The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-14
OUR BOOK TABLE.
In two volumes, with illustrations. New
York: Harper g. Brothers. New Orleans :
o;n e. NJ

JOHN OF BARNEvELD. By J. l.. Motley
In two volumes, with illustrations. New
York: Harper & Brothers. New Orleans
Kahn & Co.
The two large volumes bearing the abov'
title, although making a separate work il
themselves, also form sequel to "The Ris'
Of the Dutch Republic" and the Histor!
of the United Netherlands" by the sam'
author, John Lothrop Motley, LII. D.; al
well as an introduction to the concluding
portion of the labOrs of that justly cele
brated historian, "A History Of the Thirt!
Years. VAR" which will shortly be laid be
fore the public; the series forming an ex
haustive history Of that prolonged tragedy
of eighty wears, the forty years struggle will
Spain, which established the independence
| Of Holland the Twelve Years Truce,
and the "Thirty Years. War;" which accom-
plished the disintegration of Germany.
John of Barneveld, though nominally
only Advocate of Holland" was virtually
President, Prime Minister, Finance Minis
| ter and Minister Of Foreign Affairs for the
whole Republic of the United Netherlands
for more than thirty yeas. To write his
history is to write the history of the Neither
lands of the 18th and 10th centuries, while
the history Of the Netherlands of that epoch
is the history of Europe, the Europe OF
Philip the Second of Spain, Henry the
Fourth Of France, of Elizabeth Of England.
The present work, like those which have
preceded it, is the result Of profound re-
search, deep reflection, and laborious inves
tigation, especially of the immense masses
Of manuscript documents buried in the
archives of Holland, and which have but
recently become accessible to the historian.
Of the manner in which this arduous I'M
dertaking has been accomplished, the follow
ing extract from the Westminster Rerie,c is
sufficient guarantee:
"All the essentials of great writer Mr..
Motley eminently possesses. His mind is
broad, his industry unwearied. In power Of
dramatic description no modern historian,
except, perhaps, Mr.. Carlyle, surpasses him,
and in analysis Of character he is elaborate
and distinct"
EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. Proceedings, Es-
says and Addresses, 1873. New York:
Harper q Brothers. New Orleans: Kahn
& Co.
The proceedings of the recent Conference
Of the Evangelical Alliance are already IA
miliar to the reading public, through the
enter rise of the publishers of the New
York Tribune, by whom they were issued in
one Of their Lecture Extras, at a cost of Is
cents.
The present huge octave volume of nearly
300 pages, costing from IS to IS so, accord
ing to style, includes the matter of the
Tribune Extra, with an additional historical
sketch Of so pages. An appendix Of stats
tics, ETC.. and obituary notices with portraits
If three members Of the Alliance, two of
whom persisted in the Ville-du- Havre; the
bird, though one of the rescued, dying
hortly after from the shock of the terrible
disaster.
Though more especially important to the
aeologian, there is also much that will in
;erest the general reader. Liberal thinkers
will find food for thought in the essays in
luded in the theological section Of Division
Il" Christianity and Its Antagonisms;
While to the scientific and philosophic
mind, the debates of the second section of
be same division will be found of especial |
interest, particularly the discussion on
Darwinianism and Development" To the
minded we commend Division
iii, where are discussed social reforms, the
are of the sick, temperance, etc.