The daily critic., 1890-11-05
wAsnryaroy. D. o. Nou ). Nv.

WAsHrNGroN, d. G.. Nov 5. 1890.
GILBERT E1cARs Soy. hyIIARRtEr
RIDDLE DAVIS. Published bv G.. =.
purNAu's Sons, New York. and for
sale In Washington by BENE. ls5 Penn.
sylvauia avenue. The author has laid
the scene Of her story 10 Montgomery
County, Maryland, and the actors are
members Of the Society Of Friends
The plot Is not original, hut the incl
dents are well described and the story
ends, az all novels should with the
complete happiness Of the hero and
heroine Gilbert Cigars son Is
an only daughter who % make up for
her fathers disappointment that she IS
u Girl, determines tn be 10 him what a
son should have been. She Is accord.
inply educated as young man 10 her
place would have been. and when
financial disaster ovcriakcs the family
and the father dies, she takes bold of
the farm and runs it successfully, at
the same time pursuing her study OF
The languages and engaging IN other
intellectual recrCauous Shois beauty,
Of course, and when n cousin, the play.
mate of her early days. rich. handsome
and well educated appears ON the scene
and falls In love with her, she rejects
him as any other independent young
woman In her circumstances would do
She finally surreuders, however, aud an
old.fashIoncd wedding concludes the
stHy.
"iooNNr FpTuEU BA.hwAup." by
Auuu uunLEl NINroN, formerly
uanIgiu1 editor of the "Nor'h Amer.
joan Review, is uuuyl the iuaiIcn
e. which. laid in the twenty lrst
century, are depicted 90 show the Ie-
molaIying effects thu would follow
iho adoption OF iba Nrlpaali-' thergy
Of EuwEu BluANn Tho author
point out the radical loss 1r iullsHud
ism and independent manhood that
would follow the long continued exist.
crce OF the BEItluF form of sgver1.
meni. aud believing the poets theory
that "loye rules The camp, the grave,
weayes Ia "a romance that will make
The book acceptable 10 the average
reader of dcu1u The volume O. fir
sale by the Albluy Book Company, ai
State street Albany \. T., at 3 per
copy cloih, and so rents, paper
">TArEsuEN DI-uEs AyD How ro
CUoK TuEa collection OF practical
autogruphia recipes by the prominent
ladies Of the Capital The list is beaded
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ladies OF the Cabinet of the Supreme
Count and the Senatorial circle All CON
tribute from their 0wu housekeeping
experiences. Mrs HAHBisoN tells how
90 make clear SOUP Mrs. CARLISLE,
gumUU Mrs FULLER gives an original
recipe f0r Goldfish balls and ex Secre-
tary BAIAEp one for teFrapin; Mrs
QUAY tells how 10 prepare deyiled
crabs MIS- REED 70 bake chickens, and
Mrs INGALLS, 10 roast a duck. Tue
book is published by the National Tri-
bnHf, costs 81 copy and will doubtless
have a large sale.
LIFE WTTH THE Forty SMITH
MAssACHUsETTs Volunteers is an in
terestiug little volume, detailing the
Individual experiences Of a private
soldier in the late war, and containing
also 8 fun account Of the movements of
he regiment from its formation until
irs dismembcrmpnr. While the book Is
chiefly interesting To the iuiiyidua
embeIs ai the regiment 10 c1uJaius
many facts giyiu r. avaua 20 the gen
ual reader lts suIhar. Mr HEyRY L.
-1oHNI. Ias a1 effective l1l enferaiI
Iig style, ana his baak viii doIbtl--s
popular outside uf the limited mum
"a fIT whom {. possesses "a persona. 10
t,Eest The book Is for sale Ct BRES-
IANo-
AGAINST HEAVY ODDS a Tale OF
Horse Her9ism, published by Charles
rCnHSEB Sons, NeE York. IS a 1rsezY
story by H. III B1IEsgN Ihe scene Is
lail in Norway and the hero Is youth
Who beats down every obstacle lgi
who ugr only Commands success. bgt
deserves 70, aai finally msrries tle
daughter 0f bis rich crafty ana dis
honest enemy whose terrible fate 70 Is
10 ind living grave in his own money
vault The book, attFac,iyely bound iu
cloth Is f5r sale a. 81 hy W. II MoR-
M~aS In Ibis city.
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