Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-09
LITERARY NOTES.
THE LEGENDARY HISTORY OF ROME. From the
hhonndinE 81 the City by Romuus 7ss B G., to the
lated from the original text OF Titus Livius. by
CiEoRGE BAKER, AN. New York: Il. Wcrthing-

Rome have ever been fascinating reading for all
classes. In this superb folio volume, to the full
text Of l1vy are added Macaulay's stirring
Lays OF Ancient Rome" and something more
than $50 woodcuts, representing antique coins
and sculpture, and noted historical paintings
Illustrating the poetical and heroic incidents of
the traditionary period, making 1t a work Of IN
usual interest and value, whether as holiday
keepsake or an addition to a standard library.
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ner's Sons. Washington: Robert Bean.
Mr.. Matthews attempt to bring together the
best patriotic poems of America,-those which
depict feelings as well as those which describe
actions-is as successful, probably, as any effort
OF the kind could be- He does not, of course,
give, NOR pretend to give all that are worth pre-
serving In such form, but it would be difficult to
make better collection without including many
to be found here. The publishers part of the
work has been equally well performed. The
book is exceedingly attractive in appearance.
SIX &c. GIRLS. A.! A Home Story. BY FASsy BELLE
". II. Morrison
Not a powerful story, but very charming
one, Astounding in pleasant pictures and
marked throughout by a healthy tone. The
characters are well individualized the incidents
are fresh, the humor is natural and sponta-
ne0us, and some Of the episodes are extremely
pathetic and touching.
NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS. By RorrRr LOUIS STEW
| ton: J. J. Chapman.
A collection Of stories which, though cleverly
told, are in the main weird and unpleasant; and
just why they should be brought out under the
title they bear is not easy to understand.
Doe sbsr = aAX .a By sIgnnT
| Mifflin & Co. Washington: Robert Bean.
Miss Phelps lays the scene of this story in the
backwoOds of Maine and gives a readable but
not strong study of New England scenes and
character The heroine is a physician.-Dr.
Fay. the natives call her,-and the hero, rich
and fashionable Bostonian, literally falls into
her hands through terrible accident. She at
| tends him skilfully and successfully, and he
| finds himself in love with her. But he does not
win her so easily as might be supposed. She
| struggles hard between her love for her profess
| sion. in which she is both interested and useful,
| and her love for her patient. Any one can guess
the result; but Miss Phelps leads up to and dis
| closes it in much more fascinating way than
| this brief summary would indicate.
H MR sory BY
| VIM. Bailantyne Son.
In that the whole story Is told in the form Of
letters, this Is new departure in novel writing.
The hero. who is a victim to the opium habit,
has terrible experience trying to break HIM
| self OF it. in santarium. and almost despairs.
| when an MD. steps in bearing culver Of ar
rows instead Of a medicine chest. and brings
| MIN happily through. The story is told so easily
| and naturally that it reads like real expert
| ence.
RACHlI's SHARE OF THE ROAD. Boston: James
| r. osgood Co. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne s
Son
| The latest of the 'Round-Robn Series" and
an excellent story in every way. Rachel, the
heroine, is lovely character. fresh and sweet,
and willing to take her share of the road Of
which her father is manager. by striving to
| Tighten the burdens of the hard-wOrked en-
pioyes A poor young physician aids her pro-
| jects, and Of course falls in love with her.
| These are the romantic features of the book the
purpose of which is to plead for better relations
between employers and employees.
To0,W SI Story Of 9fG Girl. BY SALLY Pratt
| A. Williams & Co. Washington: J. J. Chapman.
| We have a liking for Miss Mclean, for the
| plain, frank way she spells her christened-
| name; but we nevertheless feel obliged to say
| that the expectations awakened by her first
| story are not realized in her second effort.
Although not without merit. many of its Incl
dents are improbable and the character sketches
| are rather commonplace.
Some Holiday Books.
One OF the most attractive books of the year is
the sumptuous folio volume entitled 'sHours
with Art and Artists" recently published by the
Appletons. 1t contains one hundred attractive
engravings, twelve of which are on steel.
the remainder being wood cuts, executed in the
highest style of the art These represent some
of the best known works Of about seventy of the
most distinguished artists of the present period,
including, among others, Bouguereau Rosa
Bonheur, Bridgman. BOughtOn. j. G. Brown,
PnlJn nnrS lfn no
tuny, Birket Foster Frere, Gerome, Landelle,
Millet, Meissonier, Munkacsy Millais Regnaut,
Salentin, Vibert and Zamacois. The text is by
Mr. q. W. Sheldon, already favOrably known to
the public as the author of american Painters"
who has brought together in its pages great
deal of useful and interesting Information on his
subject making the book at once a valuable
contribution to the literature and history Of
modern art.
Prompted to his task by the noteworthy fact
that the men who formed our government or
began the building OF the nation, as the author
prefers to phrase it, had no model by which to
fashion it,-that up to that time there had been
no government by the peOple,-never written
constitution Mr.. Charles Carleton Coffin, who
is one of the most popular writer's for the
young. tells, in the handsome volume entitled
Building the Nation" published by Harper &
Brothers; received through Robert BealD most
interesting historical story: covering the period
from the revolution to the late war between the
states 1t is rather series of historical sketches
and studies, so grouped and connected as to
form a complete whole, and all done In most
entertaining way: Its numerous Illustrations
aggregating nearly 5O0-add considerably to the
attractions of the volume, though they vary
nearly as widely in quality as in the purposes
for which they We're evidently originally pre-
pared. and many of them do not appear to be
very nearly related to the text.
Of the attractive holiday order is s'Boys in the
Mountains" published by D. Appleton Il Co.,
and for sale here by Brentano & Co. The text,
which is accompanied by numerous well exc
cuted wood cuts, is by Mr.. William H. Rideng
who. in addition to being an entertaining and
reliable descriptive writer, had special facilities
as member of the Wheeler surveying expedi-
ton for the collection Of his material He has
made most excellent use of his opportunities,
end combines information and entertainment in
agreeable proportions which the publishers
present to the public IN one of the handsomest
volumes Of its class
Another volume likely to be largely in de-
mand during the holidays is 'sThe Knockabout
Club Alongshore," received through Ballantyne
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