St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-20
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The Celestial Planisphere "The
Celestial Handbook" Complied and
edited by jules A. Colas. Poole Bros,
Publishers, Chicago, 1892. PIP. xiv, ITO.
1t is difficult 10 imagine how astron-
omy could be studied under more favor
able auspices than with this plant
sphere and the very elegantly Illus
trated descriptive handbook accom-
panying it. The planisphere is of the
usual type, except that, skeleton
screen being used, almost the entire
sky area is uncovered. This in itself Is
distinct advantage. Special scales
for measuring polar distances and dec
llnations accompany the planlsphere.
The book and planisphere together give
an admirable popular presentation or
the heavens, and the two used as COM
panions will, we are sure, meet with
much appreciation. We feel that they
can be warmly recommended to the
public who are interested in distant
worlds.
"A New Curriculum" is the title of a
whimsical thrty-siX pages of jingle, in
boards, which is tjIle-paged as found
among the posthumous papers of Ebert
Cole, Nj. A., +. A. s. +. S. E." 1t is ''in-
spired" by the following advertisement:
"Wanted-A motive to encourage a
healthful child's desire for activity
which will prevent him from iniurlng
his muscular SYSTEM" We respectfully
refer the cOnundrum to the reader for
solution. Porter Il Coates, Philadelphia,
publishers.
The publishers of Mrs. Helen Mather's
zone Summer in Hawaii the Cassell
Publishing company. announce new
edition of that clever book, The pres
ent state of affairs in Hawaii has re-
newed the interest in the subject.
"Hume's Treatise OH Morals and Sc
lectiOnS From thC Treatise of the Pas
sions," has been issued in strong bind
ing by CHM Il Co.. of Boston. 1t is
provided with an introduction by James
ii. Hyslop, PHI. D.. instructor in logic.
ethics and psychology in Columbia col
lege. and is edited by E. Hershey Sheath,
of Yale university, who furnishes a
prospectus wherein we are informed
that this volume is the initial number
of THE Ethical Series" others which
follow III due season being also works
of undoubted excellence. 1.-THE in
creasing interest in the study Of ethics
and the consequent enlargement of the
courses in the college curricula," says
the prospectus. suggest to every
teacher the need of better methods of
teaching the subject than those which
have quite generally prevailed in the
past"
THE Rag Picker of Paris" by Felix
Pyat, is mastery picture of some
phases of Partisan life. The old rag
nil NO crixy 70 "a eft ic
a beautiful character, firm. unSelfish
friend, such as may be found in any
land and among all people. He is, III
fact, legendary type of all that is best
and highest in man. In his Introductory
the author claims that in this book he
presents complete panorama OF life IN
Paris during the past century, not
like rOmanticiSm and its son. natural
ism, simply TO astound, clutch and
pocket, but to teach. elevate and NOR
alize; not art for art and gold, but art
for man and right-sOcialistIc art. The
picture he presents of the life of the poor
i'll Paris is certainly not all allurlng one.
The death of the poor mother, Louise
Didier, whose hopeless illness had been
made more bitter by the grudging at
tentiOn of charity, the lack of privacy,
the degradation of that disregard to all
a dreadful picture. Marie, the pretty
daughter of the old mans adoption, is
true Parisienne; brave and light-heart-
ed, bearing her burdens Of poverty and
work with patience and fortltude, good
and pure, spite of the sOrdid surround
ingS that shut out all that was sweet
and bright and youths birthright. She
is French to the core. No English or
Americana could have the ideas of
love and marriage that seemed right
and a matter of course to her. Camille
Berylle is product of the forces that
brought about the revolution, tempered
by the inherited purity OF noble moth
er, and polished by the training that
culture and social superiority give. The
two supplement each other, but only
Frenchman and woman could think and
talk of marriage as they do. One thing
in this book that wilt please old-fash-
Toned novel readers is that the good are
rewarded and the evil punished in the
most instructive way. The translator
has put the story into little too Englishy
English in some instances, but in the
main has done his work faithfully and
well. Translated by Benjamin r.
Tucker.