The Butte inter mountain., 1903-12-29

promised for 1904 is "The Life of John
y. Andrew the war governor OF Massa-
chusetts. The work is based upon both
public and private records, the author,
Henry G. Pearson, having had access not
only to the abundant documents and letters
in the state house, but also to private and
family memorials.
Professor Simon Newcomb, whose inter
cs,ing "Reminiscences Of an Astronomer
have just been published. lectured recently
before the Society Of Arts in Boston on
one Field Of the Twentieth Century
Science referring particularly to the vast
hccumula,ions Of scientific facts that are
being piled up, out Of all proportion to the
facilities for properly handling them.
Not long ago Everett T. Tomlinson, att
thor Of "A Lieutenant Under Washing
ton and many other popular books Tor
boys. dropped into the childrens room at
the Boston public library. II fancy | felt.
he says, ''as most writers would when |
discovered lad with one Of my own
books on the table before him, and appar-
emily deeply interested in its perusal. AS
surcd that ! would have the very oppor-
tunity most desired--that of drawing
from him his own Impressions soon en-
tered into conversation with him thereby,
! fear somewhat Infringing Upon the
rules. For time he talked gibly and
was conRratuating myself that ] was Sc
curing candid and unbiased opinions from
the very fountain hcad--a Boston 10y -
when suddenly he looked mp and quiz
zically said: know who YOU are
You're the man who wrote this book. I've
seen your picture.
The bureau Of equipment has added the
short life Of Paul Jones'" by llutchins
llapgood. 10 the list of books Tor Crews
Libraries in the United States navy.
The collection Of essays by Or. Samuel
VI. Crothcrs entitled The Gentle Reader"
is already in its third edition. Speaking Of
this book, the Harvard Graduates Maea-
zine says: "Thc adven, OF new humorist
should be hailed with almost as great re
joicing as that OF a new poet Tor the real
humorsi--iot the buioon. or punster. or
joke-smith. nor yet the cynic more or less
disguised. nor the satrist with knack for
epigram or rcpartec--is quite as rare as
the genuine poet Indeed. English and
American llteratures during the nineteenth
century have had more poets than humor-
ISIS. Mr.. Crothcrs is humorist. pure and
simple. We question whether, during the
pas, decade, pure literature on this side of
the Atlantic has had any exponcnts more
likely TO mark this period than MIR. Croth-
ers and his brother preacher MIR, Dooley,
who wears the mask Of the low comedian,
but is al heart moralst.'
A renaissance version Of a medieval ro-
nance of interest, "The History Of Oliver
and Arthur" has just been reprinted, in
style designed to embody the character
stics OF bookmaking Of its period, i'll the
series Of Riverside Press special editions
by Houghton. Mifhin 4 Co. The ,ransla-
tion is by William Leighton and Eliza
Barrett. 1t was made from an extremely
rare version OF the early sixteenth century.
which itself was made from the old
French. and that i'll turn from Latin
original Of earlier date. There is single
record OF an earlier translation in English
printed by Wynkyn de Worde in I5IS, but
no copy OF that is preserved. In the new
edition the numerous text illustrations are
rc-urawn from the quaint old wood-cuts OF
the German edition.
Elizabeth Robbins Penncll has for many
years been collecting valuable library Of
cookery books in Latin, French, German,
Italian. Spanish and English. Her ac-
count Of them in My Cookery Books" will
entertain the general reader, delight the
cpicurc and gain q hearty welcome from
the book collector. for it is issued only i'll
limited quarto edition OF 800 copies in
the special Riverside Press series. The
volume contains valuable biography and
is printed from beautiful modern type on
high quality OF Arnold paper. with uncut
edges. There are many fullpagc illustra-
tions. consisting Of mounted reproductions
Of interesting old engravirgs and title
pages.
Well worth your while to look at large