New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
PICTURES FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THE EARTH.

PICTURES FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THE EARTH.
CAPE COD BY Henry David ThoreaH VIII n,i l,9s
trations from Sketches in Coors Dy AHeiia ~
Watson Sa, In Tive , T0u%e 60 octave pp W. ''
1cAN AuTmoRs BY varioas Hands oc-
tavo. PIP. 1888. G. p. Putnam's sons 4,
NORTH OF MAEKET in
Octave. PIP. o. Avn Printing Company =,
TOWN AMP T1Mss a ny TO-
pp iiS Trusove & Comba.
SOME ANCIENT ENGLISH HOMES AMP An .r THG GGt
zeal AND his HTSTo ia BY Elizabeth Hodges.
illustrated by S. ]. Loxton. Quarto. PIP. 2So'
ROUND ABOUT A BRIGHTON COACH OFFICE.
BY Maud de- Knf Ee us1rasS cS
LONDON STREET NAMES: THEIR ORIGIN
T1Ss f i T. SS s55sn A 4 "a
THE LONDON BURIAL GR0UNTp2ss; EoR RfSE 9T
TINES TINES 70 1'' THE PREsENT DAY. BY Mrs.
T ESs MOmss cdm Illustrated oc'"V0 pp ''
"ESfiHS - ISIS Tho%ss kees ana 5Snn
s SSi' III FTa al'ss p p ha PpHH Lover
4 LITTLE TOUR IN. IRELAND, BY an oxon l,,n
taSo pp u.s. 0y E 3SHn hI Afnold M ~
d.
Illustrations by Clifton johnson. Octave PIP S72.
Dodd Mead & Co.
EDINBURGH. Picturesque Notes by Robert Louis
ford. Octave. PIP. 1877 The Macmillan Company
IN THE SOUTH SEAS BY Robert hOgs seHs
PARIS DAYS AND EVENINGS. BY Stuart Henry
Illustrated. Octave. PIP. 316 j. b. Lippncott
Company.
tratons by the Author. Octave. PIP. S2o' Charles
Scrbner's Sons
Translated from the French by Helen b; Dole.
With ILLUSTRATIONS by Leon Lhermit'e' octave
LITERARY LANDMARKS OF VENICE BY
Laurence Hutton. Illustrated Octave PIP. a.
Harper Bros.
LITERARY Ian DMARKs OF JERUSALEM BY
Laurence Hutton. Illustrated Octave PIP "a.
CONsTANTINoPLE. BY Edmondo de A AI,iSs
STEAMBOAT Edition. Illustrated Octave PIP 90
G. p. Putnams Sons.
KOKORO: HINTS AND ECHOES OF JAPAN
ESE INNER LIFE BY Lafcado Hearn. Oc-
tavo. pp. $685. Houghton Mfiin & Co.
Fiction Is commonly supposed to occupy more
of the time Of writers and readers to-day than
any other form Of literature. No doubt the
supposition is correct Furthermore. We are
told by the reaists that people read fiction be-
cause they want to know more about the
world they live in. Novels are believed to make
us acquainted with our fellowmen. Neverthe-
more bent on learning things about the world
or worlds we don't live In than anything
else II the group OF books enumerated above
was at all comprehensive 1t might not provoke
such a reflection. But 1t is the merest drop in
the bucket. If the reader will let his memory
run back over the publications Of the year no"
drawing to a close he will notice that an enor-
nous proportion has been devoted to topo-
graphical research. to the exploration OF new
regions of the earth or the celebration OF local
tiles long since made famous In literary and
other history. So eager is the public for BOOKS
of this Sort SO alert are the publishers to sat
isfy every demand. that we have new editions
Of old works dealing with this locality or that,
and the pages Of writer who never expected
to see his pen pictures amplifed or annotated
are set forth with all the additions that artistic
skill and reproductive mechanism can provide.
Thus we have two new volumes such as those
IN which Thoreaus Cape Cod has been re-
published. Some years ago IT would nave
seemed enough had the work been reprinted
tust for the sake of the good type and paper
and the decorative binding which are now
enent upon the author. He himself would have
thought such things a handsome tribute. But
Miss Amelia Watson has made the dantiest
marginal sketches in colors amid the very
scenes that Thoreau loved and described. She
has nut into them a sympathy in harmony
with his own and her tiny water-colors are
not unworthy Of his descriptive passages. The
result Is a delightful piece Of bookmaking
Cape Cod" is Ct the NOSE vigorous ana
vivid Of all Thoreaus writings: 1t is one OF the
first of his works which the lover OF his prose
would care to have reinforced by pictorlai
commandment Miss Watson has deft touch
and her sketches fit we'll into the narrative II
Il to be hoped that she will attack other pro-
auctions Of her author and that they may IS
sue from the same press in the same attractive
state as this edition of Cape Cod The COL
lection of papers brought out under the title
of Little Journeys to the Homes OF American
Authors" Is a reprint Of certain essays pup
,,.hed in the ffties and fallen into compare
tive neglect. 1t is a good idea to print them
anew. They deal with men like Lowell. Audi
hon. Lonsfeow. Prescott and Bryant In thei'
own most characteristic surroundings. and they
ware written by men who had peculiarly
Identified way with them. When Curtis wrote
NJ I,ongfellow when George Hillard wrote OF
prescott when Mr. Parke Goodwin wrote OF
Audubon. there was a sedate enthusiasm In the
writing above all there was perlect TASTE
which makes the essays positively precious To-
day We add the little sketchy volume eh'i''eu
"North of Market Street" to our list OF Ameri-
can books, not because 1t is strictly topograph-
teal hut because, in a sprightly way. 1t paints
the social physiognomy Of Philadelphia; and
that as every one knows. is reflection OF the
geographical characteristics OF the quaker
City. ...,
p-,t,sh themes have attracted the authors OF a
conspicuous number Of those volumes at presen.
,,nasr review. "Shakespeare's Town and Times
:. a work TO which reference has already been
ro.de IN this place The text is gracefully writ
ten the possession Of some erudition mas not leu