Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-02
THE CRITICS REVIEW.

rave aireauy 1oioWed with interest in tn
pages OF the magazines, appear in book form
One is The Beguni's Daughter QIttle. Brow1
& Co, j. R. Weldin & Coz The other ;s T,h
Merry Chd'ater (the Century Co., ]. R, Weld,,
d Coz "The Begum's Daughter" appeared i,
Scrfoner's Magazine with Mr. Edwin Lassete
BynDe's name signed to il. 'IThe Merr,
Chanter" appeared in the Century Magazine
MI. Frank r. Stockton is the author. w,
have no subtractions to make from the word
OF commenoarion with which we have wei
coined the intallments of these stories in oul
magazine reviews They are not at all alike
except in the fact that each Of them Is inter
esting from cover to cover, and that eact
writer is master of clear, attractive, incisive
and graphic English.
Various other works appear this week upon
The Critics table, Los Cerritos John W.
Lowell Coz by Gertrude Franklin Atheron, ii
described on the title page as "a romance OF
fne t modern time A preliminary word" in.
| forms us that the book contains dialect
| entirely new 70 American literature. Entirely
new 10 any literature, the author might have
said. The speaker of this unexpected dialect
Is the native Californian. He caught her in
sudden, hard embrace and kissed her until the
| mountain reeled beneath them, and the forest
| mum d1nned in their ears as if all the sounds of
earth were In that lonely spot" The readers
VINO always begins novels at the last chapter
VIII come speedily upon the record of this anna
tory earthquake, this cyclonic OSCILLATION. 1t
Is f; as unique IN literature as the native Cali.
no other book within ten miles "Los Cerritos''
would not be such bad reading.
IS
&c EsAR's COLUMN" IF. ]. Schulle & Cc.),
follows in the wake of Looking Back
ward" 1t is story of the twentieth century.
Edmund Brisguilbert, M. D., is the name on the
title page. The doctor has given up his patient.
Or, II not so bad as that he has informed him
that he lies in very precarious condition. The
note OF Cassandra sounds IN the book. Instead
OF that fair land of sunshine. and brotherly
love. and ward kitchen and plenty of money
which Mr.. Bellamy has promised us, we are
given seat upon the broken arch of London
bridge and invited to view the ruins of st.
faurs. Caesars Column" is a description of
the overthrow of civilization. 1t is written in
most earnest spirit, and is meant to be a serious
warning.
1871. Il Tale of San Domingo John Murphy
& Coz. is a book with which Cardinal Gibbons
is well pleased. He thinks it would be "a very
entertaining book for the pupils of our
schools" and he would "be pleased if the su-
ieees would include it among the the
works they intend to bestow as
premiums at the next commencement season.
In1s story which was printed serlally in the
Catholic World, has for its historical basis the
insurrection Of the slaves In 17ol at San Domin-
SO and the destruction of the old French col
ony. The negro question comes in for discus
sion.
"NATURE's SERIAL STORY" Dodd, Mead &
Co. 80 cents) is one in a series of paper
covered editions of E. P. Roe's popular stories.
The death of the author has made no Interrupt
tion in the sale of his books. They are still
published in editions of fifty to hundred
thousand, and are bought eagerly by interested
readers.
BeAa's Blue Book is another of the Worth
lngton Companys publications with w. Martin
Johnson's awkward illustrations. Bella was
very blue when she wrote this book. Vipier
Is by W. e. Hudson, whose Jack Gordon" we
noticed several weeks ago. 1t is a dramatic
story.
The History of the Gfrtys (Robert Clarke &
Co., ]. R. Weldin e. Coy is an exceIlently
printed and carefully written book by c. W.
Butterfeld, describing the adventures and
spon Of fhe Grty br9sherThomas
the last century and in Western Pennsylvania.
These men were Indian leaders, men who led
bands OF savages against their own country
Pittsburgers of heir day.
Elensis privately printed) and In the Morn
ING "a D. F. Randolph & Co., sly are two
poetry. In the Morning is by Willis Boyd
Allen. 1t opens with this charming little bit of
verse in the old-time spelling:
AT CHRYsTEMAsE TYDE.
Two some thynges there be-
Ay, three;
A Neste from which ye FledglIngs have been
Lamb forsaken.
A Petal from ye Wilde Rose rudely shaken.
or gladde thynges there be more
Larke above az ye tGae Ulds Neste blithely singing
AWiIde Rose clingine
In safety to ye Rock, shepherde brlnging
Lamb, found, In his arms-and Chrystemase
Bells a-ringing.
"The Eternal Questioning, Whence and
WhyP" runs through the cantos of 'Elenss,"
ending in no answer.
Bruised bleeding, blind, groan and sigh
The Eternal Silence answers back.n
A N uplifting and helpful book is the Life of
George II. Stuart q. NJ. Stoddart & COY.
1t is the autobiography of notable citizen of
Philadelphia, a Presbyterian, Sunday school
worker, active in the Young Mems Christian
Association, interested in all good work, mot
the Lord.'
4 Strike of Millionoires against Miners
(Belford-Clarke Company IS by H. D. Lloyd
and is number one in "Our Bad Wealth" SERIES
time that our bad wealth came to an end" Mr.. |
Lloyd tells the story of the mining troubles at
Spring Valley. tits pretty bad story as Mr.. |
Lloyd tells it. And story which. it is to be |
feared, is but one out of many. The story of |
Spring Valley needs but a change of names |
and few details to be the story of Braidwood, |
away to be TRANSMITTED into the dividends of a |
millionaire coal miner of Beacon street, Boston.
II needs but a few changes to be the story of |
Punxsutawney, where starving foreigners have |
eaten up all the dogs in the country to keep |
themselves loyalty alive to dig coal again when |
their masters reopen the coal kennels, and |
Scranton and the Lehigh Valley, where the |
hard, very hard. coal barons of Pennsylvania |
manufacture artificial inter tor II months of |
every year. 1t needs but few changes |
to be the story of Brazil, Ind,
out their thousands of miners last year until |
their wives and children grew transparent |
enough to be glasses through which the miners |
could read. though darkly, the terms of sur
render which they had to accept. 1t needs but |
few changes to be the story of the Hooking
Valley, where Pinkerton gunpowder was
burned to give the light by which Labor could |
read "the four contracts its brother Capital
wanted 1t to sign-or the story Of the Reading
where, as the Congressional commit |
tee of lSS7-lSSS reported, the employers pro-
voked the miners to riot. and then shot the
rioters legally"
UPRIGHT SKIES AND DARK SHADOWS"
(Charles Scribner's Sons, ]. r. Weldln q
Co., 81 SOY mingle in DR.. Fields account of his
pleasant vacation sojourn in the South. The
black belt and the race problem. the negro
vote, the capacity of the negro are topics
which are dwelt upon. 1--WE cannot fight
against instinct" DR.. Field says. ''nor
legislate against it; If we do we
we shall find it stronger than our revolutions
aad our laws" AS for suffrage the writer is
cfples He would have It restricted among
whites as well as blacks. on much the same
lines which Henry w. Grady insisted upon,
etting eyerybod, vote who knows enough to
Hot0 to Use Fruits (Fowler q Wells, ]. r.
Weldin & Co.. ST. by Mr.. Hester NJ. Poole is
sensible little manual for housekeepers, con-
PREPARATION of foreign and domestic fruitsn