The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

olSSpee, y. .. IN, zt1 pages, PliCC ph'o0'
published by the Century Co., New
York. For sale by the e. p. Judd Co.
Very fitting it is that the memory of the
destruction of the maine" in Havana
harbor should be preserved for posterl-
ty, and doubly fitting that the brave
and estimable captain of the battleship
should be the one to chronicle it. Cap
tain Sigsbee tells his story with a sim
plicity and straightforwardness that en-
phasize the impressive facts. Though
not formally subdivded, the narrative
falls naturally into three divisions. The
first describes the ship and her trip to
Havana, the exchange of official courte-
sizes, and the three weeks stay in Ha-
vana harbor. The second contains
vivid description of the explosion at
night and the escape Of Captain Slgsbee
and the other survivors from the wreck.
The third presents an account of the re-
moval Of the wounded, the burial of the
dead, the wrecking operations, and the
official inquiry into the disaster, result
ing in the decision that the explosion
Captain Sigsbee's own conviction, and
the reasons on which it Is based are
tersely and conclusively stated. A Sc
ries of appendices presents the findings
Of the court of inquiry, the presidents
message based upon the courts report,
and a list of the dead and wounded
members Of the crew of the Maine"
showing the present location Of the re-
mains of such as were identified. This
list has not been published elsewhere.
The volume is profusely illustrated with
views of the Maine" before and after
the explosion. portraits of her officers,
diagrams, etc.
Campaigning in Cuba" by George
KEENAN,, the well known author Of 'Si
IBERIA and the Exile System, 26S pages;
$l.50. The Century Co., New York. For
sale by the e. P. Judd Co. Mr.. Kennan
Immediately after our war with Spain
broke out, left for the front as cores
pendent of the Outlook Partly out of
his correspondence for that paper Mr..
KEENAN, has evolved the present volume,
adding thereto much new matter, the
whole forming book replete with in
terest and a permanently valuable con-
, tribution to the literature pertaining to
the war Graphic accounts are given of
-, the splendid service Of the marines at
Guantanamo, Of the regular army and
volunteers at Guasimas Caney and San
Juan, and of the brilliant achievements
of the navy. An interesting chapter is
devoted to War Correspondents and
Despatch Boats" another describes "a
Walk to the Front" including a visit to
the Rough Riders and an interview
with Colonel Roosevelt. Mr., KEENAN,
served in the field hospital where the
wounded were brought for treatment
during the fighting that preceded the
fall of Santiago, and the picture he
paints of the heroically borne sufferings
} of our soldiers is as terrible in its real
/ istic touches as anything in the litera
ture of war. He is absolutely frank and
| fearless in depicting the physical col
| lapse of the army during the first six
weeks of the campaign in Cuba, but the
reader feels that he writes without ami
mus-especially as be criticizes even the
Red Cross association of which he is
vice-president. Mr.. Kennan's story of
| the war in Cuba is as vivid and cenvin-
cling in its way as his great work on
.'Siberia and the Exile System" Every
one who has read the earlier book will
wish to possess this new volume from
the same pen. His descriptions of what
he saw are thoroughly trustworthy and
his notes of travel and adventure are
highly entertaining g,,
1.-THE Two Standards" novel by the
Rev, William Barry, d. D., author of
''The New Antigone," 513 pages; $1.5o.
The Century Co, New York. For sale
by the Judd Co. 1t is twelve years
since the authors first book, "The New
Antogone," appeared. The book met
with instant success. 1t is well remem-
bered by thousands as charming story.
The present volume well sustains the
gifted authors reputation and will be
eagerly welcomed In 1t DR.. Barry pre-
sents very wildly many phases of Eng
| fish social, artistic and religious life at
the end of the nineteenth century. His
heroine, Marian Greystroke, girl of
nineteen, "perverse, wilful, obstinate
and proud" rebeling against the mar
row existence of a country vicarage,
marries q millionaire without loving him
and goes to London to live, but soon re-
allies that Vanity Fair is poor home
for a serious minded woman Her hus-
| band, Lucas Harland, is great compa-
ny promoter of the type of e. t. Hoo
ley. whose rise and fall have attracted
universal attention within the past few
months This is very striking charac-
4 ter, and is painted to the life. But the
| hero of the book is Gerard Elven, ia
| nous musician, devoted to his art, yet
capable of loving strongly. The Two
Standards of the title are moral stand
ards. and the great lesson of the story,
as revealed in the experiences of the
hero and heroine, is renunciation AS
the author Is himself churchman, hav-
ing been brought up at the College of
Oscott near Birmingham, and at the
English college at Rome. His masters
in divinity were italian cardinals; he eel
ebrated his first mass at the shrine of
st. Peter; it was his privilege to attend
| the public sessions of the Vatican coun-
| Gil in Rome and he witnessed the tax
/ ing of the Eternal City by the Italian
| army In England he has been pro-
! fessor of metaphysics and theology. ana
/ contributor to the Quarterly and the
/ Dublin Review In 1894 he lectured in
London at the Royal Institution on
! ''Masters of Modern Thought and in
| 1897 was invited to deliver the centen-
! NAL address on the death of Edmund
! Burke in both London and Dublin. lie