The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-12
LITERATURE.
REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.
Tnn Wow ToODLEBURes; OR, THE hlsToES RT Or Coil =
nnyn Adams. Published by Claxton, Rem
sen Il HaffelAnger.
MANY Of the principal scenes OF this story
.ra laid In and around the village OF Nyack,
an ,bo Tappan Zee, Hudson river locality
,h., has been made classic ground by the
genius Of Irving. Mr.. Adams cannot claim 70
ba the successor of Irving, but he has con-
siderable power of picturesque description,
and the plot Of his story and sketches of charae-
4ar. albeit the colors are laid on too thick in
aome places and too thin in others, are man
AGED with considerable skill. The story is
interesting some portions Of it intensely so.
The description of the shipwreck in "Dun-
nore's Cave" on "No Mans Island" in the
Pacific Ocean, is excellent as far as 1t goes,
bat Mr.. Adams has not made as much Of the
situation as some writers would have done.
The book is handsomely printed and bound,
and It is embellished with a number OF fine
designs by Mr.. A. r. Wand.
Prom D. Ashmead we have received
several of Messrs. d. Appleton q Co.'S pub
boations. .-..
The fifth volume of the "Library" edition
of Charles Dickens works contains "Oliver
Twist" "Great Expectations" "Bleak
House." and "Piotures from Italy" The
edition will be completed in six volumes;
and considering the attractive binding, the
good paper, and clear type, and the exceed
ingly low price-$l'75 per volume-it is one
Of the cheapest and most desirable published.
Appleton's rs cent edition of the Waverley
novels is also to be commended for its cheap
ness. The latest issue of this series contains
''The Betrothed" and "The Highland Widow"
The set will be completed in twenty-five
volumes, nineteen Of which have been pub
lished. The novels are printed on the same
kind Of paper and with the same type as the
Library" edition of Dickens, and So, the price
Of the entire series, is marvellously low.
Messrs. Appleton & Co. are also publishing
a popular edition of the standard poets, at
fifty cents per volume. We have received
Cary's translation of Dante's "Divine
Comedy" The interest in Dante is increasing
every day, and for poetical students Csry's
version is to be recommended as one of the
btbts OhIll NhIs bOAlSlCA4O . opPOoAVN S"AJ
was the favorite, and in spite of the literal
accuracy of Longtellow, the older translation
will not be likely to lose its popularity. Many
OF the most important passages are rendered
with great felicity by Cary, and his smooth,
flowing blank verse renders his version Of the
poem easy reading. The edition before us
contains a life of Dante, chronological view
Of his age, copious notes, and a full index.
The extremely low price of the book, fifty
cents, places it within the means OF all.
-Messrs. T. B. Peterson Il Brothers send
us the "New Cook Book" which housekeep-
ers will find to contain receipts for preparing
all manner of dishes, with valuable informa-
ton about purchasing meats, fish, poultry,
and other matters of intereet.
-Slodn's Architectural RevieoO for Janu-
ary contains great amount of matter inter
esting not only to architects but to the
general reader. The editors, in their New
Years greeting, congratulate themselves on
the success OF their magazine, and they
promise that no efforts on their part shall be
spared to keep it up to the highest standard
OF excellence in the future. The table of con-
tents Of the January number presents an at
trsctiVe variety, and the illustrations are
numerous and good.