Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-03
OBsERvATIONs YESTERDAY.
WAR DEP'T. SIGNAL SERVICE Z. S. ARMI, }
SATURDAY, Dec. 2. 1879, 1908 pm
NEW BOOKS.

We HAVE received flom A. T. bod & Co.,
S41 Main street copies Of the foIloWlnS new books
from the press OF Lee shepard Boston, Mass:
NEywOoD CLIFF: OR OSCAR, THE SAIL
os's SoE, By Daniel Wise, DID. An exceedingly in
teTes'sg and we'll told st0ry, the lessons OF Hhich,
as The lrefai0ry note adyetsS U.s. these eternal
truths Nhich nust be received into tie head and
hear OF eFeTy bOy and gir who desiIef % be noble
and pprs IN Character and 20 enjoy real happiness
Ooed, u II also invested with interest II Il
were tss Of re Il life as indeed the aGihor claims
Il IS.
On. Why SHOULD THE SPIRIT or MORTAL
BIZ PRsUDr by William Knox; designs 10y Miss L. b.
Humphrey Fifteen yery beautiful designs By Miss
Humphrey accompany the verses o. this faVOF-
iIe poem. The verses and designs are printed on
one side Of heavy laid paper, making suitable
Eift-bOOk for the Christmas season The binding is
simple aud tasteful Uniform With SsIrer, Ny God,
D T this Is destined 70 be one OF the successful
books Of the Telr.
DAISY TRAyERs: or. TIE GIRLS OF HIVE
Hall. hy Adelaide p. Samnels This is the latest ad
diIOn % the Maid -nhOod SERIES and Is quite worthy
Ofthose that have pre- eded H. Daisy" the heroine
IN her youth has known both poverty and suffering,
she resolves, nov that she Is grown up and has
money al her command 90 helS uthers to grow up as
she has grown, educated and helpful. With her
fathers assistance, she gathers together twenty-five
pOOr boys ard girls and places them In Hive hall,
endOg1ug the hall sufficiently 70 provide for their
support and education. The book gives iull &C
count of the boys and girls, and all the trouble
Daisy encounters in her enterprise. and also It's
final triumphal results. Enforcing the virtue OF IN
selfish devotion 70 good works, We trust Il1iSv
TrBsyS viii md lis way 70 hundreds Of households
in Memphis.
A REVIEW OF THE Political CONFLICT IN
AMERICA. from the commencement Of the anti-slave
u agitation % the close OF southern reconstruction;
comprising also a review Of the career OF Thaddeus
Stevens being survey o. the struggle OF the parties
which destroyed the republic and yirtuSlly monsr-
chized It, government, BY Alexander Harris, New
HOrk. T. II Pollock, 81 Park Row. This book has
the endorsement OF Hon. Jeue S. Black, General
John s. Preston OF south Carolina, Hon. Charles J.
IugHrsnll anl Hon. Richard VauI, of Philadelphia,
and Others OF equal note and Is said 70 be OF the
riOst striking that has yet been published on these
subjects. nited States senators, congressman and
others OF different political creeds, have largely sub
scribed for Il IN advance OF its publication and now
that Il Is out. II must command large sale. Being
the work Of a resident OF northern S.ate condemn
ing as Il does the pOcy OF men OF each OF the two
great pol tical parties OF the country, IL
exhibits the candor OF an honest thinker, and
however many may differ from him in senti
m mt, the mOmentOus political importance OF the
sublec.s handled, VIII command the attention OF
thinking nteor al parties G7d sections In so far
the views advanced are regarded erroneous, they
can be c0ntr0yerted by establishing the facts. II
they are found 10 be correct, they must In due time
work marvellous revolution. Taking either view OF
the work. Il presents numerous points OF n1tsOndi In
fsr,Sf. which must secure for Il large demand
throughout the country, both north and south.
The author will In few days put canvasser 70
vOr6 IN Memphis, who, we hope, will find host OF
subscribers, especially among the members Of the
bar AT an early day We hope 70 be able TO present
more elab0rats review OF IL.