New-York tribune., 1902-03-13

lotte Won Stein. Corona schr6ter and Goethe
whose patron Anna Amalia was. and who fig
ures prominently in the book. There is
markable series of portraits of the distinguished
personages who appear in the book.
That the intelligence of the remote bookseller
is not always commensurate with the kind OF
wares he deals in is frequently brought home 70
the publishers who receive his orders. The
house that publishes an Encyclopedia OF Eth
quette" the other day received q request to
forward Encyclopedia Vatican. and not long
thereafter from English person, inquiries for
the English rights of "Blase Tales the nearest
approach to which they could offer being Stew
art Edward Whites "Blazed Trail"
An interesting Easter volume appears from
the press of the Lppincotts in the shape of
new work by Dr.. George Dana Boardman, en-
titled. Our Risen Kings Forty Days" This is
a ripe and suggestive study OF one Of the pro-
foundest of Christian themes. It is simply and
engagingly written. The period OF the life OF
our Lord covered by the author. that from the
Resurrection to the Ascension, is full OF light
and shadow. and DR.. Boardman handles his sub
ject at once with clear eyed scholarship and
loving reverence. The book is dedicated to "All
who in bereavement, in illness. in tribulation
in patient service. are trusting Him who de-
clared Himself to be the Resurrection and the
Life" The publishers have printed this volume
in large type and dainty form.
The Anthology of Victorian Poetry that E
P. Dutton & Co are preparing to publish, edited
by the Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff
gives special attention TO the works OF minor
poets that are not unworthy of preservation.
but that in many cases are not easy of access.
A portfolio Of Mature Portraits" by the Edi-
tor of Country Life in America is forthcom-
ing from the press of Doubleday, Page & Co.
which will show forth, it is said, the skill
quired to get views of live birds, mammals.
fishes and insects. 1t will contain fifteen full
page plates, reproductions in full colors artists
proofs and photogravC-e plates, showing deer.
antelope, wild ducks salmon, Kadiak bears and
foxes, woodcocks on the nest mouse and its
young owls, and
In his Sixty Years in Public Affairs"
TO appear from the press of Mcclure Phillips &
Co, ex-Secretary George s Boutwell, tells how
he once stole a pistol from the Massachusetts,
State government. At the outbreak Of the Re
belIon he appointed agent of the common
wealth to go Washington for a conference.
He received from the State authorities pack
age Of letters, 500 in gold. and small loaded
revolver. He says:
The revolver 1 carried gave me and my friend
Ebenezer F. Stone, then Adjutant General OF
the State, more anxiety than all things else con-
nected with the expedition. 1t never occurred
TO return the pistol. l discharged the
barrels and laid the weapon away, only too glad
10 have il out of sight Some years after the
the Adjutant Generals department in
vestigated, and a shortage Of arms dis
covered. 1 received letter asking me if had
a pistol belonging to the State. l returned the
weapon which neither wanted nor needed, and
to that extent relieved General Stone.
Mary Boyle Her Book" edited by the late
Sir Courtenay Boyle is a memorial Of Eng
lishwoman who seems to have been a charming
and interesting personality. She was the daugh-
ter of one of Nelson's admirals, and knew many
men prominent in the English literary world
Landor, Carlyle. Charles Lever, Dickens. Ten
nyson and others. Their appearance in her
pages give the book, which Z. P. Dutton & Co.
have in preparation, a peculiar interest
What is expected to be defnitive and repre-
sentative volume of the sermons Of the Rev.
Brooke Herford is announced by Longmans.
Green & Co. under the title The Small End
of Great Problems" DR.. Herford, who since his
American ministry has been minister OF Rosslyn
Hill Chapel. London is retired, and in i'll
health
BENJAMIN Swift is the pseudonyme of the
writer of THE Game Of Love" a novel that
the scribners will publish early in April. He
has previously published THE Tormentor" and
Nancy Noon," and curious books OF morbid
anatomical tendency, "Dartnell' and others.
This however. is described as perfectly fresh
and healthy little comedy, with an element of
romance.