RESQUE FRANKLIN. Edited by Charles F. Warner. 123 pp. Large
Quarto. Paper, 75 cents. Northampton. Mass.: Picturesque Publishing
Company. 1891.

At first sight it seems astonishing that such handsome books as these,
with their lavish wealth of costly half-tone pictures, can be profitably
sold at so low a price. They are exceedingly attractive volumes, and
together they make a delightful picture-gallery of New England country
life. "Picturesque Hampshire" was published in November, 1890, as a
supplement to the quarter-centennial issue of the _Hampshire County
Journal_, and its success was so great as to lead to the publication of
"Picturesque Franklin," and to the preparation of "Picturesque Hampden,"
which will be issued in two parts next fall. Not only the residents of
the counties illustrated, and of Western Massachusetts generally, but
every cultivated person will be interested in these books. The
illustrations are so numerous that each volume is really a picture book
of New England life. The illustrations have been reproduced from
photographs by the half-tone process, and they retain all the accuracy
and sharpness of the original photographs. The text explains them
sufficiently, and is generally well written.

W. H. H.

IN FOREIGN LANDS. By Barbara N. Galpin. 156 pp. Cloth, $1.00.
Boston: New England Publishing Company. 1892.

"In Foreign Lands" is a pleasantly-written volume descriptive of
European travel, and tells, in an interesting way, the experiences of a
delightful summer journey.

W. H. H.

NEW HARVARD SONGBOOK. Compiled by R. T. Whitehouse, '91, and
Frederick Bruegger, '92. Revised Edition. 92 pp. Flexible Covers.
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company. 1892.

This new compilation of college songs contains many of the new songs
which have been sung by the Harvard Glee Club during the last three
years. Many of the songs are the compositions of Harvard undergraduates,
and have never before been published. Some of the best-known among them
are: "Boreen," "Holsteiner's Band," "The Hoodoo," "Jay Bird," "The Man
in the Moon's Ball," "Mrs. Craigin's Daughter," "O'Grady's Goat," "The
Party at Odd Fellows' Hall," "The Phantom Band," "Romeo and Juliette,"
"Schneider's Band," and "The Versatile Baby." The book is full of the
rollicking college spirit, and college men and their sweethearts will
find it an unfailing source of delight. It is adapted either for glee
club or home u