New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-08
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS


The ninth volume Of "Thc Writings Of George
Washington edited by worthington Chauncey Ford
&c. p Putnams sons) covers the period from October
$780, to May, 1TSo. The correspondence Is varied
and interesting the events Of the time including the
campaign which ended in the surrender OF Cornwaihs
The precedent mutines Of the Pennsylvania ana new
Jersey Line caused the gravcst anxiety TO Washing
ton, the especially II was hardly possible 10
remove the material indictments to the dsahection
OF the troops consisting lack OF all necessary sup
plies, semistarvation and exposure to the weather
characteristic letter will be found In this volume
written by Washington 10 Benjamin Harrison IN re-
laton to q proposal raised in Congress to CONFER
. pension upon his washington's) mother. lie amrms
that the proposition is humliating and improper De
cares that his mother has ample revenues, and insists
that all talk Of pension for her shall be abandoned
Here also are many letters showing the Importance no
attached to the capture OF Benedict Arnold ana inc
various plans he conceived for that purpose. Much
of the correspondence deals, usual with the great
and constant difficulties attending the supply and
transportation of the troops There are also inter
esting suggestions touching the treatment OF the
Tories the exchange Of prisoners, and specuiauohs
concerning the probable direction Of the war. the
concluding paper the Plan Of Campaign drawn up at
Eewburg by Washington in May, 1882.
The twenty-sixth volume Of the Dictionary OF
National Biography CMacmillan d. CO.. covers the
names Henry-Hindey, and is especially rich In IN
tercsting biographies. The Henrys alone furnlsh q
succession of royal lives in which the modern his
torical criticism introduces changes which may almost
consternae those who took their history from the old
school Thus Henry the Fifth appears here stripped
of much OF tho romance with which the old chronicers
and Shakespeare clothed him, and the famous Cas-
coiene episode is relegated TO the limbo OF spurious
legends together with all the traditional deeds OF MS
ariotous youth" The Henrys alone occupy 40 pages
in the volume. Then come the Hepburns, Herbcrts
(another numerous family, the Herefords, Herveys
Heywoods, Higginses, Hills, and many more. OF
specially interesting biographies we may name those
of George Heriot Herrick, Herschel, Haywood, God
frey Higgins, etc.
The thirteenth volume of the Bankside Shakespeare
THE Shakespeare Society Of New-YorlO contains the
Second Part Of Henry the Fourth, the Players Ie4t
OF 1900 with the Heminges and Condel Text OF U.S.
with an Introduction touching the materials OF the
first draft of the two parts Of the Henry the Fourth by
W. II. Fleming. The relation Of shakespeares Fal-
staff to Sir John oldcastle is once more taken up IN
the introduction, Mr.. Fleming being of opinion that
Shakespeare intended 10 burlesque oldcasue IN
this part Yet 1t seems incontestable that many OF
his contemporaries charged him with that intention,
and the protest of the Cobhams together with his
own denial in the Prologue subsequently, seem TO
prove that a reference to the who /" died mar
tyr was recognized at the time in many quarters.
The Shakespeare Society of New-York solicit sub
gcrlptions TO a four-teXt e0luOn OF ndnlie', W oo
produced in a folio volume about the fall OF the
present year 1t is 10 reproduce in parallels The
three versions Of the play which appeared In looo
1904 and 1929 together with translation OF the
German version performed in Dresden in 1925 inc
new Shakespeare Society OF London contemplated the
publication Of a fourtext edition several years ago.
but were dissuaded from the undertaking by the
typographical difficulties which it presented. These
difficulties the NewYork Shakespeare Society believes
that it has overcome.
Frederic stokes & Co. issue "Yationa Life and
Thought. volume consisting of a series Of addresses
delivered at South Place Institute during $4,000, and
designed to give information In popular form con-
corning the national development and modes OF
political action among the nations Of the word-with
the curious exceptions of Great Britain, France and
the United States. The lectures rule inter
esting and several excellent especially that
the Dutch Republic by the late Professor ThOrold
Rogers, those Germany by Sidney Whitman, that
on Switzerland by Mr.. Howard Hodgkin and the con-
Guiding one. the Gypsies, by F. II. Groome Most
of the addresses contain pictures of national life and
character which are often graphic and entertaining
In q high degree; the descriptions by Mrs. Cunning
ham Graham in the lecture Spain being particularly
good in this respect The idea of the Institute is
quite a new one and 1t certainly has been well
carried out in the whose results are embodied
In this volume.
Books about Browning continue to multiply. Mr..
George Willis Cook has prepared A GuideBook to the
Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning"
(Houghton, Mfiln Coz 1t is somewhat in the man.
ner of Messrs Cerfber and Crstophe's repertoire"
to the works of Bazac, but fuller Mr.. Cook gives
large citations from critical studies of Browning and
though the implications and interpretations are by no
means always accordant, the student is afforded
choice Of conclusions The work has been done with
conscientious care and tempered enthusiasm. and 1t
Is calculated to be of real use.
The PoetLorc Company (PhiladelpMa) are the
American publishers of a second edition OF w. G..
Kingsland's :" Robert browning; Chief Poet of the
Age" intended manual for beginners in the
study of browning. The edition has the latest
portrait photography of the poet, together with
fac smile letter. and several biographical additions,
and is we'll adapted to its purpose. The author hav-
Ing been personal friend of Browning speaks with
special knowledge on many points.