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critical chapters written by several experts. The 

 whole is illustrated with more than a thousand fine 

 pictures. In conclusion we had " Appletons' An- 

 nual Cyclopaedia for 1897," being the twenty-second 

 volume of its issue. 



Voyages and Travels. " The Philippine Islands 

 and their People " were prominent in the minds of 

 the American people during the year, and a record 

 of personal observation and experience among them 

 by Prof. Dean C. Worcester, accompanied with a 

 short summary of the more important facts in the 

 history of the archipelago, possessed unusual in- 

 terest. " Yesterdays in the Philippines," by Joseph 

 Earl Stevens; contained also much information, and 

 yet another volume was " Manila and the Philip- 

 pines," by Margherita Arlina Hamrn. "Cuba and 

 Porto Rico," with the other islands of the West 

 Indies, had their topography, climate, flora, pro- 

 ducts, industries, cities, people, and political condi- 

 tions thoroughly gone over by Prof. Robert T. Hill, 

 and C. H. Rector, in " The Story of Beautiful Porto 

 Rico," gave a graphic description of the garden 

 spot of the world, illustrated by pen and camera. 

 "Cuba at a Glance" came from Emma B. Kaufman 

 and Annie O'Hagan. A new edition was also 

 issued of " Cuba in War Time," by Richard Hard- 

 ing Davis. " One Way Round the World " was il- 

 lustrated from photographs, by Delight Sweetser : 

 " Fellow-Travelers," according to Francis E. Clark, 

 D. D., were personally conducted in three continents 

 during a journey of nearly 40,000 miles undertaken 

 in the interest of the Christian Endeavor movement. 

 "Ave Roma Irnmortalis " was the superb tribute 

 paid by F. Marion Crawford to that " city of the 

 sonl." It filled two volumes, beautifully illustrated. 

 George B. Taylor gave an account of " Italy and 

 the Italians," having spent a quarter of a century 

 of missionary life among them ; " The Isles and 

 Shrines of Greece" were visited in a sympathetic 

 spirit by Rev. Samuel J. Barrows; Mrs. Susan Ar- 

 nold Wallace (Mrs. Lew Wallace) sailed delightfully 

 " Along the Bosphorus " ; and " A Cruise under the 

 Crescent, from Suez to San Marco," was made by 

 Charles Warren Stoddard. " Roundabout Rambles 

 in Northern Europe " were described by Charles F. 

 King, and " Halcyon Days in Norway, France, 

 and the Dolomites," by William Bement Lent. 

 "Glimpses of England : Social, Political, Literary," 

 were published by Rev. Moses Coit Tyler; Archer 

 M. Huntington gave us the benefit of a "Note-Book 

 in Northern Spain " ; Mrs. Miriam Coles Harris, the 

 author of that delightful old novel " Rutledge," 

 made us intimately acquainted with "A Corner of 

 Spain" ; and " Witch Winnie in Spain " closed the 

 wanderings of that young lady which have been 

 vouchsafed us by Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Champ- 

 ney. " Where Ghosts Walk " was the somewhat 

 eerie title to descriptions of the haunts of familiar 

 characters in history and literature by Mrs. Mary 

 Virginia Hawes Terhune (Marion Harland), and 

 from William L. Terhune we had " My Friend the 

 Captain ; or. Two Yankees in Europe," a descrip- 

 tive story of a tour of Europe. " Vacation Days in 

 Hawaii and Japan " were described by Charles M. 

 Taylor. " Eastern Journeys," by Charles Anderson 

 Dana, contained some notes of travel in Russia, in 

 the Caucasus, and to Jerusalem. John D. Ford in 

 " An American Cruiser in the East" made travels 

 and studies in the far East, the Aleutian Islands, 

 Bering Sea, eastern Siberia, Japan, Korea, 

 China, Formosa. Hong-Kong, and the Philippine 

 Islands ; " By Way of Cape Horn," the record of 

 four months in a Yankee clipper, by Paul Eve 

 Stephenson, was illustrated by the author, and Rev. 

 George Hughes Hepworth went " Through Ar- 

 menia on Horseback " to discover the true cause of 

 the Armenian massacres. The life of " Persian 



Women " was described by Rev. Isaac Malck Yonan. 

 " Corona and Coronet," by Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd, 

 was the title of the narrative of the Amherst 

 eclipse expedition to Japan in Mr. James's schooner- 

 yacht, " Coronet " to observe the sun's total obstruc- 

 tion, Aug. 9, 1896 ; " Korean Sketches " were pub- 

 lished by Rev. James S. Gale; and Charles M. 

 Taylor spent "Vacation Days in Hawaii and 

 Japan." Walter Scott Perry visited "Egypt the 

 Laud of the Temple Builders," and Henry M. 

 Stanley in "Through South Africa" gave an ac- 

 count of his recent visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, 

 Cape Colony, and Natal, reprinted from the journal 

 "South Africa," while" Africa, its Partition and 

 its Future," which he wrote in collaboration with 

 several other writers, had an introduction by Harry 

 Thurston Peck. Two volumes are filled with Rob- 

 ert E. Peary's narrative of life and work, " North- 

 ward over the Great Ice," along the shores and 

 upon the interior ice cap of northern Greenland 

 during the years 1886-'91 and 1891-'97. "Across 

 the Sub-Arctics of Canada." by J. W. Tyrrell, de- 

 scribed a journey of 3,200 miles by canoe and snow- 

 shoes through the barren lands, undertaken for the 

 Canadian Government in 1894, and "Canadian Folk- 

 Life and Folk-Lore " were the theme of William 

 Parker Greenough (G. de Montauban). "Alaska" 

 had its history, climate, and natural resources set 

 forth by its former Governor, A. P. Swineford ; 

 " The Rainbow's End : Alaska," was by Alice 

 Palmer Henderson ; and a new edition was also 

 issued of "Appletons' Guide-Book to Alaska and 

 the Northern Coast," by Elizabeth R. Scidmore. 

 with a chapter on the Klondike. " A Mile of Gold," 

 by William M. Stanley, told of strange adventures 

 on the Yukon, which the author visited to his 

 profit, and gave good advice to prospectors, while 

 Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly accompanied " A Klon- 

 dike Picnic" with genuine letters from the Alaskan 

 gold fields. " Historic Pilgrimages in New Eng- 

 land " were described by Edwin Munroe Bacon, 

 and " Historic Homes of the Southwest Mountains, 

 Virginia," by E. C. Mead. " Mr. Eagle's U. S. A. 

 as seen in a Buggy Ride of 1,000 Miles from Illi- 

 nois to Boston " was by John Livingstone Wright 

 and Mrs. Abbie Scates Ames. " Afloat on the 

 Ohio," by Reuben Gold Thwaites, outlined a his- 

 torical pilgrimage of 1,000 miles in a skiff from 

 Redstone to Cairo, and " Across the Everglades," a 

 canoe journey of exploration, was illustrated by 

 the author, Hugh L. Willoughby, from photo- 

 graphs by himself. "A World of Green Hills," by 

 Bradford Torrey, contained observations of Nature 

 and human nature in the Blue Ridge, and Edith 

 M. Nicoll printed " Observations of a Kanchwoman 

 in New Mexico." ' Picturesque Mexico," by Marie 

 Robinson Wright, was written from data collected 

 under the special patronage of the Mexican Govern- 

 ment, and from Matias Romero we had " Geo- 

 graphical and Statistical Notes on Mexico," the 

 third of his important books upon his country pub- 

 lished during the year. " Sealth the City by the 

 Inland Sea," by Elizabeth H. Calvert, made us 

 thoroughly acquainted with Seattle, Wash., and 

 Agnes Repplier's presentation in prose of " Phila- 

 delphia" was illustrated by Ernest C. Peixotto. 

 Frank G. Carpenter conducted " Travels through 

 North America with the Children " and "Travels 

 through Asia " in the same company, and also wrote 

 on " North America " for " Carpenter's Geographical 

 Reader." New editions were sent out of Appletons' 

 " General Guide to the United States," " Canadian 

 Guide-Book," "Handbook of Summer Resorts" 

 and "Dictionary of New York." -The "Century 

 Atlas of the World " was edited by Benjamin E. 

 Smith. 

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