Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-23
LITERARY NOTES.

! LITERARY NOTES.
Ss BasEb 6 3R AIPfED s0G1
| oL0 Y AND THE LESS COMPILER sCIENCEs
| York: D. Appleton CO.
! This work is fundamental discussion of
many OF the most important questions Of
science and philosophy in their bearings upon
social economy and human affairs in general. It
does not treat directly these current questions
in any department., and yet it furnishes the
basis in science and in logic for the correct soll-
ton ofnearly all Of them. It is, therefore, ex-
ceedingly Opportune, as there has never been q
period in which greater activity existed in the
direction of thoroughly working out and scien-
tifically settling the problems of social national
and individual life. While this book bears
clearly and boldly upon questions Of religious
liberty, of the rights and duties ofthe sexes and
of political economy IN it's broadest sense. it
| bears more especially upon three of the gre at
national questions which are Just now pressing
| tor solution in this country. and which must
enter largely into the coming political cam
paign. The first OF these is the question of reg
ulating foreign trade--the tariff question. The
second is that of regulating internal transporta-
| tiOn-the monopoly question. The third is the
| question of public education. Those who intend
to take part in any Of these discussions cannot
afford to be ignorant of what the author of this
| work says. They need not however, expect to
find their pet hobbies passonately defended.
the writer is no partisan Scarcely do any of the
popular shlbboeths, such as 'prOtectiOn. free
trade" "anti-mOnpOly," ETC., occur in the work
1t deals constantly with the deeper laws of So
ciety, and aims to furnish a true science of
politics, about which men will no more dispute
than they now do about the science Of chemis-
try. And if the author seems at times to take
| strong grounds on one side or the other of any
| of these discussions, it is because he perceves
that the opposite side has failed to grasp some
| fundamental truth Of nature and is being led
astray by ignorance or error. The careful study
OF this work by candid inquirers into our social
and national pOlity, cannot fail to impart
sober and healthful tone to public discussion
We therefore welcome it on the eve of great
national campaign, not only as a work which is
calculated to allay luminosity, but also as one
tending to secure in no small degree the agree
ment of all parties upon some of the most vexed
questions of the times.
Mr.. Ward has for many years been a resident
has improved the opportunities thus afforded
Tor making so thorough a study of national and
social affairs as presented here at the political
center of the country.
The Do D0h lily 3, ROMANCE. FANsHAwE. and
na Etf &c AgRFfnPs' So NJ
VIM sf ssan RHssR. SON. hn
| NATHAN1E1 HAwTHoRHE. With Biographicsl
~ Msiass ca ase1sS w Ss
| lantyne u Son.
The publishers are entitled to, and will doubt
less receive the thanks of the better class of the
reading public for having given to the world
the very handsome, complete and uniform edi-
ton of the writings Of Hawthorne, of which the
two named above constitute the closing vol
umes. While not SO expensive as to be placed
beyond the reach of people of moderate means,
| the setishandsome enough as an example of book
craft,-as it Is also worthy in literary point Of
view,-to be given place of honor in any
library. The last volume is ftly embellished
with portrait of Hawthorne.
MAN DEFoRE METALS By N. Jolly. New York:
p. Appleton & Co. Washington: A. Brsntano
Number XIV of the international Scientific
Series" and one of the most interesting Of the
set this volume presents the results of the
study OF prehistoric man made from geological.
pathological, and, indeed, from every other
scientific point Of view. Beginning with gen.
eral survey of our knowledge of the prehistoric
| ages. and describing the European bone caves
the peat MOSES, the lake dwellings, the burial
| places and the American mound-builders. the
author concludes with review of prehistoric
| domestic life, industry, agriculture, navigation.
! the rude arts, language and religion 1t is illus
trated with nearly one hundred and fifty en-
cravings and after the manner of the excellent
series to which it belongs. it's phraseology and
discussions are kept within the range of the
! average reader.
DANIEL NIL WEBSTER: By Henry CABOT LODGE.
VIM. Ballantyne l. Son. VII
| Mr.. Lodge has drawn largely from the ample
| biography of Mr.. Webster by Mr. George Ticknor
| Curtis for the materials of this volume, though
| he differs widely from that author in not few
OF his conclusions He has, however, sought
information from many sources, and really makes
good his claim that he throws considerable new
Iifhf nn iC In n.Jrr
to have been intelligently and conacientiouslv
| done, and while his Judgments are not likely to
be acceptable to Mr. Webster's own friends. thew
are doubtless such as will De approved BY pos
terity, and are even now quite generally enter
tanned by those. who have carefully studied the
| subject.
1883. CATALOGUE ILLUsTRE DU SALON. Con-
ten: goo dpres lee pes
es de:s pi New "
Those who are not able to attend the yearly
exhibitions of the Paris Salon and yet desire to
keep advised OF its d0ings and the lines In which
certain artists iare working are under oblga-
lions to Mr.. B0ut0n for their ability to do 30
| through his enterprise Like its predecessors
| the volume before us contains not only . com.
plete list Of all the works exhibited, and by
the artists themselves Of the principal pictures
and statuary, which add both interest and value
to the publication.
| ENGLISH AS SHE Is SPOKE: o. Jest IN soter
Earnest. With an Introduction BY JAxEa N IIIINo
TON. New York: D. Appleton o.
One Of the most comical publications of the
period Is this neat little volume. constituting
No. Of the parchment Paper Series" and
containing the essential parts Of Senior Pedro
Carolino's famous "New Guide Of the Conver-
sation In Portuguese and English" The author
recognized the need Of Q Portnenese- Eno,,sh
guide to conversation, and, as he knew but little
English, he went to work on an original plan.
He had Portuguese French phrase-book and
French-Engiish dictionary, and thus he put his
English through all the known French i1Iom,
before subjecting It the final strain of meeting
the Portuguese requirements. The result NAV
be imagined. Wherever q word In French hafi
more than one meaning the valiant SENIOR waa
sure to get the wrong one. IN idea of the eject
maysb be formed from the Introduction. which
opens as follows: "A choice of familiar IIia-
iogues clean OF galiiclsns and despoiled phrases,
| It was wanting yet to stadinas portuguese and
brazilian Youth; and also to persons of other
nations, that wish to know the portuguese Ian
aHE H. -