The Republican journal., 1884-04-03
LITERATURE.

tlOn abroad. The amount of minute detail wa,
thought uninteresting to the general reader
and so this condensation was made by the au
thor himself. As story of travel. it is one OF
the most thrilling of recent years. As work
of description, its Importance and faithfulness
have been promptly conceded. The country
described-Central Asia-has been, one may
say, rediscovered by the writer, and his pow
ers of observation and his literary skill acquir-
ed by many years service as correspondent OF
an influential London journal, give the work an
interest and finish seldom found. The dashng
animated style is characteristic of the author,
life, so full of adventure and exploit. If still
above ground, he is now in the Soudan. He
was with Hicks Pasha when that officers COM
mand was annhilated by the false prophet Ell
Alahd. several months ago. Yet no one who
| knows him, but hopes he will turn up alive
with a new book. The above volume forms
the first issue of the STANDARD Library" for
1884. Other books ale promised by Hale. Joa-
quin Miller, G. p Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne,
etc. 12mo Paper, % cts; cloth, S1.00. Funk
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MUMU, AND THE DIARY OF A SUPERFLUoUs
MAN. By Ivan Turgenef. The recent death
of Turgenietf, the great Russian novelist, has
greatly intensified the interest in his novels.
! Sketches of his life, and estimates of his work
have abounded in the reviews and magazines
of Europe. In England his writings are be-
coming all the rage. In France they have been
so for some time. Able and enthusiastic critics
have pronounced him the greatest European
novelist of our times. Enthusiastic scholars in
England are even learning Russian, to read the
writings of this beloved author in his native
| tongue. Says Renan: "No man has been as
| much as he, the incarnation of whole race
| Henry James, Jr. pronounces him "a rare
| genius" and the New York Tribune, sa liter
ary artist of extraordinary power" The two
stories here given are excellent representatives
of his powers. "Mumu' depicts in graphic
style the serf-life of Russia and The Diary of
Supertluous Man." the condition of Russian
upper classes. The few tran>latons of Tur-
genietf's works which have been given the
American public, have been made first into
French, then into English, thereby losing much
in pith and power. The transIations here Civ
en- are direct from the Russian, made by an ac-
| complished fellow-countryman of the novelist
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MEMORIE AND RNIE. BY Joaquin Miller.
A most delightful mingling of sketches of trav-
ell, stories and poems. In "Notes from an Old
journal there are given delicious bits of eN-
perience in New York City. in the Franco-Prus-
sian war, at a te;-party given by the English
poet Rossett, etc. The stories and sketches
are of Western life, told with the humor and
pathos for which the author has long been not
ed. The ''Rhymes for the Right" are in Mr.. Mil
lers most fervent and vigorous vein. In
Memoriam" gives some recoections of men and
events which occupy prominent place i'll his
tory. The volume does not contain Il page, but
is brimful of interest. California, Colorado,
and especially Oregon, are drawn upon for Il
fund of interesting anecdotes and "reminiscences
The author writes of life he knows thorough
ly, and with Il pen of genius. Publishers, Funk
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CHRISTIANITY TRIUMPHANT. BY J. p. New
man, d. d LIZ d. The triumphs of Chris
tianity-what theme for an able and eloquent
N &.
Nothing could be more needed, in these sceptcal
times of ours, than Just such review as is here
given in short compass and popular style. DR..
Newman has given us an overwhelming array
of facts on the subject, and facts appealing to
the common-sense of the masses, not merely to
| learned philosophers and theologian>. Like ar
rows, barbed with wit, aimed with skill. shot
with power they fly far and strike deep.
| Young men and women especially need to read
| this work 1t is not IL dull turgd. metaphysi-
| cal tome, but clear and animated statement of
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| ANTI-ToBACCo is the title of Il neat volume
| from the press of Roberts Brothers, Boston,
| for copy of which we are indebted to the all-
thor and compiler, A. A. Lvermore, of Mead
Vile. Pa. Its contents include "Anti-Tobacco. =
by Abiel Abbott Livermorc, the substance of
an address before the Meadvlc Temperance
| Union, Jan. %, 1882; "A Lecture on Tobacco
| by Rev. Russell Liant Carpenter; and ''On the
| Use of Tobacco by G. r. Wter, NJ. d. Mr..
| Llvermore gives a concise history of tobacco.
with q statement of its chemical properties and
| the general effects of its use, and conclude,
| with presenting seven strong indictments
against the weed. The following papers. and
| the appendix, strengthen the indictments and
| the book contains about everything that can be
said against the use of tobacco in anv form.
| Temperance workers will find it Il valuable
manual.
| THE BOWsHAM PUZZLE. Mr.. IIabberton'
| ingenious mind has evolved plot Which at
once excites and evades the readers curiosity
to il most amusing degree. In reading the riddle
| he takes us through some rather exciting events,
| and brnSs US into contact with some interest
| ing characters. The chief merit of Mr.. liabbel-
tons work consists in its portrayal of village life.
| His fathfuness in this has been generally con
| ceded, but has never been more apparent than
| in this his latest of novels. No one can fail to
recognize at Il glance Whonnery and Coddle-
| wall, the village merchants, or Judge Langstati,
| the politician, or Pastor Crewne. There is a
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| cents.
Probably on the ground that intellect knows
| in itself no sex, the next volume of the
| American Men of Letters series is to be devot-
ed to Margaret Fuller. Col. T. W. Higeinson
| is the author.
| Wendell Phillips Speeches Lectures and
| Letters are brought out by Lee e. Shepard in a
| 80 cent edition with paper covers. The vol
| ume contains most of his great speeches, in
| cudins Woman's Rights, Public Opinion, Idols,
| The Pilgrims, Mobs and Education, ETC., etc.
| They cannot be too widely read and circulated.
Our Little Ones for April has for fronts-
| piece picture of Little Blossom, with an
accompanying poem. The last page has a
| piece of music for voice and piano entitled
"Wecome Robin.n Between the frontispiece
and music will be found the usual variety of
pictures, prose and poetry. Russell Publishing
| Co. Boston.
| The March number tvol. /, No. 81 of the
| Bay State Monthly, a Massachusetts Magazine,
| has for Il frontspiece fine steel engraved por-
| trait of Hon. Josiah Gardner Abbott, l. l.. d.
an article on Lowell, with map and numerous