The morning call., 1891-04-05
LITERATURE.

LITERATURE.
E&ErEDDA GABLER-By Henrik Ihsen.
III New York: The United States Book
HSHA Company; 27S pages g cloth 81 This is
presented translation of this popular
authors new drama in four acts. pub
lisbej simultaneously with the original in
Copenhagen. Not to have read Ibsen is an
admission that one is out of fashion or not
progressive, and those who have heard of
this gifted writer-and who has nOt?-and
have not as yet taken upon themselves
to read TRANSACTIONS of his writings will find
In this new work an excellent example of
his style. 1t shows his genius and is real
lsuc presentation of facts Just as he found
item and it shows that he has in this, as in
other works, the courage to express his con-
vIctlons. For sale by the Bancroft Com
pany.
THE CoMPoUNDING OF ENGLISH WORDS.
by f. Horace Teal. New York: John
Ireland. Cloth, 223 PIP, 81 25) This work
has been prepared for authors, printers,
teachers and others VINO care for the correct
writing of English. and may be set down as
the hrst systematic attempt to disentangIe
the perplexities of English compoundiug
In this work, which is a very instructive
one, the author does in measure stralghten
out the greatest of all tangles in the English
language, whether certain words should be
compounded, used as two words or run in as
one word. something upon which no half
dozen authors, writers, printers or proof
readers have as yet been able to agree, and
by the method adopted by him has done
much toward Il settlement Of this veXed
question. The author says that he has de-
voted most of his available time to the
study of English in regard to the compound
ing OF words, and that he soon discovered
that all rules heretofore promulgated are
practically yalueless. maisly because they
are not based upon any real synthetic prin-
ciples. The work cOmmendS itself 10 those
whOlwish to write according to the most ap-
proved style.
FHoM OCEAN TO OCEAN-By Ballington
Booth. (New York: j. S. Ogilvie. 1S6 pages,
cloth ST. paper % centS.) This is neatly
printed book in which Commissioner Bal
lngton Booth of the Salvation Army gives
In narrative form the story of the march
of the army from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
1t gives in an instructive and entertaining
manner great deal of information that is
valuable, not only because it tells what the
army has done but what it proposes to
do for the elevation of the human race.
The writer says: 1.-The figures which
we quote are not the largest that
could be given, and we have space to fur
niSh only portion OF the facts which have
narrowed our hearts. Nor is this a history
OF our social condition; tits rather partial
report OF What we have done during the last
last year. The need of the aImy's battle
field may force us or others to face and
print more than this chronicle contains"
In view of the attention that the proposed
work in behalf of the down-trodden classes
that army announces it will do, this work
Will prove Interesting.
MoNEY-By Emile lola. Boston: Ben
jamin X. Tucker. Cloth, 435 pp.) This,
one of two American editions of the same
novel, is printed in large type upon clear pa
per, and on comparison it proves TO be by
far the best translation, as it follows the au-
thor more closely and bears evidence Of not
having been rushed in order to get it on the
market No book ever translated carries in
the translation all the fine points in writing
that are brought out by the writer in the
original, but there are some who have the
power to make the translation so clear andso
natural that the ideas and expressions Of the
author are brought out almost as strongly
as lie wrote them. MIR. Tucker, who is the
translator of this new work as well as the
publisher, has the faculty alluded to, aud
the translation he offers is most accepta-
BILE one, as it gives in good English what the
author has written in French. This novel,
rs previously announced in this column, is
one that treats of finance interviewer with
love, ard is one of the best works of this
prolific author
A SOCIAL METEoR-By Clement R. Mar
ley. (New York: Street d Smith. 299 pp.)
A very interesting novel is "a Social Me-
teor," which has been issued as an addition
to the widely read series known as 1.-The
Primrose" The story, an American one, is
well told, and is one Of those that is taken
up and read with pleasure by the lovers OF
works OF fiction.
A neat little volume. entitled "The Sol
dieI's First Aid Handbook" has just made
its appearance FROM the press of an East
,At1l1 / -fear tal nTln rod
for publication very short time before its
author, William d. Dietz, shot and killed
both himself and wife at AlcatraZ Island,
toward the close Of last January. The au-
thor was Captain and Assistant Surgeon of
the United States Army at the island, and
was a very talented man, and the cause of
his rash act was attributed to temporary
Insanity. The preface of the handbook
was dated from AlcatraZ last December. 1t
comprises a series of lectures to mem bers
of the hospital corps and company bearers,
and is intended to instruct bearers who
render first aid, and also to contribute 10
facilitate the work of the medical officer in
the preparation of his lectures to enlisted
men and to line officers who may have to
meet emergencies Ill the absence If the sur
geon. The handbook has been adopted by
the army, and is being sent TO the medical
officers OF all the departments.
Am I Jew or a Gentle? ?" is the title of
u unlQut DOUh, WHICH Dy 1IOilttS a.
Davies, close student of the Bible. la this
the writer presents the geuealOgy of Chris,
to prove his divinity. The work is the
resume or cOrollary from the various publ
cations on the same general subject by the
author which have extended through pc
Rod of forty years, and can be stated sue
cinctlY as misuse of two English words in
the King James Bible-the one word being !
man, used Unfortunately tor Adam and
the Adam in the Genesis, and the other the
word $50" at the head of Genesis j: 81. in
the place of and" the proper Hebrew
word. 1t is the purpose OF the writer to cor
rect the alleged errors of ages in relation to
most important subjects. 1t is remarkable
for Its originality, and is one that no doubt
W i'll attract the attention of theologianS and
many general readers. The work is pub
lished by E. II. Coffin of New York.
"Attilla, the Hun" is one of the latest
novels added by the Minerva Publishing
Company of New York to . The Minerva
Series" of works OF fiction. 1t is an excel
lent translation from the German of Felix
Dahn novelist who occupies prominent
position in his country and whose transla-
lions have been well received in this. The
novel is very entertaining one and it de-
serves large class OF readers.
"Three Months With the New York
Herald is the title OF paper-c overed book
written by Captain A. Minott Wright and
published Tor the author by William Bev-
erly Wright 1t is the reflections of the
Captain upon reading old news on board of
homeward- bound vessel, and is tribute
to the enterprise of the modern newspaper.
Magazine and Other Notes.
1.-THE Magazine of American History"
for April is Il number that, as the ones pre-
vously issued, is iuli Of subjects of the ut
most interest 10 the students of American
history, and not only to the student but to
the casual reader, who will find in it evil
dences of deep research in to the past and
the presentation of facts that make highly
entertaining reading. The leading article
is THE Chesapeake and Lieutenant Lud-
low" an account of the conflict between
the United States frigate Chesapeake and
the English frigate Shannon.
Scribner's Magazine" for April marks
the beginning of the richly illustrated series