ber of Lippincott's Magazine. It is called " A Wave of Life," and the scene is laid in New York City, the author's own home. The characters are drawn from among the fashionable and literary people of that metropolis. The story is full of cleverly managed scenes and bright and sparkling dialogues, and has a strong, romantic interest. The shorter articles in this number are " Thomas Bu chanan Read," by R. H. Stoddard; "The Exam ple of Portia," by Maurice Francis Egan; " The Mountain-Mirage," by Joaquin Miller; " Has Been," by Ella Wheeler Wilcox; "Men's Wo men," by Julien Gordon; " A Love-Song," by Frank Dempster Sherman; " An American Kew," by Julian Hawthorne; " The Worst of It," by Edward Jay; " West of the Sierras," by Charles Howard Shinn; " A Poet's Apology," by Charles Washington Coleman; " Julien Gordon," by Rob ert Timsol; " A New Theory of the Universe," by Charles Morris; "Copyright;" "With the Wits" (illustrated by leading artists).
The beginning of a new novel in a new field, by Dr. Edward Eggleston, is an important feature of the February Century. The scene of " The Faith Doctor " is laid in New York City, and the subject is not only Christian Science, Faith Cure, etc., but the social struggle in the city of New York. Besides "The Faith Doctor," the fiction consists of the third and closing instalment of James Lane Allen's " Sister Dolorosa," an instal ment of Hopkinson Smith's " Colonel Carter of Cartersville," a story by Miss Wilkins with a pic ture by Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote, a story, " Pene lope's Swains," by Mrs. Burton Harrison, illus trated by Wiles, and a strange story by Joel Chandler Harris, called " Balaam and his Mas ter," with pictures by Helmick. The Talleyrand Memoirs are continued, accompanied by a por trait of Talleyrand in his youth. The California Series brings the reader down to the time of the discovery of gold; and these papers are profusely illustrated. Some interesting and hitherto unpublished " Lettes of Charles and Mary Lamb " form the leading attraction of the Atlantic Monthly for February. The other contents are " The Philosophers of the Paradoxical," by Josiah Royce; "The Ride to At Lady," by Helen Gray Cone; " Note : An Unexplored Corner of Japan," by Percival Lowell;
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"The New-England Meeting-House," by Alice Morse Earle; " The House of Martha," by Frank R. Stockton; " The next Stage in the Develop ment of Public Parks," by Alpheus Hyatt; " Feli cia," by Fanny N. D. Murfree. A table of contents which ought to satisfy the most fastidious reader.
Harper's Magazine for February comes pro fusely illustrated, and contains an unusual amount of interesting matter. The frontispiece is a repro duction of Sargent's portrait of Edwin Booth, which is accompanied by a charming tribute from the pen of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The article which will prove of most general interest is " The Heroic Adventures of M. Boudin," which is illus trated with original drawings by W. M. Thackeray. The other contents are " Finland," by Henry Lansdell; " English Writers in India," by Rev. John F. Hurst; " In the ' Stranger People's ' Country," by Charles Egbert Craddock; " The Heart of the Desert," by Charles Dudley Warner; "Both their Houses," by Edward Everett Hale; "The Bond," by Geraldine Bonner; "Smyth's Channel and the Straits of Magellan," by Theqdore Child.
BOOK NOTICES. The Town Meeting. By Austin De Wolf. George B. Reed, Boston, 1891. Half sheep. 12.25. Cloth. $2.00. This work is a compilation of Massachusetts stat utes and decisions applicable to town officers and town meetings. While the town meeting is a NewEngland institution, in many of the Western and Southwestern States very similar methods of town government have been adopted; and there is much in this book that will be found useful to the officials and lawyers of such places. In Massachusetts, of course, it will be of especial value. The Massachusetts Peace Officer. A Manual for Sheriffs, Constables, Police, and other Civil Officers. By Gorham D. Williams. George B. Reed, Boston, 1891. Half sheep. $2.75. Cloth. $2.50. This little work contains in a compact form the Massachusetts statutes and cases bearing upon the functions and duties of peace officers. It contains much valuable information, and will prove of real
