New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-16
BRIEF NOTICES.


Switzerland and thc Swiss" Q2mO. PIP.
POD IS published los L. p. button q Co. It Is slight
piece OF WORK, partly historical and partly descriptive
which boys viii read with more satisfaction than I'i
It's an the lively because disculsyc, ana the Illus
uItious an AID 10 the text.
Roberts Brothers have published the Biography
OF Alfred 1fuss-t" p2uo PIP 3lsi, translated rom
The French OF Paul dc Musset by Harriet W. Preston.
Like all biographies by brothers, other near relatives
u Is more cUOg,tc tran critical, and Miss Preston justly
cal 5 il thIenOdy. But since IL l. So the substance Oh
10 might Better been compressed INTO Single 'cl
essay. As story the poets life. II Is botn false ana
Absurd Alfred Ge Mussots fame rests upon the icycIis
braucs OF lyrics, not one OF VII ca seems retain
lis peculiar attraction IN any Translation Outside oil
France or tie rather small circle OF thorough French
scholars m other countries, 10 will be vey difficult TO
create any particular interest III his PERSONAL history
Yet I'D order do this, 1t must be truly toid lesson
may be learned from lis TccklossucsS his vanity, Ills
aIrog uce and ms palcd courses for there are few
compicter examples OF what a poet ought not TO be.
WITH ali allowance for brothers affection, We do not
think thai NJ Paul DC Musset has been wise in producing
4 work which can only provoke It's readers 10 learn the
omitted darker side of the picture.
-" English Pictures, Drawn with Pen ana Pencil by
the Rev. DIS. Naming and Green rs handsome quar-"
OF ZIG pages published by T. Nelson ~ sous. The
chief OF the volume is its ploiuse illustrations Oh
unequal merit. but including some very beautiful spec-
mems OF wood onlraNug. The ground covered extend,
from the lake kcl0u 10 the Isle of gAt, together with
Wales and thus gives OF the most famous scenes
and Architectural relics Of the mother isle The letter
press is technically we'll done. out not remarkable FOR
either eloqueuce picturesque acincss OF stt be,
Prom the American Publishing Company, at Hart
ford We receive "I.u.tIuted India: is Princes aud
People" (sy0 PIP GID boy Ms, JuIa \. stone, the Wile
Of "a former American Consul n the land Of tigers and
temples pclcocs aud pa2odas. Ii is meant 10 be pop
uar work. the pne>t sense Of Tie word hence one
cannot expect art suc excellence ina inc I23 "lupaee
cugraylugs and maps or SPECIAL literary excellence IN
the narrative. Bu the author has at least, tine faculty
OF te ling clear, strais htorVaId story, Ia an euicI
tanning way. and she las managed 10 compress great
deal Of Interest ing Information INTO single volume Her
desert tious are the less truthful, for bong vivid
and picturesque She observes closely and writes with
coscie1lt ous accuracy; hence the Volume has value
beyond that Of many works OF It's class.
Tears for the Little Ones" edited by Helen Ken
drick johnson emo, pp. 1870: Jas. Il. Osgood COZ,
and suIsuu Corta: Hymns for the sick an. suffering"
co,nullcd by the author Of "Quict Hours O2mo, PIP
3l6: Roberts Brothers) collections OF extracts from
ancient and modern authors, Intended TO console those
VINO nave LOST cndien in the one case ana 10 cheer and
strengthen those who effected, IN Tie other The
lecions are appropriately made. bui, being dictated by
the Subjects they OF very different degrees Of excel
ience The TWO works might De called haud-books OF
grici and cousoatiou ana such VIII be welcome to
thos- who look to others for The expression OF own
feelings.
Tie series Of" Choice Autoboerapbies," edited by
w. D. HoveIs JAS H. Osgood q Coz, has been enriched
by the Lives of Lord Herbert OF Cnorbury, and Thomas
E.wood, ina one volume, and Alfer and G,ldoni, the
Italian authors, in two more These are excellent Sc
cctons ANA each is prefaced by carefully written
say by the EDITOR giving ali the reader most needs TO
know Tho volumes convenient IN size. dainty in
Typography, and will be welcome to all choice private
Libraries.