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category " Never Again, 1 ' the tale with which 

 Dr. Mayo, author of "Kaloolah," has sur- 

 prised the public after so long a silence. It is 

 certainly a work of more than ordinary merit, 

 especially in its characters. "A Good Invest- 

 ment: a Story of the Upper Ohio," by Wil- 

 liam Flagg, is a vivid picture of the manners 

 and characters not long since to be found in 

 the region named. " Romance of the Harem," 

 by Mrs. Leonowens, purports to be derived 

 from authentic sources, and to be credible fact 

 rather than admirable fiction; some portion 

 of it is obviously historical. But it will not, 

 we trust, be regarded as an imputation of bad 

 faith if we assume that some of the stories 

 received a little Oriental embellishment in be- 

 ing told to her, as they certainly are indebted 

 to her for the grace with which the incidents 

 are narrated to us. Literary partnerships of 

 two persons as Beaumont and Fletcher, or 

 the French novelists, Erckmann and Ohatrian 

 have not been uncommon. But the combi- 

 nation of six persons to write one story was 

 unprecedented; and though it was a strong 

 partnership which included Mrs. II. B. Stowe, 

 Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, Miss Lucretia Hale, 

 the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, and Mr. F. B. 

 Perkins the sixth was the lamented and 

 promising writer, Mr. F. W. Loring we think 

 most readers of " Six of One by Half a Dozen 

 of the Other " will agree that almost any one 

 of them working alone would have made a 

 better book. The story never flags, but the 

 several parts of the story do not dovetail to- 

 gether smoothly. Mr. Hale, the head of this 

 happy family, excels in the production of short 

 stories, written with a Defoe-like, matter-of- 

 fact humor, that makes the wildest fancies 

 seem like sober realities. A collection of these, 

 entitled "His Level Best, and Other Stories," 

 will hold no inferior place among recent hu- 

 morous productions. Similar praise is deserved 

 by "Coupon Bonds, and Other Stories," by 

 J. T. Trowbridge, whose skill in devising ludi- 

 crous situations is matched by the genuineness 

 of his characters as representatives of the 

 genus American, species Yankee. A religious 

 tale superior to most of its class, as pleasant 

 as it is truthful, is " Laicus, or, The Experi- 

 ences of a Layman in a Country Parish," by 

 Lyman Abbott. 



Our stores of fiction are enriched by trans- 

 lations from Continental writers. The most 

 distinguished of them, lately introduced to us, 

 is Turgenef, the Russian novelist, three of 

 whose works, "Smoke," "Liza," and "On 

 the Eve," have been translated, and others are 

 in course of publication ; they are warmly ap- 

 preciated. The Swedish tales of Marie Sophie 

 Schwartz and August Blanche, and those of 

 the French author Cherbuliez, have met with 

 a reception that must gratify their translators. 

 At the same time, the reissue of the novels of 

 such a veteran in our literature as Cooper 

 shows a healthy taste for the olden simplicity. 



Some of the works whose titles follow are 



of considerable merit, and some have had a 

 popularity which, if not deserved, is at least 

 significant : 



Mabel Lee. A Novel. By the author of Valerie 

 Aylmer. 



Kate Beaumont. By J. W. De Forest. 



The End of the "World. By Edward Egfleston. 



The Thief in the Night. By Harriet Prescott 

 Spottbrd. 



Beauty and the Boast, and Other Novelettes. By 

 Bayard Taylor. 



Dr. Vandyke. A Novel. By John Esten Cooke. 



The Reigning Belle. By Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. 



Aytoun. A Romance. 



True as Steel. A Novel. By Marion Harland. 



The American Baron. By James De Mille. 



Lucia : Her Problem. By Amanda A. Douglas. 



Love in High Life. By T. S. Arthur. 



The following list of tales and translations 

 is not exhaustive, but probably leaves few un- 

 mentioned that have any representative value : 



Athalie, or, A Southern Villegiature. A Winter's 

 Tale. By Filia. 



How will it End? A Eomance. By J. C. Hey- 

 wood. 



Myself. A Eomance of New England Life. 



Mystery of Orcival. Translated from the French, 

 by G. M. Towle. 



A Leaf in the Storm, and Other Novelettes. By 

 " Ouida." 



Dead Men's Shoes. A Novel. By J. R. Halde- 

 man. 



Fifty Years Ago. A Story of New England Life. 

 By Mrs. 0. A. Willard. 



Wanted A Pedigree. By Martha Finlay. 



Five Hundred Majority ; or.The Days of Tam- 

 many. A Political Romance. By Wyllis Niles. 



The Merchant of Antwerp. A Tale, by Hendrick 

 Conscience. Translated by R. Lyle. 



The Story of a Shower. Bv Anna II. Drury. 



The Cancelled Will. By Miss Eliza A. Dupuy. 



Who shall be Victor? A Sequel to " The Can- 

 celled Will." By the same. 



Beverly, or, The White Mask. A Novel. By 

 Mansnelcl Tracy Walworth. 



It is the Fashion. A Novel. From the German 

 of Adelheid von Auer, by Mrs. A. L. Wistar. 



The House of Yorke. A story of American Life. 



Alban ; or, The History of a Young Puritan. By 

 J. V. Huntington. 



Edna Browning ; or, The Leighton Homestead. 

 By Mary J. Holmes. 



Minna Monte. A Novel. By Stella. 



Chateau Morville. From the French, by E. R. 



Eleonore. A Novel. By E. Rothenfels. From 

 the German, by Frances Elizabeth Bennett. 



Three Generations. A Novel. By Miss Sarah A. 

 Emery. Illustrated by Miss L. B. Humphrey. 



Going Home. A Catholic Novel. By Eliza Mar- 

 tin. 



By His Own Might. From the German of N. 

 von Hillern. 



Thrown Together. By the author of " Misunder- 

 stood." 



Fitz Hugh St. Clair ; or, It is no Crime to be Born 

 a Gentleman. By Mrs. Sallie F. Chapin. 



Not Pretty but"Precious ; and other Short Stories. 

 By John Hay, Clara F. Guernsey, Margaret Hosmer, 

 Harriet Prescott Spofford, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, 

 etc. 



Under the Cedars : or, What the Years Brought. 

 By Miss A. J. Hatch. 



Myrrha Lake ; or, Into the Light of Catholicity. 

 By Minnie Mary Lee. 



At the Altar. A Romance. From the German of 

 E. Werner. By J. L. L. 



Hope Deferred. By Eliza F. Pollard. 



Victor Norman, Rector. By Mary A. Denison. 



