Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-23
q one az the best efforta Of this popular

us one Of the best efforts of this popular
1hs Quality of Mercy, by W. D. Howell'. For
sale by stoll & Thayer Co.
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Hamlin Garland is still one OF the
most accurate, sympathetic and faithful
writer's of people and their life IN our
great west. His stories read as thougn
thev were the daily, everyday lille OF
their subjects, which perhaps they are.
He has a fine tribute to the nortnwest
in his bijou volume OF A Little Norsk.
The Little Norsk enters the book as
habv who was found beside its dead, fro
zen mother by a young farmer, who,
aided by his middle-aged partner,-
there were no women In the family
comforted the child, adopted her, and
gave her a happy home. AS the heroine
became alfoman, both men suspected
themselves in love with her, but she
suddenly made an unfortunate marriage
which brought misery to all concerned.
Although there is little imagination in
the book. there is lot OF romance for
those who do their own imagining.
The sketches of life on and near
new prairie home are Photographic in
their fidelity.
Young people who wish to know
something about Boston as it is now
and would appear to persons of their
own age, will find a very interesting
book in The New Harry and Lucy; A
Story of Boston in 1891, by Edward Ev-
erett Hale and Lucretia P. Hale. Harry
and Lucy spend lot of time at the
Hub, and tell in series of letters or
chapters just what they did and what
they saw. In spite of all the guide
books, special histories of cities, and
everything of that kind, great many
questions regarding the points OF inter
est in the older and greater towns OF the
United States remain unanswered until
something of this sort appears, which
leads the reader along so innocently and
naturally that he learns a great deal
before he suspects that the book ne ls
reading is of a serious and educational
character. Some of the elders will find
this book interesting, as well as the
young people.
The New Harry and Lucy, by z. 3. Hale and
L. P. Hale, For sale by Stoll & Thayer cem-
pany,
The Blue Grass Region of Kentucky,
by James Lane Allen, is a description,
in detail and without exaggeratlon, OF
the true ''garden spot" OF America.
The famous Blue Grass country, with its
beautiful women. fast horses and seduc-
tive whisky, has been talked OF for q
hundred years, yet those who visit 1t
come away with sentiments akin to
those of the Queen of Sheba after she
had visited Solomon. Professor Allen
knows this country well and he de.
scribes it and it's inhabitants in q man
ner entirely original and quite delight
full. After going through its pages, no
reader will wonder why the inhabitants
of the Blue Grass Region seem invariable
to be the happiest and most thoroughly
satisfied people in the world. 1t is ele-
gantly illustrated.
The October Century is very rich
and attractive issue. 1t is, of course. a
Columbian number, and its principal
subjects are on the New York and Chi
cago celebrations. The front plate is a
copy of the famous Lotto portrait OF
Columbus, now owned by Mr..
J. W. Ellsworth, of Chicago.
1t is explained by well-written paper
by the critic, John G. Van Dyke. In
| the same number, Columbus is further
| discussed in an article on the homeward
| voyage of Columbus, after the great dis
covery. This paper is contributed by
| the Spanish writer and statesman, Cas-
telar. The Fisheries Building, the
United States Government Building,
and the elegant Art Building is described
and illustrated by the architect, Van
Brunt. Archibald Forbes furnishes
What / Saw of the Paris Commune, and
Edgar Fawcett, Pavement Pictures.
An article of immediate and almost SEN
sational interest is Prof. Jenk's paper
on Money in Practical Politics, describ-
ing the methods, shamefully common,
in what are called practical politics in
this country. He goes into most curl
GUS details, and discusses the causes OF
corruption and proposed remedies. The
article is editorially endorsed, with fur
ther suggestion as to means of preven-
tion. Harry Tenn, the artist, curiously
illustrates a paper by Charles Howard
Shinn, on Picturesque Plant Life of Cal
ifornia. The topics of the times are
Money in Elections: Liberty, Law and
OTuoI w udL tuc OOluiuDldL 1AhiOieioAi
Will Do for America. 1t is certainly the
best number of this year.
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Some new and notable books are to be
issued this month. Notes from the
Nile, a most interesting volume, con-
tanning the hymns of ancient Egypt,
metrically rendered into English by
Hardwick d. Rawnsley. Akbar's
Dream, by Lord Tennyson, q new vol
ume of poems. Akbar, the wise, gentle
and tolerant, the greatest OF the Mogul
emperors, who planned the noble city
of Fatehpur Sikri, whose ruins still sur.
vive in singular preservation to excite
the admiration of the western traveller
the subject of Tennyson's new volume
was great dreamer who, among othel
things, fancied himself entitled to di
vine honor.
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Three new works on economics arr
| just published: Taxation and Work, by
Edward Atkinson; The farmers Tariff
Manual, by D. Strange; and A Complete
Guide to the Worlds Metal Monetary
| System, by John Henry Norman.
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Marion Crawford's new novel, The
Children of the King, is postponed unit
next year, but he will issue Immediately
Don Orsino, completing the triology
description of modern Italian society, O
which Saracinesca and SAINT Ilario are