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The Buyer's Guide to the manufacturing 

 Towns and Manufacturers of Great Brit- 

 ain: London. A complete guide to the 

 leading Hotels, places of Amusement, 

 objects of interest, Parks, Clubs, Markets, 

 Docks, &c , and The Hotels of Europe, 

 all three superb books, published by Hen- 

 ry Herbert, of No. 2 Charterhouse Build- 

 ings, Aldersgate, London, 1873. 

 These are what the French call edition de 

 luxe, are elegantly bound, gilt edged, and 

 each page, a master- piece of typography, is 

 surrounded by a delicate mosaic border of 

 blue, red and gold. This collection of 

 books — a library in itself — may be called a 

 faithful representative of the huge metropo- 

 lis of the world — London. In these volumes 

 can be found not only a complete guide to 

 all places of importance in England, but an 

 absolute directory of all the best manufac- 

 turers and tradesmen in that mighty king- 

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 place of amusement, not only as to the lo- 

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 of actors are given, and prices of admission. 

 If not for their size and elegance one would 

 almost fancy that if an American should 

 travel with these books under his arm he 

 could find out all he wanted to know, 

 where he should buy, and what he should 

 do with himself. All railroad routes and 

 lines of steamers are given, and a hotel can 

 be found by means of Mr. Herbert's publi- 

 cations from Aaran in Switzerland to Zwic- 

 kau in Saxony, thus running through the. 

 whole alphabetical table of European towns. 

 In looking at our feebler books treating 

 of topics dwelt on in Mr. Herbert's vol- 

 ume? we cannot but feel amazed at the rare 

 excellence of Mr. Herbert's publications, 

 which must be the best mediums of adver- 

 tisement ever produced either in England or 

 America. 



Maple Leaves, New Series. J. M. Le 

 Moine: Austin, Cote & Co. Quebec, 1873. 

 This most pleasant and readable book, 

 dedicated to Lady Dufferm, is a charming 

 compendium of Canadian history, literature 

 and sport. The early annals of Canada, the 

 Canada of D'Iberville, of Saint Helene, of 

 Longeuiel, of Chateaugay, all cids of this 

 New France, read like pages taken from the 

 story of the heroic period. What more 

 doughty warriors than Dollard des Ormeaux 

 and his followers who, when Montreal was 

 beleaguered, sallied out against the Iroquois 

 and ditd to a man? Stories, too, of Cana- 

 dian Joans of Arc are also found in "Maple 

 Leaves," how Mademoiselle de Vercheres, 

 who came of the true stock, her father hav- 

 ing been an officer in the famed French reg- 

 iment of Carignan, rivalled Flora Mclvor. 

 Her noble deeds against the Indians, her 

 courage, her fortitude, once rang through 

 both new and old France, and Marquis and 

 Marquise, as they sipped chocolate at Ver- 

 sailles, must have talked of her, for Louis 

 XIV it was who instructed the Marqus de 

 Beauharnais, then Governor of Canada, to 

 obtain from her a written report of her own 

 brave deeds. A grand, noble character in 

 history, she died in 1737, known as Madame 

 delaPerade. Full, too, is "Maple Leaves" 

 of stories of old voyageurs, such as the wan- 

 derings of Cadieux, who tracked the Otta- 

 way river, and at last fell a victim to the 

 dreaded Iroquois. Not only does this most 

 pleasant book contain historical information 

 but is cram full of nice bits of arehceologi- 

 cal lore. Manners, habits and customs of 

 the old French stock are lovingly, minutely 

 told; it is as if you were rummaging in some 

 provincial chronicles of an ceil de Boiuf 

 and strange ancient feudal customs and 

 rights are dwelt on. To the student of 

 American history there is an interesting 

 chapter to be found in an outline of the 

 conspicuous loyalists who fled from the 

 United States and found refuge in Nova 

 Scotia and Florida. No less curi'ms is that 

 portion 61 the book which treats of Canadian 

 names and surnames. One very amusing 

 story, showing how far verbal transmuta- 

 tions go, is in regard to a certain Canadian 

 village on the St. Louis Road. First it was 

 settled by a Mr. Shepherd, and Shepherds- 

 ville it "was called. Shepherdsville was, 

 however, apparently unpronounceable by 

 the French Imbitant, so it was transmogrified 

 to Bergerville, Berger being the French for 

 shepherd. It might have thus gone on 

 prospering had it not been for th« advent of 



some Irish, who not liking your Frenchy- 

 fied names, worked at last, until Bergers- 

 ville became Beggarsville ! Some of the 

 names of the well known places are novel to 

 us — thus Lachine comes from chine (China), 

 having been supposed by the early settlers 

 to have been oh the direct route to Cathay. 

 Restigouche is the Indian for finger and 

 thumb, a name given from the supposed re- 

 semblance of the river and its tributaries to 

 an open hand. The Bay of Fundy is a cor- 

 ruption of the French "Fod de la Baie." 

 To the sportsman — for M. Le Moine's book 

 treats most cleverly this subject so dear 

 to us — "Maple Leaves" will be found of 

 great interest. His "Fin and Feather in 

 Cauada" show how admirable are his tastes, 

 and how he must not only be a sportsman 

 in heart, but how, with a naturalist's fine 

 taste, he can write most pleasantly about 

 these delightful topics. 



In our last number we made liberal use of 

 "Maple Leaves," but to fully understand 

 the charms of the work, we would advise 

 our readers to add it to their library. 

 Jessamine. Marion Harland. G. "W. Car- 

 leton & Co. publishers: New York, 1873. 

 Of Miss Harland's works the best known 

 are "Nemesis," "Alone," "True as Steel," 

 and "Helen Gardner." A new creation 

 from the pen of this clever authoress is sure 

 to find a large circle of readers. It requires 

 on the part of publishers, no matter how 

 successful they may have been, no small 

 amount of courage to bring forth books in 

 these times of financial peril; but nothing 

 seems to stop the enterprise of the Messrs. 

 Carleton. The secret of their success, we 

 suppose, may be found in the goodjudg 

 ment they employ in selecting such books 

 as meet the intellectual wants of their read- 

 ers. The new story of "Jessamine" will 

 compare most favorably with any of Miss 

 Harland's former works, and in delineation 

 of character and graphic power will yield 

 to none. In "Jessamine" may be found 

 how true, honest manhood asserts its rights, 

 and how deceit always, sooner or later, be- 

 trays itself. There is a grace, a sympathy, 

 a pathos in "Jessamine" which 'will carry 

 many a heart along with it. One thing 

 about Miss Harland's works is this: She has 

 never written a line that "dying she might 

 wish to blot. " Her books are always wel- 

 come and may be read in the family circle, 

 for they leave no taint, but always point to 

 some excellent moral, and the precepts she 

 teaches in her books are always worthy of 

 imitating. 



A Wonderful Woman. Mary Agnes Flem- 

 ing. Published by G. W. Carleton & Co. : 

 New York, 1873. 



This novel, by the authoress o' "Guy 

 Earl court's Wife," a book which found so 

 many readers in the United States, bears 

 impress of the same lively style, amplitude 

 and variety of plot which characterizes all 

 Miss Fleming's works, and is written in 

 flowing and graceful English. The story is 

 constructed with care and the interest of 

 the reader is kept alive from the first page 

 to the finis. In it may be found scenes 

 drawn from English life, treated with all 

 their peculiar surroundings, showing a 

 thorough acquaintance with the incidents 

 narrated. Differing from many writers of 

 these peculiar phases of life, "A Wonderful 

 Woman" carries with it a salutary lesson. 

 The book has merit sufficient in it to insure 

 a large sale and the good fortune of "Guy 

 Earlcourt's Wife*" which went through nu- 

 merous editions, we feel sure will be accord- 

 ed to "A Wonderful Woman." We trust 

 the accident Miss Fleming met with lately, 

 having been thrown from her carriage, will 

 not interfere with her literary labors. 



MAGAZINES. 



In the Overland for this month we find an 

 interesting notice of Professor John Le 

 Conte's visit to Lake Tahoe, the "gem of 

 the Sierra." Its depth has always been un- 

 certain until the researches of Mr. Le Conte. 

 Said to be unfathomable, he has plumbed 

 Lake Tahoe and found that its greatest 

 depth is 1,540 feet. To make a sounding of 

 this character requires some forty minutes. 

 Specimens of the bottom were secured, but 

 as yet their microscopic forms have not 

 been determined. The relations of temper- 

 ature to depth are quite interesting. At the 

 surface it was 67 deg., decreasing gradually 

 one degree to two, 500 feet being 44, until 

 at 1,506 feet the temperature was 39 deg. A 

 curious portion of the paper is in regard to 



the fact that bodies drowned there are never 

 found, which is perfectly explained in this 

 way: "The distribution of temperature 

 with depth affords a satisfactory explana- 

 tion of this fact, and subverts the opinion 

 which ascribes it to the extrordinary light- 

 ness of the water. It is scarcely necessary 

 to remark that it is impossible that the dim- 

 inution of atmospheric pressure, due to an 

 elevation of 6,300 feet above the sea level, 

 could sensibly affect the density of the 

 water. The specific gravity of the water of 

 this lake is not lower than that of any other 

 fresh water of equal purity and correspond- 

 ing temperature. The reason why the bod- 

 ies do not rise is evidently owing to the 

 fact that when they sink into water which 

 is only 7 deg. Fahrenheit above the freez- 

 ing temperature, the gases generated by de- 

 composition are not produced in the intes- 

 tines; they do not become inflated, and 

 therefore the bodies do not rise to the sur- 

 face. The same phenomenon would, doubt- 

 less, occur in any other fresh water, under 

 similar circumstances." 



The water in Lake Tahoe does not freeze 

 and the same fact is known in regard to 

 some of our own lakes in the State of New 

 York. The true reason, as clearly shown, 

 is the great depth of the lake, and in the 

 agitation of its waters by the strong winds 

 of winter. In relation to the influence of 

 depth, it is sufficient to remark, that before 

 the conditions preceding freezing can oc- 

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 ness of 800 feet — must be cooled down to 39 

 deg. Fahrenheit ; for this must occur before 

 the colder water will float on the surface. To 

 cool such a mass of water through an aver- 

 age temperature of 14 deg. requires a long 

 time, and the cold weather is over be- 

 fore it is accomplished. In shallow and de- 

 tached portions of the lake, as in Emerald 

 Bay, ice several inches thick is sometimes 

 formed. 



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