several miles to inform a casual wood-chopper wants to read over and over again, ought to be The Quiet King. of Bismarck, is remarkable for its portraits, especially the frontispiece of Bismarck himself. There is also a spirited description of the Athens of today, the latter a sort of pendant to the accounts we have had of late of the renewal of the games in the historic center of Greece. Whoever has traveled in Wales will be attracted to the short The Quiet King, we are told by its author, sketch, with portraits, of the eccentric "Ladies and allows him to put on his little cotta and Mrs. Caroline Atwater Mason, is "less a story of Llangollen." Under the heading of "Sum sing with the choir boys in the Easter service, because it will make him so happy. There is a good deal about birds, angels, and a mysterious light, but the end of all is that Sir Knight goes than a closely connected series of studies which draw all their interest and significance from one The few fictitious characters introduced, and who is much better with this sort of a subject mer at Christmas-tide," Mr. Julian Hawthorne, than in novel writing, describes a winter's visit to Jamaica. And this is not all. off to heaven in the middle of the anthem, and Sons. $1.25.] Historical Tales. Charles Morris is one of those useful writers who can combine the entertaining and the instructive for youthful readers. This volume is a series of tales from ancient Roman history. He calls them "The Romance of Reality," and they are about "The Sabine Virgins," "The Books of the Sibyl," "The Fate of Regulus," etc. Of course, if our young people could be persuaded to read their Plutarch and go to original sources, it would be far better for them. But we require to have our old wine put into new bottles to suit the needs of this has made an interesting book. [J. B. Lippincott Co. $1.00.] the conversations and incidents which link the treats. The story is not meant to replace the A Little Girl of Long Ago. In dainty covers fully in keeping with the subject, Eliza Orne White has written an attractive story of A Little Girl of Long Ago. The book is full of the atmosphere of Old Boston, and will make a quaint gift for both little and big girls of today. [Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.00.] 66 THE NEW YEAR'S MAGAZINES, Scribner's January issue has two fascinating age. Mr. Morris adapts his material well and and admirably illustrated articles of purely literary interest, one on Thackeray's Haunts and Homes,' ," by Eyre Crowe, the other on "Victor The Court of King Arthur. Hugo's Home at Guernsey," by G. Jeanniot, This is a clever and ingenious book for young both of which will be read with close attention people which mingles facts and legends with and sincere pleasure by every lover of those great skill. The writer takes his readers on a two great men and their truly great writings. journey across the great ocean into the land of The drawings by Mr. Crowe, who writes after the Round Table. Then, following the fashion his name the distinguished initials "A. R. A.," of the gentle knight, Sir Thomas Malory, he are particularly happy in their subjects and exetells the story of Lancelot, of Enid, and of cution. A copy of Rossetti's drawing of TennyKing Arthur, preparing the young readers' son reading "Maud" connects itself readily with minds for a later acquaintance with Tennyson's more poetical versions of these same old "Folkstories." As the author of this book, William H. Frost, says, "No one who writes of the Round Table now can say just how much of the spirit he owes to Lord Tennyson." This book takes the children through the wonderful land of King Arthur into an unbounded field of beauty and enjoyment. It is one of the best children's books of the year, and has a number of dainty illustrations and a bright, attractive cover. [Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.50.] Household Stories. the foregoing, though standing apart from A delightful new edition of stories from the The Century is strong in its first number for collection of the "Brothers Grimm" is wel- the New Year in military history, including under come. It is a small collection of the best sto- that head an almost thrilling narrative by Gen. ries, with illustrations by Walter Crane. We Horace Porter of "Campaigning with Grant " find "The Goose Girl" and "The Frog Prince" in the Wilderness, an account of "Nelson in the and "Hans in Luck" and "Tom Thumb;" the Battle of the Nile" by Professor Mahan, and sad, pathetic tales are wisely left out. The also an article on "Napoleon's Interest in the book has a dainty binding, but the print is not Battle of New Orleans;" as a peaceful counterwhat it should be for children's eyes. Out of part to all of which we have toward the end of the great library of children's books published the magazine a short paper by Mr. E. L. Godkin every year, scarcely a dozen are printed in on "The Absurdity of War." The opening paper, large type. Grimm's stories, which every child | by Edith Coues, on Lenbach, the German painter Harper's opens with a fully illustrated paper on the Portuguese in South Africa by Poultney Bigelow; follows this with Part IV of Du Maurier's novel, "The Martian," remarkable for its drawings as well as for its dialogue; and has later finely illustrated articles on the state of "Science at the Beginning of the Century," on as seen from the top of Mount Hamilton in California, where the Lick Observatory is situated; and on "Literary Landmarks of Rome," this last by Mr. Laurence Hutton, a companion of his "Literary Landmarks of Venice," and a fragment probably of a book on that subject. Mr. Warner, in the Yellowstone Park; Mr. George W. Smalley, elseEditor's Study, writes enthusiastically of the where, rather superficially of English Society; and Mr. Howells supplies one of his little parlor comedies, under the title of "Indian Giver." That this last is clever and amusing we need not say. Other notable contributors to this number are Mary E. Wilkins and Brander Matthews with stories, George E. Woodbury with a poem, and Prof. F. N. Thorpe with an historical paper on "A Century's Struggle for the Franchise in America." The Atlantic begins, by the hand of John Jay Chapman, a thoughtful critical study of Emerson; continues Mr. Higginson's review of "Cheerful Yesterdays," which brings the writer to Harvard College; analyzes "Dominant Forces in Southern Life; urges fitting "Memorials of American Authors;" discusses "Park Making as a National Art;" and reviews "A Century of Social Betterment." W. P. Trent, Joseph E. Chamberlin, and Mr, John Bach McMaster are, respectively, the authors of these last three articles. Mr. Godkin's Political Writings" are editorially reviewed, and there is a kindly, admiring, but discriminating review of Mr. Kipling's poetry and estimate of his rank as a poet, by Prof. Charles Eliot Norton, with much of which, but not with all of which, we find ourselves in agreement. Probably so much the worse for us. This is in all respects a strong rich number and strikes twelve as the keynote for the New Year. If the Atlantic keeps on as it has been going of late it will pretty soon put Mr. Scudder in the company of great editors, if he is not there already. MISCELLANY. The International Sunday School Lessons for 1897 are taken from the Acts of the Apostles and some related portions of the Epistles of St. Paul, St. John, and other apostles. A volume of Illustrative Notes adjusted to these lessons is offered as a help for teachers and older scholars who are following the course of these lessons. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut and Robert Remington Doherty are the joint editors. 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