The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-12

| tho war FOR "a Quarter OF century. Ihc
| story OF Grant as told by GeEcrai ilson Is
not only exceedingly woli told, vivid and
! sincere but iI'prcSscs tho reader, as an
I authoritative compilation Of tho lIfo of "a
| man whose life forms 50 important "a part
| OF the history OF our common country.
| Especially Is remarsnblo yaiHe given
the work by the publication for tho first
time, we believe of personal letters of
Grants 20 his Intimate friend, ex-M Minister
washburno with whom correspondence
WAS maintained thr0ughout the most
notable poriod of the kobellion. There is
also mucn other historical matter of
novelty and permanent value presented In
tho book which thus becomes not only u
fine contribution 90 n worthy series but
of extraordinary value to the literature that
deals with Grant and the Rebellion, and
indeed Of our national history. There IL a
steel portrait and numerous illustrations
ana maps excellently well done.
An attractive looking book just from
the ApplctOns q book that repays read
Ing and Is nightly handy TO have around
whom you so TO the country for the sum
mer. is entitled Bird Life " It tells n lot
about birds, filling the demands OF tho
general Observer though claiming, mod
estly, TO be only n guide TO the study Of
our common birds. - 10 Is prepared
by Frank NJ. Chapman OF the American
y
has about 100 plates and drawings, many
of them very beautiful TO the oye and all
of them purpOsoful and important 10 the
reader and student. These pictures are
made by Ernest Seton Thompson and they
arc highly important part of highly
important little book We learn that our
common birds comprise probably $50
different varieties and Mr.. Chapman
socks TO introduce them Co us, not as nat
uralists but that our list OF pleasant ac-
quaintances possible In life may bo en-
larged 60 include the interesting inhab-
itants OF the woods and fields The mr.
rlngemeut Of the matter written is ex-
cellent for reference, and there is an index.
Such book ought TO be as greItly in
demand in the average household as "a
history of ones country or cook book.
Gregory sells IL.
Terse, comprehensive and arranged with
remarkable skilfulness, treated with
much insight and giving sure evidence of
"A thorough grasp of the subject book
entitled Pioneers of Evolution from
Thales 10 Huxley" written by President
Edward Clodu of tho Folk Lore Society
and published by the ID. Appleton &
Company, is altogether one Of the most
profitable and altogether important little
works that we have seen for a long time.
To the studen5 of evolution, and it may be
said everybody today may be thus classcd
quite regardless OF belief this work fur
nishes "a most valuable history, sum
mary not TO be omitted from the library
Of literature on the subject and Of itself
providing at n glance u remarkably vivid
review of the whole field as developed
through more works than years of
study would permit the reading of. To
say that the book is timely hardly ex-
presses it since IA demand for something
of the sort has existed for AT least dozen
..f xrn1r
hancod as an index and reference by rea-
son of being brought right up 60 current
date. Either To the experienced reader of
works of evolution or To the inquirer Just
beginning his studies, the volume, we
should say, would De about equally desir
able. 1t is finely illustrated with portraits
and is altogether an inviting dissertation
Gregory has 1t.
Among the forthcoming works to be
published by Little, Brown x Co., is n
new historical romance by George II. X.
Rivers, author Of "The Governors Gar
den, " entitled Captain Shays, Popu-
list of l7o6" +" The scenes of the story are
chiefly laid i'm Boston and Petershain,
Mass, and the mot i've Is the discomfort
of the farmers and the noted "Shays' Re-
bellion, which arose from it.
The Macmillan Company has, during
the past two or three years, been gradually
building up very important list of pub
lications on Biology by American au-
thors. The Translation OF Hortwig's
Embryology by Professor Mark of Har-
ward University, was one of these, fol-
lowed by such books as DR.. wilson's
work on tho Cell in the Columbia Uni
versity Biological Series, and his Atlas
OF the Fertilization of the Ovum.
1t is now announcing for early publica-
elpaunp N
standard text and reference book for stu
dents entitled Human Embryology, by
Charles Scdgwick Minot, Professor of
Histology and Human Embryology in the
Harvard Medical school. The work is an
octave of nearly 500 pages with over $50
illustrations.
The literary monument of the late Arch
bishop of Canterbury is his important
work, Cyprian, His Life, His Times, his
WCrk, which Is TO ne published immedi-
ately by ID. Appleton & Company, with
an Introduction by Bishop Potter. DIR.
Benson speaks of Cyprian as "a powerful
and fascinating personality, who left
theory of the church's life which is still
"a living theory" Bishop Potter writes:
"Cyprian beheld Christendom yexed by
questions which were not new when he
came to Carthage, and which arc as vital
in their interest and as far reaching in
their importance now as.then. The great
question of Christian unity, TO deep and
anxious interest in which tho Christian
-preTla- Hiere-than an-cvcr kccr1fy awake
tOdny. was question which Cyprian
treated with n large vision and in "a tenn
uor of generous comprehension which in
some aspects of them may we'll surprise
tho modern student; while with the papal
claims OF his own timc he dealt with vigor
and conclusiveness. - Bishop Potter adds
that "to those who knew the author and
his great careor he will be revealed in the
pages Of this book in some of his most
engaging characteristics. +"
Another volume Is announced by the
Macmillan Company in the uniform series
OF the works OF Friedrich Nietzche Two
volumes have been published, as follows:
Volume NJ containing the Case OF Wag-
ner, The Twilight Idols Nietzche contra
Wagner and volume l% Thus Spake
Zarathustra. The new volume IL entitled
L Ln GnnnnlnrY of Mnrnla and is iusfly