The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-09-08
BOOKS OF THE TIME.

of 1880. There is less of personal comment
in this volume than In the preceding ones.
though there is a sketch of Louis XVIII,
which shows him to have been very weak
and vain. The long chapter on the work Of
the Congress of Vienna throws consider
able light ON an important passage In
European history. Particularly readable
is that portion which recounts the events
of the hundred days when Napoleon swept
over France and his old army rose almost
as one man to welcome him. An interest
ing feature of this volume is Talleyrands
reply to the charges that he had a hand In
the assassination of the Duke d'Enghein.
He makes il very clear that the crime
could not be laid at his door. The entire
volume will be found interesting by
students of European history. It contains
ferent periods Cloth. $3.50. New York:
q. Il. Putnam'e Sons. Indianapolis: Bowen
Merrill Company.
The late DR.. Samuel G. Howe, of Boston,
was q man of very strong and marked char
acter and had remarkably interesting
career. From his earliest youth he showed
n generous enthusiasm for the cause OF the
oppressed that led him to become identified
with some of the greatest movements of
the times. In Europe we'll as in this
country. The story of his life is we'll told
in q volume entitled ''Dr. S. G. Howe, the
Phflanthropist" by T. b. Sanborn. One
chapter. devoted to the period of Howc's
youthful daring, tells of the time when,
fired by enthusiasm for the causo of Greece.
and with singleness of purpose OF which
Lord Byron affords perhaps the only other
example, be girded on his sword In the
cause of Hellenic liberation from the Turk
lsh yoke. He also became identified with
the Polish cause and was thrown into
lie
services IN the cause of educating the blind
are we'll known. He also engaged in tho
political conflicts of his time and was a
power In the anti-slavery cause. His life
series, by Funk ~ Wagnalls, New York;
cloth. $3.50. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill
company.
A new work by an Indiana author is
Mercy Deering, or Faith against Infideli-
ty," by Kew. David BARLEY. AS the book
is written in the form of fiction it may be
called q novel. but it is not one Of the ex-
citing kind. Its real purpose is to present
moral truths and religious convictions. and
this is done through the channel of CONVEX
sations between characters intended to
typIfy real persons. The ethical aim of the
book is nowhere overshadowed by its
dramatic quality. and the reader Is in no
danger of losing sight of its moral purpose.
and it can safely be placed in the hands of
any Young person who may express desire
to read it. The argument of tho work is
indicated in the subtitle of Faith against
triumph OF faith. 1t is published by. John
Ii. Alden, New York. and is sold by the
Bowen-Merrill Company at IS cents.
botanists and leaf collectors is THE Leaf
Collectors Hand book and Herbarium." 1t
10 specially designed as an aid in the preser-
vatlon and classification of specimen leaves
of the trees of northeastern America. The
author, Charles S. Newhall, Is an authority
in tree lore This volume is OF generous
size. and contains engravings of the leaves
OF q large number of trees, with a blank
page opposite each engraving to receive
tho natural leaf. There are also directions
for collecting and classifying leaves. 1t is
Bile in the woods. and q good handbook for
botanists Illustrated; CLOTH 60. New York:
G. p. Putnam's Sons. Indianapolis: Bowen
Merrill Company.
The Cruise of q Land Yacht" by Sylves-
ter Baxter, is the story of q journey made
by a select party of ladies and gentlemen
in private car from Boston to and through
Mexico. The subject is not very novel, but
it is made to appear very fresh In this
volume. Instead of the ordinary style of
travel narrative the author has adopted
bright colloqulal style by which the reader
seems to accompany the party and become
acquainted with it's individual members
all of whom are worth knowing. The result
is a bright. readable and instructive book,
particularly well adapted for young people.
1t is handsomely illustrated by l.. j. BridG-
man. Published by the Authors Mutual
Publishing Company, Boston, Mass
Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati. publish
beginnings of Literary Culture in the
Ohio Valley by w. II. Venable. 1t is
comprehensive survey of the cultural ele-
ments of early Western society from the
first settlement of the Mississippi valley
down to the middle of the present century.
1t might be called history of the origin.
rise and development of native Western
literature. The sketches of literary enter
prises. events and people are very full and
evince much industry in compilation. lt is
the most complete work of the kind eX-
tant and embraces great deal of interest
Ing matter.
The Cleaning and Sewerage of Cities"
by X. Baumester, professor of the Tech
nical Institute OF Carlsruhe. is an exhaust
i've treatise on the subject of sewerage.
sewage disposal. street-cleaning, etc. AL
though written for German engineers and
for conditions prevalent in the German
empire. it contains much valuable infOrma-
tion applicable in all cities. IL is trans
lated from the German b. j. NJ. Goodeil
associate editor of the Engineering News.
and is published by the Engineering News
Publishing Company, New York. Illus
trated; CLOTH $3.50.
timely contribution to current theolog-
ical discussion is volume entitled
Church and Creed" by the Rev. r. Heber
Newton. The three parts are entitled. re-
spectively. Christianity not Ecclesias-
ticism." THE Nicene Creed Franchise Of
Freedom and n Charter of Comprehension"
and How To Read n Creed" The topics
| suggested by these letters are discussed in
q broad and liberal spirit. Cloth, % cents.
New York: e.. L. Putnan's Sons; lndianep-
ellis: Bowen Merrill Company.
Admirers of Marie Bashkirtseff may like to
pursue their acquaintance with the young
lady in Letters of Marie Bashkirtseff."
translated by Mary J. Serrano. The letters
have much the same sort of interest that
| tho authors diary had IN that they reveal
her character. Otherwise they do not pos
| sess much literary OF artistic merit. There
Is q frontlspiece portrait of the author.
| New York: Cassell Publishing Company;
| Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill Company.
A dainty little volume entitled THE Ad-
ventures of Three W Worthless" contains three
stories bv Clinton Ross, author of The
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