New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-16
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

On, sincerely rcueat at g., end Of th, enterprise all
tina, we said Of it in the beginning The final volume
contains Iiamlct." Henry the E!,hth" ANA lcrce'
with the Poems and sonucts The Hamlet ha ''c"
edited with gitat-i' may aim st be SAID 100 s'c''
care: for the prpfu>ion Of the notes includes ho e"
points which to require no int 'rrrc'a'!oh "h',
ever Mr.. Irving fUrn>hcr a PREDATORY l't' III "''"
he DAYS deserved tribute TO the memory Of the Lac
Frank Marshall. whose untimcly tahln" OH u'"N''
the publication Of thi. volume. The general i''.o
ducton life of snake p"arr is 10y the veteran ~
Dowden whose erldition and sound critical JudIc"'
command respect and invite confidence lhc o
raphy, while compact is full of essential mater ''
embrace, a critical sketch "a we'll as chi"""'r' VI
the plays. 1t deals only with a>cctaheo i"''>' ""'
1t shows that much NOR. known of Shakespeare 'l;h
stccvc,. and Malone believed. MIR. Marshall Wa an"
% write the introduction to Hamlet ana some Oh
the notes. Tho greater part of the latter however,
we're supplied 10y Mr. Arthur >ym"ls WE" hiN ">'
written the Introduction to King Henry the Fich''''
together with the notes. The notes ana m'i"'"'''h
to Pcricc,' are by Mr. p. Z. Round. and those I"
the Poems are BY Mr. a. Wilson Verify The ilin>'I't
tons of the last volume less numerous than i'll the
earlier one, but Of the same type ana stlda'u. Inc
Henry Irving edition will now take It's pace rs one
OF the most thorough and careful, ana 1t cannot lail
TO win popularity
The tenth volume Of the Iank>de Shakespeare frhc
Shakespeare society OF New York; c"aan> king
Lear. the PlNers' Text of lG"9. with the NeMlgcS
"touching the Priority Of the Pidc Iull OLarto. tie
Dependence Of the Folio Test upon the original sketch
OF the Pay and sund,v points Of tcNtual crti'~
by Alvey Augustus Adcc. ~ NJ Mr.. Adrc has given
close to the questions which he discusses. and
those who NAV find H. difficult to follow HIM in the
controversy of the Ouartos will probably hc Interested
In his treatment Of various other points. a. fo" IN
stance, the acting difference between the sham IN
sanity of Edcir and the real madness Of Lear. II
+ true. Mr. Adcc that most actors Of Ed-ar
to think il their bushes to set up rvaF' win
Lear whereas the whole play show, that The mock
madnc,, Of Etcar >houh he made nIani:c~t a>
tave>ty. and should be distinctly c'nta>tI with tn
gel nine alienation Of the old kin.. There is much
acu;cness this and other criticism.
The twenty fourth volume Of the Dictionary o:
National Biography tMicmiilan Il CO includes III"
names Halle Iiarriot,. hctwr witch app a bog
raphics Of the variouS lialu">. Hanc>. likcwi!l>.
Hale liahuyt is here tr" the Hal tons. ii ik'ti>.
Halls "a numerous racer. IalldIv>. ilalfa\" Han
wells. llamon> 100 pages Of item. liam'n"'!.
IIanpdcnS dut not the Ni>,purt-'. IN" il nlu"y>.
Hanccks. Ha'nav>. Ian>vnS IIarcoUrt~. Had n:>.
Ilardwck>. HirdyS, Hac>. Harley, IInirr> and
liarrington. MANY Of the political SActclc, l;.
and the LIST 81 Contributors i usual >nNi, lent
guarantee for the quality and tru>two;thinc>> of TIE
work.
The NJ volume 81 Henry Mor!cy'S "Fnil I'll Wr tcr'
Ci>s II Il CO... which contains the second part If the
hLitcritUIe of the Fourteenth Century" i for the
most part occupied with all elaborate cXlmiuat ~ o:
.'haucer The first five chapters treat OF C'4urch Re
FORM and Welt. All the rest DIAL with Chin,c:.
historically and critically In the twelfth cap"r.
the minO: works a>cIilcd L. thr poet. Pr"f
Motley takes Issue with ca"lr: Crit!c holding that the
authorship Of Tile Flower ard the Leaf" must hc
rig ,r!ed unsettled. there hcn: po-;ivc evidence
sithcr way His 'ninOn 10 the Other minor poems
Is much the same
The tenth volimc Of the "Car.>broole Library"
George R"utl'd-" Il sons contains lrrland rAG,r
Elizabeth and James The First" ban. rp?1du ton, If
the accounts ID descriptions Of Elmucd >p ,.cr the
poet; sir John DAVIS. LAM, the Ft> Attorney Gen
eral, and Fync> Nor secretary t. Lore. Nolu"y.
the Lord Dc,ntv. TIA" ool"cti j. cIiIr.. hy Henry
Morley. These old lnpr> present utcrr~t.:- aii
curious views Of tie ireland Of their period and f.lH-!
appalling evidence of thc >Ifcrrc> inflicted upon
Irish people by tie crlIn>t and the Elyll-h troop.
The examples Of oannbtl-,n 10 which of the
famine stricken wr";clc> were driven ar" described
with an old fashioned dccnc>> and realism. and the
three observers. taking. they d.. entirely distinct
points Of view. present together >n-larly complete
and wcllHllcd picture Of the stat" Of The unapp,
Island. Had the papers been arranged in the ORDER
recommended br Prof >-or :l"rl'y the lc' viii
t. take them. tho ch"c,iXnc>> Of the volume would
have been yet greater thai II !.
acknowledged Oatline>of Enclh Literature IL
Frederick Rylani. NJ. A. Macmillan ~ co.,. j. a book
which promises I" lie useful a. ilHcilca! help To
teachers and writers especially. l. DIVIDED into two
part. & "hch tie tr>t. called "t",cr. OutlIir." =
intended brin t." aial> of Erc,i lijrratuN. iprn
connection with general EUROPEAN literature A,.d ~,
tory. 50 that the position ""up!~! hy 2,"n work III
The line OF general dew! pn"l b. a'"rlan'd al a
glance. F:on The is :in::. o. ttc sixteenth century
each opening contains oou'ni>. The G:.t yio"-
III" latc> The SECOND contains H." ia'" g; The pm
cpal En@.i>h w"iA> pu!l.>,d in each wear. tn" third
column cyc Biographical dat" "i the chief Ent.-h
author. IT," fourjh j. devoted fo:ci-n Literature"
The hfth cont .ir> mp rtant hto al dat and events
not hrlonaiuc 10 English history Iiui'd m hanc,.
Tie >.Nth 'pluu contains anuOiaIi"I~ The SO piId
part Of IL. WORK coaii, Alphabetical -t Of authors
With their p"in'ptl works. 1t l. no; 10 b" -uppp-cd
That tlI> H., exhaustive. OF TIA; it j. other Aiu
sclc;:rc. lud If coar' objections can arl VII BE- taken
10 the corpicr'- chp". in many cl~.,. iu AZ nl.t
b. been made To- -rrc something Ike cAaCt'".> In
TIE chronology. though VI Eylani Ia, found ,hi e.
ccediu.ly difficult accom-; the iiaooui7y Of AL
the hh!i".raph'al mammals and the frequent unccr-
tainty A. true dat"> q publication. Ia the Fl t
part the editor CONF" down to tn" present M. hi,
selections apt 10 app ar too restricted and arhriY
Nothing L., than ~,rc, If vO!U:c-, t,roVc.. would
have enabled him work on more cAirndri scale.
4, far a GOT a." book we'll adapted t" II,
pulpo" and for tho-c Who huriIc! IT, convenience
Is obvious.
From the penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia. VI
have The story of the HAD for boy and G'ri~ lN
Dr. Edward Hr0JHS, a. NJ, with ILLUSTRATORS, rom
Ilaxman'S designs. Dr. Brooks has told the >t"i'
OF the of Try in such >mp,c mamie" tla the
boy rirl who cannot gasp hi, meaning and the
interest # tie narrative NUT b. Usually al H.
tell, IT. however, in an abridged fGnl. aud tuc'f Hc
the Young people who get their first glimpse Il
AclnllcS's wrath from these pages Will hav' - beam
the story over again wien III! older. r at ;h' Y
NAV lie stimulated 10 >tudy the Had" III re org hal
,reek s doubt the hope and purpose Of Dr. Ero9h'
The PutnamS have Issued second edition Of NJ.
Arthur Collins Maclay's Japanc-c novel, Mt" ln>
kih,- which is among the lr'-t of the rom'ncce
written by Western authors up japanese history.
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