New-York tribune., 1902-05-19


Regiment. His post of duty was the driver s
seat Of a gun carriage where he is said to have
handled the reins with conspicuous ability.
What this means in point Of nerve and skill
Will be apparent to every one who has seen
rapid artillery manpuvres
The ..Terrors Of the Law" described by Fran
els Watt in his book of that name which John
Lane is publishing, are Bloody" Jeffreys the
Bloody Advocate" Mckenzie and the original
Weir of Warmiston Braxheld. Critical and
biographical studies the author calls his work.
the point of view being not legal, but human or
literary. There are portraits from contempo-
rary paintings Mr.. Watt has also written
couple Of entertaining little volumes called The
Laws Lumber Room"
a good index is a priceless boon. an indispen-
sable accompaniment of a good book; com
plete index to an entire series is something al
most beyond the widest hope of the reader. But
this is what has just been made for the thirty
odd biographies contained in The American
Statesmen Series L l. scarcely too much to
say that the value of the series has been doubled
thereby to the student OF American history.
These biographies have thus the publishers
justly say been welded into history of the
United States. since collectively they cover the
whole field of the nations development.
There is a great run on all publishers who
have in their lists books on volcanoes and earth
quakes or descriptive of Martinique and the
Antilles. Such events the recent eruption
in those islands generally find the publishers
unprepared one firm reports that its stock of
little book it published some years ago on vol
canoes and earthquakes though not very new
or complete. has been quite exhausted. They
carried "line" of it in stock because they pub
lished it. but were not prepared for any
it. When such an event takes place the libraries
all over the country begin to have calls; they
at once look around fer the available sources
from which TO supply information on the SUBJ
ject. and at once begin to order such books. or
duplicates Of those they already possess. The
excitement over the Klondike cleaned out" the
firm just mentioned several times Of book they
published on the subject before much
known about the Northern Alaska country, and
long before the flood of Klondike volumes
produced. So, too, little book on Indian coin
age. the last thing expected a run on as
the publisher remarked. was put out Of print
by the bearing it had upon Philippine coinage
when that subject began to be discussed
The next volume in the Macmillan american
Sportsman's Library Will be on Upland Game
Birds" and viii appear next week. 1t is by
Edwin Sandys and s. Van Dyke, and viii
treat of the grouse prairie chicken. quail tur-
key, woodcock and plover and is written with
a view to interest not only the sportsman, but
the lover of outdoor life. The illustrations are
by A B. Frost L. A Fuertes and J. O. Nugent.
A romance of zoology" is the description
given to B. Lindsay's book. The Story Of Ami
NAL Life" that the Appletons are just now pub
fishing. It shows forth the results of modern
discovery that has taught us to sec in the
animal kingdom one large family making its
way upward from humble beginnings TO more
perfect structure and more complete intelli-
gence,' from protOzoa to man.