Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-30

edge to most grown persons, and intelli-
gent boys and girls with taste for the
better sort Of literature will recur to it
again and again with unfailing delight.
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Mrs. Keats Bradford, peculiar title,
is written by an old favorite, Maria
Iouiee Poole. Mrs. Bradford is the
same woman who was the heroine OF
Roweny in Boston, whore she appeared
as a very clever country girl with rage
for art. She was quite attractive, too,
largely because she was naturally Hupe-
rior to great number of common peo-
pie by whom she was surrounded. AS
married woman, however, she is less in
teresting, partly because she is doubly
married-wedded to her husband and
also to her art, the first of which has
the fret place in her mind and her af-
fection. Like great many young
women who take to some form of art,
she has little mind and heart.
through which natural disabilities
she brings herself occasionally to grief,
besides making great deal of trouble
for her husband and such other man,
bers of her family as retain interest in
her in spite of her lack of any practical
regard for them. Between the character
and the story, however, there is wide
difference, for while Mrs. Bradford has
become extremely expasperating, the
author continues to write most anus
ingly and charmingly. To fully appre-
ciate Mrs. Keats Bradford, the reader
should first be sure to become acquainted
with Roweny through the earlier book.
Together these two volumes, besides
pleasing every one who will read them,
should do the world great service if
they fall into the hands of imaginative
young women who think they have
divine call to some department OF art,
and that such call is sufficient excuse
for most appalling selfshness and heart
lessness. The book might also save a
great deal of trouble to estimable young
men, as warning that it is never well
to fall in love with young woman who
imagines herself welded to art.
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The new Zigzag book, bv Hezekiah
Butterworth, is entitled, Zigzag Jour
neys on the Mississippi from Chicago to
the Islands of Discovery. This volume
has special aim, as had the previous
volumes of the series, to prepare its
readers to discuss the meaning of the
great worlds fair of 1892 and the his
torical progress that the enterprise rep
resents and illustrates. Hence it is
book of stories associated for the most
part with the Columbian discovery,
with Chicago and the Mississippi valley.
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Champney, the
author of the charming and instructive
Vassar Girls series, has prepared a new
volume for this year. The Vassar girls
in the book travel through the east,
from Egypt and the mouth of the Nile
through Palestine to Jerusalem.
All the above mentioned books are for sale by
Stoll d Thayer, on Spring street. near Second.
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BOOK CHAT.
Mr.. Leslie Stephens new volume of
essays will be entitled, An Agnostic's
Apology.
The Pearl Fisher is to be the title of
the new novel just being finished by
Mr.. Robert Louis Stevenson.
Manville Fenn's new book for boys is
entitled The Rajah of Dab, and similar
book for girls is Miss Pringle's Pearls,
by Mrs. G. Linneeus Banks.
The literature of the stags will soon
receive an addition in the shape of
new romance by David Christie Muir
ray, the title of which will be A Rising
Star.
Mr.. Harold Frederic, very interest
ing writer. has sent to press his new
story of our civil war and OF Ireland.
The title is to be the Return of O'Ma-
honey.
A posthumous novel of Walcott
Balestier's will be printed as serial in
the Century magazine during the COM
ing year; the title of which will be
Benefits Forgot.
A neat little book in dress of red and
white cloth, trimmed in gold and enti-
tied the Redbird's Christmas Story, is
by Mrs. Holmes. 1t is very pretty and
WI. WI. Il 1e one o. tle TIE holiday attractions.
One London firm since Charles Dick
ems death, have sold $4,000 copies of
Pickwick Papers; the profits on his
works amount to $4,000 year. This is
exclusive of the large number of editions
issued by other publishers.
Henry Harris, sn American living in
Paris, is noted historian on Columbus
events. He has written several books
on the life, discoveries and times OF
Columbus. Lately he was honored by
receiving from President Carnot's hands
the decoration of the Cross of the Legion
OF Honor.
Rev. James Stalker's new book, en-
titled The Four Men and other Ad-
dresses, will describe the man the world
sees, the man seen by the person who
knows him best, the man seen by him
self and the man whom God sees, and
also contains lectures on conscience, cul-
ture, youth, age, public spirit, human
ity, etc., etc.
Some OF the new books soon to be is
sued are: The Story and Life of Mac
kay of Uganda, The Story of John G.
Patton, both of which are capital books
for boys; La Belle Nivernaise, by AL
phonse Daudet; barbara Dering, by
Amelia Rives; Irish Fairy Tales, intro
duction by W. M. Yeats; chronicle of
a quiet village, by Miss Evelyn Everett
Green, entitled Miss Audrey.
Mr.. Rider Haggard made a visit to
Mexico for several months to acquaint
himself with its earlier history and
traditions, it's ruins and their history.
The result of his researches and imagina-
ton is now to take shape in novel en-
titled Montezuma's Daughter, and is
founded on incidents in the history of
the old Mexican empire. 1t will be
published first as serial story in a
noted London weekly.
An Attic Philosopher in Paris was
issued several years ago, written by
Emile Souvestre. The sale was large,
and it has remained very popular up to