. The Argonaut . r & Taylor Com-pany ; $ net. A Life of Miltons life and works of Andrew Marvell aresummarized for us in a sketch by Mr. Augus-tine Birrell—pleasantly, and in places wit-tily, with here and there an epigram. The is the Prescott, according to Mr. Peck,chief of American historians: Without the humor of Irving or the fireof Motley, or the intimate touch of Parkman,he is superior to all three in poise and judg-ment and distinction. To the ordinary reader unconcerned withscientific technicalities, Prescott must appeara superb historian, simply because he wrotewell and
. The Argonaut . r & Taylor Com-pany ; $ net. A Life of Miltons life and works of Andrew Marvell aresummarized for us in a sketch by Mr. Augus-tine Birrell—pleasantly, and in places wit-tily, with here and there an epigram. The is the Prescott, according to Mr. Peck,chief of American historians: Without the humor of Irving or the fireof Motley, or the intimate touch of Parkman,he is superior to all three in poise and judg-ment and distinction. To the ordinary reader unconcerned withscientific technicalities, Prescott must appeara superb historian, simply because he wrotewell and sympathetically; and if in additionhe be made by. his biographer to appear agenial and greatly human man, that reader willbe all the better pleased. Professor Peck hasbrought out the human side of Prescott in thefirst half of this bcok, and, indeed, allthrough it. And that is the best part of thebook; which is also, to some extent, a historyof Americrn culture. Published by the Macmillan Company ; Memoirs of a Detective. leary five hundred vigorously written Victor Speer relates the life and of his admired friend, the detec- 11 Wilson Murray. There are Joseph C. Lincoln, author of Cape Cod Ballads. Published by A. S. Barnes & Co. book may help to broaden the present rathernarrow ring of admiration which the poetcommands. That is to say, it is narrow sofar as general knowledge of him is one knows, and most Englishmen intheir school-days have learned by heart, thegreat Horatian ode on Cromwell. But Mar-vell as a politician, who was also an indus-trious man of letters, is more obscure;chiefly for lack of accessible is this aspect which Mr. Birrell haspresented to us. We see him in his relationswith John Milton, who recommended himfor a government position; with Crom-well, who chose him for tutor to Mr. Dutton, the great Olivers ward ; andwith Lovelace, whom it is probable that he be-friended in the day of adversity. Many otherillustrious
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