The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-18
LIT ERATUR
Criticisms Of New nnOIks.

TEN YEARS IN WALL STREET; REVELATION OF
INSIDE LIFE AND EXPERIENCE on 'CHAS0E.
Including the Histories Mysteries and Men OF
the Street, &c. BY William WOrthingon Fowler.
Published by Worthlngton, Dustin q Co., Hart
ford. 1870
No romance equals the reality Of Wall street in
the extravaganza with which 1t turns topsy .turyy
oil the ordinary sober facts OF life, and als1es every
one of the staid rules that govern human endeavor
All the world has INDUCED with the Oriental muse
the story of Aaddin's lamp and OF illimltabe wealth
and what wealth brings, secured by the mere
turn Of the hand, and the centipede's cousin
could not count on her toes the number
Of dreamers who have longed to possess that old
uensl. Wall street is full OF those lamps. They
stored in al the shops, scattered behind the apple
stands. and peanuts are sold at the street
IN the light they give, SO wonderfully are extremes
jumbled In that great thoroughfare Surely the
lamp is hardly hyperbolic figure OF life in Wall
street when the widest changes from poverty to
allucnce are It's every day histories and when even
the wealth, the great palaces aud splendid gardens
Of the Arabians did not melt away more readily
under the influence OF counter charm than the
fortunes gained in the street pass rs they come.
No book has ever hitherto been given to the public
that puts before it such realizing picture Of nap
and msnap in the great financial market as this OF
Mr.. Fowler Some real appreciation or one OF the
most deeply interesting topics OF our age may be
gained in these pages. Here we see, as he Is, the
spcculator OF every possible shade and shape--the
winner OF to-day aud the loser Of tomorrow
the man who tumbles up TO fortune by some
to him mysterious change In the value
Of the property he has bought and before
on is AS suddenly tumbled down again. Beside him,
jostied and jostllng him ut every step, VIC see that
man who continues the change that make men rich
ana drives up and drives down prices Of set pur-
pose.
formation OF the volume goes all the time thread
or story framed from the fortunes Of the
sD pacna s0 $500 n Worth ivan of street stock OK
that rose to fabulous heights and BY
that and successive csao We, lucky purchases ana
time. This typical history OF life In the street gives
the story the interest OF novel for such readers
as are likely 10 take interest IN nothing else, though
all others the book VIII have far higher interest
In virtue Of its reality and the general scarcity and
abounds It's sketches OF the magnates who have
gone to and fro IN Wan street during che pasttel
years, and Of the great operations Of the Pc
ROD Will give 1t permanent value as Contribution
to history.
Another book OF a semiregious character is that
entitled "whltc as Snow'' New York: Arson D. L.
Randolph Coz, containing six stories, all OF which
are we'll written and pleasant to read. They are
each under the head OF "Miiy Hayden" "Mss Fe-
lcia "A Rough Diam0nd,'' "A Happy Woman"
''Somcbody' and ''Walter Sedey.n We cheeruiIy
recommend The book.
JEALOUSY; OR, TEvERINo, one OF the most delight
fu OF the novels written by George Sand, has been
recently published by r. b. Peterson & Brothers, of
Philadelphia. As in "Consuelo, the heroine Is an
ideal character, beautiful and pure admirably drawn
and worthy OF the genius That conceived her. All
the other characters are excellent. The book
throughout Will be read with pleasure.
The title, "Great TransContinenta Tourists
Guide' New York: George A. Crofutt Cob ex-
plains the contents OF a neatly printed illustrated
and bound book, by which the reader Is enabled to
travel by the best routes from Boston to San FRAN
cisco, aud from that last named city TO numerous
points OF interest In California, including San Quen-
tin where the State Prison Is located, aud where
the compiler humOrously leaves his reader The
book appears 10 us very praisewOrtny one.