Slike stranica
PDF
ePub

structure of the heart attributed to Aristotle. Hypothesis that animals are automata, and its history. -Sensation and the unity of structure of the sensiferous organs. -Evolution in biology. The coming of age of 'The origin of species.'-Connexion of the biological sciences with medicine.

Idea sucinta del origen, etc., de la Compañia del Nombre de Jesus; con un resumen de sus relaxadas, y perniciosas opiniones morales; tr. del italiano. 1768.

Ingleby, C. M. Occasional papers on Shakespeare; the 2d part of Shakespeare, the man and the book.'

Jackson, J. Liste provisoire de bibliographies géographiques spéciales.

James, G: P. R. The commissioner; or, De lunatico inquirendo. ✓-J23N James, M. E. What shall we act? or, A hundred plays from which to choose; with hints on scene-painting, etc. 2d ed.

James fountain, The; proc. at the presentation, Union Sq., N. Y., Oct. 25, 1881.

Jennings, G: H: Anecdotal history of the British Parliament.

Jennison, L. W., (pseud. Owen Innsley).

poems.

LoveW5P.J44

[blocks in formation]

Joanne, A. L. Normandie. 4e éd., contenant un app. pour les iles de Jersey et Guernsey. Johnson, S: Chief lives of the poets; and Macaulay's Life of Johnson; pref. by Matthew Arnold; [also] Macaulay and Carlyle on Boswell's Johnson.

XVEP-J63-3 Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton. Crockery catalogue. Justinianus. Select titles from the Digest of Justinian ed. by T: E. Holland and C: L. Shadwell.

"The Digest' of Justinian is too ponderous a mass to form part of the working library of a beginner and a selection gives him an idea of the method and spirit of the original which an abridgment, moulded according to the views of the abridger, must in a great measure fail to convey. The principle of arrangement is all that could be desired. Two valuable features may be specially noticed each title has an analytical head-note by the editors, and is also provided with references to parallel passages in the Corpus juris' and in Gaius."Athenæum, Oct 22, 1881.

Kaltenborn, C: von. Grundsätze des praktischen
europäischen Seerechtes, etc.
Kane, H. H. Opium-smoking in Amer. and China.
Kapp, F: Justus Erich Bollmann; ein Lebensbild.

"His whole life was a series of agitated episodes. He witnessed some of the most stirring scenes of the French Revolution. He succeeded in helping Narbonne to escape to England; was thrown into the society of Talleyrand, Mme. de Stael, and other emigrants of rank; and the manner in which he had borne himself in Narbonne's escape led to Bollman being asked to do the same for Lafayette. On the failure of this attempt, he went to the United States, where he was compromised in Aaron Burr's filibustering expedition; he then visited Vienna at the Congress, where he lived on terms of close intercourse with leading statesmen."- Spectator, March 26, 1881.

[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]

Etudes et portraits politiques.

-

Contents. L'histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire, par Thiers. Daunou. - Carnot. A. Carrel. Guizot. Proudhon. Régime parlementaire sous Louis Philippe. -Un dernier mot sur Carnot. - Paris en Amérique. par M. E. Laboulaye. Histoire politique des papes. Nouv. éd. Les lettres d'Everard, suivies de Les pamphlets de l'église; La politique ultramontaine; Le septennat. VF51 L24 Langmead, T: P. T. English constitutional history, from the Teutonic conquest to the present time. 2d ed., with add.

"Principally intended for the use of students, with a secondary reference to the general public, who might wish handier means of information than a direct application to the great constitutional historians, or to the original authorities. ... Judging it in the light of its purpose, it is a thoroughly good and useful work."— Spectator, July 9, 1881.

Lanigan, J: Ecclesiastical hist. of Ireland to the beginning of the 13th cent. Lansdell, H: Through Siberia.

2 v.

"A journey of 8,000 miles from the Urals to the Pacific, on the Rivers Obi, Amur, and Ussuri, and by the hire of 1000 horses." -Athenæum, Oct. 29, 81. "With the exception of Mr. Mackenzie Wallace's 'Russia,' this is the best book on a Russian subject which has appeared of late years. It is a genuine record of a remarkable expedition. He visited the prisons in each town at which he arrived and every mine or other place of penal servitude which lay near his track." -Athenæum, Jan. 21, 1882.

Lapaume, J. Recueil de poésies en patois du Dauphiné.

VFQDP-L

2 v.

Lardner, D. Hand-books of natural philosophy and astronomy. 2d, 3d course. Lassalle, F. Das 'System der erworbenen Rechte.' 2e Aufl., hrsg. von L. Bucher. 2 v.

"His chief work, which no student of political science can afford to neglect, is an excellent illustration of the oft-quoted remark that it is impossible to approach modern political philosophy without getting a touch of Jocobinism; yet he never attempted to draw the practical consequence of the radical theories of this work. He argues with vast erudition that property, and more especially the modern institution of bequest, is not a logical but an historical category."- Nation. Lathrop, G: P. Afterglow. (No name ser.) ✅L34A In the distance; a novel.

L341

A thorough American novel in scenes and characters; the scene is chiefly laid in New Hampshire, around and upon Monadnoc Mountain, though it changes to more cultivated centres. The Boston Traveller says: "It deals with the restrained inclusiveness of New England life, it emphasizes properly the odd divisions of caste

that have spontaneously grown up here in spite of our professed democratic tendencies, it deals much with circumstances as the moulder of character, and it is pervaded to a certain extent with that atmosphere of reflected transcendentalism which no New England person can in these days wholly escape." Leader, J: D. Mary Queen of Scots in captivity. Le Blant, E. F: Etude sur les sarcophages chré

tiens antiques de la ville d'Arles. "Admirable engravings, learned introductory chapters, and lucid descriptions. M. Le Blant possesses the great advantage of not writing under the shadow of the Vatican. The fettering influence of a Church which, having committed itself to certain positions, since proved to be untenable, with regard to the date and purpose of the catacombs, the character of their contents, and the meaning of the symbols found in them, especially as indications of martyrdom, finds it difficult to retire with due regard to its claim to infallibility of judgment, is only too apparent in many recent works proceeding from Rome, or composed under its auspices." Oct. 18.

Le Clercq, C.

Sat.rev.

First establishment of the faith in New France; tr. by J: G. Shea. 2 v. Lees, J. C. Stronbuy; or, Hanks of Highland

yarn.

✓1517

[blocks in formation]

"Je ne sache pas qu'il existe sur la grande nation russe (composée de Finnois et de Tatars absorbés par des Slaves) un meilleur livre. C'est le fruit excellent d'un long travail." - P. Viollet in Bulletin critique, Sept. 1, 1881.

"Avant de publier ce volume M. Leroy-Beaulieu a visité la Russie à plusieurs reprises. Il a d'abord publié le resultat de ses études dans la Revue des Deur-Mondes, ce qui lui a permis de mettre à profit les observations et les critiques auxquelles cette première publication a donné lieu."— J. Gagarin in Polybiblion, mai 1881.

"The present instalment deals with the land and its inhabitants, carefully depicting the physical features of the one and analyzing the moral and social characteristics of the other." Athenæum, May 28, '81. Lesley, J: P: Man's origin and destiny; sketched from the platform of the physical sciences. Queen Anne's son; memoirs of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester; repr. from a tract pub. in 1789; ed., with notes, by W. J. Loftie.

Lewis, J.

"He was not a man of much culture; he does not write well, yet he succeeds in giving as vivid a picture of court life as Fanny Burney."- Athenæum. Liard, L: Descartes. (Bibl. de philos. contemp.)

"La fortune de Descartes, sacrifiée longtemps, et pendan tout le 18e siècle, particulièrement, à la gloire de Bacon, s'es' relevée de nos jours. Ce génie singulier fut le véritable initiateur de la pensée moderne. M. Liard dans un livre instructif, ingénieux, et savant, le démontre à nouveau, en étudiant la doctrine aux clartés de la science et de la philosophie contemporaine. Sa con

clusion est que beaucoup des thèses scientifiques et philosophiques qui semblent les plus nouvelles ne sont, à tout prendre, que des théses cartésiennes retrouvées par des voies ignorées de Descartes et purgées par l'expérience des err urs inévitables d'une procédure purement rationelle."" - Rev. des Deux Mondes, 1 déc.

"Ce n'est pas l'histoire du cartésianisme qu'on s'est proposé d'écrire; cette œuvre n'est plus à faire après les durables travaux de bordas-Demoulin et de Francisque Bouillier." Rev. pol. 1 lit., 5 nov. 1881. Liddon, H: P. Sermons to the people, chiefly in St. Paul's Cathedral.

i

Lillie, A. Buddha and early Buddhism; with illustrations by the author.

"It needs a scholar to treat of Buddhism in these days; but Mr. Lillie gives no evidence of such qualification. He has not learnt the rudiments of scientific method, and constantly confuses resemblance with relationship. His reading, though wide, is in many respects obsolete. But his chief disability is the possession of a suicidal gift of imagination which he lets loose upon every department of learning with a recklessness that is almost as amusing as it is astounding. ... Mr. Lillle has filled the book with a large amount of interesting information. There are many pages to which no excep tion can be taken; but, again, these are followed by some preposterous theory which can only mislead the reader if he is ignorant, or enrage him if he is learned." - Sat. rev., Nov. 5, 1881.

"An interesting book, but those unfamiliar with the subject will do well to read it with caution, and to read alteram partem, as contained in the works of Burnouf, Hodgson, Rhys, Davids, and others, before they accept the author's conclusions."- N. Y. times.

Lloyd, F. The physiography of the Upper Engadine.

"Mr. Lloyd, who has visited Pontresina every season for eight years past, has made a complete study of the country." Sat.rev., Sept. 10, 1881.

Lubbock, Sir J: The origin of civilisation and the primitive condition of man. 4th ed., with add.

"Enlarged throughout and appendixed to the extent of nearly 200 pages, including a full index."- Notes on books, Nov. 30, 1881.

Luçay. J: B. C: le G., comte de.

Des origines du pouvoir ministeriel en France: Les secrétaires d'état, depuis leur institution jusqu'à la mort de Louis xv.

"Substantiel et utile volume. Nul n'etait mieux préparé que M. le comte de Luçay, par ses études antérieurs, à retracer les origines et les développements graduels des secrétariats d'état; aussi, grâce à ses recherches cousidérables, nous avons désormais une histoire des ministères qui deviendra classique, et qu'on ne refera pas après lui."- Ern. B. in Polybiblion, juillet, 1881. Lueder, C. Die Genfer Convention.

"Gurlt ne cite pas moins de 293 traités qui, de 1581 à 1864, ont eu pour objet 1. l'échange et la rançon de pri sonniers de guerre; 2. des capitulations de troupes, forteresses, etc.; 3' le soin de malades ou de blessés laissés en pays étranger ou ennemi; 4. la protection de sources ou endroits de bains et des malades ou blessés qui s'y faisaient traiter."- Rev. de droit int., v. 7. Der neueste Codifications versuch auf dem Gebiete des Völkerrechts kritische Bemerkungen zu den russischen Vorschlagen für den auf den 28 Juli nach Brüssel ein berufenen internationalen Congress.

Macfarren, G: A. Beethoven's 6th symphony.

Published by the Boston Athenæum, Beacon St., Boston,
Mass., bi-monthly. Price 25 cts.; by mail, 50 cts.
Entered at the Post Office at Boston, Mass.,
as second class matter.

[blocks in formation]

"Abundant in interest both of plot and character, and charming in style."

Madam Lucas. (Round-robin ser.)

VM26 "The plot is extremely slight and not in the least origi nal; but the whole is very charming. Among familiar names, it would be easiest to ascribe the book to Annie Howells Frechette.” — Critic.

Magyarland; being the narrative of our travels

through the Highlands and Lowlands of Hungary; by a Fellow of the Carpathian Society. 2 v.

"Our travels are the travels of British ladies, and our fellow' is one of them. She is a good sketcher with pen and pencil, and her descriptions of the Hungarian mountains and the plains of the Magyars, Slovaks, Ruthenians, and other dwellers in the polyglot land encircled by the Carpathians, will afford much amusement and a little correct information to her readers. recommend the book to those who relish a modicum of true information, mixed up with a goodly measure of fanciful and lively talk."- Nation.

We

"The authoress displays a real talent for inaccuracy." Sat. rev., March 25, '82.

Mantz, P. François Boucher, Lemoyne et Na

toire.

Marie, P. Les décorations égyptiennes.
Marryat, Capt. F: Masterman Ready.
Martens, F. Das Consularwesen und die Con-

sularjurisdiction im Orient.

VM347M

"Un livre d'une haute valeur scientifique, où pour la première fois se trouve exposé, d'un manière systé matique, l'ensemble des principes et des rapports si compliqués sur lesquels s'appuieni la jurisdiction des consuls et la situation extraterritoriale des sujets européens en Orient." Rev. du droit int., v. 6.

Martin, W. A. P. The Chinese; their education, philosophy, and letters.

"Dr. Martin travels over other fields besides the cducation of the people. He writes of their religions, their philosophy, their system of alchemy, and their literature. On all these subjects he is worth listening to, though with regard to some he shows a disposition to accept too implicitly the opinions of Chinese writers." -Sat. rer., Nov. 12. 1881."

Martineau, J. Loss and gain in recent theology. 2d ed., with reply to Dr. Allon's critique in his 'Church of the future'.

"Dr. Martineau has done more to mould the religious philosophy of the present day especially in its conflict with empiricism and materialism, than any other thinker of our time."- Spectator, July 16, 1881. Maspero, G. C. C: Les contes populaires de

l'Egypte ancienne; tr. et commentés. (Lit. pop. de toutes les nations, v. 4.) VTFM382 Masson, G. The Huguenots, from the Reformation to the death of Louis XIV. Maury, L: F. A. Le sommeil et les rêves, études

psychologiques.

Mehalah; a story of the salt marshes. 2 v.

VM47

[blocks in formation]

Meissner, A. Rococo Bilder, nach Aufzeichnungen meines Grossvaters. 2e Ausg. "Meissner is a now totally forgotten literary celebrity of the last century -the author of numerous romances and plays who happened in the course of his life, to come into contact with not a few persons of note, and whose desultory reminiscences of such meetings are here strung together by his grandson. We have some eminently characteristic glimpses of Jean Paul, with bits of correspondence as hard to make clear as anything in his published writings. But perhaps the most charming pages are those relating to Mozart." —— Spectator. Mélusine; recueil de mythologie, littérature populaire, traditions, et usages.

"The department of popular tales is represented by some 40 stories from various parts of France. ... There are 58 chansons, over half accompanied by the music. The student of primitive culture will find many examples to add to those already collected by Tylor. A curious department is that of formuletts, or formulas used in games, etc. ... Games, proverbs, spells, etc., are not wanting; among the miscellaneous articles, the most valuable is a dictionary of names given to the inhabitants of different localities in France."- N. A. rev., Nov.-Dec. '78.

Melville, G: J: W. Rosine; [a story of the Red Revolution].

VM492R

[blocks in formation]

"There is the same virile force as in his 'Songs of the Sierras'; the same keen, accurate, and often minute observation of nature, so different from that around us that faithful portrayal looks like invention; the same passion, and the same glow and fervor of color. With the same merits there are also the same defects. No advance whatever has been made in method. The whole is crude and often vicious in style, unequal in workmanship, and extravagant and almost grotesque in sentiment." -Athenaum, Oct. 19.

"It is settled that Mr. Miller is not the great poet he was proclaimed to be by his admirers. ... When London undertook the task of pointing out to ignorant America what a great genius she had produced and how unworthy her conduct was in not readily recognizing him, London, impelled by the honorable desire to crow over her cousin, naturally went a long way beyond the bounds of discretion in belauding her discovery. This time has gone by." - Examiner, Oct. 26, 1878.

[blocks in formation]

Minor, E. E. Murillo. (Illust. biog. of great artists.) Mitchell, J: A. The summer school of philosophy at Mount Desert; 24 pen and ink drawings. Mohl, R. von. Staatsrecht, Volkerrecht, und Politik. 3 v.

Molinari, G. de. L'abbé de Saint-Pierre, sa vie et 5F SA25M ses œuvres; avec des notes, etc.

Mollet, J: W. Meissonier. (Illust. biog. of great artists.)

"The reader may turn over this book in vain if he

hopes to find anything new about M. Meissonier, or a well-considered and comprehensive analysis of his works." Athenæum, Feb. 25, 1882. Moncreiff, F. C.

The wit and wisdom of the

bench and bar.

Moon, G: W. The revisers' English; showing the violations of the laws of the language. Morley, II: English literature in the reign of Victoria; with a glance at the past. XVEV M82

Morris, W: Hopes and fears for art.

"These lectures are in substance an exposition of the principles of true and practical æstheticism as contrasted with its sentimental and extravagant imitation. It is Mr. Morris' object to inculcate a love of the beautiful, and to teach those whom he addresses to understand wherein beauty properly consists and in what way it is to be cultivated. This he does with great skill, with unmistakable sincerity of feeling, and with a graceful simplicity of diction which makes his book worth reading for its style alone." -- North American. Muller, F:, & Co. Les Indes orientales; catalogue des livres sur les possessions néerlandaises. Nash, W. Two years in Oregon.

"A clever Englishman, who made a visit to Oregon five years ago, and who has since returned there with his family and a party of his countrymen, narrates the incidents of his last sojourn in an off-hand way." - Literary news, 1852.

Nesbitt, A. Glass. Norton, D:

Sketches of Old Town, Me., to 1879; with biog. sketches.

Oates, F.

Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls; a naturalist's wanderings in So. Africa; ed. by C. G. Oates.

"Of things actually new we learn nothing, for Frank Oates scarcely ever left the beaten tracks; but he conveys to us a very fair notion of what the traveller in South Africa has to expect. — Athenæum, Oct. 1. O'Dea, J. J. Suicide; its philosophy, causes, and prevention.

Ogilvie, J: Imperial dictionary of English. New ed., by C. Annandale. Vol. 1.

"A most thorough piece of workmanship both as an authority and a source of instruction and entertainment." Spectator, Nov. 26, 1881.

Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. Harry Josselyn. Vo135H

"Mrs. Oliphant's latest books have done little justice to any of her powers, except her power of putting together a barely readable novel out of the scantiest materials. With Harry Joscelyn the first half is nearly as good as anything the author has ever done, and the remainder is not unworthy of it."- G. Saintsbury in the Academy, May 7, 1881.

Oncken, W: Oesterreich und Preussen im Befreiungskriege. 2 v.

Orsi, J., Count. Recollections of the last half century.

"Count Orsi was a confidential adviser of Louis Napoleon in most of his enterprises before he reached the throne of France. He writes, not only in a fairly good English style, but also in excellent teinper. His vivid description both of his first visit to England in 1829, and of his experiences under the commune in 1870, fully justifies us in giving him our confidence when he nar rates events that are not so easy to verify."— Academy. Palfrey, F. W. Antietam and Fredericksburg. Palissy, B. Euvres; pub. d'après les textes originaux avec une notice hist., etc., par Anatole France.

[blocks in formation]

Pankowski, A. J: C. De diaconissis; comment. archæol.

Paradés, V. C. A. R., comte de. Secret memoirs; cont. an acc. of his transactions as a spy in England.

Paris, G. B. P. Le Juif errant.

"Gaston Paris examine la genèse et les phases diverses de la légende du Juif errant. Il montre que cette légende naquit vraisemblablement d'un récit apocryphe, relatif à Male; qu'elle fut altérée, plus ou moin sciemment, par un archevêque arménien du 1e siècle (récit de Matthien Paris, chronique de Philippe Mousket); qu'elle fut complètement refondue par un nouvelliste allemand du 17e siècle (Newe Zeitung von einem Juden von Jerusalem); qu'elle se compose done d'un élément traditionnel assez antique et des embellissements que l'imagi nation, une fois éveillée, accumula sur ce sujet.” — Revue critique, 19 avril, 1880.

Paris. Salon, 1881. L'Exposition des BeauxArts; 40 planches en photogravure, 150 des

sins.

Peabody, Mrs. R. P. History of Shelburne, N. H. Phelps, A., D.D. Theory of preaching.

The chapter-headings are needlessly forbidding. Venturing upon the first chapter, we were carried on from that to another and another until, arriving at the end, we found ourselves regretting that there were no more."- Nation, Dec. 1.

Pictorial and historical gossipping guide to Oxford. Piddington, Miss R. Last of the cavaliers. VP59L Piétri, l'abbé C. de. Les principes de la société au 19e siècle. Nouv. éd.

Pittinger, W: Capturing a locomotive; secret

service in the late war.

"Founded upon one of the most remarkable of the minor incidents of the War."

Planché, J. R. Extravaganzas, 1825-71. 5 v.

VED-P69

Contents. Vol. 1. Success; or A hit if you like it. - Olympic revels. - Olympic devils.-The Paphian bower. - High, low, jack, and the game. - Deep, deep sea. Telemachus. Riquet with the Tuft. Puss in boots. 2. Drama's levée. Blue Beard. Sleeping beauty. Beauty and the beast. White cat. Fortunio. -Fair one with the golden locks Drama at home. — Graciosa and Pereinet. 3. Golden fleece.- Bee and Orange Tree. - Birds of Aristo

planes. Invisible prince. -New planet. Goblen branch. Theseus and Ariadne. - King of the peacocks. - Seven champions of christendom. 4. Island of jewels. -Cymon and Iphigenia. - ing Charming. Queen of the frogs. -Prince of happy land. — Good woman in the wood. Mr. Buck-tone's ascent of Mount Parnassus. - Camp at the Olympic. — Once upon a time there were two kings 5. Mr. Buckstone's voyage round the globe (in Leicester Square).-Yellow dwarf and King of the gold mines. - New Haymarket spring meeting. Discreet princess; or, Three glass distaffs. - Young and handsome. Love and fortune. - Orpheus in the haymarket. King Christ

mas.

Ploss, II. II: Das Kind in Brauch und Sitte der Völker.

"At once takes its place among the handbooks of the science of culture. Its plan is to bring together and discuss in a systematic way the ideas and habits of all nations as to the birth and early treatment of their offspring. How different peoples have come to fix their various rules for the dieting, clothing, cradling, carrying, doctoring, naming, consecrating, diverting, and teaching of children, and which ways are best for the public welfare." E. B. Tylor in Acad. Potthast, A., ed. Regesta Pontificum Romanorum. Poujoulat, B. Histoire des papes depuis S. Pierre jusqu'à la formation du pouvoir temporel. Poujoulat, J: J. F. Histoire de S. Augustin. Practical politics.

2 v.

Pressensé, E. The early years of Christianity; tr. by A. Harwood-Holmden. Vol. 2: The martyrs and apologists.

Prot. Episc. Ch. in the U. S. Diocese of Vermont. Documentary hist., incl. the journals of the conventions, 1790-1832.

Pusey, E: B. What is of faith as to everlasting punishment?

Quaritsch, Dr. Compendium des europäischen Völkerrechts.

"Ce petit livre brille par toutes les qualités requises pour un compendium à l'usage des étudiants: ordre, concision, clarté, exactitude."- Rev. du droit int., v. 6. Rae, E. The White Sea peninsula; a journey in Russian Lapland and Karelia.

"Mr. Rae is a genuine explorer, endowed with a real passion for untrodden ways." Sat. Rev., Jan. 28.

"Excellent volume, abounding in facts, dates, descriptions, vocabularies, and ethnological particulars." Atheneum, Feb. 4.

Rance, C: E. de. Water supply of England and Wales; its geology, underground circulation, surface distribution, and statistics. Ranke, F. L. von. Friedrich der Grosse, Friedrich Wilhelm IV.

"Ranke's newest productions show no sign of an octogenarian hand. Both for minute researches and for large speculations,' to take the phrase applied to him by Macaulay nearly forty years ago - he is still as fit as ever. Alone of the modern Germans who have written on the national history, he is at once scholar, politician, and artist."-G. Strachey in Academy.

"It is somewhat remarkable to find the biographies of the greatest and of one of the weakest of Prussian mon. archis conjoined in the same volume; it is more remark. able stili the latter should be the more interesting and important of the two. The explanation consists partly in the idiosyncrasy of the biographer, partly in the cir cumstances under which the publication takes place. The veteran author is even more of a statesman than of an historian; and his ability is hown less in the portraiture of powerful characters than in disentangling the webs of diplomatic intrigue, which are often more complicated under the auspices of feeble ones. The publi cation of two memoirs ... would seem to be to remind the Prussian people of the advantages they have derived from a good understanding with Russia, and indirectly to recommend persistence in this policy."- Sat. rev., Jan. 19, 1878.

Reclus, E. Nouvelle géographie universelle; la

terre et les hommes. Vol. 6: L'Asie russe. "Those who go to this work in the expectation of finding the name of every mountain, river, or village, however insignificant, will be disappointed; instead of this they are presented with a vivid picture of the phys ical geography of each country, its resources and capabilities, and its inhibitants. 6 This is a comparative' geography in the sense in which Ritter employed that word, and the correlation between man and the land he inhabits is fully dwelt upon."-Athenæum. Rees, J. E. R. Home decoration.

Renan, J. E. L'église chretienne.

"Like its predecessors, singularly beautiful in style, and perfect in its artistic order. If Heine's description of the French intellect be correct, and if the Founder of Christianity and his Apostles had been Frenchmen, with the artistic instinct, love of system, and severe external logic of some Frenchmen, then the origin of Christianity might have borne some resemblance to the brilliant picture drawn by M. Renan."-Spectator, Nov. 22. Marc-Aurèle et la fin du monde antique. Revue des arts décoratifs, 1880-81. Riddell, Mrs. J. H. The senior partner. (Franklin Sqr. lib.)

"As good a story as ever came from her pen." - Athenaum, Dec. 31, 1881.

[blocks in formation]

Ropes, J: C. The army under Pope.

of the Civil War, no. 4.)

(Campaigns

Rosell, C. Cronicas de los reyes de Castilla. 3 v. Runnels, M. T. History of Sanbornton, N. H. Vol. 2: Genealogies.

Russell, W: H. Hesperothen. (Franklin Sq. lib.) "Dr. Russell either takes less pains now or else he is obliged to accommodate himself to the tastes of a less critical audience." -Athenæum, March 4, 1882.

"Mr. Russell travelled with the Duke of Sutherland and his party, in 1877, on a pleasure tour; Mr. Russell graphically describes all they saw and did; he earned the sobriquet of Bull Run' Russell during our late war, and wrote an interesting account of the early days of the contest, My diary North and South.'" S., M. E. W. Home amusements. home books.)

(Appletons'

Sadi, M. The Bustan; tr. into prose, with explanatory notes and index, by H. W. Clarke. Saint Cheron, A. Histoire du pontificat de S. Léon-le-Grand et de son siècle. 2 v.

Sainte Marthe, D. Gallia Christiana; ed. alt. curis Dom P. Piolin. Vol. 1-5, 11, 13. Saisset, E. E. Essay on religious philosophy; tr. with notes, etc. 2 v.

Salic laws. The lex Salica; the ten texts with the glosses, and the lex emendata; ed. by J. H. Hessels, with notes on the Frankish words by H. Kern.

"To those who wish to study medieval Latin and medieval history in all its bearings a knowledge of the Ler Salica is indispensable. The Le Salica is prior to all the other barbarian laws with which we are acquainted, since the oldest Latin compilation dates from the time of Chlovis. Moreover the Latin texts, which alone have been preserved to us, bear unmistakable evidence of being a translation from some Frankish original. In the Latin texts a great many Frankish words occur Latinized for the purpose of compiling the law. But the chief feature of the Ler galica is the so-called Malberg Glosses, which are probably quotations from the origi nal Frankish law-book. The present is a synoptic edition which enables students to see at a glance the mutual connection, and to study with more accuracy the variations in the wording, phrases, and spelling, of the different texts."

Scheffer-Boichorst, P. Die Neuordnung der Papstwahl durch Nikolaus 11.

"Eine äusserst scharfsinnige Untersuchung über die durch Papst Nikolaus II, 1059, erlassene Ordnung bezüglich der Pabstwahl, durch welche die Discussion über die Echtheit und das gegenseitige Verhältniss der beiden Fassungen, in denen sich diese Wahlordnung erhal ten hat, zu einem endgültigen Abschluss gebracht sein dürfte. Scheffer-Boichhorst weist mit unwiderleglichen Gründen nach, dass die von ihm als 'päpstlica' bezeichnete Fassung, in welcher das Recht des Kaisers, sich an der Papstwahl zu betheiligen, durch eine allgemeine, nichtssagende Phrase umgangen wird, das allein echte Actenstück sei, die andere kaiserliche' Fassung aber, nach welcher dem Kaiser eine Bestätigung des Candidaten für den päpstlichen Stuhl, mithin ein Eingreifen vor der endgültigen Entscheidung zustehen sollte, gefälscht sein müsse."- Literarisches Centralblatt, Dec. 11, 1880. Schiller, J: C. F: von. Esthetic letters, essays, and philosophical letters; tr. with introd., by J. Weiss.

Schmarsow, A: Raphael und Pinturicchio in Siena.

« PrethodnaNastavi »