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

show up the iniquities of the graveyard insu- rance system, which in Pennsylvania, Ohio and some other portions of the country has done deal of mischief The pamphlet is sharp keen and to the point. Published by Lee & Shepard, Boston, and for sale in this city by c. R. Coan;
 ''Julian Karslake's Secret" by Mrs. John Holder Needell, is a very well written story. It is also an original one. The complication which separates loving husband and lov- ing wife is virtually new in fiction, and leads to several really dramatic situations which are effective in the novel and would doubt less be even more effective on the stage. Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.,, Phila- delphia, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller
 "The Double Runner Club, D by B. P. Shil- laber (Mrs. Partington), is jolly book for boys Its aim is to show that boys, govern ed by rules of their own imposing, can do as well as those of older growth, and to illus trate the possibility of continued youth, as shown by the genial veteran Captain Bob, 7" in his kindly intercourse with the boys Published by Lee & Shepard, Boston, and for sale in this city by 0. k. Coan.
 s'Like Gentleman is plea for total ab- stinence under the guise of very entertain ing story. Unlike most temperance tales, it deals, not with drunkards of the alley and gin shop, but with gentle folks, men and wo- men, setting forth what evils and heart breaks follow when man. like the hero of the story mot believing in danger if he drinks only "like gentleman" yet finds himself, after a tiEae. unable to resist temptation and becomes 8 drunkard in it's saddest sense. Published by Lee < Shepard, Boston. and for sale in this city by 0. k. Coan.
 ''Dr. Breen's Practice, the charming story written by W. D. Howells for the Atlamtic, has been published in book form by J. R. Os- good $ Co.,, Boston. The principal character in the story, Dr. Breen, is @ young woman of earnest and noble impulses, but through mistaken sense of duty placed in a position for which she has no adaptation whatever, and which she abandons when the first real stAt the end of the ends she was a Puritan j; belated, misdated, if the reader will, and cast upon good works for the consolation which the Puritans formerly found In a creed. Riches and ease. were sinful to her, and some how to be atoned for; and she had no real love for anything that was not of an immedi- ate humane and spiritual effect" She is, however, one of the authors most attractive creations. The subordinate characters in the book are also skillfully drawn, and the inter est of the reader is sustained throughout For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Christopher Columbus," by W. l.. Alden, is a volume in the series of Lives of Ameri- can Worthless" published by Henry Holt & Co.,, New York. The pleasing humor which, displayed in the columns of the New York ITmes, has made MT. Alden famous, is seen to equally good advantage in this bio- graphy of Christopher, whom he describes as ttthe first American citizen, by adoption. 7" But while MT. Alden treats Columbus life in a humorous way, he confines himself to facts and makes an excellent biographical sketch of it. For sale in this city by Judd the book seller
 "Nuna, the Brahmin Girl,' by Harry w. French, author of s'Castle Foam," etc., is novel which has been much praised by the S11t1C6, anu At 4S WOAtAJ 1Ao PAeAAoS ~ Aeso AS ceived. It is s'a story of real life and true love, under the palm-tree and tamarind, "- the story of girl who was brought up in the belief that she was to inherit the throne and power of her reputed grandfather, king of the East, but who proves to have been an adopted child, and therefore ineligi- ble to the royal inheritance promised by the ruler Her reputed brother does inherit the throne he, finding Nuna was not, after all, his sister, marries her, and both share the throne. The story is we'll told, and the exciting incidents on which it turns are effec- lively related MT. French has travelled in India, and writes intelligently of that country and it's people. Published by Lee $ Shep- ard, Boston, and for sale in this city by c. R. Coan
 sgThe Unseen Hand; or James Renfrew and His Boy Helpers" by Elijah Kellogg, author of ssElm Island Stories," etc, is the story of an orphan boy who triumphed over many difficulties and became successful man. It is wholesome and readable. Published by Lee & Shepard, Boston, and for sale in this city by C. R. Coan.
 Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott'' is pub hshed in sumptuous holiday style by Dodd, Mead & Co.,, New York. Each verse is printed in large old English characters upon paper of the best kind, and not only has each one page to itself, but opposite each right hand page is g full-sized picture in solid colors. Of course it's illustrations, or, as they are more properly called, it's decorations, are the most important and notable feature of the volume. They are by MT. Howard Pyle, who has studied medieval missal painting and medi- aeval stained glass with unusual care. The drawing is spirited and intelligent, and the It is hard to decide whether the purely orna- mental or the fgure-subjects are the better designed. The printing is done with great care and 1t is safe to say that no work of illustration in colors done in this country this year can be at all compared to this work. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
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