Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

lar books, but none, perhaps. tha. will have
so permanent popularity a. this charming
series OF stories, or biographies OF household
pets. 50 charmingiy framed and embeIished
IN the type and Illustrations or Ford i Co
What Dickens was as a delineator or child
dTen, Grace GrecnW oOd i aS an Interpreter
OF the Thoughts ana actions of animals eats.
CogS. birds. horses. cows. and All the rest
All her >unnie>t powers oThunor. and all her
uualnteSt and TaCIeSt cOnccltS. and all her
brightest gifts in the way Of pcIi-paintiug
are brought ont i'm t.iS volume in the ,leiius-
aii"n of her fayoriteS. IL is a delightful vol
umc Tor children, or for old folks, and for All
the year round.
FAIR PLAY: OR THE TEST OF TUE LONE
l>LE. by Mr.. Emma -. r. y. >oulhwarth
Joseph ShiliuEtonI
In Offering this work in book form Mrs
SouthwOrth says She calls il Pair Play
with some reference To Charles Roade's "FouI
Play This story was first published ia the
New York Le55cr and copied in the Loalo4
Jot1ad in I>G5 and i>C6. while Reade's Foul
Play" was first published in I>6S. and with
50 much resemblance u this work as might
lead any reader Of both stories to suppoS,, n
LiaSlarlsm ON the one hand or the other
ihere Is certainly resemblance in that part
of the story which describes the strange Situ-
alton OF The Shipwreckei lovers on the ~olita-
ry island, but the general manner of treat
ineht OF me subject is quite different at the
hands of the two noveliStS.
HOW He WON HER. Bv Mr. S.urbvo,.i.
fi1iSdr lriia. I. b Peterson Bro. iThFyugh
jos, sAIlington.l
This is sequel to the above mentioned
novel of Fair Play" and Of course every one
who has read the first will be eager tO follow
The fortunes of the lovers Of the lone isle
REMAINS OF LOST EMPIRES. SkefcIa. If TIA
Runs ~ Palmyra NIncNah. Babaun aud P-rscpp-
liz with some notss on India aud thc Csehneran
Harper 4 Bros. Through J. &. Parker
This book is the result of explorations made
IN Egypt and Palestine. Babylonia Persia.
the HimalayaS and India by the brothers IL
II. and L. '. y. Myers, whose previous vol
ume, descriptive of the tropical regions of
South America, created 50 much interest on
ITS publication. The cider brother died be
fore the Journey narrated in this volume was
completed. and the narrative is therefore
written by the survivor TO the end OF
making the book of more permanent value
he deals little with his personal experiences
ard the work therefore takes higher range
IMAM a mere diary. Al this time there iS /.
revival of interest i'm all that relates fo the
history al the Old nations and the lost eln-
pres, and this volume affords an abundance
OF fascinating reading TO all who are prose
Cnllng inquiries INTO the history OF the peo-
pie OF the long past The book in its clear
large print seeLls 10 have been thoughtfullv
adapted for the uses OF scholarly men Of over
worked eyesight.
TIE VATICAN DEGREES, with Iis!orv of tn
Vatican Council. etc. New York. uarrcr &
Bros Through g Parker.
This timely volume contains The much
talked of brochure The Vatican DEGREES i'm
their Bearing on Civil Allegiance" by the
Right Hon. VIM. +. Gladstone, 81. T.: the
History OF the Vatican Council BY The
Rev. Philip Schafl, ID. d: The Pspal Sv3Ia-
bus of Errors" U4atin and English textA, and
The vatican DEGREES, Latin and English
teXtl
TIE C0MMUNISTTC SOCIETIES OF THE
United STATES. BY Charles Norahyn, author
wch Islands. cic.. etc. NV York Harprr. q
Bros. iThroughJ e. ragkerJ
Mr.. NordhOH has good descriptive powers.
close habits of observation. and a candid ju-
Gicial temper: qualities that fit him well for
the treatment Of the subject Of his book. Tie
volume iS the result of personal visit and OBJ
seryat!on, and includes accounts OF the
Economists. ZOariteS. Shakers. the amana.
Oneida. Bethel. Aurora. IcaTian, and other
existing societies. their religious craetS. So
cial practices. numbers, industries, and pres
eLt condition. Altogether curious amount
of information concerning the communist
societies Of the country is contained in lhc>s
432 pages.
TOO MUCH ALONE Bv Mr.. J IL RidI.lt
B"stgE Estes i Lauiiut. Through J. {. Pa
\ novel by the author or.Geo. Geith."
BALF-HOUR -RECREATIONS ~ POPLAR
NnlENtE, No. Is. Boston. Estes LSUi AT.
Through j. &. Parker
This number contains an article on The
Transmission of Sound, by the AtmJspntre,'
by Prof. John Tyndall, ard one on Gigantic
Cuttle-hSh, 10y w, Saville Kent. F. l.. :.
TUE GREXILLE MEMOIRS. A Journal OF the
Reiens Of kiHg George ~ and King William N.
~ tue iAte Charles q, 4 Gre7illc. Esl., Clerk 't
ne council 10 those sovereign. Edited by Henry
Reeve, Register Of the Priv tOBftCi Complete
~ two volumes. Nrw York. j.. Appleton 4 Co.
Through Joseph ShillngtOn.i
Mr.. Gfcyille was for nearly forty year,
clerk oi the council, and in this capacity and
socially was almost constantly i'm the society
Oh celebrated men. and il may readily be con
ceiVed that journal OF his observations
should have rare interest, even at this day.
when the actors in the scenes described nave
mainly passed of the stage. The nuhiiIatiol
OF the Journal has been DELAYED IN order that
nothing IN ii could serve 10 give pain or an
noyance 10 living persons. The notes wer.
designed To preserve a record OF the less
known causes and details Of public events
winch came under Mr.. Grey He's obSerya-
ZION, ana they are fnterSDerSed with the con
versa llOGS OF many OF the eminent men with
IN lnlnd that they are essentially what they
profess 10 be--a cOte5RpOFdI. record Of facts
ara opinions, not altered and made to square
up Win subsequent experience. Hence some
opinions ana judgments upon men and
thlngs are st Variance cas- Mr.. GreVille him
sell acknowledges and points outl with those
at which the writer afterwards arrived ON
the same persons and subjects. But this
pnalty OF franknesS adds greatly 10 the in
teTest of the book.
NY STORY. A Novel. BY Mrs X : Nscau.iI
Sew fofk; d. Appleton s 60. Through Joseph
A new story nv fba aprbor r,r =. pa,,y.;