New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


DICTIONARY OF ESeLsa Phrase A, Sc with S. mss
Of the Chinese Educational Mission. ana compsc' a.
40 Eneiish Dictionary. svo', PIP GA Sew-f0rh a.
q Barnes a Co.
This curious book is the production OF Chinese
esntleman. who was commissioned IN 1870 ~
member of the Chinese Educational Commission 10
Hartford, Conn. The plan adopted by the author
has been TO define each phrase, and also 10 sho"
how >be phrase is used by giving ono or more SEN
tences containing IL. few specimens OF idioms''c
phrases taken almost at random, will show the plan
Of tho book: ,-,..
Get you gone! Get away. I. e. depart 'wi'h
emphasisl.
The man said TO the indolent beggar VINO askeu
aims: Get YOU gone."i !. Q. the man sara 10 'no
indoiept beggar who asked aims: Depai''
Spoken with emphasis)
Stuff az O poker. l. c. excessively stin.
On new ,aundre,, made my collars as stiff as
n poker G. Our new laundress made my collars eA'
ceosivcly stiff ~.
FollovjnR the idomatic is o collection OF coilo-
uusl pbrascs in common use, such as day aiter
the fair ~ "To look blue" Z" From pillar TO post
Get the hang Off; I'm less than no Time
Pocket an insult" and the like. linen comes
collection of slang and cant phrases such as
bad egpn; Almighty dollar; Hard pan {;
..Make no bones of; Stuck up" misceliane-
ous collection of unclassed phrases Is added Win
n very good collection of English Proverbs, Chineso
Proverbs, Latin and French phrases Inc DOCK
concludes with Historical Sketch OF the Chinese
Dynasties. in which the dates are harmonlzeo WIN
the Christian Chronology -: a Sketch OF the La'e
Of Confucius and A Short Sketch OF the Lheoi
Jesusu There is an excellent index.
We are informed that Kwong HI Chi has expcndea
several years labor upon this work, and has had The
assistance of several able American scholars. NO
book precisely like il has heretofore been attempted
in the English ianguage-that which comes nearest
to it Is probably Rays Proverbs" which in some
respects it resembles. 1t will be very useful, we
should suppose, TO all foreigners engaged in acqulr
ing the English language. President Eliot says OF
it, In a letter to the author: That Chinese
scholar should have produced i'll the heart OF New
England book IN English aud about English, which
gives proof of so much knowledge discrimination
and industry. is fact which thoughtful people Will
like TO ponder" Perhaps one whose native tongue
is English could hardly have written it so we'll.
more curious and interesting pathological volume has
mot appeared for many years.
PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT AT LAW AND in
CONCERNING the validity agreements. with special
view Ia the comparison of law aud equity anu win
ally TO Roman. American and Continental law by
FREDERICK POLLOCK. LII d. WIN potes ey Gus
Robert Ciarx Co. 1851.
reprint, with American notes, of an English law
treatise on validity of contracts, which was favor
ably received by the English bar when first pub
Iished 1879 and reached q second edition there
from which this reprint is made, about 1877 or
1873. Lawyers interested in having full informa-
ton of the progress and Development OF the law OF
contracts and kindred subjects will find the volume
valuable both for the information in which the
English work abounds upon the various formula
tons of principles of contract which the spirit OF
codiGcat has brought about IN varions countries
abroad and also for the abors OF the American edl-
tor in adding references. apparently extensive and
careful, to the American and the later English de-
cisons.
THE COMMON LAW. By o. ". HOLMES JR svo. PIP.
A22. Boston Little. Brown & Co. 1881
A revision, perhaps an expansion, OF eleven
Lowell lectures previously delivered by Mr..
Holmes, who is otherwise favorably known as a
legal writer especially by notes To Kents Common
taries. Chief topics are: Early forms OF Liability;
Philosophy of the Criminal Law Theory OF Torts
Bailee ct Common Law: Coniracs-History. Ele-
ments, and Validity Succession. The work par
takes largely Of the character of philosophic his
tory Of the origin and development OF Anglo saxon
law 1t is polished and attractive IN style. aud VIII
be found interesting and suggestive to all thorough
students of Jurisprudence. while not Immediately
needful Us . manual tor the practitioner.
RFCOLLECIIONS of CARLYLE.