The National tribune., 1900-06-28
RECENT LITERATURE.

LET THERE BE LIGHT. By David
Lubin. Published by G. A. P. Putnam's S
Sons, New York.
This is the story of a Workingman's
Club, its search for the causes of poverty
and social inequality, its discussions, and
RAYS DAUGHTER" complete
novel, by Gen. Chas. King, is the Leading
feature of Lippincot's Magazine for June.
Stephen Crane writes on the Battle of
Bunker Hill.
CAUSE AND TRUE REMEDY. BY GEORGE
e. BUELL., Rochester, N. Y.
The above is the title Of pamphlet
which gives a copious collection of sta
tistics from official sources showing the an
nual production OF wheat in India for the
last 20 to 25 years, and also the annual
export Of the product for the same period,
together with review Of the transporta-
tion and irrigation system and agricultural
methods of British India.
From these sources it appears, as the
author points out, that the very Prov
inces of India which suffer most from
periodical famines are at all times heavy
exporters Of breadstuffs, even in the
midst of famine season.o 1t is pointed out
that if the wheat exported from India, to
take advantage 7of the higher European
markets, had been consumed at home that
want would have been averted.
He recommends that Great Britain
should adopt the policy of Russia, and
whenever famine season occurs stop the
temporary export of breadstuffs to higher
foreign markets. thus compelling for the
public good the producers of wheat to sell
in the domestic, market at lower price.
saving the lives Of the people and pre-
venting the necessity of calling upon
America and other portions Of the civ
ilized world to feed India, while India
herself exports her bread and sells it in
England. The report shows that even
while Kansas is proposing to send a mil
lion bushels of corn to feed the Hindoos,
the Hindoos are sending some 10000, 900
bushels Of wheat to England to feed En-
glishmcn. Thus we have the curious
anomaly Of American wheat depressed in
price by Indian exports to European mar
kcts, while American farmers supply the
deficiency caused by these Indian exports
to markets where they would gladly have
sold their crops.
MEN AND THINGS / SAW IN CIVIL WAR
DAYS. By Jas. F. Rushing, A. NJ. LII.
D., Brigadier-Gcneral by Brevet U.
This is handsome volume, vo., some
$50 pages, well described by its title Gen.
Rushing was New Jersey soldier, who
entered the Army in 1861 as Lieutenant
both with the Army of the Potomac and
Army of the Cumberland. The first half
of the book is composed Of sketches and
personal "reminiscences of the great COM
manders whom he met, including Abra-
ham Lincoln and Andrew johnson, and
embracing among the soldiers Mcclellan,
Hooker, Burnside, Meade, Thomas, Sher-
man, Sheridan and Grant. The rest of
the volume consists OF personal reminis-
cences of service in the field, letters writ
ten at the time, and other matter, giving
vivid pictures and valuable information
concerning the field life of the armies
East and West with which the author
saw service. 1t is well illustrated with
portraits of the author and the leading
characters discussed. 1t is published by
Eaton & Mains. New York.
Mr.. S. S. Mcclure has secured from
Rudyard Kipling a series Of stories of tn,
South African war. The first, entitled
THE Outsider" will appear in the July
number of McClure's Magazine.