The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-08-31
RECENT LITERATURE.

THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF MONEY.
By Sidney Sherwood, PHI ID. Published by J. b.
Lippneott Co., Philadelphia. Price 81.
This book consists of special course Of II
lectures in finance, with syllabus and attendant
discussion. The lectures were originally de-
livered under the auspices of the Local Center
of the American Society for the Extension of
University Teaching and the patronage of the
bankers of Philadelphia. The volume also in
cludes addresses by DIR. William Pepper, Uni
versty of Pennsylvania; Hon. William J..
Trenholm, late Comptroller of the Currency !;
Hon. Edward S. Lacey, late Comptroller of the
Currency; Joseph Wharton, founder of the
Wharton School; Prof. Edmund J. James. Phi.
d.. President of the American Society for Ex-
tension of University Teaching; Charles Her
mon Thomas NJ. d., and Chairman of the Asso-
citation of the Local Center, with an intrOduc-
tion by William II. Rhawn, Chairman of the
Committee Of Bankers. The practical banker
and fnancier who has achieved success at the
counter the desk, without aid from books.
is. perhaps, too apt to regard with indifference,
if not with contempt. the mere student of
finance and money. Nevertheless. be caunot
fail to derive advantage from reading the
lectures of DIR. Sherwood, and the discussion
following the lectures. The book gives fair
idea of University Extension, so far as it is
possible to treat the subject i'll a single course
of lectures.
ETHELYN'S MISTAKE. Novel. By Mary J.
Holmes. Published by G. w. Dillingham;, New
York. Price 30 cents.
THE RUE BELLECHASSE. A Novel BY
Adree Hope. PubIished by Rand. McNaIly &
CO., Chicago Price 50 cents.
FOES IN AMBUSH. BY Captain Charles King
u. ;. A, author of . The Colonels Daughter" :"
'Marion's Faith'' "Capiain Blake" etc limo
Cloth, SL25. For sale by Breniano, Washington.
A graphic and exciting story of army life in
Arizona shortly after the war when men
drank and swore and fought aud gambled in
the rough life of their exile but obeyed and
Obeyed without question. the officers appointed
over them. Sergeant Feeuy, a gruf, hard
headed Irish veteran, is the hero of the earlier
scenes. Mexican bandits plot to seize the
Paymaster's chest, containing some $25, 900 in
greenbacks. They succeed in decoying
away the cavalry escort by false alarm of an
Indian raid. But Feeny and few civilians
defend the treasure with the greatest bravery
The thieves are parsued by Lieut.. Drummond
and detachment Of cavalry. The Lieuten-
ants ardor is iufamed by the knowledge that
two charming girls, ia whom he is greatly in
terested, have been carried of by the robbers.
The ladies are rescued after fight in which
Dummond is wounded.
LOCOMOTIVE CATEcHIsM. By Robert Grim
shaw. Published by NormRn " Henley & Co..
l50 Nassau street. New York. Price g.
The well-known engineering expert Mr.
Robert Grimshaw, has added to his Justly
popular series of catechism on the steam
engine etc. most practical and useful volume
which commends itself to every locomotive
engineer and fireman, and TO all who design
going In for examination for either position.
In plain English he gives with their answers,
not only the questions that would be asked by
the Examining Engineer of a candidate for ap-
pointment, but those which the ambitious
yOuBgster would ask the veteran, and those
which '' old hands delight TO ask each other
as stickers." The book is a veritable encyclo-
pedia Of the locomotive
TIMELY WARNING OF FREEDOMS
DEATH-KNELL. BY an American. Published
Pa. '''''''
WAR TALKS WITH CONFEDERATE VET
ERANS. Complied and Edited by George s.
Bernard, Peters sburg Va. Published By Fem &
Owen, Petersburg, Va.
This intensely-interesting volume of true
war tales by boys in gray" ought to meet
with hearty welcome. 1t presents the other
side" vigorously aud picturesquely. All the
| statements made are believed to be, and great
care has been taken 10 have them, correct The
work is neatly illustrated with pcn-and-ink X
drawings and half-tones, and is a valuable con-
trlbution TO the library Of any veteran of the
late war who wore either blue or gray. The
subjects treated are The Early Days of the
War; the Maryland Campaign of 1862; Chan
cellOrsville; an Escape from Point Lookout
ING W hliuGIHtSS, the 1JctGH5c OF GGLtFSDnrg,
the Battle OF the Crater; Daring Exped iton
Last Days of Lee and his Paladns; Last Days
Of JohnstOn's Army; included under these
titles being the statements Of general and other
! officers both sides, though mostly on the
| Confederate. Casualties are given the Con-
federate side in different regiments at the bat
/ tie of the Crater.
| THE HoYDEN. BY Mrs. Hungerford. Published
by j. Is. Lippincott Co, Philadelphia. FoI
| sale by Brentauo, Washington, ID. &. Price 5(
cents in paper; 81 Ia cloth.
One of the brightest aud prettiest of this
| writer's books. The plot is more elaborate than
| is usual, and is developed with great cleverness
! The humer is bright, the pathos is delicate and
! the animated style of the narrative makes the
story charming reading. The heroine is
wholly admirable study, and, on the whole, one
| of the most thoughtful and careful of its au.
thor's creations. The tone of the book u.s. as il
the rule with Mrs. Hungerford's novels, beyond
| reproach.
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