The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-31

ton of the First President" by Charles 3.
DOVE, furnishes q striking contrast between
the two pictures, the Inauguration OF today
and the same ceremonial one hundred years
ago, when George Washington, on April 80,
l7S9, took the oath of office ION the balcony
of the old Federal Hall that stood on the site
now occupied by the United States sub
Treasury, Wall and Nassau streets" A
statue of Washington adorns the steps OF the
building, the feet resting upon the identi-
cal stone upon which Washington stood
while he was taking the oath" Illustrations
represent the scene and ceremony. Supple
mentary to the foregoing, Frank Ii. Carpen-
ter describes 1.-THE Real George Washing
ton" and puts to fight a great many myths
in regard to the 'Father OF his coun-
try" among them that of the cherry tree,
of which the writer says "Bishop Meade
pronounces Parson Weems, the man who
got up the Ratchet story, a liar" "Tho Nj
hilists OF New York" by Valerian Gribaye-
doff, with numerous portraits and drawings
Of the printing Office of Znamia, is of a GER
tain kind OF interest. "a Subterranean Es-
tate,' by Charles 8. Pelham-C Clinton, lisa
description of that marvellous place, We'll
beck Abbey, the seat of the Duke of Port
land, with portrait of the late and the pres
ent owner, and of Bess, OF Hardwicke, be-
sides several beautiful drawings Of some re-
marxable rooms In the house, such as ''The
Picture Gallery" ''The Riding School," and
others, all underground. Horace Townsend
tells of Edison, His Work and His Work
shop" In "The Great Agitation, " Moncure
d. Conway deals with the early history Of
the United States in respect to slavery and
the Southern abolitionists, in which many
facts not generally known are produced.
Mansford has it for sale.
Belforfs Magazine seems TO be making q
speciality of short stories, the number for
April containing three, not including tie
one by Convers Atwood, entitled 'An Eccen-
trio Revenge" which the author calls a
"novel." The clever short story writer is in
demand and we are glad to see Bclford In the
right direction. Celia Logan discusses Sea
sonable Fools and Fooling'' in a crisp and
humorous vein. Paul Drayton tells what
he knows OF some litterateurJ and literature
under the head Of "Maunderings." Sarah
NJ. b. Piatt is represented in "a Word with
a skylark," but for the epitome of satire
commend us 10 "a Mutual Admiration
Society" which consists Of two lines only
"see ladling butter with a pair OF trowels-
Howells buffers James and James buffers Howells.'
In the Popular Science Monthly for April,
Prof. Huxley makes a spirited aud ex-
haustive reply to DIR. WAGE, of Kings Col
lege, upon the meaning of "Agnosticism."
which was discussed last October at the
Church Congress at Manchester, on which
occasion the Bishop Of Peterborough de-
parted so far from his customary courtesy
and self-respect as 10 speak OF cowardly
agnosticism.' IL Is n most scholarly and
unanswerable argument, in which Prof.
Huxley speaks Of the 'value Of testimony"
las 10 what Jesus Christ really said and did,
which the great agnostic regards as a scien-
tifc problem 10 be solved "by no other
methods than those practiccd by the histo-
rian and the literary critic" THE Deriya-
tive Origin Of the Human Mind by q. J.
Romanes, j. r. s., Is n metaphysical disqui-
sition, which draws the line between In
stinct and the reasoning faculties, most In
tercsting TO the student Of human philoso-
ply. A chart showing the scale Of emotions
and faculties In man and animals accompanies
the paper. Science and Christian Science"
by Frederick A. Fcrnald, Is an account In
brief Of is discovery by Mrs. Mary i. Eddy,
then Of Lynn. Mass, In 1850" and Of the
spread Of the singular doctrine. "Plants in
Witchcraft," by T. y. Thistleton Dyer, deals
with superstitlons the world over attached
TO certain shrubs and flowers used by
witches in their incantations. ''The Chem
zeal Elements" by Josiah Parsons Cooke,
LID, and ION the Causes OF Variation"
by G. V. Riley, PHI. d., part second, con-
cluded, are the remaining two most valuable
scientific papers Of this number, which con.
tains an interesting sketch Of James Pol
lard Espy," the founder Of the Science OF
Meteorology las ut present cultivated In re-
lation TO storm prediction" Ills portrait
forms the frontispieoe. Mansford has Il for
sale.
George p. Fisher leads of In the April
Forum In a strong though unparalleled re-
ply 10 Cardinal Manning on the public
schools, showing that dignitary's argument
In regard to his underlying ullmmontanc
ideas ito bring back a state Of things In
which the clergy Of the Church o. Rome
may again dominate lay society" TO he
misleading and 'fallaoious" and ''sophisti-
cal" W. $. Lilly treats THE Ethics OF
Art in a very charming paper, In which he
says hat "Puriency In ostheties proceeds
not from Imagination, but from lack oft" Ito
quotes from Goethe In vindication Of his own
novel, Electric Aninitics;'' who says 'The
truc poet Is only n masked father coniessor,
whose special function Il 10 exhibit what Is
dangerous In sentiment and pcrnicious In nc
ton by a vivid picture az their consc-
quenccs." Edward Atkinson gives the 6g-
ures upon and suggests Remedies for Social
Ills" Edmund Gossc asks what Is a Great
Poctg' and finds himself Obliged to take ulj
the oudgels In defense Of Dryden aud Popcl
Tho Rise Of Boulangcr' Is critically
discussed by Guillaumo &. Tcmcr. The Rev.
DR.. Thomas Hill contributes SON well d..
gcsted ideas on "a Way 10 Teach English
Spelling, and after reviewing several sys-
ems recommends 'Ellis'I Olossio" las a
mode OF fcliciiaiing the acquisition Of our
ordinary printed language In the grammar
schools" Mr.. II. G. Bunts In an able article
furnishes a different exploitation Of the
Monroe Doctrine from the one hitherto
accepted. and concludes by saying that
even granting the popular understanding Of
the Monroe declaration 10 be correct Il would
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