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 Rh ing these countries and their people. He describes their climatic conditions, and many of the places which have been considered unhealthy by those who are ignorant of the facts he finds the reverse. His experience of twenty-five years has led him to know exactly those localities which are to be avoided by strangers. The magnificent mountain scenery of the Magdalena Valley and the gorgeous tropical scenery and luxuriant vegetable life are described at length. The great difficulties of transportation are dwelt upon, and he points out the need of better conditions, which would lead to the develop ment of the magnificent resources of the countries. The volume contains chapters on the Agricultural Products of Venezuela, on the Guayana Boundary Question, the Isthmus of Panama, and Panama Canal projects, the Rights and Duties of Foreign Residents in South America, the Monroe Doctrine, the Venezuelan Arbitration Award of 1869, etc. The book should be invaluable to a person intend ing to travel or settle in South or Central America, for it contains much practical advice upon the best methods of dealing with the native population and the best parts of the country in which to settle. In As the Light Led1 Mr. Baskett gives us a striking picture of American life in rural Missouri during the heated controversy between immersionists and believers in infant baptism which influenced social and even political conditions during the late "Sixties.'' The story is one of unusual interest, the characters are strongly drawn and the book as a whole is one which will deeply impress the reader. It has already passed through several editions. The Macmillan Company have just issued a work o Historical Jurisprudence by Guy Carleton Lee of the historical department of the Johns Hopkins University. It is intended to serve as an introduc tion to the systematic study of the growth of law. The contributions of each race to the science of jurisprudence are traced from the earliest records that have come to light in the valleys of the Euphra tes, the Tigris and the Nile. The contributions to the science of law made by each people are clearly traced, not merely as laws, but as fundamental com ponents of national life. Law is treated from its historic, social and economic standpoint, and it is shown that a nation's law must be studied if its prog ress and status would be understood. The author has based his work on original research. The con tract-tablets, the papyri, the monuments and ancient records have been the foundations of the volume, 1 As THE LIGHT LED. By James Newton Baskett. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1900. Cloth. 51.50.

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and while several hundred citations enrich the vol ume, it is original in treatment and conception. A number of essays from the pen of Edward Everett Hale make up a most readable volume en titled HO-OJ to Do It : How to Live.1 Under various heads, such as " How to Talk," " How to Write," "How to Read," " How to Go Into Society," etc. Mr. Hale gives much valuable advice, with a goodly bit of satire and amusing comment interspersed. The book is one for thoughtful readers, and ought to do a great deal of good, and at the same time it is a book from which the seeker for entertainment will derive real pleasure.

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