The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Redeeming the Republic. BY Charles
Carleton Coffin. New York: Harper &
Brothers; Portland; Loring Short G. Har-
mon.) Among the great number of partici-
pants in the rebellion who are now contribut-
ing to current literature the mat erials from
which the histories of the future will be
written. there are none better qualified in
many respects, perhaps, for the task of
portraying the stirring scene of the war than
Charles Carleton Coffin, who as Carleton. /"
the correspondent of Northern paper, fol-
lowed the advancing armies through the long
campaigns until at last the curtain fell upon
the final act of the drama and the struggle
was over. The position of a newspaper
correspondent is one especially adapted to
enable its holder to obtain an accurate ac-
count of the movements of which he is an
observer and in which he participates. The
Generals who lead the troops can tell their
plans and the measure of success which at
tends them. But the intense personal
interest of leader may cloud his judgment
as to the motives, wisdom, and accomplish
ments OF others. The men who hold places
OF less rank or who serve in the ranks, while
permitted to see much that is worth record
ing, have necessarily restricted range of
vision and are in ignorance of the purposes
OF many OF the movements in which they
take part. The correspondent is at once
familiar with affairs at headquarters and the
life of the private soldier, with its bright
side and its hardships. He knows the
bravery of the soldier and the heroism which
makes victory possible. 1t is his duty to
picture all these things for the readers of his
paper and the success which attended Mr..
Collin In the COS is too well known to need
mention. Since then he has come to be
recognized as one of tie authorities on the
conflict. "Redeeming the Republic" is one
of series of works by the same author CON-
prising history of the rebellion. 1t treats
of the campaigns of 1864 up to the close of
the summer months, when Grant mad driven
Lee into his intrenchments at Petersburg
and Sherman was at Atlanta to begin his
march to the sea. Written in a style to
interest the young, the book tells In concise
form chapter in the story of the war with
which all should be familiar. The absence
of the detail and technical description which
often obscure the salient points in works of
noticeable features of this most excellent
history. which is heartily recommended to
readers who can recall the days of which it
treats and those to whom the war is purely
history.
Am Jew or Gentle? Read and see. BY
Thomas A. Davies, author of COsmogony
or Mysteries of Creation, &c. New York:
<. H. Coffin. This little work is discussion
Of the meaning of the word man in the Bible
account of the creation. The author claims
that the word man has been used where Adam
or The Adam should have been employed.
BY restoring these words the twenty-sixth
verse OF the first chapter of Genesis is made
to record the creation of individuals, while
the twenty-seventh records the creation of
the Hebrews, The Adam being a repre-
Hebrew. If these terms are re-
stored the flood will appear to have de-
stroyed the descendants of The Adam, leay-
ing the descendants of Adam unframed.
Constitutional History of the United
States as seen in The Development of Ameri-
can Law. A course of lectures before the
Political Science Association of the Uniyer-
,lty of Michigan by Judge T. NJ. Cooley, of |
Ann Arbor; Hon. Henry Hitchcock, of st.
louis hon. Geo. w, Biddle, of Philadel-
,hia; Prof. Chas A. Kent, of Detroit; Hon.
Daniel Ii. Chamberlain, of New York.
New York G. p. Putnam's Sons; Portland:
Ioring, Short g. Harmony These lectures
N Constitutional law were delivered before
he students of Ann Arbor University in |
$3.50. The first lecture of the series is on |
Development in the United
tates and was delivered by Judge Thomas
4. Cooley, now one of the members OF the |
Interstate Commerce Commission. Judge |
'ooley In this lecture explains the place OF
he Supreme Court in our system, aud con-
lders the more important cases involving
questions of Constitutional Law, decided by
ne court prior to the appointment of Justice