New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-11
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Among the more important articles in the volume
Of "The Annual Cyclopaedia for 1892" d. App'e'o"
4 Coz are those archaeology. The sciehuhc "S
sociations. astronomy, cholera, on HAWAI- ue NJ
count Of the revolution being brought down 10 'he
middle Of January, 1898; on literature the paSS'Se
Of the Copyright law having made The year one ~
date from, particularly In American pooNl"N,"1, !
meteorology, physiology. in which many p''''
investigations were made TcnnysOn and Whittier
whose death gives occasion for reprnng MI uhusua'
ouantity of verse for a cycopacdia; and above "'''
Co,umbus and the Worlds Columbian fAPoSiuo"'
TOPICS which are also paramount In the current year
The world owes the thick volumes OF Sir John
ynbbock,s observations seedlings TO The TACT That
while the termination OF plants Is not 'he ieas'
Interesting part OF their life history" The au'hor
found that II had "nOt yet attracted the a'ehuoh IL
deserved" Another nducement to man as onsv as
Sir John was the proximity OF Kew Gardens. "hch
wondered his task one for hours spared from o'her
duties apparently The body OF the book Is devoted
,o recitation OF details in language extremely teen
meal showing the differences OF fruit seed coviedonS
and leaves In II vast number OF genera ana Their suo'
divisions In the Introduction, which Is only less
abstruse than remainder Of the work. the author
Indicates some OF conclusions which he has reached
respecting the causes OF variation In FORMS But most
Of his views are given rather In the form OF sHgcs
tons than as facts demonstrated. Thus. III some
cases, he remarks, "starting with the form vi ue
governs
OF the seed again determines that OF the co'yeuos.
Hut though the cotyledons often follow the form Vi
the Seed this invariably the case other factors
must also be taken into considerations pu' "h',
this Is done can, venture TO think throw huch
light on the varied forms which seedlings assume
Eighteen months ago. when King Charles OF hu-
mania was summoned In haste TO Venice TO the sue
OF his invalid wife, he found 1t necessary TO dsSS
her entire household. notably her maid OF hohor' WIG
Helen Vacarescu and her Alsatian private secretary
Robert SchefYer The latter, snsularly cie'ci
writer has now revengcd himself for the treatment
IN which he was subjected by King Charles by wrl'hS
n book entitled Misere Royale" New-iork o. W.
Bouton), In which lie presents oiSpieaSi,s ~. ,
of the court and city of Bucharest inc one o'io w
,,nous 1cur, In the entire book being that OF the I'M
Iortnpate sovereign who is known In literature by the
name OF Carmen sylvia. While 1t Is evident 'ha' 'le
author Is strongly pre1udiced against 'he hi"h UNIV
against the principal dgnitares OF his court anu '
his statements must therefore be taken with certain
amount Of salt yet on the other hand, there are
many pictures In the book that evidently drawn
from life and which bear distinct Impress OF 'ru'h
A certain mystery has hitherto existed with regard 10
o the real character OF the causes mat leu 10 u'e
seouesration OF this Queen in dismal German
castle and NJ Schefer's volume affords Key 'hc'e'o
which is in no discreditabe to the sovereign uS
of Rumana. NJ. Schefcr is member OF inc
literary staff of Nine. Adams "Nouvelle Revue ana
n was in the pages OF that publication that Here
Royale" first appeared.
Dr. D. G.. Brinton, in his new book, The Pursuit
nj Uappiness. shows that he is no friend OF asceu-
cism, nor OF excess in the virtue OF selapheea'oh'
He points that the Injunction OF the eospel WIS
glove thy neghbor myself" and adds III was
n modern and unphilosophica deroga'ion when SUD
stituted for IT, 'Vivre pour autru IN h'ihs .he
host for ourselves we live the best for Others" lie
argues that the pursuit OF happiness Is something
which human nature cannot AVOID. Inc search re-
sults in enlarged consciousness OF SELF una 'e ann
.p.uers 10 that indehnable longing in all life toward
improyement which the essayis holds 10 De 'hc True
secret Of evolution. But surely II Is bold saSihe
that biologists have discovered that the aNouaHcc
NJ painful and the search for pleasnrabie Sehsauos
are the first principles Of organic animal me- anu "
those which have developed the amoeDa INTO 'he
mans There are hereucs who are not altogether
Gov. NJ the relation between amoeba and man. let
alone the question Of evolution. But taken generaS
the authors epicureanism, though moderh a. " "'su
ment and Illustration, is thoroughly antique III ilS
principles Happiness being the end Of life 1t only
remains to study the methods by which IL Is 10 De
sought. Whereas those OF ascetic turn are apt 10 O
boppiness only when they cease TO pursue H. 'hs
epcurean obtains it by deliberate effort. But uie
fact OF the Is that-when the two talk OF nap
piness they are using word TO which cach a'"cn''
a meaning peculiar himself. DIR. Brinton's gena
worldliness will not 60 far TO convince those VINO ar'
of a different temperament
The literary mechanism or the BOOK is soHe"ha
unusual Brief essays are followed by groups o
aphorisms many OF which the words of eApefl
ence quantity put. For example: 81 The doctrine ina
we should get rid OF wants by extingushng gu
desires Is suited 10 the clown In the story, VINO Gu
OIL his ears because they were cold; or thls '"
are all more or less like those lower animals who's
coors change with their surroundings or An erro
actively advocated is healthier than truth lazi'
accented. Thought becomes fecund only in action
Those who have dipped into Charles Godfrey lie
lands elaborate work the supersions Of III
Romagna Toscana will find their notions OH the SUI
feet more easily classified II they take the pains L
read his paper in the Transactions OF the lhterna
tional Folklore Congress Of 1891" The essay rs
been published in Il pamphlet and forms an admlrahl
summary OF the conclusions to which the author la
been led by his Investigations.
The eleventh annual report OF the Managing Ton
mittee OF the American school Of Classical Studies
Athens for the year 81 shows that the library no
contains nearly 500 volumes carefully selected 10
the purposes of the institution. The pamphlet cor
tains a list Of the works published in behalf Of III
school since 1882: the official reports OF the director
DIR Charles Wsldstein the annual director iTOlesso
" c. Poland OF Brown University, and OF IhOna
D. SEYMOUR chairman OF the Managing Committee
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