Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-01
OUR BOOK TABLE.

App eton & Co. publishers. yearly auOScFiP-
| ton, S5.OJ.
The ''Popular'' in the title of this
monthly deserves emphasis for having
! done so much 10 popularize science III
this age. While the contributors to its
pages number some of the most learned
men of this day, they are wise
enough to present their topics in
manner that attracts readers thai
would be driven away by dull
! array of facts. Then, too. there Is that
( variety always essential to maintaining
interest. He who aSpires to the rank OF
/ scientist will doubtless find Professor
/ HuXley's paper, ''The Lights OF the
/ Church and the Lights of Science,
TO his taste. The student of him
self in his fellowman will read
! with interest an account of the curious
race, "The African PSGmies, that
were seen 10y Stnmiey, und whose habits
| and hauutS are described i'll this number
| bv A. Werner. OF the same Order is
| description of "Some Natives OF Aus
! tralusia,' by Elsie Redus. The articl" Is
profusely illustrated and the portrayal
of so much homeliness is calculated TO
reconcile one TO the thought of ex-
| tinction of races by the dominance Of
| the superior. The evolution of baseball
| from the "Iittle boys game with ball
is pl asantly set forth. and while
| this game Is in some Instances abused,
there are many who will say with the
author, they should not like to say that
many legislative bodies are engaged i'll
business either more harmless or more
profitable than are the lovers OF this
game who meet to settle differences and
devise rules for squire playing.
Edward atkinson writes on Common
Sense Applied to the Tariff. ~ President
White has @ word for New Chapters III
the Warfare of Science and there is
short and interesting sketch by George
lies, with portrait. of Thomas Corwin
Meudenhall, who has so distinguished
himself in the study of physics and me-
chauics as 10 enttle him 10 highest honor
in this and foreign countries.
Work, even TO the daily plodder, occa-
slonally puts on the garments of pleas
autness, and one of these occasions is
when an honest word of praise can be
spoken for literary ventures in the South,
and this pleasure is enhanced when these
are made in Texas. "The Round Table,
has been u little late In rs appearance on
our table. but, nevertheless, it is well
coined with the heartiness its worth
merits. This periodical is pub
Iished in Dallas under the edi-
torlal and business management of Mrs.
sydney Smith and Mrs. Olive b. Lee
and furnished to subscribers at 81 per
wear. In O well written editorial the
difficulties attending success in the pub
lication of periodicals in the South is well
set forth apd from this 1t Is evident that
the managers OF 'The Round Table
have made accurate sOundings along
rocky shore. The selections are well
mude, and the contributors judging from
their work are wisely chosen. The opening
article is reminiscent OF early days in the
republic of Texas and gives an interesting
account OF the capture of Cynthia Auu
Parker and her subsequent release by
Gen. (now Governor) Ross. Col. j. F.
Elliott has contributed q full and plain
OK lation of the workings of the building
loan associations, organizations that have
done more to stimulate effort and en-
courage economy than any.
NJ. b. S. makes brilliant plea for the
liberty OF her sex and evidently believes
women are head, neck aud shoulders
above those claiming supremacy over
them, One of the most readable papers
in the current number Is one in which
the writer, too modest to give her uame,
institutes a comparison between Tito
Melerna and Arthur Donnithorne, crea-
lions of George Eliot.
There are sorne exquisite poetic selec-
tons, other good prose contributions,
and taken as Il magazine of good litera-
ture. 1.-The Round Table, compares
most favurably with those that have the
prestige OF aga and the advantage OF ac-
cumu aIed capital. 1t is TO be hoped
that this monthly will receive the pat
rouage its projectors will make it merit,
and that by its success an impetus may
he given to periodical literature in the
South.
TIE CENTURY Acknowledgements
Publication office Union Square, New York.
Terms, 81. 90 year.
In the September number Of the Gem
fury IL series of papers on California be-
gins with the history of that states ad-
mission into the Union. The publication
ut this time has special reference to the
celebration to he made on the 9th of Sep
tember OF the admission OF the state
forty years ago. Most of the succeeding
articles will be written by pioneers of the
early times, and each will be freely
illustrated.
"The Anglo Maniac" a novel that
has run through the year Is concluded in
this number. "Olivia' maintains its
interest rs q well romance of the Crom-
welliau period In English history. "Wo-
men of the French Salon. "Our New
Naval Guns "Present Day, aud
many other contributions make this
number of the Century most pleasant
reading even on q summers day.