. Review of reviews and world's work. The volume onSwedish life appears well up to the average, and, more-over, has evidently been prepared by a patriotic Swede. George William Knox has written the volume Jap-anese Life in Town and Country for the series OurAsiatic Neighbors (Putnams). Dr. Knox has nothingvery new to say about the Japanese, but his volume is asuccinct summary of Japanese history, religion, andlife. It is illustrated. Busy men who overestimate the amount of time,money, and preliminary preparation required for a tripabroad will find a good many helpful suggestions anda great dea
. Review of reviews and world's work. The volume onSwedish life appears well up to the average, and, more-over, has evidently been prepared by a patriotic Swede. George William Knox has written the volume Jap-anese Life in Town and Country for the series OurAsiatic Neighbors (Putnams). Dr. Knox has nothingvery new to say about the Japanese, but his volume is asuccinct summary of Japanese history, religion, andlife. It is illustrated. Busy men who overestimate the amount of time,money, and preliminary preparation required for a tripabroad will find a good many helpful suggestions anda great deal of interesting reading in John U. Higen-bothams Three Weeks in Europe (Herbert S. Stone).This little volume, which is illustrated from snap-shotstaken by the author, is built up on a series of notes; infact, the authors diary. It opens with an itinerarywhich shows what can be done in a six weeks vacation,nineteen days of which were spent on the ocean. Theauthor saw a great deal, and evidently appreciated pictures are Illustration (reduced) from The Romance of ModernExploration. A book that may be placed without apology in everyboys library, and many a young girl might welcome ittoo, is the Romance of Modern Exploration (Lippin-cott), of which the sub-title, with descriptions ofcurious customs, thrilling adventures, and interestingdiscoveries of explorers in all parts of the world, ismore truthful than many sub-titles. It is by ArchibaldWilliams. It has no less than twenty-six chapters, andalmost as many illustrations. NEW VOLUMES OF SHAKESPEARIANA. IT is a very unusual book season which does not countamong its literary contributions at least half-a-dozen volumes of Shakespeariana. Among the texts ofthe present season are Loves Labours Lost and Mac-beth, in the Variorum Shakespeare, edited by Dr. Hor-ace Furness. This edition is issued by the Lippincotts,and each volume has at least one illustration from anold print, generally reproduced from Rowes edition of1709
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