Smyrna times., 1892-06-15
WHOLE NO. I.94I.
New Publications.

HARPER & BROTHERS. DESCRTP-
ny ~ + LIST OF THEIR PUBLICA- =
YYICiNo' with Iradelist Prices. New
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Life is too short and human capacitv
100 limited to attempt the readisp Of
the books that are published. So that
next IN interest to reading books comes
reading OF them. The latter endowment
Is Is rendered possible by the above nnh-
llcaIlon, and is surprising what an
amount OF pleasure can be obtained
from perusal Of the publishers an.
houncement of the wide variety of
books printed and issued bv this great
printing house. 1t is literary feast
lull OF cnOIce dainties, even to those
VINO are not IN search of volumes for
Vhelr special consumption, and when il
comes TO matter of purchase the cat
alogue IS especially valuable. not only
IN Its contents but in their cOnvenient
arrangement and thorough classificaS
llon' The titles, in bold type, the
duthoF3' subjects treated, style binding
ana price are all clearly presented,
together with well cOllated press no,
tices, containing the impressions of
tnose who have read and carefully re-
viewed the publications. Altogether
IL Is work of value and of SURPRISING
interest '''"s
included in the catalogue is "Visi-
tors Guide to Harper & Brothers rs
Iaollshment," giving'a full description
OF an the departments of this wonder
i iui intellectual workshop, and finely
Illustrated. Received from the nub.
fishers. Wv pun
SCRIBNER's MAGAZINE.-Thea articles
on the Poor in Great Cities" have at.
tracted co nsiderable attention as thew
appeared in the columns ofthis month.
~. lhe third of the series is now nuh-
llshed, Life in New York tenement
Houses, " as seen by a city missionary
"llilam 1. Elsing, who has long
WORKED among the inhabitants of the
East SIDE. For some Of the evils of
Wretchedness and poverty in lower
New York. Mr.. Elsing can offer no
remedy, but he believes that the carry.
ing out OF eight or nine of his sugges.
tions would DO something to improve
Ihe condition in Darkest New York.
In an effort In the same direction is
Mrs. Hodgson Burnett's sketch of The
Drury Lane Boys Club" in London.
Mr. Thomas Curtis Clarke offers a solu-
tlon TO the problem of Rapid Transit
IN Cltles" IN the second of his series on
thls theme. Sketches of Sicilan travel
are rare. but a good example occurs in
A. +. Jaccaci's ascent of Monnt
Etna," an ably written and well iIlns-
trated performance.
CosMoPOLITAN.-Everyone sbould
read the valuable essay which Colonel
carroll ID. Wright contributes to the
June Cosmopolitan" on The Work
hg OF the Department, its organization
and functions, the character of its
work are carefully described and the
results OF its investigations defined. As
me iacts which have so far been gath
cred and published by the Department
Dear upon the industrial and humani.
aTlah advance of the age, some know
euge OF the workings are essential to
'n Intelligent discussion of what is
Known as the labor question. Tn
Evolution and Christianitv' ST
1eorge Mlvart begins his expositiOn of
certain problems connected with that
locfrlne. The "Aeroplane" is a re-
narka6le article by Hiram S. Maxim.
discussing the newer phase of aerial
lavlgation. The illustrated articles
re uniformly bright, "Our National
'olltical Conventions, by Murat Hal
tead New Zealand" by Edward
akeheld; Our Fur Seal Rookeries.
y Professor Elliott (who has made a
lifelong study of the fur-seaD: "A
Family" Cthe Medicis),
y Eleanor Lewis and MI. Davis's rec
Elections of General Sheridan's Per
onality"