The Crimean Diary of the Late General Sir Charles A. Windham, K.C.B.
With an Introduction by SIR W. H. RUSSELL.
Edited by MAJOR HUGH PEARSE. With an added chapter on the Defence of Cawnpore, by LIEUT-COL. JOHN ADYE, C.B. Demy 8vo, $3.00.
This interesting diary, supported and amplified by a number of intimate letters, will be found to reveal much that has hitherto been hidden concerning the mismanagement of the Crimean campaign.
From "The Bells" to "King Arthur"
By CLEMENT SCOTT. Fully illustrated, with portraits of Mr. Irving in character, scenes from several plays, and copies of the play-bills. Demy 8vo, $3.50.
From the memorable, never-to-be-forgotten evening when Irving startled all London with his Mathias, in "The Bells," down to his latest play, "King Arthur." A critical record of the first-night productions at the Lyceum Theatre, London. Not the least interesting feature of this book is the superb frontispiece—a photograph of Mr. Irving, with autograph in fac-simile.
Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist
By the late WILLIAM CRAWFORD WILLIAMSON, LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Botany in Owens College, Manchester. Edited by his Wife. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt top, $2.25 net.
This autobiography gives us an epitome of the advance of scientific thought during the present century, with the added charm and freshness of a personal history of the almost ideal scientific career of a genuine naturalist.—Nature (London).
Anna Kingsford
Her Life, Letters, Diary, and Work. By her Collaborator, EDWARD MAITLAND. Illustrated with Portraits, Views, and Fac-similes. Two volumes. Demy 8vo, 896 pp. Cloth, $15.00 net. Second Edition. (Scarce).
Reviewed as "The Book of the Month" in Mr. Stead's Review of Reviews. The notice occupies ten pages of the Review, and is entitled "Mr. Maitland's Life of Anna Kingsford, Apostle and Avenger." Mr. Stead concludes as follows: "Here I must conclude my notice of one of the weirdest and most bewildering books that I have read for many a long day."
My Reminiscences
By LORD RONALD GOWER. With Etched Portrait. New Edition. Post 8vo. $2.50.
Rupert of the Rhine
A Biographical Sketch of the Life of Prince Rupert, by LORD RONALD GOWER. With three Portraits in photogravure. Crown 8vo, buckram, $1.75.
Major General, the Earl of Stirling
An Essay in Biography by LUDWIG SCHUMACHER.Edition limited to 130 copies. Cloth, $1.00.
A book so pretty that it might be welcomed, even if it were not as carefully done as it is.—Book Buyer (New York).
Four Generations of a Literary Family
By W. CAREW HAZLITT. With photogravure portraits, facsimiles, &c. 2 vols., Demy 8vo. (Scarce.)
These volumes deal with the Hazlitts in England, Ireland, and America, and give a picture of Ireland in 1780 and of America in 1783-7. They contain a store of theatrical anecdotes, sketches of celebrated book collectors, an account of old Brompton, and a good deal of matter relating to auction rooms and sales by auction. The history of the origin of "Our Club," founded by Douglas Jerrold, is also given.
Note.—This work was suppressed in England, the author having been threatened with libel suits by the relatives of many persons mentioned in the text. A limited American edition was secured by the New Amsterdam Book Company, and the work now ranks among scarce books.
Gordon in China and the Soudan
By E. EGMONT HOKE. Demy 8vo, cloth, $2.25.
This work is practically a reprint of "The Story of Chinese Gordon," which ran through twelve editions within eighteen months of its appearance. The book has been out of print for a considerable time, but in view of recent events, it is now greatly in demand. To meet that demand, it has been decided to re-issue it with such minor changes as were necessary.
Bibliography
A Bibliography of Gilbert White of Selborne
By EDWARD A. MARTIN, F.G.S., author of "Amidst Nature's Realms," "The Story of a Piece of Coal," Etc. $1.50.
Gilbert White's remarkable book, "The Natural History of Selborne," has perhaps been published in a greater number of editions than any other book of the kind in the world. The work mentioned above gives a very interesting account of both the man and his book, and as an essay in bibliography, ranks with the very best works of its class.
Fiction
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado
By FRANK AUBREY. With Illustrations by LEIGH ELLIS AND FRED HYLAND. Thick 12mo, cloth, stamped in fire bronze and gold, $1.50.
The book should find as many readers as "King Solomon's Mines."—New York Sun. (2/3 column review.)
We have often wondered why the famous legend of El Dorado had never found its way into romance. Though the novel of adventure is once more in vogue, and although the cry is general that all possible themes have long ago been exhausted this still was left untouched; the story tellers seemed to have thought the quest as hopeless as the adventurers found it. The omission has now been made good; the hidden city has been found.—Macmillan's Magazine, London.—(Extract from a thirteen-page review.)
Is an exceptionally fascinating book. * * * We know well that the scenes and characters are all ideal—nay, we feel that some are utterly impossible—but none the less they enthrall us.—New York Herald, (3/4-column review.)
The book is recommended to the perusal of all.—Boston Times.
Here we have a book that is deserving of success.—Waverley Magazine, (Boston.)
This is one of the best books of adventure that has appeared in the last year or so.—Hartford Post.
The first edition in England was sold in advance of publication! The second did not last a week!
Mr. Paul's Translation of Huysmans' last great novel.
En Route
By J. K. HUYSMANS. Translated, with a prefatory note, by C. KEGAN PAUL. Second edition. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
We are inclined to think it not only the greatest novel of the day, but one of the most important books of our quarter of the century.—The Bookman (extract from five-page review).
The Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, in a letter to the translator, says: "It places the claim of the 'Route' through mysticism higher, I think, than any other book I have read; and by this fact alone it imposes modesty and reserve upon all critics from outside and from a distance."
Opals From a Mexican Mine
By GEORGE DE VALLIÈRE. i2mo, cloth, richly bound, $1.25.
Are indeed literary gems. * * * We are glad to have found these Mexican opals; they are to us gems of value and we thank the author.—Boston Times.
Now and then a tale flames like a field of poppies in windless sunshine—such, for instance, as these Mexican tales which have just appeared bearing an unfamiliar name.—The Bookman, New York.
In them all, no worse local solecism than the dropping of a few accents. The like hardly happens twice in a decade. * * * Are unmistakably interesting.—Critic (New York).
The Lure of Fame
By CLIVE HOLLAND, author of "My Japanese Wife," etc., etc. With a drawing and decoration by GEORGE WHARTON EDWARDS. Large l6mo, square, handsomely embossed cover, $1.00; paper, 50c.
Charles Dexter Allen writes as follows in the Hartford Post: "Before one gets to the story itself, he must stop and admire the handsome setting the book has received. Bound in dark blue, with a bold cover design in gold, it has an especially designed title page by George Wharton Edwards, and an excellent frontispiece by the same artist. Its title, 'The Lure of Fame,' will suggest something of the thread of the story, but one is not thereby prepared for so tender and sympathetic a picture as those pages reveal, or so close an analysis of human feelings and experiences."
Nephelé
A Novel. By FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON. 12mo, artistically bound, $1.00.
We urge so rare a treat as its pages impart on the attention of our readers.—The Bookman (New York).
At the very first sentence the reader realizes that he is breathing a rarer air than usually emanates from the printed page, and at the very last sentence he realizes how he has kept on the heights. * * * Whatever the cause, the achievement is the sort that revives one's faith in that quality which, for want of a better word, we know as inspiration.—New York Sun.
The story is so delightful that to attempt to describe it seems to indicate a lack of appreciation. It must be read to be understood.—Hartford Post.
Pacific Tales
By LOUIS BECKE, author of "By Reef and Palm," etc. With frontispiece photogravure Portrait of the Author and several illustrations. Crown 8vo, green cloth, gilt top, $1.50.
The volume consists of the following: An Island Memory, The South Sea Savant, In the Old Beach-Combing Days, Miss Malleson's Rival, Prescott of Naura, Chester's "Cross," Hollis's Debt: a tale of the Northwest Pacific, The Arm of Luno Capal, In a Samoan Village, the "Black-Birdes," In the Evening, The Great Crushing at Mount Sugar-Bag: a Queensland Mining Tale, The Shadows of the Dead, "For we were Friends Always," Nikoa, The Strange White Woman of Maduro, The Obstinacy of Mrs. Tatton, The Treasure of Don Bruno.
Animal Episodes and Studies in Sensation
By G. H. POWELL. 8vo, cloth, $1.50 net.
The reader, if he be in sorrow, or even in suspense, is taken out of himself and knows nothing of what is going on save what the author tells him—James Payn, in "Illustrated London News."
Thrilling to the point of intensity—Westminster Gazette.
Breathlessly interesting—Pall Mall Gazette.
A Stable for Nightmares
Or, Weird Tales. By J. SHERIDAN LE FANU, author of "Uncle Silas," "House by the Churchyard," etc.; SIR CHARLES YOUNG, Bart., and others. Bound in brimstone yellow cloth, and appropriately illustrated, 75 cents.
The Commercial Advertiser, New York, under the title of "A Revel in Spookdom," writes in part as follows: "What is there better for a real, clammy, irresponsible thrill than a volume of ghost stories? You open the book anywhere and the breath of chilly, graveyard air that comes from the pages prepares you at once for the refreshing horrors you are about to enjoy. At least that was my experience when I opened 'A Stable for Nightmares,' by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. The cover is of the hue of cold 'Welsh rabbit,' suggestive of awful indigestion and gaunt nightmares that serve to make any ghost stories probable. The tales are of various complexions, but all imbued with the 'pobbiness' of new-made corpses that it so useful an element in making effective preternatural narratives... Everyone of the eleven stories is a splendid example of weirdness... If you want ghost stories fresh from the charnel house, buy this book for 75 cents and you will find it a profitable investment."
The XIth Commandment
By HALLIWELL SUTCLIFFE. Handsomely bound in cloth, gilt top, $1.25.
Full of deep thought, tempered with a bright appreciation of the ridiculous and invested with delicate sarcasm, is the new novel of Halliwell Sutcliffe, called "The XIth Commandment." Mr. Sutcliffe's theme is the diplomatic attitude of a north-country vicar in the Church of England, who seeks to maintain an equilibrium in his ministrations to the rich and poor in his parish, while favoring the rich. In striking contrast to this attitude, the work of a young curate, sincere, broadminded and convincing, is refreshingly shown.—Buffalo Express.
It is full of stress and emphasis, vibrant and thrilling in places, and, for a novel of its character, it holds the interest of the reader to a surprising degree.—Commercial Advertiser (New York).
As the story progresses one's interest grows continually and the book may be called not merely readable, but genuinely interesting.—Hartford Post.
Seven Frozen Sailors
By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN, assisted by COMPTON READE, F. ARCHER, and others. Illustrated by A. BURNHAM SHUTE. Square i6mo, cloth. 75 cents.
"Seven Frozen Sailors" is certainly a title possessing enough originality to arouse one's curiosity. The idea is unique, and the seven stories, each by a different author, form an interesting mosaic of imaginative literature... The reading public seems to crave something new, and here is a volume, not cumbersome, but of modest size, that will, no doubt, prove attractive.—Every Saturday (Elgin, Ill.).
The old saying, "too many cooks spoil the broth," does not hold true in this instance, for the little book is really enjoyable.—Boston Transcript.
The Copsford Mystery
(Eighth edition, completing seventeenth thousand). By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "An Ocean Free Lance," "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," etc. Handsomely illustrated by A. BURNHAM SHUTE, and others. Cloth, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
"The Copsford Mystery; or, Is He the Man?" is by W. Clark Russell, whose name at once suggests rolling billows and dashing spray. But this is not a sea tale and is the only story not of the sea that he has written. Save in the first chapter, when we are introduced to a girl who is in the habit of rowing, off Broadstairs, and who gets carried out to sea by the tide, and is rescued by a dark-browed, sunburnt, but handsome man, there is nothing of the sea in it. The construction of the story is more like Doyle than Russell, but it resembles the latter's sea stories in its careful attention to detail. There is also careful delineation of character. In an introduction is an interesting sketch of Russell and his writings, and the book has full page illustrations by A. Burnham Shute and others.
An Ocean Free Lance
(Fifth edition, completing thirteenth thousand). By W. CLARK RUSSELL. New edition, illustrated by HARRY L. V. PARKHURST. Cloth, superbly bound, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
This dashing romance of the sea is held by some readers to contain Mr. Russell's best work. In it will be found the oft-quoted description of a naval engagement.
A Noble Haul
By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," "The Copsford Mystery," "An Ocean Free Lance," etc.5th thousand. Cloth, 50 cents.
Of this work, we need only say that it is an old-fashioned "Clark Russell story."
A Sailor's Sweetheart
By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "An Ocean Free Lance," etc. Illustrated by J. STEEPLE DAVIS. 12mo, cloth, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
We have given this superb sea classic a handsome dress, in keeping with its character, and recommend it to the public as an unusually interesting story.
Basile the Jester
(Second Edition). A Romance of the Days of Mary Queen of Scots. 12mo, Netherland Library, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.25. By J. E. MUDDOCK, author of "The Dead Man's Secret," "Maid Marian and Robin Hood," "For God and The Czar," "Lochinvar," etc. Illustrations by STANLEY WOOD and others.
The author has taken pains to represent truthfully and effectively the life and times of Mary, Queen of Scots, the Court intrigues of the period, the plots and counterplots of the nobles. The book is not a prosy history with a little conversation added, but a stirring novel full of action, and will undoubtedly rank as one of Mr. Muddock's most popular works.
A Bride's Experiment
(Second edition). By CHAS. J. MANSFORD, author of "Shafts from an Eastern Quiver," "Bully, Fag and Hero," etc. Holland Library, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
This strong story will prove to be a welcome addition to our dainty Holland Library. Mr. Mansford is one of the best known contributors to the Strand Magazine.