The record-union., 1895-08-24
new PUBLICATIONS.

subtitle, "a Little Common Sense APP
piled to Silver as Money" 1t is by W. b.
Mitchell of Chattanooga, Tenn, and is
issued by the American News Company,
New \ ork. Mr.. Mitchell is facile writer
strong and graceful wiLhal. He has as
suredly made deep study of the finan-
clal question, and writes from the depth
of conviction, behind which lies years of
/ experience as a banker. There are no
( dull lines in his book, which is an argu-
ment against silver free coinage. While
/ Mr.. Mitchell hits hard, ID cannot be said
/ by any reader of his volume that he hits
unfairly. He states the pleas and posi-
/ tions of his opponents fairly and without
any cOncealments or avoidance, and he
answers them with vigor and force. 1t
/ is an important contribution TO the firan-
/ cial debate of the day. He recognizes
! that the silver people are not talking for
! mere sentiment but that their position
/ has substantial basis; that there ia a
( grave issue with which they have joined,
and that it must be treated with all Sc
rIousness, and the fog and misconcep-
ton that clouds 1t must be removed by
/ reason pure and simple. He believes
/ that clearly informed, the people Will not
drop further down the silver slide, but that
they can be relied on to reach right con-
| clusions. He believes in an expansive
! bank note currency. if we are to have
/ sdIo dIlQ S5CdkJ6 CalAullLys
! He dwells especially upon the false no.
| ton that the Government extends spec
ial "favors" to the moneyed classes, if
! bankers are given profit in their circu-
lation. 1t is not hard, lie holds, to show
that this is a mistaken notion. He regrets
that the East, while opposing free coinage.
offers no comprehensive substitute, and
what this should be this practical little
work makes very clear. While he does
not advocate it, Mr.. Mitchell asks this
/ question: "If the silver advocates want
10 coin all the silver In the world, why do
they not propose to put 100 cents worth of
silver into the silver dollar? 1t would
then stand alone; and until silver de-
clined they could, without distur bance,
give the metal the wide use to which
they claim it Is entitled" An important
section of the book is given up to the
dissipation OF the idea that the demone-
tization of silver in 1873 has been the
cause of the steady decline in values since
that date, and that it's restoration by free
coinage would restore values and ad-
vance silver to the prices OF former years.
'Game Birds at Home" is the title OF
book that Will please and satisfy all
sportsmen and lovers of nature. It is by
| Theodore s. Van Dyke OF this State, q
gentleman we'll and widely known for
his studies in this branch OF natural his
tory. The work Is from the press of
Fords, Howard q Hubert, New York.
ITO the majority of sportsmen the love
of nature is the principal element in the
love of hunting. The pleasure OF exer-
cising skill in the finding and capture OF
| game is really secondary to this, and still
more subordinate is the flavor or size of
the game. Thousands enjoy a stroll with
the dog, out of season, almost az We'll as
the real hunt. 70 please such, book
should be made up OF selected charms of
the feld.' In these words the author
opens his charming book and they indi-
cato generally its character. why the
action of certain birds will gve men
more delight than that of others is one OF
natures secrets" says Mr.. Van Dyke;
1--WE can only say it Is charming, and de-
scribe it as we know it," And so, with
many practical suggestion, and many
an illustrative story, he author portrays
the skill Of man, the sagacity Of dog, the
! natural scenery where the various game
| birds make their home, and in rapid sue
cession describes the haunts and habits
| of 'Bobwhite," woodcOck, rutfed, PIN
| mated and sharp-tailed grouse, ducks OF
divers sorts, wild geese, American
! cranes, plover, California quaiis, Will
sons snipe, various saltwater birds, and
at the close, 'the noblest of all American
| game" the wild turkey, Mr.. Van Dyke
is an enthusiast, both in hunting and in
/ the poetioal enjoyment OF nature. His
| habits OF overwhelmingly sharp, no
| doubt, but acumlnated by forty years
! play with the gun and eighteen years of
writing for the spOrtsmen of America"-
are remarkable for an almost micro
scopic tineness of sight and knowledge of
detail, which, however. do not blind his
eye and appreciation to the larger vision
that takes in broad ranges of general eff
! feet. Ii is with the forms, colors, habits,
| motions of game. as with flowers, shrubs.
trees and topography; no matter is too
small TO be nOLed, no multitude of them
too numerous to be analyzed, yet their
com bination into laws of life or lines of
massed effect is sure to follow, and the
reader feels that he has learned some
thing of the art of seeing from al expert
observer.
Bullet and Shell'' is q soldiers ro-
nance by Major George f. Williams.
| (FOrds, Howard IL Hubert, New Ork. }
When book is popular" enough to sell
$4,000 copies, and trustworthy enough to
receive the discriminating commenda-
tions of eX perts in the matter of which it
treats, it is worthy of being kept be-
fore the public. This is the case with
Major Williams graphic war story.
Among the names of mark test1fying to
its worth when it first came outin 1882 are
General Grant, who says that it is ''very
correct history"; General Sherman. "of
inestimable value; L have no hesitation
in recommending it = especially
to the survivors and children of our own
Civil War;; General Mcclellan, IAN ad-
mirable picture of the interior of army
life" while the praises lavished upon it
by the press and by many veterans of the
war, and readers, young ana old, VINO
have thumbed its pages, are fair attesta-
tions or its attractive qualities. 1t is a
| book born out of the heart of the war it
TlriE al 70 nff
Ger and afterward correspondent of q
New York paper, and took active part in
what he describeS-the earnest convic-
ton. the tough training, the hard work,
the marching, fighting, fun, tragedy and
all-frOm the enlistment of the young
colIeglsn to the triumphant end, and the
marriage of the Federal hero to the sister
of his Confederate college chum. The
drawings are by Edwin Forbes. He
was one of the daring correspondents,
and his pictures of camp, march, picket,
battlefield and bivouac, prison and hos
pital, were sketched in the midst of the
scenes themselves. Mr.. Forbes died last
December. but his war pictures-in this
little book and in other, larger forms
will remain among tho most graphic
memorials OF the great struggle.
Life upon the border with gallant troop
ers was never more graphically depicted
than In the charming novel-yet more of
TACT we suspect than fiction-"Fort
Frayne." by Captain Charles King,
United States army; press of f. Tenny-
son Neeley, Chicago and New York.
Captain King tells in his preface that a
number of friends set about to cast an
army play, and the collaboration was a
delightful task. just as it was completed
misfortune by sickness took out of the
scheme its chief spirit, woman, and
then followed the loss of the manuscript.
So. instead of attempting to reconstruct
it, the task WAS allotted to Captain King
to write the drama into story form. This
he has done with entire success The
chief scenes of the story are laid upon the
border at fort of the United States
where is stationed battalion of United