New-York tribune., 1883-06-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


~.aos .i,is record OF a coaching trip from brlgn'on
40 Inverness, gives it agreeable spafAie' 'ne
,ooiop trayersed by Mr.. Carnegie and his guests Is
at midsummer fascinating one, IeveIy win
t,. rich and pensive loveliness of Britain.
What pictures nature paints oeSoo 'uo
vav may be seen in MT "hiia'n
paek,s description of drive over the saH'o
Ground A beautiful country, perfect weather.
rnests whose friendliness and enthusiasm we're
peyer-failing, the tidiest of inns ana tue uios'
smilipp of hosts, made AIr. Carnegies journey one
lone snmmer reyel. He has chroniclcd its haps@t
had no mishaps-with pleasant minghhg OF
,honohtfttlness and humor, of anecdote aud poetry
Tho places associated with famous names served
m recall stories In various veins. AT Coventry
be sets down this saying OF Georse Eilots'
"S,anling one day leaning upon the mantel sue
remarked. Il can imagine tho coming OF Gay
when the effort 70 relieve human beings In distress
will be as involuntary upon the part OF the oe-
blder as ia clasp this Iuantel would be this moment
on my part we're about to fall There's an , iuoai
Tor youp The Stratford anecdote is less elevated
II relates TO n Vcnango County man who having
struck ouD bought from pedler copy oi
"As You Like In =" He was so pleaseo WIN
Touchstone that nc wrote to the pedier; A. 'i''
fellow Shakespeare ever writes anything .noio' NC
sre 10 pet INC oae of che iirst copies-and q tno
exueusepn 1t worth while TO note the sublime
honesty Of the British innkeeper as recoided oy
Mr.. Carnege
M. an. article was lost of the fifty packages,
rreat aud small required by fifteen persons ~ was
nor even practicable TO got rid OF any trlhlns tiVe
which had served It's purpose; oid gloves on us
carled brushes quietly slowed away ~ some oIa"er
or otber would be handed to us at tho next stage
having been ssnt BY express by THESE careful non-
est people. 1t was great ana inteteSths
as the reporters saw, when the stoWet-"Nn
pair OF OLD slippers which she had putpoeey I'll I'll
were delivered 20 one of our ladies WIN SET spoeou
,yLot wac contained IN the nice package winch nSo
been forwarded. Our casi-otf things were Vertaoie
devils ducats which would return 70 plague u.s.
cano, s. r. Hole is an English gentleman who is
known not only as an enthusiast on the subject oil
roses bat also as the inventor and first organizer
of the porular FL Iglish national rose-shows. Every
summer these exhibitions provide entertainments 1or
society and pleasure and profit for gardeners, ana
forall tins Mr. Hoo TO be thanked. Ills dehghtlh
rose culture has found expression BOTH III these
shows and in a little Book About Roses" which mas
lately been republished III this country by VS..
Gottsberger While this dissertation on the beau
tics and The culture of the queen of flowers will
hardly be of much practical value TO American
growers it will lie read with delight by all lovers
of the blossom of which George Herbert wrote;
What Is farer than a rosei
What is swseterf
There is freshness and ardor ABOUT
Mr.. Holes pages WHICH suAt NCh hiS
gracious subject and make them delicate reading
for summer afternoon. The book is fullof pleasant
reflection, gentle humor and delight in Nature; and
isnot without agreeable anecdote The author re-
calls among others a story which he once heard
Thackeray tell OF a visit which lie and Jacob
OmDium paid to a giant. Thackeray was q per-
sonable man. six feet four inches in height, whhe
his companion lowered above him to the extent OF
two additional inches. The man at the door, look
ing at The friends with a professional eye. aaely
INQUIRED whether they were in the buslness-oe-
cause if So no charge would be made for admission
II Is easy to imagine the chuckle with which the
stalwart novelist told the story.
G. p Putpau's Sens have Just published an ad-
,pirable little manual for the use of friendly
visitors among the poor" 1t has been compiled and
arranged by the Charity Organization Society of
this city and gives sufficiently complete and prac-
foal instruction in the Of the Sick in domestic
economy and in the legal and sanitary matters
with which it is necessary that the poor should
be acquainted and of which they are usually wo-
fully ignorant. The suggestions to visitors
in regard to methods of investigation and
relief are in every way iudicious and
tend to the cultivation in the poor of selfrespect
and the desire for Independence. The injunctions
upon the title page are worth quoting: "ChantA
must do five things. l. Act only upon knowledge
got by thorough investigation. 2. Relieve worthy
need promptly, fttingy and tenderly. 3. Prevent
unwise aims 10 the unworthy. 4. Raise into indie
pendence every needy person where this is possible
g. Make sure that no children grow up 10 be
paupers."
Professor James Orton's textbook on Compare
tive Zoology has been revised by E. A. BirQe
and enlarged by such additions the author
would have been likely to make bad
he lived. "0n only two points,"
SAYS Mr. Birge. "has the revser departed from this
plan Of altering only minor details. The chapter
on development has been largely rewritten, and
the classification of the Invertebrates has been
changed to separate the worms from the
Artbropoda and the sponges from the Protozoa In
both these eases the change seemed imperatively
demanded by the progress of zoology in these
directions" This revised edition comes in good
shape from the press of the Harpers.
second edition of Dr. c. w. Dulless manual.
"What 20 do First in Accidents and Emergencies"
has been issued by p Blakiston, Son 81 Co. The
instructions in regard TO the treatment of injuries
aud sudden illnesses are thoroughly plain and
practical and the suggestions for supplies for
gencies especially useful.
There is at present growing craze for amateur
photography. and Anthony & Co. have published
for the instruction of enthusiasts a simple hand
book, neatly illustrated. With this book and a
good supply of materials, great execution may DO
done by summer tourists among the mountains aud
lakes.
PouY numbers of the pretty Riverside Literature
sees for children have just been issued by Houghton
Mifin & Co. These comprise Hawthorne's Bographi
cal Stores," and the delightful pages of "Grandfathers
Chair" The type is clear and neat bat could wish
TO somewhat larger for the sake Of the childish
eyes that to It, The movement to provide good
literature for the young admirable one, but teach