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Henry Holt and Company:

Animal Snapshots and How Made. By Silas A. Lottridge.

The author expresses the hope that this collection of sketches and pictures of birds and mammals, representing the work of several years, will extend the reader's interest in the animals about him. Among the mammals are descriptions of the woodchuck, skunk, raccoon, opossum, muskrat, fox, squirrel and mouse; the descriptions of birds include the robin, bluebird, chimney swift, bobolink, woodcock, crow, white wing, horned owl, screech owl and hawk. The illustrations are seventy in number.

John Lane and Company:

Great Japan. By Alfred Stead.

"A study of natural efficiency." The aim of this book is to give illustrations from the various sides of the national life in Japan, which show the advantageous effects to be derived from a universal and practical patriotism. The chapters discuss such subjects as: A Nation and Its Head, Ancestor-Worship, Education: the Foundation of the Nation, The Army and the Navy, The Position of Women, The Moral Question, etc. The Earl of Rosebery has written the foreword to the book.

The Macmillan Company:

The Girl with the Green Eyes. By Clyde Fitch.

This dramatic study of a jealous temperament is issued in a uniform edition with four other plays by the same author. The play is a familiar one to the theatregoing public.

American Painting. By Samuel Isham.

A new volume in "The History of American Painting" series, of which Professor John C. Van Dyke is the editor. In it Mr. Isham traces "the development of art in this country, showing the external influences that were brought to bear and how they were developed by the social conditions of America and the personality of the artists." In order that the surroundings in which these artists worked may be brought to mind, the author has given particular attention to the lives of some of the earlier painters. The volume, which makes a good appearance, contains twelve photogravures and one hundred and twenty-one half-tones.

The Life of Oliver Ellsworth. By William Garrott Brown,

In this study of a New England Federalist statesman and of New England life and civilisation, Mr. Brown says of the man who was once Chief Justice of our high court: "If any one man can be called the founder, not of that court only, but of the whole system of federal courts, which many think the most successful of the three departments of our government, Ellsworth is the man." A good deal of the information contained in this book has been gleaned from his letters and from near relatives.

In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies. By James Outram.

This book describes the Canadian Rockies, from Mount Assiniboine to Mount Columbia, a distance of more than a hundred miles. It also traces the history of this region from the first explorers seeking a way to the Pacific. Among the different points of interest with which Mr. Outram deals are: Lake Louise, Mt. Lefroy, the Yoho Valley, Mt. Forbes, Mt. Bryce, the Ottertail Group, etc. About fifty illustrations and three maps enhance the value of the book.

The Menace of Privilege. By Henry George, Jr.

"A study of the dangers to the Republic from the existence of a favoured class." The object of this work is "to show in a brief, suggestive way how privileges granted or sanctioned by government underlie the social and political, mental and moral manifestations that appear so ominous in the Republic." The work claims to make no outcry of pessimism; it is a word of warning and also of hope.

G. P. Putnam's Sons:

Australian Life in Town and Country. By E. C. Buley.

An additional volume in the "Asiatic Neighbours" series. Mr. Buley, who is an Australian journalist, shows how the Australia of the present differs from the Australia of years ago. Some of the topics discussed are: Country and Climate, Urban Australia, State Socialism and the Labour Party, Farm and Factory, Home and Social Life, etc. The volume is illustrated.

Social Theories and Social Facts. By William Morton Grinnell.

In presenting his views on the subject of the economic and social conditions of to-day, the author enlarges upon the following suggestions: That we act in accord with nature, instead of trying to "re-create an impossible world, and to establish an artificial condition of life"; that we "execute the laws against concrete offenders when they pervert the interests of union and trust and harmony to their own ends," instead of legislating against abstractions; and that we come to realise that "the solution of the problems which confront us lies in the observance of the principles of religion and nature, and of laws which in their essence are as immutable as they are beneficial and wise."

Kate Greenaway. By M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard.

In this biographical and autobiographical sketch of Miss Greenaway's life and career, are extended references to her friendship with John Ruskin. Much of the correspondence between them is reproduced. Lord Tennyson was also included among her intimate friends, and Austin Dobson, George du Maurier, Princess Christian and the Empress Frederick among her many acquaintances. The book, which contains fiftythree full-page illustrations in colour and ninety sketches and full-page drawings in black and white, presents a very attractive appearance.

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