New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-21
NEV BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

In "Tales Of the Colorado Pioneers denver:
Person GardAerl Mrs Alice Polk Hill has presented
O mass Of picturesque material in an unpretentious
fashion. She collected with credtable taste aud III
dustry narratives OF all that strange quaint and
pathetic in the early days OF Colorado More am
bilious writers will find abundant suggestions In these
tales simply set forth.
T.Y. Crowell q Co. have repubshed" Little Artbnrs
History Of France" volume written on the plan Of
"Ltte Arthurs History of England and furnishing to
young people a much needed source of Information.
The last quarterly Ltaes Livi'rg &c is
ready proves itself to be sense the best col
lection extant Of current foreign literature.
Dr. Crooks has published through Harper Brothers
an edition from shorthand repors of number Of SER
mons by the late Bishop Simpson
w. II. Van Oraen has prepared and A. L. Burt has
published neat little handbook Of biography entitled
"Famous People of all Ages" 1t is not, OF course.
widely comprehensive but 1t gives in compact form
biographies OF the persons in whom the student and
writer would naturally take most interest
Charles Kingsley's inimitable MADAM How and Lady
Why" one Of the peasantest and useful Of books
for children has been added by the Macmians to their
"Globe Readings from Standard Authors"
DADDY Darwin's Dovecot" Roberts Brothers, is a
touching little story by Mrs Ewing 1t delicatey il.
Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott
An excellent abridged translation OF Pestalozzfs in.
strucve story Leonard aud Gertrude has been made
by Eva Chauning and published by CHM, Heath & Co.
The abrdgement OF the work has brought 1t into
venent and interesting FORM
handsome and carefully edited edition of the
"Teaching of the Twelve Apostles" has been published
by Scrbners Its editors, Professors r. ID. Hitch
cock and Francis Brown have included in the volume
translation introduction Tor history Of the work. and
ample notes, These gentlemen maintain their convic-
ton to genuneness OF the treatise and give their
reasons In O thorough and scholarly form.
Mrs. Mary Treat who has long been known as care
ful observer and delightful writer animal life, has
collected her papers contributed various popular peri
odcas and issued them In book form through the
press of the Harpers They form a series Of unusually
charming chapters on birds. insects and plants.
cheap edition OF FtzJames o'Briens fantastic tales
has been published by the scrbners under the title OF
The Diamond Lens"
eelmar Hess Ia publishing, under the title OF Our
Living World" an edition OF J. G. Woods #" Natural His
tory 1t has been revised and adapted to American
sociology by Dr. j. Holden and is illustrated prsfusely
both with engravings and oleogrsphs The editor has
aimed mako the body of the work simple and enter
tanning and has therefore removed the more strictly
scientific portions to Compendium Of Generic Dis.
tnns" ut tho end of each volume The work 10 issued
IN parts and ihorc will be fsrtytwo Of thess. 1t 10
question whether Dr. Wood desires 10 have his work 80
Is certain that In this form ID viii bs "a