The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-12-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


CLEMMtR. Boston' James X. OsgoOd & Co.
The publication of the collected poetical
works OF Mrs. lCemmor viii excite great interest in
Washington, whore her charming personality Is so
wcknown, In addition to her reputation as one OF the
leading contributors to the newspaper and periodical
literature of the day. Occasional yorses of hers
given to the public through the magazines or other
channels have excited warm desire for more from
the same graceful pen and sympathetic taste and
the present volume will not be a disappointment TO
her admirers nor fall to add to Mrs Clemmcr's en-
during fame in the world OF letters There is no
long poem In the collection, the singer apparently
preferring her own polished prose for anything more
extended than these bursts Of true lyric melody
each suggested by some sudden Impulse nf
sttohg ioeling or very special occasion. A
trace OF system Is, however, given to the whole by
divisions under the heads " "Life, ., Love. y,
" Mature, 50 aud Religion - with the addition of a
score Of carefully finished ''Sounets most adj
dressed to friends Including Emerson and Whittier
Is NATURAL most OF the poems are subjective rather
than objective and their value Is chiefly psycioor-
cal rather than In descriptions Of external nature
though Mrs. Clemmer proves In her =" Ballad OF the
Border'' tlarpers Ferry and " Fail In ~ that her
Tyre can resound to louder II stronger chords and
makes us rather regret that she has not eveoped this
vein also. 1t may be undue partlality, but we select
as our single specimen extract from The journal.
Nitau utluIe Now state Press AssOCi1-
ton, lssi.) Tito see the moving and sublime In what
TO others Is matter OF everyday Indifference be the
marx OF the poetic eye and heart this conveys one of
the surest proofs Of Mrs. Clemmer's powers:
"Only newspaper ~ Quick read quick lost
- Who sums the treasure thatit carries hence?
Torn, tampled under feet who counts thy cost
sur-eyed Intelligence
And ye, the Namelcss, best beloved host
My heart recalls more than one vanished face,
SlIuCh from the rank OF tOllefs-pnry
And leaving not trace.
Martyrs OF News, young martyrs of the Press
Princes OF giving from largess of brain!
ohe leaf OF laurel, STEPPED In tenderness,
Take ye, early slain.
Though in the Authors Pantheon no niche obscure
Your waning names can hold forever fast,
The seeds OF Truth We blew afar are sure
10 spring and live at last
on lonely wastes, within the swarmlnp mnrts
In silent dream, In speaking deeds of men
quick with momentum from your deathess hearts,
hour thoughts VIII live again.
Defender OF the People, OF the State
Kinder and quickener of majestic thought
| sure OF thy finest triumph, thou canst wait
Inc crown thy patience wrought
To serve thy generatlon this thy fate:
~" Written In water swiftly fades thy name;
But he who loves his kind does, first and late
Work too great for fame.
l.. Prang & Co., of Boston, of set of their prize
Christmas cards, which we believe unquestionably
snpass anything of their kind ever before published
either mere or elsewhere. This at least is the yer-
uIct OF the London Queen which declares that 'for
aistlc conception and imaginative rendering, added
10 beauty OF execution, they distance every other
Roberts Brothers have brought out a
second series OF ''sunshlne In the soul: Poems se
lected by the editor OF Quiet Hours .sursum Cor
ia, etc; 1t belongs to the pretty little "wisdom
SERIES nnd contains choice selection of devotional
! poetry. For sale by Morrison.
The "No name Series " of Messrs. Roberts
Brothers has proved so successful, having reached
two sets of twelve volumes each that the publishers
have started into the third dozen OF these ANONYMOUS
novels The first Of this (third) series is named Gilt
lie sister, " trecoved from Morrison, and, if
| we may venture prediction about anything so un-
certain as the popularity Of y novel, we Will
prophesy that 1t win be one of the most popular
Messrs. Lee & Shepard have Just issued
the illustrated "Ring out, Wild ,BelIs,, lately
noticed in these columns, In what they happily term
the "Golden Floral ~ style. The purpose of the
publishers In bringing out this new style of binding
was TO combine tie attractions of favOrite Illus
trated poem with the popular charms of a Christmas
card. Not cheap, inartistlc Christmas card by
any means, but one of the highest grade aud thor
oughly refined and tasteful in design was what was
demanded OF the artists. Each book has "A cover
upon which Is wrought the most exquisite floral de-
signs upon gold ground and each one of these de-
signs mas been chosen to be In perfect harmony
| and symbolism with the spirit of the poem The
cages OF the cover are ornanented with heavy silk
fringe, thus enhancing the beauty and finish Of the
book.
We have received from Mr.. Robert Beall
the '' Memoir of John A. Dahlgren, Rear Admiral
United States Navy, by his widow, Madeline V,nton
Dahlgren,'' tBoston: j. r. Osg ood & Co.. ] which
was reviewed from the advance sheets in our issue
OF November 10. We need only repeat that while
Inc volume Is extremely Interesting 1t is also of
the highest historic value. The extracts from the
diary which Admiral Dahlgreu kept during the Re-
belion give vivid inside view OF men and things in
Washington and OF the siege of Charleston, aud a
view such as can be found nowhere else.
Measure for Measure; a novel by May
stanley New York: &. W. Carleton i Co.. is a
thoroughly morbid and unwholeseme book though
not deficient In power and pathos. The depletion Of
hysteflca and unlawful passlon making IL the main
staple OF story, should be left to French literature
ine attempt TO transplant Partisan morality and ethics
lhlo American literature ought to be rebuked wher
ever IL IL encountered 80 Measure for Measure Is
book which ought never to have been written.
Plish and Plum" fancifully oomical
poem, translated from the German of Wilhelm Burch
by Charles Il. Brooks, and embellIshed with pro-
fusion VI amusing Illustrations Published by Roberta
Brothers. and for sale at MsrrlsOn's.