The Portland daily press., 1875-04-03
Recent Publications.

Protection AND FREE TRADE. By Isaac Butts.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. For sale by
Loring. Short s. Harmon.
This volume IS ian inquiry whether proteo-
tive duties can benefit the interests of a coun-
try in the aggregate; including an examina-
ton into the nature of value, and the agency
of the natural forces in producing it." Mr..
Butts made the study of political economy
speciality ;viewing 1t from practical standpoint.
He was radically free trade in his opinions, but
those opinions are presented in a moderate and
cautious manner which commands the respect
of opponents, and in clear and entertaining
style making them very readable. His argu-
ments are forcible, and the book is one of the
best works on the free trade eide of the ques-
tion which has ever been published. His plan
is this. He shows what are the necessary ele-
ments Of value, aud what the conditions most
favorable TO the active cooperation of these
elements in the produ:ton OF values. He then
endeavors to prove that the quantity of these
elements cannot be increased by means of pro-
lection. and that any interference by the gov
ernment of sufficient potency to change the
natural order Of industrles-by inducing capi-
tai and labor to transfer themselves from one
industry to auother-must inevitably violate
the conditions of the largest possible produc-
tion of values, and consequently diminish the
aggregate which it avowedly aims to increase.
THE MA1ETBNANcR OF HEALTH. By j. Miner
Fothsrgl NJ. d. New York g. p. Putnam's Sons
For sale by Loring, Short g Harmon.
This book bears for subtitle "a medical
work for lay readers" and the phrase concisely
and justly describes it. The author s SO fortu-
nate as to be entirely free from any pet theory,
such as materially iDjares the value of the
books of Dio Lewis and men of his class, and
is SO moderate In his demands that q man will
net be forced to starve himself or confine his
diet to satmeal and beans in order to comply
With the temperate and sensible require
ments of the regimen set down. DIR.
Fothergill recognizes that there are types
of health, "as there are the flesh of
fishes and the flesh of beasts" One must not
expect the rude health of the woodsman in the
dweller In the city. The one is no more secure
from disease than the other; the one is quite as
likely to survive as the other. Much depends
upon the personal habits of each, of their ac-
commodation and surroundings, of their obedi-
ence 10 organic laws. The conditions neces.
sary to the maintenance Of health-not OF ideal
health but the best health possible to the lndi-
vidual-is set forth in the various chapters so
far as it is possible in such q work to combine
general rules with the exigences OF the indi-
yidual. The book is one Of the best works on
general hygiene ever published.
EDWARD Ill. By the Rev. W. warburton.r Boston:
Estes & Laariat. For sale by Dresser, Mcclellan g
Co.
The fifty years embraced in the reign of Ed
ward III orm one of the most interesting epochs
of English history. In that time occurred the
first great invasion of France, the attempt OF
Balliol on the crown of Scotland, the Spanish
campaigns of the Black Prince, and the abor-
tive reformation of Wiclif. This little volume
written on the period is an excellent epitome.
well arranged and digested, and presenting the
results of the latest researches. 1t Is illus
trated by maps which add much to its value.
A supplementary chapter on the manners aud
morals of the time treated Of il OF much in