The National tribune., 1891-11-26
RECENT LITERATURE.

LITTLE CAPTAIN DOPPLEEOP. By IngersoII
Lockwood. Published by Lee & shepard. Bo--
ton. MD for sale by Breutauo's. Washington.
Price g..
Little Baron Trump aud Little Giant
BOab have at two succeeding holiday seasons
appeared 70 fll the little boys and girls with
wonder and fascination. Far from writing
himself out. we must acknowledge that Mr..
Lock woods imagination is more productive %
odd conceits than ever. Clifton Johnson. the
artist, has admirably entered into the authors
humOF.
NEW AND TRUE. BY Mary Wiley shaner.
Published by lee & Shepard, Boston, and FOR
sale by EreuRuo's, Washington. Price s..
This volume Of verses for children is en-
tirsly new aud original. The Illustrations will
delight the baby's eye and heart. They are
by such we'll known artists as Lavina Ehbing-
hansen, Jessie Wilcox Smith. Jessie BlrDcr-
mott. J. Augustus Beck and Herman Ftber
The book is royal octave, bound durably and
handsomely IN plain cloth, set of by touches Of
black and gold.
GRANDFATHER GREY. A Poem. BY Kate
Tauera;t Woods. Illustrated by Charles Cope
land. Published hv Lee 4 shepard. Boston. aud
for sale by EreHtauo's Washington.
A companion 10 Grandmother Grey" that
pretty lOve-pOem Of we Olden tyne" that
sprang into instant favoritism a year ago.
There is the same charming simplicity Of style
aud strength aud beauty Of thought. 10 Is IN
idyI Of cid New England. told with exquisite
faithfnlness by both pen and pencil. This
poem j. printed on fine cut paper. royal 5vo IN
size and richly bound in two cOiors, embel-
lished with gilt.
MOSTLY MARJORIE DAY By vireInia Town
send Published by Lee 4 shepard. Bo-jon. aid
for sale by BreHtsnO's. Washington. Price 81 5U.
Miss Towusend's name Is a sufficient guar
tee that there is a treat in store for the readers
Of her new novel. Her influence is always for
good and her characters are healthy vigorous
wide-awake people, not too good % have really
lived on this earth. Marjorie Day" is a grand
story, graudly told. The heroine Is a brave
unconventional woman with noble ideals and
the courage 10 attempt to live up 70 them in
this w0rkaday world.
A MARRIAGE FOR LOVE BY I.udovic Halevy.
Of the Academic Frnneaise. Published by DOdd,
Mead & Co., New York. Price 81.
Here is another delicious romance by the
author Of The Abbo COnstantin." &c is ably
translated by Frank Hunter Potter, and illus
trated in half-tOne from drawings by Wilson
DE Meza. IL i5 prepared in the publishers
best style, and will make a most acceptable
holiday gilt.
VAMPIRES MADEMOfSELLE REsEDA BY
Julien Gordon. Published by j. Il. LippHcott
Co, Philadelphia. Price g.
Since Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger appeared
/
/ Diplomats Diary her success has been steady
| and great. The two stories in this volume
/ have been we'd with marked favor by
magazine readers. Her skill in the depletion
/ Of phases Of society and character is remarka-
| bic.
/ COUNTESS ERIKA'S APPRENTICESHIP
| Translated from the German 81 Ossip SchUbin
| by Mrs A. l.. Wister. Published BY j. r. Lippin-
colt Co. Philadel phia, and for sale By BreuanO's
/ Washington. Price Sl.25.
/ Mrs. Wisser's remarkable sympathy with the
| best German authors works, and her extensive
/ knowledge Of the language of the fatherland
| have enabled her to put before the public many
most admirable TRANSACTIONS. The author OF
the present volume has most highly compli-
mented this particular rendering Of his
thoughts.
/ FRIENDSHIP. Essays by Cicero Bacon, md
Emerson. Published by Albert, Scott & Co.,
| Chicago. Price 81.
How we are TO select friends, how we are "a
keep them, how we are TO use them, what VIC
should expect Of them, what they should ex-
pect Of Us, these and other thoughts are in the
words Of the Roman, English, and American
essayisis. Nothing more delightful and apprO-
pirate as a gift 20 a friend has it heretofore been
possible TO procure.
/ PRINCESS Use. Translated from the German
| by Florence NJ. Cronise. aud illustrated by John
| T. Bundy. Published by Albert, Scott * Co., l0t
TEssf sTB gaaHGfGhli fs sgS99ndP 6 5s brook
the Hartz Mountains, which is at first a proud
and obstinate little stream, and which refuses
TO be guided by the good angels which came q
lead the waters down into the valleys Charmed
By the hattery and delightsOme promises OF tho
/ Devil. she is carried into his court in tho
/ Broken and there learns to what selfish and
| disagreeabe uses she is TO be put. She slips
away and glides through dark passage and
down the steep raviue into the valley Re.
Numbering her danger and escape she becomes
/ humble worker, who shuns temptation and
bushes herself constantly for the good Of others
Thus does she become truly princess and full
| I'LL her rank. The volume makes a beautiful
gift.
THE DIVINE ENTERPRISE OF MISSIONS
/ BY Rev. Arthur i. Person, d. ID. Published by
the Baker & Taylor Co., New York. Price ST. o
The author sets forth a philosophy of the
/ history Of missions. He seeks the eternal and
/ immutable principles of mission work in the
| utterances Of the Master himself, and tests the
| quality Of such work by its adherence to OF
| departure from these principles as laid down
| in the infallible Word. He treats the subject
\ under the Divine Thought, Plan Work Spirit.
/ Force, Fruit, and Challenge Of Missions. Few
writers in this country are better prepared
| than DIR. Person to treat a subject of this
\ kind.
I THE HAUNTED POOL. Tale From the
/ French Of George sand. BY Frank Hunter Pot
| ter. Illustrated from etchings by Rudaux. Pub
i lisLed by Dodd, Mead & Co. New York and for
| sale by Bullantyue & Son, Washington.
| MIsJUDGED. A Novel BY W. Helmburg. Pub
| lshed by Rand, MeNally & Co., Chicago. Price
50 cents.
| Magazines and Notes.
The English Illustrated Magazine. Published
/ by Macmillan & Co., New York. Price Is cents
| q number.
1 New Music.
"The Esterhazy Ripple" composed by Mrs.
Alice @. Hill, Of Washington, d. O., will no
doubt be quite an. addition to the new music
out this season. as five different dances can be
danced to il Ripple, RedOwa Schottisehe. Ma
zOurka, and York. It is also a pretty instru-
mental piece 1t is named after one of Wash
Ingtou's leading ladies, the Countess Esterhazy
(nee CarrOll), who is as we'll known abroad as
in her own country. Prof. Sousa has had a
baud score written, and the Esterhazy Ripple
was played by the Marine Band for the first
time at the banquet given by the Potomac
Relief Corps at Wizards Hotel, Washington,