The Washington critic., 1886-11-24
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
From VIM. Ballantyne & Son, 42S

From VIM. Ballantyne & Son, 42S Sew
enth street:
"Sonnets and Lyrics" by Helen jackson
Oh. H., author of "Rainona,n "Bits of
Trayel,n etc, neat little yolume that eau
not fail to be priced by the admirers
of the lamented author. Boston; Roberts
Brothers.
"The Pilgrims Progress" by Joseph and
Elizabeth Robbins Penpell, authors of "A
Canterbury Pilgrlmage.n Boston aud Lon
don: Roberts Brothers.
Holiday Trip OF Three College Girls
Through Germany, by Way of this Celo-
brated River,n by Lizzie W. Champuey;
charmingly illustrated by "Champ" and
others. Boston: Estes and Lauriat.
From A. S. Wtherbee 81 Co. (successors to
Brentano Bros):
"Chatterbox for 1856" edited by j.
Erskine Clarke, NJ. A, a justly favorte
publication with all the young folks. Bos-
ion: Estes and Laurlat.
"Engraylng its Origin, Processes aud
History" by lie Nicomle Henri Delaborde.
Translated by X, \. NJ. Stevenson. With
an additional chapter on English Engray-
ing by William Walker OF the Fine Art
Library, edited by John G. J.. Sparkes. New
York; CGssell S Co.
"Thc Morality of the Old Testament"
By Newman Smyth. author of "Old Faiths
III New Light" etc. "IIelps to Beief''
series. New York: Cassell tS Co.
"Year Book of Sermon and Golden Texts
and Bible Readings for 1885," by J. E.
Kittredge, ID. ID. New York: Cassell & Co.
"Bible Chimes; Thoughts in Verse for
Every Day IN the Month";" New York;
Cassell & Co.
From NJ. and r. Burgheim, Publishers,
Cincinnati, Ohio:
"A Trip Around the World" by George
Moerlein-decidedly the most unique aud
entertaining book OF the season, superb in
letter press and binding, unsurpassed In
the character of its embellishments, and
not only entitled by its literary merit aud
instructive value to q place In every nota-
BILE collection, but eminently suitable as
| gift-book for the holidays. In this work
Mr.. Moerlein, the author, describes In
| agreeable aud graphic style a journey of
%, 74l miles by steamer and over 1000 by
rail, beginning at Cincinnati, thence to San
| Francisco, and from the Pacific Slope to
Yokohama Toxic, Shanghai, Hong Kong,
| Canton, Macao, Singapore, Batavia, Ceylon,
| Pondicherry, Calcutta, the Himalayas, the
cities Of Central India, Arabia, Egypt,
| Palestine, Beyrout, Smyrna, ConstantInople
and home by the way of Vienna. The
amount Of information compiled as the
leeulI VI lnls lOuR anu interesting "TRIP is
simply wonderful, and shows the author
TO have been one of the most Intelligent,
| industrious aud observant of modern
travellers. The more striking feature of
this admirable book, however, consists In
its illustrations, which are 40 in number
and are reproductions from photographs,
printed in oil colors, intended to repre-.
sent with eN0ctness In every detail, tho
| peculiar costumes OF the various races
visited and many other natural aud artih
cial characteristics Of the cities aud cOun.
tries trayersed. The reader Is thus fur
nished with complete panorama, as Il
We're, Of an cuiire circuit Of the globe, the
pictures being accurately true to nature
and the descriptive portions of the worl
faithful transcripts Of all that fell unde
the author sNcbservntlOn. II Is printed OF
fine plate paper and bound IN scarlet
with black aud gold lettering aud orna
meutaliOn.