Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-25
REGENT PUBLICATIONS.

Miss Blanche Roosevelt is the author of a
 novel called ''Stsge Struck or, She Would
 be an Opera Singer" The book has doubt
 less special interest, since it is written with
 the avowed purpose" of persuaaing Ameri-
 can girls who go in high hopes to study mu- | sio in Europe that they would do far better 1 to stay at home. It tells the bale of many bright and gifted young nature lured to ex- l travagance, vain labor, disappointment and
 blank despair. The few brilliant exceptions meet the worlds aye the hundreds of heart breaking failures are lost in the mass, and do not serve even as warnings to the innocent ] and talented girls who press on toward the
 same fate. The book is timely it's tale well 1 told its conversations racy, natural full of ife its descriptions graphic and witty; it's pathos seemingly unconscious, but genuine and movirg-a work of uadeniable talent and uncommon common-sense. Published by Fords, Howard & HurIbert, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the book seller.
 "A Midsummer Madness" by Ellen Olney
 Kirk. is novel that will well repay reading.
 It is gracefully told and absorbing story.
 Published by James k. Osgood & Co.,, Bos-
 ton, and for sale in this city by Judd the
 bookseller.
 An addition to long list of valuable works
 on the mind and body, logic, tho emotions and will, by Professor Alexander Bain, is 8
 volume of Practical Essays This recent addition to the series consists for the most part of articles contributed to reviews "The principal bond of union among them," says their author, 'is their practical charac- ter" The first two essays, Common Err TOTS of the Mind," and "Errcrs of Supposed Correatives," treat of mistaken notions re- earding the action of the mind and feelings. l The third paper gives the history of ''The | Civil Service Examinations, with 8 consid- | eration of the scheme, it's bearings and re- | sults The fourth essay has for it's title "The | Classical Controversy" the subject being l treated as to it's present aspects. ''Meta- | physics and Debating Societies." ''The UnE | versity School, Past and Present" ''The Art 1 of Study" Religious Lists and Subscrip- | tiens," and ''The Procedure of Deliberative Bodies" are the other subjects treated. Pub iishsd by D. Appleton & Co.,, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Those who laughed over the peculiar hu nor of ssVice Versa" will be anxious to read MT. Oustey's latest attempt, 'The Giants Robe" The story is full of amusing situa- tions and is not without passages of deep pa thos. While it is not so strikingly original as s'Vice Versa" it is better done. The book ia clever and full of promise for it's author. It is not great book, but one that will de- light many readers. Published by D. Apple ton $ Cs., New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 The impression given by perusal of the book IA Palace-Prison" is that, while the writer's condemnation of insane asylum abuses is not wholly uncalled for, the imita- tion of Charles Reades s'Hard Cash' is pal pablo and the style amateurish. The effect of the book is to disgust the reader. Pub lishsd by Fords Howard & Hurlbert. New York and for sale In this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'Quicksands' is a German novel by Adolph Strechfuss and translated by Mrs. A. l.. Wis ter. It is one of the best novels that have come from across the water this year. Pub lished by J B. Lippincott & Co.,, Philadel- phia, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 One of the best books for summer reading is ''Vacatien Cruising by Dr. J. T. Rother- ock, professor of botany in the University of Pennsylvania. It tells of 8 summer cruise in a yacht in the Chesapeake and Delaware bays in half-sporting, hslf-scienti6c style. Sev- eral very pretty illustrations are contained in the work The book is really one of unusu- al value PubIished by J. B. Lppincott & Co.,, Philadelphia, and for sale in this oity by Judd the bookseller.