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Curren History tor the ttn quar ter of i 893 suma up in a nutshell bot] sides of the Hawailan question ; gives n elabora! ■ review oí the situation il the ünlted States as regards the tar fi and the genera) interests of busj ness and Industry with statistics foi tlie ye ir : tra ■■-■ the causes añil slgnif icance of the trouble in Brazil ; discu sea with greai clearness i lic international problem of the balan power til the Mediterránea ; reviews politieal situation n the ünlted 8tate3, the Gravesend affalr, the working ol the liquor dispensary law in South Carolina, the prohibí: ion movement and the growth of new politieal forces in Canada ; discusses the facts and tendencies of the growth of soïlalism and anarchy in Europe; sums up what has bsea done to the end of 1893 in the wa.v of Australian Eederation ; chronicles the events oí tlie Matabele war ; tweats oí the antiforeigji senameni in ( hina and Japan ; gives a resume of progresa in scUn.i U arch, astrononilcal and i logical discovery, photography ín nat; ural colors, etc.; reviews of over 100 I of the new books ; sketches the reera of the eminent dead ; outllned the U.e an 1 work oí ! r.-in i-; Parkman ; anti contains a fund of valuable information on a host of other timely topics. Portraits of many promineni persi wel) as useful tnapg, .1 ai !-n the p , ditorially and typograplücallj the work shovs the ■ eare. No addition to the fami y Uto . , more useful, or poísess a mo i I than a bound volume of this unique publicatlou, wh'ieh, wil ren! number, completes the fourth year of i ord. An elaboi index for tl ie is given w;ii the pr . era 26 closely . . and adús tly to thi if the book as a ref ren . Garretson, Ci : I o., Bnffalo, X. Y.; $ ! . ÍO a year, single copies 40 een s ; sample Ü5 cents; I ■ pa - ■ ent on application.