The Washington times., 1901-09-29

THE Story of Books, by Gertrude Il.
Rawlins, is the latest little volume in the
Library of Useful Stories" The author
gives the history of books and of print
ing in a brief and interesting way. and the
book contains seventeen well-chosen IL
lustrations, including reproductions of
early specimens of printing. (New York:
D. Appleton & Co. s. cents)
eel Centiloquio de Santillana'' is an
American edition of e Spanish clas-
sic, which will be interesting TO stu
dents of that language. The book
contains besides the poem of one
hundred st6nzas. a vocabulary. and
collection OF eighty Spanish proverbs with
translations. The "Centiloquio' occupies
somewhat the same position in the liter
ature of Spain that "Telemachus' does in
that of France; AMI it can be read with
comparative ease even by those who know
but little Spanish. The present edition is
daintily bound and contains portraits of
King Alfonso and ihe Queen Regent. A
special edition de luxe of three copies
only was issued oie of the volumes be-
ing sent to the Queen Regent, one TO
President Mckinley ard one to President
Diaz. Chicago: laird G Lee s1O0)
mo Trespassing'' is a book of verses
by May Howell Beeher. who seems to be
convinced that inclbated chickens are
proper subjects for he Muse One of the
| most peculiar poems in the book is en-
titled Tiger Love-" and two verses of it
are as follows:
/ can hear him piFring softly
In one OF his gsltle moods
I'll growl and he'l come TO me
From out Of tb tangled woods
He comes, and Nv here painting,
Crushed in his nde embrace
With flowing lock half hiding
The tears a-dowl my face.
1t is not quite cle;r at first whether the
| speaker is q tiger # lady, but as tig-
| resses do not have flfwing locks It seems
| to be the latter. On the other hand,
| ladies do not growl so 1t 'eems to be
| new version of '"rhe lady or the
| Tiger?" If the reaier desires any more
| of this sort of poety it can be found in
what the publishersterm this little book
| of lyrics and pasprai poems" New
| York: L. Tennysn3 Neely Company.
SLED
IAN Idyl of the Rine," by Louisa Pal
| mier Myers, is n PECULIAR poem in more
| than peculiar form lit begins in this
| way:
At Bingen, in themonth of
May
| Glanced TO be ne gala
day.
| What object is sSSed by the jerkiness
of placing the lastiyord of each strophe
on the next line theiuthor may some day
| see fit to explain d the Ladies Home
Journal in an artici on How l Wrote
etc, etc"
The story of the penn is somewhat as
| follows: An artless German maid wan
dering in beer gartn, caught the fringe
of her shawl in an Ulcers button Sub
sequent developmens lead to the suspi-
cion that ii was accidental done-a-pur-
pose.')
This caused an aduaintance to spring
M. which resulted ! wanderings of the
madchen and the offer where ivy twines
and lizards play" This is the first time
| in literature that durting has gone on
amidst lizards. and would probably not
have happened If oe of the lizards had
"played at hide ans seek" on th. young
ladv's neck. Durinsone of these expedi-
tions the gu.leless nr forgot how late 1t
was and staid out a might; bat the hero
inc triunphantly eXlains that they were
not disturbed by impropriety" One
would suppose not.
II Is not quito cleaiwhat the conclusion
of the story Is, budt appears that the
chevalier left on "thmorEing boat" and
that was the last ofiim. (New York: r.
| Tennyson Nicely Copany)