New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

,r r,,frs oE JOHN KELLY. TRIBUNE
AZ ~ ths pconic ~ j. FARFAX McLAuGiiicco ornany
l2,no pp xiii, 800. The Ahe'i'"H ~" ,;,o
Mr.. Mclaughlin has a grand capASi'S 'o' lie
t;on and almost a genius for foIgetiulhess' -
~ s ohe 40 write of the political contests oil thirty
wears 90 in the spirit of JeneTsohlan o,d
who never heard Of Shareholders rebeiioD' "nu
r. ra,,ords everything accomplished by our gov
ernneut. from the time of James buchanan " W., W.
dawn Of Cleveland, as a shocking mistake We
co,uot oct n high value therefore, upon lis SAo'I
~ National politics during the period coVeIeu ~
he hooL Nevertheless his account OF us h0io
40. ,v;thout merit and it is less eAra'"s"N,
than the hgh-sounding title nheh.
me 70 Suppose We have great u'Si'ho
Mr. Kelys polltics and to many OF MS "SSo0,'''' ~.
-, 60, Air Kellv personally, it is imposslole poV
50 Col = considerable respect and liking. we pe-
$40 him tn he a man of integrity, sincerity s'ioHs
character and ability; his private lie mas -.
been decorous; he is charitable ana
he has rendered some important services W IN 80.
Nd no hos long been honored by the cordlal na.o
80. do7,rorous and corrupt factions OF MS
Marty IJpon the whole his life deserveo ~ -
.rr;t,oo. and those who read Mr.. Mclaughlin
80 oo,orad tribute with the necessary discreton
lii find that the chieftain of Tammany nan
-, dinarent person from the pohtlcal lousi
tit fancy has often painted him. he 10 'n0
leader of q very large, very Ignorant, very ~ ="
a~naIIo and very troublesome body OF poiltca ue
.onoI;zors whom he sometimes holes III ihoio VI
Ioss restraint they constitute permanent wv
a. of,airs with which we have to reckon, ana " -
veil worth our while to study the character u
their favorite.
nopr,,, u.NTJAL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
nv MAUDE GILLETTE PHILLIPS. Noas' WV"
mn XIV 5sl, 500. Harper BrotheIs'
TT Iho,ota work is intended TO serve as q
.chool manual guide to the generai reauoh' or
bondy hook of reference-three functions "hon
nerbops il is impossible to combine satisfactorily ~
single treatise The characteristics OF It's arrange
mept are first. somewhat pedantlc suDoI'Ision "a
touics the principal authors discussed init oene .
only classified with extreme care, but dlssecIeu anu
served I'D in little pieces, each fragment iape'eu
.rd secondly. an exhibition by means OF SUD-
sd;arv chapters long marginal notes, tables coored
charts and typographical devices, OF synchrohouS
historical events and movementsin other hteratueS
tb,n that of England. All this apparatus repre-
or+s ,rodirious amount of labor aud there can De
No doubt that it answers q useful purpose Inc
characteristic of the substance OF tue Work Is lnt
il consists principally of compilation OF opinlons
from other writer's duly credited to their sources
Of this feature we have not a high admiration
Tho selections are not always well made, and as
+bev reflect jrreconcable differences OF taste ana
of literary principles they can only mlsieau anu
confuse the young Miss Philips herseI leaily
snnnles no guidance her critical efforts beng OF
the most documentary kind, and her discrimination
weak. What she has made is a cuIlousiy system
attic scrap-book.