The herald., 1893-10-15
[RY L. REHyMER.l ]

One of Robert Brothers, the well
known publishers of Boston, new books
is A Question of Love, story OF
Switzerland, translated by Annie K.
Ramsey from the French of I. Combe.
The scene is laid in Switzerland, and
the narrative has to do with delight
fully original family, consisting OF two
old men Zone OF them almost centenar-
ian): spinster housekeeper of quaint,
undemonstrative manners; an elderly
servant, always ready to speak her mind
on the slightest provacation, and last
but by no means least, a beautiful girl OF
eighteen, whose loneliness amid these
surroundings, cut off from all com
panionship with persons of her own age,
is forcibly depicted. Pretty little Zoe,
with her shy ways and her tender heart
is most attractive character and the
reader will not wonder that Samuel,
the honest son OF the neighbor-
ing farmer, falls head over heels
in love with her. But SamuePs hopes
are doomed to disappointment. All the
characters are well drawn, and among
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least delightful. His one ambition is
that he may live to be hundred, and
he comments on the obituary list IN the
newspaper with glee that would be
disgusting if it were not SO artless. Miss
Ramsey's translation deserves the
highest praise from it's freedom
from Gallo idioms, Here, evidently,
is one translator who believes that q
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written in the English language. and
not in that droll Anglo-French patois
which go often does duty for English at
the hands OF the ignorant and incompe'
tent. Altogether it is a clean, sweet
smelling etory-a great relief after the
quantities of realistic stuff produced by
the modern French school. The charac-
terizasion Is excellent and the style
and treatment deserve special commen-
dation. 1t is pretty and wholesome
love story that recommends itself spe-
cially to the attention of the maidens.
In the choice series published by Rob-
ert Bonner's Sons OF New York we find
a new issue containing Brandon Coyle's
Wife. This novel is continuation and
conclusion of Mrs. Southworth's. de-
lightful story, A Skeleton in the Closet.
Everyone who followed the fortunes of
the hero and heroine of that book will
be gratified by the way in which their
lives and histories are worked out and
the guilty author of all their misfortunes
finally brought to grief. 1t is a pa
thetic and moving story, full of delight
full incidents and full of the charm of
deep and pure love. All readers of The
Hidded Hand and Unknown will be
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The Bonners promise many new novels
this fall and winter, and this series will
contain the most of them. They are
nicely bound, beautifully illustrated
and neatly printed, forming a very at
tractive line Of books in either paper or
cloth backs. t7sr,1o
One of Lee-Shepard's new books for
the fall trade is an elegant volume of
original verse, with more than 40 ex-
cellent illustrations by Copeland and
others. The title is From Sunrise to
sunset. by Curtis Guild. author of
Over the Ocean, Abroad Again and
Britons and Muscovites. Mr.. Curtis
Guild is veteran journalist, being the
editor of the Commercial Bulletin,
Boston, and as an, author has won con-
spicuous success by his books of foreign
BLhV6le OV0I buO OCOdA hnQ lbd 6uC-
ceesorB have been greatly popular for
to all old school fellows are very strong,
and from time to time at their stated
gatherings, he has read feeling and
beautiful greetings in verse. He was
the laureate of the friendly association.
Other subjects for poetry have also
claimed hie attention, and he has
1iaftnafiov in fdullfa kola
historic sketches, domestic scenes, and
were written for the Kinckerbocker
Louis Gaylord Clarke was tie editor,
when Leland, Curtis, Parkman and
other now famous writers were also be-
collection, covering long stretch of
moods and feelings from vivacious
is true autobiography, and the reader,
following in the steps of the past, lives
over again the life with him.
The volume has the great advantage
of being beautifully illustrated. The
numerous designs are original, appro-
pirate and artistic, and are engraved on
are exceedingly suggestive and poetic,
and all are conspicuous for some merit.
It is seldom that such illustrations
gladden. the eyes of readers; with their
help the various pieces become lumin-
GUS.
The local illusions in one or two of the
Occasional Poems will greatly please
elderly New Englanders. Yet as a
whole the interest is general and the
book will have as warm a welcome west
of the Mississippi river as in the authors
home.
One of Charles L. Webster & Co. g late
publication, which has proved intensely
interesting is A Catastrophe in Bohe-
mia, by Henry s. Brooks.
Many readers of periodical literature
will Immediately associate the name of
Henry S. Brooks with number of short
stories, wherein the most interesting
phases of life in the mining towns of the
United States, Lower California and
Mexico are strikingly and feelingly de-
picted.
For many years Mr.. Brooks has been
interested in the development of gold
and silver mining properties, and much
OF his life has been spent in mining
camps and towns in various parts of the
North American continent, He writes
only of what he has seen and known,
and his trained literary and artistic
talent has enabled him to grasp what
was most striking in the various phases
OF lie In these strange, out-of-the-way
places. That Mr.. Brooks is also at home
in other atmospheres ia shown by his
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