New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-16
SOME NEW BOOKS.

An alleged Historical sketch' Of Cardinal to'0
BY Frederick George Lee (G. p Pu'ns" guns. ,.,v
curious boob. The author appears 10 % s 49,.
man Of the Church of England and al the sanio INN.
. Jealous Ultramontane. He has vas'o"~ly ~ w.
Of bringing about what is called inc SoiP -.
union--tbat IS the merging OF the AnsnoS" ~
nth that Of Rome He is moro Catholic tnan IN"
y,one and his book is singular trs'es's "a ".''',
A., ,,.ct ~ II bcius the rehabilitation OF Poe anu
O.. Saarv and all the Catholic hereto hunters ana
,er~ecptors and the concdent disparagcmeh' Vi
fatimer Ridley Cranmer and all VINO s'oou ior ''o
Reformed faith As guide to the past .hc "oin
e much worse than worthless for It Is literally stunea
nth the most audacious msrepresentauohs' iho
H. % in fact an example of the excessive zeal
,h,ch appears inseparable from rencgadism bH
such a book at the latter end OF the nne'eeh'n oor
tury has its interest an anachronism ana ono WI"
ders whore It is to find audience Dr. Lee secnis
IN be a member of a band OF English clergy en VINO
are solacing themselves with hopes OF tho SorPor
.,a peunion and who do not leave the church IN
which they hold cures only because they think IL pos
sible TO take the church with them to Rome 10
an odd movement desperate essenuany rs 'no
last spasmodlc agitations Of the Engsh 'acoD''cS
Int II is often that In proportion as success.
becomes hopeless, tho enthusiasm OF such Vic'"s Vi
strong delusion rises. Cardinal Pole In this oook
psrcIv a stalking horse for the Corporate Reunion,
and tho whole subject inelicitously hanoeo That
II must repc far than IT attracts OF the IL" VIM
are likely to read it, Such Incorporate and oso'ou
Advocacy indeed, be fatal to the estaoiIsh'cns
of any influence and DIR. Lees book VIII owe wha'
brief vitality It may possess to tho general preposo1
ouspess of his positions and the pcrvcrsty OF MS
,,sInformatlon and not the least to his argumeh'a
five movers or inherent strength OF ais cause hhoo
IS however, good feature In his queer iuo WI
ure and that IS an excellent etched portrait Of Car
dlnal Pole II represents him as man "ho may
well be believed to have cgged Bloody Mary on u LILO
,e,secutons which dlsgraced her reign and memory
What purports to be q translation of zola's last
and worst book La Terro,' is published a. b. TO
terson & Brothers. Philadelphia. 1t is' however
an abbreviated ana very thoroughly expurgated YER
sion with which such liberties have been taken as
would make the author open his eyes I'D ana]ci"on'
Whole chapters have been expunged bodily tho sig
ni6cance of the original has repeatedly Deen chaueou
characters have been rechristened and. In SNORT 50
MANY and radical alterations have been enecteo
that nobody reading this American perversion can have
tho faintcst idea of what Zolas book really 49, VI
course II s clear that Zoa's La Terre' could not
have been literally translated The publisher VINO
should attempt that enterprise would assureoy oo-
serve the indictment certain to follow the experiment
But II IS mere nonsense to pretend that the socaed
translation published by the Petersons represents
the real work at all, and there Is an ethical question
involved in the substitution which ought not to DO
lost sight OF.
aDsImatia the Ouarncro and Istrla7 C1acmillan
Col nv T. O. Jackson In three volumes, IS an elab-
crate and almost exhaustive description OF tho ar'
remains In the region indicated The author mas
endcavorod TO give tocrably complete description
of all the architectural monuments OF Importance Oh
the mainland of Damatia, the Islands, the Croatian
shore of the QuarDcro, and the Iorale OF lstia from
Pola to Aquileia" The work is fully illustrated
with mates and cuts, and the illustrations Include
examples of church plato and siiveIsmths WORN
besides the architectural subjects together WIN pans
of buildings and general views Of various towns
Sketches of the history of DalmatIa and Istria, based
largely upon authorities only to be consulted on inc
spot add considerably to the value OF the WORK.
The author an enthusiastic archseologst, and pains
taking almost fault His descriptions are care
full and minute, and his equipment for the oxpiora-
ton Of a region little known snguarly thorough
While these volumes commend themselves to com
ra~atlvelv small audience because Of the TECHNICAL
Ties which overload their subject, they will doubtless
be welcomed In art circles and take their place as
acknowledged authorities upon the antiquities ana
architecture of countries whose art treasures have
never before been thoroughly explored by PROBES
sional student Of architecture
aTbe Story OF Jcrvad, wv. s. Gottsberger Is
Translation from the Turkish Of Ali Azz Efend, the
Crctan by r J. W. Gibbs, NJ r. A. S. 1t Is romance
after the manner OF the Arabian tales Of the Thou
sand and One Nights" and two Of the secondary
stories are almost identical with some OF the latter
The basis Of the tale is magic, and Mr. Gibbs was led
20 translate il chiefly by Its value In Illustrating orl-
entail ideas of the occult sciences. Tho hero Jervad
is protested magician, corresponding closely to the
modern notion Of tho Eastern adept He lives person
ally an austere and ascctc life, but by his magic art
he IS able 10 surround himself and his friends with
avery magnincence and luxury, and to practise the
most elaborate and complicated Illusions of the senses
for their amusement or benefit. 1t is thoroughly
Oriental romance. full of imagination and brimming
over with evidences of the Eastern beliefs, which in
the West have generally been accounted for as super
sttions Mr. Gibbs thinks some of the phenomena
point 10 the employment of such narcotics as bhsne
and haschich but il Is probable that the effects
referred TO were produced by skllfu application OF
that mcsmeric hypnotic power which has for ages
been a familiar agent I'm the Orient