abreast of important new developments in the sphere of educational work. It would exceed our limits of space to review here at length the advancement made by what is known as the "New Education." It will suffice to say that the Workingman's School, at 109 West 54th street, New York city, of which Dr. Groszmann is superintendent, is one of the chief centres of the movement. This institution was founded in 1878 by Professor Felix Adler of the Society for Ethical Culture. Its object is "to give to its pupils a complete outfit for that education which is to continue through life. This school resembles a public school in embracing among its pupils all social classes, and in being conducted for educational purposes only, with no thought of pecuniary profit for the managers. In one sense it may also be said to resemble a church school, inasmuch as it has for its chief purpose the building up of character, but with this fundamental distinction that the attempt is here made to develop moral strength and moral beauty on a purely unsectarian basis. "The special features of the school are: Manual training and art instruction in all classes; special attention to elementary science teaching throughout the school; universal history and literature; regular excursions to industrial establishments and to the parks and surrounding country for observation and study. Direct moral instruction supplements the moral training afforded by the work and influence of the school as such. Besides supplying the elements of a broad and general culture, it is the particular aim of the school to discover the individual bent of each pupil, to train him along the lines of his nat ural aptitude, and thus to prepare him mentally and morally for his future vocation." Poetry: Songs of Night and Day. By Frank W. Gunsaulus, author of Monk and Knight, etc. 144 pp. 12mo. $1.50. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. The author has achieved distinction as an educationist, novelist, critic, poet, and preacher. The present slender volume contains several exquisite gems of poetry, notably the "Centenary of John Keats" and Lost Ideals." Travel, Adventure, and Description: Fire and Sword in the Sudan. A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes. 1879-95. By Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha, C. B. Translated by Major F. R. Wingate, C. B., D. S. O., R. A., author of Mahdism and the Egyptian Sudan, etc. Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly, R. B. A. 636 pp. Indexed. 8vo. $5.00. New York: Edwin Arnold. Singularly enough, this work appears almost simultaneously with the advance of the Anglo-Egyptian expedition to Dongola (p. 75), to reconquer the territory so long lost to civilization, where the writer had spent many years in captivity, and from which he escaped early last year (Vol. 5, p. 207). We follow him from the hour when General Gordon sent for him, through the years when Mahdism became an epidemic, with nothing but murder in its track; through the siege and fall of Khartoum, his own capture and sufferings, to his bold and fortunate escape. The story is one of absorbing interest throughout. Kokoro. Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life. By Lafcadio Hearn. 388 pp. Cloth, gilt top, $1.25. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Long residence in Japan has made the writer of this book familiar with its history, its literature, and the mental attitude of its people. He is strongly sympathetic with this gentle and courteous race. These papers are designed to treat the inner rather than the outer life of Japan, hence their title Kokoro (Heart). Some of the stories and folklore, especially the translation of three popular ballads, give an insight into the moral and religious feelings of the Japanese. Much of the book was written since the war with China, and it contains a well-digested study of the national problem. Headwaters of the Mississippi. Comprising biographical sketches of early and recent explorers of the great river, and a full account of the discovery and location of its true source in a lake beyond Itasca. By Captain Willard Glazier, author of Three Years in the Federal Cavalry, etc. Illustrated. 527 pp. Cloth, $2.50; half morocco, $3.00; full morocco, $4.00. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co. In 1832, when Schoolcraft found Lake Itasca, and for about fifty years thereafter, that lake was supposed to be the source of the great river of North America. However, an expedition organized by Mr. Glazier in 1881, discovered a lake of 255 acres, appropriately named Lake Glazier, located above but south of Itasca. This is now regarded as the headwaters of the Mississippi. The book is fascinating with biographical sketches of all the men who have sought the headwaters in the past ninety years. There are more than seventy-five full-page pictures. Fiction: The Man Who Became a Savage. A Story of Our Own Times. By William T. Hornaday, author of Two Years in the Jungle, etc. With sixteen illustrations by Charles B. Hudson. 413 pp. 12mo. $1.50. Buffalo, N. Y: Peter Paul Book Co. "The story of Jeremiah Rock, a rich bachelor of middle age, residing in Bosiana, New York, who wearies of civilization; he carries out his intention to get him a wife, and together they go to Borneo to study the people, the animal and vegetable life, and the minerals of this little known country. His account of Borneo, and his description of how a decent, moral savage regards the curious crazy quilt we call civilization,' is amusing and not without instruction." Ocean Rovers. By Wm. H. Thomes, author of The Bushrangers, etc. Illustrated. With portrait of the author. The Pastime series. 290 pp. Paper. Chicago: Laird & Lee. The time of this fascinating tale is the period of the war of 1812. It abounds in exciting incidents of adventure. Dr. Warrick's Daughters. A Novel. By Rebecca Hard ing Davis. Illustrated. 30 pp. 12mo. $1.50. York: Harper & Bros. New It is a quite complicated story, the action passing partly in Pennsylvania and partly in the South; and in each case not only the environment but the types of character are well understood and firmly drawn. There are two opposing types in Dr. Warrick's two daughters. One of them, through sordid selfishness, makes shipwreck of her life. A Lady of Quality. Being a most curious, hitherto unknown history, as related by Mr. Isaac Bickerstaff, but not presented to the world of fashion through the pages of the Tattler, and now for the first time written down by Frances Hodgson Burnett. 363 pp. 12mo. $1.50. New York: Chas. Scribner's Sons. A novel of strength and originality. In the development of the unique character of Clorinda, from neglected childhood into superb womanhood, every principle of heredity and every law of environment are set at defiance. For all its daring force and passion, the tale has a redeeming undertone of sweetness, repentance, and love. The scene is laid in the time of good Queen Anne. A Chord from a Violin. By Winifred Agnes Haldane. With a frontispiece. 164 pp. 16mo. Silk cloth, gilt top, 50 cents. Chicago: Laird & Lee. "A beautiful story-the autobiography of a rare old instrument, passing from the hands of its maker and owner only when, he being near to death, his daughter sold it (the last of many) to buy him bread. Hester, the daughter, is taken into the house of the man who bought the violin. Her voice is trained and she becomes a great singer. Some years after, while singing, she hears and recognizes the famous old violin in the orchestra-the property of a poor young man." Miscellaneous: Official, Diplomatic, and Social Etiquette of Washington. Compiled by Katherine Elives Thomas. With an introductory note by Mrs. John A. Logan. 152 pp. 16mo. 75 cents. New York: Cassell Publishing Co. Embodies the most reliable information on a question of grave importance to visitors and residents of the "Capital City.” The Book of a Hundred Games. By Mary White. 171 pp. 12mo. $1.00. New York: Chas. Scribner's Sons. Contains ninety-two games for young people who "prefer games to dancing" or to conversation. There are no kissing games and no romping, but a free use of puzzles, prizes, forfeits, anagram letters, "questions," missing words, and names, and the rest. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought. The Child in Primitive Culture. By A. F. Chamberlain, M. A., Ph. D. Svo. Cloth, $3.00 net. New York: Macmillan & Co. Based on lectures delivered by the author at Clark University in 1894. "The lecturer's aim was to indicate some of the chief child activities among primitive peoples, and to point out the survivals of these in the social institutions and culture movements of to-day." Lee's Vest-Pocket Pointers for Busy People. Silk cloth, red edges, 25 cents; morocco, gilt, 50 cents. Chicago: Laird & Lee. Gives in briefest possible form convenient for reference the prominent events of history-area, population, location, and rulers of all nations-states of the union, population, area, capitals, and cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants-all the largest cities of the world, the great battles, chief rivers, lakes, mountains, etc.-postal regulations -rules of order, etc., etc. The Standard Hymnal. A New Hymnal for General Use. Compiled and arranged by C. C. Converse. Cloth, 35 cents. 112 pp. 12mo. 12mo. New York, London, and Toronto: Funk & Wagnalls Co. This collection of 150 gems of sacred music is compiled by the writer of the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," of which 50,000,000 copies have been printed. It is most convenient in form and arrangement. Lee's Pocket Encyclopedia Britannica. 448 pp. 16mo. Library style, marbled edges, title in silver, 50 cents. Leather, full gilt edges, and gold stamped, $1.00. Chicago: Laird & Lee. This little volume presents an unusually comprehensive epitome of latest information on general subjects, including history, biography, geography, chronology, and science. It is Americanized." Contains twelve full-page and seventy-two smaller portraits. བཅུན་.བང་ American: NECROLOGY. AYRES, SISTER ANNE, founder of the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion in the Protestant Episcopal Church; born in London, Eng., Jan. 3, 1816; died in New York city Feb. 9. BARLOW, FRANCIS CHANNING, military officer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1834; died in New York city Jan. 11. Graduated at Harvard in 1855, and practiced law and journalism. Served gallantly through the war, being wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg. For gallant conduct at Fair Oaks, he was made a brigadier-general; was with Grant through the final campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. In 1865 became secretary of state for New York, in 1868 United States marshal of the southern district of that state, and in 1871 state attorney-general. BEACH, ALFRED ELY, scientist, inventor, and journalist; born in Springfield, Mass., in 1826; died Jan. 1. His father, Moses Y. Beach, 238 NECROLOGY. was founder and for many years proprietor of the New York Sun. From his BOWEN, HENRY CHANDLER, founder and chief editor of the New York Independent; born in Woodstock, Conn., of old New England stock, Sep. 11, 1813; died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 24. 16th to his 20th year he was clerk in his father's store. He then became clerk in the silk house of Arthur Tappan & Co. in New York city, in which he subsequently became a partner as a reward for faithfulness and industry, on the retirement of Lewis Tappan. He decided to branch out in business for himself, and with a fellow clerk formed the firm of Bowen, McNamee & Co., wholesale dealers in silk and dry-goods; and a stranger to them, John Rankin of New York, lent them $25,000. After a few years they built what was then one of the finest marble stores in the city, at Nos. 320, 322, and 324 Broadway. The panic of 1857 followed quickly upon the erection of the new building, and the firm was obliged to ask an extension of its creditors. Mr. McNamee withdrew, and the firm name became Bowen, Holmes & Co. The new firm flourished until the Civil War broke out, and although it had nearly $800,000 assets above its liabilities, collections throughout the country, and especially throughout the South, The firm afterward were impossible, and an assignment was made. paid off the full amount of the debts. In 1848 Mr. Bowen was one of five founders of The Independent; and on December 7 the first issue appeared, under the editorship of the Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, the Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, the Rev. Joseph P. Thompson, and the Rev. Dr. Joshua Leavitt. It was established to be a metropolitan organ of the Congregational It immedichurches, which it was felt needed a journal which would be more progressive and anti-slavery than any then in existence. ately achieved power and influence, but for a number of years did not The proprietors were Henry C. Bowen, prove a financial success. Theodore McNamee, Simeon B. Chittenden, Jonathan Hunt, and Seth B. Hunt, all of them young merchants. The paper was so anti-slavery in character that the Southern merchants refused to buy any The other owners gradually dropped out goods of the young men. of the venture, and Mr. Bowen became the sole owner. Mr. Bowen left the mercantile business in 1861, and devoted his entire attention to The Independent, with the result that within six weeks it paid exIn 1862 he was appointed by President Lincoln collector of penses. internal revenue of the 3d New York district, but was removed from office by President Johnson because The Independent opposed |