The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-16
CURRENT LITERATURE.

OF peculiar Interest," lHo dutuOT, oouIc-
thing of o scientist as we'll rs an expert
enced mountain traveller. had long been
impressed with the importance of obtain
ina definite results in regard to tho opera
ton and effects of great attitudes upon
human life. In order to do this he de-
termined to make q thorough exploration
of some of the highest mountains In the
world. and he selected the Andes In Ecua-
dor. In the prosecution of his plan he
spent considerable time among these
mountains, ascending and exploring CHM
borazo, Cotopaxi and other great peaks of
the Andes. making careful scientific obser-
vations and Investigating the effects OF the
highest attitudes Oh the human system.
The account of these explorations and ob-
servetions makes a work of genuine in
terest. While the main object OF the
expedition was scientlhc. the author
had many interesting adventures. which
are graphically described. and his
descriptions of the scenery among
the Andes are very interesting. Botanists
and natura lists will find much TO interest
them in the authors observations OF plant
adventure will enter with zest into the
story of his adventures among the highest
peaks In the world. The work IS profusely
and beautifully illustrated. Cloth. 81. New
York: Charles Scrlbners Sons.
"Potiphar's Wife and Other Poems." by
Sir Edwin Arnold, contains three poems on
Egyptian themes, eight on japanese topics
and fifteen on miscellaneous subjects.
Some of them are entirely new, and all are
original and striking in their way. The
following Sonnet TO America" Is In q high
strain:
America. At this thy Golden Gate,
New travelled from those portals of the West.
Parting-I make my reverence. Ii were beat
With backward looks to quit a Queen in state!
Tapd 4 al 1andS nnsf fair and free and GRANT
Of countless kindred lips. wherefromI heard
Sweet speech OF shakspeare-keep it consecrats
Fearless and proud! So let him soar that, stirred
With generous joy. all lands may learn from thee
A larger life, and Europe, undeterred
By ancient breads, dare also TO be free,
Body and Soul, seeing thine eagle gaze,
Undazzled, upon Freedoms sun fullblaze.
Though treating Of an old theme. Julius
Cesar" by w. Warde Fowler. IS a work of
decided interest. in that it gives the great
Roman ruler his proper place in history
and makes the reader acquainted wi tn his
personality, as well as with his career.
The author does not treat Caesar as the
founder. much less the organizer, of the
Roman empire. but he shows that his life
marked a great change in European his
tory. The perusal of the work gives one a
very distinct idea of Roman history. dur
ing Caesars time. 1t is illustrated with
engraviDgs OF several busts of Cesar, at
least two of which are generally recog-
niZed as genuine. Cloth. s1.50. New York:
u. L. Putnam's Sons.
NJ. Ernest Renan, whose great work,
1.-THE History of the People of Israel" Is
completed. and will soon he published. has
improved a little leisure by writing q book
which he calls "Recollections and Letters
of Ernest Keenan," 1t consists of o number
&c oEatohno ~ faro nd ohnrt apftaIao cnr,a
of which have been published, while others
are now published for the first time. 1t is
needless to say they are brilliant and in-
teresting. There is a preface by the author.
In which he makes some plquant and char
acteristic revelations concerning his own
personality and character. Cloth. gilt top.
$3.50. Cassell Publishing Company. 1O4
Fourth avenue. New York.
A curious and interesting book IN its way
is "Germanic Origins. a Study In Primitive
Culture" by Prof. Francis L. Gummere. 1t
treats of the sources of the language. liter
allure, institutions n customs of the
Anglo-Saxon race. and portrays the found
ers of that race as they were in their orig
inal home aud their ancient faith and
customs. 1t sheds light OIL many hidden
matters, and is altogether a valuable con.
tributiOn to the history of the origin and
development of the great English-speaking
AhOOs WI "" We" 4Ohhs Sh1AAC
Scribner's Sons.
1.-The Oak" by Prof. H. Marshall Ward.
is a treatise on the tree of that name. 1t is
intended as a popular introduction to forest
botany, and in pursuance of this idea
gives a complete and exhaustive account
of the oak In all its parts. and from the
termination of the acorn to the last and
highest estate of the noble tree. The
book is written in q style to interest gen
eral readers, is edited by Sir job Lub-
book and published. in nj Odern Science
series. by ID. Appleton ~ Co :, New York.
1.-THE Industrial and Commercial History
of England" by James I. Thorold Rogers.
embraces a series of lectures delivered to
the University of Oxford. There are twen-
ty lectures in oil. and they treat of various
social and economic phases OF English life.
Students of social economy ana of the de-
velOpment of modern civilization will find
the work full of instruction, though too
heavy to SUIT the taste of the average
reader. Cloth. SIS. New York: q. p. Put
nam's Sons.
Money. Silver and Finance" by j. How
ard Copperthwait. treats the subject from
the stand point of a business man. The
authors views are intelligent, conservative
and we'll expressed, being on the SHE of
sound finance and honest money. While 1t
cannot be said hat the subject is KLAUS
lively treated. the work is q valuable con-
tributiOn to current discussion. 1t il pub
lished IN Questions of the Day series. Cloth,
Sl.25. New York: G. p. Putnam's Sons.
The latest edition to the long list of
novels by Bret Harte is entitled "a First
Family of Tasajara." tits hardly necessa-
~ to say that the scene is laid in CalifOr-
mia, and that it deals with su ppOsititious
characters and incidents of frontier life.
The tone and atmosphere of the story re-
semble those of all the stories by this pop
MAR author. 1t is published by HoughtOn.
Miflin Il Co., uniform in style with the
authors other works. Cloth, Sl.25.
G.-P. Putnam's Sons publish q volume
| entitled walter Savage Lander. q Critical
Study" by Edward w. Evans. jr. 1t con-
| tains chapters on "Landor as a Man Of
Letters.n "Landor's Poetry" "Landor's
Prose Writings" and "Landor's Place in
Literature" The volume closes with u
The Shadow in Stone" written after the
style of Landor. Cloth, Sl.25. New York:
G.. =. Putnam's Sons.
In THE Rationale of Mesmerism," by A..
P. Sinnett. that subject is treated in an in
telligent and reasonable manner The
| nature of mesmeric force is described and
| the various phenomena of mesmerism are
way. There is q chapter on Curative
Mesmerism" and another on "Clsirvoy-
ance." Cloth. s1.25. Boston: HoughtOn.
| Mlfflin a. Co.