Slike stranica
PDF
ePub

study and research. The leading authorities, both Mormon and non-Mormon, have been consulted. The author divides his subject into four parts: The history of Mormonism; The political puzzle; The social puzzle; and The religious puzzle. He thinks the intricate problems of Mormonism might be solved by a national colonization scheme, inducing nonMormons to inhabit Mormon territory, establish free schools and Christian churches, all of which would surround the rising generation with an atmosphere of freedom that would in time break up the present system of slavery. Publishers' Weekly.

HOW TO LOSE MONEY ON WALL STREET: A Chapter on Wall Street in four parts, and a moral. By Robert Sale Hill. 16mo, paper, 10 cents; by mail, 12 cents. A BOOK OF THE RUNNING BROOK, AND OF STILL WATERS. By Lady Colin Campbell. A re-issue in book form of a series of articles written for the Saturday Review. 16mo, 90 cents; by mail, 98 cents.

A pleasant and readable little volume, though it does not contain much that is new. There are some fresh stories, however, about the intelligence of fish, notably about the singular way that pike have of travelling from one pond to another. The way that they seem to divine where their prey is to be found is very strange. And there is an interesting account of fish-culture, especially of carp-breeding, abroad. In the United States, a scaleless variety of carp has been evolved which is said to be superior in quality to all other kinds. We are bound to say that, in our judgment, this is not saying very much. As we are on the subject of the edible value of fish, we must liberate our conscience about the bream. "The one drawback to a bream's gastronomical merit is that he is furnished with a double row of ribs." The one drawback! We should say that the one drawback is that he is the woolliest, flabbiest, and muddiest of created things. London Spectator.

RIDING FOR LADIES. With hints on the stable. By Mrs. Power O'Donoghue, author of Ladies on Horseback, etc. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $2.75; by mail, $2.93.

GARDENING FOR PROFIT. A guide to the successful cultivation of the market and family garden. By Peter Henderson, New and enlarged edition. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50; by mail, $1.64.

COOKERY FOR BEGINNERS. A series of familiar lessons for young housekeepers. By Marion Harland. 16mo, paper, 15 cents; by mail, 20 cents.

CARVING AND SERVING. By Mrs. D. A. Lincoln, author of the Boston Cook Book. Square 12mo, boards, 45 cents; by mail, 52 cents.

FLY-FISHING AND FLY-MAKING FOR TROUT, ETC. By J. Harrington Keene. With plates of the actual material for making flies of every variety. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.19.

Chapters on: The senses of fishes in relation to the fly-fisherman; Practical fly-fishing; Trout fly-making; Lessons in fly-making; Standard trout flies and their dressings. Contains plates with specimens of the actual material for making flies of every variety.

Publishers' Weekly.

DAME HERALDRY. By F. S. W. Illustrated with colored plates and engravings. (Juvenile.) Small 4to, $2.00; by mail, $2.22.

In this large and elegantly printed volume the author has treated a subject concerning which the American reader in general has little knowledge, and yet it is one of the most fascinating and important studies which can engage the attention of one who

wishes to get a thorough understanding of European history, and of the forces and influences which helped to build up the various monarchical systems of the Old World. Boston Transcript.

WEDLOCK; ITS HOPES AND HYPOCRISIES. By A Married Man. 12mo, paper, 40 cents; by mail, 44

cents.

Appears to be the production of a man whose married life has not been a very agreeable one. Sometimes he hints at divorce as the proper method to separate a discontented couple; again he seems to take an opposite ground. It is not very clear what he intends to recommend. N. Y. Sun.

NATURAL SCIENCE.

THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. By Angelo Heilprin. Vol. 57. The International Scientific series. 12mo, $1.50; by mail, $1.64.

The subject as treated by Professor Heilprin throws much light upon the geological history of the earth, while the geographical distribution of the present fauna illustrates geology and has the highest economic importance. Men of science will find Professor Heilprin's volume a valuable compend, specially suitable for reference purposes; educated readers will find it amazingly rich and extremely suggestive. One cannot look at such a volume without a feeling of admiration for the marvelous activity and universality of modern biology, for a work like this Geographical and Geological Distribution of Annals could not have been written by Professor Heilprin had not thousands of patient students done hard work in all parts of the globe, on the highest peaks and in the deepest depths of the ocean. Beacon. A STORY BOOK OF SCIENCE. By Lydia Hoyt Farmer. Illustrated. (Juvenile.) 12m0, $1.00; by mail, $1.12. An endeavor to interest young people in the mysteries of science, by an ingenious combination of fact and fiction, and an attractive framework of simple dialogues. The stories, twenty in number, betray their subjects through their titles. We mention a few: Snow-the emblem of what? The fire and water elves, The discovery of glass, Tea, coffee, pepper, and potatoes, Sponges, oysters, and coral, A bird paper-manufacturer, How silk is made, The plant world, Queer stories about birds, Anecdotes of animals, etc. Publishers' Weekly.

REAL FAIRY FOLKS. Explorations in the world of

atoms. By Lucy Rider Meyer, A. M. (Lucy J. Rider). Illustrated. (Juvenile.) 16mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.24. The author's aim has been to interest children in the science of chemistry. She claims to be true to fact and principle. The molecules found in various drugs are termed the real fairy folks; their presence in liquids and the changes they undergo when submitted to chemical experiment are demonstrated by Prof. James, while giving a series of lessons to his young niece and nephew. Publishers' Weekly.

COMMON SENSE SCIENCE. By Grant Allen. 12mo. $1.10; by mail, $1.23.

Grant Allen is one of the brightest and most interesting of writers on natural history topics, and also upon what may be called every-day science. In this volume there are twenty-eight chapters upon as many different subjects, none of them exhaustively treated it is true, but all of them suggestive, and calculated to arrest attention, and induce further investigation. Among the most notable papers are: The balance of rature; Instinct and reasoning; The origin of bow

ing; The earth's interior; Knowledge and opinion; Second nature; Self-consciousness; Sleep, etc. Publishers' Weekly.

POETRY.

PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORT-
ANCE IN THEIR DAY. To wit: Bernard de Mande-
ville, Daniel Bartoli, Christopher Smart, George Bubb
Dodington, Francis Furini, Gerard de Lairesse, and
Charles Avison. Introduced by a dialogue between
Apollo and the Fates; concluded by another between
John Fust and his friends. By Robert Browning,
16m0, 90 cents; by mail, 99 cents.

See review in this number.

Have you Parleyings read by Bob Browning?
Of which the absurdity crowning

Is the Fates' "Tra la la,”

Their "Bah! Ha! ha! ha!"

Which sounds, we should say, much like clowning.

POEMS.

Punch. BY E. B. BROWNING New edition, 32m0, 30 cents; uncut edges, 40 cents; gilt top, uncut edges, 45 cents; by mail, 5 cents more. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. By Sir Walter Scott., Bart. Edited with notes by William J. Rolfe, A.M. Illustrated. 16mo, 60 cents, by mail, 68 cents.

THE SLEEPING WORLD, AND OTHER POEMS. By Lillien Blanche Fearing. 16mo, 80 cents; by mail, 87 cents.

It is perhaps safe to say that no American woman before her has sounded so strong and sustained a note. And if there comes with increasing years the added power which may not unreasonably be expected, her verse will some day be treasured among the choice possessions of our literature. It now suffers mainly from the limitations of inexperience, and these will recede with every added effort.

"

Dial.
IRISH MELODIES AND SONGS. By Thomas Moore.
New edition, 32m0, 30 cents; uncut edges, 40 cents;
gilt top, uncut edges, 45 cents; by mail, 5 cents more.
FIFTY 'BAB" BALLADS. By W. S. Gilbert. New
Edition. 32m0, 30 cents; uncut edges, 40 cents; gilt
top, uncut edges, 45 cents; by mail, 5 cents more.
AN ESSAY ON THE ORATION, TOGETHER WITH
OCTAVIA'S PRAYER, AND OTHER CHOICE POEMS. By
Leopold M. Kohn, Square 16mo, paper, 10 cents; by
mail, 12 cents.

CIVITAS: The romance of our Nation's Life. By
Walter L. Campbell, 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 82

cents.

An ambitious attempt to deal in rhyme with mighty topics of state and political economy. It consists of an almost interminable dialogue between Civitas, Libertas, and Anarchia. The principles expressed seem to be beyond cavil (we confess we have not read every page), but the literary artlessness of the work is truly amazing. We earnestly advise the author, if he has any further "views to present, to put them in terse, plain English prose. Christian Union. OEUVRES COMPLÈTES DE SHAKESPEARE. Traduites par Émile Montégut. 10 vols., 12mo, paper, each vol.,

90 cents; by mail, $1.01.

[ocr errors]

RISIFI'S DAUGHTER. A drama. By Anna Katharine Green. 16mo, gilt top, uncut edges, 75 cents; by mail, 84 cents.

Scene, ancient Florence. A five-act drama in blank verse. Sixteen characters. A Florentine prince of ruined fortunes consents that his heir shall marry the rich merchant Risifi's daughter. By chance the young man, after, much against his will, learning to love Generva, finds out his brother loves her. He generously offers to give her to his

brother. The merchant insists she shall marry the heir or some scheming friend of his. Giovanni commits suicide to make his brother heir and give the lovers to each other. Publishers' Weekly.

THE PLAYS OF SOPHOCLES. Translated into English
verse by Thomas Francklin. With an introduction by
Henry Morley. No. 44, Morley's Universal Library.
12m0, 30 cents; by mail, 39 cents.

LOCKSLEY HALL SIXTY YEARS AFTER, ETC. By
Alfred, Lord Tennyson. No. 113 Harper's Handy
series, 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents.
FICTION.

THE MONARCH OF DREAMS. By Thomas Went-
worth Higginson. 18mo, 40 cents; by mail, 45 cents.
This booklet contains a story of the usual magazine
length, but one far above the usual magazine level
in its high artistic finish of style and the striking
novelty of its theme. There is little writing done in
America, and, for that matter, little in England,
which has a higher claim than Col. Higginson's to
rank as abiding literature. Boston Literary World.
MABEL STANHOPE. By Kathleen O'Meara. 16m0, 90
cents; by mail, $1.01.

con

Mabel Stanhope's adventures, young, alone and beautiful, in Paris are undoubtedly very thrilling reading. Her love affairs with the disguised marquis add just the flavor of excitement to the book which will delight the average girl. But when we scientiously ask ourselves whether this story is healthy reading for young people, we are obliged to answer in the negative. Had Kathleen O'Meara stopped her story with the pension life it would have been a delightful book for young readers, and one out of which they could have got only harmless diversion. But Mabel's late Parisian experiences are so utterly absurd and unnatural, and her love affair so compromising, that we can only recommend the book to older readers. Boston Transcript.

WHAT PEOPLE LIVE BY. By Count Leo Tolstoi Translated by Mrs. Aline Delano. Illustrated. 8vo, 75 cents; by mail, 83 cents.

A YEAR IN EDEN. By Harriet Waters Preston. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.23.

Refinement of feeling and literary grace would be expected of a novel by Miss Preston; intellectual power, also, with some concessions to the spiritual distrust and unrest of the times, but with a faint though distinct undertone of faith and hope in things better than what are seen. There is an affluence of thought and style, a certain elaborateness and luxuriance of expression, that make the reader feel as if he were in a warm and elegant interior, adorned by a cultivated and tasteful mind. That it is a painful story, A Year in Eden, goes without saying. The cruel heartlessness of Monza, the still more cruel lawlessness of Winslow, and the deadly consequences of their unbridled passion draw a heavy cloud over this once fair Pierpont prospect. Literary World. Edmée (Les DAMES DE CROIX-MORT). By Georges Ohnet, author of Le Maître de Forges, etc. No. 2, Library of Continental Authors. 12mo, paper, 30 cents; by mail, 37 cents.

IRÈNE. By The Princess Olga Cantacuzène-Altieri. Translated by J. E. Simpson. No. 3, Library of Con. tinental Authors. 12mo, paper, 30 cents; by mail, 37

cents.

The Marquis Miraldi des Ourques a noble smuggler, attempts to abduct Irène, the daughter of a Greek pilot of Athens. The father discovers the plot in time and forces the Marquis to marry the girl. After a brief honeymoon Miraldi tires of his wife, and sends

her to a ruined castle he owns in the French village of Saint-Fortunat. Here Irène remains for five years forgotten by her husband, but developing in mind and body into a cultured beautiful woman. The remainder of the story takes place in Paris, and is devoted to an account of the Marquis' repentance and reformation, and his successful attempt to regain his wife's love and respect. Publishers' Weekly.

HÉLÈNE (Madame Villeféran Jeune). By Léon De Tinseau. Translated by J. E. Simpson. No. 4 Library of Continental Authors. 12mo, paper, 30 cents; by mail, 37 cents.

UNCLE MAX. By Rosa Nouchette Carey. 16m0, 40 cents; by mail, 49 cents. No. 69, Lippincott's series of Select Novels, 16mo, paper, 18 cents; by mail, 25

cents.

Uncle Max, who is a young clergyman in an English country parish, encourages his niece to move near him, and spend her time in nursing the poor in their homes. The doctor, under whose direction Ursula works, is a fine character. Uncle Max's love story is prettily told, and after some misunderstandings the various couples are satisfactorily mated Ursula's great talent for singing plays an important part in her work among the sick. Publishers' Weekly.

BORDERLAND.

A Country-Town Chronicle. By Jessie Fothergill. No. 197, Leisure Hour series. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 84 cents.

BY WOMAN'S WIT. By Mrs. Alexander. No. 196, Leisure Hour series, 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 84 cents.

No. 72, Leisure Moment series, 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 25 cents.

Scene laid in one of the Midland shires of England. A rich widow and a young girl of eighteen are the heroines. The "woman's wit" is possessed by the elder woman, who has set her heart on marrying the wild, impecunious Squire of Evesleigh. After being robbed of a valuable set of rubies by a masked villain at a ball given at the Squire's house, she manages by aid of detectives to trace the robber, and then uses her knowledge to make the Squire break his engagement with the younger heroine and become her husband and her slave. The young girl marries happily. Publishers' Weekly.

IN SCORN OF CONSEQUENCE; or, MY Brother's KEEPER. A novel. By Theodora Corrie. No. 100, Harper's Handy series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail 23 cents. THE CHAPLAIN'S CRAZE. don Friars. By George Harper's Handy series. mail, 23 cents.

Being the Mystery of FinManville Fenn. No. 101, 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by

BETWEEN TWO LOVES. A tale of the West Riding. By Amelia E. Barr. No. 102, Harper's Handy series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents.

A very good story. The characters are those which the author wisely selects to write about because she is perfectly in sympathy with them. The men have generally warm hearts, quick tempers, deep prejudices, and the fear of the Lord in their souls. The women are pure of heart and mind, faithful and strong in love, and religiously subservient to Calvinistic theories of duty-good men and women all, in the main, whose petty weaknesses, follies, and occasional vices weigh light in the balance against their integrity and truth. Nation.

THAT WINTER NIGHT; OR, LOVE'S VICTORY. BY Robert Buchanan, No. 103, Harper's Handy series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents.

The author of The New Abelard and A Child of Nature bases his last romance upon an incident said to have happened during the Franco-Prussian war;

the story opens in Normandy in 1870; the hero, a German, and the heroine, a French girl, the daughter of the Chevalier De Gaurolles, meeting under peculiar circumstances; although their countries are at enmity they are forced to live under one roof; at the juncture at which they become the most friendly, Herr Hartmann makes a revelation, which for a time changes the current of both their lives.

Publishers' Weekly. By B. L. Farjeon. No. 104, Harper's Handy series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents.

THE BRIGHT STAR OF LIFE.

Strange scene, intricate plot, or sensational incident, has no place in this novel; the theme of the story is a friendship formed in Switzerland, which is lost sight of in a quaint little romance which causes an estrangement that leads to a meeting in a strange country, a renewal of old vows, and a happy reunion. Publishers' Weekly.

THE GUILTY RIVER. A novel. By Wilkie Collins. No. 105, Harper's Handy series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents.

GOLDEN BELLS. A Peal in Seven Changes. By R. E. Francillon. No. 106, Harper's Handy series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents.

Time, about eighty years ago. Scene, the southwestern coast of England. A farm known as Zion Farm is supposed to be situated on the ruins of an old city, built by the Phoenicians, and covered centuries ago by shifting sand. The hero, of wild, wandering tastes, neglects his mother and cousin and leaves his affairs in the hands of his uncle, the banker of the place, who ruins him and disappears, having been found out to be a wrecker and a smuggler. The hero is wrecked one night, and while struggling in the water discovers buried treasures under the cliffs near his home. A string of "golden bells" is among them. All ends well. Publishers' Weekly. By B. L. Farjeon. No. 107, 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail,

THE NINE OF HEARTS. Harper's Handy series.

23 cents.

A MODERN TELEMACHUS. By Charlotte M. Yonge. No. 108, Harper's Handy series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents.

A romance founded on the strange adventures of a French family, which Miss Yonge discovered in a work entitled The Mariners' Chronicle, compiled early in the last century. The story deals with the misadventures of the family of the Comtesse de Bourke, the wife of an Irish Jacobite, naturalized in France, who, in the course of a voyage to a port in Spain, are captured by an Algerine corsair, and carried into Algiers, where they are subjected to terrible privations and dangers. London Spectator. BRITTA. A Shetland romance. By George Temple. No. 110, Harper's Handy series. Illustrated. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents. Presents many striking pictures of life among the crofters of the Scottish islands in the middle of the present century. The prominence into which these wretched people have been brought of late years by their refusal to pay the exorbitant rents demanded of them will lend a peculiar interest to a story having a strong plot and abounding in dramatic situations and quaintly conceived characters. N. Y. Sun.

A STRANGE INHERITANCE. BY F. M. F. Skene. No. 112, Harper's Handy series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents.

REGIMENTAL LEGENDS. By John Strange Winter. No. 114, Harper's Handy series. 16mo, paper, 20 cents; by mail, 23 cents.

Sixteen short stories, introducing most of the

[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small]
[ocr errors]

characters the author's busy pen has made so familiar.
Love and war divide the interest in about equal
ratio. The author's gifts of humor and pathos are
shown to great advantage. Bootles," Lucy, Laurie,
Dickson, and many other favorites play important
parts.
Publishers' Weekly.
SAINT MICHAEL. A romance. Translated from the
German of E. Werner by Mrs. A. L. Wister. 12mo,
90 cents; by mail, $1.04.

THE GOLDEN JUSTICE. By William Henry Bishop.
12mo, 90 cents; by mail, $1.02.

An unusually well-written-novel. The plot is orig-
inal in conception, and is developed with intelligence
and no little dramatic force, and there is much quaint
description of the polyglot people who inhabit the city
of Milwaukee, or Keewaydin, as the author chooses
to call it, and of the place itself and its surroundings.
The Golden Justice is a colossal gilded statue of jus-
tice, which surmounts the dome of the Keewaydin
City Hall, and the manner in which it is connected
with the thread of the story, and becomes essential to
its denouement, is deserving of very high praise.

N. Y. Sun. TARTARIN ON THE ALPS. By Alphonse Daudet. Illustrated by Rossi, Aranda, Myrbach, Montenard, de Beaumont. Translated from the 97th French edition by Henry Frith. Crown 8vo, half alligator, $1.65; by mail, $1.80. Paper, $1.00; by mail, $1.12. Affords an extremely amusing picture of Alpine rambles. The adventures and experiences of the travelers are most humorously portrayed by the accomplished author; and the lively and spirited situations he introduces us to are supplemented by numerous illustrations in excellent harmony with the spirit of the text. The translator has done his work well, and has furnished English readers with a most entertaining and delightful book. London Bookseller.

THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON. By Amelia E. Barr. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 86 cents.

One of the prettiest stories we have read this winter. The scene is laid principally in New York city during the last years of colonial dependence, and most of the characters belong to the sturdy, well-to-do Dutch population, who retained in the midst of English associations their national customs, their national temperament, and a strong flavor of their national speech. We have a charming picture of their domestic life,the comfort, thrift, and order of those decorous homes, in which honest simplicity joined hands with much substantial elegance, the busy days of the careful housewife and the industrious daughters, the plain but gentle manners which adorned the intercourse of families bound together by affection and confidence.

N. Y. Tribune.

How HE LOST HER; OR, TRUE LOVE NEVER RUNS
SMOOTH. By Jonathan Barrett. 12m0, $1.10; by mail,
$1.25.

RICO AND STINELI, AND HOW RICO FOUND A HOME.
From the German of Johanna Spyri, author of Heidi.
Translated by Louise Brooks. 16mo, $1.10; by mail,
$1.23.

VERONICA AND OTHER FRIENDS. Translated from

the German of Johanna Spyri, by Louise Brooks. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.23.

Johanna Spyri's stories, coming to us as they do through Mrs. Brooks's charming translations from the German, are really great additions to our stock of juvenile literature. Veronica and Uncle Titus have neither of them the charm of Heidi, but they are fresh, picturesque stories, containing piquant character sketches and touching little scenes of German life.

Veronica is almost a love story, and were it told less simply, might have been sensational. But the author lays her stress on character development, and never essays dramatic effect. Veronica and her struggle for happiness and peace, her stormy nature and her self-discipline make the chief part of the narrative. Boston Transcript.

ON THE SUSQUEHANNA. By William A. Hammond. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.24.

A strong and very readable novel. It involves a
mystery, managed with a skill that might excite the
envy of Wilkie Collins, and the characters are not
mere lay figures, but robust men and women, many
of whom have doubtless been drawn from the life. Of
striking situations the number is so considerable that
many chapters read like scenes from a drama. In
fact, the story could easily be adapted to the stage,
and would prove popular there. Not its least attractive
feature are the descriptions of the descendants of the
German colonists of central Pennsylvania, and the
pictures of scenery in Dauphin county, wherein most
of the action occurs. The author is evidently very
familiar with that region.
N. Y. Sun.

A MILLIONAIRE OF ROUGH-AND-READY, AND DEVIL'S
FORD. By Bret Harte. 18mo, 75 cents; by mail, 82

cents.

Since Bret Harte lost his consulship, he has been
writing better stories than ever. He does not want a
very large canvas, but he fills it with dramatic figures
and bright colors. A novelette of thirty thousand
words is the favorite vehicle for his fancies, and bound
in one of the compact Little Classic volumes, it is
delightful company for a quiet evening. He gives us
a brace of them in A Millionaire of Rough-and-
Ready and Devil's Ford. Both are studies of the
influence of sudden wealth on poor miners. Life.
THE SENTIMENTAL CALENDAR. Being twelve funny
stories. By J. S. of Dale. 12mo, $1.50; by mail, $1.62.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND. Being a fac-
simile of the original MS. book afterwards developed
into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By Lewis
Carroll. With 37 illustrations by the author. 12mo,
$1.10; by mail, $1.18.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland appeared for the
first time in 1865, and became immediately popular.
French, German and Italian translations were de-
manded. And now we get the first draft as it were of
the famous fairy tale, and that in the same shape as
the author's manuscript. The writing is a pleasing
compromise between italics and ordinary script, and
the illustrations will answer, though they are not above
all praise. The story itself-a dream-is delightful
and full of little hits that will delight the most matter-
of-fact adult. The song of the mock turtle, for in-
stance, is excellent; so is the song on page 15:-

How doth the little crocodile
Improve its shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

Alice's Adventures Under Ground will soon be found
in every well-appointed nursery, but should be enjoyed
also by older heads and older hearts. It will do them
good.
Beacon.
THE ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG MAN. By Octave
Feuillet. From the French by J. Henry Hager. 16mo.
70 cents; by mail, 79 cents; paper, 40 cents; by mail,
47 cents.

HENRY ESMOND. By William M. Thackeray. Handy
edition, 16mo, 40 cents; by mail, 49 cents.

THE VIRGINIANS. A tale of the last century. By William M. Thackeray. Handy edition. 2 vols. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 89 cents.

THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP, AND A SHABBY GENTEEL STORY. By William M. Thackeray. Handy edition. 2 vols. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 87 cents. AGATHA AND THE SHADOW. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.21.

This anonymous story is the second in the Old Colony series. It has an ingenious and original form, the incidents purporting to be derived from old Puritan records, and having, indeed, a bare foundation in fact. It has also a strong and earnest moral motivethe inculcation of the divine law of lifting up the fallen. The main thread of the story follows the change wrought in the character of a passionate and revengeful Jewess by the pure, calm Puritan wife with whose husband, a man revered among the Puritans for his piety, the Jewess had sinned in by-gone days. From a literary point of view, the chief defect is in the dialogue, which is often forced and unnatural. Some of the side-lights thrown on New England life and character two hundred years ago are bright, and bring into clear relief interesting and characteristic details. The development of the plot is uneven and somewhat disconnected. Christian Union.

GEOFFREY STIRLING. By Mrs. Leith Adams (Mrs. Laffan). 16m0, 40 cents; by mail, 49 cents.

THE SQUIRE OF SANDAL-SIDE. A pastoral romance. By Amelia E. Barr. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 87

cents.

The scene is laid in an old manor-house situated at the foot of Seat-Sandal mountain in the Cumberland valley. The story has no depth of plot; the interest for the most part centres in the quaint romance of Charlotte Sandal and Stephen Latrigg, and the incident which made Stephen Squire of Sandal-Side. The characters are supposed to have lived in Wordsworth's time, and Miss Barr introduces him in the story. Publishers' Weekly.

A QUESTION OF IDENTITY. No Name series. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 84 cents.

A very readable and pretty story; and it also has the charm of an entirely original plot. The scene changes a little abruptly from London to New England, and the characters have a way of flitting from land to land rather mysteriously. But the question of identity between Rachel and Leah is skilfully managed by the writer, and the reader's interest is sustained pleasantly to the end of the book.

Boston Transcript.

[blocks in formation]

LES MALHEURS de SophIE. Par Mme. La Comtesse de Ségur. Illustrés de 5 Vignettes. 12mo, 75 cents; by mail, 84 cents; paper, 45 cents; by mail, 52 cents. The initial volume of a French series for young folks to be known as Bibliothèque Choisi pour la Jeunesse. It comprises Mme. de Ségur's amusing story of Les Malheurs de Sophie, which has become almost as great a classic among French children as Der Struwelpeter is to the Germans. It relates the misfortunes and adventures of a heedless little girl who gets into all manner of scrapes through her thoughtless disposition. Boston Transcript. ROBUR-LE-CONQUÉRANT. Par Jules Verne. 16m0, gilt edges, $1.20; by mail, $1.31: paper, 90 cents; by mail, $1.00.

UN BILLET DE LOTERIE. Par Jules Verne. 16m0, gilt edges, $1.20: by mail, $1.30; paper, 90 cents; by mail, $1.00.

PRINCESSE, ETC. Par Ludovic Halévy. 12mo, paper, $1.05; by mail, $1.14.

L'héroïne, Mlle. Duval, que l'auteur nous représente comme la dernière incarnation de la fille de la riche bourgeoisie, est plutôt une très amusante silhouette de haute fantaisie qu'une création absolument réelle, mais nous en avons tant vu du "vécu!" Ludovic Halévy excelle à faire parler les jeunes filles, et il aime à copier leurs plus intimes pensées sur leur carnet journalier. Revue des Livres Nouveaux.

THE DARLING OF AN EMPIRE. By F. E. G. 12mo, $1.10; by mail, $1.22.

A novel which aims to illustrate the crimes of the second French empire. The writer has certainly drawn a sombre picture of no little dramatic power, recalling the worst days of the old monarchy; but how far he is justified in this the future alone can deter mine. The secret history of the Court of Napeleon III. has yet to be written. N. Y. Sun.

BOSCOBEL: A story of a Winter in Florida. By the author of Well, Never Mind, etc. mail, $1.01.

A

12m0, 90 cents; by

story of winter life in Florida, in which an exciting plot, involving many dramatic situations, is accompanied by descriptions of local scenery and manners. N. Y. Sun

ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLISTENS. A sketch. By Rae. 12mo, $1.25; by mail, $1.35.

THE CHIMES. By Charles Dickens. New edition. 32m0, 30 cents; uncut edges, 40 cents; gilt top, uncut edges, 45 cents; by mail, 5 cents more.

MARGARET JERMINE. By Fayr Madoc. 12mo, 75 cents by mail, 84 cents.

See review in this number.

TWO MODERN LITTLE PRINCES, AND OTHER STORIES. By Margaret Sidney. Illustrated. (Juvenile.) 16m0, 75 cents; by mail, 85 cents.

THE MASTER OF the CeremoniES. A novel. By George Manville Fenn. 12mo, 60 cents; by mail, 70 cents. Paper, 40 cents; by mail, 48 cents. A ZEALOT IN TULLE. A novel. By Mrs. Wildrick. 12mo, 75 cents; by mail, 85 cents. Paper, 40 cents; by mail, 48 cents.

LITTLE FISHERS AND THEIR NETS. By Pansy, author of Spun, from Fact, etc. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.10; by

mail, $1.23.

THE COUNTRY DOCTOR. By Honoré de Balzac. 12m0, $1.10 by mail, $1.23.

The many-sidedness of Balzac's genius is strikingly exhibited in Le Medicin de Campagne. It demon

« PrethodnaNastavi »