New-York tribune., 1886-03-06
NEW PUBLICATIO Ms.

INITIALS AND PsEUDoNYMs. a Dictionary Of LIT
ersy Dssuss BY WisiH iS1 rTSs5 nversy Or M L.
brary eyo rp " SOB Th,ln,sY Y. CroweI q 20.
This work is intended to cover the heId OF
English and American literature from the pc
ginning of the 18th century to the present DAY,
and il also takes in few authors of tie cen
tpenta European countries who are much
snoken of in our time. There is uouol0
alphaDetical arrangement, first by the pscuuo1
nvms. and afterwards by the real names, ana
each department embraces brief bioeraplllcai
and photographed notices, Whlch pet4nH;5Ro
show better acquaintance with the ou's1Iuc
than the inside of books, but are neVcr'hclcss
in the main sufficient for ihe R Pipgso tpps With vi re
markabe industry, and collected no IeMcI I
than IL, coo initials or pen names, reprcseltnS
5000 separate authors, large cpropoI.oni il VI
them being the contributors OF fuglNe pleceS
to the contemporary press. Sometimes he has
made the mistake of treating The tllle OF the
book as pseudOnym of the author "lrstram
Shandy" for instance is entered as pen.halhe
of Sterne, whereas lhe LIE al1u anu Vp1llomS .Ia ,1,
Iamc of Yorick "Pynnshurst' figures as
disguise of Donald Macleod, though II was
look which Macleod published under his Own
name. Lord kmgsboToTgh Is & set aoWl1 was "s fbe q
proper title of the author of Mexican Antlqu-
tics,n King being merely the family name.
Married women are generally entered HiutI %
their maiden names III one DIVISION "l 'he
which is convenient but sometimes misleading;
Olive Logan for example is not disguise
of Mrs Sykes. Mr.. Gushing remarks that he
has added "a few false names when, py
strict definition of words, would De calieo
soubriduets." Ii is more likely that, by,
strict definition of words, they would be called
">nbriGuets" Those that we have n0tlcSu
seem to be superfuous i'll book OF TINS klhu
they are personal nick names whlch 40 hoV
belong to literature. 80.
The defects referred to, however, 90 n0t
materially impair the value of work which
shows great care and research, and consider
able success in identifying masked writers;
Librarians and journalists especially VIII hno
it useful.
AN APACHE CAMPAIGN IN THE sIFRRA MADRE.
BY JOHN G.. BoURKE. Captain 3d Cavalry. u B. A
16mo. PIP. s. l12. Charles scribners Sons
CAPTAIN Bourke tells in this book the story
of General Crooks pursuit of the hostile Cmrl-
in the spring of 1883. The expedition was
highly successful, penetrating stronghold
where the Indians believed themselves abso-
iutely safe, breaking up a dangerous oand
under HieTonvmo Tesculng NUMBER OF cap
tiycs. and bringing back TO the San Carlos
agency nearly four hundred subdued and re-
pentant savages All this was effected WIN
hardly anv fighting The march vas full "
difficulties and perils, and that it was not at,
tended with severe loss is attributable TO good
management Captain Bourke, who accom-.
nanied the expedition as acting adjutant- gen
cral. gives an animated description of Crooks
force, which consisted principally of friendly
Apaches supplies many interesting pa ucu-
lars of Indian character and habits, and mar
rates the adventures of the command with
considerable spirit. His book derives spe-
cial interest from the fact that General Crooks
new camnaign is against the sume enemy as
that Of three years ago and upon the same
prouud