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are the matter contained IN three lectures de-
livered at the Philosophical Institution Of
Edinburgh and at Fette's College, also in
Edinburgh. The author, who is Staulsy's
successor as Dean Of Westminster, disclaims
any attempt of finished biography Of Stan.
ley, but offers the book for what il is worth.
lectures good enough to keep and sufficiently
detailed TO introduce Stanley's admirable
life and personality to those whom he may be
little known-a lie closely bound up with
the religious and literary history of the past
forty yeaIs." The tenor Of his ambitions
aud successes was dignifed and scholarly
che Logical outcome of his leusitiye. bookish
childhood and studious youth and his fathers
eccesiastical position. A logical product, too,
was Ssanlsy's character Of q marriage like
his parents the father 80 fearless tfat his
mere appearance suthced to break no 8
prizs fight and Who ventured, in the face Of
che nsrrowness Of his time, to lecture or
geology, TO publish pamphlet in behalf Of
the Catholics, and TO draw up petition for
the removal Of abuses existing in the
English Church; tie mother Of such re-
fined deieacy OF intelligence that Sid
ney Smith characterized hers as 80 por-
celzin understanding. The narrowness
OK feeling on religious matters did not paes
away with the Gays when Stanley's father
wss censured f0f entertaining Jenny Lind,
the great Dr. Arnold was looked unon as q
free thinker sad danger rs per,Oa, and for
hsiug e pupil and ad.uireT Of Or. Arnold at
Rugby tits son IL lbs liberal AMI ou-ap, ken
81 h p Stanley, 8r1buT Ssnley was ex.
euisG from ftlowship in his own college
B+ilio-al OsfJrd, AID was only elected hv
t1o ex rJioug Of r friend TO = fail5wehip a.
University Gol=Cs. It Is pleasant 20 read
that enc go n led TO enjoy foreign travel was
abe TO see and 10 make himsslf familiar
VI Ell the places OF beauty mi interest ia
Europe and the far i s5. Hls bad horse
mGGsnip aud bsd psnHsnship are constantly
referred to, IS also his great sacial gifts and
philosophical federation. There is great noble
ness in hjs recorded speech Of one Of mis- sbao.
logical oppJnentF: so entirely is be ia
this respect teref5 Of reason "a TO render
charity comparatively easy" His unhinsh-
Jog defense OF Bishop Colenso Colonial
Bishop of N35al) oond smned Of heresy by
his metropolitan, the Bishop of Cgpeto1n.
aroused bitter ard undiscuiaed hostility
against him, but he was fra and fearless
throughout, WITH the more ere5it ss ne did
not 5ympathizs with the treatment of the
Bible az Bishop Colenso'a hands, but only
upheld him because he considered his aim
"a EcssA GutA Islctb sCt1kCl al CT AIuEQ. DE nOU
Colenso's recent death viii give the oppor-
tunigy Of which Stanley spoke when
the death of the Bishop Of Capetown called
forth q generous tribute from the Bishop of
Natal When Bishop Colenso is called to
his rest | trust that there viii be found some
Pfelate presiding over the See of Capetoyzn
Just and generous enough 10 render the ike
homage to the Bishop OF Natal" Stanley
won from prominent divine the title Of
champion of the vilihad name, the lcst
esuse." Space is givsn TO Commemorate
some Of the historically important wosk be
did to the Abbey itself after he b=came It's
Dean, and while committing himself TO no
expressed opinion, Dean Bradley records
g the one storm Of popular, as opposed to
clerical, opposition that he ever encoan.
tered" when he assehted to monument IL
the Abbey to the Prince Imperial, storm
epitomizsd in Swinbuene's vigorous sonnet
supposed 70 be the voic9 of ahe select of
Eagland's dead already buried in ths Alb
hey:
"scorn everlasting and eternal shame
Eat out the Totting record of his name.
Who had the glory Of all these graves Ia trust
And turned it TO a kissing
STANLEY did nes erect a monument 70 the
son of Napoleon III. bee use the House of
Commons thought not, but h. never c .sngsd
his own opinion that II would have been o
good thing TO co; he was not by aBy means
tine sainly scholar alone he had will aud
courage that made 1t mean sometime 10 be
sustained by him. a Slight ske,ch il given
IF his marriage with the sister OF Lord
Elgin and bis happy domestic life. Dssn
Bradley would have done % well, perhaps,
20 suppress the leeuring style when he prs.
pared his volume fjr the press. Apossls to
the audiences, which are mere tick OF the
fnoftrruy's art rTya IiI,rta a..,,
gogic cast to printed book, and his intr,-
duction Of himself, IN the story Of his first
meeting With Stanley, Is involved to the ex-
tent of making one feel that the very rev
eTend the Dean was uncOmfOrtably nerv.
ous when he uttered the words. After read.
ing it, one ilvoluntsrily goes back to marry
the verbs to theic subjscts ny separate cere
moEy end analyza the dependent clauses
For sale by a. L. Bancroft & Co., San Fcan.
cisco.
"Campaigus Of the Civil War. XI. The
Shenandoah Vsns y ia 1864 F" By George Z.
Pond. New York: Charles Scribnar's SonP.
Mr.. Ponds title Of associate editor of the
ATmy and Ntvy Journal is printed on the
title page, snd btisf preface acknowledges
indebtedness to Colonel r. n. Scott, United
States Army. for facilities furnished the au-
thor at the War Records Office in stntlvine
official documents. The Valley Of Virginia,
" hich is another nam9 for the Valley of the
Shenandoah, il described by Mr.. Pond as the
eransry of Virg and wss dangerous TO
the Union, in that il furnished subsistence TO
the Confederate army, aud also welded so
many csp-ures OF Union gaTrisons md 80
many disasters IN the field ss to be called the
Valley OF humiliation, and Mr.. Pond points
out that The taking Of Richmond depended
on Ehe overthrow IF COME ierate power in
the Shenandoah valley. Sheridan is the hero
of the Shenandoah, and Z ,rly was foamsn
worthy of his steel. Sheridsn's famous
ride " from Winchester to Cedar creek Ia
not shorn Of its glories in Mr.. Ponds telling,
but is left to rejoice the school-boy heart, aud
actually cid pus new heart into the breaking
Union line. Mr. Pond relates in very
dramatic manner Early's swoop upon Wash
ineton, and he battle before Fort Stevens,
witnessed by Plesident Lincoln himself,
c ibinet officers and ladies' sheltered
from the line Of fire, aud throu hout
speaks of tbs Confederate army with
discretion md sels-control, evan when be GEN.
sures their ac.ious, as in The case of the
burning of the town of Chsmbersburg by
Early. Mr.. Pond has told the history of
the Shenandoah ia clear, spirited language.
and with so much OF current phrase ard sn.
ecdots as serves 30 tighten the gloom Of the
bloody engagements If the year before the
close Of the war, Wnen the fighting was grow
ing terribly earnest. though even ct that late
day the cry was heard for competent Cen
erals. General Grant appears rs the General
Grant of w1r times-full of courage. pa.
tience and brains, aud of resource and initia-
tive when Hallsck was cautious and the
President too far TO call. The book is we'll
indexed and has excellent maps. For sale
By A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco.
son the Desert" By Henry NJ. Field
D. d. New York: Cherries Scri5ner's Sons
Dr. Field has given US more than new book
of travels. He begins with review of the
political situation in Egypt, tails in few
| words how the former Knsdive, Ismail Pasha
got his Gnsnces so involved that he was
obliged to send for an i glish fna1cier to
straighten msttsrs. As soon as the horizon
looked little clearer, Isman was ready to
resuue control of thu treasury and iadulge
in endless extravagances; these the English
curbed, and Ismail dismissed them. They
appealed through their Government TO the
Sultan, who promptly dismissed Ismsil. L.
describing the movements Of Arab Bay, by
which he made himself Minister OF Wac 10 the
tune of the cry. ''Egyps for the Egyptians, I"
cpposi1z %ha Frsurh Enuliah and Tr~lrisa