New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-12

si,e- woman present could have worn this miracle
g S sTe n was the approprateness of the
term riviere so vividly demonstrates as IN t f
throat to coTsage One could forget them, ho W.
pathetic shade ana serious expression
This commentator dwells upon the devotion
of the Emperor TO his wife:
While liking her fairly Well as a girl. he only
fell in love with her after marriage and his re-
dav mas to be considered in all official plans for his
Inspection Of troops etc AS the er, a the
5ssnls rssd 5as ss o family excursion
One Of the celebrities of science. Sir Michael
Faraday, is as a genial lover of children ten
Derby remembered by the author OF recent
English book of "reminiscences. He used to
play with us children says this writer, and
many time he was TO be seen rolling on the
drawing room floor in Christmas romp. or IN
dulging in shide-and-seek
After three years the Macmillan Company
brings out new and cheaper edition of Arthur
Ton1son's "Jean-F FRANCOIS Millet and the Bar
bizon School" Tt makes useful little introduce
ton to the subject The essential facts of Mil
let's career are set forth. and the author gives
sympathetic Interpretation of his art. MY
rrosramme is work" said aIil1et, and ,one gets
from this study very clear idea of the devoted
and industrious life he led. life full of burdens
but never unduly coIored by regret, and abso-
,,,tefv never marked by retrogression. He was
born 10 paint the peasants of his native land
and though he enveloped them in certain
poetry il was the poetry of his own genius Con-
xention he abhorred, and how far ne was from
treating religious subject after the traditional
fashion is pointedly shown by the following
anecdote:
In 1853 he received through NJ .T1relat. the Pope,s
ception'' for the Popes private railway carriage.
sg Of at ever reo1ed int the nj
has given much cause for wonder, since a Pope 8
liberal 0ii Miet executed the work naturally in a
way CHARACTERISTIC of him He painted IIs young
her bosom: at her feet is dead serpent But what
Miilet was paid for his painting it was sent away
to its supposed destination, but from that time it
INTO the Popes hands there is little doubt that the
Pope did not find the picture TO his liking
Mr. Touson's text is full Of similarly char
acteristic passages. bits of biography which
helm us better to understand NIillet both
painter and as a man. The last hundred pages
in the book are given to essays Dupre, Diaz.
Rousseau aud the influence of the Romantic
school There are many illustrations, all Of
them halftones save the frontispiece. which is a
beautiful photogravure from Afifet's Goose
maiden" In its tasteful cover Of light green
cloth. this is one of the most welcome of the
early autumn reprints.
ssThe Pang-Yanger," whatever else 1t may be,
is the title of novel by Emma A. Travis.
which Mcclure Phillips & Co. viii bring out for
our further enlightenment toward the end OF the
month The scene of the story is laid in the
Catskiils and the hero is described as "a Wig
orous. primitive, and passionate man. true
of the SOIL" Perhaps Pang- Yanger is the short
for that
Burgess johnson. the author of a number OF
ehnd rhymes that have been appearing in vari-
nus MAGAZINES has collected his scattered verses
into q volume which viii be published in a few
days by T. 7. Crowen & Co. with the title
s.Rhyrnes for Little Boys" They touch on such
vital subjects TO the younger generation as
s.Gotn' Barefoot" and "Ketchin' Rides
Among the new books Thomas Whittaker's
fzu ,list are "Day by Day Duty" q volume of
sermons FOR the Christian seasons by H. ]. VIII
mot Buxton, and Sunday Talks for Boys and
Girls" by Barbara Yechton. author Of "a Low
able Crank"
q limited library edition of 1.-THE Life and
Writings of Benjamin Franklin is In prepara-
tion BY Professor Albert h. Snyth. of Philadel-
pbia for publication by the Macmillan Com
navy II will be issued In ten volumes, to ap-
pear monthly beginning with October. 1t is In
tented to make the edition the most complete
and inclusive that has yet been published. DR..
exuyth has been fortunate in unearthing a large
JnA1s of correspondence and manuscripts I'M
known to previous editors of Franklin. In all,
there are said TO be three hundred and eighty-fve
letters and forty articles that have before
been printed Of these, at least half are by
Franklin himself.
To the constant controversy that is going on
81 educational circles In regard TO the value of
classical studies, Professor Sydney G. Ashmore.
OF Union University. contributes a few earn
est words IN behalf OF the ancients In
"The Classics and Modern Training" recently
published by G. p Putnam's Sons. The au-
thor acknowledges that his cause is a losing
one to-day. 'Radicalism goes with progress,
and progress involves always change Of 'front.'
he frankly admits; but it may also temporarily
ignore the good in the old for tie meretricious
"a the new It is with the hope of adding his
r,ersonal impulse TO the return swing of the
nenduIur,l that Professor Ashmore puts forth his
hook In his first article pleading for the clas-
sizes he takes his cue from the scientists. Bas-
ing his arguments OF the lessons of physiology
cal psychology. he contends that, not excepting
.ratl,ematics in early childhood. at least. the
study OF language properly pursued may do
more than any other thing to encourage
formation of concepts on the mind and another
growth of the concept centres of the BRAIN
and while he gives the place of first impor-
lance to the students mother tongue he strives
IA make clear that above all the other modern
languages. "I.atin, at least. IL not Greek. most
fully deserves TO take precedence"
To illustrate. the concrete nature of the Latin
way OF speaking may be in its mode OF eX-
pressing such an idea as. e e from the found
action frou viii he