The record-union., 1896-08-16

What Is Money? Or Popular Rene
work by Thomas May Thorpe. and is
from the press of J. S. Ogilvie, New
York. The author holds that neither
gold nor anything else can have intrin-
sic value independent of law, usage and
circumstance. He opposes gold mono
metallism, and presents caustic and
crisp argument for the reconciliation
of silver and the abolition of the re
serve" The book would have more in
fiuence if the author We're less vitupera-
tive.
From G.. P. Putnams Sons, New York
and London, we have a royal octave
volume, entitled History of Oratory
and Orators by Henry Hardwicke of
the New York Bar and New York His
torical Society. The work has had care
full and extended examination, and it
remains for US to say that it is cOntri-
button to American literature of high
character and value. Beginning with
oratory in Greece and in Rome the his
tory of it is traced down to and in
elusive of modern oratory in the United
States, England and France The diction
OF this work is classic in its purity. But
it does not lack in fervor or brilliancy.
The author has invested critical text
with profound interest.
abraham Lincoln is a poem by Ly-
man Whitney Allen, whose pen name is
"Sangamon." 1t is the New York
"Herald's" $1,000 prize poem of last
December, but since publication in that
journal it has been revised by the au-
thor. 1t is divided into twenty-four
poems, grouped under heads indicating
the divisions of treatment. Mr.. Allen
has true poetic fire and the graceS of
poetic spirit He has given in this poem
evidences of genius and capacity to
paint a glowing tale in rich and har-
monious colors. G.. P. Putnam's Sons,
New York and London, publishers.
From the Monitor Publishing Com
pany, San Francisco, we have volume
of the Yorke-W Wendte controversy on
the "Primacy of the Pope" and the
question of the relation Of the Church
to the State The letters in the volume
appeared in two San Francisco papers
during January and February Of this
year, and the occasion of the contro-
versy was the A. P. A. The Catholic
Church was assailed and challenged
in the debate by Rev. DR.. Wendte, and
defended by Rev. Father Yorke.
From F. Tennyson Neely, New York,
we have c. M. Stevens life of Bryan
and Sewall, with portraits of distin-
guished men in large number, speeches
by Mr.. Bryan, an exposition of the sill
yer question, with arguments and sta
tistics.
'In The Critic of July 11th,' writes
N B. from Castine, Maine, Miss Sher-
man quotes Joaquin Miller's metaphor,
The azure curtain of Gods house
Draws back and hangs star-pinned to
space
and characteriZes it as 'Whitmanesque.'
Dear me, how forgetful some people
are. In his Death in Disguise years
ago, Mad Macdonald Clarke had this,
Whilst twiight's curtain, gathering far,
Is pinned with a single diamond star.
think Clarkes figure is better handled
than Millers don't you?" And the
critics "Lounger" says: yes, Icertainly
do. But N. B. has different version of
it from the one that Mr.. Bartlett gives
in his Familiar Quotations.
Whilst twilight's curtain, spreading far,
Was pinned with a single star
In footnote we read that Mrs. Child
says he thus describes the closing day:
Now twilight lets her curtain down
And pins it with star
From the Cyclists Companion Pub
fishing Company Philadelphia) we have
THE Cyclists Companion a cheap
pocket volume overflowing with infor-
nation as to learning to ride, points
on touring care of a wheel, repair of a
wheel, art of fancy riding, training for
races, suggestions as to dress, records
of experts, touring in Europe, choice of
European tours, medical advice on
healthful cycling, directory of manufac-
ture of bicycle sundries, as to lamps,
bearings, cleaning, adjustment, tires,
road racing, advice from E. c. Bald, re-
duction of flesh, oiling saddles, leaks,
punctures, inner and single tubes, and
the wheel in the winter.
A reaction in some respects to be COM
mended from the blighting tendency to
write books for the specialists only, is
shown in the increasing number of
scientific books which aim, each in its
field, to present we'll rounded views of
the whole subject, and often in the case
of works on the natural sciences, the
subject in its relation the life of man.
There are works on physical geography,
on<the distribution of animal life and on
botany among other subjects. In the
same line is the new Geographical
History of Mammals, which will be
published very shortly by the Macmillan
Company.
1t opens with a discussion of the fac
tors which control the distribution of
animal life, such as temperature, hu-
midity and such changes in the condi-
ton of the earth's crust as belong prop
erly to the subject of Palaeontology, the
influence of man and the higher animals
on the distribution of animal life; and
proceeds to a description in succession
of the fauna of different regions of the
world, following the scheme of division
of land areas into geological provinces,
after the plan first drawn by DR.. P. l..
Sclater, with the later notifications of
W. L. Sclater, DR.. Blandford and others.
The book is illustrated, in style of bind
| ing, etc, is uniform with Keane's Eth
nology, and like that volume belongs to
the Cambridge Geographical Series.
The Care and Culture of Men," by
President Jordan, is the first book that
the famous scientist has published on