Book Reviews

THE STOHY OF A RANCH. By Allee Wellington Ilulllu.s. New York. 1 uUUUed by Cassell & Co., 739-41 Broadway Ano Albir, Kor sale by Geo. okIhk & Co. l"rlco$1.0U. This book is au attraetive onc to the eyo, full ilt, and beautiful letter press, a chiiracterhrtic of all of CaseJI & Oo's publleutious. They never put a poor priuted pulilic itiuii on tli murkt't. It is as its name implica a story of a ranch. Souie New Yorkers, havlng taken in and bcc.jme tired of all the favoritc resoltó finally decide to visit tlieir ranch in K:iusn8. They have all manner of adventures, but linally sell out and return east. The book has juat a taste of beiug an advtrlising medium for ldmsas aiul its lunch lite. A riUMAUY HIBTOHY OF THiK UNITKD STATES. For Intermedjate Classes. PubMslied by A. 8. Barnes & Co., New York and Chicago. Handsomely Hlustroted. 225 pp. For the purpose for which this book is published it U excellent. It is doiibtful f a more attractive text-book givinjf in a brief space the generul outlines of the history of our own country could be written. TUK SAT1N-WOOD BOX. By J. T. Trowbrldge, Illustrated. Boston: Lee 4 Shepard, publlshers. Prlee, $t.5. For sule by Andrews A Wltterby. Ann Arbor. It is hardly necessary to write a eritici8in uon any of J. T. Trowbridjfe's works. Tliis is a book for the joung folk's of the household, and as would be nferred by tlie author'H narae it isa story Erom whioh a good moral is to bc deducted. The youth who reads this book will scarcely waste the time spent in rcuding it, even if It is a story, becaase It (sachet honesty, purity and manlinees, and shows l'ow such qualities in a boy are rewaided when lirinly ndiiered to.