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ser, 1400 to 1600. 3. From Spenser and Shakespeare to Milton, 1550 to 1608. 

 4. The Civil War and Restoration, Milton to Dryden, 1608 to 1700. 5. From 

 Pope to Wadsworth, the i8th Century. 6. The Lake School and Its Contempor- 

 aries, 1790 to 1822. Each part is fully illustrated with copious selections from 

 the best writers of that period, while a historical sketch of the times and of 

 writers themselves keeps up the continuity and interest of the work and lends ad- 

 ditional attractions to it. Mrs. Richardson is an experienced lecturer on topics of 

 this kind and is as thoroughly familiar with the subject as any author of the pres. 

 ent day. She is also a ready and pleasing writer, who is sure of readers at all 

 times and in all portions of the country. 



Her judgment in the selection of appropriate and characteristic passages from 

 the various authors referred to is excellent, and the logic of her arrangement in 

 demonstrating the progressive growth of the English language in power and mo- 

 bility is unassailable. As a book to be placed in the hands of teachers and 

 younger readers as a guide in tracing the history of our literature, we know of 

 no superior. 



The typography and other points in the bookmaker's art are excellent, and 

 do credit even to such publishers as Jansen, McClurge & Co. 



ZuNi AND THE ZuNiANS. By Tilly C. Stevenson, pp. 30, large octavo; 1881, 

 We are indebted to Professor O. T. Mason for a copy of this interesting and 

 valuable monograph. The writer was a member of the expedition sent out by 

 Major J. W. Powell in 1879, to visit the pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona, 

 and consequently had unusually good opportunities for investigation and explo. 

 ration. The greater portion of the work is devoted to a careful description of the 

 Zuni pueblo, which is situated in western New Mexico, and is the remains of a 

 large village and populous race which have been .reduced by war and disease to 

 the present size and number. The author concludes with the expression of earn- 

 est hope, which is fervently concurred in by all of as who have visited this most 

 attractive field for the archaeologist, that the " government will with enlightened 

 liberality cause further research to be conducted in the interests of archaeological 

 and ethnographical service, and secure for itself, before it is too late, the data re- 

 quired to fully elucidate the history of the Pueblo Indians." The illustrations, 

 which are numerous, are mostly borrowed from the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and, consequently of the first quality. 



Reports on the Total Solar Eclipses of July 29, 1878, and January 11, 

 1880, issued by the United States Naval Observatory, 4 to pp. 426, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, 1880. 



This magnificent work, the most perfect specimen of government bookmak- 

 ing we have ever seen, comprises the instructions issued to observers. Observa- 



