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ious learning, who died while comparatively young. They betray throughout the nervous, sensitive, dreamy temperament of the author. Numerous poems are scattered through the work, some of them evincing abilities of high order. The letters, ad dressed to a lady-love, are exceedingly well written, and are well worth the reading.

Irom days' perusal of the larger and more pretentious treatises. " The Art of War," declared Napoleon, "can be comprehended only by the exhaustive study and comparison of the campaigns of the great cap tains." In the same way, by the study and compari son of the recorded games of men who have risen to eminence as chess players, it is possible to discern a similarity in the methods of calculation and pro Voyage of the Liberdade. By Captain Joshua cedure, which, if properly comprehended and reduced Slocum. Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1894. to a system, must become available as the basis, not Cloth. $1.00. only of a theory, but of the true theory of chess play, Captain Slocum*s narrative of his adventures in and to deduce from this system certain principles the little craft built by himself, and measuring only whose truth and applicability must be universally thirty-five feet in length, has all the charm of ro obvious at all times and in all circumstances of mance, and yet is literally true. The life of the seafar j practice. This is what the authors of this volume ing man is graphically depicted, and the story abounds [ have tried to do, and we think the verdict will be in terrible experiences and hair-breadth escapes. It [ that they have been eminently successful. We com mend the book to all lovers of the noblest of all will be read with interest by old and young alike. games. A Century of Charades. By William Bellamy. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Boston and New When Molly was Six. By Eliza Orne WHrrE. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1895. Cloth. $1.00. York, 1894. Si.oo. In this little volume Mr. Bellamy has provided en Miss White is thoroughly in her element when she tertainment for many a long winter's night. One writes of children for children, and the little ones hundred original charades, which will tax the readers' wit and ingenuity to their utmost, are furnished by will be delighted with this story of Molly's red-letter days, one in each month of the year. There is •• A the author, and many of them evidence not only the composer's skill, but also his decided propensity for birthday," in January, " A valentine " in February, punning. The book is a delightful one for the family an "Afternoon tea" in March, and so on. The charm of the book is its naturalness and simplicity. circle, where it will furnish much pleasure and amuse Molly and her playmates are real little girls, and not ment. the insipid, colorless creatures so often introduced Father Gander's Melodies, for Mother Goose's into juvenile literature. Grandchildren. By Adelaide F. Samuels. Books Received. Illustrated by Lillian Trask Harlow. Rob Jewett's Manual for Election of Officers and erts Brothers, Boston, 1894. Cloth. Si. 25. Voters of the State of New York. Matthew While by no means equal to the world renowned Bender, Albany, N.Y. Paper. 75 cts. productions of the original "Mother Goose," this little A Review in Law and Equity for Law Students. collection of nonsense jingles will delight its youthful By Geo. E. Gardner. Baker, Voorhis & Co., readers. The illustrations are capital, and the book New York. $2.75. very attractive in every way. The Federal Income Tax Explained. By John The Minor Tactics of Chess. A treatise on the M. Gould and George F. Tucker. Little, deployment of the pieces in obedience to Brown & Co., Boston. Cloth. Si.00. strategic principle. By Franklin K. Young American Probate Law and Practice. By Frank and Edwin C. Howell. Roberts Brothers, S. Rice. Matthew Bender, Albany, N.Y. Law Boston, 1894. Cloth. Si.00. sheep. $6.50. This little volume is a veritable multiim in parvo Handbook of the Law of Contracts. By on the subject of chess. Small enough to be carried William L. Clark, Jr. West Publishing Co., easily in one's pocket, it contains more real informa St. Paul. Law sheep. $3.75. tion and sheds a clearer light upon the scientific Practice in Attachment of Property for the principles of the game than any work we have ever State of New York. By George W. Bradner. read. Any lover of chess, playing over the games Matthew Bender, Albany, N.Y. Law sheep. herein given and carefully following the analyses of the several moves will learn more in an hour than
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