the conductors of THE CENTURY are pretty sure to meet the tastes of all lovers of fiction. Ix the October REVIEW OF REVIEWS, the editorial department entitled " The Progress of the World" contains an impartial review of the Presidential cam paign down to its present stage, special attention being given to the letters of acceptance of the sev eral candidates. Other topics editorially treated in this number are the Galveston calamity, the coal miners' strike, the pending elections in England, and the problem of reconstruction in China.
WHAT SHALL WE READ? A Breaker of Laws1 depicts the struggles of a man to throw off the effects of evil associations, but having once entered on a criminal career he finds the breaking away from his old habits of life an im possibility and is finally caught in the toils of the law. The story is admirably told and is pathetic in the extreme. The scene of The Black Gown2 is laid in and about Albany, N. Y., during the struggle between the French and English. The story- abounds in ex citing adventure, and the reader's attention is closely held to the very end. We commend it aß a most excellent book for whiling away a leisure hour. Miss Hurd, a new writer for girls and young women, gives us, in The Bennett Twins,1 a story which is bound to make a decided hit. She relates the experiences of a brother and sister, who deter mine to strike out for themselves, the one as an ar tist and the other as singer, and does it in a manner which reminds one of Miss Louisa Alcott at her best. The book is really a capital one and will delight old as well as young readers. No writer has done more for the service of his country than Samuel Adams Drake in his books on colonial history, and the new edition of his Old Land marks of Boston.* will be heartily welcomed. Mr. •A BREAKER OF LAWS. By W. Pelt Ridge. TheMacmillan Company, New York. 1900. Cloth. 51.50. 'THE BLACK Gown. By Ruth Hall. Houghton, Mifflin & Company, Boston and New York. 1900. Cloth. 51.50. JTHE BENNETT Twins. By Grace Marguerite Hurd. The Macmillan Company, New York. 1900. Cloth. |l.50. «OLD LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC PERSONAGES OF BOSTON. By Samuel Adams Drake, author of " New Eng land Legends," etc. New edition, uniform with " His toric Mansions and Highways around Boston." With 93 illustrations in the text and numerous plates. Little Brown & Co. Boston. 1900. Crown 8vo. £2.50.
Drake has been for several years accumulating ma terials for a thorough revision of the work. Besides numerous alterations in the text, designed to keep pace with the march of improvement, the oppor tunity has been availed of for the introduction of new and interesting matter. A number of full-page illustrations not found in earlier editions have been added, including a rare picture of Boston in 1830; the daring feat of Isaac Harris in saving the Old South from the flames; Boston Common as a cow pasture, with the Great Elm; Old Concert Hall, The Almack's of Boston; State Street in 1825, etc. Ina volume entitled Social Justice? Professor Willpughby discusses the industrial question apply ing the principles of justice to the concrete problems of our social life. His subject he groups under two heads: the proper distribution of economic goods, and the harmonizing of the principles of lib erty and law, of freedom and coercion. The prob lem which he seeks to solve is one of the greatest importance, and his work will be read with interest by all thoughtful men.
NEW BOOKS FOR LAWYERS. NOTES ON THE UNITED STATES REPORTS. Book 8. By WALTER MALIUS ROSE of the San Francisco bar. Bancroft, Whitney Co., San Francisco. 1900. Law sheep. $6.50. With each new volume we become more and more impressed with the value of these "Notes" to the practicing lawyer. No member of the legal pro fession, who can afford to take the series, can afford to be without it. The present book covers cases in 17-23 Wallace, 91-93 United States.
THE AMERICAN STATE REPORTS, Vol. 73, con taining the cases of general value and author ity decided in the courts of last resort of the several states, selected, reported and annotated by A. C. FREEMAN. Bancroft-Whitney Co., San Francisco. 1900. Law sheep. $4.00. For the practitioner who desires to keep up with the latest decisions upon important points of law, this series of reports is invaluable. Mr. Freeman displays admirable judgment in his selection of cases, and his annotations are unusually full and instructive. bury 'SOCIAL Willoughby, JUSTICE. Ph. D. A critical The Macmillan essay by Co., Westel NewWoodYork. 1900. Cloth. $3.00.
