The Republican journal., 1886-03-04

well as in American literature" Yet there are
no doubt many who have never read this Won
derful book-whO, indeed, have come upon the
scene since its first publication who will
welcome and enjoy the attractive new edition
recently published by IIoughton, Mitflin & Co.
1t is certainly curious fact that the editor of
a Sunday school magazine should have felt
called upon to apologize a few weeks ago for
publishing an advertisement of this new edi-
ton, and to declare that ''none such will ap-
pear again, ,'-even though the magazine is
published in Nashville, Tennessee. That how
ever, is not a fair test of the sentiment of the
New South. A Southern gentleman writes to
The Current, of Chicago, of early prejudices
which forbade him to read Uncle Toms Cabin,
praise of which only excited his anger-and
then tells of his recently taking up the book
under protest as it We're, and how when he
had reached the middle page he chad ceased to
criticisc; all ennui and forced attention had
vanshed | began to feel the power not of
Thackeray nor Bulwer. but of Dickens and
Bunyan himself. My eyes were wet with tears
before | knew it; my hand became clenched
unwittingy, and | became choked with emo
ton over Eliza's woes and Eva's angelic DEATH"
Farther on the now enthusiastic Southerner
records this verdict: 'Uncle Toms Cabin will
live and be read centuries hence. in all prob
ability; not as veritable history. for such it is
not; not as gallery of portraits in ink, though
st. Clair and his wife, Aunt Ophelia and Top
- are creations of original value; not as a
rhetorical special plea high-wrought, cunning
and impasSioned in its very simpicty-no, not
for any Of these things, but it will live and be
read with tears and deep conviction because it
is an evangel of love-" And of Mrs. Stoves
place in literature he says: "Where Mrs.
Stoves place is, except for one fact, would
not be very high on this roll of honor; that
one fact is that her pictures bring up the par
ablcs of the Master in our minds; they put us
to walking in imagination with Cristian and
FdUhtW through Vanity Fair, and they have
about them the sanity aurements of a moth
ers voice and sme" In one volume u mo,
81. Boston, Houghton, Mitflin e Co.
THE HERO OF THE CowPENs. BY Rcbecca
McConkev. The author says in her preface:
"In these pen portraits of our Revolutionary
Heroes and Mock-IIe.oes, the point sought to
be emphasized is, that Benedict Arnold was
not a great general; that he performed no es-
sential or valuable service during our Revou-
tionary struggle; that he appropriated the lau-
rels fairly won by Daniel Morgan, and has
Worn them for Il hundred Years" If this little
historical argument provoko> dissent the auth
or hopes for disproof. She claims to have con-
suited all the standard authorities and to have
drawn largely upon Graham's Life of Morgan.
The result is an interesting historical study.
The book is illustrated with maps and dia-
grams and is published in the attractive form
of the Standard Library by Funk & Wag
nails, 10 and l2 Dey street, New York.
Price - cents.
NOTES.
The subject of Church Union is discussed in
the March Century, from the Presbyterian
point of vew by DR.. Howard Crosby, of New
York and Professor a. A. Hodge, of Prince
ton.
Town Topics, the bright society weekly of
New York, has greatly improved since its re-
cent change of management There is not
dull paragraph in it, while geographically it
is very attractive.
John Bodewn, in Mrs. Mary IIallock Foote's
story, appears upon the witness->tand. in the
March Century, to present the 'testimony"
which gives its title to the story. In the
April number this serial will be concluded.
''The Strength and weakness of Socialism'is is
the title of a striking and timely article by Dr..
I,l +l,,..,, ,,,,,
March number of the Century. Or, GLADDEN.
attemps to show what the Socialists think and
want. DR.. GLADDEN. also gives his own views
on this pressing public question-the result of
many years of observation and study.
Theodore Roosevelt. the Statesman of New
York and Ranchman of Dakota, commences in
the March Outing, an extended series on Big
Game Shooting in the Rockies, to be fully illus
trated. This series will be supplemental to his
famous Hunting Trips of Il Ranchman," and
will form, when complete. the most authorita-
tive work on our Western sport so far pub
lished.
MIR. George W. Cable tells a writer in the
Congre@ationaiSt: "My new story, 'Grande
Pointe,' | consider the best have written. 1t
is as full of tenderness as Madame Delphine,'
but as repletc with humor as Poison Jone.' |
base all my stories on facts, and the descrip-
tionS are from life, the city OF my birth having
peculiar fascination for me III its quaint
streets and native life"
Emilio CASTELAR, is probably the most brilliant
orator now living. 4 full-page portrait of him
will form the frontispicce Of the March Ccntu-
ry, with articles by William jackson Arm
strong and Alvey A. Adec, of the State De
partment, Washington. The latter was a mem-
Der of the American Legation in Spain at the
time of Castelar's political ascendancy. The
present situation in Sp;in makes these papers
especially timely.
The numbers of The Liy y Age for Febrll-
airy 18th and 10th contain The Country Banker,
Quarterly The Little Prophets of the Cevcn
mes, and Life Art and Nature in Brugcs, Con-
temporary; Darwnism and Democracy, Fort
nightly; Colonial Governors, and My Election
Experiences, National Review; Jane TAYLOR.
and Wild-boar Shooting near the Heather
Wall of the Nosges. Blackwood; Goethe as an
Actor, Gcntleman's; Two Evenings with Bis
marek, Chambers Two Days with the kach
yenS, In the Catacombs at kcv Thawiny a
Village, and The CroSSbill. ST. James Gazette; !;
London in the Snow, All the Year Round; T;
Canvas-Backs, saturday Review; Grasse, and
the Manufacture of Scent, Spectator; with i'll
stamcnts of .'rhe Grateful Ghosts" "''A New
Years Gift and Miss Jolibert's Proposal,''
and poetry.
The March Wide Awake opens with one Of
Lungren's best frontispieces, ''Under The Flee
trio Light brilliant night-scene. Sandman
and Hassam also have striking tull-page draw
ings in this number, both with strong tre-ef-
fectS, but widely diverse; liassam'> illustrates
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps ballad, ''The Tcnc-
ment House Fire. while Sandham's accom-
panies Mrs. Husc's historical Seminole story
"The Light of Key Biscayne,' and represents
the burning lighthouse. There are some eX-
ccent short stories in the number, and the
three serials keep up their interest. As to the
other articles they maintain the high standard
of this excellent publication, which should be
found in every home where there are young
people. ID. Lothrop 4 Co.. Boston.
A short story, which is likely to be the sub
ject of much comment. and several articles of
remarkable interest are contained in the Attain
tic Monthly for March. The story in question