Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-11
REGENT PUBLICATIONS

Harry Castlemon's prolific pen has pro- ! ducsd another story for boys entitled 'Fhs Rod and Gun Club" The story is thrilling and will please the boys. It deals with a military school. The lads are represented as turning out like 8 regiment of trained vete- ! rams and playing distinguished part in put ting down 8 mob during the railroad riots of 1877. Their adventures are told in arealistic ! manner The book is published by Porter $ ] Coates Philadelphia, and is for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ! Those who have read Modern Missions" !" by Robert Young, will be interested in know ing that the same author has recently written book which he calls ''Light in Lands of Darkness and which is a continuation of the theme treated in the former work. The less known missions are dealt with here, but wild field is traversed and the details ara of great interest. The aim of the author has been evidently to give p eminence to the work in earlier rather than in later years Of the various missions. Beginning with an &C., count of the work in Greenland by the Mo ravians the book tells of the missions to the
 Patagonians and Fusaians, to the syrians, ! the Armenians, the Nestorians, tho Persians,
 the Egyptians and the Jews in various coun-
 tries The book is we'll illustrated and the style is pleasing Published by Casssll < Co.,, Limited and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 1.-The Silverado Squatters," " which has been published in neat book form by Roberts
 Brothers, Boston, is delightful book. It falla "a Gtoru If Iifa in ona af newly-settled districts, and the language
 used is as crisp as the mountain air of that
 region and as sparkling as its running brooks.
 MT. Stevenson is gifted writer and possess- es originality of thought and rare quaint ness of humor which makes all his writings very agreeable. There is rare atmosphere about this book which is both healthful and invigorating. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 E. B. Hailis has written another book, "Cecirs Summer" It is quiet story and
 vacation season. She taught the neglected children, helped the struggling country
 church, encouraged the Respondent minister and did great deal of good in many ways.
 The story is not without enlivening incidents. Published by Thomas Y. Crewell & Co.,, 13 Astor Place, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''Henry Irving's Impressions of America" is chronicle by Joseph Hatton of some of
 the events of the recent Irving tour in this country. The book consists chiefly of a se- ries of conversations with Irving. Full
 counts are given of the receptions accorded the company in the different cities where they appeared. The book is certainly one of great inteEsst. Mir Irving seems to have been favorably impressed in most instances, even the dreaded newspapers not being as disagree
 able as he expected. The book is published
 by James R. Osgood & Co.,, Boston, and ia
 for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'sThs Story of the Coup d Etat' is the title
 of the first part of the Memoirs sur le Sec
 ond Empire" by M. De Maupas. The trans~
 lation is by Albert D. Waugh. N. De Mau-
 pas vas one of Napoleon's ministers. He
 gives an inside view of the causes which led
 up to the dissolution of the Assembly, De-
 eember 9, 1851, and justification of that
 event is attempted. He believes that history
 will say of Napoleon: ttOn the 2d Decem-
 Der he restores to the country the care of her
 own destinies The country with one unani-
 nous impulse acclaims her saviour, and on
 the remains of legal system that led her to
 ruin, shs founds new legal system-the
 Constitution of 1852" The eventa from
 December 2, 1851, to the proclamation of the
 Empire, November ', 1852, form the oon-
 cluding portion of the work. The book
 seems fair, and is certainly full of interest.
 Published by D. Appleton Co, New York,
 and for sale in this city by Judd the book
 seller.
 !. Mr. ". H. Greenwood is the authar of
 a complete work on ''Ssesl and lroa'' which
 is of great vslue. The author gives
 an account of the peculiar
 .-.s' ~..~-s .~odssion, which give it the
 asneral and varied use it has in the industrial
 arts and manufactures of the day. Then are shown the different materials of which re- l torts, furnaces and crueiblss are made, and | the manner in which these are formed or | constructed. Next the ores of iron are dis
 cussed; their composition their modes of
 occurrence. the manner of mining them, the
 treatment the5 will severally yield upon re- duction. The chemicrl characteristics of iron come in for a clear exposition, so ] that the reader may understand how it is