New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16

among dli4ioAi4N1--'-'NN
f5uebsch are two new musical biographies
s.Raatboven. the Man and the Artist, as Re
veaJed in His Own Words" COMPLIED and an
,o4a-ed nv FREDERICK Kerst and similar vol
,,rne on Mozart" also by Mr.. Kerst- Both
books have been translated and edited by Henry
z. Krehbiel
A number of popular handbooks" are an
nounced for autumn publication by the Penn
Publishing Company, of Philadelphia There IS
one on "Physiognomy' by Leila Lomax' VINO
answers such vital questions How can we
Judge whether a man may be trusted| and
How can woman analyze man who would
marry her?" Another is entitled Curious
Facts" It is written by Clifford Howard, VINO
explains why man raises his hat TO lady,
why he has buttons on the sleeves Of his coat
and matters of equal import. No less valuable
IS Health; How to Get It and Keep It. by
Walter V. Woods. NJ. D, who propounds and
ANSWERS such searching queries as What is the
ruse OF dumbbells in the morning and rigid
dieting three times day If there is an open
drain in the cellar?" and why shield baby
from draughts and then feed him infected
-nilk?" Mans Faithful Friend. the Dog" is
described in a fourth handbook by John Max
tee
The life of the Russian Jews in New-York is
the theme of a new novel listed by the A. Wes-
sells Company for immediate publication. It is
entitled "Contrite Hearts, and the author is
Herman Bernstein. who writes with an intimate
personal knowledge Of the people whose trag-
-edies and comedies he depicts.
In preparing the new edition of her book,
"Reminiscences of Peace and War CThe Mac
milan Company, Mrs. Roger A. Pryor has re-
Yised the entire work and considerably ex-
panded it, by inserting a number Of character
dstic anecdotes that she has recalled since the
volume first published, and by adding some
new chapters Among the new illustrative ma
teriaI IS a siege map of Petersburg reproduced
from the one in use in the federal army in
which the position Of Mrs. Pryor's house be-
tween Fort Gregg and Battery A.. is shown,
indicating with visual vividness the close ac-
ouaintance that the occupants must have had
with the exchange of explosive courtesies be-
tween the opposing forces. Among the host of
entertaining stories of well known peoule with
which the book is filed it is wellnigh impos-
sibIe to select for quotation any of those which
are now printed for the first time, but one of
the added chapters is especially interesting as
giving an account of the first observance OF
Decoration Day in the re-United States
which took place on June Q, 1866. in the ceme-
terry of the Old Blandford Church. at Peters
burg. Mrs. Pryor writes:
Memorial associations were organized in several
places soon after the close OF the f war: put tn'
epiration OF Mrs. Judge Joynes of Petersburg
Virginia. She called the women Of Petersburg 10
gether on the eth OF May, 1866. and organized
Them into a memorial association for the expires!
purpose of decorating the graves OF the men who
had fallen in the late conflict between the NORTH
and the South Juno named as the
rhe town, lately OF the weathiest in the South
only two or three carriages could be found These
Jed the way, filed with flowers. Young girls fol
lowed, clad In white and bearing garlands 81
fowers-a long double line Then came every
child from every school. All bore baskets and
clusters of flowers. Some had covered large paste
board letters with white roses Combining then
Astsrward to form the tender words of ..BrotheT5