Mérimée and Balzac Translations Appeal to Readers
A review discusses Prosper Mérimée's Chronicle of the Time of Charles IX and The Chouans translated by George Saintsbury, noting concise narrative style and rich engravings. It also mentions Modjeska's stage adaptation and the volume’s foreign aesthetic from Cassell and Clarke publishers with additional works by Goldsmith and illustrations by Thomson.
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Balzac
Prosper Mérimée
Hueydides
Aspasia
Pericles
Charles IX
Mérimée
Mr. Saintsbury
Edouard Toudouze
Catherine de Médicis
Charles the Ninth
Mme. Modjeska
Mary Shaw
M. Julien Leblant
Astumer
la Vendée
Prosper Merimee
George Saintsbury
New York
Cassell Publishing Company
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
Price
H. de Balzac
W. K. Clarke & Co
Lorna Doone Gets Fresh Preface From Blackmore
R D Blackmore writes a modest preface praising Lorna Doone as a simple tale of meek love and natural setting. The Putnam three volume edition remains favored, with another illustrated edition from a Western publisher noted and Warmoor reprint announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorna Doone
Blackmore
Putnams
Mximoor
John Kidd
Harpers
Knickerbocker Press
R. D. Blackmore
New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
Price
Romola in Holiday Attire Deluxe Editions
Two publishers prepare Christmas editions of Romola by George Eliot. Porter & Coates offer a Florentine two volume set with Italian styling and Elson process plates. Estes & Lauriat reproduce Florence views in color gravure. Both use new electro type plates on handsome paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romola
George Eliot
Porter & Coates
Florentine
Elson
Florence
Estes & Lauriat
Our New England nature volume praised by Roberts Bros
A Boston bookseller notes Messrs Roberts Bros have issued a holiday volume on New England nature with verse from various hands and photogravure plates. The praised scenes include A Family of Rocks Exeter River and The Country Road in Summer with fine remarques by Frank I Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Messrs
Roberts Bros
Elson
Exeter
Frank I. Merrill
Irene Jerome
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Boston
Two Books Illustrated by Edwards Aimed at Lux Gift Market
Review discusses Austin Dobson's The Sun Dial illustrated by George Wharton Edwards with two colors on bristol and linen binding, a fine example of printer and binder craftsmanship. Also covers Thus Think and Smoke Tobacco in a smaller eccentric binding with dainty linings, produced by Stokes. Both editions showcase Edwards's faithful drawings and the growing trend of elaborate Christmas gift books.
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Edwards
George Wharton Edwards
Austin Dobson
Dodd, Mead & Co
Bristol
Stokes
New York
Sun Dial
Doda, Mead & Co
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Price
Frederick A. Stokes Company
A New Vicar of Wakefield Edition Noted by Macmillan
A review highlights Macmillan & Co. as an English house evident in their handsome new edition of Goldsmiths Vicar of Wakefield. The binding features green vellum with gold foliage and script, reflecting a quaint traditional presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Macmillan & Co
Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine and In the Footprints of Lamb
A review notes Harper and Scribner magazine reprints, highlighting Gibson's Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine with Bird Notes and Night Witchery, and Martin's In the Footprints of Charles Lamb illustrated by Railton and Fulleglove. Books praised for delicate covers and edition quality. demand for broader availability suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Harpers
Hamilton Gibson
Harper’s Monthly
Mr. Gibson
Scribner’s Magazine
Mr. Martin
Charles Lamb
Mailton
Lamb
Ween Gibson
New York
Harper & 3 Is
Benjamin Eilis Martin
Herbert Railton
John Fulleglove
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Boston
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
The New Ruskin volume set by Wiley and Sons
The Wileys publish five new Ruskin volumes including Elements of Drawing Poetry of Architecture Val d Arcs Stones of Venice selections. Illustrations suffer on cheap paper but overall price and format suit a budget edition. wood cuts printed separately on calendered paper. cost control and standard maintained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wileys
Ruskin
Venice
New York
John Wiley & Sons
Flirt by Paul Hervieu illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire
From the French, Frenchy. Mme Lemaire the illustrator of The Abbe Constantin has made thirty seven charming drawings for Paul Hervieu’s Flirt reproduced in half tone with an English translation by Hugh Craig. The work, in color head and tail pieces, wide margins, and open pages, is a superb volume from Worthington Co New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Lemaire
Constantin
Paul Hervieu
Flirt
Hugh Craig
Mme
Madeleine Lemaire
New York
Worthington & Co
Ten Tales by Francois Coppée in English Translation
Walter Learned translates ten Coppée tales preserving spirit and delicacy, with introductory note by Brander Matthews. Harper & Bros. publish a deluxe edition with Sternes drawings and author portrait. Other featured items include Ludovic Halévy’s A Marriage for Love and The Poets’ Year edited by Oscar Fay Adams, all noted for fine print and illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Copper
Walter Learned
Coppée
Brander Matthews
Harpers
Francois Coppée
Albert E. Sternes
New York
Harper & Bros
Sheridan's Ride Illustrated in Lippincott Philadelphia edition
The item notes the poem Sheridan's Ride by T. Buchanan Read with illustration and publication details from J. B. Lippincott Company in Philadelphia and distribution via W. B. Clarke & Co. The mention places the work in a mid 19th century literary context and identifies the publisher and distributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
T. Buchanan Read
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Company
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
Red Fairy Book praised for brightness and charm
A review favors Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book over the Blue Fairy Book noting its bright, vivid tales drawn from Norse, French, and German sources. It applauds lively translations, attractive illustrations, gallant princes, and clever fairies while acknowledging fewer familiar fireside tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lang
Hunt
Mrs. Lang
Minnie Bruce
May Sellar
Miss Farquharson
Miss Blackley
Frances Balfour
Andrew
Crowded Out o' Crofield. Stoddard boys story reissued
Appletons bind William O Stoddards Crowded Out o Crofield from Stoddard. Truth misreads fiction with parallel luck of Jack Ogden of Crofield. Stoddard praises Trowbridge and Stoddard school for boy courage vigor and helpfulness. New York Appleton edition features a deluxe binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’ Crofield
Jack Ogden
The Story Hour A Book for Home and Kindergarten
Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A Smith present The Story Hour a Froebel inspired collection for home and kindergarten. It blends three adaptations with original tales told in simple child language designed to subtly teach technical ideas to the young reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Nora A. Smith
Froebel
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Century Magazine and St Nicholas offer new volumes
The Century Magazine announces a May to October volume with varied content including Lincoln history, Joseph Jefferson autobiography, California articles, Lippo Lippi and Botticelli studies, and Mrs Barr’s serial Friend Olivia. St Nicholas presents two handsome yearly volumes featuring Ancient Greece intercollegiate football Custis children hunting stories and art by Katherine Pyle Laura E Richards and Walter Camp.
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Century Magazine
Lincoln History
Joseph Jefferson
California
Moulton
Chaxter
Aldrich
Frank Dempster Sherman
Custis
St. Nicholas Magazine
Katherine Pyle
Laura E. Richards
Thaxter
Walter Camp
New Publications and Holiday Books Catalog
New list includes Christ life works by ten prominent American clergymen with photogravures, and children's titles such as Loyal Little Red-Coat and Flowers From Hill and Dale Series. Prices range from 50 cents to $7.50, with boxed editions and colored plates. Send for full catalog or request by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
America
Joan Hart
Davin Swine
R. Heser Newton
Bishop Newman
George C. Lorimer
William W. Boyn
Amuur T. Pirrsox
Hiram W. Thomas
Joseph Cook
T. Dewitt Talmage
Géréme
Doré
da Vinci
Scheffer
Jalabert
Hunt
New York
Buth Capen
Harry A. Ogden
Carden
Hill and Dale
Anna M. Pratt
Laura C. Hinis
Honmay
Year in Review of Children’s Magazines and Book News
Stoddard’s Crowded Out o Crofield and Harper’s Young People headline a busy year in juvenile literature. The piece surveys Wide Awake, Book News, Library News, and Scribner’s Christmas Annual, noting serials, stories, poems, and illustrations. It highlights writers like Stoddard, Allen, Boyesen, and Catherwood, plus reviews, annotations, and holiday editions with notable art and portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wide Awake
W. O. Stoddard
Grant Allen
H. H. Boyesen
Catherwood
Florentine
Wordsworth
Messrs
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Laurence Hutton
Jane Eyre
Becky Sharp
H. Stoddard
Edwin Arnold
Prescott Spofford
Mr. Stockton
Hamilton W. Mabie
Hiawatha
Hamilton Gibson
Noah Brooks
Ashby-Sterry
Boston
Dole
Publishers’ Weekly
Lucerne
Rosina Emmacé Sherwood
Light of the World by Phillips Brooks volume notices
REW PUBLICATIONS. A New Volume by PHILLIPS BROOKS BD The Light of the World 12mo, 21 sermons, 382 pages. Their intense vitality, spiritual energy, simplicity of treatment and directness of application make them very captivating and effective. He is to be pitted who is not moved by these sermons to elevate his living.
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Thomas Sergeant Perry
The
New York Tribune
Perry
William James
Harvard University
American Science Series
John Dewsy
University of Michigan
W. T. Harris
Bureau of Education
Washington, D. C
London
South
A Christmas Sermon by Phillips Brooks D D
A sermon reflecting on the nativity as described in the Gospel narrative. The text cites the shepherds and their reaction, inviting contemplation of humility, wonder, and divine message during the Christmas season.
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Merimee
Justin Dobson
Edinburgh
Clarks
Macmillans
Oliver Goldsmith
Hugh Thomson
Ludovic Halévy
Wilson de Meza
Abbé
Frank
Oscar Fay Adams
VD. Lothrop Company
Bunyan Meeting
Bedford
Elstow
Pilgrim’s Progress
Elstow Church
Village Green
Old Bridge
Bunyan
John Brown
D.D
George Sand
Rudaux
Frank Hunter Potter
Buchanan Read
Charger
Shelton
Copeland
Chapin
Illustrated Periodicals
NEW Publications
JH. R. Blaney
Arthur Wentworth Eaton
Evizaneth Winthrop Johnson
Studio Arts
Fifth Avenue
New York City
REW Publications
Phillips Brooks, B.D
Phillips Brooks
NEW Pubblications
James
Champlin
Svo
Boston Post
Rossinger Johnson
Lady Brassey
Sunbeam
Peru
E.G. Squier
T. Buchanan Reap
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott, Bart
Morocco
Samtel Lover
Alfred Tennyson
Books
Over the Sea
Clark, Hume, Nisbet
Etter Land
Prince Luveltle Boy
Weir Mircnet, M.D
F. S. Cuurcu
K. Sippons Mownray
Henry Holt & CO
Henry Drummond
Pansy
G. R. Alden
G. F. Barnes
Babyland
Laby
D. Lothrop CO
Gladstone
Hawarden Castle
Susan Dabney Smedes
W. EF. Gladstone
Joel Chandler Harris
Sierten
eIt
Atheneum
Chambers’s Encyclopaedia
W. & KR. Chambers
Jon Gora
Homburg
Ward Kennard
Lippincote
New Orleans
Wm. Hh. HoLcombe, M.D
Market St
Phila., Penn
Puilies Brooks
Stephen H. Tyng
St. George’s Church
C. Rockland Tyna
Wm. R. Hunringtton
Grace Church
Phito W. Sprague
Bishop Westcott
Hull
England
E. PD. Dutton & CO
Publishers
West 23d Street
D. Loturop Co., Publishers
Washington Street
Op. Bromfield
Harper’s
Bazar
Ber
Marion Harland
Rose Uawthorne
Throp
And
Snedeker
D. Gibson
Alice
Ipsen
Robert Fuller
Sat. Eve. Gazette
Phila. Press
W.B. Clarke & CO
Washington St
Harper & Brothers
C. Lothrop CO
Bromfield Street
Pri “Om James Pott & CO. Publishers
Astor Place
Laura E. Ricnards
Toto
Mass
A.C. McClurg & CO
NEW Books
Lord Chesterfield
Edward Gilpin Johnson
Lady Montagu
Octave Thanet
Horace Wale
Anna B. McManon
Madame Dre Sevigne
Epward P. Anderson
Rasselas
Sameet Johnson
Abdallah
Epovarp Laboulayye
Raphael
Alpuonse DE Lamartine
Vicar OF
Goup- Smith
Tuomas Moors
Picciola
X. B. Saratine
Francis Bacon
M. LB. Anderson
Henrik Ibsen
Henry Jaeger
Savonarola
Whirrram Clark
Ll.d
J. L. Spanora
Peoria
Evening Suilem
Beverleys
Mary Abbott
Chicago Times
Martha Corey
Salem
Constance Geppard du Bois
Miss du Bois
Philadelphia Press
Oregon
F. H. Bater
Willamettes
Multnomah
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Sweet William
Marcurrite Bowver
Helen and
Margaret Armstrong
William
Doctor Antonio
Giovanni Borfini
la Bruyere
Helen Scott
Wilhelm Meister
Goetmur
Carline
Eowarrpd Dowden, Ll.d
C. L. Shorrer
A. C. McClurg & Co
Chicago
J. W. Bouton
Broadway
N. Y
New York & London
C. P. Putnam’s Sons
West
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