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Of course novels come first, since the highest praise of any other book is to pronounce it "as interesting as a novel." Fortunately there are several novels. recently published which can be heartily commended to our readers; and some of these-Miss Howard's "The Open Door," Professor Hardy's "Passe Rose," Mrs. Deland's "John Ward, Preacher," and others- are somewhat following pages. Special attention is and Ticknor Paper Series, which offer ing at a small cost. fully described in the invited to the Riverside a great deal of good readFor those fortunate readers who spend the summer either in travel or by the seaside or in the mountains, books of travel and description, especially those relating to places visited, are hardly less interesting than novels. Many such books, including Mrs. Thaxter's excellent little volume "Among the Isles of Shoals" and Mr. Jenness' Historical Sketch of these frequented islands; Mr. Aldrich's delightful stories that have Portsmouth for their scene; Miss Larcom's "Wild Roses of Cape Ann," and others too numerous to catalogue here, are mentioned on another page of this Bulletin; and many additional ones on other pages of this (July) number of the ATLANTIC. Comprehensively speaking, it is safe to say that for readers of different types all the books described or referred to in the following pages can be cordially recommended. Mr. Fiske's Latest Book. Speaking of Mr. Fiske's book, The Beginnings of New England, the Boston Beacon remarks: "It is, perhaps, not too much to say that John Fiske is the best equipped of all living writers for treating in a dispassionate and impartial manner the history of the genesis of the American com PATSY. BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN, Author of "The Birds' Christmas ILLUSTRATED. Square 12mo, boards, 60 cents. monwealth. . . . His chief aim is to see things as they are. He has an insatiable desire for facts, and yet a mere enumeration of facts is far below his purpose. He is an ardent believer in evolution; he is capable of taking broad views; he is quick to trace analogies; and he can discern in what we are apt to pass over as small events the germs of a far-reaching political revolution. Add to these qualities a style of singular lucidity and a power of marshaling ideas that gives them the force of a mathematical demonstration, and we have summed up the chief characteristics of Mr. Fiske as an historian. . . . As a trustworthy, enlightened, and highly readable narrative his work has unquestioned significance; but its chief value to more thoughtful persons will be in its firm grasp of philosophical truths and in its demonstration of the important conclusion that the American revolution was a result in a long chain of cause and effect; that it was not a sudden quarrel over an abstraction, but the inevitable product of a prolonged historical evolution." "The Open Door." Miss Howard's new story is not only very popular with readers, who demand edition after edition of it, but critics find it equally engaging. The New York Tribune says of it: "Miss Howard's last work is a very good one indeed, and thoroughly fresh and unhackneyed both in the prevailing motive and in the types of character presented. . . . The purpose of the story is to show how at last the open door [of possible suicide as a relief from hopeless suffering] is closed by Love, and this is worked out with great skill, delicacy, power, and charm. Nowhere has the author conceived so many original and well sustained characters." The review closes with the remark, "whether in the beauty and subtlety of the central conception or in the skill, insight, humor, and brilliancy of the working out, the story is equally admirable and deserving of high praise." The Congregationalist says, "The narrative is exceedingly touching, without ever becoming unduly sentimental. We commend it strongly." And the Providence Fournal remarks: "The Open Door' takes its place among the new novels of the day with unusual claims for popular favor. The author has won no common fame from two previous stories, 'One Summer' and 'Guenn,' abounding in the rare qualities that mark the art of the novelist. Miss Howard's work is of a high order. She excels in vivid. portraiture, in a keen and ever-present sense of the ludicrous, in power to arouse the sympathy and touch the heart, and in a realism that lays bare the inmost recesses of the soul. The Open Door' illustrates these qualities in a most acceptable manner." 66 6 A Powerful and Dramatic Story." The Critic thus characterizes the novel, Dragon's Teeth, translated from the Portuguese of Eça da Queiros, by Mrs. Serrano, and it adds that it is a story "with vivid local color, delicate touches of naturalness and of art, and so far as a story of passion, weakness, and sin can be said to be moral, is deeply and tragically so." Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton says of it: "Surely, surely, never has the scripture sentence, 'The wages of sin is death,' been more strongly enforced than by this tragic and powerful tale. As a piece of literary art it is equal to Balzac at his best. As a picture of modern life in Lisbon, it stands alone. As exhortation and as warning, it is as earnest and as solemn as was of old the voice of one crying in the wilderness." The Churchman of New York remarks: "The story is sad and tragic, but interesting and impressive. The scene is set with great vividness and picturesqueness, and the characters strongly individualized. There is a quiet humor sparkling out at many points, and the finish and atmosphere of the whole work are beyond praise." A Story of Extraordinary Charm. Few recent novels have delighted critics so much as Professor's Hardy's Passe Rose. The Christian Union says: "Readers of American fiction have not forgotten the extraordinary charm of style and beauty of thought |