New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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Os,i isc,,s.i"p Of the Trial Of the Crown
py T. BREblY, Professor in the [acS{, Gi NJ
fa ans 40 40 pp So Chicago & C. Grisr- q 20.
The translator OF this work has ihauc u -.
~ somc difficulty to form correct cslna" u 10
v.luc and interest owing, apparently 20 l'
hecn eco conscientious and literal ana 90 MS WIS
left his English i1ioms too far out oil Slt"' !" w.
.esria,;on of his French While reading we feel
cor6lcnt that Nj. MacMahon las been accurately
faithf,l but We have unfortunately, certainty
.ouauv well founded that wo have lost Wia'"'''
har,,, of lanfqqe or 80 SIZE there may have Oe'h III
tbe or;,i,,l In. box b.. ms a result S"ih'"I'''
hard reading and though % may pon@'y '"'
and proye valuable t. So, we lear 'la' '''
General pullic-to whom the author evidently ap
neaIcd in his own laHd-will DC repealed by II III us
present dress :, r.-,.4 ...,,.,,
the three ages Of Atheuian ciolucne". lie S''"'
how spontaucity Of cloQneuco was favored bS inc
social and central location Of Gr'ecc' ANA no"
deyelop,d in Athens with The deyeopmci.; oil demo
cratic institutions. Athcnan cloIncncc hrs' a' III
the time of Ihcmlstocos OF P'nclcs, was eN'lu-
s,velv practical and di,laiued tho ornaments "i
written cloqucnce taught ~ an art by the lalei
,hetori.iaus. with ITS subtetcs and pilucmchiS.
In pcuosilcnos oi0quencc reached ats z'hllh anu
united in itself the ads antagcs OF both the le''u
inc pcriods Il borrowed Tire practical force OF
Pcriclcs and added 20 this the charms without lao
over.r.Gnem,it az The Electricians. Dcmosthcues
had for enemies Philip ami the politicians oI ms
own nation. Against Philip lie contcndod ia a""
out of season unw,arlc iu detecting ms ,ch' l'S'
fearless in Jcaouucng th'in. 10 ule p"i''i""'
md 70 thc indifference and lc,ity Of tic d'e"n-
crate Athcnians OF his own day' hc opp -
,,b,t he ot all events believed % bo the
truth. set forth in every variety OF style "'n uH-
,alstallc. but always sincerely and periodically
presented \ sketch OF the charactcroi Demo 'hr"'S
il then given his cautions restraint upon ms volup-
tuons dispo.ition. his iucorrupt.hity his physical
timidity. bis stcadfast devotion 20 Athens winch
was not shaken, by fear Ms activity and foresight
This ia followed by consideration Of his merit as
n statesman and Of his "opPortunlSm in which, rs
in other instances and indeed w may SLY IN the
whole book IT appears clearly that NJ EfciH l.
thinking of Frarcc when b. is writing about Athens
In A long discussion the author consd.rs the often
mootcd question whether Dcmoshencs was really
right i'm cOunsclliug resistance To Philip and decides
that lac was
The remainder Of the book !, devoted to m cX-
baustivc analysis OF the principal clements ana
characteristics of Demo,hcncss eloqucncc, fortified
by abundant quotation and illustrated 10y the an-
thor, own extensive reading 70 leave nothing nm
done, We are gwen essays On Dcmosthenc' - NOR
nlist. on the relations between justice and politics
on the orators religious sentiments. his pi'ty, his
mistaken belief in prc.c>matlon etc. etc. H. spite
Of good deal Of unnecessary depression, the b1o Is
one 10 lie commended. 1t is sincere. enthusiastic
and learned and If nothing else were 20 Zoe SAID for
it, one would be sure to find every conceivable CON
nection between Dcmostlcucs and tie possible, ihe
probable or the real, treated vI,h entirely salldc-
tory fuuess