Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-01

the handsome new uniform edition Of the Com.
plete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. an.
nounced by Messrs. Houghton Mifrlin A Co
some time ago. They contain all Mr. Emerson
collected Essays as their author left them. er-
cept. as the editor tells us for '.stue revision
| of the punctuation. and the correction of GA.
vlous mistakes" The ninth volume will lncuds
the pieces chosen by Mr. Emerson from his
! Poems" and "May-DaN'' 10 form tie .'S,lartad
Poems. with the addition of some poems whci,
were not included I'm that collection. and some
that have remained unpublished; and the tenth
and eleventh volumes of the series will Ice made
up OF Lectures hitherto imprinted, together with
| occasional Addresses and other prose
writings which have appeared separately oF
III periodicals. Volume 1 is enriched bY
a portrait of Mr. Emerson etched los
> A ScAoT. from a Photographic copy of a dav
Suefroiype taken in ls4' or is4S. probably in
EnSiaild which 10 Us appears TO be open 10 the
objection that Ii does not show its subject AT his
| best. OF Course, nothing need be said at this
.ate day IN regard To Mr. EmerSons writings
ms literary position may b. regarded a. irrevo-
caby fixed. II not for all time for several gen.
| eratons, At least. The only concern with M.
| works now is as 10 the form and st,le i'm which
| they shall be handed down to future readers
| and in this particular II is pleasure to be able
To say that the new edition is all that could he
| desired, within reasonable limitations. While
not needlessly expensive. the several volumes
are OF convenient size. printed in clear and beau
| tiful type and with great care. on paper of eX-
| ce!lcnt quality. and neatly and tastefly bound
/ in cloth, making the set al once valuable aud
! handsome addition 10 any library.
| MICHAEL ANGELO. A Dramatic Poem Ry HrNRY
MM MAJ s i">SthLLow Bos;9nj H,ashton.
The high standard set up by the publishers in
their holiday edition Of "Evange,ine' last year
is fully sustained in this beautiful volume II
was Mr. Longfellow's wish that this poem.
which was the last important product Of h
pen. should be illustrated. and he could not We
have asked for it better treatment in this re-
| spect than ii has received. The book II
stands is truly noble one, in every point of
view lis pages are OF large quarto size with
ample margin. the paper il OF the best. ana The
| typography perfection in its way. while the
Illustrations are the work Of the leading artists
working in the departments Of drawing and en-
CRAVING. Of these we NAV name Walter Shir-
law, aovenden, F. II. Millet, W. H. Gibson,
hruell and :. l.. Smith. and our former
! t0wnSlnan Ross Turner who contributes three
drawings, one OF which, Venice at Nirht." is
very effective. For a holiday souvenir il Is
doubtful whether an! thing more desirable can
| be found
| SERMONS PREACHED IN ENGLISH CHURCHES
p Ib h ~, TnuI Y RnG2hi ksTr II TRINITY
Washington: Vim. BallaIlty ne Son
During his late visit to England II was the
rare good fortune OF this distinguished Episco-
pal divine to preach in some of the principal
churches and before some OF the most select
audiences OF that country. So much attention
did these discourses demand when delivered.
and so well were they considered to have
served their special purpose, that il has been
thought advisable to publish them a. a sort
OF memorial volume. The decision to this end
was wise one. The sermons, fourteen in num-
Der. are marked 10y the purity OF Thought
depth OF feeling and elegance of diction which
- nnlpif md
are as we'll worth reading in this country "a they
were worth hearing in England.
| THE STORED SEA Ry SUSAN f. WALLACE R,s-
ton; james r. ossood x Co. Nashii gtou. X 9,.t
Like most of the correspondence in the New
| York Independent. where the contents OF this
book first appeared, in the form of letters Il
travel, Mrs. Nallace's effort, even in its present
shape, is somewhat frothy and personal, and as
record of travel trifle thin so far as il il to
be REGARDED AZ descriptive or Instructive "The
! Stored Sea" is the Mediterranean and the mo-
tive OF the author Ii TO give an account OF her
! trip from Genoa TO Constantinople. where her
! husband is the United States minister; but in
! her efforts to avoid the handbook styla she
manages TO tell Very little of what she saw. a
| good deal Of what she didn't see and conSidera-
bic of what was said, en- rOute-or, "a appears
more likely, thought out afterwards.
SPANISH WAYS AND BY-wAYs: witha GIimIs, 81
thr lyrnes. BY WILLIAM HowF DoWSEs Illus.
trattd Boston: Cuffles, Ul,han Co.
Mr.. Downes account of his hurried trim
through Spain, though bright and interesting
in itself, will probably have the effect of keep
ing travellers out of that country. instead OF
sending them there. His sketches OF Spain and
the Spaniards are graphic, and the chapters de-
voted to the art treasures of Madrid and Seville
are especially interesting. So also are the
gllmpses of the Pyrenees, which are partcu-
larry fresh and vivid and all the more enjoy
intr no al.
lively untrodden ground. Considerable inter-
est Is added to the text by the profuse illusrra-
lions, much the best of which are those from
| drawings by Bicknell.
THE ENGLISH GRAMMAR OF WILLIAM CoBBETT.
Carefully Revised and Annotated by ALFRED
AYREs New York: u. Appleton q CO. Washington
The author Of those useful little books "The
| OrthGpst' and The Verbalist" has done
good work In bringing out new edition OF Cob
bett, which is doubtless the most successful
effort ever made to afford entertainment with
instruction in the study OF grammar. Ii i per.
haps not so amusing Claimed 10y Bulwer. nor
SO interesting as it was said to be by Haz'eft,
but, by adopting the epstol airy form of treating
the subject, the hotheaded and pugnacious Eng
fish reformer was able to inGuse a good deal ~
spice and spirit into what is ordinarily a very
dry study. and at the same time to give clear
| eNempliacation of the principles aud rules in
yolyed In the correct use OF language
Il
from the Poets 10y o. IL Bunce. NV lork- H. Ap-
pleton Co. Washington: A BrentanO x Co
Since the Book of Rubies," published nearly
twenty years ago, there has been nothing 80
attractive in its way as this happily named and
altogether charming collection of the good
things that have been said and sung in praise
of women by the poets of all ages Ii would be
hard to find a man better qualified by taste
knowledge and judgment than il Mr.. Bunce tor
the pleasant work Of bringing the gems to-
gether and giving them suitable setting. aud he
has done his work most misunderstanding a
book that is equally worth keeping or giving
away.
"The Natural History Reader for School and
Home, compiled by James Johonnot (receyed
from ID. Appleton & Co. through A. Brentano &
Co.. is tit companion for his excellent Geo
graphical Reader" published some time ago.
Mr.. Johonnot has happy faculty Of combining
information with entertainment, and the seec-
tions forming the present volume are made with
| his customary good judgment. There are mum
erous illustrations of plant and animal life.
which add TO the interest OF the text especially
in the eyes of younger readers.
The "Brief Handbook Of English Authors" by
| Oscar Fay Adams (received through Robert
Beall, from Houghton Mifiin & Coz, will be
| found. so far as it goes, a very convenient work
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