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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1898. 



Walton Woolscy and George Dalentine Reichel 

 respectively. 



Unclassified. Books not falling strictly under 

 any of the departments of this article, yet deserv- 

 ing of mention, include "The Army and Navy of 

 the United States, 1770-1898," in 25 parts, of 

 which 1-5 were issued during the year; "Mili- 

 tary Europe," a narrative of personal observation 

 and personal experience, by Gen. Nelson A. Miles, 

 U. S. A. ; tho " Text-book of Seamanship," giving 

 the equipping mid handling of vessels under sail 

 or steam, for the use of the United States Naval 

 Academy, by Stephen Bleecker Luce, revised by 

 W. S. BdiM.n. and illustrated by S. Seabury ; 

 " Points in Minor Tactics," compiled and ar- 

 ranged in an elementary manner for the infantry 

 arm of the National Guard of the United States, by 

 Charles Albert Smylie; and "Ballistic Tables for 

 I >irect, Curved, and 'High-Angled Fire," by James M. 

 Ingalls. " Notes on Military Hygiene for Officers of 

 the Line," by Alfred Alexander Woodhull, went 

 through a new revised and enlarged edition. "Cof- 

 fee and India-rubber Culture in Mexico," by Matias 

 Romero, was preceded by geographical and sta- 

 tistical notes on Mexico; "Commercial Cuba," a 

 book for business men, by W. J. Clarke, had an in- 

 troduction by E. Sherman Gould;" Food Products of 

 the World " were reviewed bv Mary E. Green, M. D., 

 and the second book of "Great American Indus- 

 tries," by W. F. Rochelau, covered " Products of the 

 Soil." C* P. Brooks treated exhaustively of " Cotton" 

 in its uses, varieties, fibres, structure, cultivation, 

 and preparation for the market, and as an article of 

 commerce, as well as the manufacture of cotton-seed 

 oil and meal and fertilizers, with special reference 

 to cotton growing, ginning, and oil press-ing in the 

 United States ; " The Cotton Industry : An Essay 

 in American Economic History," by M. B. Ham- 

 mond, published for the American Economic Asso- 

 ciation, had Part I devoted to " The Cotton Culture 

 and the Cotton Trade," and Vol. Ill appeared of 

 " Cotton Spinning," by William Scott Taggart. 

 " Loom and Spindle ; or. Life among the Early 

 Mill Girls," by Harriet H. Robinson, had a sketch 

 of " The Lowell Offering " and some of its contrib- 

 utors, and an introduction by Hon. Carroll D. 

 Wright. "Glass Blowing and Working" was a 

 useful little manual by Thomas Bolas, and Walter 

 .1. Sykes, M. I)., set forth " The Principles and 

 Practice of Brewing." George Edwin Waring, Jr., 

 published a work on " Street Cleaning and the Dis- 

 jMsal of a City's Wastes," William Paul Gerhard 

 another on "Sanitary Kngineering," and A. Pres- 

 eott Folwell yet another on " Sewerage," while T. 

 !'. Culeinaii wrote on "Stable Sanitation and Con- 

 struction." "The Purification of Public Water 

 Supplies" was discussed by John W. Hill, and the 

 " Iteport on the Investigations into the Purification 

 of the Ohio River Water at Louisville, Ky.," was 

 made by George W. Fuller. " The Story of the 

 Railroad " was written l>y Cy Warman for "Apple- 

 i"tis' Story of the West Series " ; Albert B. Herriok 

 wrote on "Modern Switchboards "; ' Kilburn's 

 Standard Handbook for Kail mad Men," by A. Kil- 

 burn, was complete, praet ieal. and instructive ; J. W. 

 C. Haldane treated of "Railway Engineering, Me- 

 chanical and Rhetorical " ; " The Calculus," for en- 

 gineers and physicists, came from Robert H. Smith, 

 and "A Pocket-Book for Mechanical Engineers'' 

 from David Allan Low. I). B. IHxnn edited the 

 " Machinists' and Engineers' Pocket Manual " ; " A 

 Short Course in Inorganic (Qualitative Analysis" 

 for engineering students was prepared by J. S. C. 

 Wells, and " A Handbook of Engineering Labora- 

 tory Practice," by Richard Addison Smart. Edward 

 Sherman Gould was responsible for " The Arith- 

 metic of the Steam Engine." Part II of William M. 



Gillespie's "Treatise on Surveying," edited byCady 

 Staley, covered " Higher Surveying." " The Motor* 

 man's Guide" was a practical treatise on street- 

 railway motors, by J. W. Gayetty, and. John P. 

 Brooks supplied a " Handbook of Street Railroad 

 Location "; A. W. and Z. W. Daw were authorities 

 upon " The Blasting of Rocks in Mines, Quarries, 

 Tunnels, etc."; Henry O'Connor was the author of 

 " The Gas Engineer's" Pocket-Book " ; and William 

 E. Gibbs wrote on " Lighting by Acetylene Genera- 

 tors, Burners, and Electric Furnaces." Charles I). 

 Jameson was heard from on " Portland Cement, its 

 Manufacture and Use." " Specifications in Detail " 

 were offered by Frank W. Macey ; "A Treatise on 

 Roofs and Bridges," by Edward Albert Bowser, 

 and practical examples from actual work in " The 

 Coffer-Darn Process for Piers," by Charles Evan 

 Fowler, while " Modern American Dwellings," with 

 constructive details, was anonymous. Oliver Cole- 

 man planned " Successful Houses," and William 

 H. Birkmire discussed " The Planning arid Con- 

 struction of High Office Buildings." " Appletons' 

 Cyclopaedia of Technical Drawing," embracing 

 trio principles of construction as applied to prac- 

 tical design, was edited by William E. Worthen. 

 "A Course in Mechanical Drawing" was offered by 

 John S. Reid, and "Elements of Perspective," by 

 Christine Gordon Sullivan. Herbert S. Wilson was 

 the author of " The Practical Tool-maker and De- 

 signer." In the " Garden-Craft Series " we had " The 

 Pruning Book " and suggestions as to " Garden- 

 making," by Liberty Hyde Bailey ; Levi R. Tuft 

 supplemented his previous work on "Greenhouse 

 Construction" with "Greenhouse Management"; 

 Frederic W. Caird contributed to the " Rural Science 

 Series"a horticultural monograph on"Bush Fruits," 

 and Charles Eliot presented a forestry report on 

 the " Vegetation and Scenery in. the Metropolitan 

 Reservations of Boston." Charles F. Wingatc 

 asked "What shall our Boys do for a living?" 

 and Henry Ilardwicke explained " The Art of get- 

 ting Rich." " The Twentieth Century Cook-Book " 

 was written by Mrs. C. F. Moritz and Adcle Kahn ; 

 " Home Economics" was a guide to household 

 management by Maria Parloa. " Catering for 

 Two," by Alice L. James, promised comfort and 

 economy for small households; Mrs. Sarah I. Rorer 

 told everything about " Good Cooking"; and Fannie 

 Merritt Farmer proposed " Chafing-Dish Possibil- 

 ities." "Etiquette for Americans" purported to 

 be by a woman of fashion. " The Art of Taxi- 

 dermy " was set forth by John Rowley ; " The 

 Practical compounding of Oils, Tallow, and Grease 

 for Lubrication, etc.," by an expert oil-refiner who 

 prefers to remain unknown; and George II. Hurst 

 explained the manufacture of " Soaps." " A Primer 

 of Heraldry for Americans" came from Edward S. 

 Holden, and a " Masonic Guide " from M. L. Young. 

 Mrs. W. Chance prepared "A Book of Cats." 

 "Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena" 

 were considered by William E. Robinson, and " New 

 Thought Essays " were by Charles Brodie Patter- 

 son. Books more or less humorous in character 

 were " Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War," by Mm tin 

 Dooley (Peter Dunne Finley); "The Little Lady, 

 Some Other People, and Myself," by Tom Hall ; the 

 third series of "Life's Comedy"; and "Cartoons 

 of the War of 1898 with Spain, from Leading For- 

 eign and American Papers." Four handsome 

 octavo volumes contained the " History of the 

 Columbian Exposition," by Dr. Rossiter Johnson. 

 This work is unique among histories of expositions. 

 Heretofore it has been customary simply to print 

 verbatim the reports of each department; but in 

 this instance such reports were used only as mate- 

 rial, which has been worked up into a readable 

 narrative, with the addition of picturesque and 



