Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-21
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

| As rule historical novels are neither reli- able as facts nor entertaining as stories. ! There are exceptions, however, and such is I Tolstoi's f'War and Peace," which is 8 story of Russia in the time of Napoleon's wars. l It can without doubt be classed as the great | est slavic historical novel, Dealing as it l does with the most interesting period of Flu
 ropean history, and being story of the fam \ fly rather than of the field, it is delightful work in it's delineation of the quaint GUS 1 toms of the Russians. The scene and actors, l the situations and the intensity of descrip- l tion or life and character in Russia ren- ders it one of the most fascinating of stories. | The battle scenes are wonders of description, ! while the peaceful, quiet charm of the other side is equally marvellous. It is a work well l worth the reading. Published in two vol l tunes by William s. Gottsberger, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller. Transformed, or Three Weeks in a Life Time," by Florence Montgomery, author of 'sThrown Together" s'Thwarted," etc., and ''The Story of Don Miff," as told by his 1 friend, John Bouche Whaeker, and edited by Virginius Dabney, are now published. The former is story of a short period of life; ] the latter is Symphony of Life" The authors entertain great number of unusual opinions and the eccentric reader must not put too much confidence in the stories which, though pure in morals, sail with spread can vas into anything and everything in a man. ner which startles one. This overdrawn and unusually free element must be considered by the reader in the light of reason and with an unbiased opinion. When looked at in this way the stories are amusing and to a certain degree interesting. They will be a help to the wearied reader of monotonous 1 fiction. J. B. Lippincott & Co.,. publishers, Philadelphia. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ssLady Valworth;s Diamonds' and 'sThe Haunted Chamber" by ''The Duchess" have been published together by J. B. Lippincott & Co.,, of Philadelphia. "The Duchess" is l an entertaining writer; her works are light l and airy, usually true to life and withal in- teresting, helping to pass the time agreeably. These stories cannot fail to be popular as
 they are of a sensational type, with enough of romance and sentiment to rouse the mind of the reader to a continuance of reading, and he will not lay down the book until he has the plot or at least the type of it def | nitely carried out in his mind. For sale in l this city by Judd the bookseller.
 fUncle Titus" from the German of Jo- hanna Spyri, by Lucy Wheelock, is a story l for children and those who love children. Throughout the story there runs that simple l foroi h1a r1ot so common to German writer's It is contrast of characters set in l plain circumstances and little girl Dora be- comes the heroine. Uncle Titus, a typical professor, immersed in papers and books; Aunt Ninette, his wife, fussy, worrying creature; a whole family of boisterous but good-hoarted children living next door-all | become improved and made happier by the | direct and indirect influence of Dora, the or phan. The ending of the book is peculiar 1 ly happy one, differing from the ordinary
 novel. Everyone must peruse the book it. | self for information and explanation. Pub | lished by D. Lothrop & Co.,, Boston. For
 sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Foreign Facts and Fancies' is little
 volume compiled by Annie s. Downs, Char
 lotte s. Fursdon, Mary Gay Humphreys, Culling Olive Eardley, Rose G. Kingsley,
 Rev. S. W. Duffeld, D. D., Arthur Gilman, I Julian B. Arnold, David Ker, Lucy G. Lil-
 lie and Mrs. Raymond Blathwayte. Promi- | nent among the chapters are "Child Life in l Venice" /" Fourth of July in the Rue Petit l Jean D s'The Jackdaws of Kenilworth," "A Dahabeeah Wreck on the Nile" 'sThe School 1 in the Farce Islands, "An Argentine Inde- 1 pendence Day" and 'The Alps and Their 1 Avalanches." It is beautiful little book, giving in clear and simple way the peculiar facts of the foreign experience of the wri- 1 ters One is introduced to new ideas upon l nearly every country. Published by D. To- 1 throp & Co.,, Boston. For sale in this city | by Judd the bookseller.