The National tribune., 1889-05-23
RECENT LITERATURE.


BULwER LYTToN's LETTERS TO HIS WIFE.
Published by G. w Dillingham;, New York For
sale by BrentAno, Washington, D. c.
The quarrel between the famous author of
the Last Days of Pompeii and his gifted,
beautiful, but irascible wife, is one of the great
incidents in the history of English literature.
1t created wonderful stir in England in the
youth of our fathers, and all the eminent lit
erary people in England took sides in the con-
troversy. Lady Balwer always felt that a grave
Injustice had been done her in the verdict on
the matter-if there could be said to be verdict
and this volume is published by her literary
executor, Louisa Dewey, with view of secur-
ing justice to her memory. 1t gives an account
by Mrs. Lady LyttOn of her first acquaintance
with her future husband and then follows
every one of his letters, from the first formal
note, written in the third person, asking to be
permitted to do some little service to the more
familiar and friendly ones; then the ardent
love-letters, the rapturous ones after acceptance
and marriage, and finally the bitter and CEN
serious ones after the rupture. BulWer did
some wonderful things in his day, but nothing
that was so wonderful as the nonsense he wrote
in some of these letters. 1t is sometimes simply
amazing. The book gives more insight into
the real character of the man than can be pos
sbly gotten in any other way, and it must in
consequence be exceedingly interesting to all
who have read and been delighted with his
splendid works of fiction.
PSYCHOLOGY AS A NATURAL SCIENCE, rs
applied to the solution of occult psychic phe-
noinena. BY G. G. Raue, NJ d. Published by
Porter 81 Coates, Philadelphia. Price $3.50.
This work embraces the consideration of
mind reading, thought transferrence, hypno-
tism, somnainbulism, elairvoyance, second
sight, retrospection, psyehometery, telepathy,
telergy, the DOUBLE apparitions phantasms of
the living and dead, and other spritualistic
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nal standpoint. /. Following the great German
| investigator, Be1eke, DR.. Raue has cndeavored
| to solve on the basis of the new psychology the
occult psychic phenomena which is now claim
| ing so much attention from modern thinkers.
| He proves that materialism is incompetent to
| explain these occult manifestations, and en-
| deayors to give a rational psychological expla-
| nation of the same. The work is characterized
| by perfect fairness toward opponents.
SOLID FOR MULHoOLY. A political satire. By
Rufus E. Shapley. Published by Gebbie Il Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
| This is clever satire on municipal politics,
| which every ore should read. 1t has received
unstinted praise from the press of the country.
| The writer is man of uncommon power 1t
| is illustrated by Thomas Mast
! THE REPROACH OF ANNESLEY. BY Max
/ well Gray. Published by Rand McNaly & Co.,
Chicago. For sale by Brentano, Washington, D..
| G. Price % cents.
I
Silence of Dean Maitland" and is the equal OF
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NOTES
The most remote point reached by Mr.. Georg
Keunan in his Siberian trip was the mines 0
Kara, 5000 miles from st. Petersburg AM
about 600 miles from the Pacific coast TIL
narrative of his adventures and discoveries a
these mines will begin in the June Century AM
be continued through several numbers.
| may be said to mark the elimination of MI
Remnants papers,
THE production of Beet-Sugar.' inclndin
: the method of growing the plant and the pro
cesses employed in extracting the sugar, vii
| be described in a cOpiously-illustrated article
j by Mr.. A. III. Amy, in The Popular ScienC
! Monthly for June. This account, together wit
! the paper in the May Monthly" gives com
, plete view of an industry which has yielde
large profits to the farmers of Germany an
/ promises to become equally important in TIL
country.
The Annual Report of the Board of Trade
Augusta Me-, received through the kindne:
of E. c. Allen, the President, is a very yaluabl
and interesting publication. 1t contains gres
| thriving city of Augusta, and is well gotten u