The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-08-20
Literature.


enjoyed than in her native State of Maine,
where all feel pride in the successes she has |
won in the field Of literature. Guenn, pub |
lished last year, was the novel of that season |
and placed its author in the front rank of wo-
men novelists. Admirably sustained through |
out and well nigh perfect in style, its dcscrip-
tive passages and studies of character were |
alike interesting. The scene of Miss Howard's |
| latest book, like that of Guenn, is laid on for !
| eign soil. Aulnay Tower is story of the |
Franco-Prussian war. The critic of the Bos- |
| ton Budget says: ''Its plot is simple natural |
and unsensational for a tale of broil and battle,
and it moves on very quietly and effectively to
| the ending, which is very early seen. The |
| Countess Nathalie, the heroine, is young
| French widow, residing with her uncle, the |
! Marquis De Mentauban, in the Chateau d Au-
| nay, where the country is overrun with the |
Germans, and it comes to pass, as a matter of
| course, that u number OF German officers are
| quartered at the chateau. Although she is at
| first intensely loyal, she falls in love with one
| of them. and eventually marries him. This is
| very bare outline of very interesting story,
| In which there is subtle spy in the person of
| d French able, but the reader will, perhaps,
find that his interest will centre chiefly on the
| delineation Of the various characters. The
countess herself, although outwardly cold, is
very charming and womanly, the old marquis
is exceedingly lifelike in his weakness and ar
| rogance, and the abbe, though somewhat con-
ventional in general design, is directly individ-
ualized. The bits of dialogue in the book are
| tar,itallV done thouUh nerhap. tIp
ton of the lady's maiG, Manette, is a little too
| fine, and the descriptive passages are excellent.
1t will, no doubt, be one of the most popular
books of the summer" Ticknor 4 Co.. pub
| fishers, Boston.
| THE AMERICAS CUP. By Capt. Roland f.
| Coffin A timely book by an author who can
| do justice to the subject which is "IIow it (the
Americas Cup was won in 1851 and ha, been
since defended.' Those who have read Capt.
| Cofin's "Old Sailors Yarns" etc. need not be
| told that he knows the ropes, learned in
! twenty-five years of stall water sailing" with
| the further qualification of "having been pres
| ent at all OF the races for the Americas Cup,
with the exception of the first one at Cowes,
and having witnessed nearly all of the inl-
| portant yachting contests in this country for
the past twenty years" The frontisriece is II
| reproduction of an illustration which appeared
| in Punch after the race at Cowes entitled
| Look out for SquallS,'' and elsewhere there is
cut of the cup itself. Twelve admirable illus
| trations in outline give the most noted Ameri-
can yachts the various contestants for the cup,
and those who are about to compete for it. in
| Gliding the new American sloops Puritan and
| Priscilla and the English cutters Genesla and
| Gaate. After enumeratnE some of the dis
advantages under which our yachtsncn must
| labor, Capt. Coffin says: .'IaGn@ all these
facts into consideration, If the cup is retained
at the clo>e Of the races ia September, ]
| Hinl ii ~W h,, we will have won a glorou,
victory" We trust :hy old sailor will prove IL
true prophet. Charles scribntrs sons, pub
| fishers, New York.
| PINE CONES. BY Willis Boyd Allen. This
| is the first volume of a series eutled The Pine
Cone Stories, to be completed in six volumes,
in which will be described the adventures, in
city and country, of half il dozen widcawake
| boys and girls. In the volume before Us they
make Il journey into the country to spend
the Christmas holidays with their uncle viii
| Perciyal, an annual affair with them, and one
which they look forward to with great deal
of pleasure. Uncle VIII is Il famous story
teller, and the young people never lose an op-
portunity for bringing him out. Seated during
| the long evenings by the blaze of pine cone
| fire they listen to tales Of sea and land. some
| times humorous, sometimes pathetic, and al
ways interesting. In Tie second volume,
which will appear later, visit Down East
in the summer time will be described, with
| the same characters and in the same pleasant
Old farmhouse. Mr.. Allen has Il peculiar Gift
in writing for the young, and the Pine Cone
series will undoubtedly attain Il wide popular
| ity. ID. Lothrop y Co., publishers Boston.
NOTES.
An English edition of Miss Clevcland's work
is announced
| The Popular Science News, Boston, is an eA-
cellent publication of practical value to every
| body
Mr.. Willis Boyd Allen, author of pine
| Cones" is grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. SULLIVAN
| b. Allen, of this State.
| Brown, Thur>ton Il 90. Portland, W i'll issue
| in December Hon. VIM Goods new book en-
titled ''Portand in the Past, with historical
notes of Old Falmouth" The Moss engraving
| company OF New York will furnish the Illus
| trations.
| The August number of the Ladies Floral
Cabinet opens with an illustrated poem
Water Lilies-and this is followed by the usual
variety, including many Illustrations. concern
ing Horticulture and household Matters story,
poems and literary miscellany. This is Il mag
azine we can cOnscientiously commend to our
| lady readers. Ladies Floral Cabinet Co.. y
Nesey Street, New York
The August number of Wide Awake does
not belle its name or fail behind its predeces-
sors in attracJiveness. Marian Douglass con-
tributes one Of her characteristic poems, The
Talking Crow" tts girls have a charming
story in The Gypsy'> Prophecy" and the
boys will delight in the thrilling tale of an
escape from wild horse The serials are all
continued and more charming set of con-
tinued stories it would be difficult to find. The
Chautauqua Readings, the Search Questions,
''Temperance Teachings" are each good and
every page has something Of interest for its
readers. d. Lothrop x Co., publishers, Bos-
ton.
The August number of the Bay State Month
y Is the first under new management. 1t is
now published by the Bay State Monthly Com
pany. The magazine is greatly improved in
every respect. The fronti>pece is Il fine steel
engraved portrait of John A. Andrew, the
war Governor of Massachusetts, and this is
followed by sketch of his life Gov Andrew
was Il native of Maine. There is an Illustrated
| article on the city of Worcester and another
Illustrated article entitled "Ten DAYS in Nan
tucket" George Lowell Austin contributes
paper on Abraham Lincoln, the serial, Eliza
BETH is continued. and there is much other
matter of interest. Bay State Monthly Co.. 43
Milk street. Boston.
The announcements of Mcssrs. Tcknor & Co.
for this fall include Life and Letters of Henry
Wadsworth Longfeow," edited by Rev. Sam
ue LongfelIow; ''The Rise of Sas Lapham"
by Mr.. Howells; 'The Bostonians' - 5y Henry
James; 'Socia Silhouettes," by Edgar Fawcett
''Japanese Homes and their Surroundings :" bv