Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

SCRIBNER's MONTHLY for Novem-
Der is the opening number of a new
volume. 1t surpasses any of its pre-
d~ecessors. Its topographic appear
ance is equal to the best of the month
lies, and the table ofcontents is more
enticing than any yet presented by
Dr.. Holland. "Scribner's" is supply
ing want long felt in the SJuth since
Harper's became Radical dd H1USeum.
It's illustrations r new, fresh and
pertinent to the text. They are not
stolen from "new books" and made
to do duty as advertisements
for the enterprising publishers,
as Is the case with "Harper's."
Then, too, we open its pages and feel
sure that politics will not confront Us,
either effectively, ~subjectively or sug-
gestively; and the South is neither de-
rided nor abused in its contributed an
tieles or editorials. Dr.. Holland, the
editor, who Is favorably known to the
people of the Mississippi valley, con-
tributes much that is good in this
number. Among his articles is one on
"Sins of American Good Nature" in
which he says:
The characteristic American good
nature not only encourages and con-
fers impunity upon all sorts Of wrong,
but il seriously reacts upon American
character. It begets a federation of
every kind Of moral evil that brings
at least insensibility to 1t. There can
not be a very wide moral difference
between the man who commits crime
and the man who weakly tOlerates it.
The active sinner is, if anything, the
Drawer and the nobler Of the two. He
at least menifests a courage which the
other does not. There is nothing that
America needs more than the bold
and persistent assertion, in every
practical way, Of its sense of what is
fair and honest, and right and proper.
and courteous, between man and man.
II every good man would stsnd square,
ly by this, even at the sacrifice of his
reputation for good nature, he would
find himself growing better day by
day; he would find that the good eie-
ments Of society we're rapidly gaining
influence, and that rogues we're grow
ing careful and getting scarce.
Corporations like those which man.
age our railroads will impose upon the
public just as long as the popular
good-nature will permit them to dose.
Their primary object is to make
money. They will furnish to the pub
lie just such accommodations as the
public will be content with, and those
accommodations will be insufficient
and mean unless the public demand
more and better.
There are more evils than we can
count that grow directly or indirectly
out Of our national goOd-nature. Our
hearts need hardening, and our backs
need ~stiffening. We ought to possess
more manliness, and we ought TO ex-
ercise 1t, To insist upon u rights in
a manly and temperate way, is to give
q lesson In Christian civilization. Ii
makes us stronger and more self re-
speetful, and restraints the spirit OF
lawlessness around us. One promi-
nent reason why crime thrives and
the public morals go from bad TO
worse, is that they meet with no re-
buke. The good people bemOan the
facts In a weak way among them
but they refuse to meet the
evils they bewail, front to front, with
open challenge and bold conflict,
Crime is a coward In the presence OF
courageous virtue, and shrinks and
crawls whenever II boldly asserts it.
self. Now, virtue shrinks and craWls,
while crime struts the streets and
deals ont such privileges to retiring
.ecency and coWardly good-nature as
It can afford. 1t even initiates our
good-nature, and smiles upon US from
the high places Of its power and priv
ilege, and laughs over its profts-and
It's joke.
Thirty-seven Days Of Peril" Is a
good article. 1t details the wander
ngs Of Truman @. Everts, who was
ost from the Yellowstone exploring
Of 1870; and gives not only
IN intensely interesting account of
lis desperate efforts of s~eIf-preserva-
ion, but also Of his curious mental
lallucinations--the mental vagaries
Il a starving man. The illustrations
accompanying this article are very :
triking. Another splendidly Illus
rated paper b Mr.. Richardson's de-
cription of ''The unbarriRg OF Hell
In. which is explained with ,
he aid OF thirty engravings, maps,
tc.-the remarkable engineering
.perations now being carried on bv /
he United States government for the /
emoval OF the distractions to pavj- I
alton In the East river. Low Lie !
Nature" Is a pleasant illustrated /
ketch, by Prof. Schele de We're. based {
pom Rev. Mr.. Woods charming new J
oIume on insects at home. pubIshed ;
Charles Scribner q %. This NUM- !
or Is specially kzong In the story