New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-23


and At tho request of body Of Catholic BishsT Q
assemblcd at Dublin. who Substantially repre-
sented the whole Irish episcopacy" In that letter
be defined his theory Of land reform. and 1t was
practically the same as Mr.. Gladstone's own. The
right of property IN land was recognized In the
fullest possible manner.
A delightful little book. perhaps more to be en-
joyed by mature eyes and minds than by those OF
the little ones. is Jack and the Bcanstalk." by
Hallam Tcnuyson, illustrated by Randolph Calde-
colt (siacmillan & Coz The illustrations are but
sketches in the rough, having been among the last
work done by the artist but they are full OF humor-
GUS suggestion, and sometimes their very
incompleteness adds to their effect as
for example in tho sketch Of the
giant pursuing Jack and coming near " to the
fugitive. Hallam Tenpyson's version of the fairy
tale, ponderous hexametres. is capital thing OF
its kind aud goes exceeding we'll with the illustra-
tons, and the effect of the whole is not less pleas
ing than peculiar Collectors will do well to possess
themselves of the first ed ton Of quaint little
book which is sure to be eagerly sought hereafter,
not less for its oddities than for its merits.
"Grandmother's Garden" published by Messrs.
A. G. McClurg & Co., of Chicago. is small folio
containing floral drawings reproduced in full-psge
photographers IN which are inserted appropriate
verses after a fashion which is anything but COM
mendable. Or the illustrations by Mary Cecilia
Spaulding it may DO said that the drawing has
certain accuracy, but the work is stiff and labored
and the reproductions convey little feeling of
beauty lie verses are by Eben E. Rexford.
THE FOREST WATERS THE FARM; Or. the Value Of
Woodlands Reservoirs. Translated from the
Erench of N. ANToSIN RoUssET, ~ the Rev. .. W;
POWELL l2po Up l0s. New,Yors: Forest and
Stream Publishing Company. 1856.
1t In 1889 and 60 when Frauce began earnest TO
fight the frcshets whose desosting fury had swollen
from year TO year unit; vast in her southeastern
Provinces had become unfit for human habtation 1t
tho Oft repeated story Of stripping from mountain
slopes by and BY tooth and boo OF anmss
the wood growth great and small that restrained tha
rushing waters AS the barriers we're swept away the
torrents gathered vic enee every stream ran rich
with booy from hills until the soil was dragged
from the choke up harbors and bury fertile
farm lands under thick stratum Of stones gravel and
sterile eartu. In a single province 10000
made desert poruous REGIONS turned into soil
tudos; BRIDGES roads, railways and other punlic works
destroyed TO extent beyond computation AMI
revolution in tue very geography Of the country
threatspod Dams Ind walls built at the mouths OF
eorges banks Of w6rs faced with stone,
Quilt ut great rpenss tO guard against
tue eyeriDc reasins los, but svery plan proved uc
and at the netnpu Of prevention begun.
eIot made ~ restore the balance OF natural forces
that had been recklessy disturbed The law reforest
Ian made cautious beginning. only 900
francs per year bdug appropriated. it absolute
reorssity to the hearty Cooperation OF the
people. To that en- the Academy OF Arts AMI Sciences
Of AK offered prize for snort treatise for popular
instruction so lsnd rpprieors and plau farm
laDorers could be made To comprehend how tue true
interests of agriculture in Provence depended the
conservation OF the woods. Tne suoce,sfu work was
vrif nv Wardo u-(,e OF
Forests at Autun. 1t Is little primer 10 the form OF
dialogue between incredulous rather dul aud stub
born but honest peasant-Master Peter-and u bright
Teacher, WHO VITA after the SOcrstic fasLioo
Ordinary facts with great SKILL and not
troubling .he sluggish mind of his interlocuor wi any
profound science The work throughout is spirited
convincing AMI although of the purely agricultural
may questioned the relation Of forests
agriculture is we'll set forth
THE stu Of Master Peter" this little handbook
is called has been translated by Mr.. Powell who
added excellent Introduction OF his tos ether
with the report TO tie Academy upon the competing
by the committee OF award Tie value of
the book to American readers from the fact thai
water hill III the Ne World we'll in the
Old that what has happened the slopes Of the Alps
and Cevenues will TO pass the 6aaks of the
Aegheuies aud sieras; that the floods in Valley II
the Ehone will surey be repeated In the sacr the
Missouri aud the Ohio Tue slow and expensive work OF
woodng the highlands whore the streams take rise
which France carrying on must be prepared for mere
unless wise eLough to arrest In time the forest
carried rapidly and recke sly.
The people better informed this subject thanks
the newspapers in the main, tnan they were twenty
but every agency that helps arouse public
sentiment and present iDteeently the areu'oen, for
planting trees aud especially for protecting the forests
ALREADY stan ling. observes a beatty welcome Mr..
Powell has dane public service and he has done il
we'll All the force of the original and mosI Of its
spgntllness has bern preserved In the transl on-a
her aicut matter since the peasants SURROUNDINGS
are different those OF farmer.
of the pithy maxims of the schoomaster are worth
quoting here and worth remembering A country
without wood Is house without roof" " The forest
the mountaiu The sell on the hillside and makes
the sprns In the valley "Where the eaI tn is IN danger
from the wate pant sapling." The woods hold the
waer the water makes makes Gocks; focks
make manure; manure makes grain"