of his ideal for granted, and in lifting it out of the sloughs into which it has fallen in the muddy minds of many sorts of people, by pleasantly talking and chatting, _en attendant_ that Hercules shall come down and shoulder on the car of progress. _Books Received_. The City of Mocross, and its Famous Physician. By the author of "Morcroft Hatch," etc. Boston: Henry Hoyt. Tom Racquet, and his Three Maiden Aunts. By Frank E. Smedley. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers. Miriam Rosenbaum: A Story of Jewish Life. By Rev. Dr. Edersheim. Illustrated. Boston: Henry Hoyt. Frank Fairleigh. By Frank E. Smedley. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers. Jessie's Work: A Story for Girls. Illustrated. Boston: Henry Hoyt. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 31. October, 1873., by Various