New-York tribune., 1896-01-03
NEW WBOOKSANDNE NEW EDITION.

NEWBOOKS NDNEW EDITIONS
There mas been a vast amount OF writing vari-
Gus subjects connected with English history in re-
cent years, and this makes 1t possible FOR careful
author like Professor Cyril Rarsor1e. OF Victoria
University, 10 put into a single thick volume. An
Advanced History Of England" (Macm!llan & Coz.
a wel-proportionei study OF the whole complicated
there beginning with what be recovered re-
specting prehistoric times and ending with the
establishment Of Parish Councils in 1894. While
the book Is intended for advanced students IN
schools and colleges. 1t will be found equally uselu
to all who desire compact handbook WI whlcn I'M may
give at glance the salient peculiarities OF oatt.e
OF a ministerial administration, OF reiorHlatoIy
crisis. of monarchs reign Ihe type Is st,ad daa
but clear and the marginal headings Win tne oa'c'
at the top Of the page, render reference easy
While Professor Ransomes book leans toward
the annallstic FORM Mr.. Charles Omans "A History
of England" Edward Arnold is more phiosophica
and critica, in style as one might infer from chap
titles. such as Henry VII IN uiu 60 ou Ia iaws "
With Rome. or Chartsm % anu no ocome ene Of prac-
teal work In teaching
.o,r Common Speech" (Dodd Mead & Coz, by
Gilbert NJ. Tucker Is not merely convenient book
of reference for those who wish TO write Ehslish
correctly but 1t is also entertaining a1s ,fle
entertaining in It's way as Frencns famous h'''V
book was TO readers of the last sehera'io"
"Ager,an Memories" Q.ondon: T. Fisher Cnwn)
teaches US that a verb 10 KODAK mas Dee"
odded 20 the English language. But its authors
-, puuocL workman and William Hunter
,yorkman have also shown how much France mas
done to make Algeria comfortable FOR 'faVe'ie's
who usc the bicycle. They made ian''i'ai S'u0S %
the people. and there are tnousaho anu o,',
touches c. actual life in this book whieh a'e
IN giving reality and vivldness to the knoMieuse @
MOI
ons Illustrations reveal the industrious p"o''s
raphei.
uonrv Holt & Co nave added 10 their hs' OF Ger
man books for students new EDITION OF a''"o" ~,
seas ..S:uacr ind Pieudereien Ufst sel",
..v,,ba, der Wcse" edited by professor II. -. ".
,,TorG1 oT Hamilton College and Joseph N.Sr
voS schelfels historical novei exc nyersity
OF Kansas.
o.r ooi,,on Of the writings OF Waiter Baseno'
O.opgmans. Green Coz VIII uou' - .,os.
cone 70 many readers Bagehot was one o. '''0S'
,s,,,h,,c, v,bo have received first adequate W.
~ fro,o America Richard Hot Hnt'on' 'n'
li,o~ n. the three volumes Of Literary H'uu'e9'
,,e ono volume Of "Blosraph!cal S'uoles am, 80.
ono volume os Economic Studies, no" /" '"'''
,r,,ofl,,v Acknowledges his indeo'eo"esS W s
eiirion so carefully annotated by for'es' '' san
of Hartford. ~ 49,. p.a
7. yas shown by MI Morgans edition that base'
no, had some remarkable pecuAaTiiles as We n.
HIS quotations particularly these from I'e "''e",
are said to have given his American .Sa aSehot was
from the FIRST careless OF the it'e .Aars -, -
ton over Greek w9I1s Y su, i"' fond By haeeho,s
GTst editor Mr.. Hutton has not accepoSu ~, a,cs 20
~ M fe'ew-stiient with Basehot and me heiom5 4,
friendship Of the TWO make his meme, sss,,st an
Mars there as also a brian; taker inc aura fa.
veness Of Bagehofs work Is snow H, Az ~ nsssed 10
.nIf Ny HuttOns volumes have airead! PaS'V" ~
a second edition
The Century Company has Issued SECOND CO..
,;on Of the Personal Memoirs Of l. ;. Grant
with a preface and notes by Coione rreu'''@" -
Grant. BY means OF copious marginal anho'a"o"
reference Is made to the books anu oicidi 'e
ords which General Gran; used 70 aid or coriec'
,a cenoorv when he was writing his autobiography.
In the carly chapters of the work. as coroner
Grant points out. General Gran; passed huF'ieoy
and briefly over incidents which others ie'a'"'
80 At length The notes added IN the mar
,r by the care Of Colonel Grant bring the Work
tn,o touch with large body of N:erasure respect-
ing the Mexican War ard the CiVl war IN 'I'e
latter case however. the principal source reieI.eo
70 Is the "Oficial Records of the war or 'he ne
ball,on" mos; important part OF which IS macs up
y. transcripts of General Grants own field rec
ords.
Another matter 10 which Colonel Grant paid spe-
o,oi attention was the inclusion OF Biographical re-
marks giving information concerning mnot % Gn~ ,
ters prOr1inen. features In the lives OF wei-hoMn
an pana notes as 10 the professional experience
or training military and naval oicers snan Az sns
destined longer lease OF fame man az az oy Nv
written by an an Of AS Mar 0"s sns memoirs
must continue TO be read
new edition of Theodore Roosevei;'s New
York" a volume in the Series o. Historic towns
edited by Edward A. Freeman ana the KEY WIZ
lam Hunt, has been issued by longmahs' "ree'
& Co. The work now has an adii'oAa eh"p'er
lion which tool, the city out Of the hands OF Tan
many Hall IN 1891 the political m0yemens SiG bsv. wSn S
lowed from II.
What Is apparently "remndec" edition Of r.
N!shet Gains Russian Fairy Tales From 'he
c,ozk OF Pa.evoi" originally published IN Eng
land has been issued by May Williams. mi
cago +: is an entertaining book useful to & siu,
dents of folklore. and they VIII NJ sOtTn stS 80 ~.
20 welcome II from publishers on tnis sue o' ''e
!: Atlantic.
A new contribution to the Bacon Shakespeare
controversy is Francis Bacon and His snakes
pearc" (The Sargent Publishing Company Dy
Theron F. Dixon ME- RxGns Drader~Ssors meaT ITS
book is filled with more or less nseAouS srbue pu u1 70
the memory of Della Bacon
IN Volume of the Papers OF the Military
Historical Society Of Massachusetts. note
worthy feature the criticism OF General NC
C,ean as a commander. Volume OF 'he same
series will be found by those who look INTO IL 10
be devoted largely 70 an elaborate study IN a
series OF papers by Johh 4 i'oPes "e' - " -,
polsroy General F. W. Polfrey, and General
Charles A. Whittier. Of the famous PeninsuiaT
t,ampaign There is also paper BY Colohei
Thomas L. Livermore or "Pattersons shenah-
doah Campaign" and one by Major j. +. Hunt
ington on Operation in the Shenandoah valley
from March 10 to June .. 1862" The criticism in
these publications Of the MASSACHUSETTS 9ocleS
can only be characterized incisive. Here ~
an example from General +. W Polfrey's essay
on the conditions Of affairs after the fal OF YORK
tou,n: .The more | study Johnston's writings the
more cause j find 10 dis;r1st him., and again