The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-13
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

From the Bowen-Merrill Company
Among the recent books issued by Har-
per & Bros. which commend themselves to
discriminating readers are 1.-THE Journal of
a Spy in Paris" being extracts from a
journal kept by an English spy in Paris in
the latter part of the eighteenth century.
The book has not much current interest or
value. Methods of Mind Training, Con-
centrated Attention and Memory" by Cath
crime Aiken, possesses value on it's thought
ful suggestions of good methods for teach
ers. 1t IS indeed an excellent training book
for teachers Quite on a different line is
'"Cension," novel by Maude NJ. Austin.
which is accorded a place in Harper's Lit
Mexican border, and, though we'll written,
is hardly worth the position the publishers
give it. The first element of a story is
II Of be a tn b a
overlooked. 1t Is more surprising that the
Harpers should have overlooked the fact
of these boo..s is issued In the good style
which the public have learned to expect Of
the Harpers.
Honore De Balzac was one of the masters
Of fiction. He possessed genius of a high
order, fertile imagination, and was one
Of the most methodical, untiring and pro-
life writers. The fire, force and passion Of
his stories are unexceEed, and his minute
by any other writer. 1t Is a treat to En-
glish novel readers to have Balzac In En-
glish. The handsome edition of his works
| now being Issued by Roberts Brothers OF
| Boston, has reached the thirty-fifth volume.
| 1t bears the title "A Daughter of Eve"
| but contains besides this one two shorter
nd rs Ran Ths wor IN ~
| lating for this edition is done by Katharine
! p. Wormeley. Each volume is printed In
| clear type on good paper and handsomely
4 in
Ia is the very brief title Of a novel
by Mr.. Arthur It. Quiller-Couch, who is
known by the very brief pseudonym OF o.
Ia is the name of the heroine Of this story,
a fisher girl whose constancy forms the
| central idea of the book. There are several
dramatic passages in the story, one of
which is the description of the fisher girls
| who does not return her affection. but who
| is forced by quite unsentimental circum-
| stances to give a rather sulky consent. An
| other passage describes how Ia" after they
| have been secretly married, for her hus-
| bands sake throws her wedding ring into
the sea, in a state of religious exaltation.
| and in its place slips upon her finger a
| phosphorescent mesh OF rope. The story is
| well written and has dramatic, though sal
ending. Cloth. 70 cents. New York. Charles
Perhaps no more delightful book of verses
than "A Child's Garden of Verses" by the
late Robert Louis Stevenson. No writer of
verses for children ever entered more fully
into the child world than Stevenson did. and
| it is needless to say none ever expressed
child thoughts more felicituosly. Messrs.
| Charles Scribner's Sons have issued an edi-
ton of the work, illustrated by Mr.. Charles
Robinson in manner that will surely add
to it's popularity. There are more than 100
illustrations in the volume, and they are
unique and well as original. Cloth, orna-
| mental, $3.50.
In 1.-The Story of the Indian" by George
B. Grinnel, the aboriginal red man is por-
trayed as he really is or was in his prim-
tive state and Invested Of imagination and
glamour The Indians are presented as hui
man beings and i'm the relations OF fathers
mothers, husbands wives, brothers and sis
tiers. Indian customs in peace and war
their modes of life, forms of marriage, ETC..
are described in a manner at once interest
ing and instructive. The text Is aided by
a number of illustrations. Cloth. $50. New
York: ID. Appleton q Co.
Seekers after martial information will fine
great store of it i'm Mars by Perciva
Lowell, wel-known astronomer and OBJ
server OF astronomical phenomena Tn
present work is the result Of a special stud.
OF the planet Mars. made during the las
opposition, at an observatory put up for IT,
4 ~
ticable, at Flagstaff. Ariz. The observation
| are made Systematically and the results ar
recorded and amplified in this volume. Cloth
$3.50. Boston: Houghton, Mifiiin d. Go.
Persons fond of guessing puzzles or rid
| dies in rhyme will find amusement In 'Th
Boston Charades," by Herbert Ingalls, 1
is a collection of more than a hundre,
charades in verse. One taken at random
| may serve as sample:
| ~ ENGLAND
To my Second Othelo despairingly came
In the hands of a certain old poet divine
Ny Whole was uplifted in fame"
The answers are not given. Cloth, 81
| Boston,: Lee & Shepard.
The reader of Sketches from Concord an
Appledore," by Frank Preston Stearns. will
find himself or herself carried back nearl
generation and placed in the midst of
literary atmosphere with Nathaniel Haw
thorne Louise NJ. Alcott, Ralph Waldo En-
/ erson, Wendell Phillips, John c. White
and others of that class for companions
concerning persons in whom the public take
an interest Illustrated. Cloth. gilt tops. s:
G.. p. Putnams Sons.
Nos and Of "Germania Texts" edite
: by A W. Spanhoofel, have been issued b.
: the American Book Company, Of Cincin
natl. These little tractlets are intende
chiefly for advanced students OF German 4
universities, colleges ana SCHOOLS They con
tain important chapters from leading Ger
man writer's and are really little classics
They are issued monthly, at the uniform
: price OF 10 cents per copy.
Artists and art students will be intereste
in Imagination in Landscape Painting" b
Philip Gilbert Hamerton. 1t treats with crit
zeal intelligence OF the proper place an
function of imagination in landscape paint
; ing The author attaches great value 10 i'm
agination and gives IL high place among tn
, attributes of genius which distinguish tru
artists from plodders and copyists. Boston
Roberts Brothers.
Congressional Currency" by A. c. Cor
don, presents in brief compass and clea
! style an outline of the origin, growth an
/ | condition of the present currency system c
| the United States. a short account Of tn
} various kinds OF circulating medium no.
| In use and a consecutive statement of IN
r legislation by Congress relative 10 the cul
I | rency since 1861. II Is useful book fc
2 reference. Cloth, N.25. G. p. Putnam
I Sons.
"Nymphs. Mikes and Naiads.' by NJ. 4
B. Evans, Is a clever attempt at versifyin
a | some OF the Rhine legends. The verses al
; fairly good and the spirit OF the legend