The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-10

ness, Practical Morals A Treatise on
Universal Education" adam d Charles
Black, London) This is an elaboration
in thoroughly positivist spirit Of Comtes
projected "Treatises on Theoretic and
Practical Morals" and, as filling an I'M
completed part Of philosophic ediice by
one who can accomplish the task authori-
tatively, is undoubtedly interesting. Still,
it Is queer how a man in DR.. Migrants place
should fail to note that the world Is NOV
ing and should pay no heed to the failure
OF Comte's schemes for the improvement
OF mankind.
To the great body Of people who still
take BEN Hur" seriously Mr.. Will Garlic
toms "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
is a classic 1t is recited and read all over
the country, whatever purists may think
Of It. The Harpers have prepared q very
handsome holiday edition Of the poem
with decorative borders and many illustra-
tons by W. E. Mears.
The sermons by Phillips Brooks included
In Seeking Life and Other Sermons" (E. P.
! Duttoa r Coz make up the tenth series OF
his sermons published by that firm, and
the editor declares that. though there is
still abundant material available. this
sermons are taken from all periods In his
iiie and will perpetuate the influence OF the
man, who stands out since his death, even
more than before, above the Office he last
held.
With the second volume Mr.. Thomas c.
Dawson completes the history OF THE
South American Republics in the STORY OF
the Nations series e. P. Putnam's Sons)
We can imagine no book that ia wanted more
than an adeQuate history Of these countries,
but that Mr.. Dawson's history is not. In
! this volume he surveys Peru. Chile, Bolivia
Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia and Panama
The most practical method would have
been to tell the story Of Spanish America
from the beginning through, the war OF
! liberation once and for all, and then to take
up the modern history Of the States into
which South America broke up. Instead
we have the story repeated for each one
and 40 little space left Tor Subsequent mat.
ters that the dryest encyclopaedia " i'll give
more information. The maps, as usual. are
absurdly Inadequate.
We have been unable to discover thu
novelty that warrants the intrusion o.
"Webster's Imperial Dictionary George
w. Ogilvie, Chicago) into the dictionary
field. From the title page we gather ths
II is the old familiar Webster as edited BY
the late President Noah Porter, with Ger
tain additions and improvements. Pre-
sumably. therefore, the copyright Of thu
old edition has expired and 1t Is open Il
any one who chooses to reprint that edi
ton. It is a pity that there should be III
perpetual copyright in Noah Webster
name. The changes made in later edition
issued in the regular way, which, as we nov
understand il, are now represented b,
-Websters International Dictionary, coul'
not. Of course, be copied. So here we flns
the improvements. Instead Of Prof
Sheldon's mastery and authoritative ETY.
mologies, for instance, we find such o
Skeats's confessedly limited ctymologie,
as could be used, for no copyright covers
them. So with the art cies and Appendix
lists OF names, they have been done owe
after fashion, but are In no way compare
BILE to those found in the revised Webster
While, no doubt, the publisher has now
right " make gpob vs. Of the old Wehste