The Portland daily press., 1888-08-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Stone Family. By William l.. st ne,
Esq Ike" said Mrs. Partington. in NOR
alyzing strain, as she laid down the we'll
thumbed Bible which contained The record
of the Partingtons for several generations,
''it's fortunate thing for a family to have
good genyaloger;" and the compiler of this
genealogy well realizes the truth of Mrs.
P.'s remark, for he has done amost valuable
service to the Stone family in this country.
The book, which is printed in the usual ex-
cellent style of the Munsels, is devoted to
the descendants of John Stone, who emf
grated from Hereford. near Guilford Eng
land, in 1889, and became one of the found
.ers of Guilford, Connecticut. Many of his
descendants have distinguished themselves;
notably, Colonel William l.. Stone, the fa-
ther of the compiler of this genealogy. Col.
Stone in early life became printer, and in
1911 became proprietor and editor of the
Herkomer American. Later he became con-
ductor of the Albany Daily Advertiser, and
took prominent part in the political con-
fiicts of the time. In 1919 he removed to
Hartford and succeeded Theodore Dwight in
the editorship of the Hart ord Mirror; and in
1921 became editor of the New York CON-
mercial Advertiser He took a deep inter-
est in the Greek struggle for independence,
and did all in his power, in conjunction with
DR.. Howe, to forward the good work, Col.
Stone continued his connection with the
Commercial Advertiser until his death in 1874,
performing not only his arduous duties of
editor, but working diligently in the fields of
romance and history. His best known
works are The Life of Joseph Brant; The
Poetry and History of Wyoming; Life of
Red Jacket; and The Life and Times of Sir
William johnson, Bart The compiler of
this volume is well known by his works on
the Revolution, among which are the Let
ters and Journals Of Madame Redeisel; Life
and Military Journals of General Redesel
History of New York City; The Campaign
of General Burgoyne and St. Leger's Expedi-
tion; and Pansh's Journal
The book possesses an interest for every
one who is attracted by human sympathy to
contemplate the vicissitudes of family devel
opment, and should certainly be in the pos
session of everyone bearing the name of
Stone in America. 1t can be obtained by
writing direct to Joel Munselrs Sons, AL
bany
The Tariff History of the United States.
BY f. w. Taussing, Phi. d. In its present
form this is not an original work. 1t is COM
posed of essays which have appeared at diff
ferent times. These essays, however, are
well connected, and on the whole give fair
account of our tariff legislation. The facts
are given, but colored by the authors theo-
ries which are favorable to free trade. If
asked why so many theoretical political
economists are free traders, while practical
business men are apt not to be, our reply is
this, theorists look at the question from one
standpoint and practical men from another
The argument of the theorist is, that every
country should cultivate those things for
which it is best adapted by nature, climate
and circumstances. Each climate has its
own natural productions which it should
exchange for those of other countries. The
practical man replies, that it is true only
with certain important limitations. Diver
sity OF production is necessary if people
would be reasonably independent of other
nations, specially in times of war. In point
OF fact, our manufactures really began dur
ing the war of 1912. Before that date we
depended ON England. Since then the
American policy has been to become inde-
pendent of England. and this is still the
policy of the Republican party. New York:
Harper Brothers: Portland: Loring
Short & Harmony
The Strange Adventures of House-Boat
By William Black. Illustrated, $1.25
Those who are specially fond of The Adyen-
lures of Phaeton, will be glad to welcome
Queen Tita in story again. This time the
vehicle is the Nameless Barge, and the
journey is through English rivers and canals
In the merry month of May and early June
when the hawthorne and the lilac is in
bloom. There is considerable rainy weather
chronicled, but that did not tire the four
passengers, and need not the reader There
is lovely American girl and love-match.
The authors admiration for the fair Ameri-
can will win his pardon from American
readers for his skits upon their country re-
garding the Alabama award. There are
fourteen illustrations and they are very good
indeed, especially the character sketches like
the Bristol Cabmen and the Rustics, and
Pretty Peggy as Rosalind is exquisite. New
York: Harper & Brothers; Portland: Lor-
ing, Short 81 HarmOn.)