The herald., 1897-11-14

mas been written throughout from orig
inal sources. The author has exhibited
in his work a thoroughness of preparation
and a devoutness of purpose worthy of an
praise and the volume he has given us
is sure to become one of the leading au-
thorities on some of the great crises Of
our political and military history. The
, state of feeling on the question of slavery
in 1860 has never been more saliently pre-
sented, and one readily believes Professor
White when he says, in his preface, that
he has read all literal ture on the subject,
from Uncle Toms Cabin to the most
recent biography of William Lloyd Gar
rison.
This is work that may be unhesitat-
ingly declared to be fit for any library and
any household where American history II
esteemed worthy to be studied.
QUEER JANET. By Grace lie Baron,
author of "The Rosebud Club" Lit
tie Miss Faith" Little Daughter" etc.
Cloth. Illustrated. Lee & Shepard.
queer Janet can be read by boys as
well as girls with equal pleasure and like
the Hazelwood stories, by the same author,
we may venture to say that older readers
too can derive an enjoyment from it not
always found in juvenile stories.
+ +
SMOKING FLAX. By Halle Erminie
Rives. Cloth Price, so cents. F. Ten
nyson Neely.
A graphic story illustrating the feelings
of southerners on the lynching question.
SEVEN SMILES AND A FEW FIBs By
Thomas ]. Vivian. Cloth. Illustrated.
Price, 80 cents. +. Tennyson Neely.
ThiS is medley of stories and sketches
that will help pass the time pleasantly, but
OF no great merit.
MEN HAVE KNOWN. BY the Very Rev.
F. w. Farrar, d. D., dean of Canter-
bury. Illustrated with numerous fac
simile letters and portraits. T.Y. Crow
ell & Cp.
Dean Farrar has naturally been brought
in contact with most of the great men Of
the Victorian era. He writes in charm.
ing. familiar and yet dignified style of Lord
Tennyson, Robert Browning, Matthew
Arnold, Prof F. d. Maurice, Dean Stanley;
of Darwin, Tyndall. Huxley and other
prominent scientists: of Lowell. Whittier,
Holmes. Cyrus Field, George w. Childs;
of Archbishop TAFT. Bishop Lightfoot,
| Philips Brooks, Newman. Pusey, Canon
Lddon and Kingsley, and other eloquent
divines: of the three Lyttons. Macaulay,
Thackeray, Carlyle and Thomas Hughes.
1t is not a literary history, but
it is the sort of thing that
helps to understand authors
work--not his meaning but his relation to
his work. Anecdotes and incidents illus
trative of the character of his friends are
found in every chapter, and the biography
Is made very charming. 1t is one of the
most satisfactory books of the season.
UNCLE SANS SECRETS. story Of
national affairs for the youth of the
nation. By Oscar Phelps Austin. Is
cents. D. Appleton & Co., home reading
books.
The purpose of this story is to inform
young Americans of the affairs of the ma
ton and to awaken among them an in
terest In kindred subjects The book be-
longs to a series of which this is the third
division. The series is edited by DR.. VIM.
r. Harris, United States commissioner Of
education.
THE HALL OF SHELLS BY A. S. Hardy.
| d. Appleton G. Co., Home Reading
| Books 60 cents
This is another of the same series as the
| above aiming ''to make self-culture a
habit of lfe' for young people as a sup
| plement to university extension work,
| teachers libraries. etc. 1t is illustrated and
will no doubt prove attractive. 1t is a
pity that the author should have signed
her preface Mrs. A. S. Hardy" and that
the editor. w. r. Harris, should not have
seen that she had done SO and taught her
better.
YONNAH THE DORADO. By Frona
Eunice Wait. William Doxey.
This is story of San Francisco as it
We're: of "Flamco the Llama city, whose
passing was so complete as to leave no
nc hA
founded Yerba Buena on the same penin-
sua ages after. and whose very existence
would be laughed at by the nineteenth
century inhabitants of San Francisco were
not the hills in and around Golden Gate
park living witnesses of great mathemati-
cal skill. The first denizens built some OF
these hills and shaped others to give the
diameters and distances of all the planets"
This is the keynote of the book, which is
in many places comically out of tune. The
time is eleven thousand one hundred and
forty-seven years ago. The style" is part
.ly archaic and partly of the nineteenth
century. One may read a page and then
pinch himself and wonder what it really
means. But Mrs. Wait has made things
lively, however much styles and dates are
mixed up.
NOTES AND NEWS
The Academy calls attention to the fact
that Mr.. Meredith's first volume of poems
appeared in 1851 so that his pOetical career
now extends over nearly half century.
One hundred and fifty thousand copies
of Lorna Doone' in its penny form are to
be put on sale in the London bookshops by
Sampson Low & Co.
Anna Katharine Green has new story
ready for publication by Putnams Sons,
entitled Lost Mans Lane" 1t will ap-
pear simultaneously in the United States
and Great Britain.
The American Machinist of New York
has just issued a little book the title Of
which is american and Other Machinery
Abroad" This is a study of the Euro
pean field for the introduction of American
machinery.
T. Y Crowell & Co. will add to their
What Is Worth While series an address by
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer. entitled "Why
Go to College?"
The Funk & Wagnalls company have
published '"TheOld Testament Under Fire.
by the Rev. DR.. A. j. F. Behrends, D. D., Of
Brooklyn, which DR.. Theo. l.. Cuyler says
will rout the radicals
The Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. have
ready new edition of Mr.. Alfred r.
Conkling's "City Government in the
United States" with valuable addition
chapter on the Greater New York
charter of 1897. There could not be more
timely book, because there is,to be found
in "City Government in the United States
the explanation and discussion of elections.
This is the third edition of the work.
Mr.. Kipling has settled down to work at
Brighton, and is trying to keep out of the
way of the interviewers. 1t Is seldom that
an authors works so soon reach distinction