New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
DIR. COLLIER on ENGLAND.

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ICmo., pp. las. Boston, neknor & Co.
9Eyery man." says Sterne "Nill speak of the
fair as his own market has gone in il '" and every
traveller will speak of foreign countries in accord
with his personal experience in them. Dr. Golfer
has evidently pleasant "reminiscences OF England
and in this well-wrtten little volume he gives
rose-colored description of English home HE Ills
admiration for it is frank hearty and unrestralned,
and though be tries to temper tue eXuberance Oh
his laudation by occasional qualifications on the
whole his verdict is favorable. He adlnires the
domesticity of the English, their harmonious family
life the simplicity and indebtedness of their
home habits the strict. yet not rksome, discipline
I'm which they train their children. the whole
someness of their outdoor amusements, their
stropg love of nature and the force and depth OF
their religious feeling. lie finds faUlt mildly with
the sombreness Of their houses. he does not like
then breakfasts and he ventures to think that the
English women are somwewhat inclined TO dowdl-
ness IN dress, though this comes from an lndifer-
ence to fashion which is rather a merit than fault
The doctor does not think that the renaissance OIL
estheicsm has yet appreciaby affected the Engllsh
publc. whose ideas of interior decoration he de-
cares TO be still Philstine to the last degree His
observations are for the most part just, and his
descriptions accurate, though perhaps exception
sbould be taken to such statements as that in all
niddle-class families in England the dinlng-room
a. the ljying-room Of the house,: and that IN tho
bedrooms the canopy is retained" and |" the
curtains arc drawn for the nj ght when the bed is
opened"
His remarks upon the servant question are
interesting The English servant he considers
much better than the average domestic in this
country, though. from an American point of view.
too oLsequious. The French servant however.
he holds to be the ideal one, and this because the
f,,I Hty and 10
to turn his hand to any thng. whereas the English
servant while doing certain series of things very
we'll will not attempt anything out OF the regular
course English servants" he says. are trained.
They walk one straight path, and to this their
feet become so accustomed that they get befogged
and confused if they etep aside TO make other
paths for their feet
Tho English system of courtship does not quite
meet Dr. Golfers approval. He thinks the engage
ments too long His views on this subject, how
ever as on the social Importance of the clergy are
certainly not IN accord with the descriptions OF
English social life given by competent English
writer's The picture of married life in which the
wife appears bearing contentedly the yoke of
SUBMISSION. is not likely to commend itsrlf to the
American gIrl of the period, for whom marital
equality is sine qua non. The sketch of the
relations Of children to parents and the account of
the training Of the former. Will be read with
interest by fathers and mothers whether or not
they approve of tho principles followed The
book is fresh and genial the expression of n man
who sees the best side of everything, and whose
impressions are shrewd and at the same time
kindly.
TIE GREEK ISLANDS AND TURKEY AFTER TIE
WAR. BT IEEEY NJ FIELD. d. D. limo Pr. rs
Charles Scribncrs sons.
Dr. Field describes in this volume a recent jour
ney by sea from Beirut in syria through the Kgean
70 Constantinople and thence INTO Central Europe
through Bulgaria. He touched briefly only few
Of the Greek islands, but he presents store of IN
formation respecting the history, associations and
present condition Of several of the most important
of them. A short delay az smyrna gave him an op-
portunity to visit Ephcsus. which he reached by
special railway train running at the rate of forty
miles an hour. 10 Const4ntinople he devoted more
leisure He has written of that capital before. and
IN this narrative he concerns himself principally
with personal incidents and the changes of the past
few years. The freshest of hIs chapters are those
devoted TO American missionary enterprises IN the
East of the success Of which he obtained most
gratifying testimony and the reader, unless already
exceptionally familiar with the subject, VIII be
surprised to learn from him how important an elc-
ment in the progress Of the Turkish provinces the
influence If this country has already become. The
Bulgarans command a great deal of his respect and
sympathy. He has written a history of the mas
sacres and the war which will be found a valuable
compendium for travellers in the DanubIan region,
aud specially acceptable collection OF facts now
that Eastern aif1lrs are again in the 'front.' of Euro
pean politics Maps Of Turkey in Europe before
aud after the Russian war of 1S777S are excellent
features or this review. Dr. ield writes in the
natural and easy style of a Cood-natured, genial
tourist on the best Of terms with his readers, ap-
preciative. quick 10 see the bright side Of things
and little disturbed by petty aunoyances.
PALERMO. Christmas story. BY ALICE DURAND
FIELD. Alto. PIP *, 2l2. G.. p. Putnam's sons.
The resources of the KnickerbOcker Press have
been literally drawn upon in the publication OF
Mss Fields story, and Mr.. Samuel Coleman has
added to its value by the contribution of five etch-
ings of architecture and Landscape. The tale is
simple and tender. Striking sketches of Scilian
life manners, aud popular customs, pictures OF town
andcouDtry and descriptions of church soemnities.
are freely ntermingled with the lucrative; and a
highly effective is made of of the incidents
of Garibad1s capture of Palermo in 1860 Miss
Fields temperament is poetical and sympathetic
and she shows herself sensitive to the most romantic
Influences of a region which seems TO be the nat
ural haunt of poetry.
For other Notes of New Publications. including
"Tennysons New Volume" The Life of Samuel
Bowles" and "Mr. StOry's Novel," SEQ 10th page. ]