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In this list, the titles in brevier are direct transcriptions from books actually received, according to the rules of the American Library Association; those in nonpareil are from the best information available, and will be repeated in brevier when the book is received for registry. Those not followed The abbreviations are usually self-explanatory. A colon after initial designates the most usual given name, as: A: Augustus; B: Benjamin C Charles: D: Daniel; E: Edward; F: Frederic; G: George; H: Henry; I: Isaac: J: John: L: Louis; N: Nicholas; P: Peter; R: Richard; S: Samuel; T: Thomas; W: William. Sizes are designated as follows: F. folio: over 30 centimeters high); Q. (4to: under 30 cm.); O. (8vo: 25 cm.) ; D. (12m0: 20 cm.); S. (16mo: 17%1⁄2 cm.): T. (24m0: 15 cm.); Tt. (32mo: 121⁄2 cm.); Fe. (48mo: 10 cm.). Sq., obl., nar., designate square, oblong, narrow books of these heights. Where figure instead of letter symbols are used, the record is from publisher's designation, and not measurement. Imported books are marked with an asterisk; authors' and subscription books, or books published at net prices, with two asterisks; educational books published at “wholesale" prices, with a dagger. Atkinson, E: Labor and capital allies not Hints towards a national cul- Suggests that the present public-school system fails to afford that preparation for usefulness which the age demands; a more complete practical system of industrial education needed, based upon a reorganization of the national system of free schools; hints towards a new system of public education and industrial training. Blanchard, Rufus. Discovery and conquests pap., 50 c. and Cottin, Mme. Sophia Ristaud. Elizabeth; or, Cowper, W: The task: poem in six books. Stories and adventures of the sea, told by the captain of Freeman, Mrs. A. M. Somebody's Ned. Chic., Green, J: R:, ed. 9 Readings from English his- Helmuth, W: Tod, M.D. Scratches of a surgeon. Chi- Laws of N. Y. rel. to common schools, with comments and instructions, and digest of Keyes, Emerson W. decisions; prep. under supervision of Neil Gilmour. Albany, Weed, Parsons & Co., 1879. 8°. cl., $3. King, J: C., M.D. Headaches and their concomitant symptoms. Chicago, W: A. Chatterton & Co., 1879. 297 p. 12°. cl., $1; interleaved, $2; mor., $1.50. Kirwan, see Murray, N. N. Y., Lacroix, J: P. Outlines of Christian ethics. Lake Chautauqua illustrated; by "two Chau- Guide to Point Chautauqua, Fair Point and Lake Chautauqua, and description of all prominent features of localities. ing, W. Va., Stanton & Davenport, 1879. 65 Leighton, W: Sketch of Shakespeare. Wheelp. O. cl., 75 c. The substance of 3 addresses read to the Wheeling in 1875, 77, 79; they discuss some of the circumstances Shakespeare Club, on the anniversaries of the poet's birth, of the life of Shakespeare; his works, their influence, purpose, and literary excellence; and his method and genius. Change. By author of "Sons of Godwin," Morley, H: Manual of Eng. literature; rev., with rearrangement of matter and numerous retrenchments and add., by Moses Coit TyN. Y., Sheldon & Co., 1879. 23 + 665 p. O. cl., +$2.40. This work is an enlarged and improved edition of Prof. "First sketch of English literature," published Morley's The work is historical, biographiin London in 1873. Many additions of new and important cal and bibliographical, and designed for a text-book for college students. Morley, Prof. of Eng. Lit. in University College, London; Tyler, Prof. of Eng. Lit. in the Univ. of Mich. Index. ler. matter have been made. Murray, N: [" Kirwan."] Letters to the Rt. Rev. J: Hughes, R.C. Bishop of N. Y.; Ist ser. [New issue.] Phil., Presb. B'd of Pub., 1879. 105 p. S. cl., 60 c. 12 letters by a Protestant convert from Catholicism, giving his experience as a Roman Catholic, his objections to the religion, and his reasons for leaving it. Originally published in the New York Observer, where they attracted much attention. Old Colony Historical Soc. Collections: pa- Contents: Historical sketch of the Old Colony Historical Practical arithmetic for intermediate, grammar and common schools. N. Y., Sheldon & Co., 1879. 373 p. D. (Olney's two-book ser.) bds., +58 c. Leading idea is to give the greatest facility in the use of figures, as applied to the practical matters of life, in the shortest possible time; new examples essentially practical, and taken from every-day life and experience. Contains all arithmetic needed for a good English education, and combines the oral and written methods. Metric system fully treated. |