New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12
q the lust and moderate temper

can help recognizing the just and moderate teDpe,
In which he gives both sides OF every s.o'y'
bov. seldom seen n book on any disputed queshoh
so frso from the faint of prejudice. Possibly Pro-
tes.or King might well have expressed his opin-
;n,o With mare warmth on some topics: but the
reader will be able to supply this defect for himself
The exclamation of the laud difficulty when oc-
crpes the first eleven chapters OF the DOCK ~ ao
mirable The case Is somewhat complicated anu
tho controversy between landlord and tenant III
Ireland embraces certain elements when AlheIr
Gang living in very different state OF society," "io
slow 70 understand but the whole matter Is pu1
very clearly ia these pages, anu al'ei rcau'ns 'i
we need be at no loss to comprehend Wha1 'no
i,,rce of tbe cnltiyat,r has been in the past, and
70 dge how far it is likely to be remedied by the
new legislation. Equally valuable is the hght
which Professor Kings passOnless and candid IN
ouiries have thrown upon the origin and character
OF aCrarian outrages. "Whcre landlords or agents
arc shot" he SAYS, the whole neighborhood often
Knows OF it beforehand subscriptions are some
times taken up defray the expenses 2entic
man who knows parts of the country and many Oh
the people intimately, said to me, subscliP'loh
has been taken up in this parish to SHOOT Mi
There was subscription OF 800 taken 10 Shoo' MI
IS agent. but tninl1 now he'll not be shot as he
of the outrages are not against the landlords bat
AGAINST tenants who have paid forbidden rents, or
| taken far,s from winch Others have been eVlcted.
Some of the Government officials rely good deal on
the provision for icvying the districts in when
the crimes are committed. damages to be PAID to the
| victims or their friends. A few years ago, UoY-
eminent oiccr said there was similar PROVISION
| aud instances we're known where the people met TO
discuss the shooting OF some one. ana gave IL up De-
Cause they could not afford it, The work OF the
! laud League. the policy OF the Irish leaders the
effect of the Land. the Arrears, and the Coercion
| bills. are described in more or less detail; ana u
copous appendix gives the text OF various acts oil
! Parliament addresses. and other documents peril
| nsnt 10 the general subject. Professor KING pro-
noses no solution OF the Irish Question AID h1z-
ards no prophecies but it is easy to discern III Ills
| book the Signs Oh much better times.
An entertaining volume of sketches and reminis-
cfnces Of the life Of private soldier in the Coned-
! crate service has been Published at Richmond DIV
! Carlton Mccarthy d Co It bears the somewhat too
ample title Detailed AhnutiD Of Soldier Lie IN
| the Army of Northern Virginia. Mr. Mccarthy
himself who served in the artillery, Il the author
and his book has been illustrated by VIM l.. Shep-
pard. who was lieutenant in the same company
! The descriptions of the march, the biVouac, the
battle the Gus toms Of the service the tIal' pleas
nres oddities and routine OF n military career ms II
look. TO the men in the ranks ae fresh ana vlyid.
and tbe narrative passages are full Of spirit. Not
! wthstandiug that so much has been written about
the war. Private Mccarthy seems to have given us
something new. His Introductory remarks upon
| the Northern soldiers are Ilberal and incorrect A;
INT we eau afford not to quarrel with him for errors
OF that sort.
In aTbe Life AMI Letters Of Elizabeth Prentiss -
| Anson d. F. Randolph & Co... We have an atec-
! tomato and sympathetic memorial OF lady whose
! religions writings have enjoyed remarkable popu-
| laritv "Stepping HcavcnWard" which she pub
u,bed in 1869. has had great circulation many
| parts of the world and has been translated into
! French and German-bcing as DR.. Vincent well
! said zone of those books of which people kept Il
lending copy that they might enjoy the uninter
lupted companionship of their own Her stories
for children have been hardly less successful. In
this biography from the oen o. her husband the
Rev. George l.. Prentiss. as well as in the extracts
from her private correspondence and journals, she
Is presented in most engaging and beautiful char
acter.
0The Bows Percy" Charles Scribner's Sons is
the latest of the excellent series of abridgments
from old heroic literature prepared and edited by
| the late Sidney Lanier, and it follows fifty the
| Froissrt and King Arthur Wc shall not be sur
prised if it egen echpsed the popularity OF those in
| teresting works The selections from the old
| ballads of war, adventure and love" are admirably
made--not only with literary taste but with a
iudcious regard forthe young intellect and magma
ton; Mr. laniers introduction Is sympathetic and
inspiring his notes valuable, and there are fifty
creditajle illustrations by Bensell.
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