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LITERARY NOTES.
JOHN MARSHALL. BY ALLAN B. MAeRupER
tAmerican Statesmen Series. Boston: HoIgh
ton, Mi!iiin q Co. Washington: VIM. Ballantyn

American Statesmen Series Boston: 'Hough-
ton, Misfin d Co. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne
None of the series to which it belongs has been
any more attractive than this volume and il is
doubtful whetherany one of them has presented
SO many new and interesting facts in regard to
its subject as does this. The author has given
prominence to those portions of the great Chief
Justices career which have been rather over
Swallowed by his eminence jurist; and his
earlier services as soldier, legislator, diplomat
and cabinet officer are graphically sketched,
while OF course the manner in which the high
duties OF his greater office were discharged is
appropriately dweh upon. In reading the mar
rative one can understand the pride which the
elder Adams always felt in having recognized
Marshalrs peculiar fitness for the exalted posi-
ton of Chief Justice although up to that time he
had never been upon the bench. Mr.. Adams re-
garaed the appointment, or, as he called It, 1.-The
States as the GROWING act of hts adminstra-
ton, and the gift the most precious that was
G eyer fnade to the country by any President.
The biography is one that will well repay q
reading at the hands of any one, but it is speci-
ally worthy the attention of the young men of
the country who have an interest in the past
and hopes in the future.
REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN ORATIoNs. To
Illustrate American Political History. Edited with
YoiR G. Putnams Sons Washhston Ro SeW
Beall. A'o'''
The three handsome volumes included under
the above title are intended as companions to
those containing the excellent selection of rep
resentative British speeches, published by the
same house little while ago, and their con-
tents suffer little or nothing by comparison.
The epochs or topics chosen for illustration are:
Colonialism, to 1885, Constitutional Govern
ment, to 1901: The Rise of Democracy, to 81 5;
Inc Rise of Nationality, to 1870 The Slavery
struggle, TO 1860; Secession and ReconStruc-
ton, to 1915; Free-trade and Protection. OF
course both sides of each question are presented;
ana the choice seems to have been wisely made
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information necessary for a full understanding
OF the circumstances and the importance of the
speeches without going into unnecessary detail.
Among the many orators represented are Pat
rick Henry, Washington, Quincy. Clay, Calhoun,
Webster, sumner, Douglas, Phillips, Chase Sew
ard, Breckenridge, Lincoln, Nallandingham,
sherman stephens, SchurZ, Garfield, Beccher,
and Frank Hurd.
KENTUCKY. A Pioneer Commonwealth. BY \.
s. SMALLER. American Commonwealth Series.
VIM. Ballantyne Il Son.
Professor Shaler disclaims at the outset any
purpose to write a complete history of Ken
lucky, for which he had neither time nor space,
In the series to which his volume belongs, but
he has, nevertheless, given very full and salts
factory narrative of the origin and development
of the state, to which is added history of the
trying part She toook in the late war between
the states, and of the subsequent events Incl
dent thereto. His effort has been the subject of
adverse criticism in some quarters but on the
whole it seems fair and just Ardenty loyal to
MS state and people, he naturally sympathises
strongly with them in their peculiar trials, but
at the same time he has too high a regard for
the truth OF history to conceal or diStort facts,
and 1t must be admitted that on some points he
presents showing which must go far to modify
the extreme views generally held in the north
as to the course pursued by the state, both at
the outbreak and during the progress of the re-
bellion. 1t contains also a good map and full
index, with list of authorities quoted or re-
ferred to in the text.
CONSUMPTION: It's Nature, Causes, Prevention and
Cure BY J. NJ: W. KITCHEN, MD. New York:
Brothers.
The authors estimate that the annual NOR
tality from consumption throughout the world
exceeds three million fully justifes every effort
that can be made towards its prevention, arrest
and cure,-if the latter be possible. To these
ends he contributes the result of large expert
ence with the disease and extended observation
of its characteristics under various conditions,
ana while he promises no specific remedy, he
points out Its nature and probable causes, how
and the way in which the sufferings of those
beyond hope may be ameliorated. The subject
Is treated In a plain common-sense manner
throughout, the object of the author being to
place it in such a light that the dangers of the
disease and the means of escaping them may
be understood by the reader of ordinary intel
ligence. In the latter connection an interesting
review is given of the comparative advantages
of different localities in the United States as
climates for consumptives or those of consump-
tive tendencies.
HOW TO BE YOUR OWN LAWYER. A Complete
Instructor for everybody in all the ordinary legal
tory. Compiled and arranged under the super
bar 9f m of the New York
The old adage that "the lawyer who is his
own attorney has q fool for client" might be
extended SO as to read that a lawyer who is an
attorney for any body has a fool for a CLIENT
the moral being that all who can do so should
keep out of the hands Of the lawyers The pur.
pose of this book Is in that direction, its aim
being to point out how litigation may be
avoided rather than how to proceed once the
unhappy wight be entungled in its meshes. 1t
gives concise directions, with the necessary
ruptcy. partnerships, agreements, bonds, deeds,
leases, mortgages. wills, &c; also, a dictionary
Of legal terms, tables for computing interest
liable miscellaneous information besides, max
ing it a convenient and useful handbook for
every day reference.
MAoN Iss S9sH 3 By 5aMEs kEss ASD
late Missionary of the London Missionary Society
MUIR, X c. s. l., etc. late Lieutenant Governor
Northwestern Provinces Of India. : Illustrated.
BrentanO Brothers.
Primarily Mr. Kennedy's book is intended as
q record of his life and labors as q missio nary
first in India, and afterward in the hill coun-
try Of Benares and in that sense it will find
many appreciative readers among those inter.
cStcu Ill Luc WOIh Vi eNduScLLdIiOu. IL Is, now
ever much more than this. Nearly two score
years of active experience and observation in
SO interesting country as India must neces-
sarily qualify an intelligent gentleman to tell
much that is new and instructive in regard to
Its people, products, scenery, climate, indus
tries, etc. This hes has done, In a fresh and
graphic manner, making the volume one of
more than ordinary interest and value, and a
substantial contribution to current knowledge.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS: Or, the Ne
ehanism and the Metaphysics Of Exchange. By
Sons. Washington: Brentano Brothers.
In these days of inclinations towards COM
munism, socialism, nihilism, and anarchy, the
three essays constituting this modest volume
cannot be too widely read. Mr.. Atkinson is q
close observer and profound thinker, and has
the faculty, moreover, of expressing his views
clearly and forcibly. The first essay, what
Makes the Rate of Wages" was read at the
meeting Of the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science in Montreal, last August:
the second "On Banks and Banking was read
as lecture before the Finance Club of Har-
ward, in 1880; the third 1.-THE Railway, the
Farmer, and the Public is reprinted from the
appendices which contain a vast array Of sta
ttstics, the study of which will throw much
light on points now too imperfectly understood.
ARTISTIC ANATOMY. By MATTHIAS DuvAI, Mem
Der Of the Academy Of Medicine, Anatomical Pro
fessor at the School of Fine Art, etc. Translated
Company, Limited. Washington: Brentano Broth
erS.
The basis Of this excellent work is a course of
lectures delivered at the Paris School of Fine
Arts, fact which indicates at once its charac-
ter and Its value to art students It is naturally
divided into two parts, the first dealing with
the bony structure of the body, the other with