The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-02
NEW BOOEs.
Continued from Seventh Page.


lected q series OF essays on Tho Sanctity OF
Literature" THE Teaching OF English"
"Chaucer," and numb Der OF kindred subjects.
In New Hand hooks OF Philosophy" the author
discusses some OF the modern realistic novel;
lists. and in Some Words About Chaucer." we
note passage that Is not without Its applica-
ton In reference to that inausitorlal spirit
that IL responsible for 80 much published de-
tail as to the private lives OF men OF letters.
All the world loves poet; and all the world loves
TO seek him in his work, 10 md the man whose song
delights and upiifts. II sometimes happens that IL
we chase the meadow lark We miss the song and too
much seeking fer the man causes us to lose some
the glamor OF the bard. But in his work and only
in his work should we seek him: for life histories.
the surface stories Of existence like the growing
OF the cock TO obcron and Puck. the signal OF chill
and gravness and the vanishing OF fantasy.
In Memoirs OF q Revolutionist" tHoughton.
MifIlin x CO.. Prince Kropotkin tells the story
OF his life: u strange career. In the course oil
which he has been Page OF Honor to the En-
peror Nicholas. student. impecunious writer.
army officer. man OF science. explorer OF UNI
known lands. administrator. and hunted revo-
lutionist. lie tells his story forcefully and
dramatically, and writes always as ond who
cares little for the opinions OF his fellow men
abou. himself. AS George Brandes says In his
introduction to the book:
There ia In this work no gazing upon ones image.
The author is not one Of those who willingly speak
Of themselves; he does 20 reluctantly and with
certain shyness There 10 here no confession that
reveals the inner self scntimentalty and no Gym
icism. The author speaks neither OF his sins nor OF
his virtues no enters into vulgar intimacy with
his reader. He does not say when he fell in love-
and so little touches upon his relations with the
other that he does not even mention his mar
ria.e: learn only incidentally that he Is married
at all. Tha, he ia . father AMI worry loving one
he finds time u mention but once in his rapid re-
view OF tho last sixteen years Of his life.
He is more anxious to give the psychology OF his
| contemporaries than Of himself One 'hnds In his
book the psychology OF oficial Russia and OF tho
masses underneath. OF Russia struggling forward
and Of Ru ssia staanant And he strives to give tho
history OF his contemporaries rather than his own
history. The record OF his life contains. conse
quently. the hstory OF Russia during his lifetime.
/ as we'll as the history OF the labor movement in
Europe during the last half.century.
The late Michael Angelo woolfs delineations
OF child life among the poorer classes. with
their peculiarly delicate combination OF humor
and pathos are widely known and appreciate ted.
and In Sketches OF I,owly Life In Great City"
| (Putnamsl. Mr.. Joseph Henius has maze an
excellent and representative selection from
| the artists work.
Messrs. Hough.on. Mlfiin 4 Co. publish
Mrs Julia Ward llowes "Reminiscences 1879
1892" with a number OF portraits and other
illustrations Among tho former Is one OF the
venerable author IA she was In 1851. and
another as she Is to- day both are beautiful.
Personal "Reminiscences OF the Anti-Slavery
and Other Reforms and Reformcrs" is the title
OF volume by the lato Aaron VI. Powell. who
! at the time Of his death was President OF The
American Purity Alliance" and distinguished
member Of the Society OF Friends. The book
which Is dedicated to the young and illustrated
with portraits and fac-simile letters, contains
reminisccnces OF William Lloyd Garrison.
Lucretla Mott. Wendell Phillips. Lydia Maria
Child. Charles sumner John q. Whittier and
other phianthropic workers and Is published
| by Anna Rice Powell OF Panheld. N. J.
The Honorable Samuel Whitaker Penny
packer. President Judge OF the Philadelphia
Court OF Common Pleas and Senior Vce-Presi-
dent OF the historical Society Of Pennsylvania.
has compiled an interesting volume under the
| title OF THE settlement OF Germantown.
Pennsylvania. and the Beginning OF German
Rmigration to North America" William J.
, Campbell. Philadelphia. Pa The volume IL
embelished with large number OF facsimile
documents and orig nal Illustrations.
In Three Bears" IL, III. Russelll. Mr. Frank
verbecx. whose black-and- white work IL IA
miliar to readers Of the magazines. has sue
cessfully done with Bruin what other animal
| caricaturists have done with the domesti dog
and cat. His three bears are Just such AMI
mails as roam tho enchanted forests OF child
hood and in all their pictured adventures they
| arc never less than entertaining.
Famous Homes OF Great Britain and Their
Stories" tPutnamsl Ia the title OF an excel
| lently printed and illustrated volume edited
| by Mr. A. H. Marian, and mudo up OF q series
| OF revised descriptive articles from the ThU
! Mall Magazine. Belyior Castle. Battle Abbey.
Blenheim. Holland House. Warwick. Windsor
Castle and number Of other historic homes
are described and illustrated.
Messrs. Doubleday h Mcclure publish hand
some edition Of Charles Reades fine story
Peg Wellington" with an Introduction by Mr..
| Austin Dobson and seventy illustrations by
Mr. Hugh Thomson.
"A Book OF Seventeenth Century LYRICS" Sc
Iected and edited by Prof Felix E. schelling.
is the latest volume issued In The Athengum
Press Series" tGinn 4 Co. Boston. Mass.l The
| series Ia intended to furnish the student and
the general reader with a library OF the best
English literature from Cha ucer TO the pres
ent time. and each volume 10 edited with
biographical and critical introductions. full
explanatory notes, dc.
Plantation Sketches" 10 the title OF an al
bum OF black and white drawings BY Mr.. J.
Campbell Phillips illustrative OF Southern
negro life. tR. II. Russell.)
From Messrs scribners we have received tho
FIRST two volumes OF their new Shenandoah"
edition OF tho novels aud stories OF Mr.. Frank
Il. stockton. The edition. which 10 sold only
by subscription. Ia to be complete In eighteen
volumes. VOL l. THE Late Mrs. Null" has .
portrait OF the author Vol. ii. contains The
| Squirrel Inn" and Tho Merry Chanter."
We have also received: