Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


The NURSERY is q monthly magazine, in
tended for young r--1ers, for whom 1t no
doubt possesses many destinations. Il Is pub
lished by John l.. Storey, rs BrOomheld
street, Boston.
WE have received the biennial report of
Comptroller James l.. Gaines, of the State OF
Tennessee, to the forty first general assem-
bly, The report covers the financial trans
actions Of the State for the two years ending
December l9, 1878.
The department of agriculture at Wash
iDgt3n has issued Special Report No. ii on
port Is a brief manual of instruction for
| the production Of silk The report was pre-
pared by Charles Y Riley, entOmologist.
ERIN Go BRAUGH is ore Of the latest out
| in the world of fiction. The work IS from
the pen of Mr.. Mary Andrews Denison, au-
| thor of That HusbdndOf Nine. The novel Il
well written and will attract the reading pub
lie. 1t is published by Franklin RIves
Washington City.
The biennial report of Treasurer M. T.
| Polk of the State of Tennessee, TO the forty
| first general assembly, has been ublished.
The report embraces the transactions for the
| two years ending December 10, 1873. Inc
| balance Of money on hand December 10,
| 1873, was SAFE, 346 o..
Mr.. HENRY V Poor, of New York, has
| issued a pamphlet on the subject of The
| Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads
and Their Relations to the United States.
| The pamphlet explains, or seeks to explain,
| the res Dective rights of the two Pacific rail-
| road companies aud those of the government.
| as defined by the supreme court Of the United
| States.
| TOURISTS and other travellers will find
valuable information in d publication entitled
| The North and Vest Illustrated. lt con-
| tains facts FIR tourists, business or pleasure
travel with reference to the principal places
| and popular resorts IN the northern and
western States. The pamphlet Is published
| by the Chicago and Northwestern railway
company, Chicago. Illinois.
The DOLLAR SERIES OF GOOD Books,
published by I. B. Peterson & Bros, Phila-
delphia, contains the very best works of CO.
temporaneous literature. The series is one
| of the best and largest ever published. The
| books contained therein are issued In uniform
| style. They can be found for sale at all
| booksellers and news agents, or will be sent
| by mail on receipt of one dollar each by Pc
terson & Bros, Philadelphia.
| APPLEToN's JOURNAL, for the month
| of April is an exceptionally excellent
| number OF a magazine that IN its new
form is one of the best In the language,
| as it is the cheapest now published The
contents embraces the following: "a French
Borgia," by F. D. Osborne; CDR. johnson:
| HIS Biographies aud Critics." 'The Dome Of
the Content" by Eugene H. Cowlesi
Shakespeare and the Musical Glasses" by
| Myron B. Benton; Goodwin and Shelley,
by L"slie Stephen; Picking up the Pieces,
comedy THE Higher Cnticisln;'' "Mr
Gladstone on Heroes Prince Bismarck
on Swells, Snobs, and Cockneys;" Editors
Table: Literary Property-Rep ublics and
Aristocracles - Impressionlsm in Art }
"Books of the Day." The reprinted articles
in the above list are "Dr. johnson: Iii;
Biographers and Critics." a puugent paper
from the Westminster Reuieac, stored with
good anecdotes and sharp comments upor
certain OF the great lexicographer's critic;
and blogra pliers; an admirable article or
Goodwin and Shelley" by Leslie Stephen; {
pungent bit of satire from the Spectator en-
titled 1.-The Higher Criticism" in which the
sensuous sensatIoEallsts IN art and poetry
get some sharp reproofs; two papers under
the title of "Mr. Gladstone on Heroes: anc
a felictous article from the Saturday ReUieit
called prince Bismarck on Swells, Snobs
and Cockneys." There Is also brilliant bi
of comedy from BIacktoOod entitled "Pick
ing up the Pieces"
The APRIL number OF the North Ameri.
can ReUie1C Is not inferior to former numbers
of this fine publication, which always at
tracts the attention of the thinking world
The opening article IN the above number il
from the pen of Ex- Governor Hendricks, CT
the subject 'Retributive Politics, or, rather
negro suffrage, that beng the general subject
| discussed IN the last number under the name
"Symposium. He celebrates upon the Rcts
of the different southern States giving th,
cOlored laborers on farms liens on the crop;
for their wages or for their portion of the
crop when raised on shares; and he shows
how little is the sentiment of humanity apC
how great Is the party consideration with
| those uyhO in the north WEI bArpf0fOra 81
clamorous for negro suffrage. The second
article in the ReviefO is'on the subject of tEt
Public Schools in Ecgland," aud the ne
cessty for establishing similar educational
institutions in the United States. The third
paper is on German Socialism IN America,
and showing that socialism had its Origin
and existence in Germany, and that the lead
ers of socialism IN this country are entirely
German, socialism here being but shoot o.
the parent tree now being attacked by Prince
Bismarck. The fourth article is a defense O
Lord Byron from the charges made agains
him by Mrs. Stowe. The fifth article Is OF
the census of $780, containing valuable sug
gestions as to its taking and what it should
embrace. The sixth article is on the "IndiaI
Question, and is an appeal for justice to
the red mau of the west. The ReUiei0 closes
with a number of short but very interesting
articles on the following subjects The FL Pro
, nunciation Of the Latin Language, Hart
: mann's Religion of the Future" "Recen
J miscellaneous Literature, etc. The NOyff
american ReUieV is one OF the leading maya
} zines of this country, and Is worthy of an
country or age.
The MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, fc
February, Issued from the office Of the chic
signal office of the war department, has beer
received. 1t contains data OF barometrC
pressure, international meteorology, tempera
ture OF the air, relative humidity, wind
| phenomena, etc, from observations taken 8
signal service stations in the United States
and Omaha, besides charts of weather map
for February. The following information
will be found of interest by the general pub
lie: THE permanent committee of the Vi
emma meteorological congress have Just paiC
the United States the high compliment o
recommending to q proposed second congress
the adoption throughout the world of plar
for exchanges of data for imuitaneou;
weather maps or other purposes similar tC
one first organized tor the United States by
General Myer, the chief signal officer il
1873, and which has been continuously pur-
sued by the signal service to this day. The
features of tins exchange, as set on foot by
the United States, are as follows:
l. The signal Office of the United States
asks all countries to make a record daily, OF
land and SEA, one simultaneous weather OBJ
servaton at the same exact instant of time.
z. The United States then exchanges with
each country separately, making an especial
request OF each TO establish such exchange.
3. Each country sends to the United States
every fifteen days its own observations; al
are thus received by the UniteI States.
4. The signal Office of the United State.
then collates and prints all, its own coinc iden
observations included, and returns In thi:
shape to every regular obs rver who has SEN
continuously a single report, the report:
gathered from almost the whole northern
hemisphere. For one report sent regularly
by any regular observer anywhere, on Ship Of
shore, he receives five hundred, and these five
hundred surround and cover nearly the north
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