The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-08
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
THE August number Of Dorcas, a
magazine OF womau's handiwork, bas
been received. Occupying O field pe-
culiatly its own, it admirably supplies
a Ion felt want in the household. The
subscription price is only 81 a year,
aud each number contains more than
that amount of valu lble Information.
Sample copies will be sent on receipt
of 10 cents by the Dorcas Publishing
Company, New York.
LESD.A-HAND for August is full OF
interest for good people who Ia. e an
interest or any share, no matter how
little, ia reforming the uniOrtunates,
whether men or women, who srs the
special bspes and curses OF our social
gystem. The reports and statements
it contains are encouraging, aud the
stories, short and continued, all have a
related purpose to the work which
Lend-a-Hand speaks FIR aud rspre.
SCENTS. Address No. 8 Hami ton p ace,
Boston. 4
ONE of the most important articles
in the North Americdn ReUiew fol Au-
gus! is the essay OF Henry George on
Labor in Psnnsy lvanis. Mr.. George
was c,m missioned by the North Ameri-
can Review to make personal investiga-
tions into the Citations OF capital and
labor in the coal aud iron regions OF
Pennsylvania aud his first report dis
closes condition OF sffsi with re-
tpeCt to the poverty Of the working
men and the exactions of the bosses
which ia only riva!ed by the record, Of
lie in Connemara and Donegal. Mr..
George, who has visited the West OF
Ireland, regards the condition Of the
miners in Pennsylvania ss equally bad
wi h that OF the Irish peasanry. This
article is sura to arouse liyey con-
troversy.
TIE second number Of the Aenordh,
a monthly magsz ipe devoted t, litera-
ture OF interts, to Jewish rea 'sr0, is
bsfore us. II is printed on very heavy
laid paper, has q neat blue cover and
presents handsome Topographic APP
penance. 1t is the official organ OF
the l. o. B. B., the largest Jewish or
gauiza.ion in the world, and is edited
with care and skill by the Hon Ben F.
Peixo to, eX.Consul 10 Roumanis
The number before has the following
table OF contents: l. IA France
Juive," a review Of the TRADE against
the Jews recently, written by Mons
Drumont. 2 "Story ot the R,ums-
nian Mission" by b. F, Peixotto, g.
"Tennyson," poem by B. F. HAYS. A.
"His DRY OF the 1. o. B, B by Julius
Bien. 5, 1.-The B'oken Wheel" a
story by Joseph oliver. 6. "a Few
Though g." by daughter Of Judah.
z. Book Reviews" s. "AffAirs of the
Order" 8. "Monthly Record" 10.
Editors Bureau" II. "0hicial De-
pa,tment," devoted to Lodge matters.
The ANNALS OF HYGIENE, pub.
lished in Philadelphia, aud which is
the offspring OF the recent convention
OF ths sanitariaus of Pennsylvania
and its invited guests, continues to
prove their title to public support.
The eighth number opens with very
valuable paper on Sporadic Typhoid
Fever" which is followed by a paper
bv DR.. Hyer, OF Holly Springs, on the
"Pfogrsss OF Sanitary Service in the
S ate OF MtssiEp i During the Pas.
Ten Years," in the course Of which
Memphis and Tennessee are Incident.
ally aud fAvorab'y mentioned. Or.
r SIS, of Madisonvile, KY, has a paoer
with illu traitors entitled "Ihe Dis
posal OF Human Excreta by Fire.
"Physic Tipping and Medicine. Bib
bling" is q warning agains the intcm-
rerats use of drugs that ought 10 be
widely reSd, especially by physicians
who own or are in any degree partners
in drug stores. With tlese papers,
some we'll timed editorial and many
pages Of very valuable n1,es, the
reader of the "AnnalS tf Hygiene"
cannot say otherwise than that lie has
more thu his moneys worth and
many vail lble lest ons.
The CSuRcH REVIEW is one of the
o'desr, 4ost conservative and safest
publications OF its class in the country.
Every line that paeses the scrutiny OF
its editors for Publication bears the
stamp OF an approval that TO church
men. At least. must have yery great
weight It discusses in a liberal, but
not latitudinarisn way, all the great
questions that come up. For ms aucs,
in The number for July, the opening
paper treats OF "Some Points in the
Labor QUESTION" II IL from the pen
OF BIahop Huntingdon, who writes
In ANYTHING Ibut the vein Of an
aristocra ic and pampered minister OF
an prlstocratic church. as the Epi,-
copal is often dubbed by n7n.mem-
beis BE has broad views and SYM