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WHAT BOOKSELLERS ARE SHOWING
Henry Ward Writes an Entertaining
Work on Political Economy--Lucius
Perry His Beautiful Little Book
let, When Patti Sang"


"The Political Economy OF Natural Law"
is the title OF the new book by Henry
Wood that has bccn issued by Lee &
Shepard. Its purpose Is to outline politi-
cal economy, which is practical and nat
ural rather than theoretical and artificial,
being q study OF inherent laws and prin-
ciples. While the work is not entirely
new, q portion of it having appeared in
his "Natural Law in the Business World"
the original subject has been elaborated
to such an extent that it is practically
new book.
The student who opens Mr.. Woods book
with the expectation OF being bored will
be disappointed. The author has way of
treating his subject that is very different
from the cut and dried method OF so many
writers on economic subjects. He has
given many years to the careful study
of the practical phases OF social
economics in their relation to natural
law, and the thorough originality of each
chapter will make the book not only in
structive but entertaining, even II the
reader is not able to agree with him on
every point.
Mr.. Wood advances many unique
theories and his chapters on "Can Capital
and Labor be Harmonized," "Tariff
and Protection" Industrial Ed
ucation," "Proft Sharing" "The
Law of Cooperation" and Economic
Legislation" are particularly conspicuous
as complete studies of the field.
While the book is not one
that would appeal to every reader,
it would be more apt to be read than the
average work on political economy.
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LAW" by Henry Wood. Boston, Lee d
Shepard, 1894. Price, $l.25.
Lucius Perry Hills, one OF the poets of
the South, has just issued beautiful little
booklet, "When Patti Sang" The great
diva sang in Atlanta this winter and
while listening to her Mr.. Hill caught the
inspiration that he has embodied in one
of his best poems. There are but six
stanzas to the composition, but it is almost
fiawless and, with the charming and ap-
propriate illustrations, it makes one of
the most attractive booklets that has ap-
peared this season.
The poem is q sympathetic conception
Of the effect OF PATHS singing of "Home,
Sweet Home" and there is genuine poetry
in almost every line. In the fourth stanza
he says:
when Patti sang the rose leaves fell quiver-
ing to the ground,
And the angels must have listened to the low
and plaintive sound
That came drifting, drifting to me and fell
| upon my ears
Like snowfakes turned to music, and then
melting into tears"
All the work of the book was done in
| Atlanta and il reflects great credit upon
this enterprising city of the South.
"WHES PATTI SANG" BY Lucius Perry Hills.
G. p. Byrce, Atlanta, Ga, 1894.
! ! /
"Lot 49," is the unique title of very
| interesting novel by Dorothea Gerard.
Lot 13 Is West Indian possession, on
which the story centres, and the author
| has constructed plot that is somewhat
novel and has conceived situations and
| characters that are very entertaining.
| The novel is one OF that light easy read
| ing class of books that is SO popular, but il
has the advantage over many works of its
class by being thoroughly natural. There
| is nothing improbable about the plot--the
characters might have lived in any town
and have acted and talked just as they dc
| in the story. Then the interest in the
| narrative that commences with the intro
| duction Of the fat girl who wanted TO be
| thin and the thin girl who wanted to bt
| fat, in the Hrst chapter, is kept up to the
end of the story.
| LOT IS" BY Dorothea Gerard. New York
| ID. Appleton & Co.. 1894. H. Gregory has it
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