New-York tribune., 1886-04-02

all covor,mo,,s have maintained their right to
refuse to receive particular person AS "in's'oi'
without giving any rrasons: for these reasons n''y
be as often on account of his lack of sccai ini''"
cation as on account Of any political grievance
ay,inst him When minister il for any reason
disagreeable. whiie hc may he received with tue
formal poi iitenes5 dnc 10 him whenever lie aPpears
III an official capacity; while no may be lnVi'ea
TO court when the invitation ccnld not he cmi'teu
without offence to the country which he repicsentE'
he may lie entirely Ignored in every other way
and in this state of social isolation he IL certainly
incapabe either of properly representing his
country or of g,yiny proper protection to its inter
ests"
The subjects treated in the historical chapters oi
Mr.. Scluylcr's book are the Piratical Barbary
Powers the Right of Search aud tile Slave Trade.
the Free Navgltion of Rivers ard Seas Neutral
Rights the Fisheries. and Commercial Treaties.
Ia treating them ho docs not conline hin'eii 10
the action Of the United states. brt he reviews the
general course Of Enroocan nations with respect to
those matters of controversy. The sketch is neces
sarily hasty: bat il will be found of great practical
value By those who wish to understand part oi
our annals upon which wo can look with no llttle
complacency
4 SKETCH or THE LIFE 'oF APoLLoNIU5 OF
TYANA or the FIrst Ton Decades "f our Ero. ey
well.
lisa pity TO see the fine taste and careful work
nanship of Mr. De Ninnes press wasted upon
bool, which has no Legitimate claim TO existence
The cxneriment of setting mp the Pythagorean
tinerant ApOlonius rs q rival to the founder OF
the Christian religion bas been made at intervals
for more than sixteen hundred years, ana never
with the most transient show of sncccss. Ihe
biography by Philo5tratus written century after
- frr fla
incidents of the philosophers career, well rs for
most of his teachings IL abolnds with stories OF
miracles, fabricated in obvious imitation OF the
gospel narratives, and no respectable critic looks
upouit as ANYTHING better than historical romance
founded upon the life of real person. but rslDc
boldly abova the region of fact 1t is of little use to
seek to dscredit Christianity by such a work Of
fiction anil Mr. Tredwell is pelhaps even more
unfortunate than bis various predecessors because
he does not know how to treat lis witness. tic
pronOunces all miracles whatsoever to bc frauds or
lies and having thus declared phiiosratus to bc
fasificr he proceeds to follow his tale with ingen-
uous confidence He has not a spark Of the critical
or the historical faculty The mass of references
with which he oycroads his text only illustrate
his ignorance, for they are chosen without discrm-
nation. lie has literary style. lie has not even
passable knowledge of English grammar. The
hatred of Christianity, and his language w,th
respect to our Saviour is only TO be described
scurrilous.
FRANKS Rancho; or. Ny Holiday in the Rockies.
l6no., pp. xvi. 2lt. HoughtoD, Miiin * ca.
An Ergishman describes in this book the trial
and adventures Of his son, who with no experience
whatever of hard work or country life. came 20
America to push his fortunes in the West. lie bore
a great deal of rough usage with pluck. lost grea,
deal of money withoat losing hope, and at last
found himself master of homestead farm with a
fair prospect of prosperity. In this situation he
cevcq d visit from hs father who sets down
The story for tho warning anl encouragement Of
others The sketches O! tIayc, which form large
part Of the volume viii be more interesting to Eng
shmen than tc us The narrative 81 Franks
adventures. tod principally from his letters, is
both readable and uselnl. We probably commit no
inliscreron in saying that the author Is Mr. Mars
ton. thc London Publisher