Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THE North american Review will present in
its February number, to be published on the
18th of the present month, Part III of its
series of articles on "The Christian Re-
hgion." 1t will be from the pen of George
P. Fisher, the eminent professor of ecclesias-
teal history in the Yale divinity school-as
thorough a scholar and as able defender OF
the Christian faith as this country affords
A powerful presentation of the claims OF
Christianity is expected.
IT is impossible to read the well-printed
pamphlet recently issued by Miss Clara Bar
ton, entitled Ihs Red Cross Of the Genera Con-
ueRsion, without sharing at once in her enthu-
siasm for 30 humane a mission. And il is
equally impossible to comprehend why Hayes
and Evarts refused to lay the Geneva treaty,
now signed by every one of the leading pow
ers of the world, before Congress. At the in
stance of Miss Clara Barton the regularly
authorized agent of the society at Geneva,
who persisted in her mission notwithstand-
ing these rebuffs, President Garfield prom
ised, as did Secretary Blaine, to press the
adoption OF the treaty upon Congress. This
promise President Arthur has, we are glad TO
say, fulfilled The United States should be
first on the roll of humane ma
tions and not the last. In spite of Ban
croft Davis, who, for some reason known
only to himself, opposed Miss BIrton's efforts
during the Hayes administration, it is hoped
the stigma now resting upon our country
will be removed and America be placed
among the States who desire to mitigate the
woes of war. Miss Barton recounts the
facts of the organization and work
of the "Red Cross" well, and tells
her own story in connection with it in
an absorbing, interesting way. We recon-
mend her little book and her work to the IA
vorable consideration of the Congre ssmen
from this State and those from Arkansas and
Mississippi Address Miss Clara Barton,
Dansville, New York.
The SANITARIAN, for January, is fully up
to its usual degree of excellence. "Surven's
Method of the Disposal of Excreta, as Prac-
ticed in the Jacobs Hospital, at Leipzig" by
DIR. H. G. Boyer, United States navy, is
especially worthy the attention of all persons
concerned for the health Of public institu-
lions summer hotels and small country
towns, to which it is equally applicable. In
view OF such efficient means for the disposal
of excreta, there is no excuse for the dan
gerous cesspools which commonly prevail,
I and which, If not voluntarily done away
with, should be prohibited by law. DR..
Storer continues his report on the Progress
of Sanitary Protection at Newport" and in
this number gives the impurity OF well-water
as tested by numerous analysis. The question
of sewerage, as presented in the different
plans before the civil authorities, is also dis
cussed, insomuch that, If the civil authorities
OF Newport are at all concerned for the future
| we'll being OF their city, and the maintenance
of its reputation for healthfulness, they can
not too soen enter upon the work Of purifca-
ton. "The Relative importance of Various
Subjects in Practical Sanitation" by DIR. c.
B. White; ''The Fatal Effects of Impure
Drinking Water in Buffalo," by DR.. A. r.
Wright; and Health, the True Nobility"
BY DR.. A. L. Gihon, United States navy;
papers read before the recent meeting OF the
American Public Health Association, are
practical papers of great Importance to both
personal and public health, and deserve e1-
tensiye distribution. Besides this, there are
several shorter papers and the usual reviews,
monthly statistics and editorial matter. Ad
dress A. n. Bell, New York.
THE DEBT TO AFRICA, THE HoPE OF L.
BERIA,D is the title of an article from the
American Church Rerier, which the author,
DIR. A. n. Bell, editor of the Sdnitdrion, has
had reprinted in pamphlet form for general
circulation. DIR. Bell traces the origin and
growth of slavery in this country, and lays
the responsibility where it belongs-upon all
the nations of the earth, without
exception-setting forth in figures the
gains of New England in dollars and cents.
He does not discuss the moral responsibility,
that he knows can be traced 10 the Bible,
which has been the refuge Of all sorts OF sins,