Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-03
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by the issue Of that war, the reader win he aot
70 say cut bsnO But the historical portion and
Mr.. Stephersi comments have undoubted yalue
and interest, coming from one occupying the
favorable position for review held by him dur
ing the memorable contest. This portion of the
Tors gives the p"1n,s M o sesrSen
the conduct Of the war by the Confederates
In summing up he estimates that the entire
loss Of men on borh sides in this gigantic war
was more than one million OF men, aud that the
like aggregate OF expenditure of money on both
sides, Including the loss and sacrifice in proper
ty, could not have been less than eight thousand
millions of dollars-a sum fully equal t. three
fourths OF the assessed value Of the taxable
property Of the entire country when it com
menced!
From the publishers we have.
Scenes OF Wonder and Curiosity in California
By j. Nj. HutchiDgs. New York and San Fran
cisco: A. Roman & Co. This book, we may say
after experience, is an indispensable to the
tourist on the Pacific slope. No other man Is 50
well fitted for the work as Mr.. Hutchings, who
has had some twenty years experience in Cali
fornia. a large portion of which has been devoted
to study ing and sketching the most interesting =
features OF that State, so wonderfully rich in the
clements of the picturesque and the grand. The
last half dozen years fhis life has beeH spent in
the sublime valley of the Yo Semitic, and con-
siderable portion OF this volume is given to the
des scripti0n Of that chaSm OF wonders. Bat from
beginning to end it abOunds in information con-
cerning the points of intere st OH the Pacific side,
tuc curt Vi Travelling, OlstdnC6S, nOJ6l CH8rge1,
&C., &c. Its value is enhanced by q large mum
Der of illustrations, outline route maps, SC.
From the publishers, through j. Shtllington,
who has them for sale, we have the following:
"Indiana," Consuelo," "The Countess OF
RudoIstadt, and Jealousy of Teverino." By
George Sand. Philadelphia: L. B. Peterson &
Bros. Death has swept away most OF the re-
nowned English writers of fiction, and the
falling OF in the supply from this quarter seems
10 have caused the leading caterers for the pub
lie in this branch OF literature to turn their at
tentiOn to the sources Of supply In other cotn-
tries-tO France more particularly. The novels
OF George Sand, old and new, are now being re.
produced by two or three American Publishing
houses, and by the Petersons with more attene
ton to typogi Apply, paper and binding than Is
usually gwen by TINS active concern in their
rushing style Of getting "tirst on the street.
with their reprints.
The Maiden Widow. By Mrs. f. ID. E. y.
Southworth. Philadelphia: L. b. Peterson a.
Bros. Mrs. Southworth, writing in her pleas
al t cottage on the other side OF Rock Creek.
continues year after year to interest perhap>
the largest number OF readers ever reached by
writer OF fiction. When the circulation OF
Bonner's Ledger begins to droop the sure tonic
20 bring II up to the standard Is a new story by
Mrs Southworth; and when the same stories
are afterwards put in book form by the Peter
sons they reach a sale beyond any others upoa
the long list OF their publications, embracing
all the popular authors OF the world. The pres.
ent story is sequel to "The Family Doom"
Married in Haste. by Mrs. Ann s. STEPHENS
Philadelphia: T. b. Peterson & Bros.
Camors. Love Story. Translated from the
French OF Octave Feuilet. Philadelphia: T.
b. Peterson & Bros. novel by the author of
''A Poor Young Man., Feuillet depicts French
soeial life with wonderful accuracy aud skill
and the style without being "jerky,' Is charac-
teriZed by The epigrammatic crispness peculiar
10 the French writer Of wit, genius, and Ilti-
yat:On.
From the publishers, through Blanchard &
Mohun, we have the following:
The Women Of Israel. BY Grace Aguilar In
two volumes. New York: ID. Appleton * Co.
In this work, which treats upon the lives OF the
wives of the patriarcbs and upon the Exedus
the Law and the Monarchy. issue is taken with
the charge that the law Of Moses sank the Il
brew fem ale to the lowest state OF degradation
and denied her all mental and spiritual enjoy
ments.
The Three Brothers. A Novel. BY Mrs. Oil
phant. New York: d. Appleton & Co. Cheap
edition Of popular tale that has been running
through the weekly numbers OF APpleton's Jour
Wilson's intermediate Fifth Reader. New
York: Harper & Brothers. Designed more es-
pecially with reference to Rhetorical and Elo-
cutionary instruction.
A Dangerous Guest. BY the author Of "Gil-
bert Rugge.' This readable story forms No
$40 Of the Library Of Select Novels" issued by
the Harper's.
Index to Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
This index is up to the fortieth volume inclu-
.ive, and is a "handy thing to have in the
house" for those who have the set.
From the publishers, through VIM. Ballau-
tyne, we have the following:
Goethe's Hermann and Dorothes. Translated
by Ellen Frothisghsm. Boston :: Roberts
Brothers. 1t is with sense Of pleasure that we
take up hook bearing the imprint of the
Roberts Brothers. The Hermann and Dorothea
Of Goethe is presented in the ueua ualclear type
nails that mark alf the issues we have seen from
This publishing house.
Poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Boston
Roberts Brothers. Poet-painters we have in
his country, and "good at neither" bu. by
lutte general consent Of the critics of the mag
azines Rossetti is genius OF the Crichton order.
who ranks high in the supremeiy DIFFICULT art OF
painting, and has qualities enabling him to deal
with the other supremely difficult one OF poetry
with complete mastery. The characteristics OF
these Poe ms are depth and feeling, an exquisite
Of OF dsGn and and
day; which, however, 1&nG IDnllowed to cloud
the meaning. In some pieces there is
Swinburnian directne Ike with difficult
From French, LangrM z Oeilyie we have
the following: -E.-
Life at Home. By William Aikman, ID. ID.
New York: Samuel X. Wells. This excellent
book, written with view to exalt the family life
comes in we'll at time when the sacredness of
The marriage relation is so much called in
question, and when the bonds which hold the
family together are-in this country at least
daily being weakened and held In less and less
esteem.
"Maurrat,' and sAntoDia.' Novels by George
Sand. Boston: Roberts Brothers. These form
the initial volumes OF standard library edition
Of the novels Of "the grand prosat>ur OF the
nineteenth century, to be issued by Roberts
Br0theFs. -..
From the publishers We have the: ..s.
Life Of Charles Dickens. By X. Shelton
L. L. D. Philadelphia: T. B. Peter
ION Bros. Considering the short time that has
elapsed since the death Of Dickens, the author
Of this biography has succeeded in gathering a
vast amount Of Interesting Information CONCERN
ing the great novelist. But DIR. Mackenzie by
bis industry, his literary experience and his
long association with authors had import Ant
advantages for gaining material for his work.
and has used 1t with no little SKILL. This
biography OF Mr.. Dickens Is by far the best that
has yet appeared.
From d. G. Parker we have: 49,
Howes's U. s. Surveying Manual. By J.H
Howes. Philadelphia: j. b. Lppincott g Co
useful work, supplying complete text book
OF government surveying; and also info alton
IN leweid 10 entering public lands, Nc. The