of this error
of human beings entrusted to his care.
entitles him to the main credit of the treaty, is quite
a different thing. Mr. Morse seems not to be en-
In his recent - Life of George Washington ” in
tirely free from this confusion of ideas. On the
the “ American Statesmen” series (Houghton,
whole, however, he has made good use of the new
Mifflin & Co.), Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge has adopted
material which the last few years have so richly
an admirable method. Seventeen chapters of nar-
brought forth ; this is particularly the case with the
rative, which, owing to its somewhat unusual point chapters on - Financiering ” and “ Habits of Life
of view, draws on with renewed interest to the de-
and of Business.”
tails of so well known a career, are followed by a
closing chapter which in its portrayal of the life as If the great men of early English literature have
a whole is one of the finest pieces of character- ever been introduced to posterity in happier fashion,
painting that we know. Mr. Lodge's point of view if they have ever been shown more picturesquely in
is not original. To Edward Everett Hale belongs the very " form and pressure” of their time, than
the honor of beginning to render no longer true the in Donald G. Mitchell's “ English Lands, Letters,
words of Mr. McMaster, - George Washington is and Kings” (Scribner), we have failed to note it.
an unknown man.” But where Mr. Hale outlined We say introduced advisedly; for the book lays no
a sketch, Mr. Lodge has filled out in detail, so that | claim to any exhaustive treatment of its subjects, its
we now possess for the first time a true biography | avowed object being - not so much to give definite
of Washington. Here we see the man, beneath the instruction, as to put the reader into such ways and
soldier, the statesman, the impossible abstraction starts of thought as shall make him eager to instruct
which a century of myth-makers have produced. I himself.” Considering the innumerable compen-
The impulsiveness, the bluntness, the intolerance of diums of English literature already in the market,
the earlier years, stand forth conspicuously, grandly this might seem to be an uncalled-for undertaking.
emphasizing the masterly self-control and patience But the majority of them are little calculated to
of the maturer man. Mr. Lodge deserves our tempt one onward, being indeed but a mockery of
thanks for thus laying stress on Washington's hu- | the real needs of youth, and little more than scrap-
manity; while not less important, although not so books made up of hundreds of biographical sketches
novel, is his emphasis of the fact that Washington sandwiched between fragments of illustrations too
- rose to a breadth and height of Americanism and brief and too disconnected to be illustrative of any-
of national feeling which no other man of that day thing. Our old friend Ik Marvel has been too long
touched at all.” Many men try their hand at a master of the arts of entertaining to err in such
task with more or less of failure, until the right man fashion ; and so, in what he calls his “ bold scurry"


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The perfect sympathy and stimulating companion brief list. Miss 211
ship of Daudet's own married life probably makes sea, or she would no
him only the more sensitive to the ill-assorted unions who ventured forth
which are, alas ! so much more common than his compass, load-line,
own happier experiences. Doubtless it is his own do not, therefore, fi
feeling speaking through the mouth of the painter on the growth of
in the prologue: “Marriage for me has been a har to which the Leag?
bor of calm and safe waters, not one in which you | The causes of the il
make fast to a ring on the shore, at the risk of rust as the changing co
ing there forever, but one of those blue creeks existence impossible
where sails and mast are repaired for fresh excur chapters; and an adı
sions into unknown countries”; and also his own value to the age in v
feeling when he adds that he looks upon his own ization that followed
happiness as a kind of miracle, something abnormal
and exceptional, because “to that nervous, exacting, To ask, as Rabi
impressionable being, that child-man that we call an
“ Jew in English F
artist, a special type of woman, almost impossible literary artists shou?
to find, is needful, and the safest thing to do is not
of the Jewish religi.
to look for her.” The stories have the dainty and most competent mis
delicate touch without which Daudet would not be more than justice.
Daudet, and the illustrations of Bieler and Myrbach the object of every
and Rossi lend additional piquancy and variety to of a religious system
this really beautiful volume. As for the theme tray for us the chai
we confess to a lurking suspicion that the situation women, such as we in
is not always so pathetic as it seems, and that the Others, like Kit M.
apparent incompatibilities of an artist's household as picturesque figura
are often not so incompatible as the outsider judges.
them according to i
On the whole, Hawthorne's explanation is probably they would represei.
nearer the truth: “ Why are poets so apt to choose
stead of complainin,
their mates, not for any similarity of poetic endow of English literary in
ment, but for qualities which might make the hap-
ful that they have ha
piness of the rudest handicraftsman as well as that
The villainous Jew
of the ideal craftsman of the spirit? Because, prob others are more tha
ably, at his highest elevation the poet needs no hu portrayed by Scott,
man intercourse; but he finds it dreary to descend
Eliot. It may be tr!
and be a stranger.”
that there are no .'
seems to admit of i
Miss HELEN ZIMMERN'S “Hansa Towns,” in
preserved with wor
“ The Story of the Nations" series (Putnam), takes their blood and the !
a place beside Captain Burrows's “ Cinque Ports.”
race. Even if we
One of the most remarkable growths of the Middle tinct religious denoi
Ages was this association, first of merchants and
special exemption.
then of cities, which wielded a power that defied
their worst as well -
kings and yet was content to be from first to last a
scribed. It would !
trading organization. Holding for a long period George Eliot to repi
the empire of the northern seas, these burghers
represent a wicked
might well have added to it the empire of the north-
as justifiable in port
ern lands. But history has again and again shown traying Stiggins oi'
how little ambitious of political power are the vota work does not sho!!
ries of trade, and the career of “ John Company” favorable exponent of
curiously illustrates their reluctance to assume such
pressions are colloqui
power even when thrust upon them. Miss Zimmern
Some of his sentences
has traced for us the growth of the Hansa League,
essay. Yet the books
has introduced us to the town life of one of its in vigor and activity of
corporate members, has carried us along the routes
of its commerce, has made us familiar with the PARKER'S “F
workings of its common Diet, and through it all (A. C. McC!:
weaves a thread of pleasing incident. We wish to nonulari
there were more of geographical detail: more atten-
tion given to the individual cities. We gather from
the work that the League was very extensive; we
do not learn there what its cities were, even in

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over the reach of literary ground from Celt to Colombia. Ricardo Becerra. Harper.
Tudor, he pauses only at the most commanding
Comedy, Modern. Chas. Wyndham. North American.
Cooking. Edward Atkinson. Popular Science.
view-points, and draws the picture with a few bold Cornell University. H. H. Boyesen. Cosmopolitan.
strokes which, while ignoring many details, are yet
Democracy in the U.S. Woodrow Wilson. Atlantic.
Divorce. Gibbons, Potter, and Ingersoll. North American.
never inaccurate or misleading. The true sign of a Edwards, Jonathan. C. A. L. Richards. Dial.
master in any art is shown in the skilful handling
Electric Lighting Dangers. Thos. A. Edison. North Am.
| Electricity, Execution by. H. P. Brown. North American.
of few tools, the power to give a strong impression
Electricity and the Body. M. A. Starr. Scribner.
by the use of few and simple materials.
Electricity in the Body. H. C. Kirk. Popular Science.
Emin. H.G. Prout. Scribner.
COCKER’s “ Government of the United States”
English Literature, Books on Study of. O. F. Emerson. Dial.
Farming, Decadence of. Joel Benton. Popular Science.
(Harper) is a useful little manual of the Constitu Fiction, Future of. Edgar Saltus. North American.
tion, for students in high schools and colleges. No
FitzGerald, Edward. Melville B. Anderson. Diul.
Flames, Sensitive. W. LeC. Stevens. Popular Science.
effort is made to be original, but numerous constitu French Army. Count Paul Vasili. Cosmopolitan.
tional authorities are here digested for the learner.
French-in-Canada. E. G. Scott. Atlantic.
Grand Canon, E. A. Reynolds. Cosmopolitan.
It is a pity that the author still pins his faith to Grande Anse. Lafcadio Hlearn. Harper.
the outworn statement, borrowed by the Declar Goethe's Home. Oscar Browning. Scribner.
ation of Independence from the declamation of
Hamlet, Impersonators of. Laurence Hutton. Harper.
Handwriting. Wm. S. Walsh. Lippincott.
French doctrinaires : “ All men are born free and Hawaii, Early Life in. C. W. Stoddard. Overland,
equal." We doubt the interpretation which includes
Huxley. John Burroughs. North American.
India. F. G. Carpenter. Cosmopolitan..
Congressmen under the constitutional prohibition to Insanity. Sir J. Crichton-Browne. Popular Science.
any person holding any office of trust or profit under Israelite and Indian. G. Mallory. Popular Science.
Kansas Anti-Slavery Crusade. H. W. Thurston. Dial.
the United States to accept of foreign emoluments. Landscape Art in America. C. H. Moore. Atlantic.
But more than once the author confounds the Legis Le Conte, John. W. LeC. Stevens. Popular Science.
lature with Federal officers. We cannot interpret
Lucayan Indians. W. K. Brooks. Popular Science.
Masonic Library in Iowa. Mag. Am. History.
such a sentence as, “ With the exception, therefore, Mexican Army. T. A. Janvier. llarper.
of the President, Vice-President, Members of Con-
National Conceits. Murat Halstead. "North American.
Passenger Agent Service. I. S. Emery. Cosmopolitan.
gress, Judges of the Supreme Court, and diplomatic Relief Corps. J. E. Pilcher. Scribner.
agents and consuls, Congress alone has the power
Reproduction in Animals. J. H. Stoller. Popular Science.
Revolution, Romances of the. E. F. Hayward. Atlantic.
to create offices by law.” It seems a strange omis Salamanca. A Student of. W. H. Bishop. Scribner.
sion, that, when the statement is made that “the Scene Painting. J. P. Ritter. Cosmopolitan.
Social Problems. E. E. Hale. Cosmopolitan.
Constitution is silent with respect to the power of
Speech. Sir M. Mackenzie. Popular Science.
removal from office, where the tenure is not fixed, Stone Images of San Augustin. H. R. Lemly. Mag. Am. His.
but it is a recognized principle that the power of
Swedish Revolution under Gustavus Vasa. Dial.
Telegraph Rates. Norvin Green. Vorth American.
removal is incident to that of appointment,” no Tenements. Elizabeth Bisland. Cosmopolitan.
reference is anywhere made to the “ Tenure-of-
Utah. H. H. Bancroft. Mag. Am. History.
Water Supply of Cities. W. C. Conant. Lippincott.
office" act, or to the recent assertion of the “ recog-
York. Richard Wheatley, Harper.
nized principle” in the repeal of that act.
Zoology, Methods in. H. de L. Duthiers. Popular Science.
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We have already noticed a half-dozen volumes
of the excellent “International Statesmen Series”
BOOKS OF THE MONTI.
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Dunlop of Owens College, Manchester, we are given during the month of October, 1889.]
not only a well-written biography of one of the high-
ILLUSTRATED HOLIDAY BOOKS.
est types of Irish character and patriotism, but a
Pierre et Jean: The Two Brothers. By Guy de Maupas-
calm and fairly impartial account of political and sant. Translated by Albert Smith. Illustrated by E.
industrial life in Ireland during all that stormy
Duez and A. Lynch. 4to, pp. 170. J. B. Lippincott Co.
$12.50.
period which Grattan's public career covered. Here "The Quiet Life.” Certain Verses by Various Hands: The
is valuable reading for those who would study the
Motives Set Forth in a Prologue and Epilogue by Austin
Dobson. Illustrated by Edwin A. Abbey and Alfred
“ Irish Question” of to-day in the light of its ances-
Parsons. 4to, pp. 98. Gilt edges. In Box. Harper &
tor of a hundred years ago. The book is a worthy Bros. $7.30.
The Marble Faun; or, The Romance of Monte Bene. By
companion-piece to the sketch of O'Connell in the
Nathaniel Hawthorne. In 2 vols. Illustrated with Photo-
same series.
gravures. 12mo. Gilt top. In Box. Houghton, Mifflin
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Florida Days. By Margaret Deland, Author of “ John Ward,
TOPICS IN LEADING PERIODICALS.
Preacher." Illustrated by Louis K. Harlow. Svo, pp.
200. Gilt top. In Box. Little, Brown & Co. $4.00.
November, 1889.
The Low-Back'd Car. By Samuel Lover. With Illustrative
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Bashkirtseff, Marie. Josephine Lazarus. Scribner.
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National Songs of America. Illustrated in Color and
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Bryant, Wm. Cullen. R. H. Stoddard. Lippincott.
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The Miller's Daughter. By Alfred Tennyson. Illustrated.
Chartres Cathedral. C. E. Norton. Harper.
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Chicago and the World's Fair. C. B. Farwell. Cosmopolitan. “Off the Weather-Bow." By Elizabeth N. Little. Illus-
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of " Iris." Photogravure Illustrations. Large 8vo, pp. Notes and Brief Biographical Sketches, by G. T. Ferris.
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Fiber
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preceding syllable ; as, gar'dener, &c. The following words come under the last rule:
Ap-par el ing.-ed,-er Chis'el
Gam'bol
Lev'el
Pis'tol
Shriv'el
Barʻrel-ing-ed-er Coun'sel
Gib'bet
Li'bel
Pom'mel
Sniv'el
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Bev'el-ing-ed
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Chancellor, from Chancellarius ; crystalline, crystallize, &c., from the Greek kpvoratioç; metalline, metallurgy,
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from ercellentia ; tranquillity, from tranquillitas, are a class of words which, for etymological reasons, do not come
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with the termination er :-
Amber
Meager
Peter
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Sepulcher
Chamber
Luster
Meagerly
Saltpeter
Somber
Specter
Center
Muster
Meter
Miter
Saber
Maneuver
Enter
Eager
Diameter
Niter
Scepter
Theater
Cider
Eagerly
Acre, massacre, and lucre are necessary exceptions, to avoid an erroneous pronunciation, as r is soft before e.
Chancre and ogre are seldom used, and are hardly English.
Compounds of words ending in II, as, befall, misuill, in .ll, forestall, inthrall, enroll, retain the double 1, to
prevent the false prominciation, befäl, enröl, &c. For the same reason, double I should be retained in the nouns,-
Installment
Inthrallment
Thralldom
Enrollment
Both etymology and analogy require that defense, ottense, and pretense, from the Latin defensus, offensus, pre-
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Defense
Offense
Pretense
Expense
Defensive
Offensive
Pretension
Recompense
Defensively
Offensively
Suspense, &c.
License, &c.
Derivatives of dull, will, skill, and full retain the il, as,-
Fullness
Pullness
Skillful
Willful
Like stillness, illness, stiffness, grutiness, crossness, &c., to prevent the inconvenience of exceptions.
Ax
High
Cow
Practice, v.
Villain
Captain
Lax
Hight
How
Practice, n. Villainy like Captaincy
Tax
Highly
Plow
Notice, v.
Villainous
Mountain
Wax
Highness
Now
Notice, n.
Mountainous
Mold, molt, like gold, bold, fold, colt, &c., not mould, moult.
Woe should take e, like doe, foe, shoe, toe, and all similar nouns of one syllable. The termination in o belongs
among monosyllables to the other parts of speech, as, go, so, and to nouns of more than one syllable, as, motto,
potato, tomato, &c.
Where current good usage sanctions two different modes of spelling the same word, Webster
now recognizes both, giving the first as his preference, and thus sanctioning either ; thus:
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CONTENTS.
THE VIKING AGE. Rasmus B. Anderson . ... 203
RECENT BOOKS OF TRAVEL. Octave Thanet . . 208
THE POETRY OF JOB. Edward Lewis Curtis . . 211
PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS PAINTERS. Mary H.
Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
RECENT FICTION. William Morton Payne ... 214
HOLIDAY PUBLICATIONS ...... 218
Wheatley's Cathedrals and Abbeys in Great Britain
and Ireland. - Margaret Deland's Florida Days.-
Hitchcock's Fac-similes of Aquarelles by American
Artists.- Hawthorne's The Marble Faun.-Sheri-
dan's The Rivals.- Emma Homan Thayer's Wild
Flowers of the Pacific Coast.--Halévy's The Abbé
Constantin.-- De Maupassant's Pierre et Jean, the
Two Brothers. - Abbey and Parsons's The Quiet
Life.- Tennyson's The Miller's Daughter. Yriarte's
Venice.-Tennyson's The Song of the Brook.-Eliz-
abeth N. Little's Off the Weather-Bow. --- Meredith's
Lucile.- Meredith's The Earl's Return.- Toland's
The Legend Laymone.-- Lover's The Low-Back'd
Car.-- Pennell's Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen.
--National Songs of America.-- Dumas's Monte Cristo
and The Valois Romances.-George Sand's Consuelo.
- The Poets' Year Book. Literary Gems.-Haunts
of the Poets.-Warren's Ten Thousand a Year.-
Morris's Half-Hours with American Humorous Au-
thors.Seven Days After the Honeymoon.-Hauff's
Wine Ghosts of Bremen.- May Mathew Barnes's
Epithalamium.
BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG ...22
Henrietta C. Wright's Princess Liliwinkins.--Goss's
Jed.--Sophie Sweet's Captain Polly.-- Joanna Ma-
thews's Maggie Bradford's Club.-- Madame P. De
Manteul's Captain : the Adventures of a Dog.-
Lang's Blue Fairy Book.- Miss Meade's Daddy's
Boy -- Harris's Daddy Jake the Runaway.- Kate
Douglas Wiggins's A Summer in a Cañon.- Wells's
City Boys in the Woods. - Mary P. W. Smith's A
Canoe Trip.-Madame A. Fresneau's Theresa at San
Domingo.-Laura E. Richards's Queen Hildegarde.
-Lil.--Wentworth's Kibboo Ganey.- Mrs. Moles-
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Esther's Fortune. --Sarah Orne Jewett's Betty Leices-
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THE VIKING AGE.*
Du Chaillu's is the most ambitious work
hitherto written in English concerning the so-
called Viking Age of Scandinavia. It is the
result of at least eight years' indefatigable work
on the part of the author, and comes elegantly
printed in two octavo volumes containing 1,153
pages, and not less than 1,366 illustrations.
The work is illustrated from the antiquities
discovered in Scandinavian mounds, cairns, and
bogs, and from the old Norse sagas and eddas.
In this great wealth of illustration may be no-
ticed, as of special interest, the pottery of the
stone age and the bronze vessels and weapons
of a later period, the runic stones with their
inscriptions, the illustrations of household dec-
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and the curious picture-tracings on the rocks
in the Scandinavian countries.
In regard to the method of producing - The
Viking Age " we will let the author speak for
himself:
“ By reading carefully every saga—and there are
hundreds of them--dealing with the events of a man's
life from his birth to his death, I was able to select the
passages bearing on the various customs. When in one
saga the bare fact of a birth, or a marriage, or a burial,
or a feast, etc., was mentioned, in others full details of
the ceremonies connected with them were found. After
thus collecting my material, which was of the most
superabundant character, I went over it and selected
what seemed to me to be the best accounts of the
various customs with which I deal in these volumes. I
have not been content with the translations of other
persons, but have in every case gone to the original
documents and adopted my own rendering of them.
“ Some extracts from the Frankish chronicles are
given in the Appendix, as showing the power of the
Northmen, and bearing strong testimony to the truth-
fulness of the sagas. If I had not been afraid of being
tedious, I could also have given extracts from Arabic,
Russian, and other annals, to the same effect.
“ The testimony of archæology, as corroborating the
sagas, forms one of the most important links in the
chain of my argument; parchments and written records
form but a portion of the material from which I have
derived my account of the · Viking Age.' During the
last fifty years the history of the Northmen has been
unearthed as it were--like that of the Egyptians, As-
syrians, and Romans--by the discovery of almost every
kind of implement, weapon, and ornament produced by
that accomplished race. The museums of Denmark, Nor-
way, Sweden, England, France, Germany, and Russia,
* THE VIKING AGE. The Early History, Manners, and
Customs of the Ancestors of the English-speaking Nations.
By Paul B. Du Chaillu. New York: Charles Scribner's
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are as richly stored with such objects as are the British realities of life of that period, when honor and
museum, the Louvre, the museums of Naples and
renown were won on the field of battle ; and he
Boulak with the treasures of Egypt and Pompeii. I
have myself seen nearly all the objects or graves illus-
paints for us the dead warrior on his burning
trated in this book, with the exception of a few runic ship, or on the pyre, surrounded by his weapons,
stones which have now disappeared, but are given in an horses, slaves, or fallen companions, who are to
old work of Jörgensen.
enter with him into Valhalla—the heaven of
“ As my materials expanded themselves before me I
the slain.
felt like one of those mariners of old on a voyage of
discovery. To them new lands were continuously com-
The reader of Du Chaillu's work will find
ing into view; to me new materials, new fields of literary that the old Norsemen had carriages or chariots,
and archeological wealth unfolded themselves inces- | as well as horses ; and the numerous skeletons
santly. Thus carried away by enthusiasm and the love
of this animal in graves or bogs prove it to
of the task I had undertaken, I have been able to
labor for eight years and a half on the present work
have been in common use at a very early period.
with some interruptions from exhaustion and impaired
Many full descriptions are given of their dress
health.”
and the splendor of their riding equipment for
The writer of this article was for several war, of the richness of the ornamentation of
years a fellow-resident with Mr. Du Chaillu in their weapons of offence and defence. The de-
Copenhagen while the latter was engaged in scriptions of such wealth might seem to be
writing his “ Viking Age,” and can bear per very much exaggerated in the sagas, but the
sonal testimony to the remarkable industry and antiquities treasured in the museums of the
great enthusiasm with which the author ap North bear witness to the truthfulness of the
plied himself to his work. Indeed, he was records. The spade has developed the history
almost inaccessible even to his friends; and of Scandinavia as it has done that of Assyria
nothing but his great energy and rare vitality and Etruria ; but in addition the Northmen had
saved him from breaking down before his task the saga and edda literature to perpetuate their
was completed.
deeds.
In these two volumes Du Chaillu succeeds This epitome of Du Chaillu's presentation
in giving us a vivid picture—supported by an of the archæology and ancient literature of
array of quotations from the ancient literature Scandinavia is condensed from his opening
and by an abundance of illustrations of the chapter. I have even adopted his own lan-
“ finds” collected in the museums — of the guage whenever I could thereby the better in-
character and life, religious, social, political, dicate to the reader what may be learned from
and warlike, of the old Norsemen, from their a perusal of this great work. It would be quite
birth to their grave. He shows us how the in impossible, in the limits of an ordinary review,
fant is exposed to die, or how it is sprinkled to undertake any extended discussion of Du
with water and given a name. He lets us fol Chaillu's deductions and theories. There is a
low the child in his education and his sports. sufficiently abundant array of facts in “The
He describes the young man in his practice of Viking Age” to put a stop forever to all talk
arms, the maiden in her domestic duties and about our Teutonic ancestors as barbarians.
accomplishments; the adult in his warlike ex- The Teutons (and by this word I embrace not
peditions. He makes us hear the clash of only the Scandinavians, but also the Germans,
swords, and the songs of the skald looking on Dutch, Anglo-Saxons, etc.) have been civilized
and inciting the warriors to greater deeds of so far back as the torch of historical monu-
daring, or, it may be, recounting afterwards ments can guide us. In the oldest antiquity
the glorious death of the hero. He makes us of which we possess any knowledge of Teutons,
listen to the old man giving his advice at the they had a grand system of religion, a cosmog-
Thing or Parliament. He describes for us ony, a cycle of sacred books, and knew the art
the Norsemen's dress, ornaments, implements, of writing. An examination of the old Scan-
weapons; their expressive names and compli dinavian mythology reveals to us gods of poetry
cated relationships; their dwellings and con and song, a god of wisdom and knowledge, a
vivial halls, with their primitive or magnificent god of peace and justice, a goddess of history,
furniture; their temples, sacrifices, gods, and and the mythology is as a whole so sublime and
sacred ceremonies; their personal appearance, profound that it affords evidence of a very high
even to their hair, eyes, face, and limbs ; their order of intellectual development and of real
festivals and their bethrothal and marriage culture; and both the religion and the Teutonic
feasts. He makes us spectators of their ath- epic are found by comparative mythology, and
letic games, which were preparatory to the stern comparative philology—those magnificent tele-


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scopes by which we are able to comtemplate pointed out that the vikings neither fasted nor
periods and races far beyond the ken of ordi- paid any respect to the crumbling bone of some
nary historical knowledge—to be of a common departed saint or similar relics, they think they
origin with the Greek and Hindooic mytholo- have demonstrated that they were savages.
gies and epics. Du Chaillu devotes one of his Professor Sars shows from the sagas that it was
most interesting chapters to the runes, the early not merely a low greed of booty that drove the
form of writing among the Scandinavians. vikings to foreign lands, but also nobler mo-
Phonetic writing, the art of marking down the tives. They went not only to gather wealth,
unseen thought with written characters, is man's but also in quest of honor. Viking expeditions
greatest and noblest invention, and is, as Car were regarded as a school for young men of
lyle says, “a kind of second speech almost as noble birth, in which they might win fame by
miraculous as the first.” When it has once heroic achievements, and in which they might
been completely demonstrated that a race is in become educated and polished by intercourse
possession of a simple and few-lettered alpha- | with the people of foreign lands. The viking
bet, it is absurd to speak of the people as bar was also frequently a merchant, and when he
barians.
returned home, having won fee and fame, he
Those who have denied the civilization of the lived on his farm, a peaceful and law-abiding
ancient Northmen have based their arguments citizen, differing from his neighbors only in the
largely upon an evident lack of the moral sense fact that he possessed more culture and enjoyed
which would have restrained their propensity more luxuries; but there is no evidence that his
to robbery and violence. They remember with sense of right and justice had become demoral-
horror those incessant waves of Norse invasion ized. Compared with their contemporaries,
that dashed with relentless fury on the coasts the vikings make a favorable impression. Com-
of England and the continent. They no doubt pared with those in whose countries they com-
have in mind those lines of Milton, where the mitted their so-called depredations, they fre-
poet speaks of those vast hordes, which the quently show a decided moral superiority. Look
populous north poured from her frozen loins, | only for a moment at the cruelties and tortures
and which fell like locusts on the south and of the inquisition, which were inflicted in the
west, shaking the foundations of the Roman very name of Christianity! Even the chron-
Empire, and confounding all Europe. Surely iclers of England and the continent admit that
such a people could have been little better than the Norse viking very unwillingly pledged his
warlike, bloody, cruel, heathen pirates. But word, but that he also very unwillingly broke
if these doubters would read the history of Nor- it when once it was pledged. To each other
way recently written by Professor Ernst Sars, the vikings were always true to the core. To
they would soon find that the facts are against each other they showed unflinching fidelity, and
them. An examination of this able work would they sacrificed even their lives for their com-
soon show that contemporary historians in sub rades. In their whole conduct they showed a
jugated lands cannot be relied on as impartial. discipline, a unity, a fidelity which were the
When the Anglo-Saxon and French chroniclers, secret of their success. When Rolf Ganger
as Sars says, depict the old Norsemen as devils came to Normandy one of his men was asked
and wild barbarians, without faith, without who was their master. He replied, “ We have
laws, and without a spark of human sensibility no master; we are all equals." They consisted
- when they picture them as wasps covered of warriors who had chosen their leader, and
with stings, and as ravenous wolves driven by the leader could depend on their obedience. In
an insatiable thirst for blood and reveling in time of need they would present an unbroken
murder and destruction,—then we simply are front. Such a discipline voluntarily submitted
not obliged to take their word for it. The fact to and united with liberty is evidence of a
is that these very chroniclers frequently are moral strength which no barbarous people could
forced to contradict themselves, and praise present. May we not say then that such germs
those ravenous wolves and stingful wasps not of equality and liberty were scattered in the
only for their courage and fine exterior, but soil of Normandy where the Normans developed
also for their strict adherence to their words a French literature? Did not these principles
and promises. We must bear in mind that afterwards bud in the Magna Charta of Eng-
those chroniclers were monks and priests, whose land and develop full-blown blossoms in the
biogtry would not permit them to recognize any American Declaration of Independence?
excellence among heathen. When they have ! We are indebted to Du Chaillu for placing


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within reach of the reading public so many | animals ; on the other hand, no reptiles are
facts concerning the hardy viking. He deserves known. There are mines of exhaustless riches
great credit for the countless quotations from along the Youkon. Cereals and vegetables can
the grand old sagas and eddas, and his pub- be raised in the southern part of Alaska. And
lishers are to be congratulated for the elegant some persons doubtless yet remain to be sur-
appearance of the work. The illustrations alone / prised by the discovery that “the average win-
are well worth the price of the two volumes. ter is milder at Sitka than at Boston.” There
Du Chaillu's many old friends and admirers | is a very interesting account of the seal fisheries;
will cheerfully forgive him any shortcomings in in short, the general condition of Alaska has
his work.
RASMUS B. ANDERSON. seldom been more clearly presented. The point
of view is that of a newspaper correspondent
perhaps ; but for that very reason the book will
RECENT BOOKS OF TRAVEL.*
be more valuable to the average reader.
Any reader of books of travel must be struck " Picturesque Alaska," by Abby Johnson
with the way-to use an expression of the turf Woodman, has a preface by John G. Whittier,
-Alaska is forging to the front. Here are one sentence of which characterizes the book
nine new books of travel, and two of them are better than a long review.
descriptions of what the wits used to term “ This little volume, written, with no thought of
“our national refrigerator.” Mr. Maturin M.
publicity, at car windows and from the decks of steam-
boats, in sight of the objects described, has something
Ballou, author of the first of the two, “ The
of the freshness and vividness of reality, like a chain of
New Eldorado,” is an industrious tourist. He
photographic impressions from Mount Shasta to Mount
is in no sense an explorer, not even in the Elias."
humble fashion of the cyclist or the footman Naturally Mrs. Woodman's point of view is
who strays through the byways of the best- as distinctly feminine as Mr. Ballou's is jour-
known countries. And the wildest flattery nalistic. She dilates with amiable zest on the
would hardly term him a literary artist. But accomplishments of the Aleuts, in sweet grass
he is a sufficiently painstaking and moderate baskets and embroidered blankets, and on the
observer, with a pleasant style, and not” (like ingenious jewelry which they make out of sil-
Mr. Snagsby) “ to put too fine a point on it," ver dollars. Probably the most interesting
the buyer of - The New Eldorado” will get his chapter, to many people, will be her account of
money's worth. Mr. Ballou waxes enthusias- Dr. Duncan's romantic experiment. It is all
tic over the natural resources of Alaska.“ The kindly and gracefully written and leaves one
available timber now standing in the territory at the last page sorry to part with the sweet-
might alone meet the ordinary demand of this natured gentlewoman who has written it.
continent for half a century.” The seas and A book of quite another sort is Mr. Thomp-
rivers teem with fish, from whales to cod and son's narrative of his adventures in Morocco,
salmon. The forests are full of fur-bearing entitled - Travels in the Atlas and South Mo-
* THE New ELDORADO. A Summer Journey to Alaska.
rocco." Here we have the explorer, the man
By Maturin M. Ballou. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. of action, the unconquerable and sometimes in-
PICTURESQUE ALASKA. By Abby Johnson Woodman. tolerant Englishman. And there is enough of
With Maps. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
bloodshed and peril and marvels at first hand,
TRAVELS IN THE ATLAS AND South MOROCCO. A Narra-
to enchain the attention from first to last.
tive of Exploration. By Joseph Thompson, F.R.G.S., author
It
of Through Masai-Land." Illustrated. New York : Long- is not the fault of Mr. Thompson that the
mans, Green, & Co.
dominant image etched on the mind is that of
NOTES OF MY JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD. By Evelyn
Cecil, B.A. Illustrated. New York: Longmans, Green, & Co.
the reckless Briton himself, “ hunting crop" in
INCIDENTS OF A COLLECTOR'S RAMBLE in Australia, New
hand, lashing his traitorous Arabs into danger,
Zealand, and New Guinea. By Sherman F. Denton, artist to or bullying surly Kuids into civility ; neverthe-
the U.S. Fish Commission, Washington, D.C. Illustrated.
less so it is : he is always having to quell mu-
Boston : Lee & Shepard.
SUMMER HOLIDAYS. Travelling Notes in Europe. By
tinies, to baffle conspiracies, and to brag and
Theodore Child. New York: Harper & Brothers.
bluster his way through Musselman hostility.
IN AND AROUND BERLIN. By Minerva B, Norton. Chi-
All this he does, and sees a pretty bit of Moor-
cago : A. C. McClurg & Co.
OuR JOURNEY TO THE HEBRIDES. By Joseph Pennell and
ish customs, into the bargain, including the in-
Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Illustrated. New York: Harper side of a harem and a bath-house, the brilliant
& Brothers.
spectacle of the powder-play, and the ghastly
STUDIES IN THE SOUTH AND West. With Comments on
Canada. By Charles Dudley Warner, author of " Their Pil-
feast of Sidi Hamadsha. His studies of the
grimage." New York: Harper & Brothers.
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He pronounces the Jew really in a better posi there is a wholesale system of bribery and cor-
tion than the Moors themselves, whose intense ruption, especially prominent in polities, which
misery must excite pity. Under the avarice is not even to be compared with the worst days
of their rulers, the ancient arts have utterly under George III.”.
decayed. The better a workman, the more I fear Mr. Cecil would regard the artless
likely he is to be compelled to toil at the risk narrative of Mr. Sherman F. Denton's feats as
of his life for his masters. The Sultan wrings a collector in Australia, New Zealand, and New
the purses of the Kaids or governors, who in | Guinea as a fresh proof of our ill-manners.
turn strip their subjects to the bone. "A Certainly, Mr. Denton confides in the reader
man's sole safety in Morocco lies in absolute more frankly as to his physical sensations at sea,
poverty.” The Jews meanwhile control all the | and his general opinions about the intimate tri-
business of the country, and lend money at fles of the table and the toilet and his family's
fifty per cent. “ Between the government and appearance, than has been the custom since
the Jews, the Moors are between the devil and Montaigne ; and he boasts garrulously of those
the deep sea." Yet they do not turn to Wes- very national possessions which the cosmopoli-
tern Europe for succor in their extremity, es tan Mr. Cecil derides, " our polite conductors”
teeming it preferable to be oppressed by their and “our magnificent depots.” Nevertheless
own race rather than by the stranger, since Mr. Denton is a good fellow, as ready with his
6 no Moor believes for a moment that his con gun as Mr. Thompson with his whip ; and there
dition would be improved under a European is much of real interest and value in his book.
government.” Too often he has reasons for Mr. Child's book carries us back to Europe.
his cynicisms; “ for in Morocco the honor of It is in every respect a delightful book. The
more than one European country is being con- temper is admirable, the style bright and grace.
tinually dragged in the mud by its representa- ful, with a striking felicity of epithet and
tives, who in many cases buy their places, not sharpness of outline. The Summer Holidays”
as a means of watching over their national in touch lightly on Constantinople, Holland, Italy,
terests, but in order to traffic in the sale of and France. This is how Holland seems to
. protections which put the Moor or the Jew the vivacious narrator:
outside the pale of Moorish law, permitting him | “You must travel through miles and miles of terrestial
to indulge in legalized plunder.” I fear that platitude, where the horizon has no accidents except a
we cannot make a good defense against Mr.
windmill or a clump of trees; where the cottages are
deep red, the meadows deep green, the sky gray blue,
Thompson's assertion that “ in this respect
. . . . and these dark green meadows are inter-
America is the most shameless sinner.”
sected by numerous canals filled with black water, and
“ With no trade, no genuine subjects, no real or over the canals are black bridges and black gates, and
imaginary interests to look after, there is not only an in the meadows are black cattle; in the distance the
American minister at Tangiers, but vice-consuls, mostly inevitable but welcome windmill has black sails. ...
Jews, in the chief coast towns, some of whom are no
And over this country the sun shines blazingly, in high
honor to their country. Nay, more; America does not summer time, and especially in the late afternoon; it
hesitate to make a naval demonstration to compel the sets off vast spaces of golden light against other spaces
payment of bills run up in the Jewish fashion—a few of that black, intense, bituminous shadow that you see
paltry hundred dollars becoming, in a year or two, thous in the paintings of the Dutch school.”
ands upon thousands."
Another charming book is the dainty little
The reader can judge, from these extracts, re- volume, “ In and Around Berlin," by Mrs. Min-
garding Mr. Thompson's style, which is lucid, erva B. Norton. Quite unpretentiously, it re-
nervous, and often vivid. He sometimes is veals an unusual knowledge of the details of
careless, but never dull.
German family life, and in a fresh, animated,
Another Englishman has written a book of feminine style, gossips about the court and - all
travels this year, Evelyn Cecil, B.A., who gives the royal family.” There is plenty of guide-
us, in a thin volume, his impressions of the book lore as well, but the more attractive part
world. What a well-bred, cultivated English- of the book is the other. No traveller with
man thinks of us is always a matter of mild in- | Berlin in his (and, pointedly, in her) mind,
terest. Mr. Cecil is good-tempered ; he finds should go without this modest, competent, and
much to praise, and praises generously ; where good-natured guide.
he must needs criticize, he condemns with manly Good-nature, by the way, is a shining qual-
frankness. He does not like our travelling ity, and wins the gratitude of the reader or
manners ; except to women, our “ conductors " reviewer. (I mention them separately for a
are boorish ; and “ throughout the country reason which any author will understand.)


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Gratitude is not the only coin paid for the in almost every chapter. Mr. William Black
pleasure given by this amiable trait: it receives gets frequent raps over the knuckles ; and even
a certain promissory note of credence. We are Mrs. Stowe has to take her share of the hard
always inclined to believe in the criticisms of words, because she did not realize how much
the good-natured man. We consider that he more horrible is the condition of the Scotch
is likely to be a critic by force of circumstances, crofters than was that of negro slaves. As for
not from carping prejudice.
the Highland lairds, apparently our friends
I am sorry to say that no one can take this would have them swept off the face of the earth.
favorable attitude towards Mr. and Mrs. Pen- Even Macleod of Macleod, who ruined himself
nell's “ Journey through the Hebrides.” Out for his people, is dismissed with a sneer. Stand-
wardly it is an alluring little book, with the ing in the graveyard of the Macleods, this is
prettiest of bindings, the softest and creamiest their comment:
of paper and exquisite illustrations. Within, “ It may be that Macleod of Macleod has bankrupted
the style is sprightly; and the subject one of himself to save his tenants from starvation. This is
most praiseworthy on his part. But we cannot help
the most beautiful of countries and one of the
thinking that if he and all the other Macleods, from one
most romantically-famous of peoples. Yet the
end of Great Britain to the other, are so anxious to be
book is painful. This, too, not so much be buried here, they might among them find money enough
cause of the suffering described as because of to free the enclosure of their dead from the whisky
the spirit of the description. The book ap-
bottles and sandwich tins left by the tourists."
peared originally as a series of articles in The same peevish spirit shows on every page.
“ Harper's Magazine.” The reader may regret It is unfortunate that a subject of such gravity
the previous appearance, since the writers have should be thus treated ; for hot-headed and in-
had time to read all the indignant remon tolerant sympathy tends to divert compassion
strances of people whom they have abused ; and from its objects. Without discussing the ques-
in consequence, the pages bristle with sharp tion, also, one may suggest that, before the
foot-notes of retort. There is a peppery pre great emigration, the crofters of the west of
face of which one specimen will show the Scotland suffered as ghastly a famine as that
tone.
raging then in Ireland, to which their present
“We have no hesitation in saying that our trip to misery is not to be compared. Neither are the
Scotland was the most miserable.. .. That the
crofters, taking Mr. and Mrs. Pennell's own
weather in the Western Highlands is vile is a fact which
word for it, by any means the most oppressed
cannot be denied, though to mention it is held to be a
crime. But for the benefit of those, who, because we
people on the earth. To cite only one claim-
speak of the rain and the fatigue of walking, think we ant's case, Mr. Thompson makes a better show-
shut our eyes to everything else on our journey, let us ing for his clients, the Moors. But it is the
say here, once and for all, that we found the whole
pet vice of amateur philanthropists to cheapen
country beautiful and full of the most wonderful effects;
but we must also add that it is the most abominable to
all misery except that which they are exploit-
travel through and its people are the most down-trodden ing. Indeed, I cannot resist the impression
on God's earth!”
that the bad weather, hard roads, and poor fare
To the lay observer, Mr. and Mrs. Pennell ap of the Highlands, the fatigue of walking, and
pear to have gone to Scotland under protest, to the lack of consideration shown our travellers
have made the grievous blunder of walking with (who, sad to say, “ often passed for peddlers '')
heavy knapsacks, to have been mistaken con have had almost as large a share as the oppres-
tinually for people of a lower social grade, and, sion of the crofters, in accumulating their
therefore, treated with slight consideration ; wrathful judgments.
and in this condition of irritable misery and It is a relief to turn to Mr. Warner's wise
suspicion, to have investigated one of the sail and kindly studies. In the South, Mr. Warner
dest and most puzzling of social questions. walks over the thin crust of the volcano. Noth-
They rush to the aid of the Scotch crofters ing would be easier than to break through into
with a passionate sympathy. They are the the crater of partisan strife. Mr. Warner con-
blindest and most unmitigated partisans, ac- | tinues the dispassionate observer to the end.
cepting the crofter's answer as the last word. His view of the question will commend itself
For everything else Scotch, they have only rail to every Northerner who has spent any length
ing, sometimes witty, sometimes eloquent, and of time in the South. With equal moderation
sometimes flippant. They talk of the “ stupid and kindly penetration, the West is discussed.
romance of Scott” and “the sickly sentiment Most of the papers are reprinted from “ Har-
of Landseer”; the Duke of Argyle is castigated per's Magazine." They are worthy of their


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beautiful permanent shape. Mr. Warner's Gal- bers or lines, and also by a correspondence of
lic perfection of form, the charm of his delicate accents or tones in each line. These features
humor, his dramatic instinct of narration, his are exhibited in this translation. Three-toned
mastery of color, and his restraint,-is it not Hebrew lines have been rendered into three-
enough to say regarding all these, that in these toned English lines, and the rhythm of the two-
sketches he is at his best, since that implies | toned and four-toned lines also has been pre-
the rest.
served. In this respect our author's transla-
OCTAVE THANET.
tion is an improvement upon that of the Re-
vised Version. This version, for example, has
THE POETRY OF JOB.*
incorrectly given the following as verses of two
Professor Gilbert's volume on “ The Poetry
lines :
of Job” is an excellent example of a direc-
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout
again,
tion of modern scholarship in the study of And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. [riv.-7.]
the Bible. The human element of the Sacred
His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me.
Scriptures is being made more prominent, and And encamp round about my tent. [rir.-12.]
they are being investigated in respect to their
| Dr. Gilbert finds here, correctly, verses of three
literary features. Some regard this kind of
lines each.
study with fear, thinking that the divine qual-
“For there is hope for the tree;
ity of the Bible may be overlooked, and that it
If felled, it still can sprout forth,
is in danger of being brought down to the same
And its tender shoot doth not fail." [rir.-7.]
level with other writings. We do not share in
" Together his troops come on,
And cast up against me their way,
this apprehension. We believe that the Bible
And encamp round about my tent." [xix.-1.2.]
should be subjected to the most thorough liter-
ary and historical criticism, that all the light
We regret that Dr. Gilbert did not suffi-
that can be shed upon it by a comparison with
ciently rely upon his own good taste and judg-
other literature should be welcomed, and that
that ment to divide the poem into its strophes.
such comparative study will assist in maintain-
While it is true that the original gives no in-
ing its claims to special divine inspiration.
dication of these divisions, still they are needed
The position taken by Dr. Gilbert is the right
to bring out the full force and meaning of the
one. In calling attention to the aim of his poem, and would have been especially helpful
work, to present the surprising beauty of the
in a translation not accompanied with notes.
human elements of the Book of Job, he says:
In the second portion of this work, “ The
“ There is little danger that by so doing the Divine
Interpretation of the Poem,” the author has
teaching would receive less honor and become less dear;
very skilfully, and very properly also, avoided
on the contrary, such attention would in the main lead discussing disputed questions. He makes no
to a more appreciative estimate of the heavenly mes-
attempt to fix the age of the poem, but says
sage. It does not detract from the beauty of the rain-
that it belongs to the golden age of Hebrew
bow to know that it did not come down out of the skies
perfect and complete, but that only the wonderful light
literature. The golden age! When was it ?
came down, and found in our earthly atmosphere the
That indeed is the very question in dispute
lenses which could make its hidden riches visible to our | among the critics. Was it the time of Moses?
mortal eyes. It is still God's bow, and though it should or of Solomon? or of Hezekiah? or of the
be arched through human tears."
Exile ? On this subject Dr. Gilbert is silent.
Our author has first presented « The Poetry | He also enters into no discussion about the
of the Book of Job” by giving a new transla- | historical character of the poem: how much is
tion of the poem. This most difficult task has ! fiction. how much literal history. He takes
been well executed. The rendering is of real here the true middle ground that not all is fic-
poetic merit, chaste and forcible in diction, ' tion not all is literal history. How much there
smooth and rhythmical. It exhibits also exact is of each cannot be decided, and the question,
and painstaking Hebrew scholarship. Dr. Gil- like that
like that of the authorship and date of the poem,
bert has not only with great fidelity reproduced is unimportant
the meaning of the original, but he has also
The course of the poem, the struggle through
preserved to a certain extent its form. Hebrew
which Job passed, is very clearly indicated. This
“poetry is characterized by a parallelism of num-
was a struggle to preserve the assertion of his
* THE POETRY OF JOB. By George H. Gilbert, Ph.D., conscience respecting his own integrity when
Professor of New Testament Literature and Interpretation in his friends directly charged him with heinous
the Chicago Theological Seminary. Chicago: A. C. McClurg
wrong, and God's dealings seemed to ratify
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their verdict. It was also a struggle to pre- something suggestive in this direction in the
serve his attachment to God, to whom he pas last chapter, in the comparison presented be-
sionately clung and turned for vindication even tween Milton's conception of God and that of
when he had felt himself most cruelly and out the Hebrew poet. Jehovah, speaking of the
rageously wronged by God. Such, indeed, is defection of the first man, is represented by
the drama of Job, the most splendid and pro Milton as saying :
found creation of Hebrew poetry, if not of all
"Whose fault [is it]?
poetry. As Dr. Gilbert well says:
Whose but his own? Ingrate, he had of me
All he could have.” [Paradise Lost, III. 96-98.]
“Its theme is a part of every true man's life. Every
servant of God is engaged on His side in the great
Of this, our author says :
conflict with the forces of darkness. Satan challenges " But this is not God the Lord, of infinite majesty
the piety of every servant of God, and endeavors to and glory: the speaker is an irritable and angry man.
break it down. Everyone is called to suffer and be | This passage breathes the bitter spirit of some sectarian,
strong, everyone meets with mysteries on the right and not of Him who is long-suffering, abundant in good-
hand and on the left, confusing and bewildering, whose ness and truth."
solution must be left to the future. The struggle of
We fear that in some minds this Miltonic con-
Job is repeated over and over again in the experience
ception of God is assumed to be that of the
of earnest souls, though the form and condition of it are
ever changing. His experience touches our deepest life
Old Testament; but it is not. And we especi-
at many a point. His story therefore will have a living ally thank Dr. Gilbert for calling attention, in
interest as long as there is a conscience in man, and as this work of a purely literary aim, to the true
long as the human spirit cries out of the darkness and
and sublime Old Testament conception of God,
mystery of earth, 'Oh that I knew where to find Him.'”
such as is given by the unknown Hebrew writer,
There is no attempt, however, in this volume
when for example he says:
to present the theological teachings or problems
“Canst thou find out the depth of Elóah?
suggested by the Book of Job. That is foreign
Or fathom th’ Almighty's perfection ?
to Dr. Gilbert's purpose. He confines himself
Heights of heaven! what canst thou do?
Than Sheól it is deeper! what know?
to its literary beauties, showing how the sacred
Its measure is longer than earth,
poet treated nature, both animate and inanim-
And broader is it than the sea.” [ci. 7-9.]
ate, and also human life, and how finally his
We trust this little volume will be widely
conception of God bears comparison with those
circulated, and that many, learning therefrom
of Homer and Milton. These subjects are
the outward beauties of the Word of God, may
handled with grace and much critical insight
receive also its spiritual teachings of infinite
and true æsthetic feeling. No lover of litera-
wisdom and infinite love.
ture can fail to be interested in the observa-
EDWARD LEWIS CURTIS.
tions here made. The powerful poetic genius
of the Hebrew writer is finely exhibited. We
are given his treatment of Day and Night; his PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS PAINTERS.*
use of the natural world, of the storm-wind, of
The friends of cultivated people are usually
the clouds, of the sea. He is brought by apt
pleasant associates, and when introduced to the
quotation into comparison with Homer, Dante,
world in such charming fashion as Mrs. Van
Shakespeare, and Milton. His striking in-
Rensselaer adopts in her recently published
tensity of feeling and his view of Nature, “ as
an ever-fresh manifestation of God's wisdom
“Six Portraits,” they become valuable to many
others than their original bien aimés. Della
and power,” are strongly brought out. The
Robbia, Correggio, Blake, Corot, George Ful-
key-note, indeed, of the treatment of Nature in
ler, Winslow Homer, form an attractive coterie ;
the entire Bible is given by Dr. Gilbert when
and Mrs. Van Rensselaer disarms criticism, in
he says:
regard to her attitude toward them, by acknowl-
“ The sphere of this Hebrew poem is in an eminent
sense the soul of man. It deals with the invisible
edging frankly, in her preface, that the sym-
rather than the visible. It comes out of a heart that is pathetic critic must be swayed by individual
too intent on the mystery of human suffering to allow preferences and prejudices. Confessedly, there-
it to dwell calmly on external forms and phenomena.” fore, the critic in this case is a friend, and has
This is a feature of the entire treatment of chosen a circle of artists among whom she can
Nature in the Bible. Natural phenomena are move with that free enjoyment which will not
never touched upon for their own sake. He tolerate for a moment the spirit of fault-finding
brew or Biblical poetry is entirely subjective.
1 * Six PORTRAITS: Della Robbia, Correggio, Blake, Corot,
While, as we have said, theological teachings | Georye Fuller, Winslow Homer. By Mrs. Schuyler Van
are not at all treated in this volume, there is | Rensselaer. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.


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and detraction. The reader may feel some after his retirement that he produced - Nydia,"
times that so partial a friend hardly does jus- - Winifred Dysant,” and - The Romany Girl,”
tice to the warm power of Donatello's genius, his most suggestive canvases. The quiet and
under the gentler sway of Della Robbia's re absorption of his country life seemed to pro-
fined and delicate inspiration ; and it would vide just the atmosphere he needed for the
seem as if such perfect sympathy with Corot full development of his powers, and his genius
would leave no room for comprehension of the probably could not have ripened without it.
more robust canvases of Rousseau and Millet. Décamps, an artist also of great sensitiveness,
But it is well to remember that the writer in | was driven from the world in mature life by the
this case is the most catholic of lovers, and is same exasperating sense of incompleteness in
full of that spirit of truly wholesome criticism his work ; but his retirement did not result so
which finds admirable qualities in widely diver- happily as did Fuller's. He sent no great can-
gent schools and individuals.
vases back to the Parisian circles which had
It seems almost a bit of carelessness in Mrs. delighted in him ; and perhaps the explanation
Van Rensselaer to speak of the isolation of lies in the fact that he waited too long to find
Correggio as a fact rarely mentioned or noticed out his own need. He painted dreamy original
Surely no one can have become interested in canvases, which he produced without the study
the work or history of that great artist without of which he was capable; and at last a con-
being immediately struck by the melancholy sciousness of the really surface work he was
pathos of the obscurity in which he lived, and doing drove him from it. It was very different
few art students can have failed to ask them with Fuller. He was a hard student always ;
selves the question, how was it possible that a and therefore when he turned and sought Na-
genius so strong and original could have lived ture exclusively, he was equipped not only to
and died unknown even in the Italian renais understand her but to translate her appropriate-
sance ?-or, perhaps, one should say, especially ly. It is this union of sincerity and sensitive-
in the Italian renaissance.
ness which makes Fuller so interesting to stu-
Two names in Mrs. Van Rensselaer’s coterie, dents of American art. He is a fit product
George Fuller and Blake, will be less familiar of his own country, and therefore typical, in
to the general public than the other four, but many respects, of the coming national art.
they are connected with them by decided lines Mrs. Van Rensselaer deserves especial thanks
of consanguinity. Both are idealists of that | for her essay on Blake. This mystic, artist,
delicately individual type which Mrs. Van and poet is but too little known to the general
Rensselaer loves to study, and both fitly illus- public, and the appreciative notice of so popular
trate the title of - Six Portraits,” for the essays a critic may bring his work to the attention of
collected in this little volume are of that many sympathetic minds heretofore ignorant of
charming sort which, by tracing the intimate him. Blake's erratic endowment, his visions
connection of the artist's character and work, and mystical prophecies, make him a subject
place his personality before one in a vivid light, of peculiar interest to the psychologist ; and
very different from the cool and critical con- whether he was altogether sane or not, the
ception one gains from the careful balancing streak of suspected madness in him adds a most
of the values of an artistic career. Mrs. Van fascinating element to his artistic work. Sel-
Rensselaer shows deep sympathy with Fuller's dom has any artist been gifted with the subjec-
temperament and methods, and she compre tive insight which Blake shows in his illustra-
hends well the feeling which prompted him tions ; and as his artistic treatment is always
to leave the world of artists and salons, and the objective and symbolic double of his own
retire to the solitude of the country. It was poetic thought, so when he comes to interpret
after Fuller had painted many successful can the work of others he shows the same marvel-
vases that he left the world in such fashion, lous susceptibility to impression. There are
driven by that inner prompting which so often many illustrators capable of original and strik-
warns both artist and author that the work | ing work which fits well enough the text it ac-
which sells and brings a fair remuneration and companies, but interpretations like the draw-
fame, is frequently not the best of which the ings made by Blake to accompany Young's
originator is capable. The haunting sense of “ Night Thoughts” and the “ Book of Joh”
failure in accomplishment is the torment of are unequalled in their way by anything except
sensitive temperaments. With Fuller it was the Vedder's illustrations to “ Omar Khayyam."
incentive to constantly nobler work ; and it was ' W. M. Rossetti's edition of Blake's poems,


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and Alexander Gilchrist's life of the artist, rider who marries an English yeoman. She
will bring the poetic and active side of the man soon deserts him for the more congenial com-
more fully to the comprehension of art lovers; panionship of a ruffian known as Tricky Bill;
but one must see at least his own illustrations the two become implicated in a robbery, and
to his “ Songs of Innocence” and “ Songs of undergo penal servitude for a term of years.
Experience," to get any idea of the broad, open After her release her husband discovers her by
nature of the artist, -open, that is, in the sense accident, takes her to his home, but removes
of susceptibility to all impressions, and espe that home to the wilds of the New World to
cially to that vast field of subjective and spirit hide the disgrace. There she saves his life
ual ones from which painters like Gérome and and their daughter's by an act of heroism, and
Meissonier are entirely shut off.
is supposed to have lost her own. She, in the
There is not space enough left to speak of meanwhile, again takes to circus-riding, and
Mrs. Van Rensselaer's essay on Winslow Hlom the family, having become enriched through a
er; but sufficient indication has been given of discovery of gold upon their land, return to
the delicately appreciative criticism of the vol-England. The husband now really mourns
ume to assure all lovers of that artist as to its her loss, and records her death upon a tomb-
quality
MARY II. FORD.
stone in the village graveyard. In course of
time, the circus finds its way to this very spot,
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Wild Darrie comes across her own monument,
RECENT FICTION.*
is discovered weeping over it, and taken to her
“Wild Darrie" is the product of the collab-
home to die of consumption. The story is
really better than this outline of a somewhat
oration of Mr. Christie Murray and Mr. Henry
Ilerman. It is a better book than - One Trav-
extravagant plot would indicate. Besides rapid
action and abundance of incident, it has a pleas-
eller Returns,” because it has a hold upon real
life, although we must say that the incidents
ing style, is enlivened by a grave sort of humor,
and has touches of quite irresistible pathos.
upon which the story is based are of anything
but an everyday sort. Wild Darrie is a circus
As for the duality of its authorship, that would
hardly be suspected from any internal evidence.
* Wild DARRIE. By Christie Murray and Henry Herman. We are inclined to think that the actual com-
New York : Longmans, Green, & Co.
position is almost, if not entirely, the work of
The MASTER OF BALLANTRAE. By Robert Louis Steven-
son. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
one of the authors.
A REPUTED ('HANGELING; or, Three Seventh Years Two Mr. Stevenson's story of “ The Master of
Centuries Ago. By Charlotte M. Yonge. New York: Mac-
Ballantrae” seems to show pretty plainly that
millan & Co.
METZEROTT, SHOEMAKER. New York: T. Y. Crowell
the author has got to care so much for nicety
& Co.
of speech that he has lost the virility of concep-
MEMOIRS OF A MILLIONAIRE. By Lucia True Ames. Bus-
tion so indispensable to serious romance. The
ton: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
THE ROMANCE OF DOLLARD. By Mary Hartwell Cather-
force of the story is of the hysterical sort, and
wood. New York : The Century Co.
even the degree of sustained strength attained
CHATA AND CHINITA. A Novel. By Louise Palmer Heaven.
to in - Kidnapped” seems to be wanting here.
Boston : Roberts Brothers.
Two CORONETS. By Mary Agnes Tincker. Boston: Hough-
As for the characters, they are but ghostly out-
ton, Mifflin & Co.
lines, which is especially unfortunate for a
Alexia. By Mary Abbott. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co.
book that cannot fail to be suggestive of Scott,
Mito Yashiki. A Tale of Old Japan. By Arthur Collins and the action is as inconsequent and as full of
Maclay, A.M., LL.B. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
strange surprises as any Arabian Night's story,
OPENING THE OYSTER. A Story of Adventure. By Charles
L. Marsh. Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co.
old or new. Mr. William Hole's illustrations
NERO. A Romance. By Ernst Eckstein. Translated from are more interesting than the text which they
the German by Clara Bell and Mary J. Safford. 2 vols. New
adorn.
York: W. S. Gottsberger & Co.
Gerald FFRENCH'S FRIENDS. By George H. Jessop. New
A new novel by the author of - The Heir of
York : Longmans, Green, & Co.
Redcliffe" will doubtless find readers enough
Two RUNAWAYS, AND OTHER STORIES. By Ilarry Still-
to warrant its publication, although we cannot
well Edwards. New York: The Century Co.
say that it will add to the writer's fame. “A
THE HERITAGE OF DEPLOW MARSH, AND OTHER TALES.
By Bret Harte. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
Reputed Changeling” takes us back to the Eng-
A FAMILY TREE, AND OTHER STORIES. By Brander Mat land (and the France) of the later seventeenth
thews. New York: Longmans, Green, & Co.
century—that is, to the years of the English
THE Opp NUMBER. Thirteen Tales by Guy de Maupassant.
The Translation by Jonathan Sturges. An Introduction by
| revolution. But the story is essentially domes-
Henry James, New York: Harper & Brothers.
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and occasionally heightens the significance of until corruption works it own cure. It seems
some scene described or situation delineated a stern and heartless principle of action, but it
therein. It is disconnected, and devoid of is the law of nature that in all things the fittest
striking interest of any kind ; it shows facility only shall survive, and this law is thwarted by
rather than force of conception, and weariness | all efforts which seek to prolong the existence
rather than vigor of execution.
of the unfit without removing the cause of their
“Metzerott, Shoemaker" is a book breath- unfitness. And the cause of unfitness is not to
ing an earnest purpose, presenting an ideal be removed by the vote of the majority or by
similar to that presented in “ Looking Back- | the multiplication of statutes. It is possible
ward,” and, indeed, inspired by that piece of only to earnest personal endeavor ; it is in this
Utopian fancy to no inconsiderable extent. field that religious ardor finds its proper work.
The main difference between the two works is The didacticism of the “ Memoirs of a Mil-
that Mr. Bellamy represents his ideal as al- lionaire” is of the frankest description. The
ready realized, while the anonymous writer of book not only outlines social reforms but pro-
the present story represents it in its inception. vides a detailed method of carrying them out,
This gives to " Metzerott, Shoemaker" a more even going to the extent of publishing archi-
definite hold upon actual life than any book tectural plans for the model tenement houses in
like “ Looking Backward” can possibly have, which Miss Ames finds one solution of the
for the socialistic leaven is undoubtedly work problem of poverty. Other suggested solutions
ing in the minds of the laboring classes of the are free circulating libraries in small communi-
present day, and such characters and situations ties, and industrial schools for boys and girls.
as are here described may be met with in most These are all eminently practical suggestions ;
of our large cities. The socialism of the writer's and any one of them, as here presented in de-
ideal is of the Christian type, and is embodied tail, is worth more than many volumes of
in the practise and teachings of Ernest Clare, Christian socialism, however sincere may be
the carpenter-clergyman, a man of lovely char the underlying motive. Miss Ames introduces
acter and simple manliness of life. Metzerott, us to a young lady who comes into possession
on the other hand, represents the hard, uncom of a very large fortune, and, strange to say, is
promising, brutal type of socialist, capable dazzled only by the opportunities which it af-
enough of heroic conduct, but devoid of the re fords her of doing good to her fellow men and
ligious sentiment, and incapable of sympathy women ; for this modern New England Monte
with the broad humanity of Clare. There is Cristo holds to the gospel of altruism, and
much that is fine in a book like this, but to our seeks for a far higher than any directly per-
mind the socialistic ideal, in either shape, lies sonal enjoyment of her wealth. We may add
hopelessly away from the main current of hu that the book is not without interest merely
man progress. The ideal which has directed considered as a story, and that as a sociological
progress in civilization up to the present time document it has high practical value.
has been the far different one of individual Mrs. Catherwood makes her debut as a writer
liberty protected and guaranteed by law. Out in the field of historical fiction with “ The
side of this great principle, and the correlated Romance of Dollard." Her subject is an epi-
principle of equal justice to all, we cannot sode of Canadian history in the seventeenth
see that mankind has any hope of salvation. century, and her story tells how the devotion of
We believe that the true mission of the reformer | a young French officer, and of the small band
is to work for the complete realization of these of his heroic followers, stemmed the tide of
old ideals of liberty and justice, and not to Iroquois invasion and saved Montreal for civil-
substitute for them the new and untested ideals ization. The story is fresh and attractive in
of the socialist. Incompetency must reap its style, rapid in action, and historically correct
own reward, and vice must work out its own in its main features. It opens an outlook upon
destruction. To the extent to which the evils a little-known period of North American his-
of modern civilization are the result of restric tory, and suggests new possibilities in romantic
tive and unequal laws and of cunning perver- fiction.
sions of just laws, reformers should strain every “Chata and Chinita” are two Mexican child-
nerve to modify the law or to make impossible ren whose parentage is not revealed until the
its abuse. But to the extent to which these close of the very long and tedious story of their
evils are the consequence of incompetency and fortunes. They are surrounded by a great
vice, to that extent should they be left to fester / variety of aristocratic and plebeian Mexicans,


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guerrilla chieftains, and adventurous Yankees. the hero as “ cutting off the end of a cheroot”
Such picturesque adjuncts as old haciendas, to be sure of that. For those who dislike to
gloomy convents, and stern mountain defiles harrow up their soul in novel-reading, we will
are supplied them in abundance. Diabolical hasten to observe that the tale ends happily,
murders, dreadful revenges, and assorted pas- albeit a little flippantly, in spite of the tragic
sions, gloomy and otherwise, engage the breath complications that for a time seem to presage
less attention of the reader. We cannot say otherwise.
that they engage the interest as well, for they “ Mito Yashiki” is a tale of old Japan, and
are too unreal even for the semi-tropical skies yet the scene is laid only some thirty years ago.
beneath which they are displayed. The arrange But the Japan that Perry first visited was to
ment of the novel is anything but clear, and all intents and purposes the Japan of earlier
ordinary patience will not suffice for keeping ages; and the thirty years that have elapsed
hold of the thread of the action. Then there since his memorable expedition have probably
is so prodigious an amount of small talk and wrought greater changes in the empire of the
pointless incident that the narrative is made Mikadlo than were witnessed by the thirty cen-
unbearably lengthy, and its main features be- turies preceding. Mr. Maclay's story has for
come hidden nearly out of sight. Mrs. Heaven its central feature the revolution which, almost
writes from minute knowledge of the country in our own day, made of Japan the Mikado's
in which her scene is laid, and gives us much empire in deed as well as in name, and put an
faithful description, but she is evidently un end to the usurped power of the Shogun. It
practised in the art of the novelist.
is a faithful study of the physical features of
“ Two Coronets" is the title of the latest the country and of the characteristics of the
romance of America and Italy from the pen of inhabitants. The subtlety of the Japanese in-
Mary Agnes Tincker. In this novel, even more tellect is distinctly brought out, and the curious
than in its predecessors, the writer sets all the feudal life which so lately held possession of
unities at defiance, rambling through time and the islands. Particularly interesting is the ac-
space in the most aimless way, and weaving the count of the political intrigues between the
threads of half a dozen different actions into a opposing parties of Mikado and Shogun, the
pattern which is anything but symmetrical. elaborate system of espionage in vogue, and
Her Italian scenes are a trifle better than her the official courier system. Nor is the story want-
American ones, but all are deplorably lacking | ing in effective dramatic situations, although its
in finish ; and the style of the novel is all the action is at times intolerably slow, and its de-
more exasperating in its general crudeness, be scriptions often lengthened to a wearisome ex-
cause of the not infrequent passages which show tent. The modes of speech of the characters
plainly enough that the writer has it in her are mainly English with but slight local color-
power to do better if she chooses. As for the ing. This was, perhaps, a necessary course to
title, we are absolutely in the dark as to its take in a work which should strongly appeal to
meaning, and cannot even tell whether it is to English readers.
be taken in a literal or a symbolic sense.
Since the “ Tour du Monde en Quatre-vingts
“ Alexia" has the volume and the texture of Jours" is no longer to be considered the tour
a summer novel, and seems almost out of place de force that it was when M. Verne published
among the erudite and didactic works of fiction his fascinating romance, it has been evident for
which it is mainly our function to pass in re some time that there was an opportunity for
view upon the present occasion. It certainly some ingenious author to improve upon the
affords a pleasant relief to the autumnal and work of the imaginative Frenchman. This op-
even wintry cast of this too instructive and portunity has been seized upon by Mr. Charles
edifying literature. The plot is of the sim L. Marsh, and the result appears in the shape
plest, but the treatment is fresh and attractive; | of a narrative entitled - Opening the Oyster.”
and the familiar story of the man who becomes The suggestions of this title are obvious. The
engaged to the woman whom he does not love, task which Mr. Marsh has set before his travel-
speedily thereafter to come upon the one whom lers (for there are two of them) is to visit the
he does, is still fascinating in Mrs. Abbott's | principal cities of the world (forty in number,
bright pages. That the story is of feminine including Melbourne, Valparaiso, Pekin, Teher-
workmanship would be clear enough without | an, and Havana) in the space of five years.
the testimony of the title-page-one would only This would not be so astonishing a feat were
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lers are to start out without a cent in their The short stories which Mr. George H. Jes-
pockets, or any other resources than their own sop has collected under the title of “ Gerald
arts and muscular abilities. Since they are Ffrench's Friends" are linked together by
Americans, and since their story is, after all, a the common possession of the personality of
work of fiction, they are successful in their un- Gerald Ffrench himself, various episodes of
dertaking, and it is an account of the five years whose journalistic career they describe. Ger-
of travel thus entered upon which Mr. Marsh ald Ffrench was a young Irishman who, having
gives us. As may be imagined, the travellers spent his own modest inheritance like a gentle-
“ rough it" a great deal, and meet with some man, found himself penniless in San Francisco,
very surprising adventures. They are chased and set about the novel task of earning his own
by Turcomans in Central Asia, fall in with living. Having fallen in with a “thryumvir-
Mexican highwaymen, cross the Andes in win | ate " of five Irish patriots, bent upon compass-
ter, and run the Chilian blockade during the ing the overthrow of the “ Saxon opprissor,"
war with Peru. They become, in turn, sailors he became the editor of their newspaper. After
before the mast, gold-miners, and itinerant mu this enterprise had collapsed, he practised jour-
sicians. They unmask - a most notorious pirate nalism in other forms, and had many curious
and cutthroat,” rescue a child stolen from its pa experiences, out of which Mr. Jessop has con-
rents, and throw an Englishman off the Great structed his highly entertaining volume. The
Pyramid. In short, there are very few things book is essentially a study of Irish character
which they do not do in these five exciting under Pacific coast conditions, trenching a
years. As for the story, it is brimming over little upon Mr. Harte's ground, but having a
with good spirits, is as humorous in places as decided manner of its own. It is both humor-
“ The Innocents Abroad," and is told in good ous and pathetic; the former, and richly so, in
and unaffected English. A word should be the story of “ The Irish Aigle "; the latter, in
said of the illustrations, which, although open - Under the Redwood Tree." “ The Last of
to criticism as far as their artistic qualities go, the Costelloes” is as romantic a tale as one
form an admirable accompaniment to the nar could wish for. Mr. Jessop's types are vital;
rative.
of their genuineness the reader cannot remain
The character of Nero would hardly seem to in doubt.
offer an attractive subject to the novelist, and Few volumes afford better evidence of the
only a German would have made the attempt marked ability of American writers of short
to enlist our sympathies in behalf of the most stories than Mr. Harry Stillwell Edwards's
utterly vile and profligate of the Cæsars. But - Two Runaways, and Other Stories.” There
the Germans have already been fairly success- are nine of these stories in all, and they have
ful in whitewashing his almost equally depraved previously been published in “ Harper's Maga-
predecessor Tiberius, and now Herr Eckstein zine” and “The Century.” They are richly
applies the same process to Nero, and presents humorous, full of incident, and abound in faith-
him to our view not, indeed, as wholly blame ful character studies of both negro and white
less, but as more sinned against than sinning. | man in the South. “ Two Runaways,” “ El-
The trouble with all these German historical der Brown's Backslide," “ Sister Todhunter's
novels dealing with the life of the ancients is Heart," and - A Born Inventor" seem to us
that they are so painfully artificial and unreal. the best of the collection. Mr. E. W. Kem-
Even the best of them—the Egyptian novels ble's illustrations add greatly to the attractive-
of Ebers—suffer in this way, and never quite ness of the volume.
succeed in creating the illusion that we have Mr. Bret Harte's new volume includes four
the right to expect in historical fiction. Even short stories of the sort that he alone can write.
their display of erudition is more artificial than The old familiar types appear, but the combin-
real, and the model once set, their multiplica ations are new, and the infinite variety of the
tion becomes little more than a mechanical art. chess-board is once more suggested as the most
Of course we have in the present example all appropriate analogue of Mr. Harte's imagina-
the familiar stories, the murder of Agrippina, tion. It is difficult to choose among things so
the burning of Rome to the Emperor's musical nearly equal in their excellence as these stories,
accompaniment, the revenge taken upon the but we should probably decide for "Captam
Christians, and the ignominious flight and | Jim's Friend,” if forced to a choice. The
death of Nero. The story is drawn out to at Aashy, selfish adventurer, and the simple, warm-
least twice the length that it should have. | hearted miner who champions him against the


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world, are finely contrasted figures, and their readers abound of every age; even the inmates of
story is presented with that quiet pathos of the nursery are taught nowadays to appreciate the
which the author has so complete a mastery
arts which unite in the production of a book of re-
With the exception of “A Family Tree,”
fined quality. The supply is abundant this year,
Mr. Brander Matthews's volume of short stories
and adapted to every taste. Seldom have holiday
books been more varied in attractions, or calculated
thus entitled is made up of the veriest odds and
to reflect greater credit upon the brains and hands
ends. That they are amusing odds and ends goes
of those who fashioned them.
without saying, and the assertion is notably true
The folio treating of the “ Cathedrals and Ab-
of the “ Notes of an Uneventful Voyage," and
beys in Great Britain and Ireland” (Harper &
the modern Chesterfield's post-cards addressed Brothers) is a work of substantial merit, appealing
to his hopeful son. - A Family Tree” is a alike to the lover of history and of the arts. It
masterpiece of imaginative and skilfully-con- | contains excellent wood engravings—with few ex-
structed narrative. It is a study almost in the ceptions, double-page—of forty-three of the great
sombre manner of Hawthorne, and it holds the
church edifices which adorn the isles of the British
et te laat
interest breathless from first to last.
Kingdom, with many minor cuts of interiors and
The French are our only rivals in the writ-
special features. They are of extreme interest,
giving, as they do, a clear idea of the stately and
ing of short stories, and theirs are more often
sublime character of the ecclesiastical structures of
studies and genre sketches than stories. No
the mediaeval ages. England is rich in these monu-
one is better known in this field at the present
ments of a grand architectural period, richer indeed,
day than M. Guy de Maupassant, thirteen of than one suspects who has not maile a special study
whose shorter pieces have just been translated of the subject. The descriptive text to which the
by Mr. Jonathan Sturges. The translation is, engravings are tributary, is furnished by the Rev.
unfortunately, unexact and wooden. ( Tu es Richard Wheatly, D.D., and comprises an introduc-
assez bien liée avec elle-You're quite thick
tory essay on the cathedral system, and a particular
enough with her.) The volume is entitled - The
account of each building in the collection. His por-
tion of the work is carefully done, combining full-
Odd Number,” and supplied with a readable
ness of detail with conciseness and precision. The
introduction by Mr. Henry James.
mechanical aspects of the volume are in harmony
WILLIAM MORTON PAYNE. with the rest, the print being especially noteworthy
for its large size.
An author could not desire to have the children
HOLIDAY PUBLICATIONS.
of her thought better attired for presentation to the
The critic cannot help feeling the embarrassment
public, than are the half dozen sketches of Margaret
of limited time and space in contemplating the nu-
Deland which Messi's. Little, Brown, & Co. issue
merous decorative volumes that come to his table
under the title of Florida Days." Their outer
during the holiday season. Each is freighted with
wrap of lemon and brown cloth is tastefully orna-
the hope of author and publisher, and is a precious
mented, and their inner vestments are rich and fair
thing, considering the thought and labor and time
as art can make them. Thickly scattered among
it has cost. The critic feels this sensibly, and eyes
the heavy white pages are illustrations of various
them all with a certain reverence. They are almost
types--colored plates, etchings, and engravings.
like human souls, and should be treated tenderly,
Nothing has been omitted that could lend the book
even when meriting censure or words of faint praise.
a grace in the eyes of the holiday book-buyer. The
But the hand once extended to these gift-books for
sketches are descriptive of the life and scenery in
Christmas, 1889, the heart goes with it in a full
and around St. Augustine and the St. John's river.
tide of satisfaction. There is so much genuine
The writer has an artist's keen faculty for noting
worth in the collection that the trouble of dealing
the subtle shifting changes on the face of nature,
with them as the critic must, carefully, scrupulously,
and a poet's command of fluent and figurative lan-
one by one, is amply repaid. Looking back upon
guage in which to communicate her observations.
them after the work is done, he is happy with the
She discloses a cultivated and reflective mind, which
memories they have left in his mind. They have
seeks in a gentle way to penetrate below the surface
taken him to many of the most famous and interest of things and find their inner significance.
ing spots on the globe; they have pictured to him
The collection of - Fac-similes of Aquarelles by
the masterpieces of nature and of man; they have American Artists” (F. A. Stokes & Brother), shows
brought before him portions of the choicest litera the progress attained in the art of chromo-litho-
ture, new and old, in prose and verse, illuminated graphy at the present date among our countrymen.
by the finest conceits of the artists' genius. He has | The examples of pure tone and delicate shading, of
had a foretaste of holiday joys in his inspection of relief in form, and of exquisite finish, given in the
the treasures which have been lavishly provided for several pictures included in the volume, afford as
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in their present fulfillment. We have no right to footlights. - The Rivals” was Sheridan's maiden
expect that the successes achieved in the use of color comedy, and was produced in 1775. A failure at
by the painter, employing whatever medium he may, first, owing to the incapacity of the actors to whom
can be perfectly reproduced by any mechanical pro | it was entrusted, it grew, with a better opportunity,
cess. The essence, the soul of a picture, can no | in the favor of the public, and to-day is one of the
more be translated into an alien domain of art, than most popular pieces in the repertory of the best
the spirit, the genius, of a poem can be translated light comedians. It is published in its present ornate
into a foreign tongue. And yet, these reproductions form in connection with a series of aquarelles, and
of the water-color drawings of Percy and Paul drawings in black and white, by Mr. Frank M.
Moran, of Gibson, of Symington, Ferris, McVickar, Gregory. The aquarelles are spirited expositions
Bainsley, and Maud Humphrey, come so near being of the motive chosen, and are excellently repro-
fac-similes in very truth, that our wonder and ad duced by the imitative process. The remaining
miration are excited. The face of “ Dorothy,” for sketches are the product of a fertile and disciplined
instance, in the first aquarelle, recalls a miniature fancy. The book is an imperial quarto, handsomely
on ivory, so exquisitely are the tints and texture bound in cloth.
rendered. It is needless to go through the list, but If the eye happen to be caught by the letter-press,
there are beauties in each drawing that catch the on first opening the volume made to hold the glow-
eve at a glance. Portraits, in black and white, of ing bunches of - Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast,"
the different artists, with an additional example of | prepared by Emma Homan Thayer, and published
their workmanship and a brief biographical sketch, by Cassell & Co., it will be held by as magnetic a
bring us still closer to the life and art of each. charm as any which the pictures can possess. The
The text accompanying the aquarelles is from the sketches are written with skill and ease, and, narrat-
pen of Ripley Hitchcock, and appropriately intro ing incidents befalling the author in her travels
duces them with a history of water-color painting in through the Pacific states, are uncommonly enter-
America.
taining. Each is intended as an adjunct merely to
The simple elegance of the edition of - The a specimen of the blossoms delineated; yet it inter-
Marble Faun ” which issues from the Cambridge ests us not only in the flower itself but in the per-
press of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., elicits a verdict sonality of the writer, who reveals unconsciously
of approval from every refined taste. Each feature winning traits of character. The plates, twenty-four
of the book is exquisite in itself, and, like a note in in number, are from original water-color sketches,
a perfect chord, blends with the others, an essential and retain much of the grace and beauty of nature.
part of an indivisable harmony. Scarlet, the most 1 A holiday book which, in artistic charm, chal-
daring color to apply in decoration, used here en lenges comparison with the best of 1889, is the
masse in the binding, looks soft and chaste combined novelette of Ludovic Halevy, entitled, “ The Abbé
with white and a touch of gold. The print on the Constantin,” illustrated by Madame Madeleine Le-
handsome page is large and open, and the paper maire, and published by Dodd, Mead & Co. The
as it should be. Then the pictures are genuine story is sprightly and clever, describing a family of
illustrations of the letter-press such as every reader rich Americans who spend their money and their
covets. They are photogravures of the places and lives, as too many rich Americans are prone to do,
objects of world-wide renown, which Hawthorne has | in beautiful Paris or its immediate neighborhood.
given additional value, by associating them in the But the story, amusing as it may be, is of less inter-
way of description or criticism with this creation est than the illustrations, which are the product of
of his genius. There are fifty-two of the photo- striking talent on the part of both artist and en-
gravures, comprising first, a portrait of the author, graver. There is a delicacy of finish in every de-
and thereafter noted buildings, ruins, statues, and tail of the drawings, in their conception and execu-
paintings in Rome, Florence, and points adjacent, tion, which is worthy of the highest praise. It is
where the scene of the story rests in the course of less comforting to confess that it is not native art.
its developments. It is a noble edition of a noble But we may take ample satisfaction in the remain-
book. Hawthorne regarded - The Marble Faun” ing adjuncts of the work, which are in keeping with
as his best production. Into it he had put the re its pictorial attractions.
sults of long and loving study of the mighty remains
The strength in the illustrations is what draws
of a past life and art which had stirred his feelings us most to the English translation of “ Pierre et
to powerful activity.
Jean, the Two Brothers," by Guy de Maupassant,
In their search for a literary gem that could sus which is issued in holiday form by the J. B. Lippin-
tain the adornments of art without being over cott Company. The story is said to surpass all
shadowed, Messrs. White & Allen have been fortu- | other works yet produced by its author. It exhibits
nate in hitting upon the witty play of - The Rivals,” power in certain passages, but fails to reach the
by Sheridan. It is one of the sparkling comedies climax it leads the reader to look forward to. More-
of this author, which have held their place on the over, the characters are severally as disappointing
stage for a century, more or less, and will bear read- as the action. None of them can be regarded with
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remedied by the merits of the illustrations. The its flow, which moves along with starts and stops
series of eighteen figure-pieces by Albert Lynch are and sudden outbursts of babble and silence, like the
remarkable for the naturalness and vigor exhibited silvery torrent that foams between narrow rocky
in their composition. They embody the sentiment ledges from some hidden pool in the mountains.
of the text with unusual force and completeness, The text, as it runs over the leaves of this pretty
and are so admirably reproduced by photogravure | volume, is mingled with bits of rustic landscape in
that they have the vivid effect, in some cases, of | a tangle of unrepressed wildness. A few of the
etchings. The minor illustrations-head and tail. | illustrations are more ambitious in size, and occupy
pieces-display the skill of Ernest Duez in marine a full page.
painting and still-life. The volume, in all outward | To those who love the sea, with its wild life, in-
respects, is a beautiful one.
finite in mood and in diversity of aspect, the draw-
- The Quiet Life” (Harper & Brothers) con ings by Elizabeth N. Little, named appropriately
sists, as the title-page tells us, of “ certain verses by “ Off the Weather-Bow” (White & Allen), will
various hands : the motive set forth in a prologue make a pleasant appeal. The artist has chosen her
and epilogue by Austin Dobson ; the whole adorned subjects with discrimination, and treated them with
with numerous drawings by Edwin A. Abbey and skill. They embrace scenes along the shore and in
Alfred Parsons." The “ verses " are selected from mid-ocean, with smaller bits,- perhaps of a ship's
the writings of Manell, Cowley, Praed, Pope, and rigging, or a lobster-man's outfit,—which are full of
Thomas Randolph, and refer to the calm enjoy rugged and bold nautical character. The text ac-
ments of rural and domestic life, to the advantages companying the drawings is from Longfellow, Lucy
for serene content of the country over the town, and Larcom, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rose Terry Cooke,
of simple solitary pursuits above the noise and strife | and others. The book is printed in ornamental
and pushing ambition of men who contend among type, and the pictures are in blue monochrome.
the “ madding crowd.” The illustrations mingle, The Auency with which the numbers flow in the
in due proportion, views of animate and inanimate metrical writings of Owen Meredith, together with
nature, adding also the crowning dignity of the hu the romantic sentiment to which they are ever allied,
man figure. Designer and engraver have aimed at secures the perennial popularity which “ Lucile”
suggestion rather than definiteness in their delinea enjoys. It has been published in a great variety
tions, asking the imagination of the spectator to as of elegant and enticing forms, and their extended
sist their own in the work of interpretation.
success prompts still other new and successive edi-
Those who love to have the lines of a favorite tions. The latest is presented by F. A. Stokes &
poet associated with the conceits of an artist of kin- | Brother, and is a comely example of the book-mak-
dred sympathy have been remembered by the Lip er's art Print, paper, and binding are in scrupu-
pincott's in their publication of “ The Miller's lous taste. The illustrations, exhibiting versatility
Daughter," by Tennyson. On the thread of the of composition, are the work of Frank M. Gregory.
text, as on a wreath of eglantine, have been hung Inserted in the text as flowers are set on a branch,
lovely flowers of “artistry," pencilled by the skil- a free and irregular growth, they enhance the charm
ful hands of Pierce, Fenn, Garrett, Brown, and | of one of the world's favorite poems.
Woodward. Their names attest their ability. There | A holiday edition of another of Owen Meredith's
is much honest and excellent work in their designs poems, “ The Earl's Return," is brought out in at-
and drawings, which will reward close scrutiny. tractive style by Estes & Lauriat. This poem is
We love no art better than that of our best wood less widely known than “ Lucile," but has the like-
engraving, and many specimens in this volume rank ness to the latter of a younger sister. It is a much
high in their simple sincerity of feeling and manipu shorter poem, but with picturesque qualities which
lation.
the illustrator, W. L. Taylor, has seized as material
He who turns over the pages of the large quarto for the exercise of his imagination. The chief pic-
volume entitled - Venice” (F. A. Stokes & Brother) tures of the unhappy Earl's wife are strong in
will be transported with the swiftness of thought pathos and beauty.
into the heart of the Queen City of the Adriatic, | The “ Legend Laymone," a poem by M. B. M.
and will have his senses steeped in the delights of Toland, has been issued by the Lippincott Company
her marvellous pageantry. The vivid pen-sketches, in a most dainty form. The illustrations are soft
from the text of Charles Yriarte, with the richly- in effect as shadow-pictures, some in black and white.
colored plates, reproduced from photographis, and and some in monotone. They are from the hand
the half-tone engravings of drawings by Frank M. of such artists as H. Bolton Jones, F. S. Church,
Gregory, present the fairy-like scenes of the en Maud Humphrey, Gibson, and Denman. The poem
chanted city with wonderful effect. It is next to a rehearses an Indian myth in which a dusky maiden
veritable visit to this most romantic of towns.
wins her lover from pagan superstitions to the
Another publishing house (Messrs. Cassell & Co.) | Christian faith.
have given one of Tennyson's poems a holiday 1 Samuel Lover's ballad of “The Low-Back’d Car"
dress." The Song of the Brook” is familiar as has furnished abundant suggestion for the illustra-
household words. Everybody knows the music of tive talents of the artist, William Magrath. He


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has materialized “Sweet Peggy" in an attractive congratulation that an acceptable English edition of
vision, with a pleasant spirited face, lithe form and George Sand's masterpiece should at last have been
agile movement, of the very sort to ensnare the made. “Consuelo " is a work that may be recom-
hearts of the youth who catch sight of her - near or mended to the attention of the young with peculiar
far.” The poem is embellished with twelve full- i satisfaction. It ought, in fact, to be read at the
page drawings by Mr. Magrath, which are imbued impressionable and uncritical age, for it has faults
with the feeling of the author and the scenes from of execution that a maturer judgment cannot fail to
Irish life he has depicted. All the accessories of discern, and the lesson of its lofty ideals would be
the book which come within the province of the likely to lose in effectiveness were the reader too
publisher have been tastefully regulated by the critically disposed. Perhaps no other of the ro-
J. B. Lippincott Company.
mances of George Sand is so completely the rev-
What is perhaps the most artistic of all the holi elation of that saintly spirit in its noblest aspect.
day publications of this season is Mr. Joseph Pen The present translation does not, in spite of its
nell's sumptuous work, entitled “ Pen Drawing and four volumes, include " La Comtesse de Rudol-
Pen Draughtsmen : their Work and their Methods" stadt,” which must certainly be added by the pub-
(Macmillan). In this volume the author has brought lishers, for “ Consuelo" alone leaves the story in
together, to the number of nearly two hundred, ex- the middle. On the scale of the present edition,
amples of the pen-work of all the representative the sequel ought to fill six more volumes.
modern artists whose technical qualities entitle them. A number of attractive sets of booklets are among
to mention in a work designed for the instruction of the holiday publications of the season. From Hough-
the student as well as for the delight of the general ton, Mifflin & Co. we have six little volumes in a
reader. A few examples from such older masters / box, containing brief selections, arranged under the
as Titian, Dürer, and Van Dyke are introduced for days of the year, from the writings of Longfellow,
purpose of comparison with modern work. A great | Hawthorne, Holmes, Lowell, Whittier, and Emer-
many of the drawings are inserted into the text, son. From G. P. Putnam's Sons we have a set of
others occupy full pages by themselves, and quite a small volumes in full binding entitled “ Literary
number are reproduced by the process of etching or Gems." They include Poe's " Gold Bug,” Gold-
of photogravure. Mr. Pennell's text, in the prepar smith’s “Good-Natured Man," Drake's “ Culprit
ation of which he has been largely aided by Mrs. Fay," Brown's “ Rab and His Friends," Curtis's
Pennell, affords an instructive accompaniment to “ Our Best Society," and last, but most worthy,
the drawings, and is full of valuable practical sug Arnold's “ Sweetness and Light.” From Prang &
gestions. The work is beautifully printed, and | Co. we have another series of booklets, describing
bound in full white imitation vellum.
and picturing in color the haunts of the best-known
It was a happy thought that led Messrs. F. A. American writers. There are six of these volumes,
Stokes & Brother to bring out the National Songs devoted respectively to Hawthorne, Emerson, Long-
of America ” in the shape of a handsome Christmas fellow, Holmes, Bryant, and Whittier. ' “ Golden
book. There are only three-- America is poor in Sonnets,” “Good Luck,” and “ Mayflower Memo-
songs of every kind--but the most is made of the ries of Old Plymouth” are other charming holiday
trio of ballads which do duty when a necessity arises publications of the same house.
for a musical enunciation of our spirit of patriotism. Little, Brown, & Co. are the publishers of a new
The songs in their present form are accompanied edition, in three volumes, of Samuel Warren's still
with the music to which they are set, and with pages popular novel, “ Ten Thousand a Year.” From
of landscape views in color, showing the variety of A. C. Armstrong & Son we have a “handy-volume”
majestic and picturesque scenery which diversifies edition of Wordsworth in eight volumes, cheap both
the vast extent of our mother-land.
as to price and execution. Mr. Charles Morris has
The beautiful and tasteful editions of the ro edited for the J. B. Lippincott Co. a new series of
mances of Alexandre Dumas, published by Little, " half-hour” volumes, four in number, entitled
Brown, & Co., are this year made to include the “ Half-Hours with the Best Humorous Authors.”
immortal - Monte Cristo” in four volumes, and The selection seems to be good, and both English
* Marguerite de Valois” in two. The latter work | and American humor, in their best forms, are
begins a set entitled “ The Valois Romances," and abundantly represented. The “ half-hour ” idea,
is to be followed by translations of “ La Dame de as represented in these various series, is an excel-
Monsoreau ” and “Les Quarante-cinq." These lent one for the busy man who cannot devote much
translations are far better than have been made be time to literature, and it is astonishing how much
fore, and the appearance of the volumes leaves noth may be accomplished by systematically devoting
ing to be desired. The new translation of George a small portion of each day to carefully selected
Sand's “Consuelo,” in four volumes (Dodd, Mead reading.
& Co.), also deserves mention in the present con A Christmas souvenir of a more practical sort
nection. While a little less tasteful in execution than usual is provided in “Seven Days After the
than the Dumas volumes, it is pretty enough to Honeymoon ” (McClurg), by S. A. B. It is really
satisfy most people, and it is certainly matter for a cook-book of a dainty kind, and contains a week


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of menus with full descriptions for their prepara recognize in Mr. Goss's story of “ Jed” (Crowell)
tion. Hauff's “ Wine-Ghosts of Bremen ” comes the real spirit of those stirring times when every
to us in a pretty limited edition, printed by De Vinne day and every hour was full of thrilling interest.
(White & Allen), with illustrations by Frank M. And those young people to whom the war is merely
Gregory. An " Epithalamium,” by Mary Mathew history will be led by these pages back where we
Barnes (Putnam's), comes in the shape of an oblong were nearly thirty years ago, and they will be filled
octavo, with some finely imaginative monotint draw with the same enthusiasm and, it is to be hoped,
ings by Dora Wheeler.
with the same love for the Union that animated the
citizen and soldier in the civil war. The story
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BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.
Union army of 1861. The greater part of the in-
With the host of juveniles that crowd upon us
cidents are based on the personal experience of the
author—the same who prepared “ The Recollections
every year, we are reminded of the story of the
man who had never tasted the wing of a chicken,
of a Private" in the valuable war series in “ The
for when he was a child his parents had it, and
Century." The horrors of Libby, Belle Isle, and
when he was a man his children had it. What
Andersonville are vividly pictured, and the exciting
would our great-grandmothers or even our grand-
incidents of the escape from the latter prison will
mothers have thought of a whole bookcase of books
fire the imagination of any boy and teach him a
for the children. In those days when a child was
lesson of heroic daring. Such books are healthy
told to keep quiet and read his book he had no
and invigorating reading, and a good antidote for
difficulty in selecting it. He must sit down to the
the sensational trash published under the cover of
“New England Primer," unless by chance he was
juvenile literature.
so fortunate as to own “Keeper's Travels in Search
Since the subjects which agitate the elders are
of his Master.” In looking over the better class of sooner or later sure to creep into the minds of child-
juveniles from year to year, we are struck by a con-
ren, we are not surprised to find strikes and labor-
stant improvement, a more healthful tone, a decrease
reform and secret societies made the basis of a book
in sensational and weak writing for children, and a
for young people. But if all talk on such subjects
larger proportion of books that really strengthen
could be as sensible as Sophie Sweet gives us in
the manhood and womanhood in their readers. The
“Captain Polly” (Harper), and if all secret socie-
young people of to-day have an excellent chance for ties could, like “ The Loyal Legion of Red-handed
forming a taste for good reading, and this, in itself,
Revolutionists,” bring ruin to their own members
will go far toward saving them from trashy or dan-
and very little harm to anyone else, and if all way-
gerous literature.
ward boys could have sisters like " Captain Polly"
The name of Henrietta Christian Wright is so
to bring them through innumerable scrapes to a right
well known from her contributions to the best his-
view of things in the end, we should have very little
torical and biographical literature for children that to fear from any secret agitators. The book is
the mention of a new book by her gives us an an-
thoroughly bright, healthful, and natural, with the
ticipation of pleasure, mingled, however, with a feel-
interest well sustained to the end.
ing of curiosity as to her success in such a widely
Joanna Mathews gives, in “ Maggie Bradford's
different field. A single page of “ Princess Lili-
Club ” (Stokes), a simple and rather pleasing story
winkins” (Harper & Bros.) is enough to show tha of the pupils of a private school, who form a charity
she understands a child's fancy as well as his other club, choose an object and carry out their plans with
interests. As for the older people who are still success. There is a small mystery which adds zest
young at heart, a glance into these stories will en to the story, but on the whole the events have the
sure their becoming again like children, and never even tenor of everyday life. The book will be
stopping till they reach the end. The bright touches pleasing reading for such children as have not been
of wit and wisdom, the quaint fancies, the pictur demoralized by more exciting literature.
esque descriptions in Liliwinkins' wanderings out A good specimen of French juvenile literature is
into the world in search of the evening star, and the offered to American youth in “Captain, the Adven-
unique conception of “ The Giant with the Baby tures of a Dog," by Madame P. De Manteuil, trans-
Heart,” are well worth the reading by people of any lated by Laura Ensor, and published, with the orig-
age. The " Dismal Country” and “The Happy inal illustrations, by Routledge. “Captain," the
Land” are lessons in morals well concealed in hero of the story, is a dog, of unusual intelligence,
funny fancies, but quite as likely to do good as whose exploits are interwoven with the fortunes of
more set moral teaching. We were surprised to his master, Yoon Jossic, in the French navy. The
find, on pages 59 and 97, a misuse of “ will," emotional nature of the French is reflected in the
though we have often heard it said that nowhere incidents and characters of the story, and the pic-
west of the Hudson river does poor “shall ” have tures of French naval life are very instructive and
its rights.
often amusing. But the French navy must be a
Those to whom our civil war is a part of their paradise when compared with that of other nations,
past life, and not merely an episode of history, will | if rapid promotions like that of the poor fisherman's


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son are common. The descriptions of places, which stories have already appeared in “St. Nicholas,"
are rather disappointing in the beginning of the and some of them in other publications.
book, become more vivid and picturesque as the The golden land of California has lured many a
story progresses, the voyage through the Red Sea refugee from our rigorous northern climate, and
and the account of the cyclone being, perhaps, the holds him with a fascination as strong as any which
finest descriptive portions. The numerous illustra- | it threw around the old Spanish explorers. For
tions, by Myrbach, are very effective, and add much this reason, as well as from the fact that Kate
to the interest of the story.
Douglas Wiggins is well known as a writer of
Among the various contributions to the literature charming stories, “A Summer in a Cañon : a Cali-
of folk-lore this year, we welcome the “ Blue Fairy | fornia Story” (Houghton, Mitilin & Co.) is sure of
Book” (Longmans, Green, & Co.), edited by Andrew appreciative readers. The drumutis personae, for
Lang. The student of folk-lore will not only find there is no set hero or heroine, are a company of
in these pages a vast amount of material for study, young men and maidens, who spend their summer
but the child has between these mysterious blue | in an ideal camp in Southern California. There is
covers, with their ideal witch flying among the stars, I no plot, no love-story, and no startling incident ; it
a real mine of delights. Here we find many of the is simply a charming picture of what camp-life may
best fairy tales of Germany, Norway, Scotland, and be for a congenial set of young people overflowing
England, with less familiar ones from the Greek, with animal spirits. It is a restful, refreshing book,
and Aladdin from Arabian literature. The volume and will make one feel the breezes of summer in
is profusely illustrated with wood-cuts by H. J. Ford our coldest winter days.
and G. P. Jacomb Hood, and these illustrations, un Mr. Henry P. Wells's “ City Boys in the Woods”
like those in many of the children's books of the | (Harper & Brothers) will be welcomed by all boys
present day, will really please children by their ar who have read his “ Fly-rods and Fly-tackle,” which
tistic merit. The type, though at first disappointing appeared in 1885. It is the author's aim, in these
us by its small size, is so exceedingly clear, and accounts of trapping and hunting adventures in the
on such good paper, that it is very easy to read. woods of Maine, to protray life in the woods just as
Miss L. T. Meade, who last year gave us the ex-
it really is, glossing over no difficulties, and “im-
quisite but pathetic story of - Daddy's Boy," this
pressing on the minds of his readers that a special
year follows out the same underlying thought, with
education is as necessary to a life in the wilderness
different characters and surroundings, in - Deb and
as it is to navigate that other wilderness—the ocean.”
the Duchess” (White & Allen). This thought is His style is direct and simple, telling just the detail
the relation between the children of the upper
of woodcraft that a boy needs to know, interspersed
classes and their parents or guardians. In the story
with many amusing and instructive tales of adven-
before us - poor Deb,” coming home from a happy
ture. The illustrations are numerous and exception-
life at her grandmother's, finds herself exiled to the
ally good. Happy the boy whose Christmas is made
company of servants, who call her - a handful” and glad by the possession of such a treasure.
fail to appreciate the loving little heart longing for All boys love tales of wandering and adventure,
sympathy. The other leading character, Michael ) and their interest is not diminished when such ad-
Thorgold, the child of a frivolous widow, is as far ventures are within the possibilities of their own
from sympathy with the conditions of his home; lives. Of such a nature is "A Canoe Trip” (Roberts
and is beguiled away by a rough outcast, and with Brothers), by Mary P. W. Smith, whose nom de
him his boon companion, the faithful little “ Deb." guerre · P. Thorne ” is familiar to many. It is a
The children's life among the slums of London, in | lively account of the voyage of two boys from the
the little attic refuge of the - Duchess” among the wilds of New Hampshire, down the Piscataquog,
chimney-pots, are quaint and fascinating pictures Merrimac, and connecting rivers—as shown by a map
of thoughtful, imaginative children, placed in at the beginning of the book—till they reach their
strange circumstances.
Boston home. Stories like this are good reading
A book by - Uncle Remus” in these days, when for boys, encouraging them to undertake healthful
his writings have become so widely known, needs
outings, which foster vigorous life-though they may
merely to be mentioned to receive a warm welcome
also necessitate vigorous work. The story is natural
from both old and young. In - Daddy Jake the
and bright; but we hardly believe even Boston
Runaway, and Other Stories” (Century Co.), boys are so overflowing with apt poetical quotations
- Unele Remus” (Joel Chandler Harris) has again as these two young fellows are. The average boy
distinguished himself. In the first story, we have a uses emphatic prose to express his emotions-not
pleasing picture of the bright side of slavery, the poetry as a general thing, unless it be doggerel.
loyal attachment between a slave and his master's The value of historical fiction lies in the fact that
family. The dialect stories are fully as entertain through its means we obtain a vivid picture of times
ing as the former ones, and as true to negro nature. remote from our own. The success of this class of
Physically, the book is exceedingly pleasing, with literature depends upon the writer's success in creat-
its clear, large type, heavy paper, and illustrations | ing such a vivid and truthful picture. - Theresa at
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1791 ” (A. C. McClurg & Co.), by Madame A. style is pleasing, clear, and simple, and the infor-
Fresneau, translated by Emma Geiger Magrath, mation in regard to Africa and its people will cer-
may, on these grounds, surely be called a success. tainly vitalize any geographical knowledge a boy
It is the story of a little French girl, who, with her | may have acquired in school.
mother, visits her uncle at San Domingo, just at the There is always much that is pleasing in Mrs.
time when the discontent of the slaves, the result of Molesworth's books, and her - Rectory Children,"
long years of cruelty and oppression, is beginning illustrated by Walter Crane (Macmillan & Co.),
to show signs of open rebellion. The style is simple, comes up to her average standard, but not to the
but vigorous ; and in reading the descriptions of standard of what we consider her best work, “ The
scenery, we feel ourselves in the very atmosphere Four Winds Farm.” She gives us simple pictures of
of the lovely tropical island. The illustrations are child-life from an English standpoint. To our
good, and greatly enhance the attractiveness of the American way of thinking, the English child lacks
book.
a certain joyousness and spontaneity which is one
Many of the young ladies of the present day of the charms of American children. In a meas-
would be much less subject to nervous troubles, and l ure, Mrs. Molesworth recognizes this fact when she
much happier and healthier in every way, if they depicts the character of little Bridget, the only child
could learn the lesson that our truest happiness in the story who is not a model of propriety. She
comes from useful work, --something to do and the criticizes her mother's course of constant repression,
power to do it. Such is the lesson which Laura E. and shows how her father's loving faith develops
Richards teaches in her latest book, " Queen Hilde- her better nature, and makes of her a pleasing
garde” (Estes & Lauriat). Hildegarde Graham, member of the family--though never into one
the social leader of a fashionable set, is, as she whose actions are determined by line and plummet.
phrases it, banished for three months to the farm- Lucy C. Lillie's new story, “ Esther's Fortune"
house of her mother's old nurse, with the hope that (Porter & Coates), is the history of a lovable young
she may learn that there are some good things in girl of eighteen, a musical genius, left by the death
life outside the world of fashion. Back of all her of her father alone and destitute in Munich. The
frivolities she has a really noble nature, which soon inspiration of music is felt throughout the book-
asserts itself; and she comes back full of the joyous that being the inspiration of Esther's life. With
spirit of helpfulness, and, as her former companions her fortunes are mingled those of Janet Lisle, a
say, “ sensible enough even to satisfy her mother.” noble philanthropist, who tries to better the condi-
The book contains pleasant descriptions of coun tion of the poorer classes in London and establish
try life. So good a story deserves better illustra- homes for the “ flower-girls." We have also an
tions.
entertaining glimpse of the - Bohemian ” life of the
Every year about the same proportion of love- Vansants, whose one idea of a talent is what it will
stories are written, on the standard foundation of a | bring in the market. In contrast to this we have
rich estate with a young heir, whose worldly hopes the real devotion to music shown by Dr. Maurice
are blighted by the sudden appearance of the child and his blind brother. The delineation of charac-
of his father's elder brother, “ with a strawberry- ter is excellent, and we see real men and women.
mark on the left arm,” who, having dwelt in the | The story is a love-story, and a very pleasing one,
uttermost parts of the earth, has never been heard with no touch of silly sentimentality. The scene is
of before. Of course, after many perplexing situa-mostly laid in England-in London and the county
tions, the difficulty is solved by the marriage of the districts of Norfolk
two. Such is the plot of " Lil” by the author of
The cheer which a bright and friendly young
“ Miss Toosey's Mission” (Roberts Brothers),-a girl can bring into a staid old New England town
plot well carried out, in a very readable book, which
is the theme of Sarah Orne Jewett's story of “ Betty
is well able to hold its own among the stories of its
Leicester” (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.). Betty,
class.
who has seen much of the world as her father's
A first-class book for boys is Walter Wentworth's companion during his journeys, has come to spend
“ Kibboo Ganey; or, The Lost Chief of the Copper this summer with her great-aunts at Tidewater-
Mountain : a Story of Travel and Adventure in the which, we judge, is in New Hampshire, near the
Heart of Africa” (Roberts Bros.), illustrated by F. Piscataqua. This old town has crystalized, like
T. Merrill. Col. Leslie, a member of the Royal Geo- | many another of its class; both old and young are
graphical Society, takes his son and nephew with held by the iron bands of conventionality, and the
him on a journey for geographical research into box-bordered gardens, the rows of lilacs, the maiden
Soudan,-a journey which involves much interest- ladies, and even the young girls, are patterned after
ing exploration, and adventures both with beasts the type of the old times. Into these surroundings
and men. A slight plot, involving the fortunes of comes Betty, fresh from the newer life of the out-
their black servant - Nap," afterwards known as side world, eager, joyous and helpful. She breaks
* Kibboo Ganey,” runs through the story; but much through the crust of the so-called New England
of the interest centres in the various adventures of coldness, and finds the warm heart beneath. She
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and makes the stiff and formal country girls forget of an old family,” left alone without means and
their awkwardness, and enjoy everything with her. with no special talent for work that will not lower
The pictures of New England life and scenery are her social position--such as writing or teaching,
charming, and we read with delight of the "up has a real talent for housework. She undertakes
country” journey, when Betty visits at the home | the dusting of elegant parlors, the care of bric-a-
of Serena, her aunt's " help.” It will recall similar brac, and such light occupations, requiring taste and
experiences to many older readers who grew up in skill. In doing this she raises the wrath of her only
New England in the happy days when the daugh relative, a maiden cousin, who lives on small means
ters of Maine and New Hampshire farmers were at | in retirement. The lesson of this story, if widely
once our - help" and our friends.
learned, would solve many domestic difficulties. The
The tireless energy and philanthropic zeal of the
other stories, just sixteen in all-are full of bright
Rev. E. E. Hale show themselves this year in the fancies and wholesome common-sense.
preparation of the - Sunday-School Stories, Founded Mrs. Elizabeth W. Champney has remarkable
on the Golden Texts of the International Lessons power in depicting the life of school-girls, and espe-
of 1889” (Roberts Brothers). These stories are cially the joyous enthusiasm with which they enter
written by a - Ten ” composed of himself, his sis- into any scheme that has the good fortune to take
ters, and his children, assisted by Mrs. Bernard their fancy. Theirs is none of the deliberate cal-
Whitman, the secretary of the - Ten-Times-One”. culation of older heads. Their enthusiasm compels
societies. The stories do not touch on theological circumstances to yield and often ensures success by
points, “but dwell rather on the practical, personal its very audacity. It is just this spirit which shows
side of the religious lesson which is involved.” The itself in her new story of Witch Winnie” (White
stories plainly show the touch of various pens. They & Allen), animating a company of fun-loving girls
are in two volumes, each for six months of Sundays, to form a - Ten" for the reformation of a collection
and are well adapted to children from ten to four of squalid tenement-houses. How the reform is ac-
teen years of age. An additional volume on the complished, and its far-reaching effects, constitute
same plan has been prepared for younger children the thread of a very interesting story.
by Miss Lucretia Hale and Mrs. Bernard Whitman, Dreams have a natural fascination for children,
which is in every way the equal of the older series. and little Tommy's dream in - The Kingdom of
Such stories as these, teaching morality, but in no Coins” (Roberts Bros.), by John Bradley Gilman,
sense “ goody-goody,” are as sure to interest as will meet with their warm approval. Tommy falls
they are to do good.
asleep on the doorstep with a penny in his hand, and
Mr. Trowbridge's stories are always popular with is conducted by King Midas into the land of coins,
the boys, and in his volume, “ The Adventures of mythical and otherwise, illustrating in his travels
David Vane and David Crane” (D. Lothrop & Co.), many old maxims—– All is not gold that glitters,”
they will find their usual amount of enjoyment in " A penny saved is a penny earned,” etc. The
following the fortunes of the two Davids. One older readers will see that sometimes the applica-
David fleeing from a cruel stepfather, seeks his for tions are a little forced, and the style a little stiff,
tune in the country. The other, a country boy, but the young reader will heartily enjoy not only
considers the city his "happy country,” and seeks the story, but also the illustrations by Frank T.
his fortune there. While the story is by no means Merrill. The outward appearance of the book is
a remarkable one, still it has pleasing pictures of remarkably pleasing.
farm life, and is free from any harmful influence. Miss Lily Wesselhoeft this year follows out her
" Rolf and His Friends” (T. Y. Crowell & Co.), favorite theme—the interest of animals in human
by the well-known writer J AK (whose real name affairs—in the story of “ Flip-Wing the Spy"
is, we believe, Annie Bolles Williams), tells the (Roberts Brothers). She proves her fitness for the
story of a manly little fellow, who chooses his friends work in the bright and entertaining way in which
from among the genuine people around him in all she gives to despised creeping things the feelings
stations of life, much to the chagrin of his uncle and and thoughts of human beings. The gratitude of
aunt, who despise " common people.” The story, animals to those who are kind to them, and their
while containing no such startling incidents as its hatred of those who are not, are constantly shown
predecessor, - The Giant Dwarf,” is interesting as the story progresses, and are a more powerful
throughout, and will have a good influence in en lesson, when thus hidden in fable, than much of the
couraging boys and girls to recognize genuine merit direct teaching of kindness to animals.
among the poor as well as the rich.
Among books of travel written especially for the
This year - Susan Coolidge” has deserted the young we have this year, “ The Boy Travellers in
fortunes of the Carr family, and in her new book, Mexico," by Thomas W. Knox (Harpers), in many
- Just Sixteen " (Roberts Brothers), gives us a col respects the most interesting of the series ; “ The
lection of short stories on various subjects. The Red Mountain of Alaska" (Estes & Lauriat), a story
first story, “ A Little Knight of Labor," depicts a in which travel is eked out in large measure by the
state of affairs too common in New England towns lively imagination of Willis Boyd Allen; - Three
and quite usual all over the country. The daughter / Vassar Girls in Russia and Turkey,” by Lizzie W.


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Champney (Estes & Lauriat); the adventures of charming colored pictures by G. W. Brenneman
“ The Knockabout Club in Spain,” by Fred. A. (White & Allen); - Christmas Stories and Poems
Ober (Estes & Lauriat); and - Zigzag Journeys in for the Little Ones ” (Lippincott); - Rab and His
the British Isles," by Hezekiah Butterworth (Estes Friends," illustrated by H. Simon and E. H. Gar-
& Lauriat).
rett (Lippincott); “ Finger Plays for Nursery and
The civil war still continues to furnish material Kindergarten," by Emilie Poulsson (Lothrop),;
in abundance to writers of juvenile literature. Wil- “ Grandma's Rhymes and Chimes for Children"
lis J. Abbott, having written all about the exploits (Roberts); and Cinderella,” charmingly illustrated
of our sailors in his previous holiday volumes, now in colors (White & Allen).
turns to the army and tells his young readers of
- The Battle-fields of '61” (Dodd, Mead & Co.).
“ Redeeming the Republic," by Charles C. Coffin
BOOKS OF THE MONTH.
(Harpers), tells of the military operations of 1864. [The following list includes all books receired by The DIAL
- The Story of the American Soldier in War and | during the month of November, 1889.]
Peace," by Elbridge S. Brooks (Lothrop), is a com-
ILLUSTRATED HOLIDAY BOOKS.
panion volume to the author's “Story of the Ameri-
Pen-Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen : Their Work and
can Sailor,” published last year. The life of the
their Methods. A Study of the Art To-day with Techni-
American sailor, from the standpoint of the naval cal Suggestions. By Joseph Pennell. Profusely illus-
trated. Large quarto, pp. 318. Macmillan & Co. $20.00.
cadet, is told by H. H. Clark, of the U. S. Navy,
Cathedrals and Abbeys in Great Britain and Ireland.
in the story of “ Joe Bently" (Lothrop). Oliver With Descriptive Text by Richard Wheatley, D.D. Illus-
Optic's latest series, - The Blue and the Gray," is trated. Folio, pp. 272. Gilt edges. Canvas cover. In
box. Harper & Bros. $10.00.
now made to include “ Within the Enemy's Lines”
Aquarelles by American Artists. Fac-similes of New
as its second volume (Lee & Shepard).
Works by Percy Moran, W. Hamilton Gibson, Maud
Humphrey, and others. With Portraits of the Artists
Science calls for the attention of the young in
and Half-tone Engravings by them. Text by Ripley
three attractive volumes. One is a translation from Hitchcock. Folio. Gilt top. Fac-simile Aquarelle on
the French of Arnold Boscowitz's work on “ Earth-
Cover. In box. F. A. Stokes & Bro. $12.50.
| The Rivals. By Richard Brinsley Sheridan. With 5 Full-
quakes” (Routledge). The work is accompanied
page Illustrations in Color and many Sketches in Black
by several illustrations. “ Feathers, Furs, and Fins” and Whit
by Frank M. Gregory. Imperial tto. Gilt
top. In box. White & Allen. $12.30.
(Estes & Lauriat) is a volume of stories of animal
Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast. From Original Water-
life by a number of contributors. It is for very Color Sketches Drawn from Nature by Emma Homan
young readers, and is handsomely illustrated. In
Thayer, author of “Wild Flowers of the Rocky Moun-
tains.” 4to. Full gilt. In box. Cassell & Co. $7.50.
her - Famous Men of Science,” Mrs. Sarah K. Venice. Fac-simile of Colored Photographs of St. Mark's
Bolton recounts the lives of a dozen or more of the Cathedral, The Doge's Palace, etc., and Many Half-tone
great discoverers, from Galileo to Darwin. Por-
Engravings by Frank M. Gregory. Accompanied by Se-
lections from the Text by Charles Yriarte. Oblong
traits of them all are included.
folio, pp. St. In box. F. Å. Stokes & Bro. $7.30.
Story books pure and simple include “ Paddling
Epithalamium. By Mary Mathews Barnes. Illustrated.
Oblong. Gilt edges. In box. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
in Florida,” by H. George Rathborne (Dillingham); $3.00.
· The Loss of the Swansea,” by W. L. Alden
Wordsworth's Poetical Works. In 8 vols. Illustrated.
24mo. In box, A. C. Armstrong & Son. $5,00.
(Lothrop); “ Dorymates: A Tale of the Fishing
Christmas Drawings for the Human Race. By Thomas
Banks,” by Kirk Munroe (Harpers) ; - The Wreck Nast. 4to. Harper & Bros. $2.00.
of the Greyhound,” by C. M. Newell (De Wolfe,
The Wine Ghosts of Bremen. By Wilhelm Hauff. Ilus-
trated by Frank M. Gregory. 16mo, pp. 61. Gilt top.
Fiske & Co.); “ Plucky Smalls: His Story,” by Mary Uncut. White & Allen. $1.50.
Bradford Crowninshield (Lothrop); “ Storm Moun-
The Spice of Life. Oblong 8vo, gilt edges. White & Allen.
$1.50.
tain,” in the - Wyoming Series,” by Edward S. Golden Sunsets. By Louis K. Harlow. Illustrated in
Ellis (Porter & Coates); - True to His Colors," by Colors. Fancy boards. L. Prang & Co. $2.00.
Mayflower Memories of Old Plymouth. By Louis K.
Harry Castleman (Porter & Coates) ; « The Golden
Harlow. Illustrated in Colors. Fancy boards. L. Prang
Days of ’49," by Kirk Munroe (Dodd, Mead & Co.); & Co. $1.50).
“Luke Walton; or, the Chicago Newsboy,” by
Christmas-Tide. By E. Annie S. Page. Illustrated by L.
B. Humphrey, Fancy paper covers. L. Prang & Co. 7.c.
Horatio Alger, Jr. (Porter & Coates); “Lulu's Ye Booke of Goode Luck. Ye Luck in Picture by Louis
Library,” by Louisa M. Alcott (Roberts); and
K. Harlow. Ye Vignettes in Obligato by F. Schuyler
Mathews. Fancy boards. L. Prang & Co. 75 cents.
“ Hairbreadth Escapes of Major Mendax,” by F.
Haunts of Emerson. Illustrations by Louis K. Harlow.
Blake Crofton (Hubbard Brothers).
Fancy boards. L. Prang & Co. 30 cents.
Haunts of Hawthorne. Illustrations by Louis K. Harlow.
Picture books for children include a collection of
Fancy boards. L. Prang & Co. 50 cents.
drawings by Thomas Nast, described as " Christmas Haunts of Longfellow. Illustrations by Louis K. Harlow.
Drawings for the Human Race” (Harpers); “ Babes
Fancy boards. L. Prang & Co. 50 cents,
Haunts of Holmes. Illustration by Louis K. Harlow. Fancy
of the Nations," a very pretty book with colored boards. L. Prang & Co. 50 cents.
illustrations by Maud Humphrey and verses by Haunts of Bryant. Illustrations by Louis K. Harlow.
Fancy boards. L. Prang & Co. 50 cents.
Edith M. Thomas (Stokes); “ One, Two, Three,
Haunts of Whittier. Illustrations by Louis K. Harlow.
Four,” a volume something like the last, with draw-
Fancy boards. L. Prang & Co. 50 cents.
ings also by Miss Humphrey and verses by Helen
Twilight Fancies. By Mrs. L. H. Weeks. Illustrations by
Louis K. Harlow. Fancy paper covers. L. Prang & Co.
Gray Cone (Stokes); “ The Sleeping Beauty," with 25 cents.


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HISTORY.
Constitutional History of the United States in the Form-
ative Period, 1775 1789. By Graduated and Former Mem-
bers of the Johns Hopkins University. Edited by J.
Franklin Jameson, Ph.D. 8vo, pp. 321. Uncut. Hough-
ton, Miffin & Co. $2.25.
A History of Austro-Hungary. From the Earliest Time
to the Year 1889. By Louis Leger. Translated from
the French by Mrs. Bribeck Hill, with a Preface by
Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L. Crown 8vo, pp. 672. Map.
G. P. Putnam's Sons. $2.25.
The Scotch-Irish in America. Proceedings of the Scotch-
Irish Congress at Columbia, Tennessee, May 8 11, 1889.
8vo, pp. 210. R. Clarke & Co. $1.50.
The United States. Its History and Its Constitution. By
Alexander Johnston, 12mo, pp. 286. Chas. Scribner's
Sons. $1.00.
BIOGRAPHY.
Thiers. By Paul de Rémusat, Senator. Translated by Mel-
ville B. Anderson, translator of Hugo's "Shakespeare."
12mo, pp. 213. "The Great French Writers." A. C.
McClurg & Co. $1.00,
Marie Bashkirtseff. The Journal of a Young Artist, 1860-
1881. Translated by Mary J. Serrano, author of Destiny."
Illustrated. Svo, pp. 4:34. Gilt top. Cassell & Co.
$2.00.
The Diary of Philip Hone, 1828 1851. Edited, with an
Introduction, by Bayard Tuckerman. With Portrait.
2 vols. 8vo. Gilt top. In box. Dodd, Mead & Co.
$7.30.
The Kings of Israel and Judah. By George Rawlinson,
M.A., author of " Moses."? 16mo, pp. 2:38. Randolph's
* Men of the Bible." $1.00.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Compiled from Her Let-
ters and Journals, by Her Son, Charles Edward Stowe.
Illustrated. 8vo, pp. 5:30. Gilt top. Houghton, Miffin
& Co. S:3.50.
The Life-Work of the Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin.”
By Florine Thayer McCray, author of “Environment.
With Portrait. Sq. 12mo, pp. 410. Funk & Wagnalls.
$2.00.
Life of John Davis, the Navigator, 1550 1605. By Clement
R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S. With Maps, etc. 10mo, pp.
301. Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.25.
Memorial Sketches of Dr. Moses Gunn. By His Wife,
with Extracts from His Letters and Eulogistic Tributes
from His Colleagues and Friends. 12mo, pp. 380. W.T.
Keener. $2.00).
Portraits of Friends. By John C. Shairp. With a Sketch
of Principal Shairp by William Y. Sellars, and an Etched
Portrait. 16mo, pp. 212. Gilt top. Houghton, Mitrin
& Co. $1.25.
Wilbur Fisk. By George Prentice, D.D. 16mo, pp. 289.
Gilt top. "American Religious Leaders.” Houghton,
Mifflin & Co. $1.25.
Saint Theresa of Avila. By Mrs. Bradley Gilman. 16mo,
pp. 203. "Famous Women.” Roberts Bros. $1.00.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Edited, with
Notes, by John Bigelow. “Knickerbocker Nuggets."
G. P. Putnam's Sons. $1.00.
A New England Girlhood. Outlined from Memory. By
Lucy Larcom. 16mo, pp. 274. "The Riverside Library
for Young People." Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 75 cents.
Wives of Men of Genius. By Alphonse Daudet. Trans-
lated by Edward Wakefield. Illustrated by Bieler and
others. 12mo, pp. 224. Paper. Uncut. Worthington
Co. 75 cents.
TRAVEL-RAILWAYS.
A Race With the Sun; or, A Sixteen Months' Tour from
Chicago Around the World. By Carter H. Harrison.
Illustrated. Royal 8vo, pp. 369. Gilt top. G. P. Put-
nam's Sons. $5.00.
Winters in Algeria: By Frederick Arthur Bridgman.
Illustrated. 8vo, pp. 262. Harper & Bros. $2.50.
The American Railway: Its Construction, Development,
Management, and Appliances. By Thos. Curtis Clarke,
John Bogart, and others. With Introduction by Thomas
M. Cooley. With more than 200 Illustrations. 8vo, pp.
456. Chas. Scribner's Sons. $6.00.
The Public Regulation of Railways. By W. B. Dabney.
12mo, pp. 281. “Questions of the Day," No. LX. G. P.
Putnam's Sons. $1.25.
LITERARY MISCELLAVY.
Letters of Horace Walpole. Selected and Edited by
Charles Duke Yonge, M.A. With Portraits and Illus.
2 vols., 8vo. Gilt top. G. P. Putnam's Sons. $6.00.
Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-
1851. Edited, with Extracts from the Diary of the Lat-
ter, by Christine Terhune Herrick. 16mo, pp. 224. Un-
cut. Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.75.
Club Essays. By David Swing. New and Enlarged Edi-
tion. 12mo, pp. 266. A. C. McClurg & Co. $1.00.
Motives of Life. By David Swing. New and Enlarged
Edition. 12mo, pp. 239. A. C. McClurg & Co. $1.00.
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson. First and Second Series.
Two vols. in one. 12mo. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.
Three Dramas of Euripides. By William C. Lawton.
12mo, pp. 261. Gilt top. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.50,
Appreciations. With an Essay on Style. By Walter Pater.
12mo, pp. 261. Macmillan & Co. $1.75.
The Bookworm. An Illustrated Treasury of Old-Time
Literature. Illustrated. Large 8vo, pp. 380. Uncut.
Leather back. A. ('. Armstrong & Son. $3,00.
The Poetry of Tennyson. By Henry Van Dyke. 12mo,
pp. 296. Gilt top. Chas. Scribner's Sons. $1.50.
The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey. New
and Enlarged Edition. Illustrated. By David Masson.
Vol. I., 12mo, pp. 416. Edinburgh. $1.25.
The Scottish Review. October, 1889. Leonard Scott Pub-
lication Co. $1.23.
An Introduction to the Study of Shakespeare. By
Hiram Corson, L.L.D. 12mo, pp. 377. D. C. Heath &
Co. $1.10.
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XXXVIII.
New Series, Vol. XVI. May, 1889, to October, 1889. Ito,
pp. 960. Century Co. $33.00.
Alphabetical Catalogue of the English Books in the Circu-
lating Department of the Cleveland (0.) Public Library,
1889. 4to, pp. 1407. Half-leather. Cleveland Printing
and Pub'g Co.
How to Catalogue a Library. By Henry B. Wheatley,
F.S.A., author of " How to Form a Library." 16mo, pp.
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