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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
DEC 7 
magazine reviews. 
L IPPINCOTT’S for December is an ex¬ 
ceptionally interesting and valuable 
number. Charles Morris contributes an 
article on the “Power of the Future,” in 
which he discusses the probable sources of 
power when the mines of coal which have 
enabled man to accomplish so much shall 
have become exhausted. Although there 
is no immediate danger of this occurrence, 
yet it is computed that the coal mines of 
England at the present rate of consump¬ 
tion will be exhausted inside of two cen¬ 
turies, and of course there must be a limit 
to those of other countries. All the heat 
and power contained in coal, wood and 
other combustibles came orignally from 
the sun—are bottled sunlight as it were, 
and to this source the author would look 
for the source of all power in the future. 
We are wont to speak of electricity as the 
power of the future, but we forget that 
electricity as we use it is only the stored 
energy produced by other means. French 
engineers have been endeavoring to make 
a more direct use of the sunlight as a 
means of power, and have so far suc¬ 
ceeded as to ruu a printing press with 
the power obtained, which printed 500 
copies per hour of a paper called the 
Sun Journal. The late John Ericsson 
had been actively engaged in experiments 
upon these machines for 25 years before his 
death, and had produced an engine which 
far surpassed that of the French engineers 
in efficiency. He continued to labor on this 
' machine until within two weeks of his death 
and exacted a promise from his chief engi¬ 
neer to go on with his exoeriments. 
“Building Associations,” by Thomas 
Gaflfney, describes the usual manner of 
forming and operating such corporations, 
more particularly in Pennsylvania, though 
the same principles govern them every¬ 
where. There are about 1,000 such associa¬ 
tions in Pennsylvania with some 218,000 
members. “Fiddler Rakes’s Fiddle” is a 
Virginia sketch by Rosewell Page, which 
seems to show that a fiddle is not always 
the evil thing it is represented. “ Against 
his Judgment” is a study in moral heroism, 
in the shape of a very pleasantly written 
story with a very tragic ending, The com¬ 
plete novel is by John Habberton and is en¬ 
titled “ All He Knew.” It is a story of an 
ex-convict who came back from prison “a 
changed man,” and who lived the reforma¬ 
tion he professed in spite of many discour¬ 
agements, not the least of which were from 
a hypocritical deacon. The simple story 
and faith of this man though he couldn’t 
understand the theology so freely preached 
to him, worked a wondrous reformation in 
his town. It is a touching story of simple 
faith and works as contrasted with Phar¬ 
isaical hypocrisy. J. B. Lippincott Com¬ 
pany, Philadelphia. 
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H ARPER’S for December is well filled 
with a variety of matter suited to a 
wide range of readers. There are several 
articles peculiarly well adapted for a 
Christmas number. “ A Golden Wedding ” 
is a simple yet touching story by Ruth 
McEuery Stuart, the scene of which is laid 
in New Orleans. An aged negro man and 
woman living in adjoining apartments in 
an old hovel, combine their scanty resources 
for a Christmas dinner. It was a warm 
Christmas, and after the appetizing meal 
was finished, the old couple indulged in re¬ 
miniscences of days long past, ‘ before de 
wall,” and of another warm Christmas 
when they were married. After a brief 
but happy period of married life the 
vicissitudes of that terrible institution 
of slavery separated the devoted pair, 
and the mother and her baby boy were lost 
to the fond father and husband. Ever 
since the war had freed him, he had been 
“ a-huntin’ fur Cicely.” With changes of 
masters had come changes of names, but 
will it surprise the reader to learn that this 
aged pair crooning together over the re¬ 
mains of their Christmas repast were the 
long-separated Aleck and Cicely ? For 
propriety’s sake, they were “ called out in 
church,” again ; this constituted their 
golden wedding and then they found their 
long-lost little Joe, now a minister of in¬ 
fluence, with a numerous progeny of his 
own. “The Flight into Egypt ” by Henry 
Van Dyke, is a reproduction of paintings of 
different periods representing that impor¬ 
tant event, with descriptions and comments 
thereon. “ The Twelfth Guest ” is a well- 
written story of a family Christmas dinner 
in the country, and the poor wayfarer whe 
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