New-York tribune., 1890-04-02
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

(the Shakespeare society Of NcwNorN contains r'
tragedy OF Titus Andronicus," with AN in''od"'u"
by Appleton Morgan, which the position is taken
that the play is Shakespeare's: that it is m' hrS'
dramatic work that the stage of the time wa iuif
competent to mount it, and that it wa0 pr"DaoN d
favoritc with with the playgocrs OF the peflDn' MI
these contentious 60 squarcy against the Nie"9 "'
nearly II not quite every other Sahe-pef'an ''l''
and for that reason alone demand especial nr0nnlN
and cOgent reasoning in the presentations VIZ N''r"
has We think. shown himself equal To thc "''d''"
In dscardng at the outset the senSibhN ""''' ~"
dcmrs Titns Andronicus" because of it, horrors a. to
modern "A feeling be safe guide, he j. 'eT''''N W"
firm ground. The question is nOl H'w the pay "l
nears f, rs but how il appeared t. the scNc'''"h
century audiences: and directly inquiry Is aoo'',S'"
10 the latter consideration it appears tha' III '""'o
davs the playgoers delighted in suppme fnli % ho'oi9
and literally conld not have too many murders III
their dramas. Another strong point maze 10y H''
Morgan is that suppo,ing this To be shake peaicS r''
play he would probably have followed ue p'V'"'''"7
faehion. or even sought 10 exceed IT. lie iu'7 ''''
Marlove wrote the play and then gave IL 10 Sh""o
spearc TO retouch not fecitous. NarloWe IL" very
much better work than the bulk Of Titus Nuro'"'
and If is unlikely that he. veteran playwreh'' Wo"
have invited a apprentice as Siahe-p'"e 'i'''.
was to revise his manuscript. No matter i"" "'"'
point we view IT, Nr. Morgans hypothesis apI'"'' 'o
soundc,t vet put forward and there is nothing III 'o
times or in the capacity for mounting pays Or ~
the contemporarv public dramatic preferences "h'u
goes counter to this theory. 1t Is argued very III
genously moreover. and with an abundance oi ]"
lustration which rcinorceS il powerfully We are Ni
to see an American ShaScspcrean scholar t'hhs s''"
rational ground upon question Which ma -" io''-
been treated with pervcrse and narrow convention
aism. Obviously. the scientific attitude must ~ "''
of expectation that evidence of Shakespeare i"'o'
lectual development may be found IN MS WORK. p.'
hitherto critics have proceeded upon the UNREASONABLE
basis that ANYTHING ascrihed to nm WHICH lHiN "
come mp TO the highest standard Of his mature a''vve
mcnts is to be rejected spurious. 1t Is 2''e "'o
that this falacy was exploded
"The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. 10y Jerome
K Jerome dIenry Holt q CO.. is. as the >nu 'i'ie s"s
cests. book for idle holiday. Inc p'Pc'N Il,
contains are characterized 10y a somewhat ii'>" az"
racv humor and also by considerable paihos. me
subject, treated by the author are hde'u "''- anu
il NAV be objected that the fun presents "'''
originality of conception arrangement Ihc manner
of Mr. Jerome is very different from thai oi thc Nh'l
can hnmorists upon whom the average aS'c "' '''
times NAV be said to have been formed WIN ''''n
an almost imperious necessity for rapid turns OF
.no,bt and nimble word Juggling seems always pre-
ent With him there is tendency to pr"lNUN' an
excess of that kind Of sentiment which Dl'h''7' anu
especially the imitators of Dickens made "a !,
q cbean All drawbacks rcckoncd. however, Mr.
Jcrome's papers will be found fully cqua 10 'i'' i'''
pretcnsOn advanced by the author
nInc Inside the Church of Rome by W. Frances
flare Cnsack perhaps better known as the "N'h oil
Kenmare~ C.. W. Dillingham;. is patchwork '"npH'-
on in which old and new charges against the 'hu'''
NJ Rome are mingled in somewhat di-"IueiN h'a'"''
The wrongs alleged by the author have been s'' l'"'
advertised 70 cxplan the bitterness OF her tone Though
Il 4 scarcely necessary to observe that tins all'o'
nj mind must operate against the general a'ccp'ah'
of her statements - far the work Is coniioN'i"i
if presents nothing new. and II may he thoA-"' N''
had the ncrsonal experiences of the wrti been entirety
separated from this practically irrelevant matter ''
impression produced would have been stronger.
Professor Bernard Moses of the University Of Cal-
fornia has written a compact and clear account " '
Federal Government Of switzerland pa' inc fr'>' i""
fishing Company. The scope of tins book is i"''
confined than that of f. O. Adams's recent 'A
ceent work on the swiss Confederation. ana il d'''
not appear rest much upon personal oo.'iN
II is i'm fact. merely essay on the H"l-- '"i-u'
tton carefully written apprciative and useful amt
well adapted 10 the Of the student. While inii ol
information and suggestion for the general reader
Irarner & Brothers issue new and enlarged edition
~ the illustrated History Of Ancient Literature
oriental and Classical" ly DR.. ouacfcnbo- OF COUNT
College The merits of this text book are TOO wei
known 70 need further explanation. II is -nenla9N
well arranged and propOrtOned. and so illN iiu'id
by criticism, and examples A. to constitute 'n in
valuable Introduction and guide to The -tDdy t
classical and oriental literature
The Contemporary Science series, I'd ted lv Have
lock Ellis issues Phy-iosnony and Expression by
p.olo yantecazza Much cannot be said for th'
readablcness Of this book. which has the serious de
feet Of an ancctation Of scientific tcrmlnoo-y ana al
extreme vaguencs, and confn,edness OF reasoning
something Of this no DOUBT inhcres in The subject
but comparison with Darwins lucid and lnier,''h-
rorss on the cN Npre,-ion Of the emotions in dn'
animals etc. shows that the writer is ID TINS cas-
not clear of responsibility. some almost aisi"n'
effects are moreover produccd-for uncultni'd iid'r
AT lcast-by the Circumstance that >i-nor Manic
cazza takes most Of hi; illustrations Of gesture am
the expression of emotions from southern subject,
whose free and large gesture movements and eAir'm
mobility and scnstvcness Of expression are A'I
understood BY the colder blooded races. The vonm
contains much careful observation, bat the writer
STYLE is attractive. and his CONCLUSIONS arc e'o
definite easy To get at.
Mr.. Curtiss c. Gardiner edit. with note an ac
,onut Of Lion Gardiner and his Descendants -
Louis: A W Whipplc. with several Illustration
The work is supplemental to the Life Of I@on "a"i
nor nv the same writer and is model oi Iiiien
and exhaustive research. historical ana gen''g3'a al
The fist part contains a reprint oi the F'Iei- am
biography" published by Mr. Curtis Gardner j
11-9 revised corrected and extended. The sec"n
pa,t consists Of family records. n which eIst genera
lions are traced, and account is gwen oi IL
ninth and tenth generation, from the old pioneer
An astonishing amount Of labor has been peii'i"e
bv the editor and it is unlikely that any further al
di.ions can De made to our knowledge Of TINS soh
and useful family.
Robert Clarke 4 co.. Cincinnati. publish the ir'
ceedlngs Of the ScOchl Congress. held AT 'oun
bia Tenn. May Ill. 1--9 the scotch Irish Society e.
America being the sponsors. The volume contain
The papers which were read before the congress- am
which arc intended as contributions toward fulic
history of the scotch Irish in the United static.
The fifth volume Of Professor Mason's new cdito
of De Ouinccy's Works Edinburgh: Adam " ChTlc
Haclo contains several Of -c authors most entertain
ing ESSAYS. such a. that on Dr. Iarr, those on Anc
do,acc the Marquis Nec-lcy. C0lcrdsc and opium
rating Charles Lamb, Professor Wilson ana Sir WI
lam IIaAlion. II also includes the paper on Joan Z
Arc and f1ai on Charlcmaenc.
We have received from g. +. putnam's SONS a cor
go, of fnur uockri dictionaries. each Of thli