The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-31
BOOKS.
SOMETHING FOR ALL SORTS OF
PEOPLE.
what the Publishers Have oHereu
10 the Reading Public Dur
ing the Past week-Notes
ola Years Public
alton.
Pittsburgh Telegraph.

The extent oil the puuheni"s -
in this country is indicated by a ouiky
octave volume, called "The publishers
Trade List Annual" for 1877, and com
niled bv MIR. Leypoldt, avery competent
msn for the work. In it are bound to.
ether the lists of the publications oil
nearly one hundred and seventy houses
and societies. In them are contained
the titles of many thousands OF volumes,
of which somewhere about three thou-
sand were published during the year
ending last July. Among the works Is
sued in that year are many OF exceeding
value and the cost of whose publication
was heavy. Yet they seem all to nave
succeeded as business ventures, In spite
OF the hard times, aud so have AFFORDED
proof of the large demand Tor readinS O.
me best class. The year, however, was
not one of great productivity among our
native authors, so far as the PuDlcstion
OF books indicates that. But In EngIanu
Tho new contributions to literature re-
printed here we're very many IN all de
usrtments. No American fiction OF any
extraordinary importance was Issued
the best being Mr., James, American
Mr.. Hawthorne's "Gsrth," and Mrs
Burnett's class O. Lowries"-though,
following Mr.. Ha6berton's "Helen's Ba-
bies." there has come flood of genera
" trashy novels builded after the same
plsn. These sensational stories Will have
short life, and fortunately, for they
belong to a pretty low order OF Nina
To-day we announce:
HISTORY OF FRENCH LITERATURE. by
Henri Van LsGR. New York, u. +.
Putnam Sons.
The third and conclusive volume Of
this admirable History OF French
Literature" from the end of the reign Of
Louis XIV. to the end OF the reign OF
Louis Phillippi, covering an eventtul
period IN the French nation
down to period IN the
memory of the living. The
methods of NJ. Tame are carried out in
some measure In the plan OF this work,
and in many respects it is an improve
ment on the Tane theory. Perhaps the
chief value of this history is 10 give Eng
lish readers comprehensive and accurate
view of French literature. 1t however
does not present the features OF Taine's
litsrsry merits, but is valuable for the
pans taking care in presenting any form
Of literature of that nation. The copious
index of 81 pages makes reference to any
author easy ana simple. 1t should be
found in every library as a book OF RET
srence on this subject.
CHRISTIAN ASPECTS OF FAITH AND DUTY
Dlscourses. By Kew. John James
TAYLOR, late Principal OF Manchester
New College, London. Boston;
Roberts Brothers. Cloth, 81.
These twenty-six sermons, preached at
different places in Great Britain, cover
period from 1851 to 1869, by this emf
neut Unitarian divine, have been selected
and prepared for publIc4tion by his
daughter, aided by DR.. Martineau, and
| ably reflect the broad views Of Unitarl
Ans. There is, however, evidence OF
much culture rs well as liberal thought
and acute reasoning; they are fine speci-
mems of the severely chaste style of writ
! ing. There is also abundant evidences
OF the scholarly altsinments OF the author
! II is also work that will furnish all
classes OF theological belief knowledge
OF the peculiar tenets of Unitarisnism.
ECONOMICS OR THE SCIENCE OF WEALTH.
Science of Economics. By Julian NJ
Sturtevant, d. d., LII. d., Of Illinois
College. New York: G. Z. Putnsm's
Sons. Cloth, 81 rs.
DR.. Sturteyant has invested the science
treated with degree OF interest that
will make the book popular, however so
much the reader may differ a. TO his
.atements of opinion. The concise
form and care taken in presenting facts
render 1t valuable and trustworthy. The
,uthor has sought, Is he states in his pre-
.atory note, to present the whole science
As "a logical development OF single law
Of nature. The work opens with def
alton OF past principles, and then the
realise is divided into three parts,
namely: Production, Exchange, Dis
tribution. 1t is especially valuable as it
discusses socialism, taxation, pauperism,
&c.
DGANA-A STORY: By Susan Warner, au.
thor of the wide Wide, World" New
York: 6. p. Putnsm's Sons. Cloth
81 rs.
A story from the pen of the charming
author of the wide, Wide World" is
An event among the lovers of high toned
fiction. 1t portraNs In Miss Warmers
delightful style diana" Starhng's mar
riage to country minister, and the
aoig,lA, Ut har ltr vnN1aI Efa
1t en- braces lessons that give charm to
marriage and assign it the place designs-
ted by its author, The story reminds
one of some features of The Minister'S
Woong." The story may be read with
profit in any household, Is it partakes
Of the naiUete OF the Wide, Wide
World
ILL: "EAIR, FAIR, WITH GOLDEN
HAIR" or Kilcorran. BY the Hon.
Mrs. Fetherstonsugh. Phi adelphia.
j. B. Lippincott Il Go. Cloth 81.
"Lill," the central figure, the heroine
of this charming brochure, is a bright
and beautiful Irish cir of the better class
of society, who welded Lord Ernest
Craven, and after brief union she be-
came widow, and WAS wooed and won
by Neal Trench, her first love, the story
abruptly closing, leaving the reader to
imsgin their delightful wedding tour
to the far off Pac tic coast. The story
throughout has that piqusncy and crispy
style which the reader will relish. This
is the fourth volume of "rhe Star Sc
ries."
SURLY TIM AND OTHER STORIES. By
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, autho-
of THAT Lass o Lowrle's." New
York: Scribner, Armstrong Il Co.
This budget of stories is delightful
reading. The same magic charm OF Gre
alive power in the use OF language as seen
in That Lass O Lowrle's, which gives
her stories freshness, beauty and finish
that is above the common range o. fc-
ton. The purity of its tone will be rel
ished by the lovers of heightened hters
ture Though but recently known rs a
writer, she has given evidence OF no or
dlnsry power. This story, like her other
ovsls, deserves and will receive q wide