The National tribune., 1889-03-07
RECENT LITERATURE.

WINCHELL'S FIRST STEPS IN READING. In
four parts. Part First. By Martha A. Pease. ~
pages. Price TO cents Published by s. r. Win
caell u Co, Chicago.
There have been several attempts recently
made to reduce to text book form the very first
steps in reading. The author of t5is little
work is a practical primary teacher, and mas
here put into print the words and exercises
which she has been using in her school By
writing them on the blackboard.
THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER. By Mrs e D.
Il. n Southworth. Published by I. B. Peterson
q Brothers. Philadelphia Price . cents
This is Mrs. SGuthWOrth's most popular novel.
1t IS 40 intensely exciting story and one Gf
great interest, while the pictures of lie IN it
are vivid and truthful. Its pages can be read
and reread with renewed pleasure. The ehar-
acters stand out iii bold relief The incidents
are we'll told, and deep and thrilling interest
peryades the whole work, which never Ha=s fOr
q moment.
TIE WORLD OF CANT. a companion book TO
u" Robert FL mere" Published by J. ,. Ogilvie,
New York Price 50 cents.
The preface to this strongly-written book
says that It has been the writer's aim to deal
with systems aud not with individuals and ha
has dealt with them very effectively and Yig0F-
ously.
THE LAND OF TIE NIHILIST: RUSSIA. By
William EIeruy Curtis. Published by BeYsord
Clarke i Co., Chicago.
We have heretofore spoken of Mr.. Curtis,
who, in addition 10 being one of the foremost
of the newspaper fraternity in the country, Is
the author OF number Of very successful and
valuable books, as, " The Capitals Of Spanish
America" "A Summer ScamPer.p The Chill
dren of the SUM- and Tibbalses' Folks" He
spent the Summer of 1887 as correspondent of
the Chicago Daily EsUs in Sc. Petersburg, Mos
COW, and other parts Of Europe, and while
| there studied the Russian people and their in
| situations very attentively. The letters at
tracted q great deal of attention aud their sue
cess was so great as to induce this compilation
of hem in book form. They, are, like all the
rest of his writings, bright, incis!ve aud highly
entertaining. No better picture of Russia was
ever painted than this. aud it is worth any
number Of the usual stilted histories and de-
scriptions of Holy Russia.
THE QUICK or THE DEAD. By Amelie Rives.
Published by J. 3. LipPincott Co, Philadelphia
Price 81.
The enormous success of this story has in
dueed the publishers 10 put it before the public
in q more permanent and attractive form than
| that in which it first appeared. It is now
| printed IN large, clear type, upon heavy white
/ paper; bound in cloth, and with an admirable
| portrait OF Miss Bives for frontispiece.
THINKS BY Bill Nys. Published by the Dear
born Publishing Co, Chicago. III. Price 3 cents.
Bill Nye is y long odds the funniest Of our
many hUmoTists. and this little volume con-
taius many of MS best productions.
| MONETARY U2,IFICATION. By Robert Noxon
Toppan. Published by Charles Hamiltoa, W0r-
cester. Aiass-
This was read before the American Anti
/ quarian Society at its semi-annual meeting
April %. 1855, and was esteemed Of so much
value that there was q general request that is
be printed.
| THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN SAILOR.
Ia active service of merchant vessel and nnan-of-
war By EibridEe ;. Brooks Published by ID
LOthroP Co, Boston Illustrated Price 40
The place Of the American sailor in history
has never been sufficiently determined. In 81
I the mass of material devoted to the manifold
phases of the life, the duties and the d0ings Of
I the American tar, there is not to be found 8
| complete or comprehensive presentation Of his
/ stirring story. Such a story Mr. brooks has
/ endeavored to tell Gathering up the disc0n-
/ nected threads OF narrative he has woven from
4 them ga exhileratiug, picturesque and enter
tSiHing story, and yet one that is practical con-
| vincing aud satisfying. And it is not merely
/ the story of the American seaGghter. The
/ author rightly decides that notwithstanding
4 the glamor that has always hung above The
/ record of Americas conflicts on blue water,
/ there Is to be found fully as much of interest
I of romance and Of picturesque effect in the
story Of those t0iieFs of the sea" the mer-
/ chairman, the fisherman. the whaler and the
/ river pilot. This book is therefore the first
/ and only work of which we have knowledge
/ that takes wide ground. and deals with the
/ real American sailor. Anecdotes experiences
/ and instances Of heroism are interspersed
I through the narrative, while the illustrations
/ are numerous and excellent most Of the full,
/ page pictures being from designs by }. L.
/ Bridgmau, who has capitally reproduced the
/ stirring scenes from seattle.