New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-21
SOME NEW BOOKS.

hs.utiful little edition Of Romances, Lyrics anu
,nn.ts from the works Of Mrs. Browning, mas JUST
hcen published by Houghton, Mlmn Co. 1. "'
form with volume Of Robert Brownings Nrcs ""'
!, m tie prctincss fit for the handling OF fairy
Walter savage Lander sleeps
"a long, dreamlcss. unawakening Sleep
an, his works will speak for him While h'ors'"o
80 MS nrose so rich and sunshiny, his poetry, so
ao,,c.,e en- graceful can never lose their charn i'
,t ,rue lover of beautiful English, OF schoiar' anu
.ar.s thought A we'll printed volume OF ms prosc
has inst come for a welcome from the press vi No."
Hrothers. 1t includes the Pentaueron' inc siwasS
h.cu,,,,y Citation and Examination OF "iniam
~es.e and number of minor essays and criti-
esms This volume, with the hve OF imas'hAis
conversationss and tho Pcriclcs and Aspasia COM
prisc the Roberts edition Of Landor'
,,ss fou,s. Imogcn Quincy has used her poetic
fancy 10 good account in Brownies ana boeies'
ID Lothrops Company little DOCK ABOUT 'Lo iar'
myths OF many lands. 1t Is all the moro auracuNo
that II docs not too abruptly shatter childish fah IN
the little workers OF wonders.
The immortal poem through which burbles the
Jabberwock IS sometimes cited as containing the ocs
collection exant Of expressive nonscnse-words PER
hans Il does include In its few new words
than the late Edward Lear accustomed to employ
within the same space, but 1t can never take pfcoe
dence of Lear's whirling whimscaltes, his JUICY
ahsu,djties Lear's inventions had each a spirit ana
a humor OF its own: IT wasn't merely a new "oiu' IL
was a new idea, ingcnlously expressive OF something
that analogous words hadn't quite expressed before
lie made fine art of nonsense and gave 1t perms
ncnt place in literature. Il really don't know any
author, says Ruskin. to whom am hat so eraeiu
for nv idle self as Edward Lear" and many man
and woman will echo the critics words something Oh
this gratitude We herewith offer TO Mcssrs ROBERTS
Brothers for the handsome edition OF the Nonsense
Books which they have just brought out. III mas
all the original Illustrations, and includes all OF MI
Icar's writings in this vein. 1t is bookfu OF inno-
cent fun which will be delight to both odser anu
youncstcr while there Is sense of humor ana sweet
simple hcarfcdncss left in the world.
The Putnams have lately published in their pretty
series of "Knickerbocker Nuggets Thackerays Rose
and the Ring. with the original illustrations We
wonder how many readers of this inimitable story
have realized that here is the undoubted germ OF Mt.
W S Gubcr;'s comic opera librcttos The Putnams
have also brought out Katrina Edition. of Irving
Sketch. Book in a small volume. oinamented by a
portrait of the fursurtout and RULED shirt kind
From the same firm comes holiday edition. ent-
lied The Silver Treasury" Of the excellent COLLECTION
of poetry for home and school arranged and hrst pub
ished some years ago by Anna c. Bracket ana loa NJ
Eliot The book Is illustrated.
The Longfellow Collectors Hand Book (W. E.
BENJAMIN, is a lltio volume which the collectors Of
first editions will find very useful 1t includes forty
four titles