their foundation stones. Mr. Keary has studied his subject with long and tireless attention, he has gathered a wealth of information, and shown a wisdom and judgment of classification and condensation that make his work one of the best of its kind. He has in mind to carry the study of this epoch one step farther to the formation and to the early history of the Scandinavian conquests and colonies in France, in the British Isles and in the islands of the North Atlantic. Let us hope that this purpose may have an early fulfillment.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS, THE COLORED ORATOR."

By Frederic May Holland, author of "The Reign of the Stoics," "Stories from Robert Browning," "The Rise of Intellectual Liberty," etc. ($1.50.) Published by Funk & Wagnalls, New York.

The life of Frederick Douglass probably has no parallel, even in America where the escape of a slave was a matter of constant occurrence, in the days preceding the recent war, and it certainly could never have been lived upon any other part of the globe. It was a romantic and wonderful life, even before the raising of the negro to citizenship allowed Douglass to fill very high places under the direction of the government. His life, in a certain sense, is also representative, and must be perused by any student of the history of American slavery, for a just understanding of the infamies of that system, and its effects upon slaves born with brains above the common. In the work just issued from the press of Funk & Wagnalls, we have a full account of the remarkable man whose career is there related. It deals with all the romantic features of his career, following him from the log cabin of his childhood on the bank of the Chopbank river in Maryland, through all the best and worst phases of slavery, to his long-cherished escape there

from, and to his advance, stride by stride, to the distinguished position he now holds as the representative man of his race, a position in which he has won the confidence of his own people, and wrung from the white race unqualified admiration for his purpose, character and intellectual grasp. The main incidents of Frederick Douglass' life have already been detailed in scattered notices in the press of the country. The author has not only collected, arranged and verified all those, but has given an added interest to the work by valuable information obtained from Mr. Frederick Douglass, Jr., and by numerous anecdotes related to the author by the hero of the story, shortly before his departure for Hayti. A series of ten unpublished lectures and many other manuscripts were at the same time handed to the author, and have proved useful in illustrating Mr. Douglass's views and character.

"A TARIFF PRIMER; THE EFFECT OF PROTECTION UPON THE FARMER AND LABORER." By Porter Sherman, M. A. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.

One pregnant sentence from the preface to this No. LXV of the Putnam's valuable series of "Questions of the Day," will show the position of the author, upon this most important question of modern economics. "If any one," he says, "will take the trouble to master the first principles of protection, and allow his intellect, unbiased by prejudice, passion and self-interest, to draw its own conclusions, there will be forced upon him the conviction that protection is an improvisher, and not a wealth producer." The conclusion is here stated, and the argument follows in full. The case made out is certainly a strong one, and the reply can only be made by those who have mastered the whole question, and are prepared to meet Mr. Sherman at every point.