The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05

"a Vintage Of Verse" william Doxey, San
Francisco, Call IL q collection Of rhymes by Mr..
Clarence Crmy, graceful and musical enough.
but marked by no great derth Of thought. and
often recalling the conventional sweetness OF
the drawing-room ballad There is some hint
here and there Of the gold and sunshine Of the
Californian summer. and these few lines descrip-
tive OF the Golden State are about as good as
anything In the collection:
sleeping beauty. hammock swunx
Beside tho SUNSET sea.
And lowered with riches. wheat. and oil,
Vineyard and orange tree;
Fer hand. her heart TO that fair primes.
whose genius shah unfold
With rarest ART her treasured tales
OF LIE and love and gold
Up to the present time Mr.. Bret H1rte Is in
disputably the man in possession OF both her
hand and heart Mr.. Urmy's vintage may be
set down as fair Californian rtn ordinairc,
pleasant and palatabIe, and probably more
wholesome than some OF the less humble foreign
tmportations.
Nessrs. Roberts Brothers publish. in n hand
some volume. The Life and Work Of Frederick
Thomas Greenhalge. Governor Of Massachu-
setts." by Mr.. James Ernest Nesbitt. Born in
England In 1913 of an old Yorkshire family.
Frederick Thomas Greenhnlge came to Lowell.
Mass, at the age Of IL years. Here he was edu-
Gated. grew mp, and became a true American
IN thought and ambition. and this record OF
his brief career tells the life story OF a man OF
culture. energy, and ambition who By force OF
character and integrity won honor and success.
The volume contains some OF the few existing
letters OF the late Governor. extracts from his
diary, and many OF the numerous speeches and
addresses delivered by him in the course OF his
career at Harvard. as lawyer and orator. Mayor
Of Lowell. member OF Congress, and finally ~
Governor OF his State, together with n number
OF poems and verses written By him; and though
the latter possess no marked merit or originality.
they ut least show the writer TO have been A man
Of high ideals and liberal culture. Though his
career. both as a lawyer and a politician, was a
successful one, his real inclination seems 20 have
been In the direction Of literature. There are
some extracts from his diary, written at the
early age OF Is, and recording his snow
fights, mishaps at school, and other boytsh ad-
ventures. that are full OF quiet and often 1ncou-
sciously produced humor. What subtle suggrs-
ton there Is in these simple extracts;
TAursday. July Sven to school all day. Mar
shah. who was absent, broughs me half a pound OF
powder which I had ordered.
The record OF the Fourth Of July is missing.
Saturday, 5th.-ptd not get mp till II O'Clock.
Went over co HInckley's and we went to the Doctors,
and he hSi the powder IN his Fare picked ont.
Mr.. Greenhalge entered Harvard College IN
1850, where he distinguished himself as a clever
debater. WIS called to the bar in 1858. and soon
after held his first public Office as a member Of
the Municipal Council OF Lowell. His sudden
and untimely death occurred In March. 1896,
during his third term OF ONCE a. Governor OF
Massachusetts. His career, while not In any
sense a very ~eventful one, was marked through
out by his honesty, Observation-Disclosures. and I'M
selhsh devotion To duty. His hiographer, Mr..
Nesbitt, in the work Of compilation and in his
comments, is Just and discriminating.
In Position and Action IN singing-a Study
Of the Trne Conditions OF Tone-a Solution OF
the Automatic CArtistic) Breath Control" Edgar
s. wernerl Mr.. Edmund j. Myer, author OF
Vocal Reinforcement &C., points ont the
Importance in singing Of a free. flexible, and
automatic action and adjustment OF all parts
OF the body and OF a spontaneous produc-
ton Of tone. He advocates for the &C
complishment of this q return to the meth
ods OF the old Italian school, which drew
its Inspiration and its fundamental principles
from Nature, AZ opposed to the modern scientific
school. which seeks, by localized effort. TO adjust.
direct. and control those parts OF the human
organization utilized during the act Of tome
production. The voice Is In Nature, and by a
study OF Nature and Natures laws, the voice "a
allowed to develop; is allowed Co reveal itself in
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first part OF the book deals with the fundamental
| principles Of singing, while the second ia a study
OF the means OF applying these principles In the
use OF the voice. Mr.. Nyer expresses his idena
with commendahle clearness, and however they
may be received by some professional teachers,
they are worthy OF the pupils confederation.
The American Book Company publishes a
Brief Latin Grammar" which Mr.. W. D..
Mooney has modelled upon the clear and con-
else manuals In use in tbs schools and colleges
OF Germany and France. The leading tacts Of
the language are briefly stated, all superhuous
material is omitted. and the book IL condensed
by the use Of a number Of summaries and tables,
while an index gives cross references 10 the
standard Latin Sranimars ot Hardness and Allen
and Greenough. The page Is neat and clenr
and the use OF full-tace type TO distinguish the
tense sign OF verbs from the srem and personal
endings Ia an excellent innovation. Much OF the
material for the present work has been taken, by
permission, from the ElleIdt 5eyfert Grammar
a manual intended for use In the German Gum
HdsiuHi. The result Is a compact and usefal
manual compressed within the limits OF less
than 800 pages.
Professor Thomas Hunt Morgan. Ph. D., Of
Bryn Mlwr College has prepared a work Of in
terest To emaryol0gi4ts IN The Development
OF the Frog Egg. An Introduction 10 Expert
mental EmbryulOgy." tMacIuillan.l In this he
has collected the most important results Of mod
eru Investigation OF the subject. and has given
a continuous account, ~ far a, It WA possible. OF
the development Of the esq from the time when
1t In forming to the moment the young JadpoIe
issues from tine Jelly membrane. The volume Is
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