New-York tribune., 1876-06-13
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NEW IUBiItOAl lONO.
tHSaSsox's bIocGArii.EsJ iZmo pp' So4 "eorse
2. Patnam's Sons
The materials for these biographical sketches
have bau gathered 10y tho author dur ng residence o.
.cvr years IN Bsiiu which rriod lac has made the
poltlcal affairs aud public men OF Germany tue suh]ots
Of specal inteigeut study His WORK includes seVers
names OF great prominence in Germ IN politics, onr wtD
WHICH few readers IN this country become familiar
qbc chau,er devoted o. Prince Bismarck is OF course
one of the most important in the book, presenting
eon,paet and cid history of the career OF the great
Prlssian an analysis Of his prin iples OF States
manshp. and several characteristic personal "h
ecdotes Tic fame Of Bismarck as dip'"
natIst has greatly oycrsiadOwed his position as
parlianenary leader But reprcscutedb by tie author
he could fliod to distinction even as rr
vafe member of the legislature He has not ind cd the
endowmcuts ~ orator. he lacks Imagination; a
no d thus: his manner is Ineffective; and his delivery
without facility grace Bat apart from el'qu ne h'
POSSESSES The qualities IN small degree whc "h
q adelbcrative assembly He shows an equal power oi
persuasion aud command Us accJmp i'hmens rs
delatcr are rarely found IN political iIe. Few Germans
have so rie "a store of wit and lumJr. II too slow o.
uteranee his specchcs always read weli and indeed
are models and fucibe logic His whole care1
before entering the Prusau ministry wls one oi sud
and preparation His KNOWLEDGE OF modern inS;ages /
extensive and profonud He is consunnate master o
history especially of that Of his country His thorough
soouinauoe with political details aud his hablL oi
exact observation, in the opinion OF tIe author, are the
key To lis inspiration and the secret OF his screSs Inc
s,atamcnt which hcen made IN some recent books oI
reference that Bismarck fought duel with rro-
fessor vrobOw Is to be incorrect in the biography
of that eminent Aysiolosist ,ter hot debate III tie
House of D,puCes. about t. years ago, IN winch BIS
mark considered himself personally insulted 10y
virchow he scut the professor cha lense. but II was
not accepted ny the latter who was corlay sustained
10 his ou by nis poldc friends but by the
highest pnLlc opinion in Germany. Mr. Tuttle has done
ample Justice to the eminent men, whom e has seecd
i.r che subjects OF his skechys He writes with knOw-
edge with dignity, anl good taste. He makes no appeal
to partisan spirit, but treats his characters "th re-
ma"kable mpartllty His style Ia torse and sImpe'
and conscqu n,y fofci5e. His manner shows tle gO"d
eff ct Of vide acqu,inuince with and wit Affairs.
In ts freedom from reGeusiOn Its aptuesS ana pon'
an its ecpnoav Language, making tcw words do the
work OF many pages
WORKING PEOPLE AND THEIR EMPLoYERs ry
WASHINGTON GLADDEN. limo. pp III. bost'h bocA
wood, Brooks d Co.
The questions at issue between labor and
capital are treated not much Ia the igat oi polti
cal economy from the standpoint of social ethics aud
Christian principle Indeed the substance OF the book
appears to have been intended for delivery ;rOn the
pulpit alihoug the themes which il considers are de-
eidedly secular interest The author more than once
sIludes to the tact that been practical working
boy On the farm, aud mechanics apprentice
Hence he is not ignorant Of the wants OF the
working classes. aud HE sngg st0ns, In general
are drawn from experience rather than inc
ory His book for the most part consists OF udieio
prudential counses relating to domestic economy, per-
sonal habits and Industrial arrangements, wit out dis
oassng at length the value OF proposed schemes OF
social reform OF the three systems by which labor and
capital have been eOmbnedthe slave system the wa es
systm aud the cooperative systemhe gives hts prefer
the latter He Processes to entertain hut itte
hope that the antagonism whieh tLe wages system
has given occasion will ever cesIse until the system
itself Is total abolished greatly modified Tho
wages system better than slavery because conflict s
better than apathy maiuain that there is better
system than either, and that is cooperation Under TINS
system in W ,ich the employ themselves. ami
dve the profits Of the business lie believes there wOud
bogreatcr eooubny Of material brter work The re
suits which have been already obtained from cooperative
Ind .stry are Of promising character. L. France and
England the experiment has been tried WITH reDarKane
snccess and in the latter the business in year
recently amOnatei to nearly $j7OOJ.OJo The obstacles
to success arse from the seisaness and Jealousy of
human nature Cooperation, ia teay. l. tho arrange
nent of the essential factors of industry according To
tue Christian rule. II is capital aud labor adjusting
themselves 10 the form Of Christianity, but like every
other outward symbol ia dad orln unless Tiled with
lie living spirit OF Christianity itself In an appendix
to the volume Mr. GLADDEN. offers some structures on the
modern theory Of natonalzus capital or the placing Of
the means of production in tie hands Of
the governr mt. representing the collective capacity
force OF argument.