Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-27
Some New Books.

| PRODUCES the reader to a sewing society in
CO mmon i'm the wIlds Of that region.
| Jack o Lantern. A Tale. New York
! Robert Carter 4 Brothers. For sale by Wm
| B3liantyne-l One OF the Ca ser Geries of SO
! ne for children.
The Sanitary Condition In City and Coun-
! try Dwelling Houses Ry George z waring
! j.. New York: ID. Van Nosirsnd. For sale
| by hohuu BTos.l Mr. Waring is Recognized
as an authority upon sanitary matters, aud
! this little publication certainly supplies
| g ID deal OF needed Information in regard 10
me tortu dc!ion OF houses tina. are heslthfol
| TO live in.
! Cooking r sceipts, from Harpar's BIzar.
HaTpers" Hall Hour Series" For sale by
| j. Brad icy Adams
Christianity aud Infijelity; or the Hum
| phIey he. nett Olsen ssIon be ween Rev. q
II. Humphrey, OF NV York Pr ,byter an
church. ard ID NJ Bennet', iitOf Of &" The
/ Truth Seeker" New York ID. NJ Bennett
/ This discus sion was the result of a challenge
| from Rev. G.. II. Humphrey ID Cot q. In
! reISou 10 deb9te the quest ons: 81 / DID un-
/ believers in the Bible do AS much for Amer'-
can independence as the believers in il?
| :. Has 1nndelitS done as much as christian
| lily TO promote lelIniug and tcien, q? 3 Is
| there stronger pI obabi.ity that indielity is
| true Than that the Bible is divine? Col. In
/ geTsoll was too busy II accept the chsllen ye,
ana MI Benned I. * II; hence TINS volume.
Each OF the diSnut l1ts seems D f. AZ a com
! placent Ger. ain Y that be has demolished his
/ opponent in the debate, aud that is the way
! hucn cOEttON erSli generally end.
| The White Cross aud Dove OF Pears. Bv
| the authorizes of " Selipa's Story" New
| York: T. Y. CroweIl. For sale by VIM
| B,lIsntyne.l S".Iday-: enc Dl bCsB. IL
tells the story OF yrza, d I.ttIe g,rl wlo was
| stolen by gipsies, and was ideuJlded by the
| white cross and dove o. pearls.
Tt e Children OF Light. BY Rev. VIM w
| Fairs. Boston: Roberts Bros. For sale by
Mobun BrosI This is the Fletcher Prize
| Essay for 1871. The late Richard Fletcher.
| l. l. d., of Boston, in his will ofero bienni-
| ally prize Of five huDdrC dollars for the
best essay calculate to co1nteract worldly
! Influences upon professei Christians.
Forbidden Fruit. From the q arm an OF F.
| W. HIGHLANDER. BY Rosalie Kaufman. TO
| ton; Estes 4 LaurIat. For SAFE by solo
| mons Chapman From the "Tobweb
| Series OF Choice Fiction" IS ,uet by Estes K
LauriaJ.
Phyllis A novel, by the Duches..''
Philp Ielphis: j. Il Liupiucott & 20. For
| sale by {. Z. Pursell and w. A. 4 . II. Nor
| rison.
Arizona as it is; or, the Coming Country.
Compiled from notes of travel. by Hiram c.
| Hedge. New York: Hurd & Hou ,hion.
The Gospel Pointing to the Person OF Ch-is
By the Rev. Andrew A. Bonar. New York:
Robert Carter & Bros. For sale by WIililn
| Bailantyne.l
Wjnstowe. A novel, by Mrs. Leith-Adaws.
From Harper's Library of Select Novels"
| For sale by j. Bailey Adams
My Bonnie Lass. By Mrs. G. V. Hamilton.
Boston Estes 4 Lauriat. For sale by Mo-
hun H. os.l BY the author OF Rope or Sand
Crossing the Quicksands. By 8. W. CO.
| re RS. Po,tOD: Lee * Sheppard. For sale
| oy VIM. RallantyDe A story for boys by
! The author of Tie oGng Trail Hunt ers -
VIII Denbigh, Noblemln. Boston: Rob-
| erts BROTHERS. For sale by Mohun Broi.l
| The last novel il the NO Name Seize
| concerning the authorship OF e4ch o. whicI
| trere has been SD much speculation.
- s,g-
| Tne Auihors' Publishing Company. For
| ale by w. III. d O. H Morfsohl The al
ventures oil Dr, oklyl parry camping on.
| The fishing sions OF Maize.
Jack Granger Cousin. By Julia A. Ma
| thews. Il. ston: Roberts Brothers. IFor sac
ny Mohun Eros A story ior the little ioiss
i5g."
Dolly, a Love Story. By Frances Hodgson
Euinei.. Philadelphia: POr.er & Coates.
EuIDett seems To be taking an assure posi-
t'ou she bead OF American women novel
| lsls-tbat is, II she can be claimed as Amer
ioan. "ro'ly" la ks re power OF That L as
| 0'Lowr.es' on w0Ich Mrs. Burlett's fame
has b, en- rats i, but has a lively Interest
without any hign trago dy characters. In the
| Gems 10 be slight If unconscious, imita-
tioI of the style of Rhoda Broughton. For
one fbIrg, the urique flavor is wanting ia
| dolly" that lis given TO The Lass GLOW
| RES by the dialect element. which is
| banded with such mastery effect by Mrs.
| Burnett, both i'm the latter novel AID IN son
| OF her sboIt stories n Sc. ibRer's.
A Blus Stocking. By Mrs. Aunie Ed
| wards. New York: Sheldon Co. fror
| sale by VIM. EallantypeJ rev mover by
the auttor OF "Archie Lowell stephen
| Lawrence. feOman," &C.
| Near TO Natures Heart. Ey. Rev. f. p.
Roe. New York: Dodd, Meal & Co. For
| sale by VIM. Eallsntyne By tie author OF
| What Can She Do?" &C.
Mercy Philbrlcll's Choice. Boston: Fob
erts Brothers; For sale by Mohun Brothers. !;
| From the NO Name series OF original
novels issue by Roberts Brothers.
Is Our Republic Failure? \ discussion
| of the Rights aud Wrongs OF the North and
| South. BY f. II. Watson, author of United
ststes and their o.igin." New York; The
Authors Pu bl.hing Co. For sale by w. III.
| & .. III. Morrison.l
Doctor Papa; by sophie Nav, Boston: Lee
d Shepherd. For sale by VIM. BanIntyne.
| story for children.
| 1nat Girl OF Nine; by the author of ThPt
| Lover of Mine" Philadelphia: I. b Peter
son & Brothers. The scene of fnis novel is
laid in Washington, and is the stony OF a
winter in society life at the Capital.
| The Normal Higher Arithmetic; by Ed
| ward Brooks, A. NJ. Philadelphia: Sower
| Potts Company. For sale by r ROBERTS.
The work, while aiming at a scientific treat
ment of its whole subject mater, discusses
in the main those problems which show the
| application OF the science ID the actual busi-
| ness transactions OF the day.
A Manual OF English History; by Edward
NJ. Lancaster, Principal Of the Stoughton
| School, Boston, Mass. New York: A. s.
Barnes Il COMPANY. For sale by William
Ballantynel A manual prepared TO meet
the wants OF those schools whose limitcd
| time fOrbids an extended course of study.
Mesmerism, Spiritualism, &C., Historical
| lyand Scientifically Considered; by William
| H. Carpenter, Q. +. New York: ID. Appleton
| & Company. For sale by Robert Bsall.l
| This be ok contains Two lectures deliverc1 at
| the London Institution, which were after-
| wards published In Fraser's Magazine. Spr-
| itual.sm is treated i'll its scienti tic aud his
| torical aspects, The aim of the work being to
show the failure OF The evidence offered by
iriualists to give scientific proof of the
existence Of any new power or agency capa
Bile OF antagonizing inc action of the known
forces OF nature. The author alsO treats OF
| the relation of spiritualism considered as an
epidemic delusion, TO ep:demics more or less
similar, which have taken hold on the popu-
lar Imagination.
Pope Plus the Ninth. By Rev. Richard
Brennan, A. n. New York: Benziger Bros
For tale by Jas. Sheehy.l This work IL not
q record Of the PontihcaIe of Plus the Ninth
q v<>He Na<v ~;.e