New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-09
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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.o.n,. Lost Chapter in American History by
published by the Author oaso.
- az this sort, printed in a country once
r;thout the help of publishing house. Is ho' "Ao
jv 70 attract as much attention as IL deserves
Mr.. Smith has really mado oon
,r,hu,;on TO American history, telling the story OF
Al. expusion of the Acadans from Nova Scotia WIN
care and thoroughness and in an interesting style
and considering the disputed questions connected
With that event in judicial spirit. He does not
dissent from the verdict of condemnation
which nearly all writers have passed upon the crue
acts of the British Go vernment. Since however
these acts have recently found defenders 1t is 10 oe
wished that Mr. Smith had snppllea NOR wgbicb
and systematic references to his authorltes Wiz W.
appear from a rather blind statement I'D MS ILL.,
auction include Important s o %s
well as printed books. For the sake OF io" nioi0
notes we might have spared the PICTURES
xGYT 9UssTHSGMl ea N by ETESP
NJ A. With an INTRODUCTION ey Francs snps
The object of this work is to present review Oh
The history and present condition of the "womens
revolutionD in the various countries OF Europe
zach geographical division of this extensive
,ubiect being treated by some specially competent
authority In the execution of his scheme the
editor has secured the cooperation of number OF
energetic advocates of the cause in when ne Is
Interested and in most cases woman mas peeh
found TO write of the emancipation OF her sex
In her own land. In few nstances-h
those of Spain and Portugal for example-there is
little to say except that the advance women nave
hopes but the record as a whole shows an array OF
mbstantial facts BY far the most agreeable chap
,ers are the five appropriated to England Inc
Woman's Suffrage Movement" by Mrs. Mlllicent
carrett Fowcett: "The Educational Move
uent.v by Mrs Maria g. Grey; :" Woman in Medi-
cine" by DR.. Frances Elizabeth Hogan; " The In :
austrial Movement" by Miss Jessie BoucheIett'
and "Women as Phlanthropis's, ny MIS'
Henrietta o. Barnett. These chapters re-
ate TO visible work, and reflect a
rood deal of the English quality OF
,racticalitv Mr. Stanton himself has furnished the
lection relating France, Incorporating IN IL many
annie citations from French writers. Here we ma
gery frankly avowed the frec-thlnklng ana anu
religious tendencies which are commonly attributed
10 the advocates of female emancipation,
and MIR. stanton quotes with warm approval very
advanced leader of the movement, Mile DeIalsles,
who writes: Every woman who desires 10 o9 fo
tnteIage should second the free thinking move
nent" A large extension of the FACILITIES for I'll
vorce naturally advocated by this French school,
and il seems to be a cardinal object with many OF
the emancipated elsewhere also.
Macmillan g. Co. have reprinted in small
pamphlet John Morley's essay Ralph Waldo
Emerson" written for recent English edition OF
the philosophers collected works. 1t is remark
able example of keen insight into character not
very easily Judged, and it wiz lie admired both 1ol
pccnrate exposition and for singular felicity OF
phrase. OF all the essays on Emerson that we have
read il is the most readable.
The critical and anal ytical essays written during
many years for the Crystal Palace concerts al
sydenham by Sir George Grove have enjoyed hisl
md well deserved reputation, and many OF them
have been reprinted here The series devoted tC
sBeethoven's Nine Symphonies have now been
collected in n volume with an introduction by the
author and preface by Mr. Georg Henschel lbos
ION: George H. Eliis They are well worth preser-
cation in this shape for we know of no programme
tssavs more sensible and satisfactory. Mr.. Hen
,cbel has some true remarks in the Preface on the
folly of rigid adherence to the metronome. 10
quarrel with the tempo OF conductor
the favpnte pedantTy of critics who hold that
the first business of criticism is to lind fauit
Air Uenschel rightly MAINTAINS that the spirit OF
wor, cannot be measured by mechanical contriv'
apces He might have gone much further, and
shown that the metrOnomic mark which suits one
occasion may not suit another 1t is only a rude
and general indication which judicous conductor
accepts as a hint, not as rule. That is the right
tempo which produces the best ehect and the eliec'
depends in a great part upon the temper Oh inc au
dience and the performers, the size and character
of the band, the nature of the programme, an'
other influences which belong 10 Ihc cNeAiAs I"'n'i
than to the music
A very animated history of the battle of " Stone
PiveJ by Alexander L. Stevenson James
Ospood & Co.. will be found both valuable an'
interesting The engagement, which was tough
near MurfreesboTo' from December 30, lsG2 t
January 3, 1868, constitutes General Rosecrans
chief title to celebrity as a commander and III
nntbor fully recognizes the gallantry, efficiency
md good judgment displayed by that officer in tn
plan and conduct Of the battle, Pas well as the III
nortant results which followed, his signal success
His criticisms upon some of the subordinate Fed
eral generals, especially McCook. are quite ire
and will probably not pass unchallenged.