Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-25
REGENT PUBLICATIONS.


 "Gypsie'' by Minnie E. Kenney, is pub lished by G. P. Putnams Sons in their Knickerbocker novels series. It is just the thing for summer reading. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller
 civilian Penn," by Robert J. Burdette, the Haeoheye man, is the latest issue in the series of Lives of American Worthies pub lished by Henry Holt & Co.,, New York. At first thought it would not appear probable that even Mir. Burdette could make very funny account of the life of the sober old Quaker, but he has succeeded in being very amusing. We commend the book to those who like genuine and audacious humor. For sale in this city by H. H. Peck
 ''The Lords Pursebearers," by Hesba Stretton, is moving picture of life among the vicious poor of London The author shows by what shifts the professional beg gars and thieves of the great Babylon man. age to live and thrive on the misplaced ohari- ty of the pitying well-to do population. She arouses 2 strong feeling of sympathy for the children who are bred in the haunts of vice, and who are instructed in crime before they are old enough to know the meaning of the word. The story is one of intense interest, and the characters, especially those of old Isaac Chippendell, his granddaughter Joan, and little Lucky, are forcibly drawn. Pub lished by D. Lothrop < Co.,, Boston, and for sale in this city by F. T. Jarman.
 "Lottie of the Mill,' from the German of w. Heimburg (translated by Katharine s. Diokey) is a very readable domestic tale, L. -to:1s ty and the untitled people in little German village. There is 8 wicked baroness and an honest old serving woman, and certain l amount of wickedness in the plottings of the former. The old baroness is proud of her family and title, even though poverty has come upon her, and hates with all the mean l hatred of the patrician the paper maker of the village, who has grown rich as she has become poor. So when her grandson falls | in love with the manufacturers daughter she 1 tries to break off the match but does not l succeed. Published by J. B. Lippincott < | Co.,. Philadelphia, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 "Forever and Day. by Edward Fuller, is an interesting story. It tells of 8 canting 1 hypocrite who cheated his ward out of his property, and illustrates the capacity for evil of wicked but fascinating woman. The in | cidents are of 0 somewhat sensational char acter, but this will not detract from the at l tractiveness of the book to most readers.
 Published by J. B. Lippincott $ Co.,, Phila-
 delphia and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 s'The Defence of the Bride, and Other l KoSh fhor
 of s"Ths Leavenworth Case,' will surprise
 those who have only read the prose produc tions of the author. Some of the poems il
 the book are very good, and none of then
 are bad. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons
 New York, and for sale in this city by Judd
 the bookseller.
 ''Three in Norway, by Two of Then." il
 a very bright and entertaining book. It re
 lates the adventures of three young English
 men, who, leaving nome in the middle O
 July, spent several weeks fishing and hunting in Norway. They had delightful time, ane
 the Two of Them describe their exploit in taking way. Their plan, which the
 carried out for the most part, was to fisl
 their way up string of lakes into the Jo 7 tunfjeld, getting there in time for the rein } deer season, and there to establish camp } Ono gets good idea of the scenery of Nol way and of the manners and customs of tn people, and especially of what the countr = affords in the way of food and drink. Put 5 lished by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, an for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller
 ssThe Prophets of Israel and their Place i 8 History" is the subject of series of let s lures which Professor w. Robertson Smit a of Edinburgh has delivered since he was di o published by D. Appleton X Go. There al l. eight lectures in the volume. History hs ,, not taught us," says Professor Smith, "th @ there is anything in true religion to add J. the New Testament" This revelation e believes came gradually, so that the Ne B. Testament contains truth which is not in tl 'f Old, and the later prophets were more el e frightened than the earlier ones. This gives l. key note to his thought. Professor Smith 1t ideas have been strongly combatted by CO !, servative thsologians. For sale in this ci r. by Judd the bookseller.
 Ia "A Geographical Reader" compiled a, G. edited by James Johonnot, author of "Pri
 ciples and Practice of Teaching" etc.,
 published by D. Appleton S Go. The O r, feet of this book is to help children lea d. Geography, and it seems well adapted to f, le fill it's purpose. It has thirty y-one illust1 Id tions, and is divided into twenty parts, tn or treat of Mountains and Glaciers, Basins al Id Plains, Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Rive ry and Lakes, Climate and Vegetation, Arc ,n and Tropical Regions, Islands and Islander ,n Cities. Ancient and Modern, etc, et t. Among the writers quoted Irving To ge Tor, Greeley, Silliman Du Chaillu, lynda al Hayes, Guyot, Abbott, Humboldt, Curt no Lyell and many others. The selections ma CT are interesting and instructive. For sale st this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ce ''The Graphic Arts. A Treatise on t ai- Varieties of Drawing, Painting and Eng he ving in Comparison with Each Other a cy with Nature," by Philip Gilbert Hamerte all is an admirable book. It is dedicated lat Robert Browning. After treating of the of portancs of material conditions in the graz lot ic arts, of the difference between useful e rse aesthetic drawing, and the educational int