The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-04
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS.

IUDIuCAl1UNDs
LIFE AND LETTERS OF BAYARD TAYLOR. Two vol
urnes. Edited by Marie Rausen Taylor ana Horace
e. Scudder Houghton Miflin & Co., Boston;
Bowen. Stewart & Co., indianapolis. Price per vol
ume, 81
systematized and crystallized life of Bayard
Taylor made up from the fragmentary accounts
caught up from letters manuscripts, etc, of the
poet The life of Bayard Taylor, thus wrought
out, is full of romance, his experience and ad-
ventures being that of an aspiring knight errant
in literature, going forth, as he did, wholly une-
quipped save with his pen and mental endow
ments The editors have wisely kept themselves
in the background, and have made the mosaic of
biography so smooth as to be equivalent to
symmetrical piece of work, planned from the
outset and not wanting in material
DREAM OF THE ADIRoNDAcKs, and Other Poems.
BY Helen Hinsdale Rich g. P. Putnams Sons,
New York; Bower, Stewart & Co., indianapolis.
Price, $1.25.
From sturdy and brave to tender and trusting,
Mrs. Rich has walked the spirit of poesy with
the skill of master This handsome little
volume, dressed in Quaker gray and tipped with
gold, contains sweet and excellent things from
cover to cover-verses that it profits one to com
nit to memory Justice at Leadville, in Bret
Harte style, yet more refined in its native
roughness, is good 'The Grave" is well writ
ten. Die, Sweet june" is replete with beau
tiful thoughts, and every verse gives evidence
of true poesy.
sSARTINDALE's UNCLAIMED MONEY, LANDS AND
ESTATES MANUAL. BY j. B. Martindale. Chi
cago. Published by the author, No. 142 LaSalle
street. Price, 81.
The book is devoted to the interests of all who
are in search of unclaimed money lands or es-
tates A long list of such unclaimed properties
is published in this work, giving names Of
missing heirs, next of kin, etc. in value aggre-
eating $3.50, ,0OO0 00O The book also gives an ex-
haustive review of the forfeiture laws of various
countries, and contains much Of interest to par
ties looking for such estates.
Practical FORESTRY By Andrew S. Fuller. IT,
lustrated. Orange Judd Company, New York; Bow
en-, Stewart & Co., Indianapolis Price, $3.50
treatise on the propagation, planting and
cultivation, with description and the botanical
and popular names of all the indigenous trees of
the United States, both evergreen and decidu'
ous together with notes on a large number of
| the most valuable exotic species
TIE WONDER Bocy FOR GIRLS AND Borg By
Church. Houghto.2, Affiin Co. Boston; Merrill,
Megs g. Co., Indianapolis. Price, $3.50.
A reprint of Hawthorne's adaptation of ancient
| fables and myths, full of entertainment for
young folks. Handsomely bound and beautifully
illustrated
THE FUTURE RELIGION OF THE WORLD. By 7.
Lloyd Stanley. G. P. Putanns Sons New York
Bowen, Stewart & Co., indianapolis Price, $3
careful review and exposition Of the Sacred
Scriptures, as portraying the mission of Christ
and its effect upon the religions of the world.
MELODIES OF VERSE. By Bayard Taylor. Hough-
ton, Miflin s. Co.. Boston; Bowen Stewart, s. Co.,
Indianapolis. Price, 81.
A collection of Taylor's poems, bound in parch
nent covers and printed on heavy, cream paper.
THE CHILDREN OF IssACHAR. A story of Wrongs and
Remedies. q, P. Putnams Sons. New York; Bowen,
Stewart IS Co., Indianapolis Price, 81.
post-bellum political story, the plot being
laid at CRANKY, Ala.
POEMS By Mary Hunt McCaleb. G. P Putnam's
Sons, New York; Bowen, Stewart & Co., Indianspo-
lis. Price, $I25.
book that provokes the wonder how it got
into type.
TEXT AND VERSE from Whittier) FOR EVERY DAY
INTHE YEAR. Arranged by Gertrude w. Garland.
Houghton MIiiflin & Co.. Boston; Merrill AIegs g.
Co., indianapolis. Price rs cents.