The New York herald., 1873-05-03
NEW BoOKs

10 seems that "Kencim Chiliingiy" ana "The
Parisansr are net Lord Iytton's last novels amer
al, nut he left the manuscripts Of another con-
pleted work.
"Kenelm cAiAinsyr has been published by The
Harpers.
The Petersons have Just published .An for Love-"
new novel by Eliza A. Dupuy, recently announced.
IL 10 - story Of Corsican life.- IN which the
characters are the aim and uncertain creations OF
weak Imagination. when the ilst Of American
noveiists has been revised and corrected We lear
shat Miss Dupuy's name win not be iosnd upon H.
we naturally turn from action 10 poetry, but ind
among the books OF the week only . sn.le volume
Of 30 called poems. the anthor Of this volume 10
clara Augusta" asd ths Lppincetss are the
publishers.
These poems" might have been called .sTributes
70 the Eiements." From one end OF the BOOK 10
the other the burden OF the songs h
Hss.y s..,. DO down m on .. ,ss r ssrss wlas
What IL the "eerie wind 4" and tell us O Muse
what Is frozen rain, CARA Augusta evidently
knows, Tor she tells M that
jim her train the frozen rain
I&sped in . caiAracts
and, besides, she knew a fellow whose
smile was frcren mow.
She tells MS also that
like a globe Of frcsen zee
The moon hangs In the rky.
II she had been true poet she would have used
that fine phrase "congealed water.r somewhere IN
her book. poet who can sing OF "the drifting
rain,n "thc scented leaves OF fragrant August
rain," 'tne dismal Autumn rain" .ths aim. sad
rain," "the sunshine alter the rain" "the death
cold gray OF the fogn battle smoke which .red fog
curls,n .veils OF chilly mist" "nakes Of sanity
whiten and "the ghostly mlstiness OF snow" might
also, we should think, while
Tumblng the restless feathery snow
Filling the air with frosty glow
And frozen chiis,
have done something for solid water. VINO would
not like to see q frozen chf Until she can ex-
hiblt one Clara Augusta had better busy herself
with brush and broom and unpoetic wash tabs
leaving poetry TO people whom the dangerous at
mospheren dses not anect in a way that induces
them to think the misuse OF nouns ana adjectives
is the gift or the Muses.
The other books OF tho week require no extended
notice.
They are "Our scamen,, by Samuel Plimsoll
M. p, published by George Routledge a Sons, o
book which contains many facts in regard TO the
English merchant service.
"The Dead Sin and Other Storiesn-none Of them
OF any interest-by Edward Garrett. and published
by Dodd Mead.
.Ireand and the Irish- containing some OF
Father Burke's lectures, with Wendell Philips
lecture on O'Connen, published by Lynch, Cole 4
Meehan.
weak religious story, called "a Sequel TO the
Old Manor House." published by Henry Hoyt.
And "Buckskin Mose," narrative OF q frontiers
man, who reversed the order or "Buiralo Bill'sn
career, beginning life as as 'actor" and ending
1t rs o "trapper," published by Henry L. Hinton.
Many OF the chapters In the book are utterly worth
less. 1t is, however, Of considerable value on ac-
count OF the light 1t sheds on the Indian question
Among other things the work relates fight with
Captain Jacks tthe Modoc chier band some years
ago. in which small party OF whites killed forty.
three OF the Indians, losing only OF their num-
ber. "Buckskin Nose" ought to take the contract
for exterminatlng the Modocs, for he is certainly
more successful than General Gilem.
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Printing Establish
ment has published volume Of Sketches Of jew
sh Lie and History" by Henry Gersoni
Apamphlet, containing an account OF the suffer-
ings and death Of Archbishop Darnoy, murdered by
the Paris Commune, has been published by the
Catholic Union Of New York.