THE SPHINX’S CHILDREN AND OTHER PEOPLE’S. By ROSE TERRY COOKE, Author of “Somebody’s Neighbors,” &c. 1 vol. 12mo. $1.50.

This volume of short stories, reprinted from the author’s contributions to the “Atlantic,” “Harper’s,” “The Galaxy,” &c., will be found like “Somebody’s Neighbors,” to show “that profound insight into Puritan character, and that remarkable command of Yankee dialect, in which Mrs. Cooke has but one equal, and no superior.  These exquisite chronicles are full of high local color, pathos and piquancy, and their perusal is attended with alternate tears and smiles.  Their narration is vigorous and spirited, sparkling in all points, and outlined with rare dramatic skill.”

THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF GOETHE. The Lectures at the Concord School of Philosophy for 1885.  Edited by F.B.  SANBORN and W.T.  HARRIS. 1 vol. 12mo.  With 2 portraits. $2.00.

A work of exceptional interest, containing fifteen of the lectures concerning Goethe which were read at the Concord School of Philosophy last summer.  Prof.  Hewett furnishes an account of the newly-discovered Goethe manuscripts for the introduction to the volume.  Among the writers are Drs. Bartol and Hedge, Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Cheney, Mrs. Sherman of Chicago, Mr. Soldan of St. Louis, Mr. Snider of Cincinnati, Mr. Partridge of Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Davidson of New Jersey, Prof.  White of Ithaca, N.Y., and Messrs. Emery, Harris, and Sanborn of Concord, the last named the editor.—­Traveller.

THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES. 16mo.  Per vol., 50 cents.

There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for quaint and curious reminiscences of “Ye Olden Time,” and to meet this, Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks.  The materials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston and Salem, sources not easily accessible, and while not professing to be history, the volumes will contain much material for history, so combined and presented as to be both amusing and instructive.  The titles of some of the volumes indicate their scope and their promise of entertainment:—­“Curiosities of the Old Lottery,” “Days of the Spinning Wheel,” “Some Strange and Curious Punishments,” “Quaint and Curious Advertisements,” “Literary Curiosities,” “New-England Sunday,” etc.

THE IMPERIAL ISLAND—­ENGLAND’S CHRONICLE IN STONE. By JAMES F. HUNNEWELL. 1 vol. 8vo.  Richly illustrated. $3.50.

This admirable and impressive work is a companion to the same author’s well-known “Historical Monuments of France,” and contains a vivid record of the life of Merrie England, as exemplified by her august castles and palaces, abbeys and cathedrals.

LIFE AND WORKS OF MRS. CLEMMER.

AN AMERICAN WOMAN’S LIFE AND WORK. A Memorial of Mary Clemmer, by EDMUND HUDSON, with Portrait.

POEMS OF LIFE AND NATURE.

HIS TWO WIVES.