Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-24

LITERARY NOTES.
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In the title ADORE win be recognized the series
OF dlscourses lately delivered by DR.. Dix which
have provoked 20 much critical discussion, moi
alone In the city where they were delivered, but
IN other parts Of the country. In making them
puoio at this time and In this form the author
asks his readers to bear In mind that they were
written for his own people. and In the line oil
MS usual pastoral work; that they were not in.
tended for publication, and that they are now
Misrepresentation Of his views by critics who
had not the means Of knowing exactly what he
said or all that he said. With this explanation
he Is quite content to let his talks serve. II they
Will, as brake on some wheels which appear
to him to be revolving too fast for safety, Few
persons or none perhaps will agree In ell the
views expressed by DR.. Dix; but. on the Other
hand few will deny that much that he says is
both true and timely. and therefore well worthy
attention The lecture on Divorce. for example
cannot be circulated too widely nor read too
frequently.
| Edited. with en- Introduction, by RIcHAsp GAR
xET Es.n New YoTl: D.Xpplsson Co. washington
| To the beautiful parchment Library" series
Is now added the volume named above As
those familiar with Shelley's writings know his
letters are scarcely less poetical than his verses
and have besides an excellence peculiarly their
| own, In being full Of fine descriptive passages.
| charming bits Of criticism. and interesting per-
sonal matters. and In affording furthermore an
inner view Of the workings of his mind The
selection here given. which includes something
over nlty letters, and covers a period of eleven
years. comprises his best epistolary efforts, and
embraces two or three letters never before pub
| lished.
| ANIMAL INTEILIGENCE. By GEORGE J. RoxAxxs.
g.! Msshinsonp:R s nr New Yoss; D. Appleton
The International Scientific Series. of which
this work constitutes volume Xiv, while COM
prising much that appeals to scientists only,
furnishes also great deal that is both useful
and entertaining to the general reader This ia
eminently true Of the present volume, which is
full Of interesting facts in regard to the animal
world, from the lowest to the highest in the
scale below human intelligence presented with
due regard to the demands Of scientific inquiry,
put at the same time In such way as to enter
tain as well as to edify all classes in whose hands
1t may fall.
Washington: A. Brentano Co.
Mrs Lorimer Is a lovely young widow-scarce
TWO years married-who, tired of negotiating In
dull country parish, under the tutelage of her
uncle and guardian, an old fashioned English
f0x-hunting clergyman, goes to London. There
she meets her fate in Fred Wharton, a careless
sort OF dilletanti artist, who. I'm undertaking to
study her character slowly falls In love with her.
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SELF The study Of the two characters is well
done, and the story throughout is interesting
and charmingly told, albeit the ending is rather
sad.
THE ESQ SCARLET LETTER. AND THE BrITHEDALE
ton; Houshson. Mifiiin Co. washington: Rob Der
the Mo MAEBf hEx FTAuS; On THE ROMANCE OF
Boston Boston; H,93ughton. Mifiiin Co. Washington
These two handsome volumes constitute the
fifth and sixth of the new Riverside Edition" oil
Hawthorne's Complete Work, of which extended
notice has already appeared in these columns
IL only needs to be said now that in every re-
spect the Baskets are worthy the gems they en-
shrine, and will make q valuable addition to any
library.
THE Ed pE9 q Of THE POOR Record Of Quiet
fDrs Howard H HuIss
ton: A. Brentano Co.
As may be inferred from the title, the sketches
which make up this volume are not pleasant
reading, but none the less ought they to be read.
To keep the poor from becoming criminals is an
important problem. and anything which aids in
solving 1t, as the author aims to do, deserves
attention.
Iothrop & Co. Washington: VIM. Bailsntyne +
Quite an amount of useful and entertaining
information relating to tides, currents, vessels
fishes, fowls and the coasts washed BY salt
water, will be found in this handsomely printed
and attractively illustrated volume,-made up
largely II not wholly from the authors contri-
buttons TO that clever monthly Wide A,rdke
AN HONORABLE SURRENDER. By MARY An.x.
NEW YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons. Washington;
VIM. Ballantyne Son.
The expectations formed in reading the be-.
ginning of this story not realized It Is fairly
written, and the tone is understandable, but
the plot is slight. the characters not very clearly
defined. the purpose little misty, and there is
too much diving after the unfathomable in the
effort to reveal the inner consciousness, and all
that sort of thing, Of the heroine. who after ALL
is hardly worth the trouble she gives the author
and her readers.
MARY BURTON ABROAD: By PAssr. Boston d.
IIothrop Co. Washington. w. Ballantyne 4
An imaginary account Of foreign travel, based
on the reading of descriptive books, written at
home, by one little girl, for the benefit of an
other. AS such it may have served its purpose
fairly well, but there hardly seems to be need of
preserving it in this permanent form, when re-
cords OF actual experiences and observation are
so plenty.
Readers Of the brilliant and scholarly re-
view of books printed in the Sunday issues of
the New York Suu will be glad to know that
their author, Mr.. Mayo W. Hazeltine, 10 to pub
lish shortly. through Messrs. Scribner, q coilec-
ton OF his critical essays In q volume entitled
"Chats About Books"
From Mr.. VIC. Fisher, 18th street, we have the
handsomely illustrated catalogue of the notable
exhibition Of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers,
lately held in that city
LAWRENCE BARRETT IN WASH.
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From the Philadelphia Press.
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