A new monthly, The Pharmaceutical Era will be published in Detroit, Mich. Telepathy is a branch of mental study that has been developed within the past three years. Mind in Nature, gives in the latest number a brief yet suggestive paper on the subject by Prof. Butler. Under the title Two Serious Books Harriet Waters Preston discusses with keen critical appreciation Baldwin and Chapters on European History in the current Atlantic. In Christian Thought Prof. B. C. Blodgett has written a thoughtful, pleasant study of the mission of music to heart and mind with illustrative anecdotes from history and biography. Robert Burns is the subject of an interesting biographical sketch in the English Illustrated Magazine. The illustrations show places made noted by being associated with Burns. A distinctively southern essay in the Southern Bivouac is Moonshine Men, giving the life and struggles of illicit distillers in the Appalachian range. Their's is a life of isolation, hardship and frugality, yet their minds are quick to be acted upon by impulse and prone to passion. James A. Froude in his History of England, while relating a part of the adventures of Mary Queen of Scots, uses the expression "the slang of Protestant theology." Rev. M. G. Hansen in a very dignified and pointed essay in the Reformed Quarterly calls the historian to account for the slur thus cast on religion as being untrue and unbecoming a just writer on the history of any question. Ouida in her clever article in the current North American Review seems to get into the very pith of vulgarity. The roots of all vulgarity she believes are found in inquisitiveness and idleness, and that certain acts are essentially vulgar, no matter what may be the station of the offender or the circumstances of the offense. Whether vulgarity has the universe so completely absorbed into itself as the writer states is questionable. In his thought-provoking article on the "Laws of Habit" in the Popular Science Monthly, Prof. Wm. James gives a clear illustration of the development of habit from a constant accretion of trifles. The drunken Rip Van Winkle, "he "in Jefferson's play excuses himself for every says, fresh derelication by saying, I won't count this time! Well he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it but it is being counted none the less. Down among his nerve cells and fibres the molecules are counting it, registering and storing it up to be used against him when the next temptation comes." "Do you question me, as an honest man should do, for my simple, true judgment?"-MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Correspondents are invited to make full use of this column on all literary questions, which will be most The cheerfully answered as far as we may be able, name and address must in all cases accompany the query. 51. Please inform me the correct pronunciation and accent of the second word in this title Anna Karénina? L. G. P. GREYSTONE, PA. Karénina is pronounced Karyaneenah. The accented é indicates the stress of voice, and also In the that it has the scund of á as in mane. Russian, there is a very slight sound of i, or y before the e, impossible for an American to get. Karénina is the correct Russian form, the family name being treated like an adjective. Her husband's name was Karenin, hence her's takes the final a to indicate the feminine. Had his name ended in sky, her's would have terminated in skaya. If unmarried, the same treatment would have been applied to her father's name for her use. 32. Where can I find a poem entitled "The Kiss Deferred?" J. W. S. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Soper's Recitations No. 5, page 111, T. S. Denison, Chicago, publisher.-25 cents. 33. What French woman has the highest name as a letter-writer? NEW YORK. GRAHAM. It is difficult to pronounce any one highest in any special department, as each author has her followers who of course deem her most famous, Mme. De Séviqué, George Sand, Mme. de Stael and Mme. de Remusat are the most noted. Letter writing as a form of literature has fallen into disuse, and there is to-day no woman in France who has made any name as a latter-writer, perhaps excepting Etincelle who writes for the Paris Figaro. 54. Who was Salome, the subject of the powthe Christmas L'Art?erful etching in ARTISTIQUE. BOSTON, Mass. Salome was the daughter of Herodias, who procured the head of John the Baptist for her sinful dancing. (See Matthew xiv. 26.) .Argosy. Missing Rubies, The. By Sarah Doudney. Not Found Out...... ...Atlantic. Irish Monthly. Temple Bar. Puntacosset Colony, The. By Leonard Kip........Overland. ...Welcome. Story of a New York House, The. H. C. Bunner..Scribner's. Three Vocations, The. By Caroline F. Little....Church Mag. CLASSIFIED LIST. To obtain information on new works for the month, on special subjects. refer to title in alphabetical order on other pages. New Books, 12; Without Comment, 18. ART-Artist's Manual; Our American Artists; Trees and how to draw them; Year's Art, 1887. BIOGRAPHY-Benton; Canning; Character Portraits; Coleridge; Dictionary of National Biography; Every-Day Life of Lincoln; Gladstone; Hood; Longfellow; Napoleon; Sister Dora; Souvenirs; Wood (A); Wordsworth (Dorothy). DOMESTIC ECONOMY-Carving and Serving; Church Embroidery; Cookery for our Sick; Dishes and Drink; Five o'clock Tea; Home-Rule Wrinkles; Kitchen Oracle; Sanitary Examination; Tinned Meats. DRAMA.-Famous First Representations; Legend of Hamlet; ELOCUTION.-Ballads and Stories; Choice Dialogues; Comic FOLK LORE.-Cumberland Talk; Folk Songs of Italy; LAW.-Elements of Canon Law Law of Master and LITERARY CRITICISM.-Books and Bookmen; Byron ReStudied; Coleridge; Famous Books; Gladstone on Locksley Hall; Longfellow. MEDICINE.-Diseases of the Joint; Gout; Household Manua. MUSIC.-Art of Singing; Barcarolle; Elements; Verdi. "Since brevity's the soul of wit, I will be brief."-HAMLET. TO THE READER. The books given under this heading comprise the principal books published during January. In the note, the idea has been to tell what the book is abont, and the style in waich it is written, rather than to give any criticism upon its merits, AGATHA AND THE SHADOW.-Life in the early Puritan days seems to supply some of our recent novels with a field rich in historical interest, over which they throw but a veil of romance and sentiment. Agatha is a noble woman, whose husband, a man of uncommon ability, has long and terrible struggles with his sin. Life among the Indians, is given with graphic pictures of Puritan doings and character.- Roberts Bros., 1.50. THE ANATOMY OF NEGATION. By Edgar Saltus. In this study of anti-theism, from Kapila to Conte de Lisle, the writer presents views of great thinkers of the world regarding the object and purpose of life, in a condensed form or by direct extract from their writings. While disclaiming any attempt to prove anything, Mr. Saltus arrays his evidence in a way to bring the pessimism of the philosophy in strong relief. Scribner & Welford, 2.00. THE ART OF SINGING. By A. B. Bach.-The importance of tone-color in general and in the vowels in particular is the practical subject discussed in this chapter taken from the author's work on "Principles of Singing." Tone-color being that deep sympathetic variation in the human voice by which the varying shades of feeling in the song of the poet are made real and living. It requires a thorough understanding of the spirit of the words and perfect vocal control in expressing them.-Blackwood and Sons, 1.25. THE BARCAROLLE. By A. S. Caswell and J. E. Ryan.-A carefully made selection of seventy songs in one, two, and three parts, suitable for seminaries and social circles. It includes the later and less hackneyed productions of Abt, Brahms, Barri, Grell, Gazzani, Klauer, Muller, Macfarren Pinsuti, Panofka, Reinecke, Stainer, Taubert, together with gems from such masters as Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schubert, Gounod, Gade, and Donizetti, besides a number of excellent compositions of good tone masters less widely known. -Ginn & Co., 1.25. BENTON, THOS. H. By Theodore Roosevelt. -A political biography of Benton, who was such an important figure in the Senate half a century ago, when the questions of finance and slavery were the great issues of the day. The period covered by his public life from 1820 to 1850 witnessed the best work of Clay, Webster, Calhoun and others of America's best statesmen. The facts are clearly presented and make the volume a valuable one of this series.-Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1.25. BRITTA. By G. Temple.-Britta, a fine agile girl of fifteen, lives with her grandparents in very humble circumstances in Eastwick, a parish in the Shetland Islands. Thomas Jack, the new Scotch clergyman just arrived is quite discouraged at the rough material of his flock, but his heart gradually eliminates Britta from this classification. A secret marriage and a murder give opportunity for a sympathetic dramatic story.Harpers, .25. BY WOMAN'S WIT. By Mrs. Alexander.Woman's wit is often of that quality that accomplishes its object without beɛtowing special scruples of conscience as to the means. Mrs. Ruthven, a scheming widow, being robbed of her rubies at a masked ball, at the mansion of the Squire, places a detective on the case, and with her own shrewdness in addition to his work, discovers the ungallant theft. This knowledge she cleverly uses to further a matrimonial campaign, upon which she has set her heart-Holt & Co., 1.00. CARVING AND SERVING. By Mrs. D. A. Lincoln.-Plain, simple directions as to the best manner of attack by a carver's knife and fork, on a rib roast, a fillet of beef, beefsteak, a leg of mutton, shoulder of veal, turkey, duck and all other delectable portions of meat and fowl. The serving includes soups, pies, puddings, and the minor accoutrements of an enjoyable meal.-Roberts, .60. A CHILD OF THE REVOLUTION. By Margaret Roberts. -In the terrible days of the French Revolution, Geneviève Vaudès, wife of a famous Jacobin, in a fit of hopeless depression at the death of her infant daughter adopted a babe born in the prison "Les Recluses," as her own, even deceiving her husband. The child of the Revolution leads a most eventful career, of varied fate before the secret of her birth is discovered. The glimpses of life at that time are vivid and strong. -Harper, .25. CHOICE DIALOGUES FOR SCHOOL AND SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT. By Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker.A widely varied range of topics, characters and condition, in a series of dialogues, giving opportunity for a mild form of dramatic power and force that may prove of value as developing elocutionary ability, while the subject matter is of interest. More than two dozen dialogues are contained in this collection, for which the merit of novelty is claimed.—Nat. School of Oratory, .50. CHRISTMAS EVE AND EASTER-DAY AND OTHER POEMS. By Robert Browning.-In addition to the two title poems is given "Saul" and another with a name characteristically Browning in its length, "An epistle containing the strange medical experience of Karshish, an Arab physician." Each poem is preceded by a brief introduction and explanatory notes, direct and simple, aiming only at explaining most difficult allusions and constructions.-D. Lothrop & Co., .75. CIVITAS. BY Walter L. Campbell. A poem. -Under the guise of a youth named Civitas, is typified America and his life is the history of a nation. The early temptations of a young man, mean the struggles in the colonies, he wooed and won Libertas and was free, when after years of prosperous living they quarrel and the bonds are broken, and a time of testing and triumph comes to this pivited couple.—Putnam's Sons, 1.00 COMMON SENSE SCIENCE. By Grant Allen.— Mr. Allen's contributions to the magazines have always been characterized by a certain brightness and originality in the phases of every day science he has selected and the easy conversational way in which he chats about them. Thirty of his papers are here collected with a view to bringing the latest results of modern science in simple clear and direct language that may prove food for the thoughtful.-D. Lothrop & Co. 1.50. THE DIVERSIONS OF A BOOKWORM. By J. Rogers Rees.-Mr. Rees has read a great many books, and a great deal about books. He has thought over the matter he has thus absorbed, and he can gossip pleasantly without being trivial. Books and authors to him naturally suggest items of interest, and quaint reflections which he has agreeably followed out. The bookworm's study, and his companions in books is his text. -Coombe's 1.25. EDMÉE. By Georges Ohnet.-When death relieved the Countess Régine of her fascinating yet worthless husband, she was still a handsome woman, cold, indolent, and languishing, and one who could ill bear the thought that her charms would be eclipsed by those of her beautiful young daughter. Her second marriage to a gay fortunehunter darkens the life of Edmée, a bright happy creature. The story is a translation of "Les Dames de Croix-Mort."-Warne, .35. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WAIFS. By John Ashton -A series of chapters on different phases of social life and biography of the last century, none of which have previously appeared in any magazine. The papers are short and are intended to give the reader a brief and entertaining resumè of each subject treated taken from sources, thoroughly original yet usually unaccessible to the general public.-London, 4.80. THE EMANCIPATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. By Brooks Adams.-Persecution seemed to run rife among the early Puritans who it has been said came here to worship in their own way, and make others do the same. The doctrines and tendencies of the Antinomians, the Anabaptists, and the Quakers, are clearly outlined. Harvard College was a strong element in founding that liberty Massachusetts has evolved from her early days of darkness. The early history of the first years of the College make an interesting chapter. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1.50. FAITH AND ACTION. From the Writings of Frederic Denison Maurice.-A collection of excerpts from the writings, sermons and correspondence of Mr. Maurice, covering life, men, reforms, books, art, duty, aspiration and faith. The aim of the compiler was to select from the writings of this noted English clergyman, thoughts of vital in terest in their practical application to our everyday life. Honesty, sincerity, and directness being the essential qualities rather than brilliancy of imagination and beauty of expression.Lothrop. 1.00. FAMOUS FIRST REPRESENTATIONS. By H. Sutherland Edwards. -Prhaps it is the same spirit that makes us listen with interest to the stories of the boyhood of great men that throws a fascination around the origin of all great successes in science, art and manufacture. The author has gathered together interesting facts as to the circumstances under which the most noted operas and playsw ere first produced. They include Tartuffe, Beggar's Opera, The Messiah, Tannhäuser, Dame aux Camélias, Hernani, Robert le Diable, Barber of Seville, Der Freyschüts, Don Giovanni and Norze de Figaro.-London. 2.49. FIVE O'CLOCK TEA. By the author of "Breakfast Dishes."-Recipes for cakes of every description, sandwiches and cooling drinks. The refreshments are all of a light and inexpensive character, best suited to afternoons, and the directions given are careful, accurate, simple and easily understood.-London. .60 FLORIDA. By Geo. M. Barbour; revised edition. With the intent to give practical information on Florida for tourists, invalids and settlers, the writer has gathered together, from his notes of personal observation, facts as to its climate, soil and productions, cities, towns and people; the culture of the orange and other tropical fruits, farming and gardening, scenery and resorts, sport and routes of travel.-Appleton, 1.50. FLY-FISHING AND FLY-MAKING FOR TROUT. By J. H. Keene.-The best results in fishing can be obtained only by a careful study of vision, hearing, taste and smell of each variety of fish, and the best means of deceiving them with flies and bait. The details of fly-making are so carefully entered into that even a novice could readily understand them, and the suggestions as to properly casting the line and capturing the treasures of lake and brook, practical and valuable. -Orange Judd Co., 1.50. FOES OF HER HOUSEHOLD. By Amanda M. Douglas.-Doris Hawthorne, a shy retiring girl is the legacy her father left to his sister-in-law at his decease. He was an artist whose genius met with the common reward of genius, poverty. Mrs. Gilbert, Doris's aunt, has her innate talent for matrimonial manoeuvering put to the test in getting Doris well married. They journey through Europe and her eyes are ever open for a possible suitor. The story is pleasant and the love through-out bright, honest and sincere.-Lee & Shepard, 1.50. GEOFFREY STIRLING. By Mrs. Leith Adams.-The robbery of the Becklington Bank brought destruction to so many of the poor struggling families of the town. For years even after the loss has ceased to be felt, the mystery as to the perpetrator of the crime retains its place as an unaswerable conundrum in the mind of the village gossips. A woman's keen insight and persistent determination in after years reveals the author of the robbery in the one of the most respected men of the place.-Lippincott Co., .50. THE GIRL IN THE BROWN HABIT. By Mrs. E. Kennard, author of "Killed in the Open." -Miles Mannington and his friend Dickey spent their leave of absence before their regiment was called to India in sporting and racing in Leicestershire. Here they meet Nell Fitzgerald, the girl in the brown habit, to whom they each become violently attached the moment she appears before them. The suddenness and strength of Cupid's dart seems like an electric shock to these young soldiers.-Harper's, .20. GLADSTONE ON THE NEW LOCKSLEY HALL.—A criticism of the subject of Tennyson's new poem, and a review of the events of the past sixty years, that acting on the mind of the poet Laureate, have caused him to take such a pessemistic view of the condition and tendency of humanity. The article is not so much a criticism on the poem as to its literary style and treatment, as upon the truth of the view upon which it is based.-Brentanos, .25. THE GOLDEN JUSTICE. By W. H. Bishop.— David Lane, whom successful fortune had raised to the Governorship of his State, is troubled by a sin, committed by him in a moment of passion. No human being knows his guilt, his reputation is of the best, yet his concience stings him with the arrows of remorse that a thousand hands would cast if they knew. To quiet his scruples, he writes a full confession, and encloses it in the new statue of justice, placed on the City Hall. This has a powerful force in determining the fate of his daughter and her lover, Paul Barclay.-— Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1.50. HAPPY DODD. By Rose Terry Cooke Happy is a corrupted form of Happiloni, one of those heathenish names, with which good people sometimes saddle their children. She was a slight, sensitive girl, who keenly felt her physical deformity. Admitted to the membership of Dr. Payson's Church, she vowed to consecrate her life to the highest good, and no matter what trouble may fall to her lot, she will do what she can to brighten the paths of those around her by love and self-denial.-Ticknor & Co., 1.50. HELENE. By Leon de Tinseau.-Dr. Villeferane, one of the most fashionable physicians of the Second Empire is famed throughout all Paris. One of his patients betraying symptoms of insanity, Maurice, the doctor's young son is sent to see her and her little daughter, Hèlène safely home. He is fortunate enough to save the life of the child from a runaway horse and their acquaintance begins. The action then moves from Paris to Smyrna with graphic pictures of life in the two cities.-Warne, .35. HOME RULE AND THE IRISH QUESTION. By Chas. Higgins.-To rightly place the Irish Question before American readers and thinkers, this presentation of facts and arguments has been made. The author believes in a fixity of tenure, free sale and fair rents, and it is to show |