[All books sent to the editor of THE WRITER will be acknowledged
under this heading. They will receive such further notice as may be
warranted by their importance to readers of the magazine.]

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PARAGRAPH-WRITING, WITH APPENDICES ON NEWSPAPER
STYLE AND PROOF-READING. By Fred N. Scott, Ph. D., and Joseph V.
Denney, A. B. 107 pp. Stiff paper. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Register
Publishing Company. 1891.

THE PRINCIPLES OF STYLE. By Fred N. Scott, Ph. D. 51 pp. Stiff
paper. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Register Publishing Company. 1891.

AESTHETICS, ITS PROBLEMS AND LITERATURE. By Fred N. Scott, Ph. D. 32
pp. Paper. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Register Publishing Company. 1891.

HELEN YOUNG. By Paul Lindau. Translated from the German by P. J.
McFadden. 183 pp. Paper, 25 cents. Chicago: Rand, McNally, &
Company. 1892.

THE TREASURE TOWER. A Story of Malta. By Virginia W. Johnson. 223
pp. Paper, 25 cents. New York: Rand, McNally, & Company. 1892.

THE LIGHT OF ASIA. By Sir Edwin Arnold. With Notes by Mrs. I. L.
Hauser. 309 pp. Paper, 50 cents. Chicago: Rand, McNally, & Company.
1892.

THE BOOK OF RUTH. A novel. By P. L. Gray. 219 pp. Paper. Bendena,
Kan.: P. L. Gray. 1892.

THE BLUE SCARAB. By David Graham Adee. 348 pp. Paper, 50 cents.
Chicago: Laird & Lee. 1892.

A LOYAL LOVER. By E. Lovett Cameron. 294 pp. Paper, 50 cents. New
York: John A. Taylor & Company. 1892.

MRS. LYGON. A Domestic Detective Story. By Shirley Brooks. 385 pp.
Paper, 50 cents. St. Paul, Minn.: Price, McGill Company. 1892.

A MORAL INHERITANCE. By Lydia Hoyt Farmer. 240 pp. New York: J. S.
Ogilvie. 1890.

HOW TO GET MARRIED, ALTHOUGH A WOMAN. By a Young Widow. 144 pp.
Paper, 25 cents. New York: J. S. Ogilvie. 1892.

CLASSICAL POEMS. By William Entriken Bailey. 108 pp. Cloth.
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Company. 1892.

THE PARSON. A Satire. By Charles J. Bayne. Twelfth Edition. 19 pp.
Paper. Augusta, Ga.: Chronicle Office. 1892.

HELPFUL HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS.

=Envelope Pigeon-holes.=--One of the most useful appliances that I use in
daily work is the row of envelopes in the front compartment of the upper
left-hand drawer of my desk. The envelopes are made of stout manila
paper, almost as high as the drawer is deep, and eight and one-