The record-union., 1891-12-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

''The Lady of Cawnpore." a romance.
by Frank Vincent and Albert Edmund
Lancaster New York: Funk d Wag
nails Company; 12mo.; 81 80. 1.-The Lady
of Cawnpore" is a satisfying romance.
The scenes are laid in New York and
BenareS, thus alternating between the
modern and antique. The hero is a
young clergyman. Marmaduke Allan,
betrothed TO one of his parishioners,
girl OF birth and position. His religious
faith is broken by the combined efforts OF
occultism, agnosticism and pantheisin,
and he loses his tiancee, Beatrice Orme,
through the tactics OF DR.. Ellington (hlS
fathers eXecutor), who desires her for his
son. Frustrated by this double blow,
which has compelled him, for Beatrice's
sake, to appear before her in contempt
ible light, from which he cannot redeem
himself, he forsakes the pulpit and goes
to Benares, where he is instantly plunged
into q SensuOus and dreamy atmosphere,
in which rajahs, bayaderes, fakirs and
occultists combine to surround him with
voluptuousness and mystery. He is,
boweI er, led back to the Old paths, as
the story very Interestingly relates. Vim
cent Will be remembered as author of
The Land of the White Elephant"
Lancaster is little known outside OF news
paper circles. He has written some
clever essays, and as a fact is possessed Of
genius and genuine dramatic fire.
"Under the Queen; or, Present Day
Life in.England," by Henry Tuckley,
well-known writer. and for long time
home and foreign correspondent for the
RECORD UNION. Cincinnati: CranSton u
Stowe; New York: Hunt IL Eaton. Most
Of Mr.. Tuckley's writings have been of a
religious character. In this volume he
deals with the secular world almost
wholly. II is an interesting, descriptive
and reflective volume, giving inner
glimpses of English life and manners
with clearness. conciseness and inn
partiality that deeply impresses the
reader with the Consciousness of the
author. His story Of university life, his
review of English social customs, of
dOMestic conditions and laws, and of the
rule of society in England upon its sew
eral levels IS full of interest and exceed
ingly valuable information. himself a
native of England, though now an
American citizen, practiced observer,
cOol-headed, fairminded, vigorous and
just. he gives us such glimpses Of English
life as we cannot otherwise get, save by
some years of residence in England, and
he convinces his reader from the outset OF
his truthfulness and justice. 1t is alto
gether as charming, instructive and use
ful book as it is a finished piece of COM
position.
Higgins, Captain Second Cavalry, U. S.
a, is poem, with other poems supple
mental. 1t is issued by @. 2. Putnam's
Sons, New York, and is for sale at 81 25
by The Bancroft Company, San Francisco.
1t impresses us with belief of the posses
sion by its author OF the ''divine fire"
that burns in the poetic soul. We esteem
the shorter poems. especially Moods"
better than the legend. They are pro-
founder and, not being narrative, move
upon higher plane of thought. His
''Twenty-tive SonnetS'' are very pleasing
more than that, they are satisfying.
That entitled Immortality" and an
other he has named THE Rose" 5" are gems
that cannot lose luster. The conceiJ in
The Rose," that the pride OF the Paphian
bower was once white. but caught its
bushes when the generous vine bled
upon its breast, is conception that only
one born to the poetic realm could have
transferred to a page.
"How to Cooperate: 4 Manual for Co
operators" by Herbert Myrick; thirty
three illustrations; octave; 81 80; New
York: The Orange Judd Company. The
book describes the how rather than the
wherefore of cooperation. 1t tells how
to co-operate-that is, how to manage a
cooperative store, farm or factory, CO.
operative dairying, banking and fire in
sur2nce, and cooperative farmers and
women's exchanges for buying and sell
ing. The directions given are based, we
are told, on the actual experience of sue
cessful cooperative enterprises in several
parts OF lthe United States, full list Of
which is given in the appendix. The
book is a compend of the extent and sue
cess of cooperative work in this country,
while its value is heightened by being
confined to practical directions and de-
tails for organizing and operating co-op-
QratI va ANT of oil
''Winifred's Journal, or Her Life at Ex-
eter and Norwich in the Days of Bishop
Hail." is by Emma Marshall, and
from the press of Macmillan d Co..
New York. 1t is an admirable
narrative and full of historic interest,
treating of buildings and scenes in Eng
land around which cluster such crowdinp
and thrilling memories. The story takes
lis back to the seventeenth century and
Introduces us to life in most interesting
period OF English history. But we must
confess that the text is too modern in it's
style for the period of the tale.
"Chatterbox' for 1891 estes & Lauriat,
Boston) is at hand. This name is house
hold word in thousands of homes in the
land, and has become endeared in the
hearts of two generations, and the readers
of the early volumes are now men and
women, who know that no books will
delight their children more, or instruct
them to greater extent, than these dear
old annual volumes, whose sales have
long since mounted above the million
mark. One volume, quarto, Illuminated
board cover, 81 %.
''St. Nicholas for 1891, in its two
quarto volumes, with heavy board and
richly illuminated covers, is at hand from
the Century Company, New York. We
do not call to mind any book of this or
earlier years more appropriate as gift
TO boys or girls. ''St. Nicholas is a
model of neatness, elegance, lucidity and
interest for youthful minds Il is an in
tiuence of the day potent for good, and
we feel that it cannot be too much COM
mended because of that important fact.
"Zanthon,' novel by James Doran, is
issued by the Bancroft Company. San
Francisco. 1t is a fat volume, and the
opening chapters awaken interest that
we assume is sustained to the end. 1t is
philosophical in tone at the outset We
reserve the work for more extended no.
tice after reading more fully.
We have the bound volumes of the
Century Magazine for 1890 -9l-that is.
from October. 1890, to October, 1891. These