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WALTER SCOTT'S JOURNAL. Martin W. Sampson 231
STANLEY AND HIS WORK IN AFRICA. Minerva
B. Norton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
A FAMOUS ACTOR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. James
B. Runnion .............. 237
RECENT BOOKS OF FICTION. William Morton
Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
QUEENS, WITS, AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY. Octave
Thanet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
HOLIDAY PUBLICATIONS ......... 246
Longfellow's Hiawatha. – Hawthorne's Our Old
Home.-George Eliot's Romola.--A Mosaic.- De
Amicis's Holland and Its People.--Halévy's A Mar-
riage for Love.--The Golden Flower Chrysanthemum.
-Wilson's In Scripture Lands.-Margaret Farring-
ton's Fra Lippo Lippi.--Miss Brontë's Jane Eyre.-
Mérimée's A Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX.
--Selections from Wordsworth's Sonnets.--Dobson's
The Sun Dial.--Mrs. Van Rensselaer's The Devil's
Picture Books.--Dobson's Memoir of Horace Walpole.
-Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal.-Blackmore's Lorna
Doone, “Exmoor” edition.-Hugo's Hans of Iceland.
-Mrs. Upton's Our Early Presidents.-Mabie's Our
New England.-Elizabeth Balch's Glimpses of Old
English Homes.-Adams's The Poet's Year.-Tay.
lor's English Poems.-Read's Sheridan's Ride.-Our
Great Actors.-Lula MacWhorter's Dreams of the
Sea.-Mrs. Toland's Tisáyac of the Yosemite.-Flam-
marion's Urania.--Ohnet's The Soul of Pierre.-
McCaskey's Christmas in Song, Sketch and Story.
Anstey's Voces Populi.- The Good Things of Life.
-Ashton's Curious Creatures in Zoology.-George
Sand's The Haunted Pool.-George Sand's The Gal-
lant Lords of Bois Dorée.-Roberts's In and Out of
Book and Journal.—The Day's Message.-Meredith's
Lucile.--Tennyson's The Princess.--Moore's Lalla
Rookh.- Knight's Leafy Ways. Thus Think and
Smoke Tobacco. - Coppée's Disillusion. - Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp.--Tenting on the Old Camp Ground.
--Benet's Summer Thoughts for Yule Tide.-Miss
Jerome's From an Old Love Letter.-Mrs. Sunter's
The Truant on the Beach.-Mrs. Sunter's May Day.
-Miss Humphrey's Little Folks Wide Awake, and
Little Folks in Dreamland.- Esther Tiffany's The
Spirit of the Pine.--Robinson's The Winds of the
Seasons.-Celia Thaxter's My Light House.--Hale's
The Story of a Dory. Calendars for 1890.
BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG ......... 230
Howells's A Boy's Town.-Moorehead's Wanneta the
Sioux.-Farrar's Eric.-- Hughes's Tom Brown at
Rugby. Stoddard's Chuck Purdy.--Allen's Wednes-
day the Tenth.-Mrs. Martin's Little Great Grand-
mother.- Nory Perry's Another Flock of Girls.-
Plympton's Dear Daughter Dorothy.--Zoe.-Ruth
Ogden's A Loyal Little Redcoat.-Martha Finley's
Elsie Yachting with the Raynionds.--Lily Wessel-
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Christine Brush's One Summer's Lessons in Practical
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Mary Eldridge's Mrs. Muff and her Friends.—Trow-
bridge's The Kelp-Gatherers.-- Boyesen's Against
Heavy Odds.--Stodlard's Crowded out ('Croield.
CONTENTS.-BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG (Continued).
- Ingersoll's Silver Caves. -Wentworth's The Drift-
ing Island.-Marguerite Bouvet's Sweet William.--
Alice Weber's When I'm a Man.-Laura Richards's
Captain January.- Stella Austin's Paul and his
Friend.--Mrs. Ver Planck's Wonder Light.-Mabel
Fuller's In Poppy Land.-Lockwood's Little Giant
Boab.-Stahl's Maroussia.-Mrs. Molesworth's Chil-
dren of the Castle.-Grace Litchfield's Little Venice.
---Coffin's Freedom Triumphant.--Abbot's Battle
Fields and Camp Fires.-Castlemon's Rodney the
Partisan.-The Grand Army Picture Book.-Miss
Humphrey's Color Books.- DeMonvel's Good Chil-
dren and Bad.--Cox's Another Brownie Book.--Al-
ger's Struggling Upward.-Ellis's Cabin in the Clear-
ing.---Gladden's Santa Claus on a Lark.-Palmer's
Half Hours in Story Land.--Knox's Horse Stories.--
Gautier's Chivalry.-Jacobs's English Fairy Tales.-
Swiss Family Robinson.-Knox's Boy Travellers.-
Butterworth's Zig Zag Journeys.- Miss Champney's
Three Vassar Girls.-Verne's Cæsar Cascabel, -
Bound Juvenile Periodicals for 1890.-Kate Wig-
gin's The Story Hour.-Mrs. Acton's Rosebud.--
Mrs. Starrett's Gyppy.-Molly Seawell's Little Jarvis.
Allen's Lion City of Africa.--Grosse's The Humming
Top.--Wilkinson's A Real Robinson Crusoe.-Frances
Eaton's Dolikins and the Miser.-Frances's Through
Thick and Thin.
BOOKS OF THE MONTH ......255
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WALTER SCOTT'S JOURNAL.*
The publication of Sir Walter Scott's Jour-
nal is the literary event of the year. Lockhart,
to be sure, drew on it copiously in his Life
of Scott, but many reasons prevented him from
publishing the Diary entire: it was too soon
after Scott's death, and the pages contained
too many references to living persons. Now,
after a lapse of more than fifty years, Mr.
David Douglas takes up the work and gives
us the Journal as Scott left it; and his care-
fully annotated edition will be read by thou-
sands to whom Lockhart's ten volumes are in-
accessible. To these readers the Journal will
be like a new book by the “Author of Wa-
verley,” and one not less interesting certainly
than one of the novels of that master hand.
Nothing more than these two volumes is
needed to show Scott's character. It is fully
revealed. Yet there is no painful self-scrutiny,
no anxious inquiry into motives. Emotions are
chronicled, not analyzed. “Explanation — a
humor I love not.” It is not simply that the
Journal is the work of a man of fifty-four and
ageing, of one who had fame, not of one striy-
* THE JOURNAL OF Sir WALTER SCOTT. From the Orig-
inal Manuscript at Abbottsford. In two volumes, with two
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ing for it, that makes it the diametrical op- wholly neglected or left to myself, stuffing my head
posite of the Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff. with most nonsensical trash, and undervalued in society
The reason is in the nature of the man him-
for a time by inost of my companions, getting forward
and held a bold and clever fellow, contrary to the opin-
self. No less in the novels than in the Journal
is Scott's nature reflected. Ilis method is the hearted for two years, my heart handsomely pieced, but
paint-brush and palette, not the etching-needle; the crack will remain to my dying day. Rich and poor
and so far as may be in anything that tells the four or five times, once on the verge of ruin, yet opened
new sources of wealth almost overflowing. Now taken
inner life of a man, this diary is objective.
in my pitch of pride, and nearly winged, because Lon-
The writer paints his portrait freely and with
don chooses to be in an uproar, and in the tumult of
don chooses to be in
broad touches.
bulls and bears a poor inoffensive lion like myself is
The utter absence of any striving after effect | pushed to the wall. And what is to be the end of it ?
brings out clearly the chief traits of Scott's
God knows. And so ends the catechism.”
character-indomitable courage, dogged per We know what the end was. He wrote himself
severance, keen sense of honor and duty, and free. His clearness of mind and his c
healthiness of attitude toward things of the not fail him.
soul. He had human failings, but his pre “I feel quite composed and determined to labor.
judices, though strong, were few. If he saw ... The public favor is my only lottery. I have
long enjoyed the foremost prize, and something in my
great good in only one political party, it was
breast tells me my evil genius will not overwhelm me
because he was patriotic. He did not show
if I stand by myself. . . . I find my eyes moist-
foresight in all of his business arrangements, ening, and that will not do. I will not yield without a
but when there came the need of great busi- | fight for it. It is odd, when I set myself to work
siness capacity, he was not found wanting. He
doggedly, as Dr. Johnson would say, I am exactly the
same man that I ever was, neither low-spirited nor dis-
was extravagant at times, and generous always.
trait. In prosperous times, I have sometimes felt my
The Journal covers the period from 1825,
fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to
just before the Ballantyne failure, to 1832, me at least a tonic and a bracer; the fountain is awak-
the year of his death, and is a record therefore ened from its inmost recesses, as if the spirit of aftlic-
of the most remarkable part of his life. Per-
tion had troubled it in his passage."
haps no journal has plunged so quickly in me It was this courage that enabled him to keep
dias res, for Scott follows the only true prin up his work in spite of bodily aches and pains.
ciple of journal-writing-to write when and There is the truest heroism in these words :
what the mood suggests. Throughout the pages "I write on, though a little afflicted with the oppres-
this principle is adhered to, and we find great
sion on my chest. Sometimes I think it is something
things set down by the side of small. It makes
dangerous, but as it always goes away on change of
posture, it cannot be speedily so. I want to finish my
us feel very near to Sir Walter Scott to find
task, and then good-night. I will never relax my labor
him complaining of having lost his spectacles, in these affairs, either for fear of pain or love of life.
and of hating to put his desk in order. Such I will die a free man, if hard working will do it.”
touches only heighten the effect of the forcible | One need not say how strong his sense of
passages. A month after the diary has been duty was; it made him diligent even against
begun comes the financial crash. It was pleas his inclination. His application during his
ant to have a glimpse of him in prosperity, yet years of toil can be appreciated more when we
the sunny temperament that we first see is the
realize that task-work was repugnant to him.
one that continues through misfortune that Never a being, from my infancy upwards, hated
was enough to break the spirit of most men, task-work as I hate it ; and yet I have done a great
By the failure of the printing-house of Ballan deal in my day. It is not that I am idle in my nature
tyne & Co., Scott as a partner became liable
neither. But propose to me to do one thing, and it is
for £130,000. The remainder of his life was
inconceivable the desire I have to do something else
not that it is more easy or more pleasant, but just be-
to be devoted to paying this enormous debt.
cause it is escaping from an imposed task. I cannot
The Journal tells the story of the struggle trace this love of contradiction to any distinct source,
against the fearful odds ; for in addition he but it has haunted me all my life.”
was no longer as strong as he used to be, and We are not surprised, after reading this, to
domestic calamities soon increased his burden : 1 find that Scott did not relish a definite plan in
Lady Scott died a few months after the fail writing. He did not want to be bound within
ure. On the 18th of December Scott writes rigid limits. In beginning the third volume of
of the first bad news, and his thoughts turn to u Woodstock," he writes:
his past life. Here is his summary:
Now I have not the slightest idea how the story is
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same case as I used to be when I lost myself in former honest fun. There is no paradox in these
days in some country to which I was a stranger. I al- illustrations. His sturdiness is not unsociable.
ways pushed for the pleasantest road, and either found
or made it the nearest. It is the same in writing; I
1 “Convince my understanding, and I am perfectly
docile; stir my passions by coldness or affronts, and the
never could lay down a plan-or, having it down, I
never could adhere to it. . . . I only tried to make
| devil would not drive me from my purpose.”
that which I was actually writing diverting or interest- His views of art and religion are as clear
ing, leaving the rest to fate."
and simple as his thoughts on everyday affairs.
Elsewhere, he says that he loves - elbow- · Painting and music, he insists, are essentially
room." Yet it is only natural that, when left for the people. That which appeals only to
to himself entirely, he should realize what an the connoisseur is aiming at a false ideal. Not
incentive outside pressure is. His explanation, technical excellence, but the power of arousing
of an idle day is entertaining:
emotion, is the summum bonum of a work of
" Yesterday I did not write a line of Woodstock. I art. There is a sufficient creed in these words
Partly, I was a little out of spirits, though that would that follow:
not have hindered. Partly, I wanted to wait for some “Our hope, heavenly and earthly, is poorly anchored,
new ideas--a sort of collecting of straw to make bricks if the cable parts upon the strain. I believe in God
of. Partly, I was a little too far beyond the press. I who can change evil into good; and I am confident that
cannot pull well in long traces, when the draught is too what befalls us is always ultimately for the best.”
far behind me. I love to have the press thumping,
clattering, and banging in my rear ; it creates the ne-
This, when the prospect of giving up Abbotts-
cessity which almost always makes me work best.” ford was staring him in the face, is enough of
The Journal is full of bright humor, spon-
itself to prove what he says elsewhere:
taneous, not forced like many of the jests in
" It is not bravado; I literally feel myself firm and
resolute.”
the novels. It is the overflow of a cheerful
mind, and more frequently consists of a jocular
Neither in himself nor in others could he
tone than separable humorous sentences. Ai
encourage melancholy. Funerals and leave-
reference to Hogg as “ the honest grunter ";
takings were repugnant to him.
“I hate red eyes and blowing of noses. . . .
to an infant as ó that species of dough that is
I
hate funerals -always did. There is such a mixture of
called a fine baby”; to a petted foreigner as
mummery with real grief-the actual mourner perhaps
“ one of those animals who are lions at first, heart-broken, and all the rest making solemn faces, and
but by transmutation of two seasons become whispering observations on the weather and public
in regular course Boars,"—these indicate the
news.”
mildly bantering spirit that runs through the
It is this same hatred of affectation that
pages.
makes him despise “ fine writing.” Even a
Scott knew that his popularity was deserved,
suspicion of it in his Journal makes him quote
but he did not like to be told of his merits.
Byron's famous remark to Moore, “D—- it,
Ille flattery was his abomination. One has
Tom, don't be poetical.” And Ballantyne's
to turn only a few pages to find this opinion
remonstrance on the careless style of the Life
compactly expressed :
of Napoleon is met by the response :
“The rogue is right, too.
“ No man that ever wrote a line despised the pap of
But as to correcting my
praise so heartily as I do. . . . As a literary man I
style to the
“Jemmy jemmy linkum feedle
cannot affect to despise public applause; as a private
gentleman I have always been embarrassed and dis-
tune of what is called fine writing, I'll be d-d if I do!”
pleased with popular clamors, even when in my favor.” But there are sadder pages to turn than
After quoting a stanza from Burns he gives have been spoken of. As we read of the strug-
vent to a remark that bids fair to become gle against adversity, we feel admiration for
classic:
the man, and now there comes something more
deeply pitiful — the struggle against failing
“ Long life to thy fame and peace to thy soul, Rob
Burns! When I want to express a sentiment which powers. The spectacle of Scott still fighting
I feel strongly, I find the phrase in Shakespeare—or on, and for a long time unconscious that he is no
thee. The blockheads talk of my being like Shake longer capable of novel-writing, is as pathetic
speare—not fit to tie his brogues.”
as the former picture is heroic. The stroke
Walter Scott was too straightforward, too of paralysis, the decay of mind and body, the
stubborn, too independent, to care for flatter slow and painful recognition of the inevitable,
ing words that meant nothing; yet he was the make up something that cannot be forgotten.
very reverse of taciturn. His lack of affecta- There was a foreshadowing of it in his words
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“I see before me a long tedious and dark path, but it
STANLEY AND HIS WORK IN AFRICA.*
leads to true fame and stainless reputation. If I die
in the harness, as is very likely, I shall die with honor; Africa affords the material for a drama su-
if I achieve my task I shall have the thanks of all con perior in grandeur to all the tales of old, not
cerned, and the approbation of my own conscience. And
excepting those of the Israelites and Egyptians,
so I think I can fairly face the return of Christmas
Greeks and Trojans. The slave coast at the
Day."
mouth of the Congo yielded gold for the coffers
As the truth begins to dawn upon him, he
of Europe, and for three centuries the dire
loses none of his fortitude, although the blow
strikes home.
seed of slavery was brought thence to be planted
in British colonies, in our own day to spring
“I am shocked to find that I have not the faculty of
from the soil of our own land in a million
delivering myself with facility — an embarrassment
which may be fanciful, but is altogether as annoying as
armed warriors, waging a conflict in the Amer-
if real. . . . I myself am sensible that my fingers
ican Civil War before which the most famous
begin to stammer—that is, to write one word instead contest of history "pales its ineffectual fires."
of another very often. I impute this to fancy, the ter-
Another act in this gigantic drama has for
rible agency of which is too visible in my illness, and
its hero the man whom Great Britain and
it encourages me to hope the fatal warning is yet de-
ferred. I feel lighter by a million ton since I made
America have combined within the last fifty
this discovery. ... I think the peep, real or im- years to produce and whose providential work
aginary, at the gates of death has given me courage not has been to open up the heart of the African
to mind little afflictions.”
Continent, latest of those on our planet to re-
To have an amanuensis seemed at first to ceive the day of Civilization and the sun of
be the way out of the difficulty ; but the apha- Christianity, and which now awaits the rising
sia in writing was not the only trouble. A day of that day and the shining of that sun, as
or two later he writes :
America awaited them four hundred years ago,
“I wrote with Laidlaw. It does not work clear ; I and as Europe waited before Romulus laid the
do not know why. The plot is, nevertheless, a good foundations of the Eternal City.
plot, and full of expectation. But there is a cloud over
The final verdict on Mr. Stanley's career
me, I think, and interruptions are frequent.”
can be awarded only by posterity. Meantime
The cloud grew larger and darker, and he
his work thus far accomplished is laid before
anticipates even the worst :
the public in his own voluminous narratives,
“I do not think my head is weakened, but a strange and in a multitude of books with more or less
vacillation makes me suspect. Is it not thus that men
claim to originality and to the attention of that
begin to fail, becoming, as it were, infirm of purpose ?
interest in African exploration which just now
... that way madness lies; let me shun that:
creates a demand for the literature of the sub-
No more of that. . .,
• Yet, why be a child about it? What must be, will be.?!"
ject almost greater than can be met at the
A favorite exclamation is characteristic-
counters of the booksellers and by the shelves
of the public libraries.
" Naboclish” (“ don't mind it”); and the
keynote of all his struggles is in these words : * IN DARKEST AFRICA ; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Re-
treat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. By Henry M. Stan-
“ Ilang it, I hate to be beat!”.
ley. With numerous Illustrations and Maps. In two vols.
At last nothing remains but to give up writ Sold by Subscription. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons.
ing, and go to Italy for the hope of recovery.
(Chicago : 103 State Street).
EMIN PASHA and the Rebellion at the Equator. By A. J.
There is a temporary improvement, but it is
Mounteney-Jephson, with the Coöperation of Henry M. Stan-
only temporary, and finally he returns to Ab ley. With Map and numerous Illustrations. Sold by Sub-
bottsford to spend his few remaining days at
scription. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. (Chicago:
103 State Street).
home. His Journal does not tell the story of
FIVE YEARS WITH THE CONGO CANNIBALS. By Herbert
these last days. It ends abruptly in the mid Ward. Illustrated. New York: Robert Bonner's Sons.
dle of a sentence, while he is describing the HENRY M. STANLEY : His Life, Travels, and Explorations.
By Rev. H. W. Little. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Co.
trip from Naples to Rome.
HENRY M. STANLEY: His Life and Explorations. By
On the second day of the diary, Scott wrote Henry F. Reddall. New York: Robert Bonner's Sons.
jestingly: “I am enamored of my Journal." | ScouTING FOR STANLEY IN East AFRICA. By Thomas
As we close the volumes the words return Stevens. Ilustrated. New York: Cassell Publishing Co.
with force to express our own thoughts. No
THE STORY OF Emin's RESCUE as Told in Stanley's Let-
ters. By J. Scott Keltie, Librarian of the Royal Geograph-
one who reads the pages can fail to feel that
ical Society. New York: Harper & Brothers.
he has read a modest record of heroic man A. M. MACKAY OF UGANDA, Pioneer Missionary of the
hood.
Church Missionary Society in Uganda. With Portrait and
MARTIN WRIGHT SAMPSON. Colored Map. New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son.


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“In Darkest Africa” is a narrative on whose serve power for the greatest emergencies, un-
current the reader is borne from the hour of hampered by scruples as to its exercise while
setting forth to that of returning, without a the need lasts, self-reliant, of almost super-
break in the fascination of the story and its human endurance, and with the experience of
setting. The contributions which it brings to many African campaigns behind him, it is not
science are not inconsiderable. Geography strange that he lived a life apart, bore his own
hails the re-discovery by Mr. Stanley of the responsibilities, and made his own decisions,
long-lost Mountains of the Moon, known to sometimes without the sympathy of his subor-
the most ancient geographers, but hidden for dinate officers, whom, notwithstanding his high
ages past from the view of civilized man by praise of them, he could not always take into his
the mists and exhalations of equatorial Africa. unlimited confidence. Major Bartelot seems to
Their glittering crest over a dark purple base have had a presentiment of the fearful story
was mistaken for a tornado-cloud, even by this of the rear column and of his own fate; but
experienced traveller, for he knew that previ Mr. Stanley attempts to justify his own plan,
ous explorers had seen no mountains here. But and to show that any other in the circum-
the illusion gave place to exultation, as the ex stances was impossible.
pedition approached the foot-hills of the range As for Emin Pasha, Mr. Stanley curiously
and travelled for many days in sight of its | invokes for him the reader's appreciation and
central cluster, whose highest peak he estimates sympathy, at the same time making this im-
at not less than from 18,000 to 19,000 feet possible. This governor without the shadow
above the sea-level. Right under the equator, of authority, after having written letters mis-
this - cloud-king” of the natives is clothed representing his needs which evoked the sym-
with eternal snow for nearly 3,000 feet below pathy of all Europe, would not at last make
its summit. A brave attempt was made by up his mind to stay or to go, and had small
Lieutenant Stairs, with a party, to reach the practical appreciation of the expense, the risk,
snow-altitude of this trackless mountain, but the unspeakable suffering and lavish sacrifice
his native followers were benumbed by the of life which were inseparable from this effort
cold, and at the height of nearly 11,000 feet to save him.
he was forced to turn back, with the lowest Mr. Stanley's language, in many fine pas-
limit of the gleaming snow-continent still thou sages, is such as can be fashioned only by a
sands of feet above him.
sensitive perception, a dominating intelligence,
Far more worthily than aught else, the dis a powerful imagination, an upright purpose,
covery of Ruwenzori accentuates this book. and a warm heart. Crude and ungrammatical
But many readers will feel great interest in expressions are not hard to find, but one turns
the story of the immense tangled forest of the rather to the marvellously artistic and brilliant
Upper Congo, never before trodden by a white descriptions which luxuriate on these pages, like
man, through which the advance column of the tropical sublimity and beauty which they
the expedition cut its way for one hundred and set forth. The work would gain by general
sixty days amid incredible hardships, before condensation, especially by a less abrupt and
emerging on the grass-lands which intervene minute detail of preliminaries to the journey
toward Lake Albert Nyanza. Professor Drum which make the first chapter comparatively
mond's characterization of African scenery as hard and unproductive reading. An excellent
tame and uninteresting, Stanley regards as map embodies the most recent discoveries in
partial and inadequate and therefore untrue. Central Africa, but it is inconveniently large
Mount Ruwenzori proves this, and so does the and fragile. Another and a smaller, showing
Congo forest. Many particulars are given of the boundaries of Equatoria, is, like the first,
great interest to naturalists and philanthropists contained in a pocket. If the author could
concerning the vegetable and animal life, and give this vast amount of material a thorough
the varieties of the human species to be found revision, cutting it down so that these cumber-
in this hitherto unknown region. For brilliant some volumes might be superseded by others
description and tragic interest, Mr. Stanley's less large and heavy, while preserving the in-
pages are unsurpassed ; but no lengthened tran terest of the narrative and the handsome dress
scription can do more than hint at their value. his publishers have given it, little would re-
Mr. Stanley's personal qualities are con main to be desired in this greatest story of
spicuously shown in this frank narrative. A African travel.
born leader of men, white or black, with re- / Mr. Jephson's account of the revolt of Emin's


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soldiery, in which the Pasha and himself were | Central Africa to date, and a good index are
held close prisoners, condemned to death, nar “ conspicuous for their absence”; and in the
rowly escaped massacre by an excited military concluding pages praise is awarded to more
mob, and were at length enabled to make their than Emin Pasha, which the discriminating
way out to join Mr. Stanley by reason of the reader will question. It is instructive, how-
fright occasioned to their captors by the fresh ever, to note the different views of Emin pre-
advance of the Mahdists, is extremely inter- sented by Mr. Stanley and Mr. Little in their
esting reading. The story is told in a modest, respective pages. On the whole, the book is
straightforward way, not with the practiced timely, dignified, and able ; and from the first
pen of a literary man, but with that of a manly, page, which pictures the mountain stronghold
intelligent, humane, and courageous soldier, of the native princes of North Wales, the old
intent on doing his duty. No question as to castle with crumbling walls and broken tow-
the character and career of Emin as Governor ers, and the fortress within whose. precincts
of Equatoria will remain in the minds of those stands the cottage where Mr. Stanley was born,
who read this book written as it is by one to the last leaf of the record of his last journey
who was his close companion in scenes which through Africa, there is no break in the spell
test the fibre of the soul, and who appreciates which holds the reader like enchantment.
at their highest value the many excellent qual- The Life of Stanley by Mr. H. F. Reddall
ities of the Pasha. This estimate differs not professes to be no more than a compilation,
at all from that gained by the reading of Mr. and it gives the facts of Mr. Stanley's career
Stanley's own volumes, but is more strongly with no pretension to literary skill. It shows
emphasized by the events narrated by Mr. little discrimination, and is interesting only
Jephson, which supply a line parallel to Mr. from its story. It gives, however, some facts
Stanley's story, and without which “ Through not widely known, is cheap and compact in
Darkest Africa ” is incomplete. Two of the form, and may serve a good purpose to those
many admirable illustrations are signed "Dor- who have not time or means for the larger
othy Stanley,” and presumably are the con- biography. It has one excellence which cannot
tribution of Mr. Stanley's artist-bride. be too highly praised -a good profile map of
Quite different in scope and purpose is the | Africa, and one of Central Africa from sea to
book of Herbert Ward, another of Mr. Stan- sea, giving the reader at a glance the compara-
ley's companions. It has the usual portrait tive geography of the whole story, which so
of the author which African explorationists, many of the more elaborate maps in other
following the example of Mr. Stanley, prefix works do not.
to their books, is written by the help of a col. “Scouting for Stanley” shows how a news-
laborator, and is elegantly gotten up, with paper man was desirous of emulating Stanley's
abundant illustrations, most of them from Mr. “How I found Livingstone” by his own "How
Ward's own sketches. The brief autobiograph- I found Stanley” when the latter was supposed
ical matter in the early part of the book reveals to be lost. IIis story is one of enterprise and
a character in the youth which leaves a ques pluck not discreditable to himself, and he was
tion in the reader's mind as to what that of actually, in spite of the German red-tape by
the man may be. Though recent newspaper which his movements were fettered, the first
utterances of Mr. Ward censure Mr. Stanley's | man to reach and greet Stanley on the return
plan for the rear column, and assert that he of the latter to the East Coast. There are clear
must bear a part of the responsibility for its and forcible statements regarding conquest and
sad history, the book, on the whole, confirms commerce, and chapters on hunting of exceeding
the general judgment of the discriminating interest to those fond of sport and adventure.
public in regard to Mr. Stanley and his work. The letters of Stanley during his late ex-
Those who have not the time or inclinationpedition have been edited by the librarian of the
to read Mr. Stanley's ponderous volumes will Royal Geographical Society and published in
find in Mr. H. W. Little's convenient and con- 'a shilling edition for the use of the British
tinuous record of his Life and Explorations workingmen, and are reissued in this country by
an excellent substitute. In a remarkably clear | Harper & Brothers. A striking portrait of
and limpid narrative, with scarcely a waste Tippu Tib, “ the Bismarck of Central Africa,"
word, the fascinating story is set before the is given, as well as likenesses of Mr. Stanley and
reader in English typography of exceeding Emin Pasha. The map of Central Africa is
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is not so well adapted to its purpose as one calling he has a versatility not generally re-
for the masses, as an attractive sketch which cognized; for while his eminent success in a
should embody copious extracts from some of few characters (notably Rip Van Winkle,
the less detailed of the letters might be. Caleb Plummer, and Bob Acres) has attracted
The Life of A. M. Mackay, missionary in public attention especially to them, he has in
Uganda, is the latest leaf in the story of Africa. his day run the entire gamut of well-known
The advance sheets of the American issue are parts in legitimate and romantic comedy. As
simultaneous with the appearance of the work a painter he is best known to his intimates,
in England, and many on both sides of the since it is largely for his own gratification that
Atlantic will be eager to read the brave but he takes up his brush ; but the smail number
sad record of him whom Stanley has charac of pictures he has consented to show the pub-
terized as “the best missionary since Living lic have been received in New York and Lon-
stone.” It is a simple record, made up chiefly don as genuine works of art. And now, at
from his journals and letters, by his sister. three-score, he makes his bow to the public as
Mr. Mackay was not a clergyman, but an edu a writer. He tells the story of his own life,
cated layman, singularly fitted by nature and illumined by the gentleness and grace of char-
by a marvellous training for the work for acter and enlivened by the merry humor which
Africa which he set himself to do. He was a have endeared him to the American public.
skilful engineer, and maintained that engineer The Joseph Jefferson of our own time is the
ing is a more natural adjunct to missionary greatest of four generations of actors. This
work than a knowledge of medicine. His theatrical family, beginning with the days of
hands were all the week occupied with work Garrick, has displayed one of the freaks of
in wood and iron and brick, and there seems heredity. His great-grandfather was an actor
to have been nothing that he could not do. of very moderate ability; his grandfather was an
Making roads, building bridges or houses, or actor of rare talent; his father relapsed into the
repairing boats, he yet never lost sight of the commonplace struggle for existence; and the
needs of benighted hearts and minds around Jefferson of to-day occupies a position not dis-
him, and he cut type, translated and printed | puted on the contemporaneous stage. He man-
the Gospels, and taught ceaselessly by word ifested the mimic talent when he was a mere
and by example. His great work was done child, and from the very cradle he has devoted
under circumstances which would have broken his life, through good fortune and ill, during
the stoutest heart. Alone, his bishop and com the barn-storming " period and in the height
panions murdered, his converts and servants of his later triumphs, to the study, the devel-
burned or strangled, and himself long in hourly opment, and the refinement of his art. His
expectation of a like cruel death, he wrought career has not been sordid, though his great
bravely on, unfaltering and unresting, and with success has thrust wealth as well as honors
no thought of abandoning his post. He died, upon him. But he has always had an ambi.
after a brief illness of malarial fever, in Feb tion to produce perfect dramatic pictures, and
ruary, 1890, at the age of forty years, after to this end he has been lavish in his expend-
having devoted himself to Africa for fourteen itures and has surrounded himself with a com-
years with such wisdom and unselfishness as pany of recognized artists, of whom the famous
will make his name a household word as far as comedians William J. Florence and Mrs. John
his work is known.
Drew are the leaders. There is no jealousy
MINERVA B. NORTON. or envy in Joseph Jefferson's character; he is
--- -- --------
great enough in his art to be magnanimous,
and this he has always been to his profession
A FAMOUS ACTOR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.*
and to the public.
Actor, painter, writer, Joseph Jefferson The incidents in an extended public career
has proved that mediocrity is not always the of a man like Jefferson could not fail of them-
penalty attached to versatility. In the order selves to be interesting even if they were re-
named, he has achieved success in the three lated in the most commonplace fashion. But
pursuits which taste and circumstance have in the telling of his own story he has given
allotted to him. It is as an actor that he is free play to the personal characteristics which
best known to the world at large, and in this make him so charming a man and so delight-
* THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH JEFFERSON. New
ful a companion. The simple straightforward
York: The Century Company.
style which General Grant adopted in recount-


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ing a soldier's career finds its counterpart in best, for one seldom regrets one's silence upon any sub-
this autobiography in its reflection of the var ject” (p. 331).
ied mental qualities of the writer. It is not | In describing some of his experiences with the
difficult to read between the lines that Joseph aristocracy of England, which he does without
Jefferson has a composite character which has the faintest suspicion of toadyism and also
enabled him to take an interest in all the af | without the vulgar assertion of American in-
fairs of life. He has persistently avoided the depence, he injects the pithy remark:
temptation to obtrude domestic affairs upon “I am satisfied that domestic melancholy sets in with
the reader, and yet it is easy to guess that he the butler; he is the melodramatic villain of society”
is essentially a family man with the strongest (p. 363).
personal attachments. He enjoys the rod and Similar evidences of the philosophic bent of
the gun none the less because he has always his mind might be multiplied by extracts from
been a close student of his art. As an observer the Autobiography, but his friends could quote
he is especially acute, and his wide travels have many better instances from everyday inter-
furnished him with abundant material in man course. Here is only one, which may be cited
and in nature for his vivid descriptions. His without betraying any confidence. He has a
memory recalls many personal experiences plantation and a winter home in Louisiana,
which, though sometimes trifling in themselves, where he undertook to raise some cattle. One
assume an individual importance with the hu day a neighbor said to him : " Mr. Jefferson,
mor, the humanity, and the consequences which don't you know that people are stealing your
he attaches to them. It may almost be sus cattle? I should think you would be worried
pected at times that he has drawn upon the to death.” His reply was characteristic:
ample resources of his imagination, and taken - Isn't it bad enough to lose the cattle without
the licence of the romancer and humorist, to worrying about it?" It is this spirit of phil-
color and enliven many of the episodes he re osophy which has kept his heart as young and
lates ; but he has made the reader doubly his his brain as active at sixty years of age as
debtor by doing so, and his stories are as full when he was a boy.
of “points” as one of his own inimitable por Sly humor peeps out in the most unexpected
traitures on the stage.
places all through the Autobiography. It is
The public will receive from the Autobiog practicable to give only one or two samples
raphy an insight into Jefferson's character as here. In describing Laura Keene's success
a philosopher which has long been familiar to in - Our American Cousin " (in which Jeffer-
his friends. A very few instances may be cited son was the original Asa Trenchard as Sothern
to give the clue. In describing the difference was the original Dundreary) he notices the
between the considerate theatre audience of to rapid increase of her personal splendors "until
day and the unruly mobs of his earlier career she was ablaze with diamonds,” and adds:
(pp. 48–49), he writes :
“Whether these were new additions to her impover-
“What lies at the foundation of this improvement ? ished stock of jewelry, or the return of old friends
People went to church in those days as readily as they which had been parted with in adversity-old friends
do now, and the laws were administered quite as rigidly. generally leave us under these circumstances—I cannot
There is only one solution to this problem--the free say” (p. 194).
school has done this work.”
His descriptions of personal experiences—such
And in writing of a critical period of his life
as taking boxing lessons, his intercourse with
he says :
couriers and ciceroni in foreign lands, the
“It has always been my habit, when anything im-
laughable mishaps at rehearsal and dramatic
portant is to be thought over, to get off alone some-
performances, are always animated and some-
where in the woods, or to lock myself alone in a room,
where I can turn the matter over quietly.”
times irresistibly funny.
At another period he reflects :
Perhaps one of the most fascinating features
« Just in the condition that is most desirable for all;
of the Autobiography for the general reader is
neither too poor nor too rich, with something to give | the insight into stage life which it offers—the
one security in case of accident, constant employment, furtive glimpses behind the scenes, that unex-
and a moderate income ” (p. 303).
plored domain of romance and mystery so full
In noting a case in which he had refrained of interest to the uninitiated. This feature of
from retorting in kind to one of George D. the book is not avowed. The panorama is not
Prentice's sarcastic sallies, he ailds:
turned with a crank while the lecturer explains
“ This kind of resistance (self-control) is always the the various scenes to the audience. There is


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no formal, cold, and brutal exposure, such as pathos of Caleb Plummer will be found side
an expelled member of a secret society might by side in the pages of his book. Colley Cib-
make of the signs and rites of his order. In-ber's “ Apology” has long been regarded as
deed, the comedian turned author may not the Bible of stage literature, but henceforth it
have known what an added attraction this will take its place as the old Bible, with much
phase of his written career would prove to be, of the same wrath, envy, and obsolete phil-
and yet he has handled it so delicately and ar osophy, while Joseph Jefferson's “Autobiog-
tistically that he may really have appreciated raphy” will be the New Testament of stage life,
its true value. At all events he has given the with its spirit of charity, peace, and good-will.
reader who is only familiar with the front of Colley Cibber was the Verestschagen of stage
the theatre, with its glare of electric lights, the lore; Joseph Jefferson is its Corot.
fanfare of its band, and the glamour of gold
JAMES B. RUNNION.
and tinsel, an intimate acquaintance with play-
writing, play-acting, rehearsals, and the work-
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ing life of those connected with the theatre,
RECENT BOOKS OF FICTION.*
which the public will enjoy especially. It is
Mr. Harold Frederic's historical romance of
not in any one part or any one chapter of the
book that this rare information is revealed; but
the Revolutionary days is one of the most re-
all the while the reader is familiarizing him-
markable of American novels. Seldom, if ever,
self with the career of the comedian, he is un-
has a remote period of our history been in-
consciously acquiring a knowledge of people * IN THE VALLEY. By Harold Frederic. Illustrated. New
and things he has always desired to have, if
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
SIDNEY. By Margaret Deland, author of “John Ward,
he is a lover of the stage. The actor who be-
Preacher.” Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
gan as a child in “ jumping Jim Crow” and Ardis CLAVERDEN. By Frank R. Stockton, author of
in his time has successfully portrayed all the “Rudder Grange.” New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
phases of humor, romance, and pathos known THE ANGLOMANIACS. New York : Cassell Publishing Co.
to the stage (omitting the stilted tragedy which
THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE. A Romahce of Contem-
poraneous Antiquity. By Thomas A. Janvier. Illustrated.
is foreign to his nature), could not recount
New York: Harper & Brothers.
the story of his own life without imparting MARTHA ('OREY: A Tale of the Salem Witchcraft. By
both entertaining and instructive information Constance Goddard Du Bois. Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co.
about his profession and its adjuncts ; but he
A CIGARETTE-MAKER'S ROMANCE. By F. Marion Craw-
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entertains without donning the cap and bells,
A WARD OF THE GOLDEN GATE. By Bret Harte. Boston:
and he instructs without assuming the spec Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
tacles and rod of the pedagogue. What he The BEVERLEYS. A Story of Calcutta. By Mary Abbott.
has to say in various parts of the book about
Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co.
THE BRIDGE OF THE Gods: A Romance of Indian Ore-
the evolution of plays, the elaboration of par-
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ticular characters, the art of acting, the par-
THE EPICUREAN. A Tale. By Thomas Moore. Chicago :
ticular merits and methods of the great actors A. C. McClurg & Co.
he has known, the force of dramatic action
DOCTOR ANTONIO. By G. D. Ruffini. Chicago : A. C.
McClurg & Co.
(which he has illustrated so pointedly on pages
| Port TARASCON. The Last Adventures of the Illustrious
185 and 186), the custom of " starring,” the Tartarin. By Alphonse Daudet. Translated by Henry James.
combination system of the day, the abuse known
| New York: Harper & Brothers.
as “guying,” the advantages and absurdities
RARAHU ; or, the Marriage of Loti. By Pierre Loti. Trans-
lated from the French by Clara Bell. New York: W. S.
of realism, -all this has the value of expe Gottsberger & Co.
rience, judgment, and artistic temperament, Modern Ghosts. Selected and Translated from the Works
which no actor of our time could provide to
of Guy de Maupassant, and others. With Introduction by
George William Curtis. New York : Harper & Brothers.
the same extent as Joseph Jefferson.
THE JEW. Translated from the Polish of Joseph Ignatius
It is not easy for one who knows Jefferson Kraszewski, by Linda da Kowalewska. New York: Dodd,
to write of his work without referring to the Mead & Co.
rare beauty and gentleness of his character as
THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD. By Paul Heyse. Trans-
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a man; and his book recalls his personal char-
THE CHIEF JUSTICE. By Karl Emil Franzos. New York:
acteristics at every page. The varied career John W. Lovell Company.
of the actor and the ripe experiences of the Sister PhiloMENE. By E. and J. de Goncourt. Trans-
man of the world are told with the frankness
lated by Laura Ensor. New York: George Routledge & Sons.
THE CANADIANS OF OLD. By Philippe Aubert de Gaspé.
and purity of youth he has preserved through Translated by Charles G. D. Roberts. New York: D. Ap-
life. The mirth of Rip l'an Winkle and the pleton & Co.


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=
vested with such reality as that given to the given a generally morbid tone. In the case
critical period of the Revolution in this mas- of the heroine, we must decline to accept as a
terly production. The Mohawk valley, with probable type the woman whose whole intel-
its mingled English, Dutch, and German pop lectual balance is upset by an emotional crisis,
ulation, is the scene of this romance, and the and who suddenly becomes unreasoning and
action, which begins at a date prior to that of hysterical after having been trained all her
Wolfe's attack upon Quebec, is carried on life in rational thought and self-control. In-
through the Revolutionary war period. This herited instinct and emotional stress are not
valley, as Mr. Frederic points out, was the sufficient to account for a transformation like
really significant battle-ground of the war, and this, and the person who has been educated to
if the invasion of the English and their savage think clearly does not all at once cease to think
allies had not been repelled by the settlers the | at all. As a phase, Sidney's conduct, as it ap-
battle of Saratoga might have turned out other pears in the closing chapters, would be suf-
wise than it did. The repulse of this invasion ficiently intelligible, but it will not do as a
is the climax of Mr. Frederic's narrative, and solution. Mrs. Deland introduces a great deal
the fierce conflict that turned the scale in the of religio-philosophical discussion into her
interest of the American cause is the subject novel, as was to be expected, but she seems to
of the exciting closing chapters. The story is have no defined and positive doctrine to enun-
told with such sympathy, and with so vivid a ciate, and so this discussion is aimless and un-
realization of the conditions of life at that time satisfactory.
and place, that it holds the attention from first 1 Mr. Stockton's story of “Ardis Claverden”
to last. Many historical characters flit across offers indications of having been planned as a
the stage, and to each is accorded his meed of serious romance, but, whatever virtuous resolu-
praise or censure. Peter Schuyler and other | tions the author may have made, his irrepres-
Dutch leaders appear as objects of an admira-sible and characteristic humor breaks out in
tion that has been unjustly grudged them by numerous places. We are glad that it does
many writers, and even the memory of Bene so, for without this humorous light the story
dict Arnold is shown to be not wholly black would be but a commonplace one, such as any
ened by his treason. In its private and per- scribbler can write, whereas in its present form
sonal aspects, the story is touching, tender, it might as well have been published anonym-
and true. Strong and distinct characterization ously, for the evidence of its origin appears on
is given to the figures created by the author's every page. Its many absurdities of dialogue
imagination, and his style is an admirable me- and situation will, of course, be taken for
dium between the pedantic antiquarianism of granted by all who are familiar with Mr. Stock-
so many historical novels and the frankly mod. ton's manner, and any attempt to discuss seri-
ern manner of so many others. We are grad ously either plot or incident would be the mer-
ually learning that our own history abounds in est critical folly. But there is one scene-
subjects as romantic and attractive as any to that of the duel—in which the absurdity is a
be taken from Old World records, and none of | little too wild. Both duelists fire into the air,
our writers has better learned this lesson than but one of the balls finds its victim just the
the author of the present volume.
same, for it falls upon his shoulder and makes
The first impression produced by “ Sidney," its way through an inch or two of flesh and
Mrs. Deland's new story, is of the distinctness bone. We suspect, from the way in which the
of the individual characters that figure in its matter is treated, that Mr. Stockton really be-
pages. At least eight persons occupy prom- lieves that a falling bullet is capable of doing
inent positions in the narrative, and each of such disastrous work. The fact is, of course, that
them is distinctly and consistently individual. a bullet falling under these conditions would
To have secured this effect is a triumph of no do rather less damage than a good-sized hail-
slight importance, and Mrs. Deland, in secur- stone. We notice also, and with regret, that
ing it, has shown herself an artist of true per- Mr. Stockton is not at all careful with his
ceptions. The second impression is of the style. We read on page 16 that “ Bald Hill,
moral or intellectual weakness of nearly all of the estate of Major Claverden, was a very
these characters, for all but two or three of good one,” although just what is meant by a
them are studies in mental or spiritual pathol good hill is not explained. Then, on page 85,
ogy ; so that we are confronted in every chap- we read : “ The doctor and Mr. Dunworth
ter with abnormal situations, and the story is departed, and, as he was taking leave of Ar-


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dis, the latter found opportunity to say," etc. the novel, which is mainly one of intrigue and
The latter person referred to is, strange as it thwarted love, progresses rapidly until it be-
may seem, not Ardis, but Mr. Dunworth. Such comes complicated by the introduction of the
slips as these mar greatly the effect of an other witchcraft mania as a motive, when it is brought
wise good piece of literary work.
to an abrupt ending, and a tragic ending for
“ The Anglomaniacs” is now confessed to, that one of the characters whose name is borne
we believe, by Mrs. Burton Harrison ; and it by the volume. The story has much diversity
is a sufficiently clever piece of work to do of incident, rapid action, and a style which is
credit to any of our novelists. Although tri- clear and simple, but which makes no preten-
Aling, and necessarily ephemeral in its interest, sion of being antiquarian. Among other fig-
it holds the attention by its skilful outline por ures known to history, that of the great Cotton
traiture and its many suggestive touches. And Mather puts in an appearance and discourses
it is not without its lesson, although that is a of the wonders of the invisible world.
deeper one than most people will discern. The “A Cigarette-Maker's Romance” is one of
lesson may be found in that undercurrent of Mr. Crawford's trifles, ranking in that respect
indignation whose presence is felt at times, with “ Marzio's Crucifix.” It is the story of
indignation excited by the baseness of the ideals a few humble people employed in a Munich
that many of us set our hearts upon, and that cigarette factory, and of a nobleman in reduced
divert to ignoble ends lives that might so easily circumstances who is forced to gain his bread
be made fair and honorable.
by the same employment. The romance is
“ The Aztec Treasure-House” is a romance provided by the relation between this noble-
of the type made familiar by Mr. Haggard's man and a little Polish girl who loves him,
“ King Solomon's Mines " and Professor Mur- and whose devotion is finally rewarded. It is
ray's “ Gobi or Shamo.” The similarity is, a pretty little story, but that is the most that
indeed, a little too pronounced, and the sources may be said for it. And it might easily have
of inspiration too evident. The scene of Mr. been told in one-fourth the number of pages.
Janvier's story is laid in Mexico, but, mutatis - A Ward of the Golden Gate" is the title
mutandis, the same sort of things happen to of Mr. Bret Harte's new volume, and the con-
his heroes as happen to the adventurous ex tents are a single delightful story. The hero-
plorers of the two romances named. Over | ine is a girl whose parentage is questionable,
Mr. Haggard's astonishing production, at least, and who grows up to womanhood under the
this latest piece of sensationalism has the ad care of a trust, of which the Mayor of San
vantage of being written in an acceptable sort Francisco is, ex officio, one of the members.
of literary English, while the interest is equally This gives the girl an amusing variety of
deep and sustained. But we cannot pardon guardians. Fortunately for her, however, the
the jocular Yankee who figures so prominently other members of the trust are appointed as
in the story, and who is about as successful, as persons, not as officials, and one of them makes
a humorous creation, as the fellow whom Mr. , it his peculiar business to look after her inter-
Haggard makes the butt of his forced pleas ests. The third, who is a very young man,
antries. Then, Mr. Janvier's story drags a and who does not see his ward until she has
good deal in its later chapters, and many of its grown up, provides the story with a hero by
minor incidents are wildly absurd. The ab- falling in love with her. What is striking
surdity of the main plot has, of course, to be about this, as about nearly every one of Mr.
allowed once for all in a story like this ; but, Harte's later novels, is the fact that it presents
that being admitted, the details should possess the old familiar Californian types of character
relative verisimilitude with one another and in so attractive and original a light that we
with the general plan.
enjoy them as much as if they were new crea-
- Martha Corey” is - a tale of the Salem tions. We recognize that we have seen them
witchcraft” only in the sense that this famous all before, and yet we feel also that we are
historical delusion enables the writer to pro- | discovering them for the first time. It would
vide her story with a striking dramatic climax. be hard to name another American writer who
The story begins in England, and its scene is has given such diversity of interest to so nar-
transferred to the Massachusetts shore as the row a field of study. After all, when we con-
result of a sort of accident, or game at cross-sider all that he has done, is not Mr. Harte
purposes on the part of the leading characters. the great American novelist? — that is, the
Once brought to American soil, the action of great American novelist of our day? If he is


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not, who is ? Surely not Mr. Howells. Of ary, Cecil Grey, whose figure fills a prominent
all the services done for us by a book like the place in the work.
present, the greatest is, perhaps, that it gives Two recent reprints call for a line of com-
us a realizing sense of the extent to which our ment. “ The Epicurean," while not exactly a
minute realists fall short of the real require neglected classic, is not read as frequently as
ments of fiction.
it ought to be, a condition of things which we
Two stories of Indian life come to us at the trust will be remedied by the inexpensive and
same time, but the Indians who figure in them exquisitely printed edition now to be obtained.
are of antipodal varieties. To speak more “ Doctor Antonio ” was also well deserving of
plainly, one of the stories takes us to Calcutta a new and handy edition, it having been pre-
and the other to Oregon. “ The Beverleys,” viously accessible only in the Tauchnitz form.
in which Mrs. Abbott has more than fulfilled | There is an unusually large number of trans-
the promise of “Alexia,” her earlier novel, is lations among recently published works of fic-
an admirable depiction of the social life of the tion, and many of them are from originals of
official circles among English residents in In- high literary value. We wish that the trans-
dia. The types are carefully studied, and are lations themselves might also be credited with
drawn from what is evidently a familiar ac- a high value, but long experience has taught
quaintance. The style is animated and highly us that good translations are not to be ex-
finished. The interest of the narrative is con pected in this world ; that is, as a general thing.
siderable, and the climaxes are well arranged. There are, of course, good ones now and then,
Almost nothing in the way of adverse criticism and a very notable example of a good transla-
occurs to us, unless it be that the character of tion is the version made by Mr. Henry James
the elder Beverley comes dangerously near to of the “Port Tarascon” of Daudet. We have
being unnatural in its baseness. We will also not seen the original of this work; in fact, we
remark that Poinsettia is not written with a are not sure that it has yet been published; but
*6 tz," and that Hughli, as the name of Cal Mr. James's translation reads almost as if it
cutta's river, is a spelling that we have never were an original itself, and who could ask for
met with before.
more than that? As for the story, we must
“ The Bridge of the Gods” is also a remark confess to a slight sense of disappointment.
ably well-written story, besides being valuable The first “ Tartarin ” had what even “ Faust”
as a conscientious study of the Columbia In and - Wilhelm Meister” had not, a sequel
dians of two centuries ago. Mr. Balch has which not only equalled but surpassed the work
availed himself of various sources of informa of which it was the continuation. It is given
tion, such as old books of travel, the reminis to few men to do as much as this ; but it is
cences of aged pioneers, antiquarian collections, not given even to Alphonse Daudet to provide
and personal contact with the Indian tribes a sequel itself with as excellent a sequel. Al-
of the Northwest at the present day. The though the hero of the third “ Tartarin” vol-
story takes its title from a great natural bridge ume is shown us under strange skies and start-
which tradition asserts to have spanned the lingly novel conditions, his possibilities as a
Columbia in past times. The story--and it cause of mirthfulness are not thereby much
is supported by a considerable amount of evi developed, and we feel all the time that the
dence—is that the fall of this bridge, when author is straining for effect, something which
“ the Great Spirit shook the earth," placed in we did not feel even when reading about those
the river bed the obstruction that forms the | marvellous Alpine adventures. And then, Poly-
present “ cascades” of the Columbia. The | nesian savages are not pleasant companions.
author says that at present, “ one going out in They act without regard for the feelings of
a small boat just above the cascades, and look those who are reading about them. And they
ing down into the transparent depths, can see are not men and brothers, as Europeans and
submerged forest trees beneath him, still stand Arabs are. We can follow with sympathy the
ing upright as they stood before the bridge amorous episodes of the illustrious Tartarin's
fell in and the river was raised above them.” career when they concern fair Russians or
The fall of this bridge, associated with the fair Moorish maidens, but his marriage with
fall of a powerful Indian chieftain, affords the the Princess Likiriki does not suit us at all;
climax to Mr. Balch's impressive romance. it takes us too far into the regions of burlesque.
We must not forget to mention the author's But then, the book is delightful at almost every
sympathetic delineation of the white mission-point; it is less delightful than its predeces-


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rary, in that he first he turnen
sors, that is all. And occasional features, such pére, for no less than five hundred volumes.
as those of Tartarin's assumption of the Na- stand to his credit in the ledger of Polish lit-
poleonic character and of his statesmanlike erature. Revolutionist, professor, and editor,
grasp of the reins of government upon the ishe is one of the most popular men of his age,
land, are as inimitable as the best things in his and the celebration, in 1879, of his fiftieth
Algerian and Swiss career. And the illustra- | (literary) anniversary brought enthusiastic
tions are as charming as ever, although we | crowds of all classes of Poles to Cracow, where
think the book would have gained in attract the festival proceedings were held. So great
iveness by publication in a more compact form. has been his literary influence among his coun-
Pierre Loti's “ Rarahu ” is a Tahitian idyl, trymen that it is said that he “first taught the
and its sub-title, “ The Marriage of Loti,” is Poles to read.” This means that he turned
to be taken in a Tahitian sense. The work has their attention from French and other foreign
both art and artlessness; the former in style literature to the native product, and stimulated
and expression, the latter in form and sequence. the cultivation of healthy prose in the place of
The picture as a whole is glowing, passionate, | insubstantial verse. As for the work before
tropical, and is drawn from intimate personal us, it is a picture of Polish society in the years
knowledge of Polynesian life. Pierre Loti's just preceding the outbreak of 1863. Although
marvellous style has, of course, suffered a great the chief character is a Jew, the feeling of the
deal at the hands of the translator, but there re- work is broadly national, and the Jewish type
main here and there suggestions of the poetry is not the only one that figures prominently in
and magic of the original.
the work. The translator seems to have done
People are probably as prone to the relation fairly well, although her proper names are
and the enjoyment of ghost stories at the pres spelled according to no recognized system. She
ent day as they were at any former time, but | writes, for example, “ Moscovie ” and “ Vol-
the ghosts of the modern fancy are not the awe- hynie,” tells us of things “ Varsovien," and
some things that the old-fashioned ghosts were. calls the Russian Decembrists - Decabristes."
They do, indeed, cause one to shiver a little, A few paper-covered volumes of foreign fic-
but the sensation is rather pleasant than other- tion must be singled out from the considerable
wise, and we know very well that they will | number of those recently published. Herr
conduct themselves decorously. So readers Paul Heyse's “ Kinder der Welt” is one of
may open the volume of Modern Ghosts" the greatest of modern novels, and comes to
which Mr. Curtis introduces so charmingly, us in a translation that seems to be carefully
without any fear of their knotted and combined prepared. Herr Karl Emil Franzos, the au-
locks behaving in an unusual manner. These thor of - Ein Kampf um’s Recht,” is repre-
ghost stories are from a variety of literatures. sented by a translation of “ Der Präsident”
There are half a dozen contributors altogether, under the title of - The Chief Justice.” It is
each, with the exception of M. de Maupassant, a very strong work, and, like “ Ein Kampf
having a single story. M. de Maupassant has | um's Recht," its leading motive is that noblest.
two, but their combined ghostliness is not of passions, the passion for justice. With
greater than that of the single specimen given Herr Franzos, justice is no mere convention,
of the work of Señor de Alarcon, for example. no institution established for and to be set
Herr Alexander Kielland represents Scandi aside at our convenience, but a majestic power
navian literature in this collection, but we are enthroned in the deepest soul of man; a stern
obliged to take him through the German, which and awful presence imposing its commands
is very unfortunate. The translations are by equally upon high and low. And the novelist
a variety of hands.
has power to make us share this conception
In “The Jew,” translated from the Polish with him. We know of nothing more im-
of Joseph Ignatius Kraszewski, a new novelist pressive in recent literature than the horror of
is introduced to English readers, and a strong violated justice as it appears to the man of the
piece of characterization placed in their hands. people, in the earlier novel, and to the exalted
It was certainly time that Kraszewski should functionary, the hero of the novel before us.
receive the honors of translation, if he were to A translation of the “ Sæur Philomène ” of
receive them at all, for he was born as long the Goncourt brothers is made attractive by
ago as 1812, and is one of the most conspicu its illustrations, which are in the manner first
ous figures in the literature of his nation. In made familiar in the “ Tartarin ” volumes.
productiveness he has been a veritable Dumas | But the text has little value, being principally


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a study of the morbid, and appealing rather | ious an undertaking, let him simply read Grace
to the curiosity than the sympathy. Another and Philip Wharton's “Queens of Society”
translation from the French—this time from and - Wits and Beaux of Society." The first
the Canadian-French-is the version of Gas edition of these works was printed in 1860.
pé's “Les Anciens Canadiens" which Pro- This year Messrs. Porter & Coates have issued
fessor Roberts has so skilfully made. The them in the most luxurious form, with beauti-
author of this book was born in 1786 and died ful letter-press and exquisite illustrations. The
in 1871. The book itself, which was published four volumes are a delight to the eye-besides
in 1862, is a picture of La Nouvelle France in being, as I have said, a fine antidote to pessim-
the days of Montcalm and Wolfe. A novel ism; for if any one can read these books and
in the artistic sense it assuredly is not, but for not conclude that our society at its worst is
all that it is a very charming record of the past more decent than our ancestors' at its best, he
-of a past which lay very close to the youth of must have a degree of moral color-blindness.
the writer. “To record some incidents of a well The morality in these books is a trifle on
loved past, to chronicle some memories of a the boarding-school order : vide this extract
youth long flown,” this, says the author, is the about the Rolands :
whole of his ambition. We may characterize
“Yes, it is quite enough meed of praise for either Ro-
the work by a quotation from Professor Rob land or his wife to say that they were better than any of
erts's introduction : “ The style is quaint and their celebrated contemporaries; that their moral charac-
unhurried, with no fear of the printer's devil
ters were irreproachable; that they did not abuse power
before its eyes. The stream of the narrative,
when they gained it, nor seek it selfishly; that they
were moved by pure principles, and took even their
while swift enough and direct enough at need, most mischievous measures in the belief that they were
is taught to digress into fascinating cross acting right. Compared with Marat and Robespierre
channels of highly colored local tradition, or to they were saints; compared with the obscurest Chris-
linger felicitously in eddies of feast and song."
| tian who does his duty humbly in faith and hope, they
stand out as demons.”
William MORTON PAYNE.
Why demons? A similar tone of religious
-- =
. snobbery and consequent falsity of moral per-
QUEENS, WITS, AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY.*
spective is apparent all through the books.
Macaulay's favorite Dorset gets rather hard
As far back as pens have known how to
measure, while the vilest scoundrel unhung in
drip ideas, we have bewailed our decaying vir-
Charles's court-John, Lord Rochester,-be-
tues and extolled the virtues of our ancestors.
cause he turns coward in the dregs of his life
Nevertheless, some of us cling to the faith that
and talks religion to the simple-hearted Bur-
the world has (in spite of sad slips now and
net, escapes with pity rather than stripes.
then) grown better on the whole.
Marlborough also, who sold the lives of his
To any doubter, I should recommend a course
countrymen and the honor of his country with
of historical reading. To go back no farther
the same complacency that he previously had
than through what may be called modern times,
sold his own, is generally called - the hero."
say to the seventeenth century, let the pessim-
But, on the other hand, as a rule the por-
ist read Anthony Hamilton's Memoirs de Gran-
traits are characterized by an evident desire to
ville, Pepys' and Evelyn's Journals, and St.
write impartially and, in general, after a care-
Simon's Portraits ; and then, creeping down
ful study of authorities, though we miss some
toward our time, the letters of Madame de
sufficiently attainable and most valuable books,
Sévigné, of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, of
like Orrery's recollections. We may not, also,
Walpole and Chesterfield; the memoirs of
accept some of the judgments of the authors.
Lord Orrery and of Lord Hervey, and Bos-
Why should the particularly nauseous - Bubb
well's “ the little Burneys'” gossip about the
Dobbington ” elbow his coarse features into
court, and Mrs. Thrale-Piozzi's recollections,
the presence, while the accomplished and bril-
-so on to the Gréville books. If this (which
liant Halifax, Macaulay's Halifax, the great
is but a slight and, so to speak, conventional
“ trimmer," — is quite left out, and the grace-
tour on the highway of history) seem too labor-
ful patron of the arts in the next generation
* QUEENS OF SOCIETY. By Grace and Philip Wharton. (Pope's Ilalifax) is dismissed with a mob of
Illustrated. Two volumes. Philadelphia : Porter & Coates.
the Kit-Kat Club? Nor is the title of L. E. L.
WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY. By Grace and Philip
to be a Queen of Society very well maintained.
Wharton. Illustrated. Two volumes. Philadelphia: Porter
& Coates.
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more about St. Evremond. Very touching is haps on that subject it does not become us to
the picture of his old age, still faithful to the be too noisy. But still we may certainly con-
idol of his youth, seen every day, “ a little old gratulate ourselves on a vital improvement in
man in a coif, carried along Pall Mall in a sedan our morals. Our Lord Chesterfields do not
chair, to the apartment of Madame Mazarin commend refined vice to their sons. Yet was
in St. James "; and always taking with him Chesterfield much more than the cynical wit
that “pound of butter, made in his own little that our authors would make him. He was a
dairy, for her breakfast.”
kind master and a merciful ruler,--as is quite
But (which brings us back to the text) none apparent even in the Whartons' brief sketch.
of these people were saints. Most of them And he was capable of affections ; if the false
were very vile sinners indeed. It was a day philosophy of his time required him to disown
when gentlemen could cheat at cards. De them, he entertained them in secret.
Grammont used to brag of his feats in that The second volume brings us down to the
line : and De Grammont was by no means the threshold of our own times. The orgies of
worst of his generation,—though he was hardly good society under the patronage of “the first
these present biographers would gentleman of Europe” are described with con-
paint him. There were, in fact, some ugly siderable vividness and some wit. Brummel
stories about him. One, it might be expected has a good-sized article to himself. Of the
our authors would know; I refer to that little three beaux described, he is the most contempt-
expedition the Hamilton brothers made when ible—not so brutal as Fielding, but a dozen
he was leaving England in a great hurry. | times more cowardly; and not to be compared
They overtook the count, and the dialogue was with that good-natured profligate and gambler
brief: “ M. le Compte, you have forgotten who was the King of Bath.
something in London.” “Oh yes, gentlemen, a Among them all, Sidney Smith, with his
thousand pardons! I have forgotten to marry generous heart and clean wit, is as refreshing
your sister.” So he rode back and married
as a frost in yellow fever times. He is de-
“ the beautiful Hamilton ” with the best grace scribed with actual affection by the writers.
in the world.
No wonder : he is an example of a peculiarly
Consider the court for a moment: it is a English type, the man whose spirituality takes
court of bows and formal compliments and yet the form of robust good works rather than
inconceivable brutalities; where fine ladies do mystical contemplation. Sidney Smith is a
not always wash their faces, and fine gentlemen lineal descendant, in the spirit, of Latimer and
can be, like Lord Rochester, “ not sober for Tillotson, of martyrs who were quite equal to
five years ”; where lords of the privy council swinging their swords for the faith, and saints
have drunken brawls, and the elegant wits of who believed in good temper and good dinners
the court circulate doggerel billingsgate as the and warm flannels for the poor.
most elegant amusement of their day. Does The authors are very good-natured to the
anyone imagine that our present society, though
kind-hearted Duchess of Devonshire, in spite
we should take the word of its harshest critic
of her dubious relations with Fox, and that
for it, deserves to be compared to that com-
wild canvass where she gave a kiss to the
pany of blacklegs and bullies and inexpress-
butcher. They are even more amiable to Lady
ible “ ladies of quality" !
Mary Wortley Montagu, dismissing very cav-
The next generation is more decent-al-
alierly the sinister gossip about her. And
though what reader of the “ Spectator " and
they are reasonably kind to Madame de Sé-
the “ Tatler” does not recall the jeremiads on
vigné. However, they make amends by fall-
“our degenerate manners”! It is better air for
ing upon Madame Récamier, to whom they
an honest man's breathing; but bad enough
leave very little more than "charm of manner"
it is and continues. Sir Robert Walpole was
and “a certain show of affection."
a practical politician, good-natured, jovial, mu-
For the other Queens, of whom there are
nificent, perfectly unscrupulous. There is a
nineteen in all, as well as for many delightful
good portrait of him in the article on Lord
Wits and Beaux, of whom there are twenty-
Hervey, and another in the article on his son
one, I must refer the reader to these most en-
Horace. Lord Hervey is treated with more
tertaining and instructive volumes. They teach
consideration, let me say in passing, than poor
many lessons, but perhaps more than all they
Horace, who gets pelted again for Chatterton.
may teach us Hope.
Bribery rose to the dignity of patriotism. Per-1"
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HOLIDAY PUBLICATIONS.
annotated with a view of assisting the reader to
compare the preliminary draft with the finished lit-
Touching the general quality of the Holiday Pub erary product.
lications of the present season, we note an advance In point of the substantial literary and artistic
in actual worth and serviceableness, especially in value of their Christmas publications, Messrs. Por-
the line of artistic illustration and substantial make-ter & Coates take rank this year with the strongest
up, indicating, no doubt, a corresponding advance of their competitors. Certainly the most fastidious
in the taste of the public in these matters. Dealers will find little to cavil at in their luxurious edition of
are no longer called upon to supply an unconscion- “ Romola” - a literary gem well worthy of the
able demand for the flimsy and garish knick-knack- | princely setting they have given it. The work, in
ery so attractive to children of larger as of smaller two small octavos, printed from entirely new plates,
growth; and the over-ornate and unwieldy “table- is illustrated with sixty exquisite photogravures of
books”- Briareus himself could scarcely have han Florentine views, sculpture, paintings, etc., and con-
dled some of them—are giving way to choicely tains an excellent portrait of George Eliot. The
bound and illustrated classics proportioned to shelf strong local color of Romola ” fits well this style
and hand. To the increased demand upon their of illustration ; and the publishers have done the
taste, invention, and enterprise, our publishers have work so thoroughly that scarcely an available nook
responded in a way that denotes that one American or corner of Florence, or a gem of Florentine art,
industry, at least, has outgrown the swaddling-clothes has been neglected. To read “ Romola " in this
of industrial infancy.
edition is almost as good as reading it under the
We shall congratulate those of our friends who | shadow of Giotto's tower itself.
are lucky enough to find a copy of Houghton's new Between the edition of “ Romola” just noticed
edition of Longfellow's “ Hiawatha " among their and the one issued by Messrs. Estes and Lauriat, the
Christmas gifts, and we wish Longfellow himself purchaser will find it difficult to choose. There is,
could have seen his favorite poem in such a setting. perhaps, a difference in point of print in favor of
The work is elaborately illustrated with twenty-two the former ; but the two editions are so similar in
full-page photogravures and four hundred text il general form, and of such uniform artistic merit,
lustrations, all by Mr. Frederic Remington, and is that choice between them is largely a matter of in-
prefaced by a finely-executed steel portrait of Long dividual preference. In the Estes volumes the il-
fellow. Mr. Remington's exhaustive studies of In lustrations (there are 60 etchings and photo-etch-
dian life and manners have especially fitted him ings) are printed in a variety of delicate tints-a
for this task, and lend to his illustrations a pho | feature that will prove attractive to lovers of color.
tographic realism rather novel in works of this na | Lippincott's holiday list is headed by a stately
ture. Their realism, however, does not prevent imperial octavo entitled “A Mosaic,” which will
the illustrations from reflecting adequately the poetic be outranked, probably, by none of the art publica-
charm and pathos of the poem, the touching in- tions of the present season. The work contains
cidents of the close of the narrative being treated twenty-two photogravure reproductions of repre-
with marked sympathy and grace. A unique fea sentative paintings by members of the Artists' Fund
ture of the volume are the cuts of Indian pipes, Society of Philadelphia, each plate being accompa-
tomahawks, spears, quivers, arrows, ornaments, etc., nied by an appropriate text in prose or verse. The
scattered profusely up and down the margins — photogravures are excellent, and the designs seem
an arrangement which, though useful, we confess to us on the whole decidedly creditable to American
does not altogether please us. The photogravures art. Two of the plates are particularly good : an
are finely done, and the volume, all in all, exhibits | ideal figure of "Art" by Stephen Ferris, and “ Mak-
a high degree of mechanical excellence.
ing the Harbor" by Jas. B. Sword-a marine with
Messrs. Houghton & Co. also issue, in two.comely finely managed mist effects. The ensemble of the
octavos, daintily yet durably bound in green silk, volume is exceedingly good—dainty yet durable-
an edition of Hawthorne's “ Our Old Home” that and will appeal to the fastidious book-lover.
lovers of good books will find hard to resist. These We fancy that exacting book-buyers will linger
little volumes, perfect in form and page, are beauti- a good while over copies of Putnam's edition of
fully illustrated with photogravures of choice bits - Holland and Its People," by Edmondo de Amicis,
of English scenery, the original photographs of before laying them aside. The work itself is a fine
which were taken at the time the material for the bit of descriptive writing, true to facts, yet warmed
volume was collected. “ Our Old Home” is the and tinged by the ardent imagination of a sym-
literary outcome of Hawthorne's sojourn in England pathetic writer keenly appreciative of the character
from the spring of 1853 to the summer of 1860— and deeds of the Hollanders who have won their
years perhaps the happiest, certainly the most suc soil foot by foot from the ocean, as they have won
cessful in point of worldly prosperity, of his life. their national existence foot by foot from foreign
Much of the material composing the sketches in tyranny. But the merits of de Amicis' work are
this work occurs in an embryonic form in “ The sufficiently known. The present translation, by
English Note Books ”; and the present edition is ! Caroline Tilton, seems to be well done; and the


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outward features of the book, print, paper, illustra the period -- the frontispiece, a portrait of the
tion, and binding, are of first-rate quality.
Frate, being one of the best and clearest bits of
Last year we had occasion to commend a charm- photogravure that we have seen.
ing édition de luxe of Ludovic Halévy's "The Abbé Messrs. Crowell's handsome new edition of June
Constantin," published by Dodd, Mead & Co. The Eyre” is a timely publication. The literary merit
same publishers have prepared for the present of Miss Brontë's powerful novel, its astonishing
sea on a no less charming companion volume by vogue when first published, its strong characteriza-
the same author, “ A Marriage for Love." The tions and gruesomely fascinating situations, need
story is a pretty sentimental trifle, with an airy and not be enlarged upon here; but we may say to any
graceful movement that is well kept up in Mr. | who have not read it that it contains the condensed
Potter's translation. The illustrations, by Wilson essence of a dozen average novels. “Jane Eyre,”
de Meza, show some capital figure work, and, | despite occasional lurid effects and exaggerations,
though somewhat unequal in drawing, are as a is a master-work of fiction, and we are pleased to
whole a delight to look upon. The volume is a see it in the handsome dress given it in this edition
quarto, printed with considerable elegance, and —although we must say that the illustrations seem
bound in a silk portfolio. It takes a high place to us hardly up to the other features.
among the more expensive gift books of the year. Mr. George Saintsbury's fine translation of Mér-
One of the most sumptuous volumes on our list imée's kaleidoscopic tale “A Chronicle of the Reign
is Prang & Co.'s The Golden Flower Chrysan of Charles IX” is well worthy the sumptuous set-
themum.” The gilded splendors of this work quite ting which the Cassell Company have given it. The
make one's eyes ache. Its most striking features are volume is profusely illustrated with vignettes in the
fifteen full-page chromo-lithographs — handsomely French manner after the spirited designs of Edouard
reproduced from water-color designs by F. Schuyler Tadouze. The work—a series of dramatic episodes
Matthews, J. and S. Callowhill, and Alois Lunzer and character sketches, rather than a continuous
-of that fashionable and prolific flower, the Chrys-
| narrative-lends itself readily to the illustrator ;
anthemum, which is shown in all the glory of its and M. Tadouze has made the most of his oppor-
native hues. Having sufficiently feasted his eyes
| tunities. The same firm issue, in similar form,
upon pictorial splendors, the purchaser may turn Balzac's “ The Chouans,” also translated by Mr.
for intellectual solace to the poetic muse—the pub Saintsbury; but the illustrations in this volume
lishers having judiciously added to their “ Flower seem to us to fall considerably short of those in its
Show” a number of choice selections from Oliver companion. · Each work is prefaced by a critical
Wendell Holmes, R. H. Stoddard, Browning, Edith sketch, by Mr. Saintsbury, of the respective authors.
M. Thomas, and others.
Readers of -- Harper's Monthly” will recall with
We believe that Biblical students will find in pleasure the selections from Wordsworth's Sonnets,
Edward L. Wilson's - In Scripture Lands” (Scrib illustrated by Alfred Parsons, that appeared in that
ner), the most serious and accurate account of the magazine some months ago. Messrs. Harper &
Holy Land as it is that has yet been issued, the au Brothers now issue the Sonnets in a very handsome
thor of the work having conducted his researches quarto volume, making one of the most acceptable
in the light of modern Biblical topography, and gift-books of the season. Mr. Parsons's drawings
having resisted the temptation to sentimentalize are, for the most part, exquisite, and admirably
and overcolor to which travellers in Palestine usu- reflect the restful calm that pervades the verse.
ally, and not unnaturally, yield. The volume, a In their holiday edition of Austin Dobson's Sun
handsorne large octavo, is enriched with 150 illus- | Dial” Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co. have managed to
trations engraved from photographs taken by Mr. make a pretty larre book out of a rather short
Wilson himself, who is certainly an expert with the | poem. But, though Mr. Dobson's airy little verses
camera. The tasteful make-up of the book, and seem rather overweighted in so sumptuous a dress,
the attractiveness of the illustrations, render it an the volume is a beautiful one, with its profuse il-
appropriate holiday gift.
lustration in photogravure and with pen-and-ink
The cultured book-buyer will appreciate the un- sketches by Geo. Wharton Edwards—the ensemble
pretentious elegance of Putnam's edition of Mar- being graceful and in keeping with the text.
garet Vere Farrington's charming romance - Fra Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer's “ The Devil's
Lippo Lippi.” Fra Filippo is an interesting though Picture Books” (Dodd) is a work that would as-
not very estimable character. A libertine priest, a suredly have won the heart of that rigidly con-
contemporary of Masaccio and the saintly Fra An- , scientious whist-player, Mrs. Sarah Battle- though
gelico, his physical and spiritual make-up impelled she would probably have demurred to its title. The
him to side with the - Naturalists” in the great book is a history of playing-cards compiled frem
schisın then beginning to divide modern art. His | the contents of several rare works (now out of
life is full of dramatic incident—a romance in it-l print) on the subject. There are sixteen full-page
self—and affords materials of which our author has plates in color, and a number of cuts in black and
availed herself with taste and discretion. The il- white, representing the cards of different nations
lustrations are fine reproductions of paintings of ani periods, unique styles and fashions of cards, etc.


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Our holiday list contains no more charmingly In “Our New England” (Roberts) Mr. Hamil-
dainty and artistic volume than Austin Dobson's ton W. Mabie discourses pleasantly and intelligently
*Memoir of Horace Walpole” (Dodd). The work of the familiar scenes of rural New England-her
contains eleven etchings by Percy Moran—exquisite | trim villages, picturesque nooks, and the changing
things of their kind, and easily worth the price of aspects of wood, lane, and meadow, from Spring to
the volume-besides a number of other plates, il- Spring; and dwells upon a phase of life very dear
lustrative and decorative. Mr. Dobson's Memoir” to many of our best men and women-early days
is in his usual vein, sprightly and entertaining, and in an old-fashioned New England homestead. The
well suited to topic and setting. The work, by the text is finely supplemented by twelve photogravure
way, is not a reprint, but was written especially for reproductious of photographs from nature, which
its publishers.
are wonderfully beautiful.
The tastefulness and originality which character The character of Elizabeth Balch’s “ Glimpses of
ize Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.'s holiday is Old English Homes ” (Macmillan) is sufficiently
sues are well exemplified in a dainty edition of explained by its title. The work is clearly and hand-
Mr. Lowell's popular · Vision of Sir Launfal.” In somely printed, and is well illustrated with some
point of print, paper, and binding, the volume may fifty or more wood-cuts.
fairly be called exquisite ; and its attractiveness is “ The Poet's Year” (Lothrop) is a decorative ob-
enhanced by eight tastefully arranged photogravures long quarto, sumptuously bound in gold cloth, con-
after designs by E. H. Garrett-whose name we do | taining over a hundred illustrations, full page, half
not remember to have before seen appended to figure page, and small text cuts, fairly meritorious in de-
drawings. A portrait of Mr. Lowell that will be
sign and execution. Essentially, the volume is a
new to most readers—it is from a crayon by Page compilation of verses descriptive, severally, of the
in 1842—forms an appropriate frontispiece. changing aspects of Nature during each of the
Messrs. Putnam's “ Exmoor” edition of “Lorna twelve months. The selections have been made by
Doone,” in three dainty, finely-printed volumes,
Oscar Fay Adams, with much taste, from Long-
ought, we think, to please fastidious admirers of Mr. | fellow, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Lowell, and others,
Blackmore's powerful and romantic tale. Our read and the striking external appearance and profuse
ers need not be reminded of the character of this illustration of the work will commend it to a large
novel, or of its rank in modern fiction ; but in justice
class of buyers.
to the publishers it should be added that the present Many of our readers will remember with pleas-
edition is an authorized one, duly approved and ure Mr. M. M. Taylor's etchings in an edition of
honestly paid for—as attested in the author's char Goldsmith's - Deserted Village.” The same artist
acteristic preface.
has this year illustrated a handsome oblong folio
Victor Hugo's "Hans of Iceland ”—a youthful volume of “ English Poems” for the Lippincott
production, written when its author had little ex Company. The volume includes among other poems,
perience of men and things—although highly es “ Flocks and Herds," by Thompson ; " The Lazy
teemed by his countrymen, has been usually omitted Mist,” by Burns ; “ Catherina,” by Cowper ; and
from American editions of his works. The book, “Autumn," by Wordsworth,--all containing well-
however, is not only of considerable intrinsic merit, defined bits of description readily transferable to
but is important as marking an interesting stage in the etcher's plate. Mr. Taylor's former good work
the writer's development; and we are glad to see has given us the right to expect a good deal from
the handsome edition of it issued by Messrs. Estes him in this volume, and we are not, on the whole,
& Lauriat. The volume is liberally and accept disappointed.
ably illustrated with etchings, photogravures, and 1. We confess we did not expect to see a new edi-
half-tone plates from designs by French artists. tion of the perennial “ Sheridan's Ride" this season,
An account of Our Early Presidents, their Wives but one appears from the Messrs. Lippincott's press,
and Children,” written by Mrs. H. T. Upton, is and a very attractive one, too. While the poem is,
published, with profuse illustrations, by D. Lothrop perhaps, a trifle hackneyed, it is stirring, patriotic,
Company. The Presidents included are Washing and popular, and presents opportunities for spirited
ton, the Adamses, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and
illustration of which the artists have availed them-
Jackson. These are treated in their private rather selves acceptably in the present edition. Press-
than their public lives; we are shown their fam work, paper, and binding are of the best.
ilies, their homes, their surroundings and daily oc Messrs. Estes & Lauriat issue a handsome port-
cupations, and thus get an idea not only of the folio of a series of portraits of - Our Great Actors.”
characters themselves, but of the manners and cus- The set comprises Booth as Richelieu, Salvini as
toms of the time in which they lived. As a collec Macbeth, Jefferson as Bob Acres, Coquelin as Mas-
tion of historical portraits alone-most of them re carille, Barrett as Francesca da Rimini, and Ir-
produced from family paintings and miniatures- ving as Mephistopheles. Of these, Coquelin as
the volume is both interesting and valuable; while Mascarille is decidedly the best, though all are
its handsome typography and cloth-of-gold binding characteristic likenesses. Each portrait is printed
will make it a noticeable and acceptable gift-book. i in bright colors and is separately mounted.


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The delicate tints and graceful exuberance of broad white band at the top. “Life” is a bright
fancy displayed in a chaste oblong quarto entitled little sheet of more refinement than the average
** Dreams of the Sea” (Estes) will ensure it a fair “ comic” paper; and the selections for the present
share of notice. Each plate is accompanied by an volume seem to have been well made.
appropriate verse--the selections being made by A unique work, and one of considerable interest
Lula Mac Whorter.
withal, is one entitled - Curious Creatures in Zool-
An attractive holiday souvenir is Mrs. M. B. M. ogy" (Cassell). The work is not a scientific dis-
Toland's - Tisayac of the Yosemite” (Lippincott) sertation, but a compilation from the old natural-
-a cleverly-versified Indian myth relating to the ists, described by the compiler, Mr. John Ashton,
origin of the Bridal Veil Falls of the Yosemite. as “A collection of Zoological curiosities put to-
The poem treats of the love of a young brave for gether to suit the popular taste of to-day.” The
the spirit Tisayac, a theme full of the subtle charm book contains 150 quaint cuts in sepia-tint of the
of these artless legends of forest and river. The strangest monsters imaginable, which suggest that
volume is finely illustrated by such capable artists the nightmares which afflicted the “ Old Natural-
as Bolton Jones, Herman Simon, Henry Sandham, ists” must have been of a specially virulent char-
and John J. Boyle, and the text is interspersed acter.
with graceful floral designs in a neutral tint.
Messrs. Dɔdd, Mead & Co.'s edition of George
Messrs. Estes & Lauriat's fine edition of Camille Sand's pastoral tale “ The Haunted Pool” is a
Flammarion's astronomical romance--rhapsody is, tasteful quarto illustrated with fourteen etchings of
perhaps, the better word -- Urania,” should be fav- unusually good quality by Rudaux. The transla-
orably received. Some idea of the character of the tion, by Frank Hunter Potter, is commendable, and
tale may be inferred from the fact that the author the material features of the book are substantial
is President of the Astronomical Society of France ; and elegant.
and we can only say that it is a whimsical yet in Among Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co.'s tasteful and
forming and suggestive jumble of scientific truth well-chosen reprints are two shapely little duodecimo
and fantastic conjecture woven into the semblance volumes containing George Sand's “ The Gallant
of a romance. The work met with unqualified Lords of Bois Dorée,” translated by Steven Clovis.
success abroad, the publishers being taxed to meet | The work is a romantic picture of the provincial
the demand for it. The present edition is liberally home life of the French nobility of the first half of
illustrated with engravings by Guillaume of Paris. the 17th century, and being sufficiently well spiced
From the press of the Cassell Company comes a with intrigue, personal adventure, love, and com-
handsome edition of Georges Ohnet's well-known bats, it forms a good foil to the edition of George
romance, " The Soul of Pierre.” The translation, Sand's idyllic tale, “ The Haunted Pool,” noticed
by Mary J. Serrano, is well done. The illustra- | above.
tions, although fair, are in some respects rather a “ In and Out of Book and Journal” (Lippincott)
disaj pintment--notably in point of drawing. is a collection of sayings, bright, witty, and senten-
In his compilation entitled “ Christmas in Song, tious, gathered by A. Sidney Roberts, haphazard,
Sketch, and Story” (Harper), Mr. J. P. McCaskey from a variety of sources. The reader's enjoyment
has shown a good deal of taste in selection and ar of the text will be heightened by the characteristic,
rangement. The volume contains nearly 300 songs, semi-humorous, yet always refined, sketches by S.
hymns, and carols, and a number of selections from W. Van Schaick, which are liberally scattered
Wallace, Auerbach, Dickens, and Abbott. A num throughout the pages. The volume is a tasteful
ber of illustrations after Raphael, Murillo, Bou yet inexpensive gift-book.
guereau, and Defregger, add to the attractiveness A little volume of extracts in prose and verse,
of the work, which will make an acceptable Christ entitled - The Day's Message” (Roberts), is one
mas souvenir.
of the most judicious compilations of the kind that
A better antidote to the blues could not easily be we remember to have seen. The book contains a
found than " Voces Populi” (Longmans). It is a page for each day of the year, properly dated, and
small and inexpensive quarto volume—one of those presenting three or four choice extracts culled from
which, opened anywhere, quickly bring a smile to | a wide range of authors. The painstaking efforts
the lips and a twinkle to the eye. That always of the compiler have been well seconded by the
charming writer of facetic, Mr. F. Anstey, is re publishers, who offer the work in a convenient and
sponsible for the text, and Mr. J. Bernard Par- | attractive form.
tridge for the illustrations. The combination is a Three comely duodecimo volumes, bound in or-
happy one, and the result is one of the most thor- chid flowered cloth with backs and half sides of
oughly enjoyable books of the season. The con white vellum cloth, contained in the - Vignette Se-
tents of the book originally appeared in “ Punch.” ries" (Stokes), merit the attention of those seeking
The Frederick A Stokes Company issue the sev- 1 tasteful yet moderate-priced gifts. The volumes
enth volume of their popular series entitled “ The comprise : “ Lucile,” with 100 illustrations by
Good Things of Life" this year in an unusually Frank M. Gregory; “ The Princess, and Other
tasty cover of gold-stamped cadet gray cloth, with | Poems," by Tennyson, illustrated by Chas. Howard


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Johnson ; and the ever popular Lalla Rookh,” children of what may be called the Kate Greenaway
illustrated by Thomas McIlvaine. The poems are type--that is to say, nondescript elves in impossible
well printed on good paper, and the vignettes are situations and costumes, and pink bulbous-headed
liberally scattered through the text in the French babies acting as no real baby ever might, could,
style.
would, or should act.
Under the title “ Leafy Ways,” Messrs. Roberts Messrs. Prang & Co. have, as usual, a number
Brothers publish, in a well-bound, well-printed vol of prettily-designed holiday booklets at moderate
ume, a number of brief studies from Nature origin prices. Among them we notice “The Spirit of the
ally contributed by F. H. Knight to the London | Pine," a nicely-arranged Christmas masque by Es-
“ Daily News.” The papers, breathing the mani ther B. Tiffany, illustrated by Wm. S. Tiffany ;
fold charms of English woods and meadows, are “ The Winds of the Seasons,” verses by Frank T.
well worth reprinting, and their attractiveness is Robinson, and illustrations in tints by L. K. Har-
enhanced by the numerous full-page and text illus- low; “ My Light House,” and other poems, by
trations by E. T. Compton.
Celia Thaxter, illustrated (not very successfully,
“ Thus Think and Smoke Tobacco" (Stokes), a | however) by the author ; - The Story of a Dory,"
XVII. Century rhyme, is one of those curious pub told in verse by Edward Everett Hale, and prettily
lishers' nondescripts which have evidently taxed the illustrated by F. Schuyler Matthews. This last
ingenuity of designer and illustrator to the utter production is a curious little thing, the volume be-
most. The illustrations in this volume seem to us ing cut out in the shape of a dory, and realistically
rather striking than tasteful or interesting. The fitted out with a mast, anchor, and other maritime
" rhymes "are printed on boards, and these are en appliances.
cased in a tied binding.
The Holiday Calendar seems to have become as
Uniform with their fine edition of Daudet's writ- much an established Christmas fact and concomi-
ings — of which “ Kings in Exile” is the latest is tant as the Christmas turkey ; and this year brings
sue — Messrs. Routledge & Sons publish François the usual grist of these many-hued be-ribboned
Coppée's “ Disillusion ; the Story of Amédée's and be-flowered holiday harbingers. Some of the
Youth.” The volume is made up in the French prettiest and most convenient we have seen are from
style, glazed paper, vignettes set in the text, etc., Messrs. Nims & Knight, notably: “ The Kalen-
and the excellent quality of the illustration, from dar from Jap Town," designed by J. Pauline Sun-
the designs of Emile Bayard, together with the ter, a trim booklet of cardboard leaves ornamented
generally sumptuous and tasteful material features with pictures of Japanese life reproduced from
of the book, should render it a welcome addition to water-colors, tied with silk cord and tassel, and
our holiday display.
fitted with a tiny silvered chain for hanging ; - Cal-
Messrs. Nims & Knight issue, in a fair out endar of the Birds,” also designed by Mrs. Sunter,
ward setting, those two old favorites - Tramp, and similar in form to the above; - Calendar of
Tramp, Tramp," and " Tenting on the Old Camp the Months,” made up of twelve cards, one for each
Ground.” Both volumes are acceptably illustrated, month, with appropriate motto and design in col-
and contain, respectively, frontispiece portraits of ors ; • Cosy Corner Calendar,” a series of cheerful
Generals Sheridan and Custer.
indoor scenes lithographed in colors from designs
One of the prettiest of holiday booklets is Prang's by Nelly 0. Lincoln, the leaves tied with white
· Summer Thoughts for Yule Tide," by S. Elgar
ribbon-a pretty and convenient arrangement; and
Benet. The illustrations, in colors, by Louis K.
“ The Seasons Calendar," made up of a separate
Harlow, are very tasteful, as is the cover design in
leaf, emblematically decorated, for each season.
colors and gold.
“ From an Old Love Letter" (Lee & Shepard) is
the rather misleading title of a delicate specimen of
BOOKS FOR TIIE YOUNG.
the Dresden china style of book-making, designed and MANY grown people are unable to look at the
decorated by Miss Irene E. Jerome. Each page
world from a boy's standpoint, and thus their ap-
of the little book is richly illuminated in the missal
preciation of a boy's nature is meagre and defective.
style, and contains a quotation in which the spirit
Boys and men are too apt to look at each other as
of divine rather than of human love is manifest. | natural enemies. But there are some men who
The covers, of imitation antique paper, are tied | never lose their sympathy with boyish life ; and
with bands of floss silk quaintly secured by a seal. among them we must count Mr. Howells, who
From the Frederick A. Stokes Company we have proves his right to this high position by his record
received a set of four large and showy water-colors, of - A Boy's Town” (Harper & Bros.). This story,
separately mounted and arranged for hanging, en decidedly autobiographical in its character, is full
titled respectively : “ The Truant on the Beach” of incidents which go right to the heart of a boy,
and “May Day," by J. Pauline Sunter, and Little as we have practically proved. And in addition to
Folks Wide Awake” and - Little Folks in Dream its juvenile readers, the mothers and fathers will
land.” by Maud Humphrey. The reader will easily find in it a subtle and sympathetic study of boy
surmise that these drawings represent, in the main, nature. Mr. Howells's boy is not alone found in


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Ohio, nor in the Clay and Harrison campaign. education, we are told by Mr. W. 0. Stoddard in
Just such boys gladden our hearts to-day, shout “ Chuck Purdy, the Story of a New York Boy"
themselves hoarse for their various heroes, and (Lothrop). Chuck, an active and observing boy,
form just as many wonderful plans that never come who somehow always fails to distinguish himself in
to fulfilment, except so far as a great deal of happi school, has his ambition aroused by his success in
ness may be considered their end. We differ from every-day life, as he works in his father's grocery
Mr. Howells in his statement that the town crier is store, and begins to realize the worth of education
entirely an institution of the past. In the good old by its uses. He reaches the conclusion that one
town of Nantucket, three years ago, we had the should have studied languages in Babel to be able
pleasure of finding him still extant, and the exact to “tend” in a New York grocery. He is inspired
counterpart of the one we remember in our old to electrify his school audience by “ Old Ironsides,”
New England honie.
after he has become filled with the spirit of the
The present Indian disturbances in the far North poem by wandering among the three-masters in
west lend timeliness and interest to Mr. Moorhead's East River. And as a result of all this practical
little book, “ Wanneta the Sioux” (Dɔdd). It is experience, his school work prospers, with substan-
the story of a young girl just returned from an In tial and enduring results.
dian school, fully alive to the value of what she has To the average boy, thirsting for adventure,
learned, but still loyal to her own people and her Grant Allen's “ Wednesday the Tenth” (Lothrop)
wild life in Dakota. The descriptions of the will prove very acceptable. The scene of the tale
country, of the life of the Indians and their cus is laid in the South Pacific, and the central fact is
toms and ceremonies, are excellent ; the vexed ques- the rescue of missionaries from massacre by natives.
tion of their relation with the whites is treated with The peculiar name involves the question of the rela-
fairness and intelligence. But one can hardly con tion of time to longitude. To older readers the
ceive of the wild Sioux chieftains using such ex book shows many defects in style—involved sen-
pressions as “ Observe the following instructions," tences with superfluous words, and irrelevant
or "The point that I wish to impress upon you," in phrases which weaken the descriptions. The story,
addressing their warriors. The talk of the Indians though ostensibly told by a seafaring man, is neither
is, in fact, the weak part of the book. The illus true to sailor talk nor to that of a landsman, but is
trations consist mostly of portraits of the various a nondescript mixture of both. The book contains,
characters that appear in the book, “ Rain-in-the however, nothing harmful, and the situations are
Face,” “Sitting-Bull,” “ Young-Man-Afraid-of-his sufficiently tragical to suit the most exacting boy.
Horses,” and others whose names are familiar since Pictures of the olden time, more or less success-
the Custer massacre.
ful, are appearing nearly every year; and among
Only second in welcome to a superior new book them we note “Little Great Grandmother," by
for boys should be an improved edition of a super Mrs. Herbert Martin, author of « Bonnie Leslie,”
ior old one. Two happy examples of the latter illustrated by S. Chantrey Corbould, and published
class of publications appear this season in Messrs. by Routledge. This story is an attempt to portray
McClurg & Co.'s new edition of Canon Farrar's the life of a little English lady, brought up with all
* Eric” and Messrs. Crowell & Co.'s new edition the etiquette of her times, and with back-board and
of “ Tom Brown at Rugby.” For thirty years sampler-only in this case the samplers are exempli-
these two books have held their own as boys' clas fied by endless fine sewed seams, not for use, but
sics. Each was written at about the same time, for discipline. The story is a success in so far as
and each depicts the life of a typical English it attempts to depict the formal life and narrow in-
schoolboy of a generation ago. The present edition terests of the little girl of long ago, and the lawless
of “ Eric” is the twenty-fourth. The book is a and irresponsible career of the country squire and
handsome one, and the text is well supplemented his son, whose only relation to their tenants, except-
by seventy-eight original illustrations by W. Gordon | ing festival times of lavish charity, is that of a heart-
Browne. The edition of “ Tom Brown” is also less and grinding master. The illustrations are
probably the best that has yet appeared in America. pleasing, especially as they represent Lady Betty ;
The illustrations, engraved by Andrew, are all that but why sea-views are used as head-pieces for the
could be asked for. It would be interesting to chapters, one is at a loss to discover—for no word
compare at length the two boys Eric and Tom of the sea is in the book.
Brown, but space forbids. The two books were writ That always welcome writer for the young, Nora
ten with the same purpose of showing that the tend- | Perry, gives us this year “Another Flock of Girls”
ency of the English school system of Tom Brown's (Little, Brown & Co.). The opening story of the
and Eric's time was to turn out manly, self-reliant volume, “ May Bartlett's Stepmother,” has already
men; but we cannot but feel that fine characters been approved by the readers of St. Nicholas.”
were not developed by means of the harsh discipline, and we agree with their verdict. “A New Year's
but rather in spite of it.
Call ” also deserves mention, dealing as it does with
How much a wide-awake boy can learn out of the flimsiness of many artificial social distinctions.
school, and how important a part this plays in his | The other stories in this collection have less merit,


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but will doubtless prove interesting to the majority Nature. The plot is well sustained, and the style
of youthful readers.
bright and picturesque.
Among the books which are suited to children A very pleasing and instructive little manual for
all the way from ten to threescore and ten, we may beginners in object-drawing is issued by Roberts
class A. G. Plympton's 6* Dear Daughter Dorothy ” Brothers. The author, Christine Champlin Brush,
(Roberts Brothers). The children proper will find embodies her teaching in a simple story, telling how
it a bright and entertaining story, abounding in a little country girl learned to draw the common
amusing incident and surprising situations; and the objects around her. The directions are clear and
children of older growth will view it as a truthful practical, and the use of a framed pane of glass
and interesting study of quaint child life, skilfully seems to us a very happy idea. The author has
drawn and consistently maintained throughout. kindly stated in her preface that she should be glad
There are some books which appear under the to answer any questions sent through her publishers
guise of juveniles, but are really much better suited in regard to difficulties not sufficiently explained in
to more mature readers on account of the emotions the book.
with which they deal. In this class we should place One of the daintiest bits of coloring and artistic
“ Zoe,” by the author of - Miss Toosey's Mission” design for children greets us this season in Rhymes
(Roberts Brothers). A small waif of a gypsy is
for Little Readers,” lithographed from original
the leading character, but the one whose actions water-colors by Miss A. W. Adams. In addition to
and emotions form the chief feature of the book is the inherent charm of the pictures, we have heavy
Mr. Robins, the organist, who refuses to own the paper and handsome print, and appropriate rhymes
little stranger, although believing him to be his for each picture, both familiar and new, but all
grandchild. The gradual softening of heart, brought with the marked rhythm sure to please a child's
about by the baby, is well portrayed ; and the cheeri-
fancy. (Lothrop.)
ness in the closing scene is a legitimate result of Eleven stories of varying degrees of merit are
this change.
contained in Louise Chandler Moulton's · Stories
The story part of history is about all that a child
Told at Twilight” (Roberts Brothers). The slen-
should be expected to grasp, and good historical der thread of these stories is somewhat marred by
stories for children are always in demand. In some
sentimentality and obscured by badly constructed
respects we may place in this class Ruth Ogden's
sentences. In fact, some of them, which occupy
"A Loyal Little Redcoat” (Stokes). The story
half a dozen pages, would be much more accept-
has some vivid descriptions of New York and vicin-
able if condensed into one.
ity in the old colonial days, the localities being It is well that in the preparation of books for
identified with their present positions. It is a Christmas, the younger children should not be for-
bright and interesting story, and sure to please gotten ; and Mary Lee Eldridge has given them a
young people. The illustrations are many and ad treat in “Mrs. Muff and Her Friends” (De Wolfe.
mirable, and add materially to the interest of the Fiske & Co.), a pleasing collection of stories,
book.
principally about the animals on a farm and how
This season, still another is added to the long they try to manage their own affairs. We wish,
series of Elsie books by Martha Finley—“ Elsie however, she had read - Black Beauty” and pro-
Yachting with the Raymonds ” (Dodd). The char fitted by it in her account of breaking the Shetland
acter of these stories is so well known that no com pony. The cat - Muff” is by her nature and posi-
ment is needed, except that this volume differs from tion the prime mover in all the animals' affairs, and
many of the others by containing more facts and
we have some interesting experiences of her brother,
less moralizing. It begins with a trip down the Molly Garfield's cat of the White House. How
Hudson, then to Newport, and later in a yacht the children mistook a bear for Santa Claus is es-
along the New England coast, introducing through pecially pleasing in its illustration. The book is
out these trips the history of the localities, told in
made both acceptable and useful by strong paper,
interesting narrative to the children.
good print, and several interesting pictures.
The child who loves Nature often gives person J. T. Trowbridge's books are too well known to
ality to his companions of the woods and fields. need comment, and are always sure of a welcome
To him, as to Emerson, the branches speak Ital- from the boys. The latest one, " The Kelp Gath-
ian, English, Basque, Castilian.” By such children erers” (Lee & Shepard), is a story of the Maine
Lily Wesselhoeft's - The Winds, the Woods, and coast. The plot is simple, but carefully worked
the Wanderer ” (Roberts Bros.) will be appreciated. out, and in the end the good triumphs, according to
The story is based on the affection of Nature for a Trowbridge's usual plan.
little boy, whose guardian, not appreciating his ar | Mr. Boyesen gives us this season another story
tistic powers, wishes to educate him to be a busi in the wonted style which has proved so acceptable
ness man. Through all the vicissitudes brought to juvenile readers—"Against Heavy Odds” (Scrib-
about by this misunderstanding, he is constantly ner). Its scene is laid in a fishing village on the
watched over by his friends of the woods and fields, coast of Norway. The old magnate of the village
and by an Indian boy who shares his kinship with has lost all his property through the villainy of his


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clerk, who succeeds to his high position and in book is the delightfully natural and manly little
fluence, and uses his power to oppress his poorer boy Christopher, and the scene is a seaside and
neighbors. Ingoman Vang, the son of the ruined country home in England. But besides the boy
man, has invented a wonderful harpoon, which is we have a circle of just such grown people as it is
to revolutionize the whale-fishing and retrieve their good for a boy to be with, and chief among them
ruined fortunes. His way to success, beset with { Christopher's invalid friend, - Mr. Sandy.” The
difficulties and snares by his enemies, furnishes an many ups and downs of the two children, Chris-
interesting and well-sustained plot.
topher and Eruline, in their search for adventure,
The idea that everything we learn may sometime especially in their expedition to destroy the fabu-
be turned to good account, is carried out in W. 0. lous - scarker,” are delightful reading, full of Chris-
Stoddard's “ Crowded Out o’ Crofield ” (Apple topher's quaint, bright ideas. The illustrations are
ton), which has been running through - St. Nich both pleasing and appropriate.
olas " the past year, and is now issued in book One feels the breath of the sea and the roar of
form. It is the experiences of a country boy in the breakers in Laura E. Richards's “Captain
New York, and shows how a quick-witted energetic January” (Estes), a well-written story of a light-
boy carries in himself the secret of success. The house island on the Maine Coast. Here, among
story is bright, interesting, and natural and improv - the winds and the waves and the wild uproar,”
ing reading for any boy. It is illustrated with clear lives Captain January, the lighthouse keeper, and
and effective wood-cuts.
little - Star," a beautiful child who as a baby was
Stories of a miner's life in the Rocky Mountains washed ashore from a wreck. Captain January's
are so numerous, and often given with such rosy character as a genuine sailor is especially well
coloring, that a tale like Ernest Ingersoll's "Silver drawn, and his talk and maxims are typical of a
Caves” (Dodd) is truly refreshing, leaving out as į man of strong feelings, shrewd common-sense, and
it does the romantic ele nent, and giving a plain i manliness. His doctrine that it takes but three
record of the daily toil and dangers of this isolated things to bring up a baby, “ The Lord's help, com-
life. In this story of the various difficulties which mon-sense, and a cow,” works well in such hands
beset the path of the young miner in his attempt as his. The story of his island life, where he edu-
to hold and develop his claim, the murderous and cates - Star" from the Bible and Shakespeare, is
unscrupulous nature of the rough border settler is full of bright touches of wit and wisdom, as well as
well portrayed. The illustrations, especially the picturesque description.
landscapes, are quite good.
Children's lives are often directed by some prin-
The boys who were last year fascinated by - Kib- ciples entirely apart from the thoughts of their
boo Ganey” will be no less pleased to know that elders. We find such an instance in Stella Austin's
Walter Wentworth has prepared a sequel in “ The i story of Paul and his friend, a Story for Children
Drifting Island ” (Roberts), the same island that ! and the Childlike” (Ditton), with sixteen illustra-
figured in “ Kibboo Ganey.” This book deals with | tions by Sebastian Gats. Two philosophical little
the same characters—Colonel Leslie, Bob, Ted, and | twins, Paul and Paulina, are firmly impressed with
the dog Jack, and foremost of all, Nap, the lost the truth of the old German fairy story of - The
chief, for whose rescue from the slave hunters the Cold Heart”-the story that runs through so many
expedition is undertaken. The story is told in good languages and times, of the man who sold his heart
English, and will be an acceptable addition to any to an evil spirit for the sake of wordly prosperity,
boy's library.
and at length, after long years of wealth and mis-
Around Normandy, and especially around Mt. ery, by true repentance regains his own warm beat-
St. Michael, stories of chivalry naturally cluster; ing heart, and with it his sympathy for his fellow-
and this is the scene of Marguerite Bouvet's story men. The children's faith in this story leads them
of - Sweet William” (McClurg). This has for its to look with compassion on those who are harsh and
theme the time-honored one of the jealousy of an hard in their dealings with others, as being com-
elder son for his younger brother. There are tra pelled to this course by their cold heart; and on
gedies in consequence, which, however, end satis the results of this compassion depend the thread of
factorily. There are good picturesque descriptions the story. The scene is laid first in a wealthy En-
and life-like delineations of character, and the plot glish home, and later, when the children lose their
is interesting and well carried out.
fortune, in a French village, where their father sup-
Alice Weber's - When I'm a Man, or Little St. ports them by his paintings, and the children still
Christopher” (Dutton & Co.) is the story of a lit- lead a joyous life. Taken all in all, it is a sweet
tle boy who wants to become a strong man that his and refreshing story, pleasing in description and
father may be proud of him. He learns from his true throughout to the personality of its hero and
namesake .. Christopher couchant,” he being Chris- heroine. The illustrations are quite good. but rather
topher rampant,” the lesson that a strong man is monotonous in tone.
one who endures and is cheerful under great bodily. Though a certain class of persons have pene-
weakness, as well as one who goes out to do battle ' trated the mysteries of Theosophy, or think they
with the world. The principal character of the have done so, it hardly seems probable that children


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will be interested in such speculations as Mrs. J. ful and fairy-like. The fairy princess Forget-me-
Campbell Ver Planck has set forth in her - Won- not resides in the west turret of the castle and in-
der Light and Other Tales; True Philosophy for terests herself in the welfare of the children, whom
Children,” dedicated to Helena Petrovna Blavat- she spirits from place to place in her misty blue
sky. The field for a child's healthy mental work mantle, almost as intangible as the golden mist of
in the visible and the tangible, and whatever spec. Fouqué's Aslanga. There is a moral, but so skil-
ulation grow out of these will have a strict and fully concealed in the story that it will be useful
logical connection with the real. This we can and not offensive.
hardly way of Mrs. Campbell's so-called philosophy, Grace Denio Litchfield has collected a number
and we heartily sympathize with the little boy on of her stories, which have already given much
whom all these theories are poured out, when he pleasure to the readers of “ The Century,” “ The
says, “ Make me understand better, dear Light.” | Atlantic," --All the Year Round,” and “The In-
Through the whole book the child's common-sense dependent,” into a volume, with the title · Little
in far superior to the writer's philosophy. There, Venice, and Other Stories" (Putnam). The stories
are many good ideas scattered through the book, are well worthy a more permanent, form than a
but, obscured by mysticism, they would fail to ap- i periodical can afford. In - Little Venice ” one is
peal to the mind of a child as they might in some at loss which to appreciate most—the wonderful
other connection. We cannot too decidedly de | description of the marshes, with the ever-varying
precate the spirit of the first chapter, in which the tints and silvery water paths, or the delineations of
false relation of the father and mother is appar- human character and passions. Altogether the sto-
ently gloated over. Neither do we consider that ries are admirable in their pathos and their merri-
bad grammar put into the child's mouth makes him ment, and we close the book with a desire for more.
appear more childlike.
In war literature for the young, the season brings
For a unique and entertaining fairy book, we the closing volume of C. C. Coffin's admirable se-
would recommend Mabel Louise Fuller's "In Poppy ries covering the whole period of the Civil War.
Land” (De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.) This is a collec-
| The present volume is called “ Freedom Triumph-
tion of weven new fairy stories of the good old fash-
ant” (Harper), and covers the period from Sep-
ioned type, in which all sorts of impossibilities are tember, 1864, to the end of the Rebellion. Mr.
male possible. Here flourishes the griffin who is Willis J. Abbot presents his annual war book, un-
really an enchanted prince, the serpent stone with der the title of - Battle Fields and Camp Fires"
itx wonderful transforming power, the magic mir (Dodd). It is a narrative of the principal military
ror, and the fascinating fairy devices. We are at
operations of the Civil War. “ Rodney the Parti-
a loss to name the best story when all are so good, san” (Porter & Coates ) is a continuation of Cas-
but " The Princess Astra” and “ The Fascinating tlemon's war series. All the above are profusely
Griffin” are among the best.
illustrated. “ The Grand Army Picture Book”
Ingersoll Lockwood's “ Little Giant Boab and (Routledge) presents brief descriptions of the lead-
his Talking Raven Tabib” (Lee & Shepard) is a ing events of the war, with large illustrations, many
mirth-provoking account of a descendant of Pepin of them in colors.
the Little, who is supposed to inherit many of his | Two charming picture-books in colors are “Baby
wonderful traits from his illustrious ancestry. At | Sweethearts" and "Tiny Toddlers" (Stokes). They
least, so the preface tells us, and kindly adds that are lar re folios, containing sketches in color and
we may treat these truly Munchausen adventures
outline by Maud Humphrey, with verses by Helen
like other · Castles in Spain ” and accept or reject Gray Cone. The baby faces and figures are very
them. But whichever we may do, the humor and
winning, and the volumes are a credit to their
genuine sense of the ridiculous which pervades the
publisher. “ Two Little Tots on their Way through
book ensures much enjoyment for the reader, es the Year" (Stokes ) is a dainty little volume con-
pecially if read in company of appreciative friends.
taining new pictures in colors by Pauline Sunter,
The many illustrations by Clifton Johnson add
and new verses by Josephine Pollard. Another
greatly to the text, being clear, forcible, and gro-
book in colors that might almost be called unique
tesque.
is Good Children and Bad ” (Cassell ), illustrated
* Maroussin, a Maid of Ukraine" ( Dodd), trans- by M. B. de Monvel. It contains some most spir-
lated from the French of P. J. Stahl by Cornelia ited object-lessons in manners, and points its moral
W. Cyr, is a thrilling story of the heroic struggle in a quite irresistible way for both good children
for independence of the inhabitants of Ukraine, and bad.
more than a hundred years ago. The book, how- | We have room for only a word of praise—but it
ever, is not a tale of bloody battles, but of peasant- is a hearty one — for Palmer Cox's - Another
life on the grassy steppes and in the forest. The Brownie Book” (Century Co.), a continuation or
story is told with simplicity and strength.
extension of his " Brownie Book ” of last year, and,
In her - Children of the Castle" (Macmillan). like it, irresistibly attractive to young folks. Other
Mrs. Molesworth deals with real flesh-and-blood commendable story-books, which we have space
children. The story, howerer, partakes of the fancia, only to enumerate, are — "Struggling Upward"


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(Porter & Coates), a new volume in the “ Way to
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a Lark, and other Christmas Stories ” (Century
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“The Abbé Constantin." Translated by Frank Hunter
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The Golden Flower-Chrysanthemum: Verses by vari-
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Tales ” (Putnam), collected by Joseph Jacobs, and
The Chouans. By H. de Balzac. Newly translated into
illustrated by John D. Batten ; and a new edition of English by George Saintsbury. With 100 engravings by
• Swiss Family Robinson” (Routledge), with pro-
Léveillé, after drawings by Julien le Blant. 4to, pp. 418,
gilt top. Cassell Pub'g Co. $7.50.
fuse illustrations, many of them in colors.
A Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX. By Prosper
The annual crop of travels, etc., for the young
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4to, pp. 309, uncut, gilt top. Cassell Pub'g Co. $7.50.
in Great Britain and Ireland ” (Harper); Heze A History of Greek Literature. By Thomas Sergeant
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remarkable adventures in America, Alaska, and Romola. By George Eliot. Illustrated with 60 Photo-
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Bound volumes of the juvenile periodicals for The Poets' Year: Original and Selected Poems Embody-
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HISTORY OF MY PETS.–Stories of My Childhood.
By GRACE GREENWOOD. New edition, revised and enlarged, with new illustrations. 12mo, cloth, gilt,
$1.00 per volume.
Mrs. Lippincott (Grace Greenwood) is now in New York, where the United States Book Company is bringing out a new
edition of her works, revised and enlarged.
THE KING'S DAUGHTERS.
By Mrs. ELLEN E. Dickinson. Small quarto, illustrated, $1.25.
A small quarto edition of “The King's Daughters," illustrated with numerous half-tone plates from original designs for
this work, by E. J. Austin. The book is one which appeals particularly to the numerous member
and America. The tone of the work is moral and healthy, and the illustrations have been drawn carefully and skilfully.
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THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES. GEORGE MEREDITH, Novelist and Poet ;
By J. McNEILL WHISTLER. Being a collection of his
Some Characteristics.
writings edited by himself. 12mo, cloth, with cover spec- | By Richard LE GALLIENNE, author of “ My Ladies'
ially designed by Mr. Whistler, $2.00. An Edition de Lure, Sonnets,”: “ Volumes in Folio,” etc. With a bibliography
limited to 300 copies, issued on hand-made paper, each copy by John Lane and a note by W. Morton Fullerton on the
reception of George Meredith's works in America. Regular
numbered and signed by Mr. Whistler, $10.00.
edition, price $2.00; American Edition de Luxe, limited to
The first edition of this remarkable book was exhausted
25 copies, $10.00. With an illustration of the novelist's
in a few days, and the second edition is selling rapidly, while
chalet from a pen and ink sketch by his son, Mr. W. M.
only a few of the Edition de Lure are left.
i Meredith, and a portrait.
LETTERS TO LIVING AUTHORS.
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A limited Edition de Luxe printed on hand-made paper and tastefully bound, $5.00.
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What Shall We Give to Our Boys and Girls ?
WIDE AWAKE has no superior in the world as a wide-
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There are so many pitfalls in the path toward culture which our boys and girls must tread, so much that is
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T. Y. CROWELL & CO.'S NEW BOOKS.
THE FOUNDING OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE / DEAL HAPPENINGS. By MRS. WILLIAM CLAF-
BY WILLIAMI. Translated from the German of HEIN . Lin. 12mo, booklet style, 30 cents.
RICH VON SYBEL, by Professor MARSHALL LIVINGSTON Under the above attractive title, Mrs. ClaAin has collected
PERRIN, of the Boston University. 5 volumes, 8vo, cloth.
into a little volume of less than fifty pages, five simple, un-
$10.00); half morocco, $15,00).
affected stories from actual life. They are all pleasantly told,
Vol. I. is now ready ; Vol. II. will be published Jan. 1, and and are filled with a warm feeling of love and humanity.
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TANE EYRE. By CHARLOTTE BRONTE. With 18 | THE ROBBER COUNT. By Julius WOLFF. Trans-
J Ilustrations engraved by ANDREW. Carefully printed , Ilated from the Twenty-third German Edition by W.
from beautiful type on superior calendered paper. 2 vols., HENRY and ELIZABETH R. WINSLOW. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.
12.0. Cloth, gilt top, boxed, $7.00); half calf, 59.00. Eilis!
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This masterpiece among Julius Wolff's prose romances is
laid in medieval times and, as in “The Saltmaster,” the au-
Japan proofs mounted, $10.00.
thor has caught the spirit of those days and transferred it to
* Jane Eyre" is one of the books which seem destined to his pages. A notable addition to our list of historical fiction.
live. Its original and vivid style, its life-like and powerful plot,
its tremendous moral purport (once misunderstood, but now TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS. By Thomas
recognized), make it one of the most absorbing novels ever i 1 Hughes. With 53 Illustrations engraved by ANDREW,
written. The present illustrated edition 19 as perfect as well |
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erer beproduced. Press-work, paper, illustrations, and bind-
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COSPEL STORIES. Translated from the Russian
Praise or comment on this classic would be a work of super-
erogation. Every parent sooner or later puts it into his chil-
U of Count L. N. Tolstoï by NATHAN HASKELL DOLE. dren's hands. We can only say that the prese
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