Morning journal and courier., 1886-11-22
REGENT PUBLICATIONS.

| "A Plucky One, '' by Mrs. George B. Spen
 eer, author of 'fSalt Lake Fruit,'' t'The Sto
 | " of Mary" etc., is novel abounding il
 strange scenes, startling incidents and exas
 1 perating conditions. In all pluck and perse
 verance come out victorious. The undsrtone | of the book is interesting in the main. The | story is strong one and the characters are we'll delineated. The reader of fiction will enjoy this work, new as it is in material and
 style. Its absorbing interest ins1res it a high place among the light reading of the
 day. Cassen Sc Co. publishers, New York.
 For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller. Virginia F. Townsend is the author of a
 new story entitled "A Boston Girl's Ambi- tions." The story is the fillingout of it's ti- l tie in it's length, breadth and lepth. In the
 main it is true to life and ayes admirable | lessons to the girls of to-day The writer is well known the author O many books for girls. Those who have real "But 8 Philis- tine," or "A Womans Wdd and How She Kept It. will welcome tlis new story with it's unique dress # red and gold. Lee & Shepard publishers, Boston. For sale in this city by Ju6d the bookseller.
 esConfessioys and Criticisms" by Julian Hawthorne, has just made it's appearance
 from the pess of Ticknor & Co.,, of Boston,
 It consi1s of A Preliminary Confession;
 Novel; and Agnosticism; Americansm in
 Fictan; Literature for Children; The Moral
 Aia in Fiction; The Maker of Many Books;
 N. Mallock's Missing Science; Theodore
 Tinthrop's Writings; Emerson as an Ameri- can; Modern Magic; and American Wild An imals in Art The papers are interesting, imbued with the powerful imagination and steady thinking of the writer. They are in a way deep and intense, all inspiring and in The book is an admirable col lection of choice chapters from the pen of a | writer who in his own sphere has no con- temporary. Ticknor & O., publishers, Bos- ton. For sale in this city by Judd the book l seller.
 t'Field Notes on Apple Culture," by L. H. Bailey, jr., is little book prepared with a view to afford guide to those who would engage in apple culture. The teachings con- veyed are founded upon successful practice. The author guides the novice so that mis- takes may be avoided in the effort to reach profitable results. Some of the papers have been published in the American Cultiva- l .or'' and elsewhere Published by the O. 1 Judd Co.,, New York For sale in this city l oy Judd the bookseller.
 Manners Makyth Man," by the author of | How to Be Happy Though Married" It is l not book of etiquette, for it's author ''is | by no means master of ceremonies Man 1 ners are used in the old sense of the word | ions corrupt good manners. FTve' Of the papers appeared in different form in Cham oers' Journal, two in the Qu1ver, two in the Queen, two in the Family Circle and two in
 he Household Words. rha book will give ! IS much pleasure as it's predecessor Charles 5cribner's Sons, publishers, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Frederick Schwatka has written another book entitled Children of the Cold" deal ing with where and how they live: how their houses are built; playthings. sleds and coast | ing; the dogs and how they are kept, etc. l Children will enjoy the chapter on Eskimo l candy and that on Eskimo patience, as we'll | as those on the athletic amusements, the | work of the children, seal hunting, fishing, | etc. The closing chapters tell how clothes | are made and how the winter is passed. It | is very interesting book and will be read with pleasure by all who have any interest in | the cold regions of the North and their in l habitants. The previous works of the au- thor have been widely received He deals l with a subject with which he is personally I familiar and that too in an interesting way. Cassell &I Co.,, publishers, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''The Buchholz Family'' is a little vol ume of sketches of Berlin life by Julius Stinde, translated from the forty ninth edi- tion of The German original by L. Dora Schmitz The volume of sketches attained an immense popularity in Germany, reach ing the iftieth edition in two years. For those not especially interested in the sub ject there is enough of keen observation and general knowledge of human nature to make the book interesting independent of its local coloring The book has appealed to widely different circles in Germany and deserves aceeptation among English read CTS. The piquancy of the original is pre- served as much as it is possible to pre- serve 1t by the translator. letter writ ten to the author by Prince Bismarck ex pressing his delight in reading the work is printed in the preface. The delineation of
 Berlin life is excellent and could not be improved upon. Charles Scribner's Sons, publishers, New York For sale in this city l,1r II1dd tha hnnlseller