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CoMMENTARIEs on THE CONSTITUTION

COMMENTARIES on THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE United STATES. Historical and Juri!i-
visions Of state constitutions and a comparison
With the constitutions of other countries. BY
"A Treatise on Federal Practice Trial by
Nrwspaper, &C.. ard Lecturer Federal
jurisprudence at the Law School of Yalc Uni
CompaEy.
Many men have many times endeavored
to explain the Constitution in which we
are most Interested some have succeeded
so far as he has gone Mr. Foster has sue
ceeded admra bly,. 1t would be difficult for
the most ingenious and captious of critics
to suggest wherein this volume might be
improved. The significance of the great
and remarkably comprehensive instrument
winch controls our government is set forth
with all clearncsS and capacity. This model
work is dedicated ITO the Honorable Mel
vile W. Fuller. Chief Justice of the United
states. as slight tribute to his learning.
patience and courtesy
MEMOIRS OF R4RRAS Member of the Dircc-
torate. Edited, with General Introduction
Prefaces and App ndices by George Duruy
with portraits in Photosravure. two fac
Translated by c. E. Roche. New York: Har-
pc. 4 Brothers Washington: Woodward q
Napoleonic literature of the evanescent
sort is not much in demand just now but
they are among the most valuable con-
tributions to the history of period in which
French government was changed again and
again. The news-seeking, prying, gossip
ping world loves what is sangily termed
inside information" and this is provided
In great quantity in the memoirs: the oDin-
ions of the Jacobinical viscount are freely
expressed as to men and measures, and
there Is vast quantity of what seems to be
statement of
prominent women of that day Rarely has
any writer turned powerful a searchlight
on contemporary social. political and gov
ernmental conditions as flashes through the
pages of the first two volumes of this work
The volumes to come are loudly heralded
1882. Edited by Isabella Field Juison Illus
trated New York: Harper q Brothers Wash
ington: William Ballantyne 4 Sons.
Rich in instructive incident, there was,
nevertheless. one feature in the career Of
Cyrus w. Field which cvershadows all
others, and that was the construction and
successful operation of the first Atlantic
cable Cyrus Field did many things that
would lift his life above that of the ay-
erage American man of means but he will
always be a prominent figure in the worlds
history because of his courageous adher-
ence to the cable pr oject, which, from in
ception to completion, was peculiarly and
clined to dependency or who think they
are losing their grip should read this biog-
raphy
PONY TRACKS. Written and Illustrated by Fred
erck Remington. New York: Harper 4
brothers Washington: Woodward 4 Iothrop
Reprints Of some of Fred Remington.s
western stories, which appeared originally
IN Harper's. Some of the errors that are
rerpetuated in the volume Indicate the au-
thors superficial acquaintance with a few
OF the men and scenes he depicts; a matter
OIL small moment to the average reader
however. An annoying and excuseless in
accuracy-n the eyes of Washingtonians
and the army-is the Remington idea that
our cavalry post Is properly called Fort
Meyer. What did old Cen Myer ever do
that his name should be tortured? But
these-to the general public-minor consid-
erations aside. the volume Is most interest
Ing. The reading matter is sprightly. The
illustrations, like all of Remington's. are
of the highest order
THE MANUAL OF STATISTICS 1896. Stock X,
change Handbook. Railroads, Street Railways.
Miscellaneous and Industrial Companies Re.
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People who want to know more about
stocks than the brokers would be likely to
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ton In this manual; stockholders must. Of
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PATRIOTIC CITIZENSHIP BY Thomas Nor
gan, LID. Ex-United States Commissioper Of
lndian Afiai1s; Member of the National Council
of Edit ton; Author of Studies in Pedaeogv.''
&c New York: American Book Co.
book that ought to be in the hands of
every American boy and girl; and there are
a grent many American men who would he
better citizens after perusing it than thew
are now. Not a dry essay, but an aggrega-
ton OF he best thought OH human liberty
as we Know 1t In our everyday life.
REyERIEs OF A YOUNG GIRL. BY Rev. T, n
zimmerman. An, F.SSc.. author Of How to
fort" the Little Grave and :ps Sf R S%m
for Daily Hurger." Baltimore: Conmercisi
Printing House. Washington John c. Parker.
The author says that this little book is
profitable for doctrine. correction and in
struction in Righteousness" If the precepts
In 1T were generally practiced this world
would be a more desirable abiding place
than it now Is.
AN ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR TIE USE OF
CLASSES. By w. W. Baskervill Professor Of
the English Language and Literature in Van.
Sewcll of the Fogg Hill School, Nashville S M
Tenn New York: American Book Co.
SELECTIONS FROM yIRI RoMAE. Edited nv
Greek and Latin, Teachers College and
Charles So Knapp phD Instructor in Latin; Bar
GAME BIRDS AT HOME. By Theodore s. Van
Hurlbart Washington: VIM Ballantyne &
Sons.
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