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an extremely interesting book Of IL and
has put together much valuable inHorma-
tion. He supplies Columbia with text
book before its new school has come into
being. We only hope that some Of his in
struotions may find their way into the
minds Of the future students.
Wilkie, with the rest Of the STORY telling "
painters, has gone out Of fashion for the
time being even in England, but he was
a great painter of genre, nevertheless,
whatever may be thought of his historical
pictures. He distinctly influenced British
Victorian art and deserves place In "The
Makers OF British Art" series II any man
does. His biography is written by Mr..
William Bayne in "Sir David Willsie, II. A. 70
| (1he Walter Scott Publishing Company
Charles Scribner's Sons). 1t Is q we'll
done piece OF work, and the illustrations
are very satisfactory. That is due partly
to the character Of Wilkes works, which
have been made familiar in every home
by the engravings.
There is good deal Of pathos in South
Carolina Women in the Confederacy" (The
| State Company, Columbia, s. c.. Those
Southern women can never forget nor
become reconciled TO the existing state Of
things. This is a record OF what they did
to help the cause, the sort Of work that was
represented by the Sanitary Commission
on the Northern side. More than half the
volume is taken up. however, by remi-
niscences Of war times by many ladies', and
In these the burning Of Columbia has the
lions share. These are all interesting,
though perhaps not so much 90 as If they
had been written at the time instead OF
years afterward. A noticeable trait Is
the affectonate way In which the loyalty
OF the negroes to their masters is spoken Of.
One touch will find an echo in the North
But the young boys. bless them Of ten,
twelve, fourte n, were a comfort indeed.
They were everywhere lending helping hand
to this old lady or splitting wood and carry
ing water for some girl who had not yet
learned to handle an axe or lift a heavy
bucket; going downtown on many an
errand, when women shrank from being
In the crowded streets, jostled by the negro
soldiery.' 1t is valuable contribution to
the social history Of the war
Nothing more delightful or convenient can
be imagined than the "Caxton" thin paper
edition Of "The Works of Charles Lamb"
published by George Newnes and imported
by Charles Scribner's Sons. The type is
large and very legible. the paper, thin as it
Is, il perfectly opaque, and the whole get
up, including the limp leather cover, Ia ar
tstic. All the essays, with the poems and
plays, are contained in fat little volume
that will not show in the pocket
In the same edition appears -The Diary
Of John Evelyn, Esquire, r. r. g." George
Newnes Charles Scribner's Sons), another
marvel Of compression with no concession
to small print. The text is of the original
publication edited by William Bray In
this form tbe Diary" should become
familiar to many who have known it only
by name, and Evelyn as a diarist is second
In charm only to his contemporary Pepys.
1t was only twenty years ago that Mr..
Arthur I. Hadley, now president of Yale,
broke the ground in a new field of literature
with his Railroad transportation He
was followed by many other economists
In tho investigation of actual business con-
ditions, not always with success or with
sense. We have now a rehandling of the
subject he inquired into, made necessary
by the changes and developments Of twenty
years. In American Railway Transp rita
tion,' by Prof. Emory r. Johnson Of the
University Of Penns ylvania (Appletons),
a volume of the Business Series" 1t is
careful and conscientious piece OF work
that presents mass of complex and i'm
portant information in a clear form.
Berlin has advanced to the dignity Of
having a whole guide book to itsolf in the
Rat d sker series, -Rerlin and It's Environs,
imported by Charles Scribners Sons. II
is not yet az big as the q london" or paris,
but makes very convenient pocket volume,
with good large scae map in three
compartments and plenty OF plans
Bteleker also publishes a new edition
Of What we believe is the oldest Of all the
handbooks. "rhe Rhine from Rotter-
dam to Constance" Charles Scribner's
Sons). This is the fifteenth English edition
and is equivalent to tho twentieth In Ger
man and the seventeenth in French. The
red-covered little books are as much
part Of the Rhine scenery now as the Lore
lev or Fhrenbreitstein.
Apparently the object Of New Harlem
Past and Present." by Carl Horton Pierce,
with legal chapters by William Pennington
Toler and Herman De Pau Nutting (New
Harlem Publishing Company, ia to boom
litigation of tho Annake JAMS heirs kind.
In that we take no ;nterest but the his
torical rart Of the volume contains a
mass Of very interesting information about
the upper end Of the island, and the illus
trations are instructive to a.! who care
for the antiquarian topography OF the
city.
A third part of The Poultry Book"
by Harrison Weir, edited by Willis Grant
johnson, has appeared Doubleday, Page
a Co... It contains articles by American
contributors on "Incubators and Chicken
Raising" and "The Feeding of Poultry"
and Is proflsely illustrated in color and In
black and whit.
Books Received.
The Book OF Ser Marco Polo the Venetian.
Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels Of tho
East" Translated by Sir Henry Yulc. Third
revised edition by Henri Corder. vols. DIM
ported by Charles Scrbners SonsJ
Memoirs OF George Elers" Edited by Lord
Monson and George Lcvcson Cover Appletons)
Paris In Az" baroness Bonds John Murray.
james Pott & Coz
Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad" Edited
by A. Wallis Myers. (Charlos Scrbncrs Sons)
"A Song OF Speed" W. f. Henley. David
Mutt; Charles ScrhnerS SonsJ
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