Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-12
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.


 been repubIished an interesting book of adventure, with illustrations. The story told by MI. .Nerdhof of life on a maR-of-war in his younger days is very well told and this new edition will be as popular as was the earlier one. The cover is very gaudy. Published by Dodd, Mead Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller fine book for typography and illustra. tions is Woods and Lakes Of Maine" It also possesses literary merit beyond the simple narration of tour through the north of Maine. The author, MT. Irucius l.. Hubbard, relates his narrative in such 8 breezy style that it brings the woods vividly before the reader. Will Taylor's illustrations are eapi- tai, while the mechanical execution of the book is superb. Published by James R. Osgood 6 Co.,, Boston, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''Young Folks History of the Civil War;" by Mrs. c. Emma Cheney, is a book about which it is difficult to say very much in'praise It is not exact in many of it's statements and contains sentimental touches that do not seem in place. However, it is work which will convey to the minds of the youthful reader an impression of the war of ths Rebellion which, in it's general outlines, is not very un- like what is by the best authorities consider ed veritable history. The book is profusely illustrated. Published by Estes & Lauriat, Boston, and for sale in this city by H. H. Peck.
 Stories from Herodotus, by the Rev. AL fred Church, M. A., author of Stories from Homer, is fine book containing great deal of interesting reading and many illustrations from ancient frsscoes and sculptures. The author has simply followed the text as closely as possible and has not attempted any criti- cism or correction. The book should find large number of readers. Published by Dodd, Mead & Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 s'History of the War with Mexico," by Horatio O. Ladd, A. M, is,,a wsll-written ac- count of war which stirred the imaginations of American citizens with the romance which has ever been connected with the scenes Of Spanish conquest, heightened by the strange histories and vestiges of the most ancient people and civilization of the new world The book leaves a clear impression of the military movements of that war and is emi- nently fair and just in it's conclusions. Pab- lished by Dodd, Mead & Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 The latest contribution to current litera- ture by Juliana Horatia Ewing is a treatise, profusely illustrated, on the s'Discontented Lobster The treatise is in blank verse and is occasionally witty. The boox is published by E. & J. B. Young & Co.,, New York, and is for sale in this city by Judd the book seller.
 "Thesorgans-.of Speech and their Applica- tien in the Formation of Articulato Sounds forms one of. the International Scientific series. The author, Georg cHsrmann von Meyer, has written the book with special ref erenoe to the requirements of the philologist, who should understand the structure and functions of the organs of speech in order to acquire true knowledge of the ''laws which govern the transformations of the clements of speech in.the formation eff dialects or de- rivative languages" The book is illustrated with forty-seven wood cuts. It will doubt less meet with a favorable reception from the pubic. Published by D. Appleton & Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city. by Judd the bookseller.
 Body and Will,' by Dr. Henry Maudsley, is strong exposition of modern scientific materialism. The subject is treated in three l diVisions,-the first dealing with the meta physics of the will, and examining the posi- l ton of idealists and metaphysicians; the second taking up the physiological aspects of 1 the problem, and arguing for the position l which underlies all modern scientific materi- 1 alism. that mental activity, rightly under l stood, is molecular change occurring in the brain tissues while part third is given to I the consideration of the will in it's pathologi- I cal relations, taking up those painful consid- erations of degeneration and mental derange- 1 ment, in the examination of which material ism inevitably becomes almost identical with pessimism. The book is from the press of D. Appleton &Co., New York, and is for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.