Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-10
SOME NEW PUBLICATIONS
Fresh and Timely works of Political and
Literary Interest


management OF tho faculty of pollti.
ca, science of Columbia college, " no promise
to make it aiield for the discussion of poll
tical, economic and legal questions from
scientific standpoint The first numberc comes
to us in plain, substantial form, well printed,
and on good paper, and with its l52 pages
devoted to six leading articles aud a anumber |
OF book notices and reviews. In the intro |
ductory article Prof. Munroe Smith tries 10 |
define what is the domain of political science |
and closes with this paragraph, which may |
be taken "a the keynote OF the political |
principles and sentiments OF the whole |
quarterly: 49, The conception OF the state rs
amere protective association against external
force and internal disorder il autiquated =
Whether the increasing Importance of
the state be depiored or applauded, the
fact remains that il Is rapidly becoming, II il
is not already. the central factor of social
evolution" Prof John W. Burgess treats
of the American commonwealth, lie tries
to answer the question, What is Nationality
which he does substantially by adopting the
views and principles of Or. Milford, to
whom, however, no reference is made, Then
without any necessary logical sequence he
concludes from them that the individual
states of the nation have virtually no rights
whatever, and rejoices that by the dawn of
the twentieth century we shall have
&" the nation, sole and exclusive SOW
eregu, distributing the powers and
functions Of government between CON
central organs, commonwealth and munich
panty. 7 RANK =. NrohNnb" discusses tIt
collection of duties and sharply criticises our
American methods in the matter. Prof Il.
NJ. Smiths article on American labor
statistics Is very careful examination of the
manner Of collecting and compiling such
statistics by the various state bureauN, which
shows their utter inadequacy and misleading
character. Legislative inquests are inyes-
tigated 10y /. W. Whtridge while in the
last article d. de Leon discusses the Berlin
conference and blames our government for
m rs. hai M
sistent with the Monroe doctrine and Ameri-
can principles. Altogether the Quarterly
promises to supply a real want
Great French Tale.
Saxon * Co, l. TribHnc building New
York, issue to-day NJ. French Sheldon's
English translation of Salammbo," the
masterpiece of the great French novelist,
Flaubert, founder Of the naturalistic school
OF literature, debased by lola The London
Times properly calls il " fascinating story
of love and war, rich in heroic Carthaginian
lore, set in glowing barbaric splendor, sur
rounded with an atmosphere of dreamy
tropical warmth and local color, and with its
weird serpent scene and mysterious cults,
has long been regarded as an un-
is, however, dspelled by the masterful
manner in which sheldon has done
his work. The original author stored his
mind with the rich experience OF wide travel,
scientific research and minute and careful oh.
servatiOn. He wandered over the hills of
Greece, frOliCked at COrinth, dug furiOusly i'm
Mycene before SChlIemann, rahSarked mu-
seums in the buried cities Of the plain,
secured Tunis and deved into the ruin :
of Carthage, 10 equip himself for the tale.
In ii he depicts the terrific siege of the mer-
cenaries against Carthage, which Hamilcar
crushed with stupendOus effort and punished
with uns pairing cruelty. Following historic
tact with close fidelity, he has grated upon
the narrative fascinating story Of the fierce
and sensuous passion of Matho, the Libyan
chief for Salam mbO, the daughter OF Hamil-
car and all the tateful results of his snatch
ing the mysterious veil from the temple of
Tanit The work moves with impetuous
torrent OF narrative, poetic description and
striking characterization, the passionate and
trightful eNcesses of pagan civilization and the
most artistic elaboration AS Edward King
says:
80 long as men battle and women love, so
long as human nature suffers no chan ge
in its great attributes, so long will the story
of Hamilcar and of Spendius, OF Matho, and
OF Salammbo, of the leprous Hanno and the
fiery Narr' Havas, be read with strong emo
ton and with avidity. Ii awakens only
noble thoughts, despite its sensuous setting.
1t il like an exquisite piece of Greek sculp-
ture, mighty, yet too ethereal in its beauty
for modern hands to create, set against a
| back ground flooded with sumptuous
| color. The great scenes in the book, the
| banquet and riot OF the barbarians, their
| road to Sicca, the preaching of the revolt by
| Spendius, the entrance into the temple of
| Tanit by night, the contemplation OF Matho
| enshrOuded in the veil by Salammbo, the
arrival of Hamilcar from Sicily, the inter
| view in the tent, the Carthaginian prisoners
| in the bitches filled with water the woes OF
| Hanno the deaths of the barbarians en-
| trapped into the dehle, the sacrifices to
Moloch, and the death OF Salammbo are
| every one genuine works of art, imperish-
| able a. diamonds and if the French critics
| did not at first lind sufficient contrast In
| these paintings on the sublimely soul ptured
| pOrtco, they discovered them when they
| had bestowed proper attention upon the
| work"
| BIsine's Second Volume.
| There is good deal of the money making
idea about the Blaine book, the Grant book
and the Logan book, not to speak of some
| less notable productions OF the present polit-
| ical period. They have been widely
| and deity advertised for advertising pur.
| poses; and their appearance indicates
| that they were made tn sell As
| specimens of the book art they
do no credit to their publishers and the
| system upon which they are put upon the
| public is at variance with the scholars and
| the literatteur's taste. But ID Is useless Il
| deny the value of such works to our poiti,
| cal history. Benton's Thirty Years View
| increases in value and interest as the genera
tons succeed each other; Van Buren's His
| Tory Oh POLITICAL larues, j Ohn quincy ADAMS
Diary, Greeley's History of the War, Alex. III.
stephens War Between the States, s. y.
Cox's review of Congress in his day, and all
such works have an unquestioned literary
and historical value. Narrow and personal
az may be their authors points OF view, ,offen-
siyely egotistical as Is the style sometimes
and impossible as II is for many contempo
rary readers to sympathize with the senti
ment, the uses OF these works are undisputed
Most notable of the present era IL Blaine >
the first volume of which has been reviewed
in these columns. II Is easy to believe tha
| the second has not met with nearly so large
a sale; the keen edge OF the popular ap
petite has OF course been taken OH ant
the times are not so anspicious io
its publication when Mr.. Blaine was IL
the flush of his candidacy for president w,
are much mistaken, however, II the future
student of onr political history will not find
as much of value and interest in Mr.. Blaine,
account OF congressional government from
to the end of Hayes, a. in his history of par
ties from Jefferson To Lincoln. lie j. viviC
and picturesque writer, man OF literary ac
quirements and descriptive genius granted
that he was chief actor in these scenes and
no impartial witness, the fact that he is fol
the fourth time the candidate OF agreat por
ton OF his party for president gives to his
views OF men and things Significance tha
Is TO be carefully studied In connection will
our civil history. His book deals with ths
reconstruction period, and the great contes
between president and Congress- with thu