Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-06

ssSllssos; By a; g.rn:..ia: New Iosi: Chr;
Schmidt tfor sale By Wsshiugtoa booksellers
The subjects treated in this popular work.
which has reached second edition, are The
Weight Of the Earth; Velocity; Nutrition;
Light and Distance; The Wonders OF Astron-
omy; The Food Proper for Man.
A PBIEOEss OF THULE. A HoysI. ~ william
Blsek, New Yort Harper Bros. lrhrous b
The author Of GA Daughter of Heth," The
Monarch Of MIncing Lane" &C., may be fairly
reckoned now In the front rank Of modern novel
writers. The heroine in GA Princess of Thule
altogether fills the bill more satisfactorily than
any representation of female character in the
novels of the last quarter of q century.
HARRY HEAIHCOrE OF eARaoIL; A Tale
of Australian Life. By Anthony Trorope.
New York: Harper Bros. Through J. o.
This is the slightest of Trollope's novels. and
seems to have been thrown off by the author as
q sketchy Christmas story merely.
TIE NEW CHEMISTRY. By Josiah p. Cooke,
oey n Hsrvsrd Uniyersity. New YorR Henis.
ton Co. Through Jos. shinington
This volume belongs to the admirable "Intsr-
national Scientific Series" now being issued
by Appleton & Co. 1t is the substance of a
series of lectures by Prof. Cooke, delivered
before the Lowell Institute, in Boston, in 1872,
for their clearness and ability. They present
the modern theories of chemistry in q popular
style, but are yet sufficiently deep to exercise
the faculties of intelligent readers.
TIE wETHEBEL AFFAIR. By j W. De For.
BsllsntyneI
MIR. De Forrest, who has made a name by
some bright magazine writing and by his story
of "Overland," has made a further success by
fha nj al ,soIs o
piquant and readable.
gnsge-lessons for Grammar Schools. By Pref.
Mm. swinton. New York: Harper & Bros.
Through J. c. Parker.I
A useful manual for school work.
THE YOUNG MAGDALEN: AND OTHER
POEMS, Bv Frapcis q. sraith, IF the "New York
ana apthGr Of Magic, The CHARITY
Bros.
CRITICAL AND ExEaETICAL CoMMEN.
new Translation By James G. Murphy, LII. D.,
PsGfesssr 81 Hebrew; Belfsst Boston; Estes &
DIR. NJ urphy ranks high both as a commenta-
tor and translator, and this book, like his pre-
vious work on Genesis, is held by ripe scholars
TO be Of the first value in illustration Of the
Pentateuch.
AUTOBIOGkAPY OF THOMAS GUTHRIE,
ID and Memoir by his Sons, Rev David K.
Guthrie and Charles j. Guthrie; M. A. In two
Through Vim. Bsllsntyne.l
This Is timely and acceptable memoir of the
great Scotch preacher. The editors have done
wisely in preserving the photographed form
as much as possible, the more especially as
personal "reminiscences formed a marked char
acteristic of his style, both in speaking and
writing. This flavor of personal interest In fact
gave them much Of their charm and vivIdness
The portion of the narrative written by himself
is fragmentary, but is admirably adapted by
the editors to its fitting place In the story.
FRENCH HOME LIFE Reprinted from BLACK
WOODS Magazine. New York: ID. Appleton 90
Through j os. ShifiDgton.
Written by an English looker-on for a quar-
ter of a century in France, "amid ties and af-
fections which have made that country his
second home"
BEAUTIFUL FIEND; Or, THROUGH THE
FIRE. By Mrs Emma d. Il N Southwortn
Philadelphia: B. Peterson Bros.
The list of previous novels by Mrs. South
worth, printed in inverted pyramid form upon
the title page of this, her latest work, foots up
the formidable number of thirty-six! And yet
we dare say that she never had 50 large a circle
Of readers as in this year of 1874. The fact
that she, after turning out novel after novel for
TO many years, still retains her hold upon the
reading public, is evidence of exceptional skill
and ability. 1t should be added that her stories
though coming perhaps under the head of "sen-
satonal," in the sense defended by Charles
Dickens and Wilkie Collins, have none of the
unhealthy features of the Braddon- roug hton
sensational style of novels.