New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-10

r,ents 70 the book as 1t has been put forth with
every advantage Of good paper and presswork'
This edition Of "Hypatia' will undoubtedly take
its place at once in the popular taste beside the
Ben Hur" which has already been sold In many
thousands.
Baroness Tautphoeuss charming novel. Quits.
has been brought out In an uncommoniy neat
two-voume edition by G. 7. Putnams Sons.
The books are of convenient size. the print IS ex-
cellent. and the green -and- gold binding Is ex-
tremely attractive. QUITS" and THE Initials
are two novels which will. for many year. main
taim their hold upon those readers who enjoy
acute observation of character. quiet humor ana
healthy romance.
Duprat & Co. bring out, as usual, their Book
Lovers Almanac" a really dainty little venture
which has this year been rendered more "'-
ceptable by the exclusion Of those vulgar plates
to which we were compelled TO take exception last
year and the year before The almanac Is now
as refined in Its illustrations as In its sprghty
text and it's clear type its good paper ana DOR
ders
The great illustrated edition of The Ihree
Musketeers" published recently in Paris is evil
IDENTIFY not to be overlooked by American publish
ers We have already noticed the reprint OF me
work brought out in two admirable fohos by the
Appletons, and now we have 10 comment on an
other In smaller form from the house of T. Y
Crowell & Co. As cheap popular ed-
tion II will doubtless serve. as will also tho COM
panion edition OF THE Count OF Monte Cristo,
printed by the Crowells. 1t Is curious TO meet
these two novels together, so widely separated
are they in the long tale Of Dumas's development
as a writer In THE Three Musketeers ne II
at his best fresh unspoiled. and romantic to the
% Nov IN
ne is melodramatic spectacular. ingenious rather
than inventive, and the poet disappears altoge'her
beneath the trappings of the Snowman Sue
might have written this book had ne pos
sessed the breadth and swing which never for
sock Dumas even at his worst. The same pup
fishers who these transa lions publish Also
In two volumes of similar size and style the poetry
Of the Frenchmans foremOs: British contempt
rary Prefaced by a graceful introduction from
the pen Of Charles Eliot Norton and sufficient
biographical sketch by Mr.. Nathan Haskell Dole,
this edition Of SCOTS Poetical Works. when
is inexpensive and fairly we'll made. ought To
find favor.
Now that so much is being done in the helds
Of fairy tales and folk lore it is refreshing to
have so competent an authority as Mr.. Joseph
Jacobs to take UP some of the most fanlllar
literature of childhood. In The Fables 81
Aesop'' Macmillan & Coz he has retold some
four-score OF the innumerable gnomic pearls at
,ributed to Aesop since the almost daieless rise
of that great name: he has prefxed to his coHec-
ton scholarly history Of the Aesopic fable;
and he has turned the whole book over hna'ly 10
Mr. Richard HIGHWAY for pictorial adornment'
The latter has accomplished his task cXce'lenty
well His style brings back memories 81 Bewick
and his white l!ne he ha- not been ashamed 20
emulate Bewick in naivete and simpl" straight
forwardness and. having in addition t. all TINS
humorous touch OF his own. he has enabled the
publishers who have been generous as 70 paper
binding and press work. TO put forth an entirely
successful Christmas book for cd and young
alike.
In THE Farmers Boy" ID. Appleton e. Co.
Mr. Clifton Johnson extends the investigation
into rural life which he began auspciously In MS
book on the Country School OF Ncw-kngiand-
He employs now the same sympa iheuc method
! and supplements his narrative with ILLUSTRATIONS
! OF the same simplicity and truth. II Is usefui
little book with the results Of kindly and careful
observation in II. 1t cutisates unassumngy,
! but effectively a field that Is full OF sugges-
ton.
Mr. Loftie's chatty papers on "The inns OF
Court and Chancery" have unquestionably much
vitality They were read with pleasure Wh'H
printed for the first time in The PORTFOLIO
they appeared TO even greater advantage IN the
large folio made later accommodate Mr. Rail
! toms artistic illustrations. and now they rene"
their old interest for lovers Of London In the
| octave which Macmillan g. Co. publish. MT
! I,oftie knows his history. can tell good ahec-
dote with keen satisfaction. and has provided IN
this series OF sketches TO put It briefly, topo-
graphical monograph which no one who cares u
know anything about the Temple or It's kindred
bv the Thames can possibly do without the
Illustrations have lost something but not much
in their reduction to fit the limits Of the present
page.
In the quiet comfort Of the library one would
hardly care read Shakespeare's plays IN III"
little ariel Edition" issued by the Putnams.
But the reader does not always find the quiet
library at hand: and there are a thousand
chances Of travel and Of student life for when
these tiny volumes with their clear type ana
neat form. are delightfully."- convenient They are
among the best Of the ''pocket-plays
! r. Y Crowell e. Co publish a most ac-
ceptable little edition Of "Childe HAROLD in
their series Of Handy Volume Classics The
hook Is nicely made, the illustrations are from
good Photographic plates and the dimnutive
form Of the volume is just as ii should be-
/ "Childe Harold" more than most OF Byrons
! noemc Is a work 10 carry abb Ut on ones travels
and read at odd moments.