The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-30
NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Story Of the Telegraph.
European and American Rsilwa, ~ Compa'r'
Chemistry as applied TO Arts and Manufactures
The Decimal System.
Geers Express Directory.
The Melbourne Directory.
The Flower of the Flock.
Memorandum relating to the Senate resolutions o.
the Stade Dues.
The Atlantic Monthly. Knicke booker. Harpers'
Monthly, for September; Democratic Review for
August.
Imperial Photograph Of ". II Seward. by Brady.
Portrait OF Cyrus W. Field, by c. b. Richardson
The SToky on TaR TpLEGa.PB AND III 1910 sY or
THE CNsAf ATLANTIC CAeLE:-a comptete reclrj
Of the inception, progress, and final success OF
that undertaking.; genaial history OF land
and oceanic telegraphs; descriptions Of telegraphic
appsrstps and biographical sketches al the prln-
cips persons connected with the great work. BY
Charles f. Briggs and Augustus Maverick New
York: Rudd 4 Carleton.
This is the title of a work which has just been
published, and which processes to give "a history Of
the great Atlantic cable, with a complete record o
the ipcepton, progress and final success of that
undertaking." The authors are Charles F. Briggs
and Augustus A. Maverick, both of whom inform
tie public, ii their advertisement of the work, that
they are the editors of the New York inns. The
book is dedicated to Mr. Cyrus w. Field, and the
publishers state they "haVe great satisfaction in be-
ing permitted todedicae this volume" to him. Nov,
il is but right that thai some public sho uld know
the character OF The uTe IL may be we'll 20 stae
that rei,her o. the individuals whose names have
been am ounced as the authors wers on sny one of
of the three Allan ic telegraph expeditions
that they never saw The scenes which they
tad ta ufi
OF the machinery are inaccurate that as history it
i, utterly unreliable; that Mr.. Cyrus w. Field never
gave permission to the publishers to dedicate IL to
him, that it takes away the credit from Mr.. W.
Everett of being the designer of the machine that
laid the cable, and gives il to who was not on
beard the Niagara on any one of the expeditions.
1T is proper to state" the authors say "that the
improved plan upon which these machines were con-
structed belongs to Mr.. Berdan, of New York, and
&c, Mr.. Field to whom the book is dedicated, and
who never gave permission to the publishers said in
speech which, he made at st. Johns, Newfoundland:
81 could lot DO justice tony own feelings did falto
Acknowledge how much il owing to Mr. Everett.
VINO for months devoted his whole time to designing
and peri citing the beautiful machinery that has so
succ ssirlly payed out the cable from the ships;
chinery perfect in every respect that it was not
for one moment stopped on board the Mia ara until
she reached her destination in Trinity Bay" On
this point Il is needless TO go further
The public will not fail to remember how the Times
eered at and rdcneJ tho idea that the last Atlantic
telegraph expedition could succeed and how it was
among the first to throw discredid on the despatch
Of the special correspondent Of the HERALD who was
on board the Niagara during all the expeditions and
who was at the successful landing of the cable in
Trinity Bay. But this is not all. The "editors of
the Times" after this absurd and silly attempt 70
mslead the public In regard to the truthfuness of
the despatch, would Il might be supposed, be care
full in copying anything from the HERALD and yet
we find in the volume now Before ne, that paragraph
after paragraph has been taken with the most I'M
blushing GOODNESS and without word as 10 the
source from which it was obtained. This, no weyer.
is process with which "the editors" Of that paper
are so familiar that IL has ceased to surprise those
who are acquainted with its character. Here is q
specimen of the plagiarism 10 which we have al
luded:--
[From the book BY tho Ed [From the NEW York HE.
torn of the Tines. RALDl