New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-19

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Captain Mahan's long looked-for LILO oi N.r
SON. has at last come from the press. ana VII, oe
published by Little. Brown & Co. next "eeN. "e
work is in two stout octave volumes o. ~ -,
hundred pages each. and contains a hu"oe' Vi
portraits and other Illustrations
Nansen's "Farthest North" which was REVIEWED
At length in The Tribune OF last oun""'' 10 '"'
lished to-day by the Har2ers'
"The National Review is a periodical worm ou! :
ing and reading OH several counts. out perhaps 10
chief claim upon the SURFACES OF mere io'@ "
GOOD literature is its frequent puoho"' -,
ESSAY nv Leslie Stephen. He is about the last VI
tho major Victorian critics. and since ne mas III
wavs taken much time to publish BOOK IL is I"
delight to get at least an essay from MN 80
sionally In the current number OF Inc Na'o"".
he has a paper which begins as 'housh " W,
s,ans TO be review of the recent volumes vi ",o-
bon,ana. published by Lord Sheffield. 1t ends oy
be,nr n valuable sketch and study of the hstoriar
Mr. stephen takes the stand that Giobon was
type OF perfection; the kind of perfecuoh an" .,'
hind of type he indicates in the following
ton:
Gibbons memoirs have the very rare ana p %Sat
liar charm of recording complete success anu WE"
NAV in one sense be called perfection of character
certainly do attribute 10 Gi6bon m9 his lille
fecfion in an absolute sense he hau ms 49, ~
weaknesses. and anybody who pleases may ION
ia onv up Ssend ae S reatSey TO
pose and consequently that peculiar pIhce "a, " 70
get The very greatest possible result out OF gwen
abilities Moralists may perhaps m ma not argue
the point But as a matter of fact. we may also say
that there are moral types each 3 W a bnls
order of society career which is a systematic
application Of single governing prinep cea rns #
represents successful experiment worm not" he IA
All or herO-(1iOhOn
under some conditions he may achleve results oI
which the saint and hero would be incapable We
but II he had followed any or their examp'es, we
alton atom could not have supplied without him The
course Of intellectual development would have been
s sn Pleasure he would frankly admit
the true end of life. But pleasure to him, though
and might occasionally be sought even at militia
or IN the s,es snd
ton of the intellect upon worthy ends IL lnciudea
ship and the hearty enjoyment of the society Of
philosophers and statesmen higher as well as
euaed GSbon for the one great work which he
achieved Had, in short superhu'mnan beng been
best able TO turn account to 1T the character
with the most appropriate intellect he co"'o not
have devised better combination
Professor Sloane's Napoleon" issues in book
form with disappointing deliberation. The first
and second volumes have been published, but two
TO come, and there is no sign tnat they
will appear in the immediate future.
The Universalist Publishing House. Of Boston.
has brought out carefully written and interest
ing life OF the late Rev DR.. AlonZo Ames Miner,
who for many years filed so large place in the
religious and social life of Massachusetts 1t Is
embelshed by number of excellent pictures, and
Is fitting tribute TO the work Of a good and use
full man
The publication by the Macmillan Company Of
Professor Richard g. Mouton's book OF Isaiah in
the Modern Readers Bible Series will be welcomed
by the large number of religious people who desire
10 understand better the evangelist Of the old dis
pensatlon." Professor Mou.ton's arrangement OF
the text and his explanatory comments are 10 he
commended The Bible Literature with an
Introduction by the Rev Dr. Lyman Abbott
(Thomas Y. Crowel, & Coz. Is suggestive collec-
ton of essays on various books of Scripture by
well-known scholars This collection will be es-
pecially timely just now. when the literary side OF
the Bible is exciting such wide attention. The
compact volume of Helps to the Study OF the
Bible" issued by the oxford University Press vii
prove exceedingly valuable to the student of the
Bible. 1t IS moreover. printed in clear and legible
type, which cannot be said OF most helps printed
IN teachers bibles.
1.-THE Trial and Death of Jesus Christ" by the
Rev DR.. James Stalker american Tract Society,
is reverent and inspiring study Of Chrsts pas
sion and death, which may be read with pleasure
and profit by all Christians. THE Prophets of the
Christian Faith Ghe Macmillan Company is
series Of papers a few of the great leaders of
Christian thought by number of well-known Eng
Nsh and American cergymen. which illustrate very
we'll what Christianity 'o-day thinks of the Chris
tan worthless of the past. Houghton. Mfiin &
Co. brong christianity and Social Prob
lens" by the Rev DR.. Lyman Abbott. of which
Il may be said that II reveals all the lucdity and
cogency in argument for which DR.. Abbott is dis
t,ngushed. 1t is useful contribution 10 the study
of Christian Socialism. Funk & Wagnalls have
issued well-arranged little volume entitled Bible
Selections for Daily Devotion" by the Rev. DR..
silyanus Stall which will be helpful TO those who
desire 10 arrange for themselves a of daily
Bible readings