The morning news., 1892-02-22
BOOK NOTICES.

His Great Self" By Marion HarIand,
J. B. Lippincott Company, Phila-
delphia. Cloth. 81 25. This is a
story Of absorbing interest. It has
an excellent plot and great dramatic merit.
| 1t grows in interest with each chapter and
those who read it will not regret having
done so.
American Men of Letters Edited by
Charles Dudley Warner The first of this
series Of volumes is life of William Gill
more Simms by William P. Trent.
Houghton. Mif1iln g. Co.. 4 Boston. Cloth,
81 25. This is delightful volume, con-
| tanning a sketch of the life of William Gil
more Simms and a review Of his literary
career. 1t is an interesting and instruct
i've valume and one that will be read with
pleasure not only by students but also by
the general reader.
"Dr. Zell and the Princess Charlotte;" A
Narrative of the Theosophical and Occult
Interest. By Warren Richardson. L.
Kabis & Co., publishers, "a and Sc Reade
street, New York. Cloth, 81. This is a
psychological novel of peculiar interest.
Protesting to deal with the deepest myster-
les of occultism. it is at the same time fas-
cinating in Incident, dramatic in its situa-
tions, full of new and striking conceptions
Of great originality, which seems TO develop
naturally from facts and phenomena famil-
lar to scientists. 1t illustrates the influence
| Of hidden forces upon human affairs. Such
topics as will-power, astrology, hypnotism,
| theosophy, spirit life, etc. are interviewer
with the plot and will add greatly TO its
| interest in the estimation of the curious.
Part second contains what has seldom been
attempted in any NOVELETTE, details Of life
| in n r0Val Dalane of CarmanV
MAGAZINES.
February Book News comes as welcome
visitor and q needed friend. The price list
of the months books is critical and up to
date with publishers announcements A
variety Of items and notes covers the news
field of literature; Mr.. Dole's Boston letter
is breezy and newsy; with the New
Books" written by Talcott Williams,
presents the well digested opinions of a
scholar on the merits and de1nerits of a
handful of recent books; and selection of
poems from newly issued volumes of verse
occupies an entire page. Many illustrators
and portraits of writers accompany the
book reviews. John Wanamaker, Phila-
deIphia.
The current issue of Munseys Magazine
contains matter to suit all tastes. Those
AOhN VI UdhcA WhA OhJO1 suO Ou
Berlin, by William Horace Hotchkiss, with
its wealth of illustrations. showing the
picturesque portions of the Kaiserstadt on
the Spree. Then lovers of the weird an
curious will read with keen interest Mr..
Reeds story entitled "The Last Man of a
Nation" to which the pictures lend
additional charm. One of the most
important papers is that on the
Episcopal churches and clergymen
q NJ EAL- =
prominent churches OF this faith in the
metropolis, together with portraits and
brief biographical sketches of tssir rectors.
Frank A. Munsey & Co., RH55 East
Twenty-third street, New York.
The complete novel in LipptncotfS Mag
azine for March, IA Soldiers Secret" is by
Capt. Charles King, who alone among liv-
ing Americans has the secret of the mill
tary tale. What he does not know about
army life in the west is not worth
knowing, and what he knows he
can impart with unsurpassed and un
failing charm. Under the heading Zone
Hundred Miles an Hour" Charles r.
Deacon Of the Reading railroad, discusses
the facts and possibilities of rail way speed,
and rejects the popular notion that faster
rate necessarily means increased danger.
There is short story by Miss NJ. g. McClel-
land, and brief sketch by Lillian A.
North. The poetry of the number is by
Anne Reeve Aldrich, s. Decatur Smith,
Jr., Prof Clinton Scollard. Ruth Johnston
and Nora G. Franklin. j. b. Lippiucott
Company, Philadelphia.
The March number of the Ladies Home
Journal preserves most admirably toe ex-
cellence which this popular magazine has
accustomed its readers to expect; the place
of honor is givea to the interesting and
Tor Bond- entitled IA Royal Recluse,"
which deals with the life of seclusion led by
the ex-Empress Eugenie at Marlborough,
England. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher con-
tinnes her interesting "reminiscences OF her
famous husband, and Miss Winnie Davis,