RKSHOP, with plans and designs for indoor and outdoor work, by
a boy and his friends, with an introduction by HENRY R. WAITE.
Illustrated; 12mo., cloth, 1.50. D. Lothrop & Co., Boston.

WIDE AWAKE, volume 18; [December 1883, May 1884.] D. Lothrop &Co.

This publication has won for itself a great fame among children all over
the world; $5.00 will pay for the Bay State Monthly and Wide Awake for
one year.

MANNERS AND SOCIAL USAGES, by MRS. JOHN SHERWOOD, author of "A
Transplanted Rose;" 16mo., cloth, $1.00. Harper & Brothers, New York.

THE HEARTHSTONE, FARM AND NATION; $2.00 per year. W.H. Thompson & Co.,
404 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa., publishers.

A monthly journal in the interests of domestic and rural economy,
agriculture, horticulture, live stock, current events, education, etc.
Its sixteen pages nicely edited, printed and illustrated, deserve a
cordial welcome to the domestic fireside.

MEXICAN RESOURCES AND GUIDE TO MEXICO, by FREDERICK A. OBER. Boston:
1884, Estes & Lauriat; price 50 cents.

An elegantly printed and illustrated book in pamphlet form as a
supplemental volume to "Travels in Mexico." The first part contains a
map of Mexico and fifty-seven pages replete with valuable historical and
statistical information, while the latter part (35 pages) is devoted to
such information and description as makes a guide book invaluable. We
are glad to see this book, and, for one reason, because so little
comparatively is known of Mexico. To capitalists, miners and merchants,
in fact to the general public we heartily commend this book.

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A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

A YOUNG GIRL'S DEMENTIA--HOW IT WAS OCCASIONED--SOME NEW AND STARTLING
TRUTHS.

The St. Louis express, on the New York Central road, was crowded one
evening recently, when at one of the way stations, an elderly gentleman,
accompanied by a young lady, entered the cars and finally secured a
seat. As the conductor approached the pair, the young lady arose, and in
a pleading voice said:

"Please, sir, don't let him carry me to the asylum. I am not crazy; I am
a little tired, but not mad. Oh! no, indeed. Won't you please have papa
take me back home?"

The conductor, accustomed though he was to all phases of humanity,
looked with astonishment at the pair, as did the other passengers in
their vicinity. A few words from the father, however, sufficed, and the
conductor passed on while the young lady tur