New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-11
SOME NEW BOOKS.

.x-,u . ~ ,vrna Clearings Ia Science" oy
the Rev Gerald Motley, Rector OF inc Ss , :,
versity of Ireland. Tho volume cons~iu' - a.
popuIar lectures on scientific suolec's 'u 49,
modern theory of heat, lightning thunder s"u Isl
ZINC oonI,,crors the storing Of electncai enc -
49, 80 - stornbouse of energy, the electric hsn',
a. .,..ars of the Alps ETC. The lectures represons
~. -, r.oent advances Of science, arc ilustrateo
h.e.,,, With sketches OF apparatus, views OF e1-
a~.s,,s aso and are written with tommenaapie
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np putnam,s Sons publish a Pocket oaSeteoef
., ths worlds edited by J. g. Bartholomew ~ -
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ttles. ana series Of maps, nine In NUMBER, no' :.
.ovntr4es but giving height Of land and depth oi
80. zones Of temperature mean annual rainfall ocean
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SPACE OF course, Authorizations are useS 'S ,'4,.
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Under the titIa Footprints Of Travel, or Journey
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M Ballou has compiled from his own books OF uaVei
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introduce the young idea to foreign mon anc cues
The extent of the field necessitaes skechness In the
several views but they interesting and may serve
a purpose In stimulating more serious research Inc
volume is quite fully and very fairly illustrated
nav edition Cscrbner d welford) of the History
of Jerusalem, by Walter Besant and f. H. Palmer, Is
issued The untimely death OF Professor Palmer ei'
the whole work Of revision the shoulders OF MI
Bssant who states In his prefce that he has merely
brought the book up the level Of the most recent
exploraton II is q capital work Of its kind, wrttsn
IN an entertaining manner full of curious information
and thoroughly Trustworthy regards its conclusions
Nineteen years have brought many discoveries, though
perbaps few OF considerable Importance and most Oh
the new finds support the views put forward py tho
authors In the first edition.
asfray Leaves of Literature BY Frederick Saunders
Thomas whittaker) is q volume Of those graceful
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es specially as Illustrated in his Salad FOR the soary
ana the sociaLs Most of the papers IN the present
volume are on general and abstract topics Among
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EThe Survival of Books" and The Mystery OF Music
Che style is thoughtful but not heavy scarcely so much
brilliant as suggestive, and breathing pleasant air
of culture and leisure which produces tanqullzing
and refreshing effect upon tho reader.