The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-11
LITFRATURE.
REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

MISCELLANEOUS PROSE WORKS BY Edward Bull
wer, Lord Lytton. Volumes. New York;
Harper Brothers.
These volumes will prove acceptable to almost
every reader. The style of Bulw is so elegant
that one glides over his words with ease and
interest at all times. The first volume consists
of essays and criticisms contributed to the
Edinburgh and other leading reviews, among
them being articles on Goldsmith, Lamb, Gray
Sir Thomas Browne, Fox, Pitt, Pym, and Schil.
Ter. The second volume embraces series of
essays written in youth and first published IN
1882 under the title of "Tbe Students" aud
heretofore unpublished article, written in 1862,
on "The Influence of Love upon Literature aud
Real Life" To the American reader, both
volumes are entirely new, and they will unques-
tionably receive hearty welcome.
Tue BACHELOR OF SALAMANCA. Translated from
the French OF NJ. lie Sage. BY James 10 Rn-
send. Two volumes. Philadelphia: Thomas
W. Hartley, Nos. $40 and s2l Market street.
"Gil Blasr ranks next to "Robnson Crusoe,r
'The Arabian Nights" and "Don Quixote," in
the order of that series of standard old-time
books, which every man is supposed to have
read in his early youth. "The Bachelor of sala-
mancop although not held in as high repute as
lie sages masterpiece, is nevertheless written
almost the favor of continuation of the latter.
Many a heart has been made lighter by linger
ing over its graceful pages, and the same priv
lege is still in reserve for many more. The edi-
ton under notice is elegantly printed, and
neatly bound.
AMERICAN FISH CULTURE. BY Thaddeus Norris.
Philade phia: Porter & Coates.
When Mr.. Norris writes about fish he knows
what he is attempting to do. His previous
work "The American Anglers Book has had
no rival since the days of good old Izaak
Walton, that prince of the catchers of fish. The
little volume which Mr.. Norris now adds to
pscatorial literature is unquestionably the most
elaborate aud scientific that has ever been placed
before the American public. 1t embraces all the
details of the intricate and frequently unsuc-
cessful process of artifcially breeding and rear
ing trout, as well as the culture of salmon,
shad, and other varieties of the finny tribe. The
advantages and profits of fish culture are ex-
plicitly set forth, in a way that must tend
greatly to establish the science throughout the
country recognized branch of our national
industry. The volume before US is gotten up in
the highest style of the typographical art, with
elegant and accurate illustrations of the differ
ent kinds of fishes, and of the machinery to be
attached to fish pounds.
THE OPIUM HABIT. with Suggestions as to the
Remedy. New York; Harper Brothers,
This work, by an anonymous writer, goes over
the whole ground so wretchedly trodden by
Coleridge and De Quincy. 1t sets forth in all
its horror. the distressing effect of the appetite
for the drug, and points out to its victims the
surest and speediest way to cure of their
malady. Appended to the work Is an article by
Mr.. Fltz Hugh Ludlow, giving an outline of the
opium.cure, with suggestions and directions for
the management of institutions tor the cure
of opium eaters. Their number is legion, and
this book should reach the hands of all of them.
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF POPULAR EDUCATION AND
PUBLIC INsTRU OTIoN. BY S. 5. Randall.
New York: Harper Brothers.
Mr.. Randall, the author of this work, is at
present the Superintendent of the Public
Schools of the city of New York, and has
devoted many years to a careful stHdy Of the
wants of the system. He writes thoughtfully
and earnestly, and perusal of his book canuot
fail to impaIt TO the instruction of the young
many valuable suggestions which are applicable
to everyday practice in the school room.
HARPERs PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT
REBELLION. By Alfred II. Guernsey and Henry
M. Alden. volumes New York; Harper
Brothers.
Messrs Claxton, Remsen & Hafel6nger, OF
Nos. SlS and S2l Market street. send us the
second and concluding volume of this elegant
work, which has been so long in course of pub
lication in q serial form. In extent and variety
of illustration, it is triumph in the art o
boOk-making. The illustrations number over
one thousand, embracing all possible subject:
connected with the progress and prosecution o
the war for the Union. The te Xt is written in
graceful style, and independently of its pctoria
merits the work is one of unquestionable value
From Messrs. 7. B. Peterson g. Brothers, o
No. 306 Chestnut street, we receive several new
popular works, with announcement of others t
be issued by them within lew days. Amonl
these are 'Beppo, the Conscript,"a new move
by I. A. Trolope; "Mabel's Mistake" Mrs. Aul
S. Stephens latest romance; 1.-The Last Athc
man." translated from the swedish of Vic!o
Rydberg, by William W. Thomas, Jr.; eth
White Scalper," another of Gustave Aimard'
stories of adventure on the borders; "The Re-
Court Farm" the latest effusion from the pro
life pen of Mrs. Henry Wood; 'Leah, or tn
Forsaken,r translation of the original German
work the dramatization of which has been S
popular in this country; THE Count of Moret
or, R.chelleu and his Rivals" by Alexande
Dumas; "Across the Atlantic" by DR.. @. Il
Haeseler, an attractive book of European travel
and popular edition OF the Lives of Horati
Seymour and Frank P. Blair, Jr.
-Claxlon, Remsen d HsGelfhger send us
copy OF a work of value to mariners and all VIII
are concerned in sea affairs, entitled "Comer