New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF sPoRT-MR LIE
GALLIENNErs OUTPOURINGs-NE"-
YORK HIsToRY-FRENCH
MENDICANTS.

w. ,a,.. re,errod every now and then to the
.vo,ut,on Of THE Encyclopedia of sport y"
7, putnem's Sons) The periodical instaiihe"''
which have provoked our comments have no"
h.er gathered together and printed III s'o"'
,o,,,,ne NJ more than six hundred pages ine
srcvc,onadia is carried in this volume from ~
% 100 concluding with a brief paragraph y"
he spearing of leopards sport 10 WHICH, a"
cordinr 10 .he editors. some raJahs are POI '''
There ,s q certain grim humor in tha' last "
mark This is an encyclopedia FOR IeHIo'' ~
az we'll as for rajahs and we oou"' "
many readers will be inspired 10 go o''
spearing expeditions. even II theE are "'
indulge in such a pastime. But OF t"e
,ha Ear, of Suffolk and Berkshire, MT he"'''
pea,, ard Mr.. F. G. Afalo have mace oo0N
c,,,ch the most modest Of sportsmen WI" n"u
irexhaustibly interesting ana lhidiio'S "N'f
They have made their work really 'N''
Scrutinizing the pages careiui'y rs '"e'
.o,,o on. we have found each subject traVerseu
nv the hand OF an authority VINO was mo- O'
eouipped with the enthusiasm OF an eApei" "'
with the practically 81 a man bent Oh sh"' ms
his knowledge with all readers Nhe'hei '"0
theme be coaching or swimming or the hui'1"7
of the caribou. this encyclopedia gives you '"e
latest word on the subject; or II IL ca'i'o' "''
dertake to do that because or restTio'io"' VA
enc. q gives YOU such a photography as en-
ables you to seek any lacking Information WIN
,,a Last nossib,e delay. We find too refresh
ing impartiality in all the discussions Oh a''i-
,o,,cs American methods receive as Just cri'i-
c,sn and as careful explication as the ne'"ou'
with which the editors are themselves more IA
.,u,ar Ar,a-,csn writers have been called in TO
dea, with subjects connected with this country
cd he
treatment In the matter Of illustrations which
boe been granted 10 their fellow-sportsfnen
ocross tho sea The illustrations. indeed. are eX-
,r,ordinar,lv fine The full page engraVlnss are
heau.,f,llv executed works Of art ana 'he
.,a.cbes and diagrams in the text leave nothing
N no desired in their full explanation OF every
minute point on which the reader might ne eN-
nected 10 desire instruction. The English nave
nublished many sporting books. but we nave
rarely seen one the equal OF this. we Judse
from, the scope Of this volume that the ency-
c,opedia will he completed IN one more book OF
tho same size but we are sure that sportsmeh
would not object II the scheme were eX'ehueo
through three or four volumes
MFR Richard lie Gallienne in the thirty
seven nages which II has apparently been
+boueh, worth while to print between covers
nd L
r. ~, starts with the impressive observation
that cor n still summit Of the Alps one August
afternoon. n young man and a young woman
talked oe God-sun. snow and peace h'ahiis
shining silence of many colors about them-'he
s,rong sun the pure snow the vast and tender
,.aca" 7. is TO be imagined from the discourse
which follows that the young man ana 'he
voung woman had very edfying dlscusSloh'
The fruit Of II all is that sometimes he-aiihost
nraved" But so far as this book Is concerned
we are left TO feel that the young man would
Rave heen very much better off If he had stayed
at home instead Of going up upon tie sun sum
nit Of that alp For there is not thng IN 'hi'
Impertinently named fragment when suggests
,.oirob,o thought There is nothing profound
about Mr.. lie Gallienne. and when he talks as
y. doos IN this hook. about life and death and
similar things. he is winnowng the wind.
Mon IN Fpigram" Chicago: A. c. mcclure d
COY Is a compilation made by Mr. Frederick W.
Morton Of the views OF maids. wives WIDOWS
and others on the lords Of creation. Some or the
enigrams are clever some Of them are wise all
Of them make amusing reading. though we sup
pose the real purpose Of book OF TINS sort IS
similar TO that OF dictionary Of quotations. 10
be drawn upon when a hurried writer wishes TO
point a moral and adorn tale
"Sphinx Lore" &c P Dutton Coz. by Miss
Charlotte Brewster Jordan. gives number Of
charades. anagrams and similar ingenious con-
ceits for idle people on a rainy day to pass the
time with. The work we judge, Is well done,
though Of course 1t would be necessary 10 put
most OF these plans into practice TO prove their
utility.
The Putnams publish new illustrated edi-
he lotc Ahrau
Of Knlckerbocker Life in Ncw-York." 1t is
charming volume Of pen pictures. drawn by
man who not only knew the city of his youth
and manhood but loved it. and wrote Of its
social life with something Of the affectonate
feeling that actuated George William Curtis IN
his 'Prue and l." Mr. Dayton had no such
style as Curtis but he was a we-informed man
and he poured his knowledge into this work with
a certain easy grace that makes his book well
worth it's present handsome form. The edition
contains some good portraits and views and at
this time. when the new growth Of the city is
occupying every body's mind, book like this is
more than welcome
The Macmillan Company publishes new and
handy edition Of Mr. George Hooper's Cam
paign Of Sedan" II is wel-known and SER
viceable monograph 10 which readers OF to-day
turn with high respect. First published in 1897.
It is now reprinted with the addition Of an index.
and with the few errors that had crept into the
original edition corrected 1t now forms part of
"Bohn's Standard Library"
The Boston Athenaum publishes In a hand
some and portly volume "A Catalogue Of the
washington Collection in the Boston Athe-
naum.' This collection IS in four parts, namely.
books from the library Of General Washington,
other books from Mount Vernon. the writings
Of Washington. and Washingtoniana. The cata-
logue has been compiled and annotated by Mr..
Appleton p. c. Griffin. who has done his work
with thoroughness that will be appreciated
by students Of our history. This volume is
really an admirable finding list for the investi.