New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-22
NEW BOOKS-NEW EDITIONS.

Mr.. Andrew Lang has written an ingenious
..no,ar,v INTRODUCTION for the edition OF
s,-,r,,s . Uousehod Tales which has been prepared
o., the pphn Library and imported by scrionsr wei
ford II is little that youthful readers VIII care Aou
che origin diffusion and myth-reatiohs Vi 'noS'
fascinating storics but their elders cannot put DO III
s.se in the results of Langs critical researches
handsome new edition Of" Waltons Lives mas peeh
.daod TO the Bohn Library and is offered for sale py
ecribuer 4 Wexford The volume has been revised "
Mr. A. H. Bullen, who has given to 1t some new ho'eS'
Tho s,st and second volumes Of Dodd Meads series
NJ Tales from Many Sources" have appeared. Inc
arst volume is especially attractive Messrs' aruy
Anstey sturgis, Stevenson and Norris are ropie'ou'
therein 10 great advantage Mr.. sturgss Lord hlcha
and being perhaps the ceverest OF the storles MIS-
Waford.s Matte" gracefully concludes the volnme
itb bi. of pure girish romance as touchingas IL Is
artistic.
Mrs Uumphroys little book. Dean Stanley With the
rb,Iarsn I'D Iothrop & Col contains pleasant skech
of the kindly Dean, some Interesting descriptions u
r.mni.cenoes OF Westmiuster1 Abbey, and tive OF
staueys simple noble little sermons to children
What 10Y of gourmandze equal to thai OF the con-
yaescent who sees approaching hiiu the dainty Tray
whereon some delicious and unexpected morsei aM"'s
hint How to thus delight weary Invalid may NC
discovered in the late Susan A. Browns neat ana
practical little book The nyalid's Tea-Iray'
The Riverside Adine series of Houghton Mhiln CO.
has been enriched by the addition OF MI. ho"ehs
delightful Venetian Life On two volnmeS anu MI
John Burroughs Wake Robin"
Thu sscond volume OF L. walord's Greater London "
fassell A Co. continues animated description Oh 'e
beautiful country and historic sites surrounding the
mighty English city. The volume Is handSVno''
illustrated and is full Of picturesque anecdote.
,n.re,s,s .Dictionary OF oxford and Cambridge /"
Macmillan & Coz is an invaluable little guide to an
Intending visitor to the great English Universities
How Success is Won d. Lothrop & Co.. is collec-
t,on Of neat biographies of famous men, which were
originally published in WideAwdke The author is MIS-.
g. K Bolton and tho work mas eeen done WIN taste anu
discretion.
Parts l. and H. Volume XIV. OF the Annals OF the
Astronomical Observatory OF Harvard college, oeins
observations with the meridian photometer during the
ears 1s7e-,so by Director Edward c. Pickering aided
nv Arthur searle and Oliver c. Wendell have been re-
ceiyed. The observations IN these volumes were
planned with the Of obtaining satisfactory deter
mpaon of comparative brightness OF all stars not
fainter than the sixth magnitude, which could DC con-
yeniently observed In this latitude There Deng no
accented scale magnitude the plan adopted
was to form the required list ty the selection from
severa standard catalogues OF the stars estimated 10
any one these catalogues to be OF the hrst SIX mas
tudes" The instrument contrved for the observations
and called the meridian photopeter fully described III
the first chapter An rortant feature OF the present
work ia comparison OF earlier results for each star Win
the pbotomefric value here Obtained. In the second
mart important systematic variations In maLy OF the
catalogues discovered through these observations are
poined out and tie suspected variable stars are dis
cussed The work throughout Is characterized by the
carenlness and thoroughness which marx all Professor
Pickerngs researches
We have received from Putnams Sons The LeDape
Stone, or the Indian and tue Mammoth" by H. q.
Mercer 1t is an account OF slate gorget found In
Bucks County Penn having inscribed on 1t certain rude
drawings representing mammoth attacked by Indians
There can be little doubt that the animal represented Is
mammoth there is great deal Of doubt as TO the
renuineness Of the find" Most OF the archaeological
authorities who have examined the socaled Lenape
Stone have expressed the belief that 1t is $50 far as the
drawing is concerned) quite modern. and therefore
fraudulent the other hand the circumstances of the
coyerer aud afford ground for suspicion that anything
has been done the stone since the Bucks County
farmer Hansell picked up the larger half OF It, Mr.
Mercer gathered together much Information about
this and other Indian relics tending to show aboriginal
acquaintance with the mammoth and he has published
nil the evidence extant about the Leuape Stone As,
however there is clearly proof OF the antiquity oil
this carving though the gorget itself is undoubtedly
old It cannot possess any real value support TO the
theory that the Indians who contemporaries o: the
mammoth have left records OF that fact. As a nara
tive OF all the In this particular case, the
little book should interesting to psychologists, but
1t leaves the question OF the Indian and the mammoth
open one.