New-York tribune., 1900-11-10

OF the periods and places selected The hooks
have been SO grouped that although the work
Of different men, and originally written with
different purposes they should form a fairly
complete view Of the period chosen for con-
sderation The first book in this series will
comprise episodes from THE Winning or the
West" by Theodore Roosevelt
A handsome edition OF Bacon's ESSAYS uni-
form with their edition of Marcus AurelIus
that appeared recently, will be published this
week by e. P Dutton & Co It will contain
six photogravure reproductions OF rare old por-
traits.
Bishop Potter writes the introduction to the
series OF lectures published under the title of
principles of Religious Education by Long
mans. Green & Co for the Sunday School Com
mission of the Diocese of NewYork. These lect-
ures were delivered at st. Bartholomew's
Church In this city under the auspices of the
Commission. The point of view from which they
were written Is thus set forth by Bishop
Potter:
The Sunday school is a school; its problems
are educational problems. It's scope OF instruc-
ton its textbooks. charts. maps the equip
ment and training Of it's teachers, the hours and
times and places of its work, all these are ques-
tions to be considered in the light of educational
principles Hence it is important to consider
RELIGIOUS education first from the standpoint of
education.
"semantique." 1t appears. is the French for
a word that is given in the English dictionaries
new ones that make speciality Of including
all imaginable words-as "semasiology." 1t
means the science of the development and con-
nections Of the meanings OF words Many In
teresting points in relation to this subject are
said to be discussed IN Brears "Essai de
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to bring out in English. Breal is one of the
most distinguished philologists of France an
advocate of various educational reforms in his
country, including the simplihcation of orthog
raphy that has recently been decreed.
An authoritative contribution to a subject
that has absorbed much attention in recent
years ought to be Joseph Jastrow's Fact and
Fable in Psychology" which Houghton. Mif-
fin & Co. will publish next week. Mr. Jastrow
is president OF the American Psychological So
ciety, and while his book is written upon
thoroughly scientific basis, he has made it
popular exposition OF abstruse subject He
has directed much of his effort toward brush
ing away misconceptions Of modern physiolog
ical psychology and eliminating from science
which should be eminently sare much of the
so-called occult and "psychical" One Of his
most interesting chapters is said to be that
The Dreams Of the Blind" in which Helen
Kellar has prominent part
Miss Martha Bockee Flint. whose death was
announced few weeks ago. had in press with
the Scribners a book. entitled "A Garden
Of simples" which is now about to appear.
In It she discourses about old fashioned herbs
in gardens in a manner distinctly not botanical.
but rather literary. with feeling and sympathy.
fancies connected with garden plants.
Whatever may be said OF the propriety and
flial respect shown by son in publishing
the love letters of his parents the results
sometimes delightful. Prince Herbert Bismarck
is the latest to join the ranks Of those who
ing, for he has collected from the family
archives all the letters of his great father to his
mother. before and after their marriage. They
are to be published in English here by Harper
& Bros. appearing first in "Harper's Maya
zfne," and later book. These letters OF
Prince Bismarck are said to dwell on many
matters, personal as we'll political that are
not touched upon in his autobiography. and to
show the Iron Chancellor's warm feeling in his
intimate family relations, and his intellectual
acuteness in portrayal and description. Prince
BILE. They begin with his fathers letter to
Herr Won Puttkamer, asking his daughters
hand in marriage
DR.. John Fiske's "old Virginia and Her Neigh
bors," that portion of his Colonial history which
comes between his Discovery Of America" and
THE Beginnings OF New England" is to appear
next week in illustrated edition the illus
trations comprising twenty photogravures nine
portraits and thirty-eight fac-simiIes A little
later a large paper edition of the same book will
be issued. uniform in every particular with the
other large paper editions Of the same series
1t will be limited to 250 Impressions, and like
the other limited editions Of DR.. Fiske's books
bids fair to be speedily exhausted
One Of the most notable changes In recent
years in the great book shops Of New-York is
TO be found in the number of fine and artistic
special bindings that sold and that are to
be found in stock in large quantities. Ten or
a dozen years ago. said one of the principal
dealers lately. st would have been Impossible to
find such books in stock. Now several Of the
leading firms make It point to carry not only
fine library bindings in calf and morocco of all
the standard books. but finer bindings of COM
mercial manufacture. and also the work of the
noted American and English binders that costs
from 500 to 500 volume The fine bindings
that we make ourselves now on a commercial
scale we should never have thought it possible to
turn out in this country a score Of years ago:
even now most Of our workmen are foreigners
and we are obliged to import the fine French
calf and levant ourselves. Not only are they not
made here, but dealers carry the best of
them in stock The demand for fine bindings
has enormously increased Of late years and they