The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-08-09
NEW BOOKS.

eisco) have again piled our table will
copies Of new books imported by then
from the East. Among them are some
Of the beautiful publications recently
issued from the press of Lea & Shepard
Boston. Of these one Of the most at.
tract:ve is an octave volume of some
three hundred and odd pages bound in
green and gold entitled From the Oak
to the Olive. A Plain Record of a
Pleasant Journey. By Julia Ward
Howe" This is familiar chat about
. visit by the au,horess to some points
Of attraction in England, France, Italy
Greece and ether European countries
and is, Judging from some hurried CLAN
ces which we have taken at its pages
as we'll worth reading as its author 9
name would lead one to expect. As
indicative of the fact that the author of
the " Battle Hymn of the Republic !"
enjoys fun and knows how to make it,
we extract the following few lines from
her sketch of the incidents of the voy-
age across the Atlantic. Abiding to
some of her fellow travellers she says =:
The French exquisite firts. fatters the
individual. and appreciates the common
wealth. The English bagman hazards the
glibbest sentences as 10 the falsity of the
whole American foundation. Not much be-
hind him laes the fox hunting Squire. The
folly and uselessness of our late war supply
the theme of diatribes as eloquent as twenty
fre letters can make them.
This roguish alIusien to the reckless
profligac5 with which our cousins from
the tight little island - throw away
their " haitches " is very neatly and
performed. This book is
printed ia the best style of the art on
excellent paper and will be valuable
acquisition to all we'll regulated libra
ries and center tables.
"Upside Down; or Will and Work."
is the title of prettily bound and
printed duodecimo from Lea l. Shep-
ards press. 1t is one of this favorite
authors many contributions to chill
dren's literature. Handsomely Illus
trated.
"Dotty Dimple at Home" by Sophie
May, is a new volume of the Dotty Dim
pie stories by tkat authoress. In large
type, for the little folks, illustrated.
Boston, Lea & Shepard.
" The Cruise of the Dashaway or
Katie Putnam's voyage" bound like
he other children's books mentioned
'bove, in cloth with gilt lettering and
illustrated with well
xecuted wood cuts-is little work for
which the youngsters will be grateful to
May Manuering," its autboress, and
o Lea l. Shepard. its publishers.
-" Farm Talk - a series of articles in
he colloquial style, illustrating various {
ON mon farm topics, is pocket PAM
hlet written BY Geo. E. Bracket of I
elfast, Maine, and published by Lea t
Shepard. c
Tb esame publishing house gives US a
Mother essay from Dr.. II. r. Storer, [
re author of " Is 1t &c, on nurses g
I'D nursing which has especial refer Z
ice to the management Of sick women '
a series of valuable hints upon the f'
objects indicated in tie title. o
Lea & Shepard are also the pub II
;hers Of collection OF psalms and Il
INNS entitled 81 Songs of the Temple" e.
herein are embraced the sacred melo- g
es in use by the churches. W
" Democracy in the United States, lie
lat it has done, what it is doing and pl
lat it will do is an octave got up in OF
cd style by D. Appleton l. Co., New III
'rk. It's autbee is Ransom II. Giliett c.
merly 4 member o! Congress from be
Lawrence Co., N. Y, and what he pr
uks The Democracy "sas done, is 81