The herald., 1895-06-09
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EDITED BY JUDGE ENocn KNIGHT

THE STORY OF SONNY sAHIB.-.By Mrs
hnneaRI h6nhsaRp ,s 0tTIs Mrs sara Jeanette
etc' New York, ID. Appleton & Co.
here is an engaging story of tot of
child who fell into stranger hands and
grew up in n strange way in far India.
There is good deal of adventure and not
little of the really pathetic in incident
and recital. The book is generously IL
Illustrated and most tastefully printed and
bound.
In the line of novels that do not antag-
onize one by either an assertion or ex
pectation of great literary merit. and so
are welcome to all who haven't sedatives
in the sum mer time now coming on, are
two more of the Town and Country Ii
orary series, from d. Appleton & Co.
The first is kitty's Engagement, by
Florence Worden, author of The House of
the Marsh. My Child and I. and two or
three moro stories that have been well ie-
ceived as this one will be pretty sure to
ne. 1t is a story one can read and put
by, with small wish to own or remem-
Der 1T long-verv much as one puts away
the bottle that has held his medicine. 1t
is well worth the reading, but will not
nave long abiding place IN ones
characteristic i'll the novel of the day.
The second one is Ewes Ransom, by
George Gessinc, author of The Odd Wo-
men. etc. This author has gained some
thing of reputation and it is well sus-
tanned in this easy flowing story, a love
story long ago approved by novel readers.
There are bits OF very spirited dsserta-
ton and of charming descriptions. While
the outcome is OF about the ordinary type
of climax. the average tone of the book is
somewhat above the ordinary. Both the
above are i'll paper covers.
DISEASES OF PERSONAL---VERY. TIL. RIBoT,
OF the College De France Open Court
Publishing company.
The popularity of Professor Ribot
works is certainly deserved, as they form
delightful introducGions to the study of
ps, chology and are remarka BILE specimens
of economy and lucdity OF exposition.
No other author displays greater orig
inality in placing under lucid points of
view the disordered mass of data gathered
by the psychological specialists. The
present = translation has been revised
throughout and embodies all the correc-
tions and additions of the new fourth
French edition. The bibliograhical ref
erences have been verified and an analyti-
cal index made, which will much en-
hance the usefulness OF the book.
= =
Bigelows Life OF Tilden is a new book
attracting wide attention. For the rst
time We learn how grave and philosophi-
cal Mr.. Tilden was even as boy. and
how lie was reading Jefferson's writings
when others We're at tops and marbles.
He was an oracle as to political matters
when a law student. Always intensely
patriotic, he was one OF the earliest and
sturdiest war Democrats and recon-
mended that nalf million soldiers be
put in training in April, 81, instead of
the 75, 900 called for.
One OF the most striking opinions of
Mr.. Tilden was that against all forms of
fiat money. In 1870 he thus spoke of the
policy adopted by Secretary Chase:
= If the federal government had paid out
treasury notes not made a legal tender.
in its own transactions whenever it was
convenient. and redeemed them by the
proceeds of loans and taxes on their pre-
sentation at a central point of commerce,
and meanwhile had borrowed at the mar
ket rate for its bonds, secured by ample
sinking funds, founded on taxation. and
had supplemented such loans by all nee
essary taxes, the sacrifice would not have
been half that required by the false sys-
TEN adopted, perhaps the cost OF the war
would not have been half what it be-
came"
There has been some criticism of Bige-
lows treatment of the Hayes Tilden cleo
tion trouble. TIE undisputed fact that
on election night, November 7th, enough
votes had been secured for Tilden. on the
face OF the returns, TO show Hayes de-
feat. In the New York Times office this
was apparently conceded; but at
,Sa midnEht 6as, cha Chairman Barnum OF
the Democratic national committee
quiry asking for news from Florida.
Louisiana and South Carolina. This OF
course, was a sign to the Republican
chiefs that the enemy was ignorant OF
atia.s in those states. Instantly these
were claimed for Hayes, and what fol-
lowed everybody knows. That.the biog-
rapher and friend should speak sharply
of this bit of political management is not
to be wondered at. The majority OF the
American people have always held to the
belief that Tilden was elected and should
have declared SO and have not been slow
disposes of one question heretofore left
in doubt. 1t has been believed by many
that MI. Tilden consented to and advised
submitting the question ot who was en-
titled to he declared elected. to the cleo
toral commission. He shows that NJ.
Tilden was not even aware of the scheme
until certain party leaders were too far
com mitted 10 il to withdraw. He always
held that congress alone had power to
decide, as vas made clear by implication
and by actual PRECEDENT. 1t was pretty
safe to say that no public man Of his
time held higher place in party and pop
ular esteem than Samuel j. Tlden. and
that he was fairly entitled 90 Whitner's
estimate Of him.
"Ambitious cautious, yet the man
To strike down fraud with resolutc hand:
y patriot, II "A partisan,
He loved his native land"