The National tribune., 1895-11-28
RECENT LITERATURE.


| the Century Co. New York. and for sale by
Robert Bsale. Washington, ID. c. Price 50.
This is q new edition, with new maps and
illustrations, printed from new plates. In two
| volumes. 525 and ago pages each. The great
| success that attended Gen. Grants Reminis-
cences of the Civil War not due wholly to
| the general interest IN the personality of the
writer. nor to the memorable circumstances
| under which the book was written. The work
had a solid merit that WAS promptly recognized.
| Its graphic style, its viriIity, its sound judg-
ment Of leaders and military measures, all
have combined to render it the one classic in
our war literature The appearance of hand
some library edition. marked by the care for
mechanical details characteristic of the publ
cations of The Century Co., will call out n
| hearty welcome. There are many new portraits
of the great commander and all of the leading
battles aud campaigns are accompanied by care
| full drawn maps. Col. Grants work OF re-
vision is mainly in the way of marginal ammo
| tations. made with view to experimenting
the personal narrative by references not only
10 some of the books with which the author
| refreshed his memory before entering upon
and during his photographed labor, but
also to works giving fuller details of the incl
dents that were necessarily briefly treated by
| Gen. Grant. Short notes of biographical
nature have also been supplied in order to
identify of the minor characters The
addition of an exhaustive index adds greatly
| to the value of the work.
A YEAR OF SACRED SONG. Compiled by
| Martha Camps Oliver. Published by Raphael
Tuck u Sons, New York.
Whoever wishes dainty Christmas gift for
| mother or sister could choose nothing more
pleasing than this year book. The selections
are from Phillips Brooks. Emerson, Carlyle,
SHAKESPEARE Marianne Farningham's POEMS
Goethe, Beecher, Whittier and others, and
are most excellently chosen. Ii Is book of
| living, noble thought. Withal it is most
prettily bound and printed with water-color
| flower sketch for each month.
| CHRISTIANITY AND OUR TIMES. By r p
| Brorup. Published by Chicago international
| Book Company.
| A series of sermons on Evolution, the Old
and New Testament, Creed and Punishment
| Sunday and the Adventsts, Modesty, Ritual
| ism, etc.
OUR COMMON SPEECH. BY Gilbert NJ. Tucker.
| Published by Dodd. Mead Co.. New York.
The study of our language is both pleasing
| and profitable. We all have personal interest
| in the true word meanings and niceties of gram
mar. These six papers by Gilbert NJ. Tucker, an
earnest and thoughtful writer on the subject.
! are all interesting. particularly the ones
Degraded Words "Old Dictionaries" and
| "AmeficaDisms." The other bjects are on the
English of the New Testament, Modern Die
| tionaries, etc.
Many of the words treated of in Degraded
| Words" are familiar examples to US all. That
4 villain" heather, originally did not possess
| the evil meaning that we moderns give, we may
| know already; but besides these he has host of
words that have drifted around surprisingly in
meaning, and whose histories are quite excit-
/ ing.
| He presents also plenty of proof that many of
our dialectic or provincial phrases are to be
| found in Shaksperean or other British works
/ Some of our fondly- cherished slang is thus
credited to the Britous. Too thin " was used
by Shakspere. "Saucc." meaning impudence
| may be found in Halliwell. Bully" dates
back to 1851 and black out +" is quite old
English. He credits us with blue-blooded."
blizzard. roundup" and other picturesque
and strong bits of English.
YELLOW BEAUTY. BY Marion Martin Pub
lished by Laird & Lee. Chicago. Price 80 cents
dear little book about kittens with pictures
copied from Mime. Henrietta Ronner's pictures
of cats-the most irresistibly graceful and
mischievous of pussies.
HOW TO STUDY STRANGERS. By Nelson
Sizer. Published by Fowler, Wells Il Co, New
York. Price 20 cents.
A book phrenology and character reading
Sketches of prominent men and women are
given and an analysis of their temperaments
Children's heads are pictured, with prophecies
of their probable development. For all be-
levers in phrenology this must be an interesting
book.
AFTER WHICH ALL THINGS. BY George W.
Warder. Published by g. w. Dillingham;. New
York.
A romance.
FROM YOUTH To AGE. BY David B. Loveioy.
Published by The American Authors Protective
Publishing Co., Chicago.
story of the life of man who was clerk,
soldier. farmer. schoolmaster, and pioneer. 1t
is told in honest, straig htforward manner
that makes it interesting. The author is an
old soldier.
THE MISSING PoCKET-BOoR. By Harry Cas-
tlemon. Published by Henry t. Coates. PhiIa-
dclphia.
The boys all like Harry Castlemons stories,
and this new one will probably please them
immensely.
GLEANINGS By w. J. g. Published by George
W. jacobs PhiIadep ha- For sale by O. C. Pnr-
sell, AIS Ninth street, Washington, ID. q. Price
co cents.
A Thought book" for the Christian En-
deavorers and Epworth Leaguers. The quota
tions are taken from the works of Phillips
Brooks. Ruskin. Drummond, Kingsley, Thos.
Kempis. Tennysop, and others. 1t is bound
most prettily, and will be pleasing gift-bOok.
THE HORSE FAIR. By James Baldwin. Pub
lished By The Century Co., New York. For sale
by Robert BeaIl. 49, Pennsylvania avenue.
Washington. Price sl.5O.
A small boy is conducted to q horse fair in a
magic land, where all the famous horses of
mythology, history and fiction are brought be-
fore his sight. Kiron the Centaur is sum-
moned to guide him. and the boy is told the
stories of the steeds as they pass by. Pegasus.
Bayard, Bucephaus. Rozinante, Ichabod
Cranes Gunpowder, the chargers of Napoleon,
Cesar, Grant, and Sheridan, are all there
Ph;eton drives his glorious steeds by. and
the boy hears the story of the great wooden
horse that the Greeks built to trick the |
Troians 1t is a most interesting collection.
and the girls and the "grown-ups" will like it |
as much as the boys do.
Abbott. Published by J. b. Lippincott Com
pany Philadelphia For sale by Brentano,
Washington, d. c. Price 81.
A quaint romance of Ruth and John, |
Quaker man and maid. 1t is pleasing ac-
count, with much life and strength in it. /
Ruth is a gay little body, who displeases her |
stern father with her songs and bright ways, |
but she wins gallant lover.
WITCH WINNIE AT VERSAILLES. By Eliza |
beth w Champuey. Published by Dodd. Mead |
& Co.. New York. Price Sl.50.
story of trio of girls stud wing art, archi- |
lecture and history at Versailles. With many
dainty fancies they people the beautiful gar
dens and palaces again with the lords and |
ladies' Kings, Queens. courtiers and artists of |
history. Madame Pompadour, Vatican, Marie |
Antoinette and her children. Madame Mainte-
non. King Louis XIV. are all summoned forth, |
aud the American girls tell quaint tales of
them. The book is beautifully illustrated with |
reproductions of famous pictures. The Marie |
Antoinette portrait is fascinating, and the /