The Portland daily press., 1894-03-03

Ideal Suggestions, Gods Image i'll Man,
Edward Burton, etc under the title of
Political Economy. Its puprose is to
outline political economy which is
practical and natural rather than theo-
retical and artificial. being study of
inherent laws and principles. In 1887
this author issued volume entitled,
Natural Law in the Business World,
which was well received and passed
through several editions. The present
book is not a revised edition, but sub
stantially new book of double the size.
The titles of a few of the twenty-tonr
chapters will give some idea of it's CON
tents. Among them are, The Law of
Cooperation, The Law of Competition,
Combinations of Capital, mbinations
of Labor, Profit Sharing, Socialism,
Economic Legislation, Can Capital and
Labor be Harm onized, The Distribution
of Wealth, The Capitalization of Busi-
ness, Booms and Panics, Money and
Coinage, Tariffs and Protection, Indus
trial Education, ETC., etc.
Mr.. Wood has the faculty of rendering
this usually dry subject not only intruc-
tive but positively entertaining. He has
given many years of careful study to the
practical phases of social economics, in
their relation to Natuarl Law, and each
chapter is thoroughly original and tell
ing in it's special department.. port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
A Manual for Fifth Year Grade, in
Guiding an Outline of the Years work,
with suggestions fo- teaching, which is
one in the series of Whites New Course
in arts instruction, deals with geo
metric drawing, decorative drawing,
pictorial drawing, black board illustra-
tive definitions. The instruction of the
book is clear and practical, and it's value
is greatly enhanced by numerous illus
trations. (American Book Company,
New York, Cincinnati and Chicago.)
Orations and Addresses OF George
Norton. Vol.II. This second volume
of the orations and addresses of George
William Curtis is confined to his address
es and reports on the reform of the civil
service of the United States. There are
seventeen different addresses in the vol
ume. The subject of civil service reform
lay very near Mr.. Curtis's heart, and no
American has expounded with more
power and eloquence the evils and dan
gers of the spoils system or pointed out
with more clearness the necessity of re-
form than Mr.. Curtis. His arguments
upon the subject are unanswerable, and
they are delivered with grace and
literary skill that charms the reader.
These addresses constitute an inexhausti-
BILE magazine for the advocates of civil
service reform to draw ammunition from;
and they have doubtless done, and will
continue to do, more to bring about its
final triumph than aEy other agency.
(New York. Harper & Brothers, Port
land: Loring, Short e Harmony
The admirers of ex-Gov. William E.
Russell of Massachusetts, will find in his
speeches and addresses as selected and
edited by Charles Theodore Russell, Jr..
plenty of material TO stimulate and
strengthen their admiration. The
addresses contained in this volume are
classified under three different heads.
speeches on general occasions, speeches
on military occasions, State speeches and
ing and appreciative introduction by
Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Boston
Little: Brown & Co.; Portland: Lorine,
Short & Harmon.
A Child's History of Spain. By John
Bonner, author of A Child's History of
Rome, A Childs History of France &c.
Illustrated. New York Harper &
Brothers Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony The history of Spain is full
of'rromance that makes fine material
with which TO attract and interest the
young mind. Perhaps no other country
in Europe has SO much of it. Some of
Che episodes of its history are like stories
of fairy land. All SORTS of people are
met with, and the rapidly shifting scenes,
the procession of wondrous persons and
wondrous achievements entrance the be-
holder. Nothing could be more fascinat-
ing than this story of Spain told by Mr..
Bonner in simple and picturesque Ian
puaoe, and with quick and accurate dis
cernment of the child's capacities and of
the features that especially appeal to the
child's imagination. Such books are of
great value tending as they 10 to create
an interest in early life in one of the
most important and useful branches
of knowledge.
The two latest volumes published in
the Household Edition of William
Blacks novels are The Penance of Jonn
Logan and Other Stories, and The New
Prince Fortunatus There have been
issued so far twenty five volumes in this
most attractive and deservedly popular
series. The print is clear and large and
the binding neat. The price is so cents
per volume. New York: Harper Broth
ers, Portland; Loring, Short g. Har-
mon.l