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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.

"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.

ROMEO AND JULIET. Edited by W. J. Rolfe. 297 PP. 16mo. American Book Co. Three additional volumes in the new Rolfe Shakespeare. This edition is simplified to meet school requirements.

MAXWELL'S ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR. By William H. Maxwell. 208 pp. 12mo. American Book Co.

A brief but comprehensive book, which presents as much of the science of grammar with its applications as is taught in primary and grammar schools.

NATURE STUDY WITH COMMON THINGS. By M. H. Carter. 150 pp. 12mo. American Book Co.

These are new volumes in the Gateway Series, a list of classical works reprinted in school edition with notes and edited by men of high literary standing under the general editorship of Dr. Van Dyke.

HUMOR

BOOK AGENT: HIS BOOK, THE. By Joshua Wright. 200 pp. 12mo. Thomson & Smith.

DENIS MACGRATH-AUTOCRAT. By Edward Porter. 211 pp. 12mo. Herbert B. Turner & Co.

Little stories that tell of the rise, progress, and social experiences of a new made boss and city contractor. They have humor, some touch of probability, and the stage Irishman. Another linked group of short stories dealing with the political side of life closes the book.

GAMES

BOOK OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMES, THE. By Mrs. Burton Kingsland. Illustrated. 610 12mo. Doubleday, Page & Co. Suggestions as to ways and means of devising amusement for old and young. The book contains not only old games, but new ones which have stood the test of trial.

BRIDGE IN BRIEF. By Eiram Ecyrb. 39 pp. 32mo. Paper. E. P. Dutton & Co.

This little pamphlet by Marie Bryce, whose name has been twisted into Eiram Ecyrb, gives in short sentences the whole law and practice of bridge.

BOYS AND GIRLS

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.

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. 12mo. 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. 11lustrated 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

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.

STORIES OF BRAVE OLD TIMES. By Helen M. Cleveland. Illustrated by photographs and with pen drawings. 308 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

Child stories of Ethan Allen, Marius, Washington, Adams, a series of scenes connected with independence, the story of Arnold, and the surrender of Cornwallis.

STORIES OF LITTLE ANIMALS. By Lenore Elizabeth Mulets. Illustrated by Sophie Schneider. 279 pp. 12mo. L. C. Page & Co.

Little stories about common animals told with light attention to the details of field life. No attempt is present to read a special moral into animal life, but much attention to a minute description of each animal. It is intended to promote habits of observation and in an easy manner to teach familiar facts in regard to familiar animals.

TAMING OF BETTY, THE. By Cally Ryland. Illustrated by G. W. Picknell. 228 pp. 12mo. Lee & Shepard.

Betty is a gay, irresistible child, prone to mischief. The lesson teaches that children are tamed by love rather than by sternness.

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.