Another holiday book of unique character is Uncle Tom's Cabin. There have been illustrated editions of this book before, but the illustrations for this edition have been made by Mr. E. W. Kemble, who has a special genius for depicting the attitudes, the figures and faces, and the whole expression of the Southern negro. The book comprises twenty fullpage pictures and over one hundred and twenty text illustrations from Mr. Kemble's skillful pencil, and these lend to the book a very great and

peculiar interest. The story has had a history hardly surpassed by that of any book ever written. It was a part, and a very efficient force, in one of the greatest revolutions in the annals of the human race. It emphatically belongs to humane literature, and has achieved a degree of fame which it would be difficult to parallel. The book, on account of its literary and philanthropic value, and also on account of the fitness with which it is illustrated, can hardly fail to attract very general attention.

Mr. Whittier's delightful winter idyl SnowBound has been illustrated by Mr. E. H. Garrett, in the same general style in which he illustrated the "Vision of Sir Launfal," which proved so popular a holiday book last season. "Snow-Bound" is brought out in a very attractive style, and can hardly fail to be even

more popular than the "Vision of Sir Launfal" proved.

A little holiday book of very dissimilar character to "SnowBound," but one which may perhaps prove quite as popular, is the One-Hoss Shay, by Dr. Holmes, with the two companion poems, How the Old Horse Won the Bet and The Broomstick Train, all three being illustrated by Howard Pyle, who is the one artist in America who would properly be selected to illustrate these poems. He has succeeded to the great satisfaction of Dr. Holmes, and we doubt not the general pub

lic will be equally satisfied. His From the Holiday Edition of Whittier's
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to him, and the book with its leather binding is sure to be a holiday favorite.

Some of the best and prettiest little books of two or three years past have been the volumes included in the White and Gold Series, embracing some of the best lyrics, ballads, and other short poems of Wordsworth, Tennyson, Mr. Browning, Mrs. Browning, Whittier, and Longfellow. To these is now added a similar selection from the poems of James Russell Lowell. The book is entitled Odes, Lyrics, and Sonnets, and will be especially acceptable as a gift the present season.

Dr. Lyon's book on Colonial Furniture in New England is quite handsome enough for gift purposes. It is a study of the domestic furniture in use in the

seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, is illustrated with about one hundred heliotypes representing the best specimens, and is attractively bound.

Mrs. Ellen Russell Emerson's Masks, Heads, an t Faces is a book of curious interest with its facts and considerations relating to the origin and development

of Art and its numerous illustrations. The fact that The Marble Faun was brought out in superb holiday form two years ago should not prevent the lover of beautiful books from treating it with marked consideration. Indeed, multitudes do so treat it, and it is one of the most popular books on the list of the publishers. Very similar remarks might be made concerning Hiawatha, the notable volume published last year with Mr. Remington's unsurpassed illustrations, and Hawthorne's Our Old Home, also published last year, with photogravures of many of the famous castles, cathedrals, country houses, etc., which Hawthorne described so delightfully. Lanciani's Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries, with its many illustrations, is a book of perennial beauty and attraction.

Geraldine, a souvenir of the St. Lawrence, a finely illustrated volume, well deserves mention at this season; for its external attractions entitle it to a place still among holiday books, and it is an interesting combination of love-story, poem, travel, and characterdrawing. Another volume which is always attractive is Howells's Tuscan Cities, with many clever illustrations from the pencil of Joseph Pennell.

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

In the department of History and Biography several important books have been issued which are worthy of special attention at this season. First may be mentioned Mr. Winsor's very thorough study of the life and times of Christopher Columbus, showing the condition of geographical science in the time of Columbus, and what led him to make his great voyage. The work is very full and abounds in the results of careful and exhaustive research, and may well be considered the standard book on its subject. It contains not only a portrait, but maps and many pictures which illustrate even more than they embellish the volume.

Mr. Fiske's Discovery of America will appear early in 1892; but his previous volumes should not be forgotten: The American Revolution, a work of wonderful interest; and The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789.

Houghton, Mifflin & Co.'s Holiday Bulletin.

Among biogra

phies of interest are the Life of

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force, one of the leaders of religion in England, by Mr. G. W. Daniell; the Life and Letters of Joseph Hardy Neesima, one of the most distinguished Japanese of modern times, and himself one of the most efficient forces in the recent development of Japan, by Prof. Arthur Sherburne Hardy, who tells the story of Mr. Neesima's life with the same vigor

From Winsor's "Christopher Columbus."

and charm which constitute so attractive features in his novels; and, one of the most noteworthy, the little book on Abraham Lincoln, by Hon. Carl Schurz, which is a masterpiece of narrative, and, by the unanimous judgment of the press, gives a better view of Lincoln than has ever been given before.

Readers interested in theological and religious movements in this country should bear in mind the series of American Religious Leaders, which now comprises books of much value on Jonathan Edwards, Wilbur Fisk, Dr. Muhlenberg, Francis Wayland, and Charles G. Finney. Of certainly no less interest, and in some respects yet greater, is the life of James Freeman Clarke, the illustrious clergyman, who was a strong helper of every good cause, and whose autobiography and letters, supplemented by Rev. Edward Everett Hale, form a very engaging work.

NEW BOOKS OF FICTION.

Notable novels which have appeared recently are Mr. Stockton's House of Martha, which is generally regarded as one of the most Stocktonish of all of Mr. Stockton's stories, which is equivalent to saying that it is specially attractive to the host of his admiring readers; The Lady of Fort St. John, in which Mrs. Catherwood tells with great power of narrative and effectiveness of characterdrawing a story of New Brunswick in the seventeenth century; Betty Alden, another story of the Pilgrims of Plymouth, told with great historical accuracy and with the fullest appreciation of the