The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-09

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AMI iha important easNa IN State and Fngllah
courta. Thorough ~ tho analyeia NJ the
trademark Law IA. the authors eSpusition
~ unfair trade and HE continent on the
casea that seem to come under that deala-
nntion apt~ar sven morn Important, Re-
cont revelations ~ 20 business practices
certainly sa.Yn n point Ia tho need ~ leeIa-
lailon On unfair dealings after the fashion
~ tho German and French lAwe on the sub
Ject.
Under the title war Government, Fed
eral and State In Massachusetts,, New York.
Pennsylvania and Indiana Woughton,
Mihlin and Company, Mr.. william y. weeden
takes occasion IN express HIS opinions about
men and measures, not only In the period
NJ the civil war but before and after. These
opinions are distinct and emphatic enough
and have the merit Of retaining the freeb-
meas Of impressions men had during tho
war. The author has q disconcerting way
Of Jumping from one subject 10 another
without warning and In overload Of paradoxi
hut his book In entertaining.
Abrief, hut clear and satisfactory account
Of -The Serpent Mound. Adams county.
Ohio has been prepared by Mr.. E. O..
Randall and 10 published by the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society, Co.
lumbus, Ohio. Besides the description OF
this important American antiquity, helped
out with sketches and maps, the opinions
Of many writer's who have written on tho
subject and the various theories as to its
meaning are supplied.
Oregon is the theme Of volume XXI. OF
Early Western Travels 174s-ls4o," edited
by DR.. Reuben Gold Thwaites (The Arthur
H. Clark Company, Cl~eveland). 1t con-
tains John B. Wyeth's Oregon from the
edition Of 1899, and John X. Townsend's
Narrative Of a Journey Across the Rocky
Mountains to the Columbia River 1889,
with the omission Of the part that goes be-
yond the boundaries Of the United States.
In these two accounts we have the story Of
Nathaniel j. Wyatt g two expeditions.
The Official Records Of the Union and
Confederate Navies In the War Of the Re-
bellion," edited by Mr.. Charles j.. Stewart
Government Printing Office, W~ashington),
have reached volume 20 of series I. This
contains the doings of the West Gulf Block
aiding Squadron from March is to December
81, 1893, the most notable operation recorded
at length being the attack on Port Hudson.
A learned and thorough account Of Tho
Development Of the Freedom Of the Press
In Massachusetts," by DR.. Clyde Augustus
Dunway, has grow out Of a doctor disserta-
ton and Ia published as a volume Of .Har-
ward Historical Studies by Longmans.
Green and Company. 1t Is an excellent
specimen OF an exercise In historical re-
search such as our universities are now
fond Of, and will be useful to specialists.
Advocates OF municipal ownership will
derive little comfort from DIR. Hugo Richard
Meyers investigations into Municipal
Ownership in Great Britain Macmillans).
These cover street railways, gas and cleo
tricity and the author lets the results speak
Tor themselves. Even III Lne muCn VaunteQ
case OF Glasgow. he thinks they are ~unfavor-
able. It Is a pity that DR.. Meyers American
spirit makes him impatient Of the British
dislike Of innovation and leads him to ascribe
to economic theories what are purely To-
tional traits. England sticks to her anti
quated compartment railroad cars, for
instance, which are wholly in private hands.
regardless Of their dangers and inoon-
venience.
The reader OF Prof. Frank Parsons's Tho
Heart Of the Railroad Problem" Nittle,
Brown and Company will easily come to
the conclusion that the problem has many
sides and that the solution will not be de-
rived from abuse. A more methodical
arrangement OF his matter and Of the cases
designed to prove a point would make the
argument clearer. The tone Is often too
close to that OF the hysterical magazines
and while the ground for blame is at times
obscure some OF the praise Of met hods
makes queer reading In the light Of recent
revelations.
The handbook Of selected statistics edited
for some years past by DR.. Josiah Strong,
with the title Social Progress appears
for the year 1905 (The Baker and Taylor
Company. Besides the many tables and
summaries that interest sociologists there
are counts Of the progress In the lines
they advocate in many countries.