New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-28
NEW BOOKS ANDNEW EDITIONS

Tho most striking fact about the fourth edition
~ Professor Sayce's book THE Principles OF Coh-
narrative Pathology" published in this country by
Charles scribrers Sons. Is Ills complete acceptance
sfsPenka's theory asserting the European origin Of
the .so-caled Aryan race. AS he has proved that
LANGUAGE Ia not test Of race. ana as the whoe
Aryan prt blem is solely problem OF language 'he
conceexon is less important than 1t looks IL
amounts simply to statement that II the Aryan
vas ever arytling more than working hypothesis
something would be gained In the way OF realism oy
locating his origin In Europe rather thnn IN ASH
II will be necessary later for the e'hhoio-
ri.ts and ph,oloeists agree what they respect
lively By the term of Aryan The whole ais
pute at present is useless as 1t Is pretty
The latest addition to the international Educa-
ton Series Is Education from National stand
podnt,n an abridged translation by W. j. Greensueet'
NJ A.. head master OF the Marling School. STROUD
from a work OF Alfred Fouillee. 1t Is an able ana
exhaustive plea for liberal distinguished from special
education. II is volume twenty-thrd OF the series.
Volume twenty first Is "The Moral Instruction OF
Children series of lectures delivered in the School
OF APPLIED Ethics at plymouth. Mass. in 1901, by
Felix Adler. There is one trouble about much tha'
seems essential in the new devices OF education ana
that is the necessity Of generation or two OF grown
up scholars in whom to observe the result The
grandchildren Of youngsters who are now in kinder
seem very attractive. The series to which these
volumes belong is published by d. Appleton q Co.
Another interesting book Is H. Courthope Bowens study
of "Froebel and Education by Self Activity In the
series Of "Great Educators" edited by Nicholas
Murray Butler, and published by Charles Scrlbner's
Sons The author until lately university lecturer
at Cambridge the theory of education. and he has
given very Ineligible exposition of Froebefs In
dividual evolution and Of his system list OF
lroebel's writings and Of works by others upon him
will be found useful
1t is rather q clever notion to make up biographi-
cal and critical history Of English prose by arranging
IN chronological order brief contributions OF various
writers, each Of whom may be called an expert In
his own field. The first volume Of such a work.
"English Prose- selections with critical introducops
nv various writer's and general introducons to each
periodn edited BY Henry Craik, has been published
by Macmillan d Co. The articles bn Wychhe'
Peacock Caxton, Fabyan, Lord Berers, Fisher. Sir
John Cheke and Ascham are furnished by the editor
those on Vaudeville. Gosson, Lord Brooke, knoles'
Daniel and Decker by Mr.. saintsbury; those on
Chaucer Tyndale, Latimer, Cavendsh Lyly. WebDc
% Puttenham Melville and Iakluyt by W. r. keri
those on Mallory and Spenser by j. W. Hales, those
on Sir John Fortescue and Sir Thomas More by IL.
R. Reichel: those on Capgiave and Cranmer oy DE-
Churton Collins; the one Oh Sir Thomas EMO, ny
Alfred Anger; those on Coverdae, Leland Knox
Buchanan and stow by J. NJ Dodds; that on Thomas
wilson nv F. H. Trench; the one on Raphael Hol-
inshed BY Nine. Mary Darmstetter; on Sir Thomas
North and Philemon Holland by c. whitley; on Par
sons and Hooker, by Vernon Blackburn, on sidney
Lodge Greene and Nash by A. W. WARD: on Loru
Bureigh by ". Mnto on Camden ana haieleh os
Edmund Gosse and on William Cloves and Timothy
pr,oht nv Norman Moore. The tiny biography In
small type and the page or two Of critical estimate
I'm larger type are followed In each case by one or
more extracts comprising In few cnses-for instance
that Of the Scottish Latinst, Mon'aigne's tutor
George Buchanan-a considerable part OF the Eheish
that can safely be attributed to the author. one OF
IN. host pieces I'm the book Is general Introduction
nv w. p Ker Every word reads rs II Its meaning
had been carefully weighed and one might seek iAr
before finding In the same compass so good IN emu
meration OF the medieval forces that went 10 the
making of English literature.
,os. nret.ntious book Is that Of Professor Ed
ward T. Mclaughlin. Of Yale. Literary Criticism
for Students Henry Holt Co). With an miro
duction Which Is sort OF lesson On ohe way 10 ap-
preciate good literature. Professor Mclaughlin Is
far from satisfied with the scientific method III cr1u
cfsm and one OF his epgrammatc sentences Is par
ticularly neat "The sOcalled Laboratory Work III
literature NAV be deferred says he. "untl scieh'
nets Introduce literary methods into the laboratory
Yet the scientist will inevitably point out that Te
selections In this book. from Sir Philp s'oneN I"
Matthew Arnold. bear witness TO something ""'"
might we'll be called evolution In CRITICISM
Another book on this fruitful theme. also pub
ushed By Henry Holt d Co., Is Representative
English Literature from Chaucer to Tennyson' oE
Harry G Pancosst q lecturer Of the University EN-
tension Society specific point In the work Is the
length of the selections. Mr. Pancoast IS sre"u-
ously opposed TO the old method winch, ne says ui'
Young reader under the impression that TIE SOHO
ouy was all there OF Hamlet ana Marc All
tonv's grafton all OF julius Caesar.
Following the suggestion Of william Curtis, OF the
Worlds Columbian Exposition Mr. onartch has pub
lished in a cheap quaro form, fac-simiies OF Coium
buss Spanish letter. dated February 10. 1913 whe ne
supposed his fleet 10 be In the neighoorhooo OIL 'he
Cansries Of the Latin translation of this letter the
italian narrative OF Amerigo Nespuccfs hIst ionr
vovopes and Harriot's "a Briefc and True Report Of
the New Found Land OF Virginia. etc. from the
edition of 1890 Each Of these forms separate
nomphlet, but as they all of the same size they
NAV easily be bound together. Columbiss leuer anu
the yespucc narrative are accompanied by trahsia
lions Uarr.ot's narrative needs none. Even though
the antique photography should puzzle an mex
urienced reader the engravlngs reproduced would be
well within his comprehension. The four pamphie's
together make very effective object lesson in Ameri
can antiquities.
Under the title OF "Thc Library Atlas o Mooerh
Geography Messrs d. Appleton Co. have pub
ushed one OF the best works Of Its class extant IL
contains more than hundred full-pagc or doubepase
maps-the pages measure eleven by fourteen 'hehes-
executed in a manner which SHOWS ho" 'o'''
American photographers rival those OF England ahn
Germany: and as many more small inset maps ais
paying important localities OH a larger scale
Ssvel and ineeno,,s combination OF thumb'ndeA anu
marc,nal references makes Che instant finding OF any
REQUIRED map an easy task. Several pages OF tersc
but comprehensive let'crpress accompany 'ac" "'p
with numerous illustrations. There are many pages
n, statistics correct like the maps down TO the very
date of publication; a particularly valuable e'ymo
,occs, glossary Of gcorra phica. terms. Alphabetical