The New York herald., 1879-09-08
BOSTON BOOKS.

DE. JoYcE's NEW EPIc-FoRrHcoMrNa VOL
UMEs IN FICTION AND poETRY-JUvEN1LE
BOOKS.
Boston. Sept. 8, 1879.
There are no new books this week, and it is pos
sibe that there will be until the advent OF Dr.
Joyces "Blauid." which will be hurried through the
press rs he comes homo from Europe But
instead Of few actual volumes there is the promise
of great many to come. "Blauid" is epic Of
cicnt ireland. similar in cast to "Deirdre.' which
gained the author such widespread praise from press
and public. It is also written in heroic verso. and
is considered by the favored few who have had .
glimpse at the manuscript who better STILL have
heard tho genial Doctor roll off few hundred lines
In his rich round tones, to show bettor work than
"Deirdre."
There are no heavy books among Houghton. Os-
good Co. g fall announcement that is to say.
that true Bostonian would call heavy. There is q
"Fircside'' edition of Emerson to which . light
minded New Yorker might apply that uncomplimen-
tary adjective but especially since Joseph Cook be-
gan his pyrotechnic work among us Boston men
and women consider Emerson ''easy to be under
standod Of the people," There are two volumes Of
the rrepressible Joseph the list. Of course; but
they the lectures on Labor" and Socialism" :"
and lively as to their preludes and lurid as
to their main topics. and are anything but
heavy. Moreover they will appear about the
same time Richard Grant Whites Every Day
English" which is expected to contain enough CON-
and lucid phrsseology to neutralize their
occasional obscure ferocity. There are two
novels, one of which. IAN Earnest TrAer." will be
anonymous; the other. "Odd Even" is Mrs. A. D.
I. Whitney's. Hitherto" .'The Gayworthys,"
Patience Strong's Outings" and Faith Gartney's
Girlhood," the four novels by Mrs. Whitney which
have previously been in the hands Of other publish
ers. have passed into the possession Of Houghton.
Osgood & Co.. and will immediately appear in the
same style all her later works. Miss Phelps has
not written novel. but she has collected several
OF her short stories into volume. which will ap-
pear under the title of ''Sealed Orders, and Sarah
O. Jewett has gathered some OF her old sketches and
studies and mingled them with few fresh stories
to make q volume which will be issued under the
title of "Old Friends and New" ''The Twins OF To-
bio Mountain" Little Classic" by Bret Harte,
completes the tale Of new fctions; but there are
'.Globe" editions Of Cooper and Scott and Fire
side" edition OF Hawthorne and al eight volume
edition Of the sixteen original Little Classics,
that there is no scarcity OF story books.
For the children Mr.. Scudder has writton another
volume about tho Bodleys, this timo telling 'The
Bodleys Afoot." and taking that young family
from Boston to New York. leading them through
districts abounding in historical anecdotes in much
the Same way as when they were 'On wheels"
..The illustrated Annual for Boys and Girls" and
s'rhe Boys and Girls Miscellany" gift books for
tho holiday profusely illustrated and prettily
bound "Pilgrim's Progress has been appropriated
by the children and probably many Of them will
receive it a holiday gift. the edition has
eight colored plates and forty-two other ilustra-
tions and is to be handsomely bound but it Is
meant rather for elder readers. and contains Arch
deacon Aliens "Memoir Of Bunyan" and Macaulay's
essay.
The new volumes Of poetry. like the novels. are
from the pens of ladies. One is "Her Lovers
Friend" by Nora Perry; the other dramatic Per-
sons and Moods" by Mrs. Piatt. household edi-
ton Of Taylor. containing all his poems; the Ken
nett edition OF his translation of "Faust complete
in one volume: enlarged edition Of Lucy Lsrcom's
..Bceathings Of the Better Life" and new edition
of Emerson's "Parnassus' finish the brief list Of
books of poetry. The Artist Biographies" which
have hitherto appeared thin books. each contain
ing the life of one artist, arc be roissued in five
volumes, each including three biographies and
illustrated with twelve heliotypes of masterpieces
The miscellaneous books which refuse to be classi-
fed anywhere are american Poems," which in
clude selections from Longfcllow Whittier. Bryant
Holmes. Lowell and Emerson. and biographical
sketches of the poets and notes explaining the his
torical and personal illusions in the verses; "a
Readers Handbook of the American Revolution"
by Justin Winson. a descriptive index to all the
books. pamphlets and other documents that throw
any light tho events of the Revolution.
and last of all. compositions in Outline from Haw-
thornes scarlet Lotter.'" series of pictures by f.
.. G. Darley.