The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-13
Other Books.

fancters OF guinea pigs.
Other Books.
Enthusiasm rather than critical judy
ment marks Mr.. Ernest r. H. Capeys
Erasmus F. P. Dutton Il Coz and that
Is somewh hat remarkable as modern biogra-
plies 60. The unlucky subject Is put
under the microscope, his failings are
held up to the light perhaps more than
his virtues, which are passed over as gen.
orally known. and the scientific impartiality
and erudition of the biographer seem
oftener Of more moment to him than the
character Of the great man whose life he
tries to tell. Mr.. Capey sins rather In the
opposite direction; his book will attract
the reader and make him wish to know
more of very great man, indeed. who
has suffered perhaps more than he should
through not being true to himself when the
test came. Lovable as he was, the judy
ment Of history is not unfair to Erasmus;
he will always need apologists. Mr. Capey
has tried to make Erasmus tell his own
story by copious extracts from his writ
inRs This adds to the value Of the book,
but the reader must feel that he Is listening
to one side OF the story only Naturally.
and perhaps rightly, We are made to see
much more Of Erasmus, the humanist, than
Of the hesitating reformer.
The editors Of THE Philippine Islands,
14a3-1so3" (the Arthur H. Clark Company.
Ueveland), Miss Emma Helen Blair and
Mr.. James Alexander Robertson, are carry
ing out their long and difficult task bravely
and vigorously. Their promise OF volume
a month has 80 far been more than made
k,of~r
covers only six years, 157e-l5s2, but 1t con-
tains the two unusually long and full re-
ports CT Goverpor-General Francisco de
Sande to Philip H., with the large collection
Of reports on the expeditions to Borneo,
Jolo and Mindanao made under his direc-
ton. 1t might be we'll to substitute the
English equivalent for some common Span
ish terms in the TRANSACTIONS, as what little
is gained by the use Of the precise word ID
lost by the confusion caused to readers
who are not Spanish scholars. What is
the point Of not translating 'Espaha' into
Spain for instance?
A pathetic little memorial volume to the
late Edward Perkins Clark, for many years
an editorial writer for the Erening Post, is
published by the Eagle Press, Brooklyn.
A short biography is followed by the adj
dresses delivered at the funeral by letters
from Mr.. Clark's many friends and by
appreciative newspaper notices. The book
is adorned with fine portrait.
We have at hand the International
Cable Directory of the World" for 1903,
published in conjunction with the Western
Union Geographic code system by the
International Cable Directory Company
As In former years, there is a list Of cities.
followed by an alphabetical list Of names
arranged geographically and then classified
by occupations. This years edition is
greatly enlarged
Under the new editorship Of Mr.. James
Watson. the sportsman's magazine, Field
and Stream, for June Is very attractive.
There are short stories enough Of fishing
adventure to keep anglers busy for the whole
summer and many Of the illustrations are
very good indeed. The kennel department
is very full. and the other forms Of sport
are by no means neglected.
Maurice Maeterlinck is the latest victim
Of the calendar makers. e. s. s." has
clipped SOS fragments from his writings
one for every day in the year, which Dodd,
Mead 4 Co. publish under the title Thoughts
from Maeterlinck." It is rather hard on
work thus. especially in translation. For
instance. 80 long as we know not what
1t opens, nothing can be more beautiful
than a key probably means something
in sAglavaine and Selysette.' but sounds
rather ridiculous as an independent
Thought
Another volume, the tenth, sends Tho
New International Enclycopedia. edited
by President D. c. Gilman and Profs. h. T.
Peck and F, NJ Colby, through LARA
mendi.' The speed with which the success
sve volumes Of this excellent work have
been published warrants the expectation
that 1t will be completed in few months.
The standard Of the earlier volumes is
maintained in this. They represent better
than anything we know in English the con-
venient and compact presentation Of knowl-
edge OF the German conversa ton lexcons.
The third in the pretty eeries Of reprinted
short stories that Messrs. Macmillan are
issuing is .Mr. Keegan's Elopement," by
Winston Churchill, the American w. c.,
written some years ago and In his pleasanter
on-historical manner.