New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

cyCIor rpI. or ptpttcAL. THEOLOGICAL. AID.
boob .s6STirAI iiiEHkrtRE rrPved ~ "a
Va III. Srw Pa s,o w io'3 Harper hro,her'.
In tia insfalm MT of the valuable hooN VI
tcforenea ~ Ai'Ciintoct ard sfr,nE the ""iN =
g. within thrrc volumes Of its complc'io' "''n '''S
sxpcctoS to sppesr at intervals Of ah"n' on" ~ -
T,o prrs,ui volume has hcrn coudu'ief ON 'ne ~
l ,.,,, Lii, ..,.f,,f q tho preceding Volunr'' s''"
m an equal degree OF mature scholarship lu''""' ~
Isciiou 81 topics. tbororrhucss and "N" o' -"
us p,ro utrra, taste, ndaptaiiou ?" 'n" "'"'' OF W,
- ,,l.r ,. well ~ 90 professional st'druts, und
VIGILANCE and exacinsss % cdtofai mHvAt Nn'hI Ut
strrne has presided over hr oo"dn 81 the work Hhd
b,. urersrcd aI tho h,hHc.t articles. while large
,s,ftion of che Biographical utlcs and the mi-tc~
lsueous cputcuts OF the volume are f'm tue
v.raatlie pen 81 Professor Woman. III" n'm-
b.r of contributors is comrarat'veN small Cess th"n
rnvi buf the select circle to vhirh 70 hae been wisely
pnisei complies largo proportion Of names distn-
tnruiahrd fnr learning scusc eminent discretion good
taste ,ud practiced literary ability The uniform excel
hence which mark. the stylc ard Illustrations OF tn'
rcspseuve ARTICLES cvnces an Intelligent unity 81 pnh
on the psf ~ tho editor aud ample knowledge. judr-
ment ana tact to corv out hs purpose on The Nt' OF
Tho contributors Several of tic important Articles
ore founded ON tho Titles similar standard "'rNS
but they are on enriched with original additions i''h
thr hand 90 fhc editor other comp toni '''o'@ i'
the article Palestine which Is accompanied h' man OF
rr.at vaiuc executed uuocr tfC immediate dH'cu'h OF
the e.ltor ant including the results 81 ma
own re.eareh.s and obscrvr'i'"'. f. based on
taat Of nr Porter in Kitto's "Cyciop"dia o''
with many v1lu1hie original adfiii''~ ""'n
other pms The ttc P,al wAc furnishes very com
pr.hou-f,e mftor, ,fttcIf and anofs OF the Ap''ie
Of te Gtutles Is taton maluy from SMITHS >" peuon-
ar 90 tho Thr Dot ada, cmhldics the date nom VI"
unrt recent researches presenting decided Improve
neuf on The original ARTICLE 80 also with the sfuc'
p,uiateacl. whrh founded or that iu tairhairns"hl
be ui.rouarv~ bat greatly enlarged under Che super
H.fHF IHFF 81 FF
sinraary urar LAD ycr ~ o present state Of inquiry
ana tnosl.drr ON the uilrct Ihc biographical art
eca which form Vprv considerable partition oi me vol
ums are often boratr. almost without exception
complete than these in f1e common d''h
arcs and arr 81 great and value Co The general
reader. Tor the most part, they are rcmatkioi"
~ their breadth OF t0nc CefhoIic appreciation OF
character. aud popular style NJ composition
MANY 81 thcm. iu which ftno~s OF ntofma-
tiou ana MTralitr o. Judgment .r' conspicuous were
written ny Professor Norman. ana constitute very at
tracve feature 90 tho work. Tho following skctrn from
the artls, on Theodore Parker affords example of hs
manner: ne NOT what a. popularity termed an e"-
aucnt sueakcr-ihourh ne was something for better
Neither DTS person. attitude. gesture. nor oi"cuton noi
Gated the GREAT orator Thor was no splendid decama-
nation no soaring 4ht. ecctffing Of the audience
~ bv rhetorical machinery, We had learned. what
80 few pf our SCHOLARS know how 10 convey great
thourhts n common language Not that his vocabularv
was in,nrc or vulutr-though there WIS sometimes an
ID
trBrr ht. range ~ anuuv was remarkably extensive.
and bic command uf pra'c terms almost unlimited
IIe was thus able 20 papuiarze TIE mos aOstrn-e
thought and convey She tnos f'niliar words His
fertility of lusfr8ton unbound d. ans ms briei hn
lice ud metaphors s,m,t gave possession ~ vaiua-
bic idea whch whole PAGES OF writing might Otherwise
Dave ~ r o. bring ONT In reading well as in hearing
him an f..t That 30 ordinary man placing before
them c1tr tur,uaty iloughs 10 BE- true That -onctlnos.
Wicu dl..ourug -ol. I"gu ar sin before which the
Church ami political p,riie h.i been aw,d into silence,
H. soul wouH brc,ne nightly strfel, ana ihen .he
momentum waa almost terrible. a natural rhetoric
would marshal his hI-e wonderful ORDER his fiery
Wot. would Jingle o. carsol those who heard them;
there w.s thou an ooqueuCc which inspired whole uG.t-
ttuf.s aft,rte subiucst manner. Ordinarily. however
he apoke 10 % plain. casv conversational way, using
flniirhui striking Illustrations, tndye helping the ar
i1nent with stroke. 0f Irresistible hymor not sparug
the terrible -arcasms which he Wa an adept often
palpahi, exraVacsn in his statements, and then
Viniang the conventional OF good ast, but ID
wave max nc hi. point si whatever sacrifice Tho
articles an robert owen, Ir Iacv, and William Penn
arr a-o admirable pieces Of biographical composition,
aud with otaeg of similar character win 10 give
apo 900 east 10 thc work, md recommend 70 10 general
accertanc, fos lie candid judgments wei as It's hich
literary tone The autographed notices appended ~ tho
more Important articles bctray a more than common
know l,dgc of books. aud wide and exact scholarship