Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-01

uy saving funa. Ias salaries VI
actresses look large because the public
hesfs only stsug the salaries and moth
lng about The sIpensea
commoa sense snd good judgment
are the qualities for whieh our Amer
can ladie. are notsd. Wnea they and
any article which will add 10 TIE com
fort al their homes or 10 their personal
sppesrsaes they speedily adopt &, be-
inx quick TO discover the superiority or
the new over lhs old. Ii IS 20 tnis trait
thstthe firm of A. Mcdowell & Co owes
he wonderful success OF tneir French
Fashion Journals among American
women. Wherever these journals are
critically exam nsd their superior merit
- at once recognized. They net only
give the styles one month earlier than
ths American fashioa Journals, but
tue variety, orig naIty aud practicable
ity of those styles llli them 30 far above
all others that they srr NOW recognized
as the standards OF fashion for This
country, as they have long been IN
France.
II is with pleasure that we receive
from lessrs. Macmillan & Co. = copy
OF Mrs. Humphrey Wards e-Esrly sx-
pected novel, "fhe History az David
Grieye." Mrs. Ward has showa her.
self 10 he writer OF ineonteslb'e gem
ins. Her high enthusiasm Tor the
moral elevation OF the race has been ST
one With the artistic impulse that has
guided her pen. Like George Eliot
she has once more taught rs that iic-
ton. far from being merely super
iiciai representation of passing s.,ua-
tons and emotions, may grapp,s with
The greatest problems ana teach men
noble truths. Tiie buck is ! com pact
volume OF four hundred pages. less
didactlc than Robert E.smerc," but
far SURPRISING 10 IA interes. and in 1T
erary merit. The publishers have IN
Guided il III their new series OF copy
righted dollar novels.
The Cosmopolitan for February con-
tains S portrait of William Dean How
ellis. who I'll tike editorial control of
the magazine with the present editor,
in March. Love and Marriage in
Japan" by Sir Edwin Arnold. is atlrsc-
lively "sct" ami beautifully illustrated.
"The Petroleum Industry" by Peter
MacQueen; "The Columbus Portraits"
by William Eleroy Curtis; leading
Amateurs IN Photography" by Clar-
ence Bloomfield Moore; RELATION Of
Invention to Conditions OF Life" by
George III. kngnt. are illustrated ana
are y few OF the many attractions
which this numoer presents IN It,
readers. The sketch of Mr. Howells 10y
Hjalmxr Hjorth Boyesen is interesting
and well written.
The New England Magazine for Feb
ruary contains ''Some Letters of Wen
deli Phillips to Lydia Maria Child"
collecucn OF great interest. "Corot--
His Life and Work, ""The prairics and
Coteaus OF Dakota" "rhe Granite In
dustry in New England "The
Churches in Worcester" and "A Coun-
try Boys Recoliections of the War" all
are papers OF great worth. the stories
OF "Salem Witchcraft' are continued
in this number. The stories and poems
are pleasing. The paper on Corot-ihe
initial ARTICLES illustrated finely, and
the entire number will claim the in
terested attention of It's readers.
Madame Henry Greville's superb
novels hold \ deserycdIy high rank.
They are among the finest romances
extant, and possess extraordinary IN
terest while displaying great power, q
thorough knowledge OF human nature,
rare descriptive ability and u vein OF
humor as keen as it Is enjoyable. One
Of the best is "Thc Princess Roubne:
or, Nadia's Vow of Love and Hero.sm,"
just published in "Petersons' New
Twenty-Five Cent Series" of choice fic-
ton, which now numbers 100 volumes,
and complete list of them Will be
cent to any address, and when not to
DO mad of your bookseller copies Will
be sent by mail. OH receipt OF retail
price by L. Il. Peterson & Brothers,
Philadelphia, Pa.
1t AN object lesson to those who
have predicted high prices for books as
result OF tho International copyright
law that Daudet's new novel, Rose
and Ninette: A Story Of the Morals and
Manners Of the Day." will be published
IN this country for fifty cents. This,
notwithstanding the tact that the Cas-
sell Publishing company paid large
price to the author for the copyright.
Claus SpreckeIs. the millionaire sugar
manufacturer, whose plantations are
in the Sandwich Islands. has written
to Mrs. Helen Mather that he has care
fully read her book, zone SuMmer IN
Hawai-" (Ca.sell Publishing company,
and that lie 'cotnmends Il to the earn
est attention and study OF all such as
of the beauties of that comparatively
unknown and still less appreciated
parad lsc Of the Pacific"