New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-22
SOME NEW BOOKS.

The Bancroft Company, San Francisco, issue a Ne
vised edition of Lucia Normsns Short History of
California; which first appeared some six years ago.
IL was received as fairly good condensed narrative
at the time and the publishers have brought the In
formation down to date BY the way Up. 145l. we
road The frontspcce TO this volume Is an engrav-
ing of the Of the discovery OF gold at suffers
Mlls-but when turn TO look at the fontispiece 1t
IA not there emitting illustrations the references
10 them in the should have been withdrawn ALSO
"a Robemian Days. by Clara Moyoe Tadlock John
n Ahen, is record of European travel under rather
free andeasy conditions. The voyageJs husband and
wife perambulate Europe to the accompaniment OF
that peculiarly depressing kind Of conversation which
Is convcntonally assumed to be lively 1t Is pos
sibe that pair really enjoyed themselves. but the
reader who can participate in the amusement furnished
by such a medley of guide-book and tweddle must Do
very easily diverted.
DR. Maurice Francis Egan's Lectures on English
literature william II. sader decidedly clever
and marked by good taste and vigorous sense. The
,ecturr has a habit OF downright criticism
which is refreshing, and his observations on the
aesthetic craze the more amusing because OF inc
sincere disgust and scarcely restrained Indignation
wh,ch characterize them. His lecture on Tennyson Is
one of the most acute and flluninating-out every
me of his eight papers is well worth reading.
Mr. T. J. Wheeler has written book on Pro
hibtiOn, tho Pfinclple, tne fOhcys anu uO
The inevitable conclusion must be that this Volune
.nnears unseaspnably, the of popular disap
proval which is rolling steadily over the prhciPio
policy and party of the Prohbitionsts having reeie"
IL neither necessary nor profitable 10 feope" 'no
discussion with which these pages are cohoerhoa
In view OF recent elections. moreover Mr. Wheeler
potical statistics stand seriously in need OF revision
@Times and Days" QLongmans). is volume ,oi
alleged ESSAYS in romance and history but the
mi
so-called essays are for the most part mere rag
,pents and they are didactic In an oldlash'oho"
way which no longer greatly attracts the a'eras0
reader.
TRANSLATION by r. f. Rafael, NJ D.. from the
..cona Frencb edition of Immunity through
1eucomainess by Z. G. Bacigalup, Is puonSheu ~
a. H. Vail a. Co. IL is discussion Oh 'ho '0N.~
question of incubation and vaccination by an auVoo
Of the principle of immunity Inc theory pio
bounded is plausible. Ingenious and SO Simple "S "
arrest attention when stated. Whether IL DC inc
true explanation of the facts is question 10 DC o"s
out by the contending schools OF science
aIbe A b of Electricity" by W. H. Meado"-
rraft Prank f. Lowell 81 Col, is an elementary WORN
.n,ended for the use of the young. Evident pains
have been taken to make the instruction as cohPio
hensible as possible and the explanations arc s'"p-0
and clear. Mr.. Thomas C. Edison IN a lorono'e'
tesaes to the accuracy of the statements HUH
scientific point of view
Funk g. wagnalls publish the first volume Vi a
very good translation, by the Rev. Johh Mdci ho %
nj Professor Kurtzs Church History NV
value of this work mas e t,m.
r.cocnzcd in Germany, and for some ',',o
On crea, britain and this American edition VIII douoV
less do mucn 10 pOpularize ii In this country "4i
showing a great deal Of learning ana lescarV"'
:, especially adapted for the average student OF
history who will find in 1t much Valuable iiii'
compactly stated. The typographical arraneehlen'
one that will especially commend itself to eoiosodi
students large type being used for the most po ehV
matter and smaller type for minor details Inc
volume before us has index but this Is pfooaoN
because general index is to appear IN the iaS' Vou0
Tho second volume Of the Rev. DR.. Marvin X. VIM
cents WORD studies in the New Testament VCharics
scrbner's sons) includes tho "rHiuss VI
John namely the Gospel, the hPis"oS
and the Apocalypse and 1t fully sus'alns 'no
naomise of the first volume. DR.. Vincent orhss u
bear on his studies of the New Testament ripe
scbolarsbip judicial mind, and the ability to take
wide and comprehensive outlook over the whole heu
of Biblical criticism. He does not make the mls'ahe
of entirely ignoring the latest results OF BIBLICAL
,,cism while on the other hand he does not assume
that every now theory must necessarily be acceped
because It is new-a vicious practice of which many
modern scholars are guilty. DR.. Vincent's work VIII
take its place among the most useful OF the more
recent popular commentaries on the Bible
Funk a. wagnalls have just issued the second ana
last volume of the Manual of Introduction to the New
Testament by DR.. Bernhard Weiss, professor OF
Theology in Berlin. The work forms a part OF the
Foreign Biblical Library" edited by the Rev. W.
Robertson Nicof and Is translated from the German py
l. X Davidson II was written especially for clergy
men, theological students. teachers and Biblical In
yesgaors who willing to do some critical reading
In order tUgain better knowledge of the New Tesla
ment The second volume opens with an analysis OF
the Epistle to the Hebrews, which DR.. WEISS thinks
was not written by Paul, but by Barnabas Generally
speaking the most approved results OF modern biblical
criticism are recognized and adopted unless they are
evidently out of harmony with the fundamental prn-
cjpes of Chris tan revelation. The work will be found
helpful and useful to all Bible students