The herald., 1895-04-29
What the Future Holds

Henry James has nearly ready Tor pub
be published by Macmillan & Co.
The next volume to be issued in Mac
milan & Co.'S series of reprints OF the
first edition of Charles Dickens novels
will be Bleak House. 1t will contain all
the original illustrations.
The Life and Letters of the Late Prof.
f. A. Freeman, edited by the Rev. W. K.
w. Stephens. dean of Winchester. will be
published by Macmillan & Co. in two
crown. octave volumes, with portraits and
a copy of an original sketch of Mr.. Free
man seated at his study table.
The Principles of Sociology. by Frank
lin H. Giddings. formerly of Bryn Mawr
college and at present professor OF soclol-
ogy at Columbia, is now promised detln-
itely for the early fall. This work has
been awaited most eagerly, and it Will
ology in its rigorous exclusion OF topics
that fall properly within such other So
cial sciences as political ecocomy public
law and the theory Of the state, and in
its systematic organization of the facts
and principles that are strictly sociolo-
gical. ksaa
:, A very interesting book on The History
of the Fan is in course OF preparation,
ana will be published by Macmillan d
Co. 1t will consist of chapters on the his
tory of the fan and on fan-painting. by
Miss NJ. A. Flory, and one on fan-colect-
ing by Mrs. Frederick Rhinelander Jones.
1t will bejllustrated with pictures OF many
fans reproduced by Mr.. Bierstadt by the
artotype process, some from photographs,
but the majority from the original fans.
belonging to such well known collections
as those of Mrs. Hewitt. Mrs. Butler
Duncan Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
others.
Mr.. Zangwill is one of the most promi-
nent figures in the English world OF let
tiers. and yet UP to now his masterpiece,
Children of the Ghetto, has been practi-
callv inaccessible to the. general public.
Published semi privately, it has been
hard to obtain. even at large price, and
it is therefore a matter of distinct con-
graduation that Macmillan & Co. will
issue new edition of it, in one volume.
Crude in parts as the book may be. no
one that has ever read it will deny its
! right to be classed among the most fasci-
| mating, the most vivid and impressive
works of this last quarter of the century.
The Columbia university press announ-
j ces for publication early inyaAp ril an i'm
portant book, entitled Municipal Home
! Rule. by ProfessorJ. Goodnow, who holds
the chair of administrative law in Colum
/ ba college. At a time when the atten'
ton Of the entire country is being attrac-
ted 20 the problems of municipal govern
ment it is believed that Professor Good
now's book will be especially welcome.
1t presents an entirely new discussion of
the subject. By a. consideration OF the
entire law of municipal corporation. the
author endeavors to ascertain how far a
municipal corporation is regarded as pri.
vate corporation, and how far it is treated
as such, quite apart from its government
tai capacity. This inquiry involves an in.
vestigatlon of how far municipal
corporation is protected by constitu
tional provisions as to the rights
of individuals. etc. The author Their
passes to discussion OF the attitude o.
the legislatures on this subject. and con
cludes that thay do not go to any grea
lengtns in regaldingea municipal corpora
ton. He then inquiries whether the
adoption of constitutional amendments
containing specific provisions on thi
subject, have been successful in securing
home rule for cities. The result of his
inquiry is that they have not been prac
tcally successful. The book conclude!
with comparison OF English, French
and German law, with view to ascer
tanning how municipal home rule j
established in those countries and pro
tected from encroachment on the part o
the legislature.