The New York herald., 1871-10-23
HERALD MONDAY OCTOBER 2s sl-rRIPl.E SHEET

10 nave every c0untryman who chances 10 set ms
foot In Europe In public character. button private
business or pleasure. running them down or CHASING
them up for personal attentions The list thas
B given, moreover, OF these officials, Is
extremely Inaccurate and has not been revised for
years. Mr.. Sheabarger Is not cur Minister Resi-
dent at Lisbon, whatever Mr.. Fetridge may think,
nor Edward JOY Morris at C0nstanttnople, nor O. q.
Andrews At Copenhagen nor is Rev. M. J. Cramer
Consul at Leipsic; nor Is II. B. Van valkenburgn
Minister to Japan.
In tho portions OF the work devoted to France and
especially to Paris the necessities OF the times have
led to great retrenchment OF matter. And we are
happy TO observe that this has operated to the better
ment OF the book In every respect. Whole pages OF
complimentary nunkytsm concerning the great EN-.
poror Louis Napoleon which appeared In former edi-
tions have been eliminated. It'll true that In max
ing eisiOns and substituiions extreme awkwardness
results In some cases. Thus, on page 2o3. which
contained . long and detailed description OF the
ceremony OF presentation at tho Court Of the En-
peror, the reader nnds whole paragraph gouged
out as with Q chisel, while whaS went before and
after Is left In q ludicrous non seQuttsw, as
fOllOws:-
Most travellers will be anxious for presentation
to the - ~ EE8
but witnessing toe magnificent state apartments In
all their brliancy, all persons presented attend
the state ball on the same evening.
similar surgical operation has been performed
on the page following, with result almost equally
bunailng u0Na e g#.Aa
While great PAINS have been taken in some
places to bring the WORK up to the present time
q chronology OF the Franco German war
being introduced, for example, Into the
description OF Paris-other anachronlsms are left
wholly without correction. Thus the old descrip-
tions OF the Tuileries and the Hotel de Vile re-
printed at length without word about the burn
ing. though we are assured In the preface that the
work is brought up to May OF the present year. I'm
der Switzerland nothing Is said OF the railway to the
top OF Mount Rigi though mas been In successful
operation for many months. The twenty concluding
pages OF the work, which devoted to the United
States, are still more crowded with blunders and
anachr0nisms. The information conveyed was
musty. II true ten years ago, but now utterly be-
hind the times. In fact the whole matter relating
to the United States should be left out as out OF
place in what purports to be handbook for travel
lers In Europe, and Its place supplied by new
matter.
or what benefit Is II, for example, to keep spread
ing before the travelling public In annual editions
such misinf0rmatton as the foll0wing:-That "the
Harper Building, with the new County Court House,
are the only two complete freproof buildings in
New York" page 710; that the population Of
Chicago Is 10000 page 1885 That the suspension
bridge across the Ohio, from Cincinnati to Coving
ton, 'is In fair way to completion" page 1881;
that the principal hotels at Saratoga arc Union
Hall. the United States and Congress Hall page
1922; that the principal theatres in Boston are the
Academy OF Music, Howard Atheu@um and Boston
Museum page 1887; and that by the Newport line,
from Boston to New York, travellers take the
steamer at Fall River for NewportY
THR BOOK OF THE EAST AND OrHER POEMS. BY
Richard Henry StOddard. Boston: James Il.
OsgOOd Co., 1871 16mO., PIP. ", 24o.
Though the title Is q misn0mer the poems called
ssThe Book OF Eass'' nlling but . few pages and
those at the end OF the volume) there Ia good STUFF
In this little BOOK. Here are poems 0flove and war;
personal poems poems Of society and poems OF
literature and mythology. Through all these runs
pure taste and felicity OF execution, which, with
much that Is Initiative, and little that is original
very striking renders the work pleasant reading to
such lovers OF the muse not always in fastidi
GUS mood, and who do not insist that nobody shall
sing save they who know to build the lofty rhyme"
BAPBER'S AMERICAN BOOK OF READY MADE
SPEECHES. New York: DICK Fitzgerald.
Tie speeches in this volume are well enough In
their way, but thcy cannot save it from being en-
phatically what theologians call 80 work OF super
erogaton" least In this country, whore "the gift
OF eab" is unhappy universal A good substitute
for the book would be conspicuous placard In the
school room, with this nscripuon:-Speech is sill
vern but silence Is golden"