Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20

| Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
| II have Just been reading Mr.. Riddles
new book, Reeollections of War Times"
writes Prof Moses Colt Tyler. land have
found it both informing and fascinating.
| 1t seems to me that for fidelity of stroke
and vividness of color it compares well
with any other sketch by or contemporary
| of our second and perhaps our greatest
| heroic age"
| A great many pleasant things might be
| said of this latest of Mr., Riddles works.
but column Of eulogy could not be more
compensatory satisfactory than that,
| coming, as IT does, from the most eminent
| authority on American history, himself the
| author OF a history Of American literature.
THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. By William
6: Harris Illustrated New York: The Harris
The text of part of this elaborate work
is continuation and completion of the
| exhaustive monograph on the catfishes
These lowly fishes. SO considered among
| anglers, are, from Mr.. Harris standpoint,
underestimated, not only in their qualities
| as rod fish, but as edible and stock fish,
Certainly he gives many interesting facts
| as to their habits and the great diversity
| and distribution of species, which makes
| this issue of the book particularly interest
ing to all loEers Of natural history. The
| two colored plates, 12x1S inches each con-
| tained in this number, are of the striped
bass, the rockfish of southern waters, and
| the large-mouthed black bass.
ROUTES AND RATES FOR SUMMER TOURS via
Picturesme D. o. 1885. Baltimore Md:
Passenger Department B. & o. II. r.
Where shall we go is a question that
great many Washingtonians have asked
| and SIN are asking themselves and each
| other. Those who are still in doubt as to
where the summer holiday may most COM
| fortably be spent might do very much
10 duin inst
| ton found in the more than four hundred
| pages of information which is attractively
] set forth in this volume.
THE CONDITION OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED
| SIamES -, Travellers Notes By Madame
| don Alger. Boston: Roberts Brothers Wash
I ington: woodward & Lothrop.
| American women have every reason for
| being grateful to Madame Blanc; not that
she has given utterance to compliments
merely for the purpose of being compli-
mentary, for she has not done so, but be-
cause she has accorded her subject a rea-
| sonable degree Of attention, and has told
the truth about as much of that subject as
| she came into close contact with.
| PUSSY AND HER LANGUAGE By Marvin R.
Discover rne az ing Paper on the wSnsrful
| Leon Grimaldi, F. r. s., &c.
| People who think they know all about
book. 1t is uniquely educative and is de-
serving Of especial consideration because
its author seems to have conquered almost
| all OF the difficulties attendant upon the
| total blindness with which he has for sew
eral years been afflicted.
AFIoAT WITH THE FLAG. By W. J. Henderson,
author arnisa Of ,sea Yarns for Boys" &C. illus
ington: Woodward & Lothrep
| Will delight any American boy who is
| lucky enough to possess a copy. The de-
| tails Of the story cluster around that in
| c:dent in Rio harbor. when the U. s. 8.
Detroit def1ed Admiral Da Gama's fleet by
escortng an American merchant ship
| to wharf. A starred and striped book of
| the best sort.
Mr. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA By John Ken
drick Bangs. Illustrated by II. VI. Mcvickaf.
New York: Harper & Brothers. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
Totally unlikeSany other life of Napoleon
ever published, and therefore likely to be
popular. Gilroy himself never lampooned
the Corsican so artistically as Mr.. Bangs
has.
LITTLE KNIGHTS AND LADIES. Verse. sor
Young People Ry Marcaret n ssnestsr IN ~.
thor q ON the Road Home" SC. Illustrated.
Woodward Il Lothrop.
Clean poetry for the little folks, who.
though comparatively small, are neverthe-
less big enough to begin to think seriously
| OF the sober affairs of life.
STORY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. or. His.
Tory or the War for Southern independence.
=, bra Brief but Comprehensive sketch
OF the Early Settlement Of the Country &C.
s sne G,s sa Complies and and, Graphic q
and the South, Its Causes, Effects &c By
Joseph T Derby Of Georgia. With nm Intro
% Ey Tass.S of
ing Co.
ON THE USE OF SILVER AS MONEY N THE
UNITED STATES. An Historical STUDY By
Monies New York City. Paper Submitted to
q rsa and se.
Political and Social Science.
THE PHANTOM DEATH AND OTHER STORIES.
tie s y sh a1Gas OF Louise "res Of
on Wide. Wide Sea-" &c. with Iiustratio
Co. ' @.snnsson f %n E EafSs5is1
Sons. -
THE FIFTY CENT DOLLAR. Brief History of
dtion Of tie United States frem 1870 a tS sSn
followed by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and an
ing Co. '.'A'' u0''sA'
THE WHITE DOLLAR. The True Story of Coin :"
dollar Of he paies Fai s'I Paw ,o o, , ,e
Double Standard that has served the people
Philadelphia: Frankiin News Co. '''e"e'
FAR FROM THE M4DDNG CROWD By Thomss
Hardy. author Of Tess of the d Urbervilies "
Lies Little Ironies," &c. With an Etching
BY H. MacbethRaeburn and a Map of Wessex
New York: Harper & Brothers. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
THE MASTERY OF SHORTHAND. Plea for
Thoroughness and Method as the Basis of Sue.
cessfal Learning and Teaching, BY David
Wolfe Brown, Of6cial Reporter U s. House
OF Representatives. Cincinnati: The Pbono-
graphic Institute Co.
AN ERRANT wooNG. BY Mrs. Burton Harrison,
author OF Sweet Bells Out OF Tune a
/ Tales" &c. With Illustrations. New York,
The Century Co. Washington: Robert BealL
| CHIFF0NS MARRIAGE. lie Marriage de Chiffou)
BY Gyp. Comtesss de Martei,, author OF
Bas,' Petit Bob,' &c. Translated by NJ L.
J. New York: Lowell, Coryell 4 Co.
| OLIVER CROMWELL. BY George H. Clark, DID.
With an Introduction by Charles Dudley Warner
and Illustrations from Old Paintings and Prints.
Woodward 4 Lothrop.
INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS. Finance and the Tariff
as Related to the Industrial System. Gold and
| Silver as Monetary Bases. Plain Facts for
Workingmen by Workingman. Washington:
Beckett & McCurdy.
| THE OLD MAIDS CLUB. BY 1. zangwil, author
| Of The Bachelors Club" '"The Big Bow Mys-
terry" &C. With Numerous Illustrations by F.
H. Townsend New York: Lowell, Coryen Co.
THE SToPy az pCSSTp roSrprrr n ~.