Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events

"A Boy's Battle," "Hero Chums," and "Rare Old Chums" in the "Young of Heart Series," "Three Little Crackers from Down in Dixie,' and "A Moonshiner's Son." Sarah E. Morrison concluded her history of the Chilhowee boys with "Chilhowee Boys in Harness"; "Boys in Clover," by Sarah J. Clarke (Penn Shirley), told how the little Dukes found a sister; Mrs. I. T. Thurston contributed "A Frontier Hero" and "A Bachelor Maid and her Brother"; Julia Magruder wrote "Labor of Love," a story for boys; Mrs. Julia McNair Wright, "A Boy of To-day"; A. G. Plympton, "Gerald and Geraldine, and Other Stories"; "His Little Royal Highness' was by Mrs. Charles W. Ide (Ruth Ogden); “Whiz" was a story of the mines, by Amelia Weed Holbrook; Thomas Nelson Page wrote for young people the charming story of "Two Prisoners"; Anna Stevens Reed described "Mount Holyoke Days in War Time"; a fifth edition was issued of "Under King Constantine," by Katrina Trask (Mrs. Speneer Trask); Mrs. Harriet A. Cheever narrated "The Strange Adventures of Billy Trill" and told of "Little Mr. Van Vere of China"; while Mrs. Isabella M. Alden (Pansy) also published two books, Reuben's Hindrances" and "As in a Mirror." "The Ranche on the Oxhide" was an exciting story of boys' and girls' life on the frontier, by Henry Inman; "Bilberry Boys and Girls" were the theme of Sophie Swett, and "The Lakerim Athletic Club and its diversions, that of Rupert Hughes. "The Master of the Strong Hearts was a story of Custer's last rally, by Elbridge Streeter Brooks. Sophie May (Rebecca Sophia Clarke) published "Pauline Wyman" and "Santa Claus on Snowshoes, and Other Stories"; Mrs. Evelyn Raymond, the author of "The Little Lady of the Horse," "Among the Lindens"; A Proud Little Baxter" was by Frances Bent Dillingham; “Three Freshmen: Ruth, Fran, and Nathalie," by Jessie Anderson Chase; "Marjory and her Neighbors," by Louise E. Catlin; "A Lovable Crank" and " A Little Turning Aside," by Barbara Yechton (Lydia Farrington Krausé); "Dorothy Deane was a children's story by Mrs. Ellen Olney Kirk (Henry Hayes), and Amanda Minnie Douglas was the author of "A Little Girl in Old Boston," as Agnes Sage Carr was of "A Little Colonial Dame," a story of old Manhattan Island. "Teddy, Her Book," was a story of sweet sixteen by Anna Chapin Ray, and "An Odd Little Lass" was the heroine of Jessie E. Wright. Everyday Honor" was by Fannie E. Newberry; "Dorothy Day," by Julie M. Lippmann; Mrs. Laura E. Richards continued the story of "Margaret Montfort," who belonged to "The Three Margarets" of last year; and Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods told the story of "A Little New England Maid." Mrs. Harriet Mulford Lothrop pub-. lished "A Little Maid of Concord Town"; Ellen Douglas Deland, "Katrina"; ""Twixt You and Me was a collection of boarding-school stories by Mrs. Grace Le Baron Upham; Hester Stanley's Friends," by Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, belonged to the same interesting period of existence, as did "Sherburne Girls," whom Amanda Minnie Douglas has made familiar in former volumes. "An Independent Daughter," "Thy Friend Dorothy," and Kittyboy's Christmas" were from the pen of Amy Ella Blanchard; Sir Jefferson Nobody" was the self-styled hero of Effie W. Merriman; Mary F. Leonard told The Story of the Big Front Door." and Albert Paine Bigelow that of "The Hollow Tree." It is impossible to do more than enumerate "The Gap in the Fence," by Harriet Louise Jerome; "The Story of Johnikin," by Beth Day: "Laura's Holidays," by Mrs. Henrietta R. Eliot: Pickle and Pepper," by Ella Loraine Dorsey"; "Concerning Teddy," by Mrs. Murray

Hickson; "The Story of Little Jane and Me," by M. E.; and "Johnnie," by E. O. Laughlin, illus trated from photographs taken from life. "Stories True and Fancies New" was the title of rhymes and chimes by Mary W. Morrison (Jenny Wallis); "The Counterpane Fairy" was both written and illustrated by Katharine Pyle; "Old Sultan's Thanksgiving, and Other Stories," were by Lily Foster Wesselhoeft; "The Story of a Pumpkin Pie was told in verses by William E. Barton and in pictures by A. M. Willard. "The Rock-a-by Land, and Other Tales," by Thomas H. Arnold, belong with "The Pleasant Land of Play," stories by Sarah J. Brigham. The Littlest Ones" was the joint production of Maud Humphrey and Elizabeth S. Tucker, and from it two volumes of selections were made, entitled "Little Rosebuds and Baby Folk." "Wonder Tales from Wagner" were told for young people by Anna Alice Chapin, and "Stories from Dante" by Norley Chester, and "The Story of Rob Roy" was condensed from the novel of Sir Walter Scott, by Edith D. Harris for " Appletons' Series of Home Reading Books."

Medicine and Surgery.-Vols. XII to XV inclusive of "Twentieth Century Practice," an international encyclopædia of modern medical science, by leading authorities of Europe and America, edited by Thomas L. Stedman, M. D., were issued during the year; James C. Wilson, M. D., edited "An American Text-book of Applied Therapeutics," for the use of practitioners and students; George M. Gould, M. D., edited "The American Yearbook of Surgery for 1898," and Frank Pierce Foster, M. D., a "Reference Book of Practical Therapeutics," by various authors, in two volumes. “A Text-book of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Pharmacology," was prepared by George F. Butler, M. D., and "A Text-book of Pathology," by Alfred Stengel, M. D. "The Origin of Disease," especially of diseases resulting from intrinsic as opposed to extrinsic causes, was considered by Arthur V. Meigs, M. D., and contained chapters on diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment by Herman and Erwin F. Faber. Robert Hutchison and Harry Rainy made a study of "Clinical Methods"; "The Practitioner's Manual," by Charles Warrenne Allen, M. D., was a condensed system of medical diagnosis and treatment; and John E. Groff wrote a Handbook of Materia Medica for Trained Nurses." Vol. V was issued of " A System of Medicine by many Writers," edited by Thomas Clifford Allbutt, M. D., and the "Manual of Pathology," by W. M. L. Coplin, M. D., was in reality a second edition of his Lectures on Pathology," rewritten and enlarged. "A Text-book of Histology," descriptive and practical, for the use of students, was the work of Arthur Clarkson; E. K. Dunham, M. D., wrote on "Histology, Normal and Morbid"; a third edition of Maurice N. Miller, M. D.'s "Students' Histology" was revised by Herbert U. Williams, M. D., and An Epitome of Human Histology," for the use of students in connection with lectures and laboratory work, was written by Arthur W. Weysse. Cataphoresis; or, Electric Medicamental Diffusion as applied in Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry," was the theme of William James Morton; S. H. Monell, M. D., wrote on "Treatment of Disease by Electric Current"; "A Laboratory Manual of Electro-Therapeutics" was drawn up by William J. Herdman, M. D., and Frank W. Nagler; Parts I to IV of Vol. I, and Part I of Vol. II were issued of "Archives of the Roentgen Ray," formerly "Archives of Clinical Skiagraphy," edited by W. S. Hedley, M. D., and Sydney Rowland; David Walsh, M. D., described "Roentgen Rays in Medical Work," and Frederic Strange Kolle, M. D., The X Rays: Their Production and Application." Simon Baruch, M. D., explained

'The Principles and Practice of Hyderopathy"; "Osteopathy, Complete," came from Elmer D. Barber, and a second edition, revised and enlarged, appeared of "Essentials of Homœopathic Therapeutics," by W. A. Dewey, M. D. Louis Stephen Pilcher discussed "The Treatment of Wounds." Vol. II appeared of a "System of Diseases of the Eye," by American and European authors, for which we were indebted to William F. Norris, M.D., and Charles A. Oliver, M. D.; A. Maitland Ramsay, M. D.. prepared an Atlas of External Diseases of the Eye," and a second revised and enlarged edition was made of "Diseases of the Eye," by G. E. de Schweinitz, M. D. W. J. Walsham wrote upon "Nasal Obstruction"; Diseases of the Stomach" were the theme of John C. Hemmeter, M. D., and again of William W. Van Valzah, M. D., and J. Douglas Nisbet, M. D.; T. N. Kelynack made a specialty of "Renal Growths," and Herman Mynter, M. D., of "Appendicitis and its Surgical Treatment," with a report of 75 operated cases. Three lectures of Charles B. Kelsey, M. D., upon "The Office Treatment of Hæmorrhoids, Fistula, etc., without Operation," were collected into a small volume." Diabetes Mellitus and its Treatment" was considered by R. T. Williamson, M. D.; William H. Howell, M.D., edited "An American Text-book of Physiology"; and "Practical Exercises in Comparative Physiology and Urine Analysis" were given by Pierre A. Fish. "Practical Uranalysis and Urinary Diagnosis," by C. W. Purdy, went through a fourth revised edition. James Kingston Fowler, M. D., and Rickman J. Godlee gave particular attention to "The Diseases of the Lungs," and "Tropical Diseases," by Patrick Manson, was intended as a manual of the diseases of warm climates. "The Surgical Complications and Sequels of Typhoid Fever" formed the subject of a volume by William W. Keen, M. D. "Meditations on Gout," both practical and literary, with a consideration of its cure through the use of wine, by George H. Ellwanger, had a frontispiece and decoration by George Wharton Edwards, and was intended for both the student of medicine and the general reader. "Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Vaccination were delivered by Robert Cory, M. D. "Operative Gynecology," by Howard A. Kelly, M. D., was complete in two volumes, and a third edition, revised, rewritten, and enlarged, was made of "Conservative Gynecology and Electro-Therapeutics," by G. Betton Massey, M. D.; E. C. Buck, M. D., was the author of "A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Gynecology"; John Clarence Webster, M.D., drew up a text-book of " Diseases of Women"; and Barton Cooke Hirst, M. D., “A Text-book of Obstetrics." "Veterinary Obstetrics" were prepared for students and practitioners by W. H. Dalrymple. L. Bolton Bangs, M. D., and William A. Hardaway, M. D., were joint editors of the "American Text-book of Genito-Urinary and Skin Diseases (including Syphilis)," and "A Manual of Venereal Diseases" was by James R. Hayden, M. D. James Foster Scott, M. D., wrote upon "The Sexual Instinct: Its Use and Dangers as affecting Heredity and Morals." "Cutaneous Medicine" was the title of a systematic treatise on the diseases of the skin by Louis A. Duhring, M. D., and George Henry Fox, M. D., made a specialty of "Skin Diseases of Children"; a second revised edition was also made of "An American Text-book of the Diseases of Children," by Louis Starr, M. D." About Children" was the substance of six lectures given to the nurses in the training school of the Cleveland General Hospital in February, 1896, by Samuel W. Kelley, M. D. "A Treatise on Aphasia and Other Speech Defects emanated from H. Charlton Bastian, M. D., and Joseph Collins, M. D., in "The Genesis and Dissolu

tion of the Faculty of Speech" made a clinical and psychological study of the same disease. "The Cure of Writers' Cramp, and the Arm Troubles of Telegraphers and Ball Players," was briefly suggested by S. H. Monell, M. D., and W. C. Hollopeter, M. D., reviewed "Hay Fever and its Successful Treatment." "The Nervous System and its Diseases were examined by Charles K. Mills, M. D., and a new edition was issued of "The Diseases of the Nervous System," by Louis Hirt. Original studies upon "The Normal and Pathological Circulation in the Central Nervous System (Myel-Encephalon)," by William Browning, M. D., were given to the world, and Pearce Bailey, M. D., discussed Accident and Injury: Their Relations to Diseases of the Nervous System." A "Clinical Manual of Mental Diseases was prepared by A. Campbell Clark, M. D.; "A Compendium of Insanity," by John B. Chapin, M. D.; and "A Primer of Psychology and Mental Diseases," by C. B. Burr, M. D., went through a second, thoroughly revised, edition. "A Text-book of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics, including Pharmacology," was by H. H. Burchard, M. D. Theodore Potter, M. D., published "Essays on Bacteriology and its Relation to the Process of Medicine"; Edgar M. Crookshank, "A Text-book of Bacteriology," including the etiology and prevention of infective diseases, and an account of yeasts and molds, hematozoa and psorosperms. "Notes on Micro-Organisms Pathogenic to Man" were made by B. H. S. Leumann, and "Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology" were given by Veranus A. Moore, M. D. "Outlines of Anatomy," by Edmund W. Holmes, M. D., was intended as a guide to the methodical study of the human body in the dissecting room, and "Mammalian Anatomy," by Horace Jayne, M. D., was a preparation for human and comparative anatomy. Winfield S. Hall was the author of "A Laboratory Guide in Physiology." "Practical Points in Nursing," for nurses in private practice, were given by Emily A. M. Stoney, and How to become a Trained Nurse" was edited by Jane Hodson, giving information in detail together with a complete list of the various training schools for nurses in the United States and Canada. 66 'Diet in Illness and Convalescence" was prescribed by Alice Worthington Winthrop. "A Manual of Hygiene and Sanitation" came from Seneca Egbert, M. D., and "Outlines of Rural Hygiene" were briefly given by Harvey B. Bashore, M. D. "The Psychology of Health and Happiness" was investigated by La Forest Potter, M. D., and some practical sugges tions for the improvement of the "Health of Body and Mind" were offered by T. W. Topham, M. D. Vol. I of the "Home Health Club," by David H. Reeder, M. D., inaugurated the series of seven, and contained the preparatory course. Vols. IV and V of "Medico-Legal Studies," by Clark Bell, were sent out, and "A Laboratory Manual of Physiological and Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology was the work of Arthur E. Austin, M. D., and Isador H. Coriat. The New Warren's Household Physician," a new edition, enlarged and revised, of "Warren's Household Physician," had the allopathic department, by Ira Warren, M. D., revised by William Thorndike, M. D., and the homoeopathic department, by A. E. Small, M. D., revised by John Heber Smith. Elements of Latin" for students of medicine and pharmacy were set down by George D. Crothers, M. D., and Hiram H. Bice. Vol. III of the second series of the "Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army," giving authors and subjects, covered C-Czygan. To surgery proper belonged "A Manual of Surgery," by William Rose and Albert Carless, a "Manual of Operative Surgery," by H. J. Waring; a second revised edition of "An American Text

book of Surgery," edited by William W. Keen, M. D., and J. W. White, M. D.; a second edition of "A Manual of Modern Surgery, General and Operative," by John Chalmers Da Costa, M. D.; Vol. II of "A Text-book of General Surgery," by Hermann Tillmans, covering "Regional Surgery"; "Orthopedic Surgery," by James E. Moore, M. D.; and Brief Essays in Orthopedic Surgery," by Newton M. Shaffer, M. D.

Poetry. "In Palestine, and Other Poems," by Richard Watson Gilder, and "From Sunset Ridge," by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, contained alike poems old and new, and from poets of the later generation we had numerous volumes of verse, some excellent and many that were ordinary. "New York Nocturnes, and Other Poems," came from Charles G. D. Roberts; "Comes One with a Song" was by Frank L. Stanton, the Georgia laureate; "Weh Down Souf, and Other Poems," by Daniel Webster Davis; Shapes and Shadows," by Madison Julius Cawein; "The Birth of Galahad," by Richard Hovey; and 'By the Aurelian Wall, and Other Elegies," by Bliss Carman. Songs of War and Peace were sung by Sam Walter Foss, the author of "Back Country Poems" and Dreams in Homespun "; "Soldier Songs and Love Songs," by A. H. Laidlaw; and "Songs of Good Fighting," by Eugene R.White. "Ballads and Poems came from John H. Yates, "The Ocean of Dreams, and Other Poems," from Carolyn Howard Philip; "The Seven Voices," from J. Hooker Hammersley; "The Song of Stradella," from Anna Gannon; "Driftwood," sketches in poetry and prose, from Minnie Wallace Ketchain; "Labor and the Angel," from Duncan Campbell Scott; "Prince Ragnal, and Other Holiday Verses," from Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly; and "Poems," from Philip Henry Savage. "The Wayfarers" was the title of poems by Josephine Preston Peabody; "From Me to You" of poems by Lilian Gertrude Shuman; "Before the Dawn" was a book of poems, songs, and sonnets, by Joseph Leiser; "Voices of the Morning" were heard by J. A. Edgerton; "December Musings, and Other Poems," of Charles Sanford Olmstead, were collected into a volume; The Shrine of Love, and Other Poems," were from the pen of Lucien V. Rule, and "Tents on the Plains" from that of Shannon Birch; "Songs of Flying Hours" were sung by Edward Willard Watson, M. D., and "Songs of Destiny and Others," by Julia P. Dabney. Elecampane, and Other Poems," were by T. J. Moore; "The Slopes of Helicon, and Other Poems," by Lloyd Mifflin; "The Carnival of Venice, and Other Poems," by Florence Danforth Newcomb; When the Birds Go North Again," by Mrs. Ella Higginson; "At the Foot of the Mountain" was a collection of short poems by Emily R. Logue: "Songs of Two Peoples," by James Riley, were divided between the American and Irish nationalities; "Songs from the Southwest Country' came from Freeman E. Miller, and "Some Verses" from Helen Hav. "The Dream Beautiful, and Other Poems," by Charles Hamilton Musgrove; "The Chords of Life," by Charles H. Crandall; "Immortelles and Asphodels," by Laura G. Collins; "Impressions," by Lilla Cabot Perry, and volumes of "Poems" respectively from Mrs. Florence Earle Coates and Philip Becker Goetz deserve mention; and "Ben King's Verse" was edited by Nixon Waterman and had an introduction by John McGovern and a biography by Opie Read of the author, Benjamin F. King, Jr., known as the Michigan bard. Most of them were humorous and in dialect. "Phil-o-rum's and Madeleine Vercheres" were two French-Canadian dialect poems by William H. Drummond, M. D. "The Bashful Earthquake, and Other Fables and Verses." contained many pictures by the author, Oliver Herford; "Where Beauty is,

and Other Poems," by Henry Johnson, consisted of twelve sonnets and short poems, and from Tom Hall we had society verses entitled "When Cupid Calls" and "When Love Laughs," the last a new collection of society verse. "The Gotham of Yasmar" was a satire in verse by N. J. Clodfelter, and "Three Women" were the theme of Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. "La Santa Yerba," a volume of verse in praise of tobacco, by William L. Shoemaker, was preluded by a few choice mottoes from lovers of the Indian weed from the time of Sir Walter Raleigh to the present day. Nature poems entitled "The Shadows of the Trees, and Other Poems," were by Robert Burns Wilson. "On Christmas Day," by Ellen M. H. Gates, and "Christmas in California," by Rowland Sill, were illustrated single poems, as was "Monticello: A Picture of the Past," by Arthur C. Butts. "Down Durley Lane, and Other Ballads," by Virginia Woodward Cloud, were illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. "Fables for the Frivolous" were offered, with apologies to La Fontaine, by Guy Wetmore Carryl. One of the most striking books published during the year was a collection of "Songs from the Ghetto," by Morris Rosenfeld, a Russian Jew, who voices the misery of the sweat shops of New York city. His three groups of songs, "Songs of Labor, National Songs, and Miscellaneous," were translated and had a glossary and introduction by Leo Weiner. Volumes of selections of verse include "A Treasury of American Verse," edited by Walter Learned; "Cornell Verse," compiled by H. Adelbert Lyon; and "The Doctor's Window," poems by the doctor, for the doctor, and about the doctor, edited by Ina Russelle Warren, which had an introduction by William Pepper, M. D. George C. Perine made selections from the "Poets and Verse-Writers of Maryland"; "Ships and Sailors," a collection of songs of the sea as sung by the men who sail it, was edited and compiled by James Barnes and illustrated in color and black and white by Rufus F. Zogbaum; "Songs of Sea and Sail" were also collected by Frederic Fleming Day; "Immortal Songs of Camp and Field" were sent out by Rev. Louis Albert Banks, D. D., with the story of their inspiration and striking anecdotes connected with their history. S. A. Witherbee compiled and edited "Spanish-American War Songs," a collection of poems written during the recent war with Spain, and " Mother-Song and Child-Song" were put together by Charlotte Brewster Jordan from the writings of many poets. "Aarbert" was the title of a drama without the stage or scenery, wrought out through song in many meters, mostly lyrical, by William Marshall; "Capriccios," a collection of dramatic sketches, came from Louis James Block, and "The Reformer of Geneva," an historical drama, from Charles Woodruff Shields. A revised edition of the "Complete Poetical Works" of Joaquin Miller was published during the year, and

Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Walt Whitman were edited with an introduction by Oscar Lovell Triggs. James Mudge, D. D., made choice of "The Best of Browning," and Rose Porter gave us "Tennyson's Men and Women," arranged for every day in the year.

Political, Social, and Moral Science.-Foremost among the works falling under this head must be mentioned "The Science of Political Economy," by Henry George, which represents the labor of the last six years of his life upon a subject which he had at least the honor of making popular and widely discussed, if he did not succeed in fathoming all of its problems. A memorial edition of his "Writings" was also inaugurated during the year. "The Philosophy of Government" was investigated by George W. Walthew; Simeon E. Baldwin made a study of

Modern Political Institutions," and John Jay

Chapman of "Causes and Consequences" in politics, society, education, democracy, and government, while "Unforeseen Tendencies of Democracy "were the theme of Edwin Lawrence Godkin. A History of the Presidency," by Edward Stanwood, while based upon his "History of Presidential Elections," published in 1884, contains much new matter and many modifications of the original. Lauros G. MeConachie, in "Congressional Committees," made a study of the origins and development of our national and local legislative methods for the "Library of Economics and Politics." "The Federalist was edited as a commentary on the Constitution of the United States, by Paul Leicester Ford, with notes, illustrative documents, and a copious index, and "Washington vs. Jefferson: The Case tried by Battle in 1861-65," by Moses M. Granger, traced the conflict between the two theories of our Government. The True History of the Missouri Compromise and its Repeal" was written by Mrs. Archibald Dixon, and belongs to political rather than general history. "The Growth of Democracy in the United States; or, The Evolution of Popular Co-operation in Government and its Results," was traced by Frederic A. Cleveland; "The Rights and Duties of American Citizenship" were examined by Westel Woodbury Willoughby; Henry Gaullier made a study of "The Paternal State in France and Germany"; and Bernard Moses delivered four lectures on "Democracy and Social Growth in America." America's Foreign Policy' was the subject of essays and addresses by Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, and "Mexico and the United States," a study of subjects affecting their political, commercial, and social relations made with a view to their promotion, was from the pen of the late ambassador from that sister republic, Matias Romero, than whom no one was better prepared to give the information contained in the work. "Social Elements, Institutions, Character, Progress," were the theme of Charles Richmond Henderson; "Outlines of Sociology were supplied by Lester F. Ward, and from John Henry Wilbur Stuckenberg we had an "Introduction to the Study of Sociology." "The Social Crisis, the Duty of Government," came from Dempster Ostrander, the author of "Social Growth," and John Franklin Crowell in "The Logical Process of Social Development" laid a theoretical foundation for educational policy from the standpoint of sociology. George Edgar Vincent considered "The Social Mind and Education," and Edward Payson Payson made "Suggestions toward an Applied Science of Sociology. Part I of "The Individual and his Relation to Society as reflected in British Ethics," by James H. Tufts and Helen B. Thompson, in the "University of Chicago Contributions to Philosophy," dealt briefly with "The Individual in Relation to Law and Institutions." "Popular Progress," by Thomas Donohue, D. D., examined the cause of agricultural and industrial depression and the remedy, while Laurence Gronlund, in "The New Economy," found a peaceful solution of the social problem. How to Right a Wrong, the Ways and the Means," according to Moses Samelson, was by a single graduated tax on surplus wealth; Alfred R. Justice proposed "An Equitable Exchange System"; and "Tendencies in American Economic Thought" were the theme of Sidney Sherwood in the "Johns Hopkins University Studies." "The Workers: An Experiment in Reality; the West," by Prof. Walter A. Wyckoff, supplements his previous volume on the East; "Labor Copartnership," by Henry Demarest Lloyd, was the title of notes of a visit to co-operative workshops, factories, and farms in Great Britain and Ireland; Industrial Experiments in the British Colonies of North America" were described by Eleanor Louisa

Lord in the "Johns Hopkins University Studies"; James W. Crook gave a history of the development of "German Wage Theories," and Prof. John Davidson showed "The Bargain Theory of Wages," a critical development from the historic theories. Workingmen's Insurance," by William Franklin Willoughby, appeared in the "Library of Economics and Politics." In the "Columbia University Studies" we had "Sympathetic Strikes and Sympathetic Lockouts," by Frederick S. Hall, and "The Centralization of Administration in New York State," by John Archibald Fairlie; " Economic Studies" included "The Housing of the Working People in Yonkers," by Ernest Ludlow Bogart; "Economic Aspects of Railroad Receiverships," by H. H. Swain; "Government by Injunction," by William H. Dunbar; "The Ohio Tax Inquisitor Law," by T. N. Carver; and "The American Federation of Labor," by Morton A. Aldrich. "Density and Distribution of Population in the United States at the Eleventh Census," by Walter F. Willcox, was published for the American Economical Association, the "Handbook" of which for 1898 was issued, and from George Sanders we had “ A Reality; or, Law and Order vs. Anarchy and Socialism," a reply to Edward Bellamy's 66 and Looking Backward " Equality." The City Wilderness: A Settlement Study," by residents and associates of the South End House, Boston, was edited by Robert A. Woods. "Thirty Years of American Finance was a short financial history of the Government and people of the United States since the civil war, by Alexander Dana Noyes; Henry B. Russell explained the purposes, character, and results of "International Monetary Conferences": William Brough discussed "Open Mints and Free Banking"; "Money and Bimetallism was the theme of Henry A. Miller, and from John M. Gould and Edward H. Savary we had "The War Revenue Law of 1898 Explained," while "Financial Management of a War," by Henry C. Adams, was reprinted from "Public Debts." The Finances of New York City" were treated at length by Edward Dana Durand, and Perry Belmont asserted the " Republican Responsibility for Present Currency Perils." "The Philopolist; or, City Lover," came from Charles F. Goss, the author of "The Optimist"; Josiah Strong, D. D., made suggestions for "The Twentieth Century City"; the Municipal History and Present Organization of the City of Chicago" was the subject of a thesis submitted for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the department of political science of the University of Wisconsin by Samuel Edwin Sparling; Part I of "Charters of the City of Chicago," by Edmund J. James, covered "The Early Charters, 1833-37," and a second edition was issued of

Special Assessments," a study in municipal finance, by Victor Rosewater in the "Columbia University Studies." "Rules of Parliamentary Procedure" were laid down by John L. Branch, and " Advanced Rules for Large Assemblies" was intended as a supplement by Mrs. Harriette Shattuck to her "Woman's Manual of Parliamentary Law." "The History of the Woman's Club Movement in America " was by Mrs. Jane Cunningham Croly; Charlotte Perkins Stetson in "Women and Economics" presented a study of the economic relation between men and women as a factor in social evolution, likely to meet the approval of the most "advanced" of what Helen Watterson Moody terms "The Unquiet Sex." "The Negro in America, and the Ideal American Republic," were the subject of eight essays by Thomas J. Morgan, D. D., and Civilization the Primal Need of the Race was the theme of the inaugural address of Alexander Crummel, D. D., before the American Negro Academy, of which he was president, bound, in

pamphlet form, with his first annual address upon The Attitude of the American Mind toward the Negro Intellect." Publications of the American Academy of Political and Social Science included "The Place of the Political and Social Sciences in Modern Education," by Edmund J. James; "The Study and Teaching of Sociology" and "The Unit of Investigation or of Consideration in Sociology," by Samuel McCune Lindsay: "Sociology applied to Politics," by F. Siegel; "The Relation of the Colonial Fee System to Political Liberty," by Thomas K. Urdahl; "Sociology and Philanthropy, by F. H. Wines; "Proposed Reforms of the Monetary System," by Joseph French Johnson; "The Relation of Postal Savings Banks to Commercial Banks," by James H. Hamilton; "The Economic Relation of Life Insurance to Society and State," by L. G. Fouse; " The Economic Effects of Ship Canals," by John Archibald Fairlie; "The Development of the Census," by Roland P. Falkner; Political and Municipal Legislation in 1897," by Edward Dana Durand; " Municipality and the Gas Supply as illustrated by the Experience of Philadelphia," by L. S. Rowe; "Oscillations in Politics," by Abbott Lawrence Lowell; "The Legal Status of California, 1846-'49," by Rockwell D. Hunt; "The History of Fiat Money and Currency Inflation in New England from 1620 to 1789," by F. F. McLeod; "The War as a Suggestion of Manifest Destiny," by H. H. Powers, and Intervention and the Recognition of Cuban Independence," by Amos S. Hershey: "Australian Problems in History," by Helen Page Bates; a "Study of the Negro Problems," by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois; and "Causes Affecting Railway Rates and Fares," by W. E. Weyl.

Sports and Pastimes.-"Trail and Camp Fire: The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club," edited by George Grinnell Bird and Theodore Roosevelt, proved a mine of interest to the sportsman, and The Golfer's Alphabet," by W. G. Van T. Sutphen, illustrated by A. B. Frost, is not to be lightly passed over. A Handbook of Wrestling," by Hugh F. Leonard, was edited by Frederic A. Fernald, and Hartwig Nissen published "Rational Home Gymnastics.' "The Grand Tactics of Chess," by Franklin K. Young, was followed by his exposition of "The Major Tactics of Chess," the two forming with his "Minor Tactics of Chess" a complete exposition of the laws and principles of chess strategetics. Robert F. Foster explained briefly "Foster's Common Sense Leads and How to Read them," and a second series of "Dick's Games of Patience; or, Solitaire with Cards," contained 70 games. Martha Russell Orne traced the origin of Hallowe'en," and told how to celebrate it with appropriate games and ceremonies.

Theology.- An Outline of Christian Theology," was offered by William Newton Clarke, D. D., and "God, Nature and Attributes," by Randolph Sinks Foster, D. D., in the series of Studies in Theology' supplemented his former work on "Theism." Biblical Apocalyptics" was a study of the most notable revelations of God and of Christ in the canonical Scriptures, by Milton Spencer Terry, D. D., while "Corner Stones of Faith ; or, The Origin and Characteristics of the Christian Denominations in the United States," were discussed by Charles H. Small, D. D. "In Christ Jesus; or, The Sphere of the Believer's Life," was the theme of Arthur Tappan Pierson, D. D.; "The Manifestations of the Risen Jesus: Their Methods and Their Meanings," were the subject of the Charlotte Wood Slocum lectures for 1897 by Bishop William Croswell Doane; Borden P. Bowne met difficulties connected with "The Christian Relevation"; and Rev. Samuel F. Hotchkin wrote upon The Living Sav

iour." O. C. Auringer and J. Oliver Smith were the joint authors of "The Christ: A Poetical Study of His Life from Advent to Ascension"; "Was Christ Born at Bethlehem?" was a study on the credibility of St. Luke, by W. M. Ramsay, who holds to the affirmative, and "Christ and the Critics," by Gérôme, adduced evidence in favor of the authorship of the Pentateuch by Moses. Rev. William James considered two supposed objections to the doctrine of "Human Immortality," and "The Mystery of Life," by Harry E. Richards, M. D., was a study of revelation in the light of science. "Spiritual Life," by L. L. Nash, D. D., had an introduction by Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald; "Christian Truth and Life" were the subject of sermons by Milton Valentine, D. D.; Walton W. Battershall, D. D., suggested "Interpretations of Life and Religion"; "The Kingdom of God and Problems of To-day' was the title of lectures delivered before the biblical department of Vanderbilt University by Alexander Sutherland, D. D.; David H. Greer, D. D., published "Visions: Sunday Morning Sermons at St. Bartholomew's"; David James Burrell, D. D., "The Wondrous Cross, and Other Sermons"; John Oates, "The Sorrow of God, and Other Sermons"; Francis Greenwood Peabody, “Afternoons in the College Chapel," short addresses to young men on personal religion; Rev. C. Armand Miller, " The Way of the Cross," a series of meditations on the history of the Passion of our Lord; Rev. Rudolph von Smetana, "Spiritual Exercises for a Ten Days' Retreat"; and Rev. P. Woods, a "Guide to True Religion," a manual for followers of the Church of Rome. "At the Evening Hour" was the title of simple talks on spiritual subjects by Ethelbert D. Warfield. William Henry Green, D. D., wrote a "General Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon"; "The History of the English Bible Studied by the Library Method," by S. G. Ayres and Rev. Charles F. Sitterly, had an introduction by Henry M. MacCracken; Vol. I of "The Psalms and their Story," by William E. Barton, D. D., was devoted to a study of the Psalms as related to Old Testament history "From the Exodus," while the second volume covered "From the Exile to the Advent." "The Messages of the Earlier Prophets' were arranged in the order of time, analyzed, and freely rendered in paraphrase by Frank Knight Sanders and Charles Foster Kent, and "Life Lessons from the Book of Proverbs" were gleaned by Bishop William Stevens Perry. "The Gospel according to Saint Mark" was accompanied with an explanatory and critical commentary by Rev. A. J. Maas;

Matthews Gospel" was added by John Worcester to the series of "Spiritual Interpretations of the Scriptures"; A. H. Ames, M. D., D. D., wrote an interpretation of "The Revelation of St. John the Divine"; while "Outlines of New Testament History" were offered by Rev. F. E. Gigot. Dr. Lyman Abbott contributed a volume upon The Life and Letters of Paul the Apostle," and "A People's Commentary: Romans and 1 and 2 Corinthians," came from George Whitfield Clark, D. D. A "Child's Story of the Bible," by Mrs. Mary A. Lathbury, had an introduction by Bishop John H. Vincent, and "Stories from the Old Testament' were told for children by Harriet S. B. Beale. Walter F. Adeney delivered two lectures upon "The Construction of the Bible" at the Matlock Chautauqua in 1897. "Bible Difficulties and their Alleviative Interpretations" from Robert Stuart MacArthur; Rev. Martin S. Brennan set forth "The Science of the Bible"; and "Ideas from Nature," by William Elder, was an attempt to prove the world the work of an intelligent Creator. "Sacred Scenes and Mysteries' were gone over by Rev. J. F. X. O'Conor;" Voices

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