National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-12

bunuet; lWo DuCkoIs IN wei, py IN.
p. Willis; Friend Barton's Concern" by
Mary Hallock Foote; "An Inspired Lob
byist," by ]. w. DoForrest, aud Lost in
the Fog" by Noah Brooks.
PRINCESS NAPRAX1NEj A Novel. BY
OufDA Philadelphia j. b. Nppincott Il
Co. Price, 40 cents.
Tho admirers of Ouida's 1urid creations
will find here the usual mixture of in
credibly wealthy and handsome person.
ages TO whom tho ordinary sensations of
life have become mockery. The princess
and her lover are unreasonabiy wicked,
and their respective mates, being reason
ably good, are conveniently killed off that
tho princess and Othmar may marry
under such circumstances that she ex-
claims in tho last lines of the book, "our
joy is like tho basil-plant of Isabella. 1t
blossoms out Of death, and was first rooted
in a murdered love-"
THE STORY OF THE COUP DETAT. BY
NJ De MAGPAs, Freelytnnslated, within
by Albert d. Vandam. New York D.
Appleton & Co.
The history of Franco is crowded with
dramatic incidents of surprising moment,
and tho sudden transition from repub
lie to an empire, on Dec. 2, 1851, is one of
them. The author begins with the down
fall of tho Orleans dynasty, in 1SiS, and
ends with the restoration of the empire
under Louis Napoleon. NJ. do Naupas is a
Bonapartist, and he sees everything from
the standpoint of strong partisan Of the
emperor.
RAPID RAMBLINGs IN EUROPE. BY W. @.
FALRNER. Philadelphia: J. Is. Lippincott
Co.
Tho author and his daughter Effiie,
young lady old enough to appreciate what
she sees, make tour Of England and the
continent, and In this book he describes
the experiences Of the twain. The path
is q beaten one, and it cannot DO said that
Mr.. Falkner has found much that is new.
The author is not as fine writer as Mr..
Howells or Mr.. Lathrop, but his book is
readable and the narrative is sometimes
amusing.
FRIDOLIN'S MYSTICAL MARRIAGE. By
ADoLPH WILBRANDT. Translated from the
German by CLARA BELL. New York: VIM.
5. Gottsborger. Washington: VIM. Ballan-
tyne & Son. A so cent paperbound novel.
We do not know who "Clara Belln is,
unless she Tor hey is the New York corre-
spondent Of the Cincinnati Enquirer who
writes over that nom do plume. Assum-
ing that this surmise is correct tho story
must be good to have engaged the genius
of this versatile newspaper man as trans
lator.
THREADS OF THOUGHT. BY ANNIE ARM
STRONG. Washington Brcntano Brothers.
Whoever reads these frsgmentary poems
will get the impression that the author ia
young girl who has a vein of melancholy
in her nature. The versifcation Ia some
times light and graceful, and the first
stanzas ripple along joyously enough, bdt
the poem always winds up with bit of
tender pathos or pious resignation. The
tone of nearly all the poems is devotional.
MARCHES MISSION. By MARIE OLIVER.
Boston ID. L0throp d. Co. Washington:
VIM. Ballantyne & Son.
This is No. 2 of the Young Folks
Library series of entertaining stories,
which the publishers are now issuing in
q cheap form (25 cents) for tho delectation
of the youth Of the country. The typog-
raphy is clear and beautiful and the book
is o gem in its way.
BROKEN ENGLISH. A Frenchman's struggle
with the English language. A handbook
| Of French conversation. By +. G. DUBOIS.
In English and French. Price, 80 cents.
Boston: Lee & Shepard. New York: Charles
| 4. Dillingham;.
The title page of this little volume
sufficiently indicates the character of its
cunUonts. rho studsnt of French will
find it both useful and entertaining, as 1t
handles the colloquial difficulties of the
language in q diverting and instructive
fashion.