New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-18
GOOD ROoxny' n,

'l.7.-l ~ .lAi GOOD BOoKsrs so,sss
1t haslOng been held that the dstil SlstI.
titled to all the best tunes; aud ws,oksSsSs1s..
the Riverside Press believes that hs h5Mm =.
little entitled to all the handscmest -.
Handsome books In which he is known x 20.
had hand, more or less, abound s.,ss,.
shelves, in, single tones and in. Esss,3;... Ess.s,3
works Of novelists from Fioldas ma
Tom Jones to Thackersy sna .yH;,
Fair; of poets, decent and indscsup -.
SHELTON to Byron--incirdshg Swim 0ss ana
Prior; Of essayists whose wit.hstes oiteu /.
broad as it is long; Of dramatisss, too msar n
whom We would hardly Ike to leave ~ oa
one library table for the casual eye Of sssyus
and children. OF amusing books IN secdly
guise there is an abundance; but Of bo0&sAst
discuss topics which concern our moral bshs.
and interest US in relations to the "hereafbr."
which the most reckless sometimes think si
upon Sunday, there is plentiful lack. !
Our neighbor Robinson, for instance, ,hs
piled up more money than be knows whs& b
do with. He has his town.house and III
country house, q dozen horses, and carriages b
suit; and his wife and half.a.dozen daughtan
rustic up to their ehurch-pew in silks and sads
that have paid enormously toward lquidatinl
the interest on the National Debt Rob1fM
and his family have tastes, and, In obedience u
the prevailing fashion, have their walnut 1b6os
cases well stocked with ,i .i .; ,sv cai.aa. litersts
IN magnificent binding; bat the only good bsot
among them is copy Of Blair's Sermons, ~
old London edition, that he had acquired wiA
PIutarcll's Lives and ROllins's Ancient Hiaoy
on the dispersion Of the elder Robiusor's tQqh
at his decease. We should not omit to meutoi.
however, that Robinson has for bis csntey tstk
superb Family Bible and Common Hiay9
Books in scarlet and gold, the cost Of binding
all which would furnish decent village ibrrJ.
Now we are well aware that Robinson has 10
objection to good books, and that he would ps-
fer them TO bad ones, If they were equally web
printed and well bound, and Messys. Hyr1
Houghton, in their announced intention ofpubt
fishing library Of the old English dirinss.
have had Robinson's case in view. a vU
"a that Of the religious and proiisiani
classes for whom their library Is more psrtku.
larly designed. They propose to publish frss
attractive form, in handsome and subshatl
manner, the works of Barrow, South tad
Jeremy Taylor-of Chilliugworth, Hell tad
Leighton, and of other celebrated diYincs -
theologians of England whose writings h,N
ths permaueuce and dignity Of clsssies. = .
This series is to be selected BY Rrepn
Shedd, without reference TO denonhnaaceA
peculiarities, and he has chosen for the fnt
publication the works of Robert South hs
volumes, with which the publishers proeq1S
tsst the disposition Of the public toward ~
an undertaking. A glanoe'at the income he
all over the country shows countless nuH-
tude Of heads Of families who can afford 10 n
dulge in the luxury of a few good books v piI
In with their miscellaneous liteTaturo-fsstk
their own reading for the reading Of there ~
dren. Whether South is she best work btst
their disposition on We cannot say, bstw
have confidence in Prof. Shedd's judgmssk
DR.. johnson, in speaking TO Bony Of ~
old divines, said, in his dcgmstic way, "Seuh
Is one of the best" Macauley groups bin
with Taylor and Barrow. His style and ~
mode of argument are specially counsssA
to the study Of young theologians. s0n
published under distinguished auspices ena
Of high authority in such master1~'
Penny Cyclop@dia - ayers that in R"'
spicuity, copiousncss and force Of eIpses
sion, he Is almost unrivsled among knes'A
writers" Ovn very clever esssyist, end . o's"
student Of neutrality-suspicious. ~ ei''-
orate article in The North A'aeriean to sn ei.
position of Souths merits in this ress'ae SEQ
that excellent writer and critic, the Ksy' Ssa'
vsrs rrancis-bi,nself an emincn. pulps d''~
In Unitarian circles--said, nearly iorty ye@.
IN a brilliant review Of South, in The C@n
r,sm;r,r. that. "on the whole, ne Is :.
Of the most distinguished writcrs u n'' w
OF any age." ,... sor,A ns
With ah his eminent quai'ues pa
great faults of character and even o. s'y's, s,A !,
mental constitution seems to have been ~. y .,a
might be compounded from Jonathan s- pI.m.
Sidney saith---say three parts OIL ' .oS,a.
lev" TO fivo parts of the Dean nc ,,'...,s,,d
trio and violent, but gcnerOusaud diSin.s' s;rs,
IL he believed in the divine rsn's vs
and tho doctrine Of passive ooe'. 60. n sd
manly and courageous, and did ho' n. ,s,..chas
.,. :; h;ch niaces. ffc"