The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-13
VIEW nooKs.
brief Reviews or lnpertaut ana 1uteresiinG
New Publications.


No man Of our day, with the possible exception
Of Robert Louis Stevenson, has impressed a
pleasant personality upon everything no wrote
more strongly than has Philip Gilbert Ham.
erton. In The Intellectual Life" and
Human Intercourse In his many vol.
umss upon art and outdoor life. and,
most OF all. in the posthumously pub
lished autobiography. tho mans nno and sym
pathetic nature 10 30 clearly and yet so unobtru.
ptvely revealed that to read him is to make
q true and trusted friend. In "Tho Quest
OF Happiness" Roberts Bros.l, which is now
Oublished in the unfinished state in which 1t
was left at the time OF his death. we have tho
hnel word OF this eminently sane and practical
philosopher. Happiness he says, in tho open
Ing sentence, as tho word will DO understood
In tho present volume, means that degree OF
satisfaction with our existence which, in spite
Of minor vexations and disappointments. makes
us willing to go on living as we arc now living,
without any important change. From this point,
which lies about midway between tho illusory
complaccncy OF the optimist and the absolute
negation of the pessimist, the author proceeded
TO work out his theory that such happiness as 10
TO DO had In life follows naturally upon the due
exercise OF our faculties, alternating with their
sufficient rest, and that the truest philosophy
lies in first recognising the impossibility Of at.
tanning the ideal. and then setting about tho
-
."oA ', oonve"'ihs ONO set Win the real. Inc
fact that tho demonstration was not carried
TO its conclusion perhaps adds to rather than de-
tracts from the value Of the work, since no com.
science ~ human h.nn,nass a,,,a ou.. no
yvhoI,v sot,sfoc,orv Thn nasS..tss y. 49,.
cobercnt and n q Il, oil ,h., rI.n,.a~ -.
there Ia that ,vbo,eao,o st;mrI.,i,. I,erau.,
thai breeds courage and s.Ir. r.,ianoa oma 49,
"A nm oxco,I.nt on,;aoto 80 ~ -. 49,.
mated NV thoae diana, noss,r,is,. - i,,.aaa.
noisv orpmb,ers bidden IN a soost az No, 60
dissatis1ed with tho arrang.mants h,, ,rauiS
fain mako ali the ,yor,a as n,,sn..n,s -. 80.
selves.
new and tborouoh,v r.v,..a .,s .,,..
edition of DR.. Henrv Van n,Lo.. "Ths 30.
of Tennvson" lscribnera ia nrh,ish.d 49, ~.
subtitle of "a Book Of Ess,v, an vitol C,,,.
cism." Tn theao essav, ,,r;,,or a. int.sr.I,
and under var;ou. cond,tion. n, w. NJ.
has not atteunted IN oiyo. oor,u,o.. ..;.st,es
and technical analvsis ~ the nosn,. hnt
has sought to come into touoh Nth
their innermoat snirit and ir s..r. -
careful and stpdiops anpr.c,.t;ons 80 r..oh
and reveal their inward ana vi,., h..u,r
useful Arrangement of tho moan. 4. moaa a. 49,
last cbapter. not as an eIact class,ecotjon hr.
as a broad eroupinp IN assist the st,Ssnt IN
comprebendinp tbem as a Whole "T" he eavs
in conclusion. =" this ACC of oura With n, r.ns;..
uance of art and its catholic asmir,tion ~ the
beautiful in all forma. clas.ic and romantic
with its love Of sciance and n, iov In ma.
teripp the seorets of Natrr. ,v,th A.. do.r
passion Of humanity nrot.s,in, .oo,,., .oo,,I
wrongs and dreaminq Of sooisl roganoration
with its introspectiva amir. aearcbinv IN.
syringe of character and action. with In nro.
found interest in the nrobIems =, the uDss.n
and its reaction from the tbeoloov NJ the Mead
a. A. ..,.-,.- " -
IN a great age. then Tennyson ia a great po.t.
for he ia the clearest- sweetest strongest voica
Of the century"
Another volume nv the aams author and r,,.
form in size with the Tennyson Essays. Ia "Iit.
tie Rivers. A Book of ESSAYS in Proatable Idle.
ness" (Scribnersl The angler and the lover
of delicate Iyrics will remember thess onening
verses of the poem which DR.. Van DYKE repub.
fishes as the prelude to his delightful cbaptera.
w,.n ,u,,,. ,,,ou, ., u,,...u
And timid breatbs OF vernal air