Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-09
THE EVENING STAR.
TIL ESDAH Reccu,ber a tSs0,
some New Publications.


lhe International Rerielr for December has
articles mainly on current topics. as West
fuint and the Colored Cadets The French
Repuonc and the Jeslits, 4" The state ana tbs
hahOaos aad state Debts and Repudls.
From ]. j. Chapman we have "A Dreamer =
by Katharine Wylde. This is the latest number
OF the Leisure Hour Serfes,r published by
Henry Holt & co. Not a Pools Errand mr.
Rev. a. III. Ingranam, purports 10 give tne Mn.
and experience or northern governess 10 the
south and paints southern homes and the SOUTH
erD people IN pleasing colors II Is puhlIshet
by g. w. Carleton Co, New York, aud cOmes
from Chapman
How a Person Threatened or Afflicted with
Brignts Disease Ought TO Live" is the title OF
little work by Joseph F. Edwards. M. d., pub
lished by Presley BlaSiston, Philadelphia and
received from w. II. & o. H. Morrison.
The Chicago publisher. Ezra Cook. sends what
processes TO be al illustrated Ritual OF knight
Templarism."
Homicide, North and south" is the title OF
DO recently published by Lippinoott a Co..
Philadelphia, and written 10y ii. V. Reddeld, OF
this city. IL deals with the number OF murders
ana mar Slaughters In various states aud sec
ITEMS OF the union, and points out the great ana
excessive numoer Ia the southern states IL
seems from statistics collected by tue althog
thaf the highest type OF civilz ltioa as indb ats
oy respect for human life. Is found IN Ne Eng-
iehui dIiu 'nt kuNeSt v ne IN Tue SouthAe-tera
states In Kentucky there IS "A single county OF
ABOUT 2oeT population, where there were more
murders ana mdnSlHnghvers In the wears 1871
Hnd ISIS than In all v massachusetts, with a ms, -
icn ara three-quarterS or population. In Texas
there are annually about eigGt times as many
homicideS as IN all the six New England states
con oiIed In Kentucky there are more than
four times as many. and IN South Carolina
there were as many In two years as in New
England In I've years The book aODuhds with
contrasts Ike these and the c9Use8 Murder
there Is everywhere, but the author shows
mar Una. me IcckleSsness In taking human life ia
lne southern states Is without excuse. He
shows that the murder rate is decreasing in
England and In New England. aud that ths
same rigid enforcement OF law in the south VIII
decrease IL there. There are chapters upop
Personal Dliflculties,n '.Shocking Grimes,
author seems candid IN his treatment OF the
subject, and Ignores entirely politics and so
called POLITICAL murder.
" Introduction 10 the Study OF Sign Language
among the North American Indians as Illus
tratiDg the GeStur speech OF Manklui:" by
GaTTlck Mallery, Brevet Lieut. Col L = Army
" Introduction TO the Study OF MOrluary Gus
toms among the North American Indians" by
DT. he. larTow, ACtirg Assistant Surgeon II <
Army. There publications, ISSUED by the Bureau
OF EibnolOgy, Smiy hsOnian institution. prrlimi-
nary 10 a complete work on American aurnr1-
poiogy, give evidence or careful Observable and
extensive research On the part or their au hors:
aid the materials thus gathered are put In such
shape as 10 be or general interest aud u Of at
tractiye merely 10 the scientific world TIE de-
sign or the present papers Is, In general I'd IN
dlCate the scope or future public ATOMS which
VIII form part or complete work on AmeriC m
anthropology: 10 excite Interest and invite cor
reSpondence on the subjects treated and 90 sus-
nit suggestions as TO desirable points and modes
OF observation.