The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-27

gree OF excellence. hut marked Improvement is
already visible. The Of the hand press almost in
dspensabe for wood cuts and may add that tho
and delicate touch Of womans hand has already proved
its value in this department Of artistic labor 1t offers
new and tempting field in which, we are confident,
womans work VIII successfully combine the useful and
the ornamental To alter Burns lines
The prentice ham will do for man,
But lot us have the women o!
THE CULPRIr FAY. Poem. BY Joseph Rodman
Drake.
Our ARTIST IN PERU. Fifty Drawings on Wood.
Leaves from the Sketch Book of Traveller,
during the Winter of 1865, by Geo. w. Garlic
ton, Author Of "Our Artist in Cuba" &c.
Carleton, New York.
The first Of the preceding volumes is superb edition
OF 'The Culprit Fay, which has been truly described
as 'the most poetical Of American pocmsn II is en-
riched with one hundred illustrations by Arthur
Lumley.
In the second Our Artist carries TO Peru he
carried last year to Cuba, and with similar
comcities Of pen and pencil We should be delighted
to make such yearly trips with him until he shal have
crcumnavgatcd the globe and put grdie tof FUN
around the earth, like Puck.
RED LETTER DAYS IN APPLErnoRPE. BY Cab
Hamilton. Ticknor Fields Boston.
STORIES OF MANY LANDS. BY Grace Greenwood.
Ticknor IL Fields.
THAT Coon OLD TINE; Oh, Our FRESH AND SALT
Tutors. By yieux Moustache. Hurd a. Hough
ton. New York.
THE KINGS RING. BY Theodore 1ilton. Hurd &
H0ughton.
GENERAL LEE AND SANTA CLAUS. BY Mrs. Louise
Cack. Blelock Il Co., New York.
This Is another instalment OF Holiday Books but par
ticuarly intended for the deecaton Of the little people,
cred Letter Days. gives fresh proof of Gail Hamiton's
talent for telling stories TO chdrena and happy
faculty Grace Greenwood in her ''tories tells child
about children in many lands, England. Scotland,
Ireland Switzerland France and Italy. aud in
land well Little he said in praise OF the iDdf
fcrent pictures these books But such artists
winslow Homer and NJ. r. H. De Haas have furnished
tho illustrations TO ssThat Good Old Time,' lively
narrative Of the adventures Of five Boston boys, and
their two instructors and companions fifty years ago,
in six months residence on one Of the rocky pronon
tories which jut from the eastern coast Of Massa
chusotts. sThe Kings Rngn is illustrated by Frank
Jones' and its red ettered and illuminated pages
quite dazzling. Mrs. Louise Clack's Christmas Gift 10
her Little southern Friends will DO welcomed by mauy
whom Santa Claus did visit for four weary years Of
The SOUTHERN PICTORIAL PRIMER AND FIRST
READER.-THE SOUTHERN ELEMENTARY SPELL
ING BooK--THE SOUTHERN PICTORIAL SECOND
READER-THIRD READER--FoURrH READER.
Richardson 4 Co. New York.
These books have been prepared under the able super
vision Of Professor George r. Holmes, LID, Of the
University Of Virginia. and belong to the Southern Uni
yersy Seres' Of cduca ional works in process Of
publication. All must applaud every right enori to
vve the influences OF education so rudeIy interrupted
and for so long time, by war. " is encouraging
sign Of the the best and cultivated minds
in the South are directly enlisted in this enterprise. Il
SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR. By f. A. Poll
lard, editor of the " Richmond Examiner.
Tav.. xf,l.. -. HkasIa i.Ig rI.
New York.
At present must be content with merely chrome
ling The fact that Mr. Posrds soutLern History OF
War has been issued in single and rather bulky vol
umc The peculiar opportunities Of the anthor
for observing the 'whees within wheels Of
the recent revolution, his prodigious indus
try, even his fiery zeal for 'sthe lost cause
and his bitter partisanshp and scctonalism together
with his forcibe style, partly original and partly ac
quircd from his intimacy with the late John H. Daniel
of the best specimens OF cayie's cable Editor
produced by this countryall enabled him TO col
Iect an accumulation OF facts and present striking
array OF views which he overlooked by historical
Students from whatever point Of view they may regard
our great civil war The issue Of events has indeed
converted this bulky volume into collection Of
snie,ore. yo,r sercir the author himself innae
but after all allowances and drawbacks must
Uncomfortable historical value. II Is printed and
bound in hand STYLE and rs illustrated by inc Steel
engravings OF the portraits OF Ice JeT pasis Beaurs
gard Sterling Price. Polk, A. y. Hi, J. r. Johnston.
Iongstreet Braxton Bragg Stonewal Jackson Cooper,
EweII Morgan Hardcc, Kirby Smith, j. w. D. stuart
Hood, Wade Hampton, Alex. H. stephens, and OF the
thor himself M
TBE GREAT RrBELLroS; ITs SscREr fIisroRy. RISE,
PROGRESS. AND DIsAsTROus FArIrHg. BY John
Minor Bolts, OF Virginia. The Political Life Of
the Author INDICATED. Harper 4 Brothers
New York. Ell
+ The authors portrait, with s strongly characterized
features and expression lie most appropriately preaxed
70 this autobiography Mr. Bolts places the title
page this cpgraph OF his own:-"I know no North no
south no East no West. only know my country my
whole country and nothing but my country And this
epigraph, however commcndabc it, spirit sirikingly
illustrates ut the sane tms tho cgregous cgo- Of tho
author who keeps up throughout the work an nccssant
hrc Of Ia He pcrsecutes the poor first personal pro-
noun, in oil it, cases. unrecniingly he would war
with any Southern sccessonist or Northern coppe head
He must have put out every "I in every fon, in the
printing Once OF Msesrs Harper, extensive that Is
Csssars ipse and IAmartIne's lea are both nowhere
before John Minor Bosts omnpotent "Ln Keverthc-
less the work Of Mr. Bolts Is curious and mporsan.
contribution 70 the history Of American poiItics
THR SANCTUARY. A story Of the civil war. BY
George Ward Nichols, author Of "The story Of
the Great March with Illustrations Harper {
Brothers, New York.
Our civl war Ia mine which the novelist an VOL
the historian viii work 70 advantage Bu, Is yet TOO
soon for any ono 70 attempt much more than 20 record
the Impressions and the incidents within bis own per-
sonai sphere Of experience ana observation THIS task
honestly performed will provide historian and novels,
alike with invaluable material So far az Mr. Nichols
has aimed o. this by the occasional descriptions Of
scenery and OF campaign lfe which he hss introduced
Il q.
ton But he oumsily mixes up fact and fiction and
worse STILL he seems 70 take such unwarrantahlk lbcr
ties with tho real names Of private indvduos AZ ID
make 10 obvious that he IL rushing prensnreIy int
print q would-be novelist OF the war; Lis prcpos,cr
Gus story tof zmri, negro, impossible, IL ies
devout, than even Mrs Bcecher stowes spous and i'm
possblsn "Uncie Tom,n is alone enough 10 damn TN