New-York tribune., 1880-10-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


Two WORLDS ARE OURS. By ErGu N,cNiLLAN' D.
ID svo Loneon Macmillan aad Company
This volume treats Of the two-fod revelation
that God has given us-in his word AZ wriue" ~
The Bible and in His word written II the i'''o
,,lyphics of Mature" lt * hook. II we may soy So
OF anslcces It seeks TO siritualize the uiieis o'
The field the stars the grains Of SAND tue ''oDe"S
The weeds the ram upon the NOVA grass 'ue sum,
mcr blossoms, the mountain sprlngs' haona a'"
corn. the apple snow. the trees. There - III 'u''
volume in addition 10 It's aGect'onate recognition
Of the beauties OF nature aud its quaint hiusV'"-
,ious q good deal Of homely and practical WISDOM
Notahlv there Is "a chapter on Waste" The writer
ends in the text, Gather mp the fragments ina
remain. tha, nothing be lost" lesson greatly
nee cd in 2 luxurious age like this Dr. Macmillan
as.erts that the improvements IN ourarts and man
ufacturcs involve the waste Of substances Tar more
valuable than any We have utilized, and whose loss
cannot be replaced" We vase nitrogen by onr aii-
prc "a restore h. the soil nirokenous substances that
VIC take from it. While we arc poiluingouT streams
We ere pouring into the sea every day vast qnlhu-
ties OF the most valuable foriillzng materials. Ihe
amount of nitrogen annually lost IN England IN this
vav if returned 10 the soil. would be equivalent IN
The form Of bread 10 more than five thousand million
loayes The equivalent Of three million qnarttrh
loayes is daily floating down the Thames to the
German Ocean. Then there is the waste IL the
peparation OF alcoholic beverages; in the use OF
ouupowdcr IN which nj rogen Is the most important
factor. of phosphorus, and Of starch obtained from
eereal,. Essentially yicous' says Dr.. Macmillan
'is the skiuninc system Of the great weseIn
prarios for il is fast realizing te fixed captai OF 'he
nation rcprcsented in the accumulated power oi
these praires sending it over the seas in The shape
OF food and receiving back, Lot what lna7 Keep up
the fertility OF he soil, but what is utterly useless
for that purpose-mcse money, that may be spent IN
idleness aud uoxious luxury
HoNcIDE. XoErH AND SOUTH Bsing c9mBsIa PaTs,
cf the United sfstes Bg U. V. htDFiLD oVo. PIA'"
celpAls:J j. y. Lippucott a Co.
Mr. Rodfcld, in his preface, states distinctly
his purpose in preparing this book Ae has been I'M
prssc by the frequency homicide in roaily all the
Southern states-aycraIDg perhaps homicide day ID
syen state for months time, ana that too where the
rapuIaiion was Int oue-ffth or onesXh as great as
that OF Pcnusy vauia &cwiOrk." h taxes up the
Southern exjenuatOu; "Oh, there are no more Mur-
ders among Us than amoug other people; there arc
murders everywhere, always have been and always VII
bcD The Object Of the book is 10 show how erroneous
g. mis- conclusion He proves By of dl statistics that
murders are IRON Eve e. fifteen times more frequent IN
fhe Southern States tnan elsewhere, and be 1us'iy
thinks that this fact is calculated 10 arouse the latent
forces Of society aC inst the continual ce perm"heh }!
or tlls condition of tnIngs." Mr.. R.lGeds svmp2l"s
are win the Southern States. lie believes that there
Is more good than evil in the South; more that ie
lobc than ereis That ia rerraAcns0le; cauce for
hope than desp0ultncy deals with one OF TIC great
G. that afiict Southern society with ,he beiei that
81 an be remcd.cd The volume has a grim Interest.
j dea with the advantage Of careful statistics aud Of
many painful narratives, with "a topic undenAby
rcprsyc However much II Is entitled TO care. con
sueIauon Th author asserts nothing which he docs
mot prove ny facts and figures aud the conclusion at
which ho aliyc is tLat the number Of homicdes ID
The Southern States is absolutely without excuse. He
decllres tat te Southern "de~peIaioes. mansayers'
lanituai p .toicgrdcrs fghIes dangerous drmKards,
aud so-called camc' men" are in the minority, but
H. thinks THAI the evil may Dc Suseiy rcmedicd by
wholesome administration OF the law.