New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-12
MORE CHRISTMAS BOOKS.

Apparently. we are to have comp'e'.
.,,,or =, Tho novels Of Miss Manning
s,.,.r. bove in past seasons oroush'
-. o,.ro, of the stories including 'he 'e
:, than, 1.-THE Maiden and Married Liz
.,.rv Powell" and this year they ISSUE "
GA cns,soo Run Shop" Like Its preueoe'
A.. ,oor 70 beautifully made with ten c""' 80
Illustrations by John Jellicoc ana fne'' ,,..
ton. These things are rightly e" h,,
Manning who always a fn'no' ,.,,
had a gentle and quaint manner Oh "e" -. 90
Rhetorical times in fiction that oause :.
r.. cherished by those who are wen
her modest rank. and yet cannot "e'p ''
her.
rY. Crowell & Co.'S "Faience
&een extended to cover two more 49,,
,,as.,cs One Of these Is the "Coie''e VI '.""
c.,u,tz translated from the frehon ny 80
r v Flanders II is a bright NNa'''"
story sweet in spirit. and written /" =" '.'' 49,.
stvle. II makes fitting hohuas s"' -
''., sooora,ed binding Equally acceptance
"a the edition OF The song Vi .',.o
',,oh ,s published in this series, with WISE
,r,rosucton by Mr. Nathan Haskell Doe' VIM
goes carefully into the origins OF 'he p0em'
~, hoop also wears a pretty decorative co'e''
NJ Dole has made curious ana anu''ne
,,..o hook IN The Mistakes We Make ~
y Croweu e. co., OF course. from one po'"'
-. ,.iav II ought 10 be saddening' IL '"N''
.verv one Of our pet supcrstitions ana s'u'
=, dry Of all significance. no longer may
think Of Friday an unlucky ga!
Mr. Dole declares toyfully that fr'ua' '
,uckjest day in the week. But we WI" "0'
make ourselves party 10 the disillus'o''','"'
., our fellow-men We VIII merely confess
that we find this an absorbing and de'gh'iu'
little book
Tho fat oblong volume published by the
rrederick A. Stokes Company unoef '"e
,,tle 81 ships and sailors should be popular
inst now when the achievements OF our Navy
have turned everybody TO an interest III '"7
adventure and romance Of the sea MI james
Rarnes has edited the work. He brings TO-
eether the words and music OF NUMBER Oh
old songs. like "Black-eyed Susan and '"ap-
ming Old Stairs" and includes also some verses
~ his own. written for the men VINO nave
served under Sampson and Dewey. THESE eN-
ncriments In which he essays to do for the
men Of the ironcads what Dibdin and Gay
ad for those whc fought behind wooden walls
are spirited and snFable The illustrations
q, which many are large and printed In colors'
are drawn by Mr.. Zogbaum in effective style
They draw some piquant contrasts between the
CLEANING fighting machines OF our own ga!
md the winged warships az our ancestors
The Spanish American war has already pro-
duced two volumes Of caricatures The nrs''
published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company
Is Cartoons Of Our War with Spain by MT
c Nelan. Originally drawn for newspaper pun
lication these sketches have the spontaneity
Of work done under the hurrying influence OF
the hour and their artistic value is not i'm
rressve Mr.. Nelans style is hard and heavy
but his sense Of humor is strong. and much
Of his work is distinctly clever. Cartoons or
the War Of 1895 with Spain is compilation
made by Bedford. Middlebrook e. Co. OF Chi
Cago from foreign and American papers. we
notice in traversinG these pages some more
than caustic comments. but it Is surprising 10
see how good-humored the caricaturist is. as
a rule whether here or abroad. The Spanards
have been little hard on US but hardly
complain. and 1t is clear from some OF the
sketches reproduced in this volume that they
have treated their own statesmen with con-
siderable levty
cathedral Bells" William r. Jenkins) IS a
tasteful souvenir OF st. Patricks Cathedral In
this city 1t is edited by the Rev John Tai
bot Smith. who gives interesting account
Of the edihce. Mr. Walter Russell provides IL
Illustrations. and there are reproductions Of por-
OF the church.
Mr. Alexander Blacks dainty volume Miss
America" Charles Scribner's Sons, runs to
about two hundred pages-many Of them given
10 text; but plainly in this work the picture Is
the thing The author writes pleasantly and
in good taste Of the American girl He intro
duces touch Of humor into his pages now and
then. and occasionally hits upon pretty con-
Cet But first and last he is a photographer.
lie has been lucky in his subjects. Some of
the prettiest types Of the American girl have
faced his camera. His photographs are clear
and delicate in quality, and he has in more
than instance secured attitude or ar
ranged group tina: really illustrates his text
OF course. Photography can never take the
place of art and there is q certain stiffness
about the pictures in this book but. taken for
what they are. they agreeable