The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Literary Notes..

EltefAEy Nolebs.
Funk Wagnalls Company have in press,
and will issue early in May two new books
OF much interest, "Isabella Of Castillo by
Major General o. o. Howard, and John
Brown and His Men, by Colonel Richard j.
Hinton. About a year ago General Howard
made a short visit to Spain in connection
with his studies of the great Queen, the pat
roness of Columbus. He visited her place
of birth, baptism, and childhood; the old
convent in Arevalo, where she went TO
school. Valladolid, the city of her romantic
betrothaI and subsequent marriage, and
other points of interest, including the ca
thedral, in Granada, in whose vaults her
remains found a final resting place. The
general has evolved his story in a simple
and u~nvarnished style, and has SO handled
the unhappy episodes in his heroine's lie
that both Catholics and Protestants Will
credit him with fairness. American can
afford to eulogize Isabella OF Castillo. Her
browning glory came when she gave recog-
milton to Columbus, and remained his firm
friend even when her husband turned
against him, and when the avarice and leal-
ousy of other would have comprised his
ruin. The following from the introduction
will explain how it came about that General
Howard undertook the writing OF his book
ssAbout two years ago | was in Cuba.
When officially calling upon the captain
general we were speaking of the part Queen
Isabella bore in the discovery of America l
remarked that we Americans recognize the
fact that she was the. patroness who rem.
dered Columbus voyage a reality. Yes.
he answered, but why is it that in all
America there is not a monument raised TO
her memory?
"Haying returned to New York, | re-
solved to do what / could to awaken an in
terest in the life of one to whom we as O.
people owe so much. 1t | had not the
means or the influence sufficient to raise a
| monument, I could at least make a faithful
study of her life, and write a sketch OF IL
from the viewpoint of today. This Column
bian period I lave deemed most favorable
! for the effort. = = M
Such a timely book by so distinguished an
| author will be sure of a large number Of de-
| lighted readers. 1t will be finely illustrated
| with seven superb photographers, and num-
| erous text Illustrations by B. A. Carter.
The book will be a 12mo, about $50 pages.
John Brown and His Men" is the final
| volume of the American Reformers" series.
Colonel Hilton, author of the book, was HIM
| self a trusted associate and confident OF
John Brown and the principal members OF
his Harper's Ferry party, md only by an
| accident was the Colonel prevented from
being actually engaged in the Virginia raid
| against slavery. While this PERSONAL knowl-
| edge. and the intervening thirty years OF
| search for information, which he has given,
| the volume will not only prove of intense in
terest as a narrative, but especially valuable
| as q new and reliable contribution to the
historical literature of America. There will
be portraits of John Brown, and twenty
| portraits, never before given together, OF
| his men. The book will be a 12mo. about
400 pages.
outing Costumes for Ladies'.
French outing costumes nave a skirt per
| fectly plain. Some models, however, with
overdresses and draperieS are also popular.
| Many q shoIt full coat has a double-breasted
vest. cut lower thar last year. Some new
| importatiens have also full cross skirts set
on. The very long coat is still seen. AS Tor
| the Jackets, the nGareon de cafen and new
varieties of the eEton'' jackets are the
favorites. These are made particularly at
t~ractive md stylish by revers and cape
effects, which are produced in many novel
ties.
These items of fashion are taken from the
McDoaceH Fashion Journals, which, as
usual, contain an endless variety of models.
In the way of inducements, these magazines
offer patterns of the latest styles which can
be secured at very moderate prices by means
of coupons. They also offer 81 worth OF
patterns as a premium for a yearly subscT1p-
| ton to either of these journals except La
Mode" which only gives fifty cents worth of
| patterns as a premium.
Frank Leslie's foy May.
In the May number of Frank Leslie's Pop
llur Monthly appears, under the character
istic heading "On the Spot" the first OF a
series of personal "reminiscences of IN artist
at the front, in the Secession Var of 1851
'64. These "reminiscences, written and illus
trated by Mr.. Joseph Becker, the famous
original Especial for L~estie's,' touched upon
| the contrasted humors and tragedies of war
from the point of view of the soldier in the
ranks; and, being copiously illustrated with
| fac-slmiles of documents, sketches made on
the field under fire, ETC., present aspects of
the great struggle in a new and peculiarly
vivid light. Mr.. Cecil Charles, the we'll
known Latin-American newspaper CORES
pondent. contributes to this number of
| Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly a timely Bra
| lillian paper on "The Revolt of the Fleet"
Another feature is DIR. Sherwood Dunn's
comprehensive article on "Medical Educa-
ton in France superbly illustrated with
views of the Paris Ecole de Medicine, the
great hospitals. clinics and experiments of
Charcot at the Salpetriere, Luys at La
Charlie, Sainte-Claire Deyllle at the Sor-
bonnie and Claude Bernard at the College
of France; and portraits of Messrs.
Pasteur, Patraire, Guyon Pean, Brou-
ardel, Pozzi, Pinard, Fourier and
Grancois-Franck Other illustrated articles
are ssThe Romance of o. Tama Chiovara,n
by Alice Howard Cady; aCloisters and Cor
ners.n by Grace Ellery Channing;SA Day
in Upsaia, " by Charles Edwardes; Birds of
Fact and Fable by Nelly Hart Woodwork,
and ssSugar-beet Culture in Southern Cali
fornia, y by Frederick NJ. Turner.