The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-06

and wards, the furniture, bedding, dining
rooms, food and the kind OF knives and
forks in use for the safety OF the patients,
the gymnasiums gardens and work shops;
their avocations and employment, the ma
nipulations and care exercised by the Keep
ers and assistants. the methods OF the physi-
clans and the means OF restraint when that
Is thought to behecessary. Mr. Letchworth
has thoroughly dgestcd tho information
lac procured tand places 1t before his
readers in u plain, practical, common
sense way, devoid of technicalities
and made interesting by the contrasts he IN
dulges Of the brutal and cruel treatment TO
which the insane used to be subjected, and
the care that is now taken to foster ana en-
courage every indication of returning reason
and restore the patient TO the busy world.
Every alienist should possess himseii OF
copy Of this book, and every citizen who
takes an interest in the humane and enlight-
ened management of our public insane asy-
lums. II is mine of reliable information
and shows how slow, but sure, has been the
growth from crude and cruel methods to the
more enlightened now generally prevalent in
the treatment Of the insane.
| Margaret Lee has written story entitled
| Marriage" in which she endeavors to show
that common sense, practical and calm
healthy views may serve to instill happiness
In this relation, which so far appears to have
been problematic question difficult to
solve She proves in the two leading char
1 - tI..N 10
and passionate ardor are not essential TO the
existence of genuine love or harmony of
ideas and feeling to make happy union.
The story Is well written, being serene, placid
and nnruflled by any striking incident or
circumstance. Nobility of character, I'M
scliishncss, truth, manhood aud honesty are
the ingredients, however, which must be
considered, and after ALL perhaps are worth
more in this interesting study than all the
moonlight rhapsody and rot that silly lovers
ever imagined. Marriage is a healthy
novel which can be heartily recommended.
Published by George Munroe, New York.
For sale by Mansford.
We are In receipt from J. d. Lippincott, oil
Philadelphia, OF No. IS Of the Questions OF
the Day." in the series published by q. p,
Putnam's Sons. entitled Politics as Duty
and rs n Career" by Moorcfeld Storey. Ey.
cry aspiring man should read this brochure
which also should be In the hands OF every
voter in the country. 1t is full of good sug
gestions for good citizenship and the per
Torrance OF public duties.
'The Masque Of Death" Is the title Of {
book Of poems by Charles John IIildreth
which the writer says in a preface wer,
wrought for the most part in the brief anC
infrcquont intervals Of uncongenial and i'm
poratiyo labors." These poems, some o
them at least, bear the touch Of pocsy II no
its genius. Tits n pity that the title Of th,
first one should be that Of the entire volume
The note is too sombcr 10 bo attractive an,
misleads the reader in regard to the genera
tone Of the rest, They arc all. however
mostly plaintiye, as II nttuncd TO sadfcss
Published by lIeliord, Clarke q Co, New
York and Chicago.
Number 81 OF Che Questions OF the Day
series, published by q. +. Putnam's Sons
New York aud London. Is boot. Of 90
pages, entitled, 'The Plantation Negro rs
Freeman; Observations on His Character
Condition and Prospects IN Virginia" b.
Philip A. Bruce. The writer confines him
self mainly 10 that part Of Virginia "whicl
lies between he James River and the north
crn boundary line Of North Carolina;
broad area Of country which Is locally des
ignatcd as southsidc Virginia" Mr. Bruce
however holds that the local circumstance
surrounding the negro In this region I'd,
not differ from those that hedge them abou
In the cotton region. southslde Virginia Is
IN fact, only the beginning Of the black bel
that runs rs far 10 the southwest as Texas
What T. true Of the negroes In one division
1T this belt u very likely 20 be true OF then
IN every other, only that In South CarolinI
Mississippi aud Louisiana, the condition o
the race Is still more degraded, and the prob
lem which that condition creates more dini
cult of solution, on account Of the numerical
disproportion between the whites and black
throughout the whole Of these common
wcalths, aud not, a. In Virginia In isolatci
parts alone" Mr.. Bruce gives a series q
faithful photographs Of tho negro In the rc
rion described. tells how hc lives, how he In
bors and at what; how far he Is educated an,
what his ambition IN that direction IL. an,
then concludes that, useful though lac i A.
laborcr, n the Southern States, aud. through
these. 20 the Union, ~ would be far bette
for the whole country II he wor
. withdrawn, even though withdraw
20 suddenly a. 10 wholly blight
Tor a time, the material interests OF th
South. II would BE- better indeed, for tina
entire section 10 be RELOCATED 10 IT, prime
! val condition with a view 10 a. being sc,
tied again exclusively by a white popula
. ton, just NJ II Il were virgin territory
than for Il TO maintain IT, present position
particularly through the manual cNcrtion
, u the blacks but with the individuals o
that race incrcaslng so rapidly a. 10 threaten
: the extinction IN the end Of every clcmcn
|, Of prosperity with no hope 81 subscqucn
revival" Vet Mr.. Bruce pays for a jus
. solution ~ the race problem in a way "tha
, will rebound 90 the credit 81 the South ant
, the glory Of the Union" J. - Tippincot
, & Co., of Philadelphia, have II Tor sale.
"rho Wing Of AEacl" Is the title Of
novel by Mona Cairi. whose name will ro
call 10 mind a strong, aggressive but whole
some article ON marriage which appeared IL
the Nin,fecaih CsHfHrv some months ago
. ! creating something Of a ftrur mud slvfn,