The morning call., 1891-03-08
LITERATURE.

LITERATURE.
- E SOUL OF MANLY DR.. Paul Carus.
az Chicago: the Open Court Publishing
KIM Company. Cloth. 4S0 pp.. So This
J4tG Is a volume in which the author, who
has evidently devoted great deal OF time and
attention 10 the subject presents the result OF an
investigation Of the facts of physiological and
EXPERIMENTAL psychology and adds to the text a
large number OF Illustrations and diagrams.
The soul of Man" treats OF the most salient
| psychological problems, presenting them in their
connection win phlosophy physical selence
| including mechanics, physiology, experimental
| psychology (hypnotlsm, etc., religion aud
ethics. The Physiological chapters of the book
are profusely illustrated, so as 10 economic the
| time and save the patience OF the reader, who
! will ind The most important facts and results OF
| scientific investigation that have reference to
| the activity of the human soul collected and
| Systematically arranged in comparatively
small space and handy shape.
DR.. CatuS discusses the psychological problems
| from the standpoint OF positive m0nlsn, at pres
ent The almost generally accepted view IN PHI
i0sophy ana science. Inc statement Oh ms posi-
lion Is made very clear and even pronounced.
Yet this does not restrict the usefulness of the
| book to those readers alone who viii accept his
| views. Tie mere collection OF materials, which
| Can nowhere be found so conveniently compiled
| and presented. will maze the book welcome 10
| all who are Interested IN psychology, however
| widely their opinions may diner from those OF
| the author.
AS to tie Importance of psychological topics,
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| knowledge is.pOwer; ana knowledge of the hu,
man soul is power TO every one that has TO deal
| with men. DR.. Cafus says ON page 1923:
| Psychology Is study TOO much neglected;
it Is Indispensable for every one who has 10 deal
| with people; and who has not? Tie physician,
! the Gle gyman, the employer OF labor, the officer
| IN the army, the professor, the merchant, the
banker, almost every one has 10 deal with people.
and, above ALL tie lawyer Self-knowiedge Is
not sufficient 10 make US free, II must Ue self
| knowledge and the knowledge OF other people;
| IL must be s-lI-knowedge in the broadcast sense,
| knowledge of tile SOUL OF the motives that work
| upon, aud can be employed 10 affect mans sem
| timentS. 1t is ouly knowledge that can make US
| tree and knowiedGe VIII make US free And
| because 1t makes Us free knowledge, ana chiefly
| SO psychological knOwl- dye, is power"
In his preface Or. Carts says: IL Is 10 be ex-
| pecJatIOuS of many for two reasons. FI,st, be-
| cause If man possesses preiudtces his preiu-
! dices Will certainly be strongest with reference
| 10 the problem OF the human soul. Differences
| OF opinion must De ANTICIPATED. Nevertheless,
! II this book does not present the favorite ideas
! OF some among my readers they are kindly re-
| minded II is not my purpose To PROFOUND tran
Sceudental or metaphysical speculate ions, but To
| arrange and systematic facts. Whatever specu-
| laliOus u man may hOld lie must be aware lhdt
! spCculdllonS must never collide with facts; and
su tile book VIII, perhaps, after all be found TO
| be useful.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, THE CoLoRED ORA
TOR-By Frederic May Holland (New York:
| Funk Magnals. Clot, i23 PIP, 81 500 In a
author Of 81 lie Reign OF stocs." stories From
| Liberty" aud other works thar have had il wide
| circulation, presents a very agreeable sketch OF
The career, an eventfn one, OF the distinguished
representative OF the culOred race in America
The author declares that The work was written
IL The hope that IL VIII Ia some degree leduce the
prejudice against color, and that 1t is partly a
fitting tribute TO man for whom lie has high
| ADM, alton. IherbOeA deals with all The roman
tic incidents oil The life OF this remarkable cOlOred
man, following him from The log cabin the
bank OF tue Ch0pbank River IN Maryland in
which lie passed The days OF his Childhood, then
follows him through all the best and worst
phases OF slavery TO his long cherished escape
Iherefrom, and TO Ills advance, stride by stride.
TO tile distinguished position lie now holds as the
representative OF MS race, position IN which lie
has Won the confidence Of his own people and
obtained from tie whlte race unqualified ad-
mlIallOn for his purpose. character and
Intellectual grasp. Tue author has collected,
arranged and verified the main incidents or
Frederick Douglass life that have from time TO
lime appeared ID the public press, aud has gwen
an added Interest to the wOIk by The prestnta-
lion Of somr valuable Information obtained from
Frederick Douglass Jr. and by numerous aBec-
dOtes related 10 the authoF by the nero or Tie
story shortly before BIS departure rs representa-
tive OF the United States TO Haytl. Tie work
also contains series of ten lectures by Mr..
Douglass, heretofore not published, also many
manuscripts which serve 10 illustrate Mr.. Doug
lass character and views.
THE CARrARET AFFAIR-By st. George Rath-
borne. Chicago: Laird q Lee, 264 pp.) Few |
books OF the sensational SCHOOL, involving crime, |
mystery, clfcumslantial evidence and detective |
work. have been presented 10 the reading public |
OF late mat VIII prove OF more interest Ihan me |
"CdTtaret Affair" weli-knOwn writer being |
asked his advice about the proper way TO write |
a review of a book said, among other things, |
that TO give The plot was TO do a manifest in |
justice 10 the author, as II destroyed th- interest
which the reader gains as he reads page after |
page until he teaches the denOuement To give |
lie plot VI this story would certainly advise the |
reader Ot ali tue surprises that greet him as he |
advances INTO the story. II Is story that IS |
very well told the many incidents that 60 10 |
make II up are ingenlOusy woven. and 1t serves |
10 show that while crcumstautial evidence ls |
generally supposed 10 be the strongest that can |
be produced outside Of direct testimony, that iJ |
Is often dangerous 10 rely UPON Ii l. a book OF |
the most absorbing interest, that VIII be read |
with great deal OF satisfaction BY those who |
are fond OF the class Of literature 10 which this |
work OF fiction belongs.
LYRICS: FJELDA, Erc.-By Joseph Hudson
Young New YorS and London: Funk & Wag
nails. Cloth, 13l pp., L. Men grow old aud |
Gle, nations degenerate and prtish, but the |
muses. are immortal ana are ever young To
coutend as >Ome do. that book OF poetry Is
thirty years behind the age is to condemn the
age aud not Tue poetry. Subject 10 recurring in-
tcicctual and emotional influences as fiOm a
foreign and celestial source, people, like an
ocean, has lis tidal experiences its ebh its flow
OF thoughts and sentiment, and the adventure
which missed The passing may yet ride on The
sueceednG;wave. o speak as one is moved, Is,
unless the ulterauce he at fault to move others
1hls must be elOquence and II may be poetry.
The publishers OF Lyrics: Fjelua, Etc" have
no doubt As to which OF these two divisions of
speech Mr. Noung's volume belongs. The poems
which have awakened lie poets heart VIII no
doubt awaken responsive chords.
"a SAPPHo OF GREEN SPRINGS" AND OTHER
STOKEs-By Bel Hate. Boston and New
81 25.) THIS book, from the Riverside Press Of
Cambridge, Mass, is a collection of four charm.
ing stories by the talented author Bret HaIIe.
Chate!ane Of Burnt Ridge" Through the Santa
Clara Wh. att aud "A M9cenas OF the Pacific
Slope" These stories, told in the authors best
style, are capital reading, and form one of the
most acceptable volumes OF the writer's produc-
ton. Offered by Chllion Bach.
How Scotland Lost Her Parliament is The
title OF work written by Charles Waddle, and
published by Waddie & Co. OF Edinburgh In |
ihIs the author tells OF the Treaty OF Union
through which Scotland was deprived of her
Parliament and OF the continued efforts of the
English PEOPLE 10 Impress on every one that this
treaty was The cause OF all the happiness that
has existed in Scotland during the past 200
yeaTs-an ofI-Iepeated assertion which the
writer lakes exception to-and lie declares that
The purpose OF his book is 10 remove from The
mind OF the public the false impression which
ignorant or intei eSted historians have labored so
long TO produce. The author, in concluding his
book, writes; ScOtlaud's voice In determining
measures exclusively relating to herself is 10
While Englauds Is 465. What folly Is II then 10
hug ourselves INTO the belief that we are free
people. what then is th- meaning of the words
" home rule"? Is ii simply modern phrase to
express the old idea of national Independence
Tor which Wallace, Bruce and our cOysnantmg
loretathers fought? Ii is 10 undo the fraud OF
1lOI and arrest the decay OF our nation. 1t is a
high honor that We should be privileged as
Scotsmen OF This generation 10 be entrusted with
the sacred duty Of taking up tue broken link of
Sc0tland's national life. IL we do our duty we
VIII be class with he wise and good Scots Of
the past; but if we falter and fail to assert the
rights OF our county in This crisis then our
memory Will be covered with eternal infamy.
The lady nOyellsts are at present very busy
and they pushing tile result of their labOrs.
Miss Adelne sargent has just completed
" Brooke's Daughter" an Interesting novel deal
Ing with the relations OF the higher and lower
classes in London society; Miss Florence Mar
TyaI Is publishing The Risen Dead" q story
that IS marked by that power and intensity that
has always distinguished her sensational fiction,
and Annie Thomas (Grs. Fender Cudllp) has
written stirring story entitled The Affair"
These works are beng published by the United
States Book Company OF New York,