New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-13
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY JUNE 49, 1891

tanning the third and fourth books of Pantagruel,
i'm the original edition. 81 800; Moliere, 1875, SIX
volumes. $3.50; "Daphnis ct Chloe" 17ls, bound
by Pasdconp, $500; Manon Lescaut,' 1888. two
volumes. $500 tho famous Evangcliaire de Char
l,magne" dating from the end Of the tenth century,
5000.
Professor David Swing observes in The Dial that
Virgil j. Of the most enduring books IN all
literature Its qualities Of the everlasting type.
Phenomenal styles. like that Of Carlyle and Jean
Paul Richter. are as transient as the bric-a-brac
appciit in house decoration; but such a mode Of
Thought and expression as that Of Virgil is endur-
ing az the archcd window or the Cornthian column.
II the human race should flourish on earth many
thousands Of years from this date it will be found
still holding precious the poems Of this Virgil he is
20 refined, 81 simple, SO perfectly human
Paul Lindau the Editor of the Berlin Gcqcprarf
publishes sketch of the late Franz Diurelstcdt, of
Vienna. which contains characteristic example of
the dead author and nanagcrs grim humor When
b. visited Lndau in Bcrlina few years ago, he made
the latter promise 10 give him obituary notice on
hI- demise. shortly aftcrwaul hc forwarded 10 the
cdIt,r his photograph which bore on the reverse
side this inscription &C. To Paul Lindau, the happy
author Of my future obituary IN the GcgcHrlrt
When YOU as late as possible bury me, Let this be-
read upon ms tombstone: lIo hal luck his whole
life long still he was never happy 1t is quito
impossible to translate the contrlci force of CLICK
duck and gia-kich happy. for which reason the
original line, are given for those Who can enjoy
them:
wcnn Ihr mich rn6elich-' spsp herrabt
la-.i dis auf n,rin'n sicinc le-cn:
Duci giicklch -t er ME gcwescu.
Gcrcra John J. Ewcll. of Cleveland, has re-
sponGcd to the increasing demand for his admirable
treatise on Malpractice Medical Evidence and In
sanity 10y revising aud cularging it for fourth
edition Just ISSUED by Baker Voorhs 4 Go. II has
become q standard work of medical Jurisprudence.
Ihc .fib4ny Lar Jou,Hdl couincuds u rs follows:
This work was originally published in $3.50. II
has received the highest cnromiums of such compc-
tent critics a. Dr. Carpenter. the great English
Psychologist. Dr. Ordrouaux and William Curtis
Noyrs. A pretty careful cylmiration has led MS 90
believe that these commentators are deserved. II
has the advantage of being written by . lawyer ~
well q. physician Ii !, distinguished los the bold
No., and Independence of t- ru Ici.m, upon leading
case, both m their legal and ia thor medical a.
pcct. We have found it very entertaining as well
as Instructive. disclosing much that Is lew, and
treating the old iu nc" manner
InI7-l Kant issued his "Kruk der rincn Yern-
UNIT on hic hc had bc.towrd eleven years of uurr-
uniting labor, though when hr began 10 be expected
to hayci II finished within fcW mouth4. lIr wrote
and rcwrolc 10 several tmc- IL was published When
his powers were M their maturity az the age
t,-scycu md 10 made the ground work and thc
principal ,upcrrtroturr OF his system ol philosophy
In honor of its important relation TO speculative
thought man, Of tlc leading students of philosophy
IN this country s ol,hrate tho centennial of its
publication at Saratoga ou July q. Among the
papcr- 90 hc read ,l. " The >isuinr.ncc Of the Cen
t.,,,,f " I, Professor Nrti4 II Hamilton College: