The record-union., 1895-08-24

VaIu6 OF the metal IN Lno coin. AS the
market value changed the amount oi
gold in the dollar unit was reduced. The
proportion of 16 to l was thus an adjust
ment Of the market value. Hence this
ratio represents, and il fact is. recogni-
tlon OF actual commercial value as the
controlling power in coins. The ratio of
Is TO / sprang from the movableness OF
the relative values in the market, and is
founded wholly on this movablenesS
that it sprang from. and not on Fl xeduesS.
Any adoption OF a legal ratio now should
follow the principle thus established, and
the ratio TO be adopted should be that Of
the market, whether 20 to l or 80 TO !, or
whatever the business ratio may bs. The
people Of the United States, wiser than
their representatives. have invariably
and quietly dropped the idea Of fixed
ratio tina. is necessarily untenable, and
have adopted, in actual business, such
ratio between commodities as the pre-
vailing conditions required" Press OF
Charles H. Kerr u Co., Chicago.
1.-THE Argonauts of Forty-nine" is a
neat volume by d. 4. Leeper. 1t recites
his coming to California out of South
Bend, Indiana, in the early gold days; his
trials and those OF his companions en
route across the plains, and his expert
snces in California in the flush days OF
gold-searching 1t is valuable, giving a
very pldlH dIlu utlF al HlsASu StdlSiIl6uL OF
conditions in those days as they appeared
to u sensible and unrOmantic man, and
also as because it lists the names of many
Of the early pioneers who came out of the
Hoosier State to California. IL is freely
illustrated, and is from the press of j. B.
Stoil IL Co., South Bend, Ind. The book
is evidently the work OF conscience and
love. The style is simple ard the method
of the author effective, making the i'm
Of oil u talli in er
upon the readers mind.
Of the Questions of the Day series we
have from q. Z. Putnam's Sons, New
York. a pamphlet by Everett z. Wheeler
entitled Real Bimetallism, or The
True Coin versus False Coin" 1t is sub
headed "a Lesson for Coins Financial
School" Mr.. Wheeler WAS counsel for a
company doing business in Central
America. He observed in that employ
ment the loss and Inconvenience caused
by the single silver standard. He took
up the study of the bject and this work
is the result. 1t is sharp assault upon
the position of the free coinage men, and
one that is full of new and Lrenchant
arguments, derived from experience and
observation of the working of the single
standard in foreign land.
"a Mormon Wife, is a story by Grace
Wilbur Trout. 1t is a simple, straight
forward recital of the trials Of woman
married to the man OF her first and only
love He was a Mormon youth and was
persuaded to take another wife as re-
ligious duty. whereupon the first wife
took her children in her arms and lay
down 10 death, the three dying by a de-
vice of her own. 1t is an affecting tale,
and we are assured that il has its tounda-
tions in truth a supplement gives many
extracts from the press TO support the
a 1f hot al iu
cursed. Press of Charles II. Kerr 81 Co..
Chicago. Freely illustrated.
"Dishonesty and Caste" is the title of a
small book by Ethel Davis, issued by the
Home Science Publishing Company, 7
Temple Place, Boston. and sells at sixty
cents. 1t is neat bound volume treat
ing of house furnishing, entertaining,
domestic service, housekeeping ana
home making, education and religion.
But it is very far from being what these
titles would seem ut first to imply. For
it is not receipt book, but treatise, an
argument on these subjects as related to
civilization. human happiness. home
economy and moral responsibility.
'The Miller of Glanmire' is a novel by
Con. T. Murphy. 1t is an Irish story,
aud one that is OF strong dramatic cast a
story that would play we'll, and evidently
intended for the stage. its author being
we'll known as playwright. 1t ID fully
up to the level of "Ivy Leaf" "Faires
" ell," and other dramatic tales by the
same successful writer and dramatist.
Press of George w. Barkor. Chicago.
Paper covers 90 cents, cloth 81.
"a Question OF Color" is novel by (.
&. Phillips, author OF LAS In a Looking
Glass" 1t is a charming love tale, short,
crisp. full OF feeling and human interest.
1t ia of the BUou series, small, COM
pact and convenient form of publication
in buckram and gold. Press OF Frederick
a. Stokes Il Co., New ork, and credit
to that publishing house for it's neat
Typography and binding.
''The Story of Bessie CostrelP' is by
Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Not the best OF
her writings. 1t is not the least 1t is q
WeLl-planned and told story and vigor-
Gus in action, remarkably so, and dra-
matte in its character. Indeed, it is the
first of Mrs. Wards stories that we have
read which would seem fitted for drama
tization. Macmillan 81 Co., 66 Fifth ave-
nue., New York.
''Eli Perkins on Money" is the title OF
a work OH the financial issues of the day.
The contention is that there should be no
further coinage of silver until that rust
ing IL the treasury has gone into circula-
tion. The author is a bimetallist and de-
fends his position warmly. and with an
imposing array of citations and figures.
Press of Charles Ii. Kerr 81 Co., Chicago.
"LetterlF-A $20 000lBet on Durrant," ;" is
tale by Jacob Taussig, which pretends
to tell the true story of the Durrant case
1t is wild. vulgar and impro bable thing,
a fanciful and insane sketch, that n.
SAVER u Co., San Francisco and New
York, should have been ashamed to give
TO the press over their firm title.
"Betsey Jane on Wheels" is a tale of
the bicycle craze by FL. Il. Brown. Press
OF W. Is. COnkey Company, Chicago. II
is Grass attempt at wit, poorlconcsit.
and waste of time that the author Nigh {
have put TO better usee.