The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-01

IN |1ne Letters OF James russell Io"-
ell,' edited by Charles Eliot Norton, read
ers make the personal acquaintance of Mr.
Lowell in a new aspect. The work has been
SO judiciously edited that it has an auto
Geographic character. though there is even
more self-revelation in the letters than
there would be in an autobiography. Mr.
Lowell had the rare and true quality IN
letter-writing-for he speaks (only with pen
In hand) to his correspondents as though
they were present friends, informally, i'm
pulsively. The personality that becomes
more familiar through the publication or
THESE letters was q force In the crlSlS OF
American history, and must always be
regarded as an expression of the best ele-
ments in the Nations lie; and doubtless
the letters could not have been more suit
ably prepared by any other hand than that
of the authors friend, the editor. The
work is in two volumes OF generous size,
with portraits. Cloth, IS. New York: Har-
per & Bros.
The Christ Child in Art" by Henry Van
Dyke, is a successful attempt to express
in the language of to-day and the words
of common life the meaning of the gospel
narrative of the infancy of Jesus. The
theme is a beautiful one, and in this work
1t is treated by an author who is the adj
herent of no exclusive school in art, a
a devOtee Of no particular theory; IN adj
mirer of good work wherever and however
II may be done; and the result of his SYM
pathetic efforts is a volume of singular ex-
cellence and completeness, that joins TO
many of the tendereSt pictures a. COM
mentary that makes their meaning palmer,
yet without destroying their charm. There
are numerous Illustrations, many being
after the celebrated. paintings by masters.
The work is published in handsome form
and richly embellished. Cloth, orna-
mented, 81
Harper & Brothers publish Essays,
Speeches and Memoirs of Field Marshal
Count Helmuth Won AIoltke." The two
large volumes contain the Field Marshal's
utterances on the social condition of Po-
land, the boundary between France and
Germany, the Eastern question, the military
and political situation of the Ottoman en-
pire, speeches in the Customs Parliament"
Reichstag and PruSsian House of Lords;
and perhaps most interesting of all are the
personal recollections, written by men and
women who knew the great soldier as q
lated by Charles Flint McCiumpha, Phi. D.;
the speeches by Major &. Barter, ID. "A. A.
Ct, and the memoirs by Mary Herms;
There are two full-page portraits drawn by
Won Moltke himself. Cloth, 50.
Harper & Brothers publish "a History
of the Roman Empire, from It's Founda-
ton to the death of Marcus Aurelius." by
j. B. Bury. NJ. A, fellow and tutor of
Trinity College, Dublin. The author has
written directly from original sources and
| has presented in a clear and interesting
style the political. military and social his
tory OF the empire from it's foundation to
the death of Marcus Aurelius, together
with chapters on Roman art, life at Rome,
manners OF women. houses, baths, the cir
| Gus MaXimus, and other interesting matters
| appropriate TO the subject. The work is
| adapted for use as a textbook in UNIVERSE
ties or schools. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.5o.
odd Court Life in France by Mrs.
Frances Elliot, author of 1.-THE Diary of
an Idle Woman in Italy," is a story of the
oorr life Of Franco from Francis To
Louis XIV. France is very rich in memoir
history, and out of this material Mrs.
| Elliot has made a delightful book. 1t
brings out in a strong light the more pc
culiar and interesting bits Of character
and history which the author has met with
in her long course of reading. 1t is an
historical romance of decided interest. The
two volumes are illustrated with portraits
and views of some Of the old chateauX.
Cloth, gilt tops, 81. New York: G.. 2.
Putnam's Sons.
A new and revised edition of Triumph
ant Democracy" by Andrew Carnegie,
brings the work down SO as to embrace
results of the census of 1890. The general
character of the work is well known. 1t is
an enthusiastic presentation Of the claim
of the United States to be the greatest
country, the government of the United
| States the best government, and the people
of the United States the most prosperous
and progressive people in the world. 1t
Il OilC1l a SlCdL It'll '" iilO
massed and presented in an impressive
form. Cloth, 50. New York: Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons.
The fifth series of the Library. Gems
&C. p. Putnam's Sons) is fully up to the
standard of the previous issues. This series
comprise Ruskin's ideas of Truth" with
portrait; Rossetti's 9TH House Of Life"
with portrait; De Quincey's Essay on
Conversation" with portrait; Keats's The
Eve of st. Agnes Matthew ArnOld's '"The
Study of Poetry" with portrait These
volumes are we'll named Literary Gems
The works themselves are classics of their
kind. and the publishers have given them
a most attractive form. Morocco covers,
gilt tops, 40 cents each.
In "My Year in a Log Cabin" Mr. w. D.
Howells gives some charming glimpses of
a period in his life when, in 1850, the elder
Howells removed the family from the sur
roundings Of a city. and the ruins of a
newspaper enterprise, to a quiet place on
the Little Miami river. There, in the rude
novelty of log-cabin life, the 'bit OF auto
biography begins. and with what delight
ful humor and tender pathos il continues
to the end may be imagined by those fa-
is published in Harper's .Black and White
series. Cloth, ornamental, 80 cents.
In Riders of Many Lands" Col. Theo-
dore \. Dodge, Of the United States army,
treats of the horses and horsemen of all
nations. He seems to have made a thor
ough study of the subject, and presents the
result in style at once interesting and in
structive. The work contains u good many
graphic pictures OF life outside of horses
and horsemen, but these constitute the prin-
cipal theme, and it is treated with the en-
thusiasm of one who loves his mount,
whether it be shaggy or sleek. The illus
| tratiOnS are numerous and admirable.
Cloth. gilt tops, 81. New York: Harper &
Brothers.
Evening Tales" is a collection of short
stories, purporting to have been trans
lated from the French of Frederic Ortole,
by Joel Chandler Harris, author of Uncle
Remus." The alleged translation is prob
ably a fiction. The stories are in Uncle
Remuss well-knOwn style, except that they
are all in pure English instead Of a dia-
lect. Brother Rabbit, Brother Goat,
Brother Wolf and all the rest OF the breth-
rem are there in good plain English clothes.
There are fifteen stories in the volume.
Cloth, 81. New York: Charles Scribners
Sons.
I'm Far Lochaber," a novel by William
Black, opens with a Sabbath night in a
small town OF Lanarkshire, in Scotland. a
laughter of a minister of the place rebels
against the fettered life of Kirk O. Shields,
and from that time forward the readers
interest steadily grows as the author in
geniously unfolds the characters of his
story, and depicts the struggles of con-
science, the passions of the will, and the
m of the good and true I'm Far
Lochaber." This is a new edition. revised
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