The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-28
.NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEH POBLICA1IONS.
 "Tramping With Tramps" by Josiah
 Flynt, with introduction by the Hon | Andrew D. White, United States am
 bassador to Germany; 12lno 396 pages
 New York: The Century Co.,; $1.5O
 For sale by the E. P. Judd Go. This
 book reveals to most people an entire ly new world. Professor Wyckoff die
 considerable tramplng with "The
 Workers" in search of employment;
 but from time to time during the past
 ten years Josiah Flynt has been the
 travelling companion, not of unem-
 ployed worklngnen seeking to better
 their condition, but of confirmed
 tramps-or "Hoboes,'' as they call then1selves,--hi various outings ill
 their company having varied in length from a few weeks to eight consecutive
 months. His experiences have not been confined to the United States, but have included tranps with the English
 'moocher," the Russian "goriun," and the German chausseegrabenta
 On these expeditions MT. Flynt has succeeded in passing himself off as a genuine tramp. He has dressed as his
 companions dressed, begged and starved or feasted as they did, and has even been condemned to Jail with them, as a professional vagrant He long since mastered the vocabulary of the road and is as proficient in it's use as the oldest member of the tramping guild His book, consisting chiefly of ' essays, stories and sketches contribu- | ted to the leading magazines, especial | ly the Century, are written in a popu- | lar style, but are of substantial value | as first-class studies in sociology-a fact which has led Dr. Andrew D. White American ambassador to Germany, to endorse them most cordially in a letter that serves as preface to the book The first edition of, "Tramping With Tramps," lit Is worth noting, was ex- hausted by advance orders.
 "The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alex ander," by Frank R. Stockton; illus trated by Reginald B. Birch 12mo, 235 pages: New York: The Century Co.,; 1.25 For sale by the F. P. Judd Co., The hero of MT Stocktons latest story Is an oriental office-holder who accidentally drank the entire contents of the Fountain of Youth, the result being that he has remained about fifty years of age for many centuries past. During these thousands of years he has been brought into more or less intimate contact with many of the worlds most famous characters, including Abra- ham. Samson, Moses, Joshua, Nebu- chadnezzar, Petrarch, Napoleon, Maria Edgeworth and Charles Lamb Of late years the Vizier has been resident of New York city, where MT. Stockton has had frequent opportunities of hearing him tell of his unparalleled experl- ences. MT. Reginald Birchs graceful illustrations, showing the Vizier and his companions in the costumes of va rous lands and ages, add much to the books charm. To say that "The vizier" Is very Stocktonesuue story is to characterize and commend 1t simul- taneously.
 "Where Angels Fear to Tread" by Morgan Robertson; frontispiece 12mo, 302 pages; New York: The Century Co.,; $1.25. For sale by the E, P. Judd Co. The author of this collection of short stories from the Century and oth- CT leading magazines. though still a young man, has been sailor for many
 
 first of these eleven tales are fresh- water sailors from the Great Lakes, who, as the result of inhuman treat ment, mutiny at Callao and bring their ship to New York as best they can. It is from this story that the book takes it's title Other tales deal with battle-ships and pirate-craft, with na- val conditions of past age, and with the future possibilities of war at sea. Between the Millstones' tells how an American sailor rode torpedo to the destruction of Spanish gunboat; From the Royal Yard Down" relates the story of adventure that flashed through a seaman's mind in falling through four feet of air. The contents of the book are nothing if not varied. MT. Robertson knows the sea thorough ly, presents strong readable book which will have many admirers.
 Salmon P Chase" by Albert Bush- nell Hart; 12mo, 465 pages; S1.25; Houghton, Mi in & Go. This is anoth- CT in the admirable series American Statesmen" published by Houehton, Mifflin x Co., Boston and New York For sale by the F. P. Judd Go. The New York Mail and Express says of this book; This is the fourth biography of Chase, and, consequently, the most complete, notwithstanding the limita- tions of space. MT. Hart has utilized and sifted the material gathered by his predecessors, and added thereto the in- formation contained in the many valua- ble documents found since their writ ing. The biography deals not with Chases private life, nor does it narrate the whole of his long and eventful pub lie career at equal length. The au- thor has laid most stress on the three episodes in which Chase was the cen tral figure--the western political anti slavery movement, the financial meas ures of the civil war and the process of judicial reconstruction. In closing his excellent book MT Hart says: Chase could never have been a father of his country: he was rather one of those elder brethren who freely suggest, crit icise and complain, and who by the rec titude of their own lives, and by their unfolding of high standards. influence the children as they grow up. No man of his time had a stronger conception of the moral issues involved in the civil war; none showed greater courage and none came nearer to doing l