New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-07
SOME NEW BOOKS.


& Ionsmsns, Green 90. publish volume OF selected
sspers BIZ the late T. Barwiok Lloyd Baker. edited py
Esrbsrt Ph;iips and Edmund vorney. under the u'io
ysr with Crfnss Mr.. Baker devoted tne sreaAer
mart Of long life 30 tbs study OF penoogy' anu h'
practical experience in all that related 10 the
don snd punishment of crime, reformatonos' Pnsons'
e,c. constituted him an authority upon those SUBJECTS
q. WAS An advocate Of tho cumulative principle IN SEN
s,pees and held strong views the treatment OF va
rranoy proposing system OF way-token Tor uanips,
by which the industrious poor In search OF Work oou
IA readily distinguished nom the chronic Tramp anu
s1oafer On the imprisonment OF children Mr.. BAKER
differed from many OF his friends He held that snort
sentences bread and water were ofen aaVsnaSoous
vhis Iopegr sentences ordinary prison diet Were
r,,eshievous His leading tenet was that crme is
S,x...s and should be treated. and all his enors
wore directed TO the eradication OF the criminal virus
The papors In this volume are for the greaser part
href but fun Of sterling and represent long ana
wide experience IN the treatment Of crimo. Mr. BAKER
was an approver OF the Crofton or Irish prison system
adaptations Of which he believed to afford me most
ELECTIVE means Of permanent reform.
Charles scrbner's Sons issue Tho Progress OF Rei-
nous Freedom as shown in the History OF Toierauon
Acts by Dr. Philip schaf, reprinted from the papers
Of The American Society of Church History Inc
demonstration mado here OF the substantial benefits
following each successive step in the enfranchisement
OF religious thought and worship Is full OF suggesuon
Wills the steady progress made among the Enshsn
speaking people toward complete religious freedom Is
not less encouraging. At the same time such survey
presents vividy the extent Of the resistance oneeo
liberation and the Iaborous and uphill nature OF the
persstent struggle for 1t In Europe. America pronou
most BY this long struggle, and for THIS s"o"s
othsr reasons rs Dr. Schaf observes, ms important
chapter of Church history can best be written io
the American standpoint" number OF hA"II'a1
documents including "The federation Edict OF con
q rrbo L. icf0 NJ
of Revocation by Louis XIV, etc. are gwen III ."
appendix.
Under the title The Riverside library for young
,p.or,a uoupbton. Mialin Co. have begun the Issue
AZ series of books designed especially Tor poSs N
r,yis who are laying the foundation OF Pri'
libraries' The subjects TO be treateo arc
biography; mechanics, travel, natura his'
venture and kindred themes F1cnon VIII hoS "
excluded, "but 1t win not form the main feature u
a., ,nr - and I, vIlI not be perverted to didacuo
purposes which Is q sensible resolution oh 1no POI
=, the publishers Two volumes arc now OUT anu w.
illustrating the principles DO followed they arc very
encouraging John Fiske has written co'npa,' ~
clear narrative OF the "War OF Indepenuehoe' anu
Horace scudder has prepared an equally succh'. on"
y ,.,,sf.rtorv Life ef Hashingto Both these
roInmsa may be read with pleasure by grown-up
n,onla There is no attempt to write down 10 An
IMAGINED childish level and this Is another prom VI
the publishers sagacity, since II Is certain 'pS'
few children arc attracted, or indeed other tnah re-
voIted by the attempt TO make q special language
for them. AS a rule they can understand anu aP
ur,e,sts good English n we'll their elders, ana the
49, sv 10 ,ead them to do so IS to cultivate their
taste upon sterling writers. II we may Judge from
the two initial volumes of the new SERIES the young
peopie will welcome the enterprise heartily
p putnam's Sons publish "The Crusade Of
RicAnrd L. selected and arranged by T. a. Archer
B. A. This belongs to the series OF English History
BY Contemporary Writer'S" based upon the Fteneh
series undertaken by the Messrs Hschette
planned not only for educational use but for the
GENERAL reader The plan is to give small volume
made ND of extracts from the chronicles, state papers
memoirs and letters of the time. to each wedennea
historical period the whole being arranged chrome
ogically so as to produce vivid picture At present
he medieval and renaissance period Is being dealt win
and In manner interest the student In the details
and 10 send him the original authorities sor fuuer
knowledge The present volume gives strikngy
near and Hfeike view OF Richard the Ffrss crusade
nls9Je2) and contains an abundance Of information.
mostly contemporary upon the social and military
manners and customs Of the period The accounts OF
saIsdin show that his renown was fully earned, and
that he was a redoubtable soldier and captain inc
haressm Of the Crusaders is brought out incidentally
n many ways though description OF their behavior
at banquet appears to indicate that In some respects
the nineteenth century is not very far In advance OF
che twelfth The volume Is well furnished with maps,
plans and illustrations
Tho Banquet III Convito' Of Dante Alghien'
translated by Katharine Hillard IS published by Kegan
Paul, Trench q Co.. London The translator takes
he most mystical view Of this philosophical aegory'
witch indeed abounds with the peculiar symooisms
IA which the poet delighted that It affords ground for
several interpretations 1t is written In the vein OF
eosophica philosophy to be apprehended only through
patient study Of Dante's other works and especially
tho "vita Nuovaa II the Beatr.cs OF the "ConVito'
Is indeed the Beatrice Of the "Commeda." the ale
gorscal and non-hStorcal character OF the person
incation would appear to be strongly indicated, not
established.