New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


.r.o,o,, 1uus,rated" bv q. Robinson Lees.
T. G. s (Mawson Swan & Morgan Newcastle
on.Tvn,, Is an excellent and comprehensive hand-
book OF the Holy city. Mr.. Lees. who is iaVorapy
known to the public rs the author OF Biole scenes
from the Holy Land has been resident oI
Jerusalem for many years. and has made carefui
s,ud,. y, .be onopraphv and people Of the city He
has embodied the results of his researches IN the
present volume. which II cmbellishcd by 'arke
number of excellent illustrations specially maze io'
IT, IT also contains preface by DR. BlFth tne
Anglican Bishop OF Jerusalem. and an appendix
Illustrating the temple models OF Herr Baura'h No'
scbick Ritter with n descriptive etterpress trans
lated ly the Rev. J. T.. Hanauer To those VINO
desire to be Informed to the actual conditioh OF
Jerusalem at the present moment. this little VOL
ume will be exceedingly useful
"Hazelrs Annual foi 1885, is the ninth in series
~ reference books which become more and more
valuable with every year 1t ~ pnohsheu III ,o"
don and imported by Charles Scribners SONS
While giving much attention to English ana Euro
pean topics It's outlook Is world WIDE ana "lthii
the space OF G76 pages is compressed a wealth Oh
information for which one would often be az loss
without this volume 1t is not only recoru vi 'ie
wear but also a cycopaeda of men ana Things
In II ere TO he found sketches of pro nnent per-
sonages Of the day. statistics of States churcheS
and various organizations; articles on contemporary
history the state OF finance. agriculture ana COM
nerce and reviews of the years progress IN Iet-
ters and art a feature OF 1.-The Amman Is lhe
insertion Of maps of Australia. parts OF AlriCa
and other countries the geography OF which Is
little known.
4 good American illustrated magazine might not
unfairly claim to be a compendium of universal
Knowledge. with especial reference to local color
and contemporary events. The volumes OF SCRIP
ners Magazine for 1892 and 1893 have reached us III
the stout binding of buckram which the puDlishers
of he m
,,1 s,hstantial available 1t is not necessary 10
traverse any specific story or essay in these DOORS
We Will only express, as we have eNpresseu pe'o.V'
our admiration for the executive anni'N ana ne
insight into the popular demand winch i~
the management The public like TO be amused, CT
course and Il l. largely the province of n magazine
like "Scrbner's' to amrse. but large proportion
of the entertainment to be drawn from It's pages Is
addressed % a thinking audience. IL Is stimulus
n one man to sympati lie with another and 1t has
been the special aim OF "Scribner's to promote
svrn,thv by making different interests acquainted
with each other Papels like those on mems occupa-
lions on the merchant sailor. the newspaper corre
snonden, the machnist-have influence. we may
be sure In the extension of readers horizon. So
also have articles like those on historic moments
IN which some grea: event is detcr!bed by an eye
witness They are brmful OF human interest.
Scrihner's'' full of material Of this sort ii the
value of its papers literature may not In all cases
be permanent their present value is not inconsider
strengthen it's unitarian significance, and 1t has
succeeled II the last volumes safe indication;
but II not tagged In its Efforts to secure gooo
fiction and good articles on aesthetic topics our
only criticism that the reproduction Of the Illus
trat.ons is not given all the Improvement possiple.
The typographical literature OF the Holy Land Is
well nigh endless. but also is the popular interest
in the subject Pictured Palestine" Anson d. r.
Randolph & Coz. by the Rev James Nell formerly
0lerr
take It's place among the best of the more recent
books descriptive Of modern Palestine for It's author
Is a close and discriminating observer and has the
happy faculty Of Selling on the points III the ne
end manners OF the people that are most Interesting
to the average reader. The result IS DOCK mat
il thoroughly readable. 1t Is racy picture OF the
real Palestine it is now. though here and 'h're
the strong Anglo-Saxon prejudlces of the author
prevent him from doing full Juice 10 the Oriental
point OF view. The text IL embellished by many
lifeke Illustrations. all OF them entirely new
est. Nicholas" in its last two volumes. shows as
usual the benefit of sharing in the Century COM
pany's artistic resources. The publishers Of this
periodical spare nothing to obtain the best writer's
and then they lavish the art of their pictorial corps
upon the establishment OF the articles and tales
they prr'. 1t is the greatest merit of the maya
zine thar It maintains good literary quality but
limos, important Is its method OF presenting
its good things.
"Harper's Young People catering to still younger
readers than st Nicholas" follows nevertheless
the same generous policy. Its portly volume for
1898 Is repete with amusement and instruction. Of
fered in the most attractive fashion. The frontis-
piece. engraving BY Kruell after the photograph
of Lincoln in the possession Of Mr.. w. r. Garrison
IL one of the nobest pictures that could be given
10 an American child
The doctrine Of Papa infalilDlItv would find no
more earnest and able opponent than the Rev. Dr.
William G T. Shedd. But his book Orthodoxy
and Hcter,ioxy" Charles Scribner's SOns' Is ample
proof that he does object to infablity per Sc.
for the various essays theological topics Of which
II IS composed are full OF dogmatc assertions.
In fact Dr. Shedd's zeal for orthodoxy Is so great
that II be;rays him sometimes into statements that
are illogical. For instance he lays down the prop
o,i;icn that nothing is more crcdulous than inf
deiity To make this proposition good Ii would have
to be shown tina; all the great non-chrisan think
ers are given to believing what sensible men know
to be untrue Dr.. Shedd cannot do this; and al!
that he attempts 10 do Is to show that Robert Dale
Owen was creduous. Again he says that men
doubt the Gospel largely because they dislike It's
purity, which indicates mat DR.. Shedd does not
know nearly as much about modern life he does
about theology. The chapter on the stereotyped err
rors OF nndelity is worthy of scholar like
Dr. Shedd. FOR. granting that inhdels have fallen
INTO errors, DR. Shedd's theology compels him 10
maintain that the largest portion of the Christian
Church has also fallen into the most grievous err
rors II the scientist finds 1t necessary to revise
his opinions from time to time he is only doing
what the theologians have been doing since the
days when the Churchs only theology the
Sermon the Mount
NOTES FROM TIE NAVY YARD