The record-union., 1892-03-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

"Charles Haddoa Spurgeon, Preacher,
Author, Philanthropist, with Anecdotal
"reminiscences BY q. Holden Pike OF
London. Introduction by William Cleav-
Ell Wilkinson, and concluding chapters
by James c. Fcrnald; LIMO, cloth, 400
pp.; Fl 90. New York. London and To-
ronto: Funk x Wagnall' 5 Company. This
IS an exceedingly interesting story OF the
great preachers wonderful life. 1t is
especially rich in anecdotes and pen and
ink sketches Rev J. c. Fernald, the
interesting personal memories of the
g eat preacher and his work. The stages
and incidents of the final Illness are given
with special fullneSs and Gle ,rness, in
Guiding Mr.. Spurgaon's own letters from
Mentone, up TO january 18th, only two
weeks before his death. The volume
closes with an account of the funeral.
with its mourning corteoe extending
over four miles the common people who
hao lis. ened TO aud loved him. hu>hed
and sad at his DEATH many Of ngiand'S
greatest names numbered among the
nourners. and the Bishop Of Rochester
pronoinclng the beGedictlon at the crave.
The last sermon preached by Mr.. Spur
Geon &C the tabernacle III Jun @. lS!il, and
tle New ears sermon, delivered Sit
ting, to the little circle OF friends at Men
tone. on the first sabbath of the new year,
lS91-the last discourse he ever uttered
tlttingiy close the olume, each sermon
oeing III its own way one OF remarkable
excellence and power. One as he reads
seems TO sea the boy Spurgeon IN his
godIy home, the young convert engaging
ZealOuSly as tract-uietribUtor. and max
ing ounday-schOol talks, I'LL surprised
into preaching when only u years cd.
The boy preachei" settled rs pastor ut
WaterDeach, at II years of age; the odd,
lDlIt WEnnInG and Jlluhty-
beginning his paStorate in the worlds
metropolis at 49, soon crowdiug the little
chapel, and hall after hall III London,
tlIl the grand Tabernacle was bUilt. where
from six TO seven thousand persons have
assembled thrice Il week for thirty years
10 hear the gospel preached by this one
man. We read, too, of his orphanage and
other charities; the tenefcent Book Fund
conducted by Mrs. Spurgeon for the pas
tors OF feeble churches throughout Eng
land. DR.. Wilkinson has contributed an
Introduction and "reminiscences in admi
rable style.
The leading articles in 1.-The Forunl''
for March, which begins volume xiii,
are Political Corruption IN Maryland,' -
by Charles j. BOnaparte OF Maryland.
Would Free Coinage Bring European
Silver HeIe!" by =. .. Leech, Director OF
the Mint. Free Coinage and an Elastic
Currency" by Hon. Il. p. Bland, pro-
coinage article. Methods OF Restricting
immigration" are discussed by Senator
Chandler. Pre-, ,eSsor David Swing Of
Chicago points out the change that has
come within recent years in the observ-
aEce OF Sunday. Professor +. q. Pea
body of Harvard, who is now in Europe,
has made special study of the municipal
government OF Dresden, which he ana
lyZeS and compares with our system OF
municipal government. In ''The Edu-
cation OF the Future the way TO a great
advance over any educational work now
done, is pointed out by Clarence King;
and Professor j Ohm Earle of Oxford the
the highest authority on the subject,
writes OF THE. Study of English" OF
interest to all literary workers are Wal
ter Besants explanation of The Work
| OF the British Society of Authors" in
preventing the publishers from getting
an unfair share of profits, and Charles
Burr Todd'S reasons for the organization
of similar society in America. Gen
eral E. Z. Alexander, President of the
Georgia Central Railroad, writes OF ''In-
dustrial Progress in the South; Courte-
nay De Kalb of THE Intercontinental
Railroad Problsm,'' and Colonel A. A.
Pope of AN Industrial Revolution by
Good Roads," The Forum Publishing
Company, New York.
A notable feature of the Engineering
Magazine" for March is its large proper
ton of articles OF popular interest. One
Is an illustrated paper on the Peary eX-
pedition to Greenland, and the relief
party to be sent out this summer by
Angelo Heilprin, the scientific director
of the expedition. John Beverly Robin
son makes known some of the secrets of
his profession in paper on ''W hat an
Architect Does for His Money! Her
bert Laws Webb treats of the effect of the
expiration of the telephone patents. Lei
cester Allen describes the "Manufacture
of Ice" DR.. Floyd Davis deals with the
"Purification of Water" In American
Supremacy in Applied Mechanics DR..
Coleman Sellers refers at length to the
work of the Misunderstanding schools
Worthless Government Engineering is
contributed by George Y. Wisner. who
pays his respects to his critics in the
United States Engineer Corps. Other
leading articles are-"Dangers from Tall
Office Buildings" by Henry a. Goetz;
THE Yachts of New York Habor.n by
w. j. Henderson, and The Franklin
Statue at Chicago" by Young Il. Alli-
son. The various departments of indus
trial progress are treated by competent
editors. Published from the "Worldp
Building, New York.
The March number of "Babyhood the
mothers nursery guide, contains an arti-
Gle on Getting the Teeth-First and
Second" by the medical editor, Dr. L. NJ.
Yale. Similarly helpful medical articles
are The Care ofDelicate Children, rby DR..
III. D. Chaplin, and Cuts and Scratches
by DR.. H. tower. An alleged sure
cure for diphtheria is also discussed.
OF most general interest, perhaps, is a
curious article on What Shall be Done
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