The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-12
Other Books.

translation Of Pierre Lofts Madame
Chrysantheme" has been made by Laura
Ensor George Routledge 4 Song E. P.
button 4 co.,. 1t is decorated with the
pretty and well-known "Guillaume' illus
trations Of the French edition. but not in
color. Lofts description Of Japan has
been subjected to much criticism since it
first appeared sixteen years ago. II needs
all the authors charm of style to save the
absurdity Of the account of q decadent
boulevardiers disappointment in not meet
ing the deep sentiment OF the Partisan
woman Of gallantry in the polite and charm
ing but business-ike geisha Of Japan.
Rndyard Kipling meets the common fate
@: al story writer's whose books are drama
tined nowadays. THE Light That Failed"
is published in a rev edition with photo
graphic pictures Of scenes from the play
ard portraits Of the stars Doubleday.
Page L Co... Inasmuch as the publishers
take tho trouble to point out that the happy
ending Of the second version OF the story was
preferred in the drama it does not seem
logical that they should use the first
version Of the tale instead Of the tecond in
m edition intended as a sort OF book Of
the play.
bewildering array OF copyright notices
that comes to lis not for the first time, Little
Masterpieces of Science. edited by George
lies Doubleday. Page and Co... At
first glance it would look az II the series
had been passed about from one we'll Unknown
publishing house to another for a long
series Of years but the copyrights probably
apply only to the individual articles, and the
collection is OF pretty recent date. It
consists, as we pointed out when it first
appeared OF essays by great scientific
men and others gathered from all sorts OF
sources. The six volumes are on "The
Skies and the Earth, "-Invention and Dis
covery," Explorers" THE Naturalist"
Health and Healing and The Mind"
-The Poetcal Works OF William Cullen
Bryant" in one volume, published by
Messrs Appleton as the Roelyn edition,
has for it's basis the edition published bv
the same house twent y-hve years ago.
About fifty poems have been added. how
ever. az we'll as a chronological account
Of the poets life and photography of his
works by Henry c. Sturges. 1t is a
handsome and convenient edition of an
American classic.
An uncommonly interesting addition
TO Mr. Archer Butler Hulberts important
series Of books on the Historic Highways
of America ia the seventh volume, port
age Paths, the Keys Of the Continent
The Arthur II. Clark Company, Cleve-
land). No Indian romance ia complete
without the incident Of carrying the canoe
across the portage. The portages were
not selected at haphazard, the Indians
had found them out as the easiest passages
over the divide from one river basin to
another. The roads, the canals and later
the railroads followed so far as possible
the old Indian paths, so that the chief
among them continue important TO the
present day.
Another book on bodily exercise comes
to lis from Boston In Rational Home Gym
mast ics,- Hartvig Nissen (E. Fl. Bacon 4 Coz.
II differs from a good many that we have
seen in that the bewhiskered gentleman
represented as performing the gy1nnas-
tics wears the normal quantity Of clothes
and does not exhibit amazing and I'M
pleasant quantities of bare muscle His
pc ses are natural and seem to be attainapls
10y the least ambitious of performers. The
pictures OF a young woman performing
the exsrcises are supplied by the Baron.
ESD Rose Possen, and are relegated to the
end OF the book No attitude is In any
way ilnmodest and none liz ridiculous