The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-04

husband is also an honor d guest of
the Congregation Of England. The
departments are as usual full OF in
terest, and there is the usual number
of sermons from Beecher and Tai
mage, the great lights OF the Northern
pulpit.
THE Book BUYER for August has for
its irontispiece portrait OF Mr.. Noah
Brooks, the well known journalist and
short story writer, author OF the
Cruise of the Bulbso" 1t is a good
likeness, ard in execution il quite mn
to the mark OF excellence that charac-
terized the first portrait of the series.
The sketch that accompanies it is a
veritable much in little article and
quite satisfying. The London letter
OF this number is unusually coed and
the book reviews are of the
usual excellence. Announcement
is made ia the first editorial of the
publication, perhaps in January, 1887,
of Scribnef's Magazine, which we are
told is mot in any way an outgrowth or
revival OF the old Scribner's Monthly, to
which The Century is now the sue.
cessor." The Book Buyer ia very chap,
only 10 cents per number, or 81 year,
Charles ScribLer's Sons, New York.
BABYHooD, in its August issue, in
PRODUCES department of Nursery
Observations" consisting Of short ex-
tracts from its large and varied CORE
spondence describing special traits Of
children. 1t says "Such compila-
ton of the observation OF pa ents rep.
resenting as it will great variety of
circumstances and Surroundings
should, we believe, be useful for the
purpose of comparisons, eince compar-
ison is the most helpful way of solving
many questions, great and small,
which arse in the minds OF parents
who are interested in knowing wheth-
er certain individualities are usual or
peculiar. While making no pretsn-
sions 10 scientific achievement, such
record cannot fail in time to have a
scientific value" The other depart
ments of this number are unusually
entertaining and instructive. One Of
the most important articles is "Diar-
rhea from a Hygienic Standpoint" by
DR.. H. d. Chaplin.
THE FORUM for August does not con-
tain dull page. Every one OF the ten
articles that comprise its contents has
a special value as devoted 10 a living
topic. "The Confessions Of Roman
Catholic" is striking paper and must
attract attention and provoke contro-
versv. 1t is difficult for an outsider to
realize a man being a Catholic and
writing in that vein. We have been
used to thinking that absolute and
unquestioning obedience" is what the
church exscts of all its members. Yet
here we have not only ques.
tions but answers that defy the
Pope and scout his infallibity.
Newspaper Espionage,"'by Joseph
B. B shop, blistles all over with
rebuke for the sensational Journalists
who invaded the privacy of the Preti-
dent ON the occasion OF his marriage,
and whose impudence and gall" are
proverbial. But will it do any good
Andrew Carnegie writes interestingly
and strongly on "Ghe Results of the
Labor Struggle" and Prot. William T,
Harris tells "How l was Educated"
"The New Total Abstinence Greed"
by Prof. w. J. Beecher, and "Poisons
in Drink and Food" by DR.. Cyrus
Edison, will interest prohibirionlsts
"0ur African Contingent" by Eugene
Marechal Camp, is a fair review OF
the present condition and future pros
poets of the negro, which closes with
a plea for national aid in education.
Lieut.. Greedy has most readable
paper on "What We Know About the
Weather"