New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-24
SOME NEW BOOKS.


Tho nppincotts publish " Inebriety Its causes
IT'S results, Its remedy by Dr. Franklin d. Cium'
The book Is peculiar in ono respect "nho "r'''ch
BY firm believer in the advantages OF temperance "
Is entirely free from the extreme views "hch "ar
the expressions of so-called Prohibition ao'ooa'eS
generally. Indeed, Dr. Clum runs the nsh Vi oe-
nuncfaton from that GLASS, tnasmuch as ne goes 80
far as TO prescribe for habtual drunkafus ADVISING
them how and what drink, and giving them irahhi!
such information, physiological and pracucai' as may
best help them to avoid or to postpone the worst
consequences of their bad habit Evidently the doc
tor holds with the old saying that what can't be
cured must be endured; for, while carefully pointing
mt TIA dxastrous effects Of drinking, he takes CON-
nass,on upon the ncorrigiblc drinkers by showing
them how TO sober up in the quickest and least
disagrccable manner In addition 10 ocihg teih-
perance teacher and drinkers manual In one, this
UNIQUE volume also deals with the perils to which
drunkards are exposed In the shape OF Matchmaking
consp,rscies and other nefarous proceedings His
visws on the reformation of inebriates are charac-
tertzed by shrewd n-sense and his suggestions
as to method appear practical. The whole BOOK Is
written in broad and liberal spirit, and 1t contains
ideas which may of both to theoretical friends
of temperance and practical slaves of strong drink
The sixth volume Of the Macmillan edition OF
Brownipg's postical works contains Dramatic
Iyrdcss and Luna In the former some short
pieces have apparently been added to the original
edition: in the latter we note change. There Is
IN Brownings dramatic lyrics a swing dash, vigor
and IRE alone sufficient to have made the reputation
Of lesser genius, and In their KIND they nave no'
been surpassed, by their author Here, too' Is
nothing or next 10 nothing OF that nvointion "ncn
has had the effect Of obscurty upon myopc inteih-
rence as encountered IN his later longer poems
Mr. Charles C. Jones, tr., has collected number
of negro myths Houghton, MiffD g. Col from the
swamp region Of Georgia and the Carolnas. They
are In dialect and while differing in many particulars
from the Uncle Remus' stories, even when OBVIOUSLY
nom the same root they are much more d'fhcuit 70
oomprehend because of their peculiarly outiandish
1asgon.
The fourth volume Of the Henry Irving Shake
speare (scribner q welford contains the plays OF
aKine Henry tho Fifth" The Merry Wives Of Wind
sor.s Much Ado About Nothing "As You Like IT.
and twelfth Night Mr.. Marshall announces the
aocession Of Mr. A. Verify Wilson and Mr. Arthur
seymour to the staff OF the Shakespearean scholars
engaged In preparing the Irving Shakespeare Mr.
p A. Daniel writes the literary Introduction 10 inc
Merry Wives Of Windsor" He Is cautious ana con-
sentative in his conclusions and differs in several
respects from those reached by Mr. Appleton Morgan
in his discussion of the same play In the BsnRside'
Shakespeare Regarding the date Of the play, after
marshang the evidence, he says all the known iacts
"lead almost inevitably to the conclusion that there
was but ono onginal for both Quarto and Folio. and
that We may with something like certainty fix the
1899 and 1900" The notes to the fourth volume
are generally careful and fit We observe one error
IN the date of the abolition of the penalty OF pressing
10 death in England. The note says that II was In
ficted as hate 1892 and not abolished by statute
until 1927. In fact the statute doing away with the
barbarous punishment enacted in 1875, and 1t Is
certain that subsequent to that date no executions
were inflicted by II. The illustrations OF Gordon
Broune continue to be characterized by spirit and
careful attention TO the details of costume but occa-
s,onalry there is a want Of mechanical finish about
them which should not be tolerated In work Of so
much Importance and designed high standard
generally.
The seventeenth volume Of the Dictionary Of
National Biography" Macmillan CO.. carries the
work from Drant Edridge" The concluding names
be ginning with d show still excess of Scotch over
English origins, and the Duncans, might be ex-
pected make OF themselves quite imposing array of
notabilitics Among the interesting and i'm
portant biographies In this volume be noted those
Of Draper, the general Of the same name Michael
Drayton 10y A. II. Ballen) the long line of Drum
monds winning honor in every field and raging
every caon from poet archbishop, from soldier
to man of science; another long line OF Drurys John
Dryden by the editor: the great House Of the Dudleys
Dukes Of Northumberland. Earl OF Leicester etc No
new light is thrown the mystery of Amy Robsart's
death by the present bographer does he express
a decided opinion the question of Leicesters
completely In the crime; the Dufs assert themselves
numerously, also the Dunbars and Duncans, Dun
dams, Dundonalds, Dunops, etc Dyce tRev. Allen
and Dyer have full biographies In the early Els, the
name Of Edgeworth will awaken memories hardly to
be satisfied by the EDITORS somewhat meacre sketch.
Tho Edmunds bring UP early English history and
much medieval also.