New-York tribune., 1881-12-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Tho Marco yisconti" of Tommaso uroSS,'
.o,aa,oo of the fourteenth century 1ounueu upo ~
,on,emporary chronicles has SO n'sn 3" ~ -, ,,
amonp italian works of fiction thii' IL n" .; now
eral times translated into Engnsh' n rnu .oaant
odded to Bohn's Novcssts Library lno p p]N;1~;n
edition is reprint OF more eHp 49, PsT &
III, nnhl;sb.d in 1879. London George D'ii "
SOns.l
arrs,orv Of Spain" by Professor James A.
,,orrison of Washington and Lee UnlVerslty' n"0
hoen added to the Library of Entertaining hs'oiy'
edited by Arthur Gilman, and pnphsneu O9 ~
Iotbron g. Co. Professor IIarrison's impassioned
and somewhat overwrought style adds rhetorica'
armament to a subject quite picturesque enough
,,,tbont such decoration; sometimes indeed, the
style obscures the narrative The volume Is Oh
handy size printed in clear type on bad paper anu
furnished with numerous illustrations Oh "hion
there is little to be said in praise.
A volume of Spanish Fairy Tales" translated pS
j. H. Ingram from Fernan Caballero TO- d. nipp'"
cott e. COY contains great deal OF entertainment
for Young people, but it is curious specimen Vi
bod hook making The translator has omitted 10
tell us who Fernan Caballero" is, although inc
identify of that fictitious parsonage. with sonora
Robl Faber de ArrOn long ceased TO be literary
secret We are informed by the preface that t"o Oh
the stories here attributed to Fernan Cabalero are
not by her. but have been borrowed for the occasion
from De Trueba. yet strange to say we are hoU tou
which two they are. 1t is mentioned, as one OIL the
peculiar difficulties attending the translation, tha'
the tales are so thoroughly Spanish as TO DC Iairy
soaked in Catholicism, which permeatcs the very
flesh and blood Of the people, and leads thehi 10
talk too familiarly about sacred things The trans
bc, hooD
orcsinq this inconvenent spirit, and aloge her mas
treated the original author with rather scant cour-
tesy.
An English book of somewhat curious and lndeh-
mite character Words, Facts and fhrases' oS
Eliezer EdN ards has been repuDished iu this
country by J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1t is described
ms n dictionary of curious. quaint, ana ouC-ol- Iuc
way matters" and although it contains great deal
of information which is accessible in ordinary city
moIooicaI dictionaries it embraces also variety oil
other nseful knowledge not so readily found such
ns the origin of names phrases etc. scraps OF anu
marian lore fragments of history, etc, ETC. III Is
we'll arranged and well printed, and Will be OF gen
eral use.
A fuller collection OF the fairy tales of William
YIauf than that recently published by G T. Fut-
nam's Sons has been issued in Chicago by Jansen
McClurG & Co. 1t is entitled g. Tales of the Cara
van, Inn and Palace" and is translated by Edward
L. Stowen.
The first volume of a collection of Leaves from
The Annals of the Sisters of Mercy" by member OF
the order is devoted to the history of the ssterhood
in Ireland 1t embraces an account of the establish
ment of the various converts of Mercy IN that
country, anecdotes illustrating their charitable
work, personal sketches, and full biography OF
the foundress Catherine McAuley. second vol
ume will be appropriated to England Scotland ana
the Colonies and a third to America. Catholic
Publication Society Co..
Dr. Isaac |. Hayes has prepared a little book OF
Gpictures of Arctic Travel" which will afford
pleasant Entertainment for an idle hour. His pur-
nose was as he explains it, to draw from personal
experience some pen-pictures of life and nature,
rather than to present narrative OF travel; ana nc
has accordingly offered here two lively sketches
of character and chapter on snow and Ice Inc
scene is Greenland, and he promises two similar
volumes devoted to Iceland and the Arctic Sea.
(G.W. Carleton e. Co..
Kings Mountain and its Heroes" by Lyman G.
Draper. LID. is an elaborate history of the i'm
portant military operations which eliminated IN
the defeat of Ferguson's rOyalist forces, on the
borders of North and South Carolina in l7SO' by
the patriot partisan bands and backwoodsmcn, at a
time when the fortunes of the revolution III that
region seemed utterly desperate. The engagement
nj Kings Mountain was not only remarkable IN Its
immediate issue, but of great consequence IN lis
further results. Mr.. Draper has spent many years
in collecting materials for exhaustive account of
the battle and biographical sketches of the patriot
leaders who took part in it, and his work has
serious value which the careless observer who
judges only by it's gaudy appearance will be likely
TO underestimate. Cincinnati: Peter &. Ihomsonl
Mr. George w. Harris, reporter of the Supreme
Court of PENNSYLVANIA. has edited, under the title
of Sketches of Debate in the First Senate of the
United States" Ms. journal left by William
Maclay, Senator from Pennsylvania in that body
The first sessions of the Senate were held with
closed doors and there is report of the debates
except the notices found IN various published
writings of the members. The journal of Mr.
Maclay is partly in the nature Of personal diary,
partly an abstract of official proceedings. In this
latter particular it is the fullest account we have of
the debates of the two years covered by 1T. 1t Is
occasionally free in style, and once in while there
is quaIntness in its observations at which we can
not repress a smile. Mr.. Maclay was afraid that
the Constitution would turn out the vlest of all
traps that ever was to the freedom Of
unsuspecting people y; and even Washington whom
he wrongly suspected of ambition to wear high
sounding titles did not escape his censure. The
question of the official title for the President was
one of the prominent topics considered during the
first session OF the Senate; and there various
other difficulties of etiquette connected with the