Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-19

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New York.
Back Country Poems,n by sam Walter
Toss, is a collection of delightful, sparkling
gems of thought, very unique in the simple
language of the village backwoodsmau art
less and yet charmingly expressive. Tho
words OF tho verse are entirely lost in the
fanciful imagery they create, and what better
test can there be of true poctryl The heart
is moved, the mind is stimulated, the soul Is
elevated by the flow of spirit communicated
through Back Country Poems and 1T Ge.
serves a place in every household. The Pot
ter Publishing Company, Boston.
ESSAYS in London and Elsewhere" by
Henry James, is a series of articles that
nave appeared in some of the magazines and
are now brought together under one cover.
The essays all run to deep criticism, show.
ing the author to advantage in nnalyzink
the work OF n number OF distinguished liter
airy men and women. Among the subjects
of mis- pen are James Russell Lowell, Gus.
tave tlaubert, Pierre Lott, HerrIck Ibsen
and Mrs. Humphrey Ward. IAN Animated
Conversation" is all conversation and will
require q strong searchlight to discover tho
animation in it. Harper x Bros, New York.
Sold by Megeath Stationery Company,
Omaha.
"ranis, the Sand Digger" by Ameiio
kives, is an idyllic love episode among a wild
set OF people who traverse southern forests
IN search of ginseng, a root exported largely
10 emma, where 1t is used for accredited me.
- IipINi u peculiar ul1loCI
they use has n strong southern smack aud
together with the naivete of the situations
lends u distinctive charm to the story or,
rather. picture, for there is too little plot To
mako 1t n story. The portrayal of love
among these lawless, untame spirits, ignor-
ant and brutal, is made to convey the i'm.
preston that in Its most vehement forms
love is q blind, purely animal passion, lead
ing to the exercise of that restraint and con-
trol OF turbulent passion through which the
slnty lYs0RngG nf m, , 10, 80 ~ .. -
effected. Town Topics Publishing Company,
81 West Twenty-third street, New York. -
One OF the best works on hunting ndyen-
lures that has for n long time issued from
the press is american Big Game Hunting"
by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grin.
nell. The style of narrative is clear and simple,
type is large, print excellent and illustrations
are superb. The latter are from real life
and not created from the brain of the artist.
The American bison is the animal hero of its
chapters, If the term may be applied to that
order of creation, and this gam appears in
the Illustrations in every imaginable atti-
tude and in diverse situations as photo.
graphcd on the spot. OF course, other pig
game receive their share of attention.
Forest and Stream Publishing Company,
New York,
The Struggle in the Senate" is discussed
by senators Stewart and Lodge in the North
American Review of November. The former
dwelis on the disparity between the plat
" - mas VI WY uclllOlIdlS iii lltlT
action on the repeal bill, while Senator
Lodge says the minority was never responsi.
BILE for the delay in bringing the bill to q
vote, as the majority had it at all times in
their power to reach a vote. Prof. Fl. Kellar
mas contributed a very interesting article,
Magic Among the Red Men, in which he
describes the snake dances of the Mooui
Indians. "a Persistence (" by the Marquise
dc San Carlos and The Spanish Woman"
by Eva Camel, are excellent portrayals Of
these tVnnS nF Eno.nt,nnn py,,n a-,,, we,
Flower of New York furnishes q valuable
contribution on "How to Improve Our
Roads" North American Review, New
York.
Principles of Economics by Grover
Peasc Osborne, widens the scope Of the
science of political economy by taking into
consideration the satisfaction of human
wants in SO far as they depend upon mate
rial resources. II is n step in the right
direction, and although this volume only in
some trivial results advances the science,
its general presentation and classification Of
subjects is highly creditable. Its style in
general is also lucid, making it easy to un.
derstant. The bulk of the matter, as in all
other works OF this kind, is unfortunately of
q dialectlc order involving issues not perth
nent to the real science. After all the inter-
est and value of the science liesin bringing
humanity into the best relations to each
other as producers of those things re-
quired for s%ustepance and the preservation
of life at its best standard. 1t is the pro-
fusion of detail that burdens the student and
diverts the mind from main and vital lines.
And 1T is here just on these lines that the
author is at his weakest, showing superficial
thought and hurriedly skimming The subject
with assertions when deep Investigation
should a engaged his thought. The
writer gives an excellent map of the status
of the science, but he does not show when
its Nile rises rises or what its poles reveal.
AS a book for schools it will be an excellent
pulde. being mDartln and Instructive Az
a scientific work it adds one more volume to
the hundreds IN art libraries, each
having minor merit that is distinctive, but
in the main are duplicates of Adam Smith.
Its treatment OF immigration reveals grounds
for Discrimination against certain immi-
grants, yet the truth is only a half truth,
and if the whole were known would dis
appear. An elaborate review of the various
directions in which wealth or the gross
product of labor is distributed, is one of the
distinctive and most creditablc features the
work possesses. Its treatment of the aspects
of socialism in comparison with individualism
are too cursory and appear to be written for
school use rather than as n piece of thor
ough research. Robert Clarke & Co..
Cincinnati.
Underline auspices of the Trades League
of Philadelphia a volume has just been
issued to Illustrate and put on record ''The
City of Philadelphia as IL Appears in the
Year 1893" In this work the Quaker City
furnish es to the world a true conception Of
her magnitude and influence, and If not ex-
| allied as first in it places this city
in the front rank for genuine worth and in
fluence for good. 1t is only necessary to
mention the names of her great institutions
in which she eXcels all other American
| cities to show wherein her true greatness
appears. To begin with, her medical col
leges rank high in the world today and nj
part instruction to more than 1000 pupils,
welding n vast influence over this most I'M
portant profession. Her hospitals may be
judged by tho annual expenditure for main
t~enance, exceeding 5000, 900. Her city hall
is one of the largest and finest structures in
the country, costing Sl5, 900 900 and covering
an area of 470X4S6 feet. Fairmount park
and a large list of minor parks ana the Zoo
logical gardens afford amusement and outdoor
recreation. Public schools are valued at
oven 5000, 900. The University of Pennsyl-
vania, Wharton School of Finance, Temple
college, Drexel institute, Museum and
| School of Industrial Art, School of Design
for Women, Spring Garden institute, Girard
| college, Wagner's Free Institute of Science,
the Franklin institute, the Academy of Fine
Arts, and many others teach both the
young and the old idea to shoot. Over u
hundred public libraries and a large numbes
of private libraries disseminate information.
Markets, historical buildings and other i'm.
portant institutions too numerous to mention
abound. A Bourse aud Il number OF otheS
public commercial institutions are conspicuA
Gus. In MANY of these branches Philadel.
phia has been a pioneer, and "a long list u
institutions could be named that were tho
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