New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-31
SOME NEW BOOKS.

cnrn,es A. Hurd (8oston) publish new eu''oa
=. A bronson Alcott's essay on Emerson, his' 49, -
an 1882 together with Aicoits oc"u ,. "a San
sron . so reminiscent OF Miltons Lyc'uas' or"
horns ode TO Emerson, enuueo 1no ~ ,h.,
s,rns Tho publishers state in their preiacc '"'~
s,e' -, showed even after his mrd had pecn
..,sues nv paralysis, rooted anxiety TO nave 'n's
.v given TO the world 1t had already oeeh pun
ND hut he had forgotten this, and pna'iy COPY
,rss brought to him, greatly to his as'on'snno", "'
Ssugbts The present edition Is enriched oy pno'o
~.anhs Of Emerson and Alcott, Emerson's Concoiu
sarsa his summer cottage. the Concord echooi %
PHILOSOPHY, Mir. Aicott's study, ana the onus0 az
Concord ,-- ,r..,,os
,rssh volume of the Cameot Series tThomas
,s,,,.kcr, Is a compilation OF Fairy and FOLK Iaes
=, the Irish Peasantry,' by W. b. Yeats III comprises
. great many very good stories but the m@Jo'i's %
Them are told with little local color as 10 lose nan
their po,nt Irish stories should always be written "
,he hrou,e Translated into English they often Dc
come fat ard their humor, which Is their spco.ai
...,,rs deserts them Mr.. Yeats has made uSelai
.na toerably full collection, however, ana 1or uo
n,rposes Of folk lore it viii answer sufficiently
sTbs Heart of Don Vega by Alfred Allen (Wes-
sr,v r. l. George G.. Champhin), Is snort STORY
GO hacked with fantastic grotesque ana hoiloie III
xentons that IL really is not the pleasan'est roaalh'
The central idea is of an artificial hear' opeIa'ou
NV an electric motor and 1t appears to have Deeh
,,,en nv somebody fresh from hospital clinics, ana
Zoo babituated TO all the sights OF the operating
theatre TO realize that such scenes are not usually
relished by the public at large. Ihero Is pio"'S VI
Imagination in the story, but It IS altogether uhu's
oinned and the writer IS strongly dehceht III '@S'c
at times.
The Lippincotts print a Memorial Of saiah fush
. tribute OF Respect from her Cousins 1t Is inc
,,a annals NJ a pure and useful and quiet life,
snent I'm doing good; Of those lives OF eoou
onaker women which show serenely before Inc
rebellion. when the anti-slavery movement ana Inc
underground railroad afforded so wide scope lor
the exercise Of humanitarian and charitable sehu
uen,s Sarah Pugh deserved such tribute as her
cousins have here given her, and it is so modest ha'
Il could not have offended her senstiveneSs
c,rn 4 Co.. Boston. publish 8" A Brief History of
Greek Philosophy by B. c. Burt, NJ. A. OF johns
Uonldns University 1t is compendous volume
adapted 10 the needs of those who desire nie more
than outline sketches of philosophy but II Is not
written with conspicuous clearness, and It's utility IS
seriously diminished By the absence OF an INDEX Inc
table OF contents full, but table OF contents can
never compensate for the want OF an INDEX, anu IL
9, time both authors and publishers understood this
fact
No little Industry was expended by Thomas de 81
Bos upon tho researches which have enabled him
10 claim with multitude OF historical authorities
supporting him here and there throughout his argu
ment that the name of the Western Continent was
not derived from the Christian name OF Amerleo
vespucci, but from sources entirely native In MS
little book "Ihe Discovery of the Origin OF the
Name of America he has elaborated an address
RECENTLY delivered before the American Geographical
Society which excited considerable comment at the
time He presents a powerful case in support OF
his conclusions that the South American country IN
which the spaniards first made settlements was
known as Amaraca- Hama, or Amaraca land, ana
that this native title gave TO the continent its name
He insists that this fact was well understood by the
spansh explorers and that until the appearance Of
Iudd,s pampblet in 1907 no other notion prevailed
There has never been a more striking contribution
10 the literature of this interesting question, and 1t
can but have the good effect of lettering the writers
Of school histories from perpetuating story which
has long been doubted, frequently denied and never
established by proof