Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-20
LITERARY NOTICES.

-Messrs. Il. n. Mckinney L Co.. OF Philadel
phiA, send rs . novel translated from the Germs.
OF Sophie yerend, by Auber Forester, and en-
titled Abous Tempest and Ttds. 1t has the Ger.
man characteristics Of minute attention to de.
tail, and careful elaboration OF the plot-fea-
tures which make the German novels distinc
school Of fetion-and upon q hasty examipa
tion, appears 70 be an entertaining and unobjec.
tionable book. The chief interest OF the story
centres about "RenAte," the heroine a good
girl who As sometimes happens. bestows her
hret love, rather hastily. on one man. and be-
comes happy as the wife Of another. Another
excellent character is "Brgitte," faithful SER
want TO the heroine, and DR.. Oswald. = third. il
good, II not goody-goody, person.
The volume comes TO us direct from the pub-
fishers, and may be had, We presume, through
any Of our booksellers.
Among the striking features OF ScrtJner' :
Monthly, for June, are n. P. Langtord'a enter
tanning and Observation-Disclosures Account of
+" The Ascent Of Mount Hayden = q new picture
and biography Of Bret HArte illustrated papers
on Cornell University and Our Postal Car Ser
vice curious and important paper by Gepl,
Walker, Superintendent of the late Ceusu-. on the
relative increase, by births, OF the American
Irish and American Germans = a Seancs with
Foster the SptntuAllst :" and an article bv Prof.
Wise, the well-knoWn aeronaut, in opposition to
the received theory OF the tides, An interesting
are two capital short stories, " Capt Luce's En-
smy, b. James T. Mckay and = An Old. Fash
Toned Story by Maria Stockton besides the
continuation OF DR.. Hollands - Arthur Bonni
castle, In which the hero has New Years ex-
perience. DR.. Holland, in Topics Of the Time, .
discusses - The Atlantic Disaster and its Les
sons J" and Conscience and Courtesy iu Criti-
cism.' In the " Old Cabinet there are half-a
dozon sonnets Home and Society and Etch-
ings are more than usually full. and in Culture
and Progress there are. besides the book re-
views, articles on The William Morris Window
and other art matters.
The " Great South = series will be commenced
In the July number Of ScrtJHer's.
The GALAXY for June contains several arti
ees OF striking interest," of which tue irst in or
DER, II not 10 merit, is q spirited sketch Of Leon
GAmeetta, the ardent French Republican, who
Ia spoken OF as the youngest Statesman ia Eu-
rope. Another article which has peculiar in
terest in view Of the sAnguinary tendency OF the
age and the tenderness of juries in murder trials
Ia DR.. Coan's essay on the Value Of Life an ar
tlcle full Of thought and sound philosophy. but
unfortunately rather too abstruse TO be. popular
The average reader will be better pleased with
M Burroughs light and entertaining article
upon the pleasures and benefits OF walking out
An Amusement very few Americans are addict
ed 70. One or two short and very pretty tales
are clustered under the title Of &c ascon Stories.
1hey pelong TO that quaint, simple class OF Ie-
Eend which passed current for general ions
among the French peAsantry without being
written. One Of these We fnd very ike Que Of
Grimm's Fairy Tales. The sweetheart OF Mon
AeuE brseux" Is very well written love story
with the unsatisfactory ending now SO much IN
vogue with story Wnters. "A fourfold Abb Is
an ingenious story, showing the trouble a self
appointed detective may get himself into. We
commend 1t to ths attention Of Inqlisitiys busy
bodies.
:. An article upon The Man with the Iron
Mask, reviews the immense array of books aud
essays written upon this subject within a CEN
tury and half, and patiently lAbors to prove
that none Of them are correct. The poetry Of the
number 10 As good - usual The scientific and
literary departments are full Of interest. and
constitute the best features Of the magazine.