Morning journal and courier., 1890-11-27
REGENT PUBLICATIONS.

From an Old Love Letter." by Irene
G. Jerome. A charming Christmas gift
book of well-chosen words of love from
Thomas Kempis, and holy scripture illu-
minated as in the ancient missals. 1t is
tied with silken cords, and seal, with
emblematic stamp, holds the cords to the
illuminated cover. 1t is neatly packed in
box by its publishers, Lee & Shepard, of
Boston.
''Summerland," by Margaret MacDon-
| aid Pullman. Boston; Lee & Shepard.) }
One of those exquisite books of etchings
and engravings with bits of poetry and
| dainty binding), which herald the holidays
and finally make glad the lover of the
| beautiful at Christmas. 1t is bound in
unique style of dark and light, with gold
en- blossoms on the cover and with gilt
| edges. 1t is large volume and put up
neatly in box, which protects its beauty
from too careless handling. Amid the
| SHOWS of winter it will be a delicious priv
| ilege to turn these smooth pages of "Sum-
merland" and perceive the shimmering
brightness of bright vacation days.
"All Around the Year 1884," by J..
Pauline Sumter. Boston; Lee & Shepard.
Price fifty cents.l A quaint and beautiful
calendar designed in sepiatint and color.
It is printed on heavy cardboard, gilt
edges, with chain, tassels and rings. Size
four and three-fourth by five and one-half
inches. Boxed neatly, and the cards are
tastily tied with white silk cord. The
chubby children drawn in the picturesque
style Of the artist will attract many who
shall be looking for handsome and deli
cate calendar as gift for the new year.
sOur Destiny" The influence of ma
say in ethics by Laurence Gronlund, A
NJ. Boston; Lee & Shepard, 10 no., 81!
pages Price fifty cents.) The autho
takes for his motto the words of Emerson
Glitch thy wagon to a star" and dedi
, Gates his book "To My Wife" The chap
. ters are entitled: The Soil; the Socia
Bond; Contradictions; Duty or Justice
Love; God in Humanity; the Hereafter
. The author speaks as an optimist and n
| Dukes the pessimism of the age. Tn
book will be read with interest by all VIII
: are alive to the welfare of humanity
= though readers may sometimes differ froi
y the author as to the methods of evolyin
order out of the chaos he describes.
"The Cooperative Commonwealth.
a An exposition of socialism by Laurene
Gronlund, NJ. A., author of "Ca Ira l., {
Dante in the French Revolution" et
"My object is not to make people reat
t but to make them think nk"-Montesquiel
's Boston; Lee & Shepard, IL mo-, 3O4 p
10 ges; paper, fifty cents.) This is revise
and enlarged edition of work which
thought by some to have suggested Bell
i. my's ''Looking Backward" The chapter
q are entitled: The Profit System; Soci
Anarchy; the elimination; the Sphere
10 the State; the Cooperative Commo
n wealth; Social Economy; Democracy v
:. monwealth; Administration of Justic
II Woman in the Cooperative Commo
wealth; Education ditto; Morals ditto; t
= Coming Revolution. The author seer
~ hopeful concerning the future of o
O. country if the socialistic experiment G
ii be fully carried out. Peace and prospe
ne ty attend obedience to the golden rule
NJ any land.
sIife of Viscount Palmerston,n
:, :, Lloyd G. Sanders. Philadelphia; J.
=. Lippincott Co., 10 mo-, PAT pages; cloi
:, seventy-five cents.) This somewhat br
~ but valuable biography of premier
:, Great Britain, whose fame is assured,
ala one of the International Statesman seri
and appears to be fair statement of
=, main facts in the career of the great Bl
no ish statesman, and sketch of his char
m ter written in friendly spirit, not o.
ry critical. Lord Palmerston's remains +
rs. in that place of honor, Westminster !
- hey, where, at his funeral, the manifes
an tions of popular sympathy were great,
tes the nation loved and honored its AZ
ith counsellor. An index adds to the value
Nv the book.
hv 'Life of Lord Beaconsfeld," by T.
for Kebbel. philadelphia; ]. B. Lippinc
ish Co., 10 mo-, 212 pages; seventy-avs Gel
,;al cloth.) This is one of the Internatio
70. Statesman series, and is very f
ain though brie, biography of Benjamin D
' raeli, once prime minister of Great
ow tain. He was known extensively as 4
ms. of letters, and his early novels had a "
circulation in this country. OF his Il
srai works "Lothair" was best known in An
Of lea. He wrote both prose and verse, !