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

revealer and an Interpreter of human life.
Il is largely practical in purpose. not only
as 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 Har-
pers. This volume is intended to be a dali
ly 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 b0tanist and,
in fact for everyone who cares to know
OF such things. 1t is arranged with
memorandum blank on each page to ena-
bic the reader to note his own Observa-
tions.
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-
n.y. but familiar help to an understand
ing Of the 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 life-history
of every flower its dependence on the in
sect world, an explanation why it has its
particular color and shape and odor, lead
the reader to much more than botanical
knowledge of it. The book contains eighty
full page illustrations, photographed di-
rectly from the flowers themselves.
The Last Lady of Mulberry" is the title
Of a novel to be published Immediately by
d. Appleton & Co. whose author, a new
writer, Mr.. Henry Wilton Thomas. has
found an unexpected field in the Italian
quarter of New York Mr.. Thomas is IA
miliar with Italy as well as New York,
and 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. $. Morse, the natural
list, in 'Appleton's Popular Science Month
ly'' for May.
W. H. Mallock has been writing a book
on the intellectual position 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
seutial parts of Christianity; but it enters
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 II 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 will contain the
FIRST of a series of articles on she foreign
stage in New York.
THE Conquest of Arid America" by
William f. Smythe. is among the new
books. II 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
zation with cooperative capital. He de-
scribes the Mormon economic system, the
Greeley Colony in Colorado. the Riverside
Colony In California. etc. He shows ho-v
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 IS
their subjects three different periods Of
Virgiuian history-Aiiss Johnston's To
Have and to Hold" about colonial Viz
GINA Mr. Pages Red Rock about the
period Of reconStructi1n. and The Voice
Of the People" By Miss Ellen Glasgow,
about cOntempC-aneOuG Tirginril life. Miss
Glasgow Is a descendant of 4 long line of
=fl rrcrin
principal scene OF her novel. Is easily rec
ognizaLle as Williamsburg. once char
tered city" but now only charter
The Baron de Coubertin has just com
pleted his book on France Since ISL
which the Macmillan Company will pub
fish at once The work attempts to set
clearly before the world an unvarnshed
account Of the political changes in the
France OF this century about which so
many unfounded beliefs obtain in the rest
Of Europe.
4 new book by Archibald Colquhoun,
TO be published by the Harpers. is Over
land to China" This volume is a 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 and help
the reader TO realize the bOundless extent
Of these far-away lands and the curious.
semi harbaric customs OF the races who
populate them.
Among new books from Little Brown &
CO. is The Empress Octavia." a romance
Of the court Of Nero. by Wilhelm Wallath.