New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-25
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Tall: About Things Pres
ent and to Come.


.sa. Mifain & Co is volume OF Essays in
ys,vs+anisro by DR.. Alexander McPhafl of
Montreal DR. McPhail is the Editor of "The
s.,,+real Medical Journal and holds profess
.orsbirs in Bishops College and McGin Univer-
ss+rs heesdes being member OF the Royal Col
lere Of Surgeons. in England. He is at present
visiting In Boston during the publication of his
boolx which is said to present the Puritan move
mont in all its strength and weakness. tending
,,aees. 70 show that the newfoundland of three
centuries ago was not essentially different from
the New-England of to-day.
aaThe War Of the Classes" by Jack London,
Is listed for immediate publication by the Mac
milan Company. 1t is a collection of his
says on what he terms 1.-THE worldwide revolt
of the working class" Mr.. London's socialistic
ieanngs are well known, although evidently not
appreciated by his fellow citizens in Oakland.
Cal. where he was recently overwhelmingly
defeated for Mayor He holds that in this con-
test between capital and labor:
The prize for which they struggle is the world its
wealth power and governments It is battle of
physical proSess clH5s. bricks injunctons. gaf-
ling guns. Internal machines economic arguments
weapons OF the fighters.
The aim of the essays is to "analyze the situa-
ton and 70 present it in its elementary aspects"
In his concluding paper The Political
Problems OF Europe" Frank A Vanderlip dis
cusses IN the April "Scribner's'' "Paternalism
and Nationalism.' shown in modern Euro
Pean experiments such workingmen's in
surance. accident liability sick insurance, etc.,
all of which have been worked out in Germany
and elsewhere to a degree that is unknown in
America He also treats at some length of the
great system Of government canals which Ger
many has undertaken.
Edgar Jepson, author Of 1.-THE Admirable
Tinker has written another novel. entitled
Lady Noggs, Peeress," which will be pub
lished by Mcclure. Phillips &s Co. next month
The story is said to be characterized by the
same fantastic and unusual note that distin-
guishes his previous book. the heroine being an
energetic young woman who manages to have
her own way in whatever she undertakes.
The production of Nancy Stair" as a play has
so stimulated the sales of the novel that the
Appletons announce another printing of 1.-THE
eighteenth.
Henry Holt & Co. are bringing out in an edi-
ton for the classroom Labiche and Martins
lie Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon," edited by
Professor John R. Efinger. of the University Of
Michigan. This is the play in a very fres
adaptation Of which Francis Wilson is now
acting under the title of Uncle Billy" The
original comedy is so delightful that it seems
difficult to believe it Of some one
hundred and sixty that Labiche wrote before he
ulodestly stopped writing for fear he might be
considered to have written himself out
Geraldine Bonner's new novel, 1.-The Pioneer"
Just issued by the Bobbs-Merriu Company. is
story Of the same Nevada and California min
ing country that formed the background of her
earlier story. ''To-morrow's Tangle." The time
of the present novel is during the bonanza days
of the 70s. The illustrations by Har-
rison Fisher. i.-A1l4.A.4@8s
The one hundredth anniversary Of the birth
OF Hans Christian Andersen. which occurs April
2 viii be marked by the Century Company by
the issue of a memorial edition Of his stories. In
the translation by H. L. Braekstad. with illus
trations by the Danish artist. Hans Tegner.
Rose of the World" the novel by Agnes
and Egerton Castle. viii be published here next
month by the Frederick A. Stokes Company
with Illustrations by Harrison Fisher and Clar-
ence F. Underwood. Other publications OF the
same house in April Will include S. E. Kisers
amusing Charles, the Chauffeur" which APP
peared serially in the Sunday Magazine Supple
rnent Of The New-York Tribune. and THE Foun-
tain of Youth" by DR.. Grace Peckham Murray.
q book on personal hygiene in its relation to
health and longevity
There is a certain satisfaction IN reading IN
Commander Albert Gleaves's Life Of James
Lawrence" that his Investigations go to show
that we may still believe that the gallant
sailors diving words were Don't give up the
shipr The author a6duces proof that the
phrase could not have been concocted in Bos-
ton newspaper office, as has been asserted by
some Commander Gleaves sets us right IN re-
gard TO several other disputed points. such as
the statement that the action between the Ches-
epeake and Shannon was watched from the Bos-
ton housetops The battle was actually fought
thirty miles outside of Boston Light One writer
draws pathetic picture of Lawrence piaoihs
farewell to his two sons-one Of them peauu-
full youth Of eleven" Lawrence at the time OF
his death had been married but eight years.
Two children were born to him. a girl and a.
boy. but the latter was a posthumous child VINO
died IN infancyl
Douglas Story's account Of his experiences III
Ghe Ear East during the present war. Tine cam
paiRn with Yuropatkin," has been brought out
in this country by the J. B. Lippincott CON-
rany. The volume contains large number OF
illustrations from photographs and is note
worthy for the number Of interviews Win
,,roro,nent Russian officers which Mr.. Story was
able 90 secure
eo many ancestors and so much furniture were
brought TO this country on the MayhoWer thae
there has naturally been a widespread desire
among colonial danes and squires to know what
the vessel looked like. To satisfy this arniaoie