Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-07

Iui NIiie NbluUNt U'hl'A't' w wv
mahy Girls WHO are co.iabofefs iu
the factory. shop, office aud houie.
II is written by girls Who have per-
haps little tine fof study. but
plenty fot thought, ard who hope
that before lung sil girls may learn
to vaiue and love "PfTclicsl Talks"
as ninct ~ they do. Tie book In
ciudes the good and pure thoughts
aud practical helps of over nifty of
the working gitl-' club At New York,
which organization is for gifls who
are COMPELLED to earn their OW II way
IN very early life. The little volume
truly proves that girls who work
eau also think.
"rbe O'd Mill Mystery" by A.
w. Marchant. John A. Tsy lof n
Co., New York, Is late number Of
the May yflower library. In the mar.
raiive the author drsgs a mad house
victim into the course of true love.
IT is an intense story, aud that Is
about the most that can be said for
II.
Spectacular Romsnces," by w.
II. Ballou, (W. ID. Rowland, New
York, is a collection Of the authors
best satires on the fibes of modern
society. The writer has keen per
ception Of the ludicrous, and makes
some telling points against all pre-
vailiug shams. The various scenes
of his tales evidence a broad range
of experiences.
IA Confederate Spy" by Thos. A.
Conrad (J. $. Ogilvie, New York, }
is true and thrilling story Of Il e
civil war. 1t relates the experience
of the author as spy in the Uni, n
lines, and of C, urse be is the hero {
his well told tales. At the end Of
the volume is given the "Johnny's"
reason for thinking that Mrs. Sur
raft should not have been hung, in
which he throws severe blame onto
the federal officials for their persist
euce in executing an 'innocenl
woman"
"The Romance of a French Par
sonsage," by Nj. Betham Edward
Lowell, Gestefeld & Co., Sl.25)
opens with bright description oi
Paris about the Eiffel Tower, con-
trasting different peoples and their
church goings. The story is writ
ten in an easy style, and the author
brings out many great good ideas
in the different scehes Introduced.
His picture of the Hugenot home /,
Que worthy of emulation in any
land. These hOmely, hard-working
HugenOts had ample store of stout
hone-spun, simples and cordials.
They wanted no fine ladies crossing
their threshold unannounced, agog
loI COuit tSicS aiiu cuooCiNiSho oo'
pourings. Every man sat under his
own vine and fig tree and owned
the roof that sheltered him. Labor
ious aud frugal AS was the general
lot, it was one of content aud inde-
pendeuce. Charity, in other words
almsgiving, had here no work to do.
"R ,land Graeme, Knight" b!
Agnes NJ. Machar, (Fords, Howard
q Hubert, New York, $l.0O,) IL
purely an American story touching
upon the laoor problem, dedicated
to Lyman Abbott, one Of the first
voices in America to enforce the re-
lation of christianity and the labor
problem. Mill owners and theiI
families, mill hands and theirs. the
needs aud demands Of "labor," asd
crude attempts to enforce them bS
strikes and violence; the power of
the capitalist and different ways OF
its manifestations, both for evil and
for good; discussions of matters So
cial, religious economic. musical,
poeiical, personal and otherwise.
are introduced naturally, and af
ford both substance and adornment.
"Criminology," by Arthur Mac
Donald, Funk Il Wagnalls, New
York } is Well class fled text book
on all forms of crime. The author
has made life study of the causes
of crime and its prevention, being at
present specialist on education IL
related TO the abnormal and weak
ling classes, U. 5. bureau of educa-
ton, Washington. The volume II
intended for the benefit Of societies
devoted to the suppression Of crime.
aud would make good supplement
tary reading for a criminal lawyer.
1t Is no doubt scientifically correct,
and copy of it should he supplied
the Oregon state board Of charities.
"The Fallen Race" by Anstyn
Granville, is received from ihe press
of f. 4. Neely, Chicago. 1t is II
utopian tale centered in Australia,
aud Of u much higher rank than
most of its kind written siuce the
day Bulwer.
A SKETCH OF BLAINE's WORK AND