New-York tribune., 1890-05-30
NEW BOOKS.

"How to Preserve Health by Dr. LOUIS p"'ha'' n1
Tbe American News Company, IS al d'"''' ",0 %
manual Of its class. Dr. Barkan mas .'
avoided the pi,fall OF medical writer's haiiieN '
conscious employment Of a teriDi"oos, S eir,
standed of the people lie writes IN pam anu '''''
n,e English and he enforces a delightfully."- common
sense philosophy of life in particularly p7rS"d,o
manner. His purpose, as nc says was W ,o,,
public 4" an available handbook oil hyeieno "''u a.
room assistance, founded upon uic "o,. to
velopments in medical knowledge" """. ~ .
aocomnshod however is really more than ne SCI o"'
to do for his modest little book Is quito as n"'"
protection against quackery ana fase hyeion. =,
ppde n sane and safe living Ihere IS "o'''''s ~
the health OF family which is not cohSiuereu III 'o7
,cos and the author has not merely striVeh 10 P"e
- ,rh,t,on his knowledge Of modern medicine ana
h1,one hut has been careful to discriminate DC
tween tried and proved novelties ana mioNa a"o"' "'O
.t suf1centu tested 20 be considered saIe' i''ior
VII find in Dr. Barkan's book the soundeSt aoVoc
concerning the bringing up and general uc''""n'
~ their children at every period from mfahcy 10
.o,th and il they also find not few venerable
maxims and beliefs discreditcd. they viii DO wei 10
remember that science IS under ooneauoh 10 ro!co'
false teachings and doctrines whenever demonstration
is possible Altogether this Is valuable nanu'n
and one to put much confidence H.
@The Dutch in America by William Henry
Arnoux privately printed, Is h'torcai arg"neh'
nrcsen,ed by the author 10 the Court of Appeals IN
fundamental ouestoE involved whether the Dut'h
RonaG law prevailed in Manhattan Island before
1864 under which law the railroad claimed ulai inc
State absolutely owned the streets ana that inc au
farcnt owners had no rights or eascm'n'S to'c'"
Mr. Arnoux contends that the British common Ia"
nrcyailcd from the first. and his argument "hi'h -
close and strong is in support Of that contention
In "why Not. and why %. Appleton q Cob 'ne
Rev. william Dudley Powers has written What
he STYLES short and pthy studies for the busy
in six chapters. or sermons. IheH 'dP' .,
eunicntly indicate the character Of the work inc
Oneness of the church. why ] am Not 7aPlN"
awhy I ON Not Methodist "Why | am Not
Presbyterian" why | am Not Roman '"'noi,'
"why l am Churchman.' The discussions are ue
ctdedly compact bu it is scarcely necessary 10 aou
brstllng with material for controversy
Mr. George Huntington Adams. Of the New-lorl
bar has prpparcd Hand Book of the Tariff the Free
List and the Bond and Warehouse system with notes
Of judicial decisions and decisions OF the secretary o
the Treasury Baker, Voorhcs & Coz. The work i
Intended mainly for the use of importers but It's ce
and convenient arrangement and full index adapt 1t
to the purpose> of many others. and it meets need
which has been long felt. The editor has abstained
from all unanthortatve comments and interpretations
30 liable 10 mislead
DIR Robert Adamson. professor Of logic at owens
College Manchester. and Mrs Harriet T. Jevons nave
edited some papers on logic and philosophy py ooN
Jevons under the title Pure Logic and other minor
Works. Macmillan a co... The first part is occupied
with writings on logic. The second contains portions
OF an examination Of John stuart Mills philosophy
Most Of the papers have been collected from tne
Transactions" of various philosophical socie'eS anu
from reviews.
An Interesting sketch Of the philosophy OF
Maimondes Will b. found IN pamphlet report oi a
nap.r read before the Philosophical society Of the Uni
yersity Of Michigan by Rabbi Louis GroNSmanh' D. d.
!, is printed by g. r. Putnams sons.