The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-05-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


From Messrs. J. c. McCurdy & Co., the we'll
/ known publishers of Philadelphia, Cincinnati,
/ Chicago and st. Louis, we have a work that is
4 of special interest to our ex-sodiers 1t is en-
4 titled Famous and Decisive Battles of the
World" and it embraces a history of all the
great military struggles from the battle of
Marathon, 490 b. c., to the present day. The
author, Captain Charles King u. S. a., is
| widely known in the military and literary
world as a most accomplished student of the
science Of war and a writer of great brilliancy
aud his recent novel, winning His Spurs" is
/ by far the best military story of the day. For
/ such task as he has just completed he was
4 eninentiy lifted alike by education and bent
/ OF mind, and the result is a work of eXtTaordi-
! nary interest and value. Few persons have
J the leisure TO pursue long and exhaustive his
/ toric2l studies, and fewer still have access to
the books which it would be necessary to pc
ruse IN order to acquire a thorough knowledge
/ of the character and significance of the great
wars that at one time or another have con-
/ yuised the world and determined the destinies
/ of nations and the publication of such work
as this therefore is in the nature of a public
service. The style in which ii is written is at
once concise and forcible; the author, while
endeayoring to reproduce the spirit of the
scenes which he describes, has adhered closely
i TO the facts of history, and his narrative is
nowhere marred by obscurity of statement
/ Beginning with the heroic resistance of the
/ Greeks against Eastern invasion, he gives us
faithful pictures ofthe campaigns of Alexander,
Of Hannibal, of Caesar. of Attilia of William
+ the Conqueror, of the Crusaders, of Peter the
/ Great and Frederick, of Napoleon. and. com
ing down to later times, describes the leading
battles of our own wars. closing the narrative
+ with a brilliant account of the Tarc0- Russian
j war. The work, which embraces $50 pages is
! copiously illustrated with maps Of famous bat
tlefielGs and portraits of renowned command
4 eTs, and Is handsomely bound. Bound IN cloth.
I gold and black ornaments, the price is $500:
/ IN leather-hbrary style-S3.75 It is for sale
only by subscription, and those wishing to act
as agents should apply direct to the publishers.
From D. Lothrop & Co.. Boston, Mass, we
have Health and Strength Papers for Girls"
by Mary J. Stafford, n d., and Mary E.
Allen, and Our Business Boys" by Rev T. E.
Clarke. The first is a charming and common
sense talk about the Importance of giving the
same attention to the physical as the mental
culture OF women, and 1t outlines a simple yet
complete system of gymnastic training The
authors-one of whom (Dr. Saffofd) is MEM
Der of the faculty Of Boston University and the
other Miss Allen) the superintendent of the
Boston Ladies' and Children's Gymnasium
have had an intimate acquaintance with the
causes Of ill-health and lack of yigor which are
so common among school girls and the object
resoring 10 medicines, but by simply teaching
them how 70 breathe, walk, sit, sleep, exercise
eat and ciothe themselves properly, these evils
may be corrected. The book is written in a
very pleasant, familiar STYLE the instruction
which 1t affords is eminently practical and
based on wide experience, and it deserves to
be widely read. The price is only sixty cents
Our Business Boys" is work of different
character, although of an equally laudable pur-
pose. 1t Is the outcome of an unique investi-
CATION instituted by the author. with view to
setting plainly before the youth of the land
the true causes of business success. Mr.. Clarke
addressed letters to 8 hundred business men of
Portland, Ne, propounding the following gues-
tons: H. What has experience taught you
70 be the most essential conditions of true bnsi-
ness success at the present day, and % what es-
peciai dangers, from practical business mans
point of view, threaten the young men of to-
dayg' Eighty-three replies were received to
these questions, and they contain some very
excellent advice for our business boys, by which
they would do well TO profit The price Of this
novel little treatise is sixty cents.
From Charles scribner's Sons, New York, we
have the third volume Of their new series of
Stories by American Authors which is quite
up to the standard of its predecessors. 1t in
cludes The Spiders Eye BIZ Fitz James
OBFien, reprinted from P0tndms Magdziae of
July, 1856; "A Story of the Latin Quarter" by
Mrs Burnett. from Scribaer's of May 1879:
Two Purse Companions, by George p
I.athrop frem Scribaer's of August, 1875:
( Poor Ogla-Moga," by David d. Lloyd. from
/ HarpeI's Of April, 1852; :" A Memorable Muir
| der" by Celia Tbaxter from the ARantic of
J Nay 1916, and - Venetian Glass; by Brander
Matthews, hitherto unpublished Ms These
! stories are all of exceptional merit and marked
by strong individuality. In theme and
method of treatment they offer the most sur
pTising contrasts, but that they enjoy this dis
tlnetlon IN eommon-they are all most arts
Aeally told. Nothing could be more unlike
for instance, than Mr. Lloyd's Ogla- Mega -
drOli satire on our Indian policy-and Celia
Ihaxters pathetic portrayal Of a tragedy on
the Isle Of Shoals, yet each possesses the same
charm Of sprightly and graceful narration. In
collecting and preserving in permanent form
these almost forgotten contributions TO Aneri-
can literature, the publishers are rendering
public service and the series is unquesfionablv
destined to become extremely popular w. II.
Morrison, 475 Pennsylvania avenue have the
book for sale in this city. The price is but
nifty cents volume, handsomely bound in
cloth.
Messrs. D. Appleton & Co, New York have
added 10 their "Parchment-Paper Series a
choice collection of society verses from the
works of favorite modern authors, entitled
The Parlor Muse 1t includes poems by
Praed, Dobson, Locker, Buchanan, Aid. Cal
yerley, Gilbert, Geo. A. Baker Jr John Vance
Cheney, Bunner, Lizzie W. Champney, David
keT and Earl Marble, and the Typography is of
the most artistic character. There are in all
ninety-four selections, and the book win be
found just the thing for parlor readings. the
type being very bold and pleasing to the eye.
Other volumes of this series are Du Maurier's
Pictures Of English Society," Don /" a guide
70 correct conduct and conversation, "English
as She is Spoke" and English as She is
Wrote" These are all square 16mo. volumes
IN parchment paper covers, aud the price is
only thirty cents each.
a small volume under the title of Reflec-
tons IN Palestine" selected from letters writ
ten by General Gordon during his recent So
gourn IN the Holy Land, viii be published by
Macmillan q Co Immediately The General
left instructions for its publication before his
departure for the Soudan, and has since writ
ten from Khartoum on the subject 10 the friend
IN whose hands he placed the letters. The
volume viii, therefore, appear with his full
sanction.
Soldiers Homes 10 be Investigated.
The House Military Committee authorized
the chairman 10 report resolution To the
HOnse empowering the enmsnitfaa q, ;,,,,oo.s