The times., 1900-12-23

| Lafeadio Hearn;" and that what Kipling
has done for India, and Lafcadio Hearn for
/ japan. Jack London has done for the Arc
| tic" So writes Howard v Sutherland in
| Impressions of San Francisco. in taking
| up for the second time London's THE Son
| of the Wolf" 1T is only a matter of
| time" he concludes when he will take
| his place among the few writer's of really
| International reputation
Gilbert Parker. author Of ''The Battle of
| the Strong" has been elected a member of
| Parliament from Gravesend, an old town
| lying across the Thames from Tilbury. in
London. Hildebrand Harmsworth one OF
Harmsworth Brothers, the publishers of q
dozen or SO magazines and periodicals. was
| his Liberal opponent; but the novelist de-
nounced the Beers. called for strong gov
| ernment in the Transvaal rebuked the
| anti-imperialists, and won by a handsome
majority.
There are publishers notices which
might have been written by Ananias.
But this one. sent out by the Appletons, is
literally true:
In the great task OF opening the empire west
of the Missouri the American regular soldier has
played part large and heroic, but unknown.
The purpose of this book, written by gallant
oiheer who has been part of what he writes,
is to picture the American soldier in the life of
exploration, reconnoissances, establishing posts,
guarding wagon trains, REFRESHING outbreaks. or
battling with hostile Indians which has been so
large a part OF the arIny's active work for
hundred years To this work Central Forsyth
furnishes perspective and background by tracing
the origin Of the regular soldier. the popular
feeling regarding him, and his relation TO politics
and the militia, his training and the manner in
which he has borne the brInt of war at the out
set of real war from the inception OF the Govern
ment. In his task as the pioneer of civilization
in the West the soldier is shown explorer;
witness the Lewis and Clarke and Pike
wagon trains and railroad builde-s, and
his active service is illustrated in Cen
eral Forsyths brilliant and dramatic accounts
of the great Indian campaigns of the West. His
''Story OF the Soldier presents fresh and thrill
ing chapter Of American history. The book does
justice to the heroic and little appreciated figure
of the regular soldier, and it illustrates the gal
liant and thanklesS achievements OF men like those
who have Just. passed from us-Iawton Henry,
Egbert. Liscrm and Reilly. Such a look has
been peculiarly needed outside OF its epic quality
and thrilling interest. Americans will read 1t
with pride. and with wonder not unmixed with
shame that the regular soldier has been long
ignored by his fellow eountrymen. No romance
can be more suggestive of heroic deeds than this
STORY Of the Soldier" which appears most OPP
portunely at a time when the Regular Army is
facing many and serious duties in both
hainispheres. No is better entitled to write
this story than the brave officer who with his
Ariekaree for days against Roman Nose and his
thousands of warriors, and finally won their lives
by sheer dogged pluck and heroism. Mr. Zog-
baiim's knowledge of military themes leaves moth
ing to be said. His Illustrations a most
valuable gallery of pictures of Western army
life.
A leading feature of 'The Worlds Work"
for January will be an article on Great
Undertakings for the New Century" Pro-
jected improvements in American railways,
the Nicaragua Canal, the London South
ampton and Don Volga Canals, and the ST. |
berian, Cape -to-Cairo and -Saharan |
Railways are some of the subjects which |
will receive attention.
Memories Of the Tennysons" is the title |
of little book by the Rev. II. d. Rawns- |
ley, canon of Carlisle, which the Mac |
milan Company will publish Immediately. |
The book is pretty well described by its
title and will serve admirably as a hand |
book TO carry when visiting Tennyson's |
while at the same time it adds
much to our knowledge of his early life
and surroundings. 1t is illustrated with |
portraits and some twenty half-tone scenes
Of the country side in the nelghborhood of
of the churches and farm houses
and village scenes with which Tennysons
name is associated.
The Church Kalendar Company, OF New
York, has Just issued its annual THE
Christian Year.. a most valuable publi-
catiGn and is of especial value to church
members, as it seeks to present in COM
plete and intelligent manner. the holy
and days. and sequences of the
year from Advent, 1900, to
Advent, 1901.
The plan Of Messrs. Houghton Mffiin
& Co. to offer in the Riverside Biograph-
cal' series course of biographical real
ing which would afford a knowledge of
American history through study of the
ives of the men who have made 1t will
1e further pursued in the publication Of
lives OF Benjamin Franklin, statesman,
Ind James Il. Eads. engineer, early in No
pember. Ole of these subjects led his
in wise craftsmanship and the
,ther aided immensely its industrial de-
yelopment; the divergence of their char
,cters and careers indicate the catholici-
y of range aimed at in the editorial plan
If the series. The volumes are small
6mos of about one hundred pages each
md will be issued in a library and school
EDITION the former containing a photo
ravure t-frontispiece of the sub
ect.