The record-union., 1892-11-24
new PUBLICATIONS.

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"PTince Serebryam'' is a historical
novel of the times OF Ivan the Terrible
and the conquest Of Siberia 1t is from
the pen Of Count Tolstoi, the famous
Russian writer and patriot. 1t is nota-
bic work, as vigorous as any Tolstol has
| given to the world, and perhaps more
historically accurate than any he has
penned. No era in Russian history IS so
| full of tragic interest as that in which
Ivan the Terrible ruled. AT his birth the
eastern half of Russia was independent,
and was full of great hopes. He became
the first Tsar OF Russia. He had to meet
| treason and deceit in all fOrms-he pun
lshed both with sWiftness and terrible
vlgor. The Shniskis were his most pow
er1ul enemies, but he overcame them and
punished them with OVerfOwing meas
ure. But Ivan's family was tated to be
eNtinguished, and from that time to the
accession of the Romanoffs Russian his
tory was one long scene of trouble and
contention. Yet through it all there was
advancement, growth of political unity,
and the evolution of liberties that
were heretofore unknown TO
the Russian, no matter what
his rank. Tolstoi treats the tragic
OF his native land with the mastery
power he has evinced in all his writings.
There is not a weak nor an undramatic
line III the vOIuminOus story before US; it
deals with the loves, hates and supersti-
tlons OF mobiles and princes; of political
plottlngs and trMtorous schemes; it rev.
els IN wild and bloody receitals, and in
passionate scenes OF love and the machi-
nations of the cruel and the ambitious
| princes Of the empire; Of Tartar reckless
ness and bravery, and the terrible pun
1shmentS that tyrdnnOus masters visited
upon enemies and slaves-in short, it is a
I tragic story, OF historical clOseness, that
in dramatic intensity has few if any
parallels. 1t is translated from the Rus
sian by Jeremiah Curtain, and is from
the press of Dodd, Mead d Co., New
York.
OF the Makers of America" series we
have William Graham Summers Life of
Robert Morris" with portrait. 1t is
condensation Of the 'tinancier and FL
nances Of the American Revolution" by
| the same author. 1t is a well-prepared,
compact and enjoyable story Of the life Of
one of the patriot fathers OF the Nation.
This SERIES by the way, promises to be
one of the best library sets of the time.
1t is TO embrace character sketches of
men whose lives have not been hereto
fore treated in any Of the historical series
| publications with that attention and care
! essential to convey proper information TO
| this generation of the men who laid the
foundation of the Republic as we have it.
of this series we have also the Life Of
John Winthrop" first Governor of the
! Massachusetts Colony. 1t is by Joseph
Hopkins TwitchelI, and is accompanied
| by a portrait. 1t is an excellent biogra-
ply, and presents very strongly the iden-
tIhcation of Winthrop with the public oc-
currences and events of early colonial
history in his own colony. Press of
! Dodd, Mead 81 Co.. New York.
The American Journal of Politics.
| Ola Nassau street, New York; for No
Futures and Options" w. D. Washburn;
| Progress in Morals" Rev. John r..
! Sutherland, ID. D.; industrial Slavery"
Frank II. Hurd; is Our Method OF
Electing the President Republican,"
John A. Roebling; "How to Abolish
War" William II. Jeffrey; "rhe Tariff
Not Local Question:" Henry Kingerly:
"Why Not Tax Church Property?''
James u. Larmer, Jr.; Fourth Inter
parliamentary Conference of Peace" re-
ported by Belva a. Lockwood; 1.-The
Endowment Craze in Massachusetts"
Frank 2. Bennett; Protection and Free
Trade in Their Relations to Wage
! earners and COmmerce," John jarrett;
Factory Inspection" Robert Wachorn.
"The Later Poems of Anna Morrison
! Reed" one volume, San Francisco, J.
! Stewart q Co. publishers. There are some
! very pretty lines in this volume by Cali
! tOrnIa woman. The poetic spirit possesses
| the author, but there is too evident lack
OF facility of expression and OF a limited
| vocabulary. Nevertheless the poetess
! has vivid Imagination and graceful
| style. Her songs are sweet, ii they do
not fire the soul; they are from the heart
and breathe sincerity, if they do not stir
| the emotion. While by no means great.
let us not be understood as saying that
| Mrs. Reed is an insignificant Writer Of
verse. On the contrary she has capacity
| that commands respect, and none Of her
work will live, which is the test of worth
"The Little Lady OF Lagunitas" is
Franco-Calitornian romance by Richard
! Henry Savage, author of "My Official
! Wife" 1t deals with scenes of the past :;
| of California when laws reign was linn
| tied, its restraints feeble and it's terrOrs
few; of period in our history when the
country was occupied by free lances."
and society made but slow headwav
against a swarm of adventurers of a
period also when reckless speculation.
mad mining adventure and robbery made
wreck of lives and fortunes of a period
also very close to the present when Chi
cane, political corruption and coin ruled
in halls OF legislation and administration.
| Press of the American News Com
pany,' New York;.
L Il
book, by William II. p. Phyfe, the we'll
known philOlOgist, and author of THE
School PronOuncer," and several similar
| works. 1t is companion to 81, 900 Words
Often Mispronounced," issued by the
same author recently. This very COM
plete handbook is equally valuable for
teacher, pupil or the general reader and
the model OF writer's. Its virtues reside
in the saving Of time it makes in recjta-
tions, in its grouping of the words con-
veniently for use in the classroom, thus
taking the place of prepared lists by the
teacher q. z. Putnam's Sons, New
York; 30 cents.
Death to the Induisitive," is novel of
sinful love by Lurana w. Sheldon: New
\ ork, w. ID. Rowland, publisher A
book with purpose unaccomplished.
and phrased and worded in manner that
| is vulgar and suggestive, though intended
to impress the reader with the awfuluess
| Of vice and the nobility of virtue. 1t is a
! story OF Slntulness, lust and passion.
written by young woman who is so
! shameless as to attach her name to it. and
parade her portrait opposite the title page
without even the excuse OF beauty, which
might soften the ofense OF vanity.
''rhe Song of America and C olumbus
or the Story of the \ ew World, Greet
! ing to Columbus and Columbia" )" is the
title OF & poetical volume by kinalian
4 CORVALLIS. MIR. CORVALLIS rhylnes
easily but he is not poet born. While
his Imagination is vivid and his style IS
not graceful, he is a rhymer so much and
so lengthy that we doubt ii his book is
much read. There is an amateurish
| method ana coarse grain about his story
in poetry that do not contribute to its at
tractiyeness. Published in New York at
| the office Of the investigator" 66 Broad
| way.