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Show I TO IATPSOVE HUMANITY. Parenthood :i).rl Hire Culture an Outline of Kiiyejiici,. Liy Caleb Williams Salee-liv, Salee-liv, M. D.. Oh. M.. F. V.. 11. Kdln.. Folio Fol-io v. nf ili- OUstotrlc:il Soi-Ic-lv 01" Kdln-lv.irsii. Kdln-lv.irsii. MivpImt of tlio ConnoH of tlio EuK-nii:s Kiluoatlon Society, the Sociological Socio-logical Sodoty. tlio National Lnnu for Physical Ivlucation ami Improvement, Improve-ment, 3Ip?nbir of ilu- Royal Institution, Institu-tion, ihe Socli-tv for inn study of Inebriety. Ine-briety. Mt-. I'ul.llshi'd liy Moffat, Yard aim Company, Xen York. Tlio "onoral purport of li:s hook is tlio advocacy ul bolter parent iuiod. the fosrerin of grnuraiion by tlio lit, :itiI Iho ropns?ion of it lv tlio unfit. I ho hook is divided into I wo piivts, first iho theory of K-onics, the second, the piaoli'-c of KumMiJes. Tlio liisl ar cnntaiiis an iylronuc-torv iylronuc-torv chapter ami nino others, the titles of "which are, "The lixchoipter or Life." "Natural Selection and the- Law of Love." "The .Selection of Mind,' "The Mulftplicafioii of Man," "The Growth of lndividualily." "Ilorcdilv and Knoe. Culture." " Kducal ion am Rare Culture." "The Supremacy of Motherhood. " "Marriage, and Malor-nalism." Malor-nalism." The author makes himself lear to the point that it is not alone, nor even principally, physical perfection that is desirable in the choice ot pa rents: no weaklincs, of course, need :ip- It.1v. but after all. strength of )hyMjue is'not the main tiling: selection "must be based, if the liiglicpl. results no to bo obtained, upon the principle that the selection of bodily qualities other than those of the nervous system is of value only in so far as these serve the nervous or' physical qualities." The-author The-author accepts both for practical and for theoretical purposes the dictum of l'rof. Forel that "the brain is the man" or, to be more ace urate and loss epigrammatic, epi-grammatic, "the nervous system is the man." "Jf, then," the author says, "we, counsel or approve of any selection selec-tion of bono or muscle, or digestion, or as.v bodily organ or fund ion; if we select, se-lect, for physical health, physical energy, longevity, " or intiiiunil from disease ' our estimate of these things, one ami all, must be wholl.y determined by the services which they can perforin for the. nervous system, whether as its instruments, instru-ments, its guarantors of health and persistence, per-sistence, or otherwise." It is evident, t lion, that the author would breed right into nervous prostration lo the neglect of physical stamina and energy, a position posi-tion which we consider to be wholly in-d in-d feasible even from the standpoint of eugenics. Tart second is introduced by a quotation quota-tion from Darwin, as follows: It Is surprising how soon a wnnt of rare, or care wrongly directed, lends to the defeneration f a domestic race; but on'ocjw in the case of man himself, hardly any one Is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed. With savapes, the weak in body or mind lire soon eliminated, and lliosu that survive sur-vive commonly exhibit a vigorous sin to of iicnllh. Wo. civilized men. on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination: we build asylums .or he Imbecile, the malm nnd tlio :;!ek, we lu-stituti' lu-stituti' poor laws: ami otlr medical men fcrt their utmost skill to save the life of every one to the last moment. 'I bus Hip weak members of civilized i.o-eietles i.o-eietles propagate their kind. -N'o one who lias at Tended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt tbat this must be highly high-ly Injurious to t In race of man. Ymrwin. The Descent of Man. 2S71 . VI. i., chap. v. There are seven chapters in this .part besides two appendixes: the' chapter titles are: "Negative Eugenics." "Selection "Se-lection Through Marriage." "The linen lin-en Poisons: Alcohol," "The Racial Poisons: Lead, Narcotics, Svphilis, " "National Kngenics: Jiai-c Culture and History." "National lOugenics:' Mr. P.alfouVon Decadence' "The Promise of Uace Culture." Hero it is casici1 to follow the author entirely, when lie would disipiss I mm the opportunity of propagating, all who aie feeble-minded, insane, criinin.il, or .iiTcclcil by organic defect or disease. Tliero'.can be no question from the racial ra-cial standpoint but that the community would be better off with that kind of . propagation entirely shut off. As the auttttir Kiys in his conclusion. "Parenthood "Parent-hood on (.lie. part of the diseased, (lie insane, in-sane, the ulehohnlh where these conditions condi-tions promise to be transmitted must bo denounced as a crime against Iho future." And where, he proclaims thai l!r Eugenics Educational Society "stands for active legislation, and for the formation of that public opinion! which legislation, if it is lo bo effect-no. effect-no. must express," for the enforcement .f these restrictions, nil right-thinking people must join hnnds villi that society and wish more power to if. This work is the first attempt to define de-fine as a whole the general practice of rice culture or eugenics. It is a worthy book on the subject., and deserves careful care-ful and diligent study, to the end that correct principles may be brought into practice in the propagating of the human race. 4 I IN PAVOR OF THE CHINAMAN. Chinese Immigration. By Mary Roberts Coohdgf. Ph. D.. formerly Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University. Uni-versity. Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York. Th:s is a very thorough-going pro-('h'lucsc pro-('h'lucsc book. It claims to give the j:ost complete record of the Chinaman m the 'United States that has bean ni-lemptud, ni-lemptud, and doubtless it has done eo. iJe'tiuiJng with the tiim whon the Chi-i Chi-i cso were welcomed as desirable :n the fetlleinent of the iabor dillictilties on the Pacific coast, the author traces the many phases of hostility which they li'ive since uncounterod: and sho wis forth the legislation which has been f rained with respect to I hem, not neg-Ifcting neg-Ifcting the prejudiced debates and pleas Jig.iiast thorn, the drastic regulations Mid Iho ;everc constructions placod up-.jt up-.jt laws and regulations by ae:ao port (-illeiab. The work is divided into three parts. The first treats of the peri ml of free iwuigrntion, ISIS to 1SS2. inclusive.; I'.irt second deals with ""Restriction and Exclusion." covering the time .Mtioe: pari three deals with "Complication "Complica-tion and Assiniilai ion," which treats-of "The Labor Troubles in California be-tore be-tore ihp Kearney Period;;' "The Chi-'ii Chi-'ii s-i' in San Francisco '; "The Menace Numbers and Non -Assimilation "; "The Kji'ect of Unfriendlv Exclusion vjon China." The conclusions are mawn directly censuring iv.sr nation and the Pacific coast States for the Tu'ajjnout of tlio Ch'iiiCop. and thnt the f hittoio are perfectly justified in 10-Rontini: 10-Rontini: that treatment. There ia an j-ppendix which gives statistical table.i. elected bibliography, and a general index. H There seem lo lie sonip inperfociioas HB i'i the book: in the tables ''specially; " that on page -1 JO being quito iacoin- i rehciiaVblo in 1l:c form in wiiich it arr.n.-a :i"hd tii.nt on page 14S beir.g evi-dently evi-dently erroneous in a' nutnbf.r of ioints. I'lir ii:stniice. the iattor table givt5 the j-cr.tCiiTag'' of Lritisii population as co:u-lured co:u-lured wi;h the whoic population ul four jor ton'. ;tud yut the porcoatage k of crnnia.5r. is given :iz iifty-two vvr re.:L Hrixis'n: w.ul in genera! it is nro::y H liard to make very much out, of that H 'ihcri is no quest. on oL t :e jits:i oj of vcrv much of the presentations mide in tins book; the. restrictions as enforced en-forced at some of the ports have boon unduly oppressive, insulting, and in sorao "cases ontrageouH. This, however, is a matter of administration, and is not to be chargable against the law fairly administered. The true intent and meaning of the legislation against the Chinese immigration has been to prevent pre-vent the Chincsa laboring class from coming into this country, reducing the wages, and lowering the standard of living to tlio barbarous and starvation point' it is evident that the Chinese, j who come here as single men, can work I for a niiich lower wage than Americans who have families to rear and support: and it is evident thai such Chinepo competition is destructive to American familv life and. to the traditions of the Uopublic. At the same time, the idea for the admission of travelers, visitors, students, r.ud the like mnsf in all fairness fair-ness be granted. The work is one of great and painstaking pains-taking labor, and is deserving of consideration con-sideration by the candid public. At the same, time it. can not be expected in any male-rial way to affect the position posi-tion of the American people, that our labor market mu.st not be degraded by single men of any race coming hero to reap where they have not sown, and to profit whvre they have not invt-iit-id IDYLS OF THE NORTH. j Ballnds of n Cheechako. By Robert W. Service. Published bv Edward Stern Si Co.. Philadelphia. This is a book of poems quite out of the ordinary; thev remind ono of I he author's former book. "The Spell of the Yukon." The poems are all of the wild and lonely North, nnd are realistic and racy in high degree. We have here a dedication "To the Man of the High North;" then a poem "Men of :hc High North;" and the other poem litles are: "The Ballad of tho Northern Lights." "The liallad of the Black Fox Skin." "The Ballad of Pious Pole," "The Ballad of Blasphemous Blasphe-mous Bill." "The Ballad of Ono-Evcd Mike," "The 3lnll.nl of tho Brand." "The Ballad of Hard-Luck Jfpnry." "The Man From Eldorado. - " My Friends." "The Prospector," "The I3)ack Sheep." 'The Telegraph Operator," Oper-ator," "The Wood-Culler," "The Song of the Mouth-Organ," "Tho Trail of Ninety-Eight," ,7The Ballad of Hum-Hoot Hum-Hoot Ben." "Clancy of the Mounted Police," "Lost." " J; 'Envoi." "The Ballad of the Northern Lights" undertakes to explain them in tho following fol-lowing lines; ( Some say that the. .Northern Lights arc the glare of the Arctic ice and snow; And some that It's electricity, and nobody no-body seems to know. Cut I'll tell you now and If I lie, may my Hps be stricken dumb It's a mine, a mine of tho precious stuff that men call radium. It's a million dollars a pound, thoy say, and there's ions and tons In sight. You can see it gleam In a golden stream In the solitudes of night. And it's mine, all mine and say! If you have a hundred plunks to spare. I'll let vou have the chance of your life, I'll sell you a quarter share. The most of- the K)cms are in this same measure, and all of them are virile, hearty, and sonorous. They are fairly deserving of the commendatory words found on tho cover: "His art is strong and true; he brings home to its the elemental savagery, as well as the beauty of nature, the fierce brutality and the pathetic tenderness of strong men. with a sure, firm touch." Illustrative of the fierce brutality combined with the pathetic tenderness, the balled, "My Friends," will serve as a sample, viz.: The man above was a murderer, the man below was a thief; And I lay there In the bunk between, ailing ail-ing beyond belief; A weary armful of skin and bone, wasted with pain and grief. My feet were froze, and the lifeless toes were purple and green and grav; Tho little ilesb that clung to my bones, you .could punch It in holes like clay; The skin on my gums was a sullen black, and slowly "peeling away. I was sure enough In a direful fix, and often 1 wondered why Thoy did not take tho chance that wa3 icft and leave mc alone tr. die. Or finish me off with a dose of dope eo utterly lost was I. Uut no; they brewed me the grccn- sprucc tea, and nursed inc there liko a child; And the homicide he was good to mc, and bathed my sores and smiled; And the thief he starved that I might be fed, and his eyes were kind and mild. Vet they were woefully wicked men. and often at night in pain I heard the murderer speak of his deed and dream it; over again: I heard the poor thief sorrowing for the the dead self lie had slain. I'll never forget that bitter dawn, so evil, askew and gray. When they wrapped me round in the skins of beasts and thev bore me to a sleigh. And we started out with the nearst post a hundred miles away. I'll never forget the trail they broke, with Its tense unuttered woe; And the crunch, crunch, crunch as their snow-shoes 'sank through the cruet of the hollow snow; And my breath would fall and every beat of my heart, was like a blow. And oftentimes I would die the death, yet wake up to life anew; The sun would be all ablaze on the waste, and the sky a blighting blue, And the tears would rise in my snow-blind snow-blind eyes and furrow my chocks like dew. x Anvt the camps we. made whon our strength outplayed and the day was pinched and wan; Ami oh. the Joy of that blessed halt, nnd how I did dread the dawn; Ar-d how 1 hated the weary men who rone and dragged me on. And oh. how T begged to rest, to rest fi;e snow was "so sweet a shroud ; And oh. how I cried when tho.-. urged me on, cried oik' cursed them aloud; 4 I Vet on they strained, all racked and nalncd. and sorely their backs wore .bowed. And then it was all like a lurid dream, and I prayed for a swift release From the- ruthless ones who would not leave me lo dio In pence; Till I wakened up and 1 found mvself at the post of tho Mounted Police. And there was my friend tho murderer. and there was my friend the thief, With bracelets of steel around their wrists and wickcyl beyond belief; Bui whon they- come to God's Judgment Hvat may I be allowed the brief. OUT OF THE WILD 8. Molchlsodec. TJy P,amsev Benson. pib-llr.hed pib-llr.hed by Henry Holt tz Co., New York. This is a story ofJ'a waif Indian boy. partly idiotic, but subtle in the wiles of jtidian craft, shrewd and direct in Hie use of such mind as he had: uncompromising uncom-promising and infertile of brain, and acting in the most prinritivc manner. The boy drifts about from one lumber .amp ti another; hr jimillv undertake-, :o ioarr ; read, hos a dogged faith 1 fulness that is not daunted by any difficulty; and finally falls into the hands of a Frenchman, a doctor, who is a skeptic. The boy, however, has deep religious longings" and tendencies, and uncoiisciouj-lv he compels the doctor doc-tor to tread in religious paths; the two become devoted to each other, ivud through many trials and difficulties the boy is found later on to bo doing wonderful won-derful work in the slums of a city, r.r.d later occupying a pulpit. His naturally infirm and" weak character, howover, leads hiin to an indiscretion which later on is his undoing; but tho work he does is tho Master's work, and it benrs abundant fruit. All through the period pe-riod of his sorvice ho cries out ngnin.it formalism and ostentation, and iho conventional con-ventional religiosity; and his final word is that, "though the Christian church Is indeed a dead corpse, sho is no more dead than Lazarus was; the touch of her Mnstcr will yet restore her to life." There is very little love-making of '.he ordinary sort in I he book, but more or less of the native wildncss connected therewith. The book is an attractive ono to the reader, who will not. willingly willing-ly lav it down after once "Starting to read "it. PAR AGRA Pin 0 PUNGENCIES. Widow's Wisdom. By Ninon Travel Kieekenstcln, Illustrated by Clare. Victor Dwlgglns. Published by II. M. Caldwell Co., Boston. This is a little book with sapient paragraphs of keen wisdom and satire, illustrated by grotesque but effective drawings: in" some of them woman "is represented as a spider in her web trying try-ing lo enmesh tho wary fly, man. The aim of the work, as explained by tlio author, is "to enliven a dull hour" with its signboards of advico and warnings to our friends." The satiro is very keen; tho wisdom sometimes evident, Fometinios not, but always good nafnrod. Tho following paragraphs are samples: It is all right to expect joy In tho next world but a better thing lo demand it In this and to go about making your part of It at once. If It Is a pretty woman thev call It temperament, if a homely one It's a nasty disposition. To continue love in marriago requires genius, a well developed usenso of humor, ar-d a philosophic turn of mind. Wl-.it makc3 women think so well of love Is tha,t It hides their defects In the eyes of men. Do not try to be perfect. If you should succeed, you would become an Insuffer-abio Insuffer-abio bore. It. is dlflicult to say which makes Ihe greater mistake; the one who bclicvo-i everything or the one who believes nothing. noth-ing. v With women love Is the supremo motive mo-tive of life with men, never. Man never sacrifices his ambition, his career; but a woman glories in any sacrifice, tho groatcr, the more eagerly, when she loves. Make, up your mind that you get nothing noth-ing in this world that you do not pay for. Consider the thing you desire and the price you must pay; if It is vorth it, pay and enjoy, and don't cry over vour bargain. Sometimes it seems at first that you are. getting something for nothing but be sure that you never do that will be. perhanco tho thing you pay most dearly for. These arc fair samples of tho book, and there is pi only or like paragraphs to bo found fu it. MOVE OUT OF TOWN. A Guide to the Country Home. By Ed-waid Ed-waid Kneoland Parkinson. The Outing Publishing Company, New York. This is a very handsome little book, n guide to the garden and the country home; showing' not only the beauties, but also the profits in connection therewith. there-with. The purpose of the author is to warn tho amateur against undue haste, and to give him such praclical information infor-mation as is possible in selecting his country home and in living thcro comfortably com-fortably and profitably- after he has selected se-lected it. The Keveutcen chapter titles are a prett' good indication of the scope ot the work, those being as follows: fol-lows: "The Way 'Out -of Town," "Choosing the Home," "Winter Planting," Plant-ing," "Tools, Their Cost and Use," What Shall We Uaisc?" "Live Stock the Horse," "Cows. Their Cost and Care,"' "Swfnc," "The CuriuL' of Hams and Bacons," "Fowls, Their Care, Cost and Profit," "Crops, and How to Plant Them," "The Orchard," "Tho Market Garden." "The Kitchen Garden," "Bees," "Trees, Lawns, and Shrubbery," "The Harvest." There are sixteen full page illustrations, -and the work is printcii on good heavy paper, pa-per, the illustrations being especially clear and distinct. This is a first-clasa little work on the subject treated. COINS OF THE WORLD. Under the above title will Issue this month the Year Book for 1009 of the Hanking Law Journal, New York. It will contain photographic reproductions of the curreni coins of the world, a catalogue giving their denomination and value In L'nltcd Stales money, and a concise history his-tory of the coinage system of each country. coun-try. A few pages are given to a brief survey of historic coins sufficient to convoy a good general idea thereof. This Is alsp accompanied by Illustrations. The work Is under the editorial supervision super-vision of Maurice L. Muhleman, the well-known well-known expert upon monetary subjects, and .the coins were catalogued by T. -L011I3 Comparetle, curator numismatic collection collec-tion United States mint, Philadelphia. The acquracy of Its contents may be relied re-lied upon and will make it a standard reference work. The evolution of society ha3 greatly multiplied tho uses for and importance of such n work. v Its value and importance will constantly grow until the ever-Increasing Intercommunication, Interchange of commodities and securities, migration of Individuals, etc . impel an International coinage system. This Is far distant and the conversion of foreign money Into domestic do-mestic values makes "Coins of the World" a universal necessity. It has been but a few years since exchanges were effected effect-ed solely by a few bankers at the principal prin-cipal seaboard cities, then the. Important Interior cities took it up and soon the chara cterlst ic American spirit led tho manufacturer and merchant in every small town to feel he could and should know for hlmsolf about these things, whether I he v.-as shipping bis products abroad, ! making foreign purchases, or contemplating contemplat-ing a trip. The utility of and interest In "Coins of the World" will, therefore, be not alone with every financial institution, the numismatist, nu-mismatist, and those who travel, but with a large proportion of our progressive people peo-ple It Is a high example of tho printer's art and Its pleasing appearance is in keeping with its lasting worth. "Coins of the TVorld" stands in tho lino of progress with and Is a fitting companion compan-ion of its predecessors, "Banking Systems of the World" (1008) and "The Treasury System of the United States" (1907). These well-known Year Books havo established es-tablished themselves as permanent library li-brary editions and are In constant demand. de-mand. LITERARY NOTES. Frank .T. Good now, Knton Professor of Administrative Law and Municipal Science Sci-ence In Columbia University, and author of "CUv Government In the United States," has written a work on "Municipal Government," Gov-ernment," which treats the subject In far-reaching dotall. The book Is intended both for college students and for goneral readers; nnd Issued by Uie Century Co., September 1st. Edition after edition of Wm. Allen White's novel. "A Certain Rich Man." is appearing with a rapidity which indicates that this book will bo ono of the great successes of the year. Although the novel has been out little more than a month, It is already in Its sixth edition- The Mavor of Toltlo, tho Hon. Yukto Oznkl. has just given a striking evidence of Ihe friendship of Japan toward this country in offering, through President Taft, to present 20,000 cherry trees for the beautlficallon of one of the n-w parks along the Potomac in Washington. Mr. Ozaki is one of the leading younger men of Japan and has been a member of tho Imperial Diet over since the promulgation of the Constitution. Ills wife. Madame Yei Ozaki. has many friends in America, having boon educated at Vassal college. She Is coming before American renders this autumn with a book entitled "Warriors "War-riors of Old Japan, and Other Stories." In which she retells somo fascinating old myths nnd legends with a brilliancy to be compared with that of Lafcadlo Hearn. " The great granddaughter of Robert Fulton. Mrs. Alice Crary Sulcliffo. has written the storv of "Robert Fulton and the 'Clermont.' " and The Century Co. published the volume on September 11th. lavishly illustrated, and with many of Fulton's hitherto unpublished letters, drawings, and pictures. The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes, which occurred on August 20th. has been very generally referred to in the current mag-azlnos mag-azlnos and newsnapern. but the formal memorial observance of the event was held at Sander's theater, Cambridge, last April. Dr. Samuel M. Crothers. who was one of the lending speakers on that occasion, oc-casion, will publish his study of Holmes under the title of "Oliver Wendell Holmes: The Autocrat and His Fellow Boarders." under the Imprint of Houghton. Hough-ton. Mifflin Co., on September 18th. in lb little series of centennial books about rreat men. which has already included Charles Eliot Norton's "Longfellow" and Bliss Perry's "Whlttler." "The Lady of the Decoration," now more than three years old, still continues to be among the best selling books on Its publisher's lists, several thousand copies a month beinrc the usual output. The first book tho author has written since "The Ladv of the Decoration" Is "Little Sister Snow.'.' which is announced for publication by the Century Co. on October 0th. "The Moccasin Tlanch" Is the title chosen for Ilainlin Garland'a story which the Harpers arc planning to publish soon. Mr. Garland's renders of earlier days, those who knew him by such a book as "Main-Travolcd Roads." will be glad that ho has gonoback for the setting of "The Moccasin Ranch" to those same plains of Dakota whose primitive desolation Invested In-vested his first stories with their peculiar force . A very innocent, and very much In lovo voting woman Is the heroine of ".andrie," the novel bv Marian Edwards Richards, which tho "Century Co. announced for September 11 issue Tho frontispiece, the work of the author's sister. Harriet Roosevelt Richards, Is reproduced in full color. The mnnuscrlpt of a. now book bv Sir Gilbert Parker Is In the hands of the Harpers, who will publlslv It early this fall. The Macmillan Company is publishing this week a new edition of Palgmve's "Golden Treasury." containing ih' two volumes In one The first volume of the "('olden Treasury." the one which mnde the name famous all ov?r the world, was an anthology of English lyric poetry down to 1SG0 and Including: only the work of poets no longer living In 1SU4, when It was published. By general consent, this is tho greatest collection of lyrics ever brought together In a single volume Years later Professor Palgrave made another an-other volume, consisting of English lyrics after 1S50 and Including- tho best works in this form of Tennyson, Browning, and the other groat Victorian poets. Later In the season tho publishers promiso an American "Golden Treasury." edited by Professor Curtis Hidden Page. A second edition of "Letters from China." by Mrs. Sarah Pike Conger, wife of the late minister to China, is announced an-nounced by tho publishers. Messrs. A. C. McCIurg- & Co. Arrangements have also been made to publish the work In England, Eng-land, through Messrs. Tlodder & Slough-ton. Slough-ton. The demand for the book seems to come from a recognition or the new light which It throws on matters relating to China, which no previous writers had ipiito tlic same opportunity of lnvcstlgat-'Ing. lnvcstlgat-'Ing. Among tho many expressions of opinion on the book received by the publishers, pub-lishers, one was from a Chinese student at Sheffield Scientific school, who says It is the most Interesting and truthful account of his people he has ever read. |
