Brief accounts of the lives of some famous American commanders, many of them of the period from 1798 to 1815. Preble, Decatur, Somers, and Lawrence, are among the number. The book contains portraits. SHEPARD, WILLIAM (Editor). Our Young Folks' Josephus. Lippincott. 1.25 "Flavius Josephus was born at Jerusalem A.D. 37.... His history of The Jewish War, which was finished A.D. 75, was undertaken at the command of Vespasian, and is a noble and pathetic narrative of events that had been witnessed by himself. His other important work, The Antiquities of the Jews, was finished about A.D. 93, and was an attempt to familiarize the Roman people with the early history of the Jews as it is recorded in the Scripture." The following pages are ... a simplification of the story of (p. 147) the Jews as related by Josephus.... Josephus wrote his histories for the Romans, and we need not therefore wonder ... at his modifying and toning down the historical statements of the Mosaic records to recommend them to the prejudices of his readers.--_Preface._ STOCKTON, F.R. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts. Macmillan. 1.50 "When I was a boy I strongly desired to be a pirate.... In fact, I had a great desire to become what might be called a marine Robin Hood." All boys will sympathize with this point of view, and will enjoy reading of Morgan, Blackbeard, Kidd, and many less famous or infamous men who sailed our coasts. FINE ARTS Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech. SIMONIDES. STEEDMAN, AMY. Knights of Art. Jacobs. 2.00 Best book on art for children (1907). Contains sketches of eighteen Italian painters from Giotto to Paul Veronese, based on Vasari, and attractively written. Sixteen color and eight black and white reproductions. NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY. This volume seems to the compiler of this List one of the few books on art which children will read with real enjoyment. It is not (p. 148) included with a view to having it take the place of a history of art, but to give a part of the information which old Vasari has handed down to us with such charm. The language is delightful, and we carry away some of the atmosphere of that sunny Italian period. It is a pity that we are not given illustrations photographed from the originals, instead of more or less modified drawings. GEOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, AND DESCRIPTION Up! up! let us a voyage take; Why sit we here at ease? Find us a vessel tight and snug, Bound for the Northern Seas. WILLIAM HOWITT. BROOKS, NOAH. The Story of Marco Polo. Century. 1.50