Evening star., 1877-12-21
SeasOnabIe Books.

FROM SotOhons ~ Chapman We nave the
following new books:
ChristmaStide, containing four Famous Poems
by fayoTite American poets. Boston: James
X. Osgood Co. The four poems put out i'm
this dainty volume are The River Path 10y
Whittier; Excelsior" by Longfellow; The
Rose" by Lowell: and "Raby Bell" by Al
drich. Tne illustrations are by Moran, Hart,
Anthony, McEntee, Homer. Reinhart, and the
like standard OF artists. The same poems are
also publishe in separate volumes by p~good
Co, with the same Illustrations and i'm the
same tasteful style, atfording purchl lSerS the
choice between the single volume oT the four
Being a Boy, by Charles Dudley Warner.
Boston: James Il. OsgOOd u Co. The author
of My Summer in Garden Backlog
Studies, &c. has here tried his hand al book
for the boys. and a pleasant volume iJiS.
The Queen of Sheba. by Thomas Bailey A.
drich. Boston: James r. Osaood X GO. A
very fair love story, interSpcrSed with pie
travel.
TranscendentaliSm with preludeS OF current
events; by Joseph Cook. Boston: James X.
oSgood y Co. Those who have read the inn
perfect sketches a1ioat i'm the papers of the
Boston Monday lectures of Mr.. Cook will be
glad to get in this accurate form the lectures
on tranScendentaliSm. and which contain a
discussion Of the views of Theodore Parker.
From J. Bradley Adams We have the follow
ing:
Happy Days for Boys and Girls. PhiladeI-
plia Porter 4 Coates. \ book for the little
folks, ahndantly illustrated, and with sketches
ana stories 10y iaVoTite authors.
The Bar-RoomS at Brantley, or the Great
Hotel Speculation; Ivy 1. s Arthur. Philadel-
phla: fOrtef 4 Coates. 4 temperance story
by the. author of Ten Nights in a Bar
Room
To the Sun? \ Journey Through Planetary
Space. BY jules Verne. PHILADELPHIA. CIaX-
ton. RemScn Iiaifelfnger. \ new story by
this Ingenious inventor OF marvellous tales foT
the little folks.
Warren Hastings and The Life and
Writings of Addison essays by Lord Macau-
lay; "A Primer oi Medieval Literature, by
Eugene Lawrence. Three little volumes OF
Harpers popular "Half-hour Series
From E. NJ. Whitaker & Son we have the fol-
lowing:
Good Old Times, or Grandfather'S Struggles
fer Homestead; by Rev. Elijah Kellogg
The author OF :" Elm Island Stories" &c.
Bound in Honor: or, a Harvest of Wild Oats
byJ. L. TrOwbTidge. Boston: Lee & SHEPARD
a good story by favoritc writer for young
folks
Something Better. Boston: Lee & shepard
story by an anonymous writer.
Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and other Poems. by
Charles L. Adams. Boston: Lee 4 Shepard
\ collection OF humorous poems that have aD-
peared in the Detroit Free Press, Scfi5ncr'S
Monthly, etc.
What He Cost Her. by James Payn New
iolh: Harper " BIOS. y new novel by the
author of The Best of Husbands
From VIM. Ballantyne we have the follow
ing:
just His Luck. Boston: Lee 4 shepard \
new story for boys, with spirited Illustrations
That Wife OF Mine, by the author OF That
Husband OF Mine" Boston: Lee x shepard
While this may not reach the sale of 12l0Gl
copies. achieved 10y Mrs. DeniSon'S previous
venture, il will doubtless he hoatcd into re-
munerative circulation by the fame gained by
That Husband OF Mine.
Personal Appearance and the culture of
Beauty. with Hints rs to its Character: by L.
;. SoZinshey, MD. Philadelphia: Allen, Lane
< Scott.
The Narrative of Blockade Runner: by J.
Wilkinson, Captain i'm the late Confederate
Navy. New York: Sheldon x Co.
Miss MiSanthrOpe: by Justin McCar;hy
New York: Sheldon Il Co. This new novel by
Mr. Mccarthy is likely to take rank with /
Fair Saxon" and Lady judith the two best
Of his previous novels.
His Own Master: by J. L. Trowbridge. ROS
ton: Lee & Shepard. Another of the capital
stories Tor boys turned ont with such facility by
Mr.. IrOwbridge. Ii is evident he was once Il
boy, himself.
Child Marian Abroad; by VIM. ME- Round.
Boston Lee & Shepard. 4 story for girls by
the author OF "AchSah, ana Torn and
Mrnded."
Forest Glen; 10y Rev. Elijah Kellogg. BoS-
ton: Lee < shepard. story of the vciSSi-
tudeS O1 the frontier life of our fOrefatherS.