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LITERATURE, AMERICAN, IN 1888. 



Fanntleroy," and her "Editha's Burglar" was 

 reprinted in book-form from "St. Nicholas." 

 Sidney Luska (Henry Harland) wrote " My 

 Uncle Florimond," and Joseph Kirkland " The 

 McVeys, an Episode." Edward Bellamy, in 

 "Looking Backward," aimed at rather more 

 than success as a novelist, and produced one 

 of the most suggestive books of the year. " A 

 Nymph of the West," by Howard Seely, is a 

 bright story with an unconventional heroine. 

 Archibald 0. Gunter followed "Mr. Barnes of 

 New York" with " Mr. Potter of Texas," and 

 Gay Parker has attempted an imitation, if not 

 of style, of title, in " Mr. Perkins of New Jer- 

 sey," having written also "Playing with Fire." 

 Julian Hawthorne, on his own account, was 

 responsible for "The Professor's Sister" and 

 " The Disappearance of David Poindexter, with 

 other Stories," and, in collaboration with In- 

 spector Byrnes, for " Section 558, or the Fatal 

 Letter," and " Another's Crime." " The Peck- 

 ster Professorship," by J. P. Quincy; "The 

 Veiled Beyond," by Sigmund B. Alexander; 

 " Ilian, or the Curse of the Old South Church 

 of Boston," by Chaplain James J. Kane, U.S.N.; 

 and " An Unlaid Ghost," anonymous, were 

 psychological in tendency. " The Doctor's Mis- 

 take," by 0. II. Montague and C. M. Ham- 

 mond, being " An Experiment With Life," dealt 

 also with abstruse questions. J. S. of Dalo 

 (Frederick J. Stimson) published "First Harv- 

 ests" and "The Residuary Legatee," and Gen. 

 Lloyd S. Brice published " Paradise." "Aristoc- 

 racy " was an anonymous answer to the many 

 recent books that have reflected upon democ- 

 racy, and " De Molai," an historical novel by 

 Edmund Flagg, contained much information 

 with regard to the Military Order of Templar 

 Knights, from the last Grand Master of whom 

 the book is named. " The Lone Grave of the 

 Shenandoah, and other Stories," by Donn Piatt, 

 brought that journalist forward in a new light 

 as a raconteur. Sarah Ome Jewett wrote "The 

 King of Folly Island"; William L. Alden, " A 

 New Robinson Crusoe"; William H. Bishop, 

 " The Brown Stone Boy and other Queer 

 People"; Robert Timsi>l, "A Pessimist in 

 Theory and Practice" ; and T. S. Denison, " The 

 Man behind." Susan Coolidge (Miss Sarah 

 C. Woolsey) completed the " Katy Stories " 

 with " Clover " ; Albion W. Tourgee published 

 "Black Ice "and "Letters to a King"; and 

 Howard Pyle a boys' story of mediteval Ger- 

 many, entitled " Otto of the Silver Hand." 

 "The Spell of Ashtaroth," also an historical 

 novel, by Duffield Osbornc; "Miss Hildreth," 

 by A. De Grasse Stevens ; and " The Secret of 

 Fontaine La Croix," by Margaret Field, re- 

 ceived commendable notices, as did "Under 

 the Maples," by Walter N. Hinman ; " In 

 War Times at La Rose Blanche," by M. E M. 

 Davis ; and " The Youngest Miss Lorton and 

 other Stories," by Nora Perry. " Miss Lou." 

 the last novel of E. P. Roe, was left incomplete 

 as to the final chapter at his death, but a note 

 found among his papers supplied the defi- 



ciency. His "Found yet Lest" was also pub- 

 lished during the year. From Nora Helen 

 Warddell we have "The Romance of a Quiet 

 Watering-Place," and from One in the Swim 

 " Society Rapids, High Life in Washington, 

 Saratoga, and Bar Harbor." Edmund Pendle- 

 ton was the author of " A Virginia Inherit- 

 ance"; Gen. Hugh Ewing of "A Castle in the 

 Air " ; and Capt. Charles King of " A War- 

 Time Wooing," " The Deserter," and " From 

 the Ranks" the last two included in a single 

 volume. Lucretia P. Hale, in collaboration 

 with Edwin B. Lasseter, wrote " An Unclos- 

 eted Skeleton," and " The Story of a Debutante 

 in New York Society" was told by Rachel 

 Buchanan in a series of letters. F. Thickstun 

 brought out "A Mexican Girl"; and Mrs. 

 Amelia E. Barr " Remember the Alamo," 

 "Master of his Fate," and "Christopher and 

 other Stories." " Wyoming " was the first 

 volume of a series of tales of that valley, by E. 

 S. Ellis, who also wrote "The Star of India," 

 and "The Doom of Mamelons." " A Legend 

 of the Saguenay," was told by W. II. H. Mur- 

 ray. " Uncle Tom's Tenement," by Alice W. 

 Rollins, a book more creditable in aim than in 

 execution, dealt with the question of possible 

 morality in that abode. "His Broken Sword," 

 by Winnie L. Taylor, was written in the inter- 

 ests of penal reform. " The Gallery of a Ran- 

 dom Collector " was the somewhat misleading 

 title given by Clinton Ross to several short 

 stories, and the history of "Yoiie Santo, a 

 Child of Japan," was feelingly narrated by 

 Edward H. House. "A Strange Narrative 

 found in a Copper Cylinder" was an exciting 

 tale of supernatural adventure, from the pen 

 of the late Prof. James De Mille, written, 

 though unpublished, twenty years before the 

 advent of "She." "Napoleon Smith," a pure 

 extravaganza, was said to have been written 

 by a well-known New-Yorker. " Tilting at 

 Windmills " was " A Story of the Blue-Grass 

 Country," told by Emma M. Connelly; and 

 among Southern stories may be mentioned also 

 " Monsieur Motte," by Grace King ; " A Block- 

 aded Family," by Parthenia A. Hague ; " Pleas- 

 ant Waters," by Graham Claytor; and "Ken- 

 neth Cameron," by L. Q. C. Brown. "Isidra," 

 by Willis Steell ; " Mrs. Lord's Moonstone and 

 other Stories,", by Stokes C. Wayne; "The 

 Silent Witness," by Mrs. J. H. Wai worth; and 

 "Montezuma's Gold," by F. A. Ober, held 

 their own, as did " Roger Berkley's Proba- 

 tion," by Helen Campbell, and "A Blind 

 Lead," by Josephine W. Bates. " The Case of 

 Mohammed Benani " was an exciting story of 

 wrongs in Morocco, published anonymously. 

 " Glorinda," by Anna Bowman Dodd ; " Young 

 Maids and Old," by Clara Louise Bnrnham ; 

 " A Little Maid of Acadie," by Marion C. L. 

 Reeves ; and " Odds against her," by Mar- 

 garet R. McFarlane were all exceptionally 

 good of their kind; and "Agatha Page," by 

 Isaac Henderson, found many readers. Kirk 

 Munroe wrote " Derrick Sterling" and " Chrys- 



