Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

more of the opportunities they found or
| created than did John NJ. Langston, and al
though he had less to contend with in his
| boyhood days than stood In the pathway Of
others of his race who achieved greatness
and leadership, he nevertheless came UP
| through great tribulation to educational and
official altitude that must more than repay
| him for the sufferings which darkened so
many Of his earlier days. Critics of the
| too-exacting sort may not be pleased at the
| exultant note that sounds through the vol
| ume from title to "finis," but he who reads
| with the spirit and with the understand
| ing will see how dark and stormy was the
way, and will not wonder at the expressions
| Of pride which are reiterated: the victory
| was Of such magnitude that the victor
| should be pardoned for giving vent to the
| language Of unconfned appreciation; an au-
tobiography without appearance OF self-es-
| career during and since the war of the re-
| bellion a great many residents Of Washing
ton are familiar. He was deeply interested
| in the workings of the freedman's bureau,
| active to Howard University Especially
| as to the law department, of which he was
| the first DEAN; earnest in attending to his
duties a member of the District board OF
health; an efficient minister to Haiti; a
learned and accomplished educator and a
| Congressman and politician of no mean de-
| gree. The volume in which these and many
| other things receive mention abounds IN
detail often quite minute-evidence, though,
| of the thoroughness which Is one Of Mr.
| Langston's prominent characteristics.
CITY GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
BY Alfred X. Conkling, formerly Alderman Of
sembly ivy Of II the State Of New YorE. New York:
d. Appleton Co.
With the motto Of the Peoples Municipal
League Of New York-"Municipal Govern
ment is Business, Not Politics"-as a text,
| Mr. Conkling proceeds to discuss lucidly
and forcibly q topic to which more of at
| tention is now being directed than has been
| the case heretofore. The varied forms OF
L AA.N TOO n A mo r r.
| can cities are uncovered fearlessly and
comparisons are Instituted with the cities
Of Europe that are more severe than they
| would have been were the critic a for
| eigner. Washington Is declared to be in
some respects the best-governed munich
| pality, but the un-American form Of control
| does not seem to be regarded favorably by
Mr. Conklins. He says Of the national
| and spacious streets, plentiful parks and
! fine public buildings. reminds the traveller
| of European capitals rather than OF an
| American city" Some Of the local statistics
quoted are a trife ancient, and manifest In
| justice Is done Alexander r. Shepherd In
| the reference made to tie wonderful work
done by the city's savior and best friend.
| but with these exceptions the book seems
| to be accurate and up to date. The closing
| sentences Of the volume deserve all the
| publicity that can be given them. Great
cities" says Mr.. Conkling, ARE the dam
| ger points OF our national life, and hence
municipal government IL best worthy Of
| the careful thought Of our citizens. Un-
derneath all remedies that may be sug-
| gested for the better government OF mu-
inequalities IL the incubation of the doctrine
| that they must be ruled on sound business
| principles, and that the questions of policy
| that divide the best men In national poll
tics have no place In the choice Of munich
| pal officers"
HOW TO GET WELL AND HOW TO KEEP
Health. By Thomas A. Bland. NJ D.. presi.
District Of Columbia. Boston: Plymouth Pub
fishing Company.
In which the author makes frank con-
| fession that all doctors who are not eclec-
| tics are doing violence to themselves and
| their patients: that allopaths and homco-
| paths create disease and increase the num-
| Der Of the afflicted. "The popular systems
| OF medicine" says DR.. Bland, "are false in
| theory and pernicious in practice. They ere
| pathological instead Of being physiological.
disease-producing and not disease-curing.
They are inheritances from an ignorant-and
superstitious past; and they are protected
and kept alive by powerful organizations
composed Of men physicians whose selfish
interest Is promoted by q monopoly of pro-
fessional privileges and profits" The doctor
Is opposed to all varieties Of monopoly and
does not hesitate to make public his ideas
on that subject. He is an extreme anti-vac-
cinationist Aside from his caustic COM
ments on those who do not agree with him,
DIR. Bland is moderate Of language and
gives a great deal Of good advice in such a
manner that misunderstanding is not posi-
BILE even to ignorant folk. There is evidence
Of genuine desire to benefit those who
know little nothing of their physical
selves. and for his efforts to throw light
into dark places the doctor deserves COM
mendation.
NAPOLEON, LOVER AND HUSBAND. By Fred
eric Mason. Translated from the French by
J. NJ. Howell. New York: The Merriam Com
pany. Washington: Woodward Lothrop.
The greatest Of French warriors has never.
up to this time. been historically conspicu-
GUS as one who had any particular regard
for tho female sex; generally he has been
depicted as decidedly averse to such senti-
mental and passionate amusement as was
common in the France of his day. and Is
even now popular in more lands than those
of the Gaul. M. Massons revelations COM
pei destruction Of the Napoleon hitherto
known, and make necessary the creation OF
a Jew image. an image In which there Is
more Of the average human being than was
publicly apparent in him who. for a while,
deficd the world. There Is now a rage for
Napoleonic legends and portraits; Frederic
Mason has given us series of photo
graphs, by closely examining which we find
the weakness that wrought Napoleon's
downfall-a weakness that afflicted mankind
long before Samson and Delilah commenced
to be; a weakness that must always exist.
THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE An Ac-
count of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition Of
1SSl-84 and the Attainment Of the Farthest
North By Adolphus w. Greedy, Lieutenant
u. g. Army, Commanding the Expedition. H.
Illustrated. New York: Charles Scribners Sons.
Washington: Brentano's.
The deeply interesting narrative which
was given to the public by Lieut.. Greedy
has been OPPORTUNITY republished in a Sec
ond edition. to which the author-now
brigadier general-has contributed a pre-
face. Arctic exploration has occupied much
of public attention the past few months
and there Is demand for recital of personal
experiences in the polar regions. How
Franklin and his party suffered before
death brought relief is unknown, but of the
records existing not one has in 1t so much
of horror as is told with thrilling terse-
ness by Gen. Greedy. Literally illustrated.
the volume is likely to be appreciated by
those who have grown to a reading-age
since the first edition appeared, some eight
years ago.
| NO ENEMY (BUT HIMSELF. By Ebert Hub
bard, author Of "One Day" Forbes Of Har-
vard," &C. New York: q. P. Putnams Sons.
Washington: l. W. H. Lowdermllk Co.
study of character. The story Of
| remarkable combination Of good and bad
in one man. The tragedy with which it
closes Is very strong.