Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-27

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god. In this hero then the author has An up
pOrtunity OF showing US what his ideas of a
nearly perfect I'll humanity ara. And he
does ii in an entertaining way, suEar-,uaJu- =
his philosophy with an abundance Of iuci-
dent and mixture ot love- jealousy. hatred,
hope and disappointment, finally dropping
the curtain on the regulation tau-cau OF uni.
verssl happiness and bliss.
susNT PErE, or the stouavay-. Ey EHmu'
Ou~. Illustrated. New York HTICI N
Brothers. 10 mo- PIP H.
Mr.. Otis is an old hand at writing this Kind
OF books. His Toby I Jler,' " Raising the
Pearl" Tim and Tip,' and other similar
stories are found in many OF our sunday
school libraries, and are uniformly popular
with bright bows, and with giris too And
while not written specially Tor that purpose
| nor even coming under tie ClSsSIuHA-iuu Of
| " religious books, the mo; Il tone and nhu
enCe OF Silent Pete are such % to euute /. TO
place in every young folks library. Jerry,
| the friend and protector of Silent Pete Is 3
manly little fellow, his tenderness nwArt- :
| the delicate Pete aud selEsacritruE care 40
| him, are often quite pathetic while le.e
| himself, with his darling violin "Swee,
ness is very touching figure, The story
is a good representation OF s1a L"C, aud WI.
hardly encourage any Lad to run away ''to
| be a sailor" The teaching and whole lT-
preston the book leaves is altogether whole
| some and COmmendab.e Its attractive Ulu5-
| ing and numerous illustrations help 10 make
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| MEvrco OF To-u,Y. BY solomon Hulk.rv uns.n.
| lIustuted NCw uTA. Harper * BInllrr--
| Il mo. PIP. 20.
The average Ame. can probably knows
more OF China thsn he does of his nearest
| neighbor, our sister republic, Mexico. And,
| what il still worse, he too often thinks there
is nothing about Mexico that l. worth AnuW-
| ing To him such a book - this ut Mr.. orr
| Tin will be almost a revelation. For this ear
nest and careful writer has given Us not only
| very clear and satisfactory description OF
| the natural features Of the country, many Of
| them exceedingly interesting blt he has
| given special attention 10 the political, coin.
| mercial, industrial and social condition and
| prospects of the land, deyoting separate chap
| ters to the Politics, Agriculture and ksL-
| roads, Taxation, Mining and Mills, Journal
ism and Diplomacy, Paintings and Statues
| the Religious Outlook, the Young Men in
| Politics, and kindred questions And LIS does
| 1t in SO fair a spirit and straightforward a
| manner as not only at once to win the inter-
| es', but the sympathy, OF his readers as well.
| In short, he makes Que real.g5 that Mexico IS
not a mere halfeXtinct uatiungl crater Of
chaotic, conflicting forces and elements, be-
longing more TO the past than the present
but living p 1ple Of today with many
faults and more mlsiOrtunes, out yet with a
future before it, perhaps future Of bright
and hopeful prospects. Mr.. GUiiIu thinks
Mexico in the character OF It's people i fun
damental!y unrePublican, needing much
culture and long perseverance t0 1T it Tor q
stable and lasting democratic nationality.
At the same time, however, he believes it.
outlook IN this direction never to have been
more promising than to DAY, He certainly
has succeeded in demon stIauug that socially
ana lnduatrlally It has many features OF cE-
cellence in which ii needs not be ashamed OF
comparison with It's larger northern neigh.
Dor, nor with any OF the older civilizations of
Europe. More, however, 1t has which ap-
peal especially TO the sympathy, charity and
even help OF all Americans. The book is one
OF the most Interesting and instructive works
of the kind we have examined tor a long
while and 1t well deserves the tasteful dress
the publishers have given 1t. The twenty
four illustrations both illustrate and emDel.
llsh the volume the paper and typography
are most excellent ; and bound IN a. unique
and attractive style as It IS, 1t Will make q
very appropriate and sensible Christmas
present that Will be appreciated by the recir-
lent unless he be less sensible.
SELECT PoEMs OF RonEHT BEowNi>y. EGucd
with notes by William J. Rolfe, A II ana lie
lolse h Jersey. New York Harper BrOlhcr-
squ. II mo. PIP. 20.
Uniform with the''ssme publishers' series Of
Rolfe's /" English Classics" we have in this
convenient little volume a remarkably iuul-
ciOus selection OF representative poems from
the works of the man, who by many is
claimed 10 be the greatest living poet OF Eng.
land. Certainly there IS none who needs
more than Browning to be furnished with
schSibIc duu really AplhDAlbty notes, EuCl
as, II Is needless to say, Mr.. ROlie's Is spe-
cially fitted to supply. The introduction
gives brief sketch of the life and works Of
browning, chronological table OF his chief
works, helps TO the study OF Browning, aud
some critical comments Twenty OF his
poems are given, among them the entire text
OF "Pippa PASSES" The notes to these c.
cupy about forty pages, and are emineutly
clear, scholarly and satisfactory. Altogether
the work is one that will be appreciated. not
unt COLI I..tR
telligent students of Browning everywhere.
A PLAIN MASs TALK on THE LABOR CrEsrroy.
Harper Brothers. lG mo, PIP. lJl
When these Talks appeared in the columns
OF The Independent they attracted a good
deal of attention, not only because Of their
authors well known ability, previously shown
IN his work on the "Principles OF Political
Economy" but especially because OF the
strong, plain language which adOrns every
paragraph, and the widest desire of the
writer to be perfectly candid and fair ia his
treatment OF the subject. The additions and
modlhcatlons made in preparing the Talks
for their final form in this little book were
slight and unimpOrtant. The volume is in
form the clearest and simplest presentation
or the much-dlscussed labor problem vet
published. In fact Prot. Newcomb treats il
sometimes and makes 1t appear As II il were
a great deal simpler than II really is. That
is the trouble with ell who cling to the lntysrz
JdTe doctrine in the matter. One who pro-
lesses TO believe, as he does that "the in nheTent
tendency or The individual to do what Is tor
his own good, Will, in the long run, over
power all other tendencies This will lead to
the very best results, because when every
Individual does what IL best Tor himself tho
whole community will be doing W hat il best
ior the whole community "a man who
believes this is perhaps to TO envied in his
happy optimism, but there win always be
some whose deeper views Of lie and
OF the worlds forces OblIge them tn
dlher from him widely, and whose
ialth IN tue theory OF the struggle for exist
ence lakes account of other motives and
other ends than the merely selfish and phys.
icdlly unitarian. In a word, while Prof
Ne"coihp Is iull OF really and also seem
ihsIy good things, while there is much that
Is true anu excellent in the Incidental de-
talis Oh MS Talks, we fail to see that he has
really touched the foundations OF the labOr
pfoolen, or measured its iull size and sig
nlhcance, or been able to solve il with his
views OF human society and theory OF ethics
his book may bring relief for some OF the
'ymptoms in the present illness OF our social
organism but it can do little TO really cure
the disease ITSELF lt is a BOOB, however nc
student OF the times can afford to 90 withUu'
Otber New Book,
"The Boy Travellers in the Russian Em-
pre-, by Thomas W. Knox, from the press
OF Harper a Bro, is an engaging book tor
the season and will make welcome gilt TO
all boys, whose passion for tales of travel is
aolding. Ihls book gives very good idea
OF RUSSIAN life and manners and OF country
which Is yearly becoming greater factor
IN the worlds history. 1t is profusely illus
trated and well printed.
castle Nowhere, Lake Country