The National tribune., 1892-10-13

Published by the Athletic Publishing Co, New
York. Prize IS cents.
Apropds Of The downfall Of John L. Sullivan
appears this Imaginable and witty burlesqne Oil
the przs ring aud the life of a champion
pugiist While it is the fashion to take an
interest in athletic sports, no one ndmires mere
brute strength, although physical as well as
mental! perfection ought to be encouraged. 1t
is for this reason that the unknown author has
produced under a vail Of humor this piece Of
sarcasm on such natures of brutality and gross.
ness us that of Sullivans.
TIE TIDDLEDYwINKS POETRY BOOK. BY
John krn'iricle Rargs. Published by H. ii.
Russell & San, New York City.
Mr.. Bangs is 4 very funny writer at times,
and the readers of his ]" Tiddlewink Tales"
will be surprised to find that he has even better
appreciated the kind o. humor which appeals
to children than he did in his last book Mr..
Charles Howard Johnson has illustrated the
volume will! clever coneeits, aud there is much
fun in store for the little ones who open its
pages
PREMIERES LECONs DE GRAMMAIRE
FRANCHISE. Par Marie. Louise Saureur ct
Susan G. Longee. Published by i. W. Christern,
Boston. Carl of Schoenhof
The above is the title OF new instruction book
in the French language which appears to make
some substantial adj vanccs beyond anything
before issued, either for class use or for those
who are attempting to learn the language alone.
1t is based upon, or may rather be said to DO
variation of, the natural method of teaching
languages introduced into this country by Prof.
Suurenr. One of the joint authors of the work,
indeed. is Prof. Saureur's daughter, and the
other a pupil of his famous school. Saureur
being Frenchman seems to have failed to have
comprehended certain difficulties encountered
by his American pupils in the early stages of
study under his method. His daughter and his
pupil, however, seem to have caught the key TO
the difficulty, and they present work which
will be welcomed by those who have found
complications and difficulties too intricate for
ready mastery in tho instruction books hereto
fore offered. 1t is the design of the authors
that this work should be used by beginners
before any other work now in print shall be
taken up in the prosecution of course i'll
French. 1t comes very near to what we I'M
derstand by primer in English.
A NATURAL METHOD OF PHYSICAL TRAIN
ING. Making Muscle and Flesh without Dieting
Apparatus. BY Edwin Checkley. Published
by William G. Bryant & Co., Brooklyn, ~ Y.
With numerous illustrations by H. d. EgSleston.
Price Sl50
The success of Mr.. Chcckley's rational sys-
tenn Of physical training has made itself APP
parent in the widespread circulation of his
practical little work, and ia the hundreds Of
letters he has received testifyng to personal
satisfaction and improvement to health and
strength after trial of it. 1t is a book to teach
health and strength to the masses, and its ap.
plications are so simple that child could fol.
low them out.
PRINCE sCHAMYL's wboING. Story of the
Russo-TurSsh War b. Richard Henry Savage,
author of My Official Wife," The Little Lady
of ihc L.gun.as" etc. For sale by The a tnerl-
can News Co, New York. Price 81 cents.
GOLD OF PLEASURE. BY George Parsons La
throp. Published by J. 7. LippincOtt Co., Phila-
deIphia. Price so cents.
Those who were the absorbed readers Of "An
Echo of Passion" and "Would You Kill Him ?"
will be truly interested in this Mr.. Lathrop's
best novel.
LIFE OF GROVER CLEVELAND. With
sketch OF Adlai T. Stevenson. BY George +.
Parker. editor of The Writings and Speeches
Publishing Co. New York. Price so cents.
Magazines and Notes.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. has issued
q very finely illustrated and interesting book
of the routes and rates for their Summer and
Fall tours. There is no place worthy of a visit,
from the game-flled forests and streams of
Canada in the North. to the pine-scented
mountains and lakes of the South, whereunto
the picturesque b. & 0. and its connections will
not bear You swiftly and safely. At no time
in the history Of this great highway, or in the
history of the Republic, has it been so easy to
reach a multitude of delightful, health giving
resorts over the B. & o. Road as is now the
case. 1t is only to be added, that with such
road as the Baltimore & Ohio. there is no ex-
cuse for any American remaining in ignorance
of the supreme beauty of his native land, or
for his hesitating in the matter of Summer or
Autumn travel.
"Buchanan's Conspiracy the Nicaragua Ca
nal, and Reciprocity" is the title of an adj
mirable pamphlet by Comrade p. Cudmore,
with whose writings, doubtless the veterans
are already familiar to some extent The
work is for sale by J. P. Kennedy, 5 Barclay
street, New York City. Price % cents.
Our Little Men and Women for October is as
wnsome as ever. Wherever this little juvenile
goes, its mission is to shed brightness, carry
sunshine, and bring good cheer Its pictures,
stories, and verse, this month, are all about
what boys and girls like, what boys and girls
do, and what boys and girls are eager to know
Bdbyland for October is a charming number.
1t has a dainty frontispece, "Telling Secret
to Baby" The Sparrow says strange thing
when talking to the Tptoe Twins, Teddy's
Kitty is as cute az can be, Nurse Karen has
delightful bit of sport for Bobby aud Sue, and
Sweetheart is as cunning as ever.
P,nsy for October is an excellent number
It's articles are timely, and of a character that
this magazine so well knows how to furnish
its readers.
The October Century contains, among other
papers: The Lotto Portrait of Columbus; What
j Saw of the Paris Commune, l., Archibald
Forbes; The Chosen Valley, Mary Hallock
Foote; Pavement Pictures Edgar Fawcett;
The Nature and Elements of Poetry, Edmund
Clarence Stedman; Pioneer Packhorscs in
Alaska E. j. Gave; Dosgetts Last Migration,
Hayden Carruth, pictures by L. w. Kemble;
For Bravery on the Field of Battle, Thomas
Bailey Aldrich; Architecture at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, Henry Van Brunt.
CockroacIies.