The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-29

Tevealer and an. interpreter of human life
II is largely practical in purpose not only
rs affording a systematic outline of the
subject. but also as furnishing definite
suggestion concerning scope and method OF
study.
Natures Calendar" by Ernest Inger-
soil, is soon to be published by the Iar-
pers. This volume is intended to be a dali
~ companion TO all lovers of Nature. 1t
is a practical guide TO Natures happenings
day by day. and is full of useful informa-
ton for the agriculturist. the bo,arist, and.
in fact, for everyone who cares to know
OF such things. II is arranged with
memorandum blank on each page, to ena-
BILE the reader TO note his own observa-
tons.
Natures Garden by Nellie Blanchan.
follows. in the series of popular nature
books with colored illustrations, the same
authors Bird Neighbors" and Birds
That Hunt" and DR.. Hollands Butterfly
Book" Natures Garden" is not a bota-
ny. but familiar help to an understand
ing of the life-h history and character OF
more than 500 wild flowers. so that the
reader or student may come TO know
them in a personal way. The e-history
of every flower. its dependence on the in
particular color and shape and odor, lead
the reader to much more than a botanical
knowledge of it. The book contains eighty
full page illustrations photographed di-
Tectly from the flowers themselves.
The Last Lady of Mulberry is the title
of a novel to be published Immediately by
d, Appleton G. Co.. whose author, a new
writer Mr.. Henry Wilton Thomas. has
eaI3
quarter of New York. Mr.. Thomas is ia
uiliar with Italy as well as New York,
ard the local color of his pictures IS said
to give his romance a peculiar Zest.
An insect which blows bubbles. not as
an amusement but as an occupation, is
described in an interesting illustrated ar
ticle by Prof. E. S Morse, the natural
ist, in "Appteton's Popular Science Month
ly'' for May.
W II. Mallock has been writing a book
on the intellectual positicr of the Church
of England which the Macmillan Company
will publish Immediately under the title of
Doctrine and Doctrinal Disruption" The
work is addressed primarily to members
Of the Church OF England who believe that
certain supernatural doctrines. such as the
divinity and resurrection of Christ. are es-
into no discussion of the truth or falsehood
of the particular doctrines in respect of
which the various Anglican parties so
widely differ from one another 1t deals
solely with the nature OF the evidence
which in the face of historical and ana
lytical criticism, is required in order to
prove any one of such supernatural doc
trines true.
The "Bookman" for May VIII certain the
first of a series of articles or .he foreign
stage in New York.
"The Conquest of Arid America" by
William E. Snythe, is among the new
hooks. 1t is said to be a valuable contri-
button to the economic history Of the
United States The author is an authority
upon modern scientific irrigation. and in
the book he treats of the miracles wrought
by this system in connection with coloni-
cation with cooperative capital. He de-
scribes the Mormon economic system, the
Greeley Colony in Colorado. the Riverside
Colony in California. etc. He shows hos
the arid deserts of America have been
made the garden spots of the United States,
and treats Of the great possibilities in re
claiming these heretofore useless regions
It is an interesting fact that three recent
novels every one notable but each very
different from the others. should have as
their subjects three differen. periods If
Virginian history-Miss Jchnstons TO
Have and to Hold" about colonial Viz
ginia Mr.. Pages Red Rock" about the
period of reconstruction. and The Voice
of the People, by Miss Ellen Glasgow.
about eontempoTaneOus Virgnf4I life Miss
Glasgow is a descendant of 4 long line of
notable Virginians. 'Kingsbo-ough, The
principal scene of her novel is easily rec
ognizable as Williamsburg, ''once a char
tered city" out now only a charter"
The Baron de Coubertin has Just COM
pleted bis book on France Since 1911"
which the Macmillan Company will pub
lish at once. The work attempts TO set
clearly before the world an unvarnished
account of the political changes in the
France Of this century about which so
many unfounded beliefs obtain in the rest
of Europe.
A new book by Archibald Cofquhonn,
to be published by the Harpers. is Over
land to China" This volume is compan
ion to China in Transformation" recently
published by the same author. II is a de-
scription of the authors travels across
Asia into China, and gives the reader an
idea of the customs OF the Asiatic races.
The illustrations chiefly made from photo
graphs, supplement the volume aud help
the reader to realize the boundess extent
OF these far-away lands and the curious.
semi barbaric customs OF the races who
populate them.
Among new books from Little. Brown &
Co. is The Empress Octavia." romance
of the court of Nero by Wilhelm Wallath.
1t is translated by Mary ]. Stafford
An addition to the literature Of labor
and capital Will be made by the imms diats
publication of Mr. Henry d. Lloyd's "A
Country Without Strikes" which is a
study, made on the spot, of the successful
working of the compulsory arbitration law
Of New Zealand. The book. which is in
press by Doubleday. Page & Co. will con-
tain an introduction by Hon. William Penn
Der Reeves, the author of the law.
Mr.. LLOYD made a long visit to New Yea
land and made a personal study of the
workings of the law. His explanation Of
ii from such a study is both vivid and ac-
curate.
A book soon to be published by the Mac
millans will be of interest in connection
with various problems of American poll
tics today. 1t is Colonial Civil Service:
The Selection and Training of Colonial
officials in England, Holland and France,
by a. Lawrence Lowell.
The report which makes up the large:'
part of this volume was originally pre-
pared at the request of the American
Historical Association. 1t presents for
the first time modern methods Of civil