The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-21

Trinity chui chyard. but does rot cay that
it was built not to honor the volutionn =
martyrs. hut simply to prevent the extern
sion OF Pine street through the tenetery.
II Mr. Hemstreet is right in spelling Minctta
"Manetta." he owes II to his public to explain
why he is: the official and popular name OF
the street and lane and stream is Minetta.
Coils for COLES. the Father OF the Erie
Canal. is probably a typographical error; but
Mortier. who built Richmond Hill. afterward
the homo OF Aaron Burr. was not comm Missioner
Of the British Army but Commissary. Our
author follows the late Mr.. W. W Pasko. and
presumably the late j. Fenimore Cooper, in
making the name Island OF Manhattan refer
to what Is now the borough OF Manhattan. and
the name Manhattan Island " refer to piece
OF high land between Third. Lewis and Hous-
ton streets. which at high tide was really an
island. The distinction Ia correct. but we
think that both Mr.. Pasko and Mr.. Hemstreet
have got tho names confused. Why Mr.. Hem
street has gone out Of his wav TO remark.
apropos OF Laura Keene's theatre. that Polly
Marshall made her first appearance on any
stage" there. we can not say: the modern
theatre Roer does not know Polly Marshall:
and she made her frat appearance In 1915 mt
Drury Lane. when years old. not at Laura
Keene's place whom ~. in 1856. In his next
edition we hone Mr.. Hemstreet will cut Polly.
1ODpktn was not named Tor any HnrnlhnUS
van Hoboken. but tor a village on the Schedt
in Holland. The Little Church Around the Cor
ner got it's name from the funeral OF George
Holland not OF Joseph Holland.
We regret that Mr.. Hemstreet should have
followed MIR. Haswell in digging up the old and
exploded story that the Roman Catholics got
the site OF their Cathedral from the city for 81.
They paid something like $50. 900 for II. and got
1t from private owners who had bought II from
the city in 1909 for fair sum with quit rent
OF four bushels OF corn each year. This quit
rent was compounded shortly after the rur-
chase. and the Roman Catholic archdiocese
paid perfectly fair sum for the lot.
II we had not considered Mr.. Hemstreets
book Gooi we should not have criticised 1t "a
we have. We hope that he may have to prepare
second edition soon. and that he will therein
correct the errors OF his flrse
The cover design and illustrations By Mr.
Peixotto are most artstic and are excellently
reproduced. In general makeup the volume
Is model OF good taste.
The Martial Graves Of Our Fallen Heroes In
Santiago de Cuba" Is the the title OF a volume
written by DR.. Henry G. McCook. d d. Chap
lain Of the Second Regiment. PENNSYLVANIA
Volunteers. during the Spanish American war.
and published by George W. Jacobs 4 Co., OF
Philadelphia. Pa. The book ia copiously illus
trated. for the most part from photographs
taken by the author himself. and an index
gives list OF officers. enlisted men and other
persons who who were killed In action. or died
in Cuba during the war. The publication has
not been undertaken az a business ENTERPRISE
One copy ofthe book is to be sent without cost
to the parent, wife. child or the nearest OF kin,
OF every soldier and sailor who fell In the bat
ties around Santiago. or who died from tho
effects OF wounds or sickness and was buried
in Cuba. This gift" it Is stated in the preface
has been provided for by the Auxiliary Society
OF the National Relief Com m ission Of the Tab
ernacle Presbyterian Church OF Philadelphia, Of
which tho author has the honor to be pastor"
Some books Of the limited edition have been
put on sale in order that public libraries COL
lectors OF war literature and friends Of the hon.
ored dead may obtain copies. Whatever profit
NAV result from these sales will 60 to meet the
expenses OF publication. which has been as
sumed by the author.
The Scribners republish an edition OF half a
dozen volumes Of stories by Mr.. Richard Hard
ing Davis. The volumes are some what similar
in size and mechanical finish to the Temple
Classics. issued by the Dent house in London
The MacmiIlans import an artistic childrsn's
hook published in England by J. N. Dent 4
Co.. Mrs Leicester's School," by Charles and
Mary Lamb. The oblong Quarto volume has
an attractive cover design and a number OF
| beautiful woodcuts and colored ithographic
plates from drawings by Winfred Green.
Tho Tragedy Of Dreyfus." tHarpersl IS Mr.
G. W. Stsevans's dramatic narration OF the pro-
ceedinGs OF the court-martial at Rennes. The
! book. which 10 written with all this able Journal
ist's vigor and plcturesIueness. is pre!aced by a
| summary Of the entire Dreyfus cnse. and con-
cluded wi u consideration Of the effect Of the
| dfdire upon the French nation.
n'tu,, tl.NInf l.
and general makeup. and both compiled by Mr..
Volney Strsamer. are sent to us from Brcn-
tano's. They are entitled respectively. What
Makes Friend; ennitensand Opinions from
Various Sources" and In Friendships Name"
The selection and com pilation show the same
taste and distinction as marked Mr. Streamers
Voices OF Doubt and Trust"
Messrs Hurst & Co. issue in their series
OF Cambridge Classics" The Minister'S
Wooing." by Harriet Beecher Stowe. and
The Professor at the Breakfast Table" by
Oliver Wendell Holmes. These are reprints
from the original texts as published in the
atlantic Mo"'iiv, and each volume contains
portrait Of the author,
A solid and MISUNDERSTANDING work en-
titled The Moorish Empire. A Historical
Epitome." il written by Mr.. Budget Meaking.
who was for some years editor OF The Times o +
Morocco. and is published by the Macmilans
! We will let the author speak for himself:
In the spirit IN which Arnold edited Thucydidrs
entered on this work, not as an idle inquiry about
remote ages and forgotten institutions but as lv.
ing picture Of things present fitted not much for
the curiosity Of the scholar as Tor tho instruction OF
the statesman and the citizen II 10 my hope to
, have provided stor"house to which students
! Of many subjects may turn with success
! The genuine pleasure which results from the
fortunate search for facts and incidents long buried
| Is one which cannot expect my readers to share
Ny enjoyment has been that ~ the miner theirs
! can be only that of the heir t. fortune"
| We have also received Letters OF Sydney
| Ianier. Selections from his Correspondence
| lSiG-lSSl." With Portraits iScribners,)
! 1.-The Lively Adventures OF Gavin Hamilton"
Molly Elliot Seawell Illustrated by II. G.
| Edwards tHarpers.)
| "Mackinac Lake Stories" Illustrated. Mary
Hartwel Catherwool. tHarpers)
| "Silas Manner" George Eliot Illustrated
bv Reginald Birch. Dodd. Mead & Co..