The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-04-06
RECENT LITERATU RE.


War and in Peace; Early Days in the Black Hills.
with an account OF Capt. Jack CrawIord me
Poet Scout. BY James f. Smith, 18th N r. pr
battery. Published by w. III. Lowdermiik d Co.,
Washington. ID. c.
This work Is written In pleasant, easy man.
ner soldiers words sud soldiers phrases being
mostly used. 1t abounds in anecdote and
humorous detail. yet it gives the history OF the
command in lucid and able manner. The
story told by Capt. Smith relates to a battery
that, in the words of the Adjutant General OF the
State of New York, served during the war
with AS bright record as any in the whole
army" After relating his three months serv-
ice with Varian's battery, ne describes how
he succeeded in organizing the 4th n. Y.
Independent battery, and marching from
Washington to Budd's Ferry, on the lower
Potomac, there reported to Gen. Hooker. OF
whom one or two good stories are given. The
battery served on the Peninsula at Yorktown
and Williamsburg. being seriously engaged at
the lastnamed place. aud they were at Fred
ericksburg taking part in the bombardment oil
that city prior to Burnsde's assault. At Get
tysburg Capt. Smith and his battery did yeo-
mems service, and we given a most inter
estiDg account of his share of that stricken
field. The battery was stationed in front of
Little Round Top, on rocky eminence. and
here, after holding its own for some hours
being enveloped in Hoods charge, three of It's
guns were lost, owing to the lack of proper in
mendations of all his superior officers and his
account Of this action has to be read to be
properly appreciated. The volume ntaiDs q
biographical sketch Of Corpl James Tanner,
written from a warm, friendly standpoint; an
account of early days in the Black Hills, with
some notes on Capt. Jack Crawford, the Poet
Scout, two of whose poems are given In the
work-one a most spirited description of the
Sight made by the battery at Gettysburg. Tho
book is Handsomely gotten up, is illustrated, and
will amply repay perusa 1t is, perhaps, just as
well to state that Comrade Smith is now lying
PROSTATE and dying, the voice that rang out
80 load and strong at Williamsburg and Gettys-
burg is now soft and pain laden and the manly,
stai wart form that often dashed along the front
line of action, is now racked and tossed on the
bed Of suffering.
OLIVER CROMWELL BY George Fl. Clark,
d. d. Published by u. Loihrop Company, Bos-
ton. Mass. Price $3.50.
The study of Oliver Cromwell which the Rev.
George II. Clark, ID. d. has just issued, is
careful summary latter life study of the life
and times of the Lord Protector written not
for Englishmen, but for Americans the de.
scendants of those English Republicans of
whom Cromwell was leader and chief DIR.
Clark delivered an essay at the Old South
Meeting house, Boston, that attracted wide at
tcntion, and that was the basis of his volume.
The book is not eulogy, 1t is statement of
| fact. and aims to rescue from the false environ.
ment that prose and poetry have alike thrown
about tho great Protector, the life story OF
hero. the character of man.
ONIONS FOR PROFIT. An Expose of Modern
Methods in Onion Growing. By T. Greiner.
Published by w. Alice Burpse Co., Philadel.
phia Pa. Price so cents
The author Of this work il an acknowledged
grower of progressive and original ideas as to
culture, well fitted to tell Others what he
rrJt knt1. Ill
onions how to prepare the land, the best va
rieties, etc. Numberless illustrations are given,
which fully explain everything to the reader,
and among them are many simple devices
which the farmer can make himself, saving
both labor and money in harvesting the onion
crop.
THE REVEREND MELANCTHoN FOUNDER
Novel. BY Dom Piatt. Published by Robert
j. Beford, Chicago, Ill. Price 80 cents.
This is posthumous work by the late Col.
Dom Piatt. He devoted much Of his time
during the later years of his life to writing it,
and he intended it to be the masterpiece of his
literary career. 1t is certainly fine bit of lit
erary workmanship. Tie writing Is careful,
frequently artistic the characters strongly
dfaRn, aud the story well told.
MARKET GARDENING AND FARM NOTES.
By-Burnet Landre,h; Published by oranseJud
Company, New York City.
cloth. and printed in clear type on good paper.
While it may be more properly book for truck
farmers, it is also one which should be owned
by all farmers who have household garden.
The subject is completely covered by the work,
from the selection of the seeds and preparation
of the soil to the harvesting and marketing, in
addition to other valuable reading.
Magazines and Notes.
The leading features of the April number of
The New Peterson's Magazine are: Easter Days
In and about Rome; DIR. Primrose and His Ad.
rninistration; College Girl; A Border Lean
der; Hawai.Nei; Easter at Naples; Some Fire
side Pets. Published at Philadelphia, Pa. Price
20 cents.
Harper's Magazine for April Is particularly
rich in articles on American subjects An i'm
portant chapter of Western history written in
a style which invests 1t with all the charms of
romance is tho article on Kansas, 1541-1S91,
contributed by ex- Senator John James ingalls,.
Henry LOOMS Nelson contributes q second
paper on Washington Society, in which he
deals especially with the social features of life
in the inner circles and more exclusive sets Of
tho Capital. An entertaining chapter of CALI
fornian history Is given in the article by Emily
Browne Powell. entitled Modern Knight.
Hamlin Russell, in brief but graphic sketch,
narrates The Story of the Buffalo; of their
life on the great Western plains. and of their
rapid and almost complete determination.
The Art Aspects of the Worlds Fair are set
forth by Isabel McDougall in the leading illus.
trated article in Frank Leslies Popular Monthly
for April. Two other articles in this number
especially noteworthy from pictorial point Of
view in addition to their literary interest, arc
Dr. Popoffs Russian Folk Songs and Charlotte
Courses's Bsvarian Highlands. From Ashes
to Palms is . study in Lenten lore, with some
curious illustrations Of Paschal customs in
Europe.
The Popular Science Monthly for April con-
tains: The Festsl Development of Art; The
Correlation of Structure, Action, and Thought;
Prof G. Wright and His Critics; The Maoris
of New Zealand; Education of our Colored
Citizens; The Inadequacy of Natural Seleo-
ton" by Herbert Spencer; Free Play in Physi-
cal Education; Conservation of the Mackerel
Supply; Traces Of Vanished Industry;
Ernest Renan-Sketch of His Life and Work.
The April Century contains: The Chicago
Anarchists of 1886: The Crime, the Trial, and
the Punishment, by the Judge who presided
at the trial, Joseph E. Gary; An Embassy to
to Provence. III, Thomas A. Janvier; Sweet
Bells Out of Tune, vi, Mrs. Burton Harrison
Tree Museum. NJ. c. Robbins; Letters of
Two Brothers, Passages from the Correspond
ence of General and Senator Sherman; The
Princess Anne, M. o. w. Olphant; Benefits
Forgot, v. Wolcott Balestier.
The April number of Outing 10 as bright,
CHEEKY aud seasonable as Spring day. Eighty
pages of pleasant fiction, tales of sport with gun
aud rod and of travel and adventure, embel.