Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-13
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Nlne OfGlO0plSG, DJ 114I1oo AyAoSs ID '" valuable pronouncing manual containing about three thousand five hundred words, in- cluding considerable number of the names of foreign authors, artists etc., that are Of ten mispronounced. The authorities most quoted are Worcester, Webster, Johnson and Knight. Occasionally the author hazards his own opinion. Any person who will look through the book will be surprised at the number of words the correct pronunciation of which differs from that given by himself in every day conversation. The book is very handsomely bound and printed by D. Apple ton $ Co.,, New York, and is for sale 1n this city by Judd the bookseller.
 An excellent holiday book for children IS entitled Hive Little Mice ill Mouse Trap, by the Man in the Moon, Done in Fernacu- lar. from the Lunacular'' by Lau- "a E. Richards. It is collec- | tion of clever little stories, highly imagina- tive and pretty, in the nursery dialect, and brimfuil of the most captivating pictures It is gotten up in the highest style of the
 printers and bookbinder's art Published l by Estes and Lauriat, Boston, and for sale in 1 this city by F. T. Jarman-
 
 iday trade Miss Julia Beecher's "Aim, Fire,
 Bang Stories,'' and these stories will greatly
 delight the little folks who may be so fortu-
 nate as to read them or hear them read. For
 sale in this city by c. R. Coan.
 eIive Boysin the Black Hills or the Young
 Texan Gold Hunters-a Narrative in Charley s own Language Describing their Adventures
 during Second Trip over the great Texas
 Cattle Trail, their Fortune as Gold Hunters, their Life among the Miners, and their Ex-
 periences with the Indians cut short by
 CharIey's sudden and unacsountable Dlsap- pearance in the Night during snow-storm,' '' l will be interesting and exciting reading for the boys for whom it is written. Published by Lee $ Shepard, Boston, and for sale ID this city by c. R. Coan-
 ssAboard the Mavis,'' by Richard Mark : ham, relates the summer pleasure cruise o1 boys and girls about the east end of Long Isl and. with not only full descriptions of then
 youthful fun and comfort but much various
 information concerning the early history o1
 this country, in revolutionary times ana ID
 older centuries, even to the discovery by the Northmen in A. D. 1O00 The story of Ar : no1d,s treason. of Brant, of Uncas and Milan tonomoh. and other stirring incidents are re- l told The book is well and protusely Illus 1 trated. Published by Dodd, Mead Co., = = New York, and for sale in this city oy 1uoc : the bookseller.
 Fords. Howard & Hubert of New York publish unique gift book-SsThe Lovers o1 Provence: Aucassin and Nicolette" This 1s an Enelish translation of one of the most charming of the Provencal romances of the 7 twelfth century. The manuscript was hrs
 rendered into modern French by Alexander
 Bida from a revision of the text by Castor l. Paris. The English translation IS by A. h f Macdonough. with an introduction by F. C
 Stedman, including the charming poen , sprovencal Lovers" which MT. Sted f man first contributed to the 'Masqu' f of Poets'' The story IS gen l uine minstrel song-story composed t'
 he alternately chanted and recited, ant :. called originally ctantefabe. Mir. Stedmal ;. saws of the charming little poem in prose an' ,- verge that it is s'instinct with the beauty ! nature and the spirit of poesy, when skle f were fair and poesy was young" The man :, nscrint version of it, called "Aucass1n ane s Nicolette.'' has been famous among the anti - ouarians and literary men of Paris as one O : the very few remaining productions of tht o days of the Troubadours. The setting of tn : story is charming. Bida's nine etching
 have been re-engraved on wood, and to then d have been added seven other illustrations D. a American artists The paper is luxurious t' e the touch, the type clear, the margins broad l. the binding quaint and taking. For sale s this city by c. R. Coan.