The New York herald., 1869-09-15

kovtowu OF New BO0lns.
WALTER OGILBY novel. BY the authOress Of
"Wau-bun." Two volumes In one. Philadelphia:
j. B lpplnc0u 20.
This story opens with 50 strange old fashioned
equipage - "makng its way down the western slope
OF that range OF hills which separate Connections
from the sister State. New York" Quite naturally
travellers "might have been seen" in this vehicie
They comprised Mr.. Norton New England clergy
man, and his daughter Alice, their way to visit
relatives In the Empire State. The fiery steed ee
seventeen years that pulls Old fashioned equipass
being thirty suddenly darts forward on beoline.
for spring near by, and succeeds In getting into
bed OF deep. boggy SOIL" This gives an 0p-
portuiLy for the appearance Of solitary horse
man IN the person OF Mr.. Walter Ogtlby, whe
heroically extrcates steed and vehicle nom the mud
Alice and Walter do not fall IN love with each other
ION the spot" they wait for few days before Pcrk
Ing tine spark which lights the nrcs Of affection.
After this spark has been struck there steps IN thai
not marry walter This vindictive young LADY v
necessary to say y that she Is herse ambitious Of o.
coming Mrs. Oglby. she makes Walter believe tnae
make Acs Believe - that % waiter si has @ gil
who loved hiln ''n0t wisely but too wel." Some 800
pages detail The history Of the CONSPIRACY aga,aas
precipitous hill. 0gllDy ls near by ahts kind q
rescue, ne dads her lying lasensibe, and, RAISING.
her body In his arms, induges in some fncOhereno
being dead. His precious one opens her eyes o.
the Ave hundred and twenty-sixth page and s06A
sr Which, M feeling sss1 "a faI M ns ana
conveys her to the nearest house she being unable
to walk The next prominent feature is found In an
interview between Walter and Mr.. Morton, which
ends In Alice being sent for, and the 0ld gentle.
man placing his hands upon the youthful lovers.
SI SGoa Almighty % bless ys YOU my my dear children"
Orange blossoms and wedding cake reiigiously and
@ ssashs &c. % Gertrude doesn't die Of sheer vess.
ton. She marries gay young 0lncer ana alto!
marriage nirts so outrageousy that her husband
becomes jealous and gets killed in duel fought on
There are numerous other characters In this book
It is refreshing, however to note that one of these
characters is Souherner, and he 10 represented ~
being refined. ohivalrous gentleman, who doesnr
chew tobacco, whip niggers or shoot aboti0nists.
All OF the Incidents related In the work occurred
entrs ss Rst'SS rom cnidnooa to Old asS ali
parties concerned are not written. However, the
story is familiar to us-very famiar we read u ~
childhood read It in youth and have been reading N
in many shapes and forms SINCE manhood. "Waiter
Ogby is no worse than all OF IT'S twin sisters in,
in idea and not the old tale Oft told" 1t would 10
better.
ELsMRNrs OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE Taken from
the Greek Grammar OF James Hadley, Professor
In Yale College, New YORK: d. Appleton 90.
This is an abrldgment, and an admirable one. OF
Professor Hadley's ''Greek Grammar" The demand
for work of this kind was such as to induce tho
publishers to produce IT. The original grammar
was Ill adapted "to the purposes Of elementary In
struction" In the preface which fully explains the
reason for the abridgement, the publisher says
sin reducing the size Of the work 1t has often ap,
peared necessary. at least convenient to modify
fs phraseoiogy. Cases Will also be found Ia which
1t has been thought expedent, for one reason or
another, to change more than the mere form OF ex-
preston Bt The Instances are few IN which the mode
Of treatment has been essentially altered 1t has boon
presumed that in general, the student would pass
entering on the study of Ionic poetic writer's Az
this however may not always be convenient. tt has
seemed best to add In an appendix. SYNOPSIS OF
the most important forms OF dialect aud brlef az
count Of the principal Kinds OF verse;"
In spite OF the clamOrs which certain persons are
now raising against the continued study OF classical
language Il is not at all probable that the study Of
Greek and Latin will be abandoned Ior many years
our colleges ana schools. 80 long Will elementary
granmars be needed for Students This abridged
work Ia as good as any that we have seen FOR edu-
catiOnal purposes.
ILLUsrRAT ATED BIBLE HISTORY. By Rev. Richard
Gilmore. Cincinnati and New York: BenzIger Bro.
theirs, printers to the Holy Apostolic See.
In this ssBible History'' we have q translation
from work compiled by priest Of the diocese OF
Basel translated into French by Rev. Dr. Bourquard.
Of Paris, and approved by many bishops In Europe"
Il s prepared for the OF Catholic schools in the
United States, and Is endorsed by Archbishop Pur
by Catholics an orthodox publication. The chap
ters are brief and cOnc1scly w0rded. The most im-
pOrtant events narrated In the Bible are given IN
clear, simple style, readily understood BY childroQ.
and the work Is neatly printed and bound In the
usual style OF school books.
magazine Notices.