MAGAZINE BRIEFS. Shakespeariana proposes to open in October a School of Shakespeare for the systematic study of the works of the great dramatist. An excellent paper on artistic bronze working, with full particulars of the most minute processes; makes a very readable essay in the September Harper's. The Church Review offers a prize of $250 for the best series of articles on the importance of beneficiary aid societies for the education of young men for the ministry, the duty of sustaining such societies, and answers to the objections made to beneficiary education. Competitive examinations, as adjuncts, to Civil Service Reform, under the present form meets with the disapproval of Gordon Grey, in the Fortnightly. He proposes, however, a system of classification that will remove all injustice from the system and make it eminently practicable. A writer in the Nineteenth Century believes, after a long discussion, that animals are happier than men, and that they feel pain less. This may or may not be, but animals have not the recollection of past pain conquered, that may soften the present pang, the thought of the transiency of happiness that may mar the present joy. or In the New Princeton Review, our poet Stedman writes a very interesting article on Genius," suggested by Mr. Howell's recent writings on genius and talent. The presentation of views, differing as they do from those taken by Mr. Howells, is clear, direct, forcible and respectful, and made valuable by citations from the opinions of authorities. "The Turning of the Worm," in the Forum, is a defense against the wrongs that a cold-hearted, printloving public heap upon the heads of editors. The popular fallacy that any one can "run a paper," is contradicted by an inside view of what "running" really means. This side of the question is very plainly and accurately given. Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, one of the largest stockholders in Mr. Keely's Motor, writes an article in Lippincott's on the subject, in which she expresses hope and enthusiasm for its future. Judge, in a recent issue, uses the same topic as a cartoon of the President's struggle with Civil Service Reform. Is it the irony of fate that the actualities of life must pose in so many positions? The magazines, during the past few months, have done faithful work in bringing the degradation and ignorance of the negro forward for public discussion and remedy. Pres. A. Sa isbury, in the Andover Review, agrees with others, that education, mental and moral, is the first step towards raising this benighted people to a higher plane. Very interesting is it to note the developments in ballooning, and the approach to a practical application of the principles of aerostatics. The two ballooning trips in the Century have a zest and spice of danger which we can honestly say we prefer to experience by type than to really go up in a gas bag, till the earth looks like a large sheet of blotting paper covered with splotches. This travelling by proxy is very entertaining and useful for people who are careful of their life. Decline of any kind, the gradual fading away of power, influence, beauty, glory or genius, touches a responsive chord in our hearts. The poet Saxe, who has slipped out of public notice, saddened and changed by domestic afflictions, is now a weak, melancholy old man, the antipodes of the merry rhymster of a decade ago. The Brooklyn Magazine has a bright account of a recent visit to his home in Albany. Geo. Frederick Parson's article in the Atlantic, on the Saloon in Politics," is direct, pointed and fully appreciative of the danger of combining the two. It is a matter of regret to say that at present, with the saloon and politics together, it is extremely doubtful which is in the worse society. "A Countryman's Experience of Law," in Blackwood's, gives much shrewd advice and observation with a quiet humor that seems to show the author has experienced what he relates. Were we to accept his statements, law must be an excellent thing to avoid. The Old Testament Student, in its September issue, keeps up to its high standard as a Bible expositor. Dr. T. W. Chalmers writes a careful essay on the Ten Commandments, their limits, meaning, and division on the tablets of stone. A very interesting article on unrolling the mummy of Rameses the Great, taken from Prof. Maspero's report, is given. In the North American Review, Kate Field writes an article on a subject in which she has a strong feeling, as shown by her recent lectures, on the condition of Mormondom. Their doctrine of blood-atonement is an awful one, and should be abolished. The religion that permits such an institution must be a frightful sham, masquerading under a pretended worshp. "Since brevity's the soul of wit, The books given under this heading comprise the principal books published during August. In the note, the idea has been to tell what the book is about, and the style in which it is written, rather than to give any criticism upon its merits. These brief, chatty outlines are in every instance the result of a careful reading and examination of each book by the editors of Book CHAT, and are not copied from other papers or reprinted from publishers' notices. APHRODITE. A Romance of ancient Hellas. By Ernst Eckstein. From the German by Mary. J. Safford.-Acontius, a young sculptor, pupil of the famous Athenian, Pharax, leaves Mylasa for Miletus to seek his fortune. Young, handsome and accomplished, he wins the hearts of two beautiful women -Neaira, a flower girl, and Cydippe, daughter of the proud archon Charidemus. The jealousy of the former causes some exciting scenes. The time is contemporary with Nebuchednezzar, and the action is for a great part thrown around the Temple of Aphrodite.-Gottsberger, paper, .50; cloth, .90. AUGUST. By Oscar Fay Adams.-For this eighth volume of "Through the Year with the Poets," Mr. Adams has been so fortunate as to secure eight new poems on the month of August, all of which, we are pleased to note are from native American poets. The series thus far has revealed a wealth of tributes to the months beyond our expectation -Lothrop, .75. a AS COMMON MORTALS. A novel.-Millicent Barron, bright precocious girl, becomes acquainted in her seventeenth year with Miss Reese, a lady of advanced ideas, with whom she becomes quite intimate, and is led into a world of thought that fully develops her strong individuality. There are touches in her character and the pride of her family that remind us strongly of Maggie Tulliver, in the Mill on the Floss." It is a brilliant novel, with strong, bright, and able character studies.-Cassell, 1.25. BAD TO BEAT. A novel. By Hawley Smart, author of "Tie and Trick."-At a hunt ball, near the barracks, Captain Denton meets winsome Molly Lepel, who was about to leave for India, where her father was stationed. The Sepoy rebellion then broke out, and the gallant captain with his regiment was detailed for duty at the seat of war. He proved "bad to beat " in love as well as in war.-Harpers, .25; Rand & McNally, .25. THE CHILCOTES; OR, TWO WIDOWS. A novel. By Leslie Keith.-Mrs. Edward Chilcote, young, handsome and wealthy, on the death of her husband visited her widowed sister-in-law, Mrs. Tom Chilcote. After a brief stay she returns to Oxford, where she becomes interested in Stephen Prior, a fine, easy-going, likable young protegé of her husband's. The life of the two widows with their daily cares and joys, sorrow and love, is prettily told.-Harpers, .20. THE CHIDREN OF OLD PARK'S TAVERN. A story of the South Shore. By Frances A. Humphrey.-A story of the simple, primitive, every-day life of a country family on the south shore of Massachusetts Bay, fifty years ago. The setting of the story is historical, and the pictures of Hingham, Marshfield, Plymouth and other well-known places are graphic, and the notes and reminiscences of Webster and contemporary worthies make this a delightful child's story, fit reading for those of a larger growth.-Harpers, 1.00. DOUBLE CUNNING. The tale of a Transparent Mystery. By George Manville Fenn.-To obtain the money of Arthur L. Range, an American visiting England, certain villians kidnap him and keep him for over a year on a trumped up charge of insanity. He surpasses their cunning by his own ingenuity after he passes through some sensational experiences and exciting situations.-Appleton, .50. THE FALL OF ASGARD. A novel. By Julian Corbett. -A tale of Norway during the eleventh century, dealing with historic characters and giving an excellent idea of the mythology, history and home life of the early Norsemen. The field is a new one in fiction, and has a fierce, wild, hardy beauty and power. Harpers, .25. FOR SUMMER AFTERNOONS. By Susan Coolidge (S. C. Woolsey), author of "The New Year's Bargain." New edition.-Whoever is fortunate enough to get some shady, cool retreat where he can forget the intolerable heat of these "summer afternoons," and where the drowsy flies come not, will enjoy this bright collection of short stories, graceful, easy and clever.-Roberts, 1.25. GOLDEN MEDIOCRITY. A novel. By Eugénie Hamerton.-A study of French life, social habits and manners of thought in the French middle classes, as compared with the English, as shown in the intimate relations between the Mole family and some English friends whom young Jean Mole brings with him for a visit to France.-Roberts, 1.00. THE GREAT MASTERS OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE. By Ernst Dupuy. Translated by N. H. Dole.-That original Russian literature is yet in its infancy is vouched for by the statement that fifty years ago nearly all the Russian writers were imitators or translators. The literary life of the three masters, Gogol, Turgénief and Tolstoi, is carefully analyzed, and the peculiar power and characteristics of each pointed out. -Crowell, 1.50. THE GYPSY'S PROPHECY; OR, THE BRIDE OF AN EVENING. By Mrs. Southworth. New edition.-The mystery hinges on the fulfillment of a prophecy made to Constance Wynne by a gipsy, that, if she loved and married she would be a bride but for an hour, for the scaffold would arise between her and her husband. She disregarded this prophecy and marries Gerald Mostyn, who is immediately arrested on a charge of murder Peterson, .75. HANNIBAL OF NEW YORK. By Thomas Wharton.Hannibal St. Joseph and Paul Cradge, two New York millionaires, enter into a business compact, offensive and defensive, and the acts of these two Wall Street leaders is a condensed biograpy of how low the human heart can go in its battle for wealth. Mrs. St. Joseph, despite of her lonely, sad life, gains a position in society which, like the tinted soap-bubble, satisfies but for a moment. Sin holds its Diogenes sword ever trembling over its victim.-Holt, 1.00. IMPROVEMENT OF TIME. By the late John Foster.A collection of a few scattered compositions of Mr. Foster, either for a long time out of print or hitherto unpublished. In addition to the essay on time, are given observations on indolence, intervals and silence, and notes of seventy sermons preached by this Christian philosopher.-London (Bohn's Library), 1.40. JO'S OPPORTUNITY. By Lucy C. Lillie.-Faith Emerson made her life one of purpose, deep, real and persistent. There was sorrow enough in life and she determined to do all in her power to alleviate it. The reformation made in the life of little Jo Markham was delightfully carried forward for others by Jo herself when her opportunity came. Helping the helpless is a noble consecration.-Harpers, 1.00. KATHARINE BLYTHE. A novel. By Katherine Lee.Katharine Blythe and Bonython Bosvargus bade each other a sad farewell when he left Corny all to seek his fortune. Their parents did not favor the matcl. but that would only delay it, not cancel it. Two years' abs. nce found both true, and the young lover wrote a letter der landing his love. The father, that unsympathetic iconoclast, answered it with a lie-that Katharine would wed another. Years later Bosvargus returns and of terrible days of doubt and despair followed their meeting, Harpers, .25. LOVE AND LUCK. The story of a Summer's Loitering on the Great South Bay. By Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.— The Osborn family, tired of the monotony and sarcasm of trying to get rest and recreation in torrid Saratoga, determined to have a yacht of their own and spend the summer sailing as their sweet wills dictate. Their scheme is carried out, and a gay, jolly season they had. We almost pity Kate her half-engagement to that simmering, innocent young egotist, whose patrimony of two million dollars he rapidly disburses for toilet articles. A happy, dashing narrative for summer or winter.Harpers, 1.00. MARCUS BRUTUS AND OTHER VERSES. By Walter Hubbell.-Fifteen poems, suggested for the most part by incidents or persons well known in the historic world, being farewell or memorial verses. "Idalia" and "The Wanderer" are love poems.-Brentanos, .50. MISS MELINDA'S OPPORTUNITY. By Helen Campbell.-After the death of her sister with whom she had lived a very monotonous life, Miss Melinda awoke to the consciousness that there was a world around her that needed her. She interested herself in a young girls' cooking school, and did much to soothe the rough life of the working-girls. The story is a simple, direct plea for practical, personal sympathy and aid to weary toilers.-Roberts, 1.00. MY FRIEND JIM. By W. E. Norris.-The title, "My Friend Jim," has a frank, congenial ring about it that is fully carried out by the story. Jim Leigh loved Hilda Turner, and when he discovered her falsity left England for a six years' stay in India. After his return a new love affair engages his attention, with a slight diversion, caused by the acts of his quondom sweetheart.-Harpers, .25; Macmillan, 50. OBLIVION. By M. G. McClelland.—Mrs. Nelson Hollingsworth, of Washington, travelling with her infant child in the South, is overtaken by a terrific railroad accident, from which she is rescued insensible. After her recovery her memory is a blank, and she lives three years among these rough yet tender mountaineers, lost to her family and friends. The period following the awakening from her mental oblivion is thoroughly exciting and intensely interesting.-Holt, 1.00. THE ONE THING NEEDFUL. A novel. By Miss M. E. Braddon. The one thing needful varies at different ages and in different persons. In a woman's life, at least to "Stella," it was "love." The noble Lord Lashan snatches her from the terror of death and adopts her as his own child. The life was one of changes and crosses, ended by a noble name.-Harpers, .20. THE OPTIMISM OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON. By William F. Dana.-Byron, Tennyson, and Swinburne, the three poets of this century taken by the author as best radiating and reflecting in their writings a pessimistic view of life, as if the world were a dark dungeon to hold frightened children. Ralph Waldo Emerson broke through this gloomy atmosphere with his song of light and joy, as a disciple of hope and kindly philosophy.-Cupples, Upham, & Co., .50. OUR RADICALS. A tale of Love and Politics. By Fred Burnaby.-A prophetic outlook of events affecting the prosperity of the British Kingdom in the next decade of this century. The radical ministers lose Ireland, break up the colonies, and barely miss losing India. They conscientiously ruin trade and the business-standing of society. general declares war on the country in the name of Victoria, and fierce struggles result. The love tale is furnished by Mr. Hughes, who edited the work.-Harpers, .25. A tory PEPITA XIMENEZ. From the Spanish of John Valera. With an introduction by the author.-The plot is a slight one. Don Luis, who, though not under vows, had virtually destined his life as an offering to the Church, met Pepita Ximenez, a beautiful widow. He struggles against the powerful influence she has over him, and analyzes every thought and feeling he has toward her. The strength and beauty of the narrative is in the keen, critical, dissection of his emotions when in her presence or separated from her.-Appleton, .50. THE PHANTOM CITY. By Wm. Westall.-A young surgeon of the Guadalquiver, saved when the noble ship goes down, attends a wounded passenger who, on his recovery, prcposes that they search together for the phantom city. Their adventures are wild and hazardous, the scenery grand, and the descriptions of phantoms and life, realistic. A vivid imagination conceived the romance, giving the author's talent full scope.-Cassell, 1.50. PICTURES AND LEGENDS FROM NORMANDY AND BRITTANY. By Thomas and Katharine Macquoid -Airy, graphic sketches, descriptive and narrative, gathered from observation and conversation, or founded on popular traditions and legends, many of them told by the story-telling beggars of Brittany.-Putnams, .50. A PLAYWRIGHT'S DAUGHTER. A novel. By Mrs. Annie Edwards.-Tania Meredith, on the death of her father, an English dramatist, is left in charge of her stepmother and her father's friend, Major Keene. After two years this wild little Muscovite is brought out into London society. Her love, strong and passionate like her Russian nature, makes her noble rescue of the woman, who had come between her and happiness, almost divine by contrast.-Harpers, .25. A POLITICIAN'S DAUGHTER. By Myra Sawyer Hamlin.-James Harcourt, while a member of Congress, dabbled in D. Q. R. R. stock in a manner that an appreciation of his honor and position should have forbid. No one knows of this but a fellow participant, Judge Chipman, who desires to marry his son to Miss Dorothy Harcourt. The politician's daughter is loved, however, by Arthur Bradley, wealthy and refined, and born in Beacon Street, Boston-a fact he never forgets. The dialogue is bright and clever, politically and socially.-Appleton, .75. on. POMEGRANTE SEED. A novel.-Brimful of sensational issues. Michael Barrington, an Irish conspirator, ill treats his wife, a Polish countess, and abuses his child who, as far as he is concerned, is inaptly named Desirée. The reader to follow the characters has to take a tour of the continent. Con Blake has a little unpleasantness with his uncle about some back rent, and he closes the argument by shooting the old man, but is punished well by falling into the hands of Mr. BarringThere is no dearth of incident, surely.-Harpers, .20. PRINCESS. By Miss M. G. McClelland.-Princess is the happy name by which Miss Pocahontas Mason is called at home. She is tall, handsome and true, and there is a warm sunshine in her life, unconsciously to us throwing its rays over our ideal of her that makes her most beautiful. The story is a Southern one, and the motive the love that sprang up between the Mason house and the new neighbors from the North. The local coloring is excellent, strong, telling and genuine, and the individuality of the principle characters well preserved.-Holt, 1.00. REAL PEOPLE. By Marion Wilcox.-A half dozen short stories about "real people" for "real people" to read. They comprise "A Spanish-American Engagement"; "Bertram Born"; Keepsakes "; "Persifal "; "Paul and Pauline"; 'Good-bye to Common Sense," and "Concha Casablanca." White, Stokes and Allen, 1.00. RE-EMBODIMENT UNIVERSAL IN NATURE. By Prentiss Mulford.-Progression, improvement, and continual change, the author believes, is not confined to man, but exists in all animals. He follows out the idea in an evolutionary spirit by tracing the gradual change from a savage state. Spirit is the force that modifies all matter, and is all-powerful. The presentation is popular and simple in language and illustration. -White Cross Library, .10. THE STORY OF SPAIN. By Edward Everett Hale and Susan Hale.-The salient facts in the history of Spain, the vital movements in the political life of the nation that have re sulted in the Spain of to-day, are given directly and simply, with constant suggestions throughout, a word, name or thought, dropped here or there that may lead the reader to become his own historian, to investigate for himself. The plan is a very good one.-Putnams; 1.50. THE NEW MAN AT ROSSMERE.-By Mrs. J. H. Walworth, author of "The Bar-Sinister."-Major Denny, a real Yankee, had settled down at his place, Rossmere, in Arkansas, some months before his neighbors at Tievinia consented to bury the hatchet of sectional feeling and acknowledge him as a neighbor. A most happy relationship springs up between the two families, and they become fast friends. The condition of the South, social, political, and educational, is graphically described-Cassell, 1.25. TWO PINCHES OF SNUFF. A novel. By William Westall.-Dr. Royden, an enthusiastic bibliophile, mad after books, takes to forgery, robbery and murder to obtain necessary funds. From an ivory snuff-box, ornamented with a cheerful skull and cross-bones, he hands his victim a pinch of the titillating mixture. An interesting love-story, without snuff, is subordinate to the discovery of Royden's villainy.Harpers, .20. WANTED-A SENSATION. A Saratoga Incident. By Edward S. Van Zile.-During the dearth of summer news at Saratoga, Mr. Slushington of the New York Morning Era is on the sharp lookout for an "item." Something odd in the actions of the Rev. Samuel Hurd, convinces this journalistic vulture that he is on the right scent; and he proves that he is. His enterprise is rewarded-the clergy are brought into disrepute. The secondary motive of Edw. Murray in thus seeking a chance for breaking his engagement with Miss Hurd is certainly not honorable.-Cassell, .25 WITHOUT COMMENT. The following list comprises the principal books of the month, in addition to those given under "New Books." Copies not having been sent us, and all our notices being original, we give them here without comment. Across the Garden Wall, by the Hon. Mrs. Greene, author of Astronomy, Popular History during the Nineteenth Century, Banker's Almanac and Register for 1886, by Albert S. Bolles- Barbara, by the author of "His Wedded Wife-Fiction; The Illustrated Publishing Co., Chicago, .25. Beauchamp's Career, by Geo. Meredith, new edition, 8voFiction; London, 2.40. Book of the Running Brook and of Still Waters, by Lady Colin Campbell-Sport; London, 2.00 Bound by a Spell, by Hugh Conway-Fiction; Munro, .29. Bright's Disease and Allied Affections of the Kidneys, by C. W. Purdy, M.D.-Medical; Lea Bros. & Co., 2.00. Buchholz Family, Sketches of Berlin life, by Julius Stinde, translated from 49th German edition, 8vo.-Fiction; London, 3.00. Burns, Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of, by J. Cuthbertson-Reference; London, 2.40. Chalk and Flint Formations, their origin. In harmony with a very ancient and scientific modern theory of the world. Illustrated by facts and specimens, by W. B. GallowayScience; London, 1.25. Clothes of Religion, a reply to popular positivism, by Wilfred Ward-Religion; New York Cath. Pub. Soc. .30. Edison's Incandescent Electric Lights for Street Illumination, by A. Hickenlooper-Science; Robert Clarke & Co., .50. Edith Lawson, by Miss R. Bates, 3 vols.-Fiction, London. Elementary Bandaging and Surgical Dressing, by W. Page, -Medicine; London, 1.00. Elocutionist's Annual, No. 14-Eloc.; Nat. School of Orat, .30. Elements of Analytical Geometry, by G. A. WentworthEducation; Gunn & Co., 1.10. Emigrant Life in Kansas, by Percy G. Ebbutt, profusely illustrated-Travel, Lippincott, 2.25. Endura; or, Three Generations; a New England Romance, C. Essays, by Abraham Cowley-Essays; Cassell, .10. Evolution of a Shadow; or, The Bible Doctrine of Rest, by For One Man's Pleasure, by Nellie Fortescue HarrisonFiction; London, 1.00. Francis, by M. Dal Vero, author of "A Heroine of the Commonplace, 8vo-Fiction; London, 1.80 Gordon (Gen) Hero and Saint, by A. E. Keeling-Biog.; London, 1.25. Gospel Faith Commended to Common Sense, by John Leighton-Religion; Funk and Wagnalls, .75. Great Gold Secret and Other Stories-Fiction; Cassell, .15. Handbook of Therapeutics, by Sydney Ringer, M. D., 11th edition, rev.-Medicine; Wood & Co., 5.00. Hero of Our Time, by M. W. Lermontoff, translated by R. J. Lipman-Fiction; London, 2.40. History of Greek Literature from the Earliest period to the Death of Demosthenes, by F. R. Jevous, M.A.—Literary Crit.; London, 3.40. History of Music, by J. F. Rowbotham, vol. 2-Music; London, 7.20. History of the Commune of 1871, translated from French of Léssagaray by E. M. Aveling, 8vo-History, London, 4.20. Household Sanitation, an address by W. E. Hoyt-Medical; Ticknor & Co., .30. How I Managed and Improved My Estate, 8vo.-Reference; London, 1.25. Improvement of Time, by J. Foster (Bohn's Standard Library) Essays, London, 1.40. Influence of Emerson, by W. R. Thayer-Literary Criticism; Cupples, Upham & Co., .25. Injury and Insult, by Fedor Dostolffsky, author of "Crime and Punishment," 8vo.-Fiction; London, 2.40. In One Town, by the author of "Anchor Watch Yarns," z vols.-Fiction; London. Kindergarten and the School, by four active workersEducation; Milton, Bradley Co., 1.00. Labor Problem, by R. Heber Newton-Sociology; Day Star Publishing Co., .25. Lady Valworth's Diamonds, by the Duchess -Fiction; London, .50. Law of Heat, by Maria R. Hemiup-Science; Geneva Gazette, 1.00. Memory Selections, by C. Northend.-Elocution; C. W. Bardeen, .25 Mercer (J.) Life and Labors of, by E. A. Parnell.-Biog., London, 3.00 My First Crime, by Gustave Marcé, 8vo.-Fiction; Lond. 1.25 Mystery of Shakespeare Revealed, by W. H. Churcher,-Literary Crit., Eby & Co., Detroit, .35 National Junior Speaker, by O. E. Branch.-Elocution; Baker & Taylor, .75. National Primary Speaker, by O. E. Branch-Eloc.; Baker & Taylor, .50. Norah Moriarty, or Revelations of Modern Irish Life, 2 vols. 8vo.-Fiction, London, 6.80 Oranges and Alligators. Sketches of Life in South Florida. by Iza Duffies Hardy, 8vo.-Travel, London, 2.00 Our Country, by Josiah Strong.-Sociology; Baker & Taylor, 25. Our Fancy Pigeons and Rambling Notes of a Naturalist, by G. Ure, 8vo.-Nat. Hist., London, 2.40 Out of the Gloaming, by E. J. Porter, 2 vols.-Fiction, Lond. Paralysis-Cerebral, Bulbar and Spinal, by H. C. Bastian.— Medicine; London, 5.00 People's Problem and its Solution, by W. H. Lyon, Sioux Falls.-Sociology, .75 Poems, by James Riley.-Poetry; Cleaves, McDonald & Co., Boston, 1.00 Raleigh, by E. Gosse, “English Worthies," 8vo.-Biog., London, 1.25 Records of an Active Life, with Incidents of Travel, by S. Taylor, 8vo.-Travel; London, 1.25 Reymond; A Drama of the American Revolution, by Henry M. Cronkhite.-Drama; Putnam, 1.25 Rogues and Vagabonds, by G. R. Sims-Fiction; Munro. .20. Romano-British Mosaic Pavements, with plates by T. Morgan, roy. 8vo.-Art; London, 16.80. Sacred Mysteries among the Mayas and the Quiches 11,500 years ago-Religion; London, 5.00. Selections for written reproduction; designed as an aid to composition writing and language study, by E. R. Shaw-Education; Appleton, .56. Shakespeareian Referee, by J. H. Siddons-Literary Crit ; Lowdermilk & Co. Shelley (P. B.), Memoir of, by Wm. M. Rossetti, 8vo.-Biog.; Short Studies in English-Education; Barnes & Co, .60. Six Weeks' Preparation for reading Cæsar, by J. M. Whiton- Snowed Up and Other Complete Stories, by leading writers. -Fiction; Cassel, .15. Souvenirs of a Military Life in Algeria, by Comte Castellane, translated by M. J. Lovett, 2 vols., 8vo.-Travel; London, 10.00. Studies in Modern Socialism and Labor Problems, by T. Edward Brown, D.D-Political Econ.; Appleton, 1.25. Techno-Chemical Receipt Book, containing several thousand receipts, covering the latest, most important and most usefui discoveries in chemical technology, and their practical application in the arts and sciences.-Science; London, 4.20. Temple of Alanthur with other Poems, by Isaac R BaxleyPoetry Putnam, 1.25. Theatre (The), An Essay upon the non-accordancy of Stage Plays with the Christian Profession, by Josiah W. LeedsReligion; J. W. Leeds, Phila., .18. Vendetta; a Life Lost Sight of, by Marie Corelli, 8vo, 3 vols.Fiction; London. Waters Above the Firmament; or, The Earth's Annular System, by Isaac N. Vail-Science; Clarke & Co., Cleveland, O., 2.00. Wayfarers, by W. A. Taylor, 2 vols.-Fiction; London, .6.80. Ways of Women, a Study of their Virtues and Vices, by S. Yorke-Essays; London, 1.00. Who Took It? and other complete stories, by leading writers. Fiction; Cassell, .15. Wife's Confession and other stories-Fiction; Cassell's. Wife's Sacrifice (Martyr), by Alphonse D'Ermery, translated by H. S. Edwards-Fiction; London, .50. Winnipeg Country; or, Roughing It with an Eclipse Party, by A Rochester Fellow-Travel; Cupples, Upham & Co., 1.75. Young Folks' Entertainments, by E. C. and L. J. Rook-Eloc. Nat. School of Orat., .40. Zero; a Tale of Monte Carlos, by Mrs. C. Praed, 8vo.Fiction; London, 1.00. CLASSIFIED LIST. To obtain information on new works for the month on special subjects, refer to title in alphabetical order. NEW BOOKS, page 104; WITHOUT COMMENT, 106. ART.-Romano British Mosaic Pavements. BOTANY.-Life Histories of Plants. DOMESTIC ECONOMY.-Cooking for Profit; How I Managed and Improved my Estate. DRAMA.-Reymond, The Theatre EDUCATION.-Astronomy, Elements of Geometry, English Rhetoric; Kindgarten; Lectures in Kindergarten, Selections for writing; Short Studies in English; Six Weeks Preparation for Reading Cæser. ELOCUTION.-Elocutionist's Annual No. 14; Memory Seclections; National Juvenile Speaker; National Primary Speaker. Entertainments. ESSAYS.-Essays; Improvement of Time; Sir Roger de Coverly; Ways of Women. FICTION.-Across the Garden Wall; Archie Lovell; Aphrodite; As Common Mortals; Bad to Beat; Ball-Room Repentance; Barbara; Beauchamp's Career; Bound by a Spell; Buchholz Family; Chilcotes; Children of Old Park's Tavern: Cruel Necessity; Double Cunning; Driven from Home; Edith Lawson; Endura; Ethel Mildmay's Follies; Fall of Asgard; For One Man's Pleasure; For Summer Afternoons; Francis; Golden Mediocrity Great Gold Secret; Gypsy's Prophecy; Hannibal; Hero of our Time; Injury and Insult; In One Town; Jo's Opportunity; Katherine Blythe; Lady Valworth's Diamonds; Master Passion; My First Crime; My Friend Jim; Norah Moriarty; Oblivion; One Thing Needful; Our Radicals; Out in the Gloaming; Pepita Ximenez; Phantom City; Playwright's Daughter; Politician's Daughter; Pomegranate Seed; Princess; Real People; Rogues and Vagabonds; Snowed Up; That New Man at Rossmere; Two Pinches of Snuff; Vendetta; Wanted-A Sensation; Wayfarers; Who Took It; Wife's Confession; Wife's Sacrifice, Zero. HISTORY.-History of the Commune; Making of the Irish Nation; Story of Spain. HUMOR.-Analysis of Wit and Humor; English Jests. JUVENILE.-Children of Old Park's Tavern; Jo's Oppor tunities. LITERARY CRITICISM.-History of Greek Literature; In- NATURAL HISTORY.-Our Fancy Pigeons. POLITICS and SOCIOLOGY.-Labor Problem; Our Coun- RELIGION and ALLIED THOUGHT.-Apocalypse; Clothes or Religions; Evolution of a Shadow; Gospel Faith; Sacred Mysteries; The Theatre. SCIENCE-Arc and Glow Lamps; Astronomy; Chalk and TRAVEL and ADVENTURE.-Emigrant Life in Kansas; Oranges and Alligators; Pictures and Legends; Records of an Active Life; Souvenirs of a Military Life; Winnipeg Country |