Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-07

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The Southern Magazine (Baltimore) for
March is published. Its contents are as
follows: Aggressive Rufianism-My Sister
and Lon the Brink-Tbe Battle of Dru-
rvs Bluf-A Devils Dream-Lord Kilgob-
bin-Labor Omnia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. h
-Daimona--The Mystery NoVel-A
Story of Nine Observation-Disclosures Beeblos-
SONS Shop-Reviews, and the Green Table.
The opening article-"Agressive Ruffian-
ism"-deals with subject which is forcing
| itself into public notice. The rufianism of
! New York, always aggressive, is becoming
| intolerable. The scenes of last Summer,
the later communistic movement and the
election of Tweed after his exposure and
arrest are still fresh in the public mind. 1t
| is true the writer does not refer to them,
but his remarks on the general ruffianism
which prevails in New York, recall those
scenes wildly to memory. The remedy he
proposes may be objected to, but the truth
of his remarks cannot be questioned. Gen.
Beauregard's account Of the battle of Dru-
rvs Bluff is valuable as it is interesting.
The other articles are we'll written and will
repay perusal.
The March number of the Home and
School, monthly journal of popular edu-
cation, published by John P. Morton & Co,
of Louisville, is out. It's contents will be
found interesting and instructive to more
than those who are engaged in the work of
education.
s'TACHYHIPPODAAuA, or the New Secret
of Tanning Horses, is the title of neatly
printed handbook published by W. r.
Carter, Gil and 613 SAMSON street, Phil
adelphia.
T. - ell I, g !
ride colts how to break the most vicious
horses and train them to all kinds of work
to break them of kicking and bad habits
to teach them any kind of tricks or actions,
ETC., etc. 1t also contains numerous valua-
bic receipts for diseases Of stock teaches
how to fatten cattle and how to tame other
animals besides horses. The work is writ
ten by Willis j. Powell. Rarey's admiIa-
bic treatise on horse-tamiDg forms part of
the book. It is embellished with numer-
Gus illustrations, and the binding and typo
graphy of the work are exceedingly neat.
A MANUAL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, by
John IS. Hart, LID, published by FL
dredge & Brother, Philadelphia.
This work is designed as textbook for
schools and colleges, and also as book Ct
reference. 1t serves both purposes admi-
ldDlSs w luO IL SOuLdllIS u NdSL dulOul
of valuable information, being in fact
a condensed form of Chambers Encyclo-
pedia Of English literature, brought down
to the present time-it is not by any means
cumbrous. Everything is presented in a
concise, compact form. The object of the
author seems to have been to give the larg-
est amount of information in the smallest
possible space, and in the most attractive
form. 1t enables the student to compass
the whole subject of English literature with
out entering into minor details. 1t is not
pretended, Of course, that all the topics, or
indeed any of them, are treated exhaus-
lively. The object is more to give SYM
metrical view Of the whole subject, and
this object is obtained in DR.. Harris
work. As a book of reference it will be
fonnd even more valuable than as text
book. The systematic order in which every
thing is arranged enables the reader to refer
without delay or difficulty to any particular
author or any special work. In the COM
prehensiveness of its plan, the freshness of
much Of the materials, the sound judgment
shown in its critical opinions, the clearness
with which the several topics are presented,
aud the beauty as well as the convenience
of its mechanical execution, this work will
be found equal to any other text book on
the subject.