Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-28

fresh from the press that will be welcomed
by every student of language. Prof. Muller
is not only one Of the greatest authorities
on the science OF language that the world has
ever known, but is also a most volumlnous
author, to whom has been given the power
Of writing most entertainingly on scientific
subjects. In the preface OF the present
volume he says: I'm some cases my recol-
~lections go back very far, and, after a lapse
OF nearly seventy years. they may not always
be so fresh as they ought to be. 1t is very
strange, on looking back to the various
stations through which we have passed In
our journey through this life, to find how
much our own fate has depended on
our surrounding and on circumstances over
which we ourselves could not possibly have
had any control. Our friends, nay, even our
enemies, seem to form part of our life. and
thus 1t has come to paes that, instead OF
writing my own life, / have almost uncon-
s~ciously come to write about my friends
rather than about myself. AS to enemies,
II. indeed, I ever had any, | prefer to be
silent, for 1t Is difficult to be quite fair In
speaking OF them, and we seldom know
till 1t is too late what real benefactors they
have been to us. The first volume
Of my Aud Lang syne' contained recollec-
tions Of musicians, poets, crowned heads and
beggars, such as had not entirely vanished
from the camera obscura Of my memory The
present volume is chiefly devoted to my In
dian friends and to certain events that first
led my attention to India" These words
of the great philologist will serve as a hint
Of the character OF the work, which will be
found of interest to every person with a
liking for the mysteries OF Indian science,
language and philosophy. 1t is a volume of
300 pages and OF attractive appearance.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Cloth, 81.
John Allan Wyeth, who was a soldier in
a cavalry regiment belonging to General
Nathan Bedford Forests command, has
written a life OF that brilliant leader OF the
confederacy. DR.. Wyeth was for two years
in a position where he saw much OF General
Forrest and was enabled to form what
should be a very impartial opinion OF his
ability as a soldier. That he learned to ad-
mire the intrepid leader is plain all through
the work. Among his notable achievements
he enumerates in his preface his escape from
Fort Donelson; the desperate charge which
saved Beauregard's army from Sherman's
vigorous pursuit after Shiloh, in which he
was severely wounded; the capture OF Muir
freesboro with its entire garrison OF in
fantry and artillery with his small brigade
Of cavalry without cannon; the charge on
and capture Of Coburn's infantry at Thomp-
sons Station; the capture OF the garrison at
Brentwood and his relentless pursuit of
Streight's raiders. which ended In the sur
render OF those gallant union soldiers to
Forrest with less than one-half their num-
Der. Further on in his preface the author
says: 1.-The farther my Investigations pro-
ceeded the more I became convinced that
while Forrest was justly acknowledged to
be one OF the most famous fighters and
leaders Of mounted infantry or cavalry
which the war produced on either side, he
was more than this, and that a careful and
unbiased statement of his achievements
would place him in history not only as one
OF the most remarkable and romantic per-
sonalities OF the civil war, but as one OF the
ablest soldiers of the world" The author
has Enthusiastically been most conscientious
and painstaking in the collection Of data for
his work, which covers not only the military
career of General Forrest, but goes into the
details of his life as a private citizen as
we'll. 1t is a voluminous work and really
a complete history Of that portion OF the
civil war in which General Forrest acted
a part. The Illustrations are both numerous
and very good. Harper & Bros. New York.
Publishers.
Casselrs National Library is receiving
some very noteworthy duulllouS. Ii tuo
very low price at which these classics are
to be had should make the library very
popular with all who value the contents OF
a volume above the binding. Among the
most recent additions is Essays, Civil and
Moral" by Francis Bacon. In another
volume of the library we have had
Macaulay's Essay Upon Bacon" Alexan-
der Pope's Essay on Man and Other Poems
has been added to the library, as also
Heroes and Hero-Worship," by Thomas
Carlyle. All these works ere too we'll
known to need any description and all that
Is necessary is to make 1t known that they
have been issued in this convenient form.
Cassell & Co., New York. Paper, 10c.