The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-18

Brown Of the Union Theological Seminary
both OF whom write little introductions.
The arrangement by books, chapters and
paragraphs Is abandoned, the extracts
appearing rs complete stories. while the
selections from the Psalms and Proverbs
are printed rs though they were verse.
A selection OF quotations about nature.
in prose and In poetry. made and illust rated
by Resale Arthur is published under the
title Out Of Doors" by the Dodge Pub
fishing Company. 1t makes a very pretty
little book. The illust rations, reproduced
In woodcuts. are worthy Of note. They
are Of simple wild flowers. but are true TO
nature and full of feeling. They bring
out marvellously the sentiment as well as
the character of the flowers represented.
The bits Of landscape show the same quality
Of bringing out In a few lines the real spirit
of the scene.
Mr.. j. A. Mitchelrs amusing skit. The
Last American written a dozen or more
years ago, is published in a new illustrated
edition by the Frederick A. Stokes Co.
Years have not dimmed it's funni-
ness. The pictures, plain and colorcd,
are very good, and the Egyptian effect of
the ruins Of the Brooklyn Bridge and Of the
Bartholdi statue is startling. The Persian
ornamentation is ingenious.
or anthologes there is no end, and the
love songs of Elizabeth's time and the
Stuart days have done service time and
again. They bear repeating however.
and can never I've read too often. Mr.. j.
Potter Brscoe has made new selection,
on the principle of taking one or two pieces
only from each poet and calls it Tudor
and Stuart Love Songs" a.. p. Dutton
Coz The book il printed in antique
type and pret,ily gotten up.
An unusually attractive book Is Prof
Edward s Morsc's -Glimpses of China and
Chinese Homes" little. Brown 4 Coz.
The author is we'll known as an expert on
Japan, among many other things. Despite
his modest disclaimer he used his eyes dur
ing bis short stay in China to better pur-
poses than most travellers who had better
opportunities. He knew what 10 look for
and what to describe, and his slight sketches,
reproduced in woodcuts, illustrate his story.
The book is made up in part Of papers con-
tributed to the American Architect
Three more pretty little leather-bound
volumes of classics from the DeVinne
Press are published by the Century Com
pany. They are Sheri,'an's The Rivals"
with an introduction by Joe jefferson:
Tennyson's In Memoriam," with an intro
duction by Edmund Clarence Stedman,
and a selection from -Pascal's Thoughts"
translated 10y Ben iamin f. Smith Each
has an artistic cover stamped in leather
holiday edition Of Elizabeth Barrett
Browning's -Sonnets From the Portu-
guese" is published by q. p. Putnams
Sons. II is printed in colored ink and il
lustrated with flower pieces in colOrs by
Margaret Armstrong, making a pretty and
artistic gift book.
Another holiday book is the late Paul
Leicester Ford's wanted, a Chaperon"
Dodd, Mead 4 Co with decorative borders
10y Margaret Armstrong, which are artistic,
and colored plates by Howard Chandler
Christy. which are not. Process pictures
are bad enough anyway; when they are
colored they arc even more hideous and
Mr.. Christy's illust rations are common
place and bad enough to disfgure an other
wise attractive volume.
One Of the most amusing of Victor Cher
bulioz's short stories. lie Roi Apepi,- has
been edited for schools by Prof Albert
Schinz. PHI. ID. William r. Jenkins) 1t
is surprising that the story should not
have been turned to such Uses before
Cherbulez's stories, the earlier ones at
least, were almost wholly unobjectionable
in marked contrast to good deal Of French
fiction, and he wrote the delightful French
that was French, with no contamination
Of the later schools
1t hardly seems necessary to popularize
L.. -,-,t ,.yL
Pelham Edgar of Toronto has thought
II worth his while to patch together from
Parkman's works continuous story in
single volume which ne calls THE Struggle
for a Continent little. Brown Il Col
No doubt more readers will be found for
one volume than for the dozen the author
wrote, but it seems a pity to keep them
from an original that il SO readable, so
interesting and so easy TO understand.
The book will be used probably in schools,
and perhaps, for educational purposes the
abridgment may be serviceable.
Mrs. Sarah X. Bolton, who has compled
many useful books on various subjects.
has prepared a Famous Artists for Thomas
Y. Crowell h Co. In somewhat senti-
mental style she tells the story Of Michael
Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titan.
Murillo,S Rubens, Rembrandt, Sir Joshua
Reynolds. Sir Edwin Iandseer and Turner.
The list N not exhaustive nor is the selec-
ton, perhaps, orthodox, but il is certainly
popular. There are portraits of the painters
and fair illustrations Of some of their works.
II is pleasant to find that children s
classics are not wholly forgotten. Louisa
NJ. Alcott's Little Women" doubtless has
glaring faults-of taste. of sentiment and
even of English-but it was one Of the most
widely read and popular books Of its day.
Apart from its own merits, it is a picture
of New England life of the same unconscious
character IA il presented by Jacob Alb
bolts Jonas stories. Little. Brown d
Co. republish the book in single, pretty
large volume, with illustrations by Alice
Barber Stenhen. Qrl, fn.nil.. na.a.i