National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


NEW PUBLICATIONS..
THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DIS.
TlNGUiSHED AMERICANS. Five volumes
Qllustrated). Philadelphia Robert L. Peter
son S Co. and d. Rice & Co.
Messrs. James b. Longacre aud James Her
ring are doing useful work in the compilation
of biographical sketches Of the famous men of
the nation, and in preserving for future gem
orations choice collections of portraits. The
publishers have shown praiseworthy industry
and excellent taste in getting those fine
volumes before tho public. The books are
neat specimens of the Topographic and en-
craving arts.
Mr.. Longacro was long the die engravor of
the mint and himself superintendent the en-
craving. Much difficulty was in some cases
experienced in getting material from which
to prepare the biographies 1t is said that
John Dickinson's life proved for long time
sdificult one to procure. His eldest daughter,
Sally Norris Dickinson, had morbid feeling
that his character might be misunderstood,
and instead of giving up his papers TO prove
his patriotism, she jealously kept them stored
away. A connection and intimate friend of
my own saw strategy was needed to un.
earth the treasures. A lawyer of ominence
and great ability, the late Thomas A. Budd
esa., of the Philadelphia bar, was selected to
write the life of John Dickinson, but how to get
the documents was question not easy TO solve.
We took a dcputation of rather venerable and
respectable aspect by appointment, TO solicit
the great favor. Nervous trepdation reigned
in tho largo Quaker parlor for a long time.
Tho lady yielded however, at last on con-
dition that the proofs should BIO sent to
her. A furniture car next day bore away
some five or six barrels and few boxes of
precious paper. Tho work was done, and
well done, by Mr.. Budd. Probably none of
the pages are more interesting or valuable in
an historical light.
Sometimes an engraving was ready long
before preparation was made for the biogra-
ply, and moro than once before any materials
could be found. Such was tho case with
Simon Kenton, sharer Of Daniel Boone's
early western adventures. There was the
portrait. obtained at considerable cost r OFF
in the west, but there was no text, and little
! pre- Ipcct of any, except vague page in most
deplorable caligraphy and worse English.
Some correspondence furnished little moro
information but the whole revolutionary
story told by many books and letters and
fugitive writings had to be searched before
old Simons history assumed any shape.
| ANTISLAVERY DAYS. A sketch of the struggle
| which ended Ia the abolition of slavery in the
United States. BY JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE.
| New York. II. WorthingtOn; Washington /.
Brentano Brothers. Price, sl.25.
Tho author of this admirable work explains
the scope and purpose of the book so fully in
the introduction that we take the liberty of
| giving an extract therefrom in lieu of re-
view. lie writes
The brief sketch of the conflict which led to the
emancipation Of four millions of slaves in the
United States is intended chiefly for the genera
cSne whTh her mas sroTn GP since those stirring
little acquainted with 1t. Recent history is that
ofwhich people know the least, with the excep-
tion of those who have taken part in it,. Children
taught in the schools about the battle of Mara
thon but not about the battle of Gettysburg.
They learn in the Sunday schools all about the
slavery, but very little about that of the colored
people in the United States. Yet this story, when
found as intensely interesting, as any
series of events in the records of man
kind. do not hope to do more in these chap
tiers Originally given as leCtures than to call at
| tention to a few important events and characters
belonging to the period described. In these i'm
| perfect variations have naturally dwelt mostly
On events with which was personally familiar.
and the persons with whom happened to be best
| acquainted l have, therefore, confined my rela-
| lions within narrower limits than would be proper
| In anything claiming to be history. This little
work IS, therefore, only one contribution TO the
future history of those days-one of the Memories
Pour servsf for the more complete work which
is TO be written hereafter
THE BOOK OF THE BEGINNINGS. A study OF
Genesis, with an introduction to the Penta.
| touch. By X. HEBER NEWTON, rector of All
Souls r I. church, New York city. New York
Brothers Price, 40 cents.
DR.. Newton has given to the public in book
form under the above title several of the
moro important of tho series of lectures
which he was obliged to discontinue by order
of his bishop. In self defense he spreads the
matter before the public, and asks for an
impartial judgment relative to their value.
The doctor is extremely liberal in his views
and takes many new departures from the
beaten paths of thought in his treatment OF
tho subject taken up.
PROPERTY 4 ANTo PE9SRESS or PEIEE
AGITATION IN ENGLAND. BY W. II. NAL
LOCK. New York: &. /. Putnams Sons; Wash
ington; Brentano Brothers. Price, Sl,50.
This work is simply compilation and pub
LEGATION in book form of a series of articles OIL
English politics and socialistic questions
which appeared originally in the Quarterly
Review. Mr. Mallock takes strong grounds
against the socalistic agitation among the
wage workers of England as it is now con
Quoted, and he labors to prove its absurdity
and aimlessness, and to point out its danger
GUS tendencies.
HAND. BOOK OF OFFICIAL AND SOCIAL Ell
QUETTE AND PUBLIC CEREMONIES AT
WASHINGTON. By DEB RANDOLPH KEN
Price, 81 on sale at all the book stores.
MIR. Keim is we'll known as the author o
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LITERARY NOTES.
Mr.. George william Curtis's Eulogy on Wen
dell Philllps" delivered before the municipal au'
thorites of Boston, has been issued in pamphlet
form by Messrs. Harper 81 Brothers.
Harper & Brothers have just published the ed
ton of their "Guide Book to Europe and the
East" for 1854.
The spirited biography OF Chinese Gordon, re
Gently written by Mr., Archibald Forbes, tn
} famous war correspondent, has just been pub
lished in Harpers franklin Square Library
MARKED In Haste, a clever novel that had
quick success last year, is to be followed by an
other-longer and better-story by the sam
writer who is now announced-Miss Blanch
Tho nav nnynl q pallal uSLnVe Struck