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I NOTES or THE OPIUM HABIT. BY Asa ?.
! Meylert, NJ ID. G. p. Putnam's Sons, Pub
! street.
This is a little pamphlet of SO pages.
/ The author describes briefly and clearly
the effect of opium on the system, whether
/ taken in the shape Of laudanum, morphine
/ or in any other manner. He gives exam
/ pies of the terrible power of the drug
! when it once has got fairly hold of its vic
! tim. He also furnishes his method of
/ treatment.
/ WENDELL PHILLIPS: His OratIons. Speeches,
Lectures and Letters, with a Biographical
Sketch Lee Il Sheppard. Publishers, Bos-
| ton. Paper cover, 562 pages. Price 50 cents.
! Wendell Phillips, the eminent abOli.
zionist, was in some respects the most
| eminent orator this country ever pro-
/ duced. Even those who have no respect
/ for the opinions he expressed cannot fail
/ to be charmed by the splendid diction,
/ the superb style and the wealth of illus
/ tratiOn of his OratiOns.
! THE Opening OF A CHESTNUT BURR. BY z.
/ p Roe. Dodd, Mead & Co., Publishers,
/ New York. In paper Is cents.
/ This is one Of Mr.. ROe's most interest
/ ing novels. 1t has met with very general
/ favor. The present is a revised and cheap
! edition. 1t contains twenty illustrations
Of the most interesting scenes of the story.
/ The style is good and the characters well
! drawn.
/ TIE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF GEN. BEAU
REGARD IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
-ls6l to 1865. BY Alfred Roman. In two
volumes. New York, Harper 4 Bros.
Franklin square.
! This work, in addition to the military
/ operations of Gen, Beauregard in the late
war, includes a brief personal sketch of
that distinguished Southern commander,
/ as well as a narrative OF his services in
/ the war with Mexico. The author was
! Colonel of the Eighteenth Louisiana Regi-
ment, and afterward Aide-de-Camp and
Inspector General Of Gen. Beauregard's
! staff. His personal qualifications for Civ
/ ing a correct account of Gen. Beaure-
/ CARDS military career are no doubt great.
/ but in addition to this the work is written
( from notes and documents authenticated
/ by Gen. Beauregard himself, and is GER
I titled by him to he correct. While the
/ book is offered specially as guide to flu
tUre historians, its popular style and the
/ thrilling events it records, will cause it
to be read with great interest by the gem
| eral reader.
MAGAZINES.
The Continent continues to grow in
popularity. Its conductor is Just now
/ y l.
coin President and to secure the success
Of the Blair educational bill. The matter
the Continent is always fresh, bright
and interesting. Continent Publishing
Company, Park Row, New York.
The manhattan for May shows an i'm
prOvement over previous numbers. The
paper on the Gunnison country. the first
of a series of papers on Western Colorado,
is not only readable but full Of interesting
and valuable information. The stories,
| sketches, poetry and miscellany are all
of high order of merit. Temple Court
New York.
Demorests Monthly for May comes
from the press with no deterioration in
any Of the interesting departments which
have characterized it in the past, and
gained for it rs widespread popularity as
a fashion authority. The publishers have
again added an artistically cOlOred frOntis-
piece to the numerous attractions con-
tanned in their work. IT East Fourteenth
street, New York.
The May number of The Modern Age is
an excellent Specimen OF a very good
magazine. 1t contains two articles of
special merit, one comparative criti-
cism Of Don QuiXOte" and ''Hamlet''
by the late Ivan TOurgenief, the other,
! remarkably good story, by Daniel Dare,
entitled "a Pilgrim to Parnassus."
Another good story is by Ludoyic Halevy,
and entitled my Horse Brutus," and
"The Red Cap" from the Hungarian Of
JOkai is a very powerful tale. Sir Lepel
Griffin's article on american Politics"
is reprinted for the deleCtatiOn of Ameri-
can readers although the article on Napo-
Icons Ministers will be found more inter-
esting New York city.
The Century for May will fully meet
the expectations of its readers. Henry
James new three part story, Lady
Barbarina," is begun. The hero is
wealthy Young American, who goes by
the title Of Doctor, though his practice
is more form Of having something to do
in the world than reality. The story
concerns his courtshiD of the second
daughter of an English marquis-whOse
family have views on New York as
home for aristOcratic English ladies and
| on the social value of a medical title
and also concerns the domestic problems
growing out of their marriage.
A striking literary feature is Julian
HawthOrne's paper ON The Salem of
Hawthorne" in which the scenes of
| Nathaniel HawthOrne's daily life and Ofhis
rOmances are described with a personal
knowledge and an insight which only
! literary son could command.
A very striking portrait faces the 'front.'
ispiece Of the number. 1t is a likeness of
| Chief Joseph, the Nez Perez, and is ac-
cOmpanied by paper describing the last
campaign of this remarkable chief, and
his mastery retreat Of nearly two thou
sand miles, with women and children and
chattels, through a strange and almost
impossible country. The narrator, Lieut..
{. L. S. Wood, was on the staff of Gen.
Howard, and took an active part in the
campaign.