New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-21
NEWBOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

scribncr 4 Wexford have issued handsome new
edition of Mary wollstonecrafs "Vindication OF the
Rights Of Women with an introduction by Mrs. Henry
Fawcett. Mary Wollstonccraft was pioneer ana tne
condition of women in her time undoubtedly justied
all that could be said done toward their enfranchse
ment There never a period when the cant OF
grossly artificial society more Extensively oouaeo
upon this question Women, at the close oi oie
eighteenth century, in England particularly were heu
to have other higher function than the gra''"
ton of mon. book which lets floods OF hGht upon
the attitude of society at the time the Letters OF
Dr. Gregory 10 his Daughter In when q mose III
suferable old prig and nncompoop aid down lhe ""s
Of being and behaving for all the genteei Souhs
persons In the Kingdom. so sickly was inc '"ie
sentmentaiy that robust girls were gavey instructed
by this Turveydrop conceal their health ana spi1s'
lest the men, whose sensbility preferred the APP
pearance of feehleness in women, should thnk them
over-bold or immodest. 1t was time that some WOMAN
afted alike with courage and commonsensc came 10 inc
defence of the suppressed SEX, as brave Mary vol
stonecraft did OF she was at once abused ana
held ND TO scorn. That is the fate OF all refomers.
put She did not suffer vainy Her sturdy sense wed
zoo mucb for the Rousseausm Of the time, which melted
away and vanished. The women Of to-day can scarcely
realize the conditions their had TO confront in those
bad old times but the degradation was very real ana
the protest against 1t was very much needed MIS-.
Fawcetts introduction to this edition of Mary Wolf
stonccraft will be found highly interesting and helpful
Little Brown Co.. Boston, issue a revised edition
OF Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson's translation
of the Works of Epctetus- in two volumes Twenty
five years have passed since the first edition appeared
That was based upon the standard translation by Mrs
Elizabeth Carter. Colonel Higgjnson says In the
preface TO the revised edition My translation has
undergone good deal Of revision during this long
interval, and bears few traces of Mrs. Cartcrs-on
which it was originally based-except in its general
arrangement and in the Of some of her notes."
The reputation of Colonel Iggnson's version OF
Epice,us long been such that the revised edition
4, sure to be heartily welcomed by scholars ana
thinkers.
Funk wagnalls print life of Horace Greeley by
Francis Nic0 Zabriskie, in series Of American
orators and Statesmen We are unable to accord
praise TO this volume The writer has labored con-
scientiousy, but not very inteligenuy HIS knowedGo
of Mr.. Greeley is all at seconds His estimates
for which he has to rely upon Others arc necessarily
haphazard.
Sir pblip Sidney,s Defense Of Poesy," edited with
notes and Introduction by Professor Albert T. Cook of
Yale has been published by CHM Co., Boston. IL
Is adapted to the Of colleges and higher Schools
and the introduction especially is full and illunna'Ve
Under the title Our Dictionaries and Other English
Language Topics. r. o. Williams QIenry Holt Coz
presents some curious and Interesting information
concerning the early English dictionaries, also giving
the frOntlspleceS OF SeVcra tnch iio
discusse, Amercsnisms, real and supposed, cases Oh
disputed propriety and unsettled usage, ana mas
paper on Good English for Americans which is well
worth reading The author, however, Is curiously
dubious about the sense In which, In passage quou
Thackcray uses the phrase melt right away lie
las lust cited from the american Notes" Dickens
Illustration of the American of Fright away for
"directly., and he goes on IL Is not quite plain
whether right away in the following quotation from
Thackeray is used in exactly the sense in the
foregoing conversation" But surely 1t ought to be
quite plain Thackeray does not use the expression
i'm the American at all. To melt right away,
Is he employs 1t, to melt completely, aogether
The expression Is of familiar and wellesatliShed Eng
llsh usage.
Macmillan Co. issue single volume edition OF the
poetcal works of Matthew Arnold, uniform with their
edition OF Wordsworth 1t is well printed with falr
large type good paper, and fills all the require
mcnts of "a cheap and good edition.
We have from wabridge & Co. The New Jamaica"
by Edgar MGyhew Bacon and Eugene Murray Aaron
Phi. d. 1t is compact handbook to the island
adapted especially TO the needs OF the tourist and
healtllseeker. The book is illustrated by the authors
after original sketches and from photographs
w. r. Jenkins & Co. send their latest French
publications, which include, in The series OF Romans
Choses,, Edmond Abouts "LIiom,ne POreile
Cassee, In the series of Victor ugo's novels dib%is
single handsome volume. There is also an abrldg-
ment of Hector Malot's sans Famile,' by Dr. Paul
Berry, arranged for the use of schools, and tlr't
Course In French Conversation, Recitation and Read
ing by Charles p. du Croquct
Walter Thomas Rogers has compiled Manual OF
photography (Scribner Welfod) In truth the title
is somewhat too ambitious, for the book really Is
little more than primer Of photography collection
OF facts which are necessary TO the tyro but when
do not after ALL carry him very far. 1t is true the
author In his preface says that it does not pretend TO
be a complete summary of that vast subject but none
the less the title Is misleading. The author, now
ever gives partial list Of books of reference in
various departments, which may be read to advantage
and his information OH details is generally to the point
and practical. The volume is da,ntily bound In White
parchment and illustrated by many wood-blocks and
colophons etc., exempfying old books
Houghton, Mifhn Co. publish volume OF essays
nv Professor William Knight of St Andrews Uni
versity ~ b. They treat Of philosophical subjects as
for instance Idealism and Experience Ethical Phoso-
phy ard Evolution and Eectroism. The three papers
which will perhaps best repay perusal are those on
Personality and the Infinite" Immortality" and
.The Doctrine of MetempsychOsiS." The point Of
view taken by the author is that of opposition TO the
evolutionary hypothesis which he contends against on
somewhat novel grounds and with much ingenuity.