New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-08
LITERARY NOTES.


that goal from the field Is by means
heard OF there Winthrop Packard in q volume
OF adventures in the Far North, entitled THE
Young Ice whalers," which Eoughton, Mifflin &
Co. have recently published. describes football
as the favorite pastime OF the Esqumau under
graduate. The game resembles the old fash
toned American kicking game with any number
OF players a side 1t WILL perhaps. not be
surprising to hear that it is played the ice.
When more regular commerce has been estab-
lished with the Arctic countries a reputation will
await any university coach who will carry the
gospel Of the present form OF line play TO the
dusky men OF the long winter Even the new
stadium on Soldiers Field will hardly be equal
TO the crowd that may be counted upon for the
match game with the coming Esquimau eleven
Dodd. Mead Co publish blank memo
randum book for the recording playgoer II Is
8 duodecirao volume Of some two hundred-odd
pages. emblazoned with the title. Plays Have
Seen" The author is guided by various head
.ngs through eight pages of record for each play
ON the first mage he is reminded TO set down
first the title: next comes the authors name the
theatre and the date of the performance The
later day Pepys Will then note with whom he
enjoyed the pleasure Of witnessing the enter
tainrnent II of a social bent. he will also set
down what noted persons were present in the
audience II he have box office sympathies, he
will FIJI the blank for the number in attendance
A third OF the page will rejoice in his condensed
comment II there be a plot, it will go on the
second page If there be songs. the plot may
be twice as long. Jokes hits are the peer OF
either On the third page Pepys will classify
the show. whenever possible. He will cut the
cast Of characters from the programme and
paste il in; likewise the synopsis Of scenes. For
the next two pages he will cut from papers and
magazines portraits and scenes, and 10 the re-
naming two pages he VIII afix criticisms and
comments. These he viii cut from periodicals
He viii then index the play and the portraits.
Mrs Laura E Richards. whose new book
1.-THE Golden Windows" is published by Little
Brown & Co. was named for Laura Bridgman.
her fathers famous pupil. The biography of
Laura Bridgman describing the work Of Dr.
Howe in behalf of blind deaf mutes, which is
published by the same house, was written by
Mrs. Richardss two sisters Mrs. John Elliott
and Mrs. Florence Howe Hall Holder
stoughton have recently brought out an edition
Of the biography in England.
A new volume in the Cambridge Historical
Series is soon to be published by the Macmillan
Company in Francis Henry Skrines book called
1.-The Expansion Of Russia, 1Sl5-19OO." The aim
OF the book is TO trace the history of modern
EUROPE
century down. The author pays particular at
tention 10 certain forces in the Russian charac-
ter. such as the colonizing instinct. the nomad
instinct and the impulse OF a rapidly growing
population to gain access to warmer waters than
its own The author thinks that Russia hest
tates TO annex Manchuria for fear Siberia should
be overrun by Chinese immigrants. He dis
cusses the present situation in the Far East,
the foreign policy of the Car and the designs
Of Germany.
Albert Sutton. London, issues two lists OF rare
and valuable books. including books from
private library lately purchased devoted to
Americana military matters Australasia
court memoirs, India and the mutiny. Russia
Waterloo, Wellington and Lancashire. Inc
other catalogue embraces books Of more general
scope in miscellaneous subjects A copy is list
ed Of the first issue of Morgan's heraldic volume
entitled The Sphere of Gentry. Deduced from
the Principles of Nature: An Historical and
Genealogical Work of Arms and Blazon' There
IS q frontispiece colored by hand. with authors
portrait and heraldic plates by r Gaywood
This issue was made before the plates of Rom
illus and Remus and the seven Roman coins
were worked page 1o4 Of Book III In BOOK
" are the two rare plates Achievement d a
BARON The date Of publication is 1861.
Will Irwin, the author with Gelett Burgess OF
s"rhe Reign Of Queen IsyL" fanciful love story,
published by Mcclure. Phillips Co., is
brother Of Wallace Irwin. the writer OF comic
verses. He was born in Oneida. y. Y. He was
taken to Colorado while a child in the silver
rush Of 1879. He went through many expert
ences in getting his living trying his hand at
many occupations. from that of cowboy to that
of transforming actor. In 1894 he entered Stan
ford University There ne on the STATS of
most of the college papers, and wrote several
college farces. After being graduated in 1899,
he collaborated with Charles K. Field VOL
une called stanford Stories and afterward
wrote for The Wave in San Francisco. When
1.-The Wave" suspended publication he joined the
staI OF The Chronicle" where he rose in less
than two years time from the position Of re-
porter that OF Sunday editor
Edwin s. GOrham has published volume OF
notes concerning the life and times of an i'm
portant figure in church history, under the title
COLUMBIAN. Saint, Monk and Missionary. 53S-
SIS A. D." The book is written by Clarence
Wyatt Bispham, rector of st. Philips Church,
Philadelphia. Columbian was one Of the six
writers who chronicled the bewildering success
sion Of events and men Of the contemporary
seventh century, mentioned by Guizot in his
History of Civilization" Fredegaire Walafrid
Strabo and Gregory Of Tours the principal
authorities which the notes rest, among the
others being the "Acta Sanctcrum" Of the Boil
landists and the work called Vie des Saints de
Franche Comte" The volume traces Columban's
work in ireland. France. Switzerland Germany
and Italy, and among other topics describes the
Bangor rule. photography of authorities and
manuscripts is included.
F. N. Ware has prepared a volume called