New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-30
NEWBOOKS AND NEWEDITIONS

outbor takes more favorable view Of the character
NJ percles than that adopted by Mr.. Evelyn
Abbott the historian. In fact he seems inclined 10
steer midway between the democratic views Oh
C;rote and the manifest reaction of later times
toward the aristocratic notions of Milford FOR eN-
ample he admits the great force OF Grotes deien'e
of the Sophists, but nevertheless. approves 'ie
criticism of Plato upon these paid philosophers III
abiding to few authorities on the career Oh
Pericles 1t seems odd that he did not mention .ie
censuring paragraphs in Plato's dialogue en'i''eu
"Gorgias" The simple fact of the matter III
Pericles's case Is that though he was caneu "
demagogue he the most self-contaihed, inc
least disposed yield to popular clamor oil all inc
men who have been called by this epithet. Inc
reason of his extraordinary success in dealing wiz"
a nonu,ace like that of Athens must be found In
the perfect understanding that existed between
him and the citizens whom he had 10 cohioI' nv
only man in modern times to De coihPaieu "'''
him is Lincoln. While Lincoln's actual prooieh was
infinite beside the narrow politics OF t"e Aes.a''
coast vet it was really more intricate thah 'na'
~, t,ericles Pericles was at his best wnen ne
found the Athenians at their best lie was not
Obliged to be complasant and compahioiiao'e' y.
cause he knew in his own heart what 'he peop'.
were thinking If he had lived longer UT IL 'e "aN
been succeeded by men capable Of carrying OUT MS
views there is no question but that the Armenian
t,mnire wou,d have been prolonged. 1t might even
have rendered the Macedonian conquest needless per-
haps impossible. Percles never would nave 'ieiueo
10 the popular madness which sent the "hoie ha'~'
mower Of Athens to perish before syracuse because
ne knew that Athens had only one enemy sparta
and that the success of this foe meant halt in the
prosress of civilization. He might not nave useu
words such as we use in looking back at the Peic-
nonnesian war but he knew well that Athens stood
for a far higher ideal of humanity than sparta
Mr. Grant discusses in succession t'e c"ai a0'e'-
istcs of Greek civilization and religion the histoiy
and rivalry of Sparta and Athens, the growth OF
fho rnlafi
and to the State. social life the events Oh te sic".
war with Sparta and the thought ana art oi
Athens The volume is well illustrated.
"At Long and Short Range ID. H. Ihppi'eo''
Company is a pretty volume with small page anu
broad margins in which William Armstrong Coiiihs
has gathered many fugitive essays Few are "io'e
than a page or two In length; man! are n.e'
paragraphs For those who like the chaotic me'nou
In literature the book must have certain cha'i',
for there is some good writing in It, But 10 "a
little real value.
Mr. barrett Wendell the author of Lille Oh
Cotton Mather" has collected small VoIuihe VII
A., Tho title "Stelliceri and Other Essays Concern
inc America" (Chares Scribners Sons). lie Is io!ai
son of Harvard, and the name of the frst essay " '
book is borrowed from the Latin phrase USED III inc
old-fashioned college catalogues 10 marx tne ""'
of departed alumni In this article ne co'h"e'ius
the University for having dropped the custom oi
latinizng names. In reviewing the -FOUR Amen
can centuries he shows himself more hopeiui Oh
the future of the United States than one "ouIu
guess from occasional pessimstic remarks "
..Some Neglected characteristics OF the ->e"-H"
gland Puritans' he dwells particularly on .he use
made of the doctrine of election. on the ah'hropo-
morphc ideas in worship and on the ecstauc h!e'
,,cism Of certain religious leaders. This LEADS the
wav to q novel view of the witchcraft craze IL
which Mr. Wendell argues from modern phenoi'
ena of hypnotism and sprituahsm '"a' Nv
England witchcraft had genuine elements vi oe
cu,tism He replaces the diabolism which server
70 account for the mystery in the seventeenth
century by a curious theory of reversion 10 SUD-
human mental types. general paper on american
literature is followed by others on winter anu
Lowell
The purpose of THE Story of Washington by
Elizabeth Eggles,on Seelye Cd. Appleton d Col
Is 70 present the Father OF his Country III an AZ
mosphere of plain fact 1t will be acknowieuseo
Tho, much Of the popuar lore and the writing about
washington in the past tinctured with the
romancing qualities of Weems In MS Diograpn'.s
But Weems never expected 10 be DeheFeu' anu "'
Was not believed even in the period when the NOM
age of Revolutionary worthless was least uscr'"
mating Dr. Eggleston goes further IMAM o'hers
you,d nerhaps when he asserts in his introduction
70 this book that the editors of Washington
writings went far as to 'garble MS correspo"u
encc lest one might catch his MINI IN an at''uue
not perfectly statuesque." Nobody except SPARKS
some of Washington's writings, in way ne
oor,o,n,v was a man too simple minded and TOO
,,,e artistic to have meditated poses for his nero
Mrs Seelyes narrative is interesting; she remem-
bers everything that is likely to bring out 'he
figure of Washington as he must nave iooheu u
those who saw him In life. and she Is not ABOVE
using some Of Weems's graphic stories though
of course always with knowledge or their I'M
trustworthness The volume has been proiusely
Illustrated by Miss Allegro Eggleston III belongs
to the Delights OF History Series and as those
will anticipate who have read 1.-The Story Of Column
bus" by the same author. 1t is a good piece oil
literary work presented in an attractive shape
In the revised edition of triumphant Democ-
racy" Andrew Carnegie has not modifed MS en-
thrsasm as an American citizen lie quotes the
gentle criticism of George William Curtis. who
wanted TO know where the shadows OF the picture
were and adds that his book was written at nigh
noon when the sun casts shadows Now that
the revision has been made to agree win the re-
suits of the of 1880, the author Is, II any
thing more sanguine than before respecting the
future of the United States. But he Is as good
Briton as he is American. and he remarks
that in his opinion there too many men In
both nations whose chief mission In life seems TO
be to croak about. disparage, abuse ana even hpei
ther resnectiye countries" THE most desplcable
character / meet in my travels, he ADDS. rs the
American who, for the special delectaton of his
foreign hearers. exaggerates the shortcomings OF
his country The aim to make an entertaining
book has not been allowed to interfere with the
accuracy Of the statistics which Mr. Carnegie
assures his readers have been verified and reverified
and. they appear, are understated rather IMAM
overstated.
The first volume Of the proceedings Of the Worlds
Temperance Congress. held by the National Tenn
perance Society. has been published under the
title Temperance in All Nations" The work liz
edited by j. ~ Stearns, and contains papers essays.
adore sscs and discussions giving history Of the
movement throughout the world. 1t is published
by the National Temperance Society.
The papers the Worlds Fair which several
artists wrote for "Scrbners Magazine" illustrating
them with sketches by themselves and professional
companions have been rcpublished by Charles
Scribners Sons In book OF a hundred pages or
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