, 1874-02-21

their place in the publishing fraternity. II sc
they will bo cordially welcomed.) Robert
Brothers seem rather inclined to felicitate them
selves On the popularity Of Mrs. Somerville'
! Recollections-a popularity altogether deserves
! than to push forward nefr books. Still, the,
have come. Of which will speak by and by.
JR- osaoon CO.
| asst year did not issue single volume during
January and February This year they have
| already published Lewes' significant work,
"P1obloms Of Lifo aud Mind" - Zeli,'s Far
tuae," powerful story by R. E. Frsncll!on s
new edition OF Euthanasy," " by the Rsv, William
Mountford; and Mrs. Ellis ''Life OF Mrs. Bar
| bsuld," With selections from her works, in two
! volumes. It remains to be soen how much in-
! tcrest Mrs. Barbauld, as writer and woman,
| has for American readers. Certainly the present
generation knows very little of her, and there
fore caros little for her now : lot us hope since
she was 80 excellent character and 30 judicious
| au author. that Mrs. Ellis may havo the power
] and satisfaction to rokindlc somewhat the adj
mlration for her which our fathers and mothers
cherished. Her fame ought to bo dear to the
| good, church-going people who, Sunday after
SUNDAY, sing her hymns, albeit these have been
- 't1nkered freely by comp,lers Of hg1nn-hooks,
| IN whose eyes the authorA OF hymns have 10
nights that they are bound to respect, OF Mrs.
| Darbauld, who seems to have been thoroughly
sonsible, practical, healthy-natured woman,
C1abb Robinson, in his Diary" gives many \
| pleasant glimpse. showing how highly she was
esteemed by tho literary maenates Of her genera
| tion.
MR. HousrronD's Dook
| appeals to much the aame class that found The
| Gates d;ar" " 30 suggestive and comforting. 1t
ls very unlike that, and lacks tho romantic, pas
80 widely popular. Yet, to one seeking IgA,
amid the engthening shadows Of declining flfa
| and the darkness OF bereavement, or trying to
| look even through tho Valley Of tie Shadow Of
Death :. a9a discern ligh: beyond, hz. Mount
| It IT, as he called it, "happy talk towards tho
end Of life; )" cheerful, inspiring survey Of the
! world and all it offers to ennoblo aud perfect
| mankind, and Of tho probabilities, or what seem
to the author the certdintes Of the future state
It is not blind rhapsody. or upre1soning
optimism, or fanatical ecstasy about heaven;
but graphic ideal picture ot What ia to como,-
| its outlines drawn from the ana1ogies OF tho
present state, but on scale infinitely enlarged,
! and its colors supplied by the aspirations and
! sublimest imaginings OF tho soul
Osgood j. Co. will soon add "Young Brown"
to their Library OF Novels It ia remarkably
spirited story, with vastly more pith and vitality
than most novels poBses8- It IL by
| GaESvuLE MURRAY,
who has made himself conspicuous in tho British
diplomatic service, aud who is recognized in En-
gland as writer of exceptional power. brillisn-
/ Cy, Alu Re1bA@l4kJ Gla present E10Tg, " 1Q6
Mamber for Paris" attracted unusual attention
by its mast5rly exposure Of tho methods aud
instruments by which Louis Napoleon managed
Paris and France. tits published in Osgood'a
Library OF Novels, hu>has not uado the satna
Impression hero ~ in England, partly because
Fzenchmen and French politics are farther on.
therefore Less Immediately interesting to usI
partly because its great literary power and its
value as sn historical pictura Of . most cu1ious
epoch in French affairs are not generally known.
Mi M,Jrr IN 11IT hn
author OF Men OF the Third Republic, "-9
so1ies OF pungent gketcles of Theirs, Gnmbetts.
Jules Favre MacMahon, the Due de BEoglie, aud
others who have been most prominent in Franco
aiuca Sedan. And, II be did not write, his liter
asy twin brother must have written. - Political
Postraits. "a series OF papers on tho leaders Of
English politics, very caustic, appalIingly
frank, and too near the truth to be any way
aoothlng. On the whole, Grenvilio Murrav
seems 70 be writer who will bear watching and
reading.
s'owEN MEREDITH ~
who, by tha death of BuIwer, has now become
Robert Lord Lyt1on-has just issued in London
new poetical work entitled Fables in Song"
which O5good l. Co. will immediately repub1lsh
hoze. The English edition is in two volumes,
but the American will contain but one, uniform
with "0wen Aoredith's Poems" previously
issued. The u Fables" arc stories or sketches.
moral, or eatire, or q SARCASM upon some
aspect OF modern political, social, religious, Of
literary life. Some OF tho lessons would not
hare been given BY an Esop living in different
circle; but nearly all aro level to tho average
comprehension Of mankind, and are Us who,e-
some aud worth heading as il their author were
cne Of lie, and not Lord. Tho easy gal1op Ut
his verse is delightfully."- comfortable to follow,
and-with the fresh topics aud incidents 10 has
treated-ought to give his new book ~ large d
popularity as his "a Lucille =" has had, OF which
more than $4,000 copiea have been sold in this
country.
rAnTos's "1uE or 1xFYEnsos
and Frothingaam's - Life Of Theodore Parker"
likely to be among the most notable booxs OF
the year parton'a "Jeffcrzon" labors under
the possible disadvantage OF having appeared
much OF it-n the Atlantic; it will be accounted
merely reprint, and so will run the risk Ola
neglect which it morits ns little as any Of tho
excellent biographies recently given to tho
world. Possibly its appearance in the magA-
zine will provo the best Of advertisements for it,
inastnuch as those who read ths successive
monthly chapters found thon fascinating to
velous skill in telling the story, or w.s it the
rare inherent charm OF the story OF Jef1ersou's
career, which gave those chapters their great
attraction2 Both, perhaps; as any Tate, the at
Parton pictured it,-and he fortified himself
with weighty proof,-was ono of unu.nal beauty,~
and peculiarly rich In lessons which Americans,
az nation and as individuals, need to have set
this Afr: Parton has done. OF the Life Of
Theodore Parker" will speak mozs fully in m
other letter.
ROBERTS 1RoTBKns
hAvo nearly ready "Thorpe Regis" new
story by Miss peard, whose two previous stories,
The Rose Garden " and Unawares," rack
considerably above tho Lowell Of 1nost English
novels. they do not Eelong to the list OF great
stories, lko George Elot's nor are they in
any way stories that one must read ; but ttoy