The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-05-30
RECENT LITERATURE.

CRUEL AS THE GRAVE. By Mrs Emma D. e.
n. Southworth. Published by T. B. Peterson q
Brothers, Philadelphia. Price % cents.
Cruel as the Grave" is one of the most pop
ular novels ever written by Mrs. Southworth,
aud it has never before been published or sold
under $3.50 q copy. This edition is published
for the masses.
by Macmillan & Co., New York. For sale by
Brentano, Washington ID. @. Price Sl5O.
In certain lines of literary effort Henry
James is without peer. His stories have been
the most widely discussed, praised and con-
demned of any writer's of the present day; but
the fact remains that he commands very wide
circle of readers, and that this circle is con-
stantly increasing. This volume contains four
of his short stories, which have appeared in the
English and American magazines, and been
unusually popular. They are: "A London
Life" "The Patagonia" 1.-THE Liar" and
" Mrs. Femperley." Like all of Mr.. James's
productions, their artistic merit is of the high
est class.
VAGABoND TALES. BY H. H Boyesen. Bos-
ton: d. Lothrop Company. Price Sl.25.
A new book by Prof Boyesen is always GER
tain of welcome. Although the short stories
included in this collection, which the author
has aptiy called "Vagabond Tales" have al
ready appeared in leading periodicals, Prof.
BOyesen's admirers will be glad to have them
fifty shrined in a neat and attractive volume.
There is a strength, directness and, witha, a
delieacy and tenderness in BOyesen'S stories
that appeal to all hearts, while his touches of
humor, his breezy Morse atmosphere and his
dramatic skill have given him an undisputed
place in the foremost rank of the modern
writers of fiction.
Magazines.
Recreation, a monthly exponent of the higher
literature of manly sport. Published at 166
La Sale street, Chicago. Price So year.
The June number of the Catholic World is on
our table, Bishop Chatard on "Can There be
Such Thing as MiracleG" ought to be read
by all. Rev. ]. V. Tracy on the Saloon " is a
timely temperance Dialog" Rev. c.. Becker
shows what the st. Cecilia Society is designed
to do in the way of reforming and elevating
church music. The contents throughout are
choice reading. All denominations can get
some valuable hints from the paper titled,
60 The Columbian Reading Union" It sug-
gests plans for more and better reading matter.
The Catholic World is published at New York,
6 Park Place, at $4 per year.
The Popular Science Monthly = Two arti-
eles in continuation Of the discussion on
"Agnosticism are printed in the current
issue of the Popular Science Monthly. One
is rejoinder by Prof. Huxley, in which he
states the views obtained from his reading OF
the Gospels, and charges many of the English
ecclesiastics with Pharisaical spirit. The
other article, by Mr.. w. H. Malloek, is enti-
tied "Cowardly Agnosticism," and maintains
that agnostieism is practically atheism, and
that it furnishes no sufficient ground for moral
ity. DIR. Andrew D. White, in his account of
"Diabolism and Hysteria," records the later
stages of the waning belief in possession by the
devil. "Glaciers on the Pacific Coast" is the
title of an illustrated sketch of some of our
Alaskan scenery by Prof g. Frederick Wright.
Those who have read of the bloodhound only
in sensational stories of the days of American
slavery will learn the real traits of that little
known animal with surprise, in reading an
illustrated article on the dog in the June Cen
h0y The article is written by the chief ex-
pert on the subject in England, the gentleman
whose bloodhoands were used by the detectives
in some recent famous murder cases in Lon
don.