New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-31

much freshness md yyacty rs to give them the charm
Of novelty He depicts the scenes in the streets OF Coh
stantnOplc In such bold perspective and win such VIVA
coorng that they become familiar to the reader as
the OF NewYork to the inhabitants OF the cry
Taking his stand on the floating bridge which extends
from the most advanced point of Galata TO the opposite
shore of tue Golden Horn, lie unfods pahoia""
which cannot lie ivalled by any OF the great
centres OF traffic festival on Inc race Oh
the globe The crowd passes i'll great waves each OF
hundred colcrs and group or persons shoNihEa
new tvpe Here a thrOEg of Turkish porters running
with enormous burdenson their backs precede SEDAN
char inlad with ivory and pearl bearing an Armenian
lady Of high estate On each side is BedOun wrapped
III white ma nile. and Turk in muslin uran ana SKY
blue caitan young Greek gentleman canters beside
them followed by his dTagOnan in embroidered vest,
and dcryise with his tall conical hat and tune of
Gamers hair. lie males way for the carriage OF
European ambassador, with footman III gorgeous
livery running before The next moment you arc Ill inc
midst of crowd Of rerslans i'll lyramidal bonncts OF
Astraclan fur, who followed by Hebrew IN long
yellow coat open at tie sides. HowSN -headcu
Gypsy woman with her child in bag
at her back and a Catholic priest with brevIary and
staff This changing mosaic of and religions con
tinues with Tapidity which the eye can scarcely take
ill., Other details of Consantinopic life and society are
described with similar viyacy. The subject admits oi
great picturesque eject Of which the authors prompted
both by ability and to avail himself in tie largest
degree; his cOOrs laid on with Lavish hama he
INDUCES perpeually in an Asaiic luxurian'e OF eX-
ard has drawn freely on his magma
ton for his scenes he has for LIS language DIS DOCK
can claim extraordinary value record of travel
is nothing. however TO show that his descriptions
are in accordance with reality or that the poetry OF
his style has vated bis representation OF facts Inc
spirit of the original appears to have lost nothing i'll
the translation, of which the dcton is as glowing ana
cxuberant If inspired by the author himself Inc
announced by the publishers as with an Intro
ducon by Professor Vncenzo Botta, but regret not
TO find that accompaniment i'll the copy at hand
THE SCHOOL AND TIE FAMILY. by JOHN KENNEDY
I2no. pp. 205. Harper Brothers.
In this comprehensive volume, the author
undertakes TO present exposition of tho principles
which the basis Of the science OF school discipline
In lis opinion the educational energy of the country is
suffering from a vicious empiriclsm There is too much
guess-wOIk too many random experiments, too much
obedience blind impulse too little reflection, too little
unity Of thought and hence too little genuine progress
The application science would this waste Of ex
pertinent a'ordng authority which does not rest on
individual experience alone. but the collective ex
perence of ages Mr. Kennedy addresses his suggestions
to thinking minds, both In the profession OF teach
ers and in the community at large. Among the topics
which he cnargcs with wisdom and force Is tho sub
lection of public schools to political influence. Our laws
require that superintendent OF schools should be
for certain by the majority 81 legal voters
This provision doubtless intended 10 pre-
serve the rights OF the people. Bat In
practice. it often produces the contrary effect The eX
istcnce of political office al once creates n horde of
oce-seekcrs If medical practise and the ministry OF
the Gospel made to depend political election.
there would be lack Of candidates for the Office opy
sCian or clergyman. Now the effect Of making super
political has been TO give political character To
the entire system of schools under It's charge. QIcs-
OF efficiency have been superseded by questions OF
patronage that the system of American free schools
las become a system OF political spo!ls. Herbert
Spencer or Thomas Arnold is set aside to make room
for political mOuutcbank. Other equally important
topics treated with equal common sense The author
is perhaps better master OF clcarncss OF conception
OF aptness of expression. He Is more addicted to
ddactic exposition than TO fccitOus Illustration His
attachment to rigid method often leads him 20 The tx
erci,e Of awkward formally His style smells too much
Of the OIL and he writes less like the scholar than the
schoOlmaser. stl he has presented the public with
suggestive aud valuable WORK, reasonable In It's appear
sncc Astounding In Ae cOunscs Of ripe experience. rch
in the elements Of practical wisdom and expressed
with the combined energy and temperance Of enligh
ened conviction.