Evening star., 1869-08-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

From Blanchard Mohun We have
The Pictorial Field Book Of the War Of 1919.
BY Benson j. Losing. New York: Harper q
Brothers. This volume Of illustrations By pen
and pencil of the last war Of this country with
Great Britain con tains several hundred wood
engIayings by Losing and Barrett chiefly
from original sketches BY the author, who
Travelled more than ten thousand miles, in the
United States and Canada, with note book aad
pencil In hand, collecting materisls for hts
work. The narrative Of historic events is re.
sumed where the authors Pictorial Field Book
OF the Revolution left'off that is, the present
work is continuation of the history OF our
country from 1873 down to 1875.
2 White Lies Love me Little, Love me Long
Foul Play. BY Charles Reade New York:
Harper & Brothers. The Harpers have made
great hit in supplying the demand for Reade' 3
popular novels by their cheap edition. which
Is neatly printed, and sold for the ridIcuIou ly
low price OF IS cents each volume. Tue three
above-named stories are favsrtes with most
novel readers, and this edition will creats for
them new circle Of admirers.
The Seven Curses of London. BY James
Greenwood. New York: Harper Brothers.
This is the last work BY "rhe Amateur Gas
Ual," and is got up I'm the usual neat style OF
Harpers' cheap publications.
Hetty. BY Henry Kingsley, author Of STREET.
ton, 9eoffrey Hamlyn, Ravenshoe, &c. New
York: Harper Brothers. Cheap editi,n.
The Philosophy OF Teaching. BY Nathaniel
Sands. New York: Harper & Brothers The
author advocates radical change in the sys.
tenn OF teaching youth, and his ideas In refer.
ence 10 schools where pupils shall be q ught
By Illustrations from nature as well as from
books, were referred to at length In the STAB
q few days since.
"A Parser and Analyzer for Beginners. with
Diagrams and Suggestive Pictures. By Fran.
els A. Marsh. New York: Harper Brothers.
The writer of this little book is Professor of
the English Language and Comparative Phi
loloey at Lafayette College, and is author OF
several educationai werks. This book Is on an
original plan, and 10 intended to task memory
as little as possible, perception and judgment
as m uch as possible.
The Man Who Laughs. Complete. BY Vic
tor Hugo. New York: ID. Appleton & 20.
Those who have not read "L'Homme Qui
Rit" from week to week in Appleton's Jour-
q whole.
Mademoiselle Fifty Millions. or The Adven.
lures of Hertense Maucini. BY the Countess
Dash. Translated by Adelaide De v. Chan.
dron. New York: ID. Appleton & 20. This
novel Is Frepchy enough to suit the most ex-
acting admirer OF highly spiced literature.
A Shabby Genteel Story and other Tales
By William NJ. Thackeray New York: ID.
Appleton & Co. Cheap edition.
Diomede: From the Iliad Of Homer. By
William X. Smith. New York: ID. Appleton
q Go. Why any one should attempt to give
English readers q new version of the Iliad
unless he can improve on the best Of the nu.
merous translations of the whole and portions
of that work, we cannot imagine. Mr. Smith
has modestly contented himself with q trans
lation of the Fifth Book, which book is of itself
a tolerubiy complete narrative, and while his
couplets are, as a general thiRg, very smooth
some Of them spirited, and but few faulty, vet
most readers, we doubt not, will continue to
prefer what Mr.. 5. calls Pope's "bombastic
way"
Appleton's Journal. Monthly Part, No. S.
This contains the weekly numbers for August
complete. with the supplements.
From J. Shilling;on we have:
Love and Liberty. BY Alexander Dumas.
Philadelphia: T. b. Peterson Bros. This
is translation of the veteran novelist's la.
test historical romance, Which deals with the
events of the great French Revelation, the
Reign OF Terror, &c. THIS will secure for il
many readers. outside of the large circle who
make IL point to read all Dumas works any-
how.
The Woman in Red. A companion to the
" Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins, and
the g Woman in Black" PhIladelphIa T. b.
Peterson &c Bros. Wilkie Collins has enough
sins of his own to ans wer for. and this m aking
him accountable for an unendiug line OF sen.
,atiop al women IN black, red, blue, green, vel.
low, &c, is too bad.