Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-22
SeaSOn0ble Books.

From Robert Beall We have the following
new books:
Cyprus; Its Ancient Cities, Tombs and Tenn
pies. A narrative of Researches and Excava-
tons during Ten Years Residence in that
Island. BY General Louis Palma hi CesnOa:
with maps and Illustrations. New York: Har-
per Bros. The acquisition by the NetropOli-
tan Museum of Art. New York, of the CesnOla
Collection of Cypriote Antiquities. in the face
of active competition by the great museums OF
Europe was a matter of great triumph To The
New Workers. and many illustrative descrip-
magazines and pictorial papers. serving To
create general curiosity ON the subject. The
elaborate work under notice supplies fund
Of interesting information. not only in regard
tn the antiquities discovered but in regard tn
the history and present status of the Island of
Cyprus where the discoveries We're made by
General Ct>nOa during his ten years stay there
Is L. =. consul. Not the least interesting por-
tiOn of tie work is hat describing the Difficult
ties under which the discoveries We're made,
and the generalShip required to get the objects
excayated safely away from the Island under
the iuterdict of some Of the Turkish officials.
The work is profuseiy illustrated in the best
style of the enerayer's art. after the usual lib
erdl manner of the Harpers in books of this
Importance.
A Young Wife's Story: by Harrette Bowra
A Modern Minister. Vol. l. Two new stories
forming No: $50 and No; 6G2 of Harper's LII
Meta HOldenis; by Victor Cherbuliez. No.
; of the Collection of Foreign Authors is
sued by ID. Appleton & Co.
Warren Hastings" Frederic the Great"
- Lord Give" The Life and Writings of Adj
olson: essays by Lord Macaulay. "A Primer
renee. Half dozen Of Harper's Half hour
Series"
From MOhun Bros. We have the following:
Music i'm the House, by John Hullah, LID.
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. ''Hulah' seems
To Ire proper name for an authority upon
m nl nllSia hnt
this pleasant little volume supplies deal Of
serviceable information upon both vocal and
Instrumental music.
The Immigrant Builder. by c. p. Dwyer,
architect. Tenth edition. Philadelphia: Clax-
ton. Remsen & Haffelfnger. Showing how to
plan and construct dwellings. cheaply and well
with wood, earth, or gravel
Two Years Behind the Plough: or, the Ex-
Perience Of Pennsylvania Fsrm-boy. Phila-
delphia: ClaNton, Remsen 4 Haffelfihger.
From WIN. Ballantyne We have the follow
ing:
Brighter Than The sun: or, Christ, the
Light of the World. A Life of Our Lord for
the Young. by j. X. Macduf, d. ID. New York:
has been To write with studied simplicity a
pictorial life OF the Saviour, depicting with re-
alistie treatment the human element in the
childhood, boyhOOd and manhood OF Jesus.
Pains have apparently been taken TO select
subjects different from those that have been
hackneyed. The illustrations are by A: Row
an, and the book work is highly creditable to
the publishers.
Ballads Of Bravery. Edited by George nj.
Baker. Boston: Lee 4 Sheperd. An excel
lent selection from the range Of heroic deeds
recited in verse; with some forty full page
Illustrations.
Abide With Me. By Henry Francis Lyle.
Boston: Lee & Sheperd. religious poem.
illustrated with designs by Miss L. B. Humph-
rey. engraved by John Andrew q Son.
ElOcutiOn simplifed: with an appendix on
Lisping, Stammering, Suffering aud other
defects Of speech. By Walter X. Fobes Bos-
ton University School Of OratOry. Boston:
Lee 3 shepard.