New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


IliE ~ n,tT NTH comment by Edmund G. sted-
man. Folio. Harper & Brothers.
Tho s,,,ntrons nift-book which the llarpers have
isued as one of the earliest fruits of the BOOK season
will attract much notice for It's intrinsic Qualic' 40
veil ~ for certain novelty in its general stSie'
The firm seem to have spent their resources Hp'i
" in it, manufacture, and the elegance oil to 'SP
is well matched by the perfection OF the preSS"oiA
and the beauty of the substantial pure wh'e paper
DorFs Illustrations twcnty-sx in number nave
been entrusted to competent engraverS' MI o.'"-
mans Introductory remarks contain very JuS'
n,,recotinn of these drawings Dorc,' ne Cd
serves, was not the painter, or even the dra"gh''
man for reastS demanding truth OF tome usuIe al"
perfection. Such matters concerned nm less IMAM
TO make shape and distance, light ana Shaue' u''''
his purpose-which was to excite the SOUL the il"S
nation of the lookcT-On. This he ala by aIouSlns
our sense of ave- through marvellous and olteh SUI
lime conception Of things unutterabie ana iui' Va
gloom or glory" There can he no DOUBT INA, HC
was quite capable Of sympahzing with the PoeI'"i
shirt of The Raven He shows III many o. Ihoe'
,ooa. that the poen appealed to his gr0esque fancy
with powerful effect. The illustrations are S,nS"-
larlv uneven several of them seem to Us oil Snsn'
sipnifcance and one two belong to type WIch
his proIifc pencil has made too common: but thefe
are others full of Il wild terror, dreadful ana pa"
thetic melancholy, which clearly inlhi one VI ''
great functions of an illustration, namely 10
heighten the effect of the poem and there are none
70 which the admirers of Dor6 Will not turn win
interest Ii is almost unnecessary 10 SLY 'i!"' NJ
Stedman's comments" marked 10y ample kho"I-
EDGE fine taste and assured critical power aIo Il
o7eat addition to the value of the book
historic MINES OF MEXICO. BY, CHAELEs B.
BAHLGRES. Imp. svo, PIP. 300 Ncw-nork; IIii'e'
for the Author
Mr. Dahlcren who is a son of the late adinHal'
and Inv profession a mining engineer has presented
in this book systematic survey of the character
and condition Of the various mines in country 10
whose development American capital Is now cAtch-
siyeIy devoted. residence of six years IN M'Alc"
os = superinteudent of mines has qualified nm 10
arrange intelligently the data which he has drawn
from, a GREAT variety of sources, old and new tbs
,pctbods are those of a man Of business rather than
n man of letters and he seems to have made Tue COL
lection of statistical details special study Nui'I-
ous diagrams are intcrsperscd with the text
COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY.
Bv EDWARD 4. THOMAS. Crown SN" PIP ''o'
Porter * Coates.
Books of the class to which this belongs do no
credit to American scholarship and are not TO be
encouraged The profeSscd purpose OF MI Thomas
was 10 present succinct dictionary in convenient
form and at moderate cost. But his text Is not
succinct. Brcvity has been obtained by the sacrl-
fee of essentials instead of intelligent condensation
and the notices which have read are for the most
part scandalously loose. careless and incomplete.