BOOKS RECEIVED.
“Tip Lewis and His Lamp.” By Pansy. Boston: D. Lothrop and Company.
“An Hour with Miss Streator.” By Pansy. Boston: D. Lothrop and Company.
“The Riverside Literature Series,” “Studies in Longfellow,” “Outlines for Schools, Conversation Classes, and Home Study.” By W. C. Gannett. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 1884.
“Methods of Teaching Geography,” “Notes of Lessons.” By Lucretia Crocker, member of the Board of Supervisors of Boston Public Schools. Boston, Mass.: Boston School Supply Company. 1884.
“Intellectual Arithmetic upon the Inductive Method of Instruction.” By Warren Colburn, A.M. Revised and enlarged edition with an appendix. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company.
“Light Ahead.” By Cecelia A. Gardiner. New York: Phillips & Hunt. 1884.
A series of excellent low priced books comes from Funk & Wagnalls, New York:
“Christianity Triumphant; Its Defensive and Aggressive Victories.” By John P. Newman, D.D., LL.D. Price, 15 cents.
“The Clew of the Maze and The Spare Half-Hour.” By Rev. Chas. H. Spurgeon. Price, 15 cents.
“My Musical Memories.” By H. R. Haweis. Price, 25 cents.
“Story of the Merv.” By Edmond O’Donovan. Price, 25 cents.
“Mumu and The Diary of a Superfluous Man.” By Ivan Turgenieff. Price, 15 cents.
“Archibald Malmaison.” By Julian Hawthorne. Price, 15 cents.
“In the Heart of Africa.” Condensed from the works of Sir Samuel W. Baker, M.A., F.R.G.S. Price, 25 cents.
“Memorie and Rime.” By Joaquin Miller. Price, 25 cents.
[A] Epitome of Ancient, Mediæval and Modern History. By Carl Ploetz. Translated with extensive additions by William H. Tillinghast. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. 1884.
[B] The American Health Primers. Health Manuals. Edited by W. W. Keen, D.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co.
[C] The Intellectual Life. By Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Author’s edition. Boston: Roberts Brothers. 1884.
[D] In His Name. By E. E. Hale. Boston: Roberts Brothers. 1884. Price, 30c.
[E] A Story of the Waldenses, seven hundred years ago. In His Name. By Edward E. Hale. Boston: J. Stilman Smith & Co. 1884. Price, 25c.
[F] The Dance of Modern Society. By William Cleaver Wilkinson. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 1884.
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Page 502, “1879” changed to “1789” (In 1789 the failure of his sight)
Page 502, “St.” changed to “Sir” (Sir Christopher Wren)
Page 506, “effect” changed to “affect” (had, meanwhile, begun to affect)
Page 508, “coersive” changed to “coercive” (more violent coercive measures)
Page 528, “furnishedthe” changed to “furnished the” (the amount of light furnished the earth)
Page 532, “Perphaps” changed to “Perhaps” (Perhaps the one word which will)
Page 533, “Dephic” changed to “Delphic” (from Hebraic and Delphic times)
Page 542, “the yshould” changed to “they should” (one that they should try to repeat)
Page 548, illegible (possibly “sut”) changed to “but” (but now and then an intestine broil)
Page 554, “Dorea” changed to “Doria” (Doria Baltea)
Page 554, “Masinisssa” changed to “Masinissa” (Masinissa died, however)
Page 554, “cathredral” changed to “cathedral” (St. Paul’s cathedral)