Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-27
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Readers of fiction will seize the first op- portunity of reading ''The Late Mrs. Null, :" by Frank R. Stockton. The author is well known by his articles in the current maga- zines. The heroine of the story assumes the name of ''Mrs. Null" in order to be freed from the machinations of her aunt, who has matrimonial prospects laid out for her. The progress of the story, the cause of the de- ception, and the old lady's rage when she finds out that MT. Null is nil, are clements of a complicated plot full of genius and inter est. The consummation of the plot is 8 triumph for the author. When the book is finished the reader will turn back and read again and again some of the most interesting pages. Charles Scribner's Sons. publishers, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 s'The Prelate," by Isaac Henderson, is new novel just published by Tieknor & Co.,, of Boston. The tone of the book is high and is characteristic of the author. Mr. Henderson has pleasant style and is admir- able in his depictions of character. The book, though of fiction, possesses a current of reality and depth of human nature that is strangely lifelike. The author has sue ceeded in giving us more than sensational novel. The characters study and well worth studying. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'Light on the Hidden Way" is remarka- ble story of personal experience written by a lady who is firmly persuaded of it's reality. She has had no connection with so-called ''Spiritualism" and is not acquainted with any of the professional mediums. Her re- port is an independent one and is worthy of the attention of all interested in investiga- ting ths relations between the beings of the other world and the inhabitants of our own. The moral tone and influence of the book cannot but be useful even to those who are not ready to reject or accept the conclusions The work is furnished with an introduction by James Freeman Clarke. Ticknor & Co.,, publishers, Boston. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'Love's Martyr" by Lawrence Alma Ia dema, is delightful story, elegantly de- signed and told with animation. Almost every incident in the narrative is founded on fact. The book is full of human nature running along iu an undertone, which is al most irresistible. The story moves with pas sion under the influence of intense feeling. There is more of incident and of character painting than is found in many novels of twice it's number of pages. D. Appleton & Co.,, publishers, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''Old Fulkerson's Clerk,' by Mrs J. H. Walworth, author of 'sBar Sinister" "With- cut Flemish, etc., and ''Our Sensation Nov el," edited by Justin Huntly Mccarthy, M. F., are the latest additions to CasseN & Co.'s Rainbow series of original novels. They are bright stories that will give enjoyment to every reader; with enough of sensation to make them interesting, they are novels that both interest and instruct. The plots will furnish excellent study for su1try after noon. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'sMrs. Pexada,'' by Sidney Luska, author of GAS It Was Written," etc., is 8 work full of passion, created out of intense feeling and imagination. The working out of the strange plot adds another triumph to the success of the author. The book is certain to be read with interest, as it soon invites attention and then fastens it. It is a story of no common sort. Cassel1 & Co.,, pub fishers, New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 J. B. Lippincott Co.,, of Philadelphia, have recently published "The Popular Family At las of the World," containing twenty-four maps. It is very neat and handy volume, the maps being of large size and very clear and accurate. It is we'll suited both for home and office use. The publishers offer to send it to any address upon receipt of thirty cents, or it can be obtained of Judd the hooksal1ar