New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS..
TUT INTERNATIONAL. REVIEW.

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TIE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW.
The Nav number of The International Htr'tr open
with an article by MI A. V. Diccy on Sir AieAan-
der Cockburn." 1t is readable cnouth She''n'
which fails nevertheless 20 convey ihehhe Poit,"
of its subject and cannot resist the OPINION III"
Mr. Dicey has missed good opportunity Maoain'
Ragozn finishes her story OF Inc Las' iiI'i"i
Russian Nililsts "(writcn before the ASSASSINATION
of the Can and ia hcT concinsion SHOWS no" h'''
the t,,e force If the Nililist conspiracy was appe
c;ated even by educated russians on the very eve {"
the great crime Mr. Brooks Adams. i'll an article
nm the "Taxation of Interstate Commerce, makes
clear and commercially brief statement OF the
noipts already established by decisions oil the
limited States Supreme Court in rialon
to this subject. and the ".i'i'"''
ouestions which still r'main 10 he s't'i'd "N "h
highest tribunal Mr.. William C. Low arEi'S tna'
"The Balance of the Geneva A"aid Sh"u" w
,od 20 IN the British sailors serving under our
aoU. (2) the 'war-prmiun men in full; l3) III"
sufferers from 'excu'patcd cruisers and that the
balance if any should bo turned into til the phDhc
treasury-tbe claims Of insurers being rejected '"foo
Mr. Henry Gapuctt of tho Census Bureau. who was
ep,,;ntcd 10 investigate the all eed Census iiauds
in south Carolina details the methods by when ne
arrived at the satisfactory results win "hirh INC
couptry is now familiar. The rcinaiKahe
statements relative to tine condition OF
Japan made by Mr.. +. II. House III
the current number of The 1Hfhtic ho"hy
are fully confirmed in The international by japan
ESQ contributor. Mr.. X. Mitsuknr VINO naIla''
many of the same circumstances told by Mr. House,
md illustrates them with the same anecd"tcS. Inc
force of his article is enhanced by its simplicity OF
stvle and dirnifed moderation of tone Mr.. W.
Froser Rae furnishes a first paper on George
Eliots Life and Wriiings"; and Mr. |. y. Ford DIS
cussing Constitutional Tendencies in franre' con
sidcrs the various methods by which the inevila"'
redistribution OF public powers max he cl c'oo "'
der tb. Republic and concludes that the form ana
direction which constitutional government VIII take
in France will lie determined 10y the personal prefer
encc of a single leader NJ. Gambeita.
sCRIBNER.
Among several notable articles in the May number
of S,ribr,rs Monthly the chief is probably the s"rt
papr on CARLYLE read by Mr. Emerson at the recent
meeting of the Massachusetts Historical society II
consist of various passages collected from MI
Emerso private letters pcnned during MS Visit I"
England in 1s4s. and now first made pnbhc. lh'v
are written with delightful freedom, and of cour>'
with vigor Though no mortal IN America could
nrteud 70 talk with Carlyle who is also as remark
able in England as the Tower of London, yet neither
would h, in any manner satisfy us (Amercans' or
beon to answer the questions which VIC ask. lie Is
q very national figure. aud would 10y no means bear
TRANSPORTATION. They keep Carlyle as sort
of portable cathedral-bell, which they IKE
IN nroiucc i'm companies where he Is unknown, AMI
set a-swinr1ng t. the surprise and CHARACTERIZATION 4"
all ,rsnns bishops courtierS, scholars, wIlt'rs anu
a. in companies here lin England 40 man s ha"ed
ar introduced. great il the Get and great the III
ouiry. Forster of Rawdon, described to me a I'M
nr At the table hote of provincial hotel whcrr
he carried CARLYLE and where Irish canon had
utt.r,d something: CARLYLE hogan to talk. first To
tLs waiter. and then to the walls, and then, lastly
pamistakably Ia the priest, IN :nauher 'Hh'
frirhtcd the whole company" The iromtiNl'ce ol
tho magazine is remarkable portrait Of
CARLYLE. engraved by Thomas Cole after
photograph by the late Mrs. Cameron Al
mirable for its pictures, as well as entertaining III
its text, is the paper on The VIA s"'P 81 'he
si,rras.n by John Muir and other illustrated ar
ticles are Among the Esquimaux with Schwa'ka.'
by William II. Glider "a member of the expedition;
Artslnns Ward his Home and Family, " by Don e..
geitz. d" In and Out IF London with Dickens, 10y H.
T. Martin, WHOSE patient and enthusiastic eXPlora-
tions take ms this time TO the home of Mrs. Galnp
the shop of Sol Uills the Fountain Court Tho
Temple Pcggotty house at Yarmouth, the church
yard in which Pip encountered the convict, ec,ctc;
and " CalpUna, striking heXancter poem ny
Mr. Boyesen. telling touching story OF The
UOcetitn persecution ana the 1at'CohpS' on I'"'
ms Benedict writes an excellent article on Jenny
Lind and the accompanying portrait, engraved from
an old dagucrreotype i; fine specimen oi class
If work i'm which ScTiJncrs Magazine has long been
,rcemnent. Under the title of The MuiinceiS OF
he Bouutyr RosalInd Young. one of the endantS
If the nut ineers, "a young woman OF twenty-'"ur
,sars who has never worn a shoe, swims Ike iish,
md is an excellent performer on the organ. gives
sicbly interesting account of the present condition
md recent history of the singular little community
% which she belongs Mr. George W. Cable begins
tnew serial story. Madame Delphine." the scene
If which is laid iii the field he has already oul-
ayated with such distinguished success. Add to
hcse things Colonel Warnings paper on " The SAINT
AIRY Condition of New-York," from which HE
CRIBUxE has already published extracts, and vari-
Nv of minor articles, and have tie contents OF
isinguary lively magazine.