temperament, but in the matter of their fundamental convictions there is much to be said for Ingersoll's opinion.

"Patriotic Eloquence Relating to the SpanishAmerican War and Its Issues" (Scribner) is the title of a compilation made by Messrs. Robert L. Fulton and Thomas C. Trueblood. The selections range all the way from the pinchbeck rhetoric of Senator Beveridge and the platitudes of Senator Depew, to the genuine oratory, inspired by patriotism of the oldfashioned sort, of such men as Mr. Carl Schurz, Dr. Henry van Dyke, Senator Towne, and Senator Hoar.

TOPICS IN LEADING PERIODICALS.
January, 1901.

Adventure, A Wonderful, Chalmers Roberts. World's Work.
Advertising Disfigurement. A. R. Kimball. Scribner.
Armies in China, Comparison of. T. F. Millard. Scribner.
Athens, Modern. George Horton. Scribner.
Australian Commonwealth, The. H. H. Lusk. Rev. of Revs.
Bernhardt in her 'Teens. Albert Schinz. Lippincott.
Caucasus of Russia, The. Henry Norman. Scribner.

Civil Service Reform, Purpose of. H. L. Nelson. Forum.
Clubs, Odd. Lucy Monroe. Lippincott.

Century.

College Graduate, Is he Impracticable? R. E. Jones. Forum.
Colonies and Nation. Woodrow Wilson. Harper.
Confederacy, Last Days of. Sara M. Handy. Atlantic.
Congressional Apportionment, New. Henry Gannett. Forum.
Davis, Cushman Kellogg. S. G. Smith. Review of Reviews.
District of Columbia in its Centennial Year. Forum.
East London Shadow and Sunlight. Walter Besant. Century.
Education, A Gap in. H. D. Sedgwick, Jr. Atlantic.
Electors and Coming Election. Albert Shaw. Rev. of Revs.
Empress Dowager, The. R. Van Bergen. Atlantic.
Exploration, A Century of. C. C. Adams. World's Work.
Fig-Growing Industry in California. L. O. Howard. Forum.
Friars, Filipinos, and Land. J. B. Rodgers. Rev. of Revs.
Gilman, President, at Johns Hopkins. N. M. Butler. R. of R.
Government, Cost of. Carroll D. Wright. Century.
Hamlet's Castle. Jacob A. Riis.
Immigration, New Problems of. P. F. Hall. Forum.
Japan, My. Poultney Bigelow. Harper.
Liberal Party in England, The. Forum.
Missions, Foreign, in 20th Century. E. F. Merriam. R. of R.
Müller, Max. A. V. Williams Jackson. Forum.
Nature's Beauty, Trust to Protect. S. Baxter. Rev. of Revs.
New Century, Great Tasks of the. World's Work.
New Orleans, Old Cabildo of. Grace King. Harper.
Panama and Nicaragua Canals Compared. A. Davis. Forum.
Park Making as National Art. H. B. Merwin. World's Work.
Patent Office, The U. S. E. V. Smalley. Century.
Pekin, Fall of. Gilbert Reid. Forum.
Peking, Besieged in. Cecil E. Payen. Century.
Phillips, Stephen. Edmund Gosse. Century.
Pittsburg, A Glimpse of. W. L. Scaife. Atlantic.
Poetry, American, Century of. O. L. Triggs. Forum.
Polar Work, Present and Future. World's Work.
Public Expenditures, Growth of. C. A. Conant. Atlantic.
Publishing, New Tendencies in. A Publisher. World's Work.
Reconstruction of Southern States. Woodrow Wilson. Atlan.
Rio Grande, Cañons of the. R. T. Hill. Century.
Roberts, Lord. Winston Spencer Churchill. World's Work.
Robinson, Rowland E. Julia C. R. Dorr. Atlantic.
Rodin, Auguste. W. C. Brownell. Scribner.
Smokeless Cannon Powder. Hudson Maxim. Forum.
Snow-Plough, Work on a. H. H. Lewis. World's Work.
Soil, Going Back to the. J. P. Mowbray. World's Work.
Time-Spirit of the 20th Century. Elizabeth Bisland. Atlantic.
Villard, Henry, Reminiscences of. Murat Halstead. R. of R.
Washington: A Predestined Capital. Anne Wharton. Lipp.
Wealth and Morals. Wm. Lawrence. World's Work.
Winchelsea, Rye, and "Denis Duval." Henry James. Scrib.
Yale, The New. H. A. Smith. World's Work.

LIST OF NEW BOOKS.

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BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS. Memories of the Tennysons. By Rev. H. D. Rawnsley. Illus., 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 252. Macmillan Co. $2.25. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War. By Jacob Dolson Cox, A.M. In 2 vols., with photogravure portraits, large 8vo, gilt tops, uncut. Scribner's Sons. $6. net. Orestes A. Brownson's Latter Life, 1856-1876. By Henry F. Brownson. With portrait, large 8vo, pp. 629. Detroit: H. F. Brownson. $3.

Verbeck of Japan, a Citizen of No Country: A Life Story of Foundation Work Inaugurated by Guido Fridolin Verbeck. By William Elliot Griffis. Illus., 12mo, pp. 376. F. H. Revell Co. $1.25.

Edwards Amasa Park, D.D., LL.D.: A Memorial Address. By Richard Salter Storrs, D.D. Large 8vo, pp. 71. For sale by Charles Scribner's Sons. 50 cts.

HISTORY.

The History of Colonization from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By Henry C. Morris. In 2 vols., 8vo, gilt tops, uncut. Macmillan Co. $4.

The Transit of Civilization from England to America in the Seventeenth Century. By Edward Eggleston. 8vo, uncut, pp. 344. D. Appleton & Co. $1.50.

Cabot Bibliography. With an Introductory Essay on the Careers of the Cabots, Based upon an Independent Examination of the Sources of Information. By George Parker Winship. Large 8vo, uncut, pp. 180. Dodd, Mead & Co. The Spanish Conquest in America. By Sir Arthur Helps. New edition, in 4 vols., edited by M. Oppenheim. Vol. I., with maps, 12mo, pp. 369. John Lane. $1.50. Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America: Select Narratives from the "Principal Navigations" of Hakluyt. Edited by Edward John Payne, M.A. Second Series; illus., 12mo, uncut, pp. 298. Oxford University Press. The Frigate Constitution: The Central Figure of the Navy under Sail. By Ira N. Hollis. Illus., 12mo, gilt top, pp. 263. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.50.

The Expansion of the American People, Social and Territorial. By Edwin Erle Sparks, Ph.D. Illus., 12mo, gilt top, pp. 461. Scott, Foresman & Co. $2. History of the People of the Netherlands. By Petrus Johannes Blok; trans. by Ruth Putnam. Part III., The War with Spain. With maps, large 8vo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 539. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $2.50. Thrilling Days in Army Life. By General George A. Forsyth, U.S. A.; illus. by Rufus F. Zogbaum. 12mo, pp. 197. Harper & Brothers. $1.50.

The Civilization of the East. By Dr. Fritz Hommel. Illus., 24mo, pp. 141. "Temple Primers." Macmillan Co.

40 cts. net.

GENERAL LITERATURE.

An Englishwoman's Love-Letters. 12mo, gilt top, uncut,
pp. 322. Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.50 net.
Sharps and Flats. By Eugene Field; collated by Slason
Thompson. In 2 vols., 12mo, gilt tops, uncut. Charles
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The Clergy in American Life and Letters. By Daniel Dulany Addison. 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 400. "National Studies in American Letters." Macmillan Co. $1.25.

The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900. Chosen and edited by A. T. Quiller-Couch. 12mo, gilt top, pp. 1084. Oxford University Press. $1.90 net. Reminiscences of Oxford. By Rev. W. Tuckwell, M.A. Illus., 8vo, gilt top, pp. 288. Cassell & Co. $2. Concerning Children. By Charlotte Perkins (Stetson) Gilman. 12mo, pp. 298. Small, Maynard & Co. $1.25. Poets and Poetry of Indiana, 1800-1900. Compiled and edited by Benjamin S. Parker and Enos B. Heiney. With portraits, 12mo, pp. 464. Silver, Burdett & Co. $1.50. The Song of a Heart: Christmas Mile-Stones. By Helene Hall. 12mo, gilt top, uncut, pp. 196. Robert Clarke Co. $1.25. Woman and the Wits: Epigrams on Woman, Love, and Beauty. Collected and edited by G. F. Monkshood. With frontispiece, 12mo, uncut, pp. 174. A. Wessels Co. $1.

A Hero and Some Other Folk. By William A. Quayle.
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Ye Wisdom of Confucius; or, Ye Mummyfyed Fynger
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Ail Change: Jottings at the Junction of the Nineteenth and
Twentieth Centuries. By Wilfred Woollam, M.A. 12mo,
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The Christmas Story from "David Harum." By Edward
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Monday Sermons: Twenty Newspaper Essays. By Paul M.
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Art and Nature, Life, the Soul and God. Second edition;
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POETRY AND VERSE.

Last Songs from Vagabondia. By Bliss Carman and
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A Day's Song. By John Stuart Thomson. 12mo, gilt top,
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On Life's Stairway. By Frederic Lawrence Knowles.
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The Aztec God, and Other Dramas. By George Lansing
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From Mayflowers to Mistletoe: A Year with the Flower
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The Sphinx, and Other Poems. By William Henry Hudson.
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Songs of North and South. By Walter Malone. 12mo,
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Scenes of My Childhood. By Charles Elmer Jenney.
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The Rose of Joy. By Josephine L. Roberts. 12mo, pp. 44.
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The Promise of the Years: A Voice from Nature. By
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The Odyssey Rendered into English Prose for the Use of
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Temple Classics. Edited by Israel Gollancz, M.A. New
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The Mantle of Elijah. By I. Zangwill. Illus., 12mo,
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The Cardinal's Rose. By Van Tassel Sutphen. Illus,,
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Dauntless: A Story of a Lost and Forgotten Cause. By
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The Sequel to a Tragedy: A Story of the Far West. By
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Lessons in Love. By Katrina Trask. With frontispiece,
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In the Alamo. By Opie Read. With frontispiece, 12mo,
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A Chambermaid's Diary. By Octave Mirbeau; trans.
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Forbidden Paths in the Land of Og: A Record of the
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Falaise: The Town of the Conqueror. By Anna Bowman
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RELIGION AND THEOLOGY.
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The Last Years of Saint Paul. By the Abbe Constant
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The Dhamma of Gotama the Buddha and the Gospel of
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Sunday, the True Sabbath of God. By Samuel Walter
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In the Time of Paul: How Christianity Entered into and
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The Book of Daniel. With Introduction and Notes by
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