The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-03
Current Literature.

TAScREp, OR THE NEW CRUSADE. BY t1e nj.
Hon. BENJAMIN Disraeli. New YoIk: u. Ap-
pleton Co. 1871.
They who desire to know what MI. Dlsraeii
was before his hand had lost something OF Is
artistic cunning, will read with eager interest
Tancred, or the New Crusade. Its glowing
Oriental style and erotic strain made II the
rage when first published, and, for many
reasons, it is likely to be remembered When'
of Lothair, all but biting epigram is ior-
gotten.
For sale at Holiness Book House, and at Mr.
John Russelrs. PIP. l5s. Paper so cents.
TIE HANDY VOLUME EDITION OF DIcKENs's
WORKS. New York: D. Appleton d Co.
1871.
The third volume Of the astonishingly cheap
.Handy Edition" of Dickens's works contains
Martin Chuzzlewit. Fourteen volumes form
the edition, each volume being complete in IT.
self. The type, although fine, is clear, ana
the binding is substantial. This edition Is
illustrated.
Sold at Holiness Book House. Price IS cents
a volume.
RooKsToNE. By Katherine S. MaeQuoid. WIN
illustrations. Philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott
& Co. 1871.
This may be counted fair novel as novels
go. although it is rather patchy and bears
plain marks OF want of care. The character
Intended to be especially strikng-Old hllty-
is merely awkward and uncouth, and the
other heroes and heroines excepting always
the high-struDg and anselhsh Janet) are pain
fully unreal. For what they do, they nave IN
general. no sufficient motive, and the Deus
er naachind is unpleasantly conspicuous. Yet,
as the moral is that ill.gotten goods bring no
content and that no life is happy which is mol
governed by religious faith and trust, Inc
book will doubtless find many contented
readers. "Rookstone" is not dull, and, al
though asthetically faulty, is. s.otherwlse unob-
jectionable.
For sale at Holiness Book House. PIP. l45.
Paper rs cents.
ANNE FuRSEss. Novel. By the author OF
IN. Sacristan's Household, Veronica, DC.
New York: Harper & Bros. 1871.
1t is a pleasant thing nowadays to meet
with a novel whose interest depends on the
natural evolution of character, consequent
upon the events OF ordinary life. One grows
tired OF trap-doors, red-fre and wholesale
slaughter. and it is a relief to take up book
like Anne Furness, where nothing Is glaringy
improbable. and the required dash OF melo-
drama is suggested rather than expressed.
Where we must have violence and crime: 1t is
still best to dispatch our Duncans behind the
scenes. The author Of Anne Furness has
quick eye for personal peculiarities, and all the
characters are well marked. Several OF them
are strikng!y original In conception. They
stand out in bold relief, and are always In har-
mony with themselves-the slight contradlc-
tions in the conduct OF Gervase LAGER, who dis
plays depth of real emotion incompatible
with his deliberate rascality, we are willing to
treat as an oversight. The author is equally
felicItous, and at home, in dealing with the
sweet womanly heroine, with quaint Mrs.
Abram, the jealousy glowing curate's wife, and
the astonishing Cudberrys of WoollIng. There
Is thought and psychological insight in the
book, and we may warmly praise the dainty
humor with which the author describes the
thoughts and sports OF children. Than Anne
Furness no purer or spriteler novel has been
published this season.
For sale at Holiness Book House. PIP. IT'S.
Price IS cents.