New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

MR.. KENNETH GRAHAME's EssAYs-REC-
Objections OF BOYHOOD, BY MR.
LAURENCE HUTTON-sOCIAL
LIFE IN THE OLD
SOUTH - NEW
EDITIONS.
Mr.. Kenneth Grahame's Golden Age" stories
were first printed. it appears. in volume calico
Pagan Papers" This was published IN Eng
land five years ago but never circulated
here as whole. John Lane, OF the Bodley
Head. having published The Golden Age IN
THE country now republishes the remainder or
the Pagan Papers" in a pretty little book II
,s not 10 be described in more weghty words
Mr. Graharoe as an essayist is not weighty he
rambles on gracefully and amuses the reader IN
a quaint unpretentious fashion. We cannot wax
enthusiastic over tie Pagan Papers we can
only praise them mildly: but at least we nave
no serious fault 10 find with them. TINS Is All
illustration of the authors style:
No man--no human. masculine: natural man &,
ever sells a book. Men have been known III
moments of thoughtlessness, or cOHlpeleu y!
temporary necessity 10 rob, 10 equlNoca'e W Wv
murder 10 commit what they should not, ~
"w!nce and relent and refrain from "Ial me!
should; these things. hoWbelt r,o. ~, any
common 10 humanity and may happen 70 any
OF rs But amateur bookselling is foul ana uh
natural, and it is noteworthy that our la' "s ,3
40 capable Of particularity contains no uis-
tin live name for the crime. ForiunareE' II 10
hardly known 10 exist the face ot the pupIc pe
ing set against it as Finland the trade giving
such wretched prices.
Mr. Barrie's book about his mother. Margaret
Ogilvie." is now rivaled by 2 little volume o.
recollections which Mr.. Laurence Hutton pub
fishes under the title Of "A Boy | Knew ana
-Four Dogs (Harper & Brothers,. II is an en-
Raging work boyish in the right way. WIN
"reminiscences OF old 'larks' which no boy coud
read without a wistfu hope that he might some
day find himself in the same SITUATIONS ooer
heads too will be interested In MIR. hutton
vtgnettes Of himself and his parents Icrhaps
they will pause most appreciatively on the oe-
ecrption Of a meeting with Thackeray IN Sa-
vannah In the ffties. The Roy" was instruct
ed by his father 70 pay particular attention 70
Mr. Thackeray. He did So and one morning the
great man drew the watchful lad 10 his Knee
and asked him his name. and what ne intended
10 he when he grew up A farmer. sir" the
boy replied. Thackeray put his hand on the H.
tie red head and said: Whatever you are. try to
he good one" The frontspiece to the volume
pictures this little episode. 1t is one of hand
full OF attractive Illustrations. The tone OF the
book is frank and wholesome The hoy and his
cordially by the public
Mr. Thomas Nelson Pages sketch Of Social
Life in Old Virginia Before the War" has been
reprinted by the Scribners in a dainty booklet
copiously illustrated The authors OBJECT III
writing these pages was partly 10 correct erro-
neous ideas about the old South held by North
ern readers. He protests against the southern
drama Of which We hear so much. II is an an
surd creation. he says. packed full with errors
The Southern Girl" according to these plays
he declares rs usually underbred little pro
yincial whose chief characteristic is TO say
reckon and real with strong emphasis in
every other sentence. And the Southern gentle
man Is q sloven whose linen has never known
starch who clips the endings Of his words says
Sab at the end of every sentence. and never
usas an r. except In the last syllable Of mig
ger" The men and women of Mr.. Pages p'ct-
ure Of the old South are OF course. very different
creatures and must say they are much more
acceptable. besides being more plausible on
tho other hand, we fear that Mr.. Page doth pro-
test too much His loyalty Is winning. but It
results in a description roseate that II is not
wholly convincing. We content ourselves with
the surmise that the truth lies somewhere be-
tween Mr. Pages standard and that Of other
less amiabe but not less sincere and Wet-in-
structed writer's. In the time the book
before us Is worth reading for the sake OF the
gracious spectacle II presents. whether entirely
true to nature not.
Two more volumes have been added 10 the
new edition Of George Merediths novels pub
lisied by the Scribners These are devoted re-
epectively 10 "Rhoda Fleming" and The Ego
ist" 1t is frst-rate edition. being in fact.
exactly the popular one that has long been
wanted
Henry Holt Co. have Just published IN
two uniform volumes THE Prisoner OF
Zenda" and its sequel, Rupert Of Hentzau.'
The former work is accompanied by a view and
a plan Of the castle OF Zenda, drawn by Mr..
Howard Ince II is good TO see these two stories
IN such handsome and convenient form.
Mr. Benjamin Kidd's Social Evolution has
been republished by the Macmans in smaller
and cheaper form. The book has been subjected
TO some slight revision and has some additions.
1t Is q work which upon Its first appearance
aroused uncommon interest, more interest. in
fact than 1t provokes to-day. but II Is Of per-
manent value. and edition like the present IS
more than welcome
Small, Maynard & Co.. the new firm OF Boston
publishers, do not weary OF we'll doing where
Walt Whitman Is concerned. Not content with
complete editions Of his works, they now bring
out a. handsome volume Of Selections from the
Prose and Poetry Of Walt Whitman" edited,
with an introduction. by Professor Oscar Lowell
Trtsgs The introduction. OF course. Is sanguine.
What Whitmantes Introduction would not be
saneujne? But II is not necessary to accept all
OF Professor Trggs's observations. One may
turn to the selections" which have been made
not only with sympathy. but with Judgment
Indeed. a book like this should prove OF more
.-..t.> % ,ba poeroory or Whitman than a f,IIler