New-York tribune., 1870-08-09
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

zELs POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA Universal Dictionary Of En
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This work is prepared upon the novel prin-
ciple Of combining an ordinary English spelling, pro
nouncng, and defining dictionary with an illustrated
encyclopedia OF the arts, sciences biography history
geography DC II does not aim at the funess of treat
ment possible in cycopadas which eonine themselves
to limited range Of subjects; but 1t is wonderfully
comprehensive, and conveys under each head iar
satisfactory amount Of information than we shouiu
have supposed it possible TO compress into the Sni
space that has been allowed Mr.. Colange mas app"
reny performed his task with great care and In gee
with good Judgment We have noticed few nuPortan'
omissions and few serious mistakes. Some OF te oio
graphical notices strangely dsproporuOnaVo W."
one another, but this is fault almost lne'lta"io III
pedia- making and not very serious one eI'nei' LIVING
characters are included and American ceeouesIecee
liberal attention The editor seems TO nave taken great
Mains In obtain nte statistics, well as 70 include utles
which have only recently acquired Importance Ihus he
gives an account Of the Chassepot rifle with drawing
and in its due place we SNAIL uouDueSS h"Nc" uosoi'P
tion OF the neede-gun also.
Although account Of the necessity OF compression
the book printed small type and thin paper the
text is very clear and the Typographical arrangement
such as give the eye all possible relief The woodcuts
are in profuse abundance, and If some OF the more
strictly ornamental hardly give sufficient reason
for their existence others great assistance In illus
tratne scientific and technical topics. The work has
been publishing in numbers issued every ten days. and
since the first volume completed coming down to
end OF the letter H. the vocabulary has been pushed
as far as Mayence, where Part 80 now leaves it.
For the convenience of travellers, d. Apple
ton Co. have published in neat little volume with
flexible covers, sensible and useful paper On Sed-Siek
aeSs contributed some time ago TO scientific periodical
by Dr. FORDYCE BARKER.
A. S. Hale g. Co. publish The Home of
WASHINGTON or Mount Vernon and its Associations by
BENSON j. LOSING, good specimen of the style OF min
gcd historical and antiquarian writing which Mr. Los
sing has made almost his 1t is profusely Illus
trted with drawings Of Mount Vernon and its surround
ings pictures of the various Washington relics, and por
traits family and of noted persons connected with
Washingtons history. Mr.. Tossing fortunate enough
10 collect the materials the long ago 1852
Since time all the most interesting memorials Of the
Father OF his Country have been carried away, and
many are perhaps irrecoyeTably lost The volume is
well printed and the engravngs are crcdtable
In the last number of The National Medical
JotrndI Washington, there is "A striking article by Dr.
John II. GriscOm Of this city, On Improved Medical
Treatment" Dr. GriscOm is confident that in the treat
mcut Of every disease resulting from zymotc'causcs
and in many diseases which not attributable To such
sources a medicinal chemical remedy OF almost unfa-
ing value whether for external internal application
will be found in of the three compounds of sulphur
acid with soda, namely the suphite hyposuphite
bsulphe Of soda OF these he prefers the first He
gives interesting summary of his experience In
the this remedy, well the physiological theory
upon which its remarkable action is explained.
Hitchcock & Walden of Cincinnati have pub
lshed under the title Round the World two volumes of let
tiers travel written by the late Bishop CALVIN KINGSLEY
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. between 1867 and the
time Of his death, and originally contributed TO various
religious periodicals. His tour begins in Great Britain
Thence visited, successvey, Germany, Switzerland
Sweden and Norway, the far Western Territories of the
United states Oregon, California, Japan China and In
dia He died April BeyrOot in Syria, on his way
home principal object of his journey was to serve
the Of the missions, and their condition and re-
quremens pretty fully treated; but Bishop kings
ley was gifted with the quick eye of an obserVant and
intelligent traveller, that bis letters have general III
terest apart from their religious character.
Politics and political economy take the lions
share of The North American RecieU this quarter, ana
the titles Of the articles certainly not tempting in
this season OF mental and physical lazness. review
of "The Session." by Henry Brooks Adams an expana-
1on of the working of Competitive ExalDinatns in
China" by William A. p. Martin; "Our Currency Past
and Future" by James b. Hodgskin THE Labor Ques-
ton" by Simon Neweomb; and review of Professor
Bowens Political Economy" among the shorter
notices at the end of the revew,-here GER
tainly is pretty solid fare for burning
August days,-sOlid should think even for
Roston appetite 1t is Only just to acknowledge, bow
ever that all these articles possess either in striking
thoughts attractive STYLE interest for the gener
al reader which would not be expected from their titles
Mr. Adams who pass his life in condition OF
chronic political anger belabors the President the secre
tary Treasury and the two Houses of Congress as
strenuousy a few months ago he assailed Mr. spaud
ing as the author of the Legal Tender Act We dOno pur
pose to follow him through all the counts OF the ndict
ent chief object of the article is TO show that since
The war there has been tendency toward rapid cOncen
traon Of power the hands of Congress- 10 the deStruc
lion Of the true constitutional principle the detrment of
the executive and Judiciary and the great danger of the
country. Mr.. HodgSn, in his paper on the Currency,
starts with the assumption that "money is only
curty for borrowed merchandise He CUES that there
should legal restriction upon the amount of paper
currency issued, and no such thing redemption in
roin The currency of the future he believes will be
deemabe only in United States bonds If every indi-
vidual could obtain all the greenbacks
he wanted in exchange for United States
coin bonds, receiving the bonds at par
with accrued interest say per cent and could have
the bonds back again repayng the borrowed green
hacks together with the interest accrued at the time OF
receiving them, should have currency exactly pro
portioned to the demands of commerce." Such cur
rcncy would be practically unlimited; for
money to be worth than per cent in coin,
every owner of bonds could obtain all the money he
wanted al per coin interest with the certainty of
getting back his bonds at par whenever he wanted
them. Such currency would be selfredeeming,
for so soon as money should 10 be worth
more than per cent in eoin the holders Of the currency
would Immediately exchange it for bonds, with the
certainty Of getting back their currency at any moment
they might it," Mr. NewcOmb, in his discussion Of
the relations between Capital and Labor, commends the
cooperative system afording under favorable cOnd
of le