Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-25
THE NORTH AMERICAN RE
VIEW.

The June number cf the North
AI73cT lean RtUie5g oEeus - = liter
airy curiosity ia he shape If a hitter
tn uupubl shed poem by Vo!tai5e. \
melFical tTau=latIuu. when Is In itzelf
a poem, accompanies tie original
French Text. General Garfield fol-
| lows wIh suggestive paper on
s. National Appropriations aut Niisap-
! NOMINATIONS" He discusses tue CUES
tion whether a liberal or uiggardly
policy should be adopted IN public eX-
/ penditures, anu gives illustrations
| from the financial history OF our own
| ami other counties. The separation
OF economic questions from partisan
| politics, and the application Of The
/ highest intelligence To the maUage-
meut OF national business, are advO-
Gated. The next article, which - en-
| titled The StagnaLion Of Trade and
| lis Cause appears over the signature
o. the eminent English economist,
Professor BOuuuy Price. The depTes-
sion IN American commerce Is here
viewed from au English standpoint,
and The proceedings Of our great
miuILg aud railroad hnaHCieIs are
| cCuslde ed ~ The light uf the
latest financial philosophy Of
the old world Our economic
quack DOCTORS are freely criticised.
haTIIel BetCaeT Stowe follows with Il
paper on The Education of Freed
men" subject which her earnest
sympathies, personal ObsesS aIiOns and
extensIvs correspondence enable her
To treat IN q peculiarly effective man
neT. She gives detailed account OF
the workings OF the negro school sys-
TEN, aud eInUUdIes interesting 5ptcu-
iatIOus as TO the Results that may at
tend the education of the cOlJTed rGce.
"Secret Mis>IoL- 10 Sau Domingo" is
the title Of ala Article Dy Admiral d.
d. Porter, 10 which he uATGaLes, at
cOasIurraSie itugt h, the negotiations
which have pas=ed since 1916 between
the aulhOTIIIes Of thaL island ana The
United States Government. The his
tory of the forgotten but significant
schemes Of many stals-men who ale
still HsIGg Is txuusutd from The 90
liviOn. isse author calls the attention
of our coin nIeI ciaI meD 10 the Jude
velOped uatuTai riches Of Sau DUmIu-
go, anu the military guardians of
America are likewise reminded that
this island would be dangerous
stronghold in The hands OF any for
GlE4l iDNf "a. -GCA I'll DJOhS "a LuS
Esst" Is from The pen of the iiiustri.
Gus phiiOlOglsT, Prof. Max liuller, ate
of OxiOTd University, England.
It furnishes the outlines OF "a sUIid
foundation for the comparative study
# oriental religions, and aims to Ieacn
that 10 every belief there is a grain of
truth. The symposium on " Law and
Design in Nature which su sjguaIiy
contributed 20 The success of the May
issue Of the r view, IL concluded 10y
Professor SiJo"u Newcomb in u cOutri
trIbutiou "a. tiled - Evolution aud
/ Theology The modern scientific
| philosophy }. again opposed to reilg-
IOIs orthodoxy, and the ma.erialIststlc
lest of evolution Is applied under new
and striking conditions to tue tEeistic
doctrine o. nature, Henry V. POOr's
article on The Pacific Railroad pre-
sents a historical 9ccUuut of the
gr"wth ard Development OF the Union
Pacific, is resources, improve
meuI. aud ATS services To civilization.
Tee mUzlSs important puDlIca-
tiOHs OF recent date are reviewed by
AR. Mayo w. Hszsltiue, and the
Uumusr concludes with al open letter
from The Right Honorable John
Bright TO the Editor, dealing with the
st rioIs question of return by Eng
LAM TO the old doctrine OF Protection.