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NEW PUBLICATIONS 
INTERESTING AND INFORMING BOOKS 
THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMERCE By Robert Kennedy Duncan 
A book descriptive of the most recent discoveries in industrial chemistry, the side 
of science which everybody is interested in—for example, the making of artificial 
rubies, non-breaking Welsbach mantles, high temperatures, novel incandescent lamps, 
and a hundred other scientific achievements that bear on domestic life. 
Illustrated. Price, $2.00 net. 
FROM SAIL TO STEAM By Capt. Alfred T. Mahan 
A volume of personal reminiscences and an interesting narrative of the change 
from Sail to Steam in our Navy. Price, $2.25 net. 
DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE LAW By Frederick Trevor Hill 
A description of the great legal contest, such as the trial of Aaron Burr, of Dred- 
Scott, of President Johnson, etc., which have made permanent impression upon the 
American nation. Price, $2.25 net. 
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF SOCIALISM By W. H. Mallock 
A book that will serve the uninstructed reader as a first introduction to the subject, 
and will at once put him abreast of the most recent developments and the uppermost 
controversies of Socialism. Price, $2.00 net. 
STORIES OF SYMPHONIC MUSIC By Lawrence Gilman 
Describing without technical detail the themes of the great orchestral symphonies 
from Beethoven to the present day. Price, $1.25 net. 
THE INDIANS’ BOOK By Natalie Curtis 
A sumptuous volume presenting in rich and elaborate form an invaluable record 
of the North American Indians. 
Illustrated in Color, Royal 8vo, Buckram, Specially Boxed, Price, $7.50 net. 
DISCOVERIES IN EVERY-DAY EUROPE By Don C. Seitz 
Familiar impressions of Europe from the true American point of view, pointed and 
humorous. Price, $1.25 net 
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 
HARPER’S ELECTRICITY BOOK FOR BOYS 
How to make cells, batteries, motors and all sorts of electrical devices at home, 
and teaching the every-day uses of electricity. Illustrated. Price, $1.75 
FIRE FIGHTERS AND THEIR PETS By Alfred M. Downes 
An intimate description of life in the engine house and'the workings of the great 
fire department on duty and at play. Illustrated. Price, $1.50 
LITTLE GIRL AND PHILIP By Gertrude Smith 
A charming story of two children who live next door to each other in houses 
exactly alike. Illustrated in Color. Price, $1.30 net. 
WEE WINKLES AND HER FRIENDS By Gabrielle E. Jackson 
A new story of Wee Winkles, her friends and her pets. Illustrated. Price, $1.25 
SUNNYSIDE TAD By Philip Verrill Mighels 
The story of two outcasts—a boy and a dog—and how they face the world together. 
Illustrated. Price, $1.25. 
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A MODERN MOSAIC 
/"ANE of the most splendid modern 
mosaics is in a palace recently 
completed in Vienna. It measures a 
thousand square feet, and is copied from 
cartoons by the painter Edward Weith. 
It represents the five parts of the world. 
Europe stands in the center of the frieze, 
represented by the symbolic figures of its 
various nations, having on one side the 
emblems of industry and trade, and at 
the top the emblem of the flying genius 
of light. On the right are the figures of 
Asia, India, China and japan, with 
their rajahs, mandarins and the alle¬ 
gorical chrysanthemum. Next follows 
Africa, with camel drivers, palm trees 
and other African symbols; on the left, 
America and Australia, with natives on 
horseback and on foot, foliage and other 
emblems. All this variety of types, 
from the fair Circassian down to the 
negro, and the display of costumes from 
the most decorative to the simplest, 
have enabled the painter to arrange 
twenty-four figures with great delicacy 
of color and in an artistic manner. 
Over these figures, which rest on an 
ornamental base, a blue sky reflects all 
around its light so as to unite all the 
tints of the mosaic, and to give the whole 
a harmony of effect which is said to be 
most delightful to the eye. — London 
T imes. 
FOUNDATIONS 0? SAN FRANCISCO 
nr he subsidence of large areas of 
^ land covered with buildings, along 
the water front of San Francisco at the 
time of the earthquake last year, 
would seem to be accounted for in the fol¬ 
lowing item which appeared in the issue 
of Nov. 12, 1898 of “ American Archi¬ 
tect.” According to the newspapers of 
San Francisco, that city is sinking into 
the sea with astonishing rapidity. Sur¬ 
veys, made by the city authorities, are 
said to have shown that the average 
rate of subsidence is two inches a year, 
so that it seems probable that another 
half century may see important changes 
in the topography of the town. The 
engineers explain the phenomenon by 
saying that the peninsula on which San 
Francisco is built consists of sand, mixed 
with decayed vegetable matter, extend¬ 
ing to a depth of at least sixty feet, and 
that the compression or escape of this 
soil, under the heavy load of buildings 
which has been placed on it, is sufficient 
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