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International Year Book for 1901. Ed- 

 itor, Frank Moore Colby. With maps 

 and illustrations. New York : Dodd, 

 Mead & Co. 



This annual volume is planned as a 

 cyclopedia of general information about 

 those places, persons, and subjects which 

 attain prominence during the year. The 

 Year Book for 1901 is the most compre- 

 hensive that has yet been published, and 

 reflects much credit on the editor, Mr. 

 Colby. There are good reviews of arc- 

 tic and antarctic exploration of 1901, 

 accompanied by excellent maps ; of 

 American progress in the Philippines, 

 of archaeological discoveries in Babj-lo- 

 nia, Egypt, Greece, and in the United 

 States. A valuable feature are articles 

 on the industries of the United States 

 in 1 90 1. As a work of reference, the 

 Year Book is indispensable. 



The Home Life of the Borneo Head- 

 Hunters. By William Henry Fur- 

 ness. Illustrated. Philadelphia: J. P. 

 Lippincott Co. 1902. $7.50 net. 

 One hundred magnificent full-page 

 illustrations, most of them from photo- 

 graphs taken by the author, describe 

 hi most graphic manner the life, looks, 

 and customs of this far-off people. One 

 picture shows a war and racing canoe, 

 120 feet long and cut out of a single log, 

 in which are seated, without crowding, 

 100 warriors. Mr Furness' narrative 

 of his life among the head-hunters is, 

 however, no less interesting than the 

 pictures he brought back with him. 



He found human nature the same in 

 Borneo as in the United States. " The 

 youths have their languishing loves, 

 which the}' are eager to confide to sym- 

 pathetic ears. . . . The Bornean 

 mothers and fathers think their babies 

 the prettiest that ever were born." 

 After a month is passed in a kayou or 

 kenyah house, "the host and hostess, 

 who, on first sight, seemed to be un- 

 couth savages, frightfully mutilated as 



to eyes, ears, and teeth, are regarded as 

 kind-hearted, devoted friends. It be- 

 comes well-nigh impossible to realize 

 that they cannot add the simplest of sums 

 without the aid of fingers and toes." 



Japan and Her People. By Anna C. 



Hartshorne. Illustrated. 2 vols. 



Philadelphia : Henry C. Coates & Co. 



1902. 



These two volumes on Japan are of a 

 series which Messrs Coates & Co. are 

 publishing descriptive of different coun- 

 tries and cities. Like all in the series, 

 the present volumes are written in an 

 entertaining popular style and are hand- 

 somefy illustrated with photogravures. 

 Into her descriptions of noted buildings 

 and scenes the author has woven the 

 romances that the people believe and 

 tell about the places. The work can 

 hardly be called original or described as 

 showing much research, but perhaps for 

 that very reason will appeal to a larger 

 number of travelers and readers. 



Historical Sources in Schools. Report 

 to the New England History Teach- 

 ers' Association. By a select com- 

 mittee — Charles D. Hazen, chair- 

 man — and Professors Bourne, Dean, 

 Farrand, and Hart. New York : 

 The Macmillan Co. 1902. 60c. 

 The aim of this book is excellent — to 

 present a bibliography of such original 

 documents as are easily obtained, in 

 order that history may be studied at its 

 first source, and not as interpreted by 

 others in books. 



The committee have done their task 

 excellently and prepared a large list of 

 original documents. It would be well, 

 however, in a second edition of the work 

 to include some of the personal nar- 

 ratives of the great explorers, Marco 

 Polo, Columbus, Cook, Livingstone, 

 Stanley, and others, some of whom set 

 in motion political forces that changed 

 the course of history. 



