The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-22
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THE atlantic Monthly is strong in poetry
this time-T. B. Aldrich, Mrs. Piatt, Burr
G. Hosmer, Bret Harte, and John G.
Whittier being the contributors in that line.
Mr.. Higginson relates, in a manner impress
sive by It's thorough indebtedness, how
'.The Scarlet Letter" was read TO Mrs.
Hawthorne by the author, her husband.
The three serials, by II. James, Jr., w. ID.
Howells, and J. w. De Forest, are con-
tinued, and II. IL. (Mrs. Hunt describes
"June Days in Venice" in a very effective
manner. There is a further Dickens chap
ter, with original letters, by James L.
Fields. The ballast, in the present num-
Der, are articles by L. Maria Child and Ed
ward Atkinson, respectively, on "The In
termingling of Religions" and "Free-Trade
Revenue Reform" Mrs. Child, if we UNI
derstand her rightly, hopes for an Eclectic
Church of the Future, as much Buddhist as
Christian! Published by James R. Os-
good & Co., Boston.
Our Young Folks continues to be the
best juvenile periodical on this continent.
The October issue contains many engrav-
ings illustrative of articles of great merit.
Mr.. Trowbridge leads off with three new
chapters of his serial, slack Hazard and
his Fortunes )" and paper by Olive
Tholne, entitled "Only Needle" clearly
and pleasantly explains the various pre-
cesses by which few grains of iron ore
are manufactured into the most useful inn
plement of domestic use. There are many
other commendable articles, including those
by volunteer contributors between the ages
of 10 and 0. Some of these are sur
prisingly good.-Publshed by j. R. Os-
good & Co., Boston.
A PROMINENT article in the new num-
Der of the GALAXY is devoted to ''The Rc-
nance of the Negro, "in which Mr.. Edward
A. Pollard treats of The characteristics ofthe
colored race in relation to their capacity for
civilization. Prior to the abolition of
slavery, Mr.. Pollard remarks, the slave
holders of the South had but afaint percep-
ton of the qualities ofthe negro. They re-
garded him merely as a thing representing
certain amount Of productive force, and
estimated his value, body and soul, in dol
lars and cents. A Southern gentleman,
who, even with the best intentions, should
have sought any familiar intercourse with
the negro, would have been suspected as
an abolitionist in disguise, and been con-
Ist1t
in spite of the difficulties Of
the subject, Mr.. Pollard had commenced
the study of the negro as a man, even dur
ing the existence of slavery. After all the
deliberate attempts to crush out his human
character, and make him mere laborine
animal, he found traits Of character in the
black which gave him high place on the
r)ll of humanity. Slavery did not even
though he wore the badge of ownership OF
his body, and his life was one long sub.
mission. Since the abolition of slavery
Mr.. Pollard observes, no candid person in
the South can deny that the negro has ex-
hibited unquestionable evidence of i'm.
proyement. He shows the greatest eager.
ness for knowledge and education. In thu
free schools of the South, the black children
outnumber the whites in proportion to the
population Of each race. There are fal
more poor whites than negroes who are idle
in the South. The freedmen do not fall
into the vices to which It was predicted
they would become prey. Intemperant
is almost unknown among them; they
so proyident in their habits that it is sur