The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-31
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

THE TALE OF WEALTH, by James Paxton
voorhees,, seems TO have been written more "a
an exercise in style than in story telling The su-
thor appears to have been perusing with admira-
ton the prolix and dscursve pages of Sterne and
Smollett and to have sac down with the purpose
OF trying what he could do in the same line He
pas succeeded in conveying his ideas in a round
ABOUT tashion that ought to delight the lovers of
eighteenth.century light literature. But the inn
patient novel-reader of the day, who Graves eter-
nal action, an unceasng succession of dramatic
incident, to keep his pulse fever-fast will hardly
be fascinated by Mr.. Voorhees, elaborate elucf-
there is in "rhe Tale of WEALTH seems slow and
labored, so weighted down is it with verbal trap
ergetic correctness, but is halted. hindered
reined this way and that, like a fractions horse
by an unpracticed rider, with digressions qualih-
cations, and Interruptions amending, until the
reader quite forRets whence he came or whittier
author desired to produced And T SO TSe Tae tIe
OF wealth" may be set down as a success be its
readers M many or few 1t is printed and for sale
Usher and bookseller.
THREE MEN IN 4 BOA T is the latest OUTPUT.
OF that prolific, versatile, and amusing English
author and playwright, Jerome X. Jerome.
There nre few incidents in the story of the trip
up the Thames that have not before many times
been related by and of other people. But, with
only one or two exceptions, they are all made
T freshly amusing by Mr.. Jerome's quaint knack
oil telling them. His way of looking at things
and rendering them is decidedly that of the
american rather than the English school of
Men in Boat" will be widely read in America
No one who enjoys capital nonsense should ne
giect to get 1t. Brentapo has it on sale.
The leading article in the September Forum,
Money Interests in Political Affairs" by E. L.
Godkin, should be read by every citizen who be.
lieves that this Government should be admins
tered for the highest interests of all classes and
not for the pecuniary benefit of manufacturers,
railroads, trusts, or monopolists 1t is masterly
that now confront the American American 4Iss. people.
to Senator Chandler on ''The Federal Control dpc Of
Elections" President G. Stanley Hall, of the
practical suggestions on the training of teachers
0f educational value also is the article by Edward
essay this month on Formative @ fntinePpees
Professor Young, of Princeton, explains 1.-THE
latest AstronemSal News reporting all recent
terest. Another article of the same general
kind is Projection Against Tornadoes," by
known railroad lawyer,explains the waste in the
present methods of railway reorgaDization.
ing out the lines of the Christianity of the future
from an orthodox point of view, points out the
chlet hlndrances to true development of the
religion of Christ that have been encountered by
the churches.
Ihere are number of notable articles on i'm
portant questions of the day, political social, and
scientific, in the September Arena. First comes
ton temperate and e statesmanike presenta- ss
ton from the Southern Standpoint. indicating
depHEtaton Ei9a as the final solution Rev Samuel
and Divorce Laws:' Richard Hodgson has an
other article on "Psychical Research" Professor
Creighton discusses "Vaccinaton,' and James
hialf, Jr., attempts an estimate of Gladstone's
under nth the title he Living
OF the Arena is an excellent portrait of Glad
stone.
The September Belford has varied table of con-
tents, touching on wide range of timely topics.
Among the list of contributors are L. Thomas
The Race Problems" Julian Hawthorne, whose
artlcle is on "Gymnastic Systems;'' James w.
press on American Life;" Admiral Porter, who
Ewes Ewes the n rst of series Of papers on "Lncons
OF poems, short stories, and miscellaneous liter
airy articles.
Lieut.. John P. Finley, who has charge of that
department of the meteorological service of the
Government which has made special study of
tornadoes, has contributed to the September
number OF the Forum an article in which he
sums up the results Of the Governments work
He explains the formation and characteristics
OF storms in the United States, gives statistics
OF their occurrence and the damage they do and
makes specific recommendations to protection
against them both for life and for property.
1.-THE Love Letters of Portuguese Num- is the
striking title of dainty little volume which the
Cassell Publishing Company will publish in Oc-
tober. These love letters are not works of the
imagination, but were written early in the sew
beauty to French officer who had won her love
despite convent bars, and then lightly tossed it
aside. The little book is well known in France,
where it is regarded as classic.
1t is pleasure to know that James Russell
Lowell has almost completely recovered from his
recent illness. He has divided his summer be-
tween Cambridge and scarborough. physi-
clan who saw and talked with him recently says
he never saw the poets power of keen analysis
more skifully put forth than in their discussion.
With the ART Interchange of August 30 is given
very pretty italian fruit scene in color 1t is
called "A Sunny Day." and shows peasant
woman at the foot of flight of steps with a sec
ond hgure in the distance. A second supplement-
shows series of admirable designs for the deco
ration of a full tea service.
Oscar Wildes uncanny story, "The Picture of
Dorian Gray" which brought far more severe
reprobation on Lippincott's, where it originally
appeared, than did the publication of Amelie
Rives, THE Quick or the Dead 2" has been issued
in cheap form by j. S. Ogilvie & Co., New York.
Worthington Company announce for immedi-
ate publication GATHERINGS Coquetries," by Ca
mile Debans, translated by Leon Mead and illus
trated with photogravures. This is said to be
strong, dramatic story OF French country life.
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