The record-union., 1892-11-25

the auLnOr Dy Inc bancroft Company,
San Francisco. 1t is the story of woman
who believed true religion consisted in
good deeds done with head promptings.
The chapters are short, the recital brief
and simple, and the text in large part
consists of Biblical quotations support
in the acts and charities of this woman
whose witchery resided in the influence
of her good works.
MY Uncle and the Cure" by Jean De
La Brete, is the title of novel with IL
lustrations by George Janet. The novel
has been translated by Ernest Redmond.
1t is a delightful novel, the story of girl
with aspirations that a cruel aunt OBJ
structed and that a kindly cure sympa-
thiZed with. AS a typographical model
the volume is entitled to the palm.
Dodd. Mead & Co., New York, the pub
fishers, have sent no novel from the
press in handsomer form.
Essays in Literary Interpretation" is
an octave volume by Hamilton Wright
Mabie. The essays appeared originally
in the Andover "Review." They dis
cuss mainly personality in literary work
and the significance Of the modern crit
ical movement in literature. Incident
ally the poetry of Rossetti, Browning,
Keats and Dante is criticised and ana
lyzed. Dodd, Mead n Co., New York,
publishers.
OF the Fiction, Fact and Fancy series,
edited by Author Stedman Charles l..
Webster X Co., New York, publishers,
we have Selected Poens," by Walt
Whitman. They relate TO Fancy, Old
Age, Death, Immortality, Lincoln, War,
Nature. Man and Self. The editor thinks
that this little collection will be reyela
tion even to those who know Nhitman's
works best. The edition, we are assured,
Is a concession on the part of the poet 10
friendship.
"Poseidon's Paradise. the Romance of
Atlantis,' is an imaginative paper by
Elizabeth q. Birkmaier. She has woven
about the mystery of Atlantis, the fabled
Land, story Of sustained interest, told
gracefully and with dramatic etfeci. The
ination that prompted the story is
vivid one and the dictiOn of the record is
extremely happy. The Clemens Pub
fishing Company, 4l5 Montgomery street,
San Francisco.
Ballads and Barrackroom Ballads
is an octave by Rudyard kipling, and
comes from the press OF Macmillan Il CO.,
New Ork and London. The most OF
the i" "Barrackroom Ballads appeared
i'll the National Observer" =" 'St. James
Gazette and "Macmiliau's Magazine."
The best OF the collection in this volume
is The Last Suttee." and the wittiest is
the famous song, Tommy
Jules SanGeau's Madeline" is love
story that apprOXimates very closely to
perfection. 1t is u theme OF exceeding
purity and beauty, treated by an artist
whose style is as finished Il I'D delicate IS
it is firm, and whose dictiOn is Il model OF
elegant simplicity. 1t has Just been pub
Ished i'll 'Pcters0p's EeW Twenty-Five
Cent Series" i. B. Peterson Il Brothers.
Philadelphia, Pa.
''tiypuotism'' is tile title Of d fat vol
ume By uies Claretie'tt. 7. Neely. pub
Usher. Chicago and cw York. Ii is a
purportcd analysis Of the the phenomena
we call hypnotisln. The story is wen
told ana fun OF interest. It's cuiet pecu-
llarity resides i'll the fact that one hyD-
nOti>t, by counter suggestion. wrung
from common patient the secret Of an
otner hypnotist.
"A Confederate SPY is story Of the
civil war, which Thomas 4. Conrad. the
author, assures us is u true tale. II is
40. 63 OF the Peerless series, issued
monthly by j. :. Jgiivic, 81 Rose street
New ork. Conrad was a Captain in tne
Confederate service. lis story i told
simply in raEhuorWard and manly
Way ana bears the impress Of truth.
"Casanova. the Courier" is novel by
-. :. Foster, ami pUbLsaDa by ). =.
Dgliyie, .. Rose street, Now Orll Ii is
No. o. oi the ~unuyside monthly Sc
rlCs. 1T is Il clever story 0i travel III
winch an admirer plainly named won
the heart OF the lady VINO re ccUeI him as
the choice Of her ialhor, out loved him III
the guI-o OF an italian courier.
'talinore'' Is a bulky novel from the
press oI Macmillan q. Co., EeW Y orIl. but
bears no authors name; Il novel OF love
through which runs debate upon yelig-
ion and philosophy ana physical phe-
nomena. all which is profoundly Interest
ing. The ideas advanced of duty and
obligation and overruling providence are
not at all conventional.
"How to Reduce Your Weight or In
crease" Is by Celia Logan, press OF Will
lam \. Kellogg, publisher, 1928 Sixth
avenue, N New ! orl. 1t is simple. under
standable exposition Of the Salisbury
plan of freeing oneself from the burden
OF corpulence without use Of medicines
Tales from Town Topics" is collec-
ton Of very light, mainly Limsy and
slangy stories, poems and witt!cisms.
Town Topics Publishing Company, New
York.
"Elsie at Niamede" is novel by Mar
tha Finley, author Of Elsie Dursmere."
Thorn i'll the Nest" etc. II is from the
press OF Dodd, Mend 81 Co, New y York.
"Muriel Howe' is a novel of the Blue
Paper (semi-monthly) Series OF Dodd.
Mead u Co., New York. 1t is by Ange-
lima Teal.