The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-12-04
RECENT LITERATURE.

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RECENT LITERATURE.
LESSONS IN LONGEVITY. By John B. Hamil
| ton, M. d. Published by VIM. Ii. Morrison Wash.
| lngton, ID. g. Price % cents.
This is an admirable little work on home
| hygiene and the art of prolonging life" by one
| of the ablest men in the medical profession OF
this country. Dr. Hamilton is Surgeon General
| of the United States Marine Hospital Service
Professor of Surgery in the Medical Depart
ment of the University OF Georgetown, and
holds other positions which in thelnselvesare fine
! testimonials of his professional ability. This
book is written in bright, attractive style. with
not word or phrase indicative of scientific Pc
dantry, but is as full of solid and useful facts
concerning the preservation of health as an egg
is of meat. In his preface he says: g In the
pages which follow it was sought to inculcate
the belief that longevity was not only possible,
| ject to the natural law and this thought runs
through every paragraph" The heads of the
chapters are: The Study of Hygiene,"" Lon
gevity," "Of Cooks and Cookery" "Of Food, -
"Of Sleeping Rooms" Plumbing and Plum
| bers,' OF Funerals, -" Euthanasia," Summer
Resorts" "Of Baths and Bathing" "The
| American Climate" "Of Epidemics," and
in fresh original, and solid thinking, we'll
seasoned with flashes of wit that Appetite the
whole. We do not know where man can get
more and better for his % cents than in this
little book which has all its valuable facts so
neatly and concisely put that there is no chance
for any one to fail in comprehending them
Such has been the success of the book that DR..
Hamilton has been repeatedly importuned to
enlarge and extend it into more pretentious
volume than the present pamphlet.
EVERY DAY IN THE COUNTRY BY Harrison
Weir. Published by the Orange Judd Company,
New York. Price 81.
This is an exquisite little volume with Illus
trations for every day, and the months, and
eight fine c0lored pictures, illuminated borders,
etc. Altogether there are over 400 ilustra-
lions, and the whole is elegantly bound in
brown, blue and gold. The following notes for
the first days i'll January give an idea of the
character of the work:
Jan. 1. Robins sing.
BearstoOt flowers.
Larks flock.
Winter Aconite flowers.
2. Gray Wagtail seen.
Bay Shouidered Button Moth seen.
Gray Goosander comes.
Buntings seen in fiocks.
3. The Nuthatch heard
Rosemary flowers.
FOX-tailed feather moss found.
Missel Thrush sings
a. The Wren begins singing.
Pale honeysuckle leaves
Song Thrush sings.
Wagtails are seen.
So it goes On throughout the year. Opposite
each day is a ruled blank for such observations
as the owner may make.
YOUR PLANTS. BY James Sheehan. Published
by the Orange Judd Company, New York. Price
40 cents.
This handy little volume contains plain and
practical directions for the treatment of tender
and hardy plants in the house and in the gar
In,. ,f. 49, Il
stood language the gist Of all the knowledge
contained in bulky and expensive works, and
all that is ordinarily required to be known by
amateurs who cultivate flowers in and about
their houses. No one who has even a few
plants in the window should be without it, for
every page has useful information worth more
than its cost.
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN Published by J.
u. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia.
This little volume, which contains seven
handsome engravings representing the " Seven
Ages of Man." from Shakspere's "As You
Like It," is in every way worthy of the enter
prisihg house from which it has emanated.
HOW THE FARM PAYS. BY William Crozier
and Peter Henderson. Published by Peter Hen
derson Co., New York.
1t is hardly necessary to say word in praise
of book on the subject Of gardening and farm
ing from such men as Messrs. Crozier & Hen
derson, who have made such a splendid success
of all that pertains to the subject, but we will
say that il is book that should be in the
hands of every enterprsing farmer and gar
dener, as it contains the experiences of 40 years
of successful farming and gardening by its au-
thors.
LADY CLARE. Py Alfred Tennyson. Published
by Porter Coates, Philadelphia.
The skill of Messrs. Alfred Fredericks, Gran
vile Perkins, Frederick b. Schell, Edmund H.
Garrett, f. S. Church and Henry Fem have
]nn r,f1n crNla 1o1s,~o t.
quisite edition Of Tennyson's Lady Clare"
This volume contains % illustrations, all of
the highest order, and is a model of beauty and
taste in every particular.
THE BRAVE DAYS OF OLD By J. H. Whit
ney, Baraboo, Wis. Published by Black & Beach,
Chicago.
Comrade Whitney dedicates this volume of
stirring war ballads to his old comrades-in-
arms, and we predict for it large demand
among the veterans of the late war. The
poems are written in an admirable spirit, and
will awaken host of memories in the minds of
the old soldiers. The volume is very neatly fin
ished, the Typography excellent, and the gem
eral merit of the volume such as to entitle it to
place in every Post library in the country
ON A MARGIN: THE STORY OF A HOPELESS
PATRIOT. Published by Fords Howard &
Hurbert, New York.
The author of this little volume, whoever
he may be, need not be ashamed to own his
ouopiihS. LILO uooh ID WCil-WTibIcH anu CieyeT,
and however the reader may disagree with the
ideas laid down in its pages, perusal of it
cannot fail to interest.
NOBLE BLOOD. Novel. BY Julian Haw-
thorne, author of Sebastian Strome, Garth"
and "Bressant." New York: ID. Appleton & Co.
Price so cents.
The hero of this pleasant but by no means
remarkable story is Owen Ambrose, an Ameri-
can artist, who in the course of his wanderings
brings up in Ireland before a ruined castle of
antique mold and pretensions, and is confronted
with mystery which presently resolves itself
into flesh and blood. He arranges his studio
in chamber Of the deserted building, meets