New-York tribune., 1901-12-07
PART II.
TEN PAGES.
Holiday BOOKS IN LONDON
GLANCE AROUND THE TABLES OF THE
BooKsEoPS. WITH SIDELIGHTS
ON LITERARY TENDENCIES

,n the English book trade The best books
- the autumn lists available for holiday
,rs and are conspicuously displayed in the
so,kshops: and a good deal of old stock is in
-en.oried in the Christmas circulars and ANIMALS
. the publishers and worked off during De
srnber The best biographies of the autumn
.-e naturally among the most noticeable of the
as hooks required for the festive season Chief
s,ong these is Mr.. Barry O'Brien's Life of
Tond Russell of Killower" Smith Elder & Coz,
5ich is filled with racy anecdotes and iIllITni-
,.,ed by fine analysis of character Every bar
lister and solicitor is reading it, and it is bring
ing into print reserved stock Of "reminiscences
snd stories of the great Lord Chief Justice It
&c 2 notable example of vivid and fearless por-
traiture. and is III many respects a model biog
raphy The Life and Letters of Lady Sarah
Iennox" edited by the Countess of Leicester and
Lord Stavordale John Murray is one of the most
attractive examples of romantic biography. Mr..
.Croser's Lord Kitchener Pearsonl is
,irnelv than satisfactory biography.
Closely associated with the best current works
Of biography on the holiday tables of the book
sellers are standard works Of philosophy science
and travel. Among these is a new edition of
Mr Arthur Balfour's Foundations of Belief"
G.ongmans & Co), with forty-nine pages Of
fresh matter. Maurice Maeterlinck's delightful
life Of the Bee George AIlen) is of the
freshest and most original works of popular
science. and has gained general recognition as
a permanent addition to the literature of nat
ural history italian Cities" by the Blash-
fields "a H Bullen); The Land Of the ANA
zons," by Baron he Santa Anna Merry Sands
& COD: The Tower of London by lord Ron
aid Sutherland Cover tBeID; Mrs Tweedie's
Mexico As 1 Saw It" CHurst & Blacketp, and
new edition Of MI Howells's italian Jour
news" are prominently displayed in the book
shops There are war books without end.
Hawthorn and Lavender" by Mr. W. T.
Henley David Nutt) and Poems of the
Past and the Present. by Mr.. Thomas Hardy
tBarper & Bros) are among the freshest vol
urnes of verse The Brides Book" by Mrs. E.
T Cook (Hodder & Stoughton) is a model OF
good taste in its white vellum binding and
dainty text The Theatre" by Mr.. Charles
Hastings Duckworth), is an excellent transla-
ton of luminous treatise on the develop
rnent of the French and English stage, with
its Greek and Latin origins Dean Holes Then
and Now Hutchinson has passed into sec
ond edition almost as soon published, and is
an ideal gift book. Miss Norma Lorimers by
the Waters of Sicily with the imprint OF the
same house, is a bright and pleasing book
The art books are few in number in compari-
son with the Christmas issues OF previous years.
and there IS much old stock in the bookshops-
Standard editions of well known authors ap-
near in increasing number on the holiday pooh
tables Messrs. Dent are opening new eoluoh
Of Thackeray with Vanity Fair in three vol
umes soberly bound, printed in large type Win
annie marginal space and illustrated by Nj
C E Brock Many other editions Of Thackeray
.re in the market some with his own fllustra-
tions and one with his daughters notes; but IN
artistic form this set, which VIII be COM
pleted in thirty volumes, Is a dehght 10 pooh
lovers Messrs. Dent are also issuing the ieii-
,1e F2jb1e,, at the rate of two volumes monthly,
with introductions and annotatlons by leaollls
scholars like DR.. Sayce. Dr. Paterson ana the
Dean Of Ely. and have added Hazhtts WORKS
snd Charlotte Bronte's novels 10 their We'll
known library collections. Mr. Fisher On"ln
has prepared a subscription edition in hfty-six
,,or,,,es of the STORY of the Nations series, IN
clo+b and morocco; and as each number Is COM
niled bv q specialist it is one OF the pest MS
torical libraries for general use Messrs- Mac
milan are constantly enlarglng the hNefsIes
series and are making this year a speclal ie"'
ure of their collected editions OF NoFos"0i'ii
Charles Lamb. Emerson ana 1ohh
,rSr-s Archibald Constable & Co have SilaheS
naara in twenty volumes George Meredlth IN
ffteen volumes, and Boswelrs Life OF johnson
IN six volumes, with q hundred POI
-~ho-. &c a bright array of Christmas DOCKS lof
xrrr7
hove b,,t this is because fairy stories are re-
- e. tho little women as their rightful herl-
+o .,d there are Limitations OF imaelna'ioii
.r,on, story tellers, as this dull, prosalc "oiiu
roos -ound FARMLAND cannot be restageo anu
recostru1ed with the same fachtS io
readers at the chimney corner as pantoInlihes Ioi
n,avooers al Drury Lane Among the ne"
+sirr hooks is Miss Evelyn Sharps kouho tite
world +o Wvmpland" John Lane, IN WHICH
eight whimsical tales are iuurnlneo VIII u---N CO.
tr.,- NJ Gordon Brownies prettily illustrated
Fairy Tales from Andersen t"eH9'
BARTON r. Coz matches the Book OF Nils ~
thur" for which Mr.. A G. walker oie"
eiful series of pictures Sir George Ne"iies
fishes a charming collection OF similar 'diee p'
rny,sb French Spanish and German writers
under the title ot Queen Mabs AIRY ne"
Mr.. Heiuemann also has new translator Vi
ande,se,,s ..Eatrv Tales" and Mr.. Grant Rlch-
ans has introduced Mr. Thomas Nelson Pages
Santa Claus's Partner TO the English hreslue-
The lists for bows are longer and more varied
Mr. MacOueen has two new stories, oaNdIieio
and Rogues" by Mr. Murray Grayooh anu
Loyal to Napoleon by Mr. Alfred Arfnltase-
In the Queens Navee" by Commander 1'ooiii
son and Mr. John Leyland (Grlfhth' arfa"'
Browne & Coz the story OF a uieSoiiie
colonial cadet, is related with animation anu
humor. and there is score OF new sea laieS
such as ..The Pirate Island Q5lackie & SOM,
and with the Flag at Sea- CONSTANCE iHeie
is library of war books for boys based upon
incidents Of the struggle in South Africa, ana
there are many stories of adventure in the SOU
dan, the Northwest OF Canada and Australia
The standard book for boys remains, how
ever the historical romance of the Henty school,
with a romantic and picturesque igurehead,
but well balIasted with facts and general infor-