The record-union., 1896-12-20

Joel Chandler Harris, the autnor VI
"Uncle Remus,' is making TWO new
characters, Moses and Aaron LS
nous In a story entitled Ihe Mys-
terry of the Swamp" published IN mar
per's Round Table" December lotn' he
tells US something more ABOUT tneli'
Appearing In the same numper ol the
Round Table, is another enterCalhlhs
tale by Allan Forman, entitled Inc
Pingra Pol" and an interesting artlcle
by Hubert Earl describing the New
York Stock Exchange; also installmenls
of the serial stories entitled The BOY
Wreckers,' by W. 0. Stodcard, ana
.'The T,oval Traitor" by James Barnes.
Another article is on the scientific use
of kites.
Admirers of DR.. Martineau's charm
ing English style, and no less dehght-
ful, gracious and sympathetic reasoning
on ethical themes, will heartily wei
come the little book which the Mac
milan Company (New York; Is pub
fishing under the title Faith the Be-
ginning; Self Surrender the Fulfillment,
of the Spiritual Life by James Mar
tineau, D. D., d. c. L., author of En-
deavors After Christian Life" Hours
of Thought" Types of Ethical The
ory." etc. The chapters in the book are
entitled Faith the Root Of Knowl-
edge and of Love-; THE Lapse of
Time and the Law of Obligation;
Thou Art My Strength; THE Claims
of Christian Enterprise"
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The ubiquitous sociologist is not at
all sure of the ground upon which he
stands He is still discussing the place
and character of his science. In the
beginning he was violently attacked
by biological analogies and reveled in
organism It was found that while
the life of nature helped to understand
the problems of society it could not
unravel them all. Thereupon more re-
cent writer's have attempted to rear
their structure on a psychological ba-
sis. and have thrown new light from
the laws of mind upon the nature and
functions of society. Professor Pat
ten is not however satisfied with this
recent development, and in his recent
publica ton, Relation of Sociology to
Psychology" issued by the American
Academy of Political and Social Sci
ence. Philadelphia, has made a critical
examination of the standpoint. In his
important contribution he indicates the
inadequacy of any special science as
a basis for sociology. which if it is to
maintain it's rank as science must
rest on foundations peculiar to itself.
y
Captain Alfred T. Mahan. who re-
ha Trnita1 States
Navy. in order to devote his entire at
tention to literary pursuits, has writ
ten an article on Nelson in the Bat
tie of the Nile for the January num-
Der of the Century" Captain Mahan
has for years been studying the career
Of Nelson in preparation of a life of
the great commander, and the present
paper is one of series of four he is
contributing to the Century" on Mel
sons most famous engagements.
Edmund Burke's famous speech, "On
Cancellation With the Colonies deliV-
cred in the House of Commons, March
-. 1915, is so important as study
of English composition that the Joint
Conference on English Requirements
for Admission TO College has assigned
ii for the years 1897, 1898, 1899 and
1900 Houghton, Mifffin & Co, Boston,
have recently published this master
piece in their well-known Riverside
Literature Series" as No. 100. Paper,
II cents; cloth, % cents. This speech
has been carefully edited by Robert
Anderson, A. NJ, Master in the Episco-
pal Academy at Philadelphia. In pre-
pairing this book the editor has clearly
borne in mind the words Of the re-
quirements for admission to college
.>the examination will be upon subject
matter. literary form, and logical
structure and will test the candidates
ability 10 express his knowledge with
clearness and accuracy" He has added
to the usual biographical sketch and
notes explanatory of the text many
useful introductions and synopses with
the purpose of exhibiting the logical
form and structure of the speech, thus
giving an excellent opportunity of inn
pressing-by the force of Burke's ex-
ample-some Of the fundamental pro-
cesses Of English composition. The
speech is so valuable as a model that
this study of it's details cannot fail to
impress the pupil with the Importance
of the rhetorical principles upon which
fl is constructed.
The Christmas Wave" (San Fran
cisco) promises to be an interesting pub
ucation. We are told that it Will have
eight full pages Of pictures printed III
two colors, three Of which will be de-
voted to the actresses and beauties Of
London, Paris and New Yirk, a fourth
40 the beauties of the English arstoc-
racy a fifth to scenes along the Sacra-
mento River by Charles Graham, the
well-known artist. a sixth to the pretty
San Francisco girls who have made
their bow to society this winter, a sew
enth to the Japanese tea garden in
Golden Gate Park. and the eighth 10 a
lunch scene by flashlght in the Palace
Hotel cafe. In addition, there Will be H.
Illustrated articles on the law libraries OF
San Francisco and photographs of Cali
fornia scenery. The literary features
are: Gelett Burgess. editor Of the
Lark" contributes an extraordinary
comic ghost story, illustrated with
strange pictures; Frank Norris. one of
xhe abIest of the younger writers OF San
Francisco, is represented by realistic
ghost story; Charles Rollo Peters, better
known as a painter, makes his literary
debut in this Issue in a capital story of
Partisan studio life. Among other feat
ures will be "The Caricaturists OF the
East and West" with Illustrations;
poems by Lucius Harwood Foote and l..
a. Robertson.
The editorials are to be contributed
by General w H L. Barnes, Gavin Nc