New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-12
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

From K, G. Eyrich, No. 100 Canal street,
who has them all for sale. we have received
the following new books, published by
Estes & Lauriat, Boston:
WoMAN's LOVE; OR LIKE AND UNLIKE.
BY j. F. Smith.
This is fresh looking volume, of more
than 25O pages, in neat gray covers. It is a
love story, with the scene of action laid in
the old country. The author shows him
self to be close student of character
OPEN SESAME. By Florence Marryatt.
In this the authores takes new depar.
ture from the beaten track of story telling
and wanders into the somewhat dangerous
grounds of Spiritualisn. She draws few
healthy materialized characters, who now
and then talk of the unknowable in her
strange story.
A WoMANs RANSOM. By Frederick VIII
liam Robinson.
Mr.. Robinson has never. written a dull
story, and his "Slaves of the Ring" and
''sor Her Sake" are pleasantly remembered
His latest book, now before us, is still an
Improvement over the others in the way of
ingenious plot and skilful rendering of the
story. -,
MAUD, OR NINA By J. G.. Whyte Melville.
Ih's Is light story, humorous and enter
tanning, by an author not unknown to fame.
IN. OF NJ" as the story has been called, is a.
story of women and gold the infiA Ance of
the one upon the other, and all the evil that
la in T. he hOolr and tharo 10 l,r& REEL - A..
is put on hard money basis.
COMMENTARIES; OR THE Cross OF Love.
BY the author of "Rumor," etc.
We should say this was a pretty story.
A sentence snatched at random from the
hrst act says: Here the sea lay IN it's
moon-dream, there showered over with star.
shadows-again, Its dark azure was flushed
with sunrise, or belted with the sunset. The
storm was there that reused its widest
pufses-the chafpg breeze. the columned
waterspout. You seemed to see dim gliding
mermaids crowned with azure roses: you
seemed to hear the barps that quiyered in
bloodless pearly hands, There is cords of
this stuff in the book, which is q perfect
bonanza OF adjectives. The authoress de-
sires to remain unknown until an admiring
world demands her name. From the wav
IN which the sea is handled, it is certain no
ordinary mackerel catcher wrote the book.
There is too much boarding school compo.
sition in it, too much of unreal sliding out
on silver, limpid drainage, and yet "The
Cross of Love" will be taken up and read
eagerly by those who thirst for such milk.
From George Ellis & Brother. No. 81
Camp street, we have received the books
named beloy, coming from the publishing
house of Harper & Brothers, New York.
The THEIsrc CONCEPTION OF THE Worm.
by b. +. Cocker, d. D.. LII. D.
DR.. Cocker is profes ssor OF mental and
moral philosophy in the University of Mich
1gan, and the author OF q previous work
called "Chris .ianity and Greek Philosophy"
The present wt-k claims to be only an
essay in opp osition to certain tendencies of
modern thought. 1t is a work showing
great learning and an opinion regarding
its merits should not be expressed
nightly. 1t discusses God, the creation.
man, special providence and prayer, and
the relation of a great many things to a
great many other things. As rule, be.
lever in Christianity should not argue his
case; argument implies dolbt, and his faith
should be above that. Thousands of learned
divines, with the best of intentions, ex.
pound the Scriptures as if trying to re-
concile them with modern science, as if
trying to make appear true what is gen
orally not doubted. DR.. Cookers book ia |
not interesting to common
readers, but it may serve to brace I'D some
theorists who are fond of argument.
SPEECHES OF PORE PIus TX. By Hon. W.
E. Gladstone, NJ P.
This is an interesting paper growing out
,f Mr.. Gladstones discussion of the Catholic
luestiop, and was first published in the
quarterly Review.