The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-10
RECENT PUBLIcATIoNS.

EYeline Warner Brainerd from the
writings of those five quaint worthless,
Fuller, Hall, Selden, Herbert and Wal
ton. These volumes are uniform in
style, of pocket size and bound in green
cloth, and sell at 40 cents. The present
volume is perhaps of less popular in
terest than the gleanings from Wash
ington, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln
etc, in earlier issues, but it is full of
wisdom most pithily put, and worth
reading, even in homeopathic form like
this
The American book Co. of New York,
Cincinnati ana Chicago, publishes a
History of Philadelphia" by Lillian
lone Rhoades, which seems to have
been intended primarily for school use,
though it would serve the general read
er who is content with popular pre-
sentation of facts accessible to all.
THE Problem of Asia and It's Eff
feet Upon International Politics" a
collection Of Captain Mahan's recent
studies-A work on the Facts and F'a-
bles of Psychology" Little Brown
Co., Boston. This one of the most i'm
portant books of the year, is made up
of the broadcast consideration of inter-
national politics, and consists of revised
articles which have appeared during
the last few months. 1t has Justly ex-
cited worldwide attention. Captain
Mahan is a writer of great influence
and in this, his latest work, he is at his
best. OF the book Richard Henry
Stoddard, in the Mail and Express, in
the course of an extended review
says: "In this book Captain Mahan
has central purpose which he does not
forget at all He shows how 1t was
that the concentration of the attention
of the world upon Asia became inevi-
table, and how now the stress of it all
has fallen suddenly upon the Teutonic
who whether they will or not,
confront together. as the sea power in
this dispute, Russia, which alone rep
resents land power. He shows now
the sea power in this dispute has every
broad advantage, but how military con-
point with reasonable GER
tainty to an advance of the land pow
er upon eastern Asia by the TANKS, to
wit, in Persia and in Manchuria. The
interest of the United States in this
matter is clearly pointed out" "The
problem of Asia, according to the au-
thor of this important book, should be
solved, as all Americans, so far as 1
can see, are in favor of solving it-by
the Partition of China, by
holding up the hands of some RESPONSE
BILE government there, by insisting upon
the maintenance of open commerce
with the country, and by holding 1t
open to the penetrat ton, not of western
force, but of western ideas and of west
ern reform. Naturally, as man who
has great faith in and respect for the
sea power. and as an American Gamer
ca can only exercise its influence in
Asia as a naval poweD, he emphasizes
The Importance of the Yang-tse- Kiang
Valley to the western world. 1t is
through that valley that the ships and
he commerce and the ideas of the
western world must penetrate China if
hey ever penetrate it at all. And he
makes the important suggestion that |
he seat of government of China be re-
moved from Pekin to the Yang-tse val
ey. 1t is there, he points out, that for
,ign influence must be strongest, and /
.rade considerations most powerful;
nd he declares that unless the capital |
S removed to this valley rival and OPP |
,onent rule must grow up there"
'Mooswa and Others of the Bounda-
les" by w. A. Fraser; with ~ illus
rations by Arthur Heming; or. Svo,,
200 Author andillustrator have CO.
operated in making this story of the
woods and their chief denizens a book
f imaginative interest and romantic
ealism. Each knows the Canadian
wilderness with the thoroughness of
ong familiarity, and together they
ave wildly portrayed the world of the
rackless northern forest. Carcajou,
he wolverine; Mooswa, the moose;
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nd the various other fur-bearing ami
nails are the dramatic personae of a
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fe from the inside, The book will be
ound delightfully."- entertaining and the
hildren especially will be charmed
nth the big beast Mooswa and his ca
aer as depicted by Mr.. Frazer in this
cry readable volume Charles Scrib-
er's Son, New York.
'In and Around the Grand Canyon"
y George Wharton James; Little,
rown & Co., Boston, publishers. This
an important new book which needs
My to be seen to be appreciated not
My for it's abundance of Illustrations
sgarding one of the most interesting
pots on the American continent or in !
lie world, but for it's merits as a book
escriptive of these wonderful scenes.
is illustrated with no less than thir-
full-page plates and seventy pictures
the text. The book is handsomely
1und, and Of excellent typographical |
ppearance; price $500. Thousands of
wrists now visit the Grand Canyon of
dorado. The present work has spec
| merit, as it is not an ordinary book 4,
hasty travel, and hurried descrip- :
on, but is the growth of ten years
sits by the author, during which he !
rs explored the many wild and pic
rescue trails Of the canyon, and has !
zen tireless in his work of gathering 9
gether all the local history concern 9
g these regions. He has followed -
refully all possible traces OF the =
rly explorers and relates, often in =
cir own fresh, vivid words the rec +
DIS of their thrilling adventures and r