APTHORP, Wm. F. Hector Berlioz: selections from his letters and æsthetic. humorous and satirical writings, transl., and preceded by a biographical sketch of the author. [Amateur series.] N. Y., 1879. 120 ..97b ARIOSTO. Tales from Ariosto retold for chil70 dren, by a lady. Illustr..... Arndt, Ernst Moritz. [German poet, b. 1769, d. 1860.]

SEELEY, John Robert, [Edr.] The life and adventures of Ernst Moritz Arndt, the singer of the German fatherland; compiled from the German, with a preface by John Robert Seeley. [Portrait.] Bost., 1879. 12. ...97b

"Celebrated popular poet of Germany, identified by his work and writings with the early history of German unity (b. 1769, d. 1860); his life embraces a history of the events of the Napoleonic age which directly influenced Germany and Prussia: a new aspect of the period, as seen by a civilian. Pro. Seeley gives in preface estimate of writer and importance of work, adding: This book resembles my own Life and times of Stein' so far that it might almost as appropriately bear for a second title Germany and Prussia in the Napoleonic age.' Compiled from Arndt's autobiography, his letters and other writings, Wanderings with Stein,' and biographies of Schenkel, Langenberg. Bauer, etc."-T. Slip R.

These memoirs are mainly translations from Arndt's autobiography and his "Wanderings with Stein," and are a companion volume to Seeley's Life of Stein, and with it, the "Memoirs of Mine de Rémusat " and "Autobiography of Prince Metternich" give a history of Europe during the Napoleonic age.

Baird, Henry M. History of the rise of the Huguenots in France. N. Y., 1879. ...12a

2 vols. 8.

"Exhaus ive history of the rise and growth of the reformation in France, and the fortunes of the French Protestants (Huguenots) in the reigns of Francis I, Henry 2d, Francis 2d, Charles the 9th; including details of the three civil wars, and the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day. The period covered. embraces a little more than half a century, from the beginning of the French reformation, 1512, to the death of Charles the 9th, 1574. Index Author, professor in the University of the city of New York."-Publ. Weekly.

"Prof. Baird has written an able history, which will take its place among the treatises on French Protestantism on its own merits as a piece of literary work. A fresh review of the epoch has become necessary, owing to the publication of new materials for history during the last fifty years. Prof. Baird informs his readers that, before very long, his brother, Charles W. Baird, will publish the history of the Huguenot emigration to the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. If it is as well written, sober and interesting a history as this, the two will form a highly creditable portion of the already handsome contributions by Americans to historical research."-Scribners' monthly, Dec., '79.

Baker, George M. The prize speaker: comprising fresh selections in poetry and prose, humorous, pathetic, and patriotic, for reading clubs, school declamation,

home and public entertainments: combining the selection in the reading club Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8. Bost., 1880. 16.73c Baker, Josephine R. Calvin the sinner. ....69b

Bost., 1879. 12°. Baker, Samuel White. Cyprus as I saw it in 1879. Lond., 1878. 8°. .......84h

"The book; as a whole, leaves a very distinct impression upon the reader's mind of just what Cyprus is and what its reasonable prospects are; and it is unnecessary to say, we suppose, that the author has abundantly proved his trustworthiness heretofore."-Nation, Feb. 19,

'80.

"Sir Samuel went to Cyprus to study for himself the value of the Anglo-Turkish Convention. After nearly a year's careful study, he has published a book which is full of interest for the general reader, and is, at the same time, a most Valuab'e and timely contribution to our political knowledge."-Spectator. Dec. 13, '79.

Baker, T. The elements of practical mechanism and machine tools. With remarks on tools and machinery, by Jas Nasmyth. With numerous illustr.. fifth ed. Lond., 1873. 16°. ......61a

Balzac, Honoré de The comédie humaine and its author, with translations from the French of Balzac. N. Y., n. d. 12°..69b

Contents: The comédie humaine and its author; The purse; Gaudissart II, or the Selim shawl; Albert Savarus.

"He was the Christopher Columbus of a new world. Never in the history of literature was such an immense plan constructed for fiction as in the Comédie Humaine....There was a Shakespearean breadth in the man that embraced every phase of life from the highest to the lowest....He was a thorough artist in the pre paration of his effects....If at times he is uninteresting, it is because of his universality....He was full of poetic fancy, but could not write poetry....To a matured and healthy mind, it may be declared there is no evil influence in his works. For the young and inexperienced they may be objected to on account of their freedom of language... Still a few of his books may be put into the hands of the young without fear; and two of these are 'Eugénie Grandet' and Ursule Mironet.' They may be regarded, too, as belonging to his most profound studies.". Scribner, March, 1876.

Bardsley, Charles Waring. English surnames: their sources and significations: 2d ed. revised and enlarged. Lond., 1875. 122. ....97c

Barlow, Peter. A treatise on the strength of materials, with rules for application in architecture, the construction of suspension bridges, railways, etc.; and an appendix on the power of locomotive engines, and the effect of inclined planes and gradients. A new ed. revised by his sons, P. W. and W. H. Barlow, to which are added a summary of experiments by Eaton Hodgkinson, William Fairbairn, and David Kirkaldy; an essay (with illustrations) on the effect produced by passing weights over elastic bars, by the Rev.

Robt. Willis; and formulæ for calculating guirders, etc., the whole arranged and edited by William Humber; with plates and numerous woodcuts. Lond., 1867. 89 ..40 Barr, Wm. M. A practical treatise on the combustion of coal, including descriptions of various mechanical devices for the economic generation of heat by the combustion of fuel, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous. Indianapolis, 1879. 123..63a

"Text or reference book for persons interested in saving fuel; simply written for general reading; Chapters on: The atmosphere; Fuels; Analysis of coal: Combustion; Air required for furnace combustion; The furnace; Products of combustion; Thermal power of fuels; Heat; The construction of furnaces; Mechanical firing; Spontaneous combustion of coal; Coaldust fuel; Liquid fuel; Gaseous fuel; Utilizing waste gas from the furnace; Pousard's process and apparatus for generating gaseous fuel. In dex. Author was for years supt. of the Atlas Works in Indianapolis."-T. Slip R.

"The author makes bad work of his science, but, on the whole, the book will furnish im portant information to those for whom it was intended."-Literary World.

Bayne, Peter. Lessons from my masters, Carlyle, Tennyson and Ruskin. N. Y., 75b

1880. 122.

Three critical essays on the life, works, etc., of Carlyle, Tennyson and Ruskin, originally published in the [London] Literary World.

"Dr. Bayne shows in this book an intellect keen and profound, a style often elegant and always strong, sentiments kind, manly and outspoken, principles far-reaching and vital; while his book sheds light, not to be gained from any other source, upon three of the greatest of living authors."-Lit. World, Feb. 28, '80.

"It was written not to preach Mr. Carlyle's gospel, but, in general, to traverse it most thoroughly, and in this the essayist completely succeeds. His criticism of Carlyle's tendency to pantheism, and of his treatment of John Sterling's remarks on that tendency, is extremely fine and able. His treatment, too, of Carlyle's 'optimism' and its ultimate connection with what most of the world calls his pessimism,' is even better. Mr. Bayne's critical pow er is seen, perhaps, more adequately in some of his Tennysonian criticisms, but is hardly seen in so much breadth. On Ruskin's general doctrines Mr. Bayne speaks with reserve."-Spectator, Aug. 16, '80.

Bechstein, J. M. Cage and chamber-birds, their history, habits, food, diseases, management, and modes of capture; transl. from the German, with considerable additions on structure, migration, and economy, compiled from various sources, by W. G. Adams; incorporating the whole of Sweet's British warblers; with numerous [colored] illustrations. Lond., 1856. 16 . ...50a

Beers, W. G.. Lacrosse: the national game of Canada; new edition, containing the laws of the game as recently amended, etc. [Illustr.] Montreal, 1879. 16°..57e "Treats of the origin of the game of Lacrosse, the original game, general character of the present game, historical associations, materials for

"Work opens with biographical sketch; followed by 10 familiar letters to friends (among whom are Heinrich Heine, Franz Liszt), descriptive of his first journey to Germany, 1841-42; selections from his three works, Evenings in the orchestra,' 'Musical grotesques,' 'A travers chants.' 2 appendices; I contains funeral discourse; 2, catalogue of B.'s published works. Index."-Publ. Weekly.

"He had a passion for music almost from his infancy, and his parents thwarted him in it, being resolved that he should be a doctor. He taught himself to play on a shrieking old flageolet; he quarreled with his father; he left home with his mother's curse; he supported himself while studying at the Conservatoire by singing in the chorus of a second-rate theatre; he married twice, and was wretched in both unions. Hunger, sorrow, tumult, hatred, filled his wretched and laborious life. There are few books more distressing than the brilliant volumes in which with dramatic force, with quick observation, with keen humor, with strong and vivid phrase, the splendid and unhappy master has described his triumphs and his trials, the agonies of his sensitive heart, the paroxysms of his despair, his mocking skepticism, his savage contempt for the imbecility and dishonesty of men, his longing for a death which he saw nothing beyond."-North Am. Rev., Dec., '79.

BESANT, Walter. Rabelais. [Foreign classics for English readers, ed. by Mrs. Oliphant.] Phila., n. d. 169.. ......97b Biart, Lucien An involuntary voyage; transl. by Mrs. Cashel Hoey and Mr. John Lillie; illustr. N. Y., 1880. 12.....70

"A story of adventures at sea, somewhat in the style of the Verne books; a gentleman goes with his friend to Calais to bid him farewell (he is leaving France for America); he goes aboard the steamer and is on his way across the ocean before he knows it; afterwards it is found out that his young son has run away from home and is on the same ship; the captain transfers them to an American steamer they meet on its way back to France, and as the time is during the civil war, they have a great many adventures before they finally land."-Publ. weekly.

"Told in a very sprightly and amusing fashion, just such as we should expect from M. Biart's pen. In the end, the involuntary traveller' finds his unintended banishment very much to his advantage. M. Biart is a trifle inaccurate, and the corrections which the translators occasionally supply might have been increased with advantage."-Spectator, Nov. 29, '79. BLACK, Wm. Goldsmith. [English men of letters, ed. by John Morley.] N. Y., 1879. 97b

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BODLEY'S afoot. Horace E. Scudder..70 Boelte, M. [Kraus-Boelte.] and John KRAUS. The Kindergarten guide: an illustrated hand-book, designed for the self-instruc

Bolles, Albert S. The financial history of the United States, from 1774 to 1789: embracing the period of the American revo......30d lution. N. Y., 1879. 89.

"Professor Bolles' history is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of a period of extreme interest, of which the careful study has been too much neglected. It throws much light upon the condition of public opinion as to finance during the revolutionary period, on the devices which were resorted to to carry on the struggle with England, and on the manner and extent of their influence upon the prosperity of the community; it gives us a detailed account of the evils of a credit currency in its most aggravated form, and a credit currency is only a peculiar and conspicuous embodiment of the idea, that prosperity can be legi-lated into existence, and that the forces which control the dealings of men with each other, can be effectually controlled by arbitrary legislation; among the most interesting portions of the book is that devoted to the views of prominent public men, as well as to the general opinion regarding the paper currency."-North Am. Rev., April, '80. Bonitz, Dr. Hermann. The origin of the Homeric poems; transl. from the 4th German ed., by Lewis R. Packard. [History primers, ed. by J. R. Green.] N. Y., 1879. ...90b

18.

"Del. in 1860 in Vienna; passed through 4 editions in Germany; claims that the Iliad and Odyssey, called the poems of Homer, are not the work of a single poet, but each of them is made up of the separate songs of different poets. Copious notes, cont. a bibliography of the subject."-Pub. weekly.

"There is no treatise of the same compass which presents the elements of the controversy so well as Bonitz's lecture."-Nation, April, '80. Prof. Packard is himself a leading American authority on the subject.

Braddon, Miss M. E. The lady's mile. Lond., n. d. 16. .....69b

BRANDES, George. Lord Beaconsfield [Benj. Disraeli]: a study; authorized translåtion by Mrs. George Sturge. N. Y., 1880. 129 ..97b BRANT and Red Jacket. Edward Eggleston..... ...70 Brassey, Mrs. Annie. Sunshine and storm in the east; or, cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople; with upwards of 100 illustrations, chiefly from drawings, by the Hon. A. Y. Bingham. N. Y., 1880. 8..82

"Account of two voyages through the Mediterranean Sea, in 1874 and 1878; with stoppages at Spanish, Italian and Eastern ports, and description of scenery, customs and other matters of interest, and a comparison of the condition of the East at the two periods. By the author of "Voyage in the Sunbeam.' 2 maps: one showing tracks of the Sunbeam' in 1874-'75 and 1878; one of the islands of Cyprus, showing the track of the Sunbeam.' Index."-Publ. Weekly.

"An interesting journal like its predecessor, The voyage of the Sunbeam.'....The narra tive has its special charm, though the voyage was made for the most part over familiar routes

and though there is no literary achievement in its telling....Interesting in its variety and with its abundant illustrations, one of the most readable narratives of the season."--Nation, April 1, '80.

Mrs. Brassey's books bid fair to become, if they are not already, the most popular of modern English books of travel. There is nothing very remarkable about them, they describe no unfamiliar scenes, and yet one is not surprised at their reputation. Sunshine and storm in the east,' is just as delightful occupation for a lazy half-hour as is the Voyage in the Sunbeam.'....The story has that ring of life in it, which distinguishes a really good book from the expost facto accumulation of reminiscences of which works of the kind too often consist." -Westminster Rev., April, '80.

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Brenton, Edward Pelham. The naval his

tory of Great Britain, from the year 1783, to 1836; a new and greatly improved edition, illustrated with portraits, plans, etc. Lond., 1837. 2 vols. 8°.... ......96b Brewer, E. Cobham. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories, with two appendices. Phila., 1880. 12... ....69a

"Cont., in alphabetical order, a brief account of names and places frequently alluded to by writers; also the plots of popular plays, dramas, stories and poems, and the prominent persons in them characteristically described; with a great deal of other information in concise form, which will be found of great use to readers and writers; 2 appendices embrace 2 lists. 1, cont. date and author of the several dramatic works set down in body of work. 2, date of the various poems and novels referred to given under their author's name."-Publ. Weekly.

"In brief outline it gives us the plot or plan of every important work of fiction or poetry, even to fairy tales. It indicates the sources of plays and stories, and brings together legen. dary or literary parallels, such as the stories of Jephtha's daughter, and of Agamemnon and Iphigenia. Quotations and popular phrases are referred to their sources. The characters of fiction, as well as of history, are identified; curious incidents are recorded; e.g., under the head of Five Pound Note,' we read, DeQuincy tried in vain to raise the loan of half-a-crown on the security of a five-pound note... The volume is very valuable for what it contains, but it omits very much of the same character, which literary men who would fain make it a desk book will look for in vain, and which might very easily have been supplied. Let us, however, not be ungracious. It is an important addition to the class to which it belongs. We shall put it on our shelves by the side of Chambers' English literature,' .. and other works which save a vast amount of research, and afford much out-of-the-way information."-Brit. quart. rev., April, '50.

Bronte, Mrs. Charlotte. Memoirs of Anna and Emily Bronte. Lond., 1874. 160..97 Bound with "Wuthering heights," by Emily BRONTE.

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BROOKS, Charles T. William Ellery Channing: a centennial memory, with illustr. Bost., 1880. 16°.... .....97b Bryant, William Cullen and Sydney Howard GAY. A popular history of the United States, from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound-builders. Fully illustr. Vol. III. [1659-1779]. N. Y., 1879. 8°. ...91

"As a history of military operations, which is the most important feature of this volume. it will rank high. These operations are de. scribed clearly and with animation.....As in former volumes, good use has been made of the latest monographs and researches."--Nation, Dec. 11, '79.

Bryant, Wm. M. The philosophy of art: being the second part of Hegel's Esthetik, in which are unfolded historically the three great fundamental phases of the art activity of the world; translated, and accompanied with an introductory essay giving an outline of the entire "Esthetik." N.Y., 1879. 8°...............64

"This is a work that will be welcomed by all students of art, and one which reflects great credit upon its author."-Western, Jan., '80. Brydges, Sir Egerton. Imaginative biog raphy. Lond., 1838 12.97 "By imaginative biography I mean, an imaginative superstructure on the known facts of the biography of eminent characters."-E. B.

Contents: Lord Falkland and George Lord Chandos; Lord Blount, Earl of Devonshire; George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, and Samuel Daniell; Charles Cotton, the Younger, and Fitzherbert; Thomas Gray and Horace Walpole; John Milton and Lord Brackley; James Beattie and Andrew Douglas; William Collins and Joseph Warton; Richard Hooker, Sir William Cowper, and Sir Edwyn Sandys; Henry Boteler, Lord Avening: Sir George Vesey; Jean Jacques Rousseau; Sir Fulke Grevil, Lord Brooke.

Buck, Albert H. [Edr.] A treatise on hygiene and public health. N. Y., 1879 2 vols. ...57d

Contents: VOL. I. Causes of disease; Jurisprudence of hygiene. I. INDIVIDUAL HYGIENE: Infant hygiene; Food and drink; Drinking water and public water supplies; Physical ex ercise; The care of the person; II-HABITATIONS: Soil and water; The atmosphere; General principles of hospital construction.-Vol II. -1. OCCUPATION: Hygiene of occupation, of camps, of naval and merchant marine, of coal mines, of metal mines;-II. Public health: Infant mortality; Vital statistics; Adulteration of food; Public nuisances; Quarantine; Small-pox and other contagious diseases; The hygiene of syphilis; Disinfectants; Village sanitary associations; School hygiene; General index.

A very valuable book. The various treatises are from recognized authorities.

Vol. I. contains what we do not hesitate to call the best short treatise on ventilation within our knowledge.-Am. Architect.

Buelow, Bertha von [Marenholtz-Buelow]. The new education by work, according to Froebel's method. Transl. by Mrs. Horace Mann with the assistance of Prof. Leopold Noa. Camden, 1876. 12°....31a Bunyan [English religious writer, b.1628, d. 1688.]

FROUDE, James Anthony. Bunyan. [Engl. men of letters, ed. by John Morley.] N. Y., 1880. 12. ....97b

"Bunyan the author he meets on more friendly terms [than Bunyan the theologian]; and his analyses of The holy war,' Mr. Badman' and 'The pilgrim's progress' are carefully and excellently done."-Lit. World, May 8, '80.

"The consideration of an existence like Bunyan's will inevitably draw out of a man the sincerest thoughts he has in him; and Mr. Froude, belonging neither to the ultra-scientific party on the one hand, nor to the orthodox churchmen on the other, but having an independent and serious standpoint of his own, has sincere to some purpose. It cannot be affirmed, however, that he has approved himself an ideal biographer. He has not so much thrown himself into his subject as he has thrown his subject into himself. Bunyan is there, but he is steeped in Froude. Yet Mr. Froude's comments upon his hero possess real value and suggestiveness."-Spectator, March 20, '80.

Burke, Edmund. Works; 5th ed. Bost., 1877. 12 vols. 122.. .26

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Louisiana. N. Y., 1880. 12°... ......69b

"Novel; scene laid in a fashionable wateringplace in North Carolina; Louisiana,' the heroine is a beautiful, innocent, ignorant Southern girl, daughter of a rich farmer; she comes to Oakvale Springs for health, and meets there a clever New York girl, who experiments with her upon her brother, a rising young novelist searching for new types;' a pathetic and almost tragic love story is the consequence."-Publ. Weekly.

"An effective charcoal sketch, and that is all; but then, only the hand of genius could draw it... Rogers is a masterpiece of character delineation"-Lit. World, May 8, '80.

"In Louisiana' Mrs. Burnett returns to her favorite scheme of idealizing the lower ten.

She creates her own material and handles it ably; the dialect, and, indeed, the characterization of Louisiana's father, are excellent; the affection of the two is delightfully exhibited, and there is much real pathos in the story." N. Y. Nation, April 22, '80.

Burritt, Elihu. [ The learned blacksmith.' American philanthropist, b. 1811, d. 1879.]

NORTHEND, Chas. [Edr.] Elihu Burritt: a memorial volume, containing a sketch of his life and labors, with selections from his writings and lectures, and extracts from his private journals in Europe and America. N. Y., [1879.] 12.. ....97b "E. B.. familiarly known as the Learned Blacksmith,' b. New Britain, Conn., 1811, d. 1879; author of a number of valuable works, chiefly published in London, of which a complete list is given in the appendix; a few are, Ten minute talks,'Chips from many blocks,' • Walks from London to John O'Groat's,' etc. Also editor of a number of periodicals published in this country and England; a philanthropist and