New-York tribune., 1903-01-31

illustrations by Hiram P. Barnes.
The Century Company has in preparation the
publication OF the results of the syrian eAPeoi-
ton sent out by several NEWCOMERS re"
wears ago to discover buried cities understood TO
exist In Syria and Hauran. The work, "hich
will be complete in four volumes, Will De oi
interest to archaologists. 1t is being written Oy
Howard Crosby Butler. lecturer at Princeton
whose STORY Of Athens" the Century company
published few weeks ago.
The Putnams announce a work on "Contem-
porary France" by Gabriel Hanotaux. The
translation is the work of John Charles Tarver
II will cononrise four volumes the first Of which
will appear in the spring. The government OF
Thers will be the subject of this volume. Ine
author is conspicuous in political life, an his
torian and a member of the French Academy.
He is still under fifty and In the full Vlgor OF
his career He trained at the Ecole oes
Charles as an archivist In 1870 he ap-
pointed keeper of the archives for the Forelsh
office In 1885 he attached to the embassy
at Constantinople and returned to Paris to enter
the Chamber in 1856. The Minister for Foreign
Affairs intrusted him with the work of super
yisng the delimitation of the French and Eng
lish zones in North Africa in 1890. and in May,
1891 President Carnot offered him a portfolio.
AS Minister for Foreign Affairs he has steered
through the troublous times of excited sym
pathies consequent upon the Greco-Turk1sh
and Spanish-American war agitattons; ne man
aged the Madagascar expedition and did much
to promote and consummate the Russian en-
tente cordiale. The academy gave him the Prix
Colbert for his important book on the career of
Richelieu and elected him a member in 1897.
Cyrus Townsend Brady has written a romance
of the Civil War. which gives him an opportu-
nifty to thread love story no little brilliant
fighting by land and sea. The title of this tale
is THE Southerners,' and illustrations in color
have been designed by George Wright The hero
and heroine are citizens of Mobile, the girl an
intense supporter of the Confederacy. and the
young man graduate Of the Naval Academy.
who feels that his duty lies on the Northern
side He finds himself Farraguts flagship
before his native town at the battle of Mobile
Bay.
Dr. Brady has also contracted to supply
volume for the Expansion of the Republic
Series" which D. Appleton & Co. issue 1t will
deal with the fortunes and treatment or the
country acquired from Mexico by conquest The
book is to be called The Conquest of the
Southwest.
Referring to Winthrop L. Marvin's book on
.The American Merchant Marine Herbert
Russell remarks in THE London Express;
Time was when the Yankee sailor was our
keenest rival for the nations sea trade. The
time is fast coming when he will be so again
While the Yankee mercantile marine was IAN
gushing we building up a vast CONNER
ciaI fleet. And when the Yankees emerged from
the Gripping effects of their terrible struggle, 1t
was to find their great flOurishng sea trade a
thing of the past, nearly half their mercantile
marine gone. and their splendid 'skyscraper
seamen all but vanished community.
All this and much more, does Mr.. Marvin tell
us in his most informing and sagacious book. 1t
is a work which reader close without
falling amusing; and l very much fear that the
inevitable trend of his reflections will take the
form of speculation to how much longer
britannia will sustain her boast of ruling tie
waves.