New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-10

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Caatsl the French edition Of which was tNy Oyiewea
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tuston Co, Of London TIC trwnslator has eaisea
the vorR Suthe hes sft unsaehcd what WIN Do OF meet
interest 70 the student Of political and socfsi hhsosy
Who desc net read Fvncb The volumes are printer III
IN attractive sty,s.
A beautiful new edition Of Julia Pardoc's Court anu
Reisn OF Francis the first" has been brought oas IN
three volumes bearing the imprint OF scnoher we'
ford Miss fardoe's lively and always interesting
ehronic,e IA here set forth with the most delightful
sccomnan,men,s of paper type. binding and iilustra
ZION The many admirable portraits on steel, Including
a charming ono Of :he author. add much - the beauty
and interest OF the volumes
Mr.. william lhayers "Marvels Of the New west"
Henry Bill Publishing Company Is In soue sehso
handbook but It IL much more. lie an inteLigenuy
and well written account Of all the wonders OF
he new wes, fully artsticailv illustrated with sew
erai hundred eigravinxs ana maps. MI Thayer SHOWS
IN his introduction mneh need there sfil Ia f0r In
formation about the region described and also how con
fused the general conception OF West ana East ~
becoming or has become. Thus the Kansas man. wheh
he gets beyond Rocky Nounsins. apt to describe
himself ss ccmiug from East and the Far west
has recened until will have to be looked Tor In the
Pacific Ocean Mr. Thayer has hero given lively and
sufficiently full descriptions OF the western u
nature Of race enterprise, OF mining or STOCK raising
and Of agriculture. His scheme includes orcf Dog
raphies of the who In the various hnes OF activity
have acquired prominence, and these sketches ap
peor 10 be careful and Trustworthy The author has
drawn largely npon standard books of travel and coec
tons OF statistics and gives his authorities Ia All csee
The work cacuiatcd to no very useful bringing To-
gether in q handy and convenient form Information
which previously scattered through scores "t vof
rendered inaccessible to the general reader
II IL excellenty printed good paper ana white IL
ought to have an this defect partly supplied oy
O full table OF contents.
anew edition of Adam Smiths Wealth Of Nations
has been added to Bohl's Library" IL has snort
introductory sketch by f. b. Bax OF the history or p"
zeal economy which is OF real value to the STUDENT
Other new Bohn volumes reprint OF Mary "ort'ey
Montagues Letters" containing a little additional
matter and an excellent edition Of Professor Eberss
novel, An Egyptian Princess"
Mr. C. NJ Barrows's Acts ana Anecdotes OF Authors
tNcw- England Publishing Coz has somewhat mislead-
ing title IL is really dictionary or authors ana pun
fishers compiled peculiar plan Not only authors
and publishers but OF novels and histories ana
even characters III fiction admitted Thus at the
opening Of the book find: Abbott, The. One OF
SCOTS fWayerlcy) novels" And following this:
Abbott Ezra" with biographical notice OF that
writer Special attention Is given to American authors
but the compiler to have used little discrlmn
ton In spporuonng space. for whereas many notable
not few of little Importance ale honored win
loug notices longer articles there is good deal
of gossip and aneciote and some OF the comments are
neither as careful kindly they might BE- Long
lists OF histories o: various kinds are gwen ana ese
may be o. use TO suca beyond the reach OF stand
ard authorities. We have noticed several printers
errors especially in the spelling of Thus In an
anccdote OF Agassiz the late medium Home appears srv
eral times as Howe II is difficult 10 what useful end
Is served by printing fu lists OF the characters IN sew
ea Diokenss novels without any Information ~ TO
the plots. Reference the lately publisher french
.Rercrtoirc of tho Coincide Humane might have
shown Mr. Barrows n better method Much rather out
Of thcway information scattered through the volume
which is neatly printed.
The oxford University Press has just Issued eonven
lent 6no edition the Revised Bible in ruby type ana
grain linn binding While the print is perhaps too nc
for the general reader 1t is reasonably clear ana the
small compass the volume will commend II to clergy
men and Sunday teachers who desire TO consult
the Revised in their studies of the Bible The
prefered adngs OF American revsers given IN
an appendix, and there are also number OK excellent
maps of the ancen. world and the Holy Land
The fourth volume OF Mr.. Bigelow's new edition OF
Franklns Works C. p. Putnams Sons) Is occupied with
the correspondence covering the years l167lTIZ Inc
anysidedness of Franklins characters well illustrated
in these letters which by turns treat OF home and
foreign politics. finance, trade soience, lnorais nnu
amusement The philosopher STATESMAN was at nome III
all subjects aud whether nditnc grave essay vi
the provincial currency schemes narrating his electrical
experiments, discussing French OF English pohucs au
yisnr young woman how to secure pleasant dreams,
or gratifying a child by composing a magnioqnent
eptarh her dead squirrel the clearness oil his IDEAS
the uency and OF their expression and the vitality
and plthiaess style alike apparent 10 reading
over some his lighter epises, such as the craven
Street Gazette, and TO Deborah Franklin aId 10
Miss Stevenson. is reminded OF the letters OF IhacR
cray recently published There is the same playuinsss
of fancy tue gentle satire. the same pervadhy
wholcsomeness Of tone and gcniaity OF temperament
good OF this likeness Is the letter from fafis
to in winch Franklin gives his theory
as to the method employed By the French ladies' in roug
ing their cheeks and tells the tailor and pelruquer
have transformed him into Frenchman Only
think" lie says what figure make III little Dg-wig
md with naked ears y; and he goes on This letter
shall coss you shilling and may consider 1t cheap
when you reflect that 1t has cost me at least fifty neas
10 get that coacles me to write it. Be
sides might, IL had stayed al home, have won per-
haps shillings of at cribbage There Is de-
cidcd favor Of Thackeray about this
Thomas Y Crowen & Co. publish a version Of
Victor Hugos Les Miserabes by Isabel F. Hapgood.
with the illustrations of OF the earlier French
editions, mostly woodcuts and OF unequal merit The
majority OF them. however, marked by an ease ana
yivaciy which atone many shortcomings, and gen.
orally speaking they interpret the text with sufficient
fidelity. The edition II in five Volumes printed upon
good thick paper aud substantially bound in green
CLOTH The translation is careful and close 1t is per
haps not distinctly better than wranas but II appears
TO be fuller rendering respects. though he fol-
lowed the peculiar practice observed III the ola school
editions Of ovid's Mctanorphoses and satitnsca by
Byron; that namely, OF clappng into appendix and
so bringing all toget whatever passages in the body
OF the work might be considered eqvoca The present
edition chargeabie with that illustration Of the
saying that nice people have nasty ideaa
The Rev. william Burnet Wright has prepared
volume preached by him. which IL published
nv Froughfop Mtfstn a CO. These prove
what every one In Boston knows already, that Mr..
Wright ia mau Of thought and spiritual intaitions'
who possesses the of putting things foicihly Eat
all snc mon take il iuto their heads to publish them