The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

cloth, $1.50. d. Appleton & Co., New
York; for sale by T. H. Pease & Son.
An admirable volume; replete with in
terest throughout. The author won
high praise from the critics with her
previous story, Isabel Carnaby, OF
which the New York Bookman said:
at positively sparkles with good
things. 1t is gay and clever and
bright, brimful of wise and witty say
ings." The same favorable words APP
ply to the new book by this author.
which abounds with terse bits Of phi
losophy, keen wit, keen insight into hui
man nature and bright sayings all
naturally interviewer in the thread Of
the story. A startling surprise greets
the reader in one of the climaxes of the
story, a surprise which nearly proved
tragical for the happiness of the low
ers, but in the end true love conquers
and the rich Elfrida weds the man of
her heart, after nearly losing him
through her clever acting Of q dual
role and severe tests to which she puts
her faithful Jack. 1t is story incl
dentally presenting English social life
in various phases, and the principal
characters are subtly drawn. 1t is a
captivating book.
"Vicompte de Puyjoli," a romance Of
the French Revolution, by Jules Clare
tie, has been translated into English by
Emma M. Phelps, and is published by
r. f. Fenno & Co., New York. For
sale by the e. p. Judd Co. This is a
story of a brave, chivalric, reckless
young nobleman who loved a fascina-
ting young lady of equal rank and So
cial position, but was declined with
thanks because, he was "too beautiful"
but who persevered for years, and at
last amid the terrible scenes of the
French revolution won the heart of the
| lady, only to perish on the scaffold.
giving up his liberty to be near her in
the Bastile, and for her sake sacrifice
ing his life. The book is characterized
| by a beautiful delicacy of touch, and
| incidentally gives a vivid picture of
| the horrors of life in France during the
time mentioned. There are many char
| acters in the book which are skilfully
drawn.
1.-The Quaker Colony" Colonial Mo-
nograph series. Penned and pictured
by Blanche McManus. New York: e.
r. Herrick & Co. $1.25 For sale by
the E. p. Judd Co. This tells in a
modest and unpretending yet withal
excellent account of the ver-interest-
ing story Of the founding of the society
of Friends, or Quakers, the struggles
of William Penn, his sublime endur-
ance of privation, contumely persecu-
ton and imprisonment; his founding of
the colony in America and the develop
ment of the same, together with his
righteous dealings with the aborigines
and the founding of what Is now the
state of Pennsylvania Accompanying
are many quaint and pleasing ilustra-
lions by Miss McManus. The book
makes very attractive and unique
souvenir and merits a ready sale.
"A Souls Pilgrimage, being the per-
sonal and religious experiences Of
Charles F, B. Mel, d. D. s100. ~
mo-, pages 100. Philadelphia George
w. Jacobs & Co. This is the autobio-
graphy of French Jesuit who be-
came a convert to the Episcopal
church. Accompanying is an introduce
ton by the gifted Rev. DR.. S. ID. Nc
Cornell, rector of Holy Trinity church,
Brooklyn, in which DR.. Mcconnell
says of the book and the author:
Here is the manner of life of the Je-
suits described kindly and with appreci-
ton, by a man who made his full no.
vitiate with them, remained for several
years under their spiritual direction
and entertained with them the most
friendly relations until conscience and
clear conviction obliged him to leave
their church. 1t is difficult, moreover,
for us, living as we habtually do in
the provincialism of our English Ian
guage, to realize that our venerable
confrere is one of that brilliant group
of the later years of Louis Philippe,
one received on equal terms by Lacor-
daire, De Ravignan, Lamartine, Mon
talembert, Lenormant, Ozanam, Jules
Simon, Labouaye, etc" "Ravignan
was his confessor, and presented him
to the Archbishop of Paris for ordina-
ton, and to him was given to repre-
sent the French Catholics at the fune-
raj of Daniel O'Connell, How such a
man, with such an encourage, with
such prospects of preferment before
him, was driven from within to aban-
don it all and start upon the long and
weary pilgrimage in search of that
place where truth dwells, makes up the
story of this book. 1t is the story of a
SOUL"
Paul Carah, Cornishman," by
Charles Lee, author of "A Widow
Woman "a Foreigner in Penden-
mack" etc. D. Appleton & Co., New |
York, publishers; 305 pages; cloth, |
S1.00; paper, so cents. For sale by T. |
H. Pease e Son. This is another of |
Appleton's Town and Country Library
series 1t is capitally-told story, |
dealing with local life and customs
among the fisher folk of Cornwall, and |
splendidly pictures the moorlands and |
other scenery and features of this in |
teresting corner of old England. There |
is a subtle charm to the tale which |
holds closely the interest of the reader, |
and the delineation of. the characters Of
the principal actors in the story is ex-
cellent, showing the author to be a |
keen and close observer of human ma
ture with it's varying moods and |
phases. The types of character are not |
but sufficient, and the self
impulsive, conceited, vet |
brave and generous Paul Carah, and |
the self-contained, retiring, introspec-
tive and lovely young woman who |
loves him and saves him from ruin, her
reposeful strength of character and
devotion, are beautifully pic
tured. The book is highly meritorious.
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