The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-17
Books, Etc.
STUDIES IN THE CREATIVE WEEK. BY George
Boardman. New York; ID. Appleton " Co.
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg ~ Co, Ottawa;
Osman d Iapcman. Price, Sl.2j

\ very handsome Volumc OF some "oo paS'SI
made up of n series Of Sunday evening lee
lures. delivered 10y the author who Is PhlIa-
ldephia clergyman, in the regular course /"
his pulpit miniStrations. 1t is not exactly an
attempt, as one would suppose from the ttIe,I
to reconcile geology and scripture, but rather
to unfold the moral meaning which Is divlncly
infolded in the creative arChive, Oh course,
as this meaning is developed, step by step, ana
the infinite design unfolded, the really trivial
and earning character of the objections OF the
Inconsistencies to the Mosaic narrative Isl
fully laid bare and demonstrated y mind
must be sngularly constructed that can dcllo-
cratcly read these lectures and not be impressed
with profound conviction OF the divine in
SEPARATION of the Mosaic genesis.
pENAorIp: \ Story of the Old Times I'M
England BY Mrs f. Prentiss, author of
stepping licavcnward,' "Thc Home att
Greylock." etc. New York; a. D. F. Ran
dolph n Co. Chicago: Jansen, MctIurg
Co. Ottawa: Osman Il llapcman. Price,
$40.
The strictly religions novel has fought it's
way with such tcnacty and pluck that 1t Is no
longer denied respectable place in literature
The volume under review must be regarded rs
Il good specimen Of its class \ thorough
woman of the world, who, having gone the,
round Of fashionable dissipation, contracts an
! ill-aSsOrtcd May and December marriage, ana
finally fees from the tyranny and repuSnancc|
/ of the connection, finds It home among the
La. ,f at rirpl SpttlpBppf
New England She is encountered with a
young daughter who inhcrits all the bad and
none of the good qualities of the mother The
woman, who is still young, attractive, ana
smart us lightning" IS utterly mpccunlouSi
and helpless, and as the only practicable Is
cape from her cmbarrassmcnls, forms the de
sign of cntrapping a wealthy but severely
pous wdOwcr in the vicinity into matrI
mOnial alliance. The management of the
intrigue involves infinite deceit and hypocrisy,
but is successful, and now the narrative dcvcL
ops its full force as Il religious tract in tracing
the means, step byStep, by which, Gods grace
helping, this natural child Of the devil " be
comes II saint after the striCtcst puritan pattern
anu II Hlfdl bl'NNlUH w. Il'l NH'I'' NO nv
bors and Kindred where, but for the marvellous
work Of the holy spirit, everything promised
only misery and ruin. The volume will be
read with delight rs well as cdiiication by
many pious souls, and can not fail to have a
place and great run with the larger scholars in
Sunday school libraries,
LESS BLACK THAN WE'RE PAINTED. \ Novel,
BY James Payne author of "Won-Not
Wood ""What He Cost Her." BY Proxy
etc. New York: Harper Brothers. Chicago:
Jansen, McClurg IL Co. Ottawa: Osman n I
Hapcman. Price, 80 cents.
There are few novel writers of the day who
enjoy, in quiet way, so general IL popularity
as James Payne While he is never sensational
or stilty, he is always interesting. His char
aciers are drawn with wonderful distincncss,
his plots skiItully constructed and the dcnouc-
mcns II pleasant surprise. In the novel of
which the title is given above the writer un
dcraI>cs the difficult task of SO weaving strict
~ natural incidents of every day English life
into Il story full Of fascination, that ends in II
perfect vndication of what all the world is
accustomed 10 call mCSd}itdHca. Can there |
be a iustifabc marital union of blue and
pebcian blood? Mr.. Payne has conceived
conditions and circumstances under which
such an inraction of the conventionalisms Of
society can be fully justified
\ JEWEL or GIRI. 4 Novel BY the
author OF "Quecnie' My Love She's but II
La,sc,' etc. New York; Harper Brothers.
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg n Go. Ottawa:
Oslnan u llapcman. Price, 81 cents
This novel, like the one noticed above, takes
It's place in the regular Library Series Of the
IIarpcrS 10 which no sccondratc novel, are
admitted The scene is on the northern coast
Of Ireland, facing Scotland, and doubtless
gives lis very truthful and litc.likc picture of
existence in that somewhat unpromising
region. Our Jewel of Girl" terminates
and vegetables there until she bursts forth INTO
"A flower of purcst ray serene, and then is sud
denly transferred to the mildcr cline of the
Netherlands, where she Is only cunOblcd and
refined, not in the least spoiled, by dallancc
IN the lap of ease and luxury She has the
care, however, OF sanity aunt, and amid
more than her share of agoniZing soul trials
and struggles with poverty, aggrNaling low.
crs and 50 ON, finally arrives at the happy goal
Of all well regulated novels. The interest OF the
story is well sustained, and the dcnouemcnt
satisfactory. There are occasional vioenccs
to probability in apparent anxiety 10 multiply
interesting situation, and incidents, but not
enough 10 seriously mar its merits as "a really
captivating story.
SEvEN YEARS AND MAIW by Anna r. Sad
licr % cents.
WILLIAM PITT by Lord Macaulay p cents
These are neat little volumes in the llarpcr's
Halt Hour Series. The one is a very pretty
Scotch story, in fair bold print, just long
enough Ia be- read without becoming tircSomc.
in an afternoons ride on Il steamboat or ON the
fast bounding train If story reading is not To.