New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-18

Silver Coins OF all NdtIoHs. lh = Mtnahib ma
dephia.) The book contairs ents Of the coins
tables reducing he coins Of other countries 10 the
standard of the United States, and history of the
official coinage OF this country from 1892.
General Lew Wallace traces his design OF writing
his new novel. Ben Hur" back to a conversation
held five years AGO in a railway car with Colonel
Robert G. Ingcrsoll. The latter disconrscd on bis
favorite theme, and General Wallace was lei by
the conversation to examine into all the proofs Of
the divinity Of Christ to be found outside of the
New Testament.
The last volume in the Heroes of Christian His
tory" series il the Life OF Henry Martvu. by Dr.
Charles D. Bell a. c. Armstrong & Coy He was
the devoted missionary who died in India. whose
epitaph Macaulay wrote, and of whom Sir James
Stephen SAID Martyrs is the one heroic name
which adorns the annals OF the English Church
from the days OF Elizabeth to our own.'
Professor Henry AIeync Nicholsons Mammal Of
Geology WIN. Backwood 81 Sons, Edlnburshl an
pears in new edition. which is the sixth. large
number Of iustra lions have been added. and the
text has been revised to include facts and en-
body eae latest views of leading biologists. Tb"
book is an extensive work OF over 500 pages and IS
designed for The use of acknowledgements.
The pub ishers Of Mr. Clarence Cooks "Honse
Beautiful Charles Scribners sons have conferred
a benefit upon housed Oldcrs Of moderate means by
issuing new and much cheaper edition OF tins adj
mirable book. Il q Of Invaluable assistance 10
Young married Veoplc who are studying he prob
lem Of house furnishing. and those who have had
experience In the difficult art Will profit by a. su2-
gesiions.
One of the best Of the holiday books for lttlc
TO k is Laura f. R,chard}s Five Li,tlc Nice in a
Mouse Trap lEstes & Lauria1. The narrator OF
IT'S stories 10 the 81 ~ in the Moon, who has taste
for fanciul description aud takes his children on
many wonderful journeys through tie ar. The
tone of tie book is healthy. and the stories are
bright and Ingenious. Kate Grcenway and Adde
Lcdyard are the principal illustrators.
"Our Little Ones" Oliver Optics magazine Tor
very young people, begins the new year with an
excellent number that ought 20 win great many
new Subscribers ii j. an improvement ID every
respect OF the two p!pyous numbers. Christmas rs
the general tbc.4c. aud Nellie NJ. Gara,ran1s Story
OF Tommy aud Rosy's visit 10 Santa Caus's shop IS
duaintly illustrated. Oliver OPTIC contributes a
short story. aud there is a Christmas song by Eiza
beth A. DAVIS.
fourth. and enlarged edition Of " TIE Constitu-
ton Mammal anil Digest" compiled by MIR. Hcury H.
Smith. journal Clerk oil the House Of Representa-
tiv,3. has been issued from the Government Print
ing Office Ii is qu admirably arrang ID book, and
pcrlec; guide in Parliamentary practice. The Con-
siitution rs this time printed with copious foot
notes referring to the Constitutional DECISIONS OF
the Federal courts, aud the general index has been
greatly improved.
The Newest Thing IN Corners; or The Artists
Vendetta" Duncan Is Han rniiadophIa,l - IN
Amateurs cOmcd.ctta three acts, the persons
being artists, newspaper writers, aesthetic young
ladies and oG-fa,hioued shoddy." Inc dedica-
ton IS to Lord DgGrin. "in remembrance Of tie
IN any hapj,y LouI~ at RlGcau Hall" The Dialogue
j. perhap, bright huj il has an air o: i-ITred-
ing and is too h.gh!y peppered with profanity for
parlor amustmcu,s III this latitude.
Dr. Howard Croshy's essay on " The True HUI
manly Of Christ" has been published in a small
book, by 4. D. +. Randolph & Co. Tie view tle
author takes OF the person OF Christ is that the
Word became flesh. Tie son of God reduced Hun
self to the dimensions o. humanity. As such He
was one Ego and not two. OF the various doctrines.
~ saws there always must remain much that is
mysterious aud incomprehcns'ble in the incarna-
ton, Whatever theory be- advocated
The annual contribution TO the literature or
photography of Mr. Wa som>s Beautiful Snow
takes the form tins season of q volume b6uud IN
cloth resembling frosted cake. Several of the
authors less celebrated poems are published with
r. b. Peterson X Brothcrs.l The interest in this
poem has been exhausted by controversy over the
authorship and haclncycd criticism, until the pub
lie are ~ a mood TO cXcdin: o. that this too, too
Beautiful Snow would melt and mingle with the
clements"
Bows who have followed the career Of the yacht
Svlvania IN Oliver Optics Great Western Series :
vii fnd much 20 interest them IN Down S,uth
Or Yachting Adventures in Florida" Ice u Shep-
ard) Oliver Optic is usually temperate in his de-
scriptious where the trashy story papers, would
he extravaganza but the action seems TO be piled on
al tie close Of the chapter which describes the burn
ing MANSION 49, iy daughter is asleep IN the corner
room IA ped the gentleman. pointing 10 the window
of the chamber. The next instant Hop TossfOrd was
running up the posts OF the ycIanda."
Gay Ayerall A Patriotic Sketch IL. CiaXton
4 Coz is q story written by a private soldier of the
United States Army II - serious recital of hum
dunn life on Governors Island and at other military
pos.s. and the way the author subordInates tie
wo.d to his moral and philosophical views is
naive and amusing. lie 10 evidcntlyshis own hero
who IL represented to be, Oh his arrival in New
York. as verdant rs the Emerald Isle that gave INN
a birthplace. He falls at into the hands of
sharpers. has experience with mock auctions. and
final, find. an asylum in Uncle Sans barracks
1t is not difficult to discover why Shakespeaie's
Dream and Other Poems" 10y Mr. William leighton
3D. g. Lippnc0tt & Coz. have moi taken the public
bv Storm The Dream " makes 10f of the 14S
pages of the book. and 1t is called a masque
Shakespeare is represented as sitting in his summer
house at Stra ford-on-AvOn. After long solIloauy,
which exerts powerful opiate influence, Shake
speare mods aud most Of the spirits aud persons of
his dramas appear aai speak piece. They come on
his invitation for the last lines Of the solloquy
ShaEeSDearean in tone. are
Now. while close my eyes, my people come
Nv world that yet love, AMI vet would lose
would weep TO lose and weep to los. II nor.