The Century Co.'s New Books. PUBLISHED IN MAY, 1896. Notes By CHARLES C. ABBOTT. Author of "A Naturalist's Rambles About Home," "A Colonial Wooing,” etc. 16mo, 231 pages, cloth binding, price $1.50. A series of most delightful essays or talks on nature. The title essay tells us of what goes on at night, of the sound with which the country air is so full, and of the birds and beasts that make the night their time of activity. Other essays tell of other aspects of nature - "Out of the Beaten Path," " A Yule-tide Ramble," etc. One of the chapters is a spirited defense of Thoreau against some of his more famous critics. Dr. Abbott is a thorough naturalist whose ears are trained to catch every sound, and with eyes to see every sight, and he tells his story with a simplicity and charm of style that is most delightful. 12mo, The By Henry B. FULLER. Author of "With the Procession," "The Che- In this book Mr. Fuller enters a field which has not been occupied by any American writer. “The Puppet-Booth" contains twelve highly imaginative plays, each confined to a single act. They are powerful and striking, filled with humor and with much of the weirdness of Maeterlinck, and they are so interesting that the person who begins the book will not leave it until he has read the twelve plays. One is obviously a parody on Ibsen, and another a sly hit at Weyman and Anthony Hope. Those who liked Mr. Fuller's earlier work will enjoy especially this new volume. The By the Author of "When all the Woods are Green," "Characteristics," * In War Time," "A Madeira Party," etc. 12mo, 353 pages, cloth binding, price $1.75. This is a complete collection of Dr. Mitchell's poems. It includes the dramatic poems " Philip Vernon," Francis Drake," “ The Cup of Youth," etc., as well as the miscellaneous and occasional verse. These poems were previously scattered through several volumes, published by different houses, and their appearance now in one volume will be welcomed by all admirers of the literary work of the famous Philadelphia physician. A Strange, Sad Comedy. By MOLLY Elliot SEAWELL. Author of "Maid Marian, and Other Stories," "The Berkeleys and their Neighbors," etc. 12mo, 281 pages, with frontispiece ; cloth binding, price $1.25. A love story, the scene of which is laid partly in Virginia and partly in Newport and New York. The heroine, only daughter in an old aristocratic Virginia family impoverished by the war, comes North, where she meets wealthy New Yorkers and their English friends. The conflict of ideas and prejudices inevitable when English people of the upper class are brought into contact with recently enriched New Yorkers and recently in poverished Southerners forms an interesting study. 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Agent of the Chinese Empire,whose work will be remem- Sad Comedy," by Molly Elliot Seawell, a story the bered in connection with the establishment of peace be- scene of which is said in Newport, New York, and Virtween China and Japan. The article is of great personal ginia. The same publishers have just issued “ Notes interest. The last of Marion Crawford's papers on Rome of the Night,” by the naturalist Dr. Charles C. Abbott. ܙܪ a ( The entire contents of this Magazine are covered by the general copyright, and articles must not be reprinted without special permission.) -483 494 495 500 507 522 523 530 CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1896. Frontispiece. Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore. George E. Woodberry... J. William Fosdick... W. M. Flinders Petrie.. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Julie M. Lippmann... The Cruel Thousand Years. By the author of "The Cat and the Chester Bailey Fernald.. Cherub.' The Dreamer Henry Jerome Stockard Politics and Strategy-The End of the Grand Army-The Frankfort William M. Sloane... 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