The National tribune., 1896-04-09
RECENT LlTERATU RE.

4 OUR ARMY NURSES. AiBoak Of Untold Tales.
| ompiled by Mary A. stisedncr Holland. Mrs.
! Edith Jewei., Boston, Mass agent Price $50.
This is an exceedingly interesting work. 1t
! is the story of the personal experiences OF
/ nearly 100 nurses, who did great work during
4 the rebellion. They were collected and com
! piled by who herself gained n high rcPuta-
ton by service under Miss Dorothca l.. Dix.
The book has preface by Rev. h. A. Horton,
! aud an introduction by Rast Cenmand er- in
Chief John Il. b. Adams dtcomtains over $50
large pages. and 100 Gue ha.f-toao .eugrap ings.
mainly portraits of the nshse women whose
stories are told.
A PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY BY Elizabeth
| Phipps Train. Published by Bippincott PhilR-
! delphia. For sale by sBreuiano, Washington.
| Price 80 cents.
The autobiography of an american girl,
! belle in London society. tShe rs beautiful and
clever ami is always kept to the front by al
ambitious mamma. She s1ows vain. hard, and
/ fippant, but. after all, she msrFics her Amer
lean lover, aud gives up the brilliant society of
which she was the center.
| THE wOoDLANDERS By TAoaias Hardy. Pub
| li,hed by Rand, McNaIly & Co. Chicago. Price
% cents.
The Woodlanders is eneef Hsrdy's earlier
and better efforts
MEMOIRS OF AN ARTIST. Autobiography Of
! Charles Gonnod. Translated lay Annette NJ.
81, ~
| Chicago. Price 20 cents
The great composer giFss added much to his
fame by leaving behind athis charming auto.
/ biography, which tells iin . modest, yet ade-
,quate way the story of Ills sincere devotion to
art aud bis sngleness of purpose in striving
| toward the highest ideal. Mitb it Is a story Of
a very sweet and beautiful home life, in which
mother and brothers and sisters, with their
families, were united through life i'll the ties
| OF sincerest affection The translator has done
| her work cxcellenuy.
| ished by the Ayil Printin Co, Rhiladepha. Pa.
Price Sl.50.
The 4Sth Pa. was an exceptionally good regi-
ment, with an exceptionally fue history. 1t
IS best known to veterans 4as the regiment
! which dug the celebTatei mine in front of
Petersburg, but this was only small part Of
| its service. 1t began it's field record at Hat
| ;teras, fought in North Carolina, aud at An
tietam, then went West TO take part in the
Yicksbnrg campaign, had hard fighting in East
Tennessee, md rejoined tho Army of the Poto
mae to take part in tho Wilderness campaign
and the siege of Petersburg. hts story has been
well told by Col. Bosby shall. 4Eho is a spirited
graceful writer The only 9sah to be found is
that hashaS not said more
MRS. ROAINEY. By Rosa Nouchette Carey
Published by Lippincott. Philadelphia. For
saie.by BreBiano. Washington. Price 81.
Rosa Nouchette Carey, tho author of Not
Like Other Girls and otherpeprlar romances
| tells story very well, aud this one of hand
some wife and her generous husband and OF tue
pretty little heroine. Elsie, and her sweetheart.
is quite interesting and ENDS happily after all.
THE PATH " " BATTERY by j. w. Merrill.
Published by the author, - Warren street. New
York.
The 2ith \. Y. battery aasa fine organize
tion OF young men of good families, raised Mt
Albany, aud mustered iAto the,servicc Dec 8,
1861, and saw great deal of service before 1t
was captured, along with the rest OF the bri-
gade, at Plymouth. n. c., April 90 1864. A
large proportion of its members died in Ander-
soDville The author, who was a Sergeant in
tho battery, and man Of fne education and
ability as writer, tells the story in highly
interesting way.
TIE LIGHT THAT LIES BY CocIsburn
Harvey; rubshed by !. y. .Lippineott Co..
Philadelphia. For sale by Brentnuo, Washing
toa ID. Z. Price IS cents.
A series of firtations at Bar Harbor written
after the Dolly Dialog style, but not SO good AS
Anthony Hopes.
Magazines and Notes.
We have from ID. Hill. Dundee, ILL.,. Catalog
Of Evergreens. There is,shevnmany varieties I
of evergreens as we'll as ait kinds of fruit trees
vines, etc, for profit and ornamental purposes. |
You should have this ea.alog, If you coutem- /
plate buying in this line
ayers Curcbook" is tho title of a very
handsome booklet gotten out by ]. G.. Aver & !
Co, Lowell, Mass. embod Wing q sufficient num-
Der OF representative TESTIMONIALS, and includ-
ing plain, straightfprwara presentation of
the merits of the medicines to which The speei- |
fled cures are attributed. Fhepsrticulsr object !
Of the work is to emphasize the great d difference
between the standard pharmaceutical prepare !
tons, compounded from the prescriptions OF
DIR. j. c. Aver, and the multitude of medicines 1
on the market only to be ciassed as nostrums |
or unskillful preparations Of chemical COM /
pounds. 1t contains the facsimile of the medal /
received at the Worlds Fair. Chicago, 1893, !
with handsome half. tone prints of people cured \
by their preparations In all, it is q very
creditable work.
THE Old Olympic GamesP are to be 4
revived on a scale of mernaejeRai Importance
at Athens next month, nil DO described by 4
Prof. Allan Marquand. of frinceton. in tho !
April Century. For this article the artist Cas-
taigne furnishes SERIES OF what are believed !
to be the finest restoratiols tof classical scenes
he has yet attempted Thk pnmber has also |
a most interesting acconnt10f the 81 Four Con- |
epiracies against Lincolp'ssLife."
The Ne,c ENGLAND 8fagasi.s for A pril has fine
article on American Painters, illustrated with
portraits; an account OF .the W2very oaks, also |
illustrated; several good stories poem or two, |
o article on the choice of United States Sena-
tors, and much other matter Of general interest.
8 Park Square, Boston. Price 20 cents.
The Areaa for April has a finely illustrated !
article on Mexico, and the usual generous
amount Of essays on subjects of political and
sociological Importance. with . story by Will !
Allen Dromgoole, aud the continuation Of the
serial story, Between Two Worlds. The arena, \
Copely Square, Boston. Price scents.
Outing for April conta instworomplete stories, /
Gluck Auf, by Jean Patter afadd, and From
Out the Ruins by Mary 4B. lGiosdwin. ether
features are: A Good Fox Hunt, by Ed. w. 4
Saudys; Cycling in England, by Ernest Il. /
JIolmes; Hunting with Besgles by Bradford
s. Turpin. 239 Fifth ayfnne, New York. Price |
% cents.
McC1urc's Magazine never fails TO make good
It's claim of timeliness. The April number has
for frontispiece an excellent portrait of Prof |
Roentgen, whom tho German Emperor has,
within these few days made Baron for his |
marvellous discovery of the cathode rays; and
the leading article is almost the first account
yet given of Prof. Roentgep. rs seen in his own
laboratory in the actual conduct of his OK
periments. 1t is the record Of q visit under |
taken by q representative of the magazine !
Immediately on the announcement of the dis
covery and reports from Prof. ROentgen's !
own lips the way in which he made it, and |
his opinion of its nature and bearing. The arti- |
Gle is illustrated with numerous photographs |
by the new process, as Is also o supplementary |
article on The Roentgen Rays in America by |
CLEVELAND Moffett published'bv q s McCIIure