Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-08
fectual instrument in the accomplishment O his nefarious designs.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

anthor in this volume explains how and why people derive benefit from sea bathing, shows in what way these advantages may be best obtained, and points out how the accompany ing risks may be avoided. After general
 Packard devotes a chapter to each of the fol lowing subjects Bathing in the Sea- Sea Bathing for Invalids,' ''The Seashore as Winter Resort Excursions to the Sen shore," Cottage Life at the Seashore," 7" Sanitary Matters Accidents in Bathing, :" and .Amusements at the Seashore.n Pub l hshed by Presley Blakiston, Philadelphia, and for sale in this city by T. H. Pease & Son.
 ''The Management of Children in Sickness and in Health, by Annie M Hale, NJ D., is book in which every mother can find much that she ought to know. Dr. Hale seems to have put a great deal of common sense into the book, as well as accurate knowledge of medicine. Published by Presley Blakiston, Philadelphia, and for sale in this city by T H. Pease & Son.
 The American Book Exchange, New York, is publishing large variety of cheap books Among it's recent publications is new vol ume of the Acme library of Modern Classics, containing such old favorites as :'The Vicar of Wakefield" Paul and Virginia, stRas- selas," ''Undine," etc. Leaves from the Diary of an Old Lawyer" by A. B. Rich mond, is made up of sketches upon the curse of intemperance. Hopkins "Comic History of the United States" illustrated, is not es- 4o-- l,-4 4I~ are numerous and amusing.
 ''The Throat and it's Function, :" is the title of lecture delivered by Professor Louis Els berg, in the course of popular scientific lectures instituted last year by the New York Acade- my of Sciences, and now published by G. P. Putnam's Sons New York It gives in a clear manner an account of the anatomy of the throat and it's functions in swallowing
 breathing and the production of the voice, so as to be thoroughly and readily understood
 by the general reader as well as the medical student. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''The Prodigious Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon, D translated from the French of Alphonse Daudet by Robert s. Minot, is a sort of modern ''Don Quixote" and brilliant and very humorous satire on French vanity and the love of glory. Tartarin imagined himself great lion hunter, and went to AL geria for his pastime. There he shot don key, and afterwards blind tame lion, for which he had to pay roundly. But he sent the skin to his native town and his neighbors received him home as one of the worlds heroes. He was well fooled and swindled in Algiers, and not the least of his troubles was the attachment of camel he had purchased, which persisted in following him, not withstanding his efforts to lose him and get away from him. The story of Tartarin's ad- ventures is very entertaining. Published by Lee $ Shepard, Boston, and for sale in this city by H. H. Peck
 ''Homo Sum- translated from the German of Georg Ebers by Clara Bell, is Q powerful novel The time of the story is in the early part of the Christian era and the scene is in the Sinaitic Peninsula. The plot is an exceptional one An anchorite, to shield young friend who had been guilty of a love affair with powerful centurion's wife, takes the blame upon himself, and cast off by his brethren, scorned by all is scourged and driven into solitude for his supposed crime. He suffers until the real culprit confesses. The plot is well worked out with some very powerful and striking situations, and the character drawing is remarkably strong. Published by William S. GottsbergeH New York, and for sale in this city by H. H. Peck.
 '.The Ode of Life" by Lewis Morris, the author of ''The Epic of Hades" and ''Gwen," will be eagerly read by the admirers of the two latter poems. The author says of it: Whatever the fate of the work, the writer knows well that nothing more mature can be expected from his pen, nor can he hope again to find unappropriated so fruitful a subject for verse" The ode is divided into minor odes, such as ''The Ode of Infancy" 1.-The Ode of Childhood" " etc. It will not find SO author, and the peculiar metres used are not wholly pleasing. Published by Roberts Brothers, Boston, and for sale in this city by H. H. Peck.
 ''The Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of Ancient Egypt" by P. Le Page Renouf, contains the six Hilbert lectures for 1879. The writer begins by exhibiting the mistakes of the early Christian and of the Heather writers upon the religion of Egypt They looked at the system as outsiders and strangers, and saw nothing more in it than the mere worship of animals, O gross and sensual worship low as African fetichism. They did not understand the symbolism of this cult, nor did they know that certain divinities were worshipped. Egypt had lofty code of morals, and the immortality of the soul a firm article of faith The prevalent ideas of ancient Egypt ian life proceed from novelists and dramat ists whose purpose is best secured by ignorant misrepresentation. The language of Egypt has petished and the key to the decipherment of it's writings is lost The language has, however been slowly recovered, and every day gives better understanding of Egyptolo- BY. There is scarcity of Egyptian texts to work upon. They are mostly copied from old walls, which are covered with pictures and texts, and the destruction of which is going on rapidly The Arabs dwell in the old tombs and ruins, and deface them with smoke or actually tear them down. MT. Renouf describes the monuments that verify success i've reigns of Egyptian kings and demonstrate the great antiquity of the kingdom, tracing it far back into the pre- historic. ages. He de- scribes the gods of Egypt and points out that with all their divinities, the Egyptions were really Monotheists. He treats in one lecture of their Communion with the Unseen World, and in others of their religious books and hymns Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 THE TWENTY-NINTH BALLOT.
 Mothers who have any regard for their daughters will enforce the s'you knit rule.