The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-22

have their etiquette and suggest all sorts
Of perplexing questions. For these Mrs.
Burton Kingsland provides a solution in
The Book of Weddings. A Complete
Manual OF Good Form in All Matters Con-
neoted With the Marriage Ceremony
Doubleday, Page 4 CO.. 1t tells the bride
and bridegroom how to behave, describes
the functions Of every one who may possibly
be connected with the ceremony, tells what
should be done at church and at home
weddings and at the reception, and even
lays down the etiquette for eecond mar
riages
A useful little manual has been issued
by the Mutual Life Insurance Company
on Accidents. Emergencies and Illnesses
II gives directions for first aid In many
cases that may arise and information OF
value in many matters relating TO health.
No day In the year by this time can help
being an anniversary OF some well-knowL
persons death or birth. II is a rather queer
idea, however, to mark every day by some
poem relating to the person whose an
niversary falls upon II. That Is what is
done by James L. Ford and Mary X. Ford
In Every Day In the Year. Poetical
EpIOTfle OI tut W OIlu NAO'N'
Mead 4 CO.. II will be interesting to learr,
how useful such an n; biology will be found.
There are indexes Of first b, OF titles
and of authors to help out those whose
chronology Is shaky.
1t is no description Of artistic u r
that Candace Wheeler Offers In How TO
Make Rugs" Doubleday, Page Coz,
but an attempt TO develop new home ill.,
dustry. The directors are practical fol-
the mar ufacture OF woollen. rag, cotton
and liz .sey -woolsey rugs, and the tegnLer
.encourag ed by the forms Of homemade
rugs that have already found market.
An Irish sporting story, illustrated with
rather commonplace sketches Is published
by f. p. Duton d Co. with the title A
Patrick's Day Hunt by Martin r rss ~ d
T. C. Somerville. 1t IL a rather u..succ, S.
| fu bit of British humor, but may prove ac-
cep,able to persons Of sportir rrochvities.
That man is the slave Of his belly Is a
proposition that Mr.. George II. Ellwanger
| proves pretty conclusively In THE Pleas
ures Of the Table" Doubleday. Page Coz
1t is an account Of gastronomic delights
from classical times to the present day,
in,erspersed with many anecdotes ana
stories. We doubt whether cooks will
learn much from it, but diners inclined &c
suttony will be delighted and probably
will get new ideas from it. There are many
illustrations.
A good and popular geological book fol
| the general reader is issued by Doubleday
Page h Co, in American Animals" by
Wilmer Stone and William Everitt Cram
II is an account Of the animals Of NORTH
America north OF Mexico in language a.
free as possible from technical terms
| The descriptions are lively and interesting
They are illustrated by 1870 admira BILE pict
ures from life and by some colored plates
An attempt to simplify a fascinating
branch of science is Mr.. +. Walter Maun'
der's Astronomy Without Telescope
tRnouiedge Once, London. Any number
Of objects observable in the sky TO the
naked eye and these the author tries to eX
plain in simple language. He tells about
the consultations, about the seasons wher
stars may be seen, about the aurora, the
milky way, eclipees and 80 on. There is
much of interest to be seen by the unskillec
observer with no scientific knowledge anc
this book viii help him wonderfully.
The centenary of Alexandra Dumas
birth has given occasion for numerous
biographies Of the great romancer and fol
| books about him. readable, popular
account will be found in Mr.. Harry A
! Spurs THE Life and Writings of Alex
andre Dumas" Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany). There is plenty of anecdote ano
the author has brought together som,
interesting illustrations. These may max,
the reader pardon occasional lapses from
ordinary grammatical usage.