The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-28
Wefu CIVILIZATIONS.
New Books.

FREELAND, A SOCIAL ANTIGUA
TIoN. BY Theodor Herizka; trans
lated from the German by Arthur Ran
som; published by D. Apple ton & Co.,
New York. The author is an Austrian
economist, who believes he has dis
covered the principle on which the So
cial problem is to be solved. This prin-
ciple he explains in a preface which
| gives concise and valuable review of
The history of economic theory. He is
80 filled with the significance of his dis
covery that he has laid aside his work
of scientific exposition in order to pre-
sent picture Of society organized on
the basis of his principle. 1t is one of
those visions of the future which do so
much to hasten social progress. Like
Looking Backward" it presents a
view of society under conditions which
do not now exist, but distinctive feat
ure is that The men and women are in
all essential respects like the men and
women with whom the world is filed.
This fact should give the book a large
circulation. To everyone interested in
the great question of extricating the
poor from the vice and misery with
which they are surrounded, it is full of
suggestions. The social philosophers
of to-day are profoundly convinced that
there is solution of these difficulties,
and they are applying themselves to
the task of finding it. DIR. Hertzka has
contributed noble share to the o. n
eral effort. For sale at Longs book
store.
WHAT is REALITY? By Francis
Howe johnson; published by Houghton,
M flu 81 Co., Boston. Price, SO. This
book, the author states, is an inquiry
as to The reasonableness of natural re-
ligion and the naiuralness of revealed
religion" The exact scope of the
work, which is admirable in its treat.
ment, is best indicated by the following
paragraph, taken from the preface:
cit is often said, and very generally
b lieved, that science and religion de-
rive their authority from totally dis
tinct sources; that faith begins where
science tedreS off,; that science deals
with facts that can be proved, while
religion is the outcome of conceptions
that have no verifable attachments ia
reality. 1t is the object of this book to
show that the premises of religion are
as real as any part of mans know ledge;
and that the methods by which its vital
truths are deduced from these premises
are no less legitimate than those en-
ployed by science"
HUCKLEBERRIEs. BY Rose Terry
Cooke; published by Houghton, Mifllin
& Co., Boston. Price, 81 rs. The
author explains her reason for giving
this odd name TO her book: 81 have
called this latest collection of New En-
gland stories by the name of a wild
berry that has always seemed to me
typical of the New England character
hardy, sweet yet spicy, defying storms
of heat or cold with calm persistence,
clinging to poor soil, barren pastures,
gray and rocky hillsides, yet drawing
fruitful issues from scantv sources"
The stories are named "Grit," " Mary
AIMS Mind" Glove" "Odd Miss
Todd" An Cd fashioned Thanksgiv-
ing" Hopson's Choice" "Clary's
Trial." GA Double ThanLsgiving,n
Home Again." " How Celia Changed
Her Mind" and GA Town Mouse and
Country Mouse"
MARGERY's VACATION. By Ella B.
Cuttings; published by the Congrega-
tional Sunday-schoo and Publishing
Society, Boston. Price, 81 25. No
more charming or inspiring story can
be put into the hands of the young
Margery is character not impossibly
perfect, but delightfully."- real and whole
some. She has a beautiful home, but
convinced that young friend of hers
needs an outing more than she does,
Margery sends her off on trip to Col
orado and takes her place, spending her
own vacation in doing her work in a
home which is a great contrast to her
own. Her task, too, turns out to be no
light one, but it is perseverel in, and
proves to be spiritually as much bene-
fit to her as the Colorado trip is physi-
cally to her friend.
THE RABBITS Sons. By Emily
Weaver; published by the Congrega
tional Sunday-school and Publishing
Society, Boston. Price, $3.50. In this
book the authority of My Lady Nell !"
ells a remarkably strong story of the
days of st. Paul. The Rabbi is Jew
Of the strctor sort, whose two boys
were away from home because of the
inability of one of them to bear all the
punishments imposed upon him. They
find their way into robbers cave, and
in time become robbers. Among the
prisoners brought TO their cave is Paul
who reasons with his captors of right
eousness and of judgment to come.
The book is full of strong situations,
and deserves to stand by the side of
Ben Hur."
THE Boy CONVICT OF BERMUDA.
By Margartt E. Winslow; published by
the Congregational Sur day. school and
Publishing Society, Boston. Price,
S125. The substance of the story is
this: A lad, unjustly accused of poach-
ing and burglary, aud convicted
through treachery and perjury, is sent
to the Bermudas, convict for life. His
hard lot works to his good; for under
the labors of true chaplain he learns
to love Christ, and at last is released
from his sentence thoroughly excul-
pated of the charges which brought him
there. The book will be help in