Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-07
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

of "Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Is very inter-
 esting and well written story. Belinda Is
 one of Miss Broughton's representative her.
 oines. She Is high spirited, passionate, will 1 ful, impatient of control. keenly sensitive to 1 injustice, veritable creature of feeling and 1 impulse, who is made attractive by bound
 less capacity for affection and for self-sacri-
 foe in the line of her love- It is her misfor- l tune to be separated from the man of her heart, to be married to pedAnt with whom she has nothing in common, and as the lover still remains on the scene, the complications 1 that engue may be imagined The scenes open at Dresden on bright spring day, the l flower feast of the Dresdenera, when all the | world turns out for rsyel and enjoyment
 Published by D. Appleton < Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city by Jadd the book l seller.
 ''Our Young Folks Plutarch." ]" edited by Rosalie Kaufman, Is 8 first-rate book for the young. The author presents in eimple form the lives written by Plutaroh, and l though the spirit of the great bioRrapher has been maintained, his interesting matter has been carefully arranged for youthful readers. Without, then, changing the oharaotaristics of this wonderful book, which has shaped the minds of many men to noble deeds. the author has succeeded in making 8 most pleasant book. Pubhshed J. B. Lippin. colt < Co.,. Philadelphia, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 "A Birds Eye View of Our Civil War" by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, U. s. A., is con- else and instructive account of she whole war, as viewed in a purely military aspect. Avoiding tAs moral and political relations of l the subject. he has sketohed the movements of the army, the engagemsnts, defeats and | victories, the principles of strategy involved and the results achieved, so as to impart to the attentive reader a clear idea of what modern war is, and our own civil war was Numerous diagrams diversity the pages, il- frustrating the statements in the text and at the end are several carefully Irepared maps, 8 glossary of military phrases and a complete index. The authors work was done In fair and candid spirit, and his book will bs especially interesting to old soldiers. Published by James R. Osgood $ Co.,, Boston, and for gale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 | art BlAckie, Is a book which contains a good deal. A critic well says of it: Goethe, as most people arc aware, Is an author richly provided with ideas. It was not necessary for him to hammer out his ma- serial thin, like gold beater, in order to
 made it cover the wide surface over which his writings range. He had 8 wealth of ideas sufficient to form the stock in-trade of half dozen ordinary authors, and for this reason the intelligent perusal of his works involves greater intellectual exer- lion than most readers are prepared to make. Professor Blackie presents in the compilation before us series of selections, as 1t were, of nuggets attracted from the mines of Goethe's wisdom, and approprl- ately arranged according to their subject matter. The editor has shown excellent judgment in the execution of his task, and the book is one which gives good idea of Goethe's genius, and which may be studied with as much pleasure as adyan- tsge. It comprises by way of introduction sketch of the poets life and an estimate of his character. Published by Charles Scribners Sons, New York, and for sale In this city by Judd the booksellsE.
 Charles Scribner's Sons have begun the publication of a very attractive and valua- ble collection of English verse. They in- tend to issue between September 1st and December 1st five duodecine volumes of three hundred pages each, containing ssleo- tions of English verse covering the entire period from Ohaucsr to the present, and i'm ciuding specimens of the choicest verse of British and American poets. The two vol- umes that have appeared are ''Chaucer to Burns, and .sLyries of the Nineteenth oentu- ry." Those to follow are Ballads and Ro- mances, Dramatic Selections" and .sTrans- lations." The books are published in the most tasteful style, simple in binding and printed from handsome type. They ars edi- l ted by W. J. Linton and R. E. StodAard. Great care has been taken with the text, the intention being that 1t may be authoritative, ] and Co this end Mir. Linton has spent much