The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-07-19
Harpers' Publications.

I1dtpCto Fup'iSotiOho.
Harper & Brothers announce for publica-
ton in July the following six books, form
ing an attractive group:
My Lady Nobody, novel, by Maarten
Martens, author of IAN Old Maids Love-"
etc. This story. with splendid Iapid move
ment, goes forward into hemispheres,
always intense, dramatic, and strong. Once
embarked on the rapid current of My Lady
Nobody, the reader does not exist who will
lay the book down until he reaches the last
page. Ursula, the heroine, is woman of
rare nobility of character, placed by fate in
a position of touching difficulty. Tie ac-
curacy of photograph and the color and
breadth of painting are combined in the
authors charming style.
The Yelled Doctor, a novel, by Varina
Anne Jefferson Davis. There is an interest
attached to the appearance of the Daughter
of the Confederacy" as novelist which lies
quite outside of the story itself; but II is
only fair to Miss Davis to say that her work
possesses a quality of strength and freshness
1t is a story of ante-bellum days in Old Vir-
ginia. and the plot and action are of the
purely emotional type.
Lord John Russell, by Stuart j. Reid.
(The ninth volume of the "Queen's Prime
Mlnisters.) This book is in some sense au-
thoritative, since it has been written largely
from papers in the possession of the widow
of Earl Russell, who has also read and re-
yised the proofs, Mr.. Reid has also had the
advantage of the advice and help of the
Hon. Charles Gore and the Hon. George
Eliot, private secretaries to Earl Russell,
and other personal friends and relatives.
About Paris. by Richard Harding Davis,
illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson. Aided
by Mr.. Gibsons Illustrations, Mr.. Davis
describes Paris e1l fete and Paris in mourn
ing, the Paris of the bouleyards and cafes,
and the Paris of the side streets and little
known quarters. Mr.. Davis possesses the
eye which sezes at once in new surround
ings the things which will most interest the
stay at-homes, and his impressions are given
in a manner calculated to afford most
vivid idea of the people, manners and Gus
toms described. His volume will attract
both those who have never crossed the ocean
and those whose walks ''abOut Paris" have
been many.
Pony Tracks, written and illustrated by
Frederic Remington. In this volumne Mr..
Remington tells us of his life on the plains
and in the mountains, in camps and bar
racks; among the Indians, cowboys. and
''greasers"-all spiced with the charm of
absolute experience. His sketches are from
nature, and his mishaps and doings give is
clear idea of what the adventurous may
expect in that unsettled region. The young
gentleman who sails gaily through the park
or along well-made country roads on
trained cob may be interested in some of
Mr., Remlngton's dashes over dusty tracks
of country that might be described as being
one-half gopher-holes and the other half
boulders; and he may get some idea of what
''seat" should be when it becomes necess-
airy to make time" with lot of yelling,
shooting hostiles behind or in front of him.
A Pair of Blue eyes, by Thomas Hardy.
This is the third volume to be issued in the
Harper Edition of Novels by Thomas
Hardy, the previously issued volumes being
Far from the Madding Crowd and The
Mayor of Casterbridge. Each volume con-
tains an etched frontispiece.
HARPER BROTHERS, Publishers.
The Baker Got Mad.
Mother-Take this money to the
bakers It's to pay him for last
months bread; and, don't forget, you
are to ask him for the receipt.
Little Son-Yes'm, I'll remember,
Mother (half an hour later1-Wellp
Little Son-He got mad.
Mother--What?
Little Son-I gave him the money
and when told him you wanted 70
know how he made his bread, he said
that was his business.
Austrian china is fast coming into
fashion. The dinner sets are especially
beautiful.
Very beautiful portiers may be made
by cutting out the figures of very heavy
lace, and appliqueing them in plush.
Smart" women will be delighted with
the new wooden golf stockings, which
are imported for their special USE and
are to be worn with low russell shoes.
Vandykes of passementerie are very
much used, and bretelles are also fash
ionable; both are heavily jetted, while
butterflies, large enough to cover the
entire front of a waist, are the latest
conceit of the queer and ornate trim
rlings of the season.
A very ornate passemonterie inser-
ton, about two inches in width, has
purple pansies, made entirely Of shad-
ed paillettes, with green leaves OF the
passementerie cut "a jour- and blue
dragonfiies, with the wings of pail
lettes over the bodies Of gold and silver
beads.