A Warrior Fish.

The Ouananiche and its Canadian Environment. By E. D. T. Chambers. Illustrated. 357 pp. Indexed. 12mo, $1.50; by mail, $1.70.

The author says that his book is the result of repeated requests for a treatise on the ouananiche (pronounced whon-na-nishe) and its environment on the part of many anglers and others, who have been interested readers of his contributions to periodical literature. Surely these inquiring minds should be amply satisfied, for between the covers of this book they can

From The Quananiche "

The ouananiche is the salmon of a number of the waters of Eastern Canada, nearly all of which communicate with the sea. The ouananiche is believed, however, seldom to descend to the sea so its fresh-water habitat during the whole year being a matter of choice rather than necessity, the practice of calling it a land-locked salmon is merely a common error. In comparison with the Salmo salar, it is longer and slimmer, and its fins are larger and stronger, the tail being unusually large. The color runs from a deep black on the back,

through bluish green on the sides, to silver green at the medial line and silvery white below. When the fish is just out of the water the body color is very iridescent, showing green and purple bronze, with a tint of rose. The adults are all marked with black spots, either irregular quadrilaterals or double X's, not the single X's of the Atlantic salmon.

The ouananiche may be caught in Canada from the time the ice breaks up in April until the middle of September, but of course it must be sought in different localities at different periods. The best spring fishing is generally in the last two weeks of May.

Among the best fishing grounds and the most accessible are the pools of the Grand Decharge of Lake St. John. They are reached from Roberval, the northern terminus of the Quebec and Lake St. John Kailway, by a steamboat trip across the lake. At the head of this discharge the surplus waters of the lake are poured out into a number of channels, thickly sprinkled with islands, and after many miles and overcoming many obstacles are reunited in the bed of the Saguenay. In the swift waters of these rapids the ouananiche fishing is superb.

A corner of Lake St. John.

find complete answers to whatsoever they may desire to know concerning the gamiest fish for its size that swims.

While the name ouananiche is not to be found in any dictionary, yet ages before the arrival of the first white man in America, the Montagnais Indians, who roved and hunted the trackless wilderness between Hudson Bay and the St. Lawrence, gave this name to the particular salmon that they found all the year round in the waters of the streams and lakes that served as highways for the passage of their birch-bark canoes.

The book is redolent with the odor of the woods, and, as you read, the yearning for the forest that lies dormant in the breast of every normal man springs into vigorous life, and you are filled with an irresistible desire for exploring to your own satisfaction the delights of this wonderful region. You look longingly at your tackle and wonder if it will ever be your good fortune to leave the luxurious ease of civilization behind you to freshen your manhood with a life-giving trip to the home of the ouananiche. N. Y. Times.

King Noanett.

A Story of Old Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay. By F. J. Stimson, (J. S. of Dale.) Illustrated. 327 PP. 12mo, $1.50; by mail, $1.66. Upon this book Mr. Stimson has worked five years, its plot having been a matter of really life-long contemplation. The work is dedicated to John Boyle O'Reilly, with whom the author has spent many hours in conference, and who is likely to be recognized as the hero of this tale.

The original Bamfylde Moore Carew came from an old Devonshire family and was the son of a clergyman, but the spirit of adventure was too strong in him to be quenched; the story closely follows his career, but idealizes his character. It opens in the troublous days of Oliver Cromwell. Young Carew loves the pretty Lady St. Aubyn and becomes entangled in a royalist plot and is sent with others to Virginia to be sold as a slave in the plantations. Aboard the ship is an Irishman, Miles Courtenay, and a young maid, Jennifer. The three escape from their thraldom and travel northward, where "King Noanett" is met. The book is a succssion of thrilling adven

tures.

The author has the faculty of presenting the times in which his tale unfolds not only with fidelity but with the very spirit. Here is no hurried work, no hasty and ill-considered throwing together of manners, customs, scenes and events of two and a half centuries ago,

G. N. S. in answer to J. B. J. in May BOOK NEWS, informs us that "Via Solitaria," beginning, "Alone I walk the peopled city" was written by Prof. O. M. Conover, Madison, Wis., and first published in the New York Independent, July 2, 1863. This beautiful poem has been printed time and again and attributed to Henry W. Longfellow, said to have been found among his papers after his death. This is, however, a mistake.

G. N. S. would like to know of E. C. C., who sent the last stanza of "John and Peter," etc., in what

Moore makes his last pair of shoes.

Copyrighted by Lamson, Wolffe and Company.

and inherited her literary talent from both sides. Her mother, Caroline M. Kirkland, was the authoress of "Holidays Abroad," in two volumes, "A Life of Washington," and a volume of western sketches. Her father was Professor William Kirkland, late of Hamilton College. At an early age Miss Kirkland went to Michigan, and shortly after the fire she started in Chicago the "Kirkland School." She was widely known as the author of "Six Little Cooks," "Dora's Housekeeping,' Speech and Manners," a History of England," a History of France." and a History of English Literature." At the time of of her death she was at work on a "History of Italy." Publishers' Weekly.

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ADOLPH EBELING, a German writer of renown, died in Cologne, July 23d. He was born in Hamburg in 1872. He wrote a narrative of his voyage to Brazil and of his stay in Brittany and the Pyrenees. He also published a series of letters and stories under the title of 'Sketches of Modern Paris," "Im pressions of the War of 1870," a volume on Egypt, "Napoleon III. and His Court," and various collections of poems and literary sketches. He produced also a text-book of literature. N. Y. Post.

MISS MARY ABIGAIL DODGE, “Gail Hamilton," died at her home, Hamilton, Mass. August 17th.

She was born in Hamilton, Mass., about 1830. She became an instructor in physical science in the Hartford (Conn.) High School in 1851, and held that position for several years.

She subsequently was a governess in the family of Dr. Gamaliel Bailey of Washington, and became a contributor to his paper, The National Era. She was, in 1865-67, one of the editors of Our Young Folks, a magazine for children published in

Boston.

She first adopted the nom de plume of Gail Hamilton in 1862, and made it known throughout the country by reason of her witty and aggressive style She published several volumes, consisting largely of selections from her contributions to prominent mag

azines.

Among her published works are: Country Living and Country Thinking," Boston, 1862; "Gala Days,' 1863; "A New Atmosphere and

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Stumbling Blocks," 1864; "Skirmishes and Sketches," 1865; "Red Letter Days in Applethorpe" and 'Summer Rest," 1866; "Wool Gathering," 1867; "Woman's Wrongs, a Counter-Irritant," 1868; 'Battle of the Books," New York, 1870; "WomIan's Worth and Worthlessness," 1871; "Little Folk Life," 1872; Child World," 1872-3: "Twelve Miles from a Lemon," 1873; "Nursery Noonings," 1874; "Sermons to the Clergy, and "First Love is Best," 1875; "What Think Ye of Christ?" 1876; "Our Common School System 1880; "Divine Guidance, Memorial of Allen W. Dodge," 1881, and "The Insuppressible Book,' 1885. She wrote in 1887 for a New York newspaper a series of vigorous letters on civil service reform.

book or periodical the poem was printed, and the author's name.

OBITUARY.

MISS ELIZABETH STANSBURY KIRKLAND died in Chicago, July 30th. She was born in Geneva, N. Y.,

N. Y. Times.

Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words that have a Tale to Tell. By the Rev. E Cobham Brewer, LL. D. New Edition. Revised, corrected and enlarged. To which is added a concise bibliography of English Literature. 105th thousand With a portrait. 1440 pp. 12mo, $2.65; by mail, $2.81.

A new edition of a familiar book of reference which in the present issue has been enlarged one-third, 350 pages being added. In the new preface, Dr. Brewer says that the entire work has been rewritten, particular attention being paid to philology. An alphabetical list of English authors, with the dates of their works fills 116 pages and is brought down to recent authors like Zangwill. This dictionary is a most useful manual as its sales show, 105,000. At the same time, it perpetuates many popular fallacies and has many small errors, as for instance Zuleika is given as Joseph's wife. She was Potiphar's.

METAPHYSICAL.

A Spiritual Tour of the World. In search of the Line of Life's Evolution. By Otto A. De La Camp. 207 pp. 12m0, $1.00; by mail, $1.09. Paper 40 cents; by mail, 45 cents.

This work is of especial interest to all persons who are attracted by the higher spiritual philosophy. It combines in a striking manner the occidental and oriental thought, logic and intuition. The author is evidently a strong believer in evolution, and examines life from its earliest state to the clothing of the mortal with immortality or the entrance of the spirit into the region of perfect harmony, where it becomes as one with God through its elimination of the selfish elements which create discord and inharmony.

Publishers' Weekly. Elements of Deductive Logic. By Noah K. Davis, Ph. D., author of "The Theory of Thought,' etc. 208 PP. Indexed. 12mo, 81 cents; by mail, 91 cents. This text-book appeared in 1893 and comprises the body of approved logical doctrine, so that in a limited time, a student may acquire a rounded knowledge of the fundamental form of thought, be profited by the excellent discipline of the study and prepared for the pursuit of philosophical studies. A praxis is appended to each chapter. Many standard exercises have been retained and many new ones introduced.

RELIGION.

A Story of the Heavenly Camp-Fires. By One With a New Name. 219 pp. 12m0, 90 cents; by mail, 98 cents.

A description of the future life told by various persons distinguished and not in which its activities and emotions are represented as similar to the best seen on earth. Both the spiritual and the personal side of human life are discussed, and Heaven is treated as a sort of magnified earth in which the good end is seen from the beginning instead of being guessed at. The Archko Volume; or the Archaeological Writings of the Sanhedrin and Talmuds of the Jews. Intra Secus. These are the official documents made in these Courts in the days of Jesus Christ. Translated by Drs. McIntosh and Twyman. From manuscripts in Constantinople and the records of the Senatorial docket taken from the Vatican at Rome. 248 pp. 12m0, $1.50, postpaid. Under the guise of alleged copies of manuscripts in the Vatican and at Constantinople, the story of Christ's death and its circumstances is told in much detail, but with comparatively slender knowledge of the history of the period.

The Gospel According to John. From the New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. With the Readings and Renderings Preferred by The American Committee of Revision. Incorporated into the text by Roswell D. Hitchcock, D. D. American version. Illustrated. 216 pp. 16mo, paper, 10 cents; by mail, 15 cents. The Gospel of John has been called "the citadel of Christianity," because, containing the heart of faith, it has been more skilfully attacked and more earnestly defended than any other part of the New Testament. The book's existence and use in the churches within twenty-five years after John's death testify to its genuineness; but that is of far less importance than the internal evidence of its value in such marked episodes as the conversion of the Japanese Neesima, from the reading of a fragment of it found on the streettypical of its vital power for guidance, for comfort, for inspiration to holy living.

HISTORY.

General History of Civilization in Europe. By François Pierre Guillaume Guizot. Edited with critical and supplementary notes. By George Wells Knight, Ph. D. 403 pp. Indexed. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.22.

These lectures were delivered in 1828 and are still used as a text-book in some colleges. The present edition is based on that of 1842, edited by Prof. C. S. Henry, and his notes are in many instances retained. The notes by Dr. Knight add historical data, give the results of several more recent than Guizot and in some cases at the end of a lecture summarize the parts of the period treated. No revision of Guizot is attempted. Dr. Knight records his surprise at his discovery of how well the work stands the tests of seventy-five years and of "how few of the statements are noticeably at variance with modern knowledge or opinion."

Life on the Mississippi. By Mark Twain. New library edition. Illustrated. 465 pp. 12mo, $1.35; by mail, $1.53.

The author was for a long time a pilot and boatman on the great river at the time when the carrying trade upon it was enormous in extent, and he tells the story of the ways of these by-gone times in a bright and interesting manner which admits of the humorous treatment of many episodes in his experience. He tells of the floods, of the levees and of the work of the government upon the river, and follows the story of the river during the war, giving legends connected with it, stories of the outlaws during the days of slavery and with word pictures of the great cities which have grown up along the banks.

Hartford Post.

BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES.

Bryan and Sewall, and the Great Issue of 1896. By C. M. Stevans, author of "Free Silver, the Democratic Hand-Book." Illustrated. Neely's Popular Library. 303 pp. 12mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 25 cents.

Contains sketches of the candidates, Bryan's Chicago speech, an account of the Convention, the Democratic and Populist platform and speeches on the issues of the day, silver, etc., by Cockerell, Morgan, Daniel, Vest and others. A campaign document on the Populist and Democratic side.

History of Oratory and Orators. A study of the Influence of Oratory upon Politics, and Literature. With special reference to certain orators selected as representative of their several epochs. From the Earliest Dawn of Grecian Civilization down to the Present Day. By Henry Hardwicke, author of "The Art of Winning Cases," etc. 454 pp. Indexed. Svo, $2.25; by mail, $2 47. See review.

Johnson's Lives of the Poets. With A new edition. notes and introduction, by Arthur Wough, author of "Alfred Lord Tennyson; A Study of his Life and Work." In six volumes. Vol. IV. 271 pp. with an appendix. 12m0, $1.90; by mail, $2.00, One of the People. Life and speeches of William McKinley. Citizen, Soldier, Congressman, Governor, and Presidential Candidate. Embracing a complete report of the proceedings of the St. Louis Convention. To which is added a brief sketch of Garret A. Hobart. By Byron Andrews, author of "Notes on the Russo-Turkish War," etc. Illustrated. Neely's Popular Library. 365 pp, with an appendix. 12mo, paper, 35 cents; by mail, 40 cents.

Byron Andrews has written campaign lives of McKinley and Hobart, in which he traces the rise of these advocates of sound money and protection to the positions they now hold before the world, as the nominees for the highest offices in the power of our people to bestow. The book is well written and contains many extracts from speeches and addresses the two gentlemen have made. Mr. Garrett is given but six pages to some three hundred and fifty to McKinley, but this is made up for somewhat by portraits of his son and wife for frontispieces. Hartford Post.

TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION.

Bar Harbor. By F. Marion Crawford. Illustrated by C. S. Reinhart. American Summer Resorts. 59 pp. 12mo, 57 cents; by mail, 64 cents. The special characteristic of Mr Crawford's volume is, as might be expected, its extreme thoroughness. Not an attraction or a defect of Bar Harbor is slurred over, and the reader seeking accurate information from his own point of view, and not that of the Baedeker writer, feels that he has found it. There is perhaps less charm in the conscientious treatment of such a subject than in a picture more broadly brushed in; but there is a great deal of satisfaction for the summer wanderer. One's interest grows with the reading, and clings lovingly to the familiar features of the New England resort the Indian camp, the adjacent village kindly holding itself in spick and span readiness to receive visitors, the main street, the store, the mountain. Then there are the more individual features, very pleasantly described, such as catboat sailing in a fog, finding some June lilies in August and strawberries in July, and having for the driver of your buckboard a sailor who has been as far as China or has had hair-breadth escapes off the Banks. N. Y. Times.

Sport in the Alps, in the Past and Present. An account of the chase of the Chamois, Red Deer, Bouquetin, Roe Deer, Capercaillie, and Black Cock, with personal adventures and historical notes, and some Sporting Reminiscences of H. R. H., the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. By W. A. Baillie-Grohman, author of "Tyrol and the Tyrolese," etc. With numerous illustrations and photographs from life. 356 pp. Indexed. Svo, $3.75; by mail, $4.02.

See review'.

Appleton's European Guide Book for English Speaking Travellers. Illustrated. In two parts. Part 1 Including England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium and Holland. Part II. Including Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Egypt, Algeria, and the Holy Land. Twenty-ninth Edition 405-878 pp, with an index. 12mo, $4.50; by mail, $4.70.

Austria. Including Hungary, Transylvania, Dalmatia and Bosnia. Handbook for Travellers. By Karl

Baedeker. With twenty-eight maps and twentyfive plans. Eighth edition, remodelled and augmented. 468 pp. Indexed 16m0, $1.85; by mail, $1.95.

The Adirondacks. Containing description of notable features of the region, maps, etc. By S. R. Stoddard, author of "Ticonderoga," etc. Illustrated. Twenty-sixth edition. 236 pp. 18mo, paper, 25 cents; by mail, 30 cents.

A descriptive guide to the Adirondacks arranged by routes, with small maps and illustrations, revised to date but not giving hotel rates except in advertise

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The period from 1783 to 1789, in which the country was without a tariff and in which American trade and manufacturers were swamped by free English imports, is minutely described from contemporaneous accounts. This situation was a potent argument for the adoption of the Constitution so as to create a power which could levy a protective tariff For a generation after the organization of the new Government no one doubted this and Mr. Mason urges no one should doubt it now.

The Monetary and Banking Problem. By Logan G. McPherson. 135 pp. 12mo, 75 cents; by mail,

84 cents.