New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-13
SOME NEW BOOKS.

cine at Glasgow University. has boon puonsh'' V''o
milan Coz II includes tho chemistry ana n.s'o'.'
OF tho tissues and the physiology OF mus''e' Wv .h
tologcal part being by Philip Starr NJ ~ Y. ~
University OF wur,zburg. Though mooe"o 49,,
extent on the authors outlines OF Physiology ''
a, ..r,,.u, now hook and IL IS intended as text
boo for s,ecal use In his own classes. though au"ou
for general instruction The present voiunc oea's WV.
the general physiology OF the tissues Inc Tna
have to do with the special PHYSIOLOGY Oh o'S~D
arrangement OF the topics Is by no mea"s .',' 80.
hut dcsned TO give the stadcn the broadcast ana mos
snsnh,.., ,,eux ~ the various branches upon the |
,ra- ~ which he Is entering. Thus. before TAXING up
the PHYSIOLOGY of the tissues Dr. Mchehnio@ discusses
their origin in tho light OF recent inVcS's""o"'
garanr the phenomena of Foundation ana inc minute
etructure of cells and nuclei lie Ius'iies us
r.nc.ment ON the ground that the questions as 10
A.. ortn a, tho tissues and the mysterious way oy
,cb they are impressed with hereditary characters arc
n, profound Importance, and have bearing not o"'s VI
physiological but pathological theories" Inc WIN
Will and fully illustrated: the rise and construction Va
apparatus are described adequately and inc au'"o'
writes simply and clearly Tho second vonime Is on
ncca &C rc,8. for the press and its publication Will
not be delayed
NJ cordor Trmbull has written, under tho uuc
aNamcs and Portraits OF Birds Which lh'eios'
cunncrsn Qiarpcr & Brothers., pooA VIM"
every true sportsman must a"u
library 1t is written, as the au'noi snS,ooS
declares on tho titlepagc, sin ianguaeo -. t,ch,
>, ,ho neor,en SO that no gunner nced DC ,iIsn
Oh ''o ~ &c narcs by the appearance therein
=. .,on,,1c names which are indeed gwen 'h.ous
ont Int which are evidently empio!e" toi =,
cake and to avoid confusion Inc ueS0 -oa
h,,,s ar, accompanied by faithful ana "e"oe ud
nortrats generally including male anu i'n"' 80
-, roed exists embracing examples OF uic 49,
.,so Mr. Trumbull gives practical formulas VI r%,,
- x,,r, torether with memoranda on ulo na
.ra feeding grounds Of the various sPcc.S' t,
,.tber he has COMPLIED very uselu anu u'''f"'
,., ro,um. Of smith, Elder & Co.'S ne" auu
,,sh,, edition OF Brownngs Pcetcai "orhs w"
,ans d. A Blot In the 'scutcheon' 'oiu"io In tbc
IA new arrangement Of " Men ana WOMEN .xIs
CIV ',, d,,,on there were ffty-one poems uhuei 'lo
..roral head In the new edition. al o -,
genera mo- NO, a distributed under other titles
,houch there will, perhaps be some uvil'"A ,, ..c+
sI., ,h.t this change is for the better. III iS"'
there seems no reason in the character VI 'i'o
=, The transferred pieces for any such chans'
II IS not quite clear what Is meant W ,a'e. - an
Oh. se.ms Being Reflections rom 'he >, .s.r.
Arah Had,i,. edited by Sir Edwin hrnoiu ", g.
Frederick warne Coz II inc H''io ,r,o,,Oc, #
,rs .xnrrssion of the modern ARABIAN in'on'
..rtain mild interest because OF thd' i
- ., ,s smn,v intended satire, II Is ouriouS.'
a., AVID pointlcss. The Hadji supposnS MN ~ ~
real entity is not gifted with livery IT,,
.rd though he talks with suD-haVor Vi 'h0
Ope
.,aor.d as. on the whole, rather slow and ieeoie-
minded.
A., 9TH. Tale Of the Shakespeare Epitaph'' oy
A' " coraon clark. II need perhaps, only be SAID
a., ,anv a man of property has been auIuu-'u '''
or.tsnt TO manage his own affairs Tor perpe'udu"S
tar less preposterous nonsense. lhere - "o
mo. the slightest danger that 1t VIII arouse Guy WI
,rovcrsy or hurt anybodys feelings hao rio,'''O'
W worcan bocn living he would have certainly Sc,
bIe hrqrV
,d b,v. riven It place beside the squalcrs OF inc
circle and the discoveries of perpetual mo,io I
Charles Lamb would as certainly nave ioiesaa ~,
he limbo of books which are no BOOKS anu uo''
would have been right.
The ANONYMOUS author Of Social Life ana Li'cra-
ture Fifty Years Ago. Boston: Cuppies nu'u' ~
volts against the practice of depreciation Oh ,ne p0
a.o..sors followed by some modern men OF letters
and has written this little volume in vindcaoh Oh he
old friends in literature both American ana huop0a''
The sentiment which prompted the protest Is na
nouch and inst enough. The authors mistake ha'
h.cn in taking the criticisms which gall MN lar o'
s.rouslv Let him look about him and ne VIII SOU
d,scover that the general estimation In when MS Ia
voritss are held is unaffected oy the prlssish 'o
NJ thu critics who have aroused his indlgnauoh'
fact tho assurance OF these critics long since oiouR
a. own punishment In the amused laughter OF schsi
HE neonle at their absurd and futile posturinSs an'
IN Mr. ,unnv assumption Of pontifcal authority.
seleced must in the very nature OF things osappon
MANY readers Henry F. Randoph's Fifty Years
English Song Randolph Coz no exception to Uni
rule but 1t must be awarded none the less conSoe'
ablo measure Of approval In estimating the Vaiu
of such compilation, the test question Is not whetne
the editor has included every strongly charac'ens''
poem Of every notable poet such test Is In fac' III
possble because there is no agreement upon To
characteristic poems. But If the editor has given wha
is on the whole q sufficiently Just ana broad surNe
Of the field he undertakes to cover he IS entitled TO
the credit that this kind Of work deserves; and IL
not a little. Mr.. Randolph has done his work we
Ubsn Judged from this point of view. In his fou
not large volumes no has gathered what really cons'
ncs reasonably comprehensive anthology OF Victoria
poetry He has divided the half century roughly int
periods and schools, but this arrangement II to som
extent moro fancfu than practical does not interior
with the effect OF the selections. or course one mu
disapprovo Of of them. For instance, we col
slider tho space given to Matthew Arnold wholly 'nad
ouate and most of tho examples of HIS poetry fl
fellcitous We must say the same OF some OF Il
selections from Tennyson. In excepting from u
Momorfamp the least beautiful parts have been chose
Then again we should hold that quite too much roo
has been accorded several Of the minor poets, Il
extracts from them not seldom considerably cxcced'i
I'm quantity those from the masters Robert BROWNE
has actually less space than Dante Gabriel Rosset
and IN this case also compelled to regard q
cxamples given as unfortunate In IKE manner SOUTH
mas twice as much room Matthew Arnold, which
unreasonable and vexatIous.
But those are not after all capital defects We ca
not denounce them as indications of unftness IN t
editor They are perhaps little more than demonstr
tions of the variation of literary tastes 1t is r
that southsy is hardly a living poet In any sonse'
there, doubtless, arc people who prefer kosse''
browning o. NJ Mtew Arnold and possibly these are
the majority. Mr. Randolph certainly shows catho
eomprclensivcness, and when lie have freed our M
concerning his shortcomings we are bound
acknowledge that he has succeeded IN bringing togeff
what is as a whole remarkably hiGh-leveled anthoo
Few collections of the kind include nearly so ma
poems OF the class which most educated readers ADM
and Wish to have at hand and this is as strong reco