New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-04
SOME NEW BOOKS.

Mr. w. r. Harrison, r., has written book telling
people How TO Get Rich In the South tw r. Harr-
son, IT,. Publishing Co. Chicsgo), and the
statements set forth by him are OF
kind to make the cn,erpTisng readers mouth water
Tho book deals with every kind of agriculture with
stock raising grape growing, small fruits, truck farm
ing timber nuts, grasses. and nearly everything ex-
cept the Southern staple, cotton The case ana "a
pidity with which large incomes can be secured oy
any of these indlstres-thst Is, ON papcr-may wen
suggest plying wonder at the failure OF the southern
people themselves to riEcn into miiionaires A"ef
tho fashion Of Jonah's gourd That they have not
done SO hitherto IS OF course. proof Of their dcioc'o
perception for If We may believe MI Harrison t~no
as be himself frankly declares, IS moved soseiy oy
phanthroric ycarning to benefit bis follow citizens
n porlc don't get rich che South II Is almost liter
auyS ttocause they won't His pictures are indeed
alFfng We Will not 60 far 20 Intimate that they
are overcoorod. But enthusiasts do not always allow
sufficiently for tho scamy side of things, ana though
MIR Harrison may have written In absolute Sood ia'
the very destinations of his representations should
warn those who read them to proceed with due caution
II they tempted TO essay the acquisition oi oi'u1e
In the Southern Wonderland
Labor. Capital and Money b. @. q Camp BRAD
ford PENN Is enc Of those books so common nova
DAYS IN which all the doctrines OF all the economists
ara overthrow with the most ptess haste, to make
room for some pew theory which Is destined either to
fall unnotioed TO be as furionsy sssaled ey Vno
next self appointed dcspser Of the worlds ahafs'
Mr.. Camps special object OF attack Is hc&roos
theory of rent but salts fed with demo.shng that
he overthrows Nautilus, John Stuart MILL Henry
George, and everybody else no finds In bis way
rls own remedies do not carry conviction with them
In fact they apt appear to other than hobby
horse riders not less Inadequate than the pansccas
VI his predecessors, whose bleeding remains ho
iramplcs so ptessy.
The forty.third volume Of "Qucstions OF the Day
fG p Putnam's Sons) is "Slav or Saxon" by W. D.
Foulke A. NJ. 1t is thoughtful and Intelligent con
alteration of the problem Of ultimate European 10
ninon Mr. Foulke thinks that the issue lies PR
narlly between England and Russia ana 'na' tHo
prospect Of q slav Eruption which may make inc
Old World Cosssck instead of Republican, IS resls
serious one AS any such irrupiion would have 10
oyerbear not merely England but Ger
many. Austria Italy, and quito possibly
Franco not TO speak of Holland, Scan
diuavia Switzerland Spain and Portugal, not one OF
which could afford to be on the side OF Russia Ia
such q case, perhaps, the danger ray' "ltnon' iui
mediate risk, be relegated to the consideration vi
posterity AS to the future Of Russia nothlns can
be more enigmstica. With nation 50 populouS anu
AZ the same time 50 backward in civilization; with
bureaucracy so corrupt ard domneer1ng; with
government so dcspOtic and 50 Ignorant VI anaIs
anything and everything is possible MI. fouhc
thinks that by the time Russia is ready TO inNao
England
people will refuse fight for that distant pcssessio
II Is possible ana yet as a matter Of fact rep"bics
have never been deficient in that pride OF country
which inspires determination TO fight Tor ure@'ei0u
territory The discussion is interesting, however
and suggestive.
Dr. william Barrows, in "The United s,a'es oi
YESTERDAY and Of Tomorrow" tBoston: Nooer's
brothers, gives an interesting account OF the efea'
West The book IS which may well De put III 'iiF
pfca
states For while to-day the public schools te$cn
National geography and statistics with more care anu
fulness than at any former time, there Is great uc
Of really necessary information concerning the SUI
iects touched by DR.. Barrows not 10 Dc iouhu "a |
tc.t books He gives picturesque ana IathIui
,r,cboe NJ the genesis of the Western States OF
oneer life of tho pefis and hardshps Of tho borner
10 lynch law: and many other matters which ough'
10 be familiar TO every citizen. one chaPeof' IA
rating the hndrances attempted to the deVeIopuen'
NJ the West through the Jealousy OF the aresuS SOU
fled States has peculiar interest now that the ee
ircreferred to has wholly disappeared. Ihero ID
too parcuar interest strangely unfortunate pre-
octions formerly made concerning the western se'U0
ment; as, for instance. that the pr@iIos WOO -
cultiyable and must serve as separating "Ne~
hetween tho East and the West. The main purPo
~ the volume however is to convey clear ioea Vi
the uaenitde OF our country and the extent OF us
natural resources and this end DR.. Barrows mas oei
tainly attained In a decidedly impressive way
Tho hook Of " Ancestral Tablets" prepared by W. H.
yhitmore and published by Cupples d huru mas
reached Its sixth edition This success IL cer'alAI
.oos tor Il nrcsents the easiest Imaginable system
Of making genealogical record
A now edition of Hare's walks in Paris has just
come from the press OF George Routledgo q sons
This volume indispensable to the traveller In Paris
contains in addition TO Hars text various picturesque
quotations from French writers In relation 10 OH
France and TO historical edhces.