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BALTHAZAR THE MAGUS. By A. Van Der Naillen. Illustrated. 270 pp., with appendix. R. F. Fenno & Co.

This theosophic novel is a sequel to "In the Sanctuary," and is preceded by "On the Heights of Himalay." Marius, an American, the book says in opening, had been selected to study with the magi under the name of Balthazar. With a slight thread of story, the book is devoted to the familiar phases of theosophic speculation.

KNITTING OF THE SOULS, THE. By Maude Clarke Gay. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. 395 PP. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

A colonial romance opening when a "pensive sadness pervading all nature at the death of winter seemed to encompass two figures," Star Eyes and Oweena, only Oweena is a woman, and so is Star Eyes. Under Charles II. at the close of the seventeenth century a Royal Commissioner comes over to tamper with the Massachusetts Bay Charter. His wife, Lady Virginia, promptly falls in love with the son of a Virginia Governor, Kenneth Brooks, who has come to Massachusetts. They are brought together, and King Philip's War, much danger, and some public obloquy has to be endured before “the knitting of the souls" is completed.

LETTERS WHICH NEVER REACHED HIM. 303 pp. 12mo. E. P. Dutton & Co.

Letters written after a visit in Peking, detailing various experiences while traveling across the American continent, in New York and in Berlin, ending at Bay View, N. J., with a postscript, giving the fate of the man to whom the letters were addressed, killed in Peking during the defense of the buildings containing Christian refugees. The book has in it much shrewd description of familiar scenes, some gossip, and fresh views of American life.

PURSUIT OF PHYLLIS, THE. By John Harwood Bacon. With illustrations by H. Latimer Brown. 230 pp. 12mo. Henry Holt & Co.

She told him that they were to be "the best of friends." and he at once had nervous pros

tration, she having decided upon a Philadelphia husband and he lived in New York. A nervous specialist sends the young author, whose books sell, abroad, and after some unnecessary profanity the young man meets a young woman whom he follows the length of the Mediterranean, catching her steamer at Suez, and going on to Hong Kong. The young woman is engaged, but her young man writes her a fortunate letter, saying that he is going to be married just as she has decided that the hero wants her, and in spite of her refusing him, marries her.

HISTORIC "GENERAL," THE. By Randall W. McBryde. 55 pp. 16mo. MacGowan & Cooke Co.

"The General" was the engine used by Captain Andrews and his companion in their daring attempt to destroy the Western and Atlantic Railroad line in 1862. This little book, which is in its second edition of 10,000 copies, tells the story of the raid again, adds details from the plucky pursuers, and gives photographs of the scenes associated with this brilliant but fruitless adventure, for which eight men were executed, fourteen others escaping. Few chapters of the war better illustrated the readiness, the resource, and the daring of men on both sides.

direct, matter-of-fact, conversational way, leading the students to take an interest in the work, and to hold it throughout the term.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By James Baldwin, author of "Fifty Famous Stories Retold," etc. Illustrated. 288 pp. 12mo. American Book Co.

The life of the great President is here retold in a manner both agreeable and comprehensible to young readers.

COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS IN ENGLISH, 1906-1908. 12mo. American Book Co. From the well-known series of Eclectic English Classics have been gathered together in this volume the five literary works prescribed for careful study of subject matter, form, and structure by the leading colleges of the country, in their entrance examination requirements of the years 1906-1908. These works are Burke's Conciliation with the American Colonies, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Milton's Minor Poems, Macaulay's Life and Writings of Addison, and Macaulay's Life of Samuel John

son.

FIRST LATIN WRITER. By Mather A. Abbott. 145 PP. 12mo. American Book Co.

Introductory lessons to the study of Latin composition adapted to the use of pupils who have completed some first year Latin book.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVES By Isabel R. Wallach. Illustrated. 160 pp. 12mo. American Book Co.

This latest addition to the popular series of Eclectic School Readings contains sixty-five sketches of the prominent characters of history, from Egypt, China and India, through Grecian and Roman times, to mediaeval and modern Europe.

KING HENRY THE FIFTH. Edited by W. J. Rolfe. 260 pp. 16mo. American Book Co. KING RICHARD THE THIRD. Edited by W. J. Rolfe. 329 pp. 16mo. American Book Co.

AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. By Edward Stratemeyer, author of "With Washington in the West." etc. Illustrated. 312 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard. A brief summary of Theodore Roosevelt's life in the preface opens an account of his private life and public career, some of it cast into the shape of an historical romance, with little bits of conversation, and some of it direct biography. The book closes with extracts from his addresses, a list of his writings, and a chronology of his life. There are photographs, the narrative is straightforward, and it fills the purpose of its title.

BOY COURIER OF NAPOLEON, THE. By Wm. C. Sprague. Illustrated by A. B. Shute. 331 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

A boy's juvenile, suited to the current year, its scene opening at the battle of Hohenlinden and closing at the transfer of Louisiana from France to America. Its central figure is a

drummer boy who attracts the attention of Bonaparte, becomes his valet, is sent by him on various missions, goes to Louisiana and San Domingo, and after sharing in the events of the time and passing through various adventures, finds his father at New Orleans when the French flag is lowered and the American flag hoisted in its place. The portrait of Napoleon is a conventional one. Toussaint L'Ouverture is another of the figures introduced, and more pains has been taken than usual in a juvenile to give an accurate historical environment.

DOROTHY DAINTY AT SCHOOL. By Amy Brooks. Illustrated by the author. 239 PP. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

A story for girls, giving the adventures of some children in a little home school. One of the little girls is stolen and trained as a dancer by a "cruel" man and woman, but finally rejoins her Aunt Charlotte through a letter which she writes. The book is exactly calculated to develop an unfortunate romancing habit in young girls, who are apt to have strange ideas about the possibility of such occurrences.

ELFIN SONGS OF SUNLAND. By Charles Keeler.

Child verses, written in California, bright in movement and light in thought and touch, but lacking elevation. The printed page is admirably conceived.

HELEN GRANT'S FRIENDS. By Amanda M. Douglas, author of "In Trust," etc. Illustrated by Amy Brooks. 402 pp. I2mo. Lee & Shepard.

This continues the life of the heroine from Helen Grant's school days. A father unluckily appears and Helen has to sacrifice herself to his studies. He dies, however, just in time to enable her to complete her career by passing her college examinations, where the book leaves her ready to be the subject of another volume.

HONOR GIRL, AN. By Evelyn Raymond. Illustrated by Bertha G. Davidson. 309 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

A girl takes a scholarship which gives her four years at college. The Commencement and a little love making opens the story, which passes on to her sacrifice in giving up the scholarship and going back to home duties. There are illness and family difficulties, but in the end all comes well.

JACK TENFIELD'S STAR. By Martha James, author of "My Friend Jim," etc. Illustrated by Charles Copeland. 304 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

Intended for both boys and girls, this youths' story opens as a boy of sixteen just about to enter college is told his father has left him

LARRY THE WANDERER. By Edward Stratemeyer, author of "Old Glory Series," etc. Illustrated by A. B. Shute. 263 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

This boys' juvenile first appeared as a serial in "Good News." It takes up the adventures of a penniless lad who in the first page appears as a tramp in a barn. During the course of the story a robbery occurs in which the boy is involved, but afterwards clears himself, and there are a number of "exciting adventures" of an improbable character. The book is likely to foster an unhealthy desire for boy adven

MAKING THE NINE. By A. T. Dudley, author

of "Following the Ball," etc. Illustrated by Charles Copeland. 332 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

This story of school life in Phillips-Exeter Academy follows another, in which football was the subject. Baseball is the game on which this story turns. It opens in the winter life of New England, includes a track meet, and ends with a championship game won by a double assist.

ON THE TRAIL OF PONTIAC. By Edward Stratemeyer, author of "With Washington in the West." etc. Illustrated by A. B. Shute. 311 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

The fourth in a series of historical romances for boys, of which the previous three gave an account of Washington's campaign with Braddock, the taking of Fort Niagara, and the fall of Montreal. This continues the story with the usual accessories covering the period of the siege of Detroit and the war of Pontiac.

RANDY'S GOOD TIMES. By Amy Brooks, author of "Randy's Summer," etc. With illustrations by the author. 265 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

The scene laid in New England rural life, with the conventional country environment, takes a girl through the experiences of a village, its costume party, its merry making, its holiday club, and its children. The book is full of a particular variety of dialect which appears in fiction credited to New England, and the story has the milder adventures of the fields, including saving a child from drowning.

Two YOUNG INVENTORS. By Alvah Milton Kerr. Illustrated by G. W. Picknell. 312 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

A boy is carried safely through a cyclone, and later with another boy invents a flying boat, which goes through some impossible adventures, but fails of its main purpose. The book is a sheer marvel story, as baseless as a boy's air castle, and not likely to be healthy in its effect.

YOUNG VIGILANTS, THE. By Samuel Adams Drake, author of "Watch Fires of '76," etc. Illustrated by L. J. Bridgman. 284 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

The scene of this boys' juvenile is principally laid in California in 1849, opening with some experiences in New York in which the hero is suspected of being an accomplice in a burglary. The story follows the usual line of Mr. Drake's juveniles, having in it much harmless adventure and some descriptive passages of the life of the day.