The morning call., 1891-08-30
LITERATURE.

@)gsBoRNE OF ARRocHAR-By Aman-
kRHy da NJ. Douglas. (Boston: Lee &
EgEA Shepard. 449 pp., cloth and paper)
Miss Amanda NJ. Douglas is novel
lst whose works are all worthy of perusal,
and there is nothing that rebounds more to
the credit of any writer than the statement
that that author has not written u book
that is tresome or uninterestlng. This
work, the nineteenth that has been pub
lished for Miss Douglass, is a very readable
one, and it shows that the authoress has not
lost any of her power to delight and inter-
est the reader osborne of Arrocbar" is
work of fiction that has the merit of good
plot that is well developed. The several
characters that are brought to the notice OF
the reader are most realistic, and the Ian
guage used is all that could be desired.
There Is so much individuality infused in
each character that il is impossible to lose
interest in any, and the part that each one
fills is so skillfully arranged that the indi-
vldual Is ever present in the mind of the
reader. Miss Douglass has the faculty of
knowing OF the value OF language and OF
putting it in such shape that it is II pleasure
TO read her works.
A JOY FoREvER-By John Ruskin. LII.
D. New York: Charles E. Merrill & Co.
Cloth, 253 pp., 81 50) "a Joy Forever"
(and its price in the markeO is the SUBJ
stance, with additions, of two lectures on
the political economy of art, delivered years
ago by the author in Manchester. These
lectures mark an era in the life of this
famous writer-his turning from the pleas
ant. open fields of nature and of art into the
rugged path Of political economy. They
arc most interesting addition to literature
and exceedingly entertaining The addi-
lions TO tile Lectures are papers on "Educa-
tiOn in Art" Art School Notes" and
Social Policy"
RUSSIAN TRAITS AND TERRoRs-By E.
/ ISat, mi, Tt,ni-
2S8 pp) In this book, issued as part of the
Fucker Library" the author goes over a
great deal of matter that has already been
touched upon by other writers, but presents
1t IN much stronger light than many who
have written before him. His portraiture
of the Russians is very graphic, and those
who read his work will gain very clear in
sight into much of Russian life and methods
that has never before in book form been
fully placed before the glish-reading
public.
Lee & Shepard of Boston have in press
handsomely illustrated volume by Rev.
Albert Banks. 1t is a series of realistic
studies OF the sweating tenement house ana
Kindred wrongs of the working people in
the great cities Of the United States. This
book Is the result Of personal investigation
OF the various subjects treated. DR.. Lyman
Abbott, writing OF DR.. Banks recent series
OF dlscourses on the condition of the poor of
Boston, says: " Since kingsley's Alton
Locke there has been no Indictment more
severely just OF present industrial cOndi-
tions."
The Price-McGlll Company of st. Paul,
Mimi, has issued as No. of ''rhe Idle Mo
menls Series" & novel by Richard S. Maurice
entitled ALBANY Stark's Revenge" 1t is
book of 4j0 pages, in which there is de-
veloped well-written story with an enter
tanning ana ingenious plot. The story
awakens interest from the outset and keeps
1t up TO the end. Stark's revenge is ter
rlble enc, and the book must be read to ap-
preciate its full force.