New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-21
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS

s,ncs tho revis,on and enlargement OF the Hymnal
Of Protestant Episcopal Church. which was com
peted at the general convention Of loV-' the various
editors OF the musical editions OF the Hymn BOOK
have been hard at work arranging new settings 1or IT,
One of the first TO appear h the Hymnal edited DIV
Dr. A. H. Messlter organist OF Trinity Church, ana
published by f. & J. Is. Young d Co., e"-iorh'
The book Is substantially gotten up and the musical
type Is delightfully."- large and clear The favorable
impression created BY the typography IS not lessenei
when we come TO a closer inspection OF the tunes
selected. The majority OF them are by such MODERN
English Church composers as Smart Dykes Calhin,
Goes Barnby etc. The old German chorales ana the
English Psalm tunes Of the sixteenth. seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries are well represented anu
there are also a few medieval melodies large
part OF the new tunes by American composers
MANY of them having been written especially for this
work DR.. Messiter has displayed excellent Judgment
IN his selection and harm6nlsation OF tunes. E'pe
ciallv are We glad TO note that he has RETAINED from
changing standard harmonies OF known tuhes
q liberty that has been taken in the past In other
editions of the Hymnal. All index Of authors ana
composers would have added greatly to the con-
venience Of the book.
"The Progress of Marine Engineering. From the
Time of Watt Until the Present Day." Is the title OF
a work Just published by Thomas Man, a marine
engineer and inventor we'll known among the pro-
fession. To James Watt the marine engineering
world Is indebted for great discoveries relating 10
the steam engine but since that time his discoveries
have been improved upon. steam has been carried
at higher pressure and expanded m two. three ana
four cylinders In succession In the first SIX chapters
OF Mr. Mains work the early experiments In steam
navigation. the adoption OF improvements, and the
opposition them also. noticed In the seventh
and concluding chapter the various economical improve
ments and the principles which control them are con
sidcred both in the navies well as the merchant
marine Of the world. and the reader Is assisted IN
o,Sc tpxx< isotiN nv 81 tvS
A life of George Washington Is being prepared for
Appeton's lustrous Soldiers Series by General srad-
lev T. Johnson. of Maryland. General Johnson has
undertaken a difficult work. for little has been left
10 be said about Washinston's character and career
but the General enjoys some advantages when former
biographers have not had He has long been an In
dustrous student OF the history of the settlement ana
sociology of Maryland and Virginia. and is himself
descendant from sturdy revolutionary stock Al
though n Marylandcr by Birth, long residence ana
connection with Virginia affairs hsve produced the
closest ties between him and the Nrsinians between
whom and himself there is the warin"S' ah'c'oh
Washington was Maryland NirSlnan, lot MS con-
nection with Annapolis was much closer than win
williamsburg and from early life to his death his
influence In Maryland paramount. The air OF
southern Maryland is saturated with traditions of
Brsddock Of Washington. and of the Revolution
General Johnson trusted lieutenant of Stone
wall Jackson ana always actively engaged ourlnG
the war. lie can look fren the soldiers point OF
view at the military problems presented by Washing
ton,s campaicns An enthusiastic lover of his
pcope he can present Washington MS h" was appre
ciated BY his neighborS ard cotemporares. in which
he will have the advantage OF former biographcrs who
have all been Northern men. except John Marshall
whose work. though immensely valuable for reference
Is not so agreeable for reading The Influence whch
tho controversy between the Admiralty and the COM
mon law CONTINUED from Lord Coke's time, mad IN
bringing on the issue of with the mother country
his never vet been considered by historical writer's
II is under tood that General Johnson has bestowed
great labor on this subject, and the results OF DIS
investigations will he presented In the forthcoming
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