far as the past is
concerned, if not the future. Those who are interested in the subject
will find it worth while to read this book. The translation has been
carefully made, and it is clearly printed.

* * * * *

Lynn, Mass., has long been famous for its boots and shoes, but from a
comfortably sized book[5] in hand, we are led to believe that the town
has something interesting about it besides heels and soles. This volume
is, according to its name, a series of sketches of the history of the
town, well interspersed with anecdotes, most of them from the storehouse
of the author's own memory. Although he spent, as he declares, twenty
years on the shoemaker's bench, he has not limited his knowledge to his
trade. He has evidently been a keen observer; and his command of
Anglo-Saxon, together with what may be called the genuine Yankee
language, has enabled him to relate his stories and make his comments in
a clear and vigorous style. It is, indeed, a very pleasant variation of
the regulation town history; a volume of information and good-natured
wit; such a book as we imagine every citizen and native of Lynn would
delight to read.

FOOTNOTES:

[2] Scriptures, Hebrew and Christian. Arranged and edited for young
readers as an introduction to the study of the Bible. By Edw. T.
Bartlett, A.M., and John P. Peters, Ph.D. Vol. I, pp. 545. New York: G.
P. Putnam's Sons.

[3] Outlines of Universal History. Designed as a text-book and for
private reading. By George Park Fisher, Professor in Yale College, pp.
674. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co.

[4] The Present Condition of Electric Lighting. A report made at Munich,
September 26, 1885, by N. H. Schilling, Ph.D. 55 pp. Boston: Cupples,
Upham & Co.

[5] Sketches of Lynn; or, The Changes of Fifty Years. By David N.
Johnson, pp. 490. Lynn; Thomas P. Nichols, printer.

INDEX TO MAGAZINE LITERATURE.

(_MAY, 1886._)

ART, ARCHITECTURE. American Country Dwellings. _Mrs. Schuyler van
Rensselaer._ 1.--The Care of Pictures and Prints. _P. G. Hamerton._
5.--Art in Brooklyn. _Various._ 16.--Ceilings and Walls. _J. H.
Pollen._ 22.--An English Sculptor. _Leander Scott._ 22.--Art in Metal
Work. _Lewis F. Day._22--An American Gallery. _Chas. De Kay._ 22.

BIOGRAPHY, GENEALOGY. The Life of William Lloyd Garrison. _Freeman M.
Post, D.D._ 3.--A Sturdy Christian. _Henry J. van Dyke, Jr., D.D._
3.--Edwin M. Stanton. _Dan Piatt._ 4.--Francis Ga