The New York herald., 1876-09-04

stopped at farm house and bad mpromp,u ball 10
the light OF couple OF alow dips aud the scrapng OF
a solitary violin, in the hands OF colored boy The
book is prouscly illustrated by W. l. Sheppard. 1t
does not need his initials 10 tell that those snub-
nosed, irowsy haired girls designed by his pen
Gil The effect. however, is good, and forgive his
girls their ugliness for the sake of the airy style he
puts into them
"rnE FoLLEN."
The "Story OF Miss Follen" ID. Appleton Co Is
thoroughly German, though written by an American
lady. The scene opens in market place in Baden
Baden. The description OF the market sights and
is good and gives a capital idea o. what
in such place. Miss Follen Is farmers daughter,
with an education above her class, She had lover
once but his friends prevented the marriage because
She knew more about books than churning The lover
went to America, promising to return, but there he
found better housewife and married her. The village
schoolniaster loved Foen took great pleasure
in developing her unusually bright mind But the
young schoomas.cr died, leaving his books and music
TO Miss Fallen Herr yassar her good Old friend, pro-
cured situation as governess tor the heroine in the
family OF an English lord widower The resul, may
be anticipated The pretty, intelligent German girl
won the heart Of the aristocrat and Miss Folen, de-
serted BY the farmers son, became an English
'mlady." There is only the barsst possible plot IN
this book. One feels though he reading true
story and not d romance The interest though quiet
is sustained, and begins "Miss Foen" will
lay 1t down until tine story is finished.
''cIrPPs THE CARRIER" ."
'Crpps, tho Carrier" (Harper Brothers) tho latest
OF Mr.. L. b. Backmorcs novels not his best, but
it is his most exciting. The "novel fend. that is tho
schoolgirl who reads of Ouida's and Of Mrs.
Femng's novels day, would comp ain that this story
too long drawn out; that tho author kept
slriug long. &c. Judged from this stand
point the charge just, but do think that the
intelligent novel reader vii! find the iaut We
muat confess Il at it would have been pleasure had
some occasionally inserted pin in sensitive
portion Of Crpps' person He did s,utter and hest.
tate the communication Of exciting fac,
that even patient would like TO have thrown
something at his head But forgive him all his
slowness for tho lively way In which he tTotted of
with Grace Oglander Tho interest OF the work hinges
the abduction OF the heron and her confinement
in retired house IN the woods. Her father thought
that she had been murdered because her hair
turned to him in bag stained with blood The char
acter drawing in the book is admirable The crafty
lawyer his good-natured son; the honest outspoken
lover; the gentle heroine and the slow-gong Cripps
himself all capital aud the minor charac ers arc
quite good. There some graphic descriptions
particularly where the gypsy shoo,s himself in the
water On the whole, though we miss great deal OF
raine," we find "Cripps, the Carrier" novel OF
sterling worth and exciting interest The illustrations
extraordinarily fine, some OF them are complete
pictures
'rnE DILEMMA"
ssThe Dilemma" Harper b rothers) cannot boast
Of much in the way OF plot, but attractively
written book 1t would be hard 10 find The incidents
strung together much a child makes necklace
Of butons-wthout any regard TO symmetry, but with
ceverness in his first book. "The Battle Dorking"
which took the country, rather England by storm
when appeared some years ago. The Of '.Tho
Dilemma" is laid in India first but finally shifts to
ngland. The lie India is wonderfully well por.
trayed and gives better insight INTO the domestic
well military lie OF the English In that country than
most books OF travel
'HuGH MELTON"
"Hugh Melton (Harper 4 Brothers) is another India
story, by Katherine KING; consequently military 1t
is a pleasant story OF friends devotion and self
sacrifice There Is the charm OF naturalness and SIM
pliciy about this authors writings which make them
popular without tner having any great strength to
back them pretty story pretily told is often
agreeable than blood and thunder particularly with the
present warm spell upon
NEW ART JOURNAL
The French Journal LArt, has just been introduced
In this country at such rate to bring 1t
generally within the reach OF students and lovers Of
art. LArt is decidedly more enterprising and more
cosmopolitan in character than any other publication
Of the kind A brief extract from tho Portfolio-s
great English rIval-will give idea OF tho high
opinion IN which L'Art is held abroad There has
up to the present tme been such spirited venture
as journal established in Paris the beginning
of the present year (S75 The wonder is how jour
nal such important scale can find the degree of
MI 10 IN its
istence Tho list of writers includes men of three or
four different nations, and the subjects treated
prise everything Of artistic interest in the world Tho
publication Is always lively and interesting though
governed by much severity Of taste The proprieors
seem determined to spare pains, and cordially
wish them success"
Tart is illustrated weekly review, printed on
heavy paper, containing several hundred engravings
on wood from drawings and pictures by celebrated
contemporary artists examples OF antique and modern
sculpture; objects of ar, industry in all branches
OF etching by abest LIVING etchers prin
cpay from the noticeable works exhibited in tho
various Salons OF Europe, forming four volumes year.
Royal az. by IL inchcs of about 500 pages each
with nearly 200 wood-cuts fac-simes, &C., and up
ward of twenty etchings in each volume finely printed
loose sheets OF heavy Holland paper. NJ Eugene
veron is edtorn- chief assisted by NJ Hippoyte hey
mann and full corps OF artists and writer's SO well
known as Jean Rousseau, Leon Tanchercl. Jules JAG
quemar,, Louis and Rene Menard, Philip Gilbert Ham,
erton, editor OF the Portfolio Paul Lc Rat, Camille
Gilbert Edmond About, Girardin, Emile Sodi Sidney,
Colvin Philippe Burty, &C
Volume l. of this year pays considerable attention
to New York There is series of etchings BY Jules
Jacquemart, from paintings in the Metropolitan Mu
scum OF Art, illustrating an article the late Mr..
William T. Bodyett, "La Foundation du Mus6c dc New
York" There also superb full page etchipgs
from portraits in Mr. Blodgets collccnon:--'Mrs
Baldwin," by Sir Joshua Reynolds; "Mrs Fi.zhcr-
bert" by Romncy, and "Laideguve," by Q de La
tour In an article Meissoncr's famous $780," of
the A. T. Stewart collection, there is large and
finely executed etching from the equestrian portrait OF
Marshal Duroc, and wood engravngs from Neissoniers