New-York tribune., 1875-05-14
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equality and that the minimum and not the maximum OF
power should be placed the hands Of committees ana
pres,ding officers The Speaker of the House
Of Representatives at Washington. nc MAINTAINS IN :"
trusted with excessivedegree Of authority, WHICH, J"
fact makes him the second third officer OF the "oen
mcnt when he should be only its servant ana OF hHe
importance than any other member. Inc occ'o"'
given by the author regard TO the procedure OF pubic
meetings founded on the most approved pr"c''e "
legislative bodies. and the reasons for their ahop'on are
fully analyzcd and explained Mr.. R0binsons sye 10 VI
the essence Of simplicity and even the most o1,usG ~
patrOt who may be called to preside over the destes ol
meeting need be at no loss 10 eomprehehu HIS
meaning.
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designed TO set forth the evidence OF the discovery OF INC
American continent in the fifth century by Chihese
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University OF Munich purporng to be the trahs'auoi
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who In the year 400 returned from long Journey " "
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responds with what is known OF anc'e"' "'o
Mr. Leland has made the subject matier vi eA
siye research and with his characteristic tase io
ploring the dark and dusty corners OF literature s
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what they are worth OF he pretends 10 no GER
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scurity and little evidence but claims only degrees Va
probability for the results of his Investigations HIS
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Although the selections in this volume Will
scarcely reckoned among the characteristic master
pieces Of NJ sane-Beuvc they may afford some idea OF
the literary hods and the style OF thought and Illus
tration which gave the author so signal prcencnce
among modern critics They are exclusively deVotcd 10
themes connected with English society and literature, III
Guiding papers on Mary Queen OF Scots Lord Chester
field BENJAMIN Franklin, Edward Gibbon, and COwper
with a review OF Taine's English Literature, ana an
estimate OF Pope poet in which the writer contro
yerts the views Of NJ Tane. In most OF these essays
NJ sainteBeuve writes If ground with when ne Is
not perfectly familiar and his criticisms lack the point
and incisveness which mark his comments on French
literature Still he always betrays the influence OF me
fine insight the broad intellectual sympathles ana lne
sense Of literary proportion and harmony when inade MN
40 consllmmate a master in his peculiar line