The morning times., 1897-01-17

elevates it to position with the best
abroad. There is always welcome for
what is new and good. and The Month Is
both, in the superlative.
George Santa yana S 1.-The Sense or
Beauty is scholarly and well-considered
study in the philosophy of aesthetics. The
work is q reproduction of the outlines OF
aesthetic theory, gathered by the author
for a course of lectures on the theory and
history OF aesthetics delivered by him sew
eral years ago at Harvard The first
quarter OF the volume is given up by MIR.
Santayana to the consideration or the
nature OF beauty, and an understanding or
its definition which he gives as Beauty is
Pleasure regarded as the quality or q
thing
After some elaboration on the materials
OF beauty, the writer passes TO the beauty
of form, which he gives exhaustive analy-
sis, and closes with a study on expression
He makes relatively clear subject in
herentiy abstruse, though the. process Is
involved and claims the concentrated at
ton of the student. Primarily the work Is
q text book, but Mr.. Santayana treats his
matter with such intelligent dignity and
formulates 1t with such happy emphasis on
what is most attractive in his theme, that
the stndious reader in search of an under
standing of so general and intimate sub
ject is delighted throughout. IL Is from the
press OF the Scribners..
There are souvenirs, and there are SOU
yenirs OF the Capital City. Most OF them
Of isstft
writing around them, IT is rather rare
thing TO find book of this kind which is
really valuable, both from the artistic and
useful standpoint. But that is not the case
with The Washington Sketch Book" by
Ida IIinman 1t contains a great m any
pictures. mainly of Washington society
people, though the public buildings are not
neglected; and some of these pictures are OF
kind extremely hard to get. To this
class belong pictures Of the living rooms
OF the White House. of some OF the diplo-
matte corps and of the wives and families
of some OF the congressman. They are not
only carefully reproduced but very at
tractiye in themselves. The book con-
tains, aside from the pictures, great deal
OF information. about the people of Wash
ington whe are known 10 larger public.
The present volume is reproduction of the
sketch Book" published last year. with
a supplement OF more than thirty pages.
which brings it quite up TO date and gives,
though this is small part of it, a resume
of the year Of II S96 in society.
Some of the prettest pictures are those
of children. The little daughter OF Repre-
resentative Boatner furnishes one Of these,
and it is possible that all that would be
needed to sell the book would be for the
subscription agent To open it just at this
place. The little maiden is perchcd on some
sort OF a big furry corner seat, with her
hands full OF flowers, and smiles out at the
world with a most delightful interest.
The Carlisle grandchildren also come in
for one page OF the volume, as do those of
Justice Shiras. and the autocrat of Hon.
Hoke Smiths family, chubby youngSter
in a big chair, has a page all to himself.
There are a good many other pictures of
children, and this feature of the book is
many readers.
All OF the Cabinet people and the most OF
the diplomatic corps may be found in half
tones scattered through. There is a group
picture OF the British ambassador and his
family, and fine portraits of the French
ambassador and Nine. PatenOtre, Prince
CantacuZene, the Chinese and Japanese min
listers, Nine. LaZo Arriaga. Nine Romero,
the Nicaraguan minister and Nine. GuZ-
man, Mrs. and Miss Cana, and others. The
wives of Senators and Representatives
come next, with other notable people of
Washington who do not belong to the
'floating Congressional population. Gen.
and Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, Gen. and Mrs.
Greedy, Mrs. Logan, and Mrs. Nellie Grant
Sartoris and her daughters are among these.
There is the usual fearful chapter on eti-
quette at the National Capital and another
ON the public buildings of Washington.