The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-29

water courses, but God does not plant any
,rae for fuel y ''He Is a good God ana
His name ISL Love T" cried David, sure OF the
light that he had begun TO see dimly, ana
life thereafter with loss than MS inaoes
70 live for was yet good TO him.
Wa remark curious misuse oil woru,
considering the intimate ASSOCIATION Oh
the author with proofreader paokeu oy
the Century dictionary. On page 80
diving man whose face Is evidently III iuii
view since it Is described, Is spoken Oh as
n "pronen figure
The census of globe trotters increases.
The European voyage Is now ohIY
| trip, like going to Chicago or Washington.
| He who would see the woria anu oe on
| traveller cannot stop at LONDON or even
| MOSCOW. The mysterious lands OF the
earth are now today almost as approach
| able as TO a run over To the inetroPoils.
| Fortunately the strangeness OF one '.nne
distant countries is not passing IN pro.
norton as the journey TO them is peins
reduced in both time and convenience'
| Here is n splendid book about siam
| Islam on the Meinam from the Guii TO
Ayuthia.n by Maxwell Somneryille pro.
lessor of Glyptoiogy, University ys ol
| pennsylvania. Prof. Sommerville teiis us
that on arriving at Bangkok and inquir
inc for book about Siam he was tola
that what he sought had no existence ana
thnt the people and residents of SIAM
would appreciate book pbout them anu
their country. III Is 10 pe saiu .na. nS snS
with what Prof. Sommerville has written
| about their land and with the fashion
in which il is produced by the publishers
The j. B. Lippincott Company VINO nave
made most inviting volume lmp0sin,
and elegant beautifully printed and richly
illustrated from photographs, aitogetheT q
model of book Of travel. Ii sells Tor
S3. 90 and is on the counter OF Preston anu
Rounds. ,,.or
AS an observer and reporter
is equally successful and delight,
full. lie has an eye to the picturesque ana
this makes attractive even TO the most
superficial reader the product OF wen
equipped student and investigator. lie II
fresh and vigorous ana Is piaihiy ln,oressuu a,'
, time on his rounds. so he attaches ms
reader closely 60 MIN all the way through.
AZ the back of the book are three delight
} | ful sketches that while story telling pure
and simple, yet are designed 20 pe, as they
1 | undoubtediy are, highly illustrative OF
: phases in Siamese life and customs and
faithful in the pictures they make OF his,
| tory and geography. No one can wei
Y venture on the Oriental journey without
, taking cognizance OF this work while &c
tha visitor to Siam 1t Is OF course as ,ua,a @ ~
a pensable as paidup passage. And tt
!. the general reader no book of traNei couio
be much more interesting.
hook that commands much admira
: ,ion A. DIR. Ernst Crosses The Begin
;. ninas of Art II Is attractiyely pub
y lished by ID. Appleton o. 90. VIII
. | thirty-two illustrations and three piate'
u and Is for sale by Gregory for. si75; l
J, J, ia one of the Appleton Anthropological ser
:. los edited by Prof. Starr OF Chicago Uni
~ yersity. The author Of this altogethe
~ delightful and suggestive work moaestl.
- disclaims anything more than piohe9
- venture into an almost untrodden HELD
" but we venture To say that To the schoia
y An the traditions, and history OF art II
; has furnished a vast deal Of real and sub
lo stantial information as well as ooinpel
~ ing certain conclusions that can but p
of great value. IL he docs not alway
!. de,nonstratc he convinces. Beginnin
y with AN elucidation Of the science o
y. artU no carries the reader through IN
a. history of its beginnings, In persons
:, | decoration, ornamentation, represents
~ ton the dance, poetry ana music, 70 o,s
:. y, close that there Is pothing new under TN
's sun. that nrt is as old as humanity an
le TINT IFS manifestations, II not Its spscifl
~ | deyeIopment are not contingent upon
- advanced human development ana ~
u not bounded by climate or race. IL Is
Is wonderfully enter'alnms s rnss Iu~ has made An
=, jts prcsentation I'm English Is soinethin
w wiy TO be thankful for.
"a Charles NJ. skinner is q newspaper ma
w connected with the BROOKLYN press.
y, has written, and the Century. Coinpaf
m have published In fetching style, lltt
y. hcok called mature In City faru,
|, 1nrice Si) in which Mr. Skinner CIV
\, no fruits of his experience, obseryatlt
=, and leisure time reflections happily ar
- - instr,Ictively. His sctual field OF observ
,o tion is limited to the fenced ana connn'
a arca of a CITY backyard but he has -four
or here the themes for familiar dissertatlo
rs an nature art and society, from y nov
~ .,,,,,y'noint. AT the outset Mr.. SKIM
,o admits that the yard is only lsxso fee
a that on Mondays IL Is wholly given up i.
Ia clothes saa lines. aud that esHsss