Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

PROCEEDINGS of meetings held February
!, 1882. at New York and London, to ex-
press sympathy with the oppressed Jews in
Russia, is a well printed pamphlet from the
press of the Industrial School OF the Hebrew
Orphan Asylum of New York. Speeches,
resolutions and letters from crest men on
both sides OF the water are given at length, in
which the case of the oppressed Jews is fully
and fairly stated, and an earnest appeal is
made for the sympathy of the civilized world
for the long suffering people. This pamphlet
should have widespread circulation.
The NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW for May
opens with an article treating of "Party
Schisms and Future Problems" by Carl
Schurz, which will be read with interest
even by persons who may differ with him.
Ii is written in the interest OF the large and
very intelligent class who refuse to belong to
any political party and take council OF their
own knowledge how to vote. Uncle" Sam
Ward has timely and very interesting
ticle, entitled Days with Lsngfellow," made
up of personal "reminiscences of the beloved
poet covering a period of forty-fve years.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in an article enti-
tied "What Does Revelation Reveal" seeks
10 prove that the objections brought against
tfe Bible by modern unbelievers are based
upon misconception OF the true intent and
scope of the sacred volume. Lieutenant
Comm ander Gorringe writes of "rhe Navy"
with abundant knowledge of its needs and
with a degree of frankness almost, if not
quite, unprecedented in the naval service.
W. II. Mallock, the well-known English es-
sayist in the first of a series of "Conversa-
tions with Solitary" very ingeniously con-
trives to put the advocates Of democracy and
modern progress on the defensive. Finally,
Gail Hamilton contributes a paper, The
Spent Bullet" in which science, the pulpit
and the law are with exquisite wit taken to
task for the part they respectively played in
the Guiteau- Garfield tragedy. For subscrip-
tons address so Lafayette Place, New York |
city.
LECKY's HISTORY OF ENGLAND. The New |
that the third and fourth volumes of Lecky's |
History of En9laad in the Eighteenth Centry, pub
lished on Saturday, cover the period Of the |
American Revo ution. Lecky's treatment of |
the events leading to the Declaration of In |
dependence shows a manifest effort al i'm |
Partially. He occupies a position about
midway between Lord Mahen and Bancroft.
He considers the principle which inspired
to The stamp act TO be the same
which led Hampden to refuse ship money,
but brands the resistance to the tea duty as
lie neither approves nor con-
dennis explicitly the Boston port bill and
other coercive measures OF 1774, though he
describes English government in America,
from the time of Charles Townshend's chan
OF the exchequer, as series OF !
depIorable blunders. Nevertheless, he dis
cusses most of the early revolutionary acts
from the standpoint of their illegality.
He praises Hutchinson, stgmatizes Otis
as demagogue, recognizes Samuel
Adams's place one of the chief
authors Of the Revolution, and estimates
Washington justly and Franklin unjustly.
He admits the rightiulness Of the execution
IF Andre. who was unquestionably spy. lie
continues the Irish narrative, remarking that
among the best sigus of the Ireland OF 1882
vas the ardent attachment of the people to
5rattan. Among the most ipeontestable
igns of the profound degradation OF modern
political opinion in Ireland is the class Of
men who are now the popular idols.