Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

AMONG the contributors to the May Cen
taTy are Thomas Carlyle, james Russell
Lowell Edmund Clarence Stedman, w. d.
Howelis, Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett,
Woolson, John G. SAKE, Frank II. Stockton,
Edward EEfFett 4 NJ fs-., "a - :,
Grant n mite, ''Uncie Remusa and I'll. C.
buuDer.
MRs. MAYBURN's Twins, with her trials
with them in the morning. noon, afternoon
and evening of one day, by John Hsbberton,
author of HeIea's Bodies, has already passed
to second edition. The New York Sun, in
an editorial ,tics of 1t, says: at is a most
interesting, wholesome and instructive pic
ture of certain phases of married life. We
commend il to the thoughtful attention of
all young husbands. No better book has
been published this year than Mrs. Malburn's
Trims, by John Habberton. All wives should
own it, and all husbands should profit by it.
1t is published by I. B. Peterson & Bros,
No. 306 Chestnut street, Philadelphia"
THE CHRISTIAN UNION will publish dur
ing the next three months a series of strik-
ing articles, entitled "How TO Succeed"
Among the contributors to these papers will
be Senator George f. Edmunds, who will
write upon Success in Public Life; the Rev.
John Hall, d d, representing the Ministry;
DR.. Willard Parker, Medicine; Thomas A.
Edison, Mechanics; w. Hamilton Gibson,
Art, 1SDeral hllllam OOOy SHltDI IDSi-
neering; Commissioner George b. LoriDg,
Agriculture, and DIR. Leopold Damrosch,
Music. The series is begun in The Christian
Union for April 18th, with a paper by the
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard on Success in Pub
lie Life. Address Chris'ian Union, 20 Lafay
cite Place New York.
In No. of the second volume of the
Proceedings Of the Engineers Club, OF Phila-
delphia, we ind an article on the Sewerage
of Memphis After a Trial of One Year." by
Mr.. William Henry Baldwin, accompanied
by map of the city, showing the length and
position of the sewers, the flush tanks and
the outlets, and tabulated statement of the
water supply Of various cities, another show
ing the velocity of the flow of water in brick
sewer in Memphis, another setting forth the
probable velocity and discharge OF water in
a brick sewer of circular cross section, and
fourth showing the gaugings taken at each
hour during the day and night in the circu-
lar brick sewer at Jackson street, Memphis.
The writer covers the whole ground and
answers every question likely to arise in the
mind of an intellig gent engineer. He con-
siders the flush tanks quite equal to the
demands made upon them by Colonel
Waring's plan, and that the ventilation is
perfectly simple and equally effective" Mr..
Baldwin writes fairly and candidly, and
treats his subject from a thoroughly profess
sional standpoint. His article is another
proof of the value of the WariDg system Of
sewerage, and is a most valuable contribu
ton to the now very voluminous literature
upon that subject.
HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF NEW
ORLEANS, LA, AND REPORT ON THE
CRY OF AUSTIN, TEX, is the title OF part
of the social statistics of cities" furnished
by the interior department in connection
with the tenth census. This History of
New Orleans" is from the pen of Mr.. George
W. Gable, the noveiist and journalist, and
the statistics by Colonel George E. Waring,
ir., expert and special agent in charge of the
work of compiling and editing the social
statistics of cities" Mr.. Cable has done his
work carefully and conscientiously aud as be-
comes historian engaged in so important a
task after what seems to US very careful investi-
CATION OF the meager and conflicting data which
came to his hand. We regret that he has not
been permitted by Colonel Waring or Super
intendent Walker to carry his work beyond
1860, and 10 bring it down to our own day.
Much OF the most interesting portion of the
history of NeB Orleans lies within the period
embraced in the last twenty-five years.
The period OF Confederate and Federal oc-
cupation during the war, the stormy
and uncertain days OF reconstruction and The
revival OF trade and commerce since 1876
could not be more impartially treated by
auy one than the console Rtious Mr.. Gable, and
We hope Superintendent Walker will revise
his judgment and request Mr.. Cable to
finish his History Of NsU Orleans. Colonel
Warnings part of the book is well done,
and the whole of it if an earnest of
what the tenth census is likely to be, is a
work upon which the country will have rea-
son to pride itself. Paper, type-selting, press
work and binding could not be put to better
use than in the production of such work.
TuF PoprrrAR SCIENCE MoSTHTy for
May will interest women especially, because
| it contains an article by Miss Nina Morals
on "The Woman Question" in which she as
! sumes the mental equality of the sexes. 1t
/ Is in answer to Miss Hardaker's article in the
| l4st number disparagiDg women. Besides this,
we have very full and attractive table of
/ contents from the scientists point OF view.
methods and Profit of Tree Planting" by
\. H. Egleston, is the subject that opens the
/ May Popular Science Moafhly, and, in the long
run and the large way, there are but few sub
1 iects more important. In three-page arti-
! Gle Herbert Spencer cha aeterizes Goodwin
: Smith as Critic" and his estimate OF him
I j not high. The paper OF Alfred Russell
Wallace on Monkeys" like all that this
author writes, is most interesting. 1t is one