The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-02-14
LITER AZURE.


Az INVOLUNTARY VOYAGE. By Lucien Bart, au,
thor of Adventures of 4 Young Naturalist
Translated from the French by Mrs. Cashei
Hocy and Mr. John Lille. Illustrated; Ne"
York: Harper ~ Brothers, chicago; Jansem'
McClurp a Co. Ottawa: Osman S llapemail'
Price Sl.25.
The substance OF the story is that two young
parisians, who had been pIsydilows in child
hood had gone to the same schools, and main
tanned close friendship in maturcr years, are,
for the first time in their lives, aooutto part one
of them, AN engineer by profession, having de-
cidcd to 70 to America and take his chances OF
rising in the civil war, The other decides to ac-
company him to Liverpool and see him OIL Meth
or Of Them can talk word OF English, but they
bridge the difficulty by picking up Ia London
sprightly French samin who speaks English hu'
emily rs well AS his mother tongue, VINO is IN
stalled as Interpreter, servant, ana companion Oh
the pair At Liverpool the friend OF the enEi-
neer, Pnson by name, and the servant, QuicKsll-
yer, accompany him on board the steamer ana
float with him down the bay, expecting to return
To the city on the pilot boat. But the latter slips
away without their knowledge and VI. Pinson finds
himself Involuntary off for America. His dis
may can be imagined; but fe" hhhdfeu niles
out the steamer meets an American cruizcr oound
for French port, and after great deal OF per
suasion the involuntary passengers OF The steam
or are taken on board But before the cruizer
reaches the French port it encounters rebel pri-
yateer. has a sharp fight, and then starts on a
long chase that take our unhappy Pnson and his
faithful Quicksilver on an involuntary voyage Of
thousands Of miles all over the world, finally
landing them at Vera Cruz. The situations and
incidents of the story are infinitely varied, often
Thrilling and oftener amusing, and are depicted
: throughout with charming French vyacity.
i U,woKrus BY Frances Eodgson Burnett, au-
thor of That Lass q Lowrie's" New York:
Charles Scribncr N Sons; Chicago: Jansen
u McCmrg Il Co.; Ottawa: Osman ~ iiapeman.
u As in her former work the author depicted to
us English pit life, in the present she exhibits
life in the great English iron works; and as THAT
Lass % Lowric'sn was an instant and marked sue
cess, so iiuworth's," which is At least Of equal
merit cannot fail to have great run. Its APP
pcarance in Scybncr'S Nonhhly AS serial during
1879, however, has so familiarized the public with
the story-thc many charms and wonderful dra-
matte powcr--that more elaborate notice OF IL
here is unnecessary The edition before us is hand
somely printed, neatly bound and finely illus
tratcd
THE WORLDS PARADIsEs; Or, Sketches Of Life,
= Scenery and Climate In Noted Sanataria. by
:. q. w. Benjamin. New YORK: ~ Appleton
Il Co.; Chicago: Jansen, McClurg &Co.; Otta
wa: Osman " liapeman. Price 30 cts
= When II man in the stern pursuit Of what are
supposed to be LIES great objscts-riches, fame
nlt in In N
the chase or mt its end, that his physical powers
have been ovcrtaxed, his constitution broken and
=, his capacity for enjoyment nj what has cost SO
- much wasted, he begins to look around in wcaii
= ness and disappointment for some favored spot
some earthly paradise-outsde the busy hauntt
a of man, where he can rect and recuperate hi'
, shattered energies 1t is NO watering place he
. wants--no Saratoga, Newport or Long Branch
no whirl Of fashionable extravaganza and dissi
patton but some quiet nook where the air !,
ever balmy, life calm and peaceful, and all the
surroundings typiiy and invite to rest The world
has many such paradiscs, and Mr. Benjamin, IL
this pleasant little volume, which appears in thu
Appeton's New Handy Volume Series, tells VI
where they are and al about their varied and pc
icuar attractions. The list includes twsnty.on,
such paradiscs or Sanitariums," all OF which
the author appears to have visited IN person ant
describes with rigid hdility yet in vivid and glow
ing language.
AMERICAN BALLADS. Ky Thomas Dunn Eng
Hsh, NJ. D., LII ID. liarper& Bros, New York
Jansen, McClurg II Co, Chicago; OSman X
!. IIapemnn, Ottawa. Price % cts.
IS During the last % years American li,cratur,
e had been enriched by number of very fine bal
:, lads such Ben Bolt, The Sack of Deerield
% Battle Of Monmouth Battle Of the Cowpens, Bet
Ia " Zane, &c, &c, yet while most Of them ia
|, miiar a. household words, scarcely any one cal
N ever name their author. In truth they are tn
production Of an unprctentious physician name,
Thomas Dunn English, and the IIarpers for tn
and give them to us in their Half Hour Series
In looking it over the familiar names greet on
like the pleasant faces of old friends
THE ART or SPEECH Studies in Poetry an
Prose. By l.. T. Townsend ID, Professor i
Boston University, author Of "Credo," &c. II
two volumes. Vol ], D. Appleton \ Co, Ne'
man & Hapeman, Ottawa. Price Go cts.
" The volume before us is q small ducdecmo
~ about 80 pages, TO be succeeded by another
~ the same size. The work Is intended as teN
book for schools and makes no prctcnsions TO o.
iginalty, going over the ground OF n good man
oo more elaborate works in the same line. lndee
the author says it is Fan outgrowth from occa
" ional instructions given while occupying III
" chair of Sacred Rhetoric" &c. Yet As a CONVEX
lent practical treatise on the origin and growt
- of human speech and its proper use, most reat
w. ers will be quite content TO prefer this e1celler
condensation 10 the tedious vouminous works
which 1t gives the marrow
THE RGHTs OF THE PEOPLE UNDER THE LAWS q
THE STATE, with many of the Decisions Of th
Supreme Court. Compiled by the Pubshe
assisted by several Attorneys. Chicago: WI
liam HALEY, printer and publisher For sal