Evening star., 1896-01-04

YEARS N THE HOUSE SENATE AND CAB
INE An Aobpg,aphy In Two V9lapes 9aa1oss
&C. ~ eeaeo: qss wsfner &C. letters
This work has already. been well intro
duced to American readers, owing to the
extended notice 1tlhas received in advance
of its complete publication The references
of Senator Sherman to certain political
events of the past,Ifn which he prominently
figured, markedit Cor one of the most read
| able books Of this end Of the century. 1t
| now appears in handsome form, finely bound
and profusely Illustrated in the best fashion.
he Star has quoted from its pages at such
length In the receAt past that an extended
| review of the work. at this time is unneces
sary. -T.-v-....
LOVE AND LAUGHTER Being Legacy of
p. Putnam's Sors.
MI Burnett's death in April, 1894, at San
Antonio, Texas. greatly shocked those of
mis- many friends In Washin On who saw in
him great possibilities for the future, both
In his chosen profession of the law and in
the literary field. which he entered at an
early age. His poems have now been col
iected and published in a handsome volume,
accompanied by portrait, and prefaced
with a sketch by William Winter. the noted
writer writ on dramatic criticism. The quatrain.
says Mr.. Winter, with which this hook
closes, simply expressive of sweet and
patient resignation and of the ecstasy of
ea suell'e IaiIn' was composed few days
oelo!e 3 ne dled. There is an epigrammatic
tuahty IN many Of the shorter poems by
1nls talented young man that marks them
Tor an exceptional welcome in these days
when when t! the world loves witty saying, and
ioNes II pest when neatly expressed in
verse. But the better work is done in tho
more serious style, and there Is that in the
longer poems found in this volume that
auses thnse sincere regret in the hearts of even
,of
poet that he was not permitted to continue
his charming work
IN THE COURT CIRCLE Tale of w.s,,nut,,
Life. By James 4. Edwards - wasbinrfon: On.
Inc Columbian Publishing Co.
stories of life at the national capital are
not uncommon, but it is seldom that one
receives the success of I'm the Court Circle"
written by a young Washingtonian, which
has gone into the second edition and is
ABOUT to be translated into Scandinavian
WALKS In OUR CTIURCHYARDs. Old New York
Trinity Parish. By Felix Oldboy Gohn Flayei
Mines LLDl. New York: George Gottsber.
ger Peck Washington: Brentano's
Felix Oldboy's" sketches are familiar To
many others than New Yorkers, who are
dlrectiy interested in the delightful sketches
among the old inscriptions of Trinity
cnurenyard. @ surrounded by the hustle of the
greatest business center on this continent.
rms nom de plume is a familiar one to
iiiahy IN other c. IS who are fond of such
researches and the present compila ton is
apt TO be welcomed by them
WRE.TH OF VIRGINIA BAY LEAVES. Poems
b br IaneT hs naahtn bafron Hope Selected and Edited
mond: West, Johnston & Co.
Capt Hope, who died the day after he fin
ished mis- memorial ode to Robert E. Lee.
read at the dedication Of the Lee monument
at Richmond, Va, was one of Virginea's
nest-known men. The poem that he read at
wide attention. These two poems are in
ciuded IN the volume that his daughter has
now published under its appropriate title.
THE BOSTON CIIARsDEs. Rv uarho-t 1no,us
Boston: Lee ~ Shepard.
Ihe author of these clever riddles has
made book that will be valuable to the
nome circle during the long evenings of
WINTER 1t Is sattractively presented and
has included several pages, conveniently
arIrangsd, arr Tor preserving the solutions of
the Individual owners of the volume. The
preface announcessthat after an interval a
complete list ofcthe correct solutions win
be printed. II q! = "
s1xTEENTH TT NTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED
STaI1 SETnsy GESEoGTfAL 5F THE syEI 70 TE sEe
Msf.5,id MssTnl United states, ats 1854 1884
6,as S,Eision Government fsrHl Printing as
o1nce. S~ss -.
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JOURNEY WSn,i.,I TO VENTS: The rr!meval World, It's
ssos%k Ny GnstacSs CS,a, " Pope ND author Of The
Geology and Genesis. ns J5fs.s lsai to st1dant Msns
&C. Boston: Arena Publishing Co. - ''A'''
BHpER, AUS DER pEr!TscHEN LITTER .1,-p
BY J; Keller. professor of German Language
State OF New York " New YORK: less A@sreae er eae
TRAUMEREIEN AN FRANZosIsCHEN KAMINt.y
BY Richard Won volkmann- Leander. Edited for
German in the Packer Institute, Brook brooklyn n.
New York: American Book Co.
HERR CMNIA. BY Heinrich Seidci Edited for
school use hy ]. Matthewman instructor in
emy, Ogontz, Pa. New York: American Rook
THE RED REPGEIIC 4 Romance of the Com
mrne .1,s BY BY Robert & W. Chambers. author Of
PutDam's Sons.
THE FIRST GREEK BOOK. By Clarence ".
Gleason, Master in the Roxbury Latin school
and Caroline Stone Atherson, late of the Rox,
William G. Collar. New York: American
Book Co.
LATIN LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS By E. W.
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| A MANS FOES. By q. H. Strain. New York:
Ward, Lock & Bowden.
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Achievement by Orison SWEET MarJlen au-
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with thirty-two fine portraits OF eminent per
sons. Boston: Houghton, Mifhn & Co.. Wash
ingtOn: Robert Beal
THE LIVES OF CORNELIUS NEPOs With Notes.
Exercises and Vocabulary Edited by Thomas
B. Lindsay, professor of Latin and Sanskrit
Boston University. New York: American Book
Co.
BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE A Book of Ghost
Stories By Ralph Adams Cram. Chicago:
Stone & kimban.
THE SWEATER Ard Other Tales and Episodes.
By Fiona Macleod Chicago: Stone & Kim
ball.