The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-14
SOME NEW BOOKS.

"Pipes from Prairie Land and Other Places"
is the title of volume of poems by Minnie Gill
more. They are in various keys, embracing
poems of sentiment and nature, and several dia-
lect poems Some OF them evince decided orig
inality of thought and true poetic sense. New
York: Cassell & Co. indianapolis: The Bowen
Merrill Company.
Teresa Itasca, and Other Stories by Avery
Macalplne, contains three pretty love stories.
The other stories are "Alfriga, q Romance of the
North Sea" and 1.-The Omen of the Moon" The
scene of Teresa Itasca is laid in Mexico, and
that of the other two stories across the water.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Indianapolis
The Bowen Merrill Company Price, ST..
Estes & Lauriat also publish Owen Meredith's
poem, 1.-THE Earl's Return" in very elegant
style The poem ranks among the authors best,
and the superb style in which the book is issued
makes it real work of art. The illustrations,
by W. l.. Taylor, consisting of full-pa and
half-page pictures, are done by the phototype
process in tints, and exceedingly beautiful.
There are also q number of wood engravings
For sale by The Bowen Merrill Company cloth,
&C.
"Harper's Handy Series is issued weekly at
rs cents a number, and embraces a variety of
good reading The six numbers rom 100 to l06
inclusive, are SIN Scorn of Consequence, a
novel by Thodora Cowie: "Tfe Chaplain's
Craze" by George Manvile Penn; Between
Two Loves by Amelia e. Barr; That Winter
Night" by Robert Buchanan; "Ihe Bright Star
of Life" by B. L. Farjeon, and 'Goden Bells"
by r. E. Francilon. The Bowen Merrill Com
pany.
From Cassell & Co.. New York, we have re-
ceved Nos. 40 to 46, inclusive, of their National
Library series. These handy little volumes sell
at 10 cents each, and the series is edited by
Henry Morley. The volumes last received are
early Australian Voyages" by Tasman and
others; ''Popes Poems;' "Plutarch's Lives of
Demetrus, Marc Antony and Themstocles;"
"Peter Plymley's Letters and Selected Essays"
and Travels in England in 1882" by c. p.
Moritz.
In Three Vassar Girls on the Rhine" Mrs.
Champney combines the pleasant narrative of
the yassar girls whom she introduced to the
public in ''Three Vassar Girls Abroad" In this
volume they make holiday trip through Ger
many, By the way Of the Rhine. 1t is needless
to say they travel with their eyes open, and the
narrative of their travels Is entertaining. The
book is handsomely illustrated. Boston, Estes
e. Laurat Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill
Company.
"Harpers Franklin-square Library" has an
established reputation by reason of the charac-
ter and cheapness of the books embraced in the
series. The selections are from the best of cur
rent light literature, and the price from fifteen
to twenty cents. Nos. $40 to $50 have been re-
ceived. They are ''Paston Carew. Millionaire
and Miser," by Mrs. E. Lynn Lynton; "Sir
James Appleby, Baronet," by Katharine S. Mac
quoid; Children of Gibeon," by Walter Besant;
liking Solomon's Mines. by H. Rider Haggard
1.-THE Son of His Father" by Mrs. Oliphant; IA
Daughter of the People," by Georgiana NJ.
Crak, and "a Wilful Young Woman" by the
author Of "Who Is Sylviap