The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-04


lines:
"Below the sunsets range OF rose.
Below the heavens bending blue.
Down Woodways, where the balsam
grows,
And milkweed tufts are gray with dew,
A passing heifer stops and lows;
The COWS come home by one, by two"
Unhapplly. in many Of Mr.. Cawein's
poems. we find "the trail Of the serpent
over his Eden. This is the case with
the first poem in the book, RED Leaves
and Roses" also Of the one entitled.
wild Thorn and Lily" The strongest
and finest OF all is: Am Epic of South
Fork" 1t deals with the peasant class,
as most OF his poems do. The descrip-
lions are beautiful. His picture Of the
thunder storm is very vivid. All OF his
narrative might be called gloomy, though
n Is very interesting. and now and then
is frightened up by bits descriptive OF
scenery. How many insignificant. yet
sweet. flowers are mentioned in his dainty
lines which are usually forgotten by
greater poetsl Deep In the Forest" is
almost perfect. and We dare to say
equal to Wordsworth
How much he loves the fields and IN g.,
forests. and when he makes our appre-
citation and insight keener, I think his
aim is very high; therefore. he should be
Landed.
Peace"
When rose-leaves meath the rose-bush
lie.
And lilies bloom and lllacs die:
When DAYS fall sadder than a sigh,
Lay me asleep.
Where breezes blow the rose-leaves by,
Lay me asleep.
One with such peaceful ideas In this
nervous nineteenth century Of ours should
be congratulated. though he may not be
a second Shakespeare c. NJ
VAGARIES OF SANITARY SCIENCE.
BY +. l.. Dibble, NJ. j. ]. 3. LippIn-
colt Company. Philadelphia. 1893. g.
For sale by West. Johnston & Co.
about five years ago, during an hour
Of leisure. the author Of this book took
up an annual report OF a local board Of
health and read il. II was full Of gem
erai misstatements and inconsistencies,
and abounded I'm Misrepresentation OF
vital statistics, yet this erratic and I'M
reliable report was offered 10 scientific
men. and TO the medical profession, as
truthful exhibit Of the value and work
ing Of Sanitary Science. on the
strength OF this report, the law-making
power. 10 which it was addressed was
besought in the name Of the public safe
ty 10 formulate the most offensive and
despotic legislation, TO create new Offices
and to levy new taxes. The author was
impelled in n spirit Of badinage, 10 pub
lsh anonymously in a newspaper a re
view Of the document. The sonorous and
impressive titles Of State Medicine, Pre-
ventive Medicine, Sanitary Reform, SAM
tary Science, and their relation TO the
great question Of the public health had
always been deeply ingrained in his
mind. The object which these titles rep
resented surpassed in Importance all con-
siderations Of therapeutics az applied TO
individual patients In the daily practice
Of medicine, as much as questions OF ma
tional life exceeded those Of the welfare
OF private persons"
From the above extract from the In
PRODUCTION written by the author, we
naturally incline towards the opinion that
Or. Dibble's neatly and tastefuily-bound
volume Of four hundred and sixty-twO
pages partakes largely Of the character Of
a personal quarrel, and after a careful
reading Of the book we find the inference
to have been a correct one. although for
the reader who will not take sides there
that may be put 10 daily household use
in sanitary matters. The facts are so
arranged as in the result to be charges
against the efficiency Of many health OH
GERS. While there may be foundation In
part for some Of the charges against
these official sanitarians, we scarcely
think the author presents sufficient evil
dence as to make the whole corps Of
sanitarians misjudged by the public. He
presents his facts TO sustain a theory
instead Of building a theory upon the
facts There is, however as we have
said, much in the book OF interest 10 the
unprejudiced reader, and much that will
prove Of value in the sanitary regula-
lions of the home.
A WASHINGTON SYMPHONY. BY
Mrs. William Lamont Wheeler, author
Of STRAY Leaves From Newport. G..
=. Putram's Sons. New York and Lon
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This Is a picture Of happy love; at least
happy In its contamination, but whose
course displays that disposition 10 run
roughly. which the greatest Of poets has
declared 10 be the Characteristic OF the
great passion. The story deals with
four hundred, and is a very
natural picture Of social life
at the capital. The authorship Of a
woman is evident in it, and 1t derives its
especial interest from the fact that the
scene is laid in cosmopolitan Washington.
Aside from this, It has nothing 10 dis
tinguish il froll the great mass or sem
timentai society novels except, perhaps.
the conception OF the character and per-
Of Mrs. Leigh Scott, which Is
exqusitely pure and lovely. She is
Of Mrs. BrOwnings Court
Lady" and MY Kate" her essential
is never missing.
THE SANITARIAN. a. n. Bell, AN,
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Contents: Cremation and its Importance
In Cholera.
Garbage cremation.
Distinction against cholera at quaran-
tire stations.
British precautions against cholera-a
sickly ship.
Safety Of steamboat travel-clothes.
Royal apparel
Mineral springs Of Georgia.
Drainage OF Okefnokee swamp.
Relative Importance OF contagton and
heredity.
Medical excerpt.
Malt extract.
Cleanliness IT. treatment Of nasopharyn-
geal catarrh.
Or. Jacobs note on peroxide Of hydro
gen.
Recent methods in typhoid-fever.
TriOnal.
Recent observations on sulfonai.
The coal-tar derivatives.