Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-10-27
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Literary Criticism for Students" Sc
! lected from English essays and edited with
an Introduction and notes by Edward T.
Mclaughlin, assistant professor of Eng
lish in Yale college These selections, de-
signed to serve as an introduction to lite
rsry criticism, are chosen from such essay
lists as Addison, Swift, johnson, Colsridge,
Arnold, Ruskin and Lowell. The purpose
of the book is to make good readers, that
is, sympathetic readers, rather than aeon
rate scholars, the latter, in the editors
opinion, being supplementary TO the for
merr and any artificial reversal Of the or
der being subversive of normal develop
msnt The work is attractive and of a
high order of merit. The selections ad-
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terest that they will naturally lead to more
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"CcsmopOlis," novel, by Paul Bcurset.
author of THE Promised Land, - etc The
scene Of this story Is laid in Italy, but IL
not specially locsl in its character. As
the title indicates, IL could equally well
have bsen placed In any great costaupoll-
tau city, where the cosmUpclits disSu!sss,
| under q superficial mcnOt0Ey, the real ma
ture Of his singular existence The VII
| ter deals philOsuphically with his difficult
| subject The Law he evolves is The perma-
| nencs of rsce; the force of he-eii;y slum
| beriug beneath the sUEface, ready to
| awaken as coon passion touches the
groundwork of the msn'e nature" The
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'Frosbers Letters" being free trAnsla-
tions of the letters Of friedrich Froebrl,
with explanatory notes aad additional
matter by Arnold II. HeiEeInAnu. Illus
trait d. FrOebsl, as every one knows, was
that wonderful friend of children, the
founder of the kindergarten, snd this III
tie volume lie at ouce a memoir, not only
of that remarkable man. but of his wife
! and devoted co-worker, Lniss Froebel, and
history of the systsm to which he gaTe
all the thought aud enemy of HE life
Abstrect interest in the Eahi-ct Of kinder
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Ing testimony 10 the courage. wisdom and
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heslthful and happy development The
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"Love's Cruel Enigma" by Paul Bour-
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French edition by Julian Cray This story
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| subtle thinkers and most courageous truth
tellers of the day, yet the work In the es-
innate of Enslish-spesking people loses
/ much of it's Psychological value through
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''Songs for the Hour" by d. NJ. Joues.
1t is refreshing to take up book of new
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| rythm, genuine poetic conception and hsr-
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assuming the title Of his attrEc;ively
bound and printed book, bat it exc!tes the
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First Days Among the ConirsbsndF,
by Elizabeth Hyds Botume. most faith
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one who was not only an eye witness Q
the scenes dep!cted, but sarnss; lahore
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matter of history. Niles Boiume Was sp
pointed by the New England branch, Il
1864, as teacher Of freed people At Beau
fort, S. G. Loosted on the border Of on
of the great battle felds, In & time of in
tense excitement. and Of peril, there 4
much of historic interest in the story
Something of the progress of military op
erstions is recorded, and ths manner IL
\ which the benevolent intsntsons of III
government toward the freedmen Wep
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"oiiver Cromwell, - by George q. CLARK
d. D.; with illustrations from old pain;
! Ings and prints. A chsrminsly write
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g is 8 notable addition 70 biographical lits
b rstuTe IL the writer be partiEKn hs
none the lees fair, presenting the subisI
3 In all lights and weighing authorities wit
o 8 justness thst leaves the reader In
q situation TO decide for himself Thl
e study of Cromwell has received the e.
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