Evening star., 1898-12-09
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


! -, -.~. NEW PUBLICATIONS.
| social Pr'hlsm by Laurence Gronlund, MA,
| author of The Cooperative Commonwealth, -
! etc chicago: Herbert s. Stone & Company.
The author "collectivist' among So
cialists, believes that there Is evil beneath
the social fabric of today typefied in the
competitive system. He presages that this
system will ably lead TO disaster and
to feni off this event he urges society TO
| arouse itse.f to the adoption cf a new
| method. This is the common plant of the
| socialists But Mr.. Gronlund confesses that
the election of 1896 disillusionized him.
| showing him that the country is not yet
! ready to conduct a collectivist republic.
| therefore he proposes a series Of reforms,
which, while Eot 6is inct;y part of the col
| iecuvist program, are yet designed TO train
| The community by a course of individual
! and governmental education TO a higher
pane on which. what ne terms. true col-
iectlN1Sm is possible and safe These meas
| ureS are outlined under the following
heads: State aids 10 emp Dyed labor: state
he'p TO unemployed labor: municipal en-
| terprlseS under state control: better reg
ulation CT the liquor traffic. socialiZatiCn
OF the mines: nationaization a rational
| te'eSfaph; national banks of deposit and
banks OF loans: national control of fares
and freight rates, and lastly .he de-
| veiopnlent of the paterna!istic feature of
| the Department of Agriculture. He like
wise Gu lines course of educa ion for tie
generation which is TO put these reforms
| 10 their fullest While At times de-
spondent in. his view of the immediate
future Mr.. Gronlund is Ultimately cheer
| ful In his faith in the power of the peo-
fie 10 WORK out their own salvation
| RIVERS OF NORTH AMERICA: a Reading Les
| BY Israel G. Russell. professor Of geology In
of oae oniNSe,sity Of Michigan. author of Lakes
ich,' and ''vocauos of North America" New
WfT,., v9rG; q n.r,n r. ratnam's Sons. Washington:
| Prof. Russell seeks to tell the story of
| the river in such manner that any casual
observer Of the facts of nature will be able
| to understand it. AS he says. he wants
every one to be competent to question the
river and comprehend its answers. For
tunately, the rivers of North America are
so varied in their nature as TO present pra c.
ucally the whole story of the earth's
arterial system. and the observer is en-
abled by following this competent guide
along the valleys and into the canons
ana TO the crest of cascades and cataracts
70 grasp the whole subject in effective
manner. There is more Interesting study
IN nature than the river in its many moods.
IL Is within the reach of every person. and
Nith ltS iiiedHlIlS, SprlllSluB from RpOlOgl-
cal beginnings. is made plain in the alb
stract, the story of the creation and the
delevopment of the earth grows clear Well
selected illustrations carry out the line of
systematic research.
THE -5,.,f;, LEE OF E, NApoIEoN @ THE THIRD. BY
York: Dodd, Mead q Company
Mr.. Forbes writes here along the jor
portion of his line, of events with which
he is personally familiar. His work as
war correspondent during the Franco
Prussian affair brought him into close con-
tact with the French emperor and gave
him an exceptional opportunity to write at
first hand Of the events which caused the
downfall of the empire. Accordingly his
narrative is strikingly vivid, while his Ge-
lineation of the character of Louis Ma
roIeon springs clearly from acute study
of the man as he appeared during the later
years of mis- life. This remarkable career
which carried France through a series of
political contortions which would have left
deeper impress on some other nations.
is here set forth with unusual detail and
with a literary finish which gives TO the
work a special value.
signed to Teach that the Highest Achievement
is that which Results in Noble Manhood and
WomanhoCd. that there Is Something Greater
than Wealth. Grander than Fame, that Char
seter s is the only Success. By orison SWEET
Marden, author of flushing 10 the Front IL
iustrated with portraits Of eminent persons.
New York: Thomas y. CroweH & Company.
The subtitle amply indicates the charac-
ter and purpose of this work. 1T contains
a series Of anecdotes showing how energy,
force of well-drected will, application,
moral purpose and noble IDEAS serve to win
success against the greatest odds They
are connected by discourse which in the
graceful style of home talk, gives excellent
advice and lightens the text with frequent
quotations from the worlds greatest poets
illustrative of the higher duties The book
stimulates to self-culture and energy, and
may aid youth to find its abilities and
an outlet for its powers.
WHERE GHOSTS WALK; the Hauuts of Familiar
ua.as Gharastets I'm IN History and Literature BY
Homeseads' iiiustrafed. New York: g. p
Putnam's Some Washington: Brentanos.
Mrs. Terhune has taken ADVANCE Of the
ever-maintained popular interest in the
personality and the dongs of famous men
and women. She has here given sketches
Of the scenes of the achievements and suf-
tering5 of such personages as Dante Saw
onaro;a, Mary of Scotland, Keats Byron
Johnson, Carlyle, GineVra degi Amieri
Burns and the like, in series when at
tracts for its chatty style and its sugges-
uons of keen personal interest the
part Of the writer. While this necessitates
the retelling OF much familiar matter, the
repetition is never tiresome, but always
welcome.
JOHN HANCOCK, HIS BOOK. BY Abram English
Brown, author of History of BEDFORD,
''Glimpses of Old New England Life" BE
meath Old Hooftrees,' Beside Old Hearth
stones, etc. Boston: Lee g. Shepard. Wash
ngton: William Ballantyne Sons.
John Hancock's biography has never been
sufficiently set forth to posterity, when his
great services for the colonies and the
young republic considered. The present
work does not undertake to supply this de-
ticiency. but merely to give an insight into
his career, with the aid of his letters as
far as they can be collected, and as they
bear upon the important phases of his life
The author deprecates the delay in thus
paying what he terms debt Of gratitude
to the patriot, and points to the tardiness
of Massachusetts in erecting a fitting me-
mortal to his fame.
ALONG THE BOSPHORUS; and Other Sketches.
by Susan T. " ailace Mrs. Lew Wallace au-
thor OF .'Ginerva the Old Oak Chest The
Stored Sea- The Land of the Pueblos, - The
Repose in Egypt" Chicago: Rand, McNally
Company.
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