New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-23
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

The scrbners have issued an edition of BUuricnnes
~Memolrs Of Napoleon" taken from the London
edition of 1855. This edition, It will be remembered
contains various additions and improvements upon
tha: Of 1886, Names. dates ard figures lave been
corrected, and many notes add 10 the value OF the
work for students OF history. The four volumes haVo
numerous portraits OF Napoleon, his family and his
most distinguished satellites.
Thomas Y. Cr0wcll & Co. also issue handsome
edition OF these Memoirs taken from the same
edition of Colonel Ph!pps.
A trinity beautiful little edition Of Nontdgnes
Essays in two volumes, has been added 10 inc STATE
Library Mr. Justin Huntly Mccarthy being inc eoi'oE
They are charming pocket-volumes: IN type small
yet not too small fer comfortable reading nounu WIN
neatness: and introduced" by Mr.. McCa rhy with
short sketch for which the sweet and simple gentle
mani he celebrates would not disdan TO thank him.
Tho edition Of 1899 Of L. c. Loomlss " Index Guido
10 Travel and Art Study in Europe has just been IS
sued by Charles scribners Sons. Tie usefulness OF
This book to the travelling student is already well
known.
The exquisite story Of Undine7 surely never ap-
peared In more attractive than in that bestowed
by the Putnsms in including in their knickcrbocker
Nuggets "Sntram" of accompanies fits com
panion story In the pretty volume
OF an the verso written by Dora Grenwol the
RosaliDd poem, Bring Nc Word How Tall She Is,
stands out the perfect and beautiful strain OF
music. There IS much that is sympathetic and WIN
ming, however about her other poems and 1t is
pleasant to note that volume containing various at
zrsctve selections from among them has been added
go the series Of The Canterbury Poets" Mr. Whitta-
ker issues these in New-York
Tho series Of sketches Of a. Bible Characters" to
which Charles Reade, the novelist gave much tmc
during his later years have been brought out In BOOK
form by the Ha<pers. Tho npvelists imagination has
touched these sketches to lie and yigor.
useful volume for everybody, and for military
men and travellers specially. is Dr. M7ah H. Doys
Manual Of Instructions in the Principles OF prompt
Md TO the Injured" 1t Is published by ID. Apple
ton g. Co.
Dr.. ". J. Role has added TO tho series Of " Eng
fish Classics for School Reading volume of fafY
Tales in Prose and Verse; GIarrer & Brothers.
Herein appear a number Of the stories beloved ny
al imaginative Youngsters; and series Of noes by
she editor provides muoh valuable iniormaNon ana
explanation The preface points ont that niue
pamphlet suggesting to teachers how this series or
"Classics, should be used be procured from the
publishers
Captan Marryat's novels have been made part
of the Bohn Library (Scribncr & Welforh. They are
well Illustrated. In Gohn's "Select Library now
appears volume containing TRANSACTIONS OF '" Hauh s
Caravan and Tho sheiI of Alexandra"
Leigh HINT as Poet ard Essaylst.' the excellent
collec fon Of the best passages from Hunts prose and
verse, made by Charles Rent. has been issued by
iWarne as a volume OF Tho Csvcndsh Library Mr..
Fents admirable biographical Introduction and a fnc
portrait of Hunt the interest OF the volume
A new edition of Bayard Tsylor's "vicws A-Foot'
has been published by John b. Alden.
"The PIsytime Naturalist ID. Appleton Coz,
by Dr. J. E. Taylor Editor of "scienceGossp" ought
80 be capital book for boys of inQprlng minds who
live In the country and cultivate outdoor habits II
contains much information about all manner Of birds,
butterflies insects and reptiles together with instTc
tion in taking preserving and dissecNg them and also
as TO the Us Of the microscope Perhaps It not the
better for being thrown into seni-narratve fom for
n is doubtful whether many boys approve the method
ot sugar-coang knowledge by giving 1t an air as ~
fiction The hundreds Of excellent inu'tr' tons, how
ever should be Of themselves sufficient 10 stir The
curiosity and the ambition Of young students Of
nature.
Mr. Henry W Nevcrison undertakes the Life Of
Schiller in the Great Writer'S series Thomas Whitaker
or course it IS impossible to avoid comparison with
CARLYLE on this subject. but think II may be said
that II the biography is less picturesque than the
former II least clearly brings ont the character ana
influence Of scher's work. and the extent OF ho 3D.
Ncation he imposed upon German llteratlIe. lo may
almost be said 10 have found It jelly and left firm
nesh for # was apparently dissolvng into mnsh Of
sentmentlls when his example and stimulus arrested
tho decline and restored its vertebrate condition
Goethe owed much TO Schillers friendship and was
frank in acfnowled gncnt Mr. Ncve'ison illustrates
Scllers writings by translated eArSc's-at the best
an unsatisfactory recourse-but his selections are gen.
erny iudicicrs and bis conclusions and criticisms are
marked by clear and discriminating judgment