Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-11
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Sketches of Yale Life," being selections, humorous and descriptive, from the college magazines and newspapers, arranged and edited by John Addison Porter of the class of 1878, is little book which will find it's way to nearly every Yale man, graduate or under graduate. It is volume that gives 8 glimpse behind the scenes, portraying Yale student life of the past half century. As such it will not fail to interest members of other colleges, as well as Yale men, and that part of the public that sympathizss with the literary efforts of students The sketches are genuine descriptions of campus life in their several phases. They have been made with good judgment and present undergraduate life in such very attractive and truthful way as will refresh the memories of those who have long ago completed that life, and give pleasant pictures to those who are look. ing forward to it. Most of the pieces given appeared originally in the Yale Literary Magazine, the others in the Yale Record and other college publications. The volume is an enjoyable collection of sketches from which 'sall attempts at fine writing and prize pieces, however superior ill thought and literary finish, have been excluded" The author is to be congratulated both upon his editorial and upon the general tone of the book as we'll as the individual selections; the reader seems to live his college life over again as he runs over them. Published by the Arlington Publishing Co.,, Washington, D. 0. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 The author of Conflict in Nature and Life'' has brought forward another book en- titled 'fClass Interests: Their Relations to Each Other and to Government" The work is a study of wrongs and remedies in order to ascertain what the people should do for themselves. The author has "no apology to make for sympathy with the weaker who are pushed to the wall in an unequal struggle, even if that sympathy be suspected of nee essary association with bias.' The "bias, " however, is kept in logical subordination. The writer claims that not the diffusion of light, but the persistent attempt to hide it makes the trouble, and in considering the problems of the book he does not lose sight of "the intractabilities of human nature;' and his conclusions are in accord with the widespread movements of thought and ac- tion in this country and in Europe. The book is a valuable one to all interested in the social and economic questions of the day. D. Appleton St Co.,, publishers. New York. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''The Complete Angler, or the Contempla- tive Mans Recreation" by Isaac Walton, and ''The Man of Feeling" by Henry MacKen- zie, are new numbers of Cassell's National Library, edited by Professor Henry Morley. The Library is reprint of the best works in small pamphlet form, making them conven- tent and within the reach of all. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 "A Conventional Bohemian" by Edmund Pendleton, is an intricate novel possessing the merit of being interesting in it's charac- ters, incidents and situations. It presents types of life and character from new points of view and abounds in pictures of truth not before portrayed by the novelist. The book is an independent one, complete in it. self, and it will surprise and delight every one who reads it. D. Appleton & Co.,, pub fishers, New York. For sale il this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'tDomesticus: A Tale of the Imperial City," by William Allen Butler, is book that will interest the reader of novels. It is strong in it's development and is permeatsd with refined and lofty tone, which adds greatly to the story and increases the inter est. The style is noticeable for wit and dra- matio power. The story is study and each character serves only to increase the interest in the whole. The book is sure of admirers among those who take pleasure in intellectu- al stories and artistic execution. Charles Scribner's Sons, publishers. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.