The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-02
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON.

SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON
 TrznsIa tion of Fournier's NapoIson Edited by Professor E. G. Bourns of { Yais-Professor Fishsr's work on "The UBpu ubiished Essays of Ed- wards on the Triuisy-Forthcoming Books.
 One of the important books published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, this season is a translation of August Fournier's Napoleon l., work of high reputation .n Frlnee and Ger many. Professor E. q. Bourne, prefes- scr of history at Yale. wlio edits the volume. furnishes q critical bibliogra phy of Napoleonic literature. The translation is by Margaret Bacon Cor win, wife of Professor Co-wln of Yale, and Arthur Dart Bissell. Yale S7.
 Professor Bourne. in speaking Of the value of this standard book in his pre- face to the work, says: Tt may be af- iiined confidently and without invidi- ousness that its positive merits are no less great than formerly, and that it has the relative aduariage in thls eji- ton of being cOin;sir:sed III one volume. and of being acc ,nipknei by classi- fled bibliograrny tqually well adapted within it's limits, co serve as guide to i'd as manual for the librarian Profes- sor Bourne further remarks:
 Among the positive merits of Four nier's Napoleon I. should be mentioned the thorough research upon which the narrative is based the interesting, viv- i'd and at times dogmatic style in which i. it is written, it's broad historical spirit and impartiality of Judgment, it's excel lent proportions, not allotting undue space to certain phases nor neglecting the civil side of Napoleon's career, and, finally, it's lucid exposition of the gene ral historical situation and of the vari- ous contending factors
 Professor Bourne then speaks of the translating of the book by Mrs. Corwin k and MT. Bissell, and their division of the labor, Mrs. Corwin's work being the first fifteen chapters, while MT. Bissell translated the third volume of the Ger nan, i. e., the last six chapters in this dition, and the bibliographies accom- kanying them. The index is in the main the work of the translators. l. Professor Bourne's careful revision of the entire work followed He also translated the table of contents and the bibliographies for chapter I--xv., and supplied the material supplementary to the bibliographies as continued in the original.
 The authors preface-that to the first volume of the German edition is given.
 Price s2.00 net; for sale by the Pease- Lewis Co.
 Professor Fishers new book entitled \ Unpublished Essays of Edwards on \ the Trinity. with Remarks on Ed ' Awards. and his Theology" has naturally i excited wide interest throughout the country and attracted much attention also abroad.
 Of the book the New Yprk- Evening Post says: At last, apparently, we have that Heretofore Unpublished Es- X say<x Edwards on the Trinity, about d1swhich we have had so many hints and so much discussion along the course of half a. century. Bushnell had heard of 1t il1 1851 and demanded it's publication. In 1880 Dr. Holmes charged the custodi- ans of the Edwards MS. with the. sup pression of an essay that was heretical .sfn the direction of Arianism or Sabelli- 1oo Q as having examined an unpublished es- say of remarkable interest. We thought we had it when, also in 1885 Professor E. c. Smyth published Ed wards's Observations concerning the Scripture Economy of the Trinity and the Covenant of Redemption It was very disappointing, and it wasn't the real thing. Of this we had had actual intination in two articles by Professor Park in 1881. He had had the lost book of Edwards, and it had vanished in a manner over which Professor Fisher of Yale university hangs a tOlerably trans parent veil. Later it was recovered and deciphered, and it is now handsomely published (Charles Scribner's Sons) with Remarks on Edwards and his Theology" by Professor Fisher. In stead of being heretical, it Is more or. thodox than New England orthodoxy has been generally since Edwards time It is certainly more Athanasian. It is Professor Fishers opinion that the es. say was withheld because of it's pro. phetic accusation of the later New Eng land theologians as tri-theists. They meant to be orthodox, but they did no know what orthodoxy was and sus pected Edwards of heresy when he wa! more orthodox than they, holding z doctrine of tri-personality which wa. not tri-theistic. It is interesting tha Bushnell, could he have unearthed th' essay, would have found it departing from the current orthodoxy on the same side with his own opinions. Orthodox or heterodox, it is a singularly juiceless dry and gritty piece of work. It is no even faint!y representative of Edwards better mind as exhibited in his Natur of True Virtue It is a great relief t pass from 1t to Professor Fishers ex cellent Remarks" which abound il nice discriminations and are particular Iy admirable for their account of Ed wards influence on later theologians To have Edwards commended by sucl late fruit as that which grew on Chan traoc ic lacc pprf0r