Guns, Disappearing, in the Defense of Our Seaports, J. W. Ruckman, JMSI.

Haeckel's Riddle of the Universe," J. H. Stevens, Mind.
Hale, Edward Everett: Memories of a Hundred Years-IX.,
Out.

Hale, Nathan, Country of, F. Sackett, Era.
Handicrafts, Feminine, Revival of, Minnie J. Reynolds, Ev.
Handwork, Skilled, Revival of, C. Barnard, WW.
Harnack's Essence of Christianity," O. Zöckler, BibS.
Harte, Bret, J. Douglas, Bkman; G. K. Chesterton, PMM.
Hawaii and the Japanese, D. Scudder, MisH.

Heinze, F. Augustus-Copper King, R. Harlowe, Ains.
Henley Regatta, M. R. Roberts, Cass.

Hewlett, Maurice, H. T. Baker, MRNY.

Historians, Some Living American, H. M. Stephens, WW. "Hooliganism," How to Put Down, R. Anderson, NineC. Horse Racing in Canada, F. Nelson, Can.

Horses as a Luxury of the Millionaires, A. Sangree, Ains. Housing Problem, R. W. DeForest, Jane Addams, R. T. Paine, and Mary R. Sayles, Annals.

Howe, Lord, Victory of, Black.

Ibex on the Red Sea Coast, C. E. Eldred, Bad.

Ibsen and Maeterlinck, Struggle Between the Soul and the
Will in, E. Schuré, Revue, June 15.

Idealism, Optimistic Implications of, J. D. Logan, IJE.
Ideals, W. B. Atwood, NC.

Immigration's Menace to the National Health, T. V. Powderly, NAR.

Immortality from the Christian Standpoint, Emma M. Caillard, Contem.

Imperialism: Its Spirit and Tendency, J. G. Godard, West.
Imperialism, Why I am Opposed to: A Symposium, Arena.
India: Guerrilla Warfare on the Frontier, R. T. Halliday,
Cham.

Indian Famine Commission, Report of the, 1901, A. Rogers,
West.
Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration, M. A. Hanna, S.
Gompers, O. S. Straus, W. H. Pfahler, and A. Purves,
Annals.

Inquisition in Northern France, Beginnings of,-II., C. H.
Haskins, AHR.

Intuitionism and Teleology, F. Thilly, IJE.

Irrigation in the Great Southwest, R. S. Baker, Cent.

Irrigation Works, Government Construction of, R. P. Teele, JPEcon, June.

Islamic Libraries, K. Bukhsh, NineC.

Isthmian Canal: Why Is It Not Built? L. M. Haupt, NAR. Italy: Agrarian Banks and Sicilian Peasants, Duca di Cesaro, RasN, June 1.

Italy, Coasts of, E. Oberti, RasN, June 1.

Italy, Emigration from, A. Bodio, NA, June 1.
Japan, Workingman in, M. Dumoret, YM.

Jefferson, Thomas, and Higher Education, G. F. Mellen, Eng.
Jehovah and the Altar Service, M. A. Bullock, BibS.

Jesuits in the Trials for Witchcraft, Attitude of the, R. Schwickerath, ACQR.

Joachim, a Forerunner of St. Francis of Assisi, Miss G. E. Troutbeck, NineC.

Johnston, Sir Harry: The Man and His Book, W. T. Stead,
RRL.

Journalism, Modern, Ethics of, C. B. Connolly, Cath.
Keller, Helen: The Story of My Life-IV., LHJ.

Kitchener, Lord, the Man of the Hour, T. W. Williams,
Pear.

Klondike, Gold Mining in, H. A. Miers, PopS.

Labor: Child Labor Problem: A Symposium, Annals. Labor: Conciliation and Arbitration: A Symposium, Annals.

Lace Industry in Belgium, P. Verhaegen, RefS, June 1 and 16.
Lakes, Great, of America, R. Linthicum, Ains.
Language, Character in, E. Riggs, PRR.

Lawn Tennis, Recent American Development in, J. P.
Paret, O.

Leibnitz and the Nineteenth Century, W. H. Kent, ACQR. Lenox (Massachusetts) in Literature, R. de W. Mallary, Crit.

Literature, American, Beginnings of, G. E. Woodberry,
Harp.

Literature, English Pastoral, L. Antheunis, RGen, June.
Literature: The Mind of America, G. H. Powell, Contem.
Locomotive Construction, European-II., C. R. King, Eng.
London Gardens, Some, C. A. Whitmore, NatR.
London, Port of, Earl Egerton, NineC.

London Press, Life on the-IV., Leis H.

London, Transportation Improvements in, W. H. Y. Webber, PMM.

Lowell, James Russell, Religion of the Scholar-Poet, G. M. Hammell, MRNY.

Lying, Psychology of, C. Melinand, Revue, June 15.

Mackenzie, William Lyon, Some Reminders of, F. Yeigh,
Can.

Macon, Nathaniel, in Southern History, W. E. Dodd, AHR.
Maeterlinck, Maurice, Talk with, R. Phillips, BB.
Maeterlinck's" Monna Vanna," Fort; NineC.
Manners of the Past, S. G. Tallentyre, Harp.

"Mark Twain," Day with, W. S. Northrop, Cass,

Martinique: see West Indies,

Maskinonge and Bass Fishing, F. M. Ivis, Can.
Matter, Elements of, A. Dastre, RDM, July 1.
McCall, John Augustine, C. S. Gleed, Cos.

McKinley, William, First Statue of, D. Malloch, NatM.
Mental Healing-II., W. J. Colville, Mind.

Methuen, Massachusetts, The King's Highway in, C. W.
Mann, NEng.

Mexican Empire, Last, W. C. Robinson, ACQR.

Military Maneuvers of Swiss Troops, W. G. Fitzgerald, Pear. Miller, Alfred, W. Lennard, Fort.

Mills, Darius Ogden, S. E. Moffett, Cos.

Ministry as a Profession, D. M. Steele, WW.
Missions:

Backward Movements of Our Times, A. T. Pierson, MisR.
Christianity and Other Religions, R. E. Speer, MisR.
Gucheng, Story of, S. McFarlane, Mis R.

Hawaii and the Japanese, D. Scudder, MisH.

Home Missions, One Hundred Years of, C. L. Thompson, and T. Roosevelt, MisR.

Hospitals, Memorial, in the Orient, Mrs. J. T. Gracey,
MisR.

India, Christian Literature for, J. P. Jones, MisR.
Missionaries as Seen by a Pastor, J. F. Loba, MisH.
Philippopolis, New Church at, MisH.

Thomas, Wilhelm, the Apostle of Nias, B. Hitjer, MisR. Monroe Doctrine, John Quincy Adams and the, W. C. Ford, AHR.

Mormonism, Study of II., G. R. Lunn, BibS.

Moses-An Up-to-date Statesman, J. M. Ludlow, Hom.
Mosquito, A Campaign Against the, L. O. Howard, and H. C.
Weeks, Cent.

Municipal Lighting in Massachusetts, A. D. Adams, PSQ,
June.
Nantucket: Whale Oil and Spermaceti, Mary E. Starbuck,
NEng.

Napier, Sir William, D. Hannay, Mac.

Napoleon and the Popular Drama, M. Albert, RPar, June 15 Napoleon, Prince Louis, and the Nicaragua Canal, Sara Y. Stevenson, Cent.

Natural Selection? What About, J. B. Johnston, Contem. Naval Academy, The New, R. Wainwright, WW.

Navies, Considerations Governing the Disposition of, A. T. Mahan, NatR.

Negro, Another View of the, A. Sledd, Atlant.

New South Wales, Aborigines of, A. Graham, MisR.
New York City, Cham.

New York, Literary Landmarks of, C. Hemstreet, Crit.
New York, Problem of Life in. W. Creedmoor, Mun.

New York State, Canals and Railways of, A. Charguéraud,
RPP, June.

New Zealand, Coming Fight for Prohibition in, F. W. Isitt, and E. d'Esterre, RRM, May.

Nicaraugua or Panama? E. Berwick, Arena.

Nome, Alaska, Fourth of July at, Josephine V. Scroggs, Over.
Nore, Mutiny at the, French Share in the, W. L. Clowes, Corn.
Northwest Boundary, Along the, B. Willis, WW.
Norwalk, Connecticut, Angeline, Scott, NEng.
Novels, French, Latest, H. Bérenger, Revue, July 1.
Obligation, Consciousness of, E. B. McGilvary, Phil.
Originality, M. E. Robinson, IJE.

Packers, The Public and the, NatM.

Pampas Plumes, A. Inkersley, Str.

Panama Route for a Ship Canal, W. H. Burr, PopS.
Pan-American Congress in Mexico, J. P. de Guzman, EM,
June.

Paper-Chasing in India, D. Fraser, Bad.

Paris: The Bois de Boulogne, B. De S. Lias, Cath.
Pastor in His Study, W. H. Mayhew, NC.
Pater, Walter, E. Dowden, Atlant.

Patten's Theory of Prosperity, A. S. Johnson, PSQ, June.
Paul, Social Teaching of-VI., S. Mathews, Bib.
Pennsylvania Germans, Lucy F. Bittinger, NEng.
Philippines:

Cruelties, American, L. de Norvins, Revue, July 1.
Fighting Tactics of Filipinos, C. J. Crane, JMSI.
Fighting Life in the Philippines, H. C. Rowland, McCl.
Filipino Characteristics, Some, A. J. Brown, MisR.
Friars, Spanish, Captivity of the, Ros.

Island Republic for the Filipinos, P. MacQueen, NatM.
Peoples of the Philippines, Ò. T. Mason, MisR.
Philippine Problem, T. Roosevelt, G. F. Hoar, and J. A.
Le Roy, WW.

Race Prejudice in the Philippines, J. A. Le Roy, Atlant.
School Question, Cath.

Phillips, Stephen, Poetry of, C. L. Thomson, YM.
Photography:

Architectural Photography-VII., H. C. Delery, PhoT.
Celestial Photography, Black.

Dogs, Photographing, G. Oliver, WPM, June.

Hot Weather Troubles, A. G. Woodman, CDR.
Hypo, Complete Elimination of, WPM, June.
Intensification, Various Methods of, H. W. Bennett, WPM,

June.

Lens, The Universal, G. Stratton-Porter, PhoT. Mirror, The Aid of a, W. J. Rote, WPM, June,

Negatives, Improvement of, J. Hadden, CDR.

Night Photography, J. Boyd, PhoT.

Ozotype, WPM, June.

Permanence, Photographic, C. F. Himes, WPM, June.
Persulphates and Their Use in Photography, H. Marshall,
WPM, June.

Pinhole Photography, H. McB. Johnstone, PhoT.
Reducer, Choice of a, WPM, June.

Snapshot Photography, Success in, A. J. Jarman, CDR. Trimming, Mounting, and Framing, W. J. Cotterell, CDR. Uranium Printing and Toning, W. F. Thompson, CDR. Physics, Experimental, and Mathematical Physics, H. Poin. caré, Mon.

Political Outlook, Present, E. Pomeroy, Arena.
Politics, American, H. L. West, Forum.

Polo, L. Lambart, Bad.

Pony, Plea for the, J. Burns, CLA.

Porto Rico, Two Years' Legislation in, W. F. Willoughby, Atlant.

Postal System, Defects and Abuses in Our-II., H. A. Castle, NAR.

Powder-Horns, Historical Military, G. Thompson, AMonM, June.

President's Business Office at the White House, W. Fawcett, WW.

Princeton in the Nation's Service, W. Wilson, PopS.
Printing-Telegraphs, Strange Story of, D. Murray, Ev.
"Problem of Conduct : A Criticism, A. J. Jenkinson,
IJE.

Prussia, Public Debt of, A. Wagner, NAR.

Puritanism, Influence of, on American Literature, H. S. Clapham, Mac.

Queensland, Cheerful View of, Lord Lamington, RRM,
May.

Race Differences, Views of Dr. Rizal Upon, PopS.
Railroad Superstitions, H. E. Hamblen, Mun.

Railway Signalling, Revolution in, H. G. Archer, PMM.
Railways, Effect of Waterways on, S. A. Thompson, Eng.
Rebel Catalonia, Hannah Lynch, Contem.

Rest and Fatigue, G. S. Hall, Ains.

Resurrection 3000-4000 B.C. and the Old Testament, H. Osgood, BibS.

Revival Services, R. Q. Mallard, Hom.

Rhodes, Cecil J., J. B. Walker, Cos; H. Cust, NAR.
Rochdale Cooperative Society, G. L. McNutt, SocS.

Roman Catholic Church Architecture, L. Gorman, Cath.
Rosary, Our Lady's, T. Esser, Ros.

Roses, Martha McCulloch-Williams, FrL.

Ruskin, John, Debt of the Christian World to, J. F. Bonnell, MRNY.

Ruskin, John, Memorials of, Katherine Hoffman, Mun.
Russian Literature-I.. L. Wiener, Crit.

St. Albans, England, Visit to, H. Pope, Cath.

St. Augustine, Conversion of, J. McCabe, IJE.

St. Francis of Assisi, J. Goddard, NC.

St. Vincent: see West Indies.

Sailing, W. J. Henderson, Atlant.

Salisbury, The Marquis of, J. Ralph, Cent.

Salmon, Sacramento, Natural History of the, C. Rutter,
PopS.

Salmon Fishing, Delights of, C. Hallock, Ev.
Saloon, Liquor, Lifting Up the, W. H. Tolman, WW.
Sampson, Rear-Admiral William T., J. D. Long, McCl.
Sampson, Rear-Admiral William T., Naval Career of, A. T.
Mahan, McCl.

Santos-Dumont, Over-Sea Experiments of, S. Heilig, McCl.
Saybrook, Connecticut, C. Johnson, NEng.

Scholars of the Cloister: A Defense, A. H. Lloyd, IJE.
Schwab, Charles Michael, S. E. Moffett, Cos.

Science and Religion-IV., W. H. Mallock, Fort.

Science and Religion, Reaction Between, F. W. Sardeson, BibS.

Science, Applied, H. H. Suplee, Forum,

Scriptural Interpretation, Spirit's Aid in, W. Caven, Hom.
Sea Disaster and Its Lesson, W. S. Greene, NatM.
Shad-Catching for the Market, W. A. Stimpson, O.
Shakespeare as a Man of Science, E. Dowden, NatR.
Shipbuilding at the Union Iron Works, G. W. Dickie, Over.
Shipping Combine, Atlantic:

Atlantic Shipping Trust, O. Eitzbacher, Contem.
British and American Shipping, B. Taylor, NineC.
British Shipping, Doomed, P. Barry, West.
Shipping Combine, P. de Rousiers, RPar, June 15.
Shipping Combine from a Naval Point of View, Black.
Steamship Merger and American Shipbuilding, C. H.
Cramp, NAR.

Ships of the Sea, Our, J. R. Spears, Out.

Shop, Money-Making Management for the-VI., C. U. Carpenter, Eng.

Side-Shows of the Past, J. Nix, Str.

Slavery in English Countries, C. Dilke and J. A. Pease, Revue, June 15.

Sleep, The Realm of, N. Boyce, Ains.

Smallpox, Fight Against, C. F. Scott, Ains.

Snake, Common Garter, Color Variations of the, E. C. Eckel, ANat, June.

South Africa: see also Great Britain.

Anglo-Boer War and Universal Peace, J. de Bloch, Revue,
July 1.

British Army, Impressions of the, USM.
Canada and the War, N. Patterson, Can.

Cape Constitution, Suspension of the, A. Wilmot and Dr.
Wirgman, NineC.

Cause of the War-III., W. D. Macgregor, West.
Education in South Africa, W. Greswell, Mac.
Justice, Local, Future Administration of, Fort.
Magersfontein, P. Landon, Fort.

Natal Battlefields, Visit to the, USM.

Peace in South Africa, E. Tallichet. BU; Black; M. J. Farrelly, Mon R: H. W. Wilson, NatR; W. T. Stead, RRL. Spion Kop, True Story of-II., W. B. Worsfold, Mon R. Transvaal Mines Under the New Régime, J. H. Hammond, Eng.

South America, Pioneer Farming in, Cham

South, New, Rare Opportunity of the, H. Robbins, Gunt.
Spanish Monarchy, V. Bérard, RPar, June 15.
Sprint, The Fastest, A. Kidd, O.

Stars and Stripes a Boston Idea, G. J. Varney, NEng.
Steeplechasing, English, G. C. Roller, O.

Stoking, Mechanical, Economy of, W. W. Christie, Eng.
Stone, Ellen M.: Six Months Among Brigands-III., McCl.
Storage Battery and the Motor Car, T. A. Edison, NAR.
Street, A Modern, S. F. Peckham, PopS.

Strikes and the Public Welfare, J. Handiboe, NAR. Success, Study of Twentieth Century, E. G. Dexter, PopS. Swedenborg and Modern Idealism, L. F. Hite, NC. Swimming, Short Cut to, J. P. Thompson, O.

Tails of Animals, L. Robinson, Pear.

Taine, Youth of-I., A. Chevrillon, RPar, July 1.
Tchekhoff Anton, R. E. C. Long, Fort.

Temperance Movement, Next Step in the, D. D. Thompson,
MRNY.

Theaters, National, The Case for, W. Archer, Mon R.

Theatrical Disguise, Art of, S. Dark, Cass.

Theism, Epistemological Argument for, E. H. Griffin, PRR. Theology as a Science, P. Carus, Mon.

Thrones of the World, P. Brooklyn, Cass.

Time, Metaphysics of, W. Smith, Phil.

Tolstoy, Count Leo, A Nearer View of, Mrs. E. E. Evans, OC. Trade Unionism, Social Value of, J. Martin, IJE.

Trains, American and German High-Speed, G. G. Tunell,
JPEcon, June.

Tramps, Sign Language of, V. Pitkethley, Str.
Transportation, Social Effects of, M. A. Knapp, Annals.
Transvaal: see South Africa.

Story of the-V., The Buffalo Runners, Agnes C.

Trappert, O.

Trolley-Park, The, D. A. Willey, Cos.

Trusts and Combinations, Opposition to. BankNY. Trusts and Industrial Combinations, Origin of, C. Cornélissen, RSoc, June.

Tuberculosis Question, M. Benedikt, SocS.

Turkey. Situation in, A. R. Bey de Bilinski, Fort.
Turkish Empire, Glimpses of the, J. Strong, SocS.
Turkish Parliament, Prorogued, K. Blind, NAR.

Volcano Systems of the Western Hemisphere, R. T. Hill,

Cent.

Volcanoes, World's, M. Tindal, Pear.

Wager of Battle, M. S. Gilpatric, GBag.

Waldeck-Rousseau, M., O. Guerlac, AMRR; Nou, June 1. Wall Street: Making It Safe, WW.

War, Modern, Offensive Tactics in, A. W. A. Pollock, USM. Warfare: Trench, Parapet, or "The Open," JMSI. Warships, Color of, USM

Washington in Fiction, F. W. Carruth, Bkman.

Waters, When Man Turns to the, L. Vandervort, O.
Wealth, Right Use of, C. M. Sheldon, Hom.
Wesley, John, Invalid Year of, J. B. Young, MRNY.
West Indies, Volcanic Disturbances in the:

Martinique, Volcanic Disaster in, E. S. Scott, Cos; C. E.
Borchgrevink, FrL; F. A. Ober, Mun; H. Desmarest,
Nou, June 1; G. Kennan, Out; J. R. Church, Scrib; WW.
Roraima, Destruction of the, E. S. Scott, FrL.

St. Vincent, Souffrière of, H. L. Havell, Mac.
Volcanic Disturbances in the West Indies, R. T. Hill, I. C.
Russell, J. S. Diller, and W. F. Hillebrand, NatGM.
Volcanic Eruptions in the West Indies, A. Geikie, PMM.
Volcanoes, Antillean, W. J. McGee, PopS.

West Point, A Hundred Years of, J. Barnes, Out.
West Point and Its Centenary, S. E. Tillman, AMRR.
Westcott, Bishop Brooke Foss, F. N. Chase, Bib.

Westminster Abbey, the Center of the British Empire, H. H.
Henson, Corn.

Westminster Confession, Printing of the-IV., B. B. Warfield, PRR.

Wheat, Argentine and North American, Freight Rates on, R. R. Kuczynski, JPEcon, June.

Wheat Belts, Solving the Labor Problem of the, W. R, Draper, AMRR.

White House, Social Life at the, Anne H. Wharton, Era. Whitman, Walt: His Note of Democracy, W. Leighton,

Arena

Wife, Young: What Should She Stand for? E. Bok, LHJ. Wilson, President Woodrow, R. Bridges, AMRR; BB. Words, Ways of, in English Speech, G. L. Kittredge, Harp.

Workingmen, Accident Insurance for, A. F. Weber, PSQ,
June.

Women, Economic Dependence of, V. Lee, NAR.
Women: Should They Ride Astride? Mrs. A. Tweedie,
Pear.

Women, Social Education of, in England and in Sweden,
Mme. Léra, RefS, June 1.

Women's Opportunity for Social Service, Rebecca D. Lowe,
Gunt.
Wyndhurst: A Summer Home at Lenox, W. Miller, CLA.
Yachting, One-Design Classes in-II., W. P Stephens, 0).
Zakrzewska, Dr. Marie, W. L. Garrison, and Mrs. E. D.
Cheney, OC.

Zuyder Zee, Drying Up the, B. Wilson, FrL.

Ains.

Ainslee's Magazine, N. Y.

ACQR. American Catholic Quarterly

Edin. Ed.

Review, Phila.

Ed R.

NAR.

Nou.

NA.

ology, Chicago.

Ev.

OC.

AJT.

American Journal of The

Fort.

0.

ology, Chicago.

Forum.

Out.

ALR.

American Law Review, St.

SUMMER READING ABOUT NATURE.

"Nature Portraits" (Doubleday, Page & Co.) is a portfolio of studies with pen and camera of American wild birds, animals, fishes, and insects. There are fifteen large plates and many smaller illustrations by the most skillful nature photographers, among whom Mr. A. Radclyffe Dugmore and Mr. W. E. Carlin easily rank as experts. The accompanying text is by Professor Bailey, the editor of Country Life in America, and is written in his usually happy vein. The work, as a whole, represents the high-water mark of American achievement in the interpretation and presentation of animal life.

The "American Sportsman's Library," edited by Caspar Whitney (Macmillan), is an unusually attractive series of books, and will interest not only the amateur sportsman, but every American nature-lover, whether he be a devotee of rod and gun, or not. The volume on "The Deer Family," written by President Roosevelt, T. S. Van Dyke, D. G. Elliot, and A. J. Stone, appeals more especially, perhaps, to the dweller in northern latitudes, where the animals described in this volume have their habitat. President Roosevelt describes the various species of North American deer and antelope, with which he has for many years been familiar through his expeditions in the West, especially in the Rocky Mountain region. Mr. Van Dyke contributes sketches of the deer and elk of the Pacific coast. The caribou is described by Dr. Elliot, and the moose by Mr. Stone. In a volume on "Upland Game Birds" there are excellent descriptions of various varieties of quail, partridge, grouse, ptarmigan, turkey, woodcock, plover, and crane, with a special chapter on the quail and grouse of the Pacific coast. These chapters, written by Mr. Edwyn Sandys and Mr. T. S. Van Dyke, not only give accurate descriptions of the birds considered, but add full information regarding the regions to which they are native, and all other matters that the hunter needs to know relating to the birds and their habits. A volume to which the late Dean Sage and Messrs. C. H. Townsend, H. M. Smith, and William C. Harris have contributed is devoted entirely to "Salmon and Trout." The book is full of practical suggestions to anglers about the casting and working of flies, selection of tackle, and all the approved methods of fishing for these "gamest" of American fish.

For a comprehensive account of all the species of fish found in America north of the equator, we take pleasure in referring the reader to the new volume on "Amer ican Food and Game Fishes," by President David Starr Jordan, of Stanford University, and Dr. Barton W. Evermann, of the United States Fish Commission (Doubleday, Page & Co.). While this book is the work of eminent specialists, its aim is to furnish information to the multitude, and it may be truly described as a "popular" work. The book takes for granted on the part of the reader, as the introduction states, "a knowledge of ordinary English as used by Americans of fairly good education, and a willingness to make an honest effort to find out more about the food and game fishes

of our country." The book is technical only so far as is necessary to enable its readers easily and readily to identify any American fish that is used as food or game. Two sizes of type have been used in printing the book, the smaller size for those who would study fishes with specimens in hand, and the larger for those who read about fishes, whether the fishes themselves are present or not. The book also gives an account of the geographic distribution, habits, life-histories, and commercial and food value of fishes, together with many points of interest to the angler. Many photographs of live fishes were taken for this work by Mr. A. Radclyffe Dugmore, and the plates made from these photographs greatly add to the value and attractiveness of the book. Another book that has special attractions for anglers and naturalists is "The Brook Book," by Mrs. Mary Rogers Miller (Doubleday, Page & Co.). This is an interesting study of the various activities of brook existence throughout the four seasons of the year. It is a presentation not only of the life of the brook itself, but of its manifold accompaniments and of the varied forms of nature with which the brook's rise and progress is associated.

In a little work entitled "Among the Waterfowl" (Doubleday, Page & Co.), Mr. Herbert K. Job gives an account of many of the waterfowl found in the Northern and Central States of the Union, accompanied by numerous photographs from nature, most of which were secured by the author himself. The whole influence of Mr. Job's book is to discourage the shooting of living birds, and to substitute as a pastime the practice of "hunting with a camera." Mr. Job's pictures are remarkably successful, and the enthusiastic amateur will be tempted to make some similar efforts on his own

account.

Mrs. Martha McCulloch -Williams' "Next to the Ground" (McClure, Phillips & Co.) is a delightful series of chronicles of country life, including not a few suggestions of curious and out-of-the-way information, all of which is related in the most entertaining fashion. If we cannot locate precisely the American farm which Mrs. Williams describes, and where all the experiences of her book took place, we are at least assured by the writer that it was a Southern countryside somewhere between the Alleghanies and the Mississippi, nearly midway between the mountains and the river. The things that Mrs. Williams writes about are every-day happenings about the farm, but seldom have they been recounted in so vivacious a record.

There is a further revelation of boy-and-girl life on the farm in a little book entitled "The Travels of a Barnacle," by Mrs. James Edwin Morris (New York: The Abbey Press). The main purpose of the book, however, is to present a series of studies of sea life, for which materials were gathered by Mrs. Morris in the course of observation tours in a glass-bottomed boat in the Bay of Avalon, off the coast of California. Besides these studies of the crab family and their neighbors, there is a chapter on "A Day With the Birds," and one on "Life in a Marsh."