New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
A crHARr OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
NELSON AND HIS TIMES-A MAP
OF THE SEAT OF WAR
MINOR MATTERS.

MINOR MATTERS.
From data found In Stopford Brooke s Eng
ush Literature" Mr.. J. b Horner has complI'o
an Ingenious hut rather dubious "Char' oi
Prominent Authors" which the Macmiilans
nrint in one long sheet. Dividing n horizoh'ai
snacc into ten sections. each one devoted 10 an
historical period. Mr.. Horner fills them WIN
ver;,cal lines representative Of authors Ihese
bsayv vertical lines intersect. according 70 the
,n,nortance Of the authors whose names are
amended. certain horizontal lines when SIGNIFY
respectvely the first. second, third or Iour'H
rank the first rank naturally being indicated
bv the highest line. Thus II you wish TO Kho"
,ho ro,at,ve merits Of a handful Of Elizabethan
writers YOU turn TO that period dhe fourth IN
tho rou) and a black line soaring above all the
.ards ror Shakespeare; one somewhat
,oyer but still in the first rank. is representa-
.,..o 80 snenser and third. still lower is
paoo,,s line Sidney. Marlowe and Ben Jonson
,ot considerab bly, hut they still hold themselves
hitch above many Of their contemporaries. II Is
= drou chart Coming down to modern times
yr Horner leaning confidently on his historian
and critic has no hesitation In placing Ienny-
son and Browning above Keats. Shelley, Byron.
Co,eridge and Wordsworth. nor does his sense
n. hunlor discover anything incongruous IN the
acalng OF De Qiincey Mrs. Browning. Charies
Darwin. D. G. Rossett. Matthew Arnold ROBERT
Louis Stevenson. John RusKin and Aigerhoh
Swinburne according to the same measure
This collection Of names alone indicates the do-
surditv Of the scheme. There Is nothing anou'
the chart which would enable the student 10
s,rasp the distinctions existing between the au-
thors lust enumerated. Unless he had some eX-
perience he would get the impression that
Arnold and Stevenson. De Quincy and MIS-
Browning were OF exactly the same rank III
1,,,,,sb literature We cannot see what good
purpose this chart can serve. II not only treats
IN q crassly mechanical way a subject which
cannot stand that kind OF treatment. but is SO
arbitrary and ill-considered that It can only
rnislead the uneducated.
causttc critic Of our political and social IN
situations. Disgusting himself behind the tue
n, "a Diplomat" has published in Ihe Rise
and Fall of the United States F l. NeeiV
a,vertng little pamphlet. He lashes the cor
ruption OF the present day. and prophesies COM
plete collapse unless It is arrested Inc pic'u'e
OF the best people in the United states over
throwing the wicked ones some centuries hehce'
only 10 bring Anarchy upon the country Is IAN
tastic enough: but the author makes many
sbrewd remarks by the way touching social de-
terioration and the baser drift OF politics ana
the skit is readable. though unimportan'
.sNelson and His Times" history and picture
hook o, about two hundred broad pages is
work popular in scope. by Rear-Admral Lo'"
Charles Be-esford and Mr.. H. w. Wilson. The
narrative ia on the whole free from technical
obscurities. and the general reader who has no
time 10 peruse Captain Mahan or any Of the
older authorities will find IT not only interest
ing hut helpful The illustrations have been
drawn largely from contemporary sources, ana
as they are numerous enough for every page TO
no sunplied with one or more of them, the per
sonalties and scenes described run no FISK OF
being Inexperienced. The frontispiece' repre-
sentIng the landing of Nelson at Copenhagen
after the battle. is printed in colors
Tho scribners send us a convenient document
for Use among readers of newspapers to-day
"Philips's Special Map Illustrating the Spanish
American War" This map. which folos INTO
small compass and can therefore be carried III
the nocket. is divided into several sections one
shows the North Atlantic. North America South
America as far down as Brazil. Europe ana
Africa on a generous scale. Another section
shows in detail the seat of war in the West
indies a third shows the Philippines with refer
.rce 70 their neighbors. and fourth displays
these islands by themselves. on a larger scale.
There Is also a small map OF the Canary lsIahus
The same publishers bring out the seventh
volume OF THE History of Frederick the Great
IN the Centenary edition Of Carlyle edited by
Mr. Trail.
We have received from the Messrs Durahd
puo1 tho catalogue Of the Tabourer collection.
sold in Paris this week. The sale Is especlall9
interesting as showing that despite the vigilance
u
,r,ve 10 secure most of the old masters that
come into the market there are stil occasional
OPPORTUNITIES for the private collector to Obtain
soroe famous names for his gallery. DelacroM,
poueseau and Millet Fortuny and Meissonier.
,vere renresented in the Tabourier collection
rbare were also examples of Clouet and Ian
moan Lancret and Vatican, Boucher and Fra
conard with some interesting pictures by Hans
tIolhein Van der Weyden, Rembrandt, Guardl
canaletto and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Inc hums
sale Of old masters in Belgium was attended, we
believe. BY representatives Of American col
lsctors II is to be hoped that the latter we're
also attentive to the dispersal Of the Taoourer
nic,ures The Barbizon men and other French
ppain,ars should not be the sole objects % cur
anthusiasrn and since the movement 'o"dIu
older schools has already borne excellent 1rul,'
bringing to these shores pictures by the hutch
masters and the Engllshmen OF the Iest century
q ought not TO be difficult for American coInpe-
,ition 70 turn itself toward sales ike those men
toned above.
The fine paper print and binding which hsve
,eload 10 establish the reputation of Herbert )
Stone e. Co. OF Chicago. have been bestowed
nv them impartially upon works OF serious
literature and trifes light as air. upon reprints
Of classics and upon the new writings or minor
noets Accordingly these publishers bring out
"F,ve's Glossary" a book on the mysteries or
the boudoir by the Marquis de Fontenoy' IN
sumptuous style, with decorative borders printed
in color and every other mark OF oiohoSrapnicdl
eleeance This luxury Of manufacture Is APP
,are,tlv 70 be referred. 20 a certain extent, 70