Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-20
THE BOOK TABLE.
A BATCH OF RECENT NOVELS BY
PROMINENT WRITER'S.
and Jews-Story of the Presi-
dents-Literary Notes.

uentS-AitcTdry NOteS.
The thirteenth annual issue of THE
Statistician" is at hand. The work is for
the year 1889. 1t is edited, as heretofore,
by and under the direction of its proprie-
tor, L. P. McCarty of San Francisco. With
this edition the title has been extended so
as to read, THE Annual Statistician and
Economist" because it has outgrown mere
statistics, and has entered upon the realm
of applied mathematics, of history, poll
tics in fact, definitions, invention, discov-
cry, scientific research and similar branches
of knowledge But it must not be under
stood that it is in any sense treatise, but
rather compendium of the results OF re-
search and human activity in multitude
1885, it is found to contain all the valuable
statistical information in that volume. cor
rected, to bring it down to date where nee.
essary, and in addition great deal OF
newly compiled matter reaching into new
fields-for this work. 1t is volume of
great value for quick reference, and in this
office has become all but Indispensable. 1t
contains 673 pages of very closely printed,
and we believe of reliable matter-indeed,
in the past we have never found the work
to be in error. The present issue has been
made to contain great deal more Of use
full compiled matter, by wise condensa-
ton of the text carried over from the
former years, and rigid economy of
space. The book is one that seems to US to
4 nolu m h,1si
man, to every journalist, to office men, and
it will be found time saver and an indec-
reram for teachers literary workers, &C.
countants. clergymen and to skilled me-
chanics 1t is sold only by subscription.
Of the Questions of the Day Series"
we have No. 81, s. The Plantation Negro as
a Freeman" by Phillip A Bruce. G. P.
Putnsm's Sons, New York, publishers
While these observations pertain TO the
character. condition and prospects of the
negro in Virginia in the main, they apply
to that race in the Southern States gem
orally, as view ed from the authors stand
point. The writer is evidently young
man, for in the introduction he states he
has no distinct recollection of slavery as an
institution. Still, Notwithstanding his
immaturity of opinions on this important
subject he has been close observer and
it must be conceded that he writes with
great force and distinctness. Throughout
he seeks to convey the impression that he
is free from prejudice, yet no one can rise
from perusal of this monograph without
being impressed that the writer from his
youth has been imbibing the bitterest So
cial and political hatred of the negro. No
subdivision Of the subject shows haste,
and evidently the book as a whole
has been the result of several years
of intent study and investigation Several
of the chapters are of great value whether
the authors views are accepted or not. as
for example, Parent and Child, "Hus-
band and Wife" Master and Servant .
and those on the relation of the negro to
the commonwealth and criminal law. Dir.
Bruce evidently forgets, as most people do.
that the South is mainly responsible for
the establishment of negro suffrage every
Southern Legislature having rejected the
amendment proposed by Congress during
the Administration of Mr. Johnson, under
which they were at liberty to impose this
suffrage or not as they might choose. Had
they accepted it, and in the ratio of repre-
sentation excepted the negro, for q brief
period their numerical strength in the
House and the Electoral College would
have been curtailed, but for all time they
would have made the introduction of the
black into the body polite entirely
dependent upon their own legislative
action. The widening gulf between the
two races is graphically described, but on
the personal testimony of those in whose
Judgment we repose trust, and who have
spent much time in the Old Dominion and
all the States south of Virginia, we disagree
with the writer in relieving the superior
race from all fault and responsibility for
this constantly increasing irritability. Be-
tween the lines throughout the work an
over-shadowing fear is apparent at every
step respecting the outcome of the depTiva.
ton Ct the negro of his rights under the
Federal Constitution. And with reason.
For with his constantly augmenting per-
ception, if he continues to be counted in
the political aggregate without in actuality
being factor, he is bound to ultimately
assert himself, and woe betide the conspira-
tors of this unrepublicap system of gov
eminent. The North will not permit
this plan to continue very much
longer. 1t gives the few South
ern States preponderance to which
it is not entitled. Minnesota notably, and
other Western States, were not influenced
IN the recent election so much by questions
of tariff as by this overshadowing issue.
As it is now, the House of Representatives
is almost absolutely subject to the result of
this pernicious system 10 which we allude,
and even with the overwhelming results of
the National election the 6sh of November.
the Fifty-first Congress is 50 nearly politi-
cally equal it is doubtful which party will
secure the organization. This is a prolific
theme. and it can be but barely touched in
this limited space. Notwithstanding our
failure to concur with the author at many
points. we commend the volume to students
of political ethics and 10 discriminating
readers generally.
From Samuel Carson Il Co, we have re-
ceived volume published by Lee & Shep-
ard, Boston that is of especial value and
interest to biblical students II is entitled.
"Aryas, Semites and Jews, Jehovah and
the Christ" 1t is by Lorenzo Burge, an-
thor of " Pre-Glacial Man and the AFyan
Race" 1t is a record of spiritual advance
from the household, or personal God of the
SemitZ Abram, land from Jehovah, the
tutelary national God of the Israelites, to
The Universal Father revealed by Jesus
the Christ" To theologians ii will prove
suggestive research, and whether accord
is had with the authors ideas or not, the
book will prove of interest and value to all
inquirers. Burge writes with vigor with
out dogmatism, and clearness without
profuseness. The author contends that
the Christian religion has been crippled by
the belief that the Bible is one book. all
parts equal in importance, and all the pro
duct of Divine inspiration. He holds the
Jewish nation is dead, and that the God
of that nation died, as Jehopat, with it.
The Kindergarten is at hand for
April. 1t is magazine edited by Cora L.
Stockham and Emily A. kellogg, and pub
hshed by Alice B. Stockham & Co, Chi
cago. 1t is devoted TO the kindergarten
system, and is intended as an aid aud
guide to parents and teachers. The KIN
dergarten school system has now attained
such proportions in this country that we
can well understand how welcome a
monthly magazine in its interest must be
to kindergarten workers. So far as we can
judge, the publication before us is well ed
tied and is possessed of high merit.
Samuel Carson & Co, San Francisco.
have for sale Lee d Shepards tBostonl
volume recently issued, entitled The Pre-.
sidents of the United States from Wash
ington to Cleveland II was originally