Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-21

lation by Mr.. Riddle, the hepurpose of which
Is to represent his work as a professional
reader, and to present to the public few
hitherto unpublished sketches, written
specially for his use. OF these the one
most ingenious, and that would seem to
require the most art in rendering It salts
factorily, is "Come HereI" translated and
adapted from the German by Miss Gene
We've Ward. Published by Walter Baker
& Co., Boston. For sale by E. p Judd.
The Mammon of Unrighteousness, j." by
Hjalmar Hiorth Boyesen, is the well-writ-
ten story of a man gifted with more than
ordinary mental power, but thoroughly
selfish and cynical. He Is determined to
gain material success and his ambition Ia
gratfied; his brother of gentler and more
honorable nature would be Judged as but
a failure compared with him as far as
worldly position and honors are concerned.
The keynote of their characters is given
In the words with which the book opens.
II mean to be true to myself-true to NV
convictions" said the younger brother; 81
mean to succeed" declared the other posi-
lively. Success was gained at the cost of
another's suffering, and punishment fol
lows, yet the hard nature of the man pre-
vents it from touching him very heavily.
some of the best character drawing in the
book is given to 0bed Larkin, self-made
man and millionaire, who POUNDS q uni.
versity, where he hopes to see a thousand
students, because he does not wish any
poor boy or girl TO suffer, as he had done.
for the want of a chance to learn. The
story is full of interest and movement,
and has moreover a moral which those
who make to themselves friends of the
mammon of unrighteousness may discover
and ignore. Published by the United
States Book Co., New York. For sale by
E. P. Judd.
"The Fidalgos of Casa Mourisca. From
the Portuguese OF Julio Dinez. Transla-
ted by Ro1ana L. Dabney" This work
was issued just twenty years ago by the
favorite Portuguese writer Comes Coelho,
under the pen name of Julio Dinez." 1t
was written at Madeira, in two successive
winters, while he was vainly seeking relief
from pulmonary consumption, and Ii was
while he was correcting the proof sheets
that he finally gave up the struggle for
life. The work has just been translated
into English, and is well calculated to in
terest American readers for the story's
sake, the refined manner of its telling, and
the fact that it is one of the best, as it is
one of the first of modern Portuguese ro-
mances to be introduced to the American
public. 1t is simple story of Portuguese
life, in which the love of the son of de-
caying noble house, and the daughter of a
prosperous retainer of that house. is made
the central point of interest, thus present
ing the struggle between aristocratic and
democratic that are regenerating even so
conservative country as Portugal. Pub
lished by D. Lothrop & Co., Boston. For
sale by E. P. Judd.
Give Minute Destinations" Second
part. Selected and adapted by Walter K.
Fobes. This little volume is q collection
of short selections from American authors
and orators which are excellent specimens
of modern eloquence and ideas. The
book is intended primarily for the use of
scholars in public schools, but might prof
itably be introduced into every home for
general reading and reference. These elo-
quent paragraphs epitomize the history of
our country; they are expressions of pa
triotism, public spirit and loyalty, and as
such should be familiar to every young
American. The only fault of the book
would seem to be that among the one hun
dred and one selections from the best of
our writer's and public speakers from Webs
ter to Phillips Brooks, we have none of
Lincoln's magnificent and noble sentences.
Published by Lee q Shepard, Boston. For
sale by E. P. Judd.
Rob: A Story for Boys. By Margaret
Sidney" Rob is an orphan who leaves
his homo through fear of tyrannicsl task
master, gets lost, finds friends and learns
to help others as well as himself His
companions Mother Bachelor,
Aunt Philena, Mickey, and the sweet,
bright, sympathetic Marion, are all
sketched in Margaret Sidney's strong yet
tender style. Rob is story of practical
Christianity; a book to inspire and inter
est the young in helpful work among the
poor. d. Lothrop & Co., Boston. For
sale by E. P. Judd.
"The Crystal Button; or the Adventures
of Paul Prognasis, by Chauncey Thomas" !"
is edited by George Houghton, who, while
vouching for its priority, styles il "ft-
ting companion piece to Bellamy's Looking
Backward" The Crystal Button is book
decidedly practical in its suggestions,
though carrying the reader forward in i'm
agination full three thousand years. Upon
examination it does not so closely resem-
BILE Mr.. Bellamy's production as might at
first sight appear. The author deals
mainly with mechanical and material de-
velopment, with the originality and power
natural to SO able mechanic and iuven-
tor, and not till the closing chapters of his
work does he enter Mr.. Bellamy's field at
all The crystal button, which figures in
the title, is the emblem of reformer
known as John Costar, whose text is
Truth" and whose teaching is that truth
absolute, in heart and in action, is the sim.
pie but all powerful means by which the
world may attain to a new civilization and
develop an ideal state. Published by
Houghton, Mifflin s. Co., Boston and New
York. For sale by z. p Judd.