Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-22

! tempered by respect Tor all opinion 20 bne
| full measure of its worth. He wrote, IS
he has in this volume, with the people OF
| the time constantly in view, and the legal
| aspect of acts and facts ever present. be
seems to have been an earnest student of
the law, its genesis, its effects upon PEG.
| pies, and its broad Importance in est.
mating the condition, motives and results
of given civilizations. We do not know,
not excepting even Froude's, any histor-
ical works that have been so popularity re.
ceived as Green's; and in this we mean
popularity of reason and thorough sppreci- |
alton, not an ephemeral curiosity and pass
ing interest in the novel or the new. The |
| quality which put his earlier books so |
prominently before the public will bring |
the present volume as much into demand, |
if not more. the Conquest of England"
from the pen of his accomplished |
that the work is unfinished the |
sculptor broke down before the ideal of his |
genius was fully chiseled. A large portion |
Of the work was dictated as he lay upon |
bed of keenest suffering. 1t was not I'M.
til he became convinced that he had but !
brief time to live that he ceased work upon
English People, and formed new plans for |
new work which he deemed absolutely
necessary to be completed before he died. |
As his strength failed, he was forced to
narrow original plans. He gathered up al
the material intended for a work of broad
er scope, and in a last supreme effort set
about task he was never to finish. Tue
first six chapters she says, represents his
,aI Dla and - no left II
ished. These were arranged by Mrs.
Green but the closing chapters 49, 10 and
III had been written by Mr.. Green in
1875, but without revision, and in part
were merely rough fragments put together
as framework These Mrs. Green has
worked into connected whole. The lady
has certainly done the work well, and de-
monstrates that she was fully in SYM
patty with the plans and thoughts
of her gifted husband, and had re-
ceived from him thorough instruction.
The volume begins with the England of
Ecgberht, and carries the reader, in chap |
ter first, to the coming of the Vikings, |
S29 SIS; the third ia :" The Making of the |
Danelaw," SIS SIS ; the fourth, "E!fred," |
S7S-90l the fifth, The House of e
fred, COL 937 the sixth, ''Wessex and |
Danelaw," 937 955 the seventh, 1.-The |
Ealdormen, 955-97S; the eighth, 1.-THE |
Danish Conquest, 9SS- l0l6 the ninth, !
1.-The Reign of Cnut," l0l6 1885; the |
tenth, "The House of Godwine," 1885
1858 the eleventh, The Norman Con.
quest" 1858 l07l. The reader of this |
volume must not expect to be awakened |
to that deep interest that was aroused by |
Mr. Green's earlier works, for the period |
embraced affords but narrow opportunity |
for the skilled narrator The details of |
the feuds and wars of tribes cannot be |
made to take on the absorbing interest that |
arises from the events in which civiliza. |
ton more akin to our own is the subject |
of consideration.
RECENT MAGAZINES, ETC.
"The Modern Age" for April opens
with an interesting story by Canivet. en- |
titled "Sosthenes Barrel" ga New View |
of Mormonism is by an English member |
of Parliament, and gives the side of the |
case favorable to the Mormons. Mario, |
the great tenor, is agreeably written of in
an article of some length. Sentenced to |
Spitzbergen is thrilling story by Alar-
con, the Spanish writer who is just becom-
ing known in this country. The number
contains two poems, one by Robert Brown
ing, and the other by R. D. Blackmore,
the author of Lorna Doone." The |
editorial departments are good, and the
prizes are awarded for the second Exam
nation Papers" go Lafayette Place, New
York City,
From Houghton Mifflin & Co., Boston.
we have the Atlantic Monthly" for |
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n L ~
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Mitchell might in New York." by
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Edith NJ Thomas ''Phillida and Corr
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presents fine portrait OF Edwin Booth as
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Among the highly interesting contents
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