The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-03-25
RECENT LITERATURE.
THE POET SCOUT. By Can't. JACK Crawford
New YORK: Funk & WnrnaIis

character. Some OF them are beautiful, ten
der, and touching others redolent of the strong
flavor OF the frontier, where Crawford has spent
his life. Among his dialect pieces are some of
the best of that kind that have been written.
The poems are printed on heavy tinted paper.
with choice illustrations. and the volume ia
one that may be read with pleasure.
WE TWO: \ NOVEL. By Edna Lyan. New
York: ID. Appleton X Co.
This is very charming and entertaining
story, bright and clean. The plot is quiet
one, and the characters admirably sustained
throughout. Il Will find many readers.
TWELVE MONTHS IN ANDERSONVILLE Rv
Iessei Long. Co. +, I3th Ind Huntington, Ind:
Il. Il Vi. Butler
The awful story of AndersOnville is not new
to the people of this country. 1t has been
toid-to the extent that it is possible for lam
guaSe to tell lt-many times, and yet it is al
ways listened to with strange fascination 1t
story of such suffering as has few parallels in
the history of mankind. COmrade Long tells
plainly and clearly what he saw and expe-
renced, and his book will be read with inter-
est by old soldiers and those who would know
what men endured for their country.
THE MESSAGE OF THE BLUE BIRD Bv
Irene T. Jerome. Published by Lee Il Shepard
Price 81.
This charming hook of the Spring is by the
same lady who wrote and illustrated the Zone
Years Sketch Book" which had such signal
prosperity. The pictures are exquisite, the
verses graceful and touching
The Magazines.
The Forum is new candidate for the favor
of the reading public. published in New York.
Ii 1t maintains the standard shown in its first
number 1t will receive its share of attention.
and take high rank in the best class of periodi-
cal literature. We have not space for the table
of contents, and need only say that it contains
articles by Prof Alexander Mitchell, James
Parton, Edwin Z. Whipple. Rev. r. H. Newton,
Edward Everett Hale Bishop A. Cleveland
Coke, DIR. w. Hammond, Rev. VI. j. Savage and
Howard Crosby
The United Serrice Naga-ine for February
opens with an interesting article by Hon. w.
h. Chandler, ex-Secretary of the Navy, on
" Restoration to the Army and Navy of ex-
Officers: The Right Way and the Wrong Way"
Gen. Howard contributes No. ~ of his series
ON the Atlanta campaign, his subject being
Il" Adairsville" Ten other articles afford an in
teresting and pleasing variety
Tie Magazine Of american History for March
has for its frOntispiece an excellent portrait of
Gen. w. L. Sherman. Its most prominent arti-
cles are: Van Cortlandt Manor House." Illus
trated, by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb; Simon
Girty, the White Indian" by Geo. w. Ranck;
u The Trent Affair."" by HOratio King, and
Shiloh" by Gen. W. F. e. BaIdy") Smith
Several minor articles contribute TO number of
unusual interest.
The English Illustrated Magazine for March
is an attractive number. containing among
other things Observation-Disclosures articles on
. Fox Hunting" by Randolph Caldecott. and
: LifebOats and IifebOat Men," by G. J. Stani-
and, and a sketch of Sir Thomas More by
James Slime.
The Nelg England Magazine opens with fine
steel portrait OF Chief Justice Waite. and pre-
'ents an excellent table of contents, several
Of which are illustrative of New Finland life
in Colonial days and in later times.
PeteTSOn'S Magazine for April is, as usual,
worth many times its cost
NOTES.
"Althea ST. John " isa short story by Mason
Pell HelmbOld, which illustrates the wonder
iul possibilities of WOmans character. Paper,
p cents. Published and sold in Washington
Dy BrentanO Bros.
The Economic Fact Book " is a treatise in
avor of Free Trade by K. K. Bowker, Secretary
1f the American Free Trade League, and pub
ished by the New York Free Trade Club It
IS largely made up of statistical tables bearing
1pon the business interests of the country.
History of the Appointing Power of the
President" is No. of the series being issued
oy the American Historical Association ft is
IN exhaustive review of the Presidential pre-
'ogative, covering $50 large pages, by Lucy NJ.
Salmon. 1t has an especial interest at the pres
mt time, when this subject is so prominently
before the country.
"A True Romance of the Rebellion" is the
somewhat contradictory title OF 4 small PAM
billet by Cyrus 5. HaldCman. and published by
The Combination Publishing Company, Boston,
The writer, who was Adjutant- General on the
taft OF Gen. Cadwaader, tells the story of the
seizure of the bark Al, at Philadelphia, in
December, 1868. on the charge of having on
BOARD goods contraband of war, destined for q
Southern port. She was subsequently released,
md years later the Captain brought action
Igainst the United States for 100000 damages
The book closes with a homily on the confusion
n the Departments at Washington. and the tar
illness OF the Pension Bureau in dealing with
he soldiers
The American Male Choir" By J. H. Ten
ley. Boston: Oliver Dtson & Co. Board, 81;
,aper, so cents. Male quartets and choruses
re becoming very popular, and for this class of
music the new book before Us seems TO fill the
ill. We find IN it about hundred fOur-p part
ongs, of which perhaps a third are Gospel
songs" and the remainder a mixture of
Memorial and Temperance Songs, Anthems, and
jhants. There are also a number OF spirited
,lees.
THE Mexican Guide" By Thos. A. Janvier.
Sew York: Charles Scribners Sons. The in
irrational railway system between the United
states and Mexico has awakened among the
eOple OF this country an interest i'll Mexico
lever felt before. This volume is a most ex-
ellently prepared guide, containing in its 800
,ageS vast amount of information invaluable
o those who contemplate visiting that country.
"Battlefelds Revisited is q very attractive
title volume, made up of letters by C0mrade
:. o. Brown, former cavalryman of Wilson's
written during recent trip to the
amous battletields about Nashville, Chatta-
oOga and Atlanta. The present condition of
hese localities descriptions OF the people and
cenery, native collOquy life among the noun
aineerS and incideutsOf horseback ride from
chattanooga 10 Atlanta, make up a series of
fascinating chapters. Paper covers, l2S pages,
j cents. Eaton IL Anderson, Kalamazoo,
Itch.
The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia is
irge pamphlet. issued by the Western Il At
lntic Railroad Company as an advertisement,
ut it is much more than that. 1t contains
lear and succinct sketch of the Chickamauga
nj Atlanta campaigns, and is illustrated with
lany engravings of battles and scenery in the
igheSt style of art.
Messrs. j. B. Lippincott Company have in
ress Il new novel by Geo. Thos. Bowling, en-
tied The Wreckers. A Social Study" Mr..
bowling is son of the late John Bowling, ID.
. the author of the " History of ROmanism,"
nd several other works. He is one of the most
rilliant preachers of the West, addressing
DIVIDED congregations every Sabbath in one of
lie fashionable churches of Cleveland, of which
G is pastor
New AnecdOte of Lincoln.
President Lincoln could not understand why
EN-. Mcclellan was SO bent upon certifying