Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-16

NV lwk Harper BIOS tibroGsh n. D.
A goo story, which has hitherto appeared as
a serial in HGrper's Weekly.
LUTHER st HOME. Fy T Stork, y. p. Phi'a-
delrhia: Lu;hsranE ard Of Public alton. Through
h. Il. N hun b Ca
In a slight unpretentous form this little work
furnishes an interesting view OF Lu;heI's hom.
life.
HOW TO LIVE On A DIME AND AHALF 4
DAY. By L l.. Nichols. NJ. u. New York J. :.
Redield. lThIoush X. u NJ hun * Col
Tins little book the work Of an American ply
stefan who has resided n long time in England,
has been recently published in London, under
the title OF How to live on siNpence a day
where it had large sale. The gist of it is the
proposition laid down by the writer. that any
person may live in the best manner, and with
all their powers and faculties at their highest
efficiency, on a diet of from eight to twelve
ounces of dry food in twenty-four hours Dry
food he defines to be food without water-pure
nutrment. We must refer th3s curious, to the
book for the particulars of the dietary, which
embraces such articles wheat mush, oatmeal
porridge, stewed prunes, rice, split peas, &c,
&c.
HYMNAL: according to the use Of the Protestant
Episcopal ChurCh l.. the Tn ted States OF Amt RIGA
New York: Burd Hppghtcn. Philadelphia ::
CiaSton: Remsen Hafelfuser. Through X. b
This is the only collection of hymns aside
from those bound up with the Book of Common
Prayer, authorized for use by the Episcopal
Church of the United States.
TIE PBYsIOAL LIFE OF WOMAN: Advice 70
raiden Wife ard Mother. BY George II Napheys
A. NJ, NJ u. knetleth thousand. New York
George Mclean. Through the .Washingtos
agent
This is an enlarged and revised edition of a
work We have heretofore noticed favorabIy.
The author has treated his difficult subject most
judicOusly, and the book is a plain practical
treatise by physician of skill and experience.
BARNABY RUDGE. MYSTERY OF EDWIN
BROOD. By Charles Dickens. New York. ID
Appleton Go. Through Il. b. Mohun q Go I
The Handy volume" edition of Dickens
works, published by the Appletons in cheap
form, neatly bound in cloth, is to be completed
in fourteen volumes, this being the ninth.
sHAKsPEARE's HISTORY OF KING HENRY
IRE El"iilh q; EDITED with notes, by William
Through X. B. Mohun 4 Col Di'''
This edition OF Henry the Eighth has been
prepared with the same care in COLLATION. and
beauty of typographical execution as the Mer
chant of Venice and the Tempest, by the same
editor and publishers.
CnRI.IIAN THEOLOGY AND MODERN sKEP
fICISN. BY the Duke of Somerset. K G. Now
Col
In this little work an English writer deals with
the evidences TO sustain the theology of former
ages, in the cold dissecting room style of Ger
man criticism, and he holds that that theology
cannot be permanently maintained.
CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH. By George Fl. Hop
worth, minister New York: D. Appleton a Cp
Through Il. b. Mohun 4 Co w.
Embraces the two sermons delivered by Mr.
Hepworth previous to his withdrawal from the
Unitarian denomination.
SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, AND LETTERS ON
IeDuSTRlAL AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS
BY William ID Kelley, NJ. q. Phil adelnbia
Henry Carey Baird. Through h. B. Mohan 4
MI Kelley has long been recognized as the
leading spokesman for tariff doctrines as op-
posed 10 free trade, and this collection of hi,
written and spoken arguments seems to pre-
sent about all that can be said on that side.
MISSION RIDGE AND LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
with Pictures OF Lille in camp and Field By
Through r. b. Mohun Co " w.
Compiled from letters-and vivid, graphic
letters they were-written from "the front, TO
the Chicago Erening Journal. The pictures of
American manhood presented are well worth
preserving in this agreeable form.
POOR MISS FINCH. A novel. By wilkie Col
n nnr Ssw YORK Haprper 4 Bros Through
in plot as some of Collins previous works
"The Woman in White Moonstone, n"Arma-
dale" &c.
the author of 1hn Halifax, Gentleman" New
York: Harper Bros. Through Il. b. Mohun
Col
A notable array of good household stories are
the two dozen or more forming the series of
Miss Mulock's novels, and amongst the best of
them is /" Mistress and Maid"
LEFT TO HERSELF. By Jennie woodyille
r. b. Mohun Col
A story by a new American writer. Thu
scene of the opening chapter Is laid in the
mountains of Virginia, and is afterwards trans
ferred to Paris.
THE LAND OF DFSOL ATOM. By Isaac
Hayes, n. ID. New York Harper q Brofhsrs
Through h. b. Mehun Co ]
This is personal narrative of observation and
adventure in Greenland, by DIR. Hayes, who Wis
tied that country in 1850 in the steam yacht of
Mr.. William Bradford, the well-known painter
OF arctic scenery.
TIE LEADERS OF PUBLIC OPINION IN IRE-
LAND: Swift-k lood-Grattan-0Co Council By
William n. Leeky, ". A. New York r. Al.
pleton Co. [Throush r. b. Mohun Co /
These sketches, published anonymously some
years ago, are now reproduced at what il
dee med by the author, "A fitting time, when the
Repeal movement, which was suspended by the
famine, is manfestly reviVing; and "dsloyalty,
in some respects of more malignant type than
of any former period, has widely permeated the
masses of the people,"
REC0LLECTIONs OF PAST LIFE. By Sir Hen
ry Holland, Bart, n D.. &C. New York: n An
pleton Co. Through 4 Mohun CO..
A desultory volume-and perhaps all the bet
ter for that-giving the random recollections of
this distinguished English physician of his CO.
temporaries in high and public life, and also his
membranes OF scenes in his travels.
The WEEKLY STAR, now ready, contains the
proceedings OF Congress; the fuss about the
Washington Treaty; the District government
investigation; the row about the sale of arms IN
France; proceedings ofthe Agricultural Convep-
ton; the latest and best stories, poems sketches
together with interesting local news, Washing,
ton news and gossip, society matters apricui-
tural items household receipts, &c, sc.
Terms: One dollar and q half per annuna. in
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