.each(function()

$(document).ready( function(){

$.get("test.xml", function(data){

$(data).children(":first").children("book").each(function()

{

var title = $(this).children("title").text();

var year = $(this).children("year").text();

var author = $(this).children("author").text();

$("#mtable").append("<tr><td>"+title+"</td><td>"+year+"</td><td>"+author+"</td></tr>");

});

});

});

<table id="mtable" border="1">

</table>