New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
rsE uJAD OF HOMER Zone ITO LhsIn It - 10
~ AhDpEw LANG, ~AiIEk t1ai M, a. { O.

s.sr, sy. DIP VIII, SIS. Asei1'ilaL = -
tf,,r All has beer said III 1a'of "a INN u '""'
,,tlol g taranG Homer iHto EhP.lS' Ns''s' ''re
s.,a,r ,otisf.ctl,i in reesrirg 80 tlat niJst ht
80 sri~,,did vehicle e noble thought, simple
:. c,is, prosr. We sacrifice a great deal oil the
.n, nGeca Wien We diGc-..d It's !crm' 1ut the
lo.. i r,t No. eaa.iy milCu' as sc mag easily
c,nv,,,ce oursriyo. by IIiG te6 of toe musl-
cal and almost II ythmic1l pages. Moreover 'ne'e
,s commentator getting "A OF the ;Tanihel7 oi
a urosody vile. 10 ingenuity can 9hte "co"iuH"-
dale 10 tie Greek Tie three scholars whose names
arc ATTACHED 10 the present Translation dl""eo INC
work into thee heary e4Ga! portions Eat"
translator Is Therefore respenslbe for DIS own poi
1inn but tic wS0lo has been revised nv al thlee
ta>laaors aud Tic rendolihg 81 p2Ssaces OF phrases
recurring in more than one portion mas treh ue'el-
mined after deiIbeTatiOn ~ common. IAeie Is
,o.,arlable unity il the STYLE considering the
method adopted in the labor and 1t Is evident not
only that TIE partners hare close similarity OF
tastes but that they reached = clear understanding
Of their purpose before they par pen 10 paper. We
shal best show how ttey have done tneii TASK w
COMING a specimen extract; and as familiar pass
ages are preferable for such a purpose we cnoo>1
The following from the parting OF HECTOR ana
Androm.che, i'll the Sixth Book:
"yet doth the anguish of the rroians hereafter
not So much trouble me, neIther 1ltkapc ~ ~
neitheI NM H. saIl fsil in tie dust before
+ber foe,uer as doth time anguish III the Gay Whe1
some mail-clad Achaiau shall lead thee weeping ana
rob tEee Of the light Of Freedom 30 smart tDon
aide in Argos and piy the loom a. another woman
bidding and ee@r water from to1nl Nr'Sels s. OF
constraint shall be LAID upon thee. hnd th1n shaI
one saw that behodeth thee weep his IS the
wife of Hector tAat was foremost III battle OF INC
horse-tamlng Troans when men fought about
Hos Thus shall one say hereafter &Lq 1resh
grief will he thine for lack OF such a. husband as
3 dow IF al
ma in death may the heaPed-lp earth ne covering
ere / hear thy crying and thy carrying into cap
divty." ..,.,o,., Ii.
arm TO his Bow But the child shrunk crying to
The bosom of his fair-grdled nurse, dsma{ed at
IN dear fathers aspect. and IL dread al Tue tron7e
aud b1Se-bar cIest that te tcheld nOdding heTce.y
7lom tie helmets top. Then bus dear father
laughed aloud and his lady tner 4oftnNli1
pjori0us Hector took the helmet irom lbs mead and
land it, all cleaning. lpon the earth then Kissed
6e his dear son AID landed hiE In his arms, and
spike In rrat er to Zcus and al the gods, =. Leus
and all ye GODS v0uchsao Sc that TINS Inv son mas
likewise prove even |, pre-enineGt amid ire
Ir,jaus and as yaiant III might ana De S grSa ar
king 81 HOS Then may men say oi MIN ar
greater is he tLaD his father as lie retuTneth home
from battle /; ard may he bring with HIN DIood,
stained spells from the ioenen ne hath s!a!i ana
may his mothers heart be giau. 49,,
So snake be- and lad his son in his dear wlfes
aims; ana SIZE took him to her migrant boso'n'
her and careSsed her with bis hand, and sfake ana
called upon Ter name ." Dear one, pray thee DC
late shall huTl lie to HadeS Only destiny, Wen,
no au hati escaped be lac coward OF b. ne valiant,
when once he hath been horn. But 20 thou II thue
HOUSE ard see to liue own tasks. the loom ana as
tan ana cid thils Eandmai'!eLs ply Their Work;
bat ior war shall me0 provide, aud III chei OF all
men that dwell ID HOS o.,
hair Crested hetr,et and his 0ear wife departed TO
her home Oft locking back, and letting IAN big
tears.
The author If this spirited and poetcal rendering
is Nh Leaf We haye remarked that there IS a close
sunilarIty in the manner Of the three tTansatofs,
but we do not mean that tLey have no distinctive
qualities Mr. Leafs style is perhaps the most Tor
chile, direct ana simple. Mr.. Lang's has an elusive
musical sound and and then a little super
fuous polish and we should like ii beter If 1t were
less elaboIately archaic. The dignity of Mr..
Myerss pross Is natural and impressive even
though it is often maIred by in their midst.
Upon the whole are at loss to mentlon any
translation of Homer either in prose or IN verse
which persons unfamiliar with Greek can read with
SO much and such uuiagslog delight.
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George II. Ills.
Tie anthor says that in publishing these sermons
he was actuatcd by the desire to speak ~ large
constituency "a. possible AID the wEole they
will re,,ay a pcrlss. though there are IN them
many passages that slow cTudeness of stitcInf ut
and mInaturity OF thought. Mr. Savage has at
tanned some prominence among the Younger liberal
clergy Of New England who are fond OF "yoicing
the Thoughts OF the future" aud who aim at elm
inati,p all c,neeptions of the supernatural from
the Church TO those who ssmpathile with adj
yauced Christian radici,lsm these sermons Will
be found helpful.
NOTES on EVOLUTION AND CHRISTIANITY BY
j. T. YogKE. l2a.o. up. XII, 30l. Henry Hon 90.
NE Yorke is one Of a number of industrious per-
sons who have got around pail OF water with
saurts and are trying "a put out TIE sun. IL does
not seem TO us important rs yet 10 inquire whether