The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLICATIONS..
| Sociology. Popular Lectures and Discus
| siOns Before the Brooklyn Ethical Associa-
tion, has for its substantial table of contents
The Scope and Principles of the Evolution
Philosophy, by Dr. Lewis g. James the Rel
ativity Of knowledge. by Robert G. Eccles,
NJ. D.; Primitive Man, by y. Sidney Samp-
son; Growth Of the Marriage Relation, by G.
Standard Wake; with some thirteen other
evolution papers on the State, Law, Me-
chanic, Arts, Wages, System and Education;
all of interest to the scientist and to the
thinker That on the Evolution of Medical
Science winds up with dissertation on bac-
teriolc gy, quite detailed enough to give one
Indefinitely creepy" sensations. Prof,
John Fiske's paper on Youmans-the Man
and his Work, is especially delightful, while
| those on Evolution and Social Reform-the
| Theological, Socialistic and Anarchistc
methods are very suggestive. AS the editor
of the volume tells us, sociology is new
word for new generation, much indebted
| 10 Comte and Spencer, not an exact science
like mathematics and formulating no dog
mas. All the same, the science of social ev-
olution is of absorbing interest. and has Its
| well made paths and its leading lights. Its
| watchw0rds, individual enlightenment and
moral education" may indeed do good SER
vice in these days of sensstioDalism and un-
wise haste. Boston: James "a. West. Price
$500.
The Distribution of Wealth. by Rufus
Cope. is clear. concise. statistical setting
forth of the economic laws by which
wages and profits are determined" and
deals with 'the limitations on wealth,
authors headings. As regards his views
the correlation Of wealth and poverty
interest, taxation, neutrality-suspicious.
and free trade" So much for the au-
they are broad and conservative. Mr., Cope
calls attention to our changed conditions.
which demand readjustment In all fields of
thought, and to the fact that political econo-
my Is not stationary science. Though diff
fering from Henry George In his leading doc
trine-that of the monopoly of land owner
ship as the source of the unequal distribu-
ton OF wealth-Mr. Cope deplores the want
and penury existing in this country of vast
riches, and would approach solution of the |
labor problems which beset us by moderate
and fair methods. Towards such solution |
book like this. calm and judicial in tone, |
can do something, for its readers will be |
both instructed and guided by its enlight.
ened conclusions. 1t is logical and unin
volved treatment of a difficult subject. |
philadelphia: j. 4. Lippincott Company.
Price So o0)
From the French Ten Tales by Francois
Coppee. Translated by Walter Learned.
W ftu no nd iuI
Z. Steiner, and an introduction by Brander
Matthews. most inviting little In illus
tration and binding is this sixth of group
which may be called the "Odd Number Sc
ries," each being complete in itself, though
published In uniform style. The Odd Mum.
Der, by Guy de Maupassant, precedir these
stories from Coppee.
Mr.. Brander Matthews In his discriminate |
ing preface, expresses the opinion that the |
author of these tales Is not really rivalled by |
de Maupassant or Daudet, and has perhaps
finer morality than either The reader |
Will be very likely to agree to this, as he |
traces the nobility Of heart In Coppee's quaint |
characters. The captain giving over his |
vices for the little lame girls affection; No
rine, admirable In her elf-abnegation:
Miraz, dying by voluntary surrender that his |
wife and daughter may be kept from want:
Jack. murder on his conscience, virtue in his
eart-are all touched by love s.magic wand.
Inc selections are especially good. Here
and there the translation retains bit of for |
eign phrasing. which rather adds In piquan-
cy, and as whole the book is very attrac-
tive; charming for ones own library shelf
or as gift to a friend. New York: bar
per & Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony
The Fruits of Culture. A Comedy in Four
Acts by Count Leo Tolstoi; translated by |
George Schuman. A piece of writing may
be of steady moral fibre and teach good
lesson, and yet be extremely revolving and |
brutal in presentation. This is entirely true |
OF The kreutzer Sonata, and measurably so /
OF The Fruits of Culture. In the latter the |
exaggerations and follies of the fashionable |
class and the fippant and unkind treatment |
OF their peasant compatriots are set forth in
exceedingly condensed and jerky dialogue,
made more fantastic to the English ear by |
the SvesdiD :effs and Vadimiroyitch Kru-
gosvetloffs Of Russian speech. Spirtualism
and hypnotism, modern bicycling, racing |
and dog raising. and above all, the mystic
ries OF bacteriology and fear of CONTAGIOUS |
disease, run riot with the dramatis persona |
or at least with the character of high caste |
and culture, and do not furnish an agreeable |
hour In the perusal Of these pages. The Toll |
stoian devotee may care for even such late |
writings of their master. bnt most of us will |
turn back to War and Peace, MY Confession,
and Anna Karenina. Boston: BENZ. R.
Tucker.)
The Strange Friend of Tito Gil by Pedro
de Alarcon. translated from the Spanish by |
Mrs. Francis j. A. Darr, tells of little chap
born of a noble house but not by right of |
legal sonship, who is reared in luxury and
then cast back into the poor surroundings of
his earliest days. Misfortunes follow. In
despair he puts to his lips a cup of poison,
only to find himself confronted by strange
figure in sable garb and warned to wait"
Then followed adventures of tragic moment
The strange friend of Tito Gil proves to be
death. For the hero's love affairs, and his
career after making this new friend, we re-
Ter the reader to the story itself, which holds |
wierd spell to puzzle and lead on the inyes /
tiRating mind. New York; A. Lowell e. Co. |
Price S100)
Freedom Triumphant by Charles Carleton |
Coffin. completes the 4th vol of this authors
War of the Rebellion series, the eighth of |
his popular histories. The date Of the pres |
ent number runs from Sept 1864 to the close
of the war. The volumes are sold separately. |
There is a good index and almost an illus. |
tration to a page. In book of this charac- |
ter, one does not look for the strict lines that |
must limit deep and serious study of war
questions and war times. The accounts are |
sufficiently accurate and young people read
ing these attractive pages will CLEAN a deal of |
Information put into very agreeable form.
tits a fine book to give to growing, thinking |
lad and one over which he will pore with |
fascination and delight (New York; Har- |
e, r g.