New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-21

| s,onT cytv. and author OF In the Fairy Land
OF America"
co far as years CO. Mr.. Charles H HasweH Is
undoubtedly the dean OF American authors he
IS now in his ninety-sixth year, but sun III
active life. His publishers. the Harpers, nave
a. -r.,sra-ion the SEVENTEEN edition OF his Wen
known Mechanics and Engineers focAe'
Book" OF which hundreds Of thousanos OF 0"p'e'
have been sold
Professor Alfred c. Reeves. OF the New-fork
law School has written a treatise on SpeClai
Subjects OF the Law Of Real Property whlch
he will issue through Little. Brown q 60. IN
addition TO an exposition and analysis OF sOIle
OF the most important subdivisions Of the law
OF real property the work VIII give d seiisi
outline Of the entire law.
While the fourteen essays and lectures OF 'hs
late DR. Thomson Jay Hudson, puoIlsheo OS a.
z NcClurg & Co., with the title OF The EVoIu-
ton OF the Soul are all concerned Win 'he
various psychic problems in which their author
,-.s daanl,, interested for so many years. they
are chiefly devoted to an elucldatioh OK niS
views on the workings OF the subjective MIND
~ os the late F. W II. Myers well termed H.
,ba "srbIir,inaI self DR.. Hudson entertained
no Doubt Of the validity Of the theory OF du-
sftv Of mind and. as his earlier VOLUMES
showed. was prepared to go to extremes IN ms
application of this principle to the phehoIllehN
Of life The same tendency Is nouceaOIe IN
this posthuu1ous publication. but not TO such
marked extent as in his Law OF MehIal
Medicine" spiritualism, telepathy. Chrlsuah
soia,cs and prophecy are few of the many
interesting themes he treats. ana In all MS pro
found belief in the paramount importance OF
..s,,pre-tion'' is evident The nlarvels OF mod
sr, spiritualisrn. as exemplihed particularly in
the case OF Mrs. Piper, are explained on the
telepathic hypothesis. which IS also invoked
to solve the mysteries OF prophecy; Christian
Science is criticised a modified form OF
prinevaI fetish worship; always material
istic science comes in for hard raps There
is much that must be dismissed as fanciful ana
unscientihc. but there is also not little really
helpful. The concluding essay How to Pre-
pare the Mind for Success" is the most note
worthy in this respect containing many
truth well expressed.
Joseph c Lincoln's "Cap'n Fri" recently re-
viewed in this journal has gone into its third
edition.
Little. Brown & Co.'S spring announcements
include eleven novels a book on cookery for in
valids. and a new edition of q work treating Of
the dog.
The new novel which has just been completed
by Marie Coreln. and which is described as
being on the order Of her "Thelma," will be
published IN this country by Dodd Mead & CO.
The old morality play Of 'Everyman" has ap-
peared in a new dress from the press Of J. F.
Taylor &, Co
James c Fe-nsld. associate editor Of The
Standard Dictionary" will publish IN April.
through Funk & wagnalls. a volume treating
the correct use OF the propositions. oonjunctions.
relative pronouns and adverbs IN English speech.
The Rev. william !. Miller. author % The
American Church Dictionary and Cyciopadia,
Is Issuing through Mr.. Thomas Whitaker a
new work entitled The American Church"