Evening journal., 1893-05-30
RECENT LITERATURE.


Worthington Co, Joseph J. Little,
receiver, 747 Broadway, New York,
announce for immediate publication as
No % in their Rose Library. "a
Southern Heritage, by William Horace
Brown, 1 vol, ~ mo, cloth $1.00; paper
80 cents. 1t is an attractive story of
American Southern Society life, which,
as regards dramatic spirit, originality of
motif, force and life of characters, is
most remarkable. The conceptions are
strong but simple, the style natural, the
conversations exceptionally vivacious, and
the people represented are creatures of
flesh and blood, even il some are fond Of
pleasure, high living, dancing, morphine,
etc. The descriptions of the great ball,
especially, in which the Grand Duke
Alexis and Mrs. Kirkwood were dancing
partners, are wonderfully realistic, in
fact they make ones blood tingle. On
many readers it will leave the desire to
participate in social pleasures which are
here so viyidly represented. or course,
there runs also in this bright novel an
undercurrent of dark deeds, finally
brought to happy end by an ideal and
appropriate marriage.
The same publishers also announce for
immediate publication as No. in their
Fair Library, The lronmaster," by
George Ohnet, author of "Antoinette, "
with frontispiece l vol, 12mo. paper.
"The Ironmaster" is a story of admir-
ably sustained interest, skillfully told in
graceful yet forcible language. The
strongly marked characters develop
themselves naturally, beth in their Ian
guage and their actions. The book,
moreover, unlike the general run Of
French novels, conveys a sound moral
1t shows anew how needful it is that
husbands and wives alike should study
each others character before marriage
and it enforces in convincing language
the oft-repeated lesson that a woman
should never trihe with the affections Of
the man to whom she is mated for life.
John Dew Warner, Member of Con-
gress from New York, has forecast of
tariff legislation, under the heading of
"What VIII the Democrats Do?" in the
June number of the Engineering Maya.
zine. Mr.. Warner says that the present
government may be expected to perform
it's promise of revOlutionizing our system
of federal taxation by abolishing its most
important present characteristics, and to
adapt currency system of which hon
esty shall be the base and freedom from
Federal bedevilment the char acteristic
The writer enumsrates the materials and
goods which may be expected to be put
upon the free list" and those to be sub
/ jected to merely nominal or low duties.
The many benefits resulting from tariff re-
form are presented. There is an interest.
ing description Of the latest great Cunar.
der "Campania," with illustrations of
her machinery, by "a Clyde engineer. u
An article that will doubtless prove of
much interest to architects and those
contemplating building country resi-.
dences is that on Modern American
| Country Houses" illustrated by ]. b.
| Robinson. Other articles are: Great
Britain at the Worlds Fair, Evolution
of the Iron Founders Art, the Trans
/ Siberian Railway, Fire Risks in Eec
trio Insulation, progress in Steam
Engineering-II, English and American
Railways, III, with numerous nlustra
tions.
Belford's Monthly for June contains
an interesting prospectus of the inter
Chicago in the latter part of June anC
| the hiSb Pahb VI yuly III WhiOh the Aotu
ing colleges of the country will partici
pate There is clever article on, CHESTS
illustrated from photographs Of mater
ialized spirits. Hubert H. Bancrof
partly tells Of the evolution of hi
library in San Fransisco he will con
elude next month. "a Frontier Fiction,
by Mrs Lindon W. Bates is bright tai
of life in Washington state. There ar
other articles, stories, poems and com
| monts which are ouite readable