MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS: OLD TALES AND SUPERSTITIONS INTERPRETED BY COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY. By JOHN FISKE. 1 vol. 12mo. $2.00. “It is both an amusing and instructive book, evincing large research and giving its results in a lucid and attractive style. The author’s purpose is to present old tales and superstitions as interpreted by comparative mythology. The seven chapters of the volume relate respectively to ‘The Origins of Folk Lore,’ ‘The Descent of Fire,’ ‘Werewolves and Swan-Maidens,’ ‘Light and Darkness,’ ‘Myths of the Barbaric World,’ ‘Juventus Mundi,’ and ‘The Primeval Ghost World.’ The volume is so rich in matter that the task of selection is difficult.”—_Boston Globe._ “With the capacity for profound research and the power of critical consideration, he has a singular grace of style and an art of clear and simple statement which will not let the most indifferent refuse knowledge of the topics treated. In such a field as the discussion of old fables and superstitions affords, we have not only to admire Mr. Fiske for the charm of his manner, but for the justice and honesty of his method.”—_The Atlantic Monthly._ “Mr. Fiske is a master of perspicuous explanation. He has not laid claim to any originality in the present volume, but his most grudging critics must allow that his presentation of this intricate subject is simple and straightforward and at the same time scholarly.”—_New York World._ For sale by Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, by the Publishers, JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO., Boston. * * * * * “_A genial exponent of the best sort of American thought._”—THE EXAMINER (London). BACKLOG STUDIES. BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, AUTHOR OF “MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN,” “SAUNTERINGS,” ETC. With Twenty-one Illustrations by Augustus Hoppin. 1 vol. Small quarto. $2.00. This delightful volume has been greeted with remarkable unanimity as one of the wittiest, freshest, most wholesome books in American literature. The humorous genius which irradiated Mr. Warner’s previous volumes, “My Summer in a Garden,” and “Saunterings,” pervades these “Backlog Studies” and lends them an indescribable charm. _New York Christian Advocate._ One of the finest books of quaint conceit, quiet humor, and delicate sentiment we have read for a long time.... If a richer book in its own sphere has been written by an American author, we are not familiar with it, and this we say despite the genial author’s rebuke of criticism by comparison. From its opening page to its close there is not a dry one in it, and some of its hits at popular fallacies and stubborn dogmas are keen and incisive; while at the same time the delightful humor and kindly spirit which accompany the lancet, make it impossible for one to take offence, be his pet notions ever so much ridiculed.