Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-22
New Publications.

LAW STUDENTS AND LAWYERS. The Philo,-
Eight Lectures aelrered before Sa Law De-
Wsnt OF Howard Uniyersity by q: Riddle.
Mr.. Riddle is pretty well known among us,
and it hardly need be said that he treats his
somewhat trite subjects freshly and vigorously
They are subjects with which he is particularly
familiar and in dealing with them in these
lectures he has evidently given his best thought
The four frst--on Law" -" Law Students and
Lawyers, ," "The Argument to the jury" Last
Words, Advisory and Suggestive''-are more
specially serviceable to students and LAWYERS
and those who care to know about the profes-
sion; while the four last-on "Public Speak
ing" Government" Observations on the
Constitution and The Philosophy OF Polit-
ical Parties'-will interest any thoughtful per-
son. That on " Public Speaking strikes us as
admirable. both in the way of practical sugces-
ton and happy illustration, while the CON
Guiding lecture on The Philosophy Of Political
PARTIES is not only intrinscally COOL in thought,
but has the merit of unmistakable originality
being the first attempt by anybody to elucidate
the laws that govern parties. We shall be much
mistaken u Mr., Riddles thoughtful and Wig
ofous work does hot take a high place amongst
legal text books.
ESSAYS, SKETCHES AND STORIES, selected
from the writings with, Of George Bryant Woods With
q Boston. III. o.
good Co. Through the publishers.
Mr.. Woods will be remembered by many in
this city as at one time the Washington CORES
pondent Of Boston paper (the Adcertiser), and
as one Of the best newspaper correspondents
ever figuring here. Though he died at the age
OF q, Mr.. Wood had done the journalistic and
literary work Of long life, though from its
nature much Of it was Of an ephemeral char
acter. From infancy he was delicate in body
and precOciOus in mind, and quite early he
showed a marked turn for literary work, exhib-
ting uncommon originality both Of style and
thought. On the breaking out Of the rebellion
he enlisted as private in the Eighth Massa-
chusetts Battery, and like so many other stu
dent patriots, did gallant service, despite his
delicate physique. On being mustered out he
resumed his literary pursuits, and up to the
time Of his death was most untiring worker.
AT that time he was one of the principal editors
OF the Boston Advertiser, and was also doing a
great amount OF outside work as Boston CORES
pondent of the New York and Chicago T,fJuaes
contributor to EreTy Saturday, the Atlantic Month
ly, North american Reriesc, and the Temple Bar
Of London. The selections from his writings
making up this book show the versatile vigor OF
man who was an original and effective essay
list, brilliant critic. clever and graceful story
teller, and an admirable correspondent
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ker.I
One of the admirable books for girls by the
author Of "John Halifax, gentleman"
ApPLEToNs HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN
by Charles Jones NeM yor G@ped and sdted
Go. Through Jos. Shillington.l
This Is acompanion-v volume to the hand books
OF the North, East and West, issued by the APP
pletons, and supplies what has never before been
q Loft and
to the southern states.
JIG. Parker.l
story by the "new Dickens" the author of
"Blade-O'-Grass," Crit" and other stories,
with slightly sensational names.
THE OCEAN WORLD; being Description of the
S,a and some If It's Inhabitants. FROM the French
., Louis Figuier New York: ID. Appleton Co.
Through JOS ShilliDgton.I
This is a new edition Of q favorite work; and
in il the brilliantly written, but somewhat IN
exact assertions of the French author are Judi
ciously revised by DIR. Wright, botany profess
sor iWthe Univerty of Dublin. The admirable
illustrations OF the French work are retained.
LADY swEETAPPLE, OR THREE TO ONE
b! Ge3Ige Wsbbe Dassut. New York: d. Apple
ton x Co. Through jos. Shliin gton.
novel by the author of Annals of an
Eventful Life
ALCOHOL: ITS PLACE AND POWER. Bv
james Miller, Professor Of Chemistry in the Uni
Ensirsity Of Edinburgh. Philadelphia: Lindsay a
This little work, essaying to show the evils OF
ntemperance from the standpoint of high m edi-
cal authority, has already run through some
twenty editions i'm Glasgow.
THE USE AND ABUSE OF TOBACCO. By
y9hn Lizars, NJ. ID. Philadelphia: Lindsay 4
Biakiston.
This, like the above men tioned work on cal
cohOl," has had a large circulation In Great
Britain, having just passed through its eighth
Edinburgh edition. The writer, in descanting
upon the evils from the use OF the 'spoisonous
weed states that the annual consumption of
tobacco in the united kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland has now increased to considerably
more than pound, on an average, to every
man, woman, and child
PASSION IN TATTERs. A. Novel. By Annie
Bros. Through J. c. ParkerI
This is No. 3Sj of Harper's Library of Select
Novels"
THE WANDERING HEIR novel. Bv Charles
R"1de New York: Harper Bros. Through J.
This Is the novel by Reade which is Just now
under animated discussion on the charge of
plagiarism. and which has excited side int, crest
from the suppOsitiOn that the story is founded
on the famous Tichborne case
THE MOTHERS WORK WITH SICK chill
pREN. BY Professor J. b. Fonssagrives Trans
Foster. NJ. D.. New York: G. r. Putnam Som,
Through Philip Solomons.l
A useful addition to the stock of published
information for the benefit OF mothers.
Ralph HAEDING's SUCCESS. Blythe author
Through VIM. Bsllantyne.I
story for boys.
GOVERNMENTAL REFORM IN THE SANDWICH
iSLANDS.-The king OF the Sandwich iSlauds in