New-York tribune., 1870-04-23

The abest and most elaborate articles in the Cyclic
padia The papers, for example, upon the bngii'"
Authorized Version" of the Bible, the intro.
ductionsD to the several books, "Canons" and
"Creeds,n Commentaries" and "Critic'snh'
"DocumentsD Manuscripts" and VERSIONS Mc
ample monographs upon these important supJecS'
No one is fairly qualified TO sit in judgment upon
work of this class who has not had occasion W "so
il for the purpose for which IT is designed s "o,n
Of reference and authority we nave oone 'nis WIN wiz
the volumes as they have successlveiy appeaeu' We
have noticed some undoubted errors, ana iew ois-
cronancies Tins under the title ARCHER" 1T is
said that il has been coniectured that 1t was the
unskillfnlness of the Israelitas with the DOW whch
led David while lamenting the death OF the Ming
and his sons to give directions u sam ]. le) lor
teaching the children of Judah the use OF the
how ~ lint under the title Bow" the true mean
ing of the passage is given: The words the use Oh
are not in the Hebrew, and give to the English
reader sense entirely false. 1t should be teach
them the Bow that is, the song of The bow
from the mention of this weapon in verse 22.' But,
making all due allowances, can speak in terms OF
the highest commentator Of the sound judgment
dispaye in the preparation of the work. of the care
with which the length of the articles has been adapted
to their importance and of the completeness OF tne
topics treated The 10000 subjects are all arranged m
alphabetical order so that each can be referred
to as easily as any desired word in Dictionary.
In the MAY number Of Harper, Ben
son j. LOSING has illustrated article en-
titled "Our Barbarian Brethren on LILO
geographical distribution, history, and char-
acer of the American Indians; Jacob Abbott describes
the Spots in the SUM- with the aid of numerous wood
cuts; Dr. Guernsey summarizes the life OF " Albert
Durer" using, suppose, one OF the recent Enshsn
biographies Of the artist; Mr.. Eugene Lawrence con-
tributes one Of his picturesque historical studies Vi
1.-THE Church OF Jerusalem - and Mr. Seaver coiccts
from work lately published in London some studies,
GOOD and Indifferent OF Old English Lawyers The
article ON Industrial Schools for Women" is resume
by Miss Elizabeth r. Peabody Of an important work
in German by Miss Emma Marwedel, Directress
of the Womens Industrial School at Hamburg ana de-
rives especial interest from the fact that MISS Mar
wede is now in this country endeavorng to found CO
operatve institution near Brentwood Long Island, where
women can be educated as florists fruraisers &c. Don
Patt gives entertaining history Of The Osend Mani
feso" Lyman Abbott mp the history OF the con-
trOversy in NewYork between "Secular and Sectarah
Schools" fiction is furnished by Alice Cary Annie
Thomas Mary n. Prescott, and Justin Mccarthy, and
Mr. Curtis even than usually happy in his remarks
on the Lyceum system and the Autograph Hunter The
scientific record is full and interesting.
Old and Ne,c is like great many of MIR.
Haes stories il is hard TO say, when you have read H.
whether you like ii or not Certainly it contains many
things which offer reasonable excuse for their ex-
istence and some it contains which good. Charles
T. Brghams article in the May number ON The Mormon
Problem" is good for It is sensible exposition hrst oi
the strength and then Of the weakness OF Brigham
Young's system. "The Examiner !" and The Record OF
Progress are always interesting and in some parts val
liable. "ni-iopae," by VIM T. Brigham, lis a well told
legend of the Sandwich Islands, and " Now: a True
Story if really true deserves to be. Looking
Back across the War Gulf" by Robert Dale Owen sur
yey of the work OF Abraham Lincoln and the gradual
change of public sentiment which led to the great reVo
luton in which Lincoln is the center figure The re-
igous articles include paper on Christ the Lie by
c. c. Everett, and examination Of the relations OF
catholicism and Professionalism" TO Christianity by j.
b. Torrice Authority in Religion" by Orvile Dewey,
and few pages by Practical Teacher on the question
OF Religion in Schools" Mr.. Hae's story "Ten Times
One Ten" il continued but not finished The best OF
the poetry is "Ihe Crmean Captives, translated by ~
Noyes from the "Iphgena'in Tauris" OF Eurpides and
"Riding Down" by Nora Perry.
BIdcItr6od for April has a good biographical
sketch that extraordinary old lady, The Prncesse
des Ursns widow Of the Duke Of Bracciano, the head
of the Orsin family. Though her public life did not
begin until she sixtyive years old, she was Tor nj
teen years virtually Queen of Spain, and really the
founder OF the Bourbon dynasty in that country.
writer on "Blue Laws" analyzes the celebrated Con-
nectcut code in ignorance that has long been proved
forgery of the eighteenth century and then passes ON
TO some general remarks Sunday laws and restrictions
on the sale OF liquor Besides the ODowd papers and
the two serial novels "Earls Dene" and "John," the
magazine contains articles "CbattertOn," "Monta-
lembert," Army Reform" and The State, the Poor
and the Country"
BOOKS OF TIE WEEK.
OUT OF THE PAST Critical and Literary Papers)
BY Parke Goodwin. l2mo. PIP. t6l. VI. I. fut- .. M
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