The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-21
AUTHORS AND PUBLICATIONS.

"Saved at Sea-" a story by Mrs. 0. F.
Walton, is neat and entertaining little
work. The interest is we'll sustained and
if is of character suitable for Sunday
school Libraries.
"Six Months at Mrs. Prior's," by En-
lily Adams, is book which conveys les
son to young girls which is especially
needed by many who think that life has
no higher end than selfish enjoyments.
1t is intended to impart more elevaded
ideas of duty, and to show that the most
irksome of tasks and responsibilities may
be lightened by their cheerful accept
ance. 1t is a well-told and profitable
book for the family or Sunday-school
library. Published by d. Lothrop & Co.,
Boston.
"My Desire" by the author of 'The
Wide, Wide World" may not attain the
popularity of that admirable work, but
is marked by the same simplicity of con-
struction, purity of style, and motive
and life-like characterization as the
authors most notable production. 1t is,
moreover, as the author assures us,
founded upon facts, the leading points
of the story being actual occurrences.
1t is welltoid narrative, and improv-
ing reading for young people. Pub
lished by Robert Carter & Bros, New
York.
"Echoes of Childhood" by L. A. Go
bright, is our old friend Mother Goose in
still new guise-her short, pithy verses
being amplifed into comparatively
lengthy poems, with good deal of moral
and sentimental reflection, &c, thrown
in. 1t is we'll done. 1t comes so near to
being serious in tone that many persons
will hardly appreciate the humor of the
work, which largely consists in the didac-
tic manner of the author as applied to
the familiar themes of nursery fable.
Published by Claxton, Remsen & Hatfel-
finger, Philadelphia.
"Farrar's Illustrated Guide Book to
Moosehead Lake and Vicinity" is COM
pilation which, as an advertising dodge,
does the author credit. The book con-
tains, however, much valuable informa-
ton, inserted we have no doubt for those
who are willing to pay for it, about the
territory which it seeks to cover. The
large and better portion of the volume is
composed of extracts from the works of
other authors, carefully clipped by Mr..
Farrar. Published by Messrs. Lee &
Shepard, Boston.
"Travels with Donkey in the Cev-
ennes," by Robert Louis Stevenson, is
bright, entertaining sketch of short
journey in France, undertaken under cir
cumstances which enabled the traveller
to gain better insight into peasant life
and local peculiarities than those who
follow the beaten track of tourists. The
author has faculty of keen observation,
and his humor is OF the quiet and subtle
order. Published by Roberts Bros, Bos-
ton.
"Wired Love" is a most original little
book, written by Ella Cheever Thayer.
1t demonstrates fully that there is some
thing new under the sun, notwithstand-
ing the oft-repeated saying to the con-
trary. We have had Cupid under all
sorts of guises, with his arrows barbed
with all sorts of incongruous things, but
never before have we had him using for
a weapon the immortal invention of
Morse. Aside from the novelty of the
plot, the book is written in an easy, hu-
morous style. The characters are none
Of them conventional, and interest to the
last, The sentimental portions are natu-
raj and full of beauty. Let "those laugh |
now who never laughed BEFORE" when
they read the Charlotte Russo episode
The book will amply repay those who
may read it, and we predict for it
arge popularity Published by G. W.
Carleton & Co., New York.