Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-23
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

"The Enchanted. An Authentic Ac-
count of the Strange Origin of the New
Psychical Club" By John Bell Bouton,
author of Round the Block. By lovers
of the true enchanters-the poets and
prose writers of real genius who have sur
rounded them with scenes and characters
more real than any they could find for
themselves, this book will be opened with
thrill of anticipation, and perused with
emotions of blended amusement and de
light, going far to establish the psychical
possibilities suggested. Now with
Shakespeare in the Macbeth country" now
with Dickens at the Bull Inn" now with
Tennyson, or Gray, or Hawthorne, the
reader becomes no less enchanted than the
two whose experiences lead him on. and
credits unreservedly the claims of the
''New Psychical Club" Cassell Publish
ing Co., New York. For sale by E. P.
Judd.
Patience" by Anna B. Warner, author
of ''Dollars and Cents" Or, as one might
think, by the author of "Queechy" and
''The Hills of the Shetemuc," in state of
semi-slLmber, SO long g-drawn and drowsy
is it, yet potent, with the subtitle force of
the same realistic faith that is moulded to
homeliest uses in those vivid and remarka-
BILE works. They who patience have may
patience" read with profit, and perhaps
find therein more than one character
study as good as dear 'Miss Easy in
''Dollars and Cents" ]. B. Lippincott 6
Co., publishers. For sale by E. P. Judd.
'In the Chesring-Up Business" By
Mary Catherine Lee, author OF ga Quaker
Girl of Nantucket" An interesting story
of New England life, with much of pleas
ing incident and not without touches of
pathos. A few affectations of style are
noticeable, but much may be pardoned in
a work entirely free from all trace of NOR
al taint and SO promising of still better
work in future. A young girl, left be-
reaved and desolate, resolves to be of good
cheer herself and to bring all she can of
cheer to others, and this purpose she faith
fully carries out, though often under dis
heartening conditions. Merab, the Qua
keress, is charming in her serene simplici-
ty; Marion, both sweet and heroic; while
Rebecca, who undertakes the "cheering-up
business" is wholesome, patient and sun
ny, deserving her lovers title of "joy-
giver." Aunt Maria is solemn warning
to chronic grumblers. A worthy book for
any girls reading. Published by Hough-
ton, Miff1in & Co., Boston and New York
For sale by E. P. Judd.
GA Stem Dictionary of the English Lam
guage." For use in elementary schools.
By John Kennedy, author of "What
Words Say" The stem, as the unchangs
ing part of a word certainly deserves
special study by those who are interested
in words, their history, true meaning and
proper use. In this dictionary the princi-
pal stems of the language are arranged in
alphabetical order, together with the value
of ~, 81, ooI o. IL, xx,x-
list of its principal applications, together
with such parenthetical remarks as might
be helpful in connecting the stem-value
with the present use of the word. Alter
nate pages, and a number of additional
pages, are given to quotations from stand
ard writers for the purpose of illustrating
the authors theory that 'there are things
so nice and delicate that language cannot
state them; to be known they must be en-
countered, experienced. Among these are
the nice shades of distinction, and the fe-
licitous turns in the uses of words by the
masters of language. The study of any
language should be pursued only with the
diction of its masters directly before the
eye. But were there no reason other than
those of a moral and spiritual nature,
they alone would justify the liberal intro
duction of passages from literature. Be-
sides these illustrations are explanatory
foot-notes of much interest and assistance
in pursuing this study, made very clear
| and plain for the use of young scholars,
and most interesting to older students of
language and literature. The book is
worthy of an honorable place among the
reference books of all those who respect
the dignity and desire the mastery of our
own dear mother-tongue. Published by
A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. For sale
by E. P. Judd.
'FThe Autobiography of the Earth. A
Popular Account of Geological History"
By Rev. II. N. Hutchinson, B. A, F. G.
S. A readable and compendious outline
of modern geological science, admirably
adapted to bring the facts of historical
geology within attractive reach of the nom
Scientific. The plan of the work is: First,
to give in simple language a brief sketch
of the history of our planet, beginning
with its first appearance as member of
the solar system, and passing through all
the different geological periods down to
the latest, and, secondly, to explain the
methods by which the conclusions of geol
ogists have been arrived at. The book
shows much study and thought on the
part of the author and the literary style is
excellent. D. Appleton & Co., New York.
For sale by E. P. Judd.
stSix Centuries of Work and Wages"
by ]. E. Thorold Rogers. (Abridged.)
With charts and appendix by Rev. w. D.
T. Bliss. This work is the first volume of
the Social Science library, which will be
devoted to the diffusion of useful econom-
ic information. Thanks mainly to the
late Professor Thorold Rogers, we have q
larger body of accurate information in re-
gard to the rise and fall and real value of
English wages than in regard to the wage
history of any other nation of the world;
the result of his twenty years of patient
investigation. His facts are acknowledged
to be reliable; the wisdom of his conclu-
sions, however, is debateable subject.
Mr.. Bliss has used Professor Rogers as an
authority for statements, suggesting his
own conclusions in the appendix. "To
those who would build wise future" he
offers this summary of study of the
past, believing that set is the function of
the past to teach us how to make a wise,
abiding, God-instructed future" The
Humboldt Publishing Co., New York.