New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-24
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f. A. FREFMANs HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY
~ ECHorL-HowcNrr eNtensN" "a" pollflclhiis Know
cdce ~ history Dee will ind thar this work gives II den
nrnrs~ and precision however Keen mr. interest," 10
gcograrhy it, illustration by means OF history anu poll
tics viii add o r and substance for MIN Tho
book u not exactly easJ reading We must adh. ~.
subject MATER. it, compattncsr, ana ltr completeness
nike forbid that. To read II continuously rpi hnoes
tr impression of viewing country from the %ind0" o
nm ,urr,- train. The volume oi maps which afcnnI
paneS begins with oncric Grccce and ends WIN ihe
fr,ty Of Berlin aud the text itself traces the chang,
that have taken place IN The political geography "l Lu
rope between the two periods. a.,
Tho work il Invaluable for reference aud ful OF In
stuciiun whether Ia the historical Student the g,os
Iapher. the politician, OF even 10 the dplomist Euoa
MI Freeman IN general heartily Ia despSe II
il full Of instruction and even OF entertainment o te
fascinating in what II promises, It's copious index ne
Wilderng in s very completeness ~ To the eHt se;
II IL nicut dive into Il anywhere without laying hoa
o. pearL-l1he London Times.
Poor Mr.. BLACKS Pooh "SUNRIsE",-We are
bound to express our belief That the story II one ons w
sue of ahsurdcs and that the principal characters arc
more untrue Nature than We shonld have Thought MI
Black capable OF making them II the author o. Vac
lrod of Dare had merely prrpciratcd an ahoruNe D"
de foyrc IN writing of cutthroas, and iabiris ana Sc
crct stabh,r-. of whom he knows nothing instead ..
about Highland naidens aud wbitesinSed yacht, =,
,hotn aud u! which he knows great deal, We snoIi
only regret his udg ment and ill-success. But mnn'
trnsiouall,D We ARE sure the author Of sunrise IS
guilty of n fault than had taste IN me- ufl ~
lion Of .roundrcsm he to have forgotten ior ths
tiu bs src OF ris aud wrong. lie appears 10 see "
reason why man Of honor should not be- hursIetts
why n midnight con-Ifptor ready aud willing 10 aAe
nnt man or wumans lie at moments notice should 10y
br model Of n the softer virtues; why frank and
kind h.arted old general officer should DEERE the So
rrt shaving OF prong gate priest We shall he SURPRISE
II any reader critic rrgrets the phcall"n y. aim
fortunate book more vehcmenty than the au'ho' hiN
self-lThc London Sews.
ANNE TuACKERAY's PowERs.-No novelist
OF the present day has anything approaching to Der
powers-of making little things tell IN description
Simply adjusting them properly to their x,nci
hunor oat VI the most ordinary circunsiances-tiH'
Academy.
CARLYLE's Cross GRAINED WRITING.-lt -
curious how the human race, as race loves ~
abused The popularity Of swift depended We n ~
powers OF inyectve and Carlyle had ceased this ni
of writing the unthinkng portion OF his admirers ""1
have fallen away at onee-lrhe AtAen@uin'
BAYARD TAYLOR AS A LETTER w RITER.-
TAYLOR was scholar in several lteratuton, pu. e 70
ar,b The having when be made himself matter ..
~ f busy world there Ia sufficient leis
urr for elaborate NJ thete ofnsrH ,ns
eni.toinry e,nuses that ever lived But Taylor iso
Dickens among modern authors, ercelled as ie'e,
fi,nous prcsson some humorous guip, worthy 70 70
rrmemSered When bis memoir is written. as II = surs
Collected and given 10 the world with the story OF ms
remarkable career rs traveller poet ana ho'oi'~~
L. Fields In The Congregstionaiist
DrSAH MULoCK CRAIK's SHORT STORIES
There h pure vein Of tenderness In hcuons os % INA
and by the author Of John haiIsa hn, CARLYLE
calls weakeyed sensibiity," just ~ WorhsSo,Iili
simplicity sometimes dessneratsa n.o univ shade
worse than the tenderness over Drowned d@s Pocs
sobs through the thirty oaa psyss ae a' says
author a. heroic pain. sympathetic pain p pam tS
almost does one good We feel .smpssa N
silly tsnderness tonderneAs which almost dAsas~ S
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