Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-16
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.


 
 The second series of ''The Good Things of Life" has just appeared. It contains large number of caricatures and jokes, puns, etc. It is intensely amusing and keeps it's readers in roars of laughter. The pictures are drawn by artists of reputation in this line of work The book is neatly bound in cloth and gilt. White, Stokes 6 Allen, publishers, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 "A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victo- ria iron 1887 to 1s52,'' by the late Charles c. F. Greville, Esq, clerk of the council, is now published in two volumes by D. Apple ton & Co. When the first portion of the Greyille memoirs, consisting of journal of the reign of King George ". and King Will liam ", was published in 1874, it was inti- mated that the continuation of the work was reserved for future publication. Forty eight years have elapsed since the date at which the narrative of the former volumes was sus- pended, and the time has arrived when it may be resumed. We are divided by a long time from the administrations of Lord Mel bourne, Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Rus
 
 no one survives who sat in the Cabinets of those statesmen. The incidents and opinions which are found in these volumes derive their chief value from the fact that they are recorded by by-stander and spectator who was not, and who did not aspire to be, an actor in the occurrences he witnessed, but who lived on terms of intimacy with many of the active politicians of his times in both of the leading parties of the State, although he belonged to neither of them. As the mar rative draws nearer to the present time and touches events that have occurred since the reign of the present sovereign began, much more reticence is felt than in speaking of the events of past history. In narrating the ear Her passages of Queen Victoria no incidents occur, and nothing can be found in any part of the journals to impugn the salutary impression of pure court and the adherence of the monarchy to the principles of moral dignity and constitutional government. Yet the narrative of this reign, well as of the other reigns, will afford the reader worthy picture of those who played the most con spicuous parts in the country. The work is ably edited by Henry Reeve, registrar of the privy council. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 The numbers of ''The Culver" for 1885 have been bound in neat book form by the publishers, Cassell & Go. "The Quiver'' is an illustrated magazine for Sunday and gene ral reading issued monthly. The list of con- tributers includes some of the best writers of the century on religious subjects, among whom are the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Dean of Canterbury, the Lord Bishop of Edinburgh, the venerable Arch deacon Gore and Rev. William NJ. Taylor, D. D., IL. D. The composers for the maga- zine are the organists of the Universities Of Oxford and Cambridge, of Manchester, Gloucester and Bangor cathedrals and of the Tample church Also there is large num- Der of the best artists. No more interesting magazine for Sunday or general reading is published The bound volume No. XIX is valuable and well wartsh ss ssas5Enlgs For sale
 ThelGolden Treasury Calendar is one of the best calendars published. It gives se- perior in the respect that it's selections are taken from different authors. Each selec tion is a gem in itself and represents it's au- thor in an admirable way. Among the au- thors of the selections are Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Bryant, Tennyson, Whittier, Longfellow, Scott, Matthew Arnold, etc., etc The selections are in both poetry and prose- The style of the calendar is very unique and very tasty. J. B. Lippincott & Co.,, publishers, Philadelphia For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.