The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-27


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, HE LOST MODEL. BY Henry Hooper. Phil
delphia: }. b. Lippincott & Co. New On
leans: Kahn 4 Co.
The title and table of contents of tn
present volume seems to promise an artist
tale of art and artists. In reality, we have
tiresome Yankee story Of the late civil wal
the scene laid in the town of Boshville, il
some nameless Western State; the story tol,
in Western dialect and Dutch idiom; the en-
listing of Western militia, and consequen
partings of Yankee soldiers ana Hoosier sweet
hearts, being the main incidents
TESTED, Or HOPES FRuITIoN BY Celia E.
Gardner. New York: G.. w. Carleton & Co.
New Orleans: Kahn & Co.
charming little love story, fresh, pure and
tender in sentiment, hearty in tone, simple
and natural in plot and incident.
| Beginning with the last school days of the
graduating class OF fourishing female
seminary, it follows the varied fortunes of the
fair young school-mates from their debut in
society until they are all happily married.
The book will prove especially attractive to
those who like the young heroines are
standing with relunctant feet
Where the brook and river meet"
A FATAL PASSION OR, sGERFAUT. By Chas
DeBernard Translated by O. Vibeur.
New York G. w. Carleton & Co. New Or
leans: Kahn & Co.
The announcement on the title nape
Translated from the forty-frst Paris edi
ton, naturally leads US to anticipate more
than ordinary merit in any book exhibiting
Such evidence of popularity, though the fact
of its having passed through forty-one editions
in Paris is by no means guarantee that it
will prove equally popular with American
readers. In truth, our anticipations- on
that announcement alone, the name of the
author being unknown to us-proved
to be what exaggerated, the book falling to
impress us very favorably. The love-scenes,
to which the book is largely devoted, are ex-
aggerated, and the conversations unnatural.
The characters are strongly individualized, but
very few in number and not attractive. The
heroine, Clemence de Bergenheim, who has
made the usual French Marriage de CONVEYANCE
before the story opens; her husband, who is
not her lover f; Gerfant, her inevitable lover
his friend and confdant Marillac, and his
pour Dasser lie temps, the innkeep-
srs daughter an old-maid aunt and her
poodle, and hoyden schoolgirl sister, COL
'titute the d'amatis personae. The lesson
aught appears to be: eff you are French
vom N, and married, and follow the apparent |
French fashion Of having lover, don't keep |
us letters Z"
iUNNAR. A Tale Of Norse-Life By H. H.
Boyeson. Boston James Il. Osgood and |
Co. New Orleans: Kahn & Co.
This delicate little romance, from the pen
# Prof. Boyesen, of Cornell University, will |
'e welcome in its present dainty book form to
hose who have glanced regretfully at the
antalizing morsels appearing monthly in the
1Aa,tic, in which it was first issued as a
erial. There is wierd charm in the Morse
egends of the Huber and the Mckenzie
pirit of the forest and the spirit of the water
and rare artistic grace in the telling of
9 the old, old story of the love of Gunnar
nd Ragnhild, the simple children of the Nor
7egian wilds.
Rose IN JUNE. By Mrs. Oliphant Boston:
James r. Osgood & Co. New Orleans: Kahn
a. Co.
Of this charming little story, the literary
rite of the New York Tribune says: cit lisa
ook which one loves to praise-as fresh and
agrant and delicate as is its name. There
re tears in it, but they are only the dew
trough which the flowers petals glow more
rightly. The style of the book is perfect in
S way end the character drawing is unusu-
ly clear and faithful Mrs. Olphant does .
Of introduce US to unusual people but
re shows us men and women such as we
leet them every day in the world of good So
ETY.. It is dear, innocent, tender,
d-fashioned love story. May Mrs. Oliphant
We to write us many more of them" With
hich we commend the book to our readers.
FLOATING CITY, AND The BLOCKADE RUIZ
NERs By Jules Verne. New York: Serb
ner, Armstrong & Co. New Orleans: Kahn
Il Co.
Two more stories lin one volume) from the {
N of that remarkably prolific writer, Jules
srne, with the usual graphic illustrations, ex-
ting adventures, and the curious COM q
ingling Of fictitious exaggerations and scien- c
ic facts, the facts often stranger even than = :
9 fiction, with thread of romance running r
rough the whole. "a Floating City" is the
;ord Of trip across the Atlantic on board
. Great Eastern, week spent in New York. !
agn. Bu6Alo. ETC., and the return, al in
o1lese * one n0nfh, ~ * <s1hsH Hack e
s. - !.