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Bishop (W. H.)-Old Mexico and her Lost

Provinces: a Journey in Mexico, Southern California, and
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Bond and Weigley.-The Legal, Bank, and
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Brown (Susan A.)-Mrs. Gilpin's Frugalities,
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Bucke (R. M., M.D.)-Walt Whitman.

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The author of this monograph is an intimate friend of the poet. He presents details of Walt Whitman's life, habits, appearance, etc., obtained for the first time from observation at first hand. book is divided into two parts. The first contains the biographical sketch, fresh extracts from Walt Whitman's conversation, and an appendix, in which will be found the essay called "The good gray poet," written in 1866, by Mr. William D. O'Connor, in vindication of Whitman's poetry, and also an introductory letter, by the same writer, for the present volume. Part II. contains the history of "Leaves of Grass," its successive editions and publishers, and the numerous quarrels connected with it; analysis of Whitman's poems, and a number of contemporaneous criticisms. There are two very good portraits of the poet-one, a photo-intaglio, drawn by Herbert H. Gilchrist in 1864, and another, from a photograph taken in 1880. Bunner (H. C.)-A Woman of Honour. 12mo. cloth, pp. iv. and 336. Boston. 6s. 6d. A novel.

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Chamisso (A. von)-Faust. A Dramatic Sketch.
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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Trans-
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Cunningham (F. H.)-Familiar Sketches of
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Emerson (R. W.) — Nature, Addresses, and

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The first volume of a new edition (11 v.), printed from electrotype plates, of Emerson's complete works, to be known N LA Riverside edition. Will contain, in addition to the prose and pa writings hitherto published in book-form, two new volumes of essay, lectures, and speeches, prepared for publication by Mr. Emers literary executor, Mr. J. Elliot Cabot. Two new portraits A Emerson will embellish the volumes, one an etching by Schoff fre an early portrait taken in England, and a steel engraving by Wo This volume contains Schoff's portrait, and was heretofore know under the title of "Miscellanies."

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Farrow (W. M.)—How I became a Crack Shot, with Hints to Beginners. 18mo. cloth, pp. 204, with Illustrations. Newport (R.I.). (1882.) 5s.

The author of this little work was the winner of the Albert Prize nd the Wimbledon Cup, the Sevres Vase, and the Bronze Statue in rance, and the Champion Match, 1878, the Wimbledon Cup Match, 580, and the Military Champion's Match, 1882, at Creedmoor. Field (G. W.)—A Treatise on the Constitution and Jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States, on Pleading, Practice, and Procedure Therein, and on the Powers and Duties of Commissioners of the Circuit Courts, with Forms for said Courts and Commissioners. 8vo. sheep, pp. xxvi. and 918. Philadelphia. £1 12s. 6d. ields (Mrs. J. T.) - How to Help the Poor. 16mo. boards, pp. ii. and 125. Boston. 3s. Willmore (J. C.)-Pianoforte Music. Its History, with Biographical Sketches and Critical Estimates of its Greatest Masters. Crown 8vo. cloth, pp. viii. and 245. Chicago. 7s. 6d.

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Hilbert (J. H.)-Burning Words of Brilliant Writers; Cyclopaedia of Quotations from the Religious Literature of all Ages; with an Introduction by C. S. Robinson, D.D. 8vo. cloth, pp. vi. and 681. Albany (N. York). 15s.

The aim of the compiler in making this collection has been to use nly such extracts as clearly and forcibly express or apply some eligious truth, and to give especial prominence to American authors. franged under subjects presented alphabetically. Index of authors. ndex of subjects.

Fleed (C. S.)-Overland Guide from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean via Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Revised Edition. Crown 8vo. sewed, pp. 246. With Map and Illustrations. Chicago. 2s. 6d.

Giving also the United States mining laws; repeal provisions; regulations under United States laws; mining laws of Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Gonse (M. Louis)-Eugène Fromentin, Painter and Writer. Translated by Mary Caroline Robbins. Square Svo. cloth, pp. xi. and 280. Illustrated. Boston. 15s. Fromentin (born La Rochelle, France, 1820, died 1876), belongs to the group of painters which includes Delacroix, Corot, Rousseau, Millet and Daubigny. He was chiefly distinguished as a painter of Algerine and Arabian scenes, notable for their picturesqueness and brilliancy of colouring. He was also an art critic of remarkable powers as illustrated in "The old masters of Belgium and Holland," and a writer of several books of travel and a romance, "Dominique." This is a sympathetic biography of the great artist, and an exposition of his methods, theories, and practice. Students and art amateurs will delight in this volume with its wealth of illustrations, mostly facsimiles, of Fromentin's celebrated works. His correspondence is largely quoted from, and some unpublished fragments of his writings are added. The work, taken altogether, is one of the most valuable art-works of the season, and is notably handsome in engraving and

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Gradle (H., M.D.) — Bacteria and the Germ Theory of Disease; Éight Lectures delivered at Chicago Medical College. Svo. cloth, pp. iv. and 219. Chicago. 10s. Lectures delivered during the winter term of the Chicago Medical

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Harris (S., D.D.)-The Philosophical Basis of Theism. An Examination of the Personality of Man to Ascertain his Capacity to Know and Serve God and the Validity of the Principles underlying the Defence of Theism. 8vo. cloth, pp. xxiv. and 564. New York. 18s. Harrison (J. A.)-French Syntax. A Critical Study of the French Language, on the Basis of Edouard Mätzner. Including French Phonology, Etymology, Historical Grammar, Prosody, and Irregular Verbs, etc., etc. To which is added a Series of Practical Exercises for the Acquirement of the Language with French-English and English-French Vocabularies, prepared expressly for this Work by Mr. W. Easton, Ph.D. Crown 8vo. cloth, pp. xxvi.-676. Philadelphia. 10s.

Hayden (F. V.)-Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. A Report of Progress of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the Year 1878. In Two Parts. Part I. Geology, Palaeontology, and Zoology. With Plates, Maps and Woodcuts. Part II. Yellowstone National Park. Geology-Thermal Springs-Topography. With Plate, Maps, and Woodcuts. 8vo. cloth, pp. xviii.; 809; xxv. and 503. With Six Maps (in 10 Sheets) in separate Portfolio. Washington.

Hazard (R. G.)-Man, a Creative First Cause. Two Discourses delivered at Concord, Mass., July, 1882. Crown 8vo. cloth, pp. xvi. and 112. Boston. 4s. Henderson (Marc Anthony).-The Song of Milkanwatha; translated from the original Feejee. Illustrated by Frank Beard. Third Edition. 16mo. cloth, pp. x. and 99. Illustrated. Albany (N. York). 5s.

Amusing burlesque of the rhyme and form of Longfellow's "Hiawatha."

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Hopkins (Louisa P.)-Hand-Book of the Earth: Natural Methods in Geography. 32mo. cloth, pp. 78.

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Richard Metcalf was born in Providence, RI., 1829. and d. in Winchester, Mass., 1881, where he had been for fifteen years pastor of the Winchester Unitarian Society.

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