New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-27
SOME NEW BOOKS.

Part w. Of Murray's great English Dictionary
Macmillan & Col. comprising sections ono and two
has been issued. The superiority OF this WORK TO all
fits predecessors becomes apparent as its plan is
developed So far It may be said TO deal cxhaustNeV
with all the words listed and to have listed great
many words which arc not to DO found In other dic
tionarics. Many words which hardly expects 10
hnd, save IN slang dialect dictionary, are mere
carefully traced. Amercansms are VOL rpresch'eu'
and corruptons Take for example. the verb BURST
and its coruptons bustn and busted They arc
here fully recorded with sppostc illustrations ron
many authors To give an idea Of the mliness OF inc
research may instance the fact that the proposition
"by- occupies nearly thirteen auarto columns. Not
only the oldest but the newest meanings are given and
by the admirable arrangement OF types ana nEurcs an
extraordinary quantity OF matter IS psched ih'o inc
smallest possible space. without producing any cohiu-
sion, entaillng strain upon the eyes far' w. IN,
cudes Section l. from Bra Bvz and Section -
CCass. The first section OF this part cohcluoes inc
first volume OF the work.
In aRoman Literature in Relation to Roman Art
Macmillan 4 Coz. the Rev. Robert Burn undertakes
an examination Of e literary and glyptic art OF the
Augustan age with view TO exhibiting its faults ana
tracing their origin Ho holds that the tendencies OF
the period were toward coarscness and uginess, bar
baric ostentation. rude liking for the colossal and
general sense OF confusion due largely to the rapid
changes wrought throughout the world by Roman con-
quest and the reaction of the new cosmopolitanism
upon that severity of character which was na'iohaI
with the Romans. These contentious are supporter
with considerable learning and ingenuity put the
demonstration as regards Roman literature is neon
elusive and at best the theory is shown to possess
some pausibilty The author does not sufficiently
keep before him the fact that Roman art was at no
period the highest plane and that IN the aecadeht
time Of the Empire II possessed crudues which were
clearly the effect of retrogression but maniiesta
tons of an imperfect DEVELOPMENT Mr. Burns book
Cd hv
lithographc process
A collection OF encouraging and suggestive sermons
by Wayand Hoyt has been published by Randolph,
under the title Of The Brook in the Way"
The D. Lothpp Company publish American
Authors by Amanda B. Harris, series of pleasant
Sketches of some OF the most distinguished of American
writer's.
There are more atroclous puns in Chips Unnatural
history IT, A. Stokes Brother than were ever col
iectcd In ono volume before. Many of Mr. Bellows
sketches, however, shown therein, are full OF funny
points.
The "Orbis Pictuso Of Comenius, pedagogical
classic and the first childrens picture book has been
published In excellent scholarly style by c. w Bardecn
The editor reminds us, through quotation from
Mather's "Magnala,s that Comenlus came very near
being president of Harvard College in 1854.
Appleton & Co. ISSUE in the International Scientific
Series, an important little book by Professor Leone
Levi on international Law The main purpose OF
the writer is to supply materials for the codfcaon OF
International law, and he has sought to supplement-
and round out the iabors of Bluntsch and others In
this direction. The rise Of belief in the rpeness OF
the time for such undertaking may be regarded as
sign Of progress, though 1t must be confessed that as
regards many OF the subjects which here proposed
for codfcation the advance toward international un
Outstanding has not thus far been so marked as tt
Justify vivid expectations for the immediate future
Professor Lewis wellarranged citations from treaties
and conventions TO indicate the extent Of the
progrcss toward general agreement, and his treatment
of private international law together with the list
treaties in the appendix, gives his book special value
for reference purposes