National Republican., 1882-01-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS,

~ AN u AN L AIs 1907
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THATcHERs DIGEST Boston; Little, Brown q
The book IS n digest Of statutes, rules, and de.
csions relative 10 the jurisdiction aud practice Of
| the Supreme Court Of the United States. Mr..
Erastus Thatcher has brought to his work thor.
ough legal training and experience asa counselor
| before that court, and has carefully examined
scores Of volumes OF reports Of that court, TAX
ing therefrom all points bearing upon the juris-
diction Of the court aud the practice therein. "
has arranged the decisions under the sectcis'
rules, and subjects to which they respectiv9y re-
late and In chronological order the datoysnoW
/ ing the terms Of the court at which thedocisionS
were rendered.
THE ENGLISH coNsT1TuT1c<n na9iss Ky pkynp scylS,
ne4T M4FFGS sG1 EANWNls Was6pqSon, Nsw YT96ert BeS
This little book Is intcndoeto give oee,nnoIsa |
historical outline of the p'glish constitution ana
! it will be found sufcicpiy accurate ana compete
TO be of use as nm eepcntary Introduction 10 more
| advanced text bookE Its opening chapter on the
" English and TJeir Polty" covering period
from A. ID alq t,1066, briefly summarizes the events
| which led tcthe commencement of the group OF
arrnngemynts which now constitute the English
consittJfoD, and the gradual accretion oflaws nc
| cordirg to the change Of condition and circum-
| stages is shown down to the reform acts OF 1882
ard 1867
tied by PRIScE RrCHAHD METTEnNIcH.
New York Charles scribner's Sons. washing.
ton; Robert BCull.
This, the fifth volume Of the memoirs Of the re.
markable diplomat who was brought into such in
innate relations with the fate Of Europe during
his long and active public service, covers the
period from 1880 to 1885. new interest arises in
"a g,r l,,f Drs,
mich contracted his third marriage, the lady being
Countess Melanie zlchy Ferraris. This lady was
cmlnently fitted to be the companion and
helpmate Of the Prince, for she was
quick to observe and form Judgment Of all that
passed before her, she was brilliantly gifted in
mind and person, and her salon soon grew to be
centre whence emanated the impulse by which
the policy Of the world was regulated The Prin-
cess, fortunately, kept diary, in which she re-
corded her daily actions and impressions, and this
diary has been especially utilized in the prepara-
ton of this volume Of the Memoirs" The other
main source Of information for this book is the
series Of confidential letters written by Prince
Metternich to the Austrian ambassador nt Paris,
Count Apponyi, between the years 1881
and Isis From the diary of the Prin-
cess is drawn fund of biographical
notices and insight is obtained into the do
nestle life of the Prince. From the letters Tn
| Count Apponyi is obtained q complete epitome of
| the Princes political activity, and In them his
| views political events of the utmost diversity,
| grouped within the smallest possible compass, are
| rejected. The translator, Mr. Gerard w. Smith,
has ably performed his task omitting certain pas.
sages where the matter treated of in the original
| German French deals with such of the internal
fairs of Austria as have interest out side of
that empire, though being careful to eliminate
| nothing which would either be of interest to the
general reader or would serve to illustrate the
o1a oola nf
ternich.
PoMERoY's MINING MANUAL. Edited by
| HENRY r. PonERoY
This book Is designed for prospectors, miners,
and schools, and shows where and how to search
for gold and silver mines and TO make tests. II
has already in seven months reached third
edition, which is proof that 1t is considered of
decided value by those going into the mining
region. Aside from its practical information as TO
mines and ores 1t contains an annexation of the
mining laws of the United States, and also State
and Land Office rules.
SENSATION AND PAIN. By CHARLES EAYErrr
Sons. Washington James j. Chapman
This is a lecture delivered by DR.. Taylor before
the New York Academy of Sciences, and while II
does not give complete idea Of the complicated
structure ana processes by which we experience
what we call sensation and pain, 1t does present
some practical deductions from certain basic facts
conn ected with the phenomena of sensation and
pain. The book win be read with interest and
profit.
EdK Eiat GhT h D II X g Professor o sy ypRHses
at the Normal School Of Science South Ken.
/ Washington james j. Chapman.
There is more information contained In the 12i
pages of this book than in any similar work that
, has come before our notice. The author has
adoptedit as a textbook for schools and acad.
emies, and in order to as much as possible gloss
over the hard, dry facts of knowledge he has
taken q house and shown first of what stuff and
how its parts are made, speaking as near as pos
sible to the beginning of those things which are
first used as the house is being built As brick,
and mortar are made by the help of coal, he be
gins by speaking OF coal then Of the trimming
of the house such as paint and paper; then o
pots and pans, &C.; then of lighting and heating
then Of clothing; then Of food; then of cleaning
then of writing and printing.
BY II. H. KkNE, N. D. New YORK; a. p p Put NJ
nams Sons Washington: James ]. Chapman
/ Few people have any idea Ofthe extent to whcl
the habit of opium smoking prevails in thi
country. II has long been known that II was
, practice of the Chinese, and it has been perhnp
thought fthought was given TO the subject at all
that in San Francisco and other cities where tn
! Ceestials congregated to any extent they in
, dulged in the habit themselves; but the fac
i that this pcrnicious and degrading habit 1
now INDUCED in by some six thousand o
Q countrymen, male and female whose ranks ar
being daily recruited from the over curious fool
ish, indoent, wilfully vicious, win be a start
ling surprise TO most of our readers In this worR
! which has been most carefully prepared, Dr. Kan
gives critical study of the prevalence of this fas
cinating vice and its effects, immediate and re
, mote ON the individual and the Nation. He ha
had the advantage of the testimony of those witt
, have themselves been addicted to the practice
+ and the observation of some who have place,
c themselves under his care for treatment, and II
the matter of its immediate effects upon the sys
! TEN he has experimental by smoking himself
, number of times both in large and small amounts
i and often to decided success, so that he might b
the better able to fully understand the subjectiv
q symptoms.
t SUICIDE, STUDIES ON ITS PHILOSOPHY
!. O'DEA, NJ d. New York; q. T.. Putnam
: Sons, Washington James j, Chapman.
: In this highly interesting work DR.. o'Dea treat
the subject of suicide in the two fold aspect of tn
u social aud personal life of the victim; considerin
" the moral and physical impressions derived fror
without and the nervous impressibility on III
part of the recipient of these Impressions, whic
II not only magni6es and distorts them, but whic
w gives them dangerous power to affect his happi
10 ness. The causes of suicide, both the external an
l. social and the internal or personal also care
Of fully analyzed and set forth most clearly The eN
" teTnal social order of is subdvded int