New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-01

| and skill, avoiding the dangers incident to his
| peculiar task. and displaying his good taste ana
Judgment no less in his emissions than in what no
has written. Tho background and setting Of the
story are worthy of praise no less than the piog
raphv Itself The truthful record Of such lie
conld not but be laudatory, but it is Tree from
tulsomeness Her portrait In drawn with iirm ana
skilful hand and with such subtle touches as Only
affection and close intimacy codld produce. INC
| book will be read with pleasure and Win deep
emotion by the many to mhom her memory sdcar'
| It's issued by Randolph IN peculiarly handsome
style and with fine steel portrait
The fifteenth and sixteenth parts of Groves
q Dictionary of Music and Musicians" CAiacmilan
! H. CO... are published together III one double mum
! Der after delay which will not seem unreasohaDio
TO one who studies their contents. The entries eA
| tend from Schobcrlechner " to "Sketches, ana
| the most important articles are the biograpn'os
| of Schubert and Schumann for 'ho h'sV
| we are indebted to the editor, whose au
| mirable and prolific researches among the ALMOST
forgotten Schubert manuscripts long ago gave h''i
a foremost rank as an authority upon the lie anu
! works of this delightful musician ~ Is praise
enough to say that he has written article worthy
to stand beside his beautiful life OF Mendessohh III
| a previous number Of the Dictionary. 1t Is inter
estinx appreciatiye complete, and precise. IL pre-
| SCENTS An excellent study of Schaberts character
stics and it closes with tuli and systematic cata-
| lorue The life of Schumann Is by Dr. fhlilpp
! Spitta of Berlin and IT is distinguished ike MI
Groves Schubert, by scholarly thoroughnesS'
ample knowledge. and feeling. These Two piogra-
plies are very far above the usual level of works Oh
reference. and we believe that with some other con-
| tributions CT the Same class they will constitute
the best claim of the Dictionary to permanent fane'
Among the numerous articles uy Mr.. W. ). Rock
stro in this instalnent is an elaborate essay on
Schools OF Composition" One might object that
it embraces too much reflection aud personal opln'
ion upon debstable points for publication of this
nature hut it embodios also great deal of suostan-
! tial information conveniently arranged.
! William H. Shock Engineer in Chief OF the
United States Navy and Chief OF the Bureau Oh
Steam Engineering of the United states Navy, has
written IL treatise on steam marine boilers when
| for comprehcnsivencss and thoroughness of treat
ment of the su bect and the funess of its illustra-
tons, Is considered an exceptionally superior work.
| Ii is both theoretical and practical. Beg inning
with chapters on the nature and process OF temper
ature. and the products of combnstion anu upon
the laws of the transmission OF heat and cyapora-
! ton yhe author subsequently directs the attention
of the engineer students to the relative value Of the
materials of which boilers are made, and of the
| principles which should determine the design of
| construction and management of steam genera
tors. He also gives considerable study to the de-
terioraton of oocrs, and the causes and prevention
OF boiler explosions. Attention also given to the
elementary constituents of fuels and the volume of
products of combustion. In the setting of boilers
| in a man of-war lie that they
should be placed as low possible IN order to
| protect them against the chances of penetration
! by shot. He adds that the duty required of them
! is very unequal; they may be idle for years; at
other times steam may have to be Kept up in them
for months continuously; they will be required to
develop their full power only on EXCEPTIONAL occa-
sions and to be prepared for all emergencies they
must he rble to generate steam rapidly and preserve
their efficiency under greatly varying conditions
Lee & Shepard have added to their list Of Illus
trated poems in uniform shape pretty edition of
Tenuysons verses, Ring Out. Wild Bells" Miss l..
b. Humphreys illustrations not in every case
successful, but some of them full of poetic
and pathetic feeling that they easily carry the re-
mainder. The same may be saidot Miss Humphreys
sketches fer The Old Oaken Bucket" which has
been brought out as holiday volume by d.
LothrOp & Co.
So far as beauty of style can be preserved in
translation Susan Coolidge has retained il in
AnglicisiDg Gauters dainty collection of animal
Stories My Household of Pets" The lives ami
lovelluesses of the aristocratc white cats. Don
Pierrot and Seraphta aud the fate of the thirty
two little white all killed by the thunder
bolt and turning up their punk toes in mOurnful
row. will long remain master of pleasure to readers
of poetic and humorous turn,
The Rev w. Calverts Wife's MANI al or Prayers
Thoughts and Songs on several occasions of Ma
trons Life" has been printed by Roberts Brothers in
petty antique shape. The tender aud
devotional and the little book is excellent ho-
day gift
The Harpers have Just published " King Henry the
| Sixth" in W. J. Roles edition of Shakespeares
plays. Each voume has an introduction and