New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-26

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SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. Anovel. By Mira.
Z. .. Newly. Published by T. B. Peter
BY Kahn Il Co., No. 100 Canal street. New
Orleans. ~
Sunshine and Shadow" is a we'll written
book. It is not particularly vivid in de-
sor1ption or powerful in interest; yet it is
one OF the best produced by this lady. 1t
may be called society novel-English 90
clety-having baronet and four children
In the foreground. 1t has much counting,
four marriages aud one or two engage
ments, for the special informa tion of LADY,
readers.
The LIVING LINK. A novel. By James
De Mile. Published by Harper & Bro
I theirs, New York. For sale by George
Ellis e. Brother, No. 81 Camp street, New
Orleans. ts -
This story, which has just been COM
pleted as serial in Harper's Magizi,.e, now
appears in attractive book form. 1t is, in q
sense, a lively romance of rascality, and q
story exceedingly dramatic. Professor De
Miles style of writing is we'll known, as
illustrated in the "Dodge Club" and "Cryp.
togram." His plots are generally improba-
BILE. but the dashing manner in which they
are wrought out, and the rollicking humor
pervading the dialogue, amuses and holds
the attention of the reader. 1t is the best
new novel of the season, and will be read
with pleasure.
BARNABY RUDGE. BY Charles Dickens.
Published by Harper g. Brothers, New
York. For sale by George Ellis & Brother
No. 81 Camp street, New Orleans.
This publication comes in the series Of
Harpers' beautiful quarto household edition
of Dickens. 1t is embellished with forty
four illustrations, made byJ. Barnard. The
story is we'll known as one vivid and start
ling, and so far as facts are concerned, Civ
ing accounts of the famous Gordon riots, il
one of the most real of all Dickens's stories
CooMAssIE AND MAGDALA. By Henry M
Stanley. Published by Harper & Broth
ers, New York. For sale by George Ellis
& Brother, No. 81 Camp street.
The author calls this the sto ~ of two
British campaigns in Africa. Whatever Of
daring and glory is recorded be longs to the
English soldier and the newspa per CORE
spondent. Mr.. Stanley has here made q
book of more than 500 pages, which, like
"How l found Livingstone" is little in
much, made to sell. No one who patiently
read his former book has ever felt paid fol
the labor, or felt quite certain that the in
formation gained was correct, and there
are Thomases who yet doubt that the
Herald correspondent ever interviewed Liv.
ingstone at all. Mr. Stanley is one of the
most enterprising of newspaper men; he il
faithful to his employer, and never tails to
send news-if he has to make it. The diary
Of a correspondent, however, becomes
monotonous when taken all at once. 1t il
tedious to read of the exact hour Bohemian
took his breakfast each morning five years
ago, and all the little commonplaces OF start
ing, stopping, seeing something, hearing
conversations of great little men, "CoOmas
sic and Magdala,' the book. is big enough
for condensed history of the world, but il
really is but superficial account of small
portion of it, and it has sleepy look.
The MAGAZINES FOR AUGUsr.-The ma.
gazine literature of America is no whit be-
hind that of England, and in point of illus
tration and Typographical app earance oul
magazines excel those of London. Of the
magazines for August received to this date
space forbids that nothing more than men
ton should be made Of few Of the good
things found in each.
The Atlantic Monthly has continuation
of Howells' story, "a ForegOne Conclu
sion," "Over the Footlights," by c. w
Stoddard, financial article by Atkinson
reviews of literature, art and music, and 9
rich array of original poetry by William
Gibson, John G. Whittier, A. B. Street, j
T. TrOwbridge and others.
The GALAXY contains more of "Linley
Rockford" by Justin Mccarthy; "Broken
Idols" paper concerning McCle Han and
Lee, by Launce Poyntz; more about Ed
mond About, by Albert Rhodes; sketch
called "Signor Spiridion," which we pub.
lish; "Shilly- Shaliy," by Richard Grant
White, and many other interesting articles
BY popular authors.
Lippincoh's Magazine is library OF good
things, illustrated and entertaining. This
number commences William Blacks story
called Three Feathers" with contributions
by Edward Strahan, Kate billiard, George
Mcdonald, T. A. Trollope. and others.