Show LATE PUBLICATIONS CHAUCER By Adolphus William Ward New York Harper Brothers Salt Lake James Dwyer Price 75c Mr Ward has gone ovar the much that has been written about Chaucer and in this little volume of the English Eng-lish Me of Letters series has condensed con-densed and presented all that the ordinary reader bas the time or inclination in-clination to peruse concerning the poet The introductory chapter is Chaucers Times and is a really carefully written and the most vii uablo part of tho tcnk The other chaDtoracontatQ an account ot his works and a sort of summary of what ia known about the poems of the ancient author REALITIES OF IBISII LIFE By W Steuart Trench Boston Roberts Brothers Salt Lake James Dwyer Price 1 The Roberts Brothers have taken advantage of tho attention drawn I towards Ireland to republish Mr Trenchs book that first appeared snveral years ago when it met with much praise The author was land agent to the Marquis of Lansdown I and from his intimate associations with the people was well qualified for tho sketching of Irish character It is an entertaining book written in graphic style and will be found well wortl reading FRANK LESLIES SUNDAY MAGAZINE For May ia a remarkable cumber of this always entertaining instructive and edifying periodical and is highly creditable to the talent carefulness and industry of the editor The 128 quarto pages present a vast variety of delightful reading interesting to all classes and calculated to gratify all tastes There are good solid articles replete with information essays serial and short stories adventures sketches poems biographies obituaries etc etoall deserving of warm commendation com-mendation and scattered throughout through-out aro brilliant literary gems The illustrations number probably 100 and exhibit the best style of wood engraving en-graving The opening article Mohammed Mo-hammed and Religion and Martin Mar-tin Luther a biographical study are exceedingly interesting In the department of fiction Bobe the Nailmakera Daughter and Little Hinges are continued with increasing increas-ing interest and there are several admirable ad-mirable short stories by popular writers The poemo are very meri toriouE the miscellany unusually abundant as are also the Religious Notes and News at Home and Abroad There are obituary notices of celebrated cele-brated divines Recreations for Sunday Sun-day afternoon a beautiful hymn the musio by Mendelsohn etc etc but it is impossible to do more than mereiy glance at the rich and varied contents The price of a singlo copy is only 25cj the annual subscription ia 3 six months 150 and four months l1 Address Frank Leslies Publishing House 63 55 and 57 Park Place New York |