The New York herald., 1870-02-19
LITERATURE.
Criticisms of New Books.


HENRY j. RAYMOND AND THE NEW YORK PRESS
FOR THIRTY YEARS. by A. Maverick. A. y. Hale
Co.: Hartford, Conn.
Several weeks ago 1t was announced, with great
flourish of trumpets, tnat the ABOVE book would be
sold only by subscription. II has. however ap-
peared on the counters Of the booksellers ana even
the shelves Of those Nassau street scavengers or
literature who deal In second hand books Conso.
Quently we fancy that this volume Is destined to
have short life and merry one-merry In its
effect upon the reader. The principal name which
strikes the beholder Of this book, as 1t stands in
purple and gold, Is the word Maverick On
the title page 1t Is more definite. There 1t In
"A Maverick" Is there the biaverickp Any
one who wades through the tortuous volume
VIII nnd that, although Jns Ii 0Sensbly written "a
gioriy Mr. Raymond, It's intent and purpose 10
10 glOrlIy Maverick. Inc only teiter from
the lalnented Raymond Is one tn at DuIs Maverick.
From the very birthplace OF kaynOud-Lim8-thero
starts UP, characteristic Oh tac nae earthquake
cracking everything arouad VITA tns throes OF .
maverick. One.tlIth 0l the book ID occupied with =
biography OF Mr. Raymond Another nth is given
10 his speeches ana addresses. The other Jhree-
liths arc made up OF the opinions sayings uolnes
aAd DEDUCTIONS or Maverick, or the Maverick. t
is SAID that GOLDSMITH wrote his "Ani.
mated Nature alter and,Teo.ng q zoology
wrote the book to sell. Aud 1t AID sell. Ma
verck has undoubtedly wrltcn ,his book to selland
IL ts sell. The friends CT Raymond Clearly don't
IKE the book; bacalse. before u had hardly bec0S
cold from It's pariurii.on tney ~nd the compiler na&
fallen to qlarrellng IN prntei notes ana advertise.
Wents. Maverick mas eyidcaty no Discrimination
and ills, OF course, no pars o a assumed biography
TO gloss over the faults o. iae dead, and t1cre u
no reason why II should oycu old WOUNDS or parad
foibles or itaiicize failures. Two little sentences.
which we will quote. viii illustrate what we mean =
WIN peace came RaSmoad's political faiure' ID.
l6h "iad Raymond renamed q journarS
eRcsnsIy and ussaed Il iii " ss1 ,ssssa9 S
cord 0! his life would have nad no aeeb ad6kan
WIN the friends ol MI. Raymond approve Of q MA.
ss Of nat s NJ suonsa ald ~ "es esorab,ina pHsiSS
Ws in the later pa aeI Of M BOOK We are sSa snas
General Webb acted az pail bearer for the amente1
Raymond, ana that tnelr a.mcGtieg had, BEFORE the
deceas9, been happily adjusted, IN the earlier pnrs
OF the boon all these difficulties are Intended 10 pa
revived, and a Mayeiic> tells them rs bcadsman
tells MS beadA, WA Sill precision ahd painful IeKu.
iarity ana they arc noS tola correctly, etnef and
they are TOLD Ia Tue aarscst KIND " rhetoric toward
General "eoD. Mavericks logs IN also, vaiiesy
OF nclientai private matters Affecting numbers 9f
individuals. he does no. even spare The otner
sex, anu 1t certainly - not appropriate IDr
compiler 70 sIlA aooQf doM1slic ieations
who has himself 80 iitsic 70 Drag OF. 1t IL
pleasant to know tnat Mr. sl.ayinond's friends
Contemplate publishing another and fuller Dios.apaY
To rcscae his memory iion tic lScha ciuscA1s VI u
Maverick. Ine late iaineAteu Jona Van Barren used
to say tnat to some puDlc men INC pangs Vi death
were heightened Vi Che .ecng tnat their acts ana
savings might become tAs common property fsoma
literary scasenget l.aJ moid nad he lived 10 read
what Maverick has sara ABOUT hla, mignS mare
pray Jed 10 be saved nom AS trends.
GENERAL HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE (New
York: l. W. strong CATHOLIC Publishing Housc) Is q
BRIEF record OF noteworthy events occurring in
Europe IRON the begi.n.g VI tho sixteenth century
To the Council OF the vatican. IT is intended lor
advanced classes IN scaoo.s, anI seems to u worx
OF merit.
The NATIONAL SPEAKER New York: D. Appleton
4 COL is book Containing selections ITO aid the
stuuent In acquiring simple, natural busincssliko
style OF sDeakinx.r We eau recommend 1t rs an ad-
mirablc computation, welt adapted 10 lne purpose,
st-sed,