The morning call., 1894-08-05

that holds the reader tnrougnout. LCmnf
cago and New York: +. L. Nicely. for
sale at the book-stores.l
MIZRAIM-This is the title Of a WORK on
ancient Egypt by Dr.Samuel Augustus BID
ion that must take rank among the great
productions Of the century. The work mas
been produced entirely by the enterprise
of DR.. Binion, and is of such excellence as
to surpass works of the same class that
have been gotten up by European coun-
tries at cost of millions of dollars.
The aim of DR.. Binion in producing
"Mzraim" is 10 combine in an attractive
form a history of Egypt which shall WV
idly portray the past life of that mysteri-
Gus laud and lay before the world hne
pictures of fertile fields and deserts, popu-
lOus cities, vast temples and magnificent
monuments.
The work is in two volumes. the pages
OF which are about 1Sx24 inches. Inc TWO
volumes contain IA full-page illustrations,
and opposite each picture is page OF de-
scriptive matter, written in learned. yet
clear and interesting manner.
The pictures are all produced in colorss,
and are masterpieces of the photographers
art. There are views of old temples, as
they look to-day in all their ruin and deso-
lation, and also restOrationS OF the same,
showing how they must have looked ln she
days of their grandeur. The original pic
lures were made by the ablest artists un-
der the direction of F. de Binion.
The entire makeup of the work is elegant
and beautiful 1t is really an illustrated
history of Egypt produced on scale never
before attempted.
Eminent critics on Egyptology accord to
the work the greatest possible praise, and
say that the truthfulness OF the plates
have never been eQualed in this or any
other country.
"a MODERN MAGDALENE. "A very
strongly written story. aud one which will
no doubt take place among the successful
works in the long line of fiction, is "a
Modern Magdalene," by Virna Woods.
The chief object of Miss Woods In writing
this story is to show socety's great injus-
tice toward women; the social ostracism
that forces many woman of really noble
qualities to a life Of hopeless degradation.
The characters are so we'll drawn that the
reader cannot help but feel that they were
taken from real life. In the choice of
subjects the writer has done a daring
thing-Somethng that no other woman
mas dared to attempt. but the result in
cines the reader to wish that If literary
art must handle such subjects it should be
done by a woman who has the same degree
of feeling aud good judgment that Miss
Woods has. The writer speaks plainly in
her descriptions OF some OF the wrongs
charged against society, and betrays a
knowledge Of the shadier sides of lie no
less remarkable than her appreciation of
the good and the bad elements of the
human heart which determine the specific
form Of sin so corrupting to society. 1t is
one of the few books of the kind that sets
1t, hi inh
lasting impression. lBoston: Lee &
Shepard. 81 25. For sale by the Bancroft
Company.
BIoLoGY.-The subject matter of this
book is furnished by the lectures of Pro-
fessor Jordan Of the Leland Stanford uni
versty. 1t merits and undoubtedly will
receive a warm welcome not only from the
students of the university, for whose use
it is primarily intended. but also FROM that
larger class of readers and students who are
on the lookout for any new work that deals
with the most fascinating and most impor-
tant development Of modern science, bi-
ology. In what should student find more
interest than in the story OF his own ORR
gin and development, and the theories that
account for them. For such students the
book will serve as good guide to reading
and an aid to collection. The lectures are
notgIVen in full but in brief but conn plete
analysis wherein every important point is
developed, the various steps clearly seen
and the logical thread, the result of expert
ment, that unites the various deductions
into a complete whole, carefully displayed
The whole range of the science of biology
is examined, and the results in general and
particular on society and the individual
noted. 4 grasp of this little work means
a complete insight of the science. The
printing of the book reflects great credit
on the press of the university. Palo Alto
University Press. For sale by William
DOxey.
OUTLAW AND LAwMAKER.-Mrs. Camp
bell Praed, who through several books has
demonstrated that she is a powerful de-
scriptive writer, presents In Outlaw and
Lawmaker" tale of Australian life that
is thrilling in the extreme, and interesting
as well. 1t is one Of those works of fiction
that will repay the perusal and will please
the reader as chapter after chapter leads
him on to show the devotion of a woman
who is true to the one she loves, not only
true IN life, but steadfast to his memory
1t is a thrilling story, and is OF the high
class Of books that have been issued in
AppletOn's Town and Country Library.
New York: d. Appleton 81 Co. For sale
by the Bancroft Company.
THE House OF THE WoLF.-Undert this
title Stanley j. Weyman offers TO the
reading public an English version of re-
markable French memoir written by
Anne, Vicomte de Caylus, who lived in the
seventeenth century. 1t is an extraordi-
nary and in teresting story of the times
that ought to have many readers. [Chicago
and New York: Rand. McNalIy & Co.,
Chicago, the Charles III. SeTgel Company.
For sale at all bookstores.
ADAUGHTER OF MUsIC.-G. Collner no
doubt thinks be has written a novel. At
least the writer calls it a novel. As a mat
ter of fact it is dream. and bad dream
at that. It is regular nightmare. Being
a nightmare, it is not pleasant to expert
ence. New York: ID. Appleton q Co.
Sold at the bookstores.
Literary Notes.
In the August number of the Century
there is an article on subject that is al
this time attracting great deal of atten-
ton. 1t is from the pen OF Senator Hoar
and is on the right and expediency OF
woman suffrage. and in the same issue the
Rev. DR.. j. NJ. Buckley has an article on
the wrongs and perils of woman suffrage.
Each writer was shown the others article
and each has added postscript In answer
to the arguments advanced. The suffrage
question is discussed from all points, from
the moral as we'll as The economic.
1t is announced that Mr.. Thomas A.
Jauvier is the author of the brilliant little
book entitled "The Women's Conquest OF