Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-19
LATE PUBLICATIONS.


MEMORIAL VOLUME Of the Hon. Howell
Cobb. Edited by Samuel Boykin. PhiIa-
delphls: J. B. LippineOtt & Co. Mem
phis: GOODWIN i Co, S6I Main street.
IN every respect this is q creditRble
book, The selection snd arrangement Of
the matter and the Introductory by the
editor are 81 creditable to him as the
printing and binding Is to the house that
produced it. Indeed, It's mechanical ex-
cellence Is beyond praise. The paper is
heavy ard tinted, the type large and clear
and the binding modest, tasteful and en-
during. Two portraits OF the "grsst
departed" embelliEh this memoir, one
presenting him whom Secretary Of the
Treasury OF the United States, the other
as he appeared before death robbed the
country Of his services and good council.
In the treatment OF his great subject Mr..
BOykin has been lust without being
fulsome, he has painted with the
hand OF q friend the character of
a man who eXerted 8 potent in
huence throughout the South as well as
IN Georgia, and who deservedly stood
high in the esteem OF the people, tried, as
he had been, as citizen, lawyer, states
man and soldier. He was ambitious and
reached after the highest places, but he
was conscientious and proud, and would
not, could not stoop to anything that did
not square with the most honorable
oenAAaAAa 1Aa oO1 III uhH wisely
Rvailed himself OF the evidence of
those who hnew General Cobb well,
and we find quite two thirds Of
his interesting volume made up of dig
nided letters not devoid of a gOssipy vein,
in which we have the great Georgian pic
tursd as be appeared In all phases Of his
eventual life. This memoir should find q
place in every Southern library, alongside
those of Lse, Jackson and Others OF the
men who illustrated Southern statesman
ship and generalship. Mr.. Boykin has
done his work well, and deserves the
thanks Of the country for g volume that, |
though il should never be followed by a
larger, fuller or more analytical one, viii, |
In the distant future, enable the coming
generations 10 realize what 3 man was
here"
Mark Boyd. New York: D. Appleton &
Co. Memphis: Boyle, Chapman & Co,
Main street.
OF this book, like all from Apple
toms press, well printed, we can
truly say that, 'true or not true" 1t is
very entertaining. 1t Is composed of
anecdotes, many of them side splitting,
and appeals to the gossipy side Of our
nature with irresistible force. The
author explains in his preface that
"O0G p0dTtdd Is composed OF auec-
dOtes which / hsYe heard, among others
from my late father, who came to London
when Willism " was a '1olly luf7' in
the Royal Navy, and when Rodney had
but Just achieved his memorable victory
IN the West Indies over the French fleet
commanded by Cemte de Grasse. He
Ersktne, q m~idshipmsu, and
knew him as Lord Chancellor. He had
witnessed ths national incense rise over
Rodney, Howe, st. Vincent, Hotham,
Bridport and Duncan, and had witnessed
The tomb close over Nelson In st. Paul's.
had the n Of being known to Mr.,
Pitt, with whom he was in frequent per-
Ional intercourse from 1870 until the death
that nlnstrious statesman In 1906; and
may here add that until my fathers 1
Heath in 1915, he possessed one of the
most retentiv9 and vigorous memories 1 ]
ever met with. From this and ]
'ther sources, and from the fact that 1 ]
lave resided In London for upward OF
orty years, / have been able 70 throw {
a miscellaneous collection Of an {
which l hope may entertain the
&
Hours OF EXERCISE. By Prof. Tyn. e
lsll. New York: D.. Appleton.
deemphls: Boyle & Chapman.
style OF the topographic ex- c
for which the Appletons' have
ecome famous, too much cannot be said. q
{ combines In the largest measure amuse 9
nent with instruction. It is another lick {
n the chain Of evidence that Tyndall is
lot only great In science, but great In the
ssy adaptation of his faculties to the t
mall capacity Of those who are only as t
title children compared to him. He is /
the possibilities of scientific men
rho would spread knowledge abroad and A.,
desire u zee the least brought to q
comprehensinn-if o In whole, at least c
q psrt-of the wonderful works Of bsne-
cient Creator. Professor Tyndsl Is the
lckens Of science. He understands his
thoroughly, and knows how to
OnYey his understanding of them in .
lain, simple, easily understood words, =
his last volume OF his Il among the best. y
~school-bOy and every man not Civ =
n to science a. a speciality should read II. >
SARcHEDoN: A Legend Of the Great y
.ueen. By G.. j.. Whyte Melville. New :
'ork: ID. Appleton s. %. Memphis: >
.Oyle x Chapman, Main street.
This Is one OF the most absorbing novels a
I the season. It Is hull Of strange and
scinsting pictures. Treating Of the
.bled SemirRmis, IL Is gorgeous 10 word cl
1t is full of gems. Had we n
,om we would ike TO transfer some OF .
lem to our columns. Mr.. Melville
rites as ii an Assyrian. he does not N
ace loss himselk In modern idea or ex- y
~'saarchedon" is full Of the East,
rom the first to the closing chapter It
for the Teader tbs power and i
rength of the Bsbylonian empire, and Its q
q. inspirinR worship Of Baal. He
caves with subtle power g romsnc In
hich the lover Of historic fiction win "a
al much Of what has c0me TO US of the u
1n-hearted, yet beautiful and voluptuoua NJ
OF Astyria. "A We said st the put ds
{, ~'sSarcaedono Is an engroasing novel, de
I'd we predict for it q large sale In Mem y
lis. IN
PAPEzs or PTcKWIcK Of
By Charles Dickens. New York. TO-
Appleton 4 Co. Memphis: Boyle a Pc
1apman, Main street. !
This Is the nrst Of the Handy
series OF DlckeRk' works; CO