of the romance, will suffice. They are written in all seriousness, and faithfully illustrate the character of the book. (Harper & Brothers.) "LAL" is not a significant or an inviting name for a novel, but some of Bret Harte's most admired tales have flourished under such curt and vulgar titles as "Miggles" and "M'liss." The story of "Lal" (Appleton) is located in the same rough regions from which these heroines emerged, it deals with the same class of rascally vagabonds with which they were associated, and evolves incidents of a lurid and exaggerated character like those with which their fate was intermixed. The name is therefore in harmony with the fiction, and neither are more inferior to the creations of the unique artist who first delineated the life in western mining camps than imitations are apt to be. The name of William A. Hammond has acquired fame in science. It is appended to a long list of essays and treatises in which original discoveries connected with physiology and therapeutics are recorded. It will not gain honor by this recent experiment in imaginative literature. province is too far removed from that in which he has long and successfully worked. There is lacking in the dramatis personce of "Lal" that vital quality which belongs to living beings; the style is prolix, and the plot is unnatural. The tastes and culture of the physician are apparent in various points in the management of the story; but the lover of fiction would prefer that these should be confined to medical theses, and that the novel which he seeks as a source of diversion should come from the hand of one whose chief talent is investing visions with the semblance of reality. The THE work of Sir George Grove upon "Beethoven's Nine Symphonies" (George H. Ellis) consists of "analytical essays," one to each symphony, giving the history of its composition, so far as known, the intention of the composer, and an analysis of its musical ideas and its structure as a whole. It is illustrated by brief musical passages, which give the themes of the several movements, as well as occasional striking passages which seem to need explanation. As a preparation for hearing these great works, or as an aid to reviewing and refreshing one's memory, nothing better could be desired by an amateur; for it is not as a musician, nor for musicians, that the author has written, but for music-lovers who desire to understand the underlying thought rather than the technicalities of these compositions. The plan of the work must make it welcome to thousands who have desired just such an aid; and the execution is in every respect worthy of it. On page 32, a familiar anecdote is related in respect to the Heroic Symphony (No. 9)—its original dedication to Bonaparte, and the incident of the composer's indignantly tearing off the dedicatory page on hearing of his hero's assumption of the dignity of Emperor. The author then proceeds to consider "what would have been the difference, if, instead of the general title, 'Heroic Symphony,' we had been accustomed to hear the piece with the knowledge that it was a portrait of the great Napoleon. * * There is no doubt that in not having the original title Napoleon Bonaparte' affixed to the work, we SO do miss a certain amount of interest and enjoyment that we should have had if it had remained." Of course the whole story is interesting and characteristic, and the knowledge of it leads greatly to our enjoyment of the work. But after all, as Beethoven foresaw, our associations with the hero are changed by his subsequent career, that the Napoleon - the man Bonaparte celebrated by the composerwho "single-handed, had reduced the chaos of the great Revolution into order and fitness, and had brought back order and prosperity to France," this Napoleon Bonaparte was not the Napoleon Bonaparte whom we know, much less "the great Napoleon" of history. The genesis of the symphony is a matter of curious interest; but to us, as well as to the composer, it was the portrait of a real hero, not of the Emperor Napoleon. THE first issues of a new series of elementary science text-books, to be published by Appleton & Co., are at hand, and comprise a volume upon "Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene," by Roger S. Tracy, M.D., and one on "Chemistry" by F. W. Clarke. There is so much competition in text-books at the present time, and so many good ones upon these two subjects already available, that it is difficult to see wherein these new-comers supply any very long or deeply felt want. The books are both fairly well written, but do not seem to be the work of experienced teachers of these subjects. Take, for example, this definition from the first page of the book on Physiology: "A part of the body, which is so small that when it has been separated from other parts it cannot be further subdivided without the destruction of its organization, is called an anatomical element, as a cell or a fiber." Now this is the kind of definition that the child learns by heart, for the simple reason that it has no meaning to him, however intelligible it may have been to the writer; and this definition, with others equally slipshod, we find at the very outset. The hygienic part is perhaps the best, although, with the dishonesty common in such books, we are told without any qualification that alcohol is a poison. The illustrations of the volume are generally good. The Chemistry, which has as frontispiece a badlycolored plate of spectra, is a somewhat better book than the other, although it has the same general faults. Further criticism is invited by the introduction of physical topics. Of such matter there is either too much or not nearly enough. Chemistry cannot be intelligibly studied without a thorough knowledge of elementary physics; and the small amount here introduced is of no use at all by itself. The subject of Organic Chemistry should have been wholly omitted rather than given such meagre treatment as it here receives. The experiments do not seem to be particularly well selected, or the directions for performing them very clearly given. The best thing about these books is the attractive way in which they are executed. San Francisco and back as the guests of a munificent friend. A sketch of the trip, with special notes of the most honored personage in the company, was prepared as a club article, by Mr. James Bradley Thayer of Cambridge, and is now given to the public from the press of Little, Brown & Co. Its stock of information is slender, yet the admirers of Emerson will be grateful for the little it yields that is substantial and new concerning his habits and idiosyncrocies. It is interesting to know that the great man "found it an excellent time to study his German, in the cars," and that on his pleasure trip he carried his purple satchel laden with books, and the proofsheets of "Parnassus" on which he worked betimes with his daughter. It is a fact worth having, too, that the idealist had not risen above the New England weakness for pie, and enjoyed partaking of this pabulum at breakfast. But more than all, it is pleasant to receive the testimony that he was the most agreeable of travelling companions, "always accessible, cheerful, sympathetic, considerate, tolerant," ever manifesting "the same respectful interest in those with whom he talked, even the humblest, which raised them in their own estimation." Very impressive is the account of Emerson's remarks on immortality. "I enjoy the passing hour," he said; and in his manner he seemed to have the sense "of a certain great amplitude of time and leisure. It was the behavior," writes Mr. Thayer, "of one who really believed in an immortal life, and had adjusted his conduct accordingly; so that, beautiful and grand as the natural objects were among which our journey lay, they were matched by the sweet elevation of character and the spiritual charm of our gracious friend." Appended to the notes of travel is a sensible reply to the criticisms of "Matthew Arnold's Lecture on Emerson," which was originally communicated by Mr. Thayer to the "Boston Advertiser." M. DE MAUPAS's "Story of the Coup D'Etat" (Appleton) is a contribution of more or less value to the secret history of France under the administration of Louis Napoleon, and, it might be added, to the biography of the latter enigmatical character. The revolution of February, 1848, found M. De Maupas a young sub-prefect at Beaune. He had no acquaintance or relations with any members of the Bonaparte family, but used his influence in favor of the election of Louis Napoleon to the chief-magistracy of the republic. His acquaintance with the future president began in November, 1848. The following January he was made sub-prefect at Boulogne, and in October of the same year was called to the prefecture of the department of the Allier. His ability and zeal attracted attention and secured him promotion and the most complete confidence. He was called to Paris to assist Napoleon in the accomplishment of the Coup D'Etat, which was fixed for December 2, 1851. He assumed the office of prefect of police, and in that capacity was the principal adviser and manager of the movement. After the lapse of more than thirty years he becomes the historian of this event, narrating with careful detail the successive incidents which led up to it, and those which followed down to the inauguration of the Second Empire in 1852. Statistics are given in abundance, with copies of state papers and evidences from the archives of the prefecture of police. It is difficult to read without a smile his vindication of the character and actions of Louis Napoleon, whom he presents as a disinterested patriot desiring only the best interests of France. Those who are able to conceive him in such a rôle will read the narrative with great satisfaction; while the incredulous will read it with a certain curious interest. Its THE career of the Agassiz Association is full of interest. It was founded in 1875, by Mr. Harlan H. Ballard, in connection with the Lenox Academy, in Massachusetts, of which he is the principal. object was the study of natural history, and its work was so profitable and pleasant that in 1880 the president published in the "St. Nicholas Magazine”” an invitation to the young people all over the United States to form classes or local "Chapters" bearing the name and having the purpose of the original society. Within three years and a half, six hundred and fifty branch societies were established in response to his invitation, and more than seven thousand students, young and old, were poring over the pages of nature in accordance with a regular and systematic plan. The "St. Nicholas Magazine" has been the organ of public communication between these societies, and has done a great deal to spread the knowledge of the Association and awaken an interest in it. Should one wish a summary of what has been accomplished by this band of students dispersed through the states and territories, it can be found in a little "Handbook of the St. Nicholas Agassiz Association," published by Mr. Ballard at Lenox. author of the work deserves the rank and esteem of a public benefactor. By uniting so many thousands of young people in one common healthful and beneficent occupation, he has set in train a multitude of saving joyous influences which will affect them to the end of their lives. Happy are the children who are enrolled as members of the Agassiz Association. The THE series of twelve essays, or sermons, recently published by the Rev. Minot J. Savage, have a broader scope than their title, "Man, Woman, and Child," immediately indicates. They cover the relations and duties of the individual to society as well as to the limited home circle. They trace the evolution of family institutions; the development of the special characteristics of man and woman, and of their distinct parts in the work of the world; of the gradual elevation of the idea of marital union from the promiscuous association of the sexes in the primitive stages of mankind up to the present high type of monogamic marriage; the creation of the home; the organization of society; and, finally, the slow and steady transfiguration of humanity in the past and the promise of its continuous sublimation in the future. The subjects discussed by the writer are treated after the scientific method. It is assumed that the human race has from its origin been ascending in the scale of being, and that, imperfect as its convictions and practices still remain at the very best, there has been a constant growth which gives ground for the highest hopes of what is yet to be attained. There is encouragement, together with instruction, in this way of looking at things. stimulates aspiration by the prospect of an endless It progress which may be helped onward and improved by every personal effort. Mr. Savage's discourses have a stamp of freshness and individuality which excite attention. This last of many collections he has put into book form sets trite themes in new lights and enriches them with many striking reflections. (G. H. Ellis.) MR. EDWARD PIERREPONT has paid the public a poor compliment by setting before it the stale statistics filling up his book entitled "Fifth Avenue to Alaska" (Putnams). He appears to be unaware of the fact that the Americans are a nation of readers, and that their daily newspapers keep them well instructed in the geography and topography of the country lying along our great routes of internal transportation. What the newspapers have failed to tell, intelligent and enterprising tourists have iterated and reiterated, until the scenery traversed by our transcontinental railroads is almost as familiar as that which we look upon from our home windows. It is the individuality put into a book describing the well-known trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific which gives it interest now-a-days; and of this there is uncommonly little in the volume under notice. The author states in the title-page that he is a graduate of Christ College, Oxford, and a membre du club Alpin Suisse; and elsewhere he informs us that his father was attorney-general in the cabinet of President Grant, and that he has a country-seat on the Hudson besides his residence on Fifth Avenue. All these advantages of fortune have not put him ahead of the average schoolboy of sixteen, who should be able to invest an account of four months of travel, even in familiar regions, with some degree of original character. Mr. Pierrepont started on his tour in April, 1883, and, as the companion of his father, enjoyed peculiar honors and attentions throughout the journey. IN the good old New England days, the clergyman rose to address his congregation with a sense of authority. He knew that his audience made no question of the vitality of his cause. He spoke as a messenger; and if among his hearers were some classed as unbelievers, these did not deny the truths of religion. The unbelievers were not faithless, but had not been allowed to yield by reason of the influence of the evil spirit, and were subjects for exhortation and persuasion. The task of the minister of those days would seem to have been easier than at present, when even his authority is challenged, and he must prove the very foundations of religion, in such manner as to attract, entertain, and strengthen. An unconscious portrayal of the struggles of the latter-day clergyman is given by the Rev. Wilder Smith, in his book on Extempore Preaching " (Brown & Grove). The author says: "Preaching the Gospel is a difficult art, and aims to point to others a smoother way." He regards as essential to success, constant effort. Work, work always, is his theme. He gives many and valuable suggestions to co-workers, derived from experience and observation, and his volume must prove useful and helpful to the members of the profession for whom it was chiefly written. THE "Letters of William Cowper" have been justly pronounced among the most elegant and charming specimens of epistolary writing. Southey and Alexander Smith declared them the best in the English language; and surely while under the spell of their perusal it is impossible to think of any similar compositions as equally captivating. Although Cowper died in 1800, there is now published for the first time a complete collection of his letters. They have been brought together by the Rev. W. Bentham, and edited and arranged by him in the most complete manner. The Introduction furnishes a biographical sketch of the poet, and explanatory notes regarding the various persons who were his correspondents. The publishers of the volume (Macmillan & Co.) have put up the letters in a style harmonizing exIt is not quisitely with their graceful character. often that a book is so enticing without and within. THE manual prepared by Dr. Wallace for the use of amateur photographers, which was noticed in the last issue of THE DIAL, is followed by another of similar size and scope, prepared by D. J. Tapley, and published by S. W. Green's Sons, New York. It does not seem to be written in the interests of any one manufacturer, as it advertises several of them. The writer has attempted to make his book readable by a jocular way of writing, and expresses himself as hoping "that it may, somehow, be the inciting cause of an accretion of shekels to our bank-account." Much of the book is written in this smart and thoroughly bad style bad in itself, and especially reprehensible in a scientific work even of the simplest kind. The technical directions are given clearly enough, but the book is, on the whole, inferior to that of Dr. Wallace, and much less attractive in appearance. THERE is a necessity for treatises on etiquette, especially in this country, where there is constant change in social circles and a consequent uncertainty in the forms and ceremonials by which their intercourse is regulated. The newest of these treatises, by Mrs. Sherwood, entitled "Manners and Social Usages" (Harpers), was instigated by the thousands of enquirers seeking instruction through the medium of "Harper's Bazar." With great good sense and gentle consideration, the writer has answered these solicitous querists, and thus produced the material of a treatise which may be consulted with benefit by most people. In addition to the usual directions presented in books of this sort, Mrs. Sherwood has given valuable hints on many little points often overlooked. Her chapters on the treatment of servants, on the manners of the past, on the optimist, on the sympathetic, and on the awkward and the shy, are wholesome reading for everybody. Two exquisite stories bearing the titles of "Miss Toosey's Mission" and "Laddie" are bound together in a neat little volume by Roberts Brothers. The name of the author is not given, but instinctively we ascribe them to a woman and very definitely to a skillful writer of English nativity. They portray incidents in humble life, and with realistic fidelity. A profound reverence for sacred things runs through them, and a sense of the pathetic which is most affecting. There is no effort at sensation or brilliant writing. So unpretending is the narrative, we might say the effects are produced more by what is hinted than by what is expressed. The account of "Miss Toosey's Mission" stirs the feelings deeply; but the delineation in "Laddie" of a love which cannot resent or reproach even a death-blow from the loved one, pulls at the very heart-strings. "A MAN drops a woman's book, as if he had taken up a jelly-fish." The above generalization is obviously too ill-considered to cover all cases, but it applies well enough to the book from which it is taken, and which is very aptly styled "Dissolving Views" (Harpers). This unpretentious bit of novelwriting is the work of Mrs. Andrew Lang, the wife of the well known man of letters whose verses are noticed elsewhere in this paper. It is a light, incoherent, uninteresting story, whose execution shows a certain amount of cleverness, but which is hardly worth the attention required to read it. LITERARY NOTES AND NEWS. AN interesting feature of the September "Harper's" will be an article upon Charles Reade, by Robert Buchanan, illustrated with an engraving of the oil portrait bequeathed by Mr. Reade to the Messrs. Harper. EARLY in the field with announcements of holiday publications are Porter and Coates, who will offer, in small quartos, Bishop Heber's hymn "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," with twenty-two illustrations from designs by F. B. Schell, and Tennyson's poem of "Lady Clare," with the same number of illustrations from drawings by Schell, Church, Fredericks, Fenn, Perkins, and Garrett. A NEW edition of Shakespeare in twenty volumes of popular form and price, is announced by Harper & Brothers, to be styled "The Friendly Edition," a name suggested to Mr. Rolfe by Mrs. Mary CowdenClarke, the venerable widow of the author of Shakespeare Characters." The order of the plays will be approximately chronological. Mr. Rolfe's excellent school edition of Shakespeare, in forty small volumes, recently published by this firm, is to be made the basis of the new edition. 66 A CIRCULAR signed by Dr. Eaton and Mr. Sanborn, President and Secretary of the American Social Science Association, by Professor Adams of the University of Michigan, Professor Tyler of Cornell, and Professor H. B. Adams of John Hopkins, announces that it is proposed to organize, under the auspices of the American Social Science Association, during its next annual session at Saratoga, September 8-12, 1884, an American Historical Association, consisting of professors, teachers, specialists, and others interested in the advancement of history in this country. The objects of the proposed association are the exchange of ideas and the widening of acquaintance, the discussion of methods and original papers. Such an association will certainly prove of great advantage to American teachers and students who are now more or less isolated in their fields of work. As the Comte de Paris has been reported to have suspended work on his "History of the Civil War in America," Messrs. Porter & Coates, the American publishers of the book, request us to insert the following extract from a letter recently sent them by the author: "The numerous political duties which have devolved upon me leave me but very little leisure. I am devoting every hour I can spare to the prosecution of my great work on the American War. The correction of the proof-sheets of volume seventh is progressing favorably, but this volume will not be published without the following one, of which only less than a third is yet written." Volumes seventh and eighth of the French edition will make the fourth volume of the American edition, and will be translated and published in English, by Porter & Coates, simultaneously with their issue in France. BOOKS OF THE MONTH. [The following List includes all New Books, American and Foreign, received during the month of July, by MESSRS. JANSEN, MCCLURG & Co., Chicago.] HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 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