The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-03
Other Books.

Five more volumes of j. NJ. Dent 4 Co.'s
pretty edition Of Thackeray's works have
come to us from Messrs. Macmillan
Catherine" Sketches and Travels in
London" Roundabout Papers, Denis
Duval' and christmas Books" The first
four are illustrated by c. Z. Brock, who
has not dared, however. to lay hands
on the Christmas Books" -The Rose
and the Ring" or "Dr. Birch" without M. A.
Titmarsh's drawings would have been
wholly disfigured. These volumes. We sup
pose, complete the edition.
very entertaining volume has been
written on Famous Hymns and Their
Authors" by Francis Arthur Jones (Hodder
d Stoughton; Edwin s. Gorham). 1t is
not collection OF hymns, but chatty
account OF the persons who have written
Them and is limited chiefly to British writer's
Of more modern times. A great deal Of
pleasant and interesting information is
offered which it would be hard to find else
where and il put in very readable form.
Constant vigilance il needed to keep
up tho high reputation of the Baedeker
guides, and the result is new and up o date
editions. We have received from Charles
Scrbner's Sons the eighth edition of Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark" and note the
time table and description Of the G,llvara-
Nanvik Railroad. the most northern rail-
road in the world, which was opened only
laet summer With it comes the most
famous Of all Baedelzers, Switzerland,
now in its twentieth English edition.
The handy little volumes OF j. NJ. Dent
4 Co.'S Temple Classics" are a delight
to the eye as every one knows. They
have been the means, too, Of bringing within
easy reach many books that wern rather
difficult TO get, whether on account of
price or of their comparative rarity. The
often quoted and amusing seventeenth
century letters, Familiar Letters or
Epistole Ho-Eiane," by James Howell,
now come to us in three volumes of this
edition from Messrs. Macmillan. With
them come, in the same shape, "Pippa Passes
and Other Dramatic POEMS" by Robert
Browning, and "Verba Christi The Say
ings of Jesus Christ, edited by Dean Stubs
of Ely. This contains the Greek text, with
an English translation on the opposite
page.
In "Newnes' Pocket Classics" imported
by Charles Scribners Sons, appears
charming seventeenth century classic, -The
Cavalier in Exile, Being the Lives of the
FIRST Duke and Duchess of Newcastle,
by Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle. 1t
makes very pretty volume, with its large,
clear type, its oblong page and its limp
Gather covers.
A set of books that has done much to
forward the study of English literature,
the Mermaid" series of unexpurgated
plays by English dramatists, is now issued
in a. new and very attractive form by r.
Fisher Irwin, Charles Scribner's Sons)
The volumes are printed on thin paper in
narrow, oblong pages, SO that they may
be slipped into the pocket, and are bound
in stout, serviceable bindings. The three
that have come to us are christopher
Marlowe.' with j. Arlington Symonds's
introduction, William Congreve" and
"Richard Steele
Two more sporting books that had great
are republished by Messrs. Appleton.
"Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jolities,' by X. S.
Surtees, made enough impression on the
writer's of the time for Mr.. Jorrocks's
name. at least, to creep into literature that
has survived. II has some interesting
colored Illustrations. 'Handley Cross" by
the same author, has been heard Of more
frequently, though read just az little, owing
to the fact that John Lecch made over a
hundred drawings and several olored piet-
ucs 10 illustrate it, The pictures should
attrac, many who may not care for the old
time sporting romance.
A very convenient little manual OF par
ranged for quick reference. il issued by
Thomas Y. Crowcll a Co. in "The Pnrlia-
mentary Pathfinder by William H. Bart
lett. Besides the rules Of order and
glossary Of parliamentary terms. the little