New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-28
BOOKS and AUTHORS.
Current Talk about Things Present
and to Come.

The difficulties experienced by Noah in ad-
justing the inevitable differences arising from
the association Of so many animals of varying
dispositions and tastes In the restricted confines
of the ark is the theme of an illustrated volume
by E. Boyd Smith, which Houghton, Miflln q
Co. will bring out as a special holiday feature
next Saturday According to Mr.. Smith. Noah
was not only troubled by strikes and the dis
belief of his neighbors. but much harassed
by the opinion held by the cats that the mice
were embarked for their especial benefit and
by the ineradicable idea of the dogs that the
cats were there solely to be chased. He tells
the story in twenty-six full page illustrations
In colors, with descriptive text
Colonel Norris G. Osborn, Edite Of THE New
Haven Register recently celebrated--or, rather,
had celebrated for him by the staff of his paper
the completion of twenty-five years service
and association. AS a souvenir, and TO some
extent a record, of this quarter century Colonel
Osborn has brought together in a small volume
a series OF articles, already published In The
Register" relating chiefly to men who have
made large part Of the history of New-HaVen
during that period. Colonel Osborn knows
everybody in Connecticut who is worth know
ing-and every body else. theoretically he is a
Democrat, but in practice he is first. last and
positive convictions as any one can comfortably
carry and is always ready to defend them as
long as they are defensible-but no longer. We
don't suppose he ever had personal enemy,
but if there has been an exception to the other
wise universal rule of esteem and affection, the
colonel is not the man we are sorry for. His
little book is born of knowledge and full of a
sound and sweet philosophy. If il has a. fault
it is i'll being too short. But what virtue
that is!
Professor Woodberry in his new book, The
Torch" lately published by Mcclure. Phillips q
Co. expresses some rather startling views in re-
gard TO the ultimate solution Of the ever present
race problem. We believes that it is only by its
death and disappearance that any well developed
race is able to fulfil its mission of passing on
the torch of culture and progress that this is
so because il is the usual process of nature.
which levels forests and engulfs life in count
less forms to enrich the soil and to bring forth
more perfect species. And just as when we see
a great race like the Greeks or the Romans de-
cay we see also the forms Of a. new and wider
spread civilization throughout the world, he
concludes:
If the aristocracy Of the whole white race is so
to melt in the world of the colored races of the
earth, l. for, one, should only rejoice In such a
it would mean the humanization of mankind
1t is of course. easy to take even lofty
stand as this. when the contingency is so in
definitely remote and the personal consequences
so negligible. The examples of such mixed races
as are now furnished for our observation, how
ever do not lead to the conclusion that the "hu-
n1anizaton of mankind is likely to be brought
about in exactly that way. Professor Smith will
ind more followers. by his statement, recently
made in his book The Color Line that "one
drop of African blood in the veins means ruin
to the Individual. and Hliscegenation the de-
struction of the race
The Macmillan Company is evidently finding
profit in the publication OF the modern drama
in book form In addition to Henry Arthur
Joness 1.-THE Whitewashing of Julia which was
issued this week they announce for appearance
later in the fall, in separate volumes. FIVE OF
the best known plays of Clyde Fitch.
Charles L. Hinton. the illustrator of George
Madden Martins Emmy Lou stories. is said
indeed. he has acknowledged the fact in re-
cent interyiew-to read the whole of a manu-
script which he is engaged TO illustrate. The
Implication is that there artists who are not
so conscientious. We had suspected as much.
He also states that in the case of the Emmy
Lou" stories he had neighbors by happy
coincidence. family of eight children who were