The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-05

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amusement and enable the youns bachelor as
pirent for social recognition 10 give HE friends
a maximum OF satisfaction at a minimum OF
cost. An alert and careful young man might
even successfully discharge his obligations to
select parties Of fashionable friends by giving
them a substantial dairy lunch, and afterward
explaining the beauties Of the production OF
the Sunday Illustrated supplement. Ms seen
through the plate-Rlass windows OF Mr.. Ben
nett's Temple Of Truth.
Turning at last 70 the important question OF
asparagus. We ilnd Il stated on page 81 that,
though corn may be gnnwed from the cob, it
makes a moss, and formal dinners are better
without t.: but asparagus Is supposed 10 be
eaten pith the fingers, and TINT makes another
! untidy business" 1t might DO worth while
here to pause for q moment and con-
slider the curious physiological process In
yolved In the eating OF anything with
the fingers. but the subject 10 too So
rious for nero verbal auibblinR. and demands
, n broader treatment We have q distinct rec
objection OF the fact that not long ago another
social guide, known az The Complete Bach
elor." laid down the rule that asparagus. " ex-
cept In the privacy OF your own family" should
be eaten with q forki This leaves the matter
In q state OF chaos. Surely y Woman Of FASH
ion and a Complete Bachelor should be at one
upon a point so vital. In the meantime.
! how shall q would-be woman OF fashion or o
bachelor who longs to be complete behave
when the asparagus comes around2 II IL to
be hoped. II only In the interests OF the large
number OF estimable persons engaged In the
| raising and the distribution OF an admirable
! e~sculent, that something may be done. Per-
haps tho Chicago publisher might arrange q
meeting at which these authorities could lay
their august heads together and definitely
aatfta thiu pofnt ouca and for ALL
No photographer. professional or amateurs;
| can fail to derive inspiration and encourage
ment from the beautifully printed and Illus
trated pages Of Mr.. W. I. Lincoln Adams's In
Natures Image tThe Baker & Taylor Com
| pany. New York; This volume continues and
In some degree supplements the thene OF
Mr.. Adams's previous book. sunlight and
| Shadow" paying especially more attention to
the aesthetics and technique Of indoor photog-
raphy.
Tho AB O OF Golf" BY a victim Isaac II.
| Blanchard q CO... Is a golf pamphlet illustrated
| not without cleverness.
We have also received:
More CarRoes." W. W. Jacobs. author Of
MANY Cargoes." tStokes.)
"The Bashful Earthquake and 9th err Fables"
by oliver Herford. with many pictures by the
author. tscribners.)
The Vicious virtuoso." Louis Lombard.
CNeely.l
"a Strange Story Paul Clifford" By
Bulwer. Illustrated. Estes 4 Lauriat.l
Under the Ra%ttlesnake Flag" F. a. Co.'S
tello. ESTES q Lauriat.l
THE Story OF the Railroad" Cy warman.
tAppletons.)
Concerning Isabel Carnaby." Ellen Thorny-
croft Fowler. tAppletons.l
Johnnie" E D. Laughlln. Bowen-Mer-
rill Company
"Armageddon. A Tale OF Love. War. and In
yentiou." Stanley Waterloo. tRand. McNally
& Coz
when Israel Putnam Served the King"
James Otis. Illustrated. tEstes Il Lauriat.)
1.-THE Gospel According to Darwin" Woods
Hutchinson. A. NJ, n. D. topen Court Pub
fishing Company
History Of Norwich University. 1s19-9s."
Compiled by William A. Ellis. BE THE Rum
ford Press. Concord. n. H.
History OF the United States" 8 vols. Il
Illustrated. Julian Hawthorne. IF. +. Coilier.)
Tho Lost City" Joseph Badger. Jr. dana.
Estes & CO..
"Joel Hartford" James Otis. IT. Y. crowell
L CO..
THE Lost Word. A Christmas Legend OF
Long Ago." Henry Van Dyke. (Scribners.)
Corona and Coronet." Mary Loomis Todd.
Illustrated. lHoughton. Mifiin Il co.,
Little Journeys to the Homes OF American
Statesmen" Ebert Hubbard. Putnams.)
"Child's Story OF the Bible" oolored illustra-
lions. Mary A. Lathbury. (De Wolfe. Fiske &
CO..
ton.
Boys in Clover" Penn Shirley.
Santa Claus or Snow Shoes" Sophie May.
"Old Sultan's Thanksgiving" Lily F. Wes-
selhoett. With colored illustrations. tDe Wolfe.
Fiske & CO..
"A Little Colonial Dame" Agnes Carr Sage.
Illustrated. tStokes.)
Flashlights on Nature" Grant Allen.
doubleday 4 Mcclure Company
THE Pilot Of the Mayhower." Hezekiah
Butterworth. tAppletons.l
"A Lovers Revolt" J.W. DeForest. uong-
mans.)
"siegfried and Beowulf." ZenaIde A. Rago-
Yin. (Putnams.)
"struan." Julia Magruder. (Badger.)
Red P~atriuts-The Story Of the Seminoles.
Charles H. Coe. Editor Publishing Co., Gin
cinnati. o.
"Cinch " and other stories. VIII Allen Drom.
goole. Dana Estes & CO..
An Idyll of the Wabash " and other Indiana
stories. Anna Nicholas. Bowen Merrill CO..
"Frontier Stories" Cy Warman. tScribners.
"Ships and Havens." Henry Van Dyke. Ut,
Y. Crowell & CO..
graphical edition. Edited by his daughter
Anne Richie. Vol. VII. Illustrated by D u
Maurier. Barnard and Frank Dicksee. r. A.
lHarpers.)
Academy of Designs Autumn Exhibition,
The seventeenth autumn exhibition Of the
Academy OF Design will open to-day. Yester-
day n private view OF the artists work during
the summer months was given. Usually this
exhibit is below tho average OF the winter out
put and the spring views afford a much more
favorable impression OF the American artists
work. Thu display this year is not as a whole
.,nar;or IN tha usual autumn exhibition. The