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The work undertakes to be a dictionary 

 as well as a cyclopaedia, and gives defini- 

 tions of all common and technical terms 

 used in speaking of any kind of sport. All 

 the more important articles, and many of 

 the shorter ones, are carefully and accurate- 

 ly illustrated. 



As samples of the more important articles 

 in Part I. of the Encyclopaedia, I may cite 

 the following: 



Amateur, 3 columns, illustrated. 



America Cup, 



Ammunition, 7 columns, by H. F. Phil- 

 lips, illustrated. 



Angling, 52^ columns, by H. S. Thomas, 

 illustrated. 



Antelopes, 13 columns, by H. A. Bryden, 

 illustrated. 



Archery, 16 columns, by H. Walrond, il- 

 lustrated. 



Athletic Sports, 13 columns, by C. B. Fry, 

 illustrated. 



" The Encyclopaedia of Sport " will be 

 issued in 20 large quarto parts, at $1.00 a 

 copy. Each part will contain 56 pages, 

 double column, illustrated text, printed on 

 heavy calendered paper, together with 2 

 full-page illustrations in photogravure. A 

 glossary of technical terms will be included 

 in the last part. 



Judging from the first part, which I have 

 examined, this work will be a most valuable 

 one and will become a necessity to every 

 sportsman who wishes to be well informed. 



" Travels in West Africa," by Mary H. 

 Kingsley, is a remarkable book. It is rare 

 that a woman's curiosity, great as that is 

 supposed to be, leads her to explore wild 

 countries; nor has she usually the physical 

 endowment necessary to such work. Miss 

 Kingsley was not led, however, by mere 

 curiosity to explore the West coast of Af- 

 rica. She sought that field as a new one 

 to science and her prime object was to 

 study the fauna of the region. Her re- 

 searches were rich in results, and she has 

 made many contributions to science. 



In a valuable appendix, Dr. A. Guenther 

 describes 16 new species of fauna, discov- 

 ered by Miss Kingsley, and 8 new species 

 of insects. 



She, however, says little about her sci- 

 entific work; and the book contains so 

 vast a fund of general information, regard- 

 ing Western Africa, that you wonder when 

 Miss Kingsley found time for special 

 scientific study. Her narrative is de- 

 lightful. Difficulties and dangers seem 

 only to have amused and inspired her. 

 She mentions them gayly, as having lent 

 zest to the undertaking, and seems to have 

 flitted like a will-o'-the-wisp over the 

 swamps and through the great forests. 



Particularly interesting and . delightful 

 chapters are those on Bush Trade and Fan 

 Customs, Congo Frangais, Fetish, the As- 



cent of the Great Peak of Cameroons, and 

 Trade and Labor in West Africa. The 

 book contains many valuable illustration 9 

 and a good index. It is only a lazy lay- 

 man who will wish there was also a map. 

 Published by Macmillan & Co.; price, $4. 



" Easter Bells," a charming collection of 

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 of contents is grouped under 4 general head- 

 ings, i.e., " Songs of the Easter-Tide," 

 " Home and Hearth," " Mile-Stones " and 

 " Closet and Altar." No one, be he saint 

 or sinner, can open its pages at random and 

 read without receiving benefit. 



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