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SOME NEW BOOKS.

The twenty third volume of the Dictionary of Ma
tional Biography lacmillan) carries it from Gray {"
Hsighton This volume falls upon those common
names Of each Of which there great Number OF
illustrations, such as Gray, Green, Greg, Gegor'
Gregory, Grenvillc. Gresham, Grey. Griffith GurheS.
Guthrie, etc The Grenvilles Greslams ana "reys Vi
course furnish many long and notable biographies
Among the Gwyns not Gwynncs. as usually spehc"
appears the Nell here soberly set down As Eleanor
The Pretty Nelly" of old Pepys would hardly KNOW
herself under formal a designation out 50 iai -
literary uses went il would have been all the same W
her. for she could not write. Another HISTORICAL po'-
sonage treated OF in this volume is the unfortunate
LADY Jane Grey. We notice that In inc lire Oh DIT
richard Gresham the recent disclosures, TO his de-
cddlv tricky proceedings in several financial trans
actions on behalf OF the Government nave Dech ac-
cepted. His conduct" says the b'ographcr' was
often open TO serious ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Is per
mans as mild WAY of putting the case as could have
been employed. Really he was guilty Oh sharp Prac-
,,ce hnt little of it at all distinguislable from
swindnng Tho Earls Grey. of course, occupy man!
paces and a good many celebrities whose meri'S anu
achievements long been forgotten are once more
given due recognition The same general proportions
are observed as in the earlier volumes of this great
work.
The putnams have published the first volume Of
ne,r four volume edition of the correspondence and
nubI,c naners Of John Jaw edited by Professor Horny
p Johnston. This edition is uniform with those OF
Franklin Hamilton and Washington issued by inc
same firm. The edition explains that - TO meet une
need of purely documentary edition the present set
of four volumes has been prepared upon the plan OF
the writings OF Washington Franklin, Jefferson ADAMS
Hamilton and Others. This change and expansion
nroyide for tho addition OF numerous letters and docu-
mcnts from the Jay correspondence not puonshca Ill
.ha volumes az 1872 He also states that by
courtesy Of the Hon. John jay, the fine collection OF
Jay paprs in his possession has been placed In the
tl.a liche and
of this work II should also be said that the hbor
of examination selection has been greatly relieved
bv an exhaustive and critical index and analysis OF
the papers arranged by Miss Ruth Putnam The new
edition is limited one like those which have precedea
II.
The rhird volume Of the Century Dictionary carries
the alphabet from G 10 L, inclusive. The plan IS
faithfully adhered 10, and the definitions given are
almost embarrassment numerous and varied The
recommendations are perhaps in few instances open 30
question though even here there Is always "a good
deal TO be said on both sides The ILLUSTRATIONS are
beautifully clear aid finished the bean ideal OF
what such cuts should be. and in all respects the great
dictionary maintains the gh promise OF its prospectus
We have received from the publishing house Of
Ed Holzel Vienna and Olmutz) Mexico: Land und
Ientes by Ernst Won HesseWartegg Herr Wartesg's
travels in the land Of the Aztecs included much ex-
ploratiOn Of unbeaten tracks and he writes OF MS
discoveries and experiences with true German ca
baustvencss aud much admiration for the picturesque
beauty of the land. He iOurneyed from the Flo
Grande 10 Yucatan, and he pays handsome tribute
70 American enterprise having. by the construction
of railways through Mexico rendered possible an
amount of travel in few months which would formerly
have consumed years. Herr Wartegg is an acute and
observing traveller and his book is well illustrated and
furnished with maps.
Essays and studies" by Basil L. Glider
sleeve baltimore: " Murray, collection Of papers
on educational and literary subjects, and Of various
merits OF the educational essays more than one Is
somewhat antquated though all Of them will repay
per1lsal The literary historical studies include
one on The Legend of Venus" Xantippe and
Socrates and one on "Apolonus of Tyana," all OF
which are interesting. The author undertakes the
defence of Xantppc against dsparagng tradition, and
reaches the conclusion that Socrates was desperately
bad provderr and by his shiftless ways spoiled tho
temper of originally loving wife. The paper ON
ApoOnius has many odd and paradoxical reflections,
and the remaining studies ingenious, though not
perhaps of equal interest
The author Of "The Heir Of Redclyfe" appears to
think herself likely TO be better known in connection
with that story than under her name for she
puts il upon the Canoes from English History" OF
which seventh series is Just published by Macmillan
dealing with the Rebellion and the Restoration 1642
1879 The scheme Of these books is apparently
broader than the title of the series, for the new
volume includes several tOlerably long extracts from
the history of France. One Of these gives succinct
account of the conspiracy Of Cling Mars while other
chapters or "cameosn treat of the first and second
Frondes. II Miss Yonge's do not contribute
the settlement of disputed historical questions,
they at least well adapted 10 create interest in the
minds Of the young by their picturesque methods
The Wenbone- Sumner Company, Buffalo, publish a
volume by Elm. Pierce called Poems of the Turf. >
The author is a wcknOwn horseman. gifted with a
clever knack Of veTsifcaOn and Imagination enough
10 readable narrative poems, in which various
Interesting turf incidents celebrated. Many Of
these lyrics spirited, and the language turns Of
thought manners and habits of hOrsemen jockeys, etc
are reproduced with realistic fidelity.
Mrs. 5. J. Higginsons Java the Pearl Of the East
appears number of the Riverside Library for
Young People (IoughtOn Mifin CO...
The sherwin- Williams Company have issued hand
under the title "A Visit; Being CoOquia Description
Of the observation-disclosures COmpany's Paint and Color Man
ufact0y, located at Cleveland, Ohio" AS example
OF novel and costly advertising methods it deserves
little praise the ILLUSTRATIONS being artistic and the
text decidedly interesting.
Macmillan & Co. publish edition Of Shakespeare
"Juus Ii,csar,7 with introduction and notes by
j.. Deichton for school purposes The notes full,
indeed almost too much the editor not seeming 10
have taken for granted any previous know ledge Oh
the part the scholars for whose this edition is
intended This, however, hardly be considered