Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-27
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PATRIOTIC NUGGETS. Selections from
! Franklin, Washington Jefferson. Web
! stcr Lincoln. and Beecher Gathered
| By John n. Howard. New York: Fords
Howard & Hubert. Handy Volume.
Flexible Cloth. Gilt Top. Forty cents
rms little book contains, as its title sets
forth. bits of ore from rich mines"-
namely extracts from the writings of
Franklin, Washington. jefferson. Web
stcr. Lincoln, and Beecher, six prophets
whose wisdom the logic of facts has
amply confirmed. The authors cited have
been taken in their chronological order.
as have also the quotations from each
one, the principle Of selection evidently
being their views concerning America
its earlier wrongs and rights. fits Revou-
tionary struggles. its COnstitutiOn-mak-
ing its unprecedented advantages FOR
popular thrift and development I'm mate
rial. moral and spiritual forces. its
threatened dangers Of discord and Of
dishonest financial heresles. the great
maelstrom OF secession and civil strife
and its escape therefrOm, and its later
perils In political and financial recon
structiOn. And, considering the necessary
limitations of so brief a compilation, it
is remarkable how complete an outline
view may be had of American history I'm
these gathered utterances of The great
men named. Events come in by reference
and Illustration; the main purpose is the
setting forth Of sound principles. Many
of them are familiar but their colloca-
ton in this way gives them a peculiar
strength, while their pertnency TO the
right growth of American ideas IL stIik-
ing.
ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND COM
POSITION. BY T.. Dram Lyle, a. NJ,
Pm. D., Principal First Pennsylvania
state Normal School. Minersyllc.
Published by the American Book Com
pany, New York, Cincinnati. and Chi
cagO.
This publication is the third, and last,
OF a graded series of textbooks on the
English language, and is designed 10 meet
the requirements Of higher schools.
Though we have not been able 90 De-
stow upon it the attention and thought
which textbooks naturally merit we are
more than pleased with the arrangement
and presentation of its subject matter
The book IS based on the authors Gram
mar and Composition written twelve
years ago, and embodies all the improve
ments suggested by many excellent
teachers who have tested that work in the
classroom. The subject is developed in
accordance with pedagogical principles.
The sentence Is treated in an unusually
clear and tull manner as are also the
rules and principles governing analysis.
While the author, in treating Of tho
latter, presents a system which IS in
some respects different from the excel
lent one used by the public schools OF
Richmond, he, nevertheless, greatly SIM
plifes his subject and puts IL within the
easy grasp of the student.
Drurugnf this VullicgtiOQ IL
may not be amiss To say that, aside
from its value as a textbook, IT is a
wade mecum' which would serve well
as an addition TO any library. There are
within its covers an excellent index and
much useful data concerning abbreyia-
tions punctuation, and the history of our
language.
THE GREEN BAG. An Entertaining
Magazine for Lawyers. Edited by Hoo
race w. Fuller.
Contents.
!. William Adams Richardson with |
portraiD. Edmund $ Spalding.
. Historic Legal Puzzles.
g. The Medical Expert and the Legal !
Examiner. John c. Patterson.
T. ola French Prisons %. illustrated. |
.. Calhoun as q Lawyer and Statesman |
GV). Walter L. Miller.
6. The Fate Of the VIII verse, Fred. |
Eorton.
T. English Treatment Of Political Prls-
oners
s. New Inebriate Legislation in Eng
land. y. Wood Renton.
g. \ Threc-Cornered Election, 4. NJ.
Barnes.
10 Editorial Department.
Published monthly. Single No, 80 cents.
Published by the Boston Book Company.
Ii is hardly necessary for Us 10 add
anything 10 our former expressions in
praise of this well-edited periodical,
though we are particularly pleased with
his months No, which treats Of some
very interesting subjects. A glance at
he table of contents will show the diver
he present, the past and the future. The
ireen Bag, though pre-emincntly dis
eminator Of information. never allows a
hull or heavy page 10 slip between its
overs, and its facetiae are of the very
,est.
MURDER AS a FINE ART and 1.-THE
ENGLISH MAII4-COACH" BY Thomas
De Quincy. LAYS OF ANCIENT |
ROME"-Macaulay. CasselPs National |
Library. New Series Edited by Pro-
lessor Henry Morley. Cassell & Co..
New York. Price, 10 cents each.
These little books. which are bound and !
rinted in the ha0diest possible form,
ost only 10 cents apiece. but they con-
ain some OF the gems Of English htera-