Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-12
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Bachelor Bluff His Opinions, Senti-
 ments and Disputations," by Oliver Bell
 Bunce, is a very readable book. It gives the
 opinions of cultivated and thoughtful man l upon such topics of the time as would natu-
 rally engage the attention of such a~man. Among these subjects are Domestic Bliss, ''
 Realism in Art" ''Morals in Literature, "
 ssModern Fiction, ,"tHolidays" and the like. | Most of them are treated in dialogue, but some 1 in monologue, and all of them are treated with
 scrupulous attention to precision and purity
 of style. Published by D. Appleton < Co.,,
 New York, and for sale in this city by Judd
 the bookseller.
 1 seThe Candle of the Lord and Other Ser
 mons," by the Rev. Phillips Brooks, is pub
 Iished by E. P. Dutton & Co.,, New York. As I a competent critic says: ''These are among 1 the few sermons which are effective in printed form, and can be read with as much
 pleasure and profit as their first delivery afforded. They so because they are full
 of wisdom and spiritual suggestiveness. Some sermons derive all their effect from the man.
 ner of their delivery and passages which are
 deeply impressive when spoken seem strange -A
 black and white But this is not the case with
 MT. Brooks addresses. They are so care fully and felicitously written that they can stand the test of careful reading, and they are characterized by an originality and fertll- ity of thought which can only be fully appre- ciated when time is given for reflection. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller
 s'The Quartet A Sequel to Dab Kinzer, by William O. Stoddard, will be welcomed by all who read s.Dab Kinzer." In "The Quar- tet" the four friends, Dabney Kinzer, Ford Foster, Frank Harley and their col ored comrade. Dick Lee, at Grantley Academy, have full scope for the exercise of their love of sport and manly exertion In
 addition to the active part taken by them 1n the various episodes of school life. The te- male members of the family are not left out, and in the last chapter, after Dab has hn- ished his education in school and college, not without many vicissitudes, Jenny Walters makes him happy man. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons and for sale 1n thu s city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''The Orthodox Theology of To-Day" by Newman Smyth, author of 'The Religious Feeling'' and s'Old Faiths in New Light, IS the title of a collection of six sermons preached by the author in answer to certain objections urged against evangelical preach ing. Dr. Smyth treats his subject under SIX heads. He begins by discussing the func- tions and importance of & formulated creed, I and then passes on to ask and answer the l question. s'Does Orthodoxy misunderstood l God ?" The relations between forgiveness | and suffering are next considered, and our l imperfect theories of the future life i passed under review, and the volume con l cludes with an eloquent and suggestive dis course on Social Immortality" The book | will we'll repay a careful perusal. Published | by Charles Scribners Sons, New York, and 1 for sale here by Judd the bookseller.
 ssThe Fate of Madame La Tour: Story of | Great Salt Lake" by Mrs. A. G. Paddock, is | story of life with the Mormons. Madame | La Tour is the widow of an elderly French | the Latter Day Saints when they were banded 1 under Joseph Smith at Nauvoo, in Illinois. | The children have grown up in their fathers | faith, and the mother, though loathing the | Saints and their principles, accompanies them in the pilgrimage to Utah for her chil- | dren's sake. Her story begins with the de- parture from Nauvoo and the settlement at | Salt Lake, where presently the unhappy wo- man disappears under circumstances which | give the impression that she has drowned herself. But the facts are that Brigham | Young, Smiths successor, in order to com plete and perpetuate his control over her late husbands property and her own, and to rivet the chains of his asoendency about the necks of her children, has caused her abduction and and after weary years she 1 dies broken hearted victim to as detestable l