The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE L4T-
 EST BOOKS.

Buildings" Issued by Doubleday, Page
 & CO.-Book Concerning the Destruc-
 tion of st. Pierre-ForthcomtnG Books. Booker T. Washington's new book,
 "Character Building" published by Doubleday. Page & Co.,, New York. de- serves the handsome reception with
 which it is being greeted. It is by many of MT Washington's friends con-
 sidered the best literary work that he
 has done. It abounds with passages
 strikingly suggestive and episramatic. For many years MT. Washington has
 been n the habit of giving wEct he
 calls Sunday evening talks to th9 stu
 dents and teachers of the Tuskegee
 Normal and Industrial Institute. As
 this institution gradually grew his friends suggested that these quiet con-
 versational addresses should be pre-
 served, and they have accordingly been taken down in shorthand during more recent years. Hence this volume enti- tied Character Building" is made up of selections from these addresses, chosen by MT Washington himself and care
 fully revised for publication. He throws into this work his whole moral nature and many of these addresses rise
 to eIoquence They are all earnest and show the constructive quality of his mind, MT. Washington is surely the greatest leader the American colored
 race has ever produced, not excepting Frederick Douglass, and he as surely has done the most for their regancra-
 ton. He stands forth as an inspiration to the colored race to higher attain ments and a higher level. His talks in
 this book are forcible and instructive ana full Of strong common sense and are just as useful for whites as blacks.
 The book is meeting with steady sale on it's merits. Concerning it the New York Herald says: These talks contain good deal of sound sense put into sim pie words, an occasional glaam of elO-
 quence. and a continuous suh-crrrent of humorous insight into the foibles of the colored race. Character Building
 is a thoroughly agreeable book"
 1 The Boston Advertiser says: "These talks are happily devoid of the rhotori- cal pomp which usually obscures any 1 logic present in cOlored Oratory and as happily marked by the quality known in New England vernacular IS horse sense He does not hesitate to point out the negro's besetting sins of indo- lence, petty dishonesty and paS>cr fer gaudy style He shows the dignity of all honest labor and simply deals with the various problems and questions which confront his graduate students in their daily life in the south"
 | The price of the book is $50 net; for sale by the E. P. Judd Co.
 R. F. Fenno & Co.,, New York have 1 just issued, cloth bound, a very inter- esting work of 239 pages. entitled De struction of St. Pierre" Martinique, written by J. Herbert Welch and H. E. Taylor It gives lucid anl trust worthy account of the destruction of St. Pierre and of the catastrophe on St, Vincent Island wrought by La Sort riere. A description of the islands. with short sketch of their history. Is given. followed by Interesting facts re- lative to the unfortunate inhabitants, and the state of society there just prior to the catastrophe. Mount Pelee and its grandeur, its ancient crater its rug ged sides and sloping valleys are fully described. This leads up to the account Of the nremonitory symptoms Of great | inward disturbance in the mountains, l the alarm of the inha habitants and the l efforts of the authorities to quiet ap- prehensions. All the obtainable facts relative to the eruptions are then de- tailed, making a complete story of this, one of the greatest volcanic disasters in the worlds history. Added to this the
 book gives an account of other great volcanic eruptions and of some of the most devastating earthquakes, togeth- CT with the best accepted theories as to the causes of volcanic action. Price 60 cents; for sale by all booksellers. 1 The Book Buyer for July opens with a full page portrait of F, Hopkinson l Smith, from painting by Oliver H.
 Perry. It is strong and full of individ- uality. The Rambler rambles around
 among seven portraits. some of them of noted literary people, and one of the head of cane, presented to Jules Verne by the Boys Empire League of l England" PrincetOn's New President,
 Woodrow Wilson, is discussed with an excellent portrait. The Stockton Pass It-On-Socety," gives an account of very pleasing episode in the life of the l late Frank R. Stockton. F. c. YOhn is discussed with specimens of his work. l There is an article on "Inlaying and Extra Illustrating" with portrait of Augustus Toedteberg, the pioneer, in
 this fascinating work. "A Talk with Maeterlinck" gives a sketch of the l Belgian Shakespeare" with two DOT traits. In one the Shakespeare" Is running an automobile An article on Benjamin Constant gives fine portrait of the late artist and an appreciative
 review of his life and work "The Ma 1 turer Period' of the Work of Dicky Da-
 wis is duly considered. Various other J features complete this interesting pub- 1 licat:on.
 Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall is | the best selling book at the present