The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-05
FRESH FROM THE PRESS.
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Indiundp0tfsI

Revolution to the Civil War" Is ont. The
work Is to be completed In five volumes. of
which three have been issued. Its place in
American literature has already been fixed
by the Judgment of discriminating readers.
In its conception, scope. treatment and
style it differs essentially from any other
American history, and ii is not too much
to say that, in some important respects, it
is the most interesting of any. The present
volume covers the period from 1903 TO ISL,
and fully %sustains the high standard set by
the previous volumes. a~bounding as IL does
with new material, treated In q mastery
manner. It makes o generous-siZed octave
volume of 5S4 pages, i'll cloth binding. with
gilt top; price, $3.50. New York: ID. Ap-
pleton ~ Co.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Issue
q new and revised edition of 1.-THE Life of
Our Lord Upon the Earth. Considered in
it's Historical. Chronological aud Geo
graphical Relations" by Samuel j. An
drews. The work was first published about
thirty years ago. and has continued IN
favor ever since. 1t Is not often that an
author lives long enough to supervise a
second edition of q successful work thirty
years after its first appearance. his eui-
fion utilities the latest acquisitions or
knowledge concerning the Holy Land ana,
without being at all controversial, Is q
veIY cOI1DltlC W oPoA
earth. setting forth His movements. acts
and utterances day by day. Cloth, $3.50.
Dir. George Meredith is regarded bymany
critical readers as the greatest English
novelist living. He certainly possesses
genius of a high order. and no one can read
one of his books without feeling that he Is
c~ommuning with a master of thought and
style. Roberts Bros. Boston. are issuing
a - 49, IN urnlU MAJ
cloth. at $3.50 per volume. which Will
doubtless find many readers. The tltie OF
the one just issued Is The Tragic Com.
edianr." Like all of Meredith's novels. 1t
is q book that requires and VIII repay close
reading.
Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria."
from the French OF u. Maspero, conveys an
excellent idea of life in its various phases
amongst the two most civilized nations
which tlourished on the earth before the
Greeks. The epoch chosen, for Egypt Is
that of Rameses III, fourteen hundred years
before Christ. and for Aesyria the seventh
century before Christ. The work Is not a
history. but q description of tbe!actual lie
of the people. as gathered from monuments,
hierOgly Dhic records. etc. Illustrated Now
York: ID. Appleton Il Co.
New Fragments is the title given to o
collection of essays. sketches and ad-
dresses by Prof. John Tyndal. There are
fifteen different essays or treatises In the
volume. and they embrace q wide range of
literary and scientific topics, Among 9th,
ers are essays on Atoms, Molecules and
Ether Waves" The Rainbow and Its
COpgeners," About COMMONLY alter, Per.
sOnal RecollectiOns of Thomas Carlyle"
Life in the Alps" etc. 1t Is needless to
say that all are c~harmingly written and
very instructive.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu," by A
r. Ropes, contains a we'll written biography
of the lady, with sketches of her travels
and literary work. including extracts from
her correspondence. The work is published
in handsome style and embellished by por-
traits of Lady Montagu. her husband and
other nOtabilities OF that period. 1t Is a
marked departure from the average book
of the day, and therefore interesting. Or
namental cloth covers. $3.50. New York:
Anew novel, by w. Clark Russell, enti-
tied. "a Strange Elopement." is a pretty
love story, the scene of which is laid on q
vessel at sea, and which eliminates in an
elopement in an opon boat. The story is
we'll told, and,- IKE eatl sof this authors
stories, contains many fine pictures of
ocean life and scenery, and abounds with
nautical language: The elopement, 1T may
be added, has a happy ending. Cloth, 81.
New York: Macmillan IL Go.
The literary world has not been expect
ing o new work by Carlyle, yet it comes
under the title OF History OF Literature"
1t consists OF O series of lectures on this
subject delivered by Carlyle in London. in
1888, and now published for the first time.
There are twelve of the lectures, and they
treat Of some of the most interesting
literature. Cloth. ST. New York: Charles
Scribners Sons. a.
Macmillan & Co.. New York. arc pub
fishing a new edition of +. Marion
Crawford's novels. volumes of which are
issued monthly in uniform cloth binding,
attractive In style and appearance. The
first volume of the series, issued in January.
was "Mr. Isaacs," which still ranks as one
lowed in February by doctor Claudius."
The edition will run through the year.
Price. 81 per volume.
"a Study in Girls" by Edmund S. Mid
dleton. contains seven sketches. or stories.
entitled Faith. u Not Musical Girl" An
nette. a Literary Girl Suzanne. a Shop
mel Girl" Nellie. a Wayward Girl.""My.
one. a Marriageable Girl" As character
sketches, they are bright and readable.
New York: q. w. Dillingham;.
Lovers of dogs, and especially owners of
valuable ones. will find much to interest
them in q work entitled 1.-THE Dog, In
Health and Disease" by DR.. Wesley Mills.
1t discusses dogs OF all kinds and In all
phases, and tells how to treat them in
health and sickness. Itcombines the prac-
tical with the scientific in q happy manner.
illustrated. New York: ID. Appleton &
Co.
"Zululu, the Maid of Anahuac.' by Han
nah A. Foster. is an epic poem, the scene of
which is laid in ancient Mexico. 1t is q
tale of passion, tragedy and romance. the
characters in which are consistent with
what is known of the inhabitants of an
cient Mexico. The story possesses some in.
terest, and the verslficatiOn Is good. Cloth.
81. New York: q. T.. Putnam's Sons.
The Cassell Publishing Company, New
York, publishes two good stories entitled, re.
spectively. Through the Red Litten Win.
dOws." by Theodor Hertz-Gar5en, and
Back from the Dead" by Saqul Smith.
They are issued in 1.-The Unknown Lii.
brnry," uniform in style and binding with
previous volumes of that series. Price, sc
cents.
"The Garsten B~igamy." q new novel by
Albert Ross. is q strongly written story. re.
sembling in it's style md treatment other
novels by the same author. who. by the
way, has O very large circle of readers
HIS stories ore published in "a series called
THE Albatroas Novels" q neat play on his
w name. New York: q. w. Dillingham;
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