New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-25
SOME NEW BOOKS.

Dr Hill has made under the title OF Inc WV
w. - Samuel Johnson" Clarendon
bress,. an excellent selection from ohe '"S
writings OF johnson, arranging inc" 80.
sa,,v under their respective SUBJECTS "a
AZ ,onics covered is wide, and the no'ie WV" -,
p-or, tho Clarendon Press is oil d KIM w Wv
..rvice IN speakers, teachers ana WHITES =.
shosa vbo read simply for amusement VIII nv
&c ,aces a vast quantity OF lhterese"e '"N
~eStive matter Selections cohiheo W "" =.
...onId have been rather too formal not 10
COZ stilted. for the average moderh ,aS''
s':u los drawn freely from Boswell, and John-
son's conversation is always so mucn IVY sa
.,s ara 50 70 saw human, than his written ~oroS'
ou' .,,racts TIGHTEN and enliven the COM
.anS,nm refreshinsly. There is capital INTRO
- ossav nv the compiler. In which the
,amiI;aritv with his author acquired through
.ai,orial labor Is turned to good account Inc
.orraness OF Johnson's common sense ana the IN
sonondence Of his intellectual habits are brought
into strong relief by these methodized excerpts
aNo,es for Bows and Their Fathers) on Morals
MA cd Manners. "A. c. McClurg x Co.. is an
ENGLISH book reprinted without alteration IL pre-,
sents the wholesome old fashioned morai'S anu
,ano =, conduct entertained it is to be feared, ao
rresent by a rapidly dwindlinc minority
that reason it is Of course all the more hi>otS "
nrove useful if only the present gehera'ion' GU"
AND Growing can be induced TO read IT, io 10 NO.
douh,ful that any boy OF average caP''c''''' o.
,rod;srositions would, by following tne wv
rbicb this old boy offers, become O".'''
,roptlcmon in the best sense OF pom ,hose 'oi"'
once or twice as for instance when ne Ven'ui.9 "
Low ont course Of reading for his son, ohe "u'noi
exhibits literary preferences OF K'nu u poipl
-
,s well as astonish. Some OF his S'''' =,
.orrirg tho tendencies of the age too must De
i,h on allowance as where he says that
,borcas fifty years ago Sham was trlumphanc
nou, ,bouoh Sham is not dead yet, he IS 'he
49,. host or worst thing-he Is unfashlonapie.
r,ar tor tho latitude of England, where THIS niue
oooN wac r.ir,isao These however, are
,,,o,, hlomisbes The tone Of the notes is pracihs
norallv healthy. and thoroughly manly ana pure
nd nothing but good can come of putting such
I,oroturo into the hands Of the young
r,o author Of the Handbook OF Republican
tns,itntions in the United States OF hmerio"
'cou;hnor G. Welford) Is a Scotch lawyer VINO
,h;rls his countrymcn and Britons generany n'eu
some such help to the understanding VI WIZ
sdonted country and its INSTITUTIONS h
,omnilcd a useful digest with THIS opJecV IA Wv.
g;vinp the Federal Constitution, the Deo"'''4oA
60 Irdanendence. Washington's farewell ADDRESS
the Constitution Of the State of New.fork sum,
GENTLY full accounts of the various branches o,
.hn %ationo, and State governments, together with
.,,u,morios Of the most important laws statisncS
At monv kinds tables from the last census reports
and generally speaking, a great deal OF useiu.
matter It is rather odd, however, seeing vn"U
Mr. Bannatyne wrote for the benefit OF alle s
principally, that he has omitted all information a
concerning the naturalization laws. lie eNe'
indeed a table showing the basis OF sunrase IL
the several States but those OF his BRUSH ,."u.-
who desire to become American cluzehs wiz Ia
70 seek elsewhere for the manner VI .he
49, al,ogiance. With this exception and the
,.iioohIe lack Of a general index mot compen-
.a.@5 hr q ful, list Of contents) Mr. Bannatynes
Ian1nool, anpears to fulfil its purpose very we'll