New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-13
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
BIRDS. GRASSES. VEGETABLES AM
OTHER MATTERS.

THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY; CSsm iSs F, sG
Charles A. shriner BY, a ne STATE Of New Jer.
sew sew. Octave, pp 2l2. Printed for the Com"'s-
GRASSES OF NORTH AMERic a. BY Hi w ;oS. neA
,r,,r ropc,xc- nook. BY J.. II. Bailey. iemo
d. Kill The Macmillan Company
THE DOG BY sonehenss and Gs0rT sm aFT pp
iS OF London Frederick Warne 4 Co
~ ,,s "1,rds Of New-Jersey" Mr. Skinner mas ar
.r,sa the bird. OF his State IN Alphabetical o.N.
rnser their English names. and has suo'oi"e
each name a succinct Characterization ioi popua
readers Evidently he has In mind the POM u wv,
of the American farmer and the need OF inaN,'e
.,a ,oire ard usefulness 10 him OF the flying
rs,rors OF orchard and garden. Dr. W. D. i'e"'
..c,rasses OF North America is a techh'ca'' ue'p
tive catalogue arranged topicaliy' II -
supplement a volume issued by the author nte 80
ago on the physiology. composluon 'e''
nrovne and cultivation of grasses, ou' !. ma! ''
rssa &C nm ,nsenendent work. L. II Baiiey 5 role-
,ns-Book'' is an admirably planned "manuai OF 'He
cultivation OF vegetables In glass houses -"
,s carefully restricted TO those crops which are ''
IN maturity there The starting Of plants Tor se''ns
in the open and all questions OF hotoe's anu 'ou
CRANES are omitted In preparing this Volune the
author has taken advantage Of his observations al
the Cornell Experiment Station MT Arnd'aBes .
-on Of .'Stonehenees Dog is a book ior the uoe
fame 'N'N'-'''-'
surgeon The volume is divided into TWO measuraoiy
eoual narts: one part characterizes dogs by their
po,nts" the other prescribes cures for canine DIS
eases
The Celtic enthusiasm has produced periodical
on this side ct the Atlantic II is published at
Scranton Penn under the title OF THE American
Kelt" Whether it Will amount to anything OF ho'
is impossible TO judge from the number sent us
1t contains some judcious paragraphs indicating
ho n hon V.
he will not himself submit the dictations OF pure
"Celtomania" But otherwise the magazine Is nov
very interesting affair
Mr. Austin Dob.on's Muse, whom allus'on has
lately been made in this place az disposed TO re-
main unaccountably silent has burst forth at the
dinner Of the Omar Khayyam Club. The quality
of her latest outpourings may be judged from
these fragments II being noted, by-the-way' that
the "Rusturn" and "Firdausi' OF the verses were
respectively wolseley and Mr. Edmund
Gosse.
Twas Swift who said that people ,vieT'
| can't pretend to claim the gift
OF playing Bentley upon Swift;
But / suspect the reading true
Is "Omar than on ar knew
Or why this laTse assembly me-,
Lest we this Omar should forget
On a parenthess. note
Our Rustum here, without red coat;
Where sohrab sits I'm not aware.
But that's Firdaus in the ChairD
Lest we this omar should forget,
Who ages back. remote obscure,
V WT9te y W6ss 9n'f an
Were merely copied out by hand.
And now. without etched plates, or AID
Bid fair Parnassus' TOP to climb
And knock the Classics out of time.
Well Omar Khayyam wrote of Wine.
Ana Ana Omar On ar K6ayya ira'' Wrote Of Roses
And all of US no doubt. have noses;
And omar Khayyam wrote Of Love.
Which some OF us are are. not lot ,a above
We don't know. always what ne meant
Lastly, the mans plainly dead
We can heap honors on his head.
The scribners send US five more volumes in the
set of thirty in which they are publishing the Cen
tenary" edition of the works OF Carlyle Three or
these latest Issues devoted 10 The French
Revouton" the fourth is given TO Heroes and
Hero Worship and the fifth is the first OF four in
which "Oliver Cromwells Letters and Speeches is
70 be published. The merits of this edition have
been already pointed out IN The Tribune 1t is in
expensive, but it appears in positively luxurious
form and Mr.. Trails introductions are models OF
their kind. Nothing could be tactful or more
sympathetic than his predatory pages to the work
which Carlyle entitled The French Revolution:
History" Our editor observes rightly that The
French Revolution: A Drama would be the truer
description, and from this point OF departure he
enalyzes very skilfuly the variegated. turbd pro-
duction which II possible for every writer TO pick
10 pieces but which no has been able to
permanently discredit one Of the most absorb
ing and impressive things In English literature.
We notice that the portraits used in these volumes
have been chosen with admirable taste. In this re-
spect and in every other the edition IS model
There is nothing more astonishing about Mr.. Kip
ling than his ability to explore fields. utterly
unexpected fields, with much SAVIOR fare
though he had lived and worked In them for years
Slave q he Ian which hepin
IN the April number OF "Cosmopolis.' is launched
with the rehearsal of a pantomme in one Of the
studies Of q great boys school IN England. The
tale then proceeds 10 describe sort OF vendetta be-
tween some of the scapegraces in the institution
and q peculiarly obnoxious Instructor. The
agery of the boys may strike the reader having
been drawn In almost too vivid colors, but there is
no mistaking the actually of the thing The char
ac,ers touch the sympathes at once, end the scene
IN which the troublesome pedagogue is inveigled
into a war OF words with drunken carrier be-
meath his window, with all sorts OF ructons ensu-
Ing is one OF the livelest most humorous and most
human episodes Mr. Kipling has delineated There
is felt too a vague promise that something partic-
ularly surprising will be developed In the chapters
to come.
Mr. Thomas Hardy's latest novel has not I'M
naturally been received with some amazement by
his public--diffcring 1t docs so decidedly from
his previous works-and review OF the book
has spurred him 10 explanation. Writing 10 THE
Academy he says:
I think Il would not be amiss 10 account for the
ultra romantic notion Of the tale. which seems 10
come slightly a surprise TO readers. Not only
was it published serially five years ago but 1t
was comparatively young man. and Interested
in the Platonc Idea. which considering is charm
and its poetry. one could well wish 10 be inter-
ested IN always - ,
son. OF Bolton. for something light for his syndi-
cate. the tale was taken in hand and adapted, the
idea OF perfection in woman being made 10 grow
upon the hero, an innocent and moral man through
ont till IL "a trouble TO him