The New York herald., 1879-03-10
BOSTON BOOKS.
"Ar HIGH PRICE," NEW NovEI-A FLOOD
OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.

CAT HIGH PRICE," A NEW NovEL-A FLOOD
OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BosToS. March 8, 1870.
The first of the spring novels, "At High Price,"
by f. Buerstonbinder. will be published in the
Cobweb Series by Estes Lauriat in about three
weeks. 1t is a cleverly told story in which the prin
cipa interest centres about stern. arbitrary man,
genel misunderstood by those about him and
living ul.der the 81 adow of supposed trcachcry
toward the friends of his youth. He is the governor
of province and rules It despotically unloved and
unloving. until his ward. his former wife's niece.
comes to live with him. aud then he gives his whole
heart to her and wins hers in return. At the very
moment whom he becomes assured of her affection
he is forced to leave her to fight duel which he has
himself provoked, because in it he the only
of vindicating his honor. and he dies leaving
the woman that he loves TO marry the who
caused his disgrace and downfall. The story rather
French than German In Its style. and
is one of tho best that this author has
published under the pen name Of j.. Werner Tho
subordinate characters defined with sufficient
clearness. One of them Is young girl, who would
be a nun and ends by being the wife of a liberal"
who teases her into marrying him. There is q
sonable probability that of the good persons
always tho lookout for evil will find IL in the pro-
posed marriage o. the hero and his wifcs niece but
this happens TO be of tho alliances forbid
den by any law. human or divine. odd although 1t
seems
Next Saturday ten more novels arc 90 come but
none of them new, i've belonging to a illus
trated library edition of Dickens aud vc to library
edition Of tho wavcrley Novels. to be issued by
Houghton, Osgood Co. Tho former to bo illus
tratcd with the original English pictures the latter
by two steel engravings In each volume. A "popu-
lar edition OF the holiday "Uncle Toms Cabin"
will appear to-day. with all tho pictures and tho
introduction and photography that were used in the
holiday publication but without the red line bor-
dcring tho pages. Tho "IIouschod Bryant" CON
tanning the compoto works of tho late
poet win also bc issued to-day. and Gays
Poctcal Works" and "Montgomcry's Poeiicai
Works" In the Riverside edition. Next Saturday
the fourteenth volume of tho English and Foreign
Philosophical Library will be published. Its tito
is "CoIor Sense; Its Origin and Development" by
Grant Allen. Roberts brothers have nearly ready
.wild Life in a southern Country" by the author
Of "rhc Gamckccpcr at Home" aud will follow 1t
by new edition OF ''Thc Epic of Hados," and of
Morris sigurd. the Last of the vosungs." stuart
stcrnc's angelo" is to go through now edition,
the irst having been exhausted.
Lee & Shepard will bring out "Cobwebs," Mrs.
Elizabeth Z. Goodrich's operetta, noxt week. Tho
spoken passages that tho songs In this little
trHc arc in just the right vein of fun for children
and the pieces would bc very good for Christmas
tcrtainmcnts or for the amusement OF children at
any time Of the year. "Rcsurgt. edited by Mr. Frank
Foxcroft, IL an elegant volume of 352 pages bound
in u style that makes IL q suitable book for Easter
tide gift. and unique In connecting Easter hymns
and nothing else The editor in his PREDATORY note
says that part OF his search for material has
been 80 disappointing as that which led him among
the hymn books. aud his collection contains very
little drawn from that source. Tho book
has On index OF nrst lines of authors and