The Portland daily press., 1896-03-24

many-voiced appeal also to our sense of
the laughter In things. 1t is indeed hard
to say whether he is most amusing when
setting at naught in his quiet, lordly
way, our most extolled views, our ideas
of what is true and false, of the proper
uses of things, and so forth, or when
labouring In his perfectly self-conceived
fashion to overtake us and be as expert
enced and as conventional AS ourselves. !"
Our author thinks there is much sur
| face work done on the lines of real I'M
Outstanding OF children" Child Study
Is talked of as perfectly simple mode
| of observation, requiring at most to be
supplemented by little experiment., and
1t may be added, backed by a firm theo-
ry," while in reality it is the most COM
plicated of researches, demanding 'a
divining faculty, the offspring of child
love, perfected by scientific training"
"a little English boy of three, OH be-
ing Informed by his older sister that God
can see and watch us while we cannot
see Him, thought a while, and then, in
an apologetic tone said: Pm very sor-
ry, dear, I can't (b) elieve you.' I" IA
child seeing the announcement 'Fami-
lies Supplied in grocers shop begged
his mother to get him baby. To the
young imagination the shop is a veritable
wonderland, an Eldorado of valuables,
and 1T appears quite reasonable to the
childish intelligence that babies, like
dolls and other treasures, should be pro-
durable there"
However W, Lust not further detach
anecdotes from DR.. Sully's extensive and
interesting volume of childhood studies.
| New York: ID. Appleton & Company ;
Portland: Loring. Short & Harmon.
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The Trumpet Major (New York: Har-
per & Brothers.; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony is a favorite with the
admirers of Thomas Hardy's early books
-ani properly so; for into it he put some
of his best work. Those acquainted with
the novel will read again with delight
the story of John Loveday (dragoon in
the service of his most sacred majesty,
King George the Thirdly, Johns bold
sailor brother Bob, and the woman they
both love. Those into whose hands it for
the first time falls have pleasure in
store. The present edition Is enriched
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himself against charges of inaccuracy
preferred by critics concerning the cele-
brated chapters touching upon the con-
templated invasion of England by Napo-
| leon.
Criminal Sociology, by Enrico Ferri |;
Professor of Criminal Law. Deputy in
tbs italian Governm emit, etc.. is the Sec
ond volume in the Criminology Series.
1t is translation and a valuable addition
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quiry into causes and scientific rather
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provement in social conditions; albeit
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The Data of Criminal Anthopology;
The Data of Criminal Statistics; and
Practical Reforms. We commend the
book as both accurate and valuable
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From the American Book Com.
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Stories from Aulus Gellius, edited for
sight reading, lby Charles Knapp, Phi.
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