New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-09
SOME NEW BOOKS.

q. p. Putnam's Sons have issued the first volume
o their new edition of The spondencc and Public
PAPERS Of John JAW, uniform with the same firms
handsome editions OF Franklin, Hamilton and Wash
tngton. 1t is edited by Professor Henry p Johnston
The present instalment contains the correspondence OF
jays early manhood his political addresses. including
that to the people of England and his letters while
engaged in the Spanish miSsOn-as thankless DUTY
and as humiating. as cOnld we'll be conceived W''c
he dancing attendance i'll the anteroom OF inc
Spanish Court and trying to overcome the deepseaeu
Spanish antpathy to that new Nation when was 10
give SpanaIds 30 much good caiisc for dislike. Con-
gress. with the rsoklessness which characterized
1t during this period. making heavy drans upon
JAY and Franklin-on the strength Of foreign loans
which had not vet granted and In some instances
had hardly been solicited. They expected, ana drew
upOn Jay for $500 900 which he never obtainQd rom
spain and this extraordinary method OF anticipating
funds the securing of which was more than doubtful
naturally weakened still further the American creo1
in spain. Jay accepted all the rebufs and north
cation Of his position philosophcally, however, ana
mapfuy stuck to his special function About half the
letters In this volume from other people TO JAY ana
Is most OF the correspondents men OF distinction
in one way or another this admixturc adds to The
general interest
The same firm publish the seventh volume OF the
aWritirg, Of George Washington collected and edited
by Washington Chauncey Ford 1t covers the Years
177sI119. The volume is particularly interesting
one including does the correspondence about the
spurious letters the Conway cabal, Lees Monmouth
fasco the failure of the Rhode Island expedition and
the success of Anthony Wayne's stony Point expedi-
ton. 1t is curious TO note how often Washington
seems the point Of despair and how frequent are MS
complaints of the want Of virtue and patriotism IN hc
people lie seems to have thought that all OF good
remaining to the American character was at this
time concentrated in the army, while even
the army was abused and neglected by the Congress
that the hardest matter to keep it to its duty.
The Open Court Chicaco) Publishing Company pub
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Its Place in General EducatOn.' by Professor Max
Muller. whose views the subject are now so tocr;|
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the very much veycd question OF the cradle Oh TIC
Aryans and attacks Latham's and the European origin
theory generally and with characteristic ingenuity
and vcncss His particular object is TO demonstrate
Fnat sweden not the cradle OF the Ar!ais. lie
sdheres to his familiar position OF an Asauc
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locality he no longer occupies dangerous position
but confines himself to arguing for Asia gcnciaiN VIII"
tentative but not In any way positive ucho 'o"""
the Panlr. This region he suggests, would ai"Fo INC
cold demanded by pathological considerations Tor the
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discussion but last lectures Of his seem I" ma
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lie has defended pcrssently aud in the advocacy Oh
which no has for several years been left almost alone
among the Continental scholars
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The geographical knowledge OF the COLONIAL N1"' eA
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nv the chroncles OF the time. such WORK is not in
any exact sense history can it be well ra'eo
narrative. but il combines several 1ea'dr> Vi "se"
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The J. r. Lippincott Company philadelphia issue
life Of ;.,c,;c. by Professor Alexander 'a'IP
bell Fraser. Of the University OF Edin1uFth' WI"
.hiuas that p':napS no philosopher since AM
to,lc h,> represented the spirit and OPINIONS OIL an
40. 80 cc,rn.c;clv a, Locke represents philosophy
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in the eighteenth century-c~pccialiy III bi'a'i "''
r,r.. r,,, n centenary of his famous book ha'
lcru chosen a, a sitting time Tor the preparation Va
nndeu,cd study Of Locke. biographical cArosl'ory.
PASSIONATE exposition Of Locke's philosophy. though II
i quite n,>,bl. tia, OF Professor Frazcrs inter
pr.;a':cns WI he disputed Yet, taking IL as "'"'
II * Ne most compact and complete brci siudF YET
published. ard pending the appearance Oh ci'u'"
edition Of Locke, Works, II should be Welcomes as
con> enicnt help and succnct sketch VI the phios-
tI,!cr. his place and his time
Mrs Edna d. Cheney has written. and Lee Shcp-
herd publish "NoIa's Return; A Sequel to Tie
Dolls House." by Henry Ibscn As the profits OF this
booklet are to be given the book table OF the New
England Hospital FAIR. TO be held In Boston next
December 1t is hardly fair subject for criticism
seQucls written in this are seldom successes. but
Mrs. Cheney has at least produced cheerful conciu-
zion to Ibsen's drama.
"Short Studies Of Shakespeare's PlOts.7 by Cyril
Ransome, NJ. A. (Macmillan g. Coz. is intended for
schools and colleges. The method pursued is moro
ldapted a general apprehension OF Shakespeare's
meaning than are the elaborate verbal criticisms from
which Mr.. Ransome's book Is departure. His ex-
position direct and generally judcIous and the tone
d II we'll calculated to stimulate interest In the
plays and promote understanding in their drift and
meaning.
The J. b. Lippincott Company (phadelphia) pub,
ssh Sewage Disposal Works: A Guide to the Con-
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Mr. Conway's "Lifs Of. Hawthorne" appears as a
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In respects this kind Of arbitrary limitation is
INSTANTANEOUS. II writer has a full magazine OF
acts and thoughts upon which to draw. the arrange
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