in places the German text has been handled with extreme freedom, to the manifest gain of every English reader; and this, we pre

Books Received. David, the King of Israel. A Portrait drawn

sume, is why Mrs. Wister has spoken of the

By Frederick Villiam Krummacher, D.D. Translated by Rev. M. G. Easton, M.A.

book as being “After the German.” Con trasted with the haste. of recent translations, Mrs. Vister‘s work is singular in the free dom and force of its English. As to a trans lator’s right to give the spirit rather than the letter of a foreign author, few will be found to complain where at least prose alone is dealt with, and even in regard to poetry we have high authority for this method of treat

ment, and one memorable example in Cole ridge's !Vu11zn.rtez'n.

We are severely of opinion that a reviewer has no business to spoil the future reader’s

interest by relating the plot of a story, and, so shall honestly refrain in this present in stance, especially as the book before us is what a novel should be—a tale of character

from Bible H1stor and the Book of Psalms.

Nesw York: Harper & Bros.

12mo. pp.

5: . Life, Letters and

Fredrika Bremer.

Posthumous Works of

Edited by her sister

Charlotte Bremer. Translated from the Swedish by Fredr. Milow. New York: Hurd & Houghton. 12mo. pp. 439. The Mexican ; or, Love and Land. A Poem, founded on the Invasion of Maximilian.

By John M. Dagnall, author of “Daisy Swain.” New York: American News Co. l6mo. pp. 228. The Spirit of Seventy-Six; or, The Cunni

Woman. A Prophetic Drama, followgg by A Change of Base, and Doctor Mond schein.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

12mo. pp. 141. People’s Edition of Dickens’ ‘’orks.

and incident.

The characters lie chiefly in

Holly-Tree Inn, and other Stories.

The

B

Gem1an middle life, and are drawn with great skill, with the exceptions, perhaps, of Frau Hcllwig and the Baron Von Hirsch sprung, both of which are overdrawn-—the

Charles Dickens. Philadelphia: T. . Peterson & Bros. 12mo, pp. 532. A Treatise on Meteorology. With a Collec

first in her utter brutality, the last in his aristocratic pride. On the other hand Fe licitas is charmingly etched, and the Old

Loomis,LL.D. Illustrated. New York: Harper 8: Bros. 8vo. pp. 305. I-Iarper‘s Phrase-Book; or, Hand-Book of Travel Talk, for Travelers and Schools. By W. P. Fetridge. New York: Harper & Bros. rzmo. pp. 309.

Mam‘selle Cordula is a masterpiece of ten der and suggestive delineation. Perhaps the

character of Professor I-Iellwig may, on first thought, seem open to comment for the sud denness of its variations ; but this personage, as a whole, is not unnatural. Such a man must have been unpopular, and, in fact, you

quarrel with and hate him on every page, and even grudge him the good luck he gets,

with an anger made quite real by the natural ness of the drawing. Such men, however, are sure to fascinate certain women. As an attempt to depict a doctor it is wonderfully successful, and this is the more remarkable,

because it is just here that almost all novel ists have failed conspicuously. This doctor comes into the story with his art in use so naturally as to surprise one ; and this is high praise, because here even Thackeray has had but a partial success. We hope soon to see a translation of Miss

Marlitt’s other book from the same clever

tion of Meteorological Tables.

Charlotte's Inheritance. A Novel. By M. E. Braddon. A Se uel to “Birds of Prey.” New York: arper&Bros. 8vo. PP- I45 _]’eanie‘s Quiet Life. A Novel. By the au thor of “ St. Olave’s," “ ]anita's Cross," etc.

New York : Harper & Bros. 8vo. pp. 128. The Song of Higher Water. By James V. 'Vard. [Authorized edition]. New York: Robert H. Johnston & Co. 12mo. pp. 30. Ital , Rome and Naples. From the French 0 Henri Taine. B John Durand. New York: Leypoldt 8: olt. 8vo. pp. 356.

Harper’s Pictorial History of the Great Re bellion. Nos. 25, 26, 27, 28. Harper & Bros. Folio.

fascinated young and old.

New York:

The Ghost. A Comedy in Three Acts Taken from the French. Baltimore : Kelly & Piet. rzmo. pp. 50. The American Gcnealo ist.

‘Vhitmore. hand. Meanwhile we commend this present volume as one which, to our knowledge, has

By Elias

By Wm H.

Albany: foel Munsell.

8vo.

pp. 287.

A Sister's Bye-Hours. By Jean Ingelow. Boston: Roberts Bros. 16mo.