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' Southwick's Quiz Manual on Tlieory and Practice of Teaching ; ' 

 ' Welch's Talks on Psychology,' by A. S. Welch of Iowa ; ' Welch's 

 Teachers' Psychology' (ready in November); 'Dewey's How to 

 teach Manners,' by Mrs. J. M. Dewey ; Teacher's Manuals Series, 

 four new numbers (ten numbers in all), — 7. ' Huntington's Uncon- 

 scious Tuition,' 8. ' Hughes's How to keep Order,' 9. ' Quick's 

 How to train the Memory,' 10. ' Hoffmann's Kindergarten Gifts.' 



A. C. McCIurg & Co. 



' Montesquieu,' by Albert Sorel (The Great French Writers 

 Series), translated by Melville B. Anderson ; ' Astrophel and Stella,' 

 by Sir Philip Sidney, edited by Alfred Pollard, with portrait of Sid- 

 ney ; 'Shelly: The Man and the Poet,' by Felix Rabbe ; 'Victor 

 Cousin, the Distinguished French Philosopher, Orator, and Educa- 

 tor,' by Jules Simon of the French Academy (The Great French 

 Writers Series), translated by Melville B. Anderson and Edward 

 Playfair Anderson ; ' The Standard Symphonies : their Stories, 

 their Music, and their Composers,' a handbook, by George P. Up- 

 ton ; ' Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the United States, in- 

 cluding the District North and East of the Ozark Mountains, South 

 of the Laurentian Hills, North of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, 

 and East of the Missouri River, inclusive of Marine Species,' by 

 David Starr Jordan, president of the University of Indiana (fifth edi- 

 tion, entirely rewritten and greatly enlarged) ; ' Turgot,' by L6on 

 Say of the French Academy (The Great French Writers Series) 

 translated by Melville B. Anderson. 



Charles Scribner's Sons. 



The first volume of the ' Cyclopsedia of Music and Musicians, 

 edited by John Denison Champlin, jun., with William F. Apthorp 

 of Boston as critical editor, stands at the head of the list. The 

 work will consist of three quarto volumes, this edition being limited 

 to five hundred numbered sets for this country, and fifty for Eng- 

 land. An important feature of the work will be the illustrations. 

 Modern art has been so influenced by the French schools of paint- 

 ing, that a new work which analyzes and traces to its source this 

 influence will be sure of a hearty welcome. Such a work is Mrs. 

 C. H. Stranahan's ' A History of French Painting.' The reminis- 

 cences, sketches, and comments of the Hon. Hugh McCulloch are 

 especially noteworthy for the information they contain regarding 

 the 'Men and Measures of Half a Century.' The second volume 

 of ' Around the World on a Bicycle ' carries the adventurous rider, 

 Thomas Stevens, across Asia from Teheran to Yokohama. The 

 sixth volume of Dr. Philip Schaff's ' History of the Christian Church ' 

 deals with the German Reformation between 1517 and 1530. 

 'Dogmatic Theology,' by Dr. William G. T. Shedd. A new and 

 revised edition of Corea, by William Elliot Griffis, who has brought 

 this popular book about ' The Hermit Nation ' down to date. In 

 ' Little People of the Meadows, Woods, and Waters,' by Stella 

 Louise Hook, the author describes the lives of familiar insects. The 

 popularity of Miss Wright's two previous volumes, ' Children's 

 Stories of American Progress ' and ' Children's Stories in Ameri- 

 can History,' insures a cordial reception for her new book, ' Chil- 

 dren's Stories of the Great Scientists.' New and cheaper editions 

 are announced of Charles F. Holder's three books, ' Living Lights,' 

 ' Marvels of Animal Life,' and ' The Ivory King,' the general title 

 for the set being ' Marvels of Animal Life Series.' Boys will also 

 be interested in ' Wild Men and Wild Beasts,' by Colonel Gordon- 

 Cumming. 



Scribner & Welford. 



D'Anvers's ' Elementary History of Art,' with a preface by Prof. 

 Roger Smith (new edition in 2 vols.). ' Francis the First and his 

 Times,' by Julia Pardoe, with numerous portraits and illustrations 

 on steel (new edition). ' Louis the Fourteenth and Court of France 

 in the Seventeenth Century,' by Julia Pardoe (new edition). ' Life 

 of Matthew Fontaine Maury,' compiled by his daughter, Diana 

 Fontaine Maury Corbin, with portrait. ' Leaves from an Egyptian 

 Note-Book,' by Isaac Taylor, LL.D., canon of York. ' Tropical 

 Africa,' by Henry Drummond, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., with six maps and 

 illustrations. ' Caldecott's North Italian Folk,' sketches of town 

 and country life, by Mrs. Comyns Carr, illustrated by Randolph 

 Caldecott. ' Princetoniana : Charles and A. A. Hodge, with Class 



and Table Talk of Hodge the Younger,' by a Scottish Princeto- 

 nian, the Rev. Charles A. Salmond, M.A., Rothesay, with por- 

 traits, etc. Vol. II. of ' History of the Christian Philosophy of Re- 

 ligion,' by Professor Piinjer, translated by W. Hastie, B.D., with 

 an introduction by Prof. Robert Flint. 'The Hibbert Lectures, 

 1887,' lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated 

 by the religion of the ancient Babylonians, by A. H. Sayce. In 

 Bohn's Libraries, ' Lucian's Dialogues;' 'Julian the Emperor;' 

 ' History of Prose Fiction,' by John Colin Dunlop ; ' Lives of the 

 Tudor and Stuart Princesses.' by the late Agnes Strickland ; ' The 

 Building of the British Islands, a Study in Geographical Evolution," 

 by A. J. Jukes-Browne ; and ' Plutarch's Morals.' 



Miscellaneous. 



The ' Eclectic Shorthand Dictionary,' by Prof. J. George Cross, 

 M. A., was published Aug. 1 8, by S. C. Griggs & Co., Chicago. This 

 book is supposed to be particularly beneficial to beginners on account 



of the phonic spelling given. The eighth volume of Alden's 



'Manifold Cyclopedia' extends from 'Ceylon ' to ' Club-Foot.' 



In the Andover Review for October, Professor Stoddard, of the 

 University of California, draws a comparison between two impor- 

 tant and opposing tendencies of literature represented by Tolstoi 

 and Matthew Arnold ; Professor James, of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, considers ' Manual Training in the Public Schools in its 

 Economic .Aspect,' and he argues forcibly for its introduction into 

 our educational system ; there are editorials upon elementary ed- 

 ucation in England and Wales, etc. ' The Effects of Protection,' 



by Charles S. Ashley, will be the leading article in The Popular 

 Science Monthly for November (it is an important contribution to- 

 the tariff discussion, showing the expensiveness of protection, the 

 small number of those benefited by it, its failure to keep up wages, 

 its influence in checking our export trade, and its effect in making 

 us "a nation of liars." and our government a heedless spendthrift) ; 

 the question how long man has lived in America, and what were 

 the surroundings of the primeval inhabitant, will be discussed in 

 an illustrated article, entitled ' Paleolithic Man in America,' by W. 

 J. McGee ; the vice-presidential address given by Charles W. Smi- 

 ley before the American Association, on ' Altruism Economically 

 considered,' will be published ; and ' The Prolongation of Human 



Life ' will be treated by C. M. Hammond. Gen. A. W. Greely,. 



chief signal officer, has written for the November Scribner's an 

 article entitled ' Where shall we spend our Winter? ' which will be 



of great value to invalids and pleasure-seekers. Brentano's will 



publish immediately Sir Morell Mackenzie's work in relation to the 

 case of the late Emperor Frederick, embodying his reply to the 

 German physicians. The book will have not only value to the 

 medical profession, but great interest to the general public. A fac- 

 simile letter of the dying Emperor Frederick, and other illustrations, 



will be given in the volume. The Euclid Publishing Company 



of Chicago will issue in a few days ' The History of the Bank of 



England,' by Joseph Hume Francis. Thomas Whittaker will 



publish shortly the next volume in the Camelot Series, ' Irish Fairy- 

 Tales and Folk-Lore,' selected and edited by W. B. Yeats ; in the 



Great Writers Series, 'Life of Crabbe,' by T. T. Kebbel. D. 



Appleton & Co. have just published the fifth volume of ' Apple- 

 tons' Cyclopedia of American Biography.' They have also just 

 issued an ' Index to Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia ' for the twelve 

 volumes, 1876-87. James Clegg, Rochdale, Eng., has just pub- 

 lished his 'Directory of Second-hand Booksellers, and List of Pub- 

 lic Libraries, British and Foreign.' Besides the lists of booksellers 

 and libraries, Mr. Clegg gives a list of fictitious names used by 

 authors and illustrators ; ancient centres of printing, with their 

 Latin equivalents ; bibliographical works of reference ; journals of 

 the book-trade ; copyright registry ; etc. The book may be ob- 

 tained in this country through B. Westermann & Co. The 



latest addition to the list of Volapiik journals is the Van Kiia Tung- 

 Hua, published in China by a Chinese. The paper prints the 

 Chinese characters and the translation in Volapiik. The object 

 will be to teach the Chinese Volapiik, and Chinese to those who 



understand the ' universal language.' The first number of Our 



Young Folks' Monthly, the organ of Our Young Folks' Reading- 

 Circle, has been issued. Mr. S. R. Winchell of Chicago is man- 

 aging editor. 



