The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-07-22
RECENT LITERATURE.
sALAAiNIBo OF GUsTAYE FLAUBERT. Eng
lshed by II. French Sheldon. New York: SaxoI
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sALAMNIBo OF GUsTAvE FLAUBERT. Eng
lished by II. French Sheldon. New York: Saxon
& Co.
"salammbo" is the masterpiece of Flaubert,
the founder Of the naturalistic school of litera-
ture 1T is fascinating story of love and war,
rich in heroic Carthaginian lore, set in glowing
barbaric splendor, surrounded with an atmos-
phere of dreamy tropical warmth and local
color and with its weird serpent scene and
mysterious cults, has long been regarded as an
untranslatable work. 1t is said that this deli
cate task has been accomplished in such a subtle
manner as to preserve all the vigor, natural
realism, and idyllic style OF the original. "Sa-
lammbo" f" bears a strong resemblance TO Lord
Bulwer Lytton's Last Days of Pompeii" and,
even as the English novelist may be said to
have disinterred Hereulaneum and Pompeii
from beneath the lava and scoria of Vesuvius,
so may the French artist be credited with hay-
ing resurreetiOniZed fallen Carthage" from
the ruins and dust of time. More powerful,
more vivid, more realistic, than any other por-
tions Of the work are the vivid descriptions of
the cruel and terrible wars waged between the
Carthagenians and their enemies, in which to
obtain success or punish revolt human beings
and animals were ruthlessly sacrificed. The
Battle Of the Macar." in which a troupe OF ele-
phants-made mad by an Intoxicating mixture
Of pepper pure wine, aud inccnse-is depicted
with detailed, If horrible, realism. Alexander
Dumas fills is reported % have said a proDos of
his Dame aux Camellias," that he did not
write for schoolgirls, but FOR men. and to young
ladies ofsensitive nerves "Salammbo" is scarcely
a work 10 be highly recommended. To the
robust reader and to the antiquarian the book
will be found not only worthy Of perusal, but
Of a permanent place in the library.
DoRIs's FORTUNE. by Florence Warden. New
York: ID. Appleton * Co. Sold in Washington
by BrentanO.
pleasant story by popular author. 1t i;
one of the excellent25 cent series being pub
lished by the Appletons.
DOCTOR CLAUDIUs. A TRUE STORY. BY r
Marion Crawford. New York: Macmillan & Co
Sold ia Washington by Brentano.
Few books Of fiction are more eagerly sought
after than those of the author of Dr. Claudius.'
All Of them are good; tbis one especially so
IL is issued in inexpensive form as one of q" Mac
millan's Summer Reading Series"
THE GERMAN SOLDIER IN THE WARS OF
THE UNITED STATES. BY ). q. Rosengarten
philsdelPhA: j. Y LpPiGcott Co. Sold il
Washington by Brehtano. 81.
The author has REVISED and published in per
manent form the pamphlet issued some time age
and noticed in these columns. Ii contains
many valuable and Interesting facts, carefully
| compiled, relative 10 the services rendered by
/ German officers and soldiers in the wars o
I their adopted country. Great credit is due th,
author for the excellent manner in which ht
I has done his work.
/ CUT: A STORY OF WEST POINT. BY q.
Cervus. Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott Co. Sol,
In Washington by Brentano. 81.
This is one of the most entertaining new
books Of the year. IL illustrates the expert
ences of life at the Military Academy in
manner that charms the reader from the yer,
outset. 1t is bright and clean and will flnt
many admirers.
WON BY WAITING. A Novel. by Edna Lyall
| New York ID. Appleton & Co. Sold In Wash
| ington by Brentano.
Former books by the same author have beer
received with much favor and have had larg
sale. "Won by Waiting" is worthy of its pre-
deeessors and cannot be less popular. There i
nothing in the story that is harmful or offensiy
TO the most fastidious taste.