The Life Of The Right Hon. J. P. Curran.
By Thomas Davis, M.R.I.A.;
and a Memoir Of The Life Of The Right Hon. Henry Grattan.
By D. O. Madden, of the Inner Temple;
with Addenda, and letter to Lord Clare.
Boston: Patrick Donahoe.
Those whom a bulky volume affrights will welcome this excellent abridgment of the early days, matured labors, and closing years of two of the most illustrious among the many eminent orators and statesmen whose eloquence and patriotism irradiated that saddest era in the history of Ireland, the extinction of her national independence.
Happy Hours Of Childhood.
A Series of Tales for the Little Ones.
By a member of the Order of Mercy, authoress of the Life of Catherine McAuley, etc.
New York: P. O'Shea.
Among the many books for children which the approach of the holidays yields, we accord the first rank to these charming tales, "which combine," to quote the authoress's own ideal of a really good juvenile, "all the fascinations of a lovely fairy tale with the highest spiritual teachings of which childhood is capable. We hope she will soon repeat this, her most happy experiment in childish literature.
Holly And Mistletoe:
Tales translated from the German of Rosalie Koch.
New York: P. O'Shea.
A collection of stories intended mainly for children, all inculcating self-denial, truth, and Christian trust. The translation is occasionally somewhat defective. Otherwise, the work is to be commended to the attention of those who wish to put into the hands of children pleasant and instructive reading.