Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-24

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thor's reputation is to commend 1t SUPER
| latiyely.
THE PEARL OF INDIA. By Maturin NJ. Ballou.
| Boston: Houghton, Mifiin & Co. Washington:
| Robert Bean
There is temptation in the mere name
| India" for those who are inclined to
| wander in foreign lands, but only few
| of the many migratory ones see of the de-
2 of their hearts. The stay-at-homeS
! A.Ight to be able to secure a great deal of
| enjoyment from this volume, in which
there is so much of detailed description
| that nothing seems to have escaped the
| authors attention. Rarely does writer
| compress SO much of valuable information
into such a comparatively small space.
THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE LEvANT. Ad-
| ventures Of Two Youths in a Journey Through
Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Greece and Turkey,
" Knox S auth af Of The Boy travellers in the
ION the Congo The Young Nimrois," &c
New York Harper & Brothers. Washington:
Thomas w. Knox has done much to edu-
| cate hundreds Of boys who were disin-
clined to study. More effective lessons in
geography, history and ethnology could
| hardly be framed than are continually
presented in 1.-THE Boy Travellers" series.
| Literally and correctly illustrated.
| THE SPECIAL. CORRESPONDENT; Or, The Adj
s author wsng
| Under the Sea-" Tour of the World in Eighty
caar, &c. New Yors ioSei oorye q Co.. &
| Washington: Woodward Lothrop
Monsieur Verne should have studied his
| subject more closely before writing. His
| Especial correspondent" is an absurd sort
| of being, who does not distinguish him.
self at ALL and who bears no resemblance
to the wideawake newspaper worker Of
| today.
THE NEW TINE: A Plea for the Union Of the
Moral Forces for Practical Progress BY D. O.
Flower. author Of "'Civilization's Inferno"
Boston: The Arena Publishing Company.
| Intent upon Fastening social. moral and
| intellectual progress the author adds not
| ably to the vast quantity Of argument that
! has already reached the public through
| the medium Of his pen. An idealist. he
| sometimes touches an extreme. but his
sincerity is SO evident that ii cannot but
| disarm many who are inclined to honest
| criticism and who would argue with him
| as to the soundness Of his theories and the
| difficulties that prevent their application.
JOHN BROWN AND HIS MEN. With Some Ac-
count Of the Roads They Travelled to Reach
American Society Irrigation Engineers, author
Philip IL Hen1y sheasn T
Reports on Irrigation. 1ss5-9O," &c. New
York: Funk & Wagnals Company.
Written by one who was to a consider
| able extent associated with Brown OF
| Osawatomie," this twelfth volume of the
| American Reformers series is one of sur
| passing interest. thorough believer in
John Browns mission, the author has done
| his work with enthusiasm of the con-
| tagious sort. Much of the information
given is new; most of 1t is authentic.
| UP AND DOWN THE NILE; or, Young Adven
Tse Army and Navy oSns h@sr,e "a
Abroad, The Boat CLUB Stories" &c Bos:
Lothrop.
The third volume of the second series of
| the "All-Over-the-World Library and. IL
| possible, a more valuable and interesting
| work than it's predecessors. Egypt Is still
| the most mysterious of lands. but many Of
| it's long-kept secrets have been laid bare
| for the edfication of adventure-loving
| boys. An admirable gift for book-hungry
youngsters.
MARsENA AND OTHER STORIES OF THE WAR
TIME. BY Harold Frederic. New York:
Charles scribner's Sons. Washington: Bren-
tano's.
Eve Of the Fourth" and my Aunt Susan"
will interest and amuse even the least
susceptible Of readers. "Marsena' Is es-
pecialiy good.
THE CASTLE OF THE CARPATHIANs. By Jules
Yerne,. author Of From the Earth to the
Moon" The Mysterious Island" &c. New
ward & Lothrop
Deals with the improbable, yet not I'm
possible. The motif of the story Is ap-
piled electricity, with the telephone, the
photograph and the kaleidoscope, put to
remarkable uses. Another Of Jules Verne's
inmitable narratives.
THE OLD PosT-RoAD. By NJ. G. McClelland.
author of oblivion" Princess" Broad
ks Vnck So
New York: The Merriam Company. Washing
ton: Woodward LOthrop.
A story of old Maryland. Of love and
crime and suffering and heroism. Fasci-
mating; literary success; the acceptable
product of a clever writer.
VOYAGE OF THE LIBERDABE. By Captain
Joshua Slocum. Boston: Roberts Brothers.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
story of latter-day adventure: of gen.
eral and local interest for this remarkable
boat and its no less remarkable crew were
in the Potomac some years since.
MIR. PICKErPIN AND HIS FRIENDS. By Price
Collier: With Illustrations by Walter Bobbett.
New York: f. =. button & Co. Washington:
William Ballantyne & Sons.
Discusses the Indian Of the northwest,
principally the Brule Sioux-and does 1t in
an interesting way.
| AMERICAN SLAVES. BY One Of Them. A Book
for workingmen. Chicago: The American En-
CRAVING Company
Pessimistic in its tone, cynical in its
| criticisms. yet rightly aimed and by no
means unreasonable.
THROUGH TROUBLED WATERS. Story Found.
ed on Fact. From the French. By Mrs. Fran
els ]. A. Darr,' author Of The Cortina Meth
3D." translator OF 1.-THE Strange Friend OF
Tito Gil'' and Brunhlde; or, The Last Act OF
Norma" from the Spanish, &c. New York:
Town Topics Publishing Co.
THE INDIsCRETION OF THE DUCHESS Being
Story Concerning Two Ladies', a Nobleman
and Necklace. BY Anthony Hops, author of
1.-The Prisoner Of Zenda," &c. New York;
Henry Holt & Co. Washington: William Bal
lantyne & Sons.
FIRST LATIN READINGS. BY Robert Arrow
smith, Phi. D., Professor Of Greek and Latin,
Teachers College New York city, and George
NJ Whcher M. A., Instructor In Classics,
Packer Collegiate Institution, Brooklyn, N Y
New York; American Book Co.
| SHADOWS BEFORE; or. A Century Onward By
Fayette Stratton Giles New York: The Hum
boldt Publishing Co.
THE SILVER STRUGGLE 1890 to 1894 By
Francis G. Newlands.
Most city churches have, or intend to
have, an official paper. and the scheme,
originated by Mr.. T. Pliny Moran and
adopted by twenty Of the leading churches