The National tribune., 1885-04-23
RECENT LITERATURE.
RELIGION: It's Nature and Reality, Published
by d. Appleton & Co., New York.


This is the full text Of the recent controversy
between Frederic Harrison and Herbert Spen-
| Ger, with an Introduction, Notes, and an APP
| pendix on "The Religious Value Of the Un-
movable" by Count d'Alviella The attention
| which this famous controversy excited, both
| here and in Europe, demanded that the matter
| be put in more permanent form than the
| pages of several numbers of the Popular Science
| Monthly, and it has been most skillfully and
| intelligentiy edited.
MANS BIRTHRIGTT; OR, THE HIGHER LAW
| OF PROPERTY. BY Edward II. G. Clark. Pub
| lished by G.. =. Putnam's Sens, New York. Sold
by Robert Beall, Washington.
| The author of Mans Birthright" claims to
| have arrived at logical and well founded solu-
| ton of the vexed questions concerning the
| rightful ownership of the earth's surface and OF
property depending upon what Aristotle calls
Natures bounty" He claims that his =" reason
ings Of special service in offsetting the bar
| rem and pernicious theories Of Henry George.
JAN VEDDER'S WIFE. BY Amelia e. Barr.
Published by Dodd, Mead Il Co., New York.
| Sold by Robert Beall, Washington.
This is bright entertaining story in the
well-known authoress's best style, which Is suf-
| ficient praise for any story.
| LOUIS PASTEUR: His Life and Labors. BY his
| son-in-law Translated from the French by Lady
Claud Hamilton Published by d. Appleton &
Co.
| Undoubtedly NJ. Pasteur is the greatest of
|
| ern world, his investigations of the laws OF
germ life, and his discoveries relating to the
! philosophy Of contagious diseases have made
| him world wide fame. and produced the need
| of such book as this which is the first infor-
nation the world has had relative to the man
| to whom it is SO greatly indebted.
| GLENAVERIL; OR. THE NIETAMORPH0SES.
| A Poem in Six Books. Book /. By Owen Mere
| dth. Published by ID. Appleton & Co., New
York
A new poem by the author of Lucille" can
not help attracting earnest attention wherever
the English language is spoken. This install
ment contains the first four Cantos: /, Death;
II, Childhood; III, The World; w, The Com
pact
| THE PROGRESS OF THE WORKING CLASSES
| IN THE LAST HALE CENTURY. By Robert
Giffen, Esq, LID. With Notes on American
| Wages. Published by G. 2. Putnam's Sons. New
| York.
| This forms No Xxx of Messrs. Putnam's we'll
known and popular Questions of the Day Series.
EDUCATION IN IT'S RELATION TO MANUAL
| by d. Appleton Co. New York.
| The author announces in his preface that " 1t
| is believed that system of rudimental science
and manual art can be adapted to the usual
methods of instruction; and though the teach
ing of particular trades is neither desirable nor
practical in school life yet the time has now
| arrived when education should give the chill
| dren practical knowledge in those general prin-
| ciples which relate to the trades and arts that
| are destined to become the business of their
| subsequent life"
THE KNIGHT OF THE BLACK FOREST. BY
Grace DEMO Ltchfeld Published by q. p Put
| MANS Sons, New York. Sold by Brentano, Wash
ington, ID. G.
This is charmingly told story of two pretty
| and romantic American maidens who expected
| to find an ideal lover in Germany, who would
be vastly superior to the kindly, honorable. but
| IN n.nlap n1pY nv m
| They did find a young nobleman who was
handsome as picture. who fiirted outrageously
with both of them, and finally went off to marry
an ugly. but rich girl of his own people.
| Magazines.
| The International Standdyd-Contents: A Pre-
| face to the Study of Anglo-Saxon History, by
Lieut. c. A. L. Patten; The Altar and Pillar to
Jehovah, j. w. Redield. NJ D.; The Unwilling
of Isis, Charles Latimer c. E.; Earths Radius
| the Ruling Metron, Jacob NJ Clark, C. E.; Re-
| port ON the Neurology of Coins or Values, s.
Beswick. G. E.; The f. N. Z. French and OBJ
| liquity of the Ecliptic, Rev. II. G. Wood; Re-
| port of Committee on Statistics of the Common
| wealth of Massachusetts; Letters; Editorial
| Notes; Reviews; Monthly Receipts from Sab
| scribers; Errata.
| Godey's Ladys Book for May opens with
| very attractive steel-plate frontispece repre-
| senting beautiful child, who holds spray Of
| vine leaves. Christian Reid's two part serial,
| can Instrument of Separation" opens in this
number, and the story of " Beauty's Child is
| ended. Under Gray Skies " is also concluded.
Among the short stories are Fanchon," ga
Slight misunderstanding" and "Her Two
Loves" which go to make up an interesting
budget of light literature.
No 16 of Ogilrie's Popular Monthly contains A
| Golden Dawn Down With the Tide, A Frozen
Sea, by Wilkie Collins; The Deans Watch,
| Barefoot Billy's Fortune, and other excellent
reading matter.
LippineoH's Magazine for May contains several
articles of interest, the principal being Is the
Monopolist Among Us?" by Edward G. Bruce,
who aims TO show that the dangers arising from
the concentration Of wealth and power in the
hands Of great corporations are not so great as
is commonly apprehended: New York's Ly-
ceum School for Actors" by 2. G. Hubert, jr
who describes the subject of theatrical manage
ment in connection with the state of the dra-
matte art; "Haworth and the Brontes," by
Emily +. Wheeler. who sketches the sad story
of the gifted sisters. and describes the rugged
scenery and painful surroundings amid which
they lived and died; The Home Of Rubens,"
by Rose G. Kingsley, who gives series of pen
pictures interspersed with art criticism and
wigs" by o. A. Berstadt, who treats his
subject from the antiquarian's rather than the
parruquiers point Of view. The number is es-
pecially strong in fiction. con This Side"
| maintains its attractiveness by succession of
amusing and life-like incidents and converse
tons; Aurora" embodies striking descrip-
ton of the great earthquake at Casamiccola;
and there several short stories and sketches
that will repay perusal.
The Eaglish Illustrated Magazine. Contents:
The Baby's Lullaby, L. Alma Tadema, ESQ.,, L.
A.; A Ship of 40. Bret Harte; Highways and
Byways, J. Z. Panton; Interviewed by an
Emperor, Archibald Forbes The Sirens Three,
w. Crane; A Family Affair, Hugh Conway;
An Easter Holiday; limitations of Roumanian
Life, VIM. Beatty Kingston.
LITERARY NOTES.
Messrs. J. B. Lippincott Company announce
as ready a new novel, Zone of tho Duanes"
| The author. Mrs. Alice King Hamilton being
| perfectly familiar with the social customs of
| military life, has written very delightful
story. varied by the adventures incident TO the
camp, and interviewer with many bits of de-
scription of Florida scenery, where the plot is
mainly located.
Mr.. +. Marion Crawford has placed new
| novel in the hands of Messrs. Macmillan & Co.
for immediate publication. 1t is entitled "Z 70
rooster the Prophet" and the scene is laid in
ancient Persia.-London Athenaum.
| Dodd, Mead & Co. announce limited cheap
edition of Z. T. Roe's Without Home" The
cheap editions of g Barriers Burned Away and
Opening of Chestnut Burr are said to have
reached sale of $4,000 copies. Both of these
are now out of print and the plates destroyed.
| Aver's Hair Vioor restnras GROW how IN ;ts