events as forming part of the lives of real men and women, who are men and women none the less because they happen to be kings and queens. No other book gives such an opportunity to become well acquainted with the life of Europe during recent years, and he who reads this book thoroughly will be well-informed concerning all the characters and events of recent European history. A good index would have added greatly to the value of the volume, and it is to be hoped may be supplied in a second edition. The series of portraits of reigning sovereigns is very interesting. W. H. H. LIFE OF JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY. Together with his complete poems and speeches, edited by Mrs. John Boyle O'Reilly. By James Jeffrey Roche. 790 pp. Cloth. New York: Cassell Publishing Company. 1891. The life of John Boyle O'Reilly, told in this volume by a loyal, intimate, and loving friend, is as interesting as any novel. It is full of excitement and adventure, and told as it is with the aid of records, letters, and newspaper quotations, while it has all the fascination of romance, it has the charm of truth. John Boyle O'Reilly lived a remarkable life, remarkable for its experiences, for its accomplishments, and for its promise which Fate meant never should be fulfilled. Mr. Roche is a faithful biographer, in love with his subject, but not unduly laudatory, as every one who reads the facts he records must admit. His book thrills with the life and vitality which characterized the warmhearted poet-exile, and it gives a bright picture of a man whom countless people loved. The complete poems and speeches of O'Reilly are included in the volume, and, as Cardinal Gibbons, who contributes an introduction to the book, well says, they will form the best monument to his memory. Full-page pictures of the poet, his library, his birthplace, his cottage at Hull, etc., and reproductions of fac-simile letters add to the interest of the volume. W. H. H. OUR ITALY. By Charles Dudley Warner. 226 pp. Cloth, $2.50. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1891. Mr. Warner is an enthusiast regarding the climate and the beauties of Southern California, and in "Our Italy" all his literary skill is devoted to setting forth the attractiveness of this region, which he describes as "a unique corner of the earth, unparalleled, so far as I know, in the world." He frankly admits that there are secluded valleys which become very hot in the daytime in midsummer, and that the dust is the great annoyance everywhere; but his picture in the main is a brilliant one, and is destined to attract people to the country which it so vividly portrays. The literary excellence of the work is so great that it seems a pity that all guide-books and "boom" literature cannot be written by authors as skilful as Mr. Warner; and the illustrations, especially those by Gib NOTES ON ENGLISH LITERATURE. By Fred Parker Emery. 155 pp. Cloth, $1.10. Boston: Ginn & Company. 1891. The author of this little book is instructor in English in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his book contains the notes, or syllabus, of a course of lectures prepared for his classes. It is a guide to the most noteworthy productions of English writers, and its aim is to indicate to the student what it is best worth his time to read and to study - what is the author's position chronologically and in the development of thought, what was his life; what were his chief works, what the characteristics of each; what was his style; what were the political events of his day, what the society and the religion, what the prevailing literary characteristics of the era to which he belongs." Mr. Emery has done his work well, and his book will be a useful aid to any one who wants to get a comprehensive knowledge of English literature. W. H. H. ELECTRICITY: THE SCIENCE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. By E. M. Caillard. Illustrated. 310 pp. Cloth. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1891. This new book on a subject of which the world has really known little until within the last few years, and of which it is destined to know a great deal more within the next decade, will be welcome to the general reader, who finds it hard to keep pace with the progress of electrical discovery. The writer has aimed to make his work a hand-book for popular use, and to give such an outline of modern electrical science as may be readily understood by readers who have no previous acquaintance with the subject. If those who have to write about electrical matters would make a careful study of this book, they would not make such elementary blunders as appear now every day in print. W. H. H. JUGGERNAUT. By George Cary Eggleston and Dolores Marbourg. 343 pp. Cloth, $1.25. New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert. 1891. "Juggernaut" is a strong story of an editor who sacrificed everything, even his wife, in a mad struggle for position and wealth. The story is vividly written, and holds the reader's interest, although the moral tone is not unexceptionable, and the book has a slightly sensational character. This is the more to be regretted, as previous works by Mr. Eggleston have reached high rank and have been well spoken of. E. A. T. STORIES OF OLD NEW SPAIN. By Thomas A. Janvier. 326 pp. Cloth. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1891. Nine of Mr. Janvier's fascinating tales of life in Mexico and the Southwest are included It is as No more unconventional or more entertaining book of travel than this has been published in recent years. The author's bright style, her unfailing sense of humor, her frank freedom in describing personal experiences, and her original way of looking at everything give to her book a charm which no reader can resist. Her story of the journeyings of two young women, unprotected, but undismayed, is full of genuine interest, and the book is full of amusing surprises from the first page to the last. unlike the conventional guide-book "work of travels" as can be imagined. To these two original voyageurs travel was not work, but play, and the reader of this record of their adventures never has to toil to keep up with them. F. H. Townsend has contributed to the book more than 100 illustrations, in which he has admirably reproduced the spirit of the text. "A Social Departure" is a book that every one will want to read, and keep to read again. DETECTIVE JOHNSON OF NEW ORLEANS. Hancock. 247 PP. Paper, 25 cents. Ogilvie. 1891. W. H. H. By Harry Irving New York: J. S. A NEW ENGLAND NUN, AND OTHER STORIES. By Mary E. Wilkins. 468 pp. Cloth, $1.25. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1891. Miss Wilkins is to-day unquestionably the most skilful writer of short stories of New England life, and the perfection of her art is shown by the fact that, in spite of the narrow limits of her field, there is no monotonous sameness in the twenty-four stories included in this volume. She has a wonderful faculty for reproducing in fanciful print the stern angularities and the tender sentiment of rural life in New England, and her stories go to the heart of every one who has ever lived among the characters and the customs that she depicts. For the story writer her book is a model to be studied with care, and happy indeed will be the author who can This manual, the first of its kind, is designed for the use of "authors, printers, teachers, telegraphers, stenographers," etc. It is a careful and scholarly attempt to show the principles of "The Compounding of English Words," telling when and why the hyphen should be used. Proof-readers and authors will find it to their advantage carefully to study this little manual, upon which the author has spent five years. E. A. T. THE DISEASES OF PERSONALITY. By Th. Ribot. Authorized Translation. 157 pp. Cloth, 75 cents. Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company. 1891. To the psychologist and biologist of to-day, interested in the intricate problem of the development of the human mind, "The Diseases of Personality," translated from the French of Professor Ribot, of the College of France, will be found an interesting and fascinating book. It deals with the strange problems of double personality, particularly as manifested in mental disease, and contains a number of remarkable and well-authenticated cases of interesting and singular disorders of the intellect. E. A. T. THE IRON GAME. By Henry F. Keenan. 405 pp. Cloth, $1.00. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1891. A new novel by the author of "The Aliens" is sure to be strong, and to command a thoughtful audience. "The Iron Game opens with Jack Sprague's expulsion from college on account of his war enthusiasm and combat with a young Southerner, and his immediate enlist ment in the Union army. The story is a war story, full of vigor, and written in a terse, condensed style. President Lincoln appears, as does President Davis, and their characters are true to life and history. The plot is well handled, the action is dramatic, and Mr. Keenan is to be congratulated upon producing another story which will add to his fame. E. A. T. ADELINE'S ART DICTIONARY. Translated from the French, and Enlarged. Illustrated. 422 pp. Cloth. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1891. This "Art Dictionary" is well printed and carefully illustrated, the author, M. Adeline, is a well-known French authority, and a large amount of excellent material has been added from other sources by the translator. It will no doubt be a useful vade mecum for students and art critics. Nothing so surely betrays the tyro as an ignorance or misuse of art terms, but with this book of ready reference near at hand there should be no excuse for pretentious ignorance. E. A. T. A QUEER FAMILY. By Effie W. Merriman. 215 pp. Cloth, $1.00. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 1891. The editor of the Housekeeper has recently published "Pards," which has attracted favorable notice. "A Queer Family" is another juvenile story which aims to picture boy life, and show the warm-heartedness of some little vagabonds. The moral tone of the book is not objectionable, but it is a pity that all the characters are forced to spice their conversation with slang and bad grammar that even a New York newsboy might hesitate to use. E. A. T. THE READER'S GUIDE IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. Being a Classified Bibliography, American, English, French, and German, with Descriptive Notes, Author, Title, and Subject Index, Course of Reading, College Courses, etc. Edited by R. R. Bowker and George Iles. 169 pp. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. New York: The Society for Political Education. G. P. Putnam's Sons, Publishing Agents. 1891. The authors of this hand-book, both of whom were admirably fitted by previous experience for bibliographical work, have done for literary workers a useful service in its preparation. Both the plan and the execution of the book are excellent, and it will be found an invaluable aid by every student of political economy or by the writer on economic subjects. The arrangement of the bibliographies of special subjects is most convenient, and the authors have had the assistance of such able specialists as Professor James Royce, David Dudley Field, Andrew H. White, Professor E. R. A. Seligman, and others equally well known. The work is exhaustive and complete, and all necessary details, including price and publisher's address, are given about each book mentioned in it. The chief subjects under which references are given are: Land and Rent; Labor and Capital; Money, Banking, and Speculation; Commerce A WEEK IN NEW YORK. By Ernest Ingersoll. Illustrated. 328 pp. Paper, 50 cents. Chicago: Rand, McNally, & Company. 1891. If Mr. Ingersoll managed to see in "A Week in New York" all the interesting items compactly fitted into his guide-book, he must be a miracle, not only in strength, but of observation. This guide-book is up to date, which is a great thing in connection with a rapidly grow ing city like New York; it is exact, which is still more important, and the items are selected with judgment and condensed with care. book is fairly well illustrated, contains a good map, and, though weakly bound in paper, may be recommended to the wayfaring man who wishes to "do" New York well and cheaply. The E. A. T. PRIMER OF ETHICS. By Benjamin B. Comegys. 146 pp. Cloth, 50 cents. Boston: Ginn & Company. 1891. When Charles Dudley Warner recommends that a simple text-book on ethics should be introduced in every public school, with the hope of seeing a little reverence replace the growing "bumptiousness and smartness" of young America, he furnishes some excuse for the appearance of this "Primer of Ethics," which is a revision of Jacob's Abbot's famous "Rollo Code of Morals." This has been "out of print for many years," but Rollo is one of those "Sandford-and-Merton" style of boys whom some good people will not willingly let die; if the children can only be made to be as fond of him and his rules for good conduct as were their parents, Mr. Comegys will have succeeded in a very difficult task. E. A. T. [All books sent to the editor of THE WRITER will be acknowledged under this heading. They will receive such further notice as may be warranted by their importance to readers of the magazine.] EVOLUTION IN SCIENCE AND ART. I.- Alfred Russel Wallace. By Edward D. Cope, Ph. D. II. - Ernst Haeckel. By Thomas B. Wakeman. III. The Scientific Method. By Francis Ellingwood Abbott, Ph. D. IV. - Herbert Spen cer's Synthetic Philosophy. By Benjamin F. Underwood Paper, 10 cents each. New York: D. Appleton & Company' 1891. MAUPRAT. By George Sand. Translated from the French by Henrietta E. Miller. Illustrated. 241 pp. Paper, 50 cents. Chicago: Laird & Lee. 1891. A WRONGED WIFE. By May Agnes Fleming. 414 pp. Paper, 25 cents. New York: G. W. Dillingham. 1891. "TOGS." Puck's Library, No. 46. 30 pp. Paper, 10 cents. New York; Keppler & Schwarzmann. 1891. A SOUND-ENGLISH PRIMER. By Augustin Knoflach. 68 pp. Boards. New York: G. E. Stechert. 1890. A MODERN ROSALIND. By F. Xavier Calvert. 250 pp. Paper; 50 cents. Chicago: Rand, McNally, & Company. 1890. HORTENSE. By W. Heimburg. Translated from the German by Mary E. Almy. 336 pp. Paper, 25 cents. Chicago: Rand, McNally, & Company. 1891. WEE WILLIE WINKIE, AND OTHER STORIES. By Rudyard THE ALHAMBRA. By Washington Irving. Edited for the Use From the White-Smith Publishing Company, 62 Stanhope street, Boston: Vocal-"In May Day," Edward Baxter Felton; Amor Perdido" ("Blighted Love") Edward Baxter Felton; "The Sea Hath Its Pearls," H. W. Longfellow and Berthol Tours; "Why do I Weep for Thee," W. V. Wallace; "Beyond the Blue," quartette, C. A. White; "Thinking," solo for tenor and bass; "Oh. Tell Us Merry Birds," C. A. White; "The Kiss, Dear Maid," "The Meeting," Edward Baxter Felton; "Life's Eternal," "Give Us Shelter," male quartette, C. A. White; "The Mother's Lullaby," "The Death of the Knight," Duncan B. Harrison; "I Heard a Voice," Louisa Gray and Ciro Pinsuti; "I Love My Love," Charles Mackay and Ciro Pinsuti; "I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls," from "Bohemian Girl," M. W. Balfe; "Good-by, Sweetheart, Good-by," J. L. Hatton; "Once Again," Lionel H. Lewin and Arthur S. Sullivan; "Gold Rolls Here Beneath," "Yearnings," Rubinstein; "The Snow Lies White," Jean Ingelow and Arthur S. 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Hudson; "The Edith Gavotte," Edward Baxter Felton; "Robert Le Diable," fantaisie dramatique, Sydney Smith; 'Jeunesse," fantaisie élégante, Henri Ravina; "The Old Homestead," C. C. Stearns; "Princess Royal Galop," J. Helfrich; "Fallen Leaves," schottische, C. A. White; "Ashton Polka," John Fiegand; "Love's Dreamland Waltz," for four hands, Otto Roeder. Violin and Piano "Vows of Love," Bertram Harriott. "Honest JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. Will M. Clemens. Library and Studio for January. ARE "THE MEMOIRS OF TALLEYRAND" AUTHENTIC? F. A. Aulard. Reprinted from Revue Bleue (Paris) in Literary Digest for April 4 and April 18. THOMAS CARLYLE'S HOME AND HOME LIFE. With Portrait. Mary De Morgan. Homemaker for April. EUGENE FIELD. With Portrait. Charles H. Dennis. Book Buyer for April. Is LITERATURE A "BURNING QUESTION"? W. H. Thorne. Globe for January. SHORT STUDIES IN LITERATURE. XII. -The Impress of Nature. Hamilton W. Mabie. Christian Union for April 2. "STYLE IS THE MAN HIMSELF." Maurice Thompson. America for March 26. CHARLES BRADLAUGH. With Portrait. Mrs. Annie Besant. Review of Reviews for April. WOMEN AS JOURNALISTS. Commercial Union for March 26. AMERICAN LITERATURE. William Sharp. Reprinted from National Review (London) in Literary Digest for March 28. THE MODERN LITERATURE OF ITALY SINCE THE YEAR 1870. Cesare Lombroso. Monist for April. REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES READE, WILKIE COLLINS, CHARLES DICKENS, AND BRET HARTE. Joseph Hatton. New York World for April 19. E. MRS. ANNIE BESANT. New York World for April 12. ONE YEAR'S EXPERIENCE OF A LITERARY ASPIrant. B. Findlay. New York Home Journal for April 15. TYPEWRITER OR PEN? (Preference of Editors and Authors. Margaret Hamm. St. Louis Republic, Syracuse Herald for April 19. Ат THE GRAVES OF SHELLEY, KEATS, AND JOSEPH SEVERN. Frances Hodgson Burnett. New York Herald for April 12. FICTION AS A SCIENCE. Thomas Hardy. New York Herald for April 12. NEWSPAPER WORK AS A PREPARATION WRITING. New York World for April 12. JEROME K. JEROME. "H. T. S." April 6. FOR NOVEL Chicago Post for ANDREW LANG. "H. T. S." Chicago Post for March 30. BOSTON LITERARY MEN. "O. M. E. R." Worcester (Mass.) Spy for April 5. CHARLOTTE BRONTE'S HOME. Edgar L. Wakeman. Pittsburg Dispatch, Albany Press for April 5. HENRIK IBSEN INTERVIEWED. Alexander von Huhn. Louisville Courier-Journal for April 4; Chicago Inter-Ocean for April 5. NEWS AND NOTES. George Macdonald has a new novel, called "There and Back." Joel Benton, the poet and littérateur, is now engaged in collecting his various papers on the late P. T. Barnum, who was his friend of many years standing. L. J. Vance, ex-editor of the New York Epoch, is now president of the Advance Press Syndicate, Warren street, New York. He is also one of the staff of Once a Week, and book reviewer for one of the New York dailies besides. Celia Thaxter has already reopened for the season her cottage at Appledore, Isles of Shoals. |