The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-11-02

REC K N LII IL II ~ 1 ~ III
WILLIAM NEwBY; OR. THE SOLDIERS RE-
TURN A True gnti Wonderful Story of Mis-
Cneipnati and for sale isg William Crome, Quar-
termaster Post 24i, GAR, Fairfield. Ill Price
| This reliable history of the extraordinary
case of William Newly, man who was also
known under the names of " Rickety," Dan
| Benton, and "Crszy Jack" is intensely inter
! esting. Conrade George, who was Lieutenant
OF Co ID, 10th ILL.,, has donated 5000 copies of
| this book and royalty to the fund being raised
| toward the securing OF a new trial for William
| Newly before the Supreme Court of the United
| States. So greatly has the public mind been
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| has the history of the trial for perjury BECOME,
| and unex peeted tea The friends of William
| Newly the verdict Of the jury, that Com
| rade George has deemed it necessary to set the
| truth before the world. In this book he treats
| each OF the three charactcrs-Dan Benton,
| Crazy Jack and William Newby-scparately,
| undertaking the task of reducing three to one,
and that one William Newly, who served his
country in Co. d. 10th H., and of assisting TO
| restore him to his family and to his rights as 8
brave soldier
| THE LIFE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE. By Nav
inc de la Ruchetere. Translated from the French
by Cora Hamilton Belt. Published by DodG,
Meade & Co.. New York.
| This is one of the few really great books
| which like great men, only appear ut long
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| the character and history of the unfortunate
| Queen of France whose lot il was to be on the
| throne when the great deuge swept away the
| old order of things and supplanted them with
something more in accord with the advance Of
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! and those who surrounded her which seems alb
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the cunning demon that the revoutionists
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| linked TO many weak nesses aud failings. The
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Rsvolutien-and helps one greatly TO an under
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! tions aud superb bindings.
THE AMERICAN WOMEN IN COLLEGE. BY
Miss I.ida Rose McCabe. Published by Dodd,
| Mead * Go. Price 81.
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NATIONAL CoNsoLIDATION or THE RAIL
| WAYS OF THE UNITED STATES. BY George
| H. Lewis. MA. PubIishcdb by Dodd. Mead 81 Co.,
and for sale by Baiianiyne sons, Washington.
| Price sl.51
The purpose of this book is not to find fauit
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| OF the public against railroads. although the
| author in introducing his plan must necessarily
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railroading. This plan is National consolida-
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AN ADIRONDACK iDYI. Ny Lida Oatrom Van
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V,krk he'll Rail. ty Gg.Ia
Washington, ID. g.
| The plot Of this excellent story though not
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ment and the narrative is SO ceverly told that
| interest is maintained throughout, and no one
| who begins the book will wish to lay it down
until the last page be finished.
ASHES OF ROSES. A NovaI. By Louise Knight
Wbeatley. Published ny Dodd, Mead 81 Co.,
| New York, and for sale Ivy Ballantyue Il Sons,
Washington. ID. q. Price 81.
| THE ORIGIN OF SIN, AND DOTTED WORDS
| liz THE HEBREW iABIE nv Emily Oliver
GibbeS. Published by G. T. Dillingham; & Co.,
New York, and for sale by Ballantyne & Sons,
Washington.
Whether the anthor be agreed with by the
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| of the ideas, and the sOunduess of the reason
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thought among those who are DESTROYS of see
ing the light.
Magazines and Notes.
! The man who pays % cents for Frank LesLie's
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fed with 125 large pages of reading matter,
| handsomely illustrated, is hard 10 suit. Pub
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The ID. Lothrop Company, publishers of The
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thoughtful essay The Scientific Method
with Children, by Henry l.. CIapp is to appear
in The Popular Science Monthlg tor November.
Mr.. CIapp maintains that the schemes of scien-
tfie teaching constructed by college professors,
while well adapted for adult students, are use
less for children, as they do not take account of