The National tribune., 1885-12-31
RECENT LITERATURE.

BEAUTIES OF TENNYSON. With 20 illustrations
by Sche Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Sl.5O
LENORE By Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated. Bos-
ton: Estes & Lauriat. Sl.5o.
THE EVE OF ST AGNES. By John Keats IL
lustrated by Garrett. Boston: Estes & Lauriat.
Sl5O
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. The Lords Prayer
i'll n series of Sonnets. BY William c. Richards.
Boston: Lee Shepard Sl.5O. Sold In WASH
ington by j. d. Free.
These four holiday volumes are marvels of
the printers and artists skill. The matter of
the text is old and familiar, and is secondary
to the illustrations which are exceedingly rich
and elegant No more beautiful menentOes
for Christmas time can be imagined than these
choice productions of the bookmaker's art
TEN BOYS WHO LIVED ON THE ROAD FROM
LONG AGO TO NOW. By Jane Andrews. Bos-
tom Lee & Shepard. 81.
This is book for boys, and the boys will ap-
preciate it. The author tells, in the most at
tractive style, the history of boys who, when
they grew to be men, became famous in the
history of the world. A dollar cannot be more
profitably spent for boy than in the purchase
of this book.
GEORGE NJ. BAKERS POPULAR SPEAKER.
Boston: Lee Il Shepard. 81.
This volume contains an excellent selection
of humorous, pathetic patriotic, and dramatic
readings.
CHARLES DARWIN. By Grant Allen. New
York: d. Appleton & Co. Sold in Washington by
Brentano.
As indicated by its title, this is a review of
the life, work, and philosophy of Charles Dar-
win, and his distinctive discovery of natural
selection. The writer treats his subject criti-
cally and with discrimination.
ROSE RAYMOND'S WARDS. By Margaret Van
dergrift. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Sold in
Washington by John G. Parker.
A quiet story of domestic life, with not dull
page between its covers and nothing in it to
| offend the most fastidious taste
| YOUNG WILD FoWLERS. By Harry Casteman.
| Porter & Coates. Sold in Washington by John G.
Parker. Sl.25.
| This is boys book as its title indicates. 1t
| is No of the q" Rod and Gun Series" and in
| every way equal to its predecessors.
| AMERICAN NEWSPAPER CATALOGUE. Pub
lished by Edwin Alden Il Bro, Advertising
| Agents cor. Fifth and Vine sts., Cincinnati. o.
| We have, from the publishers copy of the
| ninth annual edition of the above work. 1t is
all that it claims to be-a complete catalogue,
arranged in the most convenient form, of all
| newspapers and other periodicals published in
| the United States and Canada. The work
shows great care in its preparation, and is thor
| oughly reliable in its multitude of facts.
The Magazines.
| Oqilrie's Popular Reading No. % contains the
| following: "Before the Dawn" by Mary Cecil
Hay: "The Poor Clerk and His Crooked Six
pence" by Geo. E. Sargent; "A Life's Secret, u
by Mrs Henry Wood; MY First Offer" by
Mary Cecil Hay; "The Lost Letter." by Mrs
]. ii. Riddell etc. The frontispiece is hand,
some lithograph representing the First Christ
mas Morn.
The MicrOcOsm for December contains several
articles of interest and somewhat more popular
| character than most of the matter usually found
within its covers. Prof. Schell continues his
essays upon the Philosophy of Poverty, which
he labels non -communistic; the Rev. DR.. Ham
lin discusses Force in its Various Aspects, and
the Rev. DR.. Thomas NJ. Walker presents an
| ingenious explanation of the Mosaic Account OF
Creation. The major part of the remainder
embraces the usual line of papers on substantial
philosophy as applied to force, sound and
| matter.
NOTES.
We have received from the publisher Daniel
T. Ames, 2O5 Broadway, New York, the Grant
Memorial" 1t is a splendidly y-executed photo
lithograph from an original pen-and-ink de-
sign, and is a most appropriate tribute to the
memory of our great chieftain and would be a
handsome ornament for Post rooms.
r. b. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, have
issued a translation, by Mary Neal Sherwood
of Dosia," the great French novel by Madame
Henry Greville Price 90 cents.