New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-28

London. One English publisher was afraid OF
it because ii was so American! When one comes
to think Of It. it must have been at least that
Archibald r. Colquhoun. who wrote Greater
America" has had many opportunities Of asso-
ciating with the Chinese. and finds them deeply
interesting He says Of them:
They are sphinx-like, and the more you study
them the more difficult they are 10 understand
They be very pleasant; they are hosptable;
they possess considerable sense OF huTnor; but II
IS peculiar hunorSn9 iheIe are eojr % @
corpse the roadside, and they ma cause Tor
friends. But apart from these singularites they
have a sense Of humor.
There is a general tendency in secondary
schools 10 take up the study Of algebra earlier
than formerly. although not. as the pupils may
think. for the purpose Of getting over H." as
they do with the measles and the whooping
cough. The obstacle that teachers have hitherto
met in this effort has been the lack Of sim
plicity in the presentation Of the subject in the
prescribed textbooks. The American Book Com
pany has just brought out algebra for
younger students in which it is sought to over
come this difficulty. It has been prepared by
George w. Hull. Phi. D. professor of mathe-
mates in the Pennsylvania State Normal School.
and is entitled 'HulPs Elements OF Algebra for
Beginners
Myra Kelly's stories Of East Side school chill
dren, which have been appearing in McClures
Magazine, VIII soon be brought out IN book
form Although the stories have been pub
Iished separately, the same characters appear
in all, and when fitted together chapters Of
book will form a continuous story.
The newspapers are compelled to step lively"
nowadays to keep ahead OF the book publishers.
Cassell & Co, for instance, are issuing His
tory Of the Russo-Japanese War" as it goes
along 1t is necessarily issued in parts. four Of
which have already appeared. and are "replete
with illustration"
Mary A Burt of the John A Browning School.
has collected into a volume iS7 Poems that
every child should know" If it has NOT been
possible to include every such poem among the
49, il would, at least, be hard to find any that
should be left out. The editor has been judi
cious in her choice and successful in obtaining
permission TO reprint the copyright poems she
has chosen. The book contains all the old ia
vortes and many that are new. OF list OF a
dozen that was made for test. every
found between the covers. There is an introduce
tory note 10 each selection. telling something
about the author and the poem Doubleday.
Page Co. the publishers.
Frank B. Sanborn's judgment OF Daniel Web
ster. given i'm his History OF New Hamp-
shire" published by Houghton. Mfin e. Co,
is likely to provoke some argument. He is not
go harsh was Theodore Parker. who referred
10 the dead statesman in his funeral Grafton as
"a fallen angel: but he seeks to explain the
cause OF Webster's failure 10 achieve his am
bition in these words:
Something had been originally left out or had
departed. And, therefore, the marvellously gifted
statesman had always a weary look in the deem
caverns OF his eyes, a child that has outgrown
his playthings, a with mighty faculties and
little aims, whose life, with all its high perform
ances, vague and empty. because no high pur-
pose had endowed IL with vitality
q. r. Putnam's Sons announce that The
TransgressOn OF Andrew Vane." by the late C;llv
Wetmore carryl. has already gone into second
edition. Mr.. Carryl knew his Paris from long
residence. and had no illusions In regard to the