New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-30
LITERARY NOTES.

ayietor Hugo his Life and Works, Is ,ransia
ZION by Frances 4. Shaw from the trcnch Oh A'iou
Barbou Chicago :. G. Griggs ~ Co.. III Snoi'
biography from the pen of an enthusiastic ai"'i'''
intenungling with the details OF the poet c"i''',
brief and asloring commentaries upon his princ'P"i
works
: Afr .yohp burroughs has rcpublishcd in n notably
rrct,v book number If his recent Contributions "
Tie magazines. and has given TO the collection ,ne
title. Pepacton," from the initial chapter IN Wii'h
he Describes 80 ciiarmugly his summer voyage III
boat Of his own building down the Pepacton Di"n'"
of the Delaware IIoughton, Minilh N Col
sCoopcration as A business" IL the title o.
highly interesting little volume by Charles h"'"''
&C. Z. Putnam's Sons comprising INC
articles originally published III Scf'oNe'
and other periodicals. with the a"uI"o" VA i
,ow matter the title indicates. the aim oil the
,,oo, - Co show the practical working of various
.n,o,,os of cooncratnn. and to furnish useful
,,n;,a % those who are anxious to embark IN such
enterprises
The Civil Service Reform Association, through i''
publisbcrs c. T. Putnam's sons, has issued Nc"
n,nnblet entitled The spells System. or ClNll
Service Reform IN the Custom House at New-loIA'
Mr. Dor,non r. Eaton Is the author. ana WIN TIC
e>ceptiou of chapter gu the political sghlhcal'co
of the appointment of Mr.. James as postmaster
General and of Mr. Pearson as Postmaster at NV
", ,ho r,wnhIet is almost identical with Mr.
rato,.s rcport to President Hayes. This was sub
pitted 10 Congress in February IL discusses 'n'
tendency ahd probable effects of permanent en-
forcemcnt Of the civil service rllcs Inc pa'lii'''
is inscribed to Naval Officer Silas W. hur''
The "Memoir of Major General Gcore" H.
Thomas" by Brigadier-Gcncral Richard w Jon"-
son. TSA ID. Il. Lppincott " Co.. Is lhoueS'S We
sctil ed in the preface rs Drlci Ske'' VI '' ''
and services of the distinguished soldier whose
achievements it commentaries II MAKES III o''">o
volume of respectable bulk but it is really skceh
rather than a true biography. 1t traces the pubhc
career Of General Thomas in sufficient detail Win
annie citations of official reports and other uocu-
,ncnts. but we cannot say that it presents the nooe
and attractive personality of the hero III any cc'i
light than was long ago thrown upon II ny no"'-
- ,o,ooirs The author himself, however,
seems TO be perfectly conscious OF the Cehoieho'c'
of his book and he tells us that he has "rit'eh II
only because after ten years waiting no "c.''i
bocrapher has undertaken the task. As a recor" "a
Thomas's military life by professional ooSelNcr
and companion in arms the Memoir has positive
value
Professor 4. Campbell Frasers sketch oi thc nc
and writings of " Berkeley a volume III the fhlo-
sophical Classics for English readers d. g. Lippin-
u ,. -.
interest of American readers. George Berkeley,
who was born in Ireland in 1861. and distinguished
himself as a thcoloeian and philosopher came 10
America TO found missionary college winch was
70 be the basis Of systematic effort to ChriSu"h'@e
the Indians. For nearly three years be rustica'ed
near the Newport of colonial days waiting III VAN
for the Government aid needed To rra'le HIS
dreams. His American visit bore philosophical irult
and he also wrote AT Newport the weli-knoWh poem
boyipnipp Westward the course Of Empire takes
It's way At college Ecrkecys mind gave early evil
dcncc of speculative tendencies. HIS methods were
not always 50 practical as whcn to get at the reai
sensations of a man being hanged lac suspended
himself by Il moose. and was nearly Niranged before
il occurred TO his companion that 1t was tune 10 cut
him down. Professor Fraser iindS the thiee "c'',e
philosophers of the present day mingled III " 'iuu'
,ra, in the writings of Berkeley. They may be de-
scribed in a word As Agnosticism, Gnosticsn and
Eai