The National tribune., 1884-12-25

widower with one daughter. The story begins
with tie arrival in the village of Mr.. Lamar
with his only daughter to occupy fine house
which he has lately built in the village, in the
hopes of securing for himself quiet home A
close intimacy springs up between the two
families. The dramatic action of the story is
based upon the progress of insanity as devel-
oped in Mr.. Lamar, vino is the victim of the
terrible haIlucination that he has been pris-
oner in the interior of Africa, aud subsequently
the Captain of n slave-trader. This subject
naturally gives rise TO many interesting dis
quis!tiOn5 from the pen of one who is so Justly
celebrated for his treatment of brain and ner-
vous diseases. What pleases most in the book is
the sweet household way of the descriptions of
the relations between DIR. Grattan and his
daughter and as there are two young ladies
who have to be married there are two distinct
love stories running through the book, which
are charmingly treated and brought to de-
Eghtful termination.
THE OLD FASHIONED FAIRY BOOK BY
Mrs Burton Harrison; illustrated by Rosina
Emmet. Published by Charles Scribncrs Sons,
New York.
Children never tire of fairy stories, and this
is a collection that no one will tire Of. The
stories are very bright and fascinating. Their
titles hint at their character and interest: The
Princess Byzantine; The Grandmother Of the
Gnomes; The Adventures of a'Penny; Sybilla,
Myrtcllo and FuerosO; Annett, or the Magic
Coffee Mill; Juliet, or the Little White Mouse;
The Fairies and tho Fiddler; Ethelinda, or
the Kings Ice Bride; Deep Sea Yiolets; The
Wild Woodsman; The Frozen arth-Fairy;
Rosys Stay-at Home Parties; Boudina, or the
Turkey Queen; Timid Agnes; The Ogress and
the Cook; Miss Peggy and Frog, etc.
The Magazines.
North american RerieU.-The January num-
Der is an excellent one 1t presents no very
famous names among its contributors, but it
offers q wide variety of unusually readable ar
ticles. Under the title, ",The Reunited South"
Henry Watterson presents with great cleaTness
the Southern and Democratic view Of the poll
tical situation as it now stands. Col Hinton,
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what equipment it viii take the field. The
literary reader will first turn to Frederic Har-
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Socrates, Buddha and Christ" specific state
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are so often vaguely alluded to. Mr.. Proctor
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Lippiacotts Magazine. for January:
On this Side; The Fine Art of Picking Up;
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NOTES.
Mr.. r. Cole, the leading American wood
engravcr, is now abroad, on a commission from
The Century Magazine, making series of engrav-
ines from the works of the old masters. One of
the pictures which he has thus engraved direct
from the original paintings appears in St.
NiehoIqs for December-in advance of its publi-
cation in The Century. 1t is a portrait by the
great Spanish artist, Velasquez of little In
fanta of Spain the daughter of King Philip ".
Mr. George W. Cables article OH The Freed
mans Case in Equity" which viii appear III
the January Century, is a timely contribution
TO current literature in the light of recent
discussions in the Southern papers. Mr.. Cable.
who is a Sontherner and an ex-Confederate SOL
dier, calls upon the white people of the South
to make the position of the black race not that
of freedmen" but of free men,"