New-York tribune., 1899-11-17
NEW BOOKS IN SEASON.
WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS FINELY ILLUS
TRATED.
c. p. PUTNAMs SONS HAVE A LIST OF HoLI-
DAY PUBLICATIONS AND STANDARD
WORKS HARD TO EXCEL.


In new holiday publications OF which this coming
Christmas season Will witness output. G. j.
Putnams Sons will be found well in the van. both
as TO quantity quality and tmeliness. For in
stance. the eyes Of all Americans are at present
turned more generally than ever upon the Orient.
therefore THE Yangtze Valley and Beyond VIII
no doubt interest wide circle OF readers. 1t Is an
account OF a womans Journeys in Central ana
Western China. especially in the province OF TIE
Chuan and among the Mant-Zu Of the Tsu-kuh-
Shaw Mountains. Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop Is me
author she who wrote "Unbeaten Tracks In
Japan" The Hawaiian Archipelago and "A
Ladys Life in the Rocky Mountains" The WORK
Is embeshed with maps and about one hundred
full page illustrations from photographs made by
the author
FAMOUS OLD HOMES
For such globetrotteH as Americans have become
Famous Homes OF Great Britain and Their Sto-
ries' needs apology for publication IL material
ly adds the pleasure OF going over some stately
mansion In Europe TO know something ABOUT i's
history and beforehand, and 1t often saves
one from the humiliating afterthought that he has
overlooked the more interesting details through
pure ignorance This work has been edited by A.
Fl. Malan Among the writer's are the Duke OF
Marlborough the Duchess OF Cleveland. Lady Dud-
ley. Lady Newton Lady Warwick and Hugh
Campbell. The famous homes described are Ain
wick, Blenheim. CharecOte, Penshurst. HardWlck.
Chatsworth. Lyme, Cawdor Castle. Bevoir Castle.
Battle Abbey. Holland House and Warwick Cas-
tie. Nearly two hundred pictures illustrate the
text. The articles have been based upon material
to a large extent beyond the reach OF the average
guidebook scribe, and the writers have aimed 10
make their descriptions of architecture, tapestry.
sculpture. armor. old paintings. carved wood or
landscape gardening bright though historical and
sufficiently diversified to suit the taste Of the gen.
eral reader.
For those who take equal interest in the old
apeIop nd haa
ued her series Of tales in More Colonial Home
steads and Their Stories" which she began In
Some Colonial Homesteads and Their Stories"
also published by the Putnams. The new book
has eighty-fve illustrations. and In the authors
hands the antique mansions glow with odtme
warmth and hospitality and their halls are peo-
pied once more with the characters who had their
part in building up the Nation Among the home
steads described are Johnson Hall, Johnstown. N
Y: La Chaumiere du Prairie near Lexington KY:
Morven the Stockton homestead. Princeton, n. j.:
Scotia. the Gen-Sanders house. Schenectady, N
y; two Schuyler homesteads. Albany, n. "
Doughoregan Manor the Carroll homestead, Mary
land; the Rdgeey house. Dover. Del, and Belmont
Hail. near Smyrna. Del.
HOME LIFE OF AUTHORS.
In Literary Hearthstones" Marion Harland pre-
sents studies of the home life Of certain writer's
and thinkers These not dry biographies. but
have been prepared in the same method as would
be pursued in writing story. that is 10 say. with
a keen sense Of proportion. These biographies
the subjects of them lived wrought and died. The
local color in thus better preserved In the case
teral has been secured. Each. study is a. photo
graph framed in the setting Of to-day The au-
human being We're written down truthfuIy the
history would be more interesting than the most
broueht face to face With esh and blood men and
women whom he has hitherto admired afar on as
celebrities. Actual acquaintanceshp with the IN
divdual author or reformer takes the place OF i'm
personal knowledge Of that which made him or or her
and William Cowper. These will be followed by
Hannah Moore and John Knox The work is put up
BROWNING Poet and Man; sHryey' BY yas4sat Elisat
beth Luther Gary is written T Ten Hafnce Win n call
ing this book a Survey I have meant.to INDICATE
upon Browning's. already strongly. illuminated
work have used the word in Us literal sense 70
ground covered by his life and poetry and the place
the two seem to have occupied in the generauon
criticisms by others than my personal views
Twenty-Five full page illustrations embellish the
HISTORIC AMERICAN TOWNS.
Following out the expectation referred TO in his
preface to Historic Towns OF New-England'
Lyman P Powell has edited volume devoted 10
the Historic Towns of the Middle States AS IN
the earlier work the contributions have been pre-
pared by we'll known writers who can speak au-
These include: Albany by w. W. BattershaIi;
Saratoga" by Ellen II. Walworth; Schenectady
by Judson s. Landon; "Newburg" by Adelaide
Skeel; "TarrytoVn." by II. W Mabte; 'Brooklyn
by Harrington Putnam; "New-York by j. b.
Glider; Buffalo" by Rowland B, Mahany; PITTS
burg" by II. Church. philadelphia" by TaiGott
Williams; princeton" by w. NJ. Sloane. and VII
mington.' by f. y. Valandigham. Dr. Albert
Shaw has written introduction to this work
which has upward OF hundred and fifty Illus
trations , ., ~
burn has Illustrated two little classics from the
pen of Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle and
THE Legend Of Sleepy Hollow. In order TO
heighen he artistic setting, the title page. borders
and cove device have been designed by Miss Mar
garet Armstrong.
Love Letters OF Musician. by. Myrtle Reed.
was privately printed last year In limited letter.
press edition. but is now ressued in response 10
widespread demand Miss Reed has suited the
mood of each letter to a musical theme, which IS
expressed not only by the appropriate tempo placed
at the head of each chapter, but by bars of music
nearly the spirit Of each chapter. and thus make
the Love Letters" suitable for musical readings
THE CHRISTMAS CRITIC"
These are only few samples from the long list
of readable new books issued this season by the
Putnams.
The Christmas number OF their serial, The
Critic" will contain among its most striking
features an article upon the Polish drama by Nine
Modjeska: essay on the religious art of Fritz