Edition of Longfel low's Poet ical Works, published Handy Volume Whittier last year in five volumes, which have proved peculiarly satisfactory to the lovers of artistic books. The beautiful type, paper chosen for its opacity and with special reference to printing well, and a tasteful binding which presents the delightful volumes with a quiet dignity suited to their contents, these give this edition a very just popularity. Whittier's Poems contain four portraits, representing the poet at different stages of his lit erary career. Miss Caroline Hazard, favorably known by her memoir of Professor Diman, and by her recently published book, College Miss Tom, a sketch of life in Narragansett in the eighteenth Hazard's century, has gathered into a pretty volume some note- Narragansett worthy poems which she calls Narragansett Ballads, with 66 SNOW-BOUND." WHITTIER HOMESTEAD KITCHEN, DESCRIBED IN of the United States for Schools," by John Fiske. Ballads Songs and Lyrics. Mr. William Roscoe Thayer, author of The Dawn of Italian Independence, and editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine, has brought out a tasteful volume of Poems New and Old, including "Echoes from a Garden," From "A History and other lyrics. Stedman's A volume of poetry of great and varied interest is A Victorian Anthology, comprising representative selections by Mr. Victorian E. C. Stedman from the works of the authors discussed Anthology in his admirable volume on Victorian Poets. It is a volume uniform in size and style with the Cambridge Edition of Longfellow and Whittier, and Mr. Stedman's judgment and taste are ample guarantee of its excellence. Biography and History One of the most important works of biography issued this season is the Life and Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, by Mr. S. T. THE TROTTING MATCH. From Dr. Holmes's "Autocrat." Illustratea by Howard Pyle. Whittier chose for his biographer. It is in two volumes, with several portraits and views, and contains a generous selection from his letters to friends and to eminent literary men, statesmen, and reformers. It gives new views of Whittier's character, notably his activity and influence in politics, but without lessening the reader's respect for his high integrity. The work will be most acceptable to the multitude who have been charmed and uplifted by his poetry. Fortunately, at the same time with a bio appears the Life, Letters, and Diary of Lucy Larcom, his intimate friend and the one most closely associated with him in much of the literary work of his later years, on Child-Life, Songs of Three Centuries, etc. Miss Larcom's Life is written by Rev. D. D. Addison, of Beverly, Mass., who knew her well, and who has told the story of her life in an interesting way, incorporating in it many letters and passages from her diary. The Life of George William Curtis is added to the series of American Men of Letters, by Mr. Edward Cary. It was a remarkably noble, fruitful, and beautiful life Mr. Cary had to commemorate, and he has done it fitly. George William Curtis Sir Walter One of the richest recent contributions to biographical literature, and one of the most delightful every way, is the Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott, which in two Scott's Letters octavo volumes gather the charming, frank, pleasantly gossippy letters the great romancer wrote to his intimate friends. The general estimate of the work is well expressed in the following paragraph from the London Daily Telegraph: "Since, then, one may here trace the majestic process of his fame, seeing how, in the midst of domestic peace and the soft circumstances of life which success brought him, the wonderful series of his works developed, and what manhood, what gentleness, what piety, what duty, what patriotism lay behind his genius, we do not know where to look for anything concerning him of higher value or interest than these Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott.' Frances Power Cobbe, one of the wisest and noblest of the present generation of Eng has written Power her auto- Cobbe biography, in two handsome volumes which contain her portrait and a view of her home. Those who are familiar with Miss Cobbe's writings do not need to be told how fresh and full of enthusiastic appreciation of all things admirable, how fertile in suggestions of improvement and growth in the art of living, and how interesting from a literary point of view, these volumes are. Miss Cobbe's life has traversed a most prolific section of English history, and her autobiography is one of quite extraordinary variety and attraction. Rev. R. L. Ottley Полиси Росливый From "Life of Frances Power Cobb.." By Herself. 66 Andrewes, who was very conspicuous in the Church of England about three centuries ago. General Thomas W. Hyde, of the Army of the Potomac, has written a small volume of war reminiscences, Hyde's Following the Greek Cross which he calls Following the Greek Cross: Memories of the Sixth Army Corps. He was closely associated with Generals Sedgwick, W. F. Smith, and Meade; was in several of the most important battles of the Union War; and FOR TWO ALONE." By Clifford Carleton. From Longfel his book, which has many por low's "The Hanging of the Crane." to war students and readers. A book of no little interest to Catholic readers, and to not a few Protestants as well, is A Story of Courage: Annals of the Georgetown ConLathrops vent of Story of the VisiCourage tation, by George P. Lathrop and Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. The Academy connected with this Convent has educated many daughters of distinguished statesmen and citizens, a fact which will lend to this book an interest outside of Catholic circles. Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop tell traits, is one of much interest From Addison's "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary." Houghton, Mifflin & Co.'s Holiday Bulletin the story con amore, and render a good service by setting forth clearly the principles and work of the Academy. A very important addition to school text-books in the department of history is Dr. John Fiske's History of the United States for Schools. It is an admirable summary of the country's discovery and history, condensing with great skill the principal facts into small com pass, and stat ing them with extraordinary clearness and force. The book abounds in excellent portraits and maps, which throw light on special facts and crises of our history, and has some peculiarly valuable appendixes. The book is admirably adapted for school use, and has features of great interest for the general reader. Mrs. Alice Morse Earle has edited a little book which partakes pleasantly of the elements of both history and biography. It is The Diary of Anna Green Winslow, a Boston School-Girl of 1771. This diary was kept by her while away from her Nova Scotian home, being "finished" at a Boston school; and it deals with sermons, Thursday lectures, cloaks, bonnets, parties, and dances. Mrs. Earle has furnished such notes as were needed to make it all clear, and some illustrations add to its attractiveness. One of the most important recent contributions to American history is Dr. Winsor's Cartier to Frontenac, illustrating in the most effective manner, by maps, Winsor's Cartier to Frontenac |