Middletown transcript., 1882-03-31
Books and Periodicals.

Book AGENTS and other people who enjoy
racy reading and sensational facts, will no
doubt be interested in The Sun Publishing
Co.'s latest and best work, g Metropolitan
Life Unveiled" !" advertised in another column
of this paper.
IRELAND OF To-Day: The Causes and Aims
of Irish Agitation. Illustrated. By NJ. F. Sui
livan, with an introduction by Thomas Power
O'Connor, NJ. P. J. C. McCurdy & Co., Pub
fishers, Philadelphia; Cincinnati o.; Chica-
60, Ill. st. Louis, Mo. To the great body of
the people of the United States, whose read
ing about the Irish question has been almost
necessarily confined to publications written
from the English point of view, and who
know Ireland only as thus represented, or
rather misrepresented, we especially COM
mend this work We wish it could be brought
to the attention of every one who is indiffer-
ent upon the Irish question, or has taken up
the idea that it is an agitation causeless, or
based only upon sentimental grievances
They would find in this book no rhetorical
generalities or descriptions drawn from i'm
agination, but facts gathered from sources of
unquestionable reliability, and statements by
persons of unimpeachable veracity Entirely
disconnected from the Irish Land movement,
revealing the true nature and effects of Irish
landlordism, its grinding oppression, its ex-
orbitant exactions, and the depths of squalid,
hopeless poverty and misery to which it re
duces Irish tenants which require no appeals
to feeling to fill every human mind with de-
testation of the Irish land system, and com
miseration for those upon whom it has been
imposed. The Publishers want Agents every
where.
GREEN'S LARGER HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH
PEoPLE.-One Of the most brilliant and thor
onghly valuable historical works which have
appeared in many years is Green's Larger
History ofthe English People" Fairly rank
ing with Macaulay's great work in the alb
sorbing interest of its narrative, it excels that
in its adaptation to popular needs, in that it
covers the entire period of English history,
from the earliest to modern times, instead of
a brief portion as does Macaulay. 1t richly
deserves a place in the homes of the masses,
and we are glad to note that it is now placed
within their reach, being reduced in price
from the $1,000 for the four volume edition of
the Harpers to as low as so cents for one edi-
tion lust being issued by The Useful Knowl-
edge Publishing Co., I62 William street. New
York. They are publishing it in several
stvles. as follows: In five volumes Elzevir
edition, Utility binding, 10 cents, cloth, 80
cents. half Russia, 40 cents per volume, tpost-
are five to seven cents per volume exTra),
and Model octave edition, in one volume,
Utility biIfding, so cents, cloth, 65 cents. half
Russia so cents, (by mail Is cents extra).
Numerous other standard works will rapidly
follow the publication OF this, of which cata-
logues will be sent free on request. This
house sells only to buyers direct; no dis
counts from their wonderfully low prices
being possible to Booksellers and Agents.
The reading public wish God-speed to the
enterprise, which is under the energetic and
skiIIful guidance of Mr.. Alden, late head of
The American Book Exchange. The new
company sails under the good motto of "Owe
no man anything-buy and sell for cash.
Gold dollars ask no favors"-and Mr.. Alden
thinks it is therefore free from the danger of
wreclSing by competing millionaire publish
ers and the lawyers.