s great poem is simply related in acceptable
prose.

NORTON, C.E. (Editor).
Heart of Oak Books. Volume IV. Fairy Stories and
Classic Tales.
Heath. .45

The imagination is the supreme intellectual faculty, and yet it
is of all the one which receives least attention in our common
systems of education.--_Preface._

RELIGION AND ETHICS (p. 129)

The Bible itself did not begin in the dry letter, but was a rich
and various life with Nature and among men before it was made
into a book.
SAMUEL OSGOOD.

THOMAS, E.L.
The Early Story of Israel.
Longmans. .60

This small volume presents a general view of the early history of the
Jews, in accordance with the results of the best Biblical and
historical criticism. In addition to the maps and illustrations, there
are six full-page plates from famous paintings.

SCIENCE, OUT-OF-DOOR BOOKS, AND STORIES OF ANIMALS

When I survey the bright
Celestial sphere,
So rich with jewels hung, that night
Doth like an Ethiop bride appear;
My soul her wings doth spread,
And heavenward flies,
The Almighty's mysteries to read
In the large volumes of the skies.
HABINGTON.

BALL, R.S.
Starland.
Ginn. 1.00

The Royal Institution of Great Britain each year provides at
Christmas-time a course of lectures for children. In 1881 and 1887 Sir
R.S. Ball gave talks on astronomy, and on them the present volume (p. 130)
is founded.

BLANCHAN, NELTJE (Pseudonym of Mrs. N.B. (DeG.) DOUBLEDAY.)
Bird Neighbors.
With an introduction by John Burroughs.
Doubleday. 2.00

Illustrated with full-page color plates. Non-technical. Birds
grouped according to size and color; no specific color key.
Rather full biographies. There are chapters giving the
characteristics of the families, the habitats, and the seasons of
occurrence.
AUDUBON SOCIETY.

Mr. Burroughs states that this book, which describes one hundred and
fifty of our more common birds, is reliable, and is written in a
vivacious strain by a real bird-lover, and should prove helpful and
stimulating to any one who seeks by the aid of its pages to beco