New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-23

a predatory note. Mr.. Lowell saws that the clever
| rhyme was cXtemporzcd. may fIrIS say $"
! rapidly was it written. purely for my own amnsc.
mcnt and with no thought Of publication sent daily
instruments Of II TO friend in New" IoFR' the Iaic
Charlie, +. Briggs He urged ne to let II be printed
and at lat consented to it, anonymous publication
The secret was kept TIL after several persons had laid
, claim t. its authorship
The American Tract Society has recently issued
| The Life OF Christ in Picture and story, by Mrs
Louise seymour lloughtOn. II is a companion Noiu'e
10 The Bible in Picture and story" published at the
| midday season last year Besides beng 'drciuiN
written history of the life of the saviour. 1t contains
more than 300 cuts illustrating the principal scenes III
His life with many views Of Palestine, both ancient
| and modern.
An edition in comfortable type Of the "Though's' OF
Marcus Aurclius has been brought from the 'hlSwick
Press. and issued here by scrbner q NeIio'u INC
volume is plain handsome and Just VIVA" ONO
wants In book which TO be picked mp III many STRAY
| moments.
A new edition Of Miss Edna Dean Proctors " Rus
| sian Journey" has been brought ont by Hohs"'"h'
| Mrin & GO. The work has been revised. anu ''e
author introduces it by prelude" in when shc
exprosses hopes for the future Of Russia when arc
quite a, rosy those she felt twenty years ago al"
which are perhaps quite as unlikely to be fulhiieo'
"The Vision Of Sir Launfal," published this sea
| son by IIoughton, Mifn d Co.. is a verabe Nl'Ic
| gem Of book. II has series OF charming Hl"Su"
lions in photogravurc and for frontispecc repro
duction OF a crayon by William Page of the you'nui
Lowell.
II there is ANYTHING calculated to initiate with pi"e
the reading American, il i glance at the l"Fucti
h,r,d volnrc Of d" The Century" How high must be
the average of American brains and taste wien a
macazipc so good As this in text and lllu>ua'o"
counts il, subscribers by many thousands lh'''
r,.ral education in these volumes. The poetry doeN
| not take rank with the prose: bat this pcr" II Has
| been said 5 the twilight of the poets
The eighth volume Of the Writings Of GEORGE WASH
inrton. collected and edited by Washington chaun'ry
Ford g. p Putnams sons covers the years Il - i'O
The corresp ondcnce of Washington for these years j.
| LARGELY occuped with complaints and remonstIdhccN
| because Of the distress and dcStrntlon oil ''c %"
tnental army and the apathy and insenshl'N oi u'
nsoplo al large The Commandcrn-tmel h"s ~ '''''"
often 10 write bitterly concerning the popH" IraoNN
~ s. standinc army: a sentiment than WMch h"'hlnE
could be more unreasonable IN ihe circnm>''"'o>
p,smuch as without such army independence mus
l,xe been an IDLE dream. Argument, however "'u u"
eject upon the prevailing opinion, WHEN Wa NANNY
grounded i'm an Unpatroiic Discrimination l" "''N nv
sacrifice, which indispensable to success J" ''r
field Al the close OF this volume are found ''e ""'
and Andre letters Nothing III the latter SHOWS ''l"'
Washington at any time after the capture oi AhHre
contemplated any other result than the ucl'h OF
tho prisoner At first he not believe that Benedict
Arnold had any design upon his person Ihe uelc''''n
in fact dared him for moment bit he rc'"'eI'"
quickly and took such measures as were N''" P'''0
+, Inherent tie fugitive traitor. After tie execution
I of Andre washington wrote TO Rochambeau pnt'lnI
the act on the basis Of policy principally, bun lament
ing though rather codly, the supposed Necessity
For a time Aruod's aides de camp were under snN
n,coD Washington himself, however, steadily INSISTED
that they innocent a. the subsequent hNoS"e"
ton proved them 10 be-
The eleventh volume Of the BanEsde shaNeSpe"le'
rrbe Shakes peare Society Of Newpork contains ''e
nlay OF Hamlet tho Players text OF 1908 coi"tea WI"
I m. renlInces and Condcll text Of 1923 with an
J introduction touching questions as 70 the orisN' %
! the nIay and tho time covered By It's action D.
Edward T. Vinng There is added translation 81 ''o
! Saca OF Amleth. from q manuscript 10" III 'nc ma
| Nnseunl al Copenhagen and the Hystoric OF hsIho
let published in London during the year loo7
Richard Grant Whites essay "The Two Hamlet'' has
also been incorporated in the volume, tosehcr WI"
Tho te,t Of the judicial decision in lalc against fcu'-
| a., Fli1abethan case in which the then provaHmS
| doc,riuc o, felo dc Sc is laid down and winch
shakespeare may be supposed 10 isvo suoieu' although
a. pointed out here by the editor the fifs' "IaFe
digger revcrses the judgment Of the court on at least
! one point
A new volume Of the Leisure Hour Library Clhc
| Religions Tract society Londonj Is entitled " no"
! London Lives and contains careful and detailed
account Of the feeding cleansing, lighting and police
Of the metropolis with chapter, on the postofcc the
mint and other Institutions, including the ho'pi'al'
No, the least interesting chapter in this eln!neLtN
prac,icsI volume Is that which describes the devices
rcsorted to by modern smurgers 10 evade tie revenue
T. has sometimes been thought that the ingenuity Of
John Chnanlan in smuggling opium conld not be
.,r,s .ed but the lodges resortcd 70 for the con
ceanert e tobacco and other tahOocd goods b. M"
Channel smugclers certainly run John hard II tey q"
not beat hin out and out. The matter Of the entire
..l
| an index
We have from the publisher, Mr.. Bernard Quar"h,
the first volume Of the Library scrie, of trans
latIons from the Iceandic, by william Morris ana
Elrkr Marrusson 1t the object Of the new eeFi",
o put In Eng sh the best and most spirited OF the "l
sasts Of the North; those tales partly historical q
rsrtly nv heal which are till Of information upon
The age Of heroes and the vikings and which b"t
| before the reader vvidly age and a p''pl"
characl e1ztd by singular vgor and adventurous hp
and pos .e,sing moreover genuine literary N"'H'
distinguishing them from the baIbansm 10 which, w'i"
/ their warlike deeds alone REGARDED they might he
! Thought 10 belong This dr-t volume contains thro'
/ sacas VIZ "The Story of Ilo"ald the Halt NE
story Of u. Banded Men, and The story % Herr
! THORN An interesting preface at once explains u"
,urposc and scope Of the undertaking. and summarizes
the stories which translated. These are rcd"l'1
Of the old Morse times, filed with adventure and
fighting and are believed represent historic facts
for the most part. The Library put forth IN
particularly neat and attractive form. Is printed IN com
fortaby bold type, and promise, 10 be highly inter
eeting and Instructive IN the hands Of It's ta9a"!e
| editors.
A second edition Of J. 6. Roeengaren's " The Ger
man Soldier IN the War Of the United states has been
! published by the Lippncots. with some addi1ois.
Tho success this little book shows that IT. appear
ancc was timely and that there exists steady demand
49, . e tart
deeds Of the gallant American Germans.
A ponderou5 volume entitled "An Encyclopedia 81
the Practice Of Medicine Ea-ed Bictcriology, by D.
buchanan NJ D. Or. X. RUSSELL. reminds II, OF me
rapid perhaps too rapd-progrcs made In the blah'h
| Of research which give, If, name TO the W"fi.
before us Conservative phy cians Will PROB
| nLIr slole lLcr Lclh, .rcniLclllN "a DC no