The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-02

ind rather era m0o09Jopn. gE
DR.. Austin Flint has, preferred TO Or"
range and publish himself his col
leoted Essays and Articles on Physi-
oloGy and Medicine In two volumes
(Appietons) rather than leave tho task
to his literary executors. A. no explains
In his preface, They could not have APP
pcared In their present form unless the
collection, arrangement and revision had
been made by myself" Tho range IN
time 10 very wide, tho first paper having
been printed In 1855 and the last included IN
the collection being dated 1902 They include
al his published works with very few ex-
ceptions. and naturally without his magnum
opus. "The Physiology Of Man. or his
two textbooks. For nearly fifty years
DR.. Flint has been before the public eye
The esteem In which he Is held in his pro-
fession il shown by the long list OF pro-
fessional Offices he has held, which takes up
thirty-four closely printed lines OF the title
page.
An admirable edition Of the English classics
in single volumes is being published by
Houghton, Mifiin d Co. under the general
name OF the Cambridge Edition. The con-
venience OF single volume editions every
user OF books knows. Countless blessings
have been heaped on the publishers OF the
"Globe" editions, and 1t Is gratifying to
have an American edition Of our own In
clear, readable type, we'll edited and in
every way desirable, provided for very
moderate price. The volume of the series
before US, THE Complete Works Of Alex
ander Pope" Is edited by Mr.. Henry W.
Boynton. The Pope is really complete.
for 1t contains the translation Of the niad
and the Odyssey for the first time, 50 far
as we have observed. In a one volume edi-
ton. more than doubling the bulk Of the
volume. While $50 double column pages
suffice for the rest of the poems, the Homer
takes up 800. Mr.. Boyntons short biog-
raphy Is painfully impartial and judicial:
we could pardon bit more enthusiasm,
such as Mr. Austin Dobson might have,
in an editor. His notes are rather scanty;
but that Is sin in the right direction. The
main thing the reader wants is his authors
text well edited and in legble type, and
that he certainly gets here
Any amount Of sensible and clear infor-
nation is condensed into few small pages
In Care Of Invalids." little manual issued
by the Mutual Life Insurance Company Of
New York The helpful suggestions on
many matters pertaining to the sick room
make the pamphlet valuable. even II 1t is
used as a means Of advertising.
Washington. with its buildings and some
OF it's people, is described in an i'm
pressionistic way by Mrs. Harriet Ear
hart Monroe in Washington: Its Sights
and Insights" Funk Il Wagnalls CO..
The accounts are too incomplete for
useful guidebook and the anecdotes are
often pretty irrelevant and of no great
interest. The makeup OF the book Is by
no means what we have come to expect
from the publishers.
From Herbert B. Turner d Co.. Boston.
We have received Robert Louis Stevensons
- Memories and Portraits,' in handy.
we'll printed, and attractive little volume.
In this edition. which is illustrated with a
portrait OF the author, an essay on THE
Philosophy of Umbrellas" Is substituted
for THE Manse.'
We had imagined that the splendid
.Variorum and Defnitive Edition of the
Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward
ton. and published by Doubleday, Page l.
Co., was completed with the sixth volume
in the prospectus. 1t Is graft
flying surprise. therefore. to receive a sew
enth volume Of gleanings that no lover Of
FitzGerald would care to miss. Among the
prose pieces are the Memoir Of Bernard
Barton" the Introduction to Readings in
Crabbe, and the article on .Percival Stock
dale and Baldock Black Horse" The
poems include THE Meadows in Spring"
-To a Lady Singing "On Anne Allen.
= Bredfeld Hall, -Chronomoros. and The
Two Generals" with other pieces. There
is an index to the seven volumes and
careful photography to which is prefixed a
picture Of FitzGerald's bookplate, drawn
by Thackeray. Again we repeat that
this edition is monument to Mr. Patterns
taste and to the enterprise Of the publishers
In supplying an altogether worthy edition
Of FITZGERALD.