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BOOK NOTES.

[All books noticed in these columns are for sale by the Wheeler Publishing Company, Nashville.]

A valuable book recently sent out in the excellent style of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., is Masterpieces of American Literature. Whether it is more of a text-book or of a library book is to be seen, but the publishers modestly claim it a place in the school room. The book is made up of biographical sketches of Irving, Bryant, Franklin, Holmes, Hawthorne, Thoreau, O'Reilly, Lowell, Emerson, Webster, Everett, and Longfellow, with selections from the writings of each. From Irving the selection is 'Rip Van Winkle," of course; and from each of the others the selections are equally as representative as this. In a letter to the editor the publishers say: "In "Masterpieces of American Literature" an effort is made to select a small number of the most famous American authors, and then to give some entire poem, story, or essay which represents their best work. To this are added a biographical sketch of each author and brief notes of explanation.

One great purpose of the book is the formation of a taste in the pupil for the best and most enduring literature, a taste which he will carry with him after he leaves school, and which will influence him largely in his choice of reading matter throughout his entire life."

The Management of Country Schools is the subject of a 20 cent pamphlet just issued by the Teachers' Co-operative Publishing Company, Cincinnati. It is by J. B. Batdorf and discusses all the phases of country school government from "Getting a school"—which is the first thing to be done-to "Remarks" and "School Records." The subjects treated seem to have been wisely chosen and the pamphlet will doubtless repay reading.

It is with fear and trembling that this editor ever writes of anything bearing the name of Dr. W. T. Harris; and when. that thing happens to be a book on Psycholegy the writing by this hand seems to be little lesr than sacrilege. So, when "A Text Book on Psychology" comes from the press of D. Appleton & Co., this writer feels very much like endorsing the book without a word of criticism The book is No. 18 of the International Educational Series, and is a translation by Margaret K. Smith, of the work of Johann Friedrich Herbart, originally published in 1816.

It is certain that Dr. Harris is doing the country a good service by editing this series of books.

The Literary world has this to say of John Habberstons new book: Out at Twinnett's, the seoond novel of the new "Broadway" series, is by John Habberton, the author of Helen's Babies, who is likely long to be "named and known” by that first book. This is a story of Wall Street doings, in which the chief part is taken bp a mysterious fisherman, who lives on a rocky island and caters for small excursion parties. He turns out to be a well known business man of New Yoak wrongly accused of forgery, and supposed to have committed suicide, who takes this means of hiding until he shall have tracked down the villian who was the cause of his misfortune He is assisted by his daughter, who shares the well-kept secret and plays into her father's hand by allowing the villain to make love to her. The book ends with the triumph of innocence. The outcome is evident so early in the book that the conclusion seems unnecessarily lang-drawn out, especially as the situations and conversations are not of an order to compensate for the delay. - New York: John A. Taylor & Co.

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