The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-02
OIher HnOka.

The question OF Consufnptlon H. UNI
fortunately, Of much more than technical
interest. While it Ia possible that there IL
exaggeration in the alarm which the dis
ease has aroused. when compared with
other prevalent diseases. it ia a serious
menace to the community, and the Efforts
to combat IL. whether by prevention or by
cure, are watched attentively. A COM
pendilm Of the latest information, on the
subject will he found in DR.. John Bessner
Huber's Consumption. It's Relation to
Man and His Civilization; Its Prevention
and Cure" ~. b. Lippincott Company.
II is a complete encyclopaedia Of consump-
ton that will enlighten the reader on'any
form of the discussion that may arise. and
the information is put generally in a purely
objective way, though occasionally che
authors preferences are shown, as in the
case OF the open air treatment.
. The Herbert Spencer" by Prof. j.
Arthur Thomson in the English Men of
Science Series" ID. NJ. Den q Co.; F.. p.
Dutton 4 Coz is a very useful little book
tina should prove an excellent introduce
ton to Spencer's philosophy. The bio
graphical part is taken chiefly from the
autobiography and is. perhaps naturally.
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followed, however, by an ANALYSIS Of Spen-
GERS scientific work. in which little has
been said Of his psychology or sociology.
which require another volume, or Of his
ethics and politics, or of his agnosticism.'
This process enables the author to give a
clear picture of Spencer the evolutionist,
which is as much as is necessary within the
limits of o small volume.
Zoology appears in a very attractive
form in Mr.. Ernest Ingersoll's The
Life of Animals. Mammals" Macmillans).
From man to the ornithorhyncus the
beasts of the field are described in clear
language that requires no technical knowl-
edge TO understand, and the descriptions
are accompanied by excellent pictures, of
which some are colored. The author has
succeeded in writing a book that is popular
in character without making any sacrifice
of scientific exactness. No better o
can he put in the hands of a boy that Is
interested in animals.
In selecting the title Italian Romance
Writers" (%Brentano'sl Mr.. Joseph Spencer
Kinnaird evidently wished to avoid the con-
fusion with the nopelieri. who were merely
story %tellers, but he misses the fact that an
Italian romdnso is usually an English novel.
He has the excellent idea Of making his
authors known by extracts from their
works, but his articles are too short for the
extracts to be of much value certainly in
the case of classics like Manzoni, Azeglio,
Grossi and Guerrazzi. The ten newer writer's
whom he describes are selected rather
oueerly, and where they are
some brief account of their lives and workx
might be desired.
A matter which. though by no means
pleasant, is ever before us and at this mo-
ment is attracting much attention is the
disposal Of garbage. This is treated ex-
haustively in two books that come from
John Wiley and Sons, THE Disposal Of
Municipal Refuse" by H. de B.. Parsons,
which treats the whole question with par
ticular regard TO conditions in New York
city, and Garbage Crematories in America"
by William Mayo Venable, in which one
form of the disposal of refuse is explained
thoroughly.
Practical and interesting is the book
that Mr.. John Bradburn has written on
Breeding and Developing the Trotter"
american Horse Breeder Publishing Com
pany, Boston,. After describing his own
early experiences with horses, Of which
the reader will wish the author had said
much more, Mr.. Bra dburn describes the
mane cement of Mr.. c. j. Hamlin's Village
Farm. He then goes into the details Of
horse breeding, and this takes up the creator
part of his little book. 1t will interest
| many others besides horsemen.
Some of the achievements OF modern
agricultural science which will be found
explained clearly and scientifically in the
many recent handbooks that have been
published are described in turgid rhetoric
in rThe New Earth by W. s, Harwcod
| Macmillans). Has the public taste been
so depraved by hysterical attacks or COR
%ruption in State and business that l. re-
, ouires the same style to describe the a.2pli-
| cation Of new fertilizers to the soil2
In two tiny books called Studies in the
Faiths" 81. NJ. Dent 4 Co.; E.. p. button q
| Coz Annie H. Small undertakes to explain
| the tenets OF Buddhism" and of Islam"
! She devotes half the space, however, to the
| demonstration Of the superiority of Chris
tianity TO either of these. They are aston
| ishing books to be issued by such publishers.
Mr.. Edwin Reed, a veteran in the Bacon
fight. publishes his evidence in "Coinci-
dences, Bacon and Shakespeare" CIV.
A, Butterheld, Boston,, Under selected
heads are quotations from Shakespeare;
below is the statement that Bacon might
have written il. At the end the coinci
denoes are grouped together and more
material for the controversy is provided.
The furniture with which Mr.. T.. j. Taylor