The sun., 1903-11-18

The "Poems OF Dante Gabriel Roseett'
are published in two very handsome vol
unes, illustrated from his own designs
and edited and annotated by Elizabeth
Luther Long. by @. P. Putnam's Sons
The editor has printed the original form
OF several poems as they appeared In The
Germ In full. by the side Of the final form.
and other variants are dealt with In the
noes. 1t may seem hypercritical to sug
gest that other pictures by Roesetti than
those used might have we'll served az
illustrations. All used are reproduced in
photogravure. The volumes will make
a very handsome holiday gift,
Nathaniel Hawthorne has fallen into the
hands Of j. NJ. Dent 4 Co.. which is cause
Of rejoicing to all lovers Of pretty books
They reprint "A Wonder Book for
Boys and Girls and .Tanglewood Tales
In two charming volumes, the print OF
which Is delight, though the colored pic
lures. which will do for decoration, are
hardly illustrations. The American pub
fishers are E. p Dutton Co.
An American attempt to rival the cheap,
well printed books that the English are
turning out in thin paper editions Is being
made In the unit Books (Howard VIII
are Hawthorne's The Marble Faun' In
cloth, and Abraham Lincoln's Letters and
Addresses. in leather and In paper we'll
printed, attractive volumes that In any
Of the three ferns are marvelously cheap.
The list OF future publications also 10 very
interesting.
To the previous volumes Of j. r. Taylor
4 Co.'S pretty editions OF AThe Novels,
Poems and Memories OF Charles Kingsley"
is added "Hypatis, In two volumes. with a
brief introduction by Maurice Kingsley.
1t Is a very convenient edition for those
who wish for all Of Kingsleys works, while
the volumes before us offer what is per-
haps the most famous Of his romsnces in
very pleasing shape.
Tennyson has been doubly edited, se-
lected and annotated by the Rev. Prof DR..
Henry van Dyke Of Princeton University.
In Poems Of Tennyson' (Ginn 4 co.,.
we have the reverend professors choice
Of what he considers best in the late LAu-
reates poetry with an Introductory appre-
citation. In book with the same title and
from the same publishers but Of the "Athe-
neum Press Series" we have the same
selection and the same introduction, with
the addition OF Mr.. D. Laurance Chambers
as assistant editor. and an elaborate ap-
paratus Of notes filing It's pages. which
converts the book into school book suited
for preparation for college.
Prof. Charles Sprague Smiths "Barbizon
Days." favorably reviewed In The Sun q
few months ago, Is issued In a new holiday
edition by the A. Vessels Company, with
the addition Of great many charming
pictures. They add greatly to the enjoy
ment Of Prof. Smiths appreciative sketches
Of Millet. Corot Rousseau and Barge.
To the fourth edition OF Albert La
vignac's Music and Musicians" trans
lated by William Marohant Henry Holt
Il Co. }, is appended a very brief notice OF
Music in America and on the present
State OF Music by H. E. Krehbiel. Au-
thoritative musical critics assert that "this
is one of the most important books on music
that has ever been published
A handsome holiday edition OF Paul
Laurence Dunbar's when Malindy Sings"
is published by Dodd, Mead 4 Co. There
are decorative borders in tint. The illus
trations are Of unusual interest, being taken
from life by the Hampton Institute Camera
Club. Figures and landscapes, alike are
thoroughly artistic.
Mr.. John Ur Lloyd's Kentucky feud
story, -Red Head, Is published in holiday
attire with illustrations and decorative
borders by Mr.. Reginald Birch Dodd,
Mead Il Coz. Mr.. Biroh's pictures are
unoommonly good and fit we'll with Mr..
Lloyds stirring tale
Dante Gabriel Rossetti's sonnet sequence
-The House OF Life" Is published In very
artistic edition with appropriate borders
by the H. M. Caldwell Company. 1t follows
the original readings Of the 1870 edition,
and for the new sonnets that of the 1881
edition.