The Indianapolis journal., 1895-03-11
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Frrom the Bowen-Merrill Company
1.-THE Literature of the Georgian Era, by
the late William Mimic. professor of En-
glish literature and logic in the University
of Aberdeen. embraces a series of lectures
the subject indicated. The lectures
seem TO have been planned with the idea
of making them complete history of one
of the most interesting periods of English
literature, and the plan IS we'll carried out.
Prof William Knight, in a biographical
introduction, says of Professor Mimic, who,
by the way, died two years ago: .IIe was
supremely fortunate in being able to put
himself into the exact position of his audi
ence and thereby carry them along with
him. 1t is only another way of putting
the same thing to say that in teaching he
never forgot his own difficulties in student
days in graphing with the subjects on
hand. and in setting himself with all his
might to remove these he was adopting the
best plan of. removing the difficulties of
his hearers Also The lectures show thor
ough familiarity with all that is best in
English literature. and are both interesting
and instructive. New York. Harper *
Brothers. Cloth, $l.50
Young persons desiring to make a sys-
tematic study of the science and art of
elocution and oratory will find the subject
intelligently treated in Voice, Speech and
Gesture" further designated in subtitle
as "A Practical Handbook TO the Elocu-
laborers, viz, DIR. Hugh Campbell and
Messrs. r. f. Brewer and Henry Neville.
TheSfirst contributes an interesting treatise
on the vocal organs and hygiene or the
voice, while the others, who are practical
elocutionists, deal with the technique of
delivery, gesticulation. etc. All branches
of the subject exhaustively treated and
great number of rules and exercises in
elocution are given. There is also an essay
on .'Reciting and Recitative," by clifford
Harrison, and one Recitation with Mu-
sical Accompaniment,'' by Prof Huderick
Corder. To these are added numerous Sc
lectons in prose and verse adapted for
recitation. reading and dramatic recital.
These selections seem to have been made
with good literary taste and judgment
Cloth, $3 New York. G.. p. Putnam 8 Sons.
The present generation knows very little
concerning the works of Maria Edgeworth,
but there was a time when they were widely
read and greatly admired Her stories
really have much merit of peculiar kind.
and are uniformly clean and high toned.
Sir Walter Scott, in preface to an early
edition of his works, said: Without being
SO presumptious as. to hope 10 emulate the
rich humor the pathetic tenderness and adj
mirable truth which pervades the works of
thing might be attempted for my own coun-
try of the same kind as that which Miss
Edgeworth so fortunately achieved for Ire
land" Praise from Sir Walter is praise
indeed Macmillan & Co., 66 Fifth avenue.
New York. have commenced the publication
which ought to have many new readers.
The first volume contains Castle Rack
interesting preface BY Anne Thackeray
Ritchie, and the volume is illustrated in a
quaint style appropriate to the text. Cloth,
$1.25.
N"AIodern Missions in the East Q1arper
& Brothers), by the Rev. f. A. Lawrence,
gives an account of missionary journey
around the world, undertaken with the ex-
press purpose of studying the work of the
several denominations. rhe author was
equipped for his task with more than or
dinary training of mind, breadth of judg-
ment and the glow of spirit necessary for
the large and accurate understanding of
siaS. Ma5' susn q journey mas = ''st'0se S'0''''
Harper G. Brothers publish a volume of
short stories by Charles Egbert CraddocK
under the title of 'sThe Phantoms of the
Foot Bridge and Other Stories" The other
stories are His Day in Court" rr way
sinners at Hoho-Hebee Falls and The
Riddle of the Rocks" They are stories
which admirers of Miss Murfree will want
to read. Cloth, ornamental, $l.50.
MEN Born Equal (Harper & Brothers,
is the title of a novel by Harry Perry Rob-
inson. strike. which led to violent DEM
onstrations on the part of employees of sur
face railways In Western town, supplies
a portion of its timelfness; but. after all,
the perennial attraction of the love story IS,
in this novel, as in every mirror of life.
the matter chiefly to be considered, and it
is q good love story,
..Hippolyte and Golden Beak'' (Harper &
Brothers), are two stories by George Bas-
sett The first deals with Partisan valet
and his interesting part in adventures at
Monte Carlo and elsewhere, while tho sec
ond has for heroine pretty American
woman and for hero an Englishman,
with some other interesting characters.
They are clever stories. Cloth, ornamental,
$l.2.
1.-The Adventures of Jones" QIarper &
Brothers) are two stories by George Bas-
tion of humorous sketches which appeared
originally in Harper's Weekly. The situs-
tions described are wholly imaginary and
grotesque and the most impossible Hes are
told in the gravest manner. 1t is an anus
ing book. Cloth 81.
d. Appleton & Co, New York, publish
..The Good Ship AIohock,' by w. Clark
Russell, author Of "The Wreck of the
Grosvenor," etc. Like all of the authors
novels; this is story Of the sea, and and also
and interesting Cloth, 81
Houghton, Mifiin & Co., Boston, publish.
under the title "Stories of the Foot Hills
q collection OF short stories by Margaret
Collier Graham The volume contains seven
stories relating mostly to far Western life
and they are bright and well written.
Cloth, N.2o.
beyond the dreams oi ANaTice piar-
per Brothers), a novel by Walter Besant,
deals with the possession of fortune,
which once a miser's hoard and curse be-
comes in other hands a pure treasure and
source of great happiness. Cloth. $50.
"a Farmhouse Cobweb' CHarper Broth
ers). is a story of rural community in
New England at that period when emotions
were intensified and life was made a pas
sion by the civil war. Cloth. $1.25.
THE MATTER WITH CONGRESS.