Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The volume, it is to be said al once, is
antagonistic to the Democratic party 1t
is ANALYTICAL of its history, principles and
accomplishments 1t spares the party not
one whit vet it is TO be said that ii tornfles
its positions with arrays OF fact that are
staggering. There is one thought III regard
| to this and other political works OF crltlcii
order that deserves to be dlgested oy an
readers-that the fact that political partieS
| are being made subjects of critical analysis
| by philosophical writers and political econ
omists with view to public discussion in
the better realms of literature, is hope
| full and promises good results. II
| indicates TO our mind that political
questions are being considered by the peo-
pie at this day with less of partisan feeling
| and with more of Il sincere desire to settle
upon the best policies for the administra-
| ton of the affairs of the Government. 1t
| is indicative of the conviction in the public
mind that the attitude of parties ON eco
monte and State questions should be
| studied by the people, and that such study
| is being more and more widely engaged i'll.
| The purpose of the author of this volume
| has been to present the history of one of
the Oldest political organizations III the
world vet one which has passed its life
within the youngest of the family of ma
| tons to trace cOnciSely, the causes OF Its
| remarkable vitality, what innate principle
permeated its life and gave it strength;
and also 10 note how, even on account OF
! the combination of disSimilar elements III
its inner life, it has in greater or less de
gree retained its hold upon the American
| people. We can, after peruSlng tins mono
graph, we'll credit Professor Patton with
! sincerity when he says: This mono
graph is not written i'll the interest or
spirit of partisanship-Truth is not par
| tisan; its nature forbids. Facts are inn
mutable; prejudiceS, even, cannot change
| them"
TWELVE MONTHS IN An ENGLISH PRISON. BY
| Susan Willis Fletcher. Boston; Lee Il Shep-
| ard. Sacramento: c. :. Houghton. s. 50,
| 12mo, cloth
| Mrs. Fletcher is spiritual medium. In
| England she received from Mrs. Hart
Davies certain property. In 1880, while
visiting her mother in the United States,
| Mrs. Fletcher was arrested on the charge of
obtaining the propcrty-jewels, clothing,
| etc.-by false pretcnses. She was dis
charged Returning to England to meet
| like charges there, she was arrested, con-
victed and sent to Jail for a year. This book
is the story of her incarceration, and the
prelude to it. Whether one believes in
| spiritualsm or not, the book is one that in
vitcs a reading. 1t is very frankly told
|
| dramatic force how sire came To be
spiritualist accounts some wonderful
! manifestations when she was but a child,
and tells some marvellous stories of dcvel-
| opment of spirit power when she grew to
maturity. Her trial was a remarkable one,
| and her conviction created much comment
here and in England. The press of Eng
land generally was against the woman. In
return she tells her side of the story, and
common justice claims for her a hearing.
| Her spiritual experiences in prison are not
the least ghostly and remarkable OF her
recitals They surpass most modern tales
of spirit manifestations very much. Mrs.
| Fletcher does not convince us of the spirit
| power" nor are we ready to accept as true
the story, as she tells it, of the relation she
occupied to Mrs Davies. Nor yet does her
| book prove anything, according to accepted
laws of evidence, of the reality of spirit
manifestations so called. Nevertheless her
book is decidedly sensational. 1t may be
safely read by any one with IL ental powers
of sufficient vigor to be worth mention,
| without danger of conversion"
THE HISTORY OF FRANCE FROM THE EARLIEST
TIMES TO lS4S. By NJ. Guizot and Madame
| Guizot Dewitt Translated by Robert Black; s
] vols. cloth, gilt tops S vo. New York: George
j. Alden.
Guizot. the distinguished statesman and
| historian, died at Val-Richer in 1874, while
debating to his daughter the last pages of
one of the later volumes of his History Of
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