New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-19
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

INC last year NdNiie Uccn o>N~fNf
important The number Of distinguished peop'c pas
ing away or brought into prominence Is ino'ea'o'
BY the fact that this volume contains icr's r
traits many Of them very good, ana t''e oo''
an etching Of tho explorer Stanley INC rs. "
subjects treated with characteristic care ane ,
ness Is too lon, to recspituate but the braa'ilah
revolution, the admission OF four ne" e'a'c, =" ~
In,or The story OF Stanleys achievements the fars
Exposition and the Johnstown flood maS DC citeu a.
samples. The Of politics. donesuc anu po,.s.'
the nrocrcss OF science, art and literature inc uosS
~ the religious denominations the growth OF various
organizations, arc and all faithuhy cnroii''oo
rh.u. arg ,mportant articles Canada, Oklahoma
,h ne rifles proposed or adopted in Europe the STATE
and prospects of tho American Navy, sodiers homes
the Constitution of japan. etc. Amons VIC ,""io
curious papers is one the BrownoequaTo ehAlr Oh
life in which while any positive expression OF opnloh
is withheld the evidence presented seebs W ia'oi
the usefulness OF the rcdlScovery. Western develop
ment is treated under the head OF lrrleauoh' l'c
obituary notice OF the Great Eastern Is inUeieS'e
There are plentiful Illustrations maps plans eVc anu
the usual excellent biographical notices OF te eeh'
dead OF tfe last year.
A. C. MoClurg Co.. Chicago. publish Russia It's
People and Literature" by Emilia Pardo bazah' u,0
translation from the Spanish by fanny Haze ""i''
ner The author has some reputation as writer J."
her own country. Her criticism OF Russian hlerd'u
4. weakened at the outset by her admission thaV so
knows nothing of the guage and owes all her hho"
edge of Russian books TO French translauohs' "n,"
arc VIGOROUSLY incxact and free. nevertheless '
Sonora dc Eazan gives very interesting acoouhV ~
the evolution Of the Russian novel and It's reaohs "
revolutionary thought and action and as her coh
cIusons are mainly based upon standard WORKS on
Russia she herself having apparently never Nis,u
the country. she is not an unsafe guide her P"'',
literary analysis is characterized by penetration anu
sympathy, nd her judgments are generally hioucidN
and reasonable. The distinction drawn peI"ecn
Russian and French realism is particularly happS
and in fact the fourth book the best OF the voue
In discussing Russian poetry knowledge Vi '"0 iu
guage Is absolutely necessary, and tle ophlohs Vi
critic who has only seen translatons can be OF no
value.
The same prblishers send us a Winter Holiday
in Summer Lends" by Julia Newell Jackson. IL Is a
light series of sketches of tour in Cuba 700 ign'
for serious criticism and too Unprc:endng TO be qeat
with harshly. Miss Jackson has pretty taste IN TINS
kind of ephemeral writing. and Jets down her I'M
pressions pleasantly and buoyantly. The little DOCK
is Illustrated also very modestH
John B. Alden is the publisher of Thomas Greggs
stout volume entitled "The Prophet Of Palmyra
recapitulation of all the ancient stories about the
Normons together with pondcrous and wearisome
disputations upon the long-vexed question OF the
spading manuscript, the Hypothetical "book Oh
plates" and all the rest of the original Mormon
properties" 1t is scarcely necessary to point OUT
that these questions have been thoroughly threShed
to plunge anew into that wilderness of superstition
mendacity, fierce prejudice, bigotry ana humDus'
The author old resident Of Illinois, and the views
taken by him of the persecution of the Mormons
at Nauvoo and elsewhere in the West are decldedly
Anticipated and behind the age.
Essays on Subjects of Moral and Social Interest,"
by John Stuart Blackie Edinburgh David Douglass
for the most part serious and discussed seriously
"Christianity and Social Organization physical
he PhilosOnlV of party,n
E" Scottish Nationality and Philosophy of Educar
ton" make up the volume. Professor Blachie writes
here with all his Characteristic force and cogeAcy
and his views education will be found especially
valuable and suggestive. The the philosophy
of party pertains, it may be thought rather to the
domain of the ideal than to that of the real even if
we confne the application TO the politics of the
United Kingdom. Scotchmen generally will be in
terested in the paper on Scottish nationality, In
which the Professor insists upon the necessity Of
maintaining that nationality and preserving it from
that absorption with which he fears it now threat
ened. The remarks on the civzng agency OF Chris
tianity also will be read with interest.
scribncr e. Wexford are the American publishers of
new edition Of Coopers Biographical Dictionary, In
two volumes with supplement bringing the work
down to the end of 9s2 Why the line should have been
drawn that rather remote date does not appear but
one Of the results is the omission Of great many
names which ought 10 appear in any biographical
first planned contemplated little than the record
Of distinguished natives of Great Britain and Ireland
but many foreigners came to be included, and in the
supplement the range is still WIDER though much still
remains 10 be desired
The seventh volume of Blacks Edinburgh edition
OF De Quncey's Works contains the historical essays
and researches. One of the most characteristic
papers is that entitled THE Casuistry Of Roman
Meals" in which De Quincy undertakes 10 show,
first that the Romans had regular meal correspond
ing to breakfast and. second, that their habit IN
respect TO morning eating had important results upon
the destlnies of the nation. In the essay 50 The
Pagan Oracles" he sets out TO- refute the tradition that
the oraces ceased at the coming of Christ maintaining
that this tradition originated in a pous fiction, and
confuted by abundant evidence showing that
te Oracles did not the time asserted but that
they continued 10 give response for several centuries
thereafter This essay may be compared with
more recent one the general subject by
Myers. Both writers agree in the contention that the
Orac;es were something more than priesty frauds
Other papers in this volume The Essences"
on Secret Societies." Greece Under the Romans
on "Modcrn Greece The Revolt Of the Tartars"
and Ceylon."
James Pott d Co. imprint the new series of Records
OF the Past" edited by Professor Sayce Two volumes
of this series be obtained by the American
reader In sevel respects the series is prefer
able 10 the old owing chiefly to the advance made in
the study OF the Assyrian and Egyptian monuments,
but partly TO the greater space gwen 10 comment
and explanation. New light has been thrown upon
ancient history by the many expeditions sent out dur
ing the ten years which have elapsed since the
cuson of first series of Records of the Past and
the use these volumes will be facilitated by the
taken TO indicate clearly every in which reading
remains doubtful.
The Jewish Publication Society OF America (Phiadel-
phia) have issued edition of Lady Magnus's out
lines of Jewish History" revised by Dr. NJ Fredandcr
md brought down date. Three CHAPTERS thc
American Jews have been added together with some
valuable tables from Reinachs Historic des Israel
ties" and view of the Temple as reconstructed by
Herod forms the rontispiece. This historic survey,
while pretending TO fulness, is sympathetic and
candidly accurate whole.