New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-22

knowledged weight and force TO views Bu Professor
Tyndas phosophc cast OF mind not only attracts him
TO the deeper questions q the time but his courageous
lessy First OF ALL devotee OF science and lover OF
truth he gives these his sole allegiance An inoepend
en intrepid inquirer, tolerant Of honest error but
cOntemptuous OF that tmd and calculating spirit which
would protect mems prejudces from the light OF inves
tgatOn, he ts without fear III the free and manly e1
presson of has opinions That these should often con-
travene prevailing beliefs Is inevitable Protestant py
hereditary instinct and in his blood and long drilled IN
seventies OF scientific logic IL is Impossible that ne
should not find much in current opinion 10 excite con-
tinued and trenchant protest
slngulsrly lucid exposition Of the doctrine Of evon
ton reply to certain charges Scrbners Magazine
is given In the Editors Table," showing the grounds OF
that theory in the facts of observation and its wide ac
ceptance by the lustrous representatives OF nat
ural science of the present day. The paper furnishes
forcble Illustration Of Professor Youmanss fairness OF
mind, as we'll as the dignity and intelligence of his
method in the conduct OF scientific controversy Other
informing and attractive papers in this number are on
Epidemic Delusions" by DIR. Carpenter Development
in Dress" by George H Darwin, Sunlight, Sea ana
Sky" lecture to workng-meH, by W. Spottsword,
Aims and Instruments of Scientific Thought" by Pro-
essor Clifford, and instructive analysis OF Dr. Bas
tan's experiments on 1.-THE Beginnings Of Life"
now TO EDUCATE YoGRSELF WITH OR wTeoUrE s aAs
llno. pp. ISL @. Putnam sons
The most striking merit of this brief manual
is lite earnest incubation of rather than
Of servie adherence to formal rules 1t abounds Win
excellent precepts the cultivation of the mind but 1t
sets them FORTH not as nostrums but as suggestions
The does deal In patent medicines which are
essential everybody who values his health ont rather
furnishes a bountul table from which his readers may
select variety OF wholesome vands at their own ais
erection. He lays down rigid law OF literary ethcs'
but opens inviting path in which the student
may exercise his powers at WILL though no is
provided with sundry landmarks for the direction OF his
course sage cautions TO the errors to which he IS
exposed Mr. Eggle stons counses, for the most part
strike us as emnenty udcious They free from the
mechanical. common place character, into when eys
TENS of culture apt TO fall There is certain LIE
and freshness in their Tone which sbowshat they are
the fruit of personal experience and reflection not the
stale repetition of traditional preoepts. His remarks on
| the study Of languages aud mathematics would be
deemed too bold pedantic conservatives, but they
J have good sense their SIDE and VIII ma
| support in the experience OF intelligent teachers
The same OF his, directions for the attain
ment Of good English style. He advises the Student
! who would master English 10 write something every
dav II he simply tells homcly anecdOte or gives an
count something he has seen TO an imaginary circle
OF readers or down what ne has Thought upon
any subject though the result will be nothing In
literary point OF view, he will have gained valuable
lesson in English composition. Bnt after all the con
slant reading OF good authors, Ar Eggeston insists
is more effective anything else means OF cul-
ture the OF expression Nor that the direct il'
| tatOn OF a favorite author have any useful
result 1t is by reading the best specimens OF liter
| airy grace and power with cordial abandonment
so their spirit, with glow OF afectonate admiration
and sympathy losing ones self in the soul Of the author
that the secret Of their influence is revealed, and
subtle gcal virtue made to emanate from the touch
OF their pen. The effect OF contact with the con
summate masters OF English is finely illustrated by the
example here given of George NOrthrup, trapper of
the backwoods. His education was extremely limited:
his opportunities for with OF culture had
been very few; and his pursuits in life were not OF
kind to supply the defects OF his education. But
he was constant reader Of De Quincy, Irving and Ban
croft and when he wrote newspaper letters from the
Indian wars the excellence of his style the wonder
of everybody who acquainted with his history
The experience rapper often reproduced in the
experience Of the most cultivated writer's. without
taking any man a model, their memory Is haunted
by images and fOrms Of Utterance which have
been uncOnsciOusy impressed on their minds by
the frequent aud loving perusal OF the high
oraces IN literature The divine contagion is breahed
in at every PORE sweet is dused throughout
the mental SYSTEM and maDifestsItsef In arUless, nvo
untary expressions of inmitabe LONELINESS and force
We cannot agree with Mr. Eggeston's suggestion that
the study of geography should be exclusively confined
to tho study of maps and globes. In this way, the
learner merely gains idea Of local topography But
sound knowledge Of geography Is OF far wider compass
II may be said include the complete history Of civ
cation The commercial and industrial resources Of the
country, the character and manners Of the people,
their religions ana moral cOnuilIoh' theH soclal
aud literary development, comprising the fruit
full results Of modern travel, never be learned
from definition Of boundaries the details Of latitude
and Observation-Disclosures sincerely commend the
general purpose and execution of Mr.. EggestOns little
volume, it might have been improved by greater at
tention to precision and accuracy on many points.
though perhaps those Of comparatively tTing impor
lance One OF the most recent innovations. which de-
serves no higher than literary slang-the introduce
ton Of sentence with the phrase Just here"-he re-
peats to safety, using it perhaps dozen times in the
course OF hundred pages The familiar quotation OF
small Latin and less Creek" descriptive Of the
learning Shakespeare is marred by msquotaton and
even 80 common name that OF Archbishop Whately
is spelled with a supernuous letter.
An English translation of DOllingeI's |