New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-23
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDI1IONS'

NEW BOOhS AMI NEW ED11 W."
NJ Ernest Lefebure's embroidery and Lace
is a serviceable and entertaining hanooooK' the
definitions and historical notes being markeu
by adequate scholarship, and the whole WORN
bv an agreeable manner OF handling the facts
The translation made by Mr.. A. S Cole OF the
South Kensington Museum, is credltaole' w.
p. Putnam's Sons publish this in a convenient
volume with many illustrations. the WORK alrlS
at instructing needlewomen and at suoins
amateurs and collectors. Both purposes are
we'll fulfilled
The Macmillans have taken over from l'7 !
former owners, Lansen. Wolfe Il CO. 'Ie
copvrght OF "Domed" Mr.. John sergeant
Wises delightful volume reciting The LIE
Travels and Observations Of Dog The ne"
edition which we have just received from the
present publishers Of the book was surely
necessary Diomed IS a beguiling animal. his
reflections and emotions are set forth WIN HI
individuality and charm that cause us very
nearly to forget what Mr.. Wise would surely
not have us remember. that Diomed ala not
actually make this book himself. Inc author
saws in his preface that he has made his beloved
| companion "cover unusual range nut
Diomed was as wise as he was loVaoe. we 90
not tire Of his company nor do we ever suspect
him Of going beyond his natural range. We
take him in good faith. and enjoy him, from
beginning TO end This is by all odds one OF
! the most successful dog books" ever written
That clever novel by Mr.. G. Bernard Shaw,
! "Cashel Byrons Profession" is brought out in
well printed new edition by the Brentanos
Readers to-day will turn to it largely because
their curiosity has been pqued by some OF the
| authors recent publications. but It Is worth
reading for its sake. The same publishers
reprint Lafcadio Hearns volume Of TRANSACTIONS
from Gautier. zone of Cleopatras Nights. and
| Other Fantastic Romances"
Under the title OF the Single Story Series
! the Doubleday & Mcclure Company publishes
the pretty little pocket volumes in a box con
tanning five Of Mr.. Kipling's best tales. The
! selection Is we'll made It is as follows: THE
Man Who Would be King" The Counting Of
| Dinah Shadd" The Incarnation OF Krishna
Mulvaney" THE Drums Of the Fore and Aft"
| and without Benefit Of Clergy" Typograph-
ically the books are perfectly adapted to the
travelling reader, and the binding If somewhat
too delicately coored for careless usage, is
artistic white elephant in a forest clearing,
with the sun blazing over distant mountain
ridge figures each cover.
The Cambridge Edition" Of Tennyson issued
not long ago by Houghton. Mifflin & CO.
gave the complete collection Of poems in wholly
eatisfactory form, but the publishers have been
well advised in reviving the old Household Edi-
ton Of the poet with the famous iustra-
tons first published by Moxon in England and
others that have appeared since. The volume
Is an octave Of nearly thousand pages. but It
IS not too heavy in the hand. and the text. in
, double columns. is legibly printed. portrait
Of Tennyson serves as frontispiece and besides
the numerous designs accompanying the poems,
there opposite portraits OF various historical
personages celebrated in the latter the illustra-
, lions thus reaching total Of one hundred and
twenty-seven. Some Of the old Moxon pictures
, have Of course been invalidated by time. They
were bad to begin with. They seem worse now
But others are still enchanting. Rossettis "Sii
Galahad" remains one Of his most characteristic
and most beautiful drawings. and Hunts Lady
=, OF Shalott" exerts urdimmed its charm Of poetic
= Imagination and sinuous line. This illustration
p, Of Hunts in fact, is one NJ his masterpieces
:, Alone It would have warranted the reissue o
= the Household Edition" which is, however
>, acceptable on every ground
= Mr. Marion Crawford's novel, THE Rastons
e originally published in two volumes. Is now re
L printed by the Macmillan Company in one.
1T is not Of the authors best works, but every
I. thing that Mr.. Crawford writes, even his poor
le est is readable and therefore this new ed
r ton will probably be justified OF itself
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, relates in tn
preface TO her New Workers Of the Nineteent
Century" CF. Tennyson Neey) that some tim
ago crumpled sheet Of paper, bearing a mum
Der OF names in faded ink. was found in tn
secret drawer OF old writing desk. 1T wa
identified" she says, AS a visiting list whic
had been compiled about 1880 by my grand
mother. whose husband at the time tn
president Of Columbia College and as both III
president and Mrs. Duer were descended froi
the earliest settlers Of Mana-ha-ta, and WEI
closely connected with the chief families Of III
city Of New-York. the list contained the name
OF nearly all the prominent people Of the place
Taking the twenty families in the list and the
ramihcations. Mrs. Van Rensselaer, has compile
the series Of charts published under the tit
quoted above. There is no text beyond the bri
predatory notes concerning the families en-
r. merated. but for the purposes Of the genealogi
the author has provided all that is necessary
the charts There is also good index. TT
work is handsomely printed and bound
Ill The publishers Of 'Leslies Weekly" have
ted sued under the title of "Lese's Offical Histo
csc of the Standardization War" a tall and MAJ
IAN paeed volume compiled and written direct
ose from the official records at Washington wi
tile the Endorsement OF the President, the Secreta