New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-15
NEW BOOKS And NEW EDITIONS.

Senior Cortina remarks In his Introduction 10
''Metodo Cortina. Ingles en- Vente Lecciohes' d"
excellent textbook which Mrs. Francis d. a. Dari
has recently put upon the market that Anie' 'e'"'
are somewhat averse to the study OF lore's"
languages and that this is the very best oil reasons
ubv Standards and ish-Americans should STUDY
English II any book could make the acquisition
of English easy. this must be the one by means
of literal and idlomatic TRANSACTIONS the exact
Spanish equivalent for an English phrase Is en-
nbas,zed The tiny propositions are the worst 10
deal with Mrs Darr has carefully revised the
English portion of the work The examples LOT
illustrating usage are sentences of everyday use
and once laid up in memory are sure 10 DE Oh III
mediate and frequent use. The twenty lessons ar
supplemented with brief studies OF Enghsh anu
American literature and itineraries OF the I"'e'
States and England. BY way Of a prologue senior
Cas,.,ar has written an entertaining letter in
snanisb and the last two sentences OF this letter
are REPRODUCED in fac-simile with Senior castelar,
autograph.
f. p Dutton & Co. issue neat ana tas'eiu'
little book entitled phillips Brooks Year BOOK
containing selections from the writings Of the great
nreacher for every day in the year The seiecuohs
bav. been made with care by two persons. VINO
give only their initials, and faithfully reflect the
intense earnestness and deep spirituality oil Ut
Brooks.
Thomas Whitaker has brought out 1.-THE Life oil
Christ In the World" by the Rev. Arthur brooks'
of this city II consists OF Twenty-Five S'i"'N
nreached by Mr.. Brooks, which exhibit many vi
the characteristics TO be found in the sermons OIL
his better-known brother. Those who know MI
Brooks will not need be told that he never III
siulees in captrap sensationasm 1here are !"
n. found in this volume no sermons on the ias'
,nanitv in politics or the latest social fad OF ''e
hour They are pitched in key far above all ''id'
sort Of thing Not that they are at all acaue'iiN
On tonic or STYLE on the contrary they are en-
inently practical and characterized py d spun
NJ buoyant modernness, all real sermons snouiu
no Mr. Brooks has not selected the masterpieces
~ his study for publication. IT, indeed, he mas any
hut sermons that are not only preachapIe pu'
which have evidently been preached to living men
ord women They are marked by a VVidhess anu
,oint that no essay can ever possess they rehect
not merely the message of the preacher ou' 're
hu,orness and spiritual needs of his hearers Such
sermons will always be listened to or read WIFE
interest and profit. even in an age ike TINS "hei
so MANY other voices are apparently surviving u
drown the utterances of the pulpit.
new edition of Miss Edgeworth's books put IN
a piouantly old-fashioned form. is coming from 'e
press Of Dent. in London and Is 10 ne Drought o'
here by Dodd & Mead.
Among forthcoming publications will be a voiume
NJ noems entitled From Sunrise 10 Sunset from
che nen Of Curtis Guild. Editor of THE Boston COM
,nercial Bulletin" Mr.. Guild in his younger days
was a contributor the old "KnickeTSocker'
then edited by Louis Gaylord Clark. Many OF THESE
poems appeared In that magazine others nave been
written since il expired. The small Quarto volume
will have about fifty illustrations, and Lee 4 Shep-
ard will publish 1t in October