Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-02
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

l halI-dOurS With Greek and Latin Au-
 thors: From Various English Translations, D
 by G. H. Jennings and w. s. Johnstone, is 1 an excellent compilation. The selections cover so wide range as to be fairly repre- l sentative of the literature from which they
 have been taken. There is no great classic | author, either of prose or poetry, from
 whose writings some good example has not | been given, and the translations, which have been gathered from various sources, are the best to be had There are fragments of Ho- l mer, for example, from the versions of Chap l man, Pope and Lord Derby; of Virgil from Dryden, Wsrton, Sotheby and Conington, and of Horace from Lord Lytton. Dr. Fran. 1 cis and Dean Swift Those who cannot read | the originals and those who can will find this l a valuable book Published by D. Appleton ] & Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'Eleanor Maitland" by Clara Erskine Clement is an able and quite original 1 novel. Eleanor Maitland is the name of an American lady who, when the reader first meets her, is travelling in Germany, where she attracts the attention of titled native. He follows her to Washington, and a mar riage ultimately ensues, though not until af- ter the occurrence of series of events whose relation makes very interesting story. Pub lshed by James R. Osgood & Co.,, Boston, and for sale in this city by Judd the book seller.
 Captain John Smith, Sometime Governor of Virginia and Admiral of New England,' by Charles Dudley Warner, is volume of the series of Lives of American Worthies. MT. Warner was, we believe, expected to be very funny in this book. but while he has l not restrained his pleasing and delicate humor he has not sacrificed fact to fun. He finds by careful investigation that the story of Pocahontas' saving the life of Smith was clever invention of Smith himself. Smiths life, says Mir. Warner, twas like that of a belligerent tramp" He early plunged into war as soldier of fortune. He was sailor, pirate and cavalier. In the warfare against
 the Turk in Europe he earned the title of captain by his clever strategy, which included the devising of a signal corps service by the use of lights at night for the transmission of
 orders by the alphabet. At one time he was captured and sent as 8 slave to Constant nople He landed in America handeuffed, having been thirteen weeks imprisoned by
 his associates on board ship He was always at the top or the bottom of the heap. The story of his adventures is told in very en- tertaining way. Published by Henry Holt &
 Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 biographical sketch of the distinguished
 actress ''Genevieve Ward" by Mrs. Zadel
 Barnes Gustafson, is published by James k. Osgood & Go. in very pretty style Miss Ward has had 8 brilliant and romantic ca- reer, and her biographer has plenty of ma
 terial to work with. The book is very inter- esting For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'Spanish Fairy Tales," by Fernan Cabal-
 lero, translated by J. H. Ingram, will please those who read them. The book contains ! thirty three brief fairy tales which have been current in Spain for ages. Some of them will be recognized as similar to the fairy tales of other countries, but many of them are new. Published by J. B. Lippincott < Co.,. Philadelphia, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''Craque O'-Doom, D the story which has been running for seven months in Ltppt1l- cott's MagaziSae, is published in paper covers by J. B. Lippincott & Go. It treats the
 growth of an attachment between rich
 dwarf and poor and ignorant but proud and beautiful girl whom he rescues from
 her surroundings and educates, and who re-
 pays him by falling in love with him. The
 story is original and readable. For sale in
 this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Shakespeare for the Young Folks" pre-
 pared by Professor Robert R. Raymond of
 unique book Professor Raymond's aim in
 preparing this volume has been to present
 three typical plays of Shakespeare for the
 entertainment of the elder children and
 youth, and with discretion and knowledge of
 the ground to ''skip for them, telling them
 in familiar narrative form as much of the
 omitted material as will interest and instruct.
 "A Midsummer Nights Dream" ''As You
 Like It,'' and "Julius Cesar" are the plays
 he has selected for his purpose. Perhaps no
 more competent critic of such a work could
 be found than MT. W. J. Rolfs, who writes
 'It differs from all other books of the kind
 that we have seen in telling the story of the
 plays morein detail and in the frequent in- troduction of long passages from the origin al text. The hard words in these are ex- plained in foot notes, and here and there modern word is substituted in brackets in the text for an archaic or obsolete one. It should be understood that this is merely putting 8 familiar word for an unfamiliar one, not that bad form of 'expurgation' which calls atten- tion to coarse or indecent word by bracket ing euphemism. A sketch of the poets life is prefxed. The work is every
 way well done, and we shall be surprised If
 there is not demand for more of the plays
 in the same form" It remains to be said
 that the volume is most attractive in all me-
 chanical and artistic details, showing 8 pro
 fusion of spirited and beautiful illustrations,
 printed on rich, creamy paper with the per
 lection for which the Cambridge University
 press is famous, and bound in old gold cloth
 with decorations in striking and original de-
 signs. Published by Fords, Howard & Hull bert, New York, and for sale in this city by
 Judd the bookseller.
 Mrs A. L. Mister has not selected any poor novels for translation from the Ger man. nor has she translated poorly those she