The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-12-14
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I3OOks.

yersity Of Cam bridge, Author OF lhc Descr
~ the Exodus. "ctc Revised Edition, edited b,
Rev s f. Smith, ID Boston: b. Lothrop
Co. Ottawa: for sale by Osman ~ iiapemah'
We have here, within the limits of one octave
volume, history of the most interesting people
in their relation to the welfare of the whole hu
man family, that ever lived. The history EN-
braces the separate existence of the jewish race
from the time of Abraham, through the entire
narrative of the Old Testament ana the perioo
intervening between the old and new dispense
ZION, and traces their dispersion among the KING
aoms of the earth down to the present time IL
all history, as Roln says, is valuable only as IL
traces the hand of God in his dealings with the
children of men, the history OF the Jews must DC
especially So for they were, more than any othef'
his ''peculiar people, and it is in their story
above all Others that the truth OF the divine "oru
is unfolded through the ages. Have the prophe'
sizes been fulfilled? God made constant promises
o,good TO the Hebrew people if they obeyed him,
and threatened evil as the fruit of disobedcnce
These promises and threats covered not only the
time thew dwclt in the Holy Land, but all time.
Are they in their dispersion to day monument
of the faithfulness Of Gods word? Can any ms
tory be Of more momcntous import than tha'
which undertakes to deal successfully with TINS
probcmg The history before us, by one OF the
greatest scholars and thinkers of the age, handles
il at least with cearness, skill and grace that
are, to our idea, within the range OF human at
tainment, satisfying The book Is made all the
more attractive by its admirable illustrations
A LITTLE WOMAN. A Story for other Little Wom-
en- By Ella Farman. Boston ID. Lothrop ~
Co. Ottawa: for sale by Osman llapeman.
This is the first of the "Allic- Bird Series" pub
lished by d. Lothrop & Co., Boston, and is to be
followed by, II-Grandma Crosby's Household
Iu.-A Girls Money. No !. relates the adven-
lures and little womanly hcroisms of Kinnie
Crosby, wise matron of the mature age OF IL
summers. The story is in the Louisa Alcott
style, with incidents enough to keep up lively
interest and a tone sufficiently religious and
pure in morality to give it a healthy influence.
The series promises to become great favorte
with Sunday School libraries, to which il is adj
mirably adapted.
THE GoDsoN OF A MARQUIS. From the French
of Andre Thcuriet. New York: ID. Appleton ~
Co. Chicago: Jansen, Mcclure ~ Co. Otta-
wa for sale by Osman IL lIapeman Price Soc
This is No TX. in the Appleton collection Of
foreign authors, and is novel of more than or
binary power There are but few characters in
II, but they are drawn with singular dstinctncss;
and though the novel is French, Gas If the French
were less pous and virtuous than other people,
and the scenes incidents, machinery and con
eomitants are all French, the morality OF the sto.
ry is unobjcctionable and sacred things and
places, as they figure in the scenes, are treated
with becoming reverence. Indeed, the Appeions
,gl,r, audit, lY,it pnrl nf mn
site character into a collection by which they
seem to set so much store.
FRANKLIN SQUARE LIBRARY Published by Ilar
per ~ Brothers, New York. Chicago: Jansen,
NcClurg IL Co. Ottawa: Osman IL Hapeman.
There books and books. People of com
Portable means, fixed habits and settled homes
want nicely printed and substantially bound
books, suitable for center tables or library
shelves. There is an army of peripatetic read
ers, who want books in the most evancscent
form, to be read once and then cast aside; and
there is great army of impccunous readers,
who hunger for good books, but can only afford
the cheapest possible editions. The wants Of the
latter two classes are admirably met in the
Franklin Square Library Of the IIarpers. The
books are got up in quarto sized pages of three
number, costing from 10 to 10 cents, contains a
book which in the ordinary form would cost from
one to two dollars No. II, for instance, for Is
cents, gives you Stephen York's fascinating nov
ell "Clevenden;" in No. II, for 10 cents, we have
a complete copy Of Twenty Years Residence
Among the People of Turkey" 10y Consuls
Daughter and Wife, one of the most popular
books Of the day. and which in no other form
can be bought for less than 500 TO 500. In
No. H. for Is cents, we have Benz Disraclrs ia
nous novel; "rhc Young Duke" and No. II
gives us for 10 cents, "Havcrholmc," the satire
in which Edward jerks made such hit The
Harpers certainly deserve credit for presenting
in such cheap form class of literature that 9TH
erwse would he inaccessible to a large army Of
eager readers
THE YEAR Book or EDUCATION FOR 1873. Edited
by Henry Riddle, superintendent, and \, j.
Schem, assistant superintendent of Public |,
Schools New York City. New York +. Stei-
ger. London: Sampson, Low ~ Co.
The cyciopodid y EducatioH, issued year ago, ,
was work involving stnpendOus labor, and in
importance took rank at once with the great en-
cyclopTdias, like the Britannica, Americana, &c,
now found in all libraries Of any prctension. New
facts, discoveries and new achievements,
however in education as in general science and
history are constantly occurring, that all
standard encyclopedias need annual additions;
and so the volume before US is intended to bring
The Educational CyclopGda Of year ago down
to the present date. 1t is large royal octave
volume Of AZ pages uniform in size and print.
ing with the great work to which its main purpose
is to form an addendum, though independent.
ly of that relation the information IL contains is
Of the highest interest and value.
The Apple I'm the Bottle.
On the mantel piece of my grandmothcr's best
parlar, among other marvels, was an apple in
aphial, itquite filled up the bottle Childish
wonderment constantly was, How could il
have got there" BY stealth | climbed chair
to see If the bottle wound unscrcw, or if there