The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-23
THE LATEST BOOKS.

AE. AO ia hha'a @N@ y
Of the Unseen, " by William Canton IL
a remarkable little book, and we are
not surprised to learn that it has
created something Of a sensation In
London, and that it has been a com.
mon topic in the drawing rooms. II
Is q study of childhood or of develop.
ing babyhood told in excerpts from q
fathers letters. His first baby girl
died, and in time the second came to
take her place. In his description of
her traits and his speculations con
corning them he is exceedingly quaint
and pleasing, They suggest to him
many curious and entertaining the
cries. In her play she always talked
of his other little girl, whom she
claimed to be holding in her arms.
She, too, died, and her last words
were that she held his "other little
girl safe. At that moment he says
he saw his long dead babe resting in
the arms Of the dying one. The
pathos of the last letters is very touch
ing. Besides these fragments of let
tors tbe volume contains some
rhymes About a Little Woman, -
which are quite original and meritori-
GUS a pretty essay upon children, and
another sketch nv. I. Selwin TAFT &;
sons. az Fifth avenue. New York.
t,otb. ST. On
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Inc most notable novel OF the year is
IA singular Lie by EliZapeth
STUART Pheips (Mrs' Waru') Inc STORY
isl strong, fascinating, elevating'
mani Bayard, n nero, Is a young
the son OF country preacher
wore MS lie out ior MS hock'
nary, mingles with the rigidly orthdox
and graduates. A council of brother
ministers refuses to ordain him and
Bayard establishes a mission chapel in
a wicked sea.coast town in New Eng
land. The account of his life here,
his love for his old professors daugh-
ter, his struggles against vice and
crime and his manliness forms the bulk
of the book. 1t is exquisitely told,
with the iineness and fervor that
marks all the authors best work. II
she had written nothing else this
would have stamped her as a great
writer. She has written nothing bet.
ter. No American novel of the year
can equal it and few of any years sur
pass. 1t is the handiwork of an artist.
1t is as much better than the average
o1oouar and nrrar ard doa,,or than III,
e~toorort non1 Tho volume is nro.
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Mim;n q. 20 Ro.tor ,Cio,h &, o.
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Miss Violet Hunts story. IA Hard
Woman. il n story in scenes and i,
related entirely in dialogue. snapp,
and entertaining The heroine. Mrs
Ferdinand Muudav. il n foshionabl,
woman with small brain and no heart
whose continuous selfshnes, devastate,
as n blipbt. and whose sublime IN
consciousness of her own dement's rise
TO the height of n onalitv. The tai,
involves tbe fortunes of various person
who move easily along the groove
which fate and the story teller assipl
them. We have have manv kins
women OF TINS heroihe IN local societ'
ana a rev that nisht s'a'iu as piooe
from whlch MISS hunt mas Drawn
%. Appleton d. Co., New York, Cloth
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A new booK IN the Bible has bee
;ssued bv n O. Heath &. Co. BOSTON
Int IT il one that does not reuuir
an anologv for existence. The volum
Is prof Richard q Moulton's "Lite,
arv Studv Of the Bible" and is an &C
connt of the Leading forms of literatur
represented in the sacred writings
The hook is not Higher Criticisr
which deals with historical ANALYST,
IL Is simply literary investigation
rror' Moui.oh ulscusses oollp'ur. :.
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phiiosoPiy' No' 'ho ieas' Hi'hin
feature Al 'ne pooh IS .ne p,.i !.
pea LOT 'ho 'each'hs VI INC pi"' :,
the coileges Vi our country \oio'i
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Twenty thousand copies of OBI
Reads 1.-THE Jucklins" were sold til
first month after publication. Liz
all Mr.. Reads works it is origina
homely and humorous. The scene g.,
the story is laid in the south and I'll
characters introduced are remarkab.
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