The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-17
NEW PUBLIoA TTONS.

A collection Of poems intended to be satirical
can generally be accomplished without dead
failure resulting. A collection of poems at
tempting to be witty is rarely a success. The
present volume is a combination of these two
varieties. The witty ones are vapid. They
are full of that meanest OF all forms of wit
puns. The satirical or misanthropic portion
is much better, and really has several good
hits. Probably the following lines are the best
of its contents:--
"How many rich man OF our goodly land,
Grasped Tight his boarded gold with clenched
hand.
In vain distress and want approached his door
To crave pittance from his countless store;
In vain the poor beseeched, in vain they plead
But mark the sequel when the man was dead:
His His will was opened: and, as there recorded.
Rich institutions got the gold he boarded.
The papers praised his noble heart and mind,
His generous deeds (that is, the ones he signed)
His kind consideration for the poor
Gle didn't overload their stomachs, sure)l
His splendid charities (when he was dead)l
This, and much more, the smiling skeptic read
Alive, no man was ever more despised,
lie died-how soon a saint was canonizedW
THE NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY. BY William
Smtth, LID. Harper y Brothers. Philadel-
phia Agents. Caxton, Remsen Hafelhnger.
A field for historical research, often cleaned
before, is that presented in the New Testa-
ment narrative. A curious intermxture of
the miraculous with the historical is therein
afforded 1t is not as il the works of Christ
were separate, and his stay on earth distinct
from ootemporaneous events. But while He
was here, history of secular nature was
being formed, as it ever is, and curious
blending of the two gives a sort of accompani-
ment to the Scriptures in the state of the
history of the Roman Empire, which was
nOfomnnrananua To infart vUin fba tuyoi i,fo
a consistent and clear narrative, is a task
difficult, but most entertaining and instructive.
This has been attempted by DR.. Smith, and
his profound research has secured for
his labor decided success. lie gives us both
secular and a religious history Of the days of
Christ; the two combined into a narrative
which possesses real interest both to the gene
raj scholar and the religious student. We
have read his work with great satisfaction, it
having conveyed to our minds most pleasing
idea of the course Of history outside of
the life of Christ, and that with which it was
80 intertwined, than any other that we have
seen. 1t is replete with excellent engravings,
and is we'll printed. 1t contains an immense
amount of reading matter, and is adapted to
schools and colleges in the edition now
before us.
CAPE Con AND ALL ALONG SHORE STORIES
By Charles Nordhon. New York: Harper &
Brothers. Philadelphia Agents: ClaXton
Remsen & Ha11elhnger.
Mr.. NOrdho1f, having published his stories
in Harper, has come to the conclusion that
they deserve a more enduring space, and has
consequently put them into book form. We
think that the author acted wisely in doing so.
AL. -
and freshness which cannot but cheer the
old as we'll as the young. We have read them
with great interest. Taking as they do Of
the happy combination of simplicity and real
power, they are read with an interest in the
plot and an admiration for the diction. 1t is
no enthusiasm when we say that there has
seldom fallen under our notice a book of
stories which we hold to be so worthy of pre-
sentation as the one before US.
A TREATISE ON THE METALLURGY OF IRON,
By u. Bauerman, f. g. s. Virtue & Yorston
New York. Philadelphia Agent, John PEN
nington Son, No l27 South Seventh street
We have received from John Pennington
& Son copy of a work which, to Pennsylva-
mans generally, has few rivals, from the i'm
portance of the subject of which it treats
1t is an exceedingly able treatise on the me
tallurgy of iron. With all the characteristic
industry of the Germans, DIR. Bauerman in
vestigates iron in all its shapes. He is tho
rough in his examination. The whole history
of the metal is searched, the uses it is put
to, the forms it assumes, the mining pecu-
liarities which it exhibits, all are laid
before the reader. Not only does he put
in words his views, but he also gives ad-
mirable drawings which illustrate to the eye
the pecularities which he is endeavoring to
make plain. To the treatise is appended
another valuable paper. 1t is the result OF
the operation of Abram s. Hewitt, United
States Commissioner, on the "working and
manufacture of steel.' The two are of rare
merit, both because ofthe high authority which
the writer's are universally acknowledged to be,
and because they are of direct importance to
one of the greatest of our local interests. We
have no doubt but that it will be used as a
standard work, and Immediately take high
rank in the library of practical scientific
| works.
CRUISE OF THE DAsHAwAY.
DOLLY DINGLE AT HOME.
UPSIDE DOWN.
Lee Il sheppard Boston. Philadelphia agent
G. W. Pitcher.
The three works above are delightful
charming works, issued from the presses o
Tao &, Tbay ora oil of tb,y,, ,,,,;