New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-24

as moral
Under the title Of Social Life In the br'ush
ARMY" a book has been made by Harper
p-o,har. a, the papers originally contributed
70 "Harper,s Monthly" by "A British Officer.
tn. .,,n,ect f. not one to approach In quite the
ser,ou, manner employed by the anonymous
author story by Mr. Kipling, such as the
Man Who Was" will give the reader more III
.,~,. ,r,o IN. soc,sl side of Her Majesty's oi-
hcers than a dozen books like TINS one -
rere compendium OF prosaic information now
ever. this will pass.
n TT RUSSELL publishes Mr.. Pineros ire
Iawney of the Wells in a handsome o''ao'
with illustrations of the play as prese"'eu ~
New.york. and a decorative binding' i"'e'.''
In this delightful comedy is bouno u
tie Temporary departure from the poai"o' o.
.rasders vii, therefore be glad or tnis oa'h''
souvenir. The illustrations are an amus'ne iee
ord OF some amusing figures.
"NaLers NJ Music" (Charles Scribners Sone,
d. the title OF q collection Of brief sketches Oh
~. great co.nposers by Mr. r. F. Sharp The
sketches are chiefly biographical. with just
.noueb criticism In them to save them from
badness. Mr. Sharp's facts are carefuiiy ar
ranged and his judgments are conservative.
IL gives with each one Of his little essays
Chronological summary Of the composers WORKS
and q fac-simile of his manuscript. An interest
INC feature r. a r. neral chronological summary
Of the nineteen composers treated OF IN the
book.
Mr. Grant Allen. having written a NUMBER Vi
guidebooks for different European ciues mas
also produced a kind of bird's-eye view OF MS
Trin
Mead g. Coz. which commends itself very mild
ly to persons contemplating vacation aoroao'
The author exclaims with energy that he does
not write for those who want to 30 EUROPE
in six weeks; but his tone is nevertheless. that
of a guide looking broadly over the heiu anu
ra pidly selecting the main points or interest
For example after enunciating the ancient be-
lief that Paris is France" he urges the travel
ling American to spend most OF the time ne oe-
votes 70 France in the capital He has a chap-
ter on the towns outside Of Paris, but ne ghoes
over them swiftly and in France so ne Is
in all other countres-strong on the obvious
po,nts which no one would miss, and only super
hcially instructive on less-known topics. MT
Allen writes in breezy fashion, and reveis
in italics His book will be useful-no pook Is
worthless that urges people to travel among 'ne
beautiful monuments of Europe and gives them
some c,ews as 10 where to find them-but
largo literature exists on this subject, and be-
fore Mr.. Allen added to 1t he should have thought
out a plan fresher and richer than that which
he has followed.
The Scrbners import second revised eoi-
ton of THE United States with an Excursion
into Mexico" Baedeker's handbook for travel
lers. To the merits Of this volume we have al
ready testified Planned much the same lines
AZ those OF Baedeker's European guidebooks.
IL is perfect as to system, and the editor. Mr..
7 F. Murhead proves himself on every page
to be an intelligent cicerone. Our only regret
| is that the large number of maps and thorough
| ness generally of the book should necessitate,
| as It seems high price for the volume
"Stories from the Old Testament for Children
| Herbert S. Stone & Coz. by Harriet s. b. Beale'
| is a portentous volume to place in the hands OF
| the young running It does, to four hundred
| octave pages. We should think that brevity
| should be the rule in such a compilation as
| this. On the other hand. the author employs a
very plausible method. Thus she begins the
tale Of Abraham and Lot In the following fash
| ion: THE people OF whom am to tell you. IL
| YOU will listen, dear children. lived long time
| ago when the world was very different from
| what II is now. There railroads or
steamboats, there were no teegraphs or tele-
| phones there were only few good roads. and
a tourney was a very serious undertaking.
| This very ter-of-fact attitude enables the
author to give her pages very realistic and
| simple direct character. That Is naturally an
advantage 1t Is an advantage too to elm
irate things that young readers could not be ex-
| pected to see for themselves in the right per-
| spective The disadvantage is that there have
been sacrificed the dignity and beauty insepara-
| BILE from sacred writ but we suppose the main
| idea is to make children acquainted with the
| characters and incidents Of the Old Testament
| and in this the volume ought to be successful.