New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-31
NEW BOOKSAND NEW EDITIONS

NEW BOOKSAND NEW EDITIONS
yo,um. XIV completes 1.-The Writings of George
Washington Collected and Edited by Northihstoh
Cbauncey Ford &C. p Putnams sons. ii covers
the period from 1898 17% and includes letters
10 men like Hamilton. John Adams, Patrlck mem!
and LAFAYETTE, letters which set form the "il'e'
views on all the important questions exterhai anu
internal relating 10 the welfare of the united
States The most interesting papers, in sense are
those which relate to Washington's private ana"s'
his controversy with the manager of the farm al
Mount Vernon. when the latter threatened u
quit his service. his satisfied comment on the
work of a new gardener, sent him by Dr. JAMES
Anderson from London. THE gardener whom you
were so obliging TO send me-. he wrote CON-
Times TO conduct himself extremely we'll lie Is
Industrious sober and orderly and understands
his business. In short never had hlred servant
that pleased me better. and what adds 10 my
satisfaction is that he is himself conented having
declared that he never was happier in MS NE
When war with France seemed inevitable ne
anticipated with dismay at his time OF HE, no"
turned of sixty-six." the necessity OF returhlhs
10 the public service. The letters are iolIo"eu
by an extract from diary kept by washington
for the week preceding his fatal Illness Inc"
comes a version of Tobias Lear's account OF WASH
ington's death. Mr.. Ford explains that the manu-
scrpt he has used is the property of William
r Hayemeyer He thinks that Lears original
manuscript the one transcribed by SPARKS mas
been lost. As the Sparks copy contained matter
not in the Havemeyer manuscript, MI. foru "hle
usne the latter as the basis of his work, has
inserted in brackets the additional sentences. Inc
narrative of the attending physician, Dr. James
craik and the consulting physician. Dr. Elisha
C. Dick Is then given, followed by letters OF
Tobias Lear TO William Augustine Washington 10
Colonel Burgess Ball and to President John ADAMS
announcing the death of Washington. and by
o.l;,,uc IN
of Mrs Washington in reply to condolences from
president Adams and Gov. Trumbull are also
given After the reprint Of Washing tons Will come
n genealogical table and a history OF the WASH
ington family which Mr.. Ford opens with the
regretful assertion that after century OF spas
Ynodc research the history of the ancestry OF
Washington cannot be written with accuracy or
fitness" The volume contains copious indexes to
the entire collection
The second volume of The Writings Of Thomas
Jefferson Collected and Edited by Paul Leicester
Ford" &C. z. Putnams Sons) covers the period
between 1776 and ISL: that is. the years oil 'he
Revolutionary War. when jefferson figured as
member of the Continental Congress ard as Gov
ernor of Virginia. The salient feature of the book
is of course the comparative study of the texts
of the Declaration of Independence. The hrst
draft the reported draft, and the engrossed copy
are printed in parallel columns. and these are ac-
companied with reproduction in fac-simile OF the
renorted draft which also by study of erasures
and interlineations reveals the first draft. 1t Is
fact worth noting that while the types begin the
word God" with a capital letter 1t IS plainly d
small letter in the reproduction of the manuscript
Jeferson's practice OF beginning sentences Wlthin
a paragraph with a small letter is also neglected
in the reprint. There perhaps. no pecullarity
of JeYerson's style that showed so well as TINS
the minuteness and the prejudice of his learning
Volume TX Of William Adds Wrights edition OF
the works of Shakespeare contains the play OF
'Percles," the poems and the sonnets besues re-
prints Of 1.-The Merry Wives of Windsor Inc
Chronicle Historic of Henry the FIT THE First
Part of the Contention of the Famous Houses OF
Yorke and Lancaster" THE True Tragedie of
Richard Duke of York and the Good King Henry
the Sixt" Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet
from the early quartos. In the first edition THESE
pieces followed the plays TO which they belonged
but they are included in a single volume Tor
the sake of better arrangement in the other
volumes In the matter of faithfulness TO the
quartos, Mr.. Wright remarks that the tac-smiies
by -lithography are not invariably safe guides
In minute particulars. He adds that the ADDITIONS
and corrections for the second edition OF the whole
work amount TO many thousands
The catalogue of the staff of Bellevue Hospital
was this year enlarged by a historical review COW
ering the period 1876 1894 edited by Robert
j. Carlisle, NJ D. 1t is illustrated with over. forty
portraits and hospital views. maps and diagrams
The first catalogue of the Bellevue staff was pub
Nsbed In 1873 In 1884, the roll of names having
increased about twofoli. committee was appointed
TO prepare new catalogue. The plan grew, as
1t was contemplated. and the present work. vol
ume of over $50 pages, is the result OF this num-
ber 10S pages are devoted to the history. In the
catalogue proper the of each physician IL
ACCOMPANIED with a succnct biographical notice,
giving the important incidents in each mans life,
with dates. A brief account is added of the origin
and growth of the Society Of Alumni of the hos
pital The book is handsomely printed and the
Illustrations. though largely OF a practical char
acter, attractive.
1.-The Tourists Atlas-Guide TO the Continent of
Europe" by J. G. Bartholomew. +. r. q. s. Jim
ported by Charles Scribners sons, is a very COM
pact work The numerous maps which II contains
are accompanied by guide to places Of interest
In each city No space is wasted. even on preface,
but tables of contents-One in the order Of the
maps printed, and the other arranged alpha
betcay-give a sufficient clew to any matter which
the book contains
"A History of the Roman Empire from Its Foun-
dalton to the Death Of Marcus Aurclus." by j. Il.
Bury Harper Bros.). fills a place which has long
been vacant. As Mr.. Bury remarks, there is no
English handbook for the first two centuries of
the Empire Mr.. Burys method has been to work
upon the original authorities. with the writings of
modern investigators constantly in mind. The vol
ume Is printed and bound in the style familiar to
those who have used the students Series" 1T
is copiously illustrated with maps. portraits, coins
pictures of ruins and of characteristic scenes in
the life OF the Empire.