The National tribune., 1897-04-08
RECENT LITERATURE.

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DR.. Hayes has written "a book that will in.
| terest everybody. Inithe first place. the sub
ject is dear to our tearsAi land he has treated it
in an eminently satisfactory fashion; combin-
ing the latest scientific ,fpries to health and
disease with practical, common sense. The
language is rarely tcchIjfal. aud the general
reader is given broad, Intelligent survey Of
the field of medicine aid hygiene
DR.. Hayes prefaces big book by quoting the
Bichat rule, that the elffe of an animal is
| usually six times thciaha7bcr of years that it
takes him TO reach fuit'Es0wth dog. for in
stance attains his growth at the age of three
or four years. and rarely lives longer than 1S
or 90 A horse gots his growth in four or five
| years, and lives "a or 30. Following this rule,
a man who grows until he is 16 or 90. should
have the use of his body for DC or 100 years.
AS it is, however, the average age of man is
under so. DR.. Hayes shows some of the
reasons why his life is thus shortened, or the
latter years rendered feeble aud uncom Portable.
His first chapter is OH Inherited diseases, con-
sumption in particular. He speaks of the
| necessity for entire disinfecton, and of the
| isolation of advanced cases. aud gives some
sound advice for preventing it in individual
cases. and for stamping it out Of existence en-
tirely, which he believes is rs possible as it
has been to check the terrible scourges of
smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria. He
thinks that every community should be careful
| ia its dealings with people with this disease.
that men and women should no more be allowed
to go about spreading the TIA bercle bacillus than
should patients with smallpox be allowed at
large and that the strictest laws for disinfect-
ing in consumptive cases should be enforced.
III calls it a tolerated disease" and speaks OF
its present fashionable place in society.
Another chapter, that every American needs,
is the one on 1.-The Stomach aud Other Digest.
i've Organs" Inasmuch as We are said to be
dyspeptic as Nation, these common-sense
rules should be conned by every complaining
man and woman. His theories as to the pre-
vention. causes. and cure for obesity should be
valuable 10 the many vitality interested in that
| subject; although few women, men, either,
| who are troubled with superabundant flesh,
will be willing to take up the stern course OF
| selfdena involved in the cure
Other chapters Marriage, Alcoholism,
| Christian Science, The Heart, American Beers
Nervous Prostration, The Beautiful Woman.
| are likewise interesting. aud should be profit.
| able. DIR. Hayes is an old soldier, prominent
| GAR. man. aud Medical Examiner in the q.
s. Pension Bureau.
| FONTENAY THE swoRDsMAN By Fortune
Du Boisgobey. Published by Rand. afcNally &
Co.. Chicago.
very clever tale of the Napoleonic era
Fontenay. the hero, is a young man from Mar.
Unique. son OF friend OF the Empress Joseph
inc. HeIs in love with Josephine's readfng
woman, and very pretty romance is woven in
the tale Of daring and adventure. Fontenay
| is sent to Napoleon in Spain, with letters and
when on the point Of delivering them gets
tangled up with cavalry charge where he dis
tinguishes himself Napoleon scoIds him for
the delay III delivering the paper. but rewards
him for his gallantry in the charge by making
him Lieutenant. lie serves in Spain for
some time. and being very clever and brave
young man. as becomes tho hero of military
novel, he does very we'll Incidentally he is
perpctually coming ih contact with a high
officer in the Spanish troops, a wicked uncle of
his sweetheart who puts in his spare time
scheming to get possession Of that young lady s
property. OF course Eontenay gets the better
Of the old villain and finally saves Napoleon s
life when the uncle tries to stab him. Ulti-
mately Fcntenay marTies Ithe girl and all is
well. 1t is well translated prettily bound, has
good print, and altogether is most acceptable
book.
THE HEAVEN OF THE bible. By Ida c.
Craddock. Publisliedby j. Il. Lippincott, Phiin.
dclphia. Price 50 ceutB
The writer intends, her, little hook about
Heaven seriously. but it is one of the funniest
OF little volumes. Tho author tries to imagine
and prove exactly what Heaven will be like,
reasoning, in childlike way. that if there are
to be gardens there must he lroweis aud gar
-deners and baskets in which 10 carry off the
dead leaves. Likewise there must be swords
for certain of the angels. and therefore sword
makers. She thinks needles and thread will be
there to hem up the angels robes when they
become ravelled at the edges. AS there are
chariots and horses there must be all the
workers in the stables and harness shops. aud
all the implements necessary earth. She
sees nothing odd in imagining the seraphim
and cherubim riding bicycles. She says it is
easy to think of horses there, as horses are
mentioned in the Bible. 1t does not seem pro-
fame nor irrelevant for the writer seems in
earnest; it only seems funny, this young WON
ans naive ideas of Heaven.
A MARTIAL LIABILITY. By Elizabeth Phpps
Train Published by Iippincott. For sale by
Brentano. Washington, ID. g. Price 7p cents.
This is the story of rehabilitation OF Murray
Van Worst, a gentleman of aristocratic ante
cedents and morbid sense Of honor His wife
forgcs his father-in-law's signature aud Murray
serves o ten-year sentence rather than let any
hint Of her guilt become known. In the inter-
regnum, the wife, morphomaniac, secures q
divorce. When Murray is released he finds
himself rich but friendless. friend of his
daughter, now beautiful young woman, falls
in love with him. the ex-wife takes too much
morphine, and every thing ends in the orthodox
way.
Published Bye. r. Putnam's Sons. New York.
Price SO cents.
good story we'll written, with the scenes
laid in Washington, our most picturesque city.
The heroine is a pretty New York girl, who
comes to live with her aunt in Washington,
and by reason of her good looks and pretty
clothes, and her aunt's social position, she is
soon in the whirl of gayeties. She has two
lovers and marries the wrong one of them, but
comports herself in wel.bred manner. In
the end the wrong husband dies and the true
lovers arc united.
DICTIONARY OF BUFFALO. Published by the
Peter Paul Book Co.. Buffalo, n. Y. Price, in
paper. 30 cents; in cloth. co cents.
This is what its name implies-au encyclo-
pedia of information in regard TO Buffalo, Nj.
agara Falls, Tonawanda, and vicinity. 1t is
not only guide. book, but history brimful of
statistics concerning the "City of Destiny"
and of great interest to the citizen as well as
the foreigner.
THE COMPLETE NORMAL MANUAL. BY w.
j. Semelroth. For sale by Woodward d Loth-
rop, Washington. ID. G. Price 60 cents
A good deal Of attention is now being given
to normal class work Teachers of the Bible
must understand Bible history, the best peda-
gogicai methods, and particularly the Bible
itself We do not know Of better help than
the volume noticed above 4
RACHEJOR,S RRIDAI By Mrs Tnvett