The Washington critic., 1885-09-26
TIE CRITICS NOOK rABLE.

'Two Years in the Jungle, - "uncie
Tom,"-tho "IIazen Court Martial"
One OF the most entertaining, and In
many respects most instructive books Of
the season is "Two Years In the Jungle
the Experiences Of a Hunter aud Naturalist
in lndin Ceylun, the Malay Peninsula and
Bofrco," with explanatory maps aud illus
tIatiOus II has lust been published by
Charles Scrihncr's Sons, New York, aud is
on sale at Bealrs, l05 Pennsylvania avenue.
The author, Mr. w. T. llonaday, Is we'll
known to many Washngtouians rs the
chief taxidcrmist Of the National Museum,
and is not only gentleman Of high scicuti-
tic culture, but graphic and fOrcible
writer. He had Just concluded two years
uf hard work at the National Science Estab-
lislmcnt Of Professor Ward Mt Rochester,
y. y, when he undertook, In 1876, the long
and laborous explorations of which the re-
suits arc here embodied. lie entered upon
the work before him with all the nrlor and
energy " student, Jealous In the cause,
thoroughly equipped for service and ambi-
tons Uf success, The fruit of his Journey
iugs is q volume which is not only Of In
tctcst to the general reader as book Of
adventurous travel, but n contribution of
great value TO the stock Of information
hitherto possessed in regard to the natural
history OI Tue VlnluOJ OIltulll countries
which the author visited.
"uncle Toms Cabin - How at the bare
mention of the name OF this book the mind
rcvcrts to that stormy and convulsive agi-
tation which preceded, and finally culmi-
mated in, the great war between the States.
And there were few more potent factors in
the agitation than this wonderful romance
Of Harriet Beecher Stowc's-few agencies
that contributed so much toward consoli-
dating the public sentiment Of the North
against the institution OF slavery Since
that time u new generation has grown up
and thousands OF the young men aud women
Of the day have never conncd It's vivid
pages or know anything of its character
excepting through It's crude and imperfect
dramatizatious. Yet II Is n book that may
be read with profit by all who would thor
oughly familiari2e them selves with the viri-
Gus influences that combined TO intensity a
sectional issue aud forced upon the country
the wager of battle for its settlement. Ap-
preciating this fact, Messrs lloughton,
Miillin S Co., the Boston publishers, have
issued a new and tasteful edition of "Uncle
Tom,n with an interesting introduction by
the author, copy of which has Just been
received at Beal's. II Is book that has
fulfilled its mission and passed the stage Of
criticism, but still deserves place upon
the bookshelves Of our ante jcii,tm history.
\ handsomely bound volume, with an
| Arctic scene in gilt upon the corner, sug-
| gestivc of some weird and stirring story of
the ice-lloes and such, indeed IN one sense
| 1t is, lies before us fresh from the press of
ID. Van Nostrand, the New York pub
Usher. The reader Of this notice will form
better idea of the contents and character
| Of the book from its title than from its at
| tractivo binding. IL is "Ihe llazen Court
| Martial-the Responsibility for the Disaster
to the Lady franklin Bay Polar Expedition,
definitely established, with proposed Re
forms in the Law and Practice of Courts
Martial" by I. j. Mackey, who was Gen.
eral llazen's counsel in the trial. Will
many of the facts and most of the argu
mcnts in this case the public is familiar
but Mr. Mackcy Is determined that slght
shall not be lost of his side of II, and he ha,
here placed the defense before the country
in permanent and readable shape
+. j. Edwards, formerly Washington
correspondent of the New York SIN, Il
reGping golden opinions of his romance
which he has called: "Phlp Osborne
story of the Juniper Boys, the Connection
Guerillas Of the Revolution Mr.. Edwards
wrote the book during his recent retire
ment for recupcraton in his old home II
the Nutmeg State. One of the most notice
able features of the book is the leniencl
the author displays toward the tories among
the carly colonlsts-a leniency that has no
always been fashionable in our literature.