they kindle about his life." To catch this spirit, to separate it from its temporary and local form, enables the modern preacher to emphasize with them the unity of life, to invest secular things with a sacred interest, to carry religion into business and politics as well as worship. The plan of this work, as carried out in a series of short sketches, is expository rather than critical. Without technical discussions, the prophetic ideas and ideals are exhibited in all their diversity of time, personal character, and local circumstance, as unified by a common spirit, which demands its due expression in modern no less than in ancient time.

Recent European History, 1789-1900. By George Emory Fellows, Ph.D., LL.D. Illustrated. Benjamin H. Sanborn & Co., Boston. 5×71⁄2 in. 459 pages.

Red Miriok (The). By Anna M. Barnes. Illustrated. Shan Folk Lore Stories. By W. C. Griggs, M.D. Illustrated. The American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia. 5x71⁄2 in. 108 pages. 75c., net. (Postage, &c.)

Scientific Side-Lights.

Compiled by James C. Fernald. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York. 6×10 in. 917 pages. $5, net.

One reason for the publication of this curious and interesting collection may have been to help out possibly lazy persons and lecturers. Its forty thousand indexed topics certainly make all matters contained in the volume very accessible; and should make the work of a public speaker rather easy so far as secondhand illustration is concerned. The best public speakers, however, have long discovered that the most effective illustration is first hand-that which comes exclusively from personal experience. Most of the material in this volume consists of excerpts from scientific books; the work impresses the casual reader as a kind of scientific causerie-as if the company of acknowledged authorities were talking familiarly among themselves, each one mentioning a few of the most interesting discov eries and extensions of knowledge in his own department of science. Such authorities are, for instance, Darwin, Haeckel, Huxley, Lang

Etchings and Lithographs and Reproductions of Oil and Water-Colour Paintings, Pastels, etc. Edited by Charles Holme. Published by International Studio, 67 Fifth Avenue, New York. 11x15 in. 34 pages. Complete in 8 Parts, each $1, net. It is interesting to Americans that "The Studio's" New Art Supplement should begin with an article on wood-engraving, which was the medium through which drawings were first presented to the readers of our books and magazines. Charles Hiatt gives a compact history of the development of this art, with particular attention to its modern aspects. He considers the crible method of the fifteenth century; the work of Dürer and Holbein in the sixteenth century; the white-line method of Thomas Bewick in the eighteenth century, and the black-line method as used by Timothy Cole and others of the present school. He mentions especially Paul Colin, the Frenchman, who works like a painter and uses every possible effect to realize his ideal. Mr. Hiatt observes that wood-engraving has been almost entirely supplanted by other reproductive processes, but hopes that among art-lovers it will come to be esteemed for its own sake. The large illustrations, many of which were produced especially for this work, are admirable reproductions of an etching by Edgar Chanine, a monotype in colors by Alfred East, a pastel by E. Aman-Jean, a woodcut by W. O. J. Nieuwenkamp, a tinted chalk drawing by G. Dupuis, and a water-color by Josef Israëls. Each picture is mounted between two sheets of heavy paper, which is the plan most approved by collectors. This work will appear in eight parts, and if the high standard set by the first installment is maintained, the subscribers will have a valuable commentary on the graphic arts of our time, and a beautiful collection of the works of notable artists.

Room with the Little Door (The). By Roland Burnham Molineux. G. W. Dillingham Co., New York. 5x71⁄2 in. 263 pages.

Rose and the Sheepskin (The). By Josephine Gordian Daley. William H. Young & Co., New York. 5x7 in, 389 pages. $1.

Dana, Humboldt, Newcomb-to quote at random. Another feature is found in the fact that each extract is a direct quotation from the author named; the book is in no sense a digest or summary. Finally, a third feature lies in the opportunity offered to follow up a particular subject, as to each selection are appended not only the names of author, book, and publisher, but also of volume, chapter, and date of publication.

Soltaire: A Romance of the Willey Slide and the White Mountains. By George Franklin Willey. Illustrated. The New Hampshire Publishing Corporation, Manchester, N. H. 5×71⁄2 in. 143 pages. Studies in Zoology: An Introduction to the Study of Animals for Secondary Schools and Academies. Illustrated. The American Book Co., New York. 5x7 in. 232 pages. 75c.

Ten Thousand Words Often Mispronounced. A Revised and Enlarged Edition of "7,000 Words Often Mispronounced," with a Supplement of 3,000 Additional Words. Including an Unusually Large Number of Proper Names and Words and Phrases from Foreign Languages. By William Henry P. Phyfe. (Fifty-ninth Thousand.) G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 44x6 in. 660 pages. $1, net. With this book the title tells the story. In many cases, where the dictionaries differ, several are quoted by name. The volume is extremely convenient and useful, and is now widely accepted as an excellent referencebook.

Westward Ho. By Charles Kingsley. Illustrated. (The Temple Classics.) The Macmillan Co., New York. 4x6 in. In 2 vols. 50c. each. An acceptable addition to the admirable "Temple Classics." "Westward Ho" is truly a classic in that it has kept its vitality and flavor and virility as few books do. Works of Jane Austen (The). Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. The Macmillan Co., New York. In 5 vols. 42X7 in. 80c. per vol.