The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-24
New Books.

CH2tU ana " oman. L EOEl tuc UclLlftH VI
CLEMENTINA HELM. BY ZlTELLA COOKE.
This book is translated by an accom-
plished lady OF Richmond It has met with
high praise and success in the North. 1t
contains picture of German life which in
its beautiful simplicity and truth to nature
is seldom exceiIed. OF the translation itself
we cannot too highly speak. The translator
has imbi bed tie full spirit Of the author,
and IN her pure Saxon conveys in kindred
language the tenderness and child-like pa
thos so descriptive OF German works Of
fiction, written for the pure, childlike
spirit or every age, whether it be the
Girl in her teens or the man Of ripper
years, who in his hours OF retirement,
after lie has shut out the busy whirl OF
life, likes to recall those brighter and hap
pier periods which throw such sacred halo
around his carly youth and shed their
bright rays down the long vista of his de
clining years. How often have we felt the
great gulf between the original German
story, in its beautiful, sweet, childlike SIM
plicity, and the hard, verbose, ponderous
English TRANSACTIONS, better suited TO mar
shal Roman legions in the Decline and
Fall !" than TO depict the real gospel Of life
as the Divine Teacher taught, and so beau
tifully illustrated in most German works OF
fiction. .... ..-......
Miss COOKE, in this translation, on the
contrary, has studied well the character OF
the author before commencing the transla-
ton; and has made it her sole object to
place before her readers in English that
author, and let her and not the translator
tell her story.
We may congratulate the publishers, who
were so fortunate as to get possession OF
this beautiful translation Of this attractive
volume. The other volumes OF CLEMEN-
TINA HELM will soon be given to the Eng
lish.reading public in Miss COOKIES transla-
lions.
La Perle de Norfolk. Par lie COMTE DE
CoURsoN. Cd Edition. Londres Chez
tous les Libraries. 1873. Baltimore {:
KELLY, PIETT 81 Co.
Wchavc received from the author, through
NJ. DE VILL1EEs, Of this city, a copy OF this
little book, which has passed to Il second
edition. We shall read it, vi course. But
in the mean time we quote from the Baltl-
more Bulletie that the Pearl herself y
"illuminates The story like vision OF love-
liness." This ';Pearl" was Norfolk (Vir-
ginia) jewel. "Thc style CONTINUES the
Bulletin) is glowing and poetical, and there
are one or two touches Of the seattle at
Norfolk which seem to have been copied
from memory" For sale at the bookstores,
we suppose.
FRANKLIN-SQuARE LIBRARY.-We have
from c. f. JOHNSTON the fourth, fifth, and
sixth Nos. of this periodical, issued by the
HARpERs. These Nos. contain: Paul Knoz,
Pitnan, by JOHN BERWICK HARDWOOD; My
Hearts IN the Highlands, by the author OF
" Artistic" "Bright Morning" &C.; and
Henrietta: fragments from the Diary OF
the Marquis de Boisgaerny. us
For sale by JOHNSTON.
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and Mag:tA Story OF To-Day. -.
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