New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-25

oua correspondent but tbs very clover witty letter.
of toue up snOvn correspondent VI the saiIncal
,onrnpl Figaro, bow collected In small VOLUME
sseehes traits cats, hits Of and at ueD and women
OF letters aud art and OF and at things Vi the currenl
undonestic lie OF lie Pari i@ns.
Lss OrigiDaa1 de la DeJ1rere Heure is curious
compilation, made by that INDUSTRIOUS anecdoie col
lector NJ. COlombey OF striking eay ings and dolngs
Of dying heroes, saints peruses, tcamps aud other
varieties OF our mortal human genus. As an al0um
Of illustrations Of The ruling passon strong IN DEATH
az A collection Of instances of that illumination OF
the spit that flashing Of the freed intelligence as
the eshy clog is falling, as the vail of The future
rising on the passage 10 the other world oil wnlch
the death-bed i the threshold, the little book can
,eFye we'll the higher uses Ot psychological study
10 the idle reader wish for nev entertainment;
NJ. Colonbey, however, baa not nearly exhausted
bis su"ieci the battle fields VI our civil war are
yielding rank growth Of the quick spring. ghott
ilowers" Of death rhetoric Pick, for example, from
the blood soaked bed. Ben McCuoclfs "Ob, HeilF
Comic tragiccomic, horri comic 10 ne. But 10 poor
Benz l. IL unratrioic 10 cay Poor Ben = lie
,cos onr euemy | know.
Ia Lon de, Repolataoas, by Jusiin Dromel, is IN
Syo., which only know by iis cover sm told that
IL contains mo meiitOliOus effort toward Justlhea
ion OF j thl "a not unsouDd, ingenious aticmpI 20
define the Law OF Revelations, made Win spe "a
referenre, however, to Frenca Revolutions. INC
entertainment of the law even for France, Il grehy
worth our at euiinn In tie study il behooves Amer-
cans all now TO diligently purene OF The law oi o
lIeyoluiion-of which tbis pre.ent (witsed, II you
choose but MT coHs6ess rsbellJu Is featuIe, ho'
the essential 6ooy. :.
L H. stoare de- ia Campdgae de 1915, by Edgar, IS
q phenomenon in The way Of French historical VIII
irr-a daring aiteInvt 10 tell The truth about Tue
Canpaign OF 1915 generally and about the bsI'ie VI
Waterloo speciaily-a speeiui trutn or set OF uu'n
which the French as ignorant oi ana as iuhpo'.u
TO Learn as any other IeOl le, the EDglrh tay' OF
ta,.l a -
civuds o. pstional vanity aud preJnoce' anu
the dafkneas OF Williui popular igDohneo uahe
lie li,Iorcal record illegiole. In one of the m'
large encyclopedias pubished IN fihnce " ieso
yr,trs. there s no article, Waterloo. The popular
persu ,sion IN Frsuce to-day Is thai Napoleon Was
defeated NJ Waterloo, not by Wellington nor py
Blucher but by pure accident. This persuaslon II
strengthened by writer's who should su,w, who 90
know better, but who hold intellect subject TO
v,,,siou Judgment and perception 10 viii and ~ish;
iaeis To vanity. Trey teach 10 apt scholars Ihat
" patIiOtifm' is better Than trut,-as fllests IN
certain haye taught tuat The church Id better
tuan Christianity.
lie P6rs Lacoi d0ire il tie title Of brilliant gen
erOus very rhetorical t0grapbicO-poliical pamphlet
written by MUntalember, on occasion OF tho death
OF the eIooueut Dvminicail. Montalemberts writing
detk il uUtuiug more less Than the forced sabeu-
tuie of the Parliamentary speakers tribune. lie
wrI Urslions-as III very different kind MAcanlay
wsB slid 70 have spOkan tssay- ia Parliament Lt
Pee LdcoTdGire like the Motncs d, 9 Occ'feht II
10 he read rs q written OTtllOu, speech. ~ rrhhi
with tie 70 nee, ssarily implied qualiicaiobs the
lttlo volume offers great ni.lie, iaal pleasle and
ierlile suggestions ~ thoughts ~ practical Kind
~ ~ reauer
Il mp Low psst several wolks Of literary merit,
10 anne In limc ior the posr, 10 tuls u'le La
/ LltfcTatu5e MoGerhe the title of book Il no IL
llnsc literary quality whpteyer but like enough TO
he note worthy ol Your r.aders m thai II i'
Il comp.eie GicioL,ry OF all Looks publ he'd IL
Frhce from lsJJ 10 1860 inclusive: their titles sn-
lhors names dales OF publication ior p1e,, nsInes
OF publishers.