New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-27
NEWBOOKSAND NEW EDIIIONS

Tho most striking thing about william Reuton
SOutlines OF English Literature" Charles scribner
Sons, is the series Of geomerical diagrams a' III"
heads of the chapters. For example the picture %
American literature Is composed OF four oNeriaPPi",
circles Each circle Is distinguished from the rest
nv the direction of numerous parallel lines that cross
II. Where two circles overlap. these lines form
network which becomes involved when 'hnu
circle is added, and quite Intricate III the h"'i""
pointed epse where all meet. THESE orci'S 't'
labelled PuritaniSn. Realism. iuin"r, lo'aiI'm' !"
the field OF Purtanism Edwards rcisns alone bat !"
the segment where 1t mInslcs with realism are 'l'
names OF Garrison and Audubon; IN the seSieh'
covered by idealism, are those OF 'h'hiihs an"
Whit der: while in the segment covered by all '"''e
are placed the names OF Emerson, Bryant anu
Thoreau. Leland Is taken as the representative Oh
pure humor. Twain and James OF Eum"i h'hE'u
with realism lone is reminded by this OF Twains re-
mark that facts oOzcd out OF him whether Ne "i0h"
Il or nOtD Aldrich and Irving. of hunor ana ideai'
Hartc Crawford and Holmes, of all three eirn'h's'
The pure iOealsts Poe, LOngf"ilow fuIer OooPe'
and Hawthorne; the pure reaiSts, llo"elIs' Noue!'
Prescott franklin and Whitman, ard In the centre
whore all the circles meet Is the name of Lowell. AS
that OF one In whom joined al the phases OF
American literature The diagram oil the Ehzaoe'na"
drama is "A cube IN three equal sections '''''
illustrations equally graphic. The oeNce %
obviously useful for fixing facts of literary history IN
memory The volume belongs TO the series OF Uni
verslty Extension Manuals.
"Outines of Roman History by Professor H. +.
Pelham, OF Cxfori. Is reprint with much adu'uon'i
material OF the article Roman history In the En-
cvcIopoedia britannica Fully thrcc-ffhs OF the
.orh T. devoted o the period from the elder Gracious
to Nero The whole constitutes an admirable 'N'
ample OF historical writing; sober but not dry cO'i'o
without loss Of necessary details III course rr"'S
sor Pelham Is on general lines disciple oil Momi'i'
sen. He IS, however more friendly to the fame OF
fI.n
man. A list is given of the principal modern au'hor
tiles on Roman history. Ancient writers are clted
along with modern in the notes, 50 That the
work forms a satisfactory hand book
Mr. Cyrus Thomas has had separately printed IN
Sampblet his article in The American Anthropolo
esta on the Maya hieroglyphics He argues very
cogently that OF these characters al least 'o
phonetic value. and II his theory should be acc'Peu
It will make the parallel between the ancient hsNpuan
and sut,ropical American civilizations more remark
able than ever The is illustrated with plates
Another addition TO the same series Is Inc fhySl
ology Of the Scrses' by John q. MckendrcR ana
William sncdgrass the former professor oil phySioi
oCy the latter a demol:stratOr OF the same science
in the University OF Glasgow. 1t is illustrated with
diagrams and Is as devoid Of technicalieS as Is pos
s,ble 10 make it, freak of learning on the part Of
the authors is the dedication in Latin after the man
per Of inscription.
The fourth edition OF "The Life and Work OF
William Augustus Muhlenberg ID. D. by Anne
Ayres. CThomas whijaker, contains some material
not In It's predecessors. The author Indicates that
the present revision is final remarhing' II VIII De
obligatory upon the future owners of the work 10
always publish II as left by the writer that Is, with
out abridgmcnt other alterations
A collection Of over FIVE hundred Photographic
sbad hv Mas d
patrick Springfield, Ohio, under the title "scenes
from Every Land" The dest ripons accompanying
the pictures are from the pens OF various contrib
Otors the introduction being the work OF General
hoolr Il by Lowell Knox