Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-05-07
Books and Periodicals.


TnE PaoBE-We have just received the
initial Of this new Quarterly Its object ia
the investigation Of The use Of ofstimulents and
Narcotics aud the social evils resulting there
from. with view TO the discovery ofmethods
Of reform aud cure It's edited by Joseph
Parrish NJ D. and issued fron the Sauitarian,
Media, Peuna. Price sI,oo per year
Bl4ckwooD's 5 MAoAzINr for April is on our
table containing the conclusion Of Doubles
and Quits: comedy Of Errors, byLawrencs
Lockbart. s'The Outgoing and incoming
President by Maga. Cornelius o. Dowd
Contributes his usual insialment The
Triumyiraten in which Gladstone, Bright aud
Lowe get pretty liberal allowance Of Tory
abuse Mr.. Gladstoue's Irish Church
Bll is also severely criticised at con
siderable Length ''Johu Keble-" Sir
John Lawrence. Part l, and an article 'On
the mganization Of the Armies Of the
Contiueafsl Powers make up this number
Reprinted by the Leonard Scott Publishing
Co. 40 Fulton Street New York.
The NoUru BnlIsH REVIEW reprint, for
March has just been issued containing The
ROYAL Engineers Russian Literature. Fur
gueuiers Novels Dean Milman. Rovolu-
tons in the Queens English. The increase
Of Lunacy. The Hudson Bay Company.
What IS Man chief Ead? Public Works in
India The Reconstruction Of Germany.
Published by Leonard Scott Publishing Com
pany l40 Fulton street, New York.
LIFE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. We have
received ir m the National Publishing Com
pauy, Philadelphia, advance sheets Of the
Life Of Jefferson Davis, with Secret His
tory Of tie Southern Confsderaeyt, gathered
Behind the Lines in Richmond, ;" by Ed
ward A. Pollard, auth1. OF the Lost Cause,
sc. The work is sold only by subscription
and the Publishers want an agent in every
count No doubt that Pollard has the
material for giving correct life Of the Dis
tinauishad rebel chief, as well as for layioa
bare much OF the secret history Of the rebel
lion. His opportunities during the rebel
lion for Observing tie character and conduct
Of Davis, aud for obtaining information
which has never yet been made public, were
undoubtedly great, ana unquestionably be
availed himself Of them He was near the
subject of his history during the whole war
aud his obseryaious viii probably be both
critical and just All who are curious tc
know more OF the rebel chief than tines
know now, eau satisfy themselves by sub
scribiag.
THE loll~'~ing extract from chapter OF
Buchanan Message viii give an idea o.
the character of the work.
The message Of the President, delivered
to Congress, in December, 1860, had at
effect which has not been duly appreciated
in history, aud which was scarcely Tecognlz
ed in the newspapers o! the day. Mr.
Buchanan was timld, secTetive, ingenious
one 0i those time serving politicians, wh'
had managed 70 keep constantly IN publu
life, not an osrCntatious partisan, but tracr
tional Office holder, an 'od public tuE
tionary, one Of those men who make *
tra0rdinary successes in the political arela
without the folce Of merit and through tie
sheer ingenuity Of the demagogue he h5d
neither courage nor intellectual decision.
To see him, said distinguished Nirginh
politician, who visited him during the i'm
pending difficulties Of the country, cover
ing beneath the full length poytruit Of An
drew jackson on the maqielpiece Of the &c
cepliou room OF the White House, nun
ching a dry cigar, and asking querulous.
what be could 10, or what he should do
was more than human patience could cn
dure, or human pity tolerate" " This des
pcablao old man was grotesquely balancing
on the question Of peace and war. He wa
apparently resolved to trifle with the time
..4.,.riea afa great occasion, and ha was de~
perateiy ANXIOUS To save the remnant of hI
administration from the imputation Of
civil war