Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
its turn, would we'll repay reading even
if it did not contain a single illustration.

if it did not contain single illustration.
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A very pleasant narrative of travel is
the Danube, from the Black Forest to
the Black Sea, by f. d. Millett. The
authors fellow voyagers on this un-
conventional journey, which lasted
three months, and covered a distance
of nearly 1000 miles, were Alfred
Parsons and Poultney Bigelow. Each
had his canoe, rigged with sail and pad
die, and they sailed and drifted through
remarkably picturesque part OF Eu-
are peopled with extremely interesting
types of humanity and lined with Quaint
towns. The two artists of the party
let devoting himself to the rustic
types that caught his eye, and Mr.:
Parsons picturing cover and castle, field
and meadow, aud anon botanizing. The
party did their own cooking and slept
in the open air, and the narrative OF
their adventures is fresh and entertain
ing. The trip was successful as far as
the three tourists were concerned, and
it will prove successful for whoever un-
dertakes to make it with them in the
pages of this book. Mr.. Millet's narrative
is attractively circumstantial. IL is very
successful in telling the readers the
things readers alwsy like to know about
such journeys. We are introduced to
the river life, to the peasants and viii
lagos, to the castles and traditions, to
the landscapes, to the fora and fauna
Mr.. Parsons note book making valua..
bic contributions in this field - and
to every human or natural manliesta-
ton which might fall under the
eye OF an acute observer the conditions
of whose journey brought him into IN
innate relations with people and places.
Beginning at the Black Forest, with
Bizack and Brege, we follow the river
past crags and castles to Beuron, past
Laningen, Passau, Pressburg, Bud
apest, Semendria, the Kasan de-
file, Bulgarian Widdin and the
Danube Delta, Vilkotf and the
Black sea. Mr.. Milet's pictures
supply the figure subjects, while
Mr.. Parsons landscape fragments COM
plete the pictorial equipment OF the vol
ume. Mr.. Bigelow furnishes the politi-
cal information which he has collected
on Danubian life. Both artists are
workmen of high class, a fact offering
its own guarantee for the illustrative
charm of the book.
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Marse Chau, by Thomas Nelson Page.
Among short southern stories suggested
by the civil war none is more popular
than Marse Chau. 1t created special
and enormous demand for the magazine
in which it first appeared; public read
ere of every quality have made it known
to hundreds OF thousands of eager
listeners, and it has found its way wher-
ever the English language is spoken.
Recently it has been accorded special
setting, as such q gem deserves, by be.
ing put in book form. The volume itself
is very pretty and the pictures by w.
T. Smedley are so good that they recall
the eye again and again from the text
a rare triumph for the illustrator of such
an author.
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Don Orsino, by F. Marion Crawford,
is sequel TO Saracinesca, and Saut
Ilario and represents in it's chief ch arac-
ter, from whom the novel takes its
name, the young Roman OF the transl-
tion period, who wants work and a
career, being in strong contrast to the
two former generations OF his noble
family. Rome of thevery present, with
its recent financial crisis, is vividly de-
scribed. All the incidents illustrate the
unusual character of Don Orsino, who is
a most attractive young man with an in
teresting and unhappy love affair.
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Ignatius Donnely has scored another
literary triumph and placed another
plume in his coronot of success as an
entertaining writer for the people of the
present day aud age. His new book,
entitled the Golden Bottle; or, the Story
of Ephraim Benezet of Kansas, will
soon be demanded by every reader of
the great thinking and reasoning public.
Ephraim Benezet is supposed to be a
Kansas farmer ground down with
mortgage and debt He soon has dream
in which be is directed to golden bot
tie containing fluid that changes iron to
gold. He finally becomes immensely
wealthy and uses all the gold for the
improvement OF his fellow men. The
writer's object is 10 show that every
wrong under which the human race is
groaning can be cured by capital rightly
used, hard work and q true fraternal
spirit. The work is very visionary, but
full OF sound, common sense and fact
also.
All the above books for sale by the Stoll Il
Thayer company, 139 south spring street.
KY
BOOK. CHAT.
About $4,000 copyrights have been
taken out since the passage OF the inter-
national copyright law.
The next two volumes OF the Latin
American Republic series will be Mexi-
CO, by Gen. Lew Wallace, and Chile, by
Arson Uriel Hancock.
Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet is
to be made into an illustrated book to
meet the fast increasing demand. 1t
promises to be beauty.
Ouida's new novel, The Tower OF
Taddeo, will probably be iseued the first
week in December. 1t is said to be
superior to any Of her other efforts.
Bernard of Clairvaux, an historical
study, by DR.. Richard S. Storrs, is a
book which sheds much light on COM
paritively unfamiliar period Of European
history.
William Westall comes to us in new
light in his new novel, The Prince of
Peele, which deals with English domes.
tic life, the denouement of which takes
place on the battle field of Gettysburg.
All the young people and little people
who have had the Five Little Peppers
for the past two years will be glad to
know that the last book, Five Little
Peppers Grown Up, is all ready in new
dress for this Christmas time.