Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-21
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Random Rambles," by Louise Chandler Moulton, is a very pleasant book. The Rambles are collection of pictures or sketches of London, Paris, Rome, Venice and other cities of note and of such scenes as Parliament Day, The Carnival, and Shop ping in Paris. There are many characteristic glimpses of the literary and artistic society of London and of Rome; and it is all told With the simple frankness of agreeable con- versation. The book is small, pretty ,Ahd | full of interesting things. Published by Roberts Brothers, Boston, and for sale in this city by H. H. Peck.
 'sThe Earl of Mayfeld'' is romance founded upon facts in the life of the author. 1 MT. Thomas P. May, of New Orleans. It is the story of southern man who opposed secession openly and abandoned the Confed- 1 crate service at the first honorable opportu- 1 nifty. It is admittedly an autobiography, with 1 romantic additions, and the fact that it has passed into an eighth edition, and that the authors friend in the South have warmly and cordially received it, notwithstanding it's frank opposition to prevalent opinions there upon political subjects, is cited by MT, May in his new preface as "a refutation of the islander that freedom of opinion is not allowed in the South'' To this he adds: II have treated with disrespect in that portion of the Union" Published by T. B. Peterson < Brothers, Philadelphia, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'tMrs. Godfrey" by the author of "Phyl lis" Molly Bawn," etc., will be eagerly read by the many admirers of the authors work. The heroine is a pretty. fascinating Irish girl who is as good as she is pretty. A young Englishman, meeting her in her Irish home, falls desperately in love with her, mar ries her, and carries her to his mothers home in England Here she is not cordially re- ceiyed, and her warm Irish heart is often wounded. But her husbands love and ad- miration never fail, and at last her sweetness and grace conquer all hearts, and there IS no shadow on her happiness. The other char acters of the story are lifelike, the scenes natural, and the style simple and pleasing. Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.,, Phila- delphia and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Literary Style and Other Essays" is the title of @ volume of essays by William Mat thews, LID. The volume contains twenty one essays on various themes and many of them show much thought and felicity of ex- pression. Periodical Literature,' 1.-The Modesty of Genius, " Memory and its Mar vels,'' Fools, D ssThe Art of Listening, /" Originality are some of the subjects 4aI Slo ;, o:,,s,, o,~l instructive in whatever he chooses for dis. course. Published by s. c. Griggs & Co.,, Chicago, and for sale in this city by c. R. Coan.
 ''The Correspondence of Prince Talley- rand and King Louis Eighteenth" with 8 preface and notes by M. G. Pallain, is val uable and deeply interesting contribution to biographical and historical literature. At the ministry of foreign affairs at Paris there is manuscript comprising one hundred doc. uments. Sixty of these are letters written by Prince Talleyrand to King Louis Eigh- teenth during the Congress of Vienna The manuscript also contains letters of Louis himself, also some diplomatic documents, in cluding the famous report with which Prince Talleyrand furnished the king on his depar-- ture from Ghent for Paris. M Pallain was allowed access to the whole of this manu- script and authorized to publish it. The re- suit is the volume before us. Prince Talley- rand's first letter to the king is dated at Vii enna, September 18th, 1914, the second on the 29th In closing the latter, he writes: Whatever may be the issue of this congress- there are two points which must be estab- ished and preserved; the justice of your majesty, and the strength of your majesty's government for they afford the best, or rather, the only pledges for consideration without and stability within" The last letter from Vienna is dated May goth, 1915, just as Talleyrand was starting for France. Talley rand's report to the king of the results of the negotiations of the congress, and of the impression made in Vienna by the state of affairs in France, follow the letters, and there are copious notes added to both letters and report. A letter from the king to Prince Talleyrand, dated Ostend, March 26th, 1S15 closes the volume. A portrait of Talleyrand is given a frontispiece, an appendix con- tains letters from noted personages to the prince, and there is a descriptive alphabeti- cal index. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Professor H. M. Monsanto has prepared a useful Manual of Commercial Correspon. dence in French, , which D. Appleton & Go. publish as the first of a series of such manu- als of commercial correspondence in the principal modern languages. The purpose of the work is to furnish practical illustra- tions of the proper use of those .idiomatic phrases and technical forms of expression which give English speaking persons greatest perplexity in writing French, and especially in writing commercial letters in French. These forms are presented in actual use and an index enables the reader to turn immedi- ateiy to letters in which the use of each phrase is Illustrated. For sale in this city by.Jpdd the bookseller.
 
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