The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS - SOMETHING
About THE Books AUTHORS AND
RONANcEs OF THE Day.
EDWARDS GrERiI.I.AS.


Within the last few days the BAzoo has
hal leisure to examine ii some length the
't;uerillas Of tine Northwest" BY Major
John y. Edwards. II il intended AZ a re-
Of border warfare, in the conflict between
the SAFES. and Is classed in literary miscei-
lany As descriptive biography. Perva.l,ng
the book Is brilIiancy ii thought and
beauty ii expression. fer whirL in previu,sS
publications the author has become CON
spicuous. IL il abnn,lantiy entertaining, rs
Major Edwards contrives to make every
thing he writes, but there is a vein Of ex-
aggera,i"n running through it, which
Partakes largely Of literary license. 1t Is 4
book OF heroes, seen from purely South
ern standpoint. Photographed npon it,
pages stand out in bold relief the fierce
paitisans OF the border, where wild deeds
of desperate daring read more like legend
OF the crusade, or the story OF Norman
barons and paladin- oi France. than the
actors in more civilized era. \. the
sculptor chisels from the rough stone the
beautiful creations 81 his fancy, so the
historian OF the Guerillas has pencilsd
sketches warm in tint, and glowing with
imaginative beauty. Over their rough
warfare he has drawn the veil Of his superb
fancy and splendid rhetoric: the savage
partisan becomes knight, and his heroiSm
nothing les. than chivalrv. Inspiring an
interest more absorbing than the novelist
picturesque, graphic and thrilling-the
reader rises from a pernsal Of the work
doubtful which most To- admire, the won-
derfnl adventures and hair breadth escapes
Of the guerillas, or the splendid genius
which clothes their story in fascination
at once 80 peculiar and intense.
I One Of the most remarkable poems re-
Gently brought out is Edom, by Eva" Of
the N1ioa. II, with a number Of fragments
appeared in Dublin some years ago, and
attracted good deal Of attention. 1t has
been left behind, however, in the march Of
literature, and is chiefly interesting now for
its Irish patho-, and the Odor If H,bernian
patriotism which pervades it.
"Overland Tales" is new book Just
got out by Lippincott Il Co., written by
Josephine Clifford. Some Of them first
appeared in the Or.ll,,ad .Mathiy, while the
rest are the RESULT Of more recent leisure
and more imaginative hours. The narra-
tives are graceful, refined and flowing.
Hiss Martinean's Autobiography is at
tracing a great deal OF attention among
literary people. Nevertheless i, does not
possess the charm that We anticipated, and
Is in many respects Grabbed and constrained.
Of the new books recently brought out,
the following are by far the most enter
tanning:
d. Appleton Il c., New York The
Theory oi Art, and Some Objections to
Ulilitarianisn,. BY Guy d. DAILY, NJ. d.
Authors Publishing Company. New
York: Christian Conception and Exper-
; fence BY Rev. William ]. Gill, 4. NJ.
Catalogue Of Charities conducted by
r Women. rs reported To the Woman's Cen
tennial Executive Committee Of the United
States International Exhibition, 1876.
Henry Holt 4 Co., New York Early and
Late Papers hitherto mncollected. By
William Makepiece Thackeray.--lOr!s.
AMI Reinhardt. by Ber,hold Auerbach
Translated by Charles 7. Brocks.-Ancien
Spanish Ballads. Historical AMI Romantic
Transmitted by J. q. Loekhart. With i
biographical Notice. New Eiition--Rus
STA. By d. Mackenzie Wallace, NJ. A.
Member OF the Imperial Russian Geograph
zeal Society.