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Napoleon Bonaparte's First Campaign. By Herbert H. Sargent, First Lieut. 2d Cavalry, U. S. A. ''Crown 8vo., 231 pages, with maps. $1.50.''

* * Valuable as the book is as a treatise on strategy, its worth in this respect is far surpassed by its value as a life-like portrayal of Napoleon, not only the strategist and the tactician, but the general "heaven born." —Times, London, Eng.

The Eye in Its Relation to Health. By Chalmer Prentice, M. D. ''Crown 8vo. $1.50.'' Every person who is in any way interested in chronic disease and its relief, whether in the eyes or any other of the bodily organs, should read this thoroughly original little volume, as it affords new hope for the cure of many diseases that have proved too stubborn for the usual medical or surgical treatment.

Government & Co., Limited. Being an Examination of the Tendencies of Privilege in the United States. By Horatio W. Seymour. 16mo, 148 pages, 73 cents. A more spirited attack, protest more glowing, invective more bitter, never was called forth by what this author is profoundly convinced are the iniquities and cruelties of protection. * * He maintains throughout a high level of eloquence. His absolute sincerity cannot be questioned. If ever a writer felt his sentences, it is he.—Post, Chicago.

The Wonderful Wapentake. By J. S. Fletcher. Illustrated by J. Ayton Symington. Crown 8vo., 230 pages, deckle edges, $2.00.

The "Wonderful Wapentake " is a minor division of Yorkshire, a picturesque region of country with century-old farmhouses and people as old-fashioned as any that Thomas Hardy ever delineated in his novels. The author's love of nature was strengthened by his country life, and his descriptions of the people, their manners and customs, and of the country itself, are peculiarly vivid and attractive.—Transcript, Boston.