This book consists of a series of stories of the fortunes and misfortunes that befell Ulysses in his wanderings for ten years after the capture of Troy. The stories are arranged in a different order from that in the Odyssey, and form a most delightful narrative. The author, Agnes Spafford Cook, is an excellent Greek scholar, and has been very successful in making the deeper meanings of this great poem shine through these stories of the trials of the wisest of Greek heroes in his struggle against the efforts of the gods to prevent him from returning to his native land. The book is well illustrated and attractively bound in cloth. Price, 50 cents. * * * * * "Pierre and His Poodle," by Elizabeth W. Champney, is a prettily illustrated, bright little story of a little French boy and his master's poodle. Pierre, in his attempts to find Popotte, the runaway poodle, has many adventures, strange and fascinating. He finally recovers the dog, and the story winds up with happy futures in prospect for the hero and heroine and their friends. (Dodd, Mead & Co.) LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS. _Editor of "Great Round World."_ DEAR SIR:--Being advised that THE GREAT ROUND WORLD was a very interesting and useful paper for use in the schoolroom, I have for several weeks been a subscriber for your magazine. It is needless to say that my pupils as well as myself have found the articles contained therein very interesting. In your issue of November 4th I notice that there were printed several letters from a school in Foxboro, Mass. As my pupils are interested in letter-writing, I think it would be a great incentive toward the accomplishment of good work in that direction if they may be allowed to write a batch of letters to the editor of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD, with the hope that one or two of the best of them will be printed in your paper. Hoping that you will give the letters, which I herewith enclose, your gracious attention, I am Very truly yours, HARRIET B. RAYMOND. WESTPORT, CONN., November 11th, 1897. DEAR MADAM: We are only too happy to comply with your very pleasant request. It is our desire to be of service to our readers, and if the fact of writing to us will help them in their studies we shall be only too delighted to have them write to us as often as they feel inclined. Pray tell them that we will take pleasure in answering every good letter that we receive. EDITOR. We take pleasure in publishing the two following letters from our little friends in Poplar Plains. All the letters were interesting, and showed that the young readers had studied THE GREAT ROUND WORLD very carefully. We would have been delighted to publish them all, but space forbade. EDITOR. DEAR EDITOR: