Morning journal and courier., 1886-11-23
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

is national romance by George Alfred
 Townsend, author of 'tThe Entailed Hat,'
 ''Tales of the Chesapeake" etc. The author
 states in his preface that since seeing the
 dead face of Lincoln in the Executive man
 sion he has had the idea of writing romance
 upon the conspiracy of Booth. Ihls mas
 been postponed as the mere crime presented
 no elevated moral to justify It's embelllsh-
 ment. The temptation to paint the more
 picturesque western shore following that OF
 the eastern in 'sThe Entsiled Hat" was not
 to be dismissed. Rapid changes ara taking
 place in this region-so rapid that the author
 believes that in twenty years more It Will be
 impossible to realize the state ot society
 which first came into national notice
 when Booth made his hegira through it.
 His book appears now at the right t1me
 The author not only lived contemporary with
 the personages in his book, but he was an
 active traveller and sight-seer with and among
 them No natural scene is depicted which
 the author has not seen. In some cases
 characters have been manufactured out of
 general types and conditions to replace oth
 CTS not proper to be copied. The whole IS
 an interesting study. D. Appleton & Co-,
 publishers, New York. For sale in this city
 by Judd the bookseller.
 An excellent book for boys will be found
 in ssCharlie Lucken at School and College
 by the Rev H. c. Adams, M. A., author of
 ''For James or George, ""Schoolboy Honor, etc. The book abounds in adventure of 8 high moral tone and incidents which natu-
 rally come into school and college life. The
 predicaments narrow escapes and desperate
 struggles lead the reader through one phase
 of education and make the aged graduate feel himself boy again as the tears roI
 down his cheeks over the amusing and start
 ling situations The story is told in an ad- mirable way and is of a high tone, with nothing that is in the least objectionable ln it. Bows will read it with delight and their educational interest will be qulckened Tn the reading. Older people will find much to amuse them in it and catch giimpses of school and college life which are not usually divulged outside of the college walls. Pub | ished by J. B. Lippincott & Co.,, Phlladel- phia. For sale in this city by Judd the book seller.
 "Recollections of Eminent Men, With Other Papers," by Edwin Percy Whipple, with introduction by Rev. 0. A. Bartol, D. D., has just appeared. It contains recollec- tions of Rufus Choate, of Agassiz, of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Motley, the historian, and of Charles Sumner, with papers upon George Ticknor, Matthew Arnold, Barry Cornwall I and some of his contemporaries. Daniel De- ronda and George Eliot's private life. Rev. Mr Bartol says in his introduction: "To
 use Jeremy Taylor's figure, he was like the candle casting about it a shadow and a cloud | and shining to all but himself" The talent of Whipple is original and intense, making it's way through all hindrances and over all l obstacles, giving us fssweetness and light ill l both their original and popularized concep- | tions. These collected celebrations of lite | rary. political, scientific and philanthropic | genius are intensely interesting. The writer | is an artist surpassed by none in dei icting character ''Mr. Whipple will be remem- | bered mainly in his function 8 critic in
 the commentary of the coming age." His | genius speaks for itself and in recommend | ing this volume to the public it is enough | merely to mention the name of It's author, whom everyone loves. Ticknor & Co.,, pub fishers, Boston. For sale in this city by | Judd the bookseller
 l Among the "Helps to Belief" may be found ! two little volumes entitled Creation" by Harvey Goodwin, D. D., D. c. L., Lord | Bishou of Carlisle, which looks at its subject from theological, philosophical and scientific | points of view, drawing the conclusion from | the considerations given; the other Mira l cles.'' by Rev. Brownlow Maitland, M. A., 1 takes up the way in which Christianity IS | connected with miracles and the kind of 1 miracles for which it is responsible; then having considered the antecedent objections l to miracles and the point of view from when n l the Christian miracles should be approached and the direct evidence in their favor, IL uis- | cusses other Biblical miracles and draws the | Conclusion which is the natural and logical l result of the train of argument. Both are 1 interesting volumes and are well worthy of | attention The authors are known as able men and interesting writers. Casseii N co,
 publishers, New York. For sale in this city | by Judd the bookseller.
 stThe Volcano Under the City," by vol unteer special, is a little volume opening up the great riot in which more than fourteen
 hundred men were killed, and in which a mob contended through four successive days and nights for the mastery of New York | city. The author of ''The Volcano Under the City, was what was known as 'volun teer special'-one of those citizens who
 came to the aid Of the overtaxed police au
 thorities, and were assigned to special duties
 as volunteers in the ranks of law and order
 during the serious outbreak in New York in 1SS3 Being an eye witness of the dread
 ful work he speaks from personal knowledge
 startling the reader from page to page with
 sudden evidences of the Satanic character oi
 anarchism and showing the city in wild l reddish and lurid light Trade was para
 lyzed; pleasure seeking vanished; property
 was destroyed as though 1t were an enemy l human rights and human suffering were ut 1 terly disregarded by the frenzied rabble; hu
 l man life was nothing. There are pictures ol heroic devotion and bravery, also with now l and then touch of the grotesque and { | | trace of humor. The book is not written b1 an alarrnist, but by clear headed collector
 of facts It should be read by all, and es : pecially by the workingmen at this tim } when the signs of the times are unmistaka bla. The book overfows with what mel
 need to day. All will be interested in thi instructive and suggestive narrative of fact from authentic history. Ford, Howard 6 Hurlburt, publishers, New York. For sal } in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 One of the most clever books ever ore