New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-12
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk About Things Present
and to Come.

Under the title or 'ROutlne anu 1uedlS' Tlo-
fessor LIE Baron r. Briggs. Dean of Harvard
College has gathered in a volume his seven
most important essays, written since 1901. on
scholastic life. In addition to the essay which
gives the name to the book. he has included the
one on Mistakes of College Life" his COM
mencement address delivered at Wellesley Col
lege his Phi Beta Kappa poem read at Har-
ward in 1903, and his address on Emerson de-
livered to the school children of Concord. Dean
Briggs's earlier book, school, College and Char
acter" has gone through several editions. The
present volume will be published November 16
by Houghton, Mfin & Co.
Albert Bigelow Paines life Of Thomas Mast,
which has been running as a serial in Pear
sons Magazine" is to brought out In book
form next week by the Macmillan Company.
Nast's services were highly appreciated by at
least two Presidents of the United States. Presi-
den Lincoln called the cartoonist Our best re-
cruiting sergeant" and President Roosevelt once
said to him. II learned my politics from your
cartoons" Before Mast went to Ecuador as
Consul General he placed in Mr. Patnes
hands the material for his biography. rightly
counting on the danger of the post-he died
there of yellow fever after he had held the Office
only few months.
A dramatization of Katharine Cecils novel,
The Masquerader." is to be produced at the St
James Theatre. London, by George Alexander
majority of the trustees of the public library
Of Council Bluffs. Iowa. are, it appears Demo-
Gratis and consistently voted to permit the
purchase of the biography of President Roosevelt
written by Jacob a Riis. Whether the result
of Tuesdays election will cause them to recon-
slider their action remains to be seen.
Stewart Edward Whites works outdoor
life have brought him recognition from the
United States government. Mr.. White writes
from California. where he now lives:
In me you address federal officer. The Presi-
dent sent me commission the other day as general
inspector to California forest preserves This is
The powers. police and otherwise OF reserve ON
pasture etc. When you visit I will let you
my beautiful tin star.
Mr.. White is now at work on new book, in
which he is collaborating with Samuel Hopkins
Adams. entitled The Mystery"
Okakura Kakuzo. the author of THE Awaken
ing of Japan" to be published next week by the
Century Company. is now connected with the
Boston Museum OF Fine Arts it's authority on
Oriental archaeology and art. He was one of the
promoters of the reactionary movement in his
native country against the wholesale introduce
ton of Western art and manners. a movement
which carried on by the starting of peri
odicals and clubs devoted to the preservation OF
the old life Of Japan. The present volume like
the authors previous book The Ideals of
Japan" is not a translation. but has been origi-
naly written in English. In it he seeks to
answer the question uppermost in the minds
Of Western observers: From what sources are
drawn the intellectual and moral qualities which
have enabled the present generation of states
men, citizens and soldiers of Japan to enter sud
denly. as a first class. liberal power into the
company OF nations?
Frank L. Stanton, who wrote Little Folks
Down South" sometimes tells stories about big
folks down South. One relates to a Kentucky
colonel whom he was visiting and who, while
dressing in the morning called downstairs
"Sambo, go out and some mint for break
fast"
Lieutenant Bilse, the German army officer
whose book, Life in a Garrison Town." caused
his dismissal from the service In addition 70
six months Imprisonment. is not 10 be discour-
aged from authorship by such drastic
methods The advertisement which the book
received by the imperial edict "suppressng'' 1t is
said to have caused the sale of a million COPIES
in Germany alone. Mr.. Bilse has now written
another novel, entitled "Lieb Vaterland," which
John Lane will soon publish here in English
translation. The German government having
apparently exhausted its resources in booming
the previous story, the one will probably
have 10 stand Cor falD on its own merits.
The one requisite for the dramatzation OF \