ENGLISH CORRESPONDENCE.

London, Feb. 5, 1898.

Although the air and sky here are balmy and blue enough to make us hope for an early spring, the season of the new incoming of books shows, as yet, no signs of approach. The hedges may be budding and the young plants shooting, but the "voice of the turtle" is not yet heard in the land. Here and there one hears whisperings and twitterings, but hardly any coherent statement of what we are to expect. That Mr. LeGallienne has finished his "Romance of Zion Chapel" will be no news to you; indeed, by the time this reaches you the work may be already published. Also, that Mr. E. F. Benson's new story, "The Vintage," is to be issued immediately will not be fresh. You will, probably, have heard that Mr. Frank Mathew, the author of "The Wood of the Brambles," has been engaged on a novel, and that it is to be called "A Lady's Sword"; that the title of George Egerton's" long story is to be "The Wheels of God"; that Mènie Muriel Dowie has written a rival to her "Gallia"; and that Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, whose "American Wives and English Husbands" is almost delivered by the binders, has ready another novel, a sort of companion to this, to be entitled "The Great Black Oxen." Mr. S. R. Crockett's new romance will deal with the suppression of brigandage in Apulia. I find that Mr. Haggard's story is to be called " Elissa," and Sir Walter Besant's "The Changeling."

All this I need not have retailed, no doubt; but even old news requires reviving occasionally, just to keep us in mind of what it may often be very necessary not to forget. Now-a-days, one hears of coming events so far ahead of their happening that when they do occur they come as a surprise. I may, however, add, by way of apology for referring to these writers and their works, that "The Wheels of God" will be well worth reading. It is Mrs. Claremont's first essay at a long story, and its theme is sure to interest and fascinate. Mr. Frank Mathew is an able story-teller, and his new book is said to be even better than his last.

We have living in London a very charming and very facile young widow, who writes under the name of G. Colmore. She has already written a volume of poems, and one or two novels; but none have made much impression. I have had occasion, lately, to read the proof sheets of a new book of verses she is passing through the press, and I confess their contents have astonished me not a little. The poems are collectively called "Points of View," a title which seems to give no clue of any value. Therefore I shall say that the "points of view" refer to the excuses for "the conduct of life" which various individuals have to offer for their particular sins of omission or commission. The writer shows a remarkable facility for versifying; but the chief strength of her work is in the keen-sighted sympathy it everywhere displays. If the book does not get talked about, then it must be either that I am an easily impressed person, or that the world of readers is become sadly blasé.

You will be glad to hear that Burton's masterpiece in travellers' tales, "The Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medinah," is at last to be published in a cheap and handy form. It will be remembered that the copyright of the first edition of this great work expires in the present year. In 1879, however, a third edition was issued in which the late Sir Richard Burton included many revi

sions and alterations. This edition, under the editorship of Lady Burton, was issued about four years ago in two volumes. Now the copyright of this last issue has been acquired by Messrs. George Bell & Sons, and the two volumes with all the illustrations will soon form part of that firm's "Bohn's Standard Library." When published, they will make the most remarkable twodollars' worth of reading in any language.

We are promised the completion of the printed catalogue of the books in the British Museum, early in the twentieth century. This catalogue has been a good many years in the making, and when it is finished a series of supplemental volumes will have to be started immediately; but had it never have been begun one I would have wondered where on earth the officials in charge of our National Library would have placed the manuscript-catalogue. When the printing commenced, the MS. volumes numbered 3,000; what they would have amounted to now, it would be difficult to say. Even in the printed form, the reference set in the reading-room, which has blank leaves for additions, will make a goodly row of a thousand volumes.

Two or three new publishers are about to appear in London, but what they are going to publish is not yet known. One of them, Mr. Gerald Duckworth, learned his business with Messrs. J. M. Dent & Co., so that we may expect prettily got up books, at any rate; but whether he is to publish new works, or will follow the advice of the Authors' Society, and re-make the old books, I cannot say. Another new-comer, Mr. John Long, has set himself the task of catering for the novelreading public, and already, I learn, he has in the press stories by Mrs. Lovett Cameron, Miss Esmé Stuart, F. W. Robinson, and Dr. Gordon Stables. At this rate our Publishers' Association will become a wealthy body,fifty-two dollars per member, per annum, soon mounts up. But what are they going to do?

"Ian Maclaren," the other day, made a speech on "Local Patriotism"; by way of illustration he related the following experience: "Not long ago I was travelling from Aberdeen to Perth. A man sitting opposite studied me for a minute, and then, evidently being convinced that I had average intelligence, and could appreciate a great sight if I saw it, he said, 'If you will stand up with me at the window, I will show you something in a minute; you will only get a glimpse suddenly and for an instant.' I stood. He said, 'Can you see that?' I saw some smoke, and said so. 'That's Kirriemuir,’ he answered. I sat down, and he sat opposite me, and watched my face to see that the fact that I had had a glimpse of Kirriemuir, or rather of its smoke, was one I thoroughly appreciated, and would carry in retentive memory for the rest of my life. Then I said, ‹Mr. Barrie was born there.' Yes,' he said, he was; and I was born there myself.""

Mr. Fitzgerald, the mountaineer, has come back from his expedition to the Andes, and is being interviewed right and left. Of course, his adventures are to be embodied in a book, for which, I need hardly say, the younger publishers have competed not a little. The fortunate firm is now ready, and announces the work for the coming autumn, to be issued in such elaborate fashion as to make the handsomest book of travels ever published. Well, I hope they will make a success of it. But I cannot, for the life of me, see what benefit is to be got by paying a writer a price which forbids a profit on the publication of his work, unless the work prove a phenomenal success. No doubt, Mr. Fitzgerald's book

will be hailed "the book of the season"; still, it will require much more " booming" and puffing ere the money speculated find its way back to the speculator's pocket.

Mr. W. E. Norris has been airing his opinions on the chances of success of new writers. He declares such chances to be practically not given, because of the enormous success of a few novelists. There is much in this; but not everything. Mr. Norris forgets that with the increase of success has come a keener competition for such writers among publishers, and also an increase in the number of publishers themselves. Since, however, all the publishers cannot have the few who are assured of popularity, many new writers are eagerly sought for by the expectant few who are left waiting, and these live for the purpose of "discovering" a rising genius, and in the hope of nursing and advertising him into fame; so that the the new writer never had a better chance of a hearing than he has to-day. There never was a time when there were so many really clever journalists and literary workers, and the publisher knows it. Then, too, there is a tendency toward cheaper forms of publications; and we shall eventually arrive at the form of the French yellow-back brochure, and issue our light literature at two-and-sixpence, or three-andsixpence. The time shall be when an author may truly call himself popular, since he will count his readers by hundreds of thousands. It goes without saying, that such a method of publishing will send the "subscription library" to the wall. Well, there is not much to regret in that possibility. The subscription library in this country has served its purpose, and must of necessity be extinguished, or die of want of support. People who want to read books they cannot afford to buy will go to our public libraries, when these are as excellently served and managed as are yours. Then the bookseller will have his chance, and will have no cause to complain of poor business and no "living wage."

So far, I have heard not a word from your side of the water which would lead me to believe that you have seen the publications of the Vale Press. I think you ought to have them. The books are published by Messrs. Hacon & Ricketts from type specially designed by Mr. Charles Ricketts, and with illustrations drawn and cut on wood by the same artist. The editions are very small, and must soon find their way into the libraries of collectors. Personally, I prefer the Vale type to the Kelmscott - it is more in accordance with the best traditions of printing.

The new weekly which is to rise out of the ashes of "The New Review" is being "made ready" as fast as money and good brains can make it. It is to be a sort of three-penny "Spectator" with more space to be devoted to literature, art, and the drama, than to politics and "questions of the day." We are to have the first number some time in February. Goodness alone knows if it is coming to stay. We have tried here again and again to make successful rivals to our older weeklies; but somehow or other, they don't keep long. "The Realm," "The British Review," "The National Observer," are among such sorrowful examples. I am beginning to be dogmatic on the matter of new journals, and to say that even the most richly backed can stand no chance of life, without it come with quite a new purpose to fulfil, a new aim to achieve, and a new expression with which to captivate and convince.

TEMPLE SCOTT.

LITERARY NOTES.

"A Mental Arithmetic," by Dr. William J. Milne, is among the most recent publications of the American Book Co.

Messrs. Leach, Shewell, & Company publish a text of "M. Tulli Ciceronis Laelius de Amicitia," edited by Professor Charles E. Bennett.

"Sketches in Prose " is the title of Volume II. in the handsome new edition, published by the Messrs. Scribner, of the writings of Mr. James Whitcomb Riley.

"The Lyric Poems of John Keats," edited by Mr. Ernest Rhys, forms a new volume in the exquisite "Lyric Poets" series published by Messrs. J. M. Dent & Co.

The W. L. Allison Co. announce for early publication "Meir Ezofovitch,” a romance of Jewish life in Poland, translated by Iza Young from the Polish of Eliza Orzeszko.

"Water Color Painting," by Miss Grace Barton Allen, is "a book of elementary instruction for beginners and amateurs which has just been published by Messrs. Lee & Shepard.

"Freshman Composition," by Mr. Henry G. Pearson, is a small and intelligent text-book, provided with an introduction by Mr. Arlo Bates. Messrs. D. C. Heath & Co. are the publishers.

"A Narrative of the Indian and Civil Wars in Virginia in the Years 1675 and 1676," as published in Boston, in 1814, forms Number 10 of Mr. George P. Humphrey's "American Colonial Tracts."

The American Book Co. are the publishers of "A School History of the United States," by Professor John Bach McMaster, whose name is sufficient to place the book in the highest rank among manuals of its class.

The death of "Lewis Carroll" will no doubt create a new demand for his "Alice" books, and a rise in the prices of the first editions. The "Alice" books have already brought as much as $24, when in good condition.

Professor Ralph S. Tarr is the author of a pamphlet, published by the Macmillan Co., entitled "Suggestions for Laboratory and Field Work in High School Geology," and designed to accompany the "Elementary Geology of the same writer.

"Studies in European and American History," which is "an introduction to the source study method in history," is the work of Professors F. M. King and H. W. Caldwell of the University of Nebraska, and is published at Lincoln by Mr. J. H. Miller.

"A History of the United States for Schools," by Mr. Wilbur F. Gordy, is the latest candidate for the favor of grammar-school teachers. It is a volume of nearly five hundred abundantly illustrated pages, and is published by Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons.

Two more volumes from the inexhaustible treasurehouse of Dumas are presented by Messrs. Little, Brown, & Co. in English translation. One of these volumes is "The Horoscope "; the other contains "Monsieur de Chauvelin's Will" and "The Woman with the Velvet Necklace."

The American Library Association will hold its twentieth annual conference at Lakewood-on-Chautauqua, July 2-11, 1898. In place of the trip that usually follows the meeting, a "Post Conference Rest" has been planned for the week following, which the many attractions of the Chautauqua region will doubtless make a

pleasant substitute for the customary excursion. An invitation is extended to all who are interested in library matters, and information will be supplied by Miss Mary E. Hazeltine, of the Prendergast Library, Jamestown, New York.

"Parables for School and Home," by Mr. W. P. Garrison, is a collection of educational homilies addressed ostensibly to children, but really designed quite as much for the guidance of teachers and parents. The book is illustrated, and published in unusually attractive style (for a school-book) by Messrs. Longmans, Green, & Co.

Red covers of the most lurid hue envelope the new edition of "A Man and a Woman," by Mr. Stanley Waterloo, which has just been published by Messrs. Way & Williams. It would not be fair to call the color a symbol of the contents, although the story is very unconventional, and deals in an unusually frank way with some of the aspects of passion.

The Funk & Wagnalls Co. have just published a "student's edition" of their "Standard Dictionary of the English Language." The scheme of this work embraces sixty thousand words, illustrated by upwards of a thousand cuts, and provided with the usual appendices, besides some unusual ones. The volume is compact, and contains over nine hundred pages.

Dr. James Hutchison Sterling's "The Secret of Hegel" has long been the standard English exposition of the Hegelian philosophy. We therefore welcome the new and carefully revised edition of the work that has just appeared from the press of the Edinburgh publishers, and is sold in this country with the imprint of Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons. It makes a big octavo volume of 750 pages.

Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. have reissued their 1889 edition of Taine's "English Literature." The work is in four handsome volumes, boxed, with buckram covers, and twenty-eight portrait illustrations. Mr. R. H. Stoddard's introduction is a pleasant feature of this edition, which is the most satisfactory for library use that we have in English. The translation is, of course, the familiar one of Henry Van Laun.

A sale of interest to collectors of old English books will take place Feb. 21 and 22 at the auction rooms of Messrs. Flersheim, Baker & Severn, 183 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Among the specially noteworthy items to be offered are a large-paper copy of Dibdin's Bibliomania, with portrait and illustrations, 1876, a set of Malone's edition of Shakespeare, 1790, and a rare edition, 1516, of the Biblia Latina. A full catalogue may be had on application.

"The Pamphlet Library," edited by Mr. Arthur Waugh, is the latest of series to call for a word of commendation. We have received two volumes of "Literary Pamphlets," edited by Mr. Ernest Rhys, and a single volume of "Political Pamphlets," edited by Mr. A. F. Pollard. Volumes devoted to religion and the drama are also contemplated in the editor's scheme. Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. are the American publishers of this useful series.

The Werner School Book Co. has just published new editions of Professor B. A. Hinsdale's books, "Studies in Education" and "The American Government," and at the same time, designed for use with the latter work, a little pamphlet called “Training for Citizenship," which discusses in competent and practical fashion the teaching of civics in the public schools, and provides many useful suggestions for those engaged in that difficult and important work.

LIST OF NEW BOOKS.

[The following list, containing 76 titles, includes books received by THE DIAL since its last issue.]

EDUCATION.— BOOKS FOR SCHOOL AND
COLLEGE.

Horace Mann, and the Common School Revival in the United
States. By B. A. Hinsdale, Ph.D. 12mo, pp. 326. "Great
Educators." Charles Scribner's Sons. $1. net.

A Manual of Inorganic Chemistry. By T. E. Thorpe, B.Sc. New edition; in 2 vols., illus., 12mo. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $4.50.

An Introduction to American Literature. By Henry S. Pancoast. With portraits, 16mo, pp. 393. Henry Holt & Co. $1.

Modern Persian Colloquial Grammar. By Dr. Fritz Rosen. 12mo, pp. 400. London: Luzac & Co. Norwegian Grammar and Reader. With Notes and Vocabulary. By Julius E. Olson. 12mo, pp. 330. Scott, Foresman & Co. $1.50 net.

Extracts from Voltaire's Prose. Selected and edited by Adolphe Cohn and B. D. Woodward. 12mo, pp. 454. D. C. Heath & Co. $1.

First Steps in Anglo-Saxon.

By Henry Sweet, M.A.

16mo, pp. 107. Oxford University Press. Stepping Stones to Literature. By Sarah Louise Arnold and Charles B. Gilbert. Fourth Reader; illus., 12mo,

pp. 320. Silver, Burdett & Co. 60 cts. Shakespeare's King Henry IV., First Part. Edited by William Aldis Wright, M.A. 16mo, pp. 178. Oxford University Press.

Geometry for Beginners: An Easy Introduction to Geometry for Young Learners. By George M. Minchin, M.A. 16mo, pp. 101. Oxford: The Clarendon Press.

Cebetis Tabula (Tablet of Cebes). With Introduction and Notes by C. S. Jerram, M.A. 16mo, pp. 95. Oxford University Press.

Schiller's Wilhelm Tell. Edited by W. H. Carruth, Ph.D. With portrait, 16mo, pp. 246. Macmillan Co. 50 cts. Stepping Stones to Literature. By Sarah Louise Arnold and Charles B. Gilbert. Third Reader; illus., 12mo, pp. 224. Silver, Burdett & Co. 50 cts.

A Mental Arithmetic. By William J. Milne, Ph.D. 12mo, pp. 176. American Book Co. 35 cts. Helbig's Komödie auf der Hochschule. jamin W. Wells, Ph.D. 12mo, pp. 134. Co. 30 cts.

Edited by BenD. C. Heath &

From September to June with Nature. By Minetta L. Warren. Illus., 12mo, pp. 184. D. C. Heath & Co. 35c. Zschokke's Der Zerbrochene Krug. Edited by Edward S. Joynes. 12mo, pp. 76. D. C. Heath & Co. 25 cts.

BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS.
Christina Rossetti: A Biographical and Critical Study. By
Mackenzie Bell. Illus., 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 405.
Roberts Brothers. $2.50.

Life and Letters of Thomas Kilby Smith, Brevet Major-
General United States Volunteers, 1820-1887. By his son,
Walter George Smith. With portraits, large 8vo, gilt top,
uncut, pp. 487. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $2.50.
Sir James Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870). By
H. Laing Gordon. With portrait, 12mo, uncut, pp. 233.
"Masters of Medicine." Longmans, Green, & Co. $1.25.
Eighty Years and More (1815-1897). Reminiscences of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Illus., 12mo, pp. 474. New York:
European Publishing Co.

The Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, K. G., as Social Reformer. By Edwin Hodder. With portrait, 12mo, uncut, pp. 195. Fleming H. Revell Co. $1.

HISTORY. Essays on the Civil War and Reconstruction, and Related Topics. By William Archibald Dunning, Ph.D. 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 376. Macmillan Co. $2. Hawaii's Story. By Hawaii's Queen, Liliuokalani. Illus., 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 409. Lee & Shepard. $2. The Liberty and Free Soil Parties in the Northwest. (Toppan Prize Essay of 1896.) By Theodore Clarke Smith, Ph.D. 8vo, pp. 351. "Harvard Historical Studies." Longmans, Green, & Co. $1.75 net.

GENERAL LITERATURE. Rubályát of Omar Khayyám: A Paraphrase from Several Literal Translations. By Richard LeGallienne. 8vo, uncut, pp. 107. John Lane. $2.50.

The Authoress of the Odyssey: Where and When She Wrote, Who She Was, the Use She Made of the Iliad, etc. By Samuel Butler. Illus., large 8vo, uncut, pp. 275. Longmans, Green, & Co. $3.50.

The Wound Dresser: A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion. By Walt Whitman; edited by Richard Maurice Bucke, M.D. With portrait, 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 201. Small, Maynard & Co. $1.50.

Heine's Lieder und Gedichte. Selected and edited by C. A. Buchheim, Ph.D. With portrait, 18mo, uncut, pp. 376. "Golden Treasury Series." Macmillan Co. $1. The Shadow of Arvor: Legendary Romances and FolkTales of Brittany. Trans. and retold by Edith Wingate Rinder. 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 309. Edinburgh: Patrick Geddes & Colleagues.

Orderly Book of General George Washington, kept at Valley Forge, May 18-June 11, 1778. 8vo, uncut, pp. 54. Lamson, Wolffe, & Co. $1.

The Life Story of Aner: An Allegory. By Frederic W. Farrar, D.D. With frontispiece, 24mo, pp. 143. Longmans, Green, & Co. 50 cts.

NEW EDITIONS OF STANDARD LITERATURE. History of English Literature. By H. A. Taine, D.C.L.; trans, from the French by H. Van Laun; with Preface by R. H. Stoddard. In 4 vols., with portraits, 12mo, gilt tops, uncut. Henry Holt & Co. Boxed, $7.50.

POETRY.

Poems. By Stephen Phillips. 12mo, uncut, pp. 108. John Lane. $1.50.

The Hope of the World, and Other Poems. By William Watson. 16mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 83. John Lane. $1.25. Poems of a Country Gentleman. By Sir George Douglas, Bart. 12mo, uncut, pp. 75. Longmans, Green, & Co. $1.25.

Ballads and Poems. By John H. Yates. With portrait, 12mo, gilt top, pp. 226. Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton. $1.50.

Where Beauty Is, and Other Poems. By Henry Johnson. 12mo, uncut, pp. 85. Brunswick, Maine: Byron Stevens. $1.25 net.

What Can I Do for Brady, and Other Verse. By Charles F. Johnson. 8vo, uncut, pp. 123. Thomas Whittaker. $1. net.

The Scarlet-Veined, and Other Poems. By Lucy Cleveland. 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 135. A. D. F. Randolph Co. $1. FICTION.

Shrewsbury: A Romance. By Stanley J. Weyman. Illus.,
12mo, pp. 410. Longmans, Green, & Co. $1.50.
The Whirlpool. By George Gissing. 12mo, pp. 424. F. A.
Stokes Co. $1.25.

The Strange Story of My Life (The Colonel's Daughter).
By John Strange Winter. 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 265.
Rand, McNally & Co. $1.50.

Where the Trade-Wind Blows: West Indian Tales. By Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield. 12mo, pp. 308. Macmillan Co. $1.50.

A Fiery Ordeal. By Tasma. 12mo, pp. 320. D. Appleton & Co. $1.; paper, 50 cts.

Cleo the Magnificent; or, The Muse of the Real. By Louis Zangwill. 12mo, pp. 313. G. W. Dillingham Co. $1.50. Maylou. By Frances Raymond. 12mo, pp. 248. G. W. Dillingham Co. $1.50.

Warren Hyde. By the author of "Unchaperoned." 12mo, pp. 346. R. F. Fenno & Co. $1.25.

A Sailor in Spite of Himself. By Harry Castlemon. Illus., 12mo, pp. 415. Henry T. Coates & Co. $1.25. Tim and Mrs. Tim: A Story for the "Club " and "Society Man and the "New" Woman. By R. T. Lancefield. 16mo, uncut, pp. 145. American News Co. Paper, 25 cts.

TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION.

Following the Equator: A Journey around the World. By Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens). Illus., large 8vo, PP. 712. American Publishing Co. $3.50. (Sold only by subscription.)

Servia, the Poor Man's Paradise. By Herbert Vivian, M.A. Illus., 8vo, uncut, pp. 300. Longmans, Green, & Co. $4. South Africa of To-day. By Captain Francis Younghusband, C.I.E. Illus., 8vo, uncut, pp. 177. Macmillan Co. $3.50.

A Note-Book in Northern Spain. By Archer M. Huntington. Illus. in photogravure, etc., large 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 263. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Boxed, $3.50. Korea and Her Neighbors: A Narrative of Travel, with an Account of the Recent Vicissitudes and Present Position of the Country. By Isabella Bird Bishop, F.R.G.S.; with Preface by Sir Walter C. Hillier, K.C.M.G. Illus., 8vo, pp. 480. Fleming H. Revell Co. $2.

THEOLOGY AND RELIGION. Ministerial Priesthood: Chapters on the Rationale of Ministry and the Meaning of Christian Priesthood. By R. C. Moberly, D.D. 8vo, pp. 360. Longmans, Green, & Co. $4. The New Dispensation (The New Testament). Trans. from the Greek by Robert D. Weekes. 8vo, pp. 525. Funk & Wagnalls Co. $2.25.

The Age of Charlemagne (Charles the Great). By Charles L. Wells, Ph.D. 12mo, pp. 472. "Ten Epochs of Church History." Christian Literature Co. $2.

The Ritschlian Theology and the Evangelical Faith. By James Orr, M.A. 16mo, pp. 276. "The Theological Educator." Thomas Whittaker. 75 cts. net.

St. Matthew and St. Mark and the General Epistles. Edited by Richard G. Moulton, M.A. 24mo, gilt top, pp. 290. "Modern Reader's Bible." Macmillan Co. 50 cts. How to Make the Sunday School Go. By A. T. Brewer. With frontispiece, 16mo, pp. 191. Eaton & Mains. 60 cts. A Vindication of the Bull "Apostolicæ Cura": A Letter on Anglican Orders. By the Cardinal Archbishop and Bishops of the Province of Westminster. 8vo, pp. 122. Longmans, Green, & Co. Paper, 35 cts.

SOCIOLOGY.

Industrial Democracy. By Sidney and Beatrice Webb. In 2 vols., large 8vo. Longmans, Green, & Co. $8. PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY. The Secret of Hegel: Being the Hegelian System in Origin, Principle, Form, and Matter. By James Hutchison Stirling. New edition, carefully revised; large 8vo, uncut, pp. 751. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $5.

The Psychology of Suggestion: A Research into the Subconscious Nature of Man and Society. By Boris Sidis, M.A.; with Introduction by Prof. William James. 12mo, pp. 386. D. Appleton & Co. $1.75.

Evolutional Ethics and Animal Psychology. By E. P. Evans. 12mo, uncut, pp. 386. D. Appleton & Co. $1.75. A Primer of Psychology. By Edward Bradford Titchener. 12mo, pp. 314. Macmillan Co. $1.

MUSIC AND ART.

MISCELLANEOUS.