Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-08
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The 'l1f6 or Lord Lawrence, 6n0 Sa- vior of the Punjab," by R. Bosworth Smith, is published in two substantial volumes by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. This book made marked impression in England, and will be widely read and admired in this country. The great Indian nautiny of 1857,
 with the incidents of which Lord Lawrence was so closely connected, is not the only sub- ject treated of in this very interesting biog- raphy. Lawrence's career is first traced from the time when he went out as young student for the Indian service, through the rapid steps that brought him into positions of authority and showed his extraordinary tact and frmness in dealing with the native population, up to the time when his position as the masters of Indian administration was recognized in his appointment to the Lieu tenant-Governorship of the Punjab. This part of the book not only gives an admirable picture of the man himself, with his iron frame and marvellous energy, accomplishing work enough for twenty ordinary magistrates but is literally crowded with his own anec- dotes of the native life in the midst of which his time was spent. The stories range from the adventures and personal exploits which made stJan Larens'' the wonder of the peo- pie, to incidents of his provincial administra- tion, like ssThs Story of the Widow and her Money bags" or of Lawrence's personal ar- rest of a native murderer. But it is of course in the period of the munity that Law renee, as the Savior of the Punjab," reach es his full development, and in narrating the events of this frightful time MT. Smith suc- ceeds in awakening enthusiasm for his sub iect. The account of Lord Lawrence's &C., ton while Governor General is admirable, and the noble letters written by him on Indi- an affairs and the Afghan difficulties a little before the close of his life are splendid ex- hibition of his qualities of mind and heart. The beck as a whole is very valuable contri
 button to history and biography. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 'eThe Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant, edited by Parke Goodwin, are pub
 ished in two elegant volumes by D. Apple ton $ Co.,, New York. This fine edition of Bryant's poems contains not only all his poems which have hitherto been published in various volumes, with Bryant's latest cor rections, but also sixty or more which have never before been gathered into a volume and number of hymns which the public has never before seen. MT. Goodwin has ar- ranged them in the order in which they were written and added such notes as are necessa- ry to explain obscure illusions. These vol umes are the only complete edition of Bry- ants poems, and they are among the most handsome books published by an American house. They are to be followed by two oth- CT similar volumes, which will contain his prose works. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Emerson as 8 Poet, by Joel Benton, is an essay well worth reading. MT. Benton thinks Emerson one of the greatest, almost the greatest, of the worlds poets and natu- rally sets aside those who do not agree with him as lacking in power to understand Elmer son, whom he praises for his supreme, au- dacious splendor," for s'that rich, that prod igal, luxurious, quintessentisl altar which flows from the realm of the rising sun j" and for the tpolarized vitality of his words, t'their rich symbolism aud strong porous sion,' which ttshock the mind and celestial vistas, on unfathomed deeps, are opened" Nr. Kennedys Emerson Concordance is bound with the essay, and there is pleasing portrait of Emerson taken from an cid Iith- ograph that was once popular. Published by M. L.. Holbrook & Co.,, New York, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 Select Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley" edited. with an introduction, by Richard Garnett is the title of volume published by D. Appleton & Co.,, New York. Shelley's letters were originally published in an edi- ton of his prose works brought out by Mrs. Shelley in 1s4O and now out of print This little volume comprises more than third of all the published letters which appeared in that edition, in the Shelley Memorials" and in the supplementary collection pub lishsd in s'Fraser's Magazine MT. Mat thew Arnold has spoken of these letters as among the most delightful and finished of Shelley's works, and as taking high rank in English epistolary literature, and no careful