The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-04
AUTHORS AND PUBLICATIONS.

Harpcr's for August contains a graphic
account of Chautanqua Lake and its famous
| Sunday school assembly.
Andrews Bazaar for August is a magnifi-
cent number of this popular and valuable
| publication. 1t contains all the midsum-
mer fashion news, and is brim full of gossip
and reading of general interest and especial
ly attractive to the ladies'
Florida its climate soil and produc-
TONS with sketch of its history, natural
features and social conditions is Just issued.
Ii is Il comprehensive little pamphlet pub
lished for the State by Seth French, No. 8
Ross Block, Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner and Mrs.
Warner are about to take their usual sum
mer journey to the AdirOndacks, where, as
many delighted readers are aware, the dis
tinguishcd auth II finds considerable amuse-
ment in the company of bears, fierce fishes
and the like.
Dr. Pond the President of the ancient
seminary at Bangor, Me-, is now eighty
eight years old, and is still strong in body
and mind. He has occupied his position
in the seminary for almost half century.
He has written nearly fifty or sixty books.
in addition to countless casual articles i'll
magazines and newspapers, and he has
withal made very busy, energetic and
successful President.
"The Art Amateur is a monthly maga
zine devoted to the cultivation of arti the
household. Edited by Montague Marks
and published at 571 Broadway, New York.
1t is very complete, useful and entertain
ing magazine and devoted toa speciality that
is Just now the rage and ought to jump at
once into public favor. We commend it
to that large portion of our society people
who are now dcvoting attention tp house
hold art as well as to the general reader, who
will find it an entertaining publication.
"Mv Daughter Susan" is another of the
idle Hour Series of D. LOthrop q Co.
| 1t is a sparkling summer book, whose key
note is Temperance, and we doubt if any
| lecturer ever put his arguments in more
telling shape, or made his illustrations
more fascinating. than the author has done
| in this little work. my Daughter Susan"
is an original character; woman of strong
mind and fixed principles, brilliant and
sympathetic the life of social gatherings,
and yet most determined opponent OF the
various temptations which are offered at
such places in the way of wines and intOX
icating liquors. For sale by Robert Clarke
& Co., Peter G.. Thompson, and all book
sellers.
The lovers of genuine American humor
will be pleased to learn that Messrs. i. b.
Peterson & Brothers, the well-known Phil
adelpha publishers have in press and viii!
shortly issue new and enlarged edition of
Major Jones' Courtship," a.work that has
been universally accorded the reputation
of being one of the very best humorous
books Of the century, as since its pnblica-
ton, more than thirty years ago, it has
held a position at the head of "Peterson's
Humorous Library" and has passed through
numerous editions, having had larger
sale than any other American book OF its
class. While other books of humor, many
of greater pretentionS, have had transient
popularity and passed into oblivion, the
quaint narration OF the Georgia rustic's
Courtshp is as fresh to-day and as popular
with the present generation of readers as
it was with those who first welcomed it to
the world of letters over quarter OF CEN
tury ago.