Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-20
ABOUT BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Longmans 6; Green are the publishers
OF "Dorcas HOLIDAY" story revolving
around the fortunes of an English country
gentleman for whom the reader feels very
bad that his loving daughters discover
the waywardness of his youth.
In the prelude of Kiplings new book
of. poems, THE Seven Seas" these inn
pressive lines appear.
Hear now a song. a song OF broken
interludes,
A song OF little cunning, of singer moth
Through the naked words and mean
May you see the truth between
AS the singer knew and touched it in the
ends of the earth!'
Mr.. Barrie says in the current Book
Boyer, Il am much Interested Just now
in young Scotchman who calls himself
Benjamin Swift. He has written a book
called Nancy Noon," which is bound
to make name for him. It's a great
deal to say, but 1 really believe that in
few years he will be one of the best
known noyelists in England.
DR.. Lyman Abbott is delivering to Ply
mouth congregations a series of lectures
on the "Bible as Literature" He will deal
., y,
containing many forms and kinds of liter
allure, poetic, romantic historic, theologi-
cal, scientific, ETC., and his enterprise has
set good many other preachers to work
on similar lines. Some critics call Dr..
Abbott's lectures sensational preach
ing" but they are not preaching at all,
as simple statement OF their character
proves.
Sweetheart Travellers" by S. r.
l. =
THE Stickit Minister" etc, is for sale by
Smith &c Montgomery. This is truly "A
child's book, for children, for women and
for men," being beautiful little account
of the journeys of a father and his 4-year-
old daughter on their wheels, and short
trips through the woods on foot, by
which they have all sorts of queer ex-
periences and jolly adventures.
"Ssed-Babies," by Margaret w. Mosley,
published by Grim & Co, at 80 cents, is
an exceptionally good book for children
and fine addition to their already COM
plete list of books of nature.
Having seen these books used most
successfully as a substitute for the wearl-
some old-time readers, It gives us great
pleasure to recommend Miss Morley's
little volume for use in both the school
room and nursery.
Whites History of Solborne" is an
other childs book just issued by Grim &c
Co., at so cents, which SHOULD find ready
sale among the classics for children
which are so deservedly popular, being
written in the form Of an interesting
story, at the same time containing
knowledge which is already entertaining
and instructive to the child mind. These
books can be procured from Grim Sc Co. s
office in Atlanta, Ga, or Dallas, Tex.
McClure's Magazine for 1897 promises
seven great serials by prominent writer's
to be begun in different issues, besides
stories by Ian Maclaren, Joel Chandler
Harris, Anthony Hope, Frank r. Stock
ton. Bret Harte, Robert Barr and others.
The subscription price is only 81 a
year, and can be ordered direct from the
publishers at New York city.
The North American Review for De-
cember has three fine articles on subjects
nj very great interest just now, namely:
1.-THE Engineer In Naval Warfare" by
Rear Admiral John C. Walker Capt. A.
T. NJ N. Capt. r. d. Evans and Lieut..
S. i. canton, all of the United States
navy; Has the Election Settled the Sill