New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
with gladder heart read Thy holy book,
Because Thou art the ewes Iy which zee !;

Because Thou art the ewes ty which zee;
This aged chair, that table, watch ana door
Around in ready service ever walt;
Nor ask OF Thee a menlal more,
For Thou ThyseIf with ali n fathers care.
Where'er I turn, art ever with me there.
Roberts Brothers are publishing no end OF childrens
books this year. Their next issue OF that Kind VIII De
"storics for Children. by Eleven sophomorcs." The
stories were written as the Spring of 1874 at
Harvard and-I beg pardon OF the eleven young gem
tlemep who wrote thcm-it seems TO mo that h"'ing
served this good purpose there is in most OF them no
such especial merit would justify tner peing maze
into book IL the Princess ScheheraZide hau not De-
euled her Lord with tales exciting than these her
head would have been of her shoulders long before the
first fortnight Yet grown up person Is, at
best always an uncertain critic OF chllren's literature
One OF the sophOmOres says "these such stories as
Harry likCs;" and possibly he may be right.
JR Osgood & Co. are about to add to their Library OF
Novels Broken Chains" translated by Frances A
Shaw from the German OF + Werner, the Author OF
GOOD Luck" "Good Luck" one OF the most in-
teresting and received OF all the stories published
last Summer. do not like Broken Chains" nearly 50
well; and yet it, too Is interesting story. It's plot is
an old onethe often told tale OF DeautiIui opera
singer who charmed married mans heart awayi anu
so bccucd him that he abandoned, for her sake MS we
and child; which indiscreton of his wild youth nc
repen,cd in dust and ashes afterwards Bat the author
has not carried his (or her intention SUCCESSFULLY
He means 70 make you the wife, with her farylke
blue ewes whatever fairyke eyes may bo) and hate
the mistresJ but there he fails. Your moral sense is
on the wie's sideyou approve her, and you utterly
disapproye the beautiful singer. Bat the wife Is so
frm so conscious OF her own rights and merits, 80
icy regular, faultessy perfect, that you think
she nd consolation enough in her sense of her own
goodness and somehow heart turns in pity to the
beau ifu sinner, who loved wildly and wickedly, but
also desperately and ready to die for her love
to live for il. The book TO be moral tract; but
somehow il falls short Of its uteDtlon and is only an
exciting story. There pecularics OF express
sion in tho translation which lead TO mid wonder as 10
whether Hanerton is right in thinking that you cannot
thoroughly learn foreign language without losing
some hold the subtletes of your own Why shonld
she call person Who has mind OF his own "wiIesS -
why speak OF passion holding man o'Hessy IN
fetters why say "he had not the forehead" to do 50
and sol Had not the face is incleganl but 1t woud
least be understood Yet IN spite OF faults OF trans
laton. and in spite of the artistic failure TO attract the
sympathie of the altogether to the right object
the hook is very readable novel
J.R Oscood & Co. are dong a good work for book
buyers issuing elegant ana compact editions OF old
and favoe authors Nothing could be pretter in its
way than their new and complete tcn-youme edition Of
Mrs jameson with its tasteful green binding its red
edges, and its clear type And their new 81 edition
OF Tennysoa. volumes. is also admirable. Hth-
erto in most If not all the American editions OF Tenny
son the "Idyls OF the King" have been sklrmishing
round "prOmiscus-like." Here, at last they are all
arranged regular sequence and prefaced by the ded
icaiion to the memory OF Prince Albert think Tenny-
sons claim future generations VIII rest largely on
these IdylS some of which are certainly as good work
S he has done. Tho holiday intentions or j. k
OsgOod Co, as regards picture books. are something
magnificent; but OF them VIII tspeaK Iii anot1er
letter. l. O. NJ