The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-01


by the most fastidious; on thu con.
trary, they have had, some Of them,
for more thsn century the praise cf
scholars and Thinkers, whose com.
mendation would be to any man OF
le.tars O most enviable prs. o.. der
Of Mansford.
JOHN EsrEN CeoKE, the author, died
on Monday last at his home in Clarke
county, Va. He was born in Win
chester, Va, November 3, 1880, stud
led law and YVES admitted 10 the bar In
1851. He wrote several novels found
ed mainly upon scenes and incidents
in The early history OF Virginia. Oar
ing part Of the civil war he wae on
the ttaff OF Gen. "SloDewall" Jackson
and Gen. r. T.. Lee. After the war
he was for while resident in New
York, where he was engaged ia jour
nalsm, but subsequently returned to
his farm near Winchester, Va. Be
sides numerous contributions to peri
odicals.he hiss published Leather Stock
ings and Siik, The Youth Of Jefferson, and
The Virginia Comedians The Last Of
he FOrSterS, Henry 81. John, Gentleman
Life Of StonswaH Jackson, Wearing Of The
Gray, Mohun. or The Last Days of Lee and
Ills Pdiadins; Hit 10 Hit, or Days and
Nights on he Shenandoah; Hammer and
RGpier, out Of the Foam, Life of Robert
u. Nee, Doctor Van Dyke, Her Majesty
the Queen Justin Harley Candles, SORES
Of The Old Dominion, and Mr.. GrdntleyS
Ideas.
STRANGE to say, there has never
been book wri ten giving complete
and authoritative account OF the pro-
fessional criminals OF America, al
though the want OF such one has
been long felt. 1t is met now, how
evsr, by the very beat man for that
purpose Thomas Byrnep, inspector Of
police and chief of detectives, Of New
York City. This important volume
will be published on or about the 10th
OF October by MesHs. Cassell & Co.,
and contains the portraits, ped
igrees snd records OF large number
of celebrated professional criminals
who are now plying their vocation in
all parts OF the United States. The
por rats ave heliotype copies OF tho
original Photographic, and they will bs
OF great value to banks, judges, dis
trict attorneys, sherihs, chiefs OF police,
| Diet ctive office q, )nstables, marsh sis,
hotel and boarding house keepers,
la'ge commercial hon, es, newspaper
offices, and, in fact, to any person who
may be liable to come in contact with
the criminal CLASSES. Indeed, with
the use OF this book, every man may
be his own detective.
THE first number Of the Memoirs Of
My Life, by Gen. John Charles FIRE.
mont, is made additionally attractive
by "a Sketch Of the Life OF Senator
Bsnlou," by his daughter, Jessie Ben
ton Fremont. 1t is pro'use'y illus
trated with portraits of General and
Mrs. Fremont, thu lac Senator Ben
ton, Thomas Jefferson, aud a map
showing the territorial limits of the
I'm ted States in 1888 and the territory
since acquired by purchase and treaty.
The story Of Tom B,nton is told with
charmingly simple directness, and
Gen. Fremont's history possesses an
interest that reaches beyond him per-
slnally and into the history of the
country between 1910 and 1866. the
most momentous period in the life
OF the republic. That this work, 80
carefully produced by the pub isherP,
Bellord, Clarke & Co., OF Chicago, Is
destined to wide circula'ion, goes
without saying. Gen. Fremont for
mony years, as explorer and colder,
filed a large place in the public
esteem, and what LIE has tn tell of his
experiences as Pathfinder" and first
Republican candidate for the Presi-
dency cannot fail OF interes. for the
general public.
DIR. CHARLEs MAcKAY in his new
book on "Ths Founders of the Ameii-
can Repub ic," makes the assertion
that In this country official corruption
perme ltes all CLASSES except that which
includes the Pres dent, the judges of
the Supreme Court and a few Others
who might be counted on the fingers
of both hands. Tho greatest danger
, DR.. Msckay percsives here is the In
satiable desire to make the republic
, one and indivisible, "and ultimately
to abolish State rights, Sd dear TO the
hearts and the judgment of the found.
ers OF the original Union in the days
: OF Washington. The desire is for
ascendency and dominion rather than
for liberty passion which is the vice
|, OF all great democi acies," Dr.. Mackay
Z affirms that the leading thought in
4 American breasts is the desire to
/ make the United s atts the fl st power
: in the world, and to relegate Great
Britain into the second rank. CAN
other questions that impeiil the peace
and liberty Of the American people
sink into iLRignificanoe compared with
the growing lust of dominion and the
= tendency TO the conc sntration OF polit-
J ical power at the expense Of the free
] local governments"
THR CHURCH REVIEW for Sep embel
! POSSESSES special interest for churah.
men, becA DIR. Huntington coniiu.
ues his review OF the "R0ok An
nexed," which he concludes with the
suggestion that the General Conven-
ton of the Church in October take ur
, the matter otthe revision OF the Book
i of Common Prayer and make final dis
; position OF it. And iu this he is right
i The Church's de lucrative bodies
ought. both oil them, bv uuanimoui
9 vote leave the Prayer b OK, as ii is
. DIR. ]. Mscbride Sterrett has a paper
/ on "Hegel's Philosophy Of Religion, >
!, trea'sd OF course from the Chuich',
q standpoint DR.. Cleland X. Nelson
u has paper of exceeding merit or
q "The Theol gy of the Hebrew Chli-t
J, lana" based on a Greek and Eng isl
u edition Of the Epstle, with ontiea
end explanatory notes, and worn
nv the came author - Fredpriol
Kendall--the tit'e OF which Is thu
OF the art Gle. This is a paper OF ar IA
- mar I, exhibiting care and scholarship
~ in it's treatment Of the most impottan
Z, Of all the Epislles OF Paul. To clergy
~ men 1t is iu'l Of instruction and gooC
:, advice. "Tne Hymnsl," by DIR. sam
10 uel b ,nediCt, in view Of the near an
az preach Of the convention of th,
,a on uroh & nerd, hiss special intsre /
~ and the same may be slid of tn,
"Couttituton Of l. eIastlcal Courts.
d. by Mr.. S. p. Nash. The "Phi ,oph,
u, OF the Supernatural" by the Rev. Il
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