New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-30
SOME NEW BOOKS.

,,,,vorsa, Adventure tHarper q
sd,ted and compiled by W. u. ho"en' 80. 49,,
= E parry. would perhaps have been mum IA .han IN
.,.nt,v arranged in two moderate .o, :. -, hut
an. rrsent huge unwieldy, singie-Voa''o -, a
az, e. the only adverse criticism 10 pe 'o., we'll
A. collection Of adventures IL Is e'"e 30, s,orcs
,ec,cd and apparently embraces inc '.i' s,ans and
o~, and castaways and captures by iho'""' -,
% t,x,u, prison and adventures In oa'ue " =,
ma heasts and pirates. IL Is, IN sho,'' ~ -. and
- ,,ost healthy boys Will DO cEraP' .ora,
-. ,s nothing I'm Il which adults cah"o' arc
,n,srest In 1t is well and fully usrs,u ,nr,,,,ns
'N s,.r,ors OF the globe covered py 'no '' .a
four auai' IT.. Inject ~ the editors has BEEN they
:. r.sr. the hook entertaining, and I'D '",s nv
cog, -, h.vo succeedcd They have conierreo a ~"
go, mon hook lovers generally by thus prine'e
. the covers of a single volume SO Ii'h y.
,oet,on Of tales which hitherto have nao " "
-hen wanted, through whole libraries
xo.h Brooks has written &C. p Putnam So
s,or,snbv Of Abraham lincoln for young peop -
A. only IN title what is called " Iu'enH0 a..,no,
aver Mr. Brooks had the ADVANTAGE VI - ,oe,v
o>'i' $3.50 NTH lincoln and while drawing hooi'
- Tho more detailed lives has oech aoio ~ ~
.-shr,e q good deal of fresh mauer i''" NJ -
.o.o,,cctions The picture OF Lincoln "noh ~ -. -
.. svmnatbetic. natural and hfelikc. Inc i'n.o
she volume compel brevity, put ths uoe' ".auua h,s
49,, Tho interest and Mr.. Brooks has poruonou ms
'ron, .na.s with skin and judgment The illc
.Y,..o,n Is one of those which can hardy oc ue
s.-hes too often and this modest little posiapns !"
rtanlv not among the least mcritorious oi i'S Ai''
u,,u,,,,,or Hall or the Cockney SQUIRE is the
.,., 90 ono NJ Surtee's sporting novels, which mas
Ran resurrected and published by scrpher q "onO'
NTH twelve coorcd illustrations by Wlldrahe' n0@u
and Jellicoe scoth to say the funny wii,"s " =,
.,thor of Handley Cross is not sttmuiauis'
suu OF that coarse. gross horse-play anu
animalism which British cousins at INC op0e
A.. century still took for bonhomie ahu VII anu
,or The tome Is often as earthly as the lo"es'
- ra,dinr, descents into matter. and the at'empe"
,eux a, esprits remind one of the gamoos Oh Hishs
cow The colOred plates are the mos' i",o's
feature of the book-which really can NC 10
stra,chtforwardy. after the ordinary manner Vi io
ing noyels-but even they are much more o"l'ouS
rs relics than attractive as works Oh art - ~,
arc n,cnty of people now living who can recall 'n'
80 ,r,or such stories as "Hillingdon Hall" were
,.s,,ed In monthly parts with brilliant Tor eauu!
covers and when the slang with when theS dio '0'
,ras Thought an inevitable concom!tant OF eVcI! "s
,rr. t.s, life or dashing behavior This was bcior'
the time of Pckwick," which formed the conheo'ns
link between the old and the new hcuoh.
TIL. erst series Of "The Dickens Aquarelles" TO- "
routon,. being "twelve original character nlus'ra
flons, by stylus" not of merit 10 lus'iS Op
that the experiment will be continued. !" i'0
these are among the very worst Dickens ILLUSTRATIONS
that have been attempted They are hopeiessi'
coarse and vulgar and those Of Mr. Plck"ch Nun
self and Sam Weller are the most extraVagan'S oau
though the rest are all t.avcsties.
Richard Dowlings ignorant Essays ID hPPo
ton a. Coz are pleasant reading and possess us
tfnct literary quality which is by no means 50 ap
narent I'm the authors fiction He discusses many QUO
subjects quantity and his views are often as ingenious
and peculiar as they amusngly expressed al
hour in hammock may be spent very agreeabiy VIII
this little volume.
The Story OF New-York. by Elbridge s. BrooKs
opens series entitled the Story Of the states tBos
ton. d. Lothrop Coz Mr.. Brooks has written ai
easy outline narrative, the interest OF whlch Is
sought to be enhanced by casting It In the fofi
Of annals of Dutch family. The reader follows 'h'
fortunes OF Tennis Jansen and his descendants ana II
the company Of the Knickerbocker family traces th'
development and shares the vlcisstudcs Of the com
monweah. Such chronicle is necessarily nut
temporary substitute for more serious and exact MS
tory, and its avowed purpose is to convey Information
in an unfatguing way such as have neither the Tim
nor the inclination acquire fuller and more definite