, 1881-02-19

10, 1S8l-SlXTEEN PA
my continental land mass. and surrounded
by very ilen5I SeA: WitIlunt my Indigenous
hind nil,lNuull1 Or nmphil'ia, hut with nnntl-
ai,cu uf birds nll,t Insects, and usually with
rntn nnil txi Inct was flrst not,ccI iy Darwin.
who maintained, us tsnrs MIR antlior, TINT
they nrG purely oeraliic,. aud never for'nctl
| patl Of my continent. 'Fhn only iJla'nts rrc-
fSe.p.pl,s Il, this classtffcnI!nn are New
X,ul4sul alnl the Seychelles. If tho statement
uf .ln'rs Marcoll. that Era,''t and Hhciss oc-
eMr ~ t!a MTrt!"css u G,Tr.ct, ts tllesp 'P
mt botonicaily, t0, tiiu acnera! clMractcr Of
oceanic Islands. The statement II quoted IN
nlItther pATt uf ttIa work. but they arc nat
tilfs t respect. CoMtlnel'.al is.nsds arc, is
tnight BE- infnrre,l, tliosu which Share tho
geoloKicul md fa!i1,al pecsllarltics u OF tho
| larger land divisions, u which II Is to bo
10 .wlic!, they are GENERALLY cun'l.Mted By
| submarine. bN,,ks nr shalnwS. They nro
ng'sln s9b!sttel Intp arltnt mn! recent col',,
wc r sc,crv ,fy Gacu fD1' t.
ctincI,te with .ccrtaf!, p1yslcnl features also
isfcrnt'le tn thctr. lnsular geological fEe.
Thy Of tllts ;laSs lleis discussed are tl.e
I,nonE th9 M.,,st rccen!: l'nrnco M nml 'aya:
Zenatul of oceantc ISLANDS AR
WalaGs take$ q, 1I|ca a Az"If5 s ;o !sn,na
Islands, MI typicatly oceanic. but each with
its characteristic features tllnt LEM! special
interest to tho study Ut Its fnrlln Rnl ilnra:.
w thrsa ms rsr tH resr TO is oE tsS aT
nut t,a,!e to 10 them Justice III any abstract
HAT Is practicable here. -..,..,. =.
s w.rk NJ ,aist b. cxpeStf,|| fTom t;.; Mr;
err"rs Of statement. nrit! tlle only, ones wo
hasg n0ticcd :lrc negative rather tlln!i l1sl.
tive sl their character III thu list uf ljritlsl,
pGrehin1 bir'ls, arranged according TO their
distribution Or geographical range, given on
pages :t-::7, bo uensiols 9nly six as occt,r-
in. IN North America. whereas more tl!an
twice tint Mt.mhtr 1T tl,ose eIlt1'nErate, nro
l% w., to c,n tsr1@Iiy i, q Yerv to w'te
species. sHelt MI errnr as this, however. a'ld
It IL the only very striking me We have no
ttcetl, ls Of comparatively minor importance,
Df tle work, rs Il Whole, We Gun say. Tint VIC
1laye rarely sect, ole TINT more fully Corl-
bincs q popular and entertaining style With
y, high, order 9f sc!entilic, Information and
without thought. but 1t Is never wearfSntIia
or fntfgUinE. W. cnntncnl 1t without re-
serve. atHl feel confident tsiut no ono Viii re.
grct its perllsaL.
Published i'll New York by Harper g. BROS,
CRITICAL STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE.
1yc Motu In tic first place tint S1r. D0wtlen
spells tile nplnc Of tllc Bartl Of Avon "SlInk.
spearc," although this Is contrary to that
adopted by the cnrly writer's. Tho "Varl-
Drum" edition Of Sllakspeare's works will,
when completed, be the most comprehensive,
thorough, scholarly, and exhaustive work
ever attempted, or likely to be attempted,
with reference to tho lifu uild iabors Of tho
| ill., hfr
vet Is also eo'ere'l ~ INC .orousn ao ',s malnse
~ W. m.ta;. ss,,ro1 mJ,S .,,,x - Ky snansn"ar"s
at omes nt h,,o eit,e s'ss .',o ~ s,,l,s n,,tao
BY tho best students nl.tl Investigators,
among who s'S nus'ol a. ,sa h s's.'',,s s.u,s ~, ~
Shaks,eare's works with al inquiry after The
personality OF tho writer and traces the dc,
rnlon1ne,,t md rru,ytl Of his intellect md
ol,nr,,,tor MTt 1o root nnrrnl,rnyion n,
Ssinkspcafe's character ana genius "'ich Is
desired, but not sucli al apprehension rs
nrrc observation Of the eexternnIs Of tue ''tal,,
Of his life. or of l,is poptry would be likely to
oto'"ce' WIS.,, t"l'o4; Nv '"s "t...'' ...''
to sumo central principles of HE Ill MIN
which nn,lntc unil culltrol tho rest, for slscll
theru uro existent in every man wl,usc ltfu
:. iifo j., ,,,.Ir," srns. n lin wnr,1 md nat n
~ wv ~ aeuseo. ~ mu.s'' ~ "'u ."s
mere muir OF eha,ce, u Impulse, u ''ls,uus
9,a o. accaen's r; owaeM rs'see
, liz be,tpr tMll tint substituted BY Mr
: Dow,lct. III Shakspcaru's enrltur writings
l,e II ut times clever ,auns intellectual. nilt
: style, "masluutton and thought, wIs,io,
= aid lnlrtl, md charity, cxuerencu md sur
/ mise, play Into md Through one anothe