The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-28
A FEW OF THE new BOOKS
A Brief Review Of Some of the
Most Noteworthy.
FICTION, SCIENCE, ART
Crooked Trails by Frederick Reming-
ton VIII Be Populsr-"violin Play
ine"-sports and Pastimes
for Young People.

Probably no book given In the list this
week will have a more deserved popular
ity than Crooked Trails" by Frederic
Remington. Mr. Remington Is an artist
and an illustrator Of acknowledged excel
lence. and his literary style II on a par
with his other artistic gifts. The combi-
nation makes n book devoted to Western
subjects which can be altogether COM
mended.
Friendship" by High Black. Is a well
come volume of essays on a subject OF
much social importance.
John d.. Champlin. jr.. whose specially
seems to be cyclopaedia making in coll
liberation with Arthur r.. Bostwick. has
compiled n Young Folks Encyclopaedia of
Games and Sports" Both indoor and out
door sports are Included. and the die
tionary arrangement makes this volume
Of several hundred pages a very handy
reference book for our boys and girls.
Our musical patrons will welcome to
our shelves some attractive volumes of In
terest to them. violin Playing" by John
Dunn. In a short treatise on the subject.
the mastering of which requires long
practice and much enthusiasm. A book.
whose small size In out Of all proportion
to it's value. In "Chopin's Greater Works,
Preludes. Ballads. Nocturnes. Polonaises.
Maxurkas; How They Should Be Under
stood" by Jean KleczynskL. The standing
of Henry Edward krehbiel as a musical
critic Is not unknown to our readers. and
his book OF essays on Music and Man.
ners in a Classical Period" will not be
overlooked.
@. Hedeler. a Leipzig publisher. has
compiled n List OF Private Libraries In
the United States and Canada. OF which
some 600 are mentioned. Unless OF special
value. libraries of less than 1900 volumes
are not included. and the special charac-
teristics OF each library mentioned are
French and German
A very valuable book for students OF
the fine arts and a very attractive vol
ume for everybody. In the Life OF Our
Lord in Art. with Som Account of the
Artistic Treatment Of st. John the Bap-
tist.'' by Estelle NJ. Hurll. The book Is
primarily intended as n supplementary
volume to the series of books on art by
Mrs. Jameson.
One of the most popular departments OF
the Ladies' Home Journal last year was
that known as Inside a Hundred
Homes" by william Martin johnson.
The papers and Illustrations this year
have been gathered I'm a small and at
t~ractive volume n are ready for a new
career of usefulness. Two other books In
this dainty series of reprints from the
/ tdklnk QtpdTlultutr VI " III BoiNa
are Mrs. Hamilton Motifs 'Home Games
and Parties with a chapter on light re-
freshments for evening company. by Mrs.
| Rorer. and Model Houses for Little
Cost by william l.. Price.
Hugh +. Leonard has compiled a
Handbook of wrestling" which should
be IN demand from our athletes.
Miss Florence Lewis China Painting
is not a new book. but all books on this
suhia.t ara I'm demand for the use of our
local enthusiasts.
The Technical Review Of the Chicago
Public Library Is a volume OF interest.
not to architects only. but to all who are
| interested In the magnificent buildings
erected for library purpose in our met
ropolitan cities.
Among illustrated books. or rather
terest or excellence than Mat issued by
the Russian erratic genius Count Leo Toll
stoi. This Ii a criticism of art In tho
sense that criticism II adverse. The count
has his opinions. which he expresses In
his own vigorous Manner, and while art
lists and art lovers will be slow to accept
his conclusions. IL is probable that al
will learn something from the book.
The pre-eminent position held by Ital'
ian art and the standing of Giorgio Va
sari as n biographer OF artists. are toe
well known to require discussion. Yet
knowledge of the fine arts is no more sta
tionary than other forms Of knowledge
and while we cannot supersede the elias.
sizes. Il IL necessary again and again tc
annotate them. revise them. and some
times to correct them. The editorial wori
performed by +. II. and T.. w. Bashfield
and by A. A. Hopkins In the new four
volume edition of Lives OF Seventy oi
the Most Eminent Painters. S%culptors and
Architects" is Of the highest value TO tho
student of art.
Following Is a full table OF volumes OF
periodicals. to which additions have latel,
been made at the library:
American Library Association-Paper,
and Proceedings. isss-lses. four volumes
Arena. The-February. lsss-August. 1898
seven volumes.
Brochure Series OF Architectural Illustra'
tion-Iss5-lses. three volumes.
Chambers Journal-isSs-lse6 volumes s.
to %.
Engineering Magazine-April. lssl-sep.
TENDER. 1895. Is volumes.
Forum. The-March. lsse-August. 1895. 2
volumes.
International Library Conference-Trans
actions and Proceedings. 1877.
Land OF Sunshine-June. iss5-May. 1885
volumes . to 4
Little Folks-lsas.
Mines md Acknowledgment. lSs7-July
1885. volume Is
Munsey's Magazine-october. isei-Septem
Der. 1898, volumes 9 to Is.
Nature-May. lss5-April. ises. volumes 8
to 81.
New England NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1850
August. 1895. n volumes.
outing-October. lss-september. 1855. :
volumes