The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-15
rrW BOolca.
-, n.,,evp Of Important and Intersstina
b" New Publications.

.a,t itevievs Of Important and lnteres'inh
~" New Publications.
=. -Tbe spaninrd In History" by James y.
n.,d funk 4 wARnalls Company, We have
,s,,o hook prepared under the inspiration OF
eW.-rhat IA called a timely book, neces-
ug hnsty and not 10 be looked 20 ~ 2 re-
~ Of profound reflection and deep ORIG
pon.oorch With Gibbon. Prescott. Motley
me- f,v,ng a. authorities II IN possible TO
ano : very readable book OF the kind. and
" Mr. Fcrnald has done, making tho ftfleet
sn,nnon,dv wish that tho text might have been
,,"o,snt in a few particulars. II u calculated
Us annoying TO many, for instance, TO see
1tr,snos Gordo OF SaraEossa set down a. q
ea-srinl and corrupt demarog"-not that
,nsrc IA any objection to the Adleetlvee' lor
ara doubtless we'll deserved, but that tho
sudnile spelling carries with na hiRhIy uls-
eu.so,hlc shock, and seems to be an attack
49, Tho rcnder. an innocent person until
W. can be produced TO the contrary. rather
IT, L. unon Xlmenes Gordo himself. II may be
VA Tho heart of Xincnes Gordo was blnckened
s"msny pcrnites and crimes; undoubtedly he
W, , mena.e to the government OF King Fer
s,..rd, IL seems TO have been reasonable, from
r.rdInnnd's point OF view. TO give him over
s,ddsnly 70 the exccutioncr; but what earthly
-aod can II be to spell him. or the title OF him.
~. fashion Of the Springfield Republioah7
a. ,no,hcr npeltnR a little further along,
81 no, know whether Il lie a form approved
-. sbhrcyiattonists or mefsly a printers
lin hut we are sure that IL 10 ENRIQUE, accord
,ns N the general understanding, to read OF
tAs Netherlands that those provinces had long
Sorn the grinding tyranny Of Charles "" II
sborne IL 10 be spelled born many sensi-
A. nsonle will begin to wish that they never
S.Shssn
prt n Il was an intentional proceeding to
- .nch liberties with the kings spellfna, is
- rnssIble 10 think that the same right IL
ys.irod With rerard 10 the arithmetic OF time,
"a thst a defence may be possible for the al
i.-.tion that I" spain has held the Philippines
..rmad occunntion for $50 years. seeking TO
80 tron tho neople All that rigorous andrnin-
M. t~sTation can extort Y' Undoubtedly THE
s..rI.h vrinper has done its work In the Philip
~. hrt inasmuch as that eminent employees
SysGn,in The P~ortuauese MAGELLAN. only discoy.
80 ,hoss islnnds for berin the sixteenth cen.
snrS nov IA Il possible that the wrihger could
49,, hssn poina for quite 40 long time3 Il
-..orIv the other day that We were oelebrat-
,rr me IOOth anniversary OF the discovery Of
ImsrIca nv Columbus, Magellan and the cir-
snmnSvIration came after Columbus: the dls-
800 A. the pbuippines Nna an incident Of
n. cIrcumnaylRntion: then how can the
ST,rSar have done quite 40 much3 PossIbly
esn ,.srs vas the atatament intandad Apv
~, n jso matter Involving only a difference
o....a hitch a. ~ . c-.,t doot ,-hoo -
SonsIdsr The duration OF the reolosical neeA.
Rsrardipe the size OF ouba. and the distance
~ the island from Florida. We notice certain
Si,.rso.ncies hetvean statemanta mnde In tha
t.yt and the showin9n Of n man furnished with
n. mol The text saye that the average width
ofCuha ia thirty miles. vhereaa thu man ahovSa
Hto be considerably moro; and the text saws
that the island Ia only ninety miles from the
mainland of Florida. whereas the man makea it
lao miles. Il mny be- THAT the mapiH vrone. n
NAV be- that It IL right. but right in sucb An Ar.
Ntrary and offensive yray a. TO relieve the hold.
free heart OF any oblleations 70 arree Win n.
Certainly there can he nothing uacred aboptt
facts Of linear measurement. We have no
doubt that sydney Smith would have sneered
ct them II it had occurred to him, lust a.
he did about the equator. II Ximenes Gordo
WaUa "demaRoR,' IL the grinding tyranny Of
Charles v. was born " patiently by the Dutch.
and II the wrlnRer of Spanish oppression was
a work in the Philippines for a hundred yeara
tsiore Spain know that they existed, WHY
ohould not Cuba be within any distance Of
GlOIlQh I1at Inc HISTORIAN Dl0aBo0I AT the
tAo same time, as we have intimated. it may he
the map that ID peculiar. and We viii hold for.
ever that map has a. much call to aeree vlth
historian % q historian has 70 agree with 4
map.
But. seriously. these are anal mattern after
oil. and II Is a pleasure 10 repeat fhat m. Ear.
maid has put together q yery readabla ana
gratifying book.
Dr.. Weir Mitchell ia a Nondsrful man In
the seant intervals Of leisure that an aTduons
profession leaves him he 6nda fine 10 Viz
delightful storIes. It was but 4 littIe vbils aro
that he published that Admirable book. .Hncn
Wynne," and now he produces ,anothar thst
with all Difference to those seriona' aantlamsn
Who are the constituted ~authoritiee On M
grest American novel, We are inclined 20 rank
Stnl higher as q piece OF literary akilI. n n INA
stOsy Of 0 tovial pickpockot and the uarrSttve
noTUs easily and pIaaaHntlv n nrovtdSd
with plentiful humor. bAeina s-ornavhsrs
ana. In the end. arrives. peyhSSr n
were more prohtable-under the dIrtction
let us cay, Of Mr.. Hamlin aarianS~tn
study the story OF the pustine younr Ann
Or from the middle West; TO follow MIN n
aAA IA