The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-07
IN THE LITERARY WORLD
WEEKLY TALK EEGARDING WRIi'
ERS AND BOOKS.
National Consolidation Of Raiiwsys-Ihe
Social Contract" Men OF Achieve
ment" Series" Rembrandt"
NATIONAL CONSOLIDATION or THE p


STATES. BY George II. Lewis, NJ
(of the Des Moines Barr. Dodd Mea
and Company, New York. For sal
by West Johnston and Co.
The purpose OF this book is to sugges
. a practicable plan which viii do ava
with the evils Of the present railroa
system.
This plan" says the author sis nationa
consolidation through the formation
a great railway corporation, owning an
controlling all the railways OF the couh
try, and governed by an organization
representing the State and National gov
ernments and the stockholders OWNING
the road"
In fifteen chapters he writes or I'M
magnitude of the railway system, ran
road monopoly. the railroad problem a'
ariFing from private ownership or rlVd
roads. the inevitable consolidation OF
railroads under public or private control
the theory and practice o.
rate-making, the evils and injustice OF
determinations: railroads as public high
WAYS. railroad charges taxation, con-
solldation in England and America con-
trasted, stock-watering, causes and rem
edies for railroad disorders, interstate
commerce act and national constellation,
public and private control Of railways
contrasted; government ownership, and
national consolidation both constitutional
aud practical
The book is STRAIGHTFORWARD. fearless
and stroi e, and vi lie IL is not meant as
Fan attack upon railroad managers" yet
! contains some trerchant criticism OF the
management under the present system.
Written by a lawyer, it is clearly evil
de- J. lie sfFaor &c
based upon thorough knowledge Of
facts and comprehension Of the subject
with which he deals. and regarding which
he argues.
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. OR THE
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL
RIGHTS. By Jean Jacques Rousseau.
Translated by Rosa VI. Harrington
With Introduction and notes. BY
Edward l.. Walter, Professor Of the
Romarce Languages and Literature.
University Of Michigan. G. Z. Put
nam's Sons. New York. London.
For sale by West, Johnson & Co.
The Social Contract is the second OF
three books by Rousseau. all OF which
have exerted an extraordinary influence
The others are La Nouvelle Heloise"
and Emile" the latter being, as the
admirable introduction states, probably
the most important book on education
ever published"
The Social Contract can never be out
Of date. for the reason that it is at the
bottom of almost every social craze Of
this day.
1t is essentially French in literary style,
logic. etc, and has been n tremendous
power for good At the same time there
is much in 1t that is illogical and much
that is absurd.
in the first volume of Professor Hux- |
lcy's recently published collected Es- |
says" may be found an admirable dis |
sertation UPON it.
"RENBRANDT, HIS LIFE. HIS TIME. |
AND HIS WORK" Published by
Charles Scribner's Sons New York.
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This book has the double advantage
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high praise abroad for its fullress and
rs accuracy. and a gallery of reproduce
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OF Rembrandts finest
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. tile general public. As an art bio
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work appears in two handsome royal &C.
avO volumes.
MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT series.
Charles Scribners Sons New York.
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nd admirably illustrated. are an impor-
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nd include the picturesque and personal
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ctiyitv. General A. W. Greedy, for ex-
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uch men as Louis Joliet. John Carver.
commodore Wilkes, and Henry NJ. Stan
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ne men who have carried the American
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ong. and Hall. other names known TO
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william o. Stoddard. taking Men OF
usiness' for his group Of notables, gives
s a similar series of portraits Of sue
sssful men-John Jacob Aston, A. Il.
.ewart, Charles l.. Tiffany. Peter Cooper
)hn Roach, Cryrus W. Field and others,
hose lives have been fruitful in the
crld's field of Industry r.
Noah Brooks takes up the history
ID personal side OF twelve
beginning with the famous
CUP OF the earle. period. Clay, CAL
,un, Webster and Benton; he lightly
It n-nIy sketches their ElUairiOus sue .
ssors, Seward, Summers. Lincoln, Chase,
Id so on down 10 the time Of Cleveland.
The fourth Of this series is devoted 10
merican Inventors OF whom titch,
ilton, Ericsson and Evans, whose labors
al lives are closely identified with the
rly days of steam navigation, ere among
g leaders IN point of time. Eli Whitney,
muel +. b. Morse, Edison, Goodyear, Z.
d others. are included in this goodly z
and the typewriter railway
axes. electric lighting. the sewing
,chine the roaplng- machine. telescopes
e telephone. and the phonograph. are
me OF the wonders Of human invention
az are touched upon in this series OF -
,nder tales Of ingenuity. q
AVID BALFOUR: By Robert Louis q
Stevenson. Charles Scribners Sons. n
New York. For sale By West, John n
ston a Co.
here is almost nothing in this seasons
ton that nearly approaches in interest
1 value this book. which although a -
Iuel (and a sequel is a parlous thirg) u
nevertheless eminently worthy 10 come =.
er the masterpiece, Kidnapped" The 90
cluding chapters OF that inimitable Y
nance left us gazing on the slain body -
the Kings factor in Oppin; David
-four and Alan Brech fleeing for their
IS; and, subsequently. Davids coming
, his own, and his deliverance from all
pressing perils.
ne sequel 10 this tale presents TO Us Q.
same David Balfour, who, being ~
reto moved by his great love for Alan
Oh, pauses as ne would 20 abroad
the University Of Lyden. and IS faln ca