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 Rh ing adventures. Other stories are " Tish's Triumph" and " Grandma's Diamonds." Lawrence Irwell writes of " Declarations of War," Lizzie M. Hadley of " Ar tillery, Ancient and Modern," and George J. Varney of " Military Balloons." " A Family History," pleas antly recorded by Adeline Knapp, is that of certain California grosbeaks. Dr. Charles C. Abbott dis courses with his usual originality and point, " In Defense of Desolation." "Oklahoma Claims" are described, vigorously and with humor, by Helen C. Candee. The Living Age, in its issue for October 1st, be gins a new serial story, translated for its pages from the French of Th. Bentzon (Mme. Blanc). The story is entitled " Constance" and it is the study of the life of a young girl. The translation is made by Mrs. E. W. Latimer, and is authorized by Mme. Blanc. The October number of the Century opens with a paper on Edouard Detaille, " Painter of Soldiers," written by Armand Dayot. Prof. William M. Sloane gives " Personal and Collected Impressions of Bis marck." Chester Bailey Fernald, author of " The Cat and the Cherub," spins a naval yarn of the Spanish war in "The Yellow Burgee." Horatio L. Wait writes of " The Blockade of the Confederacy," giving many stirring stories of adventures off the belea guered ports. The "Home of the Indolent" is a paper on the island of Capri, written by Frank D. Millet. Arthur L. Frothingham, Jr., furnishes an illustrated article on ' ' The Roman Emperor and his Arch of Triumph." W. F. Bailey gives a picturesque account of" The Pony Express." George H. Darwin writes about the little-known " Bores" — tidal-walls of water that rush up the estuaries of some rivers. In addition to Mr. Fernald's story, there are : " The Werwolves." a tale of old Canada, by H. Beaugrand; "A Gentleman of Japan and a Lady," by John Luther Long, and " Uncle Adam," a character-sketch by M. E. M. Davis. The contents of Harper's Magazine for Novem ber are as follows : " Torpedo- Boat Service," by Lieu tenant J. C. Fremont, commanding the " Porter"; "Bismarck, " by Sidney Whitman; " With the Fifth Corps," by Frederic Remington; " Pancho's Happy Family," by Henrietta Dana Skinner; "Our Sea board Islands on the Pacific." by John E. Bennett; "Old Chester Tales, VIII, Sally," by Margaret Deland; " Social Life in the British Army." third paper, by a British officer; "Eastward Expanses of the United States," by Archibald R. Colquhoun; " Some Recent Explorations," by J. Scott Keltie, LL.D., Sec. R.G.S.; " Sun-down Lefiare's Higher Self,"

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by Frederic Remington; "A Reprisal," by H. W. McVickar; " An Angel in a Web," a novel, conclu sion, by Julian Ralph; " The Span o' Life," a novel, part II, by William McLellan and J. N. Mcllwraith.

The leading article in Appletons' Popular Sci ence Monthly for November is a discussion of the origin of the peoples which originally settled middle America. Prof. E. S. Morse, the author, is well known as a scientist and traveler. Prof. Charles Richards Dodge has a very important paper on ' ' The Possible Fiber Industries of the United States"; "The Torrents of Switzerland" is the title of an interesting paper by Edgar R. Dawson; there is also a fully illustrated paper by F. S. Dellenbaugh on "Architectural Forms in Nature."

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In his last novel. The Puritans* Mr. Arlo Bates finds ample opportunity for dealing with the prevail ing " fads " of fashionable Boston society and, in de lineating them, he indulges in a vein of satire and raillery that is truly delightful. The story turns upon the introduction of two young high church men into the maelstrom of fashionable life and the temptations to which they are therein exposed. Of course each has his love affair, and as a result one leaves the church, and the other failing to secure the lady of his choice seeks consolation in the fold of the Catholic Church. The book is unusually entertaining and by far the best Mr. Bates has written. An exceedingly attractive volume of essays by Hon. Mellen Chamberlain has just been issued under the title of "John Adams, with other Essays.* Many of these papers deal with the early history of the United States and are most valuable contributions to historical thought. Judge Chamberlain is one of the few writers who is able to approach his subject without the slightest tinge of prejudice, and his utter ances are on that account all the more forcible and convincing. The volume is not confined, however, to historical matters. His long experience as librarian of the Boston Public Library has made the author an authority upon literature, and the essays on "The Old and the New Order in New England Life and Letters," and "Imaginative Literature in Public Libraries " are of exceeding interest. The book is one from which the reader will derive much pleasure and profit. 1 The Puritans. By Arlo Bates. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York, 1898. Cloth. $1.50. 2 John ADams, the Statesman of the American Revolution, with other essays and addresses, historical and literary by Mellen Chamberlain, LL.D. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York. 1898. Cloth. $2.oo.