The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-22

OF AL the palaces so fair
Built for the royal dwelling
In Scotland. lar beyond compare
Llnlithgow Is excelling.
Then turning over the leaves OF the book wa look
Across the furry hills Of Braid,
Tantallon's dizzy steep
Hung DER the margin of the deep.
stand with James Fitz James
In the deep T-ossachs widest nook
or where
Loeb Katrine lay beneath him rolled.
The volume is especially TO be commended to the
admirers Of Scotch bards and Scotch scenery to
whom tho designs of Macwhirter and the engravings
OF Patterson will DO doubly welcome. New York. X.
Worthington.
American edition Of Macaulay's History Of
England in which the printing IS at least equal to
the best English bookwork has long been felt
Now that have such edition com
mend it as gift book Of unusual worth. New York:
Harper Brothers.
'Out of Darkness into Light" is volume COM
prisHg series OF poems and drawings by Mary A.
Lathhury. The poems are eight IN number. each
with t~c vgnettes and full page illustration. The
key to the poems is found the lines Of Whit
The world sits 1t the feet Of Christ.
Unkno wing, blind and unconsoled;
IL yet shall touch His garments told,
And feel the heavenly alchemist
Transform its very dust to gold
LiDe most religious poems they are not Of . very
high order OF merit in tho sense, and the
panying illustrations are deficient In Imagination,
but holiday gift for . ministers wife for ono
who has chung the faith through doubt and
shadow unit the daybreak nothing more appropri-
ate could b, selected. Boston: D. Lothrop 4 Co.
The admirers Of Mr.. Charles Stuart welles win be
delighted find in him tho Sir Benjamin Backbite
Of modern poets. We gay this in no lnvidious
sense for the beautifully printed leaves of his Lii
liam realize Sir Benjamin's notion OF a rivulet OF
text meandering through meadow of margin.
Whatever may think Of Mr.. Welles' poetry. we
must commend this unique specimen Of Typography.
New York: G. p putnam.s Sons
DR. Oliver Wendell Holmes has turned from the
lighter literary labors to which he fame TO
the composition Of tribute TO the memory of his
friend. the late diplomatist and historian, John
Lothrop Motley. The memoir is written in the
clear and incisive English for which DR.. Holmes
is distinguished and his style, though not
picturesque that OF his subject. does
ampier justice to Mr.. Motey's merits than more
elaborate rhetoric could have DONE DR.. Holmes is
especially happy in dealing with the commonplace,
and it in this respect that Motley most sig
naly failed the book especially valuable giving
clear insight into the historians character when
his surroundings were most adverse 20 him on &C
count Of his habits of mind An example of this is
Dr. Holmes discussion of the famous McCrackin let
ter and his characterization of the modern Inter
viewer does credit 1.-THE Autocrat of the Break
fast Table" The volume is beautifully printed,
and will be welcomed by all who are admirers of
1.-The Dutch Republic" Boston: Houghton. Osgood
ACo.
TO those to whom Plato and Socrates have been
only venerated names translation Of THE Apology
Critic and parts Of 1.-THE PhDdo,' before US,
he En- oils ie inc
the Greek of Plato. and the volume gives clearer in
sight into the closing of the life * Socrates
than can be obtained elsewhere. New York Charles
Scribner Sons.
To all who interested in the story Of the recent
Lambeth Conference and Sheffield Congress 1.-The
Canterbury Pilgrimage of the Right Rev. 6. T
Bedeil- Episcopal Bishop OF Ohio, will prove welcome
volume. New York A. D. +. Randolph Co.
An excellent Christmas book for young readers is
1.-THE Story of English Literature" from Chaucer to
Cooper. prepared by Lucy Cecil White. 1t is not
ambitious work in any sense, but it gives clearer
idea Of its subject than many pretentious vol
umes. Boston: ID. Lothrop Co.
Mr.. Joel Cook, of the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
has republished under the title of "A Holiday Tour
in Europe" his letters TO Mr.. Childs' newspaper.
written during the summer and autumn of 1878. The
book the beaten track OF English and Amer
lean tourists. but. while 1t presents nothing new it
will Afford pleasure to many persons 10 whom the old
Is Philadelphia J. b. Lppincott Co.
The Bohemian, Tragedy Of Modern Life" by
Charles de Kay is attempt at . story in which the
New York belle the aspiring clerk in a Broadway es-
Establishment and the kindred spirits who once gath
cred in the Bohemian Pfans shall find i stration.
Unfortunately the attempt is not very ,ccessful.
bnt the book gives promise of something better in
the direction in the future. New York: Charles
Scribners Sons.
Random Arrows by Fay Hampstead. have too
little point for suggestive a title for book Of
poems. Philadelphia: j. b. Lippncott Il Co.
The Shadow Of Hampton Mead" by Mrs. F.. Van
Loon. is novel. partly American in locale and en-
trey American in character 1t is dedicate 10 Gov
ernor Wade Hampton. OF south Carolina. Although
the story is not without interest it is not sufficiently
cooquisl 70 make 1t above the ordinary efforts at
story telling. Philadelphia: 4. b. Peterson & Broth
ers
consideration OF the varieties OF physical consti-
tuition in man in their relation to mental character
by DR.. u. H. jacques. has Just been published with
Introduction by II. s. Drayton. under the title of
The Tempcraments." 1t is contribution to the
literature Of subject which may day become
science and which deserves higher place among
specialists than has yet been accorded IT, New York
s. n. Wells 4 Co.
progress Of invention has made necessary Is 1.-THE
Proportions Of tho Steam Engine" by Professor
Marks. OF the University of rennsylvania It is =
practical treatise practical subject Philadelphia
J. b. Lippincott Co.
and enlarged edition Of "Cems Of English
Song" has Just been issued by Oliver Ditson 4 Co.
The volume contains many OF the favorte ballads Of
the English language set to music by recognized
posers. besides duets and quartets, with accom-
paniment for the pianoforte. Although Handles
Angels Ever Bright and FAIR" and Mozart's
Thought Cannot Reach Thee" arc included tho
names Of sullivan. Moloy and Abt most frse-
quently and tho general character Of the work may
lie best described in the lines OF Longolow set TO
music by Balfe,
Not from the grand old masters. from the bards
sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo through tho corridors
OF time.
In their popular and conventcnt .IJals Vour a.