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gs. TAPPAN, E.M. (p. 121) In the Days of William the Conqueror. Lothrop. 1.00 The story of William the Conqueror is the story of the man who for more than a quarter of a century was the most prominent personage of Western Europe.... Whatever in the character of the Conqueror the twentieth century may find worthy of blame or of praise, no student of his life will deny that his faults were those of his time, that his virtues were his own.--_Preface._ GEOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, AND DESCRIPTION Our country is the world; our countrymen are all mankind. GARRISON. FINNEMORE, JOHN. England. Macmillan. .75 London Town is described, there are two chapters on Father Thames, and we are led through old Wessex, Warwickshire, the Broads and Fen-country, and the beautiful Lakeland. Twelve plates in color are given. FINNEMORE, JOHN. The Holy Land. Illustrated by John Fulleylove. Macmillan. .75 This account of peasant homes and the life of the people throughout the year makes many allusions in the Gospel story easily understood. There are chapters on Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and one entitled (p. 122) From Nazareth to Galilee. The volume contains twelve colored plates. HOPE, A.R. The World. Macmillan. 1.50 Although from its nature and size this book can give only a glimpse of each country, yet it does seem to convey, in moderate compass, a general view of the world, and quite a vivid impression of the different lands is absorbed from the colored pictures, which children always enjoy. The plates are thirty-seven in number. JUNGMAN, BEATRIX. Holland. Illustrated by Nico Jungman. Macmillan. .75 A pleasant account of the manners and customs, the costumes and feast-days, of Water land. The twelve colored plates add to the book's attraction. PELTIER, FLORENCE (Mrs. F. (P.) POPE). A Japanese Garland. Lothrop. 1.00 Charming accounts of the legends, stories, and customs, of the Flowery Kingdom, related by a little Japanese boy to his child friends in America. STRANGE LANDS NEAR HOME. Ginn. .25 This small volume contains a series of brief arti
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