The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15


Macmillan Company is Outlines Of the
History of Religion by John X. Ingram,
Ii D. The object Of the author is to
represent correctly in an abbreviated and
simplified form the doctrines of Augus,e
Comte. The volume is written with jbe
view of attracting readers to the stuly Of
Comics system and Of furnishing those
who cannot find time for personal investi-
cation with such an outline OF his his
torical doctrine as may place them st he
right point Of view in relation to the spir-
itual evolution OF our race.
Tongues of Conscience" is the title Of
the book which Robert Kitchens. the au-
thor OF The Green Cdrnation' and Of THE
Slave" is making ready for pubi-atio1
He is at present living in Sweden.
Mary Devereux's From Kingdom to
Colony" is now passing into its fourth edi-
zion. The author is the daughter Of Gen.
J. Fl. Deyereux, well known at the time Of
his death. some twelve years ago, as
railroad official From Kingdom to Col
ony" is a story OF Colonial and Revolution
airy times, and its scene is laid in Marble
head, where the authors family have lived
since 1886.
Longman. Green & Co. will soon publish
Stanley j. Weymans Sophia" a tale OF
the time of Queen Anne.
Sir Herbert Maxwell's Life Of yelling
tom has been written as a companion work
TO Captain Mahan's Life OF Nelson" its
scope is shown by the subtitle The Res
toration of the Martial Power of Great
Britain" Use has been made of much new
Of ba he of of
Lord De Ross Of his conversations with the
Duke on military subjects and yelling
tons own letters and memoranda, pre-
served at Apsley House.
C. P. Putnam's Sons. New York. have
ready Modern SPAIN by Martin a. S
Hume; Railway Control by Commits
sion" by Frank Hendrick; "CharIemagne,"
by II. w. Carless-D Davis, Of Oxford. and
Wood Working for Boys" by Charles
Wheeler. And they have in press the new
"Oliver Cromwell" by Charles Firth, the
new points in which have been heretofore
referred to.
Messrs. J. F. Taylor & Co. Of New York
have in preparation White Butterflies"
a collection of short stories by Mrs. Kate
Upton Clark. which will include some Of
her best work. such as The Charcoal
Burners. The Case of Parson Hewlett
and "Lyddy Washburn's COurtship.' The
same house has about ready The Chronic
Loafer," by Nelson Lloyd, which it de-
scribes as "a distinct contribution to the
fund Of American humor"
Little, Brown & Co. have just received a
new impression of Kuglers Italian
Schools of Painting in new binding of
rod guA al h1Vra
widened, so that the two volumes are row
slightly larger. The illustrations, amount
ing to about $50, have been retained and
the work contains a new photOgravure
frontispiece The Academy Cartoon" by
Leonardo da Vinci
Oscar Fay Adams book The Arch
bishops Unguarded Moment" has been
banshed from the Boston Public Library
and labeled. Forbidden Print" They are
particular in Boston.
Cotton Tails" is the title CT an Illus
trated book by George A. Beckenbaugh TO
be brought out at once by r. H. Russell. II
contains forty eight full-page drawings in
black and white, each accompanied by a
humorous rhyme. Also. Mr.. Russell adds
TO his list OF pictorial souvenirs one OF
William Gillett in sherlock Holmes and
other famous plays, containing sixteen
pages OF drawings by MalcOn A. Straus. II.
D. Nichols Miss PAMELA Colman Smith,
and Miss NJ Mumford, together with pho
tographs.
r. II Russell will publish the American
edition OF "L'Aiglon" simultaneously with
its appearance in book form in Paris and
London.
Franklin X Young, widely known by
his articles on the strategy of the Boer
war. is the author Of a series Of books on
chess playing. known as the Minor"
Major" and Grand" Tactics OF Chess. |
Mr.. Young believes that the mathematics
of chess and of war are identical, and that
chess-play and warfare differ only in mat
ters of relatively minor detail. This idea
he will bring out more clearly in fourth
volume, Chess Strategetics illustrated, %
which Little, Brown d Co., publish next
fall.
Readers Of the daily papers have noted !
the bravery of the Gordon Highlanders /
and the Scots Greys in the recent battles !
in South Africa. They were merely keep
ing uD the record Of these famous regi- |
ments. Andrew Balfour. in his new novel, |
Vengeance Is Mine gives strikingly |
realistic account of the terrific charges Of |
these two regiments at Waterloo.
Doubleday. Page & Co. New York. will !
soon bring out The Seafarers" a New /
England seashore romance by Mary Gray |
Morrison. It is said TO be a Gu |
rious coincidence that when the Ms. Of |
this tale was received by this firm two /
members OF the firm recognized it as |
having come to each Of them when they !
were acting respectively. as junior read !
ers for two old publishing houses They /
reported favorably, but their seniors /
overruled them, now they are seniors
for the same story.
The Bowen-Merrill Company have in
preparation and will issue some time dur
ing the summer a complete and uniform
edition of the works of James Whitcomh /
Riley. to be known as the Greenfield edi-
ton Each volume viii be printed from
new plates and will contain frOntlspiece
by VIII Nawter.
An English magazine publishes an article
on American charity methods which illus
trates the fact that one must 20 away from
home to learn the news. The people Of !
the United States are said TO be more en-
terprising than the English in many ways. !
and this is certainly true so far as charity
is concerned They never seem at loss in
devising novel ways of raising money for
charitable objects. as the following account /
shows:
DO lend Us the street cars for a day, We /
really are IN q iughtiul state ~ the children ,
Hospital Hundreds of little patients 90 be ten
lared no money in the treasury. and enough out
standing debts TO make MS bankrupt Your street I
ears will pull us through. VIII yyu lend Them
\ bcvv Of ~mlItiy dressed young women, bright |
ana cheerful as the spring morning. despite the
gloomy financial state Of the thldrcn's Hospital,