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the efforts of the friends of Capt. Grant.
her commander, to ascertain the place of
her wreck, and their final success and his
rescue. The book is written in all the
spirit of 4 romance, and is one of the most
thrilling stories OF the sea that has appeared
in recent years. Its scenes and adventures
are recounted with great skill in producing
the most absorbing effects, and keep the
high tension of interest, created in the very
first chapter, sustained to the close. The
author has performed his part admra-
blv, and the publishers have pro-
duced a book on superior paper,
with excellent Typography and illustrations
on wood almost equal to steel. Those who
have read ''Trenty thousand Leagues 'u,-
der the sea- will find the "Castaways,"
book of even greater interest. j. p. Lip
pincott & Co, Philadelphia, publishers. For
sale in this city by W. I. Berry & Co.,
Union and American block.
THwARTED; OR, DUCKS EGGS IN HENS
NEST. BY Florence Montgomery.
This little story, like the several that
have preceded it from the same pen, is told
in quiet and pleasing way. The plot is
simple, and the moral is good. J. B. Lip
pincott & Co., Philadelphia, Publishers.
For sale in this city by W. 7. Berry & Co.,
Union and American block.
BASIL. A NOVEL. By Wilkie Collins.
So, we are to have new Library Edi-
ton of the novels of Wilkie Collins. This
new edition is the property Of Harper &
Brothers, of New York. This edition is,
also, specially dedicated gratefully TO the
American People" by Mr.. Collins, and the
dedication is put to us in his own hand
writing, and is dated so late as September,
1873; and we may regard it as containing
his revisions to this date. In many of his
productions he has pleased many Of our
people. ourselves included. He has seemed
always to be the friend OF virtue and of a
high sense of morality, Sometimes he has
received malediotiOns for appearingthe con-
trarv. Upon the whole, we think in this
regard, his critics have been unjust. For
we have never finished reading one Of his
books with very keen desire to commit a
crime against either virtue or morality.
This BASIL" now before us, was on
its first appearance, in the cate
CORY of these adverse criticisms,
but it is still read, and later readers find
not the same cause of denunciatlOn. The
| truth is, the people who are called critics
are but persons like the rest of us, and are
| lust as liable to eat bad egg il an Omelet
| as any of us, and as liable also to err in
| Judgment as any. They often write with
| sour stomachs, and are often unsustained
| bv the Judgment of the world. The dedi-
| cation of this edition 10 the .:American
| People, is a grateful acknowledgment OF
| the kind reception Mr.. Collins and his
works have had in America. Harper &
Brothers. publishers, New York. For sale
by W. T. Berry & Co., Union and Ameri-
can block.
| MEMORIES OF MANY MEN AND SOME WOMEN.
| BY Maunsell B. Field.
| This work embraces the persOnsal rccOl-
| lectionS Of the author, Of men and women
| with whom he has come in contact for the
| last thirty years. These -recollections arc
brief of the several persons, but embrace a
great many whose memory is still fresh in
the minds Of the people, and quite NUM-
Der who are still living, including those dis
| tingushed in Europe and in this country
| and is really taking volume. Harper x
| Brothers. Publishers, New York. For sale
bv w. T. Berry 4 Co., Union and Amer
lean block.
JOSEPH THE JEW. The story Of an Old House
| (No author given.)
Published by Harper & Brothers as ono
of their "Lihrary of Select Novels and
for sale by w. Z. Berry & Co., Union and
American block.
FRENCH HOME LIFE. Reprinted from Black.
| woods Magazine. New York: ID. Appleton
| x Co.
The domestic life and manners of the
| French have always attracted the attention
! and studg Of Enolish-speaking people, part
". il seems, because the manners Of the
| French are peculiar, and partly because
they haze been considered pretty or tasci
mating, aud, in some respects, worthy Of
| imitation. The volume before us is merely
a collection Of excellent essays, which APP
peared successfully in HGckrOOd'S EdjR
tlgUh Mugazine. They were written byaI
| EngliShman who possessed long acquaint-
ance with French life. There are eight Of
them entitled, respectively, Servants,
I-"Children," furniture" GOOD" ''Man-
nels," Language" "DreSS," and ''Mar-
| riage." These heads are not all indicative
of very interesting matter, and in this re-
speet they are deceptive. They are merely
| convenient divisions of the whole subject,
which is treated by the author in an adj
mirable manner. To one who has nc
| special desire for the information il con
| tains. this book cannot but prove an inter
esting volume. To one who does wish the
| knowledge to be derived'from it, hardly any
other work could answer the purpose Sc
| well. il Is one OF the hooks which
ought to constitute every household
| library. Not the least of its merits
is that the difference between the manners
| and customs of the French and Of the Eng
| lish is constantly described. This add:
greatly to its interest and utility, because
| it is bv contrast that We are enabled most
accurately to appreciate anything. For sale
by W. T. Berry u Co.
| Household WoRsHP, by y. Layman, with al
| Introduction by Rev. Daniel March, ID. D..
| Philadelphia: Porter * Coates.
This is another book peculiarly fit for the
| household library or rather for the parlOl
| table. 1t is a collection Of prayers and
| hymns adapted to family worship. TC
| those heads of families who are not con
scientiousiy opposed to the 'HpraycT-bOOk, -" il
| cannot but prove valuable auxiliary il
their domestic worship. 1t is not desigre
for any particular denomination. In the
| introduction by DR.. March we find this
| sentiment dhan which nothing can be
more true or beautifully: ''If prayer be ap-
| p.opriate i'll church, or in the halls of legis
ton, much more is it appropriate in the
private home from whence come all life
and growth to the church, all strength and
security to the State" This home is the
ultimate cell in the organism of a State,
If the cells he infected, the whole body is
corrupt. If the cells be pure and healthy,
| they grow together into a harnO-
niOus and perfect whole. Aside from this
consideration, nothing can be more beauti-
| full than a pure and untainted household.
In its nOblenesS, in its affections, In its
symmetry of parts, it is 4 miniature king
| dom. That which can eXalt and purify the
home circle ought to be sought by every
| family A guide to household worship like
the work before us cannot but be useful as
a thing of this character For sale by w.
| Il. Berry d Co.
Pastoral Theology, by VIM. S. Plummer, D.
| D., LID. New York: Harper & Brothers.
This book is designed specially for the
preachers. 1t has thirty-twO chapters, and
about 375 pages. The first chapter treats
| of the sources of information in pastoral
duties. The Bible is laid down as the
main source, especially that portion which
consists of Paul's writings, and more par
ticularly the epistles to Timothy and Titus.
| The second chapter is a very beautiful
| ESSAY on the Importance Of the ministry.