Show j I I CURRENT PUBLICATIONS Pearsons for I ebl1r w IH Grout War Plr Number ho I frontispiece being Tho Last El v In at Malwnnd a ruprwionta lon of a dlsaatroiiH Incident uf tine second Afghan wnr The Cycle In Vni1 thus tmUd with photographs A HiIUsh Army I Corps at the Front Illustrated wllh pho tographs and dlusriuntr With the Iiwd I CrosH on tho Rattle Field and Tho Traction TSn lne rclon lglne BIll e comprise the war feature Stories of Other Worlds continues tho fanciful honeymoon VorhK trip to I the plaiictHiund there are olher good I ollr pi tiers The Pearson Company New York I I Tho Sun Francisco Chronicle Almanac I for 1200 give a chronology y of the Pacific I coast embracing California Arizona Ore I on Montana Utnh Nevada Alaska and I J I Washington i and it Is full of statistics and I Information about California and Son t I Francisco A valuable publication Tho Phlllrllno for January adrrilnlslcrs an awful castration to Harry Thuraton Peck for his assault upon the memory of the dead Ingersoll It 18 l terribly severe but It Is qulto deserved BathiroiiHu John comes In for l delightful personal and Edward Bok pets a map the Dining Club Is gently nibbed down with a brick and Mark Twain Is grilled for his Cosmo pol tan article on Christian Science TheSe I I and other dainties make Tho Philistine 0 pure Joy Tho Philistine East Aurora New York I 1 1 St Nicholas for February has Tho Story of the Sphinx by Emma J Arnold I Ar-nold told for youthful minds Tho Col I j burn Prize begins 0 serial Under the I I Headlight Is a good railroad story An 1 Unsuccessful Colony Is a historical I sketch by Elbrldgo S Brooks Pigeons Of Pckln Is an Ingenious story of a JI Chinese pastime His Hero la a story j < I ot the Confederacy told In honor of Gen Lee The number has abundance of light I r and pleasantly Inslrucllvo reading and II I well Illustrates tIne supremacy of this I great publication The Century Company I I Now York < I I Canada 13 J N Mcllwrath Ills tory for Young Readers series D Ap I I pic Lon and Company Now York An rul mlrnblb lllllo book well wrlllen and I that leaves out clement I with a euro 1e1C no of Importance Us bias against tho United I Slalcs particularly In the account of the war of 1812 Is evident but harmless nnd the patriotic glow toward Old England Is at llmoa most amusing For Canadians tho work ought to be popular for Americans Ameri-cans most of It Is welcome and the part that Is not Is forglvcnblc |