New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-31
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.
Thu Travellers Insurance Company OF har"o'"'
Conn. is IN the publishing field having un'ersaA
eomplete edition OF the works OF "ai'o' ,r,
under the editorship Of Mr.. Forrest MORSE, 1Ns
pecularitcs Of this enterprise are manlioiu ,
works Of Bagchot are printed IN hVe :" .u,, ga
with new type thick white paper ana suoneS -
neatly hound The set is sold at price 'Sol WIN"
precludes the possibility of profit TO inc p"ohsnos
In fact the issue Is IN the nature OF an
Int IL IS none the less meritorous as Puio's h0'
xcp,rre and as such It deserves high comnouu''o''
In the first place il is the only comPic'o eu'"on Va
Rasebot,s works extant In the second place IL Is
- r.,sons the best edition. Mr.. Forrest
uorra, has edited Il as a labor of love- and In his
interesting preface he tells how many and various
d,oIcultes were encountered in the work. Inc text
~ Rarehot as heretofore printed has been incredibly
corrupt his literary habits were phenomenally loose
and careless. He corrected proofs or veri-
fed quotations. He appears TO haze quoted usually
rom memory and very bad memory at that and
sometimes he even seems 10 have actually invented
quotations. Tho printers have wreaked their VIII
upon him with results that may be imagined, ana
altogether Mr.. Morgan has had his hands ful I'D
purifying and restoring his authors mangled and
warped text He has performed the work with
scrupu,ous and minute fidelity. He has, with the
help of Mr.. Walter Learned supplied tranSlatons
Of all Bagehots quotations in foreign languages lana
among them Mr.. Learned has contributed some
spirited and really fine renderngs OF Beranger' lie
has greatly increased the value OF the worR py
making very full and excellent topcal lndeN 10
the whole He has prcfxed the clever memoir OF
Bagehot by Richard Holt Hutton. In fact II Is not
too much to say that these works have been edited
with ideal conscientiousness and thoroughness, and
that no conceivable helps to the student have been
omitted. To admirers of Walter Bageho this edition
is boom and the excellence of all the literary work
about Il is enhanced by the conditions which surround
the publication.
Tho fourth volume of Mr. worthington Chauncey
Fords edition Of the Writings of George Washington
&C. r. Putnams Sons) covers tho year 1776, period
during which the prospects Of the revolted colonies
looked very gloomy Want of men, arms, officers,
surgeons, munitions tcuts everything most needful,
in short continually harassed Washington, who was
wrestling with Congress and his own officers cease
lessly. This volume contains several of the forged
letters, which obviously fabricated for the pur-
pose OF producing the impression that the cause Of
the Americans was hopeless, and that Washington
himself so regarded it. His political enemies had
the bascness to reproduce these forged letters In
l79e, though their real character had long been
notorious. Washington believed them to have been
written by Randolph. who was the last Royal Al
torney General of Virginia and the ablest lawyer in
the colony. He went to England IN 1775 The let
they made little impression when circulated. Mr.
Ford SAYS that he was long In doubt as TO whether
he should print them, but surely they are necessary
10 a right and full understanding of the period and
of Washington.
Mr. George Ticlnor Curtis has continued and COM
peted his History of the Constitution" issued thirty
years ago. and IL is TO appear Constitutional
History OF the United States, from their Declaration
of Independence to the close of their Civil War;
I'll fhnp ~.
tended work will be IN large octave volumes, of
which the first. containing the original two volumes
of the history OF the Constitution, has been issued
DR. Z. b. Andrcwss " Institutes Of Economies
Boston; Silver, Burdett & COL may be a good text
book. but must protest against the manner In
which It is printed, which is really wrong 10 the
eyes Of students. There is scarcely sentence an
which words printed in upper case type are not so
mixed with those In lower case as 10 demand con-
slant adjustment Of the optical forceS-of all things
the most trying and wearing upon young eyes, or
for that matter. eyes Of any age. We doubt II any
one could study such a book for an hour without
feeling pain IN the eyes or having headache. Our
schoo and colleges may well turn out myopic
students so long as such reckless and unscentihc
disregard for their sight is shown in the printing OF
textbooks.
The protracted duel between the anonymous author
Of Supernatural Religion" and Dr. Lightfoot has
its latest episode In the Issue of "A Reply 10 DE-
Lightfoots Essays" QLongmans, Green d Coz by his
opponent The new volume opens with general
rejoinder, and proceeds with careful examination
Of the various disputed points N the patrstc WIFI
ings. The scholarship displayed is, as in all the
arguments OF this author, extensive, and the poemc
vigorous and acute The conclusions are such as
were to be expected from the writer OF the work
which was the cause of the conflict
The Church In Modern Society,"" by julius II.
Ward QIoughton, Mifin Co.. IS a thoughtful study
of the position the Church ought to occcpy and tbc
work it ought 10 do i'm society Mr.. Ward holds with
many earnest thinkers, that the function OF the
Church In sp!rltualzing the world and counteractmS
the Undertaking. influences of modern life cannot be
performed without far more intimate secular re
aton than at present exists. The book is one which
may be recommended 10 the consideration OF all
Christians without distinction Of sect
Essays on Government" by A. Lawrence Lowell
HIoughton Miffin q Coz, are marked By penetration,
high ideals sound constitutional views, and perhaps
a somewhat exaggerated estimate of the place OF
LAWYERS in the commonwealth. The chapters on " The
Theory OF the Social Compact" and on The L,u!tS
of Sovereignty" particularly well written and the
boo, as a whole is ingenious and indicates careful
study and fresh, IL not always profound, Judgment