  Harpers have recently issued the following books: Two of William J. Rolfe’s series of Shaksperian plays, “The Two Noble Kinsmen,” by John Fletcher and William Shakspere; and “Pericles, Prince of Tyre.” “English Literature in the Eighteenth Century,” by T. S. Perry. “Shandon Bells,” by William Black. “Tip and Tim,” by James Otis. “Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates”—seventeenth edition. “A History of Latin Literature,” by G. A. Simcox, M.A. Lippincott & Co. send out a work, by W. W. McLane, “The Cross in the Light of To-day;” also, “Perfect Prayer, how Offered, how Answered,” by Rev. Chauncey Giles. We have received from Scribner’s Sons “The Blockade and the Cruisers,” by J. R. Soley. “On the Desert; with a Brief Review of Recent Events in Egypt,” by Henry M. Field, D.D. “Chats About Books, Poets, and Novelists,” by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine; and “The Religions of the Ancient World,” by G. Rawlinson, M.A. “Books, and How to Use Them,” is a new work by J. C. Van Dyke, published by Fords, Howard & Hulbert. T. Nelson & Sons have published a “Manual of Bible History in connection with the General History of the World,” by W. G. Blaikie. “A new Index Rerum for Students and Professional Men” is published by Joel A. Miner, Ann Arbor, Michigan. FOOTNOTES:Transcriber’s Notes: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Text uses both RÚneberg and Runeberg. Page 441, “maritine” changed to “maritime” (partial to maritime affairs) Page 455, “stragely” changed to “strangely” (Aliena were strangely surprised) Page 463, “1801” changed to “1807” (27, 1807, and died) Page 476, “unmbering” changed to “numbering” (numbering twenty members and) Page 477, “Stael” changed to “StaËl” (Stevens’s Madame De StaËl) Page 485, “noncomformity” changed to “nonconformity” (persecution for nonconformity) Page 486, “whther” changed to “whether” (raises is whether the) Page 486, “Atchafayala” changed to “Atchafalaya” (whether the Atchafalaya) |
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