; " Marjory and her Neighbors," by 

 Louise E. Catlin ; " A Lovable Crank " and " A 

 Little Turning Aside," by Barbara Yechton (Lydia 

 Farrington Krauso) ; " Dorothy Deane " was a chil- 

 dren's story by Mrs. Ellen Olney Kirk (Henry 

 Hayes), and" Amanda Minnie Douglas was the au- 

 thor of "A Little Girl in Old Boston," as Agnes 

 Sage Carr was of " A Little Colonial Dame," a 

 story of old Manhattan Island. " Teddy, Her Book," 

 was a story of sweet sixteen by Anna Chapin Ray, 

 and " An Odd Littlo Lass " was the heroine of Jessie 

 E. Wright. " Everyday Honor " was by Fannie E. 

 Newberry ; " Dorothy Day," by Julie M. Lippmann ; 

 Mrs. Laura E. Richards continued the story of 

 " Margaret Montfort," who belonged to " The 

 Three Margarets" of last year ; and Mrs. KateTan- 

 natt Woods told the story of " A Little New Eng- 

 land Maid." Mrs. Harriet Mulford Lothrop pub- 

 lished " A Little Maid of Concord Town"; Ellen 

 Douglas Deland, " Katrina " ; "'Twixt You and 

 Me" was a collection of boarding-school stories by 

 Mrs. Grace Le Baron Upham ; "Hester Stanley's 

 Friends," by Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spof- 

 ford, belonged to the same interesting period of ex- 

 istence, as did "Sherburne Girls," whom Amanda 

 Minnie Douglas has made familiar in former vol- 

 umes. " An Independent Daughter," " Thy Friend 

 Dorothy," and Kittyboy's Christmas" were from 

 the pen of Amy Ella Blanchard ; " Sir Jefferson 

 Nobody " was the self-styled hero of Effie W. Merri- 

 man; Mary F. Leonard told "The Story of the 

 Big Front Door." and Albert Paine Bigelow that of 

 "The Hollow Tree." It is impossible to do more 

 than enumerate "The Gap in the Fence," by Har- 

 riet Louise Jerome; "The Story of Johnikin," by 

 Beth Day : " Laura's Holidays," by Mrs. Henrietta 

 R.Eliot; "Pickle and Pepper," by Ella Loraine 

 Dorsey ";" Concerning Teddy," by Mrs. Murray 



Ilickson; "The Story of Little Jane and Me," by 

 M. E. : and "Johnnie," by E. 0. Laughlin, illus- 

 trated from photographs taken from life. "Stories 

 True and Fancies New" was the title of rhymes 

 and chimes by Mary W. Morrison (Jenny Wallis) ; 

 " The Counterpane Fairy " was both written and 

 illustrated by Katharine Pyle ; " Old Sultan's 

 Thanksgiving, and Other Stories," were by Lily 

 Foster Wesselhoeft ; " The Story of a Pumpkin Pie " 

 was told in verses by William E. Barton and in pic- 

 tures by A. M. Willard. " The Rock-a-by Land, 

 and Other Tales," by Thomas H. Arnold, belong 

 with "The Pleasant Land of Play," stories by Sarah 

 J. Brigham. "The Littlest Ones" was the joint 

 production of Maud Humphrey and Elizabeth S. 

 Tucker, and from it two volumes of selections were 

 made, entitled " Little Rosebuds and Baby Folk." 

 " Wonder Tales from Wagner " were told for young 

 people by Anna Alice Chapin, and " Stones from 

 Dante " by Norley Chester, and " The Story of Rob 

 Roy " was condensed from the novel of Sir Walter 

 Scott, by Edith D. Harris for " Appletons' Series of 

 Home Reading Books." 



Medicine and Surgery. Vols. XII to XV in- 

 clusive of " Twentieth Century Practice," an in- 

 ternational encyclopaedia of modern medical science, 

 by leading authorities of Europe and America, 

 edited by Thomas L. Stedman, M. D., were issued 

 during the year; James C. Wilson, M.I)., edited 

 " An American Text-book of Applied Therapeu- 

 tics," for the use of practitioners and students ; 

 George M. Gould. M. D., edited "The American 

 Yearbook of Surgery for 1898," and Frank Pierce 

 Foster, M. D., a " Reference Book of Practical Ther- 

 apeutics," by various authors, in two volumes. " A 

 Text-book of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and 

 Pharmacology," was prepared by George F. Butler, 

 M. D., And " A Text-book of Pathology." by Alfred 

 Stengel, M. D. " The Origin of Disease," especially 

 of diseases resulting from intrinsic as opposed to 

 extrinsic causes, was considered by Arthur V. Meigs, 

 M. D., and contained chapters on diagnosis, prog- 

 nosis, and treatment by Herman and Erwin F. Faber. 

 Robert Hutchison and Harry Rainy made a study 

 of " Clinical Methods " ; " The Practitioner's Man- 

 ual," by Charles Warrenne Allen, M. D., was a con- 

 densed system of medical diagnosis and treatment; 

 and John E. Groff wrote a " Handbook of Materia 

 Medica for Trained Nurses." Vol. V was issued 

 of " A System of Medicine by many Writers." edited 

 by Thonias Clifford Allbutt, M. D., and the " Manual 

 of Pathology," by W. M. L. Coplin, M. D., was in 

 reality a second edition of his "Lectures on Pa- 

 thology," rewritten and enlarged. " A Text-book 

 of Histology," descriptive and practical, for the use 

 of students, was the work of Arthur Clarkson ; E. 

 K. Dunham, M. D., wrote on " Histology, Normal 

 and Morbid"; a third edition of Maurice N. Miller, 

 M. D.'s " Students' Histology " was revised by Her- 

 bert U. Williams, M.D., and "An Epitome of Human 

 Histology," for the use of students in connect ion with 

 lectures and laboratory work, was written by Arthur 

 W. Weysse. " Cataphoresis ; or. Electric Medica- 

 mental Diffusion as applied in Medicine, Surgery, 

 and Dentistry," was the theme of William .lames 

 Morton ; S. II. Monoll, M. D., wrote on " Treatment 

 of Disease by Electric Current " ; "A Laboratory 

 Manual of Electro-Therapeutics" was drawn up 

 by William J. Herdman, M. D., and Frank W. 

 Nagler; Parts I to IV of Vol. I, and Part I of 

 Vol. II were issued of "Archives of the Roent- 

 gen Ray," formerly "Archives of Clinical Sl<i,i^- 

 raphy," edited by W. S. Hedley, M. I)., ami Sydney 

 Rowland ; David Walsh, M. D.. described " Roent- 

 gen Hays in Medical Work," and Frederic Strange 

 Kolle, 'M.D., "The X Rays: Their Product inn 

 and Application." Simon Baruch, M. D., explained 



