The record-union., 1898-09-26

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than ordinary return for labor expend-
ed in them. We should be content,
he holds, with coaling station here
and there, and leave to England the
purchase of territory she once held in
ransom. Disagreeing with Mr.. Stevens
we must accord to him frankness and
fairness in his treatment of the sub
ject. There is no evidence Of strong
bias, and his accounts of the people, the
products, the topography, the condl-
tions social political and the like, are
unauestionably fair and accurate. The
work is, brim full of information of a
most interesting character. A valu-
able map accompanies the volume.
Fortuna is a story of Wall street
by James Blanchard Clews, a member
of the banking and brokerage firm OF
Henry Clews & Co., New York, press
of the j. s. Oglive Publishing Company,
New York. 1t is a romance embracing
finances, politics and love. 1t is de-
fensive of Wall street. without which
the author claims the nation could not
have achieved the great industrial and
commercial enterprises for which it is
SO famous-as in the construction of
IdlINdy UuIlSdSS, lOI CdOdi ~
that of all the rest of the world COM
bined, or nearly so. The story is ro-
mantle and is crisply told, involving
a heroine who is immensely wealthy,
and being determined to manage her
own property finds it necessary to
study finance. In this she receives
the valuable aid of two young mem
bers Of the exchange. AS it is a Wall
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bulls and bears, the great actors in
the financial battles of the day, the
great promoters of enterprises and
stupendous industries, and of course
involves the heroine in love adventures,
through which she comes triumphant
in refusing to barter herself to attain
a foreign title
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"A Creel of Irish Stories is by Jane
Barlow, press of Dodd Mead & Co,
New York. There are ten of these
stories in this octave volume, and
every one of them relates to folk lore,
customs, traditions, romances and
characteristics of the Irish people. They
are charming anecdotes-really, they
are more than that, they are tales, ro-
mantle, witty and some of them ex-
ceeUlnSly uldUldllc. he NOlUuit IL d
bouquet of stories that we'll repay the
time given to their reading, as rest and
mental recreation.
William Doxey, publisher, San Fran
cisco, has issued a pocket volume of
the Lark Classics series, entitled
"Barrack- Room Ballads, Recessional,
Etc by Rudyard Kipling These
lo !,
morous and witty, with the spice of
cutting satire here and there The
famous author is too we'll known to
the reading world to call for presenta-
ton here of any examples of his verse.
Under wellingtons Commando
Tale of the Peninsular War" is a book
for boys-though we confess it will in
terest many a graybeard-by G. A.
Henty, author of The Dash for Khar-
toum," Through the Sikh War; etc.
Press of Charles Scribner's Sons, New
York. 1t is continuance Of the story
by the same author Of With Moore in
Corunna,' and is introduced by rapid |
outline of that tale, that readers of the |
present may more understandingly |
take up the book AS we have said |
"illlt IL iS d DOOh LOT boys, 1t Is Oh d |
character to please the fancy Of older |
readers, and indeed it is presented in a |
style and form that does not disclose |
its dedication. Mr.. Henty has been |
styled The Boys Walter Scott" and !
it is a title fully deserved. He has
the art SO few possess of interesting |
young readers in historical matters, |
and of weaving history into enhancing |
+ala ILL.,
thor, and his works for boys, all re- |
lating to wars. adventure and strange
countries, make up a very large Ii |
brary.
Causes and Consequences" is the
title of a book of essays by John Jay |
Chapman, press of Charles Scribner's |
Sons, New York. The subjects treated |
are politics, society, education, de- |
mocracy and government. 1t holds that |
our Government is framed in accord !
with sound philosophy; that man is an
unselfish animal; that political corrup- |!
tions and social inferiorities can be
traced to the same source-namely, |
temporary distortion of human char |
acter by the forces of commerce.: that !
as to education a normal and rounded |
development can come only from the |
use of faculties very different from that
practiced by the average American |
since the discovery of the cotton GIN |
We cannot agree with the author in |
the conclusions he reaches in all cases |
but in several give him concurrence |
The subjects treated cannot be re- |
viewed in any ordinarily limited space |
and 1t must suffice to say that the es- |
says are decidedly original, more opto-
mistic than peSSimistic, generally cor
rect as TO causes" though not in ac-
cord with our views in all respects as |
TO consequences and remedies. The |
papers are vigorous, the diction simple |
and hence elegant, and the ideas ad-
vanced we'll worthy of profound con-
sideration.
anglo Saxons. Onward" is the title
OF Volume from the pen of BENJAMIN |
Rush Davenport, press of the HubbeI !
Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio. |
1t is a Romance of the Future" and |
is dedicated to the memory of the late
John A. Cockerill. 1t is a very dra-
matte story, involving the subject of |
closer relations between English speak |
ing nations.
-Four Months After Date is a novel |
from the pen of Randall Irving Tyler, |
press Of the Stuyvesant Publishing
Company, New York. This is a busi- |
ness romance, and a clever tale. but
not strikingly original or dramatic.
Richard Harding Davis 1atact ctorx-