New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE PRINCETON REVIEW. MAY.

Grant principal Of the University OF Edinbnrght giving
brief account Of the changes that ere no" VI p'e'
In Great Britain, With cOnieetures as 10 tner w
terior results Until recently there was no auep "
give girls any secondary education, meaning ny tue
ter the superior instruction which, rising above the
urinary prepares the pupil for the higher OF university
edueation America In this respect has taken the start
of England which thirty years ago was In Inc nao VI
providing only primary instruction. overland WIN ac
compshments But this in itself Is no educa'o"-
only means to the subsequent attainment
of education. Accomplishments are no euuea
tien for thu mind, and hence the Ud-i">"
toned course Of female teaching may Dc sau 'o nav
launched women uneducated into the w"rid anu 'ol'
them to pick up intellectual education as toey c'uu V
Of life ITSELF During this time there was the sronse
contrast between the schools Tor boys and those or
girls in respect both aim and method. inc E"sisu
schools for boys aimed almost exclusVeiy "' 'noAu~
ness of grounding in the classical Languages 1neS
taught as IL boys going TO live to the age VI u"
thuselah and were going to spend toelr hrsC n"n"'
osrs NJ least at school OF college" With girls IN Great
britain precisely the opposite course was a'opteu
Whatever they learned was taught as an acconphsu
mept not as q etudy. Their knowledge OF Frcuon
and other modern languages was merely inc ,acli'y
of a courier 10 talking with foreigners Music was
made mechanical aud was taught 70 the nngers raInei
than to the mind Drawing was the trick OF copying
other peoples copies of nature Science was tooocu VI
all that was scientific, aud made mere matt oil mem
ory Among the reforms demanded any addluon !"
There was rather q call for less work well direcleu
Tho qirls, school of the past was nothing but an ince
sani toyless readmi One of tie earliest reforms was
the establishment of Queen's'Coilege, London III "neH
tile course of study for girls was made as ar as o"
The same az for boys The foundation OF TINS cogeu
1853 was the first important victory III orhah VI INC
vomans cause I'm England and HIS led to subsequent
advances with great rapidy. nee that time many
colleges and Institutions have arisen In which young
women may obtain university education. Inc 'noS'
important Of Girton College. in which the pups
receive exactly the education, and are suUleceu
IN the same examinations the candidates tor EOnors
at Cambridge. No Giron lady student has thus i'r oo-
tanned rst-class honors, but several have come out
equal to the second class in the very arduous exah
lions in Latin or Creek mathematics. The quesuoh
of openng the learned professions for women
the author suggests, stands upon quito different
ground from that Of admitting item TO p'h'-
zeal functions In the State. Inc ehiTaheh'Se
ment Of women step WHICH """,'
have be taken all at once, and at the present uiS II
would certainly be tremendous leap III the darh'
Tho admission OF women the professions, on the otr
hand would he a very gradual process, WORKING ltsel'
out under the laws OF supply and demand women otcn
show great practical Gacity IN the affairs OF BUSINESS
md are sometimes very good speakers and 1t would re-
main 10 be seeu whether after due training. they would
inspire sufficient confidence to he Entrusted win the
conduct OF matters involving the claims OF prop
erty. The writer Quo.es saying OF Willy
bishop: Our girls are doubt, very badly educated
but the boys will not find 1t OUT" Ihls means tEat
what is most attractive and charming in woman. as
well as that which is grandest and nobes does not o.
mend on scientific or scholastic ira ming. Nor is 1t
probable that any improved university systems viii
present anytns admirable in the female sex tLah
the excellent who in all ages have adorned So
ciety and whose have been rarely known TO MS
tory or to famc-Amopg other Interesting articles in
this number are The Human and the Brute Nine" by
Professor Francis Bowen, illustrating the points in
common between the lower animals and man
aud their characteristic differences, and annOunc-
ing the conclusion that the ordinary process
of building ~ tie animals Whole Dody III
the normal way, after the tyre Of Its species
Is throughou; the animals act, though
blind an uncon scOus one performed under the guld
once bIghcr power II is not the brain whch gen
crates the instinct but 1t Ia the instinct when
constructs the BRAIN as we'll as every other portion Of
tie organism ~; The Newest Atheism" by President
Noah Porter. commenting on the remarkable specua-
lions OF the late Professor Clifford and" The OrRanza-
lion of Labor" by Professor Simon Ncwc0mb, who
serious obstacles TO the practica WORK
ng OF the cooperative SYSTEM growing on; OF tue neces
s;ty organizing skill in the conduct OF DnSlhess ana
he ra1i,y of tie gifts which must be c0Gbned iar
that purpose III single individual. Professor
Hrwcomb compel to the clusiOn that tht time
when managing heads can either be dispensed with or
made TO sell their services cheaper rate than they
now DO is very far in the fuCure 1t will come OILY by
wider diffusion OF general mental power, OF ce'sa-
ton OF improvement consequent upon tie discovery OF
the best way of producing anu distributing goods OF
every class"
A DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS Edited
by GEORGE GROVE, u. Z. l.. Part IH Macmillan q co.
The principal feature OF Part TX, OF the new
Dictionary OF Music' the elaborate biography of
.utessoln. upon which Mr. Grove the &C ,ompiished
editor OF the work, spent months Of earnest
and indeatigable labor Begun or the last sheet OF the
preceding number, 1t extends nearly to the mode OF
PART TX, filling sixty-two compact pages with mass OF
well dgested and acute, sympathetic. and Interest
tax criticism 1t Is giving IT but moderate praise to cay
That It ia the best account OF MendelssOhn TO he
found iu any musical dictionary; It is much
more that for it is the only good life OF the conf
poser in existence There IL volume Oh the subject
that can compare with and though in fuuess It is
dsproporonae TO other articles IN tic Dictionary, the
matter is SO good nobody reasonably object to
its quantity. We not now made aware for the first
time Of Mr.. Grovcs abundant knowledge OF the history
and art OF music, his patience and enthusiasm In re-
search aud his talent for Investigation; but no las
.probsbiy never given more striking illustration
OF his abilities than In this valuable life OF Mendele
sonn. The detail is copiOus but never tsrcsome {;
surprising variety Of fresh information Is
presented; and almost every page 10 crowded
with citauons from authorities not accessible to the
reader MI Grove has resorted not only to the
staudart publications relating to his subject but also to
q itch store OF unpublished letters and other MS ma
terals, and the recoectOns OF distinguished living
luusicans With great number Of whom he has placed
himself In communication. Amongst other interesting
relics he has obtained the fragments OF an unfinished
symphony of which he prints two or three pages u
Transcription. Apart from the exceptional value OF the
article as the complete summary OF Mendelssohnf
life and work. IL 10 attractive vivid picture Of his
character and habits and beyond thatit has unique
charm M rejection OF the engaging personality Of tue
writer One hardly read 1t without being delighted
both with the subject and the bographer Mr.
Groves article Beethoven in tue second NUM-
Der OF the Dictionary, though less minute than the &C
count OF Meudelssohn, excellent piece OF boGra
ply containing besides the details usually supplied IL
books OF reference. some instructive and singularly
elear remarks ON The characteristes OF BeethOveh,