The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-18
LITERATURE.
REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

HARPER's HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN
EUROPE AND THE EAST. BY W. Pembroke Fet-
ridge. Harper & Bros: New York, Philadel-
phia: j. B. Lippincott Co.
The usual annual edition OF the "Hand Book"
comes to us with number of recent revisons.
II is a rich epitome of information. and is such
a work as is ever needed by not only a traveller,
but by all who intend to travel. With it as
companion, we can view the sights of other
lands without leaving our study, and delight in
the anticipation of delights which we hope are
yet to be ours. To traveller it is indispensable.
Its only fault is the attempt to compress too
much into one volume. 1t will be found q valu-
able addition to Murray as it gives the Ameri'
can view of places and hotels, which is essen
TALLY different from the British fancy. We
regret that, with all its boasted, and much real
enterprise. the list of Consols was not corrected,
but the old list of 1862 inserted in book sup
posed to be entirely up to 1866. 1t is for sale by
j. B. Lippinoott.
INSIDE: CHRONICLE OF SECRssIoN. By G. F.
Harrington. Harper Bros: New York. J.
b. Lipplncott Co.: Agents.
The book form of "Insiden gives it much
more attractive appearance than it had when
published as a serial in Hdiper's Weekly. 1t is
romance originally founded on facts, has a
true Union ring about it, and paints all the
horrors OF life in the South during the Rebel
lion without an effort at a disguise. The
names of the characters are changed, although
some of them we can recognize. For instance,
it takes no great penetration to reveal Colonel
Ret Roberts as the verItable Colonel Robert &.
Rhett. It will we'll repay perusal.
Papers from the Overlook House." recently
published anonymously by Lippincott, are by a
Rev. Mr.. Beesley, whose church is in Bucks
county. Their tone is as admirable as the poetry
| is execrable.
woMAN's THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMAN. BY D. NJ.
| Muloch L. B. Peterson Il Brothers.
1t is pleasant relief to turn from the ultra
sensational school of the present day, and find
improvement as we'll as entertainment In a
novel which is admirable in style and pleasant
in its plot. Above all things else it is natural in
its details. Such are Miss Muloch's produc
tions, and, with the exception of John Hall
\ fax" we consider ''Woman's Thoughtsn her
best. Every now and then Messrs. Peterson
1 get out reprint of some sterling work, and the
rapidity with which the edition is absorbed
| shows that the public taste is not vitiated. The
merits of the work before us are too well known
to be pointed out; we can therefore only com
mend the style in which it is issued, and advise
all who have not perused its pages to do SC
| before the issue is exhausted.
| ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
| STATES: HIS LIFE AND SPEECHES. BY Lillian
| Foster. Richardson: New York. Howard
| Challen, No. 1908 Chestnut street, Philadelphia
Mr.. Chalen sends us a life of the President
| printed in handsome style, neatly bound, and
| perfectly reliable. II is the best of any of his
| lives that have fallen under our notice, being
| full, so far as the biographical sketch is
concerned, and having all OF his speeches up
to the latest date, as well as all of his mes.
sages. The members of the Convention will
find it peculiarly useful work, and one which
| is perfectly reliable.