New-York tribune., 1900-11-09
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

Marion Harand continues her studies of the
home lives Of famous authors. begun year or
ago, with two volumes on Charlotte Bronte
and William Cowper, under the general title Of
Literary Hearthstones." The Putnams. who
published the first two books. now publish COM
ranions for them in the shape of two lives OF
Hannah More and John Knox. respectively. The
author chooses subjects that appeal throughout
10 her taste. She writes about Hannah More
and John Knox with pleasure in her task. She
is too ambitious. Her narratives do not aim
at the extreme gravity of elaborate critical
biography. Her purpose is to set forth the facts
lin a clear and readable manner. and this she
fully accomplishes Her material is agreeably
arranged and is diversified by well chosen
anecdotes which make their appearance at the
right moment Half tone portraits and views
scattered through the pages. which are neat
ly printed. The volumes got up in pleasing
style. and while they will be particularly well
coined for gift books they deserve to obtain
recognition from the public at any time of year.
Several new editions OF Carlyies French
Revolution" have lately entered the field but
there is always room for one more, provided 1t
be decently printed. The edition recently i'm
ported by the Scribners in one large octave vol
Of eight hundred pases fulhls all the re-
qurements 1t is not luxuriously made. as are
the three volumes in the Centenary" edition
Of Carlyle's works edited by the late Mr.. H. D.
Traill and issued by the same publishers, but
il is certainly more convenient TO have the book
in volume. and this. although thick, is not
too heavy, and opens easily IL the hand. The
type, moreover. is large and clear The ilustra-
tions printed from half tone plates. Most
of them portraits. but there are some views
reproduced fiom old prints, the frontispiece be-
ing a picture OF the taking OF the Bastile. The
volume is bound in plain dark CLOTH
The Shenandoah edition of Mr. Frank R.
Stockton's works, published by Charles scrb-
ner's Sons, reaches its sixteenth, seventeenth
and eighteenth volumes with the second, third
and fourth Of those devoted to the authors mis-
cellaneous tales. These include for example,
My Bull Calf" "A Tale of Negative Gravity"
The Bee Man of Orn." The Christmas Shad-
rach" "Old Pipes and the Dryad" and The
Staying Power Of Sir Rohan." The frontis-
piece of Of the volumes is excellent plate
from a photograph Of Mr.. Stockton in his
study.
The Architectural Annual" edited by AL
bert Kelsey and published at Philadelphia,
der the auspices of the Architectural League
of America. is a compilation Of various papers,
illustrations and other miscellaneous data of
Interest to architects 1t contains account of
the international competition for the Phoebe A.
Hearst plan for the University Of California
with reproductions OF the designs submitted
There is a long account Of the work of Mr.
Wilson Eyre. OF Philadelphia. with sketches Of
buildings designed by him. The Dewey Arch
Is commemorated in text and picture The list
OF fragmentary papers. however is too long to
be enumerated in full. We may say simply
that for professional this is certain to be
interesting publication. especially as the
many illustrations reproduced in first class
half tones
Mr.. Thomas Conyngton's Organization and
Management of Business Corporations" CThe
Ronald Press) is confined TO the consideration
OF business corporations in York New
Jersey. Delaware and West Virginia But
that. OF course. includes the most important
sphere OF American business corporations In
deed, IT is probably quite within bounds to saw
that the corporations organized and now ex-
listing under the laws of those four States in
clude fully nine-tenths of such enterprises in
America east Of the longitude of Chicago
whether they measured by the amount of
their capitalization the actual financial i'm
pcrtance Of the companies. The proportion of
large corporate enterprises to be found in those
States is also increasing. II follows therefore
that Mr.. Conyngton's book, despite its Iimita-
tions. covers the most active field of corporation
work
1t does not claim to be treatise on CORPORA
tion law 1t rather is a guide to business men
and lawyers. 1t is a satisfactory and useful
presentation OF the subject from this standpoint
and affords information not now given. SO far
as we are aware In any other single pubIica
tion. 1t is. moreover. brought down very close
TO date.
The United States Naval Institute estab,,.h.s
In 1873. having for its object the adyanceroan,
Of professional and scientific knowledge IN the
Navy. LIS society composed OF officers of tha
Navy, Marine Corps and civil officers Attached
to the naval service. It's proceedings are nub-
hsneG quarterly. and the recent number for
the FIRST three months of 1900 Is unusually In
teresting because Of the many papers that were
discussed Two of these are prize essays. one
by Lieutenant r. H jackson, ON Torpedo craft.
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