The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-26
BOOKS and AUTHORS.

HISTORY OF MY PETS. STORIES OF
MY CHILDHOOD. BD Grace GreenUood
These two books deserve to rank as English
Juvenile classics, and should stand on the same
shelf with "Crusoe," Anderseu's and Miss
Edgeworth's stories. In the new edition. Just
published by the United States Book Company,
successor to LOVELY New York, revised by
the author, and illustrated by Klepper, they
are as attractive in appearance as IN contents.
Mrs. Lippincott, who is soon to become again
resident of Washington, has introduced an
agreeable personal quality by speaking so
frankly and unreservedly of her own carly ex-
periences. thereby gaining charm not pos
sessed by mere fiction. The lessons Of morals
and manners conveyed are most admirable,
ana all the more effective because not Insisted
upon, but growing naturally out of the actual
events described. The authors own humane,
loving, and noble spirit speaks in every line.
ana cannot fail to excite even in the youngest
reader the same emotions felt by the writer
fortunate are the children who acquire ideas
OF courage, gentleness, honor, and sympathy
with all animate nature so pleasantly as from
these books. "Stories of My Childhood" have
perhaps the more variety, but the History of
My Pets" has poetic element that will win all
hearts.
STORIES OF OLD NEW SPAIN. Bu
Thomas A. Jdnpier. Very charming in style
and interesting in incident are the nine stories
OF Mexico contained in this volume. They are
full OF the quaint, old-time spirit of an earlier
civilization, and the very tone of the sentences
is calculated to put one in touch with the
people and the cline which their gifted author
knows and describes so well, The narratives
move along with a graceful lesureliness most
restfu in its effects on the reader, yet they are
Frightened up with soft sketches of scenery,
sympathetic description of popular traits and
customs, and cleverly drawn outlines of
character. Altogether these stories give a
most fascinating insight into the life, the
religion, and the superstitions of Mexico. ID.
Appleton & Co., publishers, New York; for sale
at Brentano's.
ELECTRICITY. By e. NJ. Cdtllard. This
compact volume of over three hundred pages
is intended as a sketch for general readers of
the science of the nineteenth century," The
aim OF the writer has been to give such an out
line OF modern electrical science as may read
lily be understood by readers who have no pre-
vious acquaintance with the subject, and who,
though unable to make serious study of it,
wish to acquire sufficient knowledge to enable
them to follow with intelligent interest the
marvellous and rapid progress which is being
made in this overwhelming field. The book is
written in style in keeping with these AIMS
and will be found highly entertaining as well
as instructive by all who wish to acquire the
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published by the Appletons and for sale in this
city at Brentano's.
THE STA ATESMEN'S YEAR BOOK for 1891
has been issued and is sent by Robert Beall
the Avenue bookseller This number of this
invaluable publication shows the steady inn
prOvement which never fails to distinguish
each succeeding issue from those that
went before. 1t is fuller, covers a broader
field and wider range of subjects and if pos-
sibie shows greater care in its preparation than
ever before. 1.-THE Statesmen's Year Book" is
publication that no public man, writer, or
Journalist can well afford to miss from his desk
Ihe May Arena opens with paper by @.
Wood Davis on 1.-THE Wheat Supply of Europe
and America" probably the most exhaustive
examination of the wheat problem that has
ever appeared in a review. Professor Emil
Blum. late of Odessa, Russia, contributes
striking article on Russia of To-day" Pro-
fessor Blum takes very different view from
that set forth by Stepniak and other exiles. A
notable feature of this number is the debate
on the subject, us Spiritualism Worth Inves-
tigating?" by Julian Hawthorne and Rev.
Minot j. Savage. Paul Blouet Max ORelD
writes in most entertaining manner
on '"rhe Anglo-Saxon 'Unco' Guild"
Abram s. 1saacs. professor of Hebrew
in the University of New York and
editor of the Jeloish Messenger, contributes the
second paper of the Arend's series on the
worlds great religions, entitled, ''What is
Judaism2" Will Allen Dromgoole continues
the Malungeon papers, giving the origin and
rise of this strange people. The editor con-
tributes strong plea for freedom in an edi-
torial of more than ten pages, entitled "Is
Socialism Desirable?"
Nos. 8 and in D. Appleton Co.'s Evolution
Series are "The Scientific Method" by Francis
Ellingwood Abbot Phi. D., and Hubert Spen-
GERS Synthetic Philosophy" by Benjamin F.
Underwood. AS before stated, these PAM
phlets are made up of lectures and discussions
before the Brooklyn Ethical Association.