New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE AMERICAN PRoTECTIoNIsT's MANUAL: BY
GILES b. sTEBBISs. Octave, PIP. 1872 Detroit'
Thorndike Nourse.
This is not an exhaustive economic treatise. but
modest and unpretentious attempt to supply Protec-
tionists with condensed manual for popular uss
In the opening chapter the Tariff question Is re-
duced to its simplest terms; the distinction be-
tween Protection aud Free Trade Is then sharply
drawn the dversifcation OF human industry is
next considered as direct aid TO civilization, and
Its dependence in new countries upon Protection is
illustrated the tariffs of continental European
States are described embodyng Protection rather
than Free Trade principles; four chapters
are devoted to special fallacies of Free Trade;
the farmers interest in the cause OF Protection ~
clearly set forth; the wages OF working people
under the rival economic systems are compared;
and in the closing chapters the testimony OF some
of ths moro eminent advocates of Protection is COL
Iected and the practical benefits of the American
tariff are explained.
Abundant materials for economic contro-
vcrsy can be found in this compact little vol
ume and while the arrangements not so orderly
as it might have been made, and the reasoning is
Eot always so ncisivesas it ought to be- the facts
have been collected with painstaking care and the
conclusions based upon them are irrefragable. The
authors main contention is that If Protection IN the
United States works for the benefit of favored man.
ufacturers giving wealthy capitalists unjust mo-
nopoes and privileges at the cost of those employed
by them and also of the people, helping to enrich
the few at the expense of the many. the system is
not fit to live day; but it should be sustained IL
it helps to build up domestic industries to employ
labor at higher wages than elsewhere, TO perfect
and cheaper the products OF mills by healthy
competition to open larger markets for farmers 10
develop National resources. to furnish revenue to
the Government, and to promote financial and in
dustrial independence.
TWO SHAKESPEARE EXAMINATIONS. With some
Remarks on the Class- Room study OF Shakespeare
By WILLIAM TAYLOR THoA. l6mo PIP. lo4 DOS
ton Gipn Heath Co.
This is on its face a not very accountable little
book as lie author himself Sees He Is Professor OF
English Literature in Hollins Institute, Virginia
and having been moved to set some of his girl pupils
to tho critical study of Shakespeare. he was after
ward moved to the publication of the results OF their
studies. The young ladies seem to have done their
work fairly we but 1t is not clear to the mind OF
the average lover OF literature why book should
have been made about it. except for the very laud
able purpose of complnenting the fair young
critics. Nor indeed can wo say that tho book mas
left upon us strong impression as to the desirable
meas OF such studies for such students. Its psges
show litta that could not DO picked by any one out
of any tolerable edition Of Shakespeare; and that
little although il indicates some cleverness, is of
no use to any one but the writer Professor Thorn
In manifestly man of good sense and Judgment,
and we should say Q good teacher; but he seems to
rs too educational" in his views and if he will
pardon us the term, too pedagogueish. We cannot
but reco little when we sse 1t set forth as some
thing admirable that the girl who has read
IL n
infinitive construction when it occurs In Shake
speare. That girl should read Shakespeare with
the gerundial ininitve" on her mind Is to rs a
very sad, and indeed somewhat alarming conse
quencs Of the higher education. We should be
much better pleased 10 know that she thoroughly
understood and enjoyed another infnitive-Mrs.
Quickly's remark about FalRtaf. he is an
infnitive thing on my score" And we remember
as wo turned the leaves We caught a passage In
which the critic pupil said that certain word was
used pIoleptcally." Pr0leptically! What
phrlss for fair young creatures lips! Briefly, very
few women, even among the most intelligent like
d understand Shakespeare; and they will neither
like nor understand him the better for this gram
NAUTICAL. rhetorical antiquarian study of him
Great facts should not be degraded to the position of
classroom textbooks in schools Of girls or boys to
" HON their language Ii vernacular.
LECTURES ON PREACHING Delivered to the stn-
dents Of Theology at Yale College, Jan uary and Feb
ruary, 1882 BY +. g. ROBINSON President OF |
Brown University. evo, PIP. 2l4: Henry Holt Co. |
These excellent lectures will prove interesting not
only to the preacher and the theological student
but to the general reader as well. While preaching
has undoubtedly higher aspect it Is an art Also
and must be learned any other art. Those who
set out to learu it will find this book useful and
suggestive. President Robinson is man of clear
cut convictions which made vivid by enthus |
asm. He recognizes the signs of tbe times and the
difficulties with which the modern pulpit has to
contend and is not afraid to speak plainly of some
of the sources of weakness in the pulpit itself
Such candor is infinitely better for the of the
Church than the optimism of . blind faith. The
preacher of the future will not be simply sermon
making machine; will be first of all man. |
whose life will be his most eloquent sermon. And |
he will not know as much about the Aristotelian |
philosophy of the schoolmen he will about the |
hopes aspirations and needs of the living human
ity around him.; Tie theologian may he made in the
divinity school; the preacher who can persuade |
men Is lowered with hrs rsrest gifts, not by the |
faculties Of theology, but through the mysterious
baptism of the spirit which alone can teach him |