The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-30
employ IN speaking Of the government Of

employ III SpsahAtS " JIG 6eeSA5 A'At$'.s -
ah empire.
His COMPARISON between American and
IngI.sh cookery is not the least Interest
ing chapter IN the book by any means.
lie says In one paragraph:
! No better cookery. Independent OF any
specia1 school, Is to be met with than that
o: the superior restaurants and hote!s Oh
tho American, metropolis and numerous
GIBBS within and without Its confines. i he
cookery. or the pita! OF the United States
As II exists in many of the better restau-
rants and III private houses where SOUTH
crs dishes are especially well prepared
is deseivediy celebrated. The New Or
leans kitchen has also Its ardent admir-
e,s. bur outside Of New York the
restaurants OF San Francisco are perhaps
The most famous and cosmopolita tan.
Tie DesA dishes may Ue luu.u or can
b. made In any cosmopolitan kitchen and
the author has wisely left out any at
tempt to devote special chapters 10 the
cookery Of diiferenl countries. except SO
ia. as The French are concerned fench
is the universal language Of the Kitchen
and ii is with the french mat the atioi-
list Of the table has chiefly TO deal
Necessarily writes the author. IN
treating eli what Thomas Walker has
tened one OF thefmost important OF our
temporal concerns, many gas rononic
a lew observations rea ting to ;he lab e.
which would lose their piuuancy or pre-
else coiuring in II an slation have been re-
tanned in the language In which they
/ originally appear This is certainly true
in Les uuene!les de levrau'y sauces
dune es,agnol.e au fumet, les amour
cites de boeuf nar.nees frites. espau.e
dc veaus en- mGsette champetre. un
COO VERGE en- petit deuil.a for example,
wili.e natural and comprehensive IN
French would sound sonlewnai plza're
as ..Forcemeat balls of leverets sauced
with a racy Spanish woman. the love
affairs Of soused beef fried "a shout.
T der OF veal in ru& al bag-p pes" and a
virgin rooster in half-mourning.
lhc Social Cor e ~ Drawings Taken From
Life. Bound In red and gold. Life
Publishing Company New York
The some hirg# over a hundred ful-pasea
pictares gathered into this handsome:
volume Just TUNED out OF the press 1ur-s
nish a fair sample of the kind OF thing
that is most deiishUul in Life. The pic
lures deal with the savings and dolngs
of pretty women and handsome men. all
styltstiv clad and living amid luxurious
surroundings The printing and artistic
binding of the book are in keeping With
the oic:uuas, and the heavy, coated paper.
w!lil. rather stiff and cold 10 the touch.
is nevertheless pleasant to the eye. In
deed. The Social Comedy. as a Christ
mas book, should be fetching enough for
any one.
Life occupies a unique place in the
world of literature. IT is far more arts
tic than Punch. 1t is far cleaner than the
French humorous journals. and 1t deals
with live public questions TO a n1uf
greater extent than FlieSende Biae ter.
Among American humorous ru' licat ons
its pace. is distinct as the representative
az refined ~. genial satire. and Of tile
laughabe and picturesque side OF polite
Mr.. John A. Mitchell by the way. al.
stl,osl.1, ne is 3ii5 feaaonsble editor OF
Life manages to find time to give to his
very original stories a literary polish and
finish unusual i'm these DAYS of harun-5
sca,i1u writing. The au hor OF tfats
aua MT and absorbing story. The Pines
Of l<oiiy1' Is al work on another sto y,
which Will be published early next sea-
son.
ey.-y nav m re ves-. A Book OF
Poems. Edited by James l. Ford and
Mary x. Ford Dodl Mead and Co,
publishers. New York sl.Go.
This book is a poetical epiton1e of the
lions which it contains being arranged
according to tic days of the year. and
intended to commemorate the great
events Of history. It is well designed
for the purposes. not only of lovers of
poetry. but for students OF history both
Young ard cd: for teachers. elocution-
lists, lecturers ard those who are called
upon from time TO time for an after
dime. spaecii or a recitation: and above
an for those who enjoy and appreciate
tie has- - F-sli~h naatrv.@5
It is doubtful II any easier way OF
fixing history in the mird can be fornd
tran that afforded in this remarkable
book And iti Is interesting to note the
number, of anniversaries that fan iron
b the So ne dav. On Dctoher a5-h 1912. the
shins United States and "Macednrfan.
met in battle: on the same day in814ot,
( chaucer.s the 8noet. died: in I415 the bat
tie of Agincourt was fought. ard in 1854